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pauk -> RE: PzB vs Wobbly - Clash of Steel (8/17/2004 10:06:12 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: PzB Ok, here it goes! My first WitP PBEM game against my old esteemed opponent Wobbly [8D] It may be a little ambitious, I've not played more than 15-20 test turns against the AI before starting this scen 15 as Japan! I have studied the game, it's manual - and not at least - all the excellent posts on the forums! This, plus previous UV experience gave me enough confidence to give it a try. Learning as you go is one of my favorite approaches, but I'll undoubtedly make a lot of mistakes.... I'd appreciate if the readers post questions or try to answer the questions I post! [:)] Wobbly talked about creating a seperate thread for his part of the AAR, but I'll leave that to him! Greetings! Glad to "see" you again, but in the WiTP forum... I'm looking forward to read your AAR (same as in UV), and i like your approach to the PBEM playing. By that i mean that i already set similar plan for myself - I will read manual and just play couple of turns against AI and then start PBEM.... PS I think that older version of your AAR was better, it was easier to follow battles from combatreport.exe, but this is my humble opinion...

PzB74 -> RE: PzB vs Wobbly - Clash of Steel (8/18/2004 9:00:37 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: pauk Greetings! Glad to "see" you again, but in the WiTP forum... I'm looking forward to read your AAR (same as in UV), and i like your approach to the PBEM playing. By that i mean that i already set similar plan for myself - I will read manual and just play couple of turns against AI and then start PBEM.... PS I think that older version of your AAR was better, it was easier to follow battles from combatreport.exe, but this is my humble opinion... Thx Pauk - rewriting the aar is somewhat time consuming, so I'll try a few different approaches. Alot of non essential stuff in the combat.txt, so I may simply edit it a bit. The simplest way is usually the best...! Good luck with your games, hopefully you can avoid a few of my newbie mistakes by reading this aar [:)]

PzB74 -> RE: PzB vs Wobbly - Clash of Steel (8/19/2004 11:51:41 AM)
This time I will post the aar in a more sorted manner. The non interesting events have been deleted (inconclusive attacks). The rest have been sorted under land, air and sea to make it easier for the readers. AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/23/41 Land -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Alor Star - the forts are falling, but the stubborn defenders are holding on. A shock attack has been ordered, that will surely eject the mongrels! Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 52681 troops, 587 guns, 105 vehicles Defending force 12070 troops, 79 guns, 0 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 3) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 2 Japanese ground losses: 618 casualties reported Guns lost 23 Vehicles lost 1 Allied ground losses: 393 casualties reported Guns lost 9 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Johore Bahru - Singapore is now completely isolated from the rest of the Allied troops in Malaya. Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 40205 troops, 404 guns, 5 vehicles Defending force 5378 troops, 29 guns, 2 vehicles Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2 Japanese assault odds: 12 to 1 (fort level 2) Japanese forces CAPTURE Johore Bahru base !!! Japanese ground losses: 76 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Allied ground losses: 104 casualties reported Guns lost 5 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Nanning Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 14764 troops, 89 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 26650 troops, 307 guns, 5 vehicles Japanese ground losses: 6 casualties reported Ground combat at Nanning - The Japanese attacks are clearly much more efficient. Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 15264 troops, 223 guns, 3 vehicles Defending force 21615 troops, 89 guns, 0 vehicles Allied ground losses: 68 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Pakhoi - another failed Chinese attack. Tomorrow we will try a counteroffensive at Nanning. Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 15070 troops, 83 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 8066 troops, 93 guns, 0 vehicles Allied assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese ground losses: 19 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Allied ground losses: 172 casualties reported Guns lost 11 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Puerto Princesa (A small tf ferries a NLF unit around the PI isles. Just have to stay clear of the PT boats that are still lurking! Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 536 troops, 8 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 9 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Puerto Princesa base !!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air A highly successfull attack on shipping hits 10 vessels at Soerabaja! Some of the Nells dropped 800kg bombs, while others launched torpedoes!? Only bombs would be more realistic! It will be very difficult for these ships to escape... Day Air attack on Soerabaja , at 22,65 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 24 G3M Nell x 60 Allied aircraft CW-21B Demon x 3 Japanese aircraft losses G3M Nell: 2 destroyed, 17 damaged Allied aircraft losses CW-21B Demon: 4 destroyed Allied Ships MSW Abraham Crijnssen, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage AP Van Landsberge, Bomb hits 1 ML Prins van Oranje, Torpedo hits 1, on fire PG Asheville, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage AS Colombia, Torpedo hits 1, on fire AP Rochussen, Torpedo hits 1, on fire AO Trinity, Torpedo hits 1 AVD Heron, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage AK Sagoland, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage AK Liran, Bomb hits 1, on fire Allied ground losses: 21 casualties reported Port hits 4 Port fuel hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 15 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 15 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 3 x G3M Nell bombing at 15000 feet 4 x G3M Nell bombing at 15000 feet 3 x G3M Nell bombing at 15000 feet 3 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 3 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 3 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 3 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 3 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 56,92 Nells finally spot the Lexington just north of Gili Gili! 2 attacks are launched, but the Nells fails to score any hits. (see attached picture) I only lost 5 Nells altogether today, so the losses are too big, but no less than 10 Buffalos' were downed - reducing the carriers CAP. Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 17 G3M Nell x 18 Allied aircraft F2A Buffalo x 13 Japanese aircraft losses G3M Nell: 4 destroyed, 19 damaged Allied aircraft losses F2A Buffalo: 4 destroyed Allied Ships CV Lexington Aircraft Attacking: 4 x G3M Nell bombing at 6000 feet 4 x G3M Nell bombing at 6000 feet 4 x G3M Nell bombing at 6000 feet 4 x G3M Nell bombing at 6000 feet Day Air attack on TF at 56,92 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 17 G3M Nell x 3 Allied aircraft F2A Buffalo x 10 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses F2A Buffalo: 8 destroyed, 1 damaged Allied Ships CV Lexington Aircraft Attacking: 3 x G3M Nell bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 43,56 Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 13 No Japanese losses Allied Ships AK Compagnia Filipinas, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 1 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Miri at 31,57 Dutch torpedo bombers are still efficient - the Katori Maru suffers moderate damage. Allied aircraft T.IVa x 3 No Allied losses Japanese Ships AP Katori Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire Aircraft Attacking: 3 x T.IVa launching torpedoes at 200 feet --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Lingayen at 44,50 My af in the Philippines is still weak - most of the ac are in Malaya, and will first transfer back when Singapore falls. Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 1 Ki-27 Nate x 9 Allied aircraft P-26A x 7 P-35A x 5 P-40B Tomahawk x 7 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-27 Nate: 2 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-35A: 2 destroyed Japanese Ships AP Netsuda Maru AP Tempei Maru Aircraft Attacking: 3 x P-26A attacking at 100 feet 4 x P-26A attacking at 100 feet --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sea Yet another sub is sunk - this time after trying to torpedo a Dutch destroyer. It seems like 90% of Allied asw attacks are successes!? Sub attack at 24,65 Japanese Ships SS I-156, hits 4, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships DD Van Nes DD Paul Jones DD Kortenaer DD Evertsen DD Banckert DD Stewart CL De Ruyter -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This attack was meant to soften up the defenses before a final assault later in the day! Naval bombardment of Johore Bahru, at 22,49 Japanese Ships DD Yugiri DD Shikinami DD Uranami DD Murakumo DD Hatsuyuki DD Shirayuki DD Isonami DD Shirakumo DD Usugumo DD Shinonome DD Fubuki CL Sendai Allied ground losses: 175 casualties reported Guns lost 4 Airbase hits 5 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 14 Port hits 4 Port fuel hits 7 Port supply hits 4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cagayen is the next target in the PI archipelago. TF 118 troops unloading over beach at Cagayan, 42,59 Japanese ground losses: 112 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Situation Report In all a good day - Alor Starr holds on, but otherwise the going is good. 2 Allied tf's were spotted north and south of Gili Gili - these are the 2 US carriers. (As I guess yesterday - wobbly, the son of a cow - will join his cv's and sail north.) Subs are moving into position. 170000 troops are now in place at Lingayen, and most of them will enter Clark Field tomorrow. Another force is heading for Manila - divide and conquer, BANZAI! The Imp Div joined the action at Alor Starr, and the Allied presence in Malaya should soon be wiped out. Then I can concentrate of fortress Singapore. Extreme and continous bad weather prevents any airstrikes. Strong surface units are moving towards the Dutch bases. Wobbly is clearly trying to move resources out of Palembang - and there are a lot of ships at anchor in Soerabaja. More Nells and Betties will soon move west, but a bomber/fighter presence will be upheld at Palau, Truk and Rabaul - that will keep my outer perimeter safe. Got a lot of shipping going through the area. The KB continues to search the shipping lanes, but are now heading towards more westernly. shores. Nells attacking the Lex; [image]local://upfiles/1466/Zx699487287.gif[/image]

PzB74 -> RE: PzB vs Wobbly - Clash of Steel (8/20/2004 1:44:44 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/24/41 Land Not a good day for land combat! Two deliberate attacks gets 3-1 odds, but fails to capture Alor Starr and Cagayen. Will have to do it again tomorrow. A counterattack at Nanning also suffers heavy casualties, and I have to be content with bombardment attacks. Seems like the rain makes the going though - raining all over the Pacific. Only clear spot is on the US West Coast, and around the KB, cause Wobbly says he have spotted it several times! Does anyone else have problems with the follow command? Yesterday the troops at Lingayen had followed a division towards Clark Field and had marched 30 odd miles. Today it was only 8?? Ground combat at Cagayan Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 2378 troops, 16 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 792 troops, 7 guns, 2 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 2) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 1 Japanese ground losses: 8 casualties reported Allied ground losses: 5 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Nanning Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 26762 troops, 310 guns, 5 vehicles Defending force 21539 troops, 90 guns, 0 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 Japanese ground losses: 822 casualties reported [:o] Guns lost 19 Vehicles lost 1 Allied ground losses: 169 casualties reported Guns lost 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Alor Star Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 51920 troops, 563 guns, 104 vehicles Defending force 11502 troops, 65 guns, 0 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 2) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0 -> at least got rid of the forts! Japanese ground losses: 1332 casualties reported [:@] Guns lost 27 Vehicles lost 1 Allied ground losses: 477 casualties reported Guns lost 15 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sea The I-159 did intercept a US carrier - or perhaps it was the other way around, cause sub #8 went straight to the bottom - hit by a single depth charge[:o] I should send all my subs back to Tokyo and use them as rice boilers instead! ASW attack at 56,95 Japanese Ships SS I-159, hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships DD Balch CA Louisville DD Benham CA Northampton DD Ellet DD Dunlap DD Fanning DD Maury DD McCall DD Gridley DD Craven CV Enterprise ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- There were several attacks on Allied subs, but no one were successfull! ASW attack at 26,47 Japanese Ships PG Kongosan Maru MSW Takashima Maru Allied Ships SS KXI Sub attack at 37,69 Japanese Ships DD Hayashio DD Satsuki Allied Ships SS S-37 ASW attack at 36,70 Japanese Ships DD Nagatsuki DD Yamakaze DD Minazuki DD Hatakaze DD Mikazuki DD Amatsukaze Allied Ships SS S-38 ASW attack at 36,70 Japanese Ships DD Hayashio, on fire DD Satsuki Allied Ships SS S-38 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Had an unemployed tf and sent it to bombard a port were I thought there might be a few Allied ships. Only found a msw though. Naval bombardment of Koepang, at 28,77 Japanese Ships DD Hatsukaze CA Nachi DD Natsushio DD Kuroshio DD Sawakaze DD Oyashio DD Hasu DD Samidare DD Yudachi DD Harusame DD Minegumo DD Natsugumo CL Naka Allied Ships MSW Jan van Amstel, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage Allied ground losses: 38 casualties reported Airbase hits 5 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 16 Port hits 8 Port fuel hits 1 Port supply hits 4 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air Have to get some Zero's to the Philippines to get rid of the Tomahawks, they're more than a match for Nate's! Day Air attack on Clark Field , at 43,51 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 5 Ki-27 Nate x 25 Ki-21 Sally x 15 Ki-48 Lily x 26 Ki-15 Babs x 4 Allied aircraft P-40E Warhawk x 3 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-48 Lily: 2 damaged Allied ground losses: 15 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Airbase hits 8 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 20 Aircraft Attacking: 26 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 15000 feet 6 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet 6 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet 3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet Day Air attack on 200th USA Coast AA Regiment, at 43,51 Japanese aircraft Ki-27 Nate x 28 Ki-30 Ann x 32 Ki-15 Babs x 1 Allied aircraft P-40E Warhawk x 3 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-27 Nate: 4 destroyed Ki-30 Ann: 4 damaged Allied ground losses: 26 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Aircraft Attacking: 32 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet Day Air attack on TF, near Lingayen at 44,50 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 2 Ki-27 Nate x 17 Allied aircraft P-26A x 7 P-35A x 4 P-40B Tomahawk x 7 P-40E Warhawk x 5 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed Ki-27 Nate: 2 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-26A: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged P-40E Warhawk: 2 damaged Japanese Ships AP Tsuyama Maru AP Kenshin Maru AP Ayo Maru Aircraft Attacking: 4 x P-35A attacking at 100 feet 2 x P-26A attacking at 100 feet 4 x P-26A attacking at 100 feet Day Air attack on TF, near Lamon Bay at 44,52 Japanese aircraft Ki-27 Nate x 3 Allied aircraft P-35A x 4 P-40B Tomahawk x 7 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-27 Nate: 2 destroyed Japanese Ships AP Buyo Maru, Shell hits 4 Aircraft Attacking: 4 x P-35A attacking at 100 feet ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on No. 108 RAF Base Force, at 29,36 Japanese aircraft Ki-27 Nate x 4 Ki-32 Mary x 9 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-32 Mary: 6 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Ki-32 Mary bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dutch ac attack a bombardment tf heading for Soerabaja. 2 hits were scored, but didn't breach the armoured hide of the Fuso! Day Air attack on TF at 34,64 Allied aircraft Martin 139 x 15 Allied aircraft losses Martin 139: 8 damaged Japanese Ships BB Fuso BB Mutsu BB Nagato Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Martin 139 bombing at 5000 feet 3 x Martin 139 bombing at 5000 feet 3 x Martin 139 bombing at 5000 feet 3 x Martin 139 bombing at 5000 feet 3 x Martin 139 bombing at 5000 feet Day Air attack on TF at 34,64 Allied aircraft Martin 139 x 11 Allied aircraft losses Martin 139: 1 damaged Japanese Ships CL Tama BB Nagato BB Yamashiro, Bomb hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Martin 139 bombing at 5000 feet 2 x Martin 139 bombing at 5000 feet 3 x Martin 139 bombing at 5000 feet 3 x Martin 139 bombing at 5000 feet --------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Miri at 31,57 Allied aircraft Martin 139 x 2 No Allied losses Japanese Ships AP Seizan Maru, Bomb hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 2 x Martin 139 bombing at 5000 feet ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ My Nells switch to naval attack, but only scores a single hit against heavily defended tf at Palembang. Undoubtedly loading fuel and bringing in demolision teams. The Zero's slaughter the Demon fighter CAP though. 2 surface tf's are ordered into Palembang tomorrow, but I expect the smart Kiwi to evacuate in time [8\|] Day Air attack on TF, near Palembang at 20,55 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 18 G3M Nell x 15 Allied aircraft CW-21B Demon x 10 Brewster 339D x 1 Japanese aircraft losses G3M Nell: 4 damaged Allied aircraft losses CW-21B Demon: 8 destroyed Allied Ships AK Empire Hope AK Empire Raven, Torpedo hits 1, on fire CLAA Capetown Aircraft Attacking: 2 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 2 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 3 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 36,70 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 3 Allied aircraft Hudson I x 3 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Japanese Ships DD Hayashio, Bomb hits 1, on fire (One of the 2 dd's escorting 2 fleet oilers that replenish the 'Mini KB'!) Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Hudson I bombing at 5000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Situation Report Have to be patient while my troops slowly slug it out. Need more Zero's to upgrade my Claude sqd's. The KB is ordered WSW. The Allied carrier(s) may be heading up towards Timor - and if I manage to hurt them, I'll send the KB in pursuit. A landing group and base force are heading towards Ambon - I want the airfields and put more bombers on guard. It's also a must to destroy allied search planes and get rid of the annoying Hudsons that land the occasional bomb hit. In the meantime I'm thinking about my great Indian gamble! I'm almost convinced, I'll send smaller units into the South Pacific, perhaps capture PM and start building forts. There are a lot of ships unloading troops into Rangoon - and that's good! I'll cut it off and land a mighty force that will crack open the gates and then land by sea, air and ground! What does the rest of you say? India got more resources, industry and oil than the great Nip Empire can make use of [8D] - The local sepos should be no match for the fierce warriors of the Sun!

PzB74 -> RE: PzB vs Wobbly - Clash of Steel (8/20/2004 4:11:25 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/25/41 Land When Brunei falls, the northern part of Borneo will have been conquered, and I can concentrate on the active bee hive further south. Coastal Guns at Brunei, 32,57, firing at TF 75 TF 75 troops unloading over beach at Brunei, 32,57 36 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships AP Hakka Maru, Shell hits 1 Japanese ground losses: 264 casualties reported Guns lost 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 107 troops unloading over beach at San Jose, 41,53 - another unopposed landing in the PI. Japanese ground losses: 5 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Cagayan - hm, still holding out! Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 2382 troops, 17 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 782 troops, 7 guns, 2 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 1) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0 Japanese ground losses: 51 casualties reported Guns lost 3 Allied ground losses: 27 casualties reported Guns lost 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alor Star finally falls, but again I suffer heavy casualties. The Allied presence north of Singapore will now all be squeezed into Georgetown and then eliminated. Then everyone will march on Singapore together! Ground combat at Alor Star Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 50145 troops, 521 guns, 103 vehicles Defending force 10859 troops, 41 guns, 0 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 10 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Alor Star base !!! Japanese ground losses: 792 casualties reported Guns lost 19 Allied ground losses: 293 casualties reported Guns lost 9 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sea As predicted, Wobbly evacuated Palembang. TF 121 encounters mine field at Palembang (20,55) Japanese Ships DD Kuretake, Mine hits 1, on fire - a mean hit that almost rips the bottom out. Should make it back though. TF 1001 encounters mine field at Darwin (36,84) Wobbly isn't the only one who can place mines though... Allied Ships MSW Cairns MSW Deloraine MSW Ipswitch AVD William B. Preston, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage ---------------------------------------------------------------------- There are several unsuccsessfull asw attacks - again ASW attack at 26,54 Japanese Ships DD Hagikaze DD Nowaki DD Maikaze Allied Ships SS Sealion ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air Dutch ac flies many missions today, they all miss - except this little flight. They put a fish into the Mutsu [:(] 16 sys damage, I got enough battleships, but I abort the Soerabaja bombardment run. Too risky without aircover. Day Air attack on TF, near Brunei at 32,57 Allied aircraft Brewster 339D x 15 T.IVa x 3 Allied aircraft losses T.IVa: 2 damaged Japanese Ships BB Mutsu, Torpedo hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x T.IVa launching torpedoes at 200 feet ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Clark Field still launches small strikes. This should end now, 36 Zero's and 100 medium bombers have been transferred in. No more freebies! Day Air attack on TF, near Lingayen at 44,50 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 3 Ki-27 Nate x 14 Allied aircraft P-26A x 6 P-35A x 4 P-40B Tomahawk x 7 P-40E Warhawk x 4 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Japanese Ships AP Kaimyo Maru, Shell hits 8 AP Tempei Maru, Shell hits 4 AP Ryuosan Maru, Bomb hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 4 x P-35A attacking at 100 feet 2 x P-26A attacking at 100 feet 4 x P-26A attacking at 100 feet --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Bali at 24,68 Japanese aircraft G3M Nell x 3 No Japanese losses Allied Ships AK Empire Lightning, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 3 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet --------------------------------------------------------------------------- By forcing Wobbly out of Palembang, the Nells bags the Capetown. She sinks! Day Air attack on TF at 21,57 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 19 G3M Nell x 33 Japanese aircraft losses G3M Nell: 2 damaged Allied Ships CLAA Capetown, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage AK Empire Hope, Torpedo hits 1, on fire PG Aster PG Nigella, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 1 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 1 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 3 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 3 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 3 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 2 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Situation Report The weather should improve tomorrow - and heavy air units have been ordered to attack Clark Field. Wobbly says that the Lexington is down to 8 fighters - he may very well sail the ship to Oz now to replenish the airgroups. I don't mind this, then I can concentrate my forces on enemy bases and shipping. The Chinese troops that marched into the base south of Nanning can't escape according to wobbly - how convenient! More troops spotted around Rangoon - and I'm in the process of hatching out a most evil plan!-) To be continued...........

PzB74 -> RE: PzB vs Wobbly - Clash of Steel (8/23/2004 3:39:28 PM)
Been very busy over the weekend, managed to put in quite a few turns, but I'm behind posting AAR's - so I'll catch up with this one. AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/26/41 Land Ground combat at Cagayan Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 2324 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 722 troops, 3 guns, 2 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 11 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Cagayan base !!! Japanese ground losses: 4 casualties reported Allied ground losses: 7 casualties reported Defeated Allied Units Retreating! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ground combat at Malacca Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 20931 troops, 258 guns, 17 vehicles Defending force 808 troops, 11 guns, 4 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 128 to 1 (fort level 3) Japanese forces CAPTURE Malacca base !!! Japanese ground losses: 3 casualties reported Allied ground losses: 64 casualties reported Guns lost 5 Vehicles lost 2 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ground combat at Brunei Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 5958 troops, 77 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 928 troops, 11 guns, 3 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 18 to 1 (fort level 2) Japanese forces CAPTURE Brunei base !!! Japanese ground losses: 8 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Allied ground losses: 122 casualties reported Guns lost 7 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! ---------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at San Jose Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 509 troops, 7 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 28 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE San Jose base !!! ---------------------------------------------------------- Sea Coastal Guns at Brunei, 32,57, firing at TF 75 TF 75 troops unloading over beach at Brunei, 32,57 8 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese ground losses: 59 casualties reported Coastal Guns at Brunei, 32,57, firing at TF 75 TF 75 troops unloading over beach at Brunei, 32,57 16 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese ground losses: 39 casualties reported ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attacks Sub attack near Rangoon at 29,34 Japanese Ships SS I-157 Allied Ships CLAA Columbo CA Exeter CA Cornwall Sub attack at 26,54 Allied Ships SS Sealion ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Roxas at 42,55 Japanese Ships CL Nagara DD Yukikaze DD Suzukaze DD Shiokaze Allied Ships PT PT-33, Shell hits 13, and is sunk -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 84 troops unloading over beach at Amboina, 39,73 Japanese ground losses: 79 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air Day Air attack on 11th PA Division, at 43,51 Japanese aircraft Ki-27 Nate x 25 Ki-30 Ann x 3 Ki-21 Sally x 23 Ki-48 Lily x 9 Ki-15 Babs x 1 Allied aircraft P-40E Warhawk x 3 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-30 Ann: 1 damaged Ki-21 Sally: 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses P-40E Warhawk: 2 destroyed Allied ground losses: 25 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Aircraft Attacking: 13 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet 6 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet 9 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 15000 feet 3 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet 4 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet Day Air attack on 21st PA Division, at 43,51 Japanese aircraft Ki-27 Nate x 28 Ki-30 Ann x 29 Ki-21 Sally x 39 Ki-48 Lily x 15 Ki-15 Babs x 1 Allied aircraft P-40E Warhawk x 2 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-27 Nate: 5 destroyed Ki-30 Ann: 2 damaged Ki-21 Sally: 3 damaged Ki-48 Lily: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 48 casualties reported Guns lost 3 Aircraft Attacking: 13 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet 17 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet 15 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 15000 feet 29 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet 9 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Kendari at 33,71 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 5 Allied aircraft Hudson I x 3 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses Hudson I: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged Japanese Ships CA Nachi Aircraft Attacking: 2 x Hudson I bombing at 10000 feet ------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Lingayen at 44,50 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 12 Ki-27 Nate x 11 Allied aircraft P-26A x 6 P-35A x 4 P-40B Tomahawk x 7 P-40E Warhawk x 5 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses P-26A: 4 destroyed P-35A: 2 damaged P-40B Tomahawk: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged P-40E Warhawk: 1 damaged Japanese Ships AP Unkai Maru #6 Aircraft Attacking: 4 x P-35A attacking at 100 feet ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Legaspi at 44,55 Allied aircraft P-26A x 3 No Allied losses Japanese Ships CL Nagara, Shell hits 4 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x P-26A attacking at 100 feet ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Lingayen at 44,50 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 10 Ki-27 Nate x 7 Allied aircraft P-35A x 3 P-40B Tomahawk x 5 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses P-40B Tomahawk: 2 destroyed Japanese Ships CL Kuma Aircraft Attacking: 3 x P-35A attacking at 100 feet ------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Brunei at 32,57 Japanese aircraft Ki-27 Nate x 8 Allied aircraft Martin 139 x 3 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Japanese Ships AP Hikade Maru, Bomb hits 3 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Martin 139 bombing at 5000 feet ------------------------------------------------------------------- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/27/41 Land Ground combat at Amboina Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 2426 troops, 16 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 2004 troops, 19 guns, 2 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 2) Japanese ground losses: 139 casualties reported Guns lost 4 Allied ground losses: 6 casualties reported ------------------------------------------------------------------ Ground combat at Taiping Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 2125 troops, 8 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 5769 troops, 29 guns, 3 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 3) Japanese ground losses: 18 casualties reported Allied ground losses: 8 casualties reported Guns lost 1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 43,39 - China, railroad north of Hong Kong (The scouting unit that advanced was not allowed to retreat, and was repelled by heavy Chinese forces in the area.) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 30190 troops, 245 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 6715 troops, 84 guns, 5 vehicles Allied assault odds: 4 to 1 Japanese ground losses: 166 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Vehicles lost 1 Allied ground losses: 170 casualties reported Guns lost 8 Defeated Japanese Units Retreating! ----------------------------------------------------------------- Sea Invasion of Ambonia -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval Gun Fire at Amboina (39,73) - Coastal Guns Fire Back! 13 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships AP Koshin Maru, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage AP Kembu Maru, Shell hits 2, on fire Japanese ground losses: 26 casualties reported TF 141 troops unloading over beach at Amboina, 39,73 Japanese ground losses: 172 casualties reported Air Day Air attack on TF at 22,52 Japanese aircraft G3M Nell x 18 Ki-30 Ann x 21 No Japanese losses Allied Ships AK Empire Hope, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 1 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet 2 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet 4 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet 4 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet 4 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet 4 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/28/41 Land Ground combat at Amboina Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 2205 troops, 7 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 1723 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles Japanese ground losses: 2 casualties reported ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Taiping Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 41500 troops, 444 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 5749 troops, 29 guns, 4 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 3) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 2 Japanese ground losses: 283 casualties reported Guns lost 12 Allied ground losses: 217 casualties reported Guns lost 5 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sea Invasion of Ambonia TF 141 troops unloading over beach at Amboina, 39,73 Japanese ground losses: 63 casualties reported Naval Gun Fire at Amboina (39,73) - Coastal Guns Fire Back! 14 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships DD Sawakaze, Shell hits 2 DD Oyashio DD Yudachi Allied ground losses: 35 casualties reported TF 141 troops unloading over beach at Amboina, 39,73 Japanese ground losses: 12 casualties reported Naval bombardment of Amboina, at 39,73 Japanese Ships DD Hatsukaze CA Nachi DD Natsushio DD Kuroshio DD Oyashio DD Hasu DD Samidare DD Yudachi DD Harusame DD Minegumo DD Natsugumo CL Naka Allied ground losses: 167 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Vehicles lost 2 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 8 Port hits 2 Port fuel hits 2 Port supply hits 6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 107 troops unloading over beach at San Marcelino, 43,50 Japanese ground losses: 35 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attacks ASW attack at 34,47 Japanese Ships AK Heiei Maru #7 MSW Toshi Maru #8 MSW Fuji Maru DD Nenohi Allied Ships SS KXVIII Sub attack near Miri at 31,57 Japanese Ships AP Meiten Maru, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships SS O20 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air Day Air attack on Brunei , at 32,57 Allied aircraft Martin 139 x 20 No Allied losses Oil hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Martin 139 bombing at 5000 feet 3 x Martin 139 bombing at 5000 feet 3 x Martin 139 bombing at 5000 feet 3 x Martin 139 bombing at 5000 feet 2 x Martin 139 bombing at 5000 feet 3 x Martin 139 bombing at 5000 feet 3 x Martin 139 bombing at 5000 feet --------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Penang Fortress, at 23,44 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 17 Ki-21 Sally x 33 Ki-48 Lily x 31 Allied aircraft Buffalo I x 8 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21 Sally: 3 damaged Allied aircraft losses Buffalo I: 5 destroyed, 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 56 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 18 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 10000 feet 13 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 10000 feet 20 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet 13 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 11th PA Division, at 43,51 Japanese aircraft Ki-27 Nate x 54 Ki-30 Ann x 36 Ki-21 Sally x 62 Ki-48 Lily x 21 Ki-15 Babs x 2 Allied aircraft P-26A x 4 P-35A x 5 P-40B Tomahawk x 6 P-40E Warhawk x 3 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-27 Nate: 5 destroyed, 2 damaged Ki-30 Ann: 8 damaged Ki-21 Sally: 3 damaged Allied aircraft losses P-26A: 7 destroyed, 1 damaged P-35A: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged P-40E Warhawk: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 73 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Aircraft Attacking: 20 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet 15 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet 15 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 15000 feet 32 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet 6 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet 9 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet 3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet 6 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 15000 feet 4 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet 9 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet --------------------------------------------------------------- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/29/41 Land Philippines -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Clark Field Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 21988 troops, 186 guns, 63 vehicles Defending force 23528 troops, 252 guns, 64 vehicles Allied assault odds: 0 to 1 Japanese ground losses: 210 casualties reported Guns lost 14 Vehicles lost 6 Allied ground losses: 687 casualties reported Guns lost 37 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Malaya Ground combat at Kuala Lumpur Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 19546 troops, 252 guns, 17 vehicles Defending force 6716 troops, 35 guns, 4 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 4) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 3 Japanese ground losses: 248 casualties reported Guns lost 12 Vehicles lost 1 Allied ground losses: 18 casualties reported --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Taiping Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 64458 troops, 670 guns, 104 vehicles Defending force 5423 troops, 21 guns, 4 vehicles Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1 Japanese assault odds: 14 to 1 (fort level 1) Japanese forces CAPTURE Taiping base !!! Japanese ground losses: 220 casualties reported Guns lost 10 Allied ground losses: 363 casualties reported Guns lost 8 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sea Invasion of Ambonia Naval bombardment of Amboina, at 39,73 Japanese Ships DD Numakaze CL Kiso DD Namikaze DD Nokaze DD Okikaze DD Kamikaze CL Tama CL Oi CL Kitakami BB Yamashiro BB Fuso BB Nagato Allied ground losses: 205 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 14 Port hits 2 Port fuel hits 2 Port supply hits 2 Naval bombardment of Amboina, at 39,73 Japanese Ships DD Numakaze CL Kiso DD Namikaze DD Nokaze DD Okikaze DD Kamikaze CL Tama CL Oi CL Kitakami BB Yamashiro BB Fuso BB Nagato Allied ground losses: 204 casualties reported Guns lost 5 Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 18 Port hits 6 Port fuel hits 1 Port supply hits 7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attacks ASW attack near San Marcelino at 43,50 Japanese Ships DD Hatsuharu PC Ishigaki Allied Ships SS S-41 Sub attack at 25,65 Japanese Ships SS I-166 Allied Ships AK Sipirok, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air Day Air attack on TF at 22,43 Japanese aircraft G3M Nell x 9 Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 26 No Japanese losses Allied Ships CL Durban MSW Goulburn, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage MSW Maryborough, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 1 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Roti Island at 28,76 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 16 G3M Nell x 3 G4M1 Betty x 9 Japanese aircraft losses G3M Nell: 2 damaged G4M1 Betty: 2 destroyed, 5 damaged Allied Ships DD Barker CL Tromp CL Java, Torpedo hits 1, on fire Aircraft Attacking: 3 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 1 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet 3 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Penang Fortress, at 23,44 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 21 Ki-30 Ann x 21 Allied aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses Ki-30 Ann: 11 destroyed, 7 damaged Allied aircraft losses Buffalo I: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 7 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 16 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Penang Fortress, at 23,44 Japanese aircraft Ki-27 Nate x 28 Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 19 Ki-21 Sally x 43 Ki-48 Lily x 40 Allied aircraft Buffalo I x 3 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21 Sally: 2 damaged Ki-48 Lily: 2 damaged Allied aircraft losses Buffalo I: 5 destroyed, 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 36 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Aircraft Attacking: 16 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 10000 feet 8 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 10000 feet 13 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet 13 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet 10 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 10000 feet 6 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 10000 feet 11 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet 6 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Brunei , at 32,57 Japanese aircraft Ki-27 Nate x 8 Allied aircraft Martin 139 x 20 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Martin 139: 2 damaged Oil hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 2 x Martin 139 bombing at 5000 feet 3 x Martin 139 bombing at 5000 feet 3 x Martin 139 bombing at 5000 feet 4 x Martin 139 bombing at 5000 feet 2 x Martin 139 bombing at 5000 feet 3 x Martin 139 bombing at 5000 feet 3 x Martin 139 bombing at 5000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Situation Report The Dutch light cruiser Java takes a torpedo, but other attacks fails. The small carriers are heading NW away from Ambonia in an attempt to cut of allied forces scuttling around Borneo and Java. A small invasion of Ambonia gets quite a lot of attention as I got heavy surface units that I don't want to send to Java/Borneo without aircover. The initial landing force turns out to be inadequate to capture the base, so heavy bombardment attacks takes place until the South Seas attachment (Yes, the one that evil Kiwi almost sent to the bottom;) and another NLF unit can be unloaded. The Allied carriers have not been spotted, and are probably in some Oz base refitting their airgroups. (A sub screen is still in place in the corridor between NG and Oz though) The KB is heading west, and Wobbly is worried because he hasn't spotted them resently. Perhaps I can wreck havoc on shipping around New Zealand, Fiji and Oz? Will depend on how much I need em in other theaters. Troops heading for Clark Field repells a counterattack, and in another day and two, 150000 troops will commence deliberate attacks. (Even my divisions march at different pace, making it so hard to coordinate their advance.) Cagayen and Brunei have been captured, and Dutch bombers are busy bombing the oil facilities in the latter. Air ubits will soon be in place to prevent this. The forces defending Brunei had nowhere to retreat to, and I thought they would surrender as I had captured the bases in the vicinity. This was not the case though...annoying to have enemy troops marching around in the wilderness [:(] Most of the Allied forces north of Singapore are not isolated at Georgetown and Taipeng. Nells sank 2 msw's heading towards Georgetown? I'm suspecting an allied evacuation attempt. 2 destroyers have been dispatched immediately, while stronger forces are sent from Saigon. Zero's and Betty's are now stationed in Tavoy, south of Rangoon. Hopefully I will bag both allied ships and troops. Weather is again my enemy, nothing but heavy rains and t-storms. (see map below) [image]local://upfiles/1466/Zx714964277.gif[/image]

PzB74 -> RE: PzB vs Wobbly - Clash of Steel (8/24/2004 9:11:31 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/30/41 Air Day Air attack on 11th PA Division, at 43,51 (Another strange happening, I got 50 Zero's at Lingayen, flying 30% CAP. The rest simply refuses to escort my bombers, leaving the happless Nate's to their fate! 19 Zero's went on a failed mission to Clark later in the day!? Losses are fortunately too high, in all of the days missions, I lost 15 Nate's.) Japanese aircraft Ki-27 Nate x 48 Ki-30 Ann x 31 Ki-21 Sally x 67 Ki-48 Lily x 20 Ki-15 Babs x 2 Allied aircraft P-26A x 1 P-35A x 4 P-40B Tomahawk x 9 P-40E Warhawk x 6 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-27 Nate: 21 destroyed, 4 damaged Ki-30 Ann: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged Ki-21 Sally: 3 damaged Ki-48 Lily: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses P-26A: 1 damaged P-35A: 5 destroyed P-40B Tomahawk: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged P-40E Warhawk: 2 damaged Allied ground losses: 69 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Aircraft Attacking: 19 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet 11 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet 14 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 15000 feet 30 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet 8 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet 13 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet 7 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet 5 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 15000 feet 9 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Georgetown at 23,44 Japanese aircraft Ki-27 Nate x 27 Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 12 Ki-21 Sally x 39 Ki-48 Lily x 44 Allied aircraft Buffalo I x 22 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-27 Nate: 6 destroyed, 2 damaged Ki-21 Sally: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged Ki-48 Lily: 2 destroyed, 8 damaged Allied aircraft losses Buffalo I: 22 destroyed, 6 damaged Allied Ships AP Van Cloon, Shell hits 8 AP Pijnacker Hordijk, Bomb hits 2, on fire AP Van Rees, Shell hits 4 AP Buyskens, Bomb hits 6, on fire, heavy damage AP Van Riebeek, Shell hits 4 CL Durban Aircraft Attacking: 4 x Ki-48 Lily attacking at 100 feet 4 x Ki-48 Lily attacking at 100 feet 1 x Ki-21 Sally attacking at 100 feet 3 x Ki-48 Lily attacking at 100 feet 1 x Ki-21 Sally attacking at 100 feet 4 x Ki-21 Sally attacking at 100 feet 2 x Ki-48 Lily attacking at 100 feet 2 x Ki-48 Lily attacking at 100 feet 2 x Ki-21 Sally attacking at 100 feet 3 x Ki-21 Sally attacking at 100 feet 4 x Ki-48 Lily attacking at 100 feet 4 x Ki-48 Lily attacking at 100 feet 4 x Ki-48 Lily attacking at 100 feet 4 x Ki-48 Lily attacking at 100 feet 4 x Ki-48 Lily attacking at 100 feet 4 x Ki-48 Lily attacking at 100 feet 4 x Ki-21 Sally attacking at 100 feet 4 x Ki-21 Sally attacking at 100 feet 4 x Ki-21 Sally attacking at 100 feet 4 x Ki-21 Sally attacking at 100 feet 4 x Ki-21 Sally attacking at 100 feet 4 x Ki-48 Lily attacking at 100 feet 4 x Ki-21 Sally attacking at 100 feet 3 x Ki-21 Sally attacking at 100 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Georgetown at 23,44 Japanese aircraft G3M Nell x 13 Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 22 Ki-30 Ann x 14 Allied aircraft Buffalo I x 4 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Buffalo I: 13 destroyed, 1 damaged Allied Ships AP Van Riebeek, Bomb hits 3, on fire CL Durban, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 5, on fire, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 5 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet 1 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 9 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet 4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Georgetown at 23,44 Japanese aircraft Ki-27 Nate x 11 Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 14 Ki-48 Lily x 7 Allied aircraft Buffalo I x 5 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-27 Nate: 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses Buffalo I: 1 damaged Allied Ships AP Van Riebeek, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage AP Buyskens, on fire, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Ki-48 Lily attacking at 100 feet 4 x Ki-48 Lily attacking at 100 feet Sea Look at these strange reports! I saw the I-121 torpedo the Benkalis of Teloekbetoeng, but in the aar.txt I find that it was finished off by a destroyer near Singapore!? Sub attack near Teloekbetoeng at 19,58 Japanese Ships SS I-121 Allied Ships AK Benkalis, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage PG Warrego MSW Warrnambool MSW Eland Dubois AK Tjisaroea ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval Gun Fire at Singapore (23,50) - Coastal Guns Fire Back! ??? 7 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships DD Otori, Shell hits 1 Allied Ships AK Benkalis, and is sunk Allied ground losses: 6 casualties reported ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat at 71,46 (The insolent Wobbly sent this transport east past the home islands!! Well, no zig-zag and straight down she goes!) Japanese Ships CA Furutaka DD Oboro, Shell hits 1 DD Uzuki DD Kikuzuki Allied Ships AK Corregidor, Shell hits 11, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Amboina, at 39,73 Japanese Ships DD Numakaze CL Kiso DD Namikaze DD Nokaze DD Okikaze DD Kamikaze CL Tama CL Oi CL Kitakami BB Yamashiro BB Fuso BB Nagato Allied ground losses: 75 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 6 Port hits 2 Port fuel hits 1 Port supply hits 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 82 troops unloading over beach at Amboina, 39,73 Japanese ground losses: 82 casualties reported ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat, near Georgetown at 23,44 Japanese Ships DD Ayanami DD Asagiri Allied Ships AP Buyskens, on fire, heavy damage AP Van Riebeek, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat, near Georgetown at 23,44 Japanese Ships DD Ayanami DD Asagiri Allied Ships AP Pijnacker Hordijk, Shell hits 9, on fire, heavy damage AP Van Cloon AP Van Rees ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack at 22,48 Allied Ships SS Truant ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Land Ground combat at Nanning - Will try an all out attack tomorrow, got the troops to pull it off. Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 44746 troops, 511 guns, 5 vehicles Defending force 21441 troops, 81 guns, 0 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 Japanese ground losses: 502 casualties reported Guns lost 26 Vehicles lost 1 Allied ground losses: 139 casualties reported Guns lost 4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kuala Lumpur Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 21102 troops, 239 guns, 53 vehicles Defending force 6698 troops, 34 guns, 4 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 3) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 2 Japanese ground losses: 142 casualties reported Guns lost 8 Allied ground losses: 148 casualties reported Guns lost 3 Vehicles lost 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Situation Report The evacuation of Georgetown came to naught [:D] Bombers and surface units hammered the happless convoy, and the surviving ships retreated back to sea! A perfect coordinated attack were airstrikes sank the only escort, the light cruiser Durban. Several transports were also hit, before 2 destroyers added to the carnage. A lot of Buffalos' and Nates' were lost today, but the loss statistics say only 15 of each were write offs. I have ordered a Zero sweep over Clark tomorrow - don't understand why they don't fly escort....( Most of the troops at Lingayen will march into Clark Field tomorrow and start bombarding the place for a week before starting deliberate attacks. A lot of arty and engineers are in place, so I hope to make short process of the defenses.

PzB74 -> RE: PzB vs Wobbly - Clash of Steel (8/25/2004 1:31:50 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/31/41 Air Day Air attack on Brunei , at 32,57 (Capturing Brunei was a test, and Wobbly is bombing it for all he's worth! Transfering in a Zero Daitai now - let the flying Dutchmen come!) Japanese aircraft Ki-27 Nate x 3 Allied aircraft Martin 139 x 20 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Martin 139: 1 damaged Oil hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Martin 139 bombing at 15000 feet 3 x Martin 139 bombing at 15000 feet 3 x Martin 139 bombing at 15000 feet 3 x Martin 139 bombing at 15000 feet 2 x Martin 139 bombing at 15000 feet 3 x Martin 139 bombing at 15000 feet 3 x Martin 139 bombing at 15000 feet ------------------------------------------------------------ Day Air attack on Clark Field , at 43,51 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 39 - The Zero's wiped out the small Warhawk presence! Ki-15 Babs x 1 Allied aircraft P-40E Warhawk x 3 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses P-40E Warhawk: 6 destroyed, 2 damaged -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 31,66 Allied aircraft Brewster 339D x 17 Martin 139 x 13 Allied aircraft losses Martin 139: 1 damaged Japanese Ships ML Saishu Aircraft Attacking: 4 x Martin 139 bombing at 4000 feet 3 x Martin 139 bombing at 4000 feet 3 x Martin 139 bombing at 4000 feet 3 x Martin 139 bombing at 4000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 25,72 - The light cv's are chasing a surface tf made up of Dutch cruisers heading NW! Japanese aircraft A5M4 Claude x 4 A6M2 Zero x 16 Allied aircraft Martin 139 x 3 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Martin 139: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged Japanese Ships CL Natori Aircraft Attacking: 2 x Martin 139 bombing at 15000 feet ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 22,48 Allied aircraft T.IVa x 3 Allied aircraft losses T.IVa: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged Japanese Ships CA Kumano - these cruisers are racing towards Georgetown! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aircraft Attacking: 2 x T.IVa launching torpedoes at 200 feet Day Air attack on TF at 22,48 Japanese aircraft Ki-27 Nate x 3 Allied aircraft T.IVa x 2 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses T.IVa: 2 damaged Japanese Ships CA Mogami Aircraft Attacking: 2 x T.IVa launching torpedoes at 200 feet ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 23,42 Japanese aircraft G3M Nell x 18 Ki-30 Ann x 15 No Japanese losses Allied Ships AP Pijnacker Hordijk, Bomb hits 6, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet 2 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 9 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet 4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 27,68 Japanese aircraft A5M4 Claude x 7 A6M2 Zero x 10 D3A Val x 1 ? The light cv's launch 1!! Val [:'(] No Japanese losses Allied Ships AK Siantar, Bomb hits 1 - and it scores!! Aircraft Attacking: 1 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 21,57 - Todays catch [8D] Japanese aircraft G3M Nell x 35 G4M1 Betty x 6 Allied aircraft CW-21B Demon x 7 Japanese aircraft losses G3M Nell: 1 damaged Allied Ships AK Empire Moonrise, Torpedo hits 5, on fire, heavy damage TK Empire Flint, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage AK Empire Tarpon, Torpedo hits 2, on fire PG Jasmine AK Birminghan City, Torpedo hits 1, on fire TK Spirilla, Torpedo hits 1, on fire MSW Cochin, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 2 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 1 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 2 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 21,57 Japanese aircraft G3M Nell x 9 Allied aircraft CW-21B Demon x 7 Japanese aircraft losses G3M Nell: 1 damaged Allied Ships TK Empire Flint, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage TK Spirilla, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 1 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 23,40 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 17 Ki-48 Lily x 20 No Japanese losses Allied Ships AP Van Rees, Shell hits 12, Bomb hits 1 AP Van Cloon, Shell hits 4 Aircraft Attacking: 1 x Ki-48 Lily attacking at 100 feet 3 x Ki-48 Lily attacking at 100 feet 4 x Ki-48 Lily attacking at 100 feet 4 x Ki-48 Lily attacking at 100 feet 4 x Ki-48 Lily attacking at 100 feet 4 x Ki-48 Lily attacking at 100 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Sabang at 19,41 - A heavy Tommy tf heading for Georgetown to evacuate troops? Lots of damaged Betties, but non are lost! Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 21 Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty: 13 damaged Allied Ships CA Cornwall CA Exeter CL Enterprise, Torpedo hits 1, on fire CL Glasgow Aircraft Attacking: 2 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet 3 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet --------------------------------------------------------------------- Sea ASW attack at 31,66 Allied Ships SS Seadragon -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Land Ground combat at Amboina - Not much fight left in the garrison, another few attacks and it should fall! Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 4320 troops, 16 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 1057 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 2) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 1 Japanese ground losses: 50 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Allied ground losses: 20 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Nanning Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 43899 troops, 482 guns, 4 vehicles Defending force 21231 troops, 73 guns, 0 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 Japanese ground losses: 1132 casualties reported - yuck! So close, but that's it. We need more men to get rid of the vermin! Guns lost 13 Allied ground losses: 98 casualties reported Guns lost 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kuala Lumpur Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 20844 troops, 230 guns, 52 vehicles Defending force 6563 troops, 27 guns, 3 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 2) Japanese forces CAPTURE Kuala Lumpur base !!! Japanese ground losses: 183 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Allied ground losses: 11891 casualties reported [8D] Guns lost 29 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Situation Report The old year ends quite well for the Empire! Wobbly is quite active sending ships all around the SRA. He pays for it dearely as most of my torpedo bombers takes to the air! Interesting situation around Georgetown as Kuala Lumpure is captured and 11000 Allied troops surrender. It should be possible to capture most of the remaining troops in Malaya as well. Surface forces will stand guard to prevent any attempt at evacuation. Ambonia seems to be on the brink of capitulating, and I'm contemplating an invasion of southern Borneo as soon as this is a fact. Today minelayers are mining the remaining Dutch bases there. Tomorrow we will commit a New Years attack on Clark Field - an immediate attack has been ordered in an attempt to 'blitz' the place. In Changsa 150k IJA troops are resting and receiving reinforcements. The army will march south and repel the Chinese from the railroad line sometime in January! Since this turn was the last in 1941, I will post some statistics, maps etc. They can be found in seperate threads.

PzB74 -> Sit map and end of year report (8/25/2004 1:39:36 AM)
Malaya is about to succumb completely - the only question is; How long can the remaining forces hold out, and can Wobbly save any of them? [image]local://upfiles/1466/Ge964834577.gif[/image]

PzB74 -> RE: Sit map and end of year report (8/25/2004 1:44:05 AM)
I'm prepared to spend some time reducing the forts in the Phillippines, but I hope to capture entire Borneo soon. Then we can slowly start the march down New Guinea and land on Java and the remaining Dutch bases. [image]local://upfiles/1466/Ge963667280.gif[/image]

PzB74 -> RE: Sit map and end of year report (8/25/2004 2:03:23 AM)
In addition to the Intelligence report, the following numbers can be extracted; Allied shipping losses (registered pr 1/1-42) 2 BB 1 BC 1 CL 1 CLAA 7 DD 1 AS 1 AVD 1 AV 2 ML 7 MSW 1 SS 1 AO 3 TK 25 AP/AK 8 PT Japanese shipping losses 5 DD 1 AV 2 ML 2 MSW 8 SS !!!! 4 AP 2 PC 1 PG IJN losses have been fairly low - except from the excessive submarine losses. In addition there are 4-5 destroyers, 1 ca and 1 bb with sys damage between 16-85. The most important Japanese ac losses can be broken down as follows; 25 Nells (11 op losses) 13 Bettys 16 Zeros (9 op losses) These losses are sustainable - and I'm often taking bigger losses in ac transfers than in actual combat. 7 Zero's are lost in air to air combat - 27 Nates have suffered the same fate! 22 Tomahawks, 31 Buffalos, 16 Warhawks, 4 Wildcats (+ 18 on Wake), 16 P-26 are the allied air to air losses. I've taken control over the Japanese production system, and on the 1/1-42, the production of Nells (that had been halted since PH) was converted to the G4M1 and restarted. The Ki-43 Oscar II is also beeing heavily researched together with A6M5s and A6M8s. I have to get rid of the Nates asap! There are ~750 different engine types in the pools - mostly Mitsubishi and Nakajima. I'm trying to build a large pool that I can draw on when the going gets tough. Production of Zero's, Val's and Kate's have been increased to 154, 69 and 64 - respectively. I'm still using auto convoys - and even though I'm not happy with it, I will leave this to the AI until mid 42. When the initial stages of the expansion of the empire has been completed - resistance will increase and I will personally controll all the supply convoys and bring excessive resources back home to the motherland. The KB is heading towards Oz and will try to stir a little fear into the area. After that it will go to the Indian ocean and sweep the seas there. If this is successfull, the invasion of India will be executed as soon as the troops have been rested and prepared. [image]local://upfiles/1466/Zw693183881.gif[/image]

PzB74 -> RE: Sit map and end of year report (8/26/2004 2:21:54 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/01/42 Sea Sub attack at 21,47 Japanese Ships DD Yugiri, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage - the ship is a mess, 55 sys 57 float and 23 fires. Heading back to base! CL Yura DD Usugumo DD Shirakumo DD Isonami DD Hatsuyuki DD Shikinami DD Murakumo Allied Ships SS Trusty, hits 2, on fire, heavy damage - at least I got ole' Trusty in return! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack at 140,54 - Wob must have spotted this boat of the US West Coast - down she goes! Even PG's and MSW's sink subs without training in WitP - so unlike UV! Japanese Ships SS I-19, hits 8, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships PG Dawson MSW Nipigon MSW Outarde MSW Ungava MSW Wasaga DD Litchfield DD Chew DD Schley DD Ward ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 29,66 - The blocade of Borneo is paying dividends! Japanese Ships SS I-154 Allied Ships AK Siaoe, Torpedo hits 1, on fire ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Naval Gun Fire at Georgetown (23,44) - Coastal Guns Fire Back! My ships arrive at Georgetown too late - wob's evac tf has come and gone - and took a load of troops with em. But the air force made em pay later on.... 24 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships CA Chokai CL Yura CL Kinu DD Shirakumo DD Isonami DD Hatsuyuki Allied ground losses: 85 casualties reported Guns lost 5 Naval bombardment of Georgetown, at 23,44 - Coastal Guns Fire Back! 4 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships CA Chokai CL Yura CL Kinu DD Usugumo DD Shirakumo DD Isonami DD Hatsuyuki DD Shikinami DD Akikaze DD Murakumo Allied ground losses: 28 casualties reported Airbase hits 10 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 10 Port hits 2 Port supply hits 4 Naval Gun Fire at Georgetown (23,44) - Coastal Guns Fire Back! 4 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships CA Suzuya ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat, near Samarinda at 31,63 Japanese Ships ML Natsushima - aggressive little chimp!-) Allied Ships PT TM-9, Shell hits 1 PT TM-11, Shell hits 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air Day Air attack on 11th PA Division, at 43,51 The aerial defenders at Clark have withdrawn to Manila. The Zero's will sweep there tomorrow! Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 13 Ki-27 Nate x 20 Ki-30 Ann x 25 Ki-21 Sally x 65 Ki-48 Lily x 18 Ki-15 Babs x 1 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21 Sally: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 68 casualties reported Guns lost 5 Aircraft Attacking: 24 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet 24 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet 18 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 15000 feet 25 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet 17 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Johore Bahru at 22,49 Japanese aircraft Ki-27 Nate x 6 Allied aircraft T.IVa x 3 - accurate sobs...and I've said this before! No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses T.IVa: 2 damaged Japanese Ships AP Kiyoshima Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire Aircraft Attacking: 3 x T.IVa launching torpedoes at 200 feet ------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Samarinda at 31,63 (Interesting little battle - the ML Natsushima evades more than 30 Dutch bombers and puts 2 shells into 2 PT boats and gets away with it! She was prevented from laying mines at Samarinda though. Allied aircraft Brewster 339D x 17 Martin 139 x 11 No Allied losses Japanese Ships ML Natsushima Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Martin 139 bombing at 4000 feet 3 x Martin 139 bombing at 4000 feet 3 x Martin 139 bombing at 4000 feet 2 x Martin 139 bombing at 4000 feet ---------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Brunei at 32,57 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 7 - Zero's are now operating from Brunei! Ki-27 Nate x 3 Allied aircraft Martin 139 x 12 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Martin 139: 4 damaged Japanese Ships CL Isuzu DD Kamo AP Sunten Maru AP Teiun Maru Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Martin 139 bombing at 5000 feet 2 x Martin 139 bombing at 5000 feet 3 x Martin 139 bombing at 5000 feet 2 x Martin 139 bombing at 5000 feet 2 x Martin 139 bombing at 5000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Wyndham at 30,86 (A nice and daring attack carried out by a str 9 Nell Daitai! 2 ac are lost, but the message has been sent - Northern Oz is no longer a safe haven!) Japanese aircraft G3M Nell x 6 Japanese aircraft losses G3M Nell: 4 damaged Allied Ships TK Manvantara, Torpedo hits 1, on fire MSW Wollongong, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 2 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 21,39 My Lily's and Sally's really made Wob pay for his last minute evacuation of troops from Georgetown! Several ships are hit and the pilots reported that the decks were awash with 'evacuated troops'. The sharks now feast on some of them...some rescue!-) The heavy cruiser Cornwall takes a 100kg bomb through one of her main 8" batteries, and receives a bad battering. The Glasgow is hit even worse - and Wob told me that the sistership Enterprise is hurting really bad from yesterdays torp hit! Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 19 Ki-21 Sally x 42 Ki-48 Lily x 35 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21 Sally: 5 damaged Ki-48 Lily: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged Allied Ships CLAA Columbo, Bomb hits 2 CL Glasgow, Bomb hits 2, on fire CA Exeter CA Cornwall Allied ground losses: 13 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Aircraft Attacking: All aircraft bombing at 5000 feet Day Air attack on TF at 21,39 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 17 Ki-21 Sally x 25 Ki-48 Lily x 28 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21 Sally: 2 destroyed, 8 damaged Ki-48 Lily: 8 damaged Allied Ships CA Exeter, Bomb hits 2 CA Cornwall, Bomb hits 2 CLAA Columbo CL Glasgow, Bomb hits 1, on fire Allied ground losses: 32 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Aircraft Attacking: All aircraft bombing at 5000 feet ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Land Georgetown falls after a single attack, and another 15k troops are taken prisoners! Ground combat at Georgetown Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 65103 troops, 668 guns, 104 vehicles Defending force 8138 troops, 26 guns, 1 vehicles Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 4 Japanese assault odds: 6 to 1 (fort level 4) Japanese forces CAPTURE Georgetown base !!! Allied aircraft no flights No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 233 casualties reported Guns lost 7 Vehicles lost 1 Allied ground losses: 15182 casualties reported Guns lost 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Nanning - thought I ordered the troops to stand down and bombard only? Well, Chinese casualties are now heavier than our own, so I'll let em have it for another few days. Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 42101 troops, 446 guns, 4 vehicles Defending force 21091 troops, 70 guns, 0 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 Japanese ground losses: 253 casualties reported Guns lost 14 Allied ground losses: 266 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Amboina - now, a final shock attack tomorrow should see the end of resistance on Ambonia! Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 4173 troops, 11 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 1048 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 1) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0 Japanese ground losses: 12 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Allied ground losses: 56 casualties reported Guns lost 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Clark Field This was a good result! Allied casualtes are very high, and the forts are coming down. Anoter 2-3 days and we can march on Manila! Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 129479 troops, 1052 guns, 299 vehicles Defending force 24814 troops, 197 guns, 74 vehicles Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 3 Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 3) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 3 Japanese ground losses: 677 casualties reported Guns lost 19 Vehicles lost 5 Allied ground losses: 2008 casualties reported Guns lost 82 Vehicles lost 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Situation Report A good day, but it could have been even better! Too bad my ships didn't connect with the British fast transport that picked up troops at Georgetown. I've not given up though - 3 fast tf's will try to intercept the fleeing ships. Since several of them are damaged, they must either sail on alone - or drag down the entire tf's speed. My torpedo bombers should still be in range tomorrow, and the forecast is good. The light carriers are in hot pursuit of a surface tf heading north along Java. I will risk a high speed dash and try to bag a few cruisers. Wob has done a good job in preserving his surface units, and I want to do something about that! The troops marching on Manila should arrive in a few days, I hope that this will prevent the Clark Field garrison from retreating down here. Then Manila will be overrun in no time! Todays picture shows the massed attack on Clark Fields garrison! [image]local://upfiles/1466/Ay734355146.gif[/image]

pauk -> RE: Sit map and end of year report (8/26/2004 12:38:24 PM)
"I'm still using auto convoys - and even though I'm not happy with it, I will leave this to the AI until mid 42. When the initial stages of the expansion of the empire has been completed - resistance will increase and I will personally controll all the supply convoys and bring excessive resources back home to the motherland. The KB is heading towards Oz and will try to stir a little fear into the area. After that it will go to the Indian ocean and sweep the seas there. If this is successfull, the invasion of India will be executed as soon as the troops have been rested and prepared." hi, 1. i know that you are busy, but could you post very short overview of auto convoys (i'm considering same options, found it s to hard to manage manualy with distribution of supplies...). for exmp: are you using few bases to stockpile supplies (example: For Southren Area Army and Burma AA - Saigon) and let distribution supplies by land, or you prefer smaller connvoys to many bases.... 2. i haven't yet played WiTP, but together with my colleague, came to conclusion that India is maybe best target: A) there are plenty of industry B) it is not so far from your "liberated"(long live Emperor!) bases in Malaya C) presence of KB may force your opponent to send his CV in the Bay of Bengal (your CV's with air support from the land bases = Allied CV's becoming fish shelters, hehe) D). pressure on Burma - opportunity for sinking allied convys to the Burma of course, it's not so easy - i havent checked yet british reinforcements in India, could be tricky.... secondly, depends how many units wobbly saved from malaya and withdraw to the India; how many units is stationed in Burma... tips: check out luskan&raverdave AAR - they fight over the Burma, but it could be that long live Banana prepairing for the India (Raver don't read this!)... These are just my toughts, but i will certantly try this strategy (to my opponents: you didn't read this![;)]) 3. I've noticed that my nates in the Indo China can be upgraded only to OscarII - am i doing something wrong or that the way it is?[:(] Thank you for providing us this AAR - very fun and enlightening!

PzB74 -> RE: Sit map and end of year report (8/26/2004 8:45:12 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/02/42 Sea Sub attack at 22,48 Japanese Ships DD Yugiri, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage - Coupe de Grace, the poor Yugiri goes straight down. Allied Ships SS Truant -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Amboina, at 39,73 The final bombardment before the shock attack goes in! Japanese Ships DD Numakaze CL Kiso DD Namikaze DD Nokaze DD Okikaze DD Kamikaze CL Tama CL Oi CL Kitakami BB Yamashiro BB Fuso BB Nagato Allied ground losses: 158 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 8 Port hits 2 Port fuel hits 1 Port supply hits 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air Day Air attack on Singapore , at 23,50 Sweeps to clear away the remaining air cover is the first step in the conquest of Singapore. Japanese aircraft Ki-27 Nate x 29 Allied aircraft Buffalo I x 8 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Buffalo I: 8 destroyed, 2 damaged (Grossly overestimated losses, 2-3 destroyed Buffalo's is more likely.) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52 Sweeps to clear away the remaining air defenes in the PI's. Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 25 C5M Babs x 1 Allied aircraft P-40B Tomahawk x 3 P-40E Warhawk x 3 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 5 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-40B Tomahawk: 7 destroyed - the results are again way too high. 2 Zero's and 5 P40's are actual losses. P-40E Warhawk: 5 destroyed, 1 damaged -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 21st PA Division, at 43,51 Japanese aircraft Ki-27 Nate x 26 Ki-21 Sally x 29 Ki-48 Lily x 9 Ki-15 Babs x 1 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21 Sally: 2 damaged Allied ground losses: 81 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 11 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet 10 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet 9 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 15000 feet 8 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 200th USA Coast AA Regiment, at 43,51 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 15 Ki-27 Nate x 26 Ki-30 Ann x 27 Ki-21 Sally x 40 Ki-48 Lily x 11 Ki-15 Babs x 1 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-30 Ann: 2 damaged Allied ground losses: 102 casualties reported Guns lost 5 Aircraft Attacking: 13 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet 15 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet 11 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 15000 feet 27 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet 12 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Miri at 31,57 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 8 Ki-27 Nate x 2 Allied aircraft Martin 139 x 9 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Martin 139: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged Japanese Ships DD Hagikaze DD Nowaki Aircraft Attacking: 2 x Martin 139 bombing at 5000 feet 3 x Martin 139 bombing at 5000 feet 3 x Martin 139 bombing at 5000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 31,66 Allied aircraft Brewster 339D x 17 Martin 139 x 13 No Allied losses Japanese Ships ML Natsushima, Bomb hits 1 - the brave little ship finally runs out of luck. Aircraft Attacking: 4 x Martin 139 bombing at 4000 feet 3 x Martin 139 bombing at 4000 feet 3 x Martin 139 bombing at 4000 feet 3 x Martin 139 bombing at 4000 feet Day Air attack on TF at 31,66 Allied aircraft Brewster 339D x 17 Martin 139 x 12 No Allied losses Japanese Ships ML Natsushima, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage - she doesn't sink, and I don't have the heart to scuttle her, not yet at least. Perhaps she can draw of another strike or 2? Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Martin 139 bombing at 4000 feet 3 x Martin 139 bombing at 4000 feet 3 x Martin 139 bombing at 4000 feet 3 x Martin 139 bombing at 4000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Johore Bahru at 22,49 Japanese aircraft Ki-27 Nate x 5 Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 3 Allied aircraft T.IVa x 3 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses T.IVa: 4 damaged Japanese Ships AP Higashiyama Maru Aircraft Attacking: 3 x T.IVa launching torpedoes at 200 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Brunei at 32,57 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 9 Ki-27 Nate x 3 Allied aircraft Martin 139 x 9 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Martin 139: 2 destroyed Japanese Ships DD Kamo CL Isuzu MSW W.6 Aircraft Attacking: 1 x Martin 139 bombing at 5000 feet 2 x Martin 139 bombing at 5000 feet 2 x Martin 139 bombing at 5000 feet 3 x Martin 139 bombing at 5000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Tjilitjap at 19,62 The 'Mini KB' finds the Houston and Perth and puts torps into both of them! Japanese aircraft A5M4 Claude x 7 A6M2 Zero x 9 D3A Val x 3 B5N Kate x 19 Allied aircraft Hawk 75A x 8 Brewster 339D x 3 Japanese aircraft losses D3A Val: 2 destroyed B5N Kate: 2 destroyed, 15 damaged Allied aircraft losses Hawk 75A: 5 destroyed Brewster 339D: 2 destroyed Allied Ships CA Houston, Torpedo hits 1 DD Thracian CL Boise, Torpedo hits 2, on fire DD Alden CL Tromp Aircraft Attacking: 1 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet 1 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet 1 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet 1 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet 1 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet 4 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet 3 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Tjilitjap at 19,62 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 4 D3A Val x 1 B5N Kate x 5 Allied aircraft Hawk 75A x 4 Brewster 339D x 2 Japanese aircraft losses D3A Val: 2 destroyed B5N Kate: 1 damaged Allied Ships CA Houston Aircraft Attacking: 1 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet 1 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet 3 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Batavia at 19,59 The Nells claim another 2 victims of Batavia. Japanese aircraft G3M Nell x 31 Allied aircraft Hawk 75A x 3 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Allied Ships AK Empire Tarpon, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage AK Birminghan City, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 2 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 1 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 18,64 I assume Wobbly tried to use this damaged hulk as a diversion...a single Val was all it attracted [;)] Japanese aircraft A5M4 Claude x 7 A6M2 Zero x 9 D3A Val x 1 No Japanese losses Allied Ships AK Empire Lightning, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 1 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Rangoon at 29,34 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 12 G4M1 Betty x 9 Allied aircraft P-40B Tomahawk x 13 Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty: 2 destroyed - bad morale probably saves quite a few Betties as the AVG breaks through the escort. Go for the retreating british warships guys!!! Allied aircraft losses P-40B Tomahawk: 2 destroyed - the first ac of the AVG is shot down by a Zero. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Land Ground combat at Amboina Yes, success - Ambonia falls without too much effort. The heavy bombardment attacks have obviously weakened the defenses. Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 4142 troops, 10 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 769 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Amboina base !!! Japanese ground losses: 152 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Allied ground losses: 412 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Clark Field After only 2 deliberate attacks, Clark falls! [8D] Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 128759 troops, 1042 guns, 295 vehicles Defending force 21249 troops, 80 guns, 71 vehicles Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2 Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 2) Japanese forces CAPTURE Clark Field base !!! Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses P-26A: 1 destroyed Japanese ground losses: 370 casualties reported Guns lost 11 Vehicles lost 1 Allied ground losses: 1190 casualties reported Guns lost 31 Vehicles lost 9 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Nanning Chinese losses are mounting, we keep up the pressure and marches another regiment into battle. Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 42074 troops, 430 guns, 4 vehicles Defending force 20786 troops, 69 guns, 0 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 Japanese ground losses: 357 casualties reported Guns lost 15 Allied ground losses: 430 casualties reported Guns lost 15 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Nanning Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 6568 troops, 25 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 41605 troops, 412 guns, 3 vehicles Japanese ground losses: 2 casualties reported ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Situation Report Another good day for the Empire! More allied ships are torpedoed and both Ambonia and Clark Field falls. The armies are now marching on Manila! 200000 men will soon start reducing the forts. In New Guinea troops are landing at Wewak and troopships are heading for Borneo. 3 task forces are now chasing the retreating British evacuation tf's. It's a very exciting race, will I be able to catch the Glasgow and Enterprise before I run out of fuel? The Mini KB also strikes gold when the notorious Houston is torpedoed. Clear weather tomorrow, and the Nells are ordered to strike the Tiljatap port while the carriers lurks 5 hexes out. Oh joy [:D] The real Mc Coy - the KB - has spotted a ship/convoy deep in the Pacific and will launch strikes tomorrow. Only the US carriers can make life miserable for me now - so will Wobbly deploy them? Map over Java [image]local://upfiles/1466/Rp441377240.gif[/image]

PzB74 -> RE: Sit map and end of year report (8/26/2004 8:55:09 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: pauk hi, 1. i know that you are busy, but could you post very short overview of auto convoys (i'm considering same options, found it s to hard to manage manualy with distribution of supplies...). for exmp: are you using few bases to stockpile supplies (example: For Southren Area Army and Burma AA - Saigon) and let distribution supplies by land, or you prefer smaller connvoys to many bases.... Hm, I've put 700 AK's and tankers into the transport pool together with escorts. Then I search for bases that got insufficient supplies, and includes them in the auto convoy system. This is very efficient, the only problem is that too much supplies and fuel are being shipped in. I will correct this later on when I got less to do though. So, I guess I'm using many small convoys to many bases - but I do run manual convoys to bases close to the combat zones. These convoys are more heavily escorted and carries more supplies and fuel. quote: 2. i haven't yet played WiTP, but together with my colleague, came to conclusion that India is maybe best target: A) there are plenty of industry B) it is not so far from your "liberated"(long live Emperor!) bases in Malaya C) presence of KB may force your opponent to send his CV in the Bay of Bengal (your CV's with air support from the land bases = Allied CV's becoming fish shelters, hehe) D). pressure on Burma - opportunity for sinking allied convys to the Burma of course, it's not so easy - i havent checked yet british reinforcements in India, could be tricky.... secondly, depends how many units wobbly saved from malaya and withdraw to the India; how many units is stationed in Burma... tips: check out luskan&raverdave AAR - they fight over the Burma, but it could be that long live Banana prepairing for the India (Raver don't read this!)... These are just my toughts, but i will certantly try this strategy (to my opponents: you didn't read this![;)]) Yes, I agree! India seems ripe for picking. Only 2-3 UK full size divisions will be added to the Allied OOB during the first half of 1942. It's certainly not easy - distances are long and there are plenty of pit traps, but the more I think about it, the more I like it [:)] I've not read the Banana aar lately, might go and take a look! quote: 3. I've noticed that my nates in the Indo China can be upgraded only to OscarII - am i doing something wrong or that the way it is?[:(] Thank you for providing us this AAR - very fun and enlightening! Nope, all Nate's upgrade to Oscar II's - according to current research, they will not be available until 1/43 [8\|] I've increased research and hope to get them a few months earlier though. By 43 they will be outdated as well.... Thx for reading, always appreciate feedback and comments! Hopefully more Kiwi spanking will be posted soon [sm=00000036.gif]

PzB74 -> RE: Sit map and end of year report (8/28/2004 1:27:16 AM)
Dang - seems like the Kiwi has gone AWOL! I'm sitting in front of my puter around midnight on a Friday nite with the gf asleep on the couch - and there is no WitP turn in the mail [:(] I'm getting yet another addiction, and those who can best satisfy my needs are at sleep....sniff! Sabre vs Mig on Discovery, now that's something - perhaps I can rouse the cat on the coach afterwards as well [:'(]

Cap Mandrake -> RE: Sit map and end of year report (8/28/2004 5:35:38 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: PzB Dang - seems like the Kiwi has gone AWOL! I'm sitting in front of my puter around midnight on a Friday nite with the gf asleep on the couch - and there is no WitP turn in the mail [:(] I'm getting yet another addiction, and those who can best satisfy my needs are at sleep....sniff! Sabre vs Mig on Discovery, now that's something - perhaps I can rouse the cat on the coach afterwards as well [:'(] I hope "gf" doesn't mean Grandfather [X(]

pauk -> RE: Sit map and end of year report (8/28/2004 11:42:54 AM)
nah... i think it's a godfather[:D]

PzB74 -> RE: Sit map and end of year report (8/28/2004 5:19:40 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: pauk nah... i think it's a godfather[:D] Goth fiend is probably closer [;)] AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/03/42 Sea Night Time Surface Combat, near Tarakan at 33,61 Trying to get rid of the little PT pests before the troop transports arrives! Japanese Ships CL Nagara DD Yukikaze DD Suzukaze DD Shiokaze Allied Ships PT TM-7 PT TM-8 PT TM-14 PT TM-15, Shell hits 15, on fire, heavy damage -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Tarakan at 33,61 Japanese Ships CL Nagara DD Yukikaze DD Suzukaze DD Shiokaze Allied Ships PT PT-31, Shell hits 10, and is sunk PT PT-35 PT PT-41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sub attack at 29,54 Japanese Ships PC Ch 9 PC Ch 7 DD Sagiri Allied Ships SS O19, hits 2 No damage!? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 87 troops unloading over beach at Wewak, 52,81 - Landing troops in undefended NG bases. Japanese ground losses: 162 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 87 troops unloading over beach at Wewak, 52,81 Japanese ground losses: 166 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air Day Air attack on Singapore , at 23,50 Japanese aircraft Ki-27 Nate x 31 Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 20 Allied aircraft Buffalo I x 1 Hurricane II x 3 - Wobbly has moved Hurricanes into Sing! More gunfodder... No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Buffalo I: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged Hurricane II: 6 destroyed, 3 damaged -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Tjilitjap , at 19,62 - My plan is a success as Repair will soon join Refit on the bottom of the Pacific Ocena! Didn't even know the PoW was in port. The long range strike was out of range for the escorting Zero's - and I had to suffer both AAA and CAP. Japanese aircraft G3M Nell x 81 G4M1 Betty x 7 Allied aircraft Hawk 75A x 4 CW-21B Demon x 3 Brewster 339D x 11 Japanese aircraft losses G3M Nell: 25 destroyed, 39 damaged - actual losses are 13 Nells and 1 Betty. G4M1 Betty: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged Allied aircraft losses Hawk 75A: 2 damaged Brewster 339D: 2 damaged Allied Ships BB Prince of Wales, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage [:D] CL Boise, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 18 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 11 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 3 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet 3 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 8 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 3 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 5 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 3 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet 2 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 3 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 3 x G3M Nell bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 31st USA Regimental Combat Team, at 43,52 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 23 C5M Babs x 2 Ki-27 Nate x 48 Ki-21 Sally x 82 Ki-48 Lily x 27 Allied aircraft P-40B Tomahawk x 3 P-40E Warhawk x 1 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-27 Nate: 5 destroyed Ki-21 Sally: 13 damaged Ki-48 Lily: 2 destroyed, 4 damaged Allied aircraft losses P-40B Tomahawk: 5 destroyed, 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 123 casualties reported Guns lost 4 Aircraft Attacking: 10 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet 24 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet 26 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 15000 feet 16 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet 12 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet 12 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet 8 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Johore Bahru at 22,49 Japanese aircraft Ki-27 Nate x 8 Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 3 Allied aircraft Hurricane II x 5 Blenheim I x 3 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-27 Nate: 2 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Blenheim I: 3 damaged Japanese Ships AP Chicago Maru Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Blenheim I bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Muntok at 21,55 Allied aircraft Blenheim I x 3 Allied aircraft losses Blenheim I: 2 damaged Japanese Ships DD Kisaragi Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Blenheim I bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Tjilitjap at 19,62 - The CAP over Tjilitjap takes a beating - excellent! Japanese aircraft A5M4 Claude x 7 A6M2 Zero x 10 D3A Val x 1 Allied aircraft Hawk 75A x 4 CW-21B Demon x 3 Brewster 339D x 11 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Hawk 75A: 7 destroyed CW-21B Demon: 4 destroyed, 1 damaged Brewster 339D: 4 destroyed Allied Ships AK Empire Lightning Aircraft Attacking: 1 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Palembang at 20,55 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 14 Ki-48 Lily x 6 Allied aircraft CW-21B Demon x 9 Brewster 339D x 6 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-48 Lily: 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses CW-21B Demon: 1 damaged Brewster 339D: 4 destroyed, 2 damaged Allied Ships PG Jasmine TK Empire Druid Aircraft Attacking: 2 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 5000 feet 4 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 5000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Johore Bahru at 22,49 Japanese aircraft Ki-27 Nate x 5 Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 3 Allied aircraft T.IVa x 3 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses T.IVa: 3 damaged Japanese Ships AP Tsunushima Maru Aircraft Attacking: 3 x T.IVa launching torpedoes at 200 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Johore Bahru at 22,49 Japanese aircraft Ki-27 Nate x 9 Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 3 Allied aircraft Hurricane II x 3 Blenheim I x 3 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Blenheim I: 1 damaged Japanese Ships AP Siraha Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire Japanese ground losses: 24 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Blenheim I bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Rangoon at 29,34 - The AVG gives the Zero's a beating! The Betties are low on morale and have been ordered to stand down. (Actual losses, 1 Betty + 3 Zero's) Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 17 G4M1 Betty x 6 Allied aircraft P-40B Tomahawk x 15 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 7 destroyed, 1 damaged G4M1 Betty: 2 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-40B Tomahawk: 1 damaged -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Palembang at 20,55 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 13 Ki-48 Lily x 5 Allied aircraft CW-21B Demon x 8 Brewster 339D x 6 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses CW-21B Demon: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged Allied Ships AK Santa Teresa, Bomb hits 3, on fire Aircraft Attacking: 1 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 5000 feet 4 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 5000 feet --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Land Ground combat at Nanning - can't seem to get rid of these pests! Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 41899 troops, 420 guns, 4 vehicles Defending force 20254 troops, 52 guns, 0 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 Japanese ground losses: 473 casualties reported Guns lost 9 Vehicles lost 1 Allied ground losses: 229 casualties reported Guns lost 5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Situation Report Another good turn as the Nells rips the bottom out of the Prince of Wales lying at anchor at Tjiljitap! 4 torps smashes into the hull and the light cruiser Boise is also taking water after a good hit. I've ordered the light carriers to attack both port and naval targets while the big 28 ac Zero Daitai has been ordered on LRCAP over Tjiljitap. The remaining fighters have been set on 90% CAP. All long range Betties and Nells in range have been ordered to strike the port again as Wobbly disbanded his surface tf there, and my aviators told me that a lot of Allied ships are at anchor! In the Bay of Bengal (see map) my 3 tf's are now almost in range, and if Wobbly hasn't spotted the pursuers, he may be in for a bad surprise. A tank regiment has already moved into Manila, but will be joined by heavy forces tomorrow. Hopefully Wob will not be able to kick me out... There were a lot of air attacks today, and that should also be the case it the weather holds. Partly cloudy for tomorrow. I'm going for a mid ocean intercept of the transports now at Palembang - my destroyer tf stopped 1 hex short today, and was spotted. So today I will move to the spot were Wob retreated to last time.... 230000 troops at Changsa are ordered south and will clear up the railroad. 3 Sally Daitai's have been moved from Kwantung Army controll to Southern Area. 3 Dive bomber sqd's have been moved in as replacements. The bombers will hit the Chinese bases before being transferred south. (Dive bombers are useless against army formations, the ack ack guns slaughter them - but the medium bombers fare much better.) I noticed that the losses that were reported in the combat.txt were almost constantly twice as high as the actual losses. Some examples Actual Losses Reported losses Ratio 13 Nells 25 2-1 2 Betties 4 2-1 3 Zeros 7 ~2-1 4 Nates 7 ~2-1 1 Lily 2 2-1 3 Hawks 7 ~2-1 3 Hurricanes 6 2-1 2 P40s 5 ~2-1 3 Demons 6 ~2-1 6 Buffalos 10 ~2-1 Map over Bay of Bengal operations [image]local://upfiles/1466/Fd931916792.gif[/image]

PzB74 -> RE: Sit map and end of year report (8/29/2004 2:16:47 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/04/42 Sea ASW attack at 141,51 Japanese Ships SS I-21, hits 4, on fire, heavy damage - ouch, yet another sub loss! Nr 10 in one month... Allied Ships DD Fox DD Hatfield ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sub attack at 141,53 Japanese Ships SS I-9 - We do get a little payback today, the Liberty herself loaded with troops gets a fish! Allied Ships AK Liberty, Torpedo hits 1, on fire Allied ground losses: 40 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 29,72 Japanese Ships SS I-160 Allied Ships AK Siaoe, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Naval bombardment of Menado, at 39,67 - Troops are about to land here! Japanese Ships DD Numakaze CL Kiso DD Namikaze DD Nokaze DD Okikaze DD Kamikaze CL Tama CL Oi CL Kitakami BB Yamashiro BB Fuso BB Nagato Allied ground losses: 27 casualties reported Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 8 Port hits 1 Port fuel hits 1 Port supply hits 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 48 encounters mine field at Trimcomalee (15,25) Japanese Ships DD Usugumo DD Isonami Allied Ships AK Siaoe, and is sunk !? [&:] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat, near Trimcomalee at 15,25 This is the only engagement, and it's a non-conclusive affair. Only 1 hit is landed from 20k yards. Japanese Ships CA Chokai CL Yura, on fire CL Kinu DD Usugumo DD Shirakumo DD Isonami DD Murakumo DD Akikaze Allied Ships CLAA Ceres DD Stronghold, Shell hits 1, on fire DD Jupiter -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air Day Air attack on Singapore , at 23,50 Japanese aircraft Ki-27 Nate x 30 Allied aircraft Hurricane II x 5 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Hurricane II: 5 destroyed, 1 damaged -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Tjilitjap , at 19,62 Japanese aircraft G3M Nell x 48 G4M1 Betty x 7 Allied aircraft Hawk 75A x 6 CW-21B Demon x 3 Brewster 339D x 9 Japanese aircraft losses G3M Nell: 13 destroyed, 25 damaged Ouch! Allied aircraft losses Hawk 75A: 1 damaged Brewster 339D: 2 damaged Allied ground losses: 1 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Port supply hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 3 x G3M Nell bombing at 6000 feet 5 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet 6 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 2 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet 2 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x G3M Nell bombing at 6000 feet 2 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 3 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 2 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Tjilitjap , at 19,62 Japanese aircraft G3M Nell x 42 G4M1 Betty x 27 Allied aircraft Hawk 75A x 6 CW-21B Demon x 3 Brewster 339D x 9 Japanese aircraft losses G3M Nell: 21 destroyed, 12 damaged Ouch ouch... G4M1 Betty: 2 destroyed, 7 damaged Allied aircraft losses Hawk 75A: 1 damaged Allied Ships BB Prince of Wales, Bomb hits 16, on fire, heavy damage AK Benkoelen, Bomb hits 1, on fire CL Tromp, Bomb hits 1 CL Boise, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Allied ground losses: 19 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Port hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x G3M Nell bombing at 6000 feet 2 x G3M Nell bombing at 6000 feet 14 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet 16 x G3M Nell bombing at 6000 feet 3 x G3M Nell bombing at 6000 feet 6 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet 3 x G3M Nell bombing at 6000 feet 3 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet 2 x G3M Nell bombing at 6000 feet 2 x G3M Nell bombing at 6000 feet 3 x G3M Nell bombing at 6000 feet 3 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 24 C5M Babs x 1 Allied aircraft P-40B Tomahawk x 2 P-40E Warhawk x 1 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses P-40B Tomahawk: 2 destroyed P-40E Warhawk: 2 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Trimcomalee at 15,25 Allied aircraft Sea Gladiator x 9 Swordfish x 5 Vildebeest IV x 12 Allied aircraft losses Swordfish: 2 damaged Vildebeest IV: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged Japanese Ships CL Yura CA Chokai DD Isonami DD Murakumo Aircraft Attacking: 2 x Vildebeest IV launching torpedoes at 200 feet 3 x Swordfish bombing at 5000 feet 1 x Swordfish bombing at 5000 feet 2 x Vildebeest IV launching torpedoes at 200 feet 1 x Swordfish bombing at 5000 feet 4 x Vildebeest IV launching torpedoes at 200 feet 3 x Vildebeest IV launching torpedoes at 200 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Trimcomalee at 15,25 Allied aircraft Swordfish x 10 Blenheim IV x 9 Hudson I x 15 Allied aircraft losses Swordfish: 2 destroyed, 7 damaged Hudson I: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged Japanese Ships CL Kinu CL Yura CA Chokai Aircraft Attacking: 2 x Blenheim IV bombing at 4000 feet 2 x Swordfish launching torpedoes at 200 feet 3 x Hudson I bombing at 4000 feet 3 x Hudson I bombing at 4000 feet 3 x Blenheim IV bombing at 4000 feet 4 x Blenheim IV bombing at 4000 feet 4 x Swordfish launching torpedoes at 200 feet 3 x Swordfish launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x Hudson I bombing at 4000 feet 4 x Hudson I bombing at 4000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 21,56 Allied aircraft Martin 139 x 10 Allied aircraft losses Martin 139: 2 destroyed, 4 damaged Japanese Ships DD Mochizuki DD Wakatake DD Yayoi Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Martin 139 bombing at 4000 feet 3 x Martin 139 bombing at 4000 feet 3 x Martin 139 bombing at 4000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 42,52 Japanese aircraft D3A Val x 8 Ki-27 Nate x 56 No Japanese losses Allied Ships AK Anakan, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 8 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Tjilitjap , at 19,62 Japanese aircraft D3A Val x 1 B5N Kate x 14 Allied aircraft Hawk 75A x 5 CW-21B Demon x 3 Brewster 339D x 11 Japanese aircraft losses B5N Kate: 8 destroyed, 8 damaged Allied aircraft losses Hawk 75A: 1 damaged Port supply hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 1 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet 1 x B5N Kate bombing at 5000 feet 1 x B5N Kate bombing at 5000 feet 5 x B5N Kate bombing at 5000 feet 4 x B5N Kate bombing at 5000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Trimcomalee at 15,25 Allied aircraft Sea Gladiator x 2 Swordfish x 3 No Allied losses Japanese Ships CL Yura, Torpedo hits 1, on fire - the only damaging hit made by the RAF bombers based at Trimcomalee. Damage is medium and the ship is returning to base - and should be fine. DD Murakumo Aircraft Attacking: 2 x Swordfish bombing at 5000 feet 1 x Swordfish bombing at 5000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Trimcomalee at 15,25 Allied aircraft Swordfish x 6 Blenheim IV x 9 Hudson I x 8 Allied aircraft losses Swordfish: 1 damaged Hudson I: 1 damaged Japanese Ships CL Yura, on fire CL Kinu CA Chokai, Bomb hits 1 - no damage Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Blenheim IV bombing at 4000 feet 2 x Swordfish launching torpedoes at 200 feet 1 x Hudson I bombing at 4000 feet 2 x Blenheim IV bombing at 4000 feet 3 x Hudson I bombing at 4000 feet 4 x Swordfish launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x Hudson I bombing at 4000 feet 4 x Blenheim IV bombing at 4000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 21,56 Allied aircraft Martin 139 x 3 Allied aircraft losses Martin 139: 2 damaged Japanese Ships DD Isokaze Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Martin 139 bombing at 4000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Coastal Guns at Menado, 39,67, firing at TF 118 TF 118 troops unloading over beach at Menado, 39,67 12 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships ML Kamome, Shell hits 5 Japanese ground losses: 252 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Land Ground combat at Wewak - 3 smaller units have landed on the east coast of NG and will move north and south. Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 3698 troops, 21 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 11 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Wewak base !!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Nanning Japanese Deliberate attack - O ordered a bombardment attack, and that was also the fixed orders today! Losses seems to confirm this and indicates an error somewhere. Attacking force 41553 troops, 409 guns, 3 vehicles Defending force 19728 troops, 42 guns, 0 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 Japanese ground losses: 19 casualties reported Allied ground losses: 219 casualties reported Guns lost 5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Manila - Oh dear, the counterattack fails miserably, costing the Allied forces 3400 casualties!! Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 22704 troops, 156 guns, 20 vehicles Defending force 70835 troops, 588 guns, 219 vehicles Allied assault odds: 0 to 1 Japanese ground losses: 137 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Allied ground losses: 3412 casualties reported [8D] Guns lost 44 Vehicles lost 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Menado Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 1428 troops, 11 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 2045 troops, 26 guns, 2 vehicles -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Situaton Report Somewhat of an anticlimax today! The LR CAP placed over Tiljitjap does not engage the CAP that engages my bombers - and I pay for it! No less than 15 Nells and 6 Betties are lost toda. Serious losses, but the units have so many reserve ac and pilots that their fighting power will not be reduced. There are a lot fewer hits on the ships in port today, and only bombs strikes te PoW! Her superstructure is gutted and the Dutch Cruiser Tromp also receives a hit. Once again I failed to sink the heavy ABDA units, but I have inflicted damage on the majority of them - and Wobbly will find it difficult to mount effective counterstrikes. The light carriers are very low on fuel and will meet the replenishment tankers tomorrow. Then its time to go home and replenish fuel, ammo and airgroups. A 40% CAP is ordered with the bombers set to naval attack only. Clody weather tomorrow. My pursuit in the Bay of Bengal doesn't meet with the success I had hoped for. The damaged cruiser(s) are lucky and my ships moves past on both sides. A single daylight engagement takes place, but only the destroyer Jupiter is hit by a shell. There are a lot of air attacks on my ships, but I counted on the inefficiency of the old torpedo crates against high speed and agile dd's and ca/cl's. One light cruiser is hit by a torpedo, but damage isn't too bad - and she should make it back home. I've ordered my ships to fan out and try to intercept one last time at night before heading back to base at full speed. Should be possible to get the wounded cruiser - and if the evac tf still has troops aboard... Crossing my fingers. 200k troops have marched south of Changsa and will engage approx 80k Chinese on the railroad. In Manila a desperate Allied counterattack is repulsed with heavy casualties. The end is in sight! A bombardment attack has been ordered and in a few days all my armies should be in position. Map over Bay of Bengal operatons; [image]local://upfiles/1466/Yv662559492.gif[/image]

PzB74 -> RE: Sit map and end of year report (8/29/2004 5:28:13 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/05/42 Air Day Air attack on Singapore , at 23,50 - There were no Allied ac over Singapore today. Japanese aircraft Ki-27 Nate x 31 No Japanese losses ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 3 C5M Babs x 1 Allied aircraft P-40E Warhawk x 1 No Japanese losses No Allied losses -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Corregidor M Fortress, at 43,52 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 22 C5M Babs x 1 Ki-27 Nate x 24 Ki-21 Sally x 58 Ki-48 Lily x 13 Allied aircraft P-40E Warhawk x 1 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21 Sally: 13 damaged Allied aircraft losses P-40E Warhawk: 2 destroyed Allied ground losses: 135 casualties reported Guns lost 6 Aircraft Attacking: 20 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet 21 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet 13 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 15000 feet 17 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sea Coastal Guns at Menado, 39,67, firing at TF 118 TF 118 troops unloading over beach at Menado, 39,67 3 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships PG Hayakafuku Maru Japanese ground losses: 103 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval Gun Fire at Singapore (23,50) - Coastal Guns Fire Back! - Yikes, these PT boats got too close to Sing and were shot up badly! Strange, didn't think they would venture into range simply by passing by. These small boats should be all but impossible targets for larger and slow firing coastal guns. 51 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships PT Gyoraitei #2 PT Gyoraitei #6, Shell hits 4, on fire, heavy damage PT Gyoraitei #5 PT Gyoraitei #4, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage PT Gyoraitei #3, Shell hits 18, heavy damage -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat at 17,26 - the only sinking achieved by my pursuit in the Bay of Bengal. The Enterprise meets her end... Japanese Ships CA Mikuma DD Hatsuyuki Allied Ships CL Enterprise, Shell hits 14, on fire, heavy damage -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 32,56 Japanese Ships TK Ichiyu Maru, Shell hits 9, on fire, heavy damage - Why was this tanker travelling alone without cargo? (An auto-convoy tf - silly) Allied Ships SS O20 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 41,51 Japanese Ships AK Nanko Maru - torps hits this ship but fails to detonate! PG Busho Maru PG Tosho Maru MSW Choun Maru #21 Allied Ships SS Porpoise -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Palembang, at 20,55 - Wobbly wanted to hide these ships from me, but I got to them anyway [;)] Japanese Ships DD Kagero DD Wakatake DD Mochizuki DD Yayoi DD Kisaragi DD Arashio DD Hamakaze DD Isokaze Allied Ships TK British Motorist, Shell hits 1, on fire AK Empire Clive, Shell hits 2, on fire PG Jasmine, Shell hits 1, on fire TK Empire Druid, Shell hits 1 Allied ground losses: 32 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Runway hits 3 Port fuel hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Menado, at 39,67 Japanese Ships DD Numakaze CL Kiso DD Namikaze DD Nokaze DD Okikaze DD Kamikaze CL Tama CL Oi CL Kitakami BB Yamashiro BB Fuso BB Nagato Allied ground losses: 31 casualties reported Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 8 Port hits 4 Port fuel hits 1 Port supply hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Coastal Guns at Menado, 39,67, firing at TF 118 TF 118 troops unloading over beach at Menado, 39,67 5 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships ML Kamome Japanese ground losses: 29 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 120 troops unloading over beach at Dagua, 51,81 Japanese ground losses: 116 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Land Ground combat at 46,36 - Talk about kicking Chinese a$$ [:D] (See attached map) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 190683 troops, 2353 guns, 160 vehicles Defending force 51142 troops, 259 guns, 0 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 38 to 1 Japanese ground losses: 312 casualties reported Guns lost 8 Vehicles lost 1 Allied ground losses: 4958 casualties reported Guns lost 51 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Nanning Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 24362 troops, 266 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 19604 troops, 35 guns, 0 vehicles Allied ground losses: 48 casualties reported Guns lost 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Manila Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 51366 troops, 639 guns, 170 vehicles Defending force 30576 troops, 89 guns, 17 vehicles Allied ground losses: 185 casualties reported Guns lost 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at San Marcelino - Only Bataan and Manila now remains on the PI 'mainland'. Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 3642 troops, 25 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 431 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 12 to 1 (fort level 3) Japanese forces CAPTURE San Marcelino base !!! Japanese ground losses: 5 casualties reported Allied ground losses: 26 casualties reported Guns lost 3 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Menado Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 1412 troops, 8 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 4118 troops, 28 guns, 10 vehicles Japanese ground losses: 2 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Manila Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 2112 troops, 42 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 118319 troops, 962 guns, 301 vehicles -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Situation Report I manage to sink the Enterprise, but now all the ships in the Bay of Bengal have barely enough fuel to get back to a port in Malaya. The light cv's have refueled and are heading back to Kendari. I've been around too long and is anxious to get away. Wob says the KB has been spotted, well hard to hide from all his eyes in the skies. Will move towards Noumea before heading up to Truk. Most of the troops have arrived in Manila - even though 2 divisions are still stuck in the dirt roads to the south east. Have ordered a deliberate attack tomorrow to check the defenses. The first attack in China meets with glorious success - almost 200k troops kicks Wobblys 50 k Chinese defenders south, causing almost 5000 casualties. I'm now confident we can clear the railroad within a month or two. Then I will try to capture a few resource and industry rich cities. Sit map - China [image]local://upfiles/1466/Ca808059675.gif[/image]

PzB74 -> RE: Sit map and end of year report (8/30/2004 1:23:18 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/06/42 Air -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Corregidor M Fortress, at 43,52 Japanese aircraft Ki-27 Nate x 21 Ki-21 Sally x 46 Ki-48 Lily x 12 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21 Sally: 3 damaged Ki-48 Lily: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 22 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Aircraft Attacking: 11 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet 15 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet 12 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 15000 feet 20 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 116th/B Division, at 43,41 - The first Chinese air attack so far...3 ac and 21 casualties? Not a very accurate report me thinks! Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 1 Allied aircraft SB-2c x 3 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses SB-2c: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 21 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 3 x SB-2c bombing at 8000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 22,67 Allied aircraft Blenheim I x 3 Allied aircraft losses Blenheim I: 1 damaged Japanese Ships CL Natori Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Blenheim I bombing at 4000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 25,50 Allied aircraft Blenheim I x 6 No Allied losses Japanese Ships AP Victoria Maru AP Tatuwa Maru, Bomb hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 2 x Blenheim I bombing at 2000 feet 4 x Blenheim I bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 20,67 Japanese aircraft A5M4 Claude x 5 A6M2 Zero x 15 Allied aircraft Blenheim I x 12 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 2 damaged Allied aircraft losses Blenheim I: 20 destroyed, 2 damaged - 10 Blenheims were destroyed today, a little payback for yesterday! Japanese Ships DD Yamakaze Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Blenheim I bombing at 4000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Soerabaja at 22,65 - Now this is a good one, 1 Val and 3 Kates = 1 bomb and 2 torp hits [8D] Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 1 D3A Val x 1 B5N Kate x 3 Japanese aircraft losses B5N Kate: 1 damaged Allied Ships TK Mindanao, Bomb hits 1, on fire ML Gouden Leeuw, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 1 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet 2 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet 1 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 18,65 - The Dutch bombers succeeds in hitting my now empty replenishment tankers. Nothing much to put fire to, and sys damage is not even in their teens! Allied aircraft Martin 139 x 9 No Allied losses Japanese Ships DD Hayashio AO Shiretoko, Bomb hits 1 AO Shiriya, Bomb hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Martin 139 bombing at 4000 feet 3 x Martin 139 bombing at 4000 feet 3 x Martin 139 bombing at 4000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Brunei at 32,57 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 8 Ki-27 Nate x 3 Allied aircraft Martin 139 x 3 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Martin 139: 2 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 22,54 - Wobbly sent the ships in Palembang north? Suicide mission? Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 5 Ki-30 Ann x 18 Ki-21 Sally x 36 Ki-48 Lily x 20 Allied aircraft CW-21B Demon x 5 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses CW-21B Demon: 4 destroyed Allied Ships TK British Motorist, Bomb hits 8, on fire, heavy damage TK Empire Druid, Bomb hits 2, on fire AK Empire Clive, Bomb hits 11, on fire, heavy damage AK Empire Faith AK Empire Tower, Bomb hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 4 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 5000 feet 1 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 5000 feet 4 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet 2 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 5000 feet 3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 5000 feet 3 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet 3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 5000 feet 1 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 5000 feet 3 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 5000 feet 4 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 5000 feet 2 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet 3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 5000 feet 4 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 5000 feet 9 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet 4 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 5000 feet 4 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 5000 feet 4 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 5000 feet 4 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 5000 feet 4 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 5000 feet 4 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 5000 feet 4 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 5000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 22,54 Japanese aircraft G3M Nell x 16 Japanese aircraft losses G3M Nell: 1 damaged Allied Ships AK Empire Clive, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage TK Empire Druid, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage AK Empire Tower, Torpedo hits 1, on fire Aircraft Attacking: 1 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 3 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sea Night Time Surface Combat, near Tarakan at 33,61 Got rid of another few pesky PT boats, but one of the swines put a torp into the Naka. Sys damage in the 30's - so she's going home for some R&R. Japanese Ships CA Nachi CL Naka DD Oyashio DD Harusame DD Yudachi Allied Ships PT TM-7 PT TM-8 PT TM-14 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Tarakan at 33,61 Japanese Ships CA Nachi, Shell hits 7 CL Naka, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 1 DD Oyashio, Shell hits 2 DD Harusame DD Yudachi Allied Ships PT PT-35 PT PT-41, Shell hits 10, and is sunk -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Tarakan at 33,61 Japanese Ships CA Nachi CL Naka, Shell hits 1 DD Oyashio DD Harusame DD Yudachi Allied Ships PT TM-7 PT TM-8 PT TM-14 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Tarakan at 33,61 Japanese Ships CL Nagara, Shell hits 4 DD Yukikaze, Shell hits 2 DD Suzukaze DD Shiokaze Allied Ships PT PT-35, Shell hits 80, and is sunk - 80 hits, hello...Matrix - I had hoped you had fixed this overkill tendency! Obviously not.( -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Tjilitjap at 19,62 - Sent in a little night express to get rid of the ships that's been present for a few turns. Japanese Ships CL Natori DD Satsuki DD Fumizuki Allied Ships AK Empire Lightning, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk AK Bintoehan, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Menado, at 39,67 Japanese Ships DD Numakaze CL Kiso DD Namikaze DD Nokaze DD Okikaze DD Kamikaze CL Tama CL Oi CL Kitakami BB Yamashiro BB Fuso BB Nagato Allied ground losses: 17 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Runway hits 4 Port hits 2 Port supply hits 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 87 troops unloading over beach at Hansa, 53,83 Japanese ground losses: 105 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 7 troops unloading over beach at Singkawang, 25,57 Japanese ground losses: 73 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Land Ground combat at Dagua Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 945 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 54 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Dagua base !!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Nanning Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 24528 troops, 267 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 19564 troops, 35 guns, 0 vehicles Allied ground losses: 59 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Manila - Yees, Manila falls after a single push and I cage another 40k troops! Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 109487 troops, 897 guns, 303 vehicles Defending force 30428 troops, 88 guns, 17 vehicles Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0 Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Manila base !!! Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses PBY Catalina: 1 destroyed Japanese ground losses: 562 casualties reported Guns lost 17 Vehicles lost 1 Allied ground losses: 40736 casualties reported [:D] Guns lost 127 Vehicles lost 9 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 43,40 - 4 Chinese corps marched south towards Canton and knocked out a picket that guarded the railroad. Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 22511 troops, 182 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 822 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles Allied assault odds: 98 to 1 Japanese ground losses: 100 casualties reported Guns lost 3 Allied ground losses: 49 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Defeated Japanese Units Retreating! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Menado Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 4090 troops, 26 guns, 10 vehicles Defending force 2118 troops, 12 guns, 1 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 2) Japanese ground losses: 24 casualties reported Allied ground losses: 22 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Situation Report A turn that made me smile [8D] Manila has been captured and I now got 500 points more than Wobbly. 6600 vs 6100. 40000 troops have walked into captivity, and the Army is now marching on the last stronghold in the PI's. The tide is rising! The large light cruiser Boise foundered and sank at port at Tiljitjap and a score of transports were hit and sunk. My light carriers are racing towards Kendari and a much needed R&R. I don't know were the US carriers are, but I do know that they docked on the Oz East Coast not long ago. As Wobbly has spotted the KB - he will NOT send them West. So they're either lurking in the Coral Sea, are docked in Oz - or are heading towards the Indian Ocean! I wish to use the light carriers as a scout force for the KB and make the Indian Ocean into a death trap for Allied shipping! The Army in China is trying a deliberate attack on Hengchow - even though 130k enemy troops have been reported there. (50k of these retreated yesterday, and shouldn't have much to contribute with!) Not sure whether Wobbly wants to attack Canton or simply cut the railroad....well, that's why I'm attacking south anyway.

PzB74 -> RE: Sit map and end of year report (8/30/2004 6:49:47 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/07/42 Sea Sub attack at 41,63 Japanese Ships DD Kamikaze Allied Ships SS Skipjack - torps hits their target, but again fails to detonate! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Singkawang, at 25,57 Japanese Ships DD Kagero DD Wakatake DD Mochizuki DD Yayoi DD Kisaragi DD Arashio DD Hamakaze DD Isokaze Allied ground losses: 12 casualties reported Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 6 Port hits 1 Port supply hits 4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 72 troops unloading over beach at Bulla, 40,75 Japanese ground losses: 25 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 7 troops unloading over beach at Singkawang, 25,57 Japanese ground losses: 75 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 7 troops unloading over beach at Singkawang, 25,57 Japanese ground losses: 12 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 110 troops unloading over beach at Singkawang, 25,57 Japanese ground losses: 76 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Singkawang, at 25,57 Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses CW-22 Falcon: 6 destroyed, 3 damaged Japanese Ships DD Kagero DD Wakatake DD Mochizuki DD Yayoi DD Kisaragi DD Arashio DD Hamakaze DD Isokaze Allied ground losses: 59 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Vehicles lost 1 Airbase hits 7 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 37 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Menado, at 39,67 Japanese Ships DD Numakaze CL Kiso DD Namikaze DD Nokaze DD Okikaze DD Kamikaze CL Tama CL Oi CL Kitakami BB Yamashiro BB Fuso BB Nagato Allied ground losses: 20 casualties reported Airbase hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 1075 encounters mine field at Balikpapan (31,64) (I always love it when someone stumbles into my minefields, no matter how small they are:) Allied Ships PT TM-9, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air Day Air attack on Singapore , at 23,50 Japanese aircraft Ki-27 Nate x 31 Allied aircraft Hurricane II x 6 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-27 Nate: 5 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Hurricane II: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 39th Division, at 45,37 Japanese aircraft Ki-27 Nate x 2 Allied aircraft I-153c x 2 SB-2c x 6 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 5 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x SB-2c bombing at 8000 feet 3 x SB-2c bombing at 8000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 82nd Chinese Corps, at 45,37 Japanese aircraft Ki-27 Nate x 27 Ki-21 Sally x 50 Ki-15 Babs x 1 Allied aircraft I-153c x 6 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21 Sally: 2 damaged Allied aircraft losses I-153c: 4 destroyed, 2 damaged Allied ground losses: 11 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 20 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet 15 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet 15 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Mersing at 23,49 Japanese aircraft Ki-27 Nate x 5 Allied aircraft T.IVa x 3 - Cursed them, again and again and....( No Japanese losses No Allied losses Japanese Ships AK Shinamogawa Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 3 x T.IVa launching torpedoes at 200 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Macassar at 30,69 Japanese aircraft D3A Val x 1 No Japanese losses Allied Ships AK Montanes Aircraft Attacking: 1 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 45,56 Japanese aircraft G3M Nell x 18 G4M1 Betty x 2 No Japanese losses Allied Ships MSW Whippoorwill, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 2 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 2 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Land Ground combat at Hansa - Gobbling up undefended NG bases! (A norwegian beer is actually called Hansa:) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 1622 troops, 11 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 10 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Hansa base !!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Hengchow - Woho! We're kicking butt and giving the Chinese another sound trashing! Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 166367 troops, 2097 guns, 163 vehicles Defending force 75382 troops, 437 guns, 0 vehicles Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2 Japanese assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 2) Japanese forces CAPTURE Hengchow base !!! Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses - Wobbly obviously didn't anticipate Hengchow to fall this quickly, cause I caught his air on the ground! I-153c: 20 destroyed SB-2c: 16 destroyed Japanese ground losses: 678 casualties reported Guns lost 11 Vehicles lost 1 Allied ground losses: 2439 casualties reported Guns lost 50 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Nanning Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 49160 troops, 501 guns, 6 vehicles Defending force 19621 troops, 35 guns, 0 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 Japanese ground losses: 456 casualties reported Guns lost 12 Allied ground losses: 348 casualties reported Guns lost 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Menado - Need more men here! Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 4058 troops, 26 guns, 10 vehicles Defending force 2050 troops, 11 guns, 1 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 2) Japanese ground losses: 57 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Vehicles lost 2 Allied ground losses: 6 casualties reported ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Situation Report 80000 troops have now marched to Singapore and will start bombarding the defenses. In a few days, all my forces will be in place and start to reduce the forts. The fall of Hengchow was undoubtedly the highlight today! My 166k troops simply steamrolled the Chinese out and nothing now seems capable of stopping our march south to clear the railroad. I just read something about China in 'Flashman and the Dragon' - if you havn't read the Flashman files and like Blackadder humor, you should look em up asap!! Here's a little excerpt - he didn't hold too high opinions of the Chinese obviously...but he didn't have high opinons about others than himself in general <G> "I don't know who know who ran the first chest of opium into China, but he was a great man in his way. It was a though some imaginary trader had put into the Forth with a cargo of Glenlivet to discover that the Scots had never heard of whisky! There was a natural appetite, as you may say. And while the Chinks had been puffing themselves half-witted long before the first foreign trader put his nose into the Pearl River, there's no doubt that our own John Company had developed their taste for the drug, back in the earlies, and before long they couldn't get enough of it. So you see, the Mandarins resented white interlopers who bade fair to undermine their Empire with poppy drug, and did their damndest to stop the trade, but couldn't. To their chagrin they discovered that their God-given superiority, their highly-refined taste in eggshell pottery, and their limitless lines of ancestors, availed nothing against any Dundee pirate with a pistol on his hip and a six pounder in his bows who was determined to run opium in. Which made the Manchoo Mandarins wild with outraged pride, and more high-handed towards foreigners than ever, with the result that war broke out in 1840. Being Chinese and useless, they lost, and had to cede Hong Kong to us and open up Treaty Ports to European trade. And the poppy-running went on as before...only more so!" So you see, I'm really doing the Chinese a favor by kicking the white men out of China for them! [:D] I've cut out an overview of my industry, and if some of you readers know how to control your resources a little better than I do - and that doesn't take a lot - I'd appreaciate your comments about what you see here; [image]local://upfiles/1466/Hf992684919.gif[/image]

PzB74 -> RE: Sit map and end of year report (8/31/2004 3:20:45 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/08/42 Sea -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 1024 encounters mine field at Balikpapan (31,64) Allied Ships MSW Lark -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Singkawang, at 25,57 Japanese Ships DD Kagero DD Wakatake DD Mochizuki DD Yayoi DD Kisaragi DD Arashio DD Hamakaze DD Isokaze Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 5 Port hits 7 Port supply hits 7 Naval bombardment of Singkawang, at 25,57 Japanese Ships DD Kagero DD Wakatake DD Mochizuki DD Yayoi DD Kisaragi DD Arashio DD Hamakaze DD Isokaze Allied ground losses: 33 casualties reported Airbase hits 3 Runway hits 16 Port hits 4 Port supply hits 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air Day Air attack on Singapore , at 23,50 - Mopping up the remaining enemy air units! Japanese aircraft Ki-27 Nate x 50 Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 45 Ki-21 Sally x 57 Ki-48 Lily x 54 Allied aircraft Buffalo I x 3 Hurricane II x 5 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21 Sally: 3 damaged Ki-48 Lily: 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses Buffalo I: 15 destroyed, 9 damaged Hurricane II: 7 destroyed, 12 damaged Catalina I: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged Allied ground losses: 29 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Airbase hits 10 Airbase supply hits 5 Runway hits 100 Aircraft Attacking: All Ki-48 Lily bombing at 15000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Bataan , at 42,51 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 8 C5M Babs x 1 Allied aircraft P-40B Tomahawk x 2 P-40E Warhawk x 1 Japanese aircraft losses C5M Babs: 2 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 2nd PA Division, at 42,51 Japanese aircraft Ki-27 Nate x 24 Ki-21 Sally x 53 Ki-48 Lily x 13 Allied aircraft P-40B Tomahawk x 2 P-40E Warhawk x 1 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21 Sally: 1 damaged Ki-48 Lily: 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses P-40B Tomahawk: 2 destroyed Allied ground losses: 70 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Aircraft Attacking: 17 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet 21 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet 13 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 15000 feet 15 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Georgetown at 23,44 Allied aircraft T.IVa x 3 Allied aircraft losses T.IVa: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged Japanese Ships CL Kinu Aircraft Attacking: 2 x T.IVa launching torpedoes at 200 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Brunei at 32,57 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 9 Ki-27 Nate x 3 Allied aircraft Martin 139 x 2 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Martin 139: 2 destroyed Japanese Ships AO Notoro Aircraft Attacking: 1 x Martin 139 bombing at 5000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 37,61 Allied aircraft Martin 139 x 6 No Allied losses Japanese Ships AP Keizan Maru, Bomb hits 1 PC Kyo Maru #13 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Martin 139 bombing at 5000 feet 3 x Martin 139 bombing at 5000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Fergusson Island at 57,94 Japanese aircraft G3M Nell x 4 Japanese aircraft losses G3M Nell: 3 damaged Allied Ships DD Tucker, Bomb hits 1, on fire - Massive explosive damage reported! Aircraft Attacking: 4 x G3M Nell bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 37,61 Allied aircraft Martin 139 x 5 No Allied losses Japanese Ships AP Daihachikyo Maru, Bomb hits 1 AP Kaito Maru, Bomb hits 1 Japanese ground losses: 48 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 2 x Martin 139 bombing at 5000 feet 3 x Martin 139 bombing at 5000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Fergusson Island at 57,94 Japanese aircraft G3M Nell x 21 Japanese aircraft losses G3M Nell: 5 destroyed, 13 damaged - the loss report is accurate today. 5 Nells were lost! Allied Ships DD Tucker, on fire CA San Francisco, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage DD Case Aircraft Attacking: 1 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 3 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 3 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 27,67 Japanese aircraft A5M4 Claude x 5 A6M2 Zero x 8 D3A Val x 1 No Japanese losses Allied Ships AK Montanes, Bomb hits 1, on fire - another elite crew showing off... Aircraft Attacking: 1 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Land Ground combat at Nanning Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 48714 troops, 490 guns, 5 vehicles Defending force 19010 troops, 22 guns, 0 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 Japanese ground losses: 53 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Allied ground losses: 175 casualties reported Guns lost 4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Singapore Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 70220 troops, 724 guns, 20 vehicles Defending force 32020 troops, 217 guns, 4 vehicles Allied ground losses: 195 casualties reported Guns lost 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Singkawang Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 3301 troops, 9 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 1683 troops, 4 guns, 3 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 2) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 1 Japanese ground losses: 16 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Allied ground losses: 32 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Bulla Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 562 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Bulla base !!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Situation Report Experienced my second crash to desktop in a week. This time on my desktop, and WitP has never crashed on it before. Seems to happen when I spend a lot of time on a turn, going over all my units and moving ships, supplies etc.... Really annoying, I didn't have time to redo it before going to bed - and worse, now I don't trust it anymore and have to save every 15min! [:(] The 'Mini KB' is almost out of fuel, but should just barely make it into Kendari - a close call! The 'KB' is heading towards Noumea - enemy ships have been spotted heading east. I want to spread a lot of fear before dissappearing again. I would have liked to stay hidden in the vast Pacific somewhere between the US West Coast and Hawaii, but I'll be needing the carriers in the Indian Ocean soon for my great Indian gamble! Wobbly sent a huge cruiser tf past Gili Gili - me thinks he's after my undefended transports moving troops up and down the east coast of New Guinea. Well, my Nells showed him what might have happened to the Lexington and that she's a charmed ship indeed. The heavy cruiser San Francisco takes 3 torps and I don't think she'll make it back. A RO sub has been placed just sough of Gili Gili and will attempt to intercept and cripples heading to Port Moresby! A deliberate attack has been ordered at Singapore tomorrow while a bombardment has been called for at Bataan. I've overtaken the retreating chinese troops, and will give them another pounding tomorrow.

PzB74 -> RE: Sit map and end of year report (8/31/2004 7:59:35 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/09/42 Sea -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval Gun Fire at Bataan (42,51) - Coastal Guns Fire Back! - Ah, silly bug [8\|] 37 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships MSW W.19, Shell hits 8, on fire, heavy damage MSW W.13 MSW W.16, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage MSW W.15, Shell hits 14, on fire, heavy damage -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Singkawang, at 25,57 Japanese Ships DD Kagero DD Wakatake DD Mochizuki DD Yayoi DD Kisaragi DD Arashio DD Hamakaze DD Isokaze Allied ground losses: 48 casualties reported Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 12 Port hits 5 Port fuel hits 1 Port supply hits 5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Singkawang, at 25,57 Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses Do 24K-2: 1 destroyed Japanese Ships DD Kagero DD Wakatake DD Mochizuki DD Yayoi DD Kisaragi DD Arashio DD Hamakaze DD Isokaze Allied ground losses: 82 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 9 Port hits 3 Port supply hits 2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 125 troops unloading over beach at Shortlands, 63,93 Japanese ground losses: 69 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 1024 encounters mine field at Balikpapan (31,64) Allied Ships MSW Lark -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 22 encounters mine field at Manila (43,52) Japanese Ships MSW W.13 MSW W.14 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 62 troops unloading over beach at Kavieng, 61,86 Japanese ground losses: 16 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 87 troops unloading over beach at Madang, 54,84 Japanese ground losses: 68 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 120 troops unloading over beach at Aitape, 51,80 Japanese ground losses: 48 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air Day Air attack on Singapore , at 23,50 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 24 Allied aircraft Buffalo I x 2 Hurricane II x 1 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Buffalo I: 4 destroyed, 1 damaged Hurricane II: 2 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 31st PA Division, at 42,51 Japanese aircraft Ki-27 Nate x 27 Ki-21 Sally x 53 Ki-48 Lily x 11 Allied aircraft P-40B Tomahawk x 1 P-40E Warhawk x 1 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-27 Nate: 2 destroyed Ki-21 Sally: 7 damaged Ki-48 Lily: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 99 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Aircraft Attacking: 18 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet 24 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet 11 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 15000 feet 11 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 2nd PA Division, at 42,51 Japanese aircraft Ki-21 Sally x 15 Ki-48 Lily x 11 Allied aircraft P-40B Tomahawk x 1 P-40E Warhawk x 1 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Allied ground losses: 31 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 11 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 15000 feet 3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet 3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet 9 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Fergusson Island at 57,94 Japanese aircraft G3M Nell x 7 Japanese aircraft losses G3M Nell: 8 damaged Allied Ships CL Helena, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage CA New Orleans Aircraft Attacking: 4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 3 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Fergusson Island at 57,94 Japanese aircraft G3M Nell x 6 Japanese aircraft losses G3M Nell: 4 damaged Allied Ships CL Raleigh DD Jarvis Aircraft Attacking: 3 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 3 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Fergusson Island at 57,94 Japanese aircraft G3M Nell x 3 Japanese aircraft losses G3M Nell: 3 damaged Allied Ships CA Minneapolis Aircraft Attacking: 3 x G3M Nell bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 38,57 Japanese aircraft G3M Nell x 18 No Japanese losses Allied Ships MSW Bittern, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 2 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Land Ground combat at Nanning Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 48774 troops, 493 guns, 5 vehicles Defending force 18877 troops, 17 guns, 0 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1 Japanese ground losses: 244 casualties reported Guns lost 10 Allied ground losses: 341 casualties reported Guns lost 7 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Singapore Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 190221 troops, 1911 guns, 348 vehicles Defending force 31853 troops, 220 guns, 4 vehicles Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 5 Japanese assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 5) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 5 Japanese ground losses: 879 casualties reported Guns lost 43 Vehicles lost 1 Allied ground losses: 2543 casualties reported Guns lost 42 Vehicles lost 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Bataan Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 34794 troops, 414 guns, 33 vehicles Defending force 25631 troops, 236 guns, 63 vehicles Allied ground losses: 303 casualties reported Guns lost 7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Singkawang Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 3317 troops, 8 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 1457 troops, 2 guns, 2 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 11 to 1 (fort level 1) Japanese forces CAPTURE Singkawang base !!! Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses Do 24K-2: 1 destroyed Japanese ground losses: 28 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Allied ground losses: 3160 casualties reported Guns lost 4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Situation Report Another anomaly as 3 msw's are sunk enroute to Manila from Hong Kong. They 'strayed' into range of the guns at Bataan and were sunk! This is bull.... A course should be set that kep em out of range!!! Otherwise another good day for the Empire! Singapore almost fell after a single attack, 5-1 odds even though there are still 5 fort lvls! 2500 Allied causalties was also gratifying. The Chinese at Nanning were finally ejected - south! [8D] Now they're in troube! Preparing for the first deliberate attack at Bataan tomorrow. Wobbly says that the San Francisco will make it - so we tried again today and put a fish into the CL Helena that was reported heavily damaged. The KB is now speeding towards the fleeing ships, perhaps I can hammer em!-) The light carriers have refuelled and upgraded its last Claude Daitai. They're heading towards Borneo to support the impending invasion. Weahter will turn foul all over the Pacific tomorrow, so I don't expect too much aerial activity.

PzB74 -> RE: Sit map and end of year report (9/1/2004 2:56:43 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/10/42 Sea Invasions TF 62 troops unloading over beach at Kavieng, 61,86 Japanese ground losses: 9 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 87 troops unloading over beach at Madang, 54,84 Japanese ground losses: 9 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 89 troops unloading over beach at Tarakan, 33,61 Japanese ground losses: 159 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Surface Actions Sub attack at 22,45 Japanese Ships DD Isonami DD Hatsuyuki DD Usugumo DD Shirakumo DD Shikinami DD Murakumo DD Ayanami DD Asagiri Allied Ships SS KX, hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Tarakan at 33,61 Japanese Ships CA Nachi CL Nagara DD Oyashio DD Yukikaze DD Harusame DD Yudachi DD Suzukaze DD Shiokaze Allied Ships PT TM-7, Shell hits 46, on fire, heavy damage PT TM-8, Shell hits 20, and is sunk PT TM-14 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat, near Tarakan at 33,61 Japanese Ships BB Nagato BB Fuso BB Yamashiro CL Tama CL Kiso CL Kitakami CL Oi DD Hatsukaze DD Kamikaze DD Okikaze DD Nokaze DD Namikaze DD Numakaze DD Hasu Allied Ships PT TM-14, Shell hits 7, and is sunk - Poor brave sods! Crossed the 'T' and lanunched torps only to be hit by 16" shells! Pieces fell down in Manila.... --------------------------------------------------------------- Bombardments Naval bombardment of Tarakan, at 33,61 Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses Martin 139: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged Japanese Ships DD Yudachi CA Nachi DD Oyashio DD Harusame DD Shiokaze DD Suzukaze DD Yukikaze CL Nagara Allied ground losses: 22 casualties reported Guns lost 3 Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 9 Port hits 8 Port supply hits 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Tarakan, at 33,61 Japanese Ships DD Yudachi CA Nachi DD Oyashio DD Harusame DD Shiokaze DD Suzukaze DD Yukikaze CL Nagara Allied ground losses: 24 casualties reported Vehicles lost 1 Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 7 Port hits 1 Port fuel hits 2 Port supply hits 7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Bankha, at 20,47 Japanese Ships DD Otori DD Isonami CA Mogami CL Kinu CA Chokai DD Hatsuyuki DD Usugumo DD Akikaze DD Shirakumo CA Mikuma DD Shikinami DD Murakumo DD Ayanami DD Asagiri Allied ground losses: 51 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Airbase hits 5 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 9 Port hits 3 Port fuel hits 5 Port supply hits 7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Tarakan, at 33,61 - Coastal Guns Fire Back! Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses Brewster 339D: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged 1 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships DD Hasu DD Hatsukaze DD Numakaze CL Kiso DD Namikaze DD Nokaze DD Okikaze DD Kamikaze CL Tama CL Oi CL Kitakami BB Yamashiro BB Fuso BB Nagato Allied ground losses: 83 casualties reported Guns lost 3 Airbase hits 3 Runway hits 11 Port hits 4 Port fuel hits 3 Port supply hits 5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air Day Air attack on Singapore Fortress, at 23,50 Japanese aircraft Ki-27 Nate x 16 Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 40 Ki-21 Sally x 23 Ki-48 Lily x 29 Allied aircraft Buffalo I x 2 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21 Sally: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged Ki-48 Lily: 5 damaged Allied aircraft losses Buffalo I: 2 damaged Allied ground losses: 8 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Aircraft Attacking: 8 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 15000 feet 15 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 15000 feet 8 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet 8 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet 3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet 3 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 15000 feet 3 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 15000 feet 3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 1st PA Division, at 42,51 Japanese aircraft Ki-27 Nate x 26 Ki-21 Sally x 47 Ki-48 Lily x 13 Allied aircraft P-40B Tomahawk x 1 P-40E Warhawk x 1 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-27 Nate: 11 destroyed [:(] 6 Nate's were actually lost in air to air combat today! Ki-21 Sally: 2 damaged Allied ground losses: 10 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 12 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet 15 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet 13 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 15000 feet 20 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Tarakan at 33,61 Allied aircraft Martin 139 x 1 Allied aircraft losses Martin 139: 2 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Tarakan at 33,61 Allied aircraft Martin 139 x 14 Allied aircraft losses Martin 139: 11 damaged Japanese Ships CL Tama CL Kiso CL Oi Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Martin 139 attacking at 100 feet 2 x Martin 139 attacking at 100 feet 2 x Martin 139 attacking at 100 feet 3 x Martin 139 attacking at 100 feet 4 x Martin 139 attacking at 100 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Tarakan at 33,61 Allied aircraft Blenheim I x 11 Martin 139 x 3 Allied aircraft losses Blenheim I: 8 damaged Martin 139: 3 damaged Japanese Ships BB Yamashiro BB Fuso BB Nagato Aircraft Attacking: 4 x Blenheim I bombing at 2000 feet 3 x Martin 139 bombing at 4000 feet 3 x Blenheim I bombing at 4000 feet 4 x Blenheim I bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Tarakan at 33,61 Allied aircraft Martin 139 x 5 No Allied losses Japanese Ships AP Ryoyu Maru #21 AP Otake Maru Aircraft Attacking: 1 x Martin 139 bombing at 4000 feet 4 x Martin 139 bombing at 4000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Tarakan at 33,61 Allied aircraft Blenheim I x 6 No Allied losses Japanese Ships AP Keizan Maru AP Tamashima Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire Japanese ground losses: 29 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Aircraft Attacking: 2 x Blenheim I bombing at 4000 feet 4 x Blenheim I bombing at 4000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Land Lots of good invasions today [:D] Ground combat at Aitape Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 858 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 7 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Aitape base !!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Madang Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 1505 troops, 13 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 9 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Madang base !!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Singapore Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 194353 troops, 1899 guns, 442 vehicles Defending force 29063 troops, 176 guns, 3 vehicles Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 4 Japanese assault odds: 8 to 1 (fort level 4) Japanese forces CAPTURE Singapore base !!! Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses Buffalo I: 9 destroyed Hurricane II: 3 destroyed Japanese ground losses: 356 casualties reported Guns lost 14 Vehicles lost 1 Allied ground losses: 38234 casualties reported [:D] Guns lost 157 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Bataan Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 119324 troops, 1024 guns, 194 vehicles Defending force 25074 troops, 224 guns, 66 vehicles Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 3 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 3) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 3 Japanese ground losses: 637 casualties reported Guns lost 13 Vehicles lost 6 Allied ground losses: 1785 casualties reported Guns lost 36 Vehicles lost 4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Shortlands Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 719 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 11 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Shortlands base !!! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Pakhoi Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 8585 troops, 106 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 16921 troops, 55 guns, 0 vehicles Allied ground losses: 8 casualties reported Guns lost 1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Situation Report Well, Singapore fell easily enough and Malaya has now been 'liberated'! I'm sending in msw's to clear the harbor, and troops ships are already picking up support units that will help make Sing my main base in the west. I will finish the invasion of Borneo before mopping up on Sumatra and Java. My big division will have some R&R and prepare for their Indian adventre. Bataan withstood the first deliberate attack, but the forts are falling and I got more forces on their way. Anoter 2-3-4 days and I can start mopping up in the Philippines as well. Most of the Allied bombers in Borneo attacked my heavy covering force, but a small force of Blenheims finally did something sensible and put a few bombs in a transport. The Allied air to sea capabilities are so minimal that I mostly ignore them. The only heroic allied action of the day took place when 2 Tomahawks shot down 6!! Nates.... I'm retiring those crates now - that's for sure. Almost got enough Zero's ready to cover my assets. I'm also grabbing as many bases as possible in NG and elsewhere. Have to do it while Wob is weak - in just 6 months, things will start to change!

PzB74 -> RE: Sit map and end of year report (9/1/2004 3:50:10 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/11/42 Air Day Air attack on Bataan , at 42,51 - Trying to get rid of those evasive P40's! No use... Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 7 Allied aircraft P-40B Tomahawk x 1 P-40E Warhawk x 1 No Japanese losses No Allied losses -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 51st Heavy AA Battalion, at 23,50 - Reconing a heavy AA battalion can't be a cream assignment [;)] Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 3 Allied aircraft CW-22 Falcon x 1 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses CW-22 Falcon: 2 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Tarakan at 33,61 Allied aircraft Brewster 339D x 6 Blenheim I x 11 Martin 139 x 6 Allied aircraft losses Blenheim I: 1 damaged Martin 139: 2 damaged Japanese Ships CL Nagara CA Nachi, Bomb hits 1 - no damage DD Yukikaze, Shell hits 4 Aircraft Attacking: 2 x Brewster 339D attacking at 100 feet 3 x Martin 139 bombing at 4000 feet 3 x Blenheim I bombing at 4000 feet 2 x Blenheim I bombing at 2000 feet 3 x Blenheim I bombing at 2000 feet 3 x Martin 139 bombing at 4000 feet 3 x Blenheim I bombing at 4000 feet 4 x Brewster 339D attacking at 100 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Tarakan at 33,61 Allied aircraft Martin 139 x 4 Allied aircraft losses Martin 139: 2 destroyed Japanese Ships AP Ryoyu Maru #21 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Martin 139 bombing at 4000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Tarakan at 33,61 Allied aircraft Blenheim I x 3 Allied aircraft losses Blenheim I: 1 damaged Japanese Ships AP Imizu Maru Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Blenheim I bombing at 4000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sea Invasions TF 89 troops unloading over beach at Tarakan, 33,61 Japanese ground losses: 188 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 107 troops unloading over beach at Menado, 39,67 Japanese ground losses: 159 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 143 troops unloading over beach at Tarakan, 33,61 Japanese ground losses: 326 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub/ASW Attacks Sub attack at 40,67 Japanese Ships CVL Ryujo - Seawolf shoots at the Ryujo and almost gives me a heart attack...! [:'(] DD Fumizuki DD Ariake DD Amatsukaze DD Yamakaze DD Satsuki DD Nagatsuki DD Minazuki DD Hatakaze DD Mikazuki Allied Ships SS Seawolf ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack at 69,113 Japanese Ships SS I-10, hits 7, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships - no need to train 'useless asw ships' in WitP - that's for sure! PG Kiwi PG Tui PG Moa -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 25,65 Japanese Ships SS I-166 Allied Ships DD Pillsbury, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage - Magazine explodes, goodbye! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bombardments Naval bombardment of Tarakan, at 33,61 Japanese Ships DD Yudachi CA Nachi DD Oyashio DD Harusame DD Shiokaze DD Suzukaze DD Yukikaze CL Nagara Allied ground losses: 20 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 10 Port hits 1 Port fuel hits 2 Port supply hits 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Land Ground combat at Tarakan Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 6688 troops, 82 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 1503 troops, 17 guns, 3 vehicles Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1 Japanese assault odds: 8 to 1 (fort level 1) Japanese forces CAPTURE Tarakan base !!! Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses Martin 139: 13 destroyed Brewster 339D: 1 destroyed Japanese ground losses: 28 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Allied ground losses: 229 casualties reported Guns lost 6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Bataan Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 119209 troops, 994 guns, 246 vehicles Defending force 22270 troops, 165 guns, 59 vehicles Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2 Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 2) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 2 Japanese ground losses: 2641 casualties reported - ouch! Guns lost 69 Vehicles lost 11 Allied ground losses: 1924 casualties reported Guns lost 56 Vehicles lost 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kavieng Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 789 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 25 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Kavieng base !! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Situation Report Tarakan fells easily enough and I got rid of some pesky Dutch bombers as well - but my boys at Bataan are having a rough time. I still got 2 divisions that are enroute from Manila, so I won't need more than a few days to finish it. My next objectives can be seen on the sit map. Balikpapaan and the small island south of Singapore! Notice how all the cvl escorts can't hit the Seawolf - to old PG's of Noumea sends another IJN sub straight to the bottom [:(] Allied asw capabilities are already at a 1944 level! Needs some tweaking if you ask me, wasn't this bad in UV! The KB was spotted NE of New Caledonia - and Wob knows I'm heading into the Coral Sea! I've ordered a port/naval attack against Noumea. Then we will sail towards Brisbane and shred everything that can be found there and northwards. Then we'll go home for some R&R before the Indian adventure. [image]local://upfiles/1466/Pn359899884.gif[/image]

PzB74 -> Objectives in the SRA! (9/2/2004 5:16:28 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/12/42 Sea Combat Sub attack at 21,47 Japanese Ships CL Kinu, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage Ouch! The Kinu is so heavily damaged that she sinks in the Malacca Strait. DD Otori DD Isonami DD Hatsuyuki DD Usugumo DD Shirakumo DD Shikinami DD Murakumo DD Ayanami DD Asagiri Allied Ships SS Truant - Despite the heavy escort, Truant gets away! Invasions TF 62 troops unloading over beach at Emirau Island, 60,84 Japanese ground losses: 104 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 87 troops unloading over beach at Siador, 54,85 Japanese ground losses: 38 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 120 troops unloading over beach at Hollandia, 49,79 Japanese ground losses: 30 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 107 troops unloading over beach at Menado, 39,67 Japanese ground losses: 51 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 72 troops unloading over beach at Sorong, 42,74 Japanese ground losses: 81 casualties reported Japanese ground losses: 38 casualties reported ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air Combat Day Air attack on 88th USA Field Artillery Regiment, at 42,51 Japanese aircraft Ki-21 Sally x 41 Ki-48 Lily x 15 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 38 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 15 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet 11 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet 15 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 15000 feet 15 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Tarakan at 33,61 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 9 Allied aircraft Brewster 339D x 6 Blenheim I x 6 Martin 139 x 12 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Martin 139: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged Japanese Ships CA Nachi DD Shiokaze CL Nagara, Shell hits 4 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Martin 139 bombing at 4000 feet 2 x Brewster 339D attacking at 100 feet 3 x Martin 139 bombing at 4000 feet 3 x Blenheim I bombing at 4000 feet 3 x Blenheim I bombing at 2000 feet 3 x Martin 139 bombing at 4000 feet 4 x Brewster 339D attacking at 100 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Tarakan at 33,61 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 9 Allied aircraft Martin 139 x 4 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Japanese Ships PG Chokai Maru, Bomb hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 4 x Martin 139 bombing at 4000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 69,116 Japanese aircraft D3A Val x 40 B5N Kate x 24 No Japanese losses Allied Ships PG Tui, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage PG Moa, Bomb hits 6, on fire, heavy damage PG Kiwi, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 9 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet 4 x B5N Kate bombing at 5000 feet 4 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet 9 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet 4 x B5N Kate bombing at 5000 feet 4 x B5N Kate bombing at 5000 feet 4 x B5N Kate bombing at 5000 feet 4 x B5N Kate bombing at 5000 feet 4 x B5N Kate bombing at 5000 feet 9 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet 9 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 36,63 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 12 Allied aircraft Blenheim I x 9 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Blenheim I: 8 damaged Japanese Ships BB Yamashiro Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Blenheim I bombing at 4000 feet 3 x Blenheim I bombing at 2000 feet 3 x Blenheim I bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Land Combat Ground combat at Bataan Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 117139 troops, 888 guns, 235 vehicles Defending force 19696 troops, 91 guns, 54 vehicles Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 1) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 1 Japanese ground losses: 458 casualties reported Guns lost 10 Allied ground losses: 1791 casualties reported Guns lost 11 Vehicles lost 4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Pakhoi Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 27746 troops, 321 guns, 5 vehicles Defending force 16892 troops, 49 guns, 0 vehicles Allied ground losses: 25 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 50,31 Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 28359 troops, 358 guns, 3 vehicles Defending force 38878 troops, 281 guns, 0 vehicles Allied ground losses: 12 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Menado Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 7106 troops, 57 guns, 15 vehicles Defending force 2041 troops, 12 guns, 1 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 2) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 1 Japanese ground losses: 33 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Allied ground losses: 67 casualties reported Guns lost 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Situation Report The loss of the light cruiser Kinu was unfortunate, but the seas are crawling with Allied subs and Wob has placed them extremely well! The KB sank 3 Kiwi PG vessels, but I spotted 2 subs underneath my keels - so I've ordered a course change! Allied bombers at Borneo are again active, but only a PG is hit - and damage is moderate. I'm now loading up the South Seas Detachment and is heading south. I want to be done with the aerial threat on Borneo. Heavy bombardment forces are ordered in and a surface group will clear away the PT boats. Bombers from Kendari will hit the airfields as well and the light carriers will provide CAP. Bataan is still holding out, my men are exhausted but another 2 divisions will arrive tomorrow. That makes me believe the base will fall in 2 days as all the forts will be gone by then as well. I'm also moving my HQ's and naval units to Singapore - my troops are content and fatigue is going down as they enjoy the nightlife in Sing [8D] The situation in China is interesting! (See attached map) I've ordered an attack against Wuchow tomorrow, an industrial base that me wants badly. If I capture the base early, I will cut of several Chinese corps that were ejected from Nanning. Then I will march towards the latter base with enough troops to clear away the remaining opposition in the area. The main force will move back north to capture Kweilin. If successfull, I will launch one last offensive against Homan and the base just north of it. I'm also using recon flight to see how many troops Wob got at Kumning and Yunan. If I can cut the Burma road - a lot will have been achieved. The latter objective is actually a double edged sword - as I want Wob to send reinforcement from India to Burma! When the sledgehammer falls, I want as little initial resistance as possible. Again the use of my airborne regiments comes to mind.... Ah, don't I love all this scheming and plotting [:D] Map over operations in Souther China [image]local://upfiles/1466/Ki198016339.gif[/image]

pauk -> RE: Sit map and end of year report (9/2/2004 8:24:52 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: PzB I've cut out an overview of my industry, and if some of you readers know how to control your resources a little better than I do - and that doesn't take a lot - I'd appreaciate your comments about what you see here; [image]local://upfiles/1466/Hf992684919.gif[/image] I can't see if you get an answer about industry and resources... unforutnatly i can't help even, this numbers confused me very much... Have you consider changing Hitachi engines for Nakajima, i think that you have enough H.engines (Ki-32 can be upgraded with Lily's, and IIRC Ki-32 is not currently produced). Also, be sure that Ki-36 is set to not recive replacments (2 air groups? - you can disband one), and you will have enough hitachi engines for transport ac (ki-54...)...

PzB74 -> RE: Sit map and end of year report (9/3/2004 7:56:15 PM)
Think Wob's next turn went AWOL - so I'll concentrate on some of the production details instead! Pauk, I must admit that I'm unsure about how many engines of each type I really need. I'll send a few msg's to experienced players and ask for their advice. In the meantime I will post more production details: Currently the following ac are under production Zero 174 Kate 80 Val 66 Dinah 62 Oscar 62 Somia 45 Nate 41 Lily 40 Betty 34 Jake 31 Helen 23 Pete 23 Sally 20 Hickory 15 Topsy 10 Tabby 5 Tina 5 Emily 5 Glen 4 Mavis 4 Altogether 749 ac are produced pr month. The following ac are being researched: Frank 14 A6M5 Zeke 12 Oscar II 11 Tojo 7 Jill 6 George 6 Tony 5 Frances 4 Irving 3 Jack 3 Nick 2 G4M2e Betty 2 Ki 46 III Dinah 1 Nick 1b 1 Myrt 1 Irving 1 Judy 1 G4M2 Betty 1 My immediate reaction is that I'm producing to many Lily's, Nate's and that more ac should be researched. I'm attaching a picture that shows what ac that has been replaced thus far! [image]local://upfiles/1466/Zx710981733.gif[/image]

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