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PzB74 -> B17's hits New Guinea.... (10/31/2004 11:31:14 PM)
Thx Honda! The kiddos should be making shells [;)] We'll give em he11! AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/29/42 Air Combat -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 29,34 Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft Blenheim IV x 23 Japanese aircraft losses G3M Nell: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged Allied aircraft losses Blenheim IV: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 29 casualties reported Runway hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Blenheim IV bombing at 6000 feet 8 x Blenheim IV bombing at 6000 feet 12 x Blenheim IV bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Bulla , at 40,75 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 7 Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 45 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 5 destroyed, 1 damaged - 2 Zeros are lost Allied aircraft losses B-17E Fortress: 4 damaged - 2 B17's are lost in air to air combat Resources hits 4 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet 20 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet 4 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet 15 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on BFF Brigade, at 29,33 Japanese aircraft Ki-21 Sally x 22 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21 Sally: 2 damaged - 2 Sallys are lost Allied ground losses: 29 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet 13 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 56,88 Allied aircraft Hudson I x 3 Beaufort V-IX x 9 Allied aircraft losses Beaufort V-IX: 2 destroyed - 1 Beufort is destroyed Japanese Ships PG Hashidate, Torpedo hits 1, on fire- will make emergency repairs at Lae Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Hudson I bombing at 3000 feet 1 x Beaufort V-IX launching torpedoes at 200 feet 3 x Beaufort V-IX launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x Beaufort V-IX launching torpedoes at 200 feet ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Situation Report I'm still a little annoyed about my subs that revealed themselves. Hope Wobbly doesn't evacuate Trincomalee. The fleet will hit the enemy in 3 days. 3 ca's were spotted at Diamond Harbour - so I'll raid this base as well before the invasion fleet moves up towards Rangoon. Most of the loading has been completed and all task forces will sail tomorrow. Seems like I've managed to coordinate loading [8D] Logistics is a nightmare.. Wobbly wantes me to divert Zeros to China to defeat his Hurries and Warhawks. Fat chance..we'll see whom reinforces what [8\|] B17's are surely active, but the raids against minor resource bases isn't a threat to me, and I'm shooting down forts each day now. I'm a little worried before the battle, Al is a quick learner and an excellent opponent. It will take a lot of brute force to achieve results. I can commit 100% to Operation Hangover for the remainder of 1942. I'll be able to keep the Allies at bay in the South Pacific until 1943. US recon planes flew over Wake today, but I doubt we'll see much more action for some time to come. The torpedo bombers at PM continues to hit the occasional patrol craft or barge - but supplies are getting through and I've soon got 2 size 4 airfields at both Buna and Lae. More barges are moving down from Truk, so I won't have to risk any high value ships.

String -> RE: B17's hits New Guinea.... (10/31/2004 11:40:36 PM)
goddamn this is fun to read.. send your turns and update the AAR, I want to see Wobblys reaction when the storm breaks [:D]

Alikchi2 -> RE: B17's hits New Guinea.... (11/1/2004 1:56:00 AM)
Yep.. the big sh*t is about to hit an even bigger fan.

LittleJoe -> RE: B17's hits New Guinea.... (11/1/2004 2:33:14 AM)
Think we'll be seeing a lot more AAR's done in the style of this, it lets the reader know everything they need to know, without Allies or Japan losing any element of suprise. Might even do mine like this [:D]

PzB74 -> Battle of the Timor Sea! (11/1/2004 4:42:15 PM)
All honor to Wobbly and Herbie for inventing this type of AAR! [&o] AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/30/42 Surface Combat Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 33,78 - A nice little battle took place outside Lautern at Timor! Japanese Ships CL Kiso DD Kuroshio, Shell hits 1 DD Hatsukaze, Shell hits 1 DD Kamikaze DD Nokaze, Shell hits 1 DD Namikaze Allied Ships CL Raleigh DD Helm, Shell hits 1, on fire DD Mugford DD Ralph Talbot DD Patterson DD Case DD Shaw, Shell hits 2, on fire DD Reid, Shell hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 33,78 - my commander succeeded in crossing the enemies 'T'! Japanese Ships CL Kiso, Shell hits 5, on fire, heavy damage - 58 sys damage, heading back to port. DD Kuroshio DD Hatsukaze DD Kamikaze DD Nokaze DD Namikaze, Shell hits 1, on fire Allied Ships CL Raleigh, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage DD Helm, on fire DD Mugford DD Ralph Talbot, Shell hits 1, on fire DD Patterson, Shell hits 1 DD Case DD Shaw, on fire DD Reid, Shell hits 1, heavy damage Invasions -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 55 troops unloading over beach at Lautem, 33,78 - As you can see, all my troops got ashore safely! Japanese ground losses: 315 casualties reported ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 55 troops unloading over beach at Lautem, 33,78 Japanese ground losses: 119 casualties reported ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air Combat Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 29,34 Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft Blenheim IV x 17 Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed G3M Nell: 1 destroyed Japanese ground losses: 72 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 7 x Blenheim IV bombing at 6000 feet 6 x Blenheim IV bombing at 6000 feet 4 x Blenheim IV bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Lautem at 33,78 Allied aircraft Brewster 339D x 3 Martin 139 x 3 No Allied losses Japanese Ships AP Kunimitsu Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire - there were numerous air attack on my ships around Timor today, but only one ship was hit. Fortunately, no troops were lost. Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Martin 139 bombing at 3000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 28,77 - I'm moving in a base force to Koepang in the western part of Timor. Allied aircraft Martin 139 x 3 No Allied losses Japanese Ships CL Naka Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Martin 139 bombing at 3000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Situation Report I was lucky and got away with my invasion of Timor - at least for now. My inferior force managed to fend of the Allied ships and put a torpedo into the light cruiser Raleigh. I've moved reinforcements to Kendari and will create a 'southern fortress' to prevent Wobbly from taking advantage of my adventure in India. All of my convoys are now sailing up the Malacca strait! Tension is building. 25 subs are also spreading out in a fan all over the Indian Ocean. Wobblys alarm bells are going to go off big time soon. An Allied search plane spotted some of my ships heading west north of Sumatra. I'm not sure what Al is going to make of this, but he's surely going to suspect that something's up. I'm moving in from the western part of Ceylon to prevent the British fleet from escaping. 2 more days and the hammer falls.... Situation Map: The Japanese Fleet enroute to Ceylon [image]local://upfiles/1466/Us548205549.gif[/image]

PzB74 -> Come out come out wherever you are! (11/2/2004 1:54:25 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/31/42 Surface Combat ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 1044 encounters mine field at Mannargudi (16,23) - trying to open the strait between Ceylon and India Allied Ships MSW Cuttack -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air Combat Day Air attack on TF at 14,29 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 66 Allied aircraft Blenheim IV x 3 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Blenheim IV: 6 destroyed, 2 damaged - poor sods, didn't stand a chance! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 14,29 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 66 Allied aircraft Beaufort V-IX x 12 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 3 damaged Allied aircraft losses Beaufort V-IX: 24 destroyed, 5 damaged - the entire squadron is destroyed!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 14,29 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 66 Allied aircraft Blenheim IV x 6 - 5 out of 6 were shot down Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed - 1 Zero is shot down! Allied aircraft losses Blenheim IV: 10 destroyed, 1 damaged Japanese Ships BB Yamashiro Aircraft Attacking: 1 x Blenheim IV bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Sag Sag at 57,88 Allied aircraft Hudson I x 3 Beaufort V-IX x 4 No Allied losses Japanese Ships PG Kaiun Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire - lots of sys damage, will return to Rabaul AG AG-110 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Hudson I bombing at 3000 feet 4 x Beaufort V-IX bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 56,88 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 7 Allied aircraft Wirraway x 14 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Wirraway: 6 destroyed - 3 were destroyed Japanese Ships AG AG-358 AG AG-367 AG AG-351 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Wirraway attacking at 100 feet 4 x Wirraway attacking at 100 feet 4 x Wirraway attacking at 100 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 18,30 Japanese aircraft D3A Val x 24 B5N Kate x 24 No Japanese losses Allied Ships MSW Ballarat, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage (sinks) Aircraft Attacking: 6 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet 4 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet 9 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet 9 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet 4 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 17,25 Japanese aircraft D3A Val x 48 B5N Kate x 55 - overkill deluxe No Japanese losses Allied Ships ML Rigel, Bomb hits 9, on fire, heavy damage (sinks) Aircraft Attacking: B5N Kates bombing at 7000 feet D3A Vals bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Colombo at 14,24 Japanese aircraft B5N Kate x 48 Allied aircraft Hurricane II x 8 Japanese aircraft losses B5N Kate: 4 destroyed, 1 damaged - 2 were shot down, 3 more became op losses. Allied Ships MSW Rampur, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage PG Auricula, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage PG Freesia, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: All B5N Kate bombing at 7000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground Combat Ground combat at Lautem Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 4940 troops, 33 guns, 14 vehicles Defending force 20 troops, 0 guns, 1 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 40 to 1 (fort level 2) Japanese forces CAPTURE Lautem base !!! Allied ground losses: 10 casualties reported - not much of a garrison. Timor is now occupied! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kai Island Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 33 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Kai Island base !!! - all the islands north of Oz have also been occupied ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Situation Report Weather lifts and the KB finds several smaller targets and obliterates them. I almost loose more torpedo bombers than I like as a large strike flies all the way to Colombo unescorted. Have reduced their range to 4, I only want them to launch torpedoes. A large bombardment group is formed and will hit Trimcomalee tomorrow - the destroyers have been detached and are ordered to escort the larger ships. The KB will move to the western tip of Ceylon - half the bombers are ordered to hit Colombo's port. This will make it possible to hit both of the large ports at Ceylon at the same time, and since weather has lifted, (partly cloudy) my bombers will catch all British ships that are trying to run for it. (I've left a small opening towards the east - but this is were we're heading next.) 108 naval bombers are now in Rangoon together with 168 Zeros. The bombers will perform a night attack against Diamond Harbour, this should effectively smoke the badgers out [:D] Tomorrow a fast transport group will load up at Moulmein and head for Akyab. After landing here, another para contingent will be dropped. Timor has been occupied 9 Betties, 9 Zeros and 8 Dinahs have been moved into Kaupang. A small search and strike force that will make it dangerous to move ships of Northern Oz. Tomorrow it's the 1st of April and the official opening of Operation Hangover! Surprise, surprise Al.... Todays strikes was just a small taster, but I'm sure our esteemed opponent alreadyl knows that somethings cooking. Hopefully we can destroy the British fleet before the major landings takes place. Situation Map: Attacking Ceylon! [image]local://upfiles/1466/Mk275662213.gif[/image]

PzB74 -> The hammer falls! (11/2/2004 3:43:14 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/01/42 Surface Combat Bombardments Naval bombardment of Trimcomalee, at 15,25 - Coastal Guns Fire Back! 24 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships BB Kongo, Shell hits 5 BB Haruna BB Hiei BB Kirishima BB Nagato BB Fuso BB Yamashiro BB Ise BB Hyuga CA Takao CA Atago CA Maya CA Chokai CA Haguro CA Ashigara CA Mogami CA Mikuma CA Kumano CL Nagara CL Natori CL Abukuma CL Kuma CL Tama CL Oi Allied Ships AK Lematang, Shell hits 3 TK Empire Norse, Shell hits 2 AK Empire Raven, Shell hits 6, on fire, heavy damage TK Empire Onyx, Shell hits 6, on fire, heavy damage AK Tjisaroea, Shell hits 1, on fire AK Poelau Bras, Shell hits 4, on fire AK Empire Bunting, Shell hits 2, on fire AK Empire Spray, Shell hits 3, on fire Allied ground losses: 562 casualties reported Guns lost 20 Vehicles lost 3 Airbase hits 6 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 30 Port hits 12 Air Combat -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Diamond Harbor , at 28,23 Japanese aircraft G3M Nell x 45 G4M1 Betty x 43 Japanese aircraft losses G3M Nell: 6 destroyed, 12 damaged G4M1 Betty: 4 destroyed, 22 damaged Allied Ships BB Resolution, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage (magazine explodes, sinks) BB Ramilles, Bomb hits 3, on fire BB Revenge, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, on fire BB Warspite, Bomb hits 2 Port hits 4 Aircraft Attacking: 16 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 22 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet 26 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 19 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 27th Australian Brigade, at 29,33 Japanese aircraft H6K4 Mavis x 1 Ki-21 Sally x 20 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 11 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 12 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet 8 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 13,20 Japanese aircraft D3A Val x 23 B5N Kate x 36 Japanese aircraft losses D3A Val: 1 damaged Allied Ships AP Van Cloon, Bomb hits 7, on fire, heavy damage MSW Cuttack, Bomb hits 6, on fire, heavy damage AP Van Rees, Bomb hits 11, on fire, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 4 x B5N Kate bombing at 7000 feet 5 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet 4 x B5N Kate bombing at 7000 feet 9 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet 9 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet 4 x B5N Kate bombing at 7000 feet 4 x B5N Kate bombing at 7000 feet 4 x B5N Kate bombing at 7000 feet 4 x B5N Kate bombing at 7000 feet 4 x B5N Kate bombing at 7000 feet 4 x B5N Kate bombing at 7000 feet 4 x B5N Kate bombing at 7000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Colombo , at 14,24 Japanese aircraft D3A Val x 21 B5N Kate x 47 Ki-27 Nate x 20? - what now? Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 25? more bugs.... Allied aircraft Hurricane II x 29 Japanese aircraft losses D3A Val: 14 destroyed, 5 damaged B5N Kate: 31 destroyed, 22 damaged - todays little disaster, 20 unescorted bombers lost Allied aircraft losses Hurricane II: 1 damaged Allied Ships AK Soochow, Bomb hits 3, on fire AK Nora Moller, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage PG Auricula, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Allied ground losses: 24 casualties reported Port hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 13 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet 14 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet 18 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 13,20 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 55 B5N Kate x 12 No Japanese losses Allied Ships AP Van Rees, Bomb hits 6, on fire, heavy damage AP Van Cloon, on fire, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 4 x B5N Kate bombing at 7000 feet 4 x B5N Kate bombing at 7000 feet 4 x B5N Kate bombing at 7000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Situation Report April 1st, fools day! It surely provided both me and Al with unpleasent surprises, that's for sure [:'(] Ok, the British Fleet was not in Trimcomalee, neither was it in Colombo or in Ceylon at all! My bombardment and airstrikes damaged and sank an assortion of Allied shipping, but another unescorted raid against Colombo cost me 20 bombers shot down by Hurries. I'm not going to complain anymore about this as it's obvious that it has been hard coded into the game. I really don't have much faith in using the KB when it's up against defended targets, cause in most instances my bombers fly in unescorted and kill themselves. Got enough trained Vals and Kates to replace the losses in Singapore though. My plan B as described yesterday included a port attack against Diamond Harbour: Since I observed ca's here only a few days after the bombardment of Andaman Island, I thought that Al just might try to hide his fleet from me. This was a calculated risk though, he knows how deadly port attacks are - and anchoring a big fleet within range of my naval bombers is asking for trouble. I do understand why he did it though, cause retiring all the way to Karachi and Bombay would efficiently not only take them out of harms way, but also remove them from the action for a while. My uber efficient night bombers did certainly find the British fleet: The Resolution was sunk while 2-3 other bb's were damaged! I told Wobbly that he now got 2 options: 1.) Stay in port and get bombed into the gutter 2.) Come out and face the firing squad and die like a man [;)] I've not oredered a second port attack for tomorrow, many of my bombers are damaged and they need to rest - but the KB is wheeling around and is heading into the Bay of Bengal. The battlefleet will reorganize, meet the replenishment fleet at Andaman Island, and execute bombardment attacks against Diamond Harbour. I have to remove the British fleet one way or the other before my troop convoys arrive. 120000 men are enroute and will disembark in a week or so. Only 3300 men were reported at Trimcomalee, while a full division was found at Colombo. This means that I can easily occupy the first one while Colombo requires 2-3 divisions. Other consequences: Al now knows that the KB is in India, and his cv's can reign freely in the Pacific. I'm moving the bulk of my ships back from Rabaul and Truk to prevent them from being destroyed if he decided to be bold. I'm preparing to march north in both China and Burma, but I'll wait another few days. I'd like to see how Al reacts to todays events.

madflava13 -> RE: The hammer falls! (11/2/2004 9:45:05 PM)
Sounds like you've got things well in hand... Have you moved Nells or Betties up to Kwaj, Truk or Rabaul to cover in case he gets bold? Also, I assume you're both playing through without restarting, right?

PzB74 -> RE: The hammer falls! (11/2/2004 11:53:25 PM)
We're not going to restart - we want to play the game to its end. We'll just play with what we got, and I don't really think we need an update to have more fun [8D] AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/02/42 Air Combat -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 108 - ouch, forgot to set down their range. They're my invasion fleet LRCAP! Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 18 Ki-21 Sally x 62 Allied aircraft P-40E Warhawk x 8 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21 Sally: 5 damaged Allied aircraft losses P-40E Warhawk: 15 destroyed, 2 damaged - goodbye AVG remnant, thought Wobbly would send em back to Burma Allied ground losses: 25 casualties reported Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 15 Aircraft Attacking: 18 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet 27 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet 6 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet 5 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet 3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet 3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78 Allied aircraft CW-21B Demon x 9 Brewster 339D x 3 Hudson I x 16 B-17E Fortress x 60 - oh la la, this was a heavy raid on Timor! Perhaps I should keep up night bombing of Darwin No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 - not exactly encouraging results by 60 B17's!? Runway hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Hudson I bombing at 20000 feet 9 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 20000 feet 27 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 20000 feet 3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 20000 feet 5 x Hudson I bombing at 20000 feet 15 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 20000 feet 3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 20000 feet 2 x Hudson I bombing at 20000 feet 3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 20000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 49th Chinese Division, at 29,33 Japanese aircraft Ki-21 Sally x 21 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 70 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet 9 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 93rd Chinese Division, at 29,33 Japanese aircraft Ki-27 Nate x 7 Ki-21 Sally x 8 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 19 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Aircraft Attacking: 8 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 16th Indian Brigade, at 29,33 Japanese aircraft Ki-21 Sally x 12 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 2 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 12 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Situation Report Wobbly said he prefers to stay in port instead of facing the firing squad - well, he gets!-) I'm moving the 14th Army north of Rangoon to see whether it is possible to rout the Allied Army there. (3 rested crack divisions, 2 engineer regiments, 1 Arty Battalion, 1 AA Battalion and 1 Tank Regiment) Air attacks have also been stepped up in this region. A Zero Daitai with 70% trained pilots (the rest got around 40 exp) has been sent to China. Only Hurricane II's left there now and I want to gain air supremacy before marching north. A fast transport is loading up at Moulmein, it got 3 fast minelayers and will move a full brigade to Akyab in 3-4 runs. Paras will be dropped when a beachead has been established. The KB is steaming NNE towards Diamond Harbour - the battlefleet will replenish at Andaman Island tomorrow and follow suit. The invasion convoy is about to clear the Malacca straith. A strong escort and 27 Zeros on an CVE should take it safely up to Rangoon were it will be met by the KB. In 12 days I will receive 4 trained Zero Daitais. 3 of these will move to the Southern Pacific. Madflava: I got 119 Betties and Nells based at Truk, Rabaul and Kwajalein. There is not a lot of shipping left in the area. I've got 8000 men at Tarawa, 7000 at Shortland and 7000 at Lunga. Wobbly will have to commit rather strongly to make an impact here. The airbase at Lae has almost been built to size 4, and 27 Helens moved in today and were put on naval attack. (Spotted allied ships at PM, so I've ordered 5 destroyers to intercept.)

WiTP_Dude -> RE: The hammer falls! (11/2/2004 11:58:47 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: PzB Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78 Allied aircraft CW-21B Demon x 9 Brewster 339D x 3 Hudson I x 16 B-17E Fortress x 60 - oh la la, this was a heavy raid on Timor! Perhaps I should keep up night bombing of Darwin No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 - not exactly encouraging results by 60 B17's!? Runway hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Hudson I bombing at 20000 feet 9 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 20000 feet 27 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 20000 feet 3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 20000 feet 5 x Hudson I bombing at 20000 feet 15 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 20000 feet 3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 20000 feet 2 x Hudson I bombing at 20000 feet 3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 20000 feet Try flying at a much lower altitude (6000 feet)... or at night... or both.

PzB74 -> RE: The hammer falls! (11/3/2004 11:38:00 PM)
quote: Try flying at a much lower altitude (6000 feet)... or at night... or both. Suggest that to Wobbly, I'm happy as long as he's a speck far up in the skies [;)] AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/03/42 Air Combat -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Chandpur , at 30,25 Japanese aircraft G3M Nell x 9 Japanese aircraft losses G3M Nell: 2 destroyed, 5 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 8 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet - a ca spotted in port, no hits -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Diamond Harbor , at 28,23 Japanese aircraft G3M Nell x 9 G4M1 Betty x 15 - still got a lot of damaged ac Allied aircraft Blenheim IF x 9 - game crashed and I had to restart and turn of combat animations. (Night fighters vs night bombers has that effect on my system) Japanese aircraft losses G3M Nell: 9 damaged G4M1 Betty: 2 destroyed, 6 damaged Allied aircraft losses Blenheim IF: 1 damaged Allied Ships BB Ramilles, Bomb hits 1 CLAA Columbo, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage :) Probably a 800kg bomb, but I didn't see that! Allied ground losses: 12 casualties reported Port hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet -Why does it say 'launching torpedoes' when the ships are hit by bombs? 5 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet 9 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Kungchang , at 46,26 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 27 Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 35 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 5 Allied aircraft Hurricane II x 14 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 2 destroyed Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 8 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Hurricane II: 13 destroyed, 7 damaged - My Zeros did a good job and I got a Tojo driver with 5 kills. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30 Japanese aircraft Ki-21 Sally x 41 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21 Sally: 2 destroyed, 4 damaged Allied ground losses: 12 casualties reported Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 4 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet 14 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet 10 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet 2 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet 3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet 3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet 2 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78 Allied aircraft CW-21B Demon x 9 Brewster 339D x 4 Hudson I x 15 B-17E Fortress x 44 No Allied losses Runway hits 7 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x Hudson I bombing at 10000 feet 3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 10000 feet 27 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 10000 feet 3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 10000 feet 3 x Hudson I bombing at 10000 feet 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 10000 feet 3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 10000 feet 2 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 10000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 93rd Chinese Division, at 29,33 Japanese aircraft Ki-27 Nate x 5 Ki-21 Sally x 22 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 70 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Aircraft Attacking: 22 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 1st Burma Brigade, at 29,33 Japanese aircraft Ki-21 Sally x 32 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 116 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Aircraft Attacking: 17 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet 15 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 57,91 Allied aircraft Wirraway x 13 Hudson I x 4 Beaufort V-IX x 8 P-40E Warhawk x 34 Allied aircraft losses Wirraway: 1 damaged Beaufort V-IX: 2 damaged P-40E Warhawk: 1 damaged Japanese Ships ML Takashima, Shell hits 16 CL Katori, Shell hits 4 ML Yaeyama, Shell hits 8 ML Hoko, Shell hits 12, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage (scuttled) ML Okinoshima, Shell hits 4 PC Shonon Maru #10, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage (sinks) Japanese ground losses: 400 casualties reported - auch! Guns lost 1 Aircraft Attacking: 4 x Hudson I bombing at 3000 feet 3 x Wirraway attacking at 100 feet 2 x Beaufort V-IX launching torpedoes at 200 feet 3 x P-40E Warhawk attacking at 100 feet 2 x Wirraway attacking at 100 feet 3 x P-40E Warhawk attacking at 100 feet 2 x Beaufort V-IX launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x Wirraway attacking at 100 feet 4 x Wirraway attacking at 100 feet 4 x Beaufort V-IX launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x P-40E Warhawk attacking at 100 feet 4 x P-40E Warhawk attacking at 100 feet 4 x P-40E Warhawk attacking at 100 feet 4 x P-40E Warhawk attacking at 100 feet 4 x P-40E Warhawk attacking at 100 feet 4 x P-40E Warhawk attacking at 100 feet 4 x P-40E Warhawk attacking at 100 feet ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Situation Report Lots of things happening! The British fleet (or parts of it) is still in Diamond Harbour. Tomorrow the KB will be in position to launch attacks. The battlefleet is refuelling north of Andaman Isl. The 200000 men aboard the invasion fleets will leave the Malacca Strait tomorrow and head NNE. In Burma the 14th Army marched north and will start bombarding the enemy tomorrow. They're all rested and prepared. An assault value of 1500 and 600 guns should provide enoug firepower to weaken the malaria sick Allied troops. My bombers are hitting them hard as well now. The fast transport group with 3 msw's will unload parts of a Bde at Akyab tomorrow. It will then return to Moulmein to pick up another load. (They can lift 3400, and the bde is almost 15000 in size.) In China I've ordered the armies to march on Kunching. 70000 men are marching from the east while 200000 men are coming up from Sian in the South. I've left enough troops behind to defend the railroad against as many as 80000 Chinese troops. The bombers are ordered to hit the enemy again as the Warhawks has been moved out and the Hurricanes no longer can stand up to the newly arrived Zeros. In New Guinea I've ordered the surface group (5 dd's) heading for PM to turn around. The enemy ships can no longer be spotted and enemy search planes spotted my own ships. A fast transport group carrying a small SNLF group was hit by fighterbombers. The remaining ships will unload their cargo at Gili Gili and steam east to get out of range from PM. I want to deny the base to Wobbly and make sure he doesn't land engineers there and start building another base from where to bomb me. Just want to force him to make an effort no matter what he wants to do. Al thinks me lucky since I'm causing magazine explosions general carnage all over the place [8D] I told him that luck usually favors the side with the largest hammer, and in no more than a year the tables will be turned. That's why I have to strike now, and strike hard! No mercy for the bad if they want it No mercy for the bad if they plead No mercy for the bad if they need it No mercy from me [sm=00000007.gif] [;)]

sveint -> RE: The hammer falls! (11/3/2004 11:45:33 PM)
quote: Try flying at a much lower altitude (6000 feet)... or at night... or both. He's just testing the defenses and wants to avoid losses. Good training for his pilots.

PzB74 -> RE: The hammer falls! (11/4/2004 8:22:23 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/04/42 Surface Combat Invasions -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 98 encounters mine field at Akyab (30,29) TF 98 troops unloading over beach at Akyab, 30,29 Japanese Ships MSW W.10 - the minesweepers prevented the ships from hitting any mines! MSW W.8 MSW W.7 APD APD-39 APD APD-37 APD APD-35 APD APD-2 PC Shimushu Coastal Guns at Akyab, 30,29, firing at TF 98 179 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships ML Aotaka MSW W.10, Shell hits 3 Japanese ground losses: 129 casualties reported Guns lost 11 Allied ground losses: 11 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 100 troops unloading over beach at Gili Gili, 56,94 Japanese ground losses: 4 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air Combat -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Diamond Harbor , at 28,23 Japanese aircraft G3M Nell x 8 G4M1 Betty x 9 Allied aircraft Blenheim IF x 5 Japanese aircraft losses G3M Nell: 4 damaged G4M1 Betty: 10 damaged Allied Ships BB Warspite, Bomb hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 5 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 9 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Akyab , at 30,29 Japanese aircraft Ki-21 Sally x 20 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet 11 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78 Allied aircraft CW-21B Demon x 9 Brewster 339D x 3 Hudson I x 14 No Allied losses Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Hudson I bombing at 10000 feet 5 x Hudson I bombing at 10000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 21 Ki-49 Helen x 17 Allied aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49 Helen: 2 damaged Allied aircraft losses Catalina I: 1 destroyed Allied ground losses: 11 casualties reported Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 11 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 10000 feet 6 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 10000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 2nd Burma Brigade, at 29,33 Japanese aircraft Ki-21 Sally x 21 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 6 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 12 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet 9 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Lae at 54,87 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 7 Allied aircraft Hudson I x 5 Beaufort V-IX x 3 P-40E Warhawk x 29 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Hudson I: 3 destroyed P-40E Warhawk: 2 damaged Japanese Ships PG Kaiun Maru, Shell hits 8, heavy damage AG AG-110 AG AG-364, Shell hits 4 AG AG-359, Shell hits 8 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Hudson I bombing at 3000 feet 3 x Beaufort V-IX launching torpedoes at 200 feet 1 x P-40E Warhawk attacking at 100 feet 4 x P-40E Warhawk attacking at 100 feet 4 x P-40E Warhawk attacking at 100 feet 4 x P-40E Warhawk attacking at 100 feet 4 x P-40E Warhawk attacking at 100 feet 4 x P-40E Warhawk attacking at 100 feet 4 x P-40E Warhawk attacking at 100 feet 4 x P-40E Warhawk attacking at 100 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 56,88 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 3 Allied aircraft P-40E Warhawk x 27 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses P-40E Warhawk: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged Japanese Ships AG AG-375 PG Shinko Maru #1 AG AG-363 AG AG-109 AG AG-358 AG AG-114 AG AG-373, Shell hits 8 Aircraft Attacking: 1 x P-40E Warhawk attacking at 100 feet 4 x P-40E Warhawk attacking at 100 feet 4 x P-40E Warhawk attacking at 100 feet 4 x P-40E Warhawk attacking at 100 feet 4 x P-40E Warhawk attacking at 100 feet 4 x P-40E Warhawk attacking at 100 feet 4 x P-40E Warhawk attacking at 100 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground Combat Ground combat at 29,33 Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 69342 troops, 791 guns, 30 vehicles Defending force 43274 troops, 374 guns, 0 vehicles Allied ground losses: 50 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Akyab Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 4360 troops, 40 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 2564 troops, 106 guns, 0 vehicles Japanese ground losses: 5 casualties reported Allied ground losses: 2 casualties reported Guns lost 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Situation Report We've now updated to V1.3 - but will of course not restart the game [:)] The KB is now moving into position 4 hexes south of Diamond Harbor - here it will meet the battlefleet and deliver a heavy port attack. Then the fleet will move in and bombard! 1800 men have been landed at Akyab, but not ordered to attack. I will slowly build up a force that can capture the base. If Wobbly wants to keep it, he has to move troops from Chandpur, Dacca and elsewhere on the indian mainland - that I'm soon going to invade! [:D] The 14th Army will only conduct bombardment attacks for some time to come, I mainly want to keep the enemy in Burma - for now at least. In New Guinea Gili Gili has been invaded. I will mostly perform minor operations in this area and try to build a strong perimeter defense. Only if operations in India can be successfully concluded, will I have enough resources to invade PM. Hopefully the war will be over by Chritstmas [8\|] Yeah, right! Situation Map: Preparing to Strike the enemy fleet! [image]local://upfiles/1466/Lj235864240.gif[/image]

PzB74 -> RE: The hammer falls! (11/5/2004 4:17:20 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/05/42 Air Combat -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Kungchang , at 46,26 Japanese aircraft Ki-27 Nate x 8 Ki-48 Lily x 19 Ki-46-II Dinah x 3 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-48 Lily: 3 damaged Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 10000 feet 7 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 10000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78 Allied aircraft CW-21B Demon x 9 Brewster 339D x 3 Hudson I x 8 No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 4 x Hudson I bombing at 10000 feet 4 x Hudson I bombing at 10000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 21 Ki-49 Helen x 13 Allied aircraft P-40E Warhawk x 22 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 4 destroyed, 1 damaged Ki-49 Helen: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses P-40E Warhawk: 9 destroyed, 2 damaged Wirraway: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 3 Aircraft Attacking: 10 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 10000 feet 2 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 10000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 42nd Chinese Corps, at 46,26 Japanese aircraft Ki-27 Nate x 6 Ki-49 Helen x 23 Ki-46-II Dinah x 2 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49 Helen: 2 damaged Allied ground losses: 9 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Aircraft Attacking: 11 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 10000 feet 12 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 10000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 65th Brigade, at 30,29 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 24 Allied aircraft Blenheim I x 10 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses Blenheim I: 9 destroyed, 5 damaged [8D] Me not think Wobbly will be back! 7 Blenheims were shot down in this raid. Aircraft Attacking: 1 x Blenheim I bombing at 6000 feet 2 x Blenheim I bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Diamond Harbor , at 28,23 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 7 - a long range sweep from Rangoon!! Allied aircraft Wirraway x 3 Buffalo I x 5 Hurricane II x 3 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Wirraway: 2 destroyed Hurricane II: 2 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground Combat Ground combat at 29,33 Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 69407 troops, 792 guns, 30 vehicles Defending force 43245 troops, 378 guns, 0 vehicles Allied ground losses: 51 casualties reported Guns lost 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Gili Gili Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 264 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 6 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Gili Gili base !!! - found 1000 supplies here [:)] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 29,33 Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 39767 troops, 377 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 84903 troops, 824 guns, 126 vehicles Japanese ground losses: 42 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Vehicles lost 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Akyab Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 4376 troops, 39 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 2523 troops, 103 guns, 0 vehicles Japanese ground losses: 2 casualties reported Guns lost 1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Situation Report Bad weather in the Indian Ocean today - not a single strike from the KB. Well, a concentrated effort tomorrow as the weather is about to lift. 4 battleships will hit Chandput while 5 goes after Diamond Harbor. I've split the destroyers up, half will follow the fleet into Diamond while the rest escorts the KB. Wobbly could try a desperat intercept mission.... Meanwhile the invasion fleet is steamong NNE and will pass Rangoon in a few days. I'm just holding back the convoy with the division that is preparing for Trincomalee - when the KB is freed up, I will land here as well. Since I think there's only 3-4000 men defending the place, I'll bring in base forces and then pound Colombo into starvation. Perhaps I don't even have to invade it - it will be next to impossible for Wobbly to bring in supplies. Spotted 2 ak's WSW of Lunga? I also lost a Mavis to flak and a Wildcat was reported as an operational loss today. Muha, the US carriers are enroute to give me a surprise. Moving shipping north from Rabaul and back to Truk - and I now got 60 bombers and 27 figthers ready to strike if the enemy gets to close.

Scharnhorst -> RE: The hammer falls! (11/5/2004 5:56:43 PM)
Hi, it seems there is nothing left to defend Japan. All CV + BB are in action against India. 6 ( or 7 ) BB in a bombard-force with more than 20 ships, hm, not very realistic. What would happen, if the american CV attack the homelands? [8\|] Scharnhorst

WhoCares -> RE: The hammer falls! (11/5/2004 6:13:57 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Scharnhorst Hi, it seems there is nothing left to defend Japan. All CV + BB are in action against India. 6 ( or 7 ) BB in a bombard-force with more than 20 ships, hm, not very realistic. What would happpen, if the american CV attack the homelands? [8\|] Scharnhorst Well, BBs and CAs wouldn't help against an american CV raid at the homeland anyway. So, if he commits KB to Hangover he can just as well take the BBs along. Only other use would be to threaten enemy landings in other locations, but only as long as those are not/little supported by CVs/LBA...

PzB74 -> RE: The hammer falls! (11/5/2004 7:42:41 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: WhoCares quote: ORIGINAL: Scharnhorst Hi, it seems there is nothing left to defend Japan. All CV + BB are in action against India. 6 ( or 7 ) BB in a bombard-force with more than 20 ships, hm, not very realistic. What would happpen, if the american CV attack the homelands? [8\|] Scharnhorst Well, BBs and CAs wouldn't help against an american CV raid at the homeland anyway. So, if he commits KB to Hangover he can just as well take the BBs along. Only other use would be to threaten enemy landings in other locations, but only as long as those are not/little supported by CVs/LBA... I do understand your point Scharnhorst. I would never leave the home islands undefended, but an all out effort is just that: It requires the use of the bulk of ones forces in an attempt to win the war. Much like Germany had to do against Russia - when the Allies invaded in the West, there were insufficient forces available to fend of the landings. They gambled - and lost! Hopefully I'll not end up on histories scrap heap [;)] Since the Allies are too weak to do anything else than raid the home islands in 1942-43, I find this an acceptable risk. Especially as another Doolittle raid is not without risks to the Us carriers either. I've garrisoned all the islands from Tarawa and north to the home islands and placed long range search planes there. Hopefully, this will give me some advanced warning. There are now 130 naval bombers and ca 70 Zeros available to me in the South Pacific. In 12 days I'm receiving 3 new trained Zero Daitais, and these will augment my defensive capabilities in the South and on the Home Islands. I already got numerous Nate Squadrons - even though not very efficient, they do provide some protection against dive bombers. There are also trained Zero, Kate, Val and Sally Daitais' on the Home Islands. In addition, there are 1 cve, 2 cruisers and 12 destroyers at Rabaul and Truk. The battleship Mutsu, (now repaired) a heavy cruiser, 8 destroyers and 1 cs are based at Tokyo. In 27 days the CV Junyo will arrive, and shortly after that the Yamato will complement the new battlegroup. I will keep this group in reserve, and when the Hiyo and another light carrier arrives - I have another carrier group that can operate independently or reinforce the KB. All in all, I feel that this is sufficient to defend against an Allied carrier attack. The losses they can inflict on me will be marginal, and if I'm lucky it will be possible to damage or even sink an Allied carrier since damage that far away from a home base could be fatal. So I don't really think Wobbly will risk so much to gain so little...although he's a cunning Admiral that shouldn't be underestimated. There may well be a price to pay for concentrating the bulk of my forces in the west for a while! No guts no glory [8D]

PzB74 -> Attack and counterattack! April, bloody April... (11/6/2004 12:54:42 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/06/42 Surface Combat ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat at 28,24 Japanese Ships BB Nagato BB Fuso BB Yamashiro BB Ise BB Hyuga CA Chokai CA Haguro CA Ashigara CA Mogami CL Nagara CL Natori CL Abukuma Allied Ships AK Derrymore, Shell hits 6, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk - this poor little ship met the entire Jap fleet!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 1064 encounters mine field at Mannargudi (16,23) - Wobbly's been eager to remove this minefield. Allied Ships MSW Ipswitch -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub/ASW Attacks Sub attack at 27,24 Japanese Ships SS RO-60, hits 1, on fire Allied Ships CA Dorsetshire - that's because he wants to retreat parts of his fleet through the sund! DD Whipple -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 22,22 Japanese Ships SS RO-34 Allied Ships CLAA Ceres, Torpedo hits 1, on fire - not all of the Allied ships got away unscatched! DD Edsall -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bombardments Naval bombardment of Chandpur, at 30,25 - Coastal Guns Fire Back! Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses Dakota I: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged 39 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships CL Oi CL Tama CL Kuma CA Kumano CA Mikuma, Shell hits 2 CA Maya, Shell hits 5 CA Atago CA Takao BB Kirishima, Shell hits 4 BB Hiei BB Haruna BB Kongo Allied Ships DD Ellet, Shell hits 1, on fire DD Alden, Shell hits 1, on fire DD Parrott, Shell hits 1 CL Marblehead, Shell hits 1, on fire Allied ground losses: 72 casualties reported Guns lost 7 Vehicles lost 1 Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 5 Port hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Lunga, at 67,97 - now what do we have here!? Allied Ships BB Mississippi - looks like Wobbly's busy when the wolfs away [;)] BB New Mexico Japanese ground losses: 119 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 1 Port supply hits 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Day bombardments) Naval bombardment of Diamond Harbor, at 28,23 - unfortunately, this bombardment first went in after todays airbattles! Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses Hurricane II: 8 destroyed, 4 damaged Buffalo I: 2 destroyed, 4 damaged Blenheim IF: 6 destroyed, 8 damaged Wirraway: 1 destroyed Japanese Ships CL Abukuma CL Natori CL Nagara CA Mogami CA Ashigara CA Haguro CA Chokai BB Hyuga BB Ise BB Yamashiro BB Fuso BB Nagato Allied Ships BB Warspite, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage BB Revenge, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage BB Ramilles, Shell hits 4, on fire, heavy damage Allied ground losses: 4034 casualties reported - a heavy casualty list! Guns lost 84 Vehicles lost 2 Airbase hits 36 Airbase supply hits 17 Runway hits 134 Port hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Lunga, at 67,97 Allied Ships BB Mississippi, on fire - both bb's on fire after being hit by torpedos! BB New Mexico, on fire Japanese ground losses: 397 casualties reported - my garrison is hit hard! Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 18 Port supply hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasions TF 1078 troops unloading over beach at Tassafaronga, 66,97 - seems like Wobbly wants Lunga back! Allied ground losses: 28 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air Combat - today saw the most bloody airbattles of the war thus far! Day Air attack on Sian , at 47,29 Japanese aircraft - most of my fighters were ordered to escort my bombers, but the unescorted SB's was hit hard. 8 reported lost today. A6M2 Zero x 3 Ki-27 Nate x 6 Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 7 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 1 Allied aircraft SB-2c x 37 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 1 damaged Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses SB-2c: 8 destroyed, 14 damaged Runway hits 4 Aircraft Attacking: 4 x SB-2c bombing at 8000 feet 3 x SB-2c bombing at 8000 feet 3 x SB-2c bombing at 8000 feet 3 x SB-2c bombing at 8000 feet 3 x SB-2c bombing at 8000 feet 6 x SB-2c bombing at 8000 feet 3 x SB-2c bombing at 8000 feet 2 x SB-2c bombing at 8000 feet 3 x SB-2c bombing at 8000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Diamond Harbor , at 28,23 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 25 - a sweep mission to reduce enemy CAP before the strike went in! Allied aircraft Wirraway x 6 Buffalo I x 13 Hurricane II x 12 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 8 destroyed, 1 damaged - Allied fighters fought hard. Allied aircraft losses Wirraway: 4 destroyed Buffalo I: 19 destroyed, 2 damaged - but again suffered heavily! Hurricane II: 10 destroyed, 5 damaged -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78 Allied aircraft Brewster 339D x 2 Hudson I x 15 No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 3 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x Hudson I bombing at 10000 feet 3 x Hudson I bombing at 10000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 56th Brigade, at 33,78 - tomorrow we'll prepare a surprise party for these guys! Allied aircraft CW-21B Demon x 9 B-17E Fortress x 24 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 126 casualties reported Guns lost 4 Vehicles lost 1 Aircraft Attacking: 5 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 7000 feet 19 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 7000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 42nd Chinese Corps, at 46,26 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 21 Ki-27 Nate x 27 Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 27 Ki-48 Lily x 26 Allied aircraft Hurricane II x 13 I-16c x 19 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 1 damaged Ki-27 Nate: 19 destroyed, 2 damaged - 9 Nates lost today Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 16 destroyed - 7 Oscars lost Ki-48 Lily: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged Allied aircraft losses Hurricane II: 14 destroyed, 4 damaged I-16c: 14 destroyed, 7 damaged Allied ground losses: 23 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 14 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 10000 feet 11 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 10000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 93rd Chinese Division, at 29,33 Japanese aircraft Ki-21 Sally x 30 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 14 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 15 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet 5 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet 3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet 3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet 4 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 1st Burma Brigade, at 29,33 Japanese aircraft Ki-21 Sally x 67 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 63 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Aircraft Attacking: 13 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet 18 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet 18 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet 12 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet 6 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Diamond Harbor , at 28,23 - this is the big 'Pearl Harbour' strike!! Japanese aircraft - an impressive strike! A6M2 Zero x 55 D3A Val x 104 B5N Kate x 118 Allied aircraft Wirraway x 4 Buffalo I x 6 Hurricane II x 6 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 11 destroyed, 1 damaged D3A Val: 4 destroyed, 39 damaged - 4 Vals lost B5N Kate: 37 destroyed, 75 damaged - flak was heavy and 18 Kates were lost! Allied aircraft losses - Must admit that they put up an inspired defense! Wirraway: 11 destroyed Buffalo I: 8 destroyed Hurricane II: 4 destroyed Allied Ships CLAA Columbo, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage BB Ramilles, Bomb hits 18, on fire, heavy damage - Don't have to worry about these guys anymore. I'll send in troops and then Wobbly has to scuttle em! BB Warspite, Bomb hits 17, on fire, heavy damage BB Revenge, Bomb hits 16, on fire, heavy damage Allied ground losses: 579 casualties reported Guns lost 27 Vehicles lost 1 Port hits 22 Port fuel hits 6 Port supply hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet 8 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet 8 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet 14 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet 15 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet 23 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet 22 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet 24 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet 22 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet 24 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet 16 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet 17 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet 3 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78 Allied aircraft Brewster 339D x 2 B-25C Mitchell x 9 No Allied losses Runway hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 15000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Lunga , at 67,97 - One or more Allied cv's are supporting the invasion of Lunga! Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 11 SBD Dauntless x 29 TBD Devastator x 15 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 28 casualties reported Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 14 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet 15 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet 15 x TBD Devastator bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Lunga at 67,97 - here comes the counterstrike! Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 21 G3M Nell x 18 G4M1 Betty x 13 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 14 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 11 destroyed G3M Nell: 6 destroyed, 7 damaged - 4 lost G4M1 Betty: 11 destroyed, 5 damaged - 6 lost Allied aircraft losses F4F-4 Wildcat: 24 destroyed, 1 damaged - 11 Wildcats were shot down! Allied Ships BB New Mexico, Torpedo hits 1, on fire - a tough day for battleships [8D] DMS Southard, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage BB Mississippi, Torpedo hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 1 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet 3 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet 3 x G4M1 Betty 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 53,91 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 18 Ki-49 Helen x 6 Allied aircraft P-40E Warhawk x 18 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 5 destroyed, 1 damaged Ki-49 Helen: 2 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-40E Warhawk: 14 destroyed, 1 damaged -5 were actually shot down! Allied Ships AK Rhesus Aircraft Attacking: 1 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 10000 feet 4 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 10000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground Combat Ground combat at 29,33 Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 69514 troops, 793 guns, 29 vehicles Defending force 43044 troops, 374 guns, 0 vehicles Allied ground losses: 130 casualties reported Guns lost 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 29,33 Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 39640 troops, 373 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 84968 troops, 825 guns, 125 vehicles Japanese ground losses: 28 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Akyab Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 4376 troops, 39 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 2474 troops, 101 guns, 0 vehicles Japanese ground losses: 36 casualties reported Guns lost 2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Situation Report What a turn! The entire Pacific theatre exploed in action and saw some of the most savage air battle thus far. No less than 144 ac were lost: Causes Allied Japanese -------------------------------------------------------- Air to air 55 38 Field 17 Flak 3 26 Op. 2 3 -------------------------------------------------------- Total 77 67 -------------------------------------------------------- These losses included Japanese: 16 Zeros, 18 Kates, 4 Vals, 4 Nells, 6 Betties, 9 Nates and 7 Oscars Allied: 12 Buffalos, 11 Wildcats, 17 Hurricanes II, 8 I-16's, 5 Warhawks, 8 SB-2's and 8 Wirraways. Losses in China were almost eqaul on both sides, the Nates and Oscar I's are having a hard time keeping up with Hurricans. Will order them on CAP and use the Zeros to reduce the Hurricanes from now on. The Allied flak over Diamond Harbour was quite heavy and i winced as bomber after bomber was shot down! This wasn't a surprise attack at Pearl Harbour though, and destroying 3 enemy battleships does require a butchers bill.... I do have 52 trained Vals and Kates ready to replace the KB's losses though. Wobbly did send some of his cruisers running west, and that's ok - I can't get em all. One of my picket subs placed a torpedo in an anti aircraft cruiser though. The remainder of the British fleet will run to Ceylon, or more likely to Karachi and Bombay. We will deal with them later. As of now, I've destroyed the heavy units in the fleet - I doubt it will be possible to move these out since they're probably close to sinking. Almost 5000 men were killed in the bombardment attack at Diamond Harbour: Recon estimates a total of 38000 Allied troops here, but only 2000 in Chanpur. I can easily blast both these ports into submission using battleships - but it seems like the road into India is open! 200000 men will land at Chanpur and cut Burma and China off from India!! When this has been achieved, I will continue to hit the coastal ports and secure Trincomalee! Then the road will be open to push towards Karachi and Bombay. Success here is of incredible importance! The war can be won if India is destroyed[:D] We will pursue the enemy and never let him rest!! The carnage and damage inflicted may be enough to force the Allies to the negotiation table, and then a favorable peace can be won [&o] That is the best we can hope for. If todays losses seems heavy, it is NOTHING compared to the cost of fighting a prolonged war. In 1944 the Allies will outnumber us greatly and it will be very difficult to prevail. Wobblys counterattack at Lunga wasn't unexpected - especially since I spotted ships heading towards the Southern Solomons yesterday. I'm a little surprised about how quickly the eager beaver struck though [;)] The Solomons is of no great importance to me, I've put up an outer perimeter in order to defend the Empire as far outside the national borders as possible. So a lot of effort will not be put into holding the place. The garrison numbers a mere 2300 men, and a strong enemy attack will wipe it out. What I'm afraid of is that Wobbly would send all his US carriers to the Indian Ocean - if he destroys the fighting capability of the KB, the gambit can no longer succeed! So let him roam freely in the South Pacific! My naval bombers carries a leathal sting, and his slow battleships became even slower today as hundreds of tons of water poured into their broken hulls! [8D] More bombers were moved into Rabaul from Truk today - so if the enemy stays, he's going to pay for it. The game is now gearing up towards a climax!! Gawd, this is going to be one helluva battle [:D] Situation Map: Counterstrike at Lunga [image]local://upfiles/1466/Sq484031659.gif[/image]

Whistling Death -> RE: Attack and counterattack! April, bloody April... (11/6/2004 1:27:17 AM)
This is such a great AAR. I hang on every update, like the damn election. I must check on it three times a day.

Honda -> RE: Attack and counterattack! April, bloody April... (11/6/2004 3:14:01 AM)
I second that![sm=00000436.gif] PS Don't worry PzB, I upgraded the kids back home from paper doll making to armament production. We don't want our troops throwing paper doll at those imperialists, now don't we?

PzB74 -> RE: Attack and counterattack! April, bloody April... (11/6/2004 11:46:48 PM)
Thanx for the encouraging words guys [:)] Turns ain't coming in quickly enough for me neither these days! AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/07/42 Surface Combat Bombardments -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Chandpur, at 30,25 - Coastal Guns Fire Back! - Wanted to fire a last round at the Indian ports before retiring towards the invaison groups. Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses Hurricane II: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged 35 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships CL Oi CL Tama, Shell hits 6, on fire - took a few hits, 46 sys damage and is heading back to Rangoon! CL Kuma CA Kumano CA Mikuma CA Maya CA Atago CA Takao BB Kirishima BB Hiei, Shell hits 6 BB Haruna BB Kongo Allied Ships CL Marblehead, Shell hits 6, on fire DD Ellet, Shell hits 1, on fire DD Paul Jones, Shell hits 1, on fire AK Illinoian, Shell hits 1 Allied ground losses: 36 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Airbase hits 5 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 21 Port hits 1 Port supply hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Diamond Harbor, at 28,23 Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses Hurricane II: 2 destroyed, 5 damaged Lysander I: 2 destroyed, 8 damaged Japanese Ships CL Abukuma CL Natori CL Nagara CA Mogami CA Ashigara CA Haguro CA Chokai BB Hyuga BB Ise BB Yamashiro BB Fuso BB Nagato Allied Ships BB Revenge, Shell hits 1, heavy damage Allied ground losses: 209 casualties reported Guns lost 5 Airbase hits 7 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 49 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasions Coastal Guns at Lunga, 67,97, firing at TF 1021 - a full US regiment landed at Lunga today! TF 1021 troops unloading over beach at Lunga, 67,97 1 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied ground losses: 244 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Coastal Guns at Lunga, 67,97, firing at TF 1021 TF 1021 troops unloading over beach at Lunga, 67,97 4 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied ground losses: 180 casualties reported ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub/Asw Attacks Sub attack at 60,88 Japanese Ships AG AG-364, Shell hits 2 Allied Ships SS Swordfish -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 14,23 Japanese Ships SS I-15 - at least my sub wasn't sunk [:'(] Allied Ships CA Dorsetshire DD Edsall DD Electra DD Stewart ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air Combat Night Air attack on Sian , at 47,29 - lots of night air attacks today! Allied aircraft SB-2c x 9 Allied aircraft losses SB-2c: 4 damaged Runway hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x SB-2c bombing at 8000 feet 3 x SB-2c bombing at 8000 feet 3 x SB-2c bombing at 8000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Sian, at 47,29 Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft Blenheim IV x 6 IL-4c x 4 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged Allied aircraft losses IL-4c: 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 13 casualties reported Airbase hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 4 x IL-4c bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 29,34 Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 16 - the first effort by the heavies in India! Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-17E Fortress: 4 damaged Japanese ground losses: 15 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 16 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 8000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Lae , at 54,87 Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 16 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged Ki-49 Helen: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged Allied aircraft losses B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 13 casualties reported Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 16 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78 - Promised that I would make their training more realistic, didn't I [;)] Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 10 Allied aircraft CW-21B Demon x 9 Brewster 339D x 3 Hudson I x 10 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed Allied aircraft losses CW-21B Demon: 6 destroyed, 1 damaged Brewster 339D: 2 destroyed Hudson I: 4 destroyed, 1 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Hudson I bombing at 10000 feet 5 x Hudson I bombing at 10000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 56th Brigade, at 33,78 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 10 Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 32 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses B-17E Fortress: 4 damaged Japanese ground losses: 147 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Vehicles lost 1 Aircraft Attacking: 5 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 7000 feet 27 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 7000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 42nd Chinese Corps, at 46,26 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 18 Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 21 Ki-48 Lily x 21 Allied aircraft Hurricane II x 12 I-16c x 19 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 6 destroyed Ki-48 Lily: 2 destroyed, 5 damaged Allied aircraft losses Hurricane II: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged I-16c: 16 destroyed, 3 damaged Allied ground losses: 36 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Aircraft Attacking: 7 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 10000 feet 13 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 10000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on BFF Brigade, at 29,33 Japanese aircraft Ki-21 Sally x 23 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 9 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Aircraft Attacking: 8 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet 7 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet 5 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet 3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 2nd Burma Brigade, at 29,33 Japanese aircraft Ki-21 Sally x 81 - I'm trying to deplete the Allied Army north of Rangoon before attacking! Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21 Sally: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 59 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Aircraft Attacking: 21 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet 12 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet 26 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet 9 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet 13 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 53,91 Japanese aircraft Ki-49 Helen x 9 - ah, no escorts. Went well... Allied aircraft Kittyhawk I x 10 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Allied Ships AK Rhesus, Bomb hits 1, on fire Aircraft Attacking: 1 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 5000 feet 4 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 5000 feet 4 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 5000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 26,23 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 55 D3A Val x 7 B5N Kate x 6 No Japanese losses Allied Ships AK Forafric, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage - a lone straggler attracts attention! Aircraft Attacking: 2 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet 7 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet 4 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 26,23 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 9 D3A Val x 8 No Japanese losses Allied Ships AK Forafric, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 8 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 53,91 Japanese aircraft Ki-49 Helen x 3 - unescorted again, looses one ac this time! Allied aircraft Kittyhawk I x 10 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49 Helen: 2 destroyed Allied Ships AK Murada Aircraft Attacking: 2 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 5000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78 - Another training mission... Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 11 Allied aircraft CW-21B Demon x 8 B-25C Mitchell x 9 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses CW-21B Demon: 15 destroyed - Think the Demon's have learned. Too bad non of them returned to tell pass their experiences on [;)] B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 15000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Lunga , at 67,97 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 15 SBD Dauntless x 30 TBD Devastator x 15 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 28 casualties reported Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 5 Aircraft Attacking: 15 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet 15 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet 15 x TBD Devastator bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 53,91 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 16 Ki-49 Helen x 4 Allied aircraft Kittyhawk I x 10 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Kittyhawk I: 4 destroyed, 1 damaged - finally an attack with escort. The Kittyhawks looses 2 of their numbers! Allied Ships AK Lycaon, Bomb hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 4 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 5000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground Combat Ground combat at 29,33 Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 69688 troops, 795 guns, 30 vehicles Defending force 42802 troops, 368 guns, 0 vehicles Allied ground losses: 80 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Lunga Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 1519 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 2836 troops, 45 guns, 0 vehicles Allied ground losses: 2 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 29,33 Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 39562 troops, 368 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 85142 troops, 827 guns, 126 vehicles Japanese ground losses: 6 casualties reported Vehicles lost 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Akyab Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 4388 troops, 39 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 2380 troops, 97 guns, 0 vehicles -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Tassafaronga Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 118 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles Allied assault odds: 6 to 1 (fort level 0) Allied forces CAPTURE Tassafaronga base !!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Situation Report Wobbly was mightily unhappy about the loss of 4-5000 men at Diamond Harbour! Said he sent in 6 arty units with 36 guns each to provide counter battery fire. All but 1!! is now unoperational [:D] Thx for the info Al, makes me more confident about the future...! 25 Allied ac was shot down today, even though attrition is also taking its toll on Jap squadrons! The fleet has refuelled and will now follow the invasion fleet into Chanpur! A single division will land first and capture the port before the reamining troops disembark. This should reduce losses as much as possible. A regiment and engineer unit has now been dispatched towards Akyab and will secure a forward airfield. I'm now loading supportive units and supplies for the division that's preparing to invade Trincomalee! The KB will be released from its duty as soon as Chanpur is captured. A surface group will also accompany these groups. After capturing Trincomalee, Colombo will be suppressed and bombed out of supplies. Zeros and naval bombers will make it impossible to reinforce it. I'm quite confident about success in the initial parts of Operation Hangover now! It's the final parts involving Karachi and Bombay that will be tough. I got 3 full divisions at Singapore that will prepare for this task. They will also be supported by other troops that can be spared... Wobbly was uncertain whether he had brought enough men to capture Lunga. Wouldn't worry if I were him. I only got 2 NLF units, the rest are construction and base units that aren't exactly frontline units. So it will fall easily enough. He claims that the battleships are only lightly damaged, 20 flood and 9 fires. Should nevertheless give some sys damage that it takes time to remove. Hopefully the naval bombers will be allowed to strike again tomorrow.

PzB74 -> Ten Little Fortresses... (11/7/2004 2:12:30 AM)
Ten Little Fortresses Ten little Fortresses, all was going fine 'til one got bombed and then there were nine Nine little Fortresses homing rather late. One ran out of fuel, then there were eight Eight little Fortresses caught in Satan's heaven. One met Messerschmitts, then there were seven Seven little Fortresses lost without a fix One hit a hill top and then there were six Six little Fortresses, one went in a dive Winding up in the brine, then there were five Five little Fortresses, with one late for war A prop wouldn't feather, then there were four Four little Fortresses high above the sea One got its tail knocked off, then there were three Three little Fortresses, looked like winning through One became a flying bomb, then there were two Two little Fortresses, their combat days done One wasn't safe to fly and then there was one One little Fortress survived for quite a run The French let if fade away, so there were none ------------------------------------------------------------------ Todays poem - and I must admit that I wouldn't mind [;)]

Raverdave -> RE: Ten Little Fortresses... (11/7/2004 5:45:06 AM)
Waiting for a turn huh? Nice poem.

PzB74 -> RE: Ten Little Fortresses... (11/7/2004 6:36:12 PM)
Aye, we're waiting for Frag to 'fix' our sub settings! After we upgraded to V1.2, both Allied and Jap sub doctrines got turned on. Al didn't actually enjoy this very much as his subs doesn't attack my transports at all [:'(] How sad.....

PzB74 -> The air war intensifies! (11/9/2004 12:29:06 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/08/42 Surface Combat Invasions -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Coastal Guns at Lunga, 67,97, firing at TF 1021 TF 1021 troops unloading over beach at Lunga, 67,97 8 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships DD Walke Allied ground losses: 137 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 98 encounters mine field at Akyab (30,29) TF 98 troops unloading over beach at Akyab, 30,29 - another contingent of troops landed at Akyab! Japanese Ships MSW W.10 MSW W.8 MSW W.7 APD APD-39 APD APD-36 APD APD-35 APD APD-37 APD APD-34 APD APD-32 APD APD-2 Coastal Guns at Akyab, 30,29, firing at TF 98 173 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships ML Aotaka ML Shirakami, Shell hits 3 MSW W.10, Shell hits 10, on fire - 43 sys damage, returning to Rangoon for emergency repairs. Japanese ground losses: 90 casualties reported Guns lost 6 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Coastal Guns at Lunga, 67,97, firing at TF 1021 TF 1021 troops unloading over beach at Lunga, 67,97 Allied ground losses: 85 casualties reported ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Air Combat Night Air attack on Sian , at 47,29 Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft Blenheim IV x 7 IL-4c x 3 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-27 Nate: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses IL-4c: 1 damaged Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x IL-4c bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 29,34 Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 12 - night airfield attacks are just as efficient as night port attacks! Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty: 2 destroyed Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-17E Fortress: 3 damaged Japanese ground losses: 32 casualties reported Runway hits 4 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 8000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Lae , at 54,87 Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 18 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 18 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Kungchang , at 46,26 Japanese aircraft Ki-27 Nate x 19 Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 2 - Ouch, all the Zeros and most of the Oscars stayed home!! Ki-48 Lily x 20 Ki-49 Helen x 27 Ki-46-II Dinah x 4 Allied aircraft Hurricane II x 20 I-16c x 8 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-27 Nate: 10 destroyed, 1 damaged - and this caused heavy losses in China! Ki-48 Lily: 18 destroyed, 3 damaged Ki-49 Helen: 7 destroyed, 9 damaged Allied aircraft losses Hurricane II: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged I-16c: 5 destroyed, 3 damaged Allied ground losses: 10 casualties reported Airbase hits 6 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 32 Aircraft Attacking: 5 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 10000 feet 13 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 10000 feet 7 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 10000 feet 4 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 10000 feet 3 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 10000 feet 3 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 10000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Tenimbar , at 36,81 - more practice flights. Allied aircraft Hudson I x 14 Beaufort V-IX x 15 P-40E Warhawk x 12 B-25C Mitchell x 15 B-17E Fortress x 38 No Allied losses Port hits 2 Port supply hits 6 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 7000 feet 5 x Hudson I bombing at 7000 feet 6 x Beaufort V-IX bombing at 7000 feet 4 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 7000 feet 23 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 7000 feet 6 x Hudson I bombing at 7000 feet 3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 7000 feet 3 x Beaufort V-IX bombing at 7000 feet 3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 7000 feet 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 7000 feet 3 x Beaufort V-IX bombing at 7000 feet 3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 7000 feet 3 x Hudson I bombing at 7000 feet 2 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 7000 feet 3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 7000 feet 3 x Beaufort V-IX bombing at 7000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 42nd Chinese Corps, at 46,26 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 15 - Again the Zero's stayed home Ki-48 Lily x 11 Allied aircraft Hurricane II x 20 I-16c x 8 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 6 destroyed, 1 damaged - and the Jap AF in China takes another licking! Ki-48 Lily: 9 destroyed, 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses Hurricane II: 4 damaged I-16c: 7 destroyed, 1 damaged - I-16's we can handle, but without Zeros the Hurries rules the skies! Allied ground losses: 11 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 7 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 10000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 2nd Burma Brigade, at 29,33 Japanese aircraft Ki-21 Sally x 78 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 21 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Aircraft Attacking: 24 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet 19 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet 15 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet 14 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet 6 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 14th Indian Division, at 30,29 Japanese aircraft Ki-21 Sally x 69 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21 Sally: 2 damaged Allied ground losses: 134 casualties reported Guns lost 3 Aircraft Attacking: 24 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 5000 feet 25 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 5000 feet 10 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 5000 feet 7 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 5000 feet 3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 5000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 28,29 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 8 - The LRCAP from Rangoon stayed home!! Allied aircraft Blenheim I x 14 Blenheim IV x 29 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Blenheim I: 2 damaged Blenheim IV: 8 destroyed, 4 damaged - the Blenheims had to pay a heavy price though! Japanese Ships CVE Taiyo CA Nachi PG Kaikei Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire AP Keiyo Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage AP Manila Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire CL Jintsu Japanese ground losses: 25 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Vehicles lost 1 Aircraft Attacking: 1 x Blenheim IV bombing at 1000 feet 1 x Blenheim I bombing at 1000 feet 4 x Blenheim IV bombing at 1000 feet 4 x Blenheim IV bombing at 1000 feet 1 x Blenheim I bombing at 1000 feet 3 x Blenheim IV bombing at 1000 feet 2 x Blenheim IV bombing at 1000 feet 4 x Blenheim IV bombing at 1000 feet 4 x Blenheim I bombing at 1000 feet 4 x Blenheim IV bombing at 1000 feet 4 x Blenheim I bombing at 1000 feet 4 x Blenheim I bombing at 1000 feet 4 x Blenheim IV bombing at 1000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 53,91 Japanese aircraft Ki-49 Helen x 6 - No escort, again! I knew this wasn't my day by now [:'(] Allied aircraft Kittyhawk I x 7 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49 Helen: 2 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Kittyhawk I: 1 damaged Allied Ships AK Lycaon Aircraft Attacking: 1 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 5000 feet 4 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 5000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 53,91 Japanese aircraft Ki-49 Helen x 4 - Still no escort! Allied aircraft Kittyhawk I x 7 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Allied Ships AK Rhesus, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage - at least we hit something Aircraft Attacking: 4 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 5000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Chandpur at 30,25 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 2 G3M Nell x 7 G4M1 Betty x 13 Allied aircraft Hurricane II x 6 Japanese aircraft losses G3M Nell: 3 damaged G4M1 Betty: 6 damaged Allied Ships DD Parrott - Zilch results! DD Paul Jones DD Ellet DD Tjerk Hiddes DD Alden Aircraft Attacking: 4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 3 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet 2 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet 3 x G3M Nell 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 Chandpur at 30,25 Japanese aircraft G3M Nell x 9 Allied aircraft Hurricane II x 6 Japanese aircraft losses G3M Nell: 5 damaged Allied Ships DD Tjerk Hiddes DD Parrott, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage - todays single torpedo hit DD Ellet 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 28,29 - clear skies over my tf today. Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 8 Allied aircraft Blenheim I x 7 Blenheim IV x 31 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 2 damaged Allied aircraft losses Blenheim I: 5 damaged Blenheim IV: 6 destroyed, 10 damaged - again the few Zeros maul the Blenheims Japanese Ships CVE Taiyo, Bomb hits 2, on fire - most of the bombers goes after the escort carrier. 23 sys damage. At least she covered for the transports. MSW Choun Maru #6 DD Hatakaze Aircraft Attacking: 1 x Blenheim IV bombing at 1000 feet 4 x Blenheim I bombing at 1000 feet 3 x Blenheim IV bombing at 1000 feet 3 x Blenheim IV bombing at 1000 feet 3 x Blenheim IV bombing at 1000 feet 3 x Blenheim I bombing at 1000 feet 3 x Blenheim IV bombing at 1000 feet 3 x Blenheim IV bombing at 1000 feet 4 x Blenheim IV bombing at 1000 feet 4 x Blenheim IV bombing at 1000 feet 4 x Blenheim IV bombing at 1000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Lunga at 67,97 Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 3 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 11 Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 damaged Allied Ships DD Russell Aircraft Attacking: 2 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Lunga at 67,97 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 20 G3M Nell x 12 G4M1 Betty x 31 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 11 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed G3M Nell: 5 destroyed, 5 damaged G4M1 Betty: 11 destroyed, 19 damaged - flak is deadly! Allied aircraft losses F4F-4 Wildcat: 20 destroyed, 4 damaged - only good result in the air today, the carrier borne CAP is mauled! Allied Ships CA Canberra - and 40 bombers scores 0 hits!!! Really bad... CL Perth CL Adelaide CL Leander CL Detroit CL Concord Aircraft Attacking: 4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 2 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet 1 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet 2 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet 2 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet 2 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 2 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet 2 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 G3M Nell 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 TF, near Chandpur at 30,25 Japanese aircraft G3M Nell x 9 - another unescorted fluke strike! Allied aircraft Hurricane II x 5 Japanese aircraft losses G3M Nell: 2 destroyed, 5 damaged Allied Ships DD Ellet DD Paul Jones Aircraft Attacking: 1 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Chandpur at 30,25 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 10 B5N Kate x 7 Allied aircraft Hurricane II x 5 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed - and another one B5N Kate: 1 damaged Allied Ships DD Parrott, on fire, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 3 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground Combat Ground combat at 29,33 Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 69771 troops, 799 guns, 32 vehicles Defending force 42694 troops, 366 guns, 0 vehicles Allied ground losses: 61 casualties reported Guns lost 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Lunga - We're going to loose Lunga tomorrow! A full regiment has been unloaded. Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 1506 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 4526 troops, 55 guns, 0 vehicles -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Akyab Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 4186 troops, 34 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 5089 troops, 140 guns, 0 vehicles -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Situation Report Burma/India/Bay of Bengal For the first time weather turned clear in the Bay of Bengal - the Blenheims at Calcutta flew two full strike sorties over my invasion fleets. Only the Zeros from the escort carrier prevented them from causing too much damage as the LRCAP from Rangoon stayed home. A PG and a transport have been dispatched and will follow the initial strike force into Chanpur - they both got 50 sys damage. Need to unload parts of a tank regiment before the ships is hit again. Don't want it to slow down my fleet either. I'm now moving the KB close to the invasion fleet to provide heavy CAP. The escort carrier got 22 sys damage,8 fires and minor flood. She should be able to continue to support the invasion as long as she's not hit again. Did a good job at drawing fire from my vulnerable troop ships today! The invasion tf's have been ordered to wait for the stragglers just outside Akyab. The division that is preparing for Chanpur will go in first. The hope is that Wobbly will believe this is the main body heading for Akyab. Tomorrow he'll know for sure that my main effort will be against the heartland of India [8D] Seems like B17's and the bulk of the British AF are operating out of Calcutta! I've ordered my naval bombers to perform a night attack against their airfields. The few British bombers that are hitting Rangoon by night are causing more damage than I like, so I'll try to return the favor. I'm pretty sure Wobbly will order them to attack other targets soon.... Will be a few very exciting days now, I will take some losses since I'm moving so much materiel that it's difficult to keep it all covered. Hopefully we can land most of the men unharmed though. That's the most important thing. If we can occupy the heartland of India, Wobbly will have to retreat his airforce either to Mandalay or into the interior. China In China the Zeros decided to stay home while the rest of the AF there launched a full effort strike [:(] Argh, annoying... I'm now ordering the Zeros to conduct sweeps to defeat the Hurricanes, or at least reduce their numbers. I'll also be surprised if Wobbly keeps British fighters in China when India gets invaded. My army has almost reached Kunching and will prepare to lay siege to it in a few days. The eastern army under command of the Northern China Army is moving more slowly and will first arrive in a week or so. Solomons In the Solomons another big strike is launched against the Allied invasion fleet off Lunga! I had high hopes as most of the bombers got through the Wildcat screeen that was mauled by the escorting Zeros. Immediately I noticed how each attach went in very quickly and somehow I knew they weren't going to hit anything. 40 crack torpedo bombers and not a single hit. All in all I lost 10 naval bombers today and I will now rest them before sending them out again. Got a lot of damaged av to repair. A pretty hairy day for the fly boys actually: I only lost 2 Zeros in air to air combat, another 5 on the ground and to operational causes. 10 naval bombers were also write offs, so all in all I didn't loose too many of my best ac. The 'second echelon' was hit hard though: 18 Lilys, 5 Helens, 10 Oscars, 13 Nates - a total of 63 ac written off. I'm not going to provide replacements for neither Lilys or Nates as they are almost useless. 26 Allied ac were destroyed in the air - mostly Blenheims and Wildcats and I-16's. Lunga should fall tomorrow, and I'm not going to try to reinforce it! I'm curious about whether Al is going to keep his US navy in the South Pacific while the war is being decided thousands of miles to the NW [;)] No doubt, he'll feel satisfied with the losses he incurred today and I hope it lulls him into a false feeling of security. I'm not deterred and is now preparing to unleash the dogs of war!!

ragtopcars_slith -> RE: The air war intensifies! (11/9/2004 4:04:50 AM)
Great AAR PzB[8D] I was wondering where you stand with naval losses? I'm playing the IJN in my scenario and I'm trying to keep losses relatively light... so I was wondering what major ships you have lost. Again, great game and what a bold move!!![X(] derek

PzB74 -> RE: The air war intensifies! (11/9/2004 1:30:03 PM)
Thx Rag [:)] I've lost the carriers Hiryu and Soryu...and that's about it I think, but that's bad enough! AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/09/42 Surface Combat Invasions -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Coastal Guns at Lunga, 67,97, firing at TF 1021 TF 1021 troops unloading over beach at Lunga, 67,97 Allied ground losses: 135 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Coastal Guns at Lunga, 67,97, firing at TF 1021 TF 1021 troops unloading over beach at Lunga, 67,97 4 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied ground losses: 13 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air Combat Night Air attack on Sian , at 47,29 Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft IL-4c x 5 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-27 Nate: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged Ki-48 Lily: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses IL-4c: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged Runway hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 4 x IL-4c bombing at 6000 feet 3 x Blenheim IV bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Chandpur , at 30,25 Japanese aircraft G3M Nell x 14 No Japanese losses Runway hits 10 Aircraft Attacking: 14 x G3M Nell bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Calcutta , at 29,23 Japanese aircraft G3M Nell x 3 G4M1 Betty x 44 - The Nip can also bomb airfields at night!-) Allied aircraft no flights No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Vildebeest IV: 8 destroyed, 8 damaged - This was a good one [8D] Blenheim I: 6 destroyed, 1 damaged Blenheim IV: 5 destroyed, 1 damaged Hurricane II: 1 destroyed Allied ground losses: 13 casualties reported Airbase hits 8 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 12 Aircraft Attacking: 27 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet 3 x G3M Nell bombing at 6000 feet 17 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Kungchang , at 46,26 - Smartly Wobbly stands down his Hurricanes! Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 25 No Japanese losses -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Tenimbar , at 36,81 Allied aircraft Hudson I x 13 Beaufort V-IX x 6 P-40E Warhawk x 12 B-25C Mitchell x 16 B-17E Fortress x 36 No Allied losses Port fuel hits 1 Port supply hits 6 Aircraft Attacking: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 28 Allied aircraft Kittyhawk I x 8 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 5 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Kittyhawk I: 10 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on BFF Brigade, at 29,33 Japanese aircraft Ki-21 Sally x 104 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 128 casualties reported - this must be starting to hurt! Guns lost 5 Aircraft Attacking: 18 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet 18 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet 8 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet 12 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet 11 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet 17 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet 7 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet 3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet 5 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet 5 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 29,27 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 39 Allied aircraft Blenheim IV x 3 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Blenheim IV: 8 destroyed, 4 damaged - no more freebies at my cve! Japanese Ships CL Nagara -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 29,27 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 39 Allied aircraft Blenheim IV x 8 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Blenheim IV: 10 destroyed - it's closed!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Lunga , at 67,97 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 15 SBD Dauntless x 29 TBD Devastator x 15 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 79 casualties reported Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 12 Aircraft Attacking: 14 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet 15 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet 15 x TBD Devastator bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Lunga at 67,97 Japanese aircraft G3M Nell x 3 - where did these come from? TRUK!!! [X(] Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 11 Japanese aircraft losses G3M Nell: 8 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Lunga at 67,97 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 12 G4M1 Betty x 5 - I've also overlooked one small Daitai of Betties, and they take of from Rabaul Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 14 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 10 destroyed - the fatigued Zeros performs badly against the carrier Wildcats today G4M1 Betty: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged Allied aircraft losses F4F-4 Wildcat: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged Allied Ships CL Concord CL Detroit Aircraft Attacking: 2 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet 2 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Lunga at 67,97 Japanese aircraft G3M Nell x 24- aaaahhhh, 24 crack Nells with high morale comes without an escort all the way from Truk again. Didn't even think they could fly that far [:(] Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 14 Japanese aircraft losses G3M Nell: 21 destroyed, 10 damaged - 10 are lost Allied aircraft losses F4F-4 Wildcat: 2 damaged Allied Ships CL Perth CL Leander CA Canberra Aircraft Attacking: 3 x G3M Nell bombing at 6000 feet 1 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground Combat Ground combat at 29,33 Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 69796 troops, 800 guns, 32 vehicles Defending force 42561 troops, 356 guns, 0 vehicles Allied ground losses: 108 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Lunga Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 1513 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 5204 troops, 57 guns, 0 vehicles Japanese ground losses: 8 casualties reported Guns lost 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Akyab Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 4198 troops, 34 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 5031 troops, 136 guns, 0 vehicles Japanese ground losses: 4 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Lunga - still no Allied attack..what is Al waiting for? Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 5204 troops, 57 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 2438 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Situation Report A better day - but not perfect! I got things in hand in the Bay of Bengal now, but my sloppiness in the Southern Pacific is heavily punished as my bombers from Rabaul and Truk takes off against the invasion fleet after I thought I had rested them. (Or that they didn't have the range to bomb Lunga from Truk.) The nightbombing raid against Calcutta is a success though, and the hapless Blenheims really gets it again. I loose 27 ac against 32 allied - but 17 of these are Betties and Nells while most of the rest are Zeros. A much more painful loss than when the Lilys and Nates bought it yesterday. I have to do better than this!!! Can live with taking heavy casualties when it's the enemy that inflicts them, but this is like shooting oneself in the foot [:'(] Well, the invasion fleet has now sailed past Akyab and Wobbly knows I'm coming! The KB is ordered to close to 1 hex of Chanpur, with a heavy surface escort of course. I spot 500+ AFV's at the base - hmmm, this makes me believe that there's an armoured division there. Alas, I'm ordering a bigger assault than initially planned as I'm unsure whether 1 division is enough to capture the place as quickly as I opt for. A full regiment will disembark at Akyab tomorrow, hopefully I can have a Daitai of Zeros operating out of here and Chanpur within a few days. Another heavy bombardment of Chanpur is also ordered. This can be costly, but I'm crossing my fingers - there's nothing more I can do now. Let's hope luck again favors the bold!

pauk -> RE: The air war intensifies! (11/9/2004 4:05:07 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: PzB Japanese aircraft G3M Nell x 3 - where did these come from? TRUK!!! [X(] Japanese aircraft G3M Nell x 24- aaaahhhh, 24 crack Nells with high morale comes without an escort all the way from Truk again. Didn't even think they could fly that far [:(] Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 14 It's easy to be a general after the battle, but, you should cut the range of your bettys and nells... I also often forget to change this....

SteveV -> RE: The air war intensifies! (11/9/2004 4:26:13 PM)
I have been following both sides of this with great interest. Two very good, experienced players obviously. I am a bit surprised that both of you are using so much night bombing with the problems reported on that. I suppose if you both use it it tends to even out, but you are getting some horrifically effective results. SteveV

PzB74 -> RE: The air war intensifies! (11/9/2004 6:42:04 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: pauk It's easy to be a general after the battle, but, you should cut the range of your bettys and nells... I also often forget to change this.... There is no forgiveness for this, I knew it - or at least I should have known it. Usually I would like my long range bombers to hit any ships within range - but this rule does not apply to ships with CAP [;)] I've been moving reserves from Truk to Rabaul. Now I had to disband a size 9 Daitai to make my losses good. Don't want to use 9 rookie pilots for replacements in a very experienced Daitai. Never seen such a long range strike as this before though, Truk -> Lunga! That's a LONG way. quote: ORIGINAL: SteveV I have been following both sides of this with great interest. Two very good, experienced players obviously. I am a bit surprised that both of you are using so much night bombing with the problems reported on that. I suppose if you both use it it tends to even out, but you are getting some horrifically effective results. SteveV We're both experienced UV players that are slowly getting to grips with WitP! Night bombin is over efficient, no doubt about it. We've just not agreed on any house rules yet. I think we eventually will...so we'll see. I've smacked Al's ships up pretty badly in port while he's been night bombing my airfields. Yesterday saw my first effective response to this threat. This is a problem that will grow in proportions - especially for Japan - as the Allies gets thousands of heavy bombers. Then it will be possible to lay waste to every Jap port of airfield within range. We'll discuss it, then we'll see! [:)]

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