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toraq -> RE: Empire strikes back!!! (5/23/2005 3:44:57 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/16/43 Weather: Thunderstorms This time weather could not avoid a new raid to Lae, so my two crack datais are trapped there for a time. Mmmm. Also I could not recon. PM, to see how strong is the CAP now. Submarine warfare Japanese Ships ML Hoko, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage *1st ML lost* Allied Ships SS Triton *this little bastard has sunk CA Aoba, ML Hoko, one DD and responsible to put two torpedoes in the Haruna* Lae attacked Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 10 Allied aircraft Hudson x 2 P-40E Warhawk x 32 B-25J Mitchell x 80 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3 Zero x 2 destroyed *one on the ground* Allied aircraft losses P-40E Warhawk x 1 destroyed B-25J Mitchell x 3 damaged Japanese ground losses: Men lost 29 Airbase hits 13 Runway hits 45

toraq -> RE: Empire strikes back!!! (5/23/2005 11:03:26 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/17/43 Weather: Overcast I-2 had the BB North Carolina in his hands but failed to hit the ship. On the other hand, one enemy AK was sunk, and 6 B-17 were lost over the skies of Rabaul. Tomorrow my betties will support the battered ground units at Salamaua. Submarine warfare Sub attack at 34,37 Japanese Ships SS I-2 Allied Ships BB Washington -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 10,61 Japanese Ships SS I-24 Allied Ships AK Mercury, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 20,32 Japanese Ships AP Taimei Maru Allied Ships SS Triton *you know that I want ot sink this sub[:@]* Rabaul´s express Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 32 A6M3 Zero x 12 Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 38 B-24D Liberator x 6 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero x 4 destroyed A6M2 Zero x 7 damaged Allied aircraft losses B-17E Fortress x 24 damaged*6 lost, some due to ATA, some due to flak* B-24D Liberator x 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: Men lost 61 Airbase hits 7 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 17*damage was minimal, new engineers made a good work* Salamaua needs help That´s why I´m sending my betties there... Ground combat at Salamaua Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 10301 troops, 80 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 6286 troops, 81 guns, 32 vehicles Allied assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 4) Japanese ground losses: Men lost 89 Allied ground losses: Men lost 83

toraq -> RE: Empire strikes back!!! (5/24/2005 12:11:37 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/18/43 Weather: Partly Cloudy Allied base at Lambati is now the base for F4U. Enemy is coming closer and closer. I had little options in this area, due to the F4U reign. But if I don´t want to see F4U over Rabaul. I´ll have to show my teeth. Mines can slow down the advance but they can´t stop it. I´m thinking much about the strategy here. Fortunately, Tokyo has deigned to send me more warships, including the Yamato & Musashi. [:'(]. That´s a beginning... Submarine warfare Finally my subs are being more aggresive. Maybe the Titania is not going to make it. Sub attack at 52,65 Japanese Ships SS I-27 Allied Ships AK Titania, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage Lae again attacked Like in our last game, Timtom has closed Lae, and two datais are trapped there indefinately. And they´re my best datais. Damned![:@] Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 21 Allied aircraft P-40E Kittyhawk x 26 A-20G Havoc x 27 A-20G Boston x 15 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3 Zero x 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-40E Kittyhawk x 1 destroyed x 2 damaged A-20G Havoc x 1 destroyed x 5 damaged A-20G Boston x 2 damaged PO2 O.Takagi of F2/204th Daitai is credited with kill number 2 Japanese ground losses: Men lost 40 Airbase hits 10 Runway hits 37 Salamaua troops supported by betties My demoralized batallions waved his hands with the view of Imperial Bombers. Yes, despite only 48 betties managed to take off, they left the 17 Aus Bde with 0 combat force. 0:1 Odds. On the other hand, Nazbad (base near to Lae was occupied by allied forces). Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 9 G4M1 Betty x 48 Allied ground losses: Men lost 63 Ground combat at Salamaua Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 10154 troops, 80 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 6157 troops, 80 guns, 32 vehicles Allied assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 4) Japanese ground losses: Men lost 14 Allied ground losses: Men lost 49 [image]local://upfiles/14447/5D37CD5CED064FB69AF9A4ECFF3FB6C8.jpg[/image]

toraq -> RE: Empire strikes back!!! (5/24/2005 1:55:20 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/19/43 Weather: Overcast Another air battle over Rabaul. This time, Timtom sent Hudsons also but they were shot up badly, almost and entire sqd lost (9). However, they were quite accurate, and I lost 6 planes, including 5 precious Topsy (transport planes), together with 2 Ki-61. Topsy are very needed, and I´m using them to ferry troops to Lae. But only a handful of them left. Ki-61 are almost useless. Pilots are poor, I receive no replacements and in air to air combat are worse than Zeroes. I think UV underestimate the value of this plane. Only 8 or 9 left... Submarine warfare Timtom has some ASW patrols. One of them located and attacked one of my subs, which resulted badly damaged. I doubt about its destiny[&:]. Too much success for Timtom in this area. On the other hand, SS Albacore was hit by a betty. I got 40% on ASW patrols, and it has cost me 3 operational losses. [:@] Sub attack at 52,65 Japanese Ships SS I-27, Shell hits 1, on fire Allied Ships SC 637 Rabaul´s express Air attack on Rabaul , at 21,28 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 50 Allied aircraft Hudson x 11 B-17E Fortress x 12 B-24D Liberator x 12 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero x 1 destroyed *by a Hudson, never seen this before [:@]* A6M2 Zero x 3 damaged Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 2 destroyed x 2 damaged *on the ground* Ki-57-I Topsy x 4 destroyed x 3 damaged *on the ground* Allied aircraft losses Hudson x 8 destroyed x 3 damaged *9 lost* B-17E Fortress x 3 damaged B-24D Liberator x 3 damaged WO R.Kanda of F2/1st Daitai is credited with kill number 3 Japanese ground losses: Men lost 44 Airbase hits 9 Runway hits 29 *some damage done* Lae´s express Despite i have 2 AA units, only some B25 are damaged when they attack. Again Lae is destroyed from corner to corner. Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 11 Allied aircraft P-40E Warhawk x 43 B-25J Mitchell x 73 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3 Zero x 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses B-25J Mitchell x 2 damaged

toraq -> RE: Empire strikes back!!! (5/24/2005 5:38:58 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/20/43 Weather: Partly Cloudy Being japanese is a pain. I said before. Today saw some little action in the air and in the process I lost 13 planes due to op. losses. Some of them were Vals and Kates that were flying ASW missions. I´ve lost 20 Vals so far, 14 of them due to op. losses, 6 by flak. Vals have only conducted very limited offensive missions (2 I think) and even so, I´ve lost as many as my replacement number for a month. This shows how costly are operations for the Imperial Air Force. Betties attack GG It cost me a couple of betties (op. losses) and a couple of A6M3. I decided to attack GG to drain/destroy some supplies. No many engineers nor AA units present so maybe I´ll reduce it to ashes. Air attack on Gili Gili , at 17,42 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 6 A6M3 Zero x 34 G4M1 Betty x 81 no losses Airbase hits 15 Runway hits 45 A ML destroyed while retiring from Vila I decided to increase mines in Vila. I thought that sending only one ship could avoid naval search. Nop, that´s why I´ll conduct op. Stonewall 3 soon. It also saw the first engament between Zeros and F4U. One of the first lost. Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 6 Allied aircraft *they came from Russel (b25) and Lambeti (SBDs and TBFs) F4U-1 Corsair x 44 P-38G Lightning x 46 B-25J Mitchell x 22 SBD Dauntless x 15 TBF Avenger x 14 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3 Zero x 1 destroyed x 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses P-38G Lightning x 2 destroyed x 1 damaged Japanese Ships ML Nuwashima, 1 Torpedo hits, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damagesunk Salamaua ground battle My division iis almost destroyed, but they keep resisting. Ground combat at Salamaua Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 10115 troops, 80 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 6030 troops, 79 guns, 32 vehicles Allied assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 4) Japanese ground losses: Men lost 107 Allied ground losses: Men lost 35 NEW GEORGIA STRATEGY** I´ve thinking and thinking and my conclusion is that Timtom is trying to isolate Vila and Munda, and maybe occupy Short or Vella Lavella. Because I want to slow down his advance here, I´m sending more troops to this area ASAP (when thunderstorms come) [image]local://upfiles/14447/F2ACCDDA25964379BCE07B47A3FD319B.jpg[/image]

toraq -> RE: Empire strikes back!!! (5/24/2005 6:55:48 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/21/43 Weather: Overcast No many air operations, except the Rabaul´s express. Tomorrow is overcast and I decided to start operation Night Storm, the reinforcement of Vella Lavella and the mining of Vila-Munda-Vella Lavella triangle. The entire japanese fleet has been attached to this operation. 3 CVs, 1 CVL, 3 BB, 8 CAs, 2 CL and envery DDs, including 2 ASW patrols and the MLs. Datais have been ordered to LCAP FT groups. The betties are ordered to raid GG again. Why now? 1) I didn´t detect (in the last couple of turns) subs around Rabaul. Maybe Tom is reorganizing his sub forces. Time to capitalize this little truce. 2) I´ve attacked and I´m going to attack GG again. If I do it at the same time that I send my CVs in the middle of the Solomon Sea, Timtom will think that I´m trying to threaten PM-Cooktown supply line. I´ve also detected some ships near PM. 3) If he expects that I´m going to the GG area, I´m free to send my FT missions to Vila-Munda-Lavella triangle without being disturbed by his fleet. Air power is another thing 4) If I´m lucky, the day after tomorrow will be thunderstorms, thus keeping his air power on the ground (so my MLs can retire save) Anyway, again I´ve to send all my forces to send a Rgt and deploy some mines. Rabaul´s express Poor results today despite the number of my Zeros flying. Many damaged, but no losses. Air attack on Rabaul , at 21,28 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 81 Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 25 B-24D Liberator x 6 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero x 11 damaged*some datais turning back* Allied aircraft losses B-17E Fortress x 8 damaged *half by AA fire, one lost* B-24D Liberator x 2 damaged*1 lost* Japanese ground losses: Men lost 107 Airbase hits 8 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 27 Salamaua about to fall Ground combat at Salamaua Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 10095 troops, 80 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 5943 troops, 79 guns, 32 vehicles Allied assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 4) Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 2*bad, very bad* Japanese ground losses: Men lost 81 Guns lost 1 Allied ground losses: Men lost 21

toraq -> RE: Empire strikes back!!! (5/24/2005 10:40:49 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/22/43 Weather: Overcast Operation night storm in course. Some surprises came suddenly. Many SS spotted and many ships at Russel Island. I think Timtom is about to do something in the area, because his DM are also in the area. Probably he wants to invade and then place some mines...[:o] On the other hand, I could retire my trapped Zeroes at Lae, just before a big air offensive that started yesterday. Lae, Madang, Gasmata and Finschafen attacked, some of them heavily. Also many planes on CAP over PM, even some F4U, while 2 TF spotted there...unloading supplies?....troops??? Air attack on Gasmata , at 17,32 Allied aircraft B-25D Mitchell x 29 B-24D Liberator x 7 Allied aircraft losses B-25D Mitchell x 4 damaged Japanese ground losses: Men lost 25 Airbase hits 8 Runway hits 36 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on Madang , at 7,30 Allied aircraft B-25J Mitchell x 27 B-17E Fortress x 15 Allied aircraft losses B-25J Mitchell x 4 damaged B-17E Fortress x 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: Men lost 61 Airbase hits 6 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on Lae , at 9,33 Allied aircraft B-25J Mitchell x 26 Allied aircraft losses B-25J Mitchell x 8 damaged Japanese ground losses: Men lost 29 Airbase hits 6 Runway hits 27 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on Finschhafen , at 11,33 Allied aircraft B-25J Mitchell x 28 no losses Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 27 Gili Gili attacked Again with the cost of 2 Betty and 2 A6M2. [sm=00000003.gif] Air attack on Gili Gili , at 17,42 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 20 G4M1 Betty x 68 no losses Airbase hits 10 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 44 Last days of Salamaua Ground combat at Salamaua Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 10074 troops, 80 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 5842 troops, 77 guns, 32 vehicles Allied assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 2) Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 0 Japanese ground losses: Men lost 171 Allied ground losses: Men lost 165 [image]local://upfiles/14447/F0AC5C5CC0C5404C82F632A0E13CE8FB.jpg[/image]

toraq -> Operation night storm (5/24/2005 11:46:54 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/23/43 Weather: Clear Operation night storm went reasonable well. I was expecting a disaster but Timtom decided to retire and SS were not very effective. However, a Catalina put a bomb on a CL, a B25 bombed a DD (moderate damage) and two MLs were sunk by naval bombers from Lambeti [:(]. In the last week I´ve lost 3 MLs, a total of 4 (40% of my ML force). The good news is that enemy lost some aircraft and almost the entire 228 Rgt is at Vella Lavella. Night attack on Lambeti I had to do something about this base... Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 13 Allied aircraft Allied aircraft losses F4U-1 Corsair x 1 destroyed x 3 damaged Allied ground losses: Men lost 23 Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 4 Submarine warfare Sub attack at 27,34 Japanese Ships CS Chiyoda*this one was attacked* CV Zuikaku DD Yugumo Allied Ships SS Grouper, Shell hits 1, on fire Rabaul´s express Air attack on Rabaul , at 21,28 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 53 Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 9 B-24D Liberator x 7 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero x 8 damaged Allied aircraft losses B-17E Fortress x 1 destroyed x 5 damaged *two lost* B-24D Liberator x 1 destroyed x 8 damaged*three lost* Japanese ground losses: Men lost 9 Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 10 MLs sunk Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 9 Allied aircraft two attacks* F4U-1 Corsair x 39 SBD Dauntless x 43 TBF Avenger x 14 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3 Zero x 1 destroyed FO M.Neal of VMF-223 is credited with kill number 2 Japanese Ships ML Ishizaki, Torpedo hits 2, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage ML Niizaki, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage B-25 attack one of the FT TFs At a high cost (8 B25 lost), B25 scored 1 bomb hit on a DD. It´s OK Allied aircraft B-25J Mitchell x 24 Allied aircraft losses B-25J Mitchell x 15 damaged Japanese Ships DD Hatsuyuki DD Arashio DD Uranami DD Uzuki, Bomb hits 1, on fire CL Isuzu *later on, hit by a Catalina/Liberator? (naval search plane)* CL Sendai Salamaua fell in allied hands My forces performed very well at a high cost. The rgt is almost destroyed, but I won time: 5 weeks. Lae won´t be that easy...More forces are present (4 Rgts) and 8 fort levels. Ground combat at Salamaua Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 9906 troops, 80 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 5542 troops, 76 guns, 32 vehicles Allied assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 0) Allied forces CAPTURE Salamaua base !!! Japanese ground losses: Men lost 101 Allied ground losses: Men lost 19

toraq -> RE: Operation night storm (5/25/2005 1:52:30 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/24/43 Weather: Partly Cloudy Finally a quiet day. The rest of the ships of Operation Night Storm arrived save to port. My planes at Rabaul didn´t receive any visit and I could stop and think again about my next step. Now I need to send supplies to my foward base, especially Lae. Again a dangerous mission for the IJN. Also I want to redeploy some HQ and AA units. The good news are that 35.000 supplies arrived at Rabaul and now are being unloaded. Good![:)] One thing that worries me is the little success of my Subs. I´m quite angry about them. No many contacts. Maybe I´ll redeploy them to New Georgia area. Air attack on Lambeti , at 33,37 *night attack* Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 9 Allied aircraft losses F4U-1 Corsair x 1 destroyed x 1 damaged Allied ground losses: Men lost 5 Runway hits 1

toraq -> RE: Operation night storm (5/25/2005 4:21:12 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/25/43 Weather: Partly Cloudy Another quiet day but I lost 3 betty in the night attack. Suprisingly, all were lost due to ATA. [:@][:@]. I´ve never seen this before.... Tomorrow is overcast. But I need thunderstorms, just to think about reinforcing/supplying NG. Meanwhile, just a handful of Topsys are sending what is left of the 66 Rgt to Lae. I know that Timtom is sending supplies(troops by C-47 and I´m thinking about LCAP some allied base just to shoot down some of them. I´ve moved my BBs to Buka. This means that they can be attacked by B25. But only two sqds in the New Georgia area and some were lost recently. However, I sent 2 Zero datais to LCAP the base. His two BB are now at Russel. Don´t like that at all....[:-] Air attack on Lambeti , at 33,37 Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 20 Allied aircraft P-70A Havoc x 9 Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty x 3 destroyed x 1 damaged *I´ll try to forget this...* Allied aircraft losses P-70A Havoc x 1 damaged Avenger x 1 destroyed x 1 damaged Allied ground losses: Men lost 32 Runway hits 7

toraq -> RE: Operation night storm (5/25/2005 2:31:28 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/26/43 Weather: Overcast My FT mission to Vella Lavella was intercepted. I was sending a second AA unit when those bastards appeared. I´m very surprised, they didn´t hit any mine, despite the 180 mines at Vella and 150 in a hex which is necessary to cross to reach Vella Lavella.[sm=00000003.gif][sm=00000003.gif]. If mines can´t stop him, I better surrender right now...My whole strategy is a sh1t. Anyway, 2 DD lost, 1 SS lost while Timtom left the battlefield with one DD one fire, and CL Sant Louis damaged by a sub when retreating. Night naval battle My ships were mauled. My commander has committed suicide, thus avoiding the punishment I deserved for him. However, the other 2 DD managed to reach Buka with slight damage and now they have ordered to move to Rabaul for repairs. The battle took place between 4000 yards and 6000 yards. Despite the close distance, my ships were unabla to score a hit with the Long Lance. Japanese Ships DD Hayanami, Shell hits 4 DD Hatsukaze, Shell hits 26, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk DD Shigure, Shell hits 15, on fire, heavy damage DD Shirayuki, Shell hits 1 Allied Ships BB North Carolina BB Washington, Shell hits 1 CL St. Louis, Shell hits 1 DD LaValette, Shell hits 1 DD Gwin DD Buchanan, Shell hits 1 DD Patterson, Shell hits 1, on fire DD Wilson DD Gridley DMS Southard Japanese ground losses: Men lost 120 Guns lost 2 Submarine warfare It seems that Timtom has retired his SS from Rabaul area to a point near Vella-Vila-Munda triangle. I think he´s trying to isolate that area, as I stated before. I think he will try a major assault to Shortland. Sub attack at 33,36 Japanese Ships SS I-9, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage *he´s not going to make it* Allied Ships CL St. Louis, Torpedo hits 1*I wish you could eat more torpedoes* DD Gwin Nothing else happened. But yesterday I received my new reinforcements. Yamato & Musashi are heading to Rabaul. I´m thinking about how to stop the offensive in New Caledonia area.

toraq -> RE: Operation night storm (5/26/2005 2:31:53 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/27/43 Weather: Partly Cloudy Something strange happened. I executed two time the combat report and it was different the second time. Bugs[:(] Anyway, it was similar. Timtom attacked my ports, damaging a couple of ships in the process. I lost my first sub, due to a Catalina. Rabaul´s express Air attack on Rabaul , at 21,28 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 84 Allied aircraft P-38G Lightning x 13 B-17E Fortress x 23 B-24D Liberator x 3 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero x 3 destroyed x 3 damaged Allied aircraft losses P-38G Lightning x 2 destroyed B-17E Fortress x 19 damaged *2 lost* 1LT R.Schwanebeck of 9th FS is credited with kill number 2 Japanese Ships AV Akitsushima, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage AP Shinai Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire Japanese ground losses: Men lost 89 Port hits 9 Buka attacked Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 24 Allied aircraft P-38G Lightning x 10 B-17E Fortress x 15 B-24D Liberator x 15 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3 Zero x 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses B-24D Liberator x 5 damaged Japanese ground losses: Men lost 13 Port hits 3 Port supply hits 1 Some other points Timtom is starting to clean my minefields around Munda-Vila-Vella Lavella triangle. I got 3 BBs, a CA and 5 to 7 DD ready to attack any invasion attempt in that area. I decided to concentrate my unsuccessful subs there to help combined fleet in case of a engagement. One enemy AP sank today (previously damaged by my naval bombers, some time ago). Tomorow is thundestorms. At last, some movements ready to be executed

toraq -> RE: Operation night storm (5/26/2005 3:16:16 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/28/43 Weather: Thunderstorms At last, thunderstorms again. My whole fleet is at sea. My CVs are threatening the Solomon sea while my MLs will try Stonewall 4 over a coast hexe. Again a very dangerous task. If weather doe´sn´t avoid it, my ML will be attacked from Lambeti. If he sends his SC TF there, MLs will be smashed....[:(] Good luck for the empire!!

toraq -> Naval engagement (5/27/2005 12:54:48 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/29/43 Weather: Thunderstorms I made a mistake and some of ships reacted to a Bombardment? TF at Vella Lavella. Grrrr!. Enemy TF appeared at Vella Lavella again without hitting the 180 mines laying there. A FT to Lae arrived safely with food, ammunition and medical instruments. But at the cost of 1 DD torpedoed. On the other hand, my 3 MLs dropped more mines in the triangle the surface TF sent to protect them surprised a enemy DMS, escorted by a DD. Enemy DD serously damaged. At the end, some B-25 damaged a DD. Final result: IJN 3 DD lost, 1 severely damaged, 1 medium damage. USN: 1 DD seriously damaged, 1 CL moderate damage, 1 DD damaged. Meanwhile my CVs are in the middle of the Coral Sea, now in 1943!![sm=crazy.gif] More information in the next post. Night battles Night Time Surface Combat, near Posarae at 31,35 Japanese Ships DD Tachikaze DD Namikaze, Shell hits 1, on fire Allied Ships DD Pringle, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage *previously damaged by a mine, hope to sink* DMS Trevor*I could attack it* -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Vella Lavella at 31,36 Japanese Ships *these TF was at Buka, but I forgot to change the Patrol/do not react command* DD Amatsukaze, Shell hits 36, on fire, heavy damage (sunk) DD Hamakaze, Shell hits 24, and is sunk DD Tanikaze, Shell hits 37, and is sunk Allied Ships CL Helena, Shell hits 1 CL Honolulu, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, on fire*moderate damage, he had to be separated from the rest of the TF* DD Nicholas DD Strong, Shell hits 1 DD McCalla DD Farenholt DD Woodworth DD Wilson, Shell hits 1, on fire DD Gridley Submarine warfare Sub attack at 11,34 Japanese Ships DD Kasumi, Torpedo hits 1, on fire DD Amagiri Allied Ships SS S-43

toraq -> RE: Naval engagement (5/27/2005 1:22:11 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/30/43 Weather: Partly Cloudy No much action today. Timtom has repositioned some of his bombers and fighters, I´m sure. He is trying to attack my CVs. At least in GG beauforts and P-38 have been detected. Be careful Toraq, they can harm you![sm=00000030.gif] Carrier raid The reason for this carrier raid is to get some time and relief to my troops. Supplies are being sent to Lae, a AP TF is being unloaded at Madang, Many transports at Rabaul, and tomorrow will surely see Stonewall 6. Another reason is that I think I surprised Timtom with this raid. His Naval fighters were at PM (maybe increasing the air power after the last losses) so two possibilities: a) His CVE are in Australia, thus separated from one? (maybe two...[&:]) CVs spotted near Lunga. This leaves Timtom with some disadvantage if a carrier battle occurs b) Only his naval fighters were at PM. But then I still have 1 turn until those F4U arrive at their CVE. Anyway, tomorrow we´ll see if there is a carrier battle or not. I´m very nervous. At least weather forecast is thunderstorms. Submarine warfare Sub attack at 27,30 Japanese Ships AP Shintoku Maru APD 31 Allied Ships SS Tautog, Shell hits 3, on fire*one depth charge didn´t explode* Also CA Kumano? was hit by a PBY24, although no important damage was done to the ship. Luck balanced today! On the other hand, I lost 9 planes, including 6 op. losses. [:@]. 2 Topsy and 2 Vals. This is incredible. Japanese don´t need the enemy to lose the war!! [image]local://upfiles/14447/386FD64A6E4346FD9CCBBFA33C86D5F2.jpg[/image]

toraq -> RE: Naval engagement (5/27/2005 1:24:04 AM)
New Georgia area It seems to me that Timtom is very interested in Vella Lavella. Everyday he recon. it and I´ve suffered two naval engagements in this place. He is very interested in isolate that beach. But why Vella Lavella and not Shortland??. Short is still undefended, although two Emilys Chutais are airlifting the 45 Rgt to that area. Maybe Vella is just a step just to jump to Shortland. I´ll try to send another CD unit to Short. But still 2 more weeks (maybe 10 days) until the 45 Rgt is ready for the battle at Short. Timtom is also concentrating BB and CAs in the area. But I haven´t seen them in action yet. Only CLs and DD. It´s almost impossible to attack them docked. So I decided to move all my SS to the area. My subs have been very unsucessful, so better to them to the main battlefield. [image]local://upfiles/14447/1E8A6C3C37624B5EAB6450476096363D.jpg[/image]

toraq -> It´s hard to be Japanese (5/27/2005 3:43:46 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/01/43 Weather: Rain Two turns together Yes, it´s hard being Japanese as late as 1943. That huge nation of yakees in 14 months has enough power to defeat the empire, at least under a moral point of view. [:(] Moreover, Timtom has been lucky lately and this demoralize me a little bit. I´ll try to explain it: 1) His subs are sinking everything without being sunk: last one were 1 APD, 1 PC and one ML, around Bouganville. I try to sink them, but it´s impossible. I´ve hit them with 3 depth charges or 3 times with 250 Kg bombs and they don´t sink[:@]. On the other hand, my subs get no contact at all, or are hit by planes, subchasers or whatever. I´ve got 4 subs in Bouganville area hunting that DMS and no contact at all. Japanese Ships APD 31, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Amberjack -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 29,32 Japanese Ships PC Ch 29, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Guardfish -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 27,34 Japanese Ships ML Saishu, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage *sinks* Allied Ships SS Seadragon 2) My Naval bombers do not attack while Timtom´s always get hits: I´ve got some Nells on naval attack at Buka and they didn´t lauch an attack to the shipping around Lunga. Maybe he´s LCAP them, but I doubt it in some cases. Timtom´s bombers attack always and always get results. Yesterday, they attacked a poor ASW patrol which (don´t know why) stayed close to Lambeti (weather was thunderstorms), destroying 3 ships (2 APDs, one AP). Today, BBs were attacked and 1 500 lb (which can´t penetrate BB armor) destroyed a 5.50 inches mount.[:@]. This is the second time that this happens Air attack on TF at 22,34 Allied aircraft Beaufort x 8 A-20G Boston x 9 BB Mutsu, Bomb hits 1 *by a beaufort* Also DD Yugiri? was struck by a bomb and it´s on fire, although sys damage was light. 3) My mines do not hit anything while Timtom´s mines are very effective: Last turn a DMS escorted by two DD cleaned mines in the Vila-Munda-Vella triangle. Non of the DD hit any mine. I maybe there are 1000 in that area. Not to mention his SC TF, which two times have reached Vella Lavella without a single hit. [:@] On the other hand, his mines have damaged 1 CA (which latter on was scuttled), 1 DD (latter on sunk) 4 DD damaged. Discouraging...[:(]. Half of them were sub mines (only two per ship)...but it seems that they´re enough to hit my ships always. 4) Operational losses are very high: normally 4 to 6 planes are lost everyday due to engine failures, crash landings, etc, despite that most of the times my planes do not attack nothing. They only fly ASW missions or Naval Search mission or CAP over their own bases. One day I put 50% of my betties on ASW and I lost three. Today 2 Vals were lost. Val´s case is remarkable: I´ve lost 40, and about 25 to 30 were op. losses. Incredible. And pilots are Ok, Betties have 70 to 78 XP and Vals´pilots about 60. No way, they go down always, even in partly cloudy missions. 5) I´m losing the scenario and Timtom has not occupied any major base: discouraging also. He has only built bases and used his subs to reduce the 1200 points gap to a 200-300 gap. In ships, he has 100 points more. The rest of his points come from base contruction. He has only occupied three minor bases (125 points or so) and in air losses I have a light advantage (40 point or so). Allied base contruction is HUGE Anyway, I have to say this, just to warn any of you who wants to play a 43 scenario. Every loss eats your morale...[sm=00000459.gif] The only thing that I can do is to risk my navy, just to gain some time or to threaten Timtom. Tomorrow, again a dangerous day. CVs coming back home and have to avoid enemy subs. [image]local://upfiles/14447/FCE8720796E44A5CA0FEF539BE2EE1FE.jpg[/image]

TAIL GUNNER -> RE: It´s hard to be Japanese (5/27/2005 4:50:45 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: toraq 1) His subs are sinking everything without being sunk: last one were 1 APD, 1 PC and one ML, around Bouganville. I try to sink them, but it´s impossible. I´ve hit them with 3 depth charges or 3 times with 250 Kg bombs and they don´t sink[:@]. On the other hand, my subs get no contact at all, or are hit by planes, subchasers or whatever. I´ve got 4 subs in Bouganville area hunting that DMS and no contact at all. I read once that it can sometimes take up to 30 days for a sunken enemy ship to show up on the list. quote: 2) My Naval bombers do not attack while Timtom´s always get hits: I´ve got some Nells on naval attack at Buka and they didn´t lauch an attack to the shipping around Lunga. Maybe he´s LCAP them, but I doubt it in some cases. Timtom´s bombers attack always and always get results. Yesterday, they attacked a poor ASW patrol which (don´t know why) stayed close to Lambeti (weather was thunderstorms), destroying 3 ships (2 APDs, one AP). Today, BBs were attacked and 1 500 lb (which can´t penetrate BB armor) destroyed a 5.50 inches mount.[:@]. This is the second time that this happens The only thing I can think of is enemy CAP present..... Can Zeroes escort all the way to Lunga from Rabaul? quote: 3) My mines do not hit anything while Timtom´s mines are very effective: Last turn a DMS escorted by two DD cleaned mines in the Vila-Munda-Vella triangle. Non of the DD hit any mine. I maybe there are 1000 in that area. Not to mention his SC TF, which two times have reached Vella Lavella without a single hit. [:@] On the other hand, his mines have damaged 1 CA (which latter on was scuttled), 1 DD (latter on sunk) 4 DD damaged. Discouraging...[:(]. Half of them were sub mines (only two per ship)...but it seems that they´re enough to hit my ships always. I can't explain this one.....but I remember that Naval Bombardment missions never hit mines.......BUG. quote: 4) Operational losses are very high: normally 4 to 6 planes are lost everyday due to engine failures, crash landings, etc, despite that most of the times my planes do not attack nothing. They only fly ASW missions or Naval Search mission or CAP over their own bases. One day I put 50% of my betties on ASW and I lost three. Today 2 Vals were lost. Val´s case is remarkable: I´ve lost 40, and about 25 to 30 were op. losses. Incredible. And pilots are Ok, Betties have 70 to 78 XP and Vals´pilots about 60. No way, they go down always, even in partly cloudy missions. Check the pilot stats on your Daitais......the average experience might be decent, but in '43 I can't imagine your replacement pilots having anything much over 30 XP. I'll bet that's where most of your op. losses come from........rookies! quote: 5) I´m losing the scenario and Timtom has not occupied any major base: discouraging also. He has only built bases and used his subs to reduce the 1200 points gap to a 200-300 gap. In ships, he has 100 points more. The rest of his points come from base contruction. He has only occupied three minor bases (125 points or so) and in air losses I have a light advantage (40 point or so). Allied base contruction is HUGE Sorry man, but I think you're gonna need a miracle to pull this one off! quote: The only thing that I can do is to risk my navy, just to gain some time or to threaten Timtom. Tomorrow, again a dangerous day. CVs coming back home and have to avoid enemy subs. CVs are your only advantage.... You're gonna have to pull off some crazy raids to even the score! Take a shot at Noumea port! He'd never expect that... Chad

toraq -> RE: It´s hard to be Japanese (5/28/2005 4:12:58 PM)
Thanks Juggalo. Yes, I agree with you, the combined fleet is the most powerful asset that I have. But I can´t ride Noumea or any major base if he detects me before. His YPB-24 are always on naval search and spots everything at once. If I raid Noumea or any allied base, then I´ll be within range of marines SDBs and F4U...the end of my CVs. Now, I´m trying to close to the supply lines of PM & Lunga, which force Timtom to retire his ships...so I get time. And this is my objective. Even attacking enemy warships is useless. I´ve practise it and this was the result: 20 planes lost (only due to flak) for 6 torpedoes in various ships, none of them in danger of going down to the sea. Also XP among my naval bombers is not very high...I think I´ll lost a carrier battle. Anyway, things are difficult but I´ll try to do my best. AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/02/43 Weather: Rain Today I made 2 mistakes and I paid for them. I lost one AP, and 2 DD due to a tremendous mistake in Madang. Also, I left my Zeros to escort Nells to attack enemy shipping and the result was demoralizing: 7 Zeroes lost, including my 2 of my top aces. At the same time I was unlucky, and weather prevented the raid against GG. [:@] Just to worse the situation, two of my subs were hit by PBY-24 Liberator. I´m thinking of asking Timtom to change/limit the naval search missions of this plane. For me it´s unrealistic that these Liberator have hit, while flying naval search missions, 1 CA, 1 CL, 4 Subs, various AGs...[:-] This has been a major disaster for my morale. Fortunately. Timtom is not coming back until Sunday, so I have some time to recover myself. Submarine warfare No luck against his ships. DMS Southard keeps cleaning mines, escorted by 5 DDs, one of them struk a mine. As I said before 2 of my subs were hit by Liberators, 1 of them, maybe will sink. Sub attack at 33,36 Japanese Ships SS I-16 Allied Ships DMS Southard Madang disaster My first mistake, I left my Oscar flying LCAP over a AP which left the port. So Madang was unprotected, together with the ships that were unloading supplies. Look how accurate are his planes... Allied aircraft A-20G Boston x 2 Japanese Ships AP Hokkai Maru, Bomb hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Allied aircraft B-25J Mitchell x 9 Japanese Ships AP Hokkai Maru, Bomb hits 9, on fire, heavy damage*100% of hits* -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF, near Madang at 7,30 Allied aircraft P-38G Lightning x 6 B-25J Mitchell x 34 A-20G Boston x 3 Allied aircraft losses B-25J Mitchell x 13 damaged Japanese Ships DD Akikaze, Bomb hits 6, on fire, heavy damage *sunk* DD Minazuki, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage*scuttled* DD Shiratsuyu DD Nokaze, Shell hits 4 Crack datai destroyed over Lambeti This is the reason why I don´t want to attack the bases protected by F4U. Even agaiunst my best pilots, this is the result: Air attack on TF, near Lambeti at 33,37 Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 11 G3M Nell x 4 Allied aircraft F4U-1 Corsair x 34 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3 Zero x 8 destroyed *7 lost* G3M Nell x 1 destroyedl x 3 damaged 1LT K. Ford of VMF-121 is credited with kill number 3*no F4U has been lost in ATA combat* PO1 C.Chiyoshima of F2/204th Daitai is KILLED*this was my best pilot* AGs mauled Again my mistake. I left them withouth air cover Allied aircraft A-20G Havoc x 9 P-39D Airacobra x 24 Beaufighter VIC x 22 A-20G Boston x 3 Japanese Ships AG 375, Shell hits 4 AG 358, Shell hits 8 AG 5051, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage AG 373, Shell hits 8, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage AG 5032, Shell hits 4, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage AG 374, Shell hits 8, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage AG 5070, Shell hits 12, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage AG 5031, Shell hits 16, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage AG 5029, Shell hits 4, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage AG 5067, Shell hits 20, on fire The only good news of the day DD Pringle, previously damaged a couple of days ago, sunk in Tulagi´s port.[:)]

toraq -> RE: It´s hard to be Japanese (5/29/2005 5:31:47 PM)
Plans for tomorrow Tomorrow I´m sending my last FT (carrying supplies) to Lae. Again submarines will be the major threat.[:o] I decided to retire the transport TF that was unloading supplies at Madang. I´ll wait until Madang airport is repaired and weather is thunderstorms. My CVs are moving back to a base. They need fuel.Also, I´ll try to increase the power of my naval zero datais which are understrenght (only 22 per datai, while I want 27). [sm=nono.gif] My SS are being redeployed, away from coastal hexes and away from Liberators based on Lunga. My naval losses so far: Most of them have been caused in the last few days. Allied power is becoming overwhelming.[X(]: 1 CA Atago 1 CL 7 DD 1 SS 5 ML 7 APs (one 3000 cargo ship, the others 1000 cargo ships) 2 or 3 PCs, PGs Damaged ships: 1 BB (now being repaired at Tokkio) 1 CL, 1 CA, and various DDs. As many as 15 or so[X(]. I´m running out of DDs but I still have 25 or so, and 5 more being repaired at Truk, with some possibilities to be repaired before the scenario ends (6 weeks). [8\|]

toraq -> RE: It´s hard to be Japanese (5/30/2005 12:22:13 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/03/43 Weather: Overcast My FT to Lae arrived and unloaded more supplies without being detected. Good![:)]. Enmy planes bombed Madang again but this time my ships were far away. Although I lost 3 Oscars in the air battle over there. At the high cost of 2 Betties and 4 A6M2, I launched a big raid to GG. [:)]. Today I lost 9 aircraft due to op. losses.[:@] Air attack over Madang Japanese aircraft Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 26 Allied aircraft Hudson x 5 P-38G Lightning x 58 B-25D Mitchell x 24 B-17E Fortress x 27 B-24D Liberator x 7 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 3 destroyed x 1 damaged*ATA losses* Allied aircraft losses P-38G Lightning x 1 damaged B-25D Mitchell x 1 damaged *AA quite poor* Japanese ground losses: Men lost 250 Guns lost 1 Airbase hits 15 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 60 GG damaged I want to reduce supply levels at GG to a minimun. Just to decrease its base value Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 31 G4M1 Betty x 96 Allied ground losses: Men lost 5 Airbase hits 18 Airbase supply hits 2*Good[:)] Runway hits 52 Forces at Lae tested* Ground combat at Lae Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 4199 troops, 39 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 31390 troops, 294 guns, 8 vehicles Allied ground losses: Men lost 6

toraq -> RE: It´s hard to be Japanese (5/30/2005 3:23:46 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/04/43 Weather: Partly Cloudy Today I lost 11 aircraft due to op. losses. This is unacceptable. 5 were betties and 3 were A6M2. Terrible. Everytime that I bomb GG it cost me 6 to 8 planes, despite there is no CAP or Flak there.[:@] Mine warfare DMS Southard and DMS trevor are cleaning minefields at Vella Lavella and Vila. Soon they will be clean. I got to fo something... GG attacked At a high cost, so tomorrow I´ll rest my pilots Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 18 G4M1 Betty x 94 Allied ground losses: Men lost 10 Airbase hits 16 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 66 Finschafen attacked Mmmm, I´m suspicious about Finschafen, maybe Timtom wants to invade it with a FT mission, although I mined GG access. Or even a airborne assault. To avoid such quick loss, I´m air transporting one SNLF unit to increase the garrison there. Allied aircraft P-40E Warhawk x 12 A-20G Havoc x 7 Japanese ground losses: Men lost 9

toraq -> RE: It´s hard to be Japanese (5/30/2005 11:28:09 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/05/43 Weather: Overcast Inconclusive days. No much air activity. Timtom seems to be preparing something big. Maybe an all assault against Lae (which I don´t think so, because he doesn´t have enough troops over there yet) or an assault to Short, Vella Lavella or Vila. This is more probable, as the concentration of forces over there is worrying me. Tomorrow I send supplies to the area. Subs expected. Submarine warfare A strategic success for the japanese as I´ve torpedoed a DMS in the GG area. Only 2 left, both located in Lambeti area. I´m sure that Timtom is willing to send supplies to GG. I don´t want that![:-] Sub attack at 18,44 Japanese Ships SS I-21, heavy damage *yes, even damaged Subs (two times damaged) are operating in the area* Allied Ships DMS Zane, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Shortland attacked I have nothing of interest here. Only supplies and fuel, the things Timtom was looking for... Allied aircraft B-25J Mitchell x 46 *never thought there were so many B25 in SOPAC area* PB4Y Liberator x 4 Allied aircraft losses B-25J Mitchell x 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: Men lost 8 Port hits 8 Port fuel hits 1 Port supply hits 3 Some good news today. Despite Tokyo HQ is not pleased with the last results, I´m still the Emperor´s favourite. He has decided to send me another 2 BBs (Yamashiro and Yuso??) and a handful of DDs. Good, good news![:)]. I hope they´ll arrive in time for the next battle.

toraq -> RE: It´s hard to be Japanese (5/31/2005 2:47:47 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/06/43 Weather: Thunderstorms I did it again [:(] [:(] [:(] [:(] [:(] [:(] [:(] I left a TF at 12 hexes from Vella Lavella in patrol/react mode. And suddenly they reacted to a SC TF...I´m not going to say anymore. Just see it and cry! It was absolutly my fault. I´m just commiting too many mistakes and I´m going to lose the scenario. And also my bad luck was present also...see the torpedoes in my ships against no Long Lance hits. Night Time Surface Combat, near Vella Lavella at 31,36 Japanese Ships CA Atago CA Chokai, Shell hits 6, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage CA Haguro, Shell hits 10, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage CL Sendai, Shell hits 12 Allied Ships [X(] BB South Dakota, Shell hits 2 BB Indiana, Shell hits 1 CL St. Louis, Shell hits 2 CL Phoenix, Shell hits 1 CL Cleveland, Shell hits 2 DD Radford, Shell hits 1 DD Bagley DD Mugford DD Henley DD MacDonough DMS Southard -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Vella Lavella at 31,36 Japanese Ships CA Atago, Shell hits 23, on fire, heavy damage *sunk* CA Chokai, Shell hits 75, and is sunk CA Haguro, Shell hits 24, and is sunk CL Sendai, Shell hits 61, on fire, heavy damage*sunk* Allied Ships BB South Dakota, Shell hits 5 BB Indiana CL St. Louis, Shell hits 20, on fire, heavy damage*sunk* CL Phoenix CL Cleveland DD Radford DD Bagley DD Mugford DD Henley DD MacDonough DMS Southard Dobadura attacked Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 92 Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty x 2 damaged Allied aircraft losses P-39D Airacobra x 1 destroyed x 3 damaged Allied ground losses: Men lost 180 Vehicles lost 1 Airbase hits 13 Airbase supply hits 5 Runway hits 48 The situation in points is critical I have 4510 while Timtom is 4232. Last 200 were last night present. [X(]

toraq -> RE: It´s hard to be Japanese (5/31/2005 8:29:20 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/07/43 Weather: Overcast I´m still recovering from yesterday wounds. The loss of 3 beautiful CAs and one CL is terrible. IJN losses are heavy for only 7 weeks of war: [X(] 4 CAs 2 CL 8 DDs 1 PG 4 PCs 9 APs 1 SS 5 MLs 2 APDs 3 MSW I think I could have avoided the loss of 3 CAs, 1 CL, 5 DDs and maybe 2 APDs. But patrol rules acted against me.[:@] I´m thinking about next movements and next dispositions. These are my conclusions (see map for more details) 1) New Guinea area: I´ve detected 4 Rgts moving to Lae. Lae garrison is 4 Rgts also, with level 9 forts. If I do my job, I think I can keep Lae in Japanese hands for a month. It would be difficult for Timtom to overrun my garrison there. Thus, I decided to increase my forces at Finschafen, to avoid an easy victory there. Finschafen should remain in Jap. side until the end of the scenario or I will lose. Now is when Madang, Gasmata and Wewak will increase its importance. 2) New Georgia area: things are becoming complicated here. If I want to not lose the scenario I have to keep Vila, Munda and Short in my hands or lose one and defeat his fleet entirely. So two options to consider: a) Engage his fleet before a invasion occurs: using my 5 BBs, I should win the surface battle. But if I want to win I have to sink ships (= VP) because he has enough DDs and CLs to replace losses. Or damage his BBs (while my BB remains intact) so a major invasion can be avoided. Without his BBs it would be very difficult for Timtom to invade Short, Vella or Vila. The real danger here: enemy subs and naval bombers at Lambeti. Also engage his BBs in good conditions for the IJN is difficult also.[sm=nono.gif] b) Stay at Buka and wait: maybe Timtom makes a mistake and I can attack in favourable conditions. Meanwhile my CVs could disturb his supply lines Danger: "wait and see" usually is the wrong strategy. Anyway, I don´t see the things clear in this area. So for now I will wait and see. I need some time to recover myself from my last defeats. In 9 days I receive two new BBs. Meanwhile I´m going to concentrate my BBs at Buka and increase the engineers and supplies there. TODAY´S report Naval bombardment of Dobadura, at 13,38 Allied aircraft losses P-39D Airacobra x 2 destroyed x 2 damaged Allied ground losses: Men lost 218 Vehicles lost 1 Airbase hits 26 Airbase supply hits 5 Runway hits 145 Buka out of service Air attack on Buka , at 26,30 Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 22 Allied aircraft P-38G Lightning x 15 B-17E Fortress x 27 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3 Zero x 4 destroyed x 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses B-17E Fortress x 1 damaged FO R. Mooney of 6th FS is credited with kill number 3 Japanese ground losses: Men lost 49 Airbase hits 9 Runway hits 18 Lae express I guess this is going to become normal from now until the end of the scenario. Air attack on 115th Regiment, at 9,33 Allied aircraft P-40E Warhawk x 25 B-25J Mitchell x 71 Allied aircraft losses B-25J Mitchell x 4 damaged Japanese ground losses: Men lost 108 [image]local://upfiles/14447/A3771EB0B0FD45FE9D4E9B6D704BD6CF.jpg[/image]

toraq -> RE: It´s hard to be Japanese (6/1/2005 1:42:11 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/08/43 Weather: Partly Cloudy Another turn. The good thing is that I only suffered as many air losses as my opponent. Ufff. Only 3 op. losses [:'(]. Ki-46 Dinah suffered when recon. Lambeti. I think three of them were shot down by F4Us. My BBs arrived safely to Rabaul, together with another 35000 supplies. Good![;)]. Tomorrow I´m sending more supplies and engineers to Buka which was again attacked. But I´ll wait another day until I move my fleet there. Anyway, tomorrow I hope I can give Timtom a little surprise [;)] Submarine warfare Endless. At least a betty hit SS Sculpin and one of my subs avoided a rain of depth charges without being sunk. A miracle![:'(] Sub attack at 25,30 *near Rabaul* Japanese Ships *95% of the times, this is the result when I attack a enemy sub* PC Ch 30 Allied Ships SS Gato -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 36,38*Near Lambeti* Japanese Ships SS I-29, Shell hits 2 *at least 12 depth charges, minor damage* Allied Ships DD Buchanan, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage DD Woodworth SC 701 Again there is a lot of pressure around Rabaul. At least 6 subs in the area. I rather move carefully, if I don´t want to lose a BB or a CV. I lived better when his subs where chasing my CVs Lae attacked While Havocs keep the airport closed, B-25 attack ground forces. I can´t avoid this. My Zeroes can´t harm B25.[:(] But I´ll try to distract some air raids to other airports if I can. Allied aircraft P-40E Warhawk x 30*No P-38, a major raid over Rabaul is inminent* A-20G Havoc x 28 A-20G Boston x 13 B-25J Mitchell x 66 Allied aircraft losses A-20G Havoc x 1 damaged B-25J Mitchell x 4 damaged Japanese ground losses: Men lost 78 Airbase hits 11 Airbase supply hits 2 *supplies disappearing* Runway hits 43 *out of service, 87 runaway damage* Buka attacked and left in flames Long time ago powerful A6M3 datais perform quite poor agains heavies. It´s a shame Air attack on Buka , at 26,30 Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 46 Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 22 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3 Zero x 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses B-17E Fortress x 3 damaged Japanese ground losses: Men lost 75 Port hits 2 Port fuel hits 2 Port supply hits 3

toraq -> RE: It´s hard to be Japanese (6/1/2005 5:27:06 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/09/43 Weather: Partly Cloudy New ships sunk. Two APDs that were unloading at Gasmata were spotted and subsequently attacked by beauforts, beaufighters and P39. Again, it was my mistake[:@] to send them there. On the other hand, my little surprise for Timtom went reasonable well. My betties venged the last ace losses, destroying 7 F4U on the ground with an aggresive night attack against Lambeti. Night attack at Lambeti Last time I can do this kind of attack. Timtom has included a new house rule to limit my little night power Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 43 Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty x 1 destroyed x 4 damaged Allied aircraft losses F4U-1 Corsair x 7 destroyed x 16 damaged Allied ground losses: Men lost 85 Airbase hits 6 Runway hits 23 Attacking Level Bombers: 10 x G4M1 Betty at 100 feet 17 x G4M1 Betty at 100 feet 7 x G4M1 Betty at 100 feet 8 x G4M1 Betty at 100 feet APDs attacked and sunk in Gasmata Harbour At least I) caused many AA casualities. 7 Beauforts were shot down during the raids. Allied aircraft *various strikes* Beaufort x 10 P-39D Airacobra x 27 Beaufort x 29 Beaufighter VIC x 13 B-25D Mitchell x 3 Allied aircraft losses Beaufort x 6 destroyed x 18 damaged P-39D Airacobra x 1 damaged B-25D Mitchell x 2 destroyed x 1 damaged Japanese Ships APD 35, Shell hits 32, Torpedo hits 2, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage *sunk* PC Ch 16, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage*sunk* APD 36, Shell hits 24, Torpedo hits 1, Bomb hits 3,on fire, heavy damage*sunk* PG Choko Maru #2, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage DD Minekaze, Shell hits 8 Timtom´s mediums attack my bases Yes, as always, Havocs attack Lae´s airport, while B25 attack the 115 rgt. Today Buka was not visited but Munda´s port was bombed by B25 from Lunga. Light damage, including 3 supply hits [:@] Air attack on Lae , at 9,33 Allied aircraft A-20G Havoc x 28 A-20G Boston x 14 Allied aircraft losses A-20G Havoc x 1 damaged A-20G Boston x 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: Men lost 57 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Allied aircraft B-25J Mitchell x 50 Allied aircraft losses B-25J Mitchell x 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: Men lost 37

toraq -> RE: It´s hard to be Japanese (6/2/2005 1:07:57 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/10/43 Weather: Thunderstorms Buka was attacked, but fortunately my A6M3 shot down three P38. Ufff!. My CVs have been spotted north of Rabaul. Tomorrow (thunderstorms) they will enter to the Coral Sea (again). Very dangerous. Also tomorrow I´m sending supplies to Vila, escorted by my strong SC TF (BBs and CAs). Very dangerous. Night attack over Lambeti I forgot to change one of my datais...this king of night attacks are not longer allowed [8\|] Air attack on Lambeti , at 33,37 Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 12 Allied aircraft P-70A Havoc x 7 Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty x 2 destroyed x 6 damaged Allied aircraft losses P-70A Havoc x 1 destroyed F4U-1 Corsair x 1 destroyed x 3 damaged Allied ground losses: Men lost 20 Vehicles lost 1 Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 8 Buka attacked Timtom is attacking my port facilities...¿? To reduce my fuel and my supplies?. This time I have plenty of fuel. [:'(] Air attack on Buka , at 26,30 Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 16 Allied aircraft P-38G Lightning x 7 B-17E Fortress x 23 Allied aircraft losses P-38G Lightning x 2 destroyed x 1 damaged B-17E Fortress x 3 damaged PO2 G.Ichimura of F1/253rd Daitai is credited with kill number 7 Japanese ground losses: Men lost 30 Port hits 3 Port fuel hits 1 Port supply hits 1

toraq -> RE: It´s hard to be Japanese (6/2/2005 1:15:16 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/11/43 Weather: Thunderstorms Vella Lavela invaded by a FT mission!!!![X(]. One enemy APD and one DD hit mines. Enemy DMS did a good job, considering that I have more than 300 mines between Vila and Vella. [:@]. The curious things is that both forces (enemy FT TF) and my FT and SC TFs meet in the same hex but did not engage...(UV rules). I´m thinking of sending my BBs down there from Buka to Vella Lavella. But if I meet the 4 BBs (or maybe 6) is easy that two of my BB got hit----damaged---attacked by subs or planes at Lambeti. Submarine warfare Japanese Ships TK Kuremente Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire Allied Ships SS Spearfish -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Vila at 32,36 Japanese Ships SS I-29, Shell hits 5, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships DD Taylor Rabaul´s port attacked AV is heavily damaged and has 99 sys damage. I don´t want to lose it! 20 poitns worth!!! Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 14 Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 36 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3 Zero x 1 destroyed A6M3 Zero x 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses B-17E Fortress x 6 damaged Japanese Ships AP Koshu Maru #3, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage AP Shinsei Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire DD Tachikaze, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage AV Akitsushima, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage Japanese ground losses: Men lost 59 Port hits 6 Port fuel hits 2 Port supply hits 1 [image]local://upfiles/14447/9447238A8DF44059A4771C57FC4A5AC8.jpg[/image]

toraq -> RE: It´s hard to be Japanese (6/2/2005 5:04:41 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/12/43 Weather: Overcast My CVs keep his (last?) raid inside the COral Sea. I´m afraid that Timtom is very aware of my intentions and has something waiting for me. A trap...But I have no option. I need time and distract as many resources as I can from the main battlefields. Submarine warfare Sub attack at 33,36 Japanese Ships SS I-16, Shell hits 1 Allied Ships BB Indiana DD McCalla -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 30,34 Japanese Ships DD Arashi DD Hagikaze Allied Ships SS Guardfish, Shell hits 2, on fire *not enough to sink one of these* A hard day for the Liberators [:D] Heavies visited Rabaul´s port, but this time my rested datais did an excellent job. No Mercy[sm=00000106.gif]!!!. Ten were lost!. Most of them ATA losses. Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 47 Allied aircraft B-24D Liberator x 33 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero x 2 damaged Allied aircraft losses B-24D Liberator x 3 destroyed *10 lost [8D]* B-24D Liberator x 24 damaged ENS S. Sakai of F1/251st Daitai is credited with kill number 2 Japanese ground losses: Men lost 136 Port hits 7 Port supply hits 2 Japanese Ships AV Akitsushima, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage *still survives*

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