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hawker -> RE: Jawa campaign (11/26/2005 5:31:16 PM)

As you see,allies have a big problem[:D].
One more thing,when his 4Es from Soserbaya seens zeros they running home[;)].



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hawker -> RE: Jawa campaign (11/26/2005 6:53:01 PM)

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/12/42

Colossal air battle occur today.About 250 my brave bombers strike Soserbaya escorted by 169 zeros and 46 oscars.
Today he lost 260 planes agains 100 mine.

Day Air attack on Soerabaja , at 23,66

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 169
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 46
Ki-21 Sally x 210
Ki-49 Helen x 21
Ki-46-II Dinah x 9

Allied aircraft
Fulmar x 9
F4F-4 Wildcat x 26
Wirraway x 3
Hawk 75A x 4
CW-21B Demon x 10
Brewster 339D x 28
Hurricane II x 35
P-40B Tomahawk x 18
P-40E Warhawk x 19

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 53 destroyed, 2 damaged
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 25 destroyed
Ki-21 Sally: 4 destroyed, 37 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Fulmar: 10 destroyed
F4F-4 Wildcat: 33 destroyed
Wirraway: 4 destroyed
Hawk 75A: 4 destroyed
CW-21B Demon: 12 destroyed
Brewster 339D: 17 destroyed
Hurricane II: 38 destroyed
P-40B Tomahawk: 24 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 24 destroyed
SBD Dauntless: 8 destroyed
TBD Devastator: 1 destroyed
B-17E Fortress: 7 destroyed
Beaufort V-IX: 4 destroyed
LB-30 Liberator: 6 destroyed
B-25C Mitchell: 4 destroyed
Hudson I: 1 destroyed
B-26B Marauder: 2 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
297 casualties reported
Guns lost 6
Vehicles lost 1

Airbase hits 19
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 129
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Badoeng fell today,troops are entering Tijilidjap tommorow.Everything is going perfectly except supplies run low in Soserbaya,200 transport planes assigned to supply duty while transports approaching.

Ground combat at Bandoeng

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 12796 troops, 114 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 942 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Bandoeng base !!!



Allied aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 3 destroyed
SBD Dauntless: 1 destroyed
P-40B Tomahawk: 1 destroyed
Brewster 339D: 1 destroyed
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He is now in real problems.




hawker -> RE: Jawa campaign (11/26/2005 7:10:08 PM)

He tells me that i am lucky.
Answer is in my sig.,FORTESS FORTUNA IUVAT.
BANZAI!!




invernomuto -> RE: Jawa campaign (11/26/2005 10:24:13 PM)

Great AAR, hawker!
What a massacre over Soerabaja! You give him a big slap!!! [&o][&o][&o]
BTW, aren't you loosing too much fighters? How much is your monthly Zero and Oscar production?

BANZAI!!!

PS
Awesome avatar





hawker -> RE: Jawa campaign (11/26/2005 11:42:11 PM)

Hi I.,
In my pool there is 200+ zero,300+val,200+kate[;)].
I already stop producing vals and kates to save HI.Bettys also stopped becous i have 200+ these babies.
I have 300k+ oil in Osaka along with 250k+ resources.Not a single turn cant pass without ships unloading cargo in Sasebo,Osaka,Shangai,HK,Saigon,etc.
P.S. Thanks,I will try to keap this AAR interesting,and most interesting part will be defence later in game.I just love to defend[8D]

One more thing about aircraft production,i am running heavy research program on Judys and Jills.I think i have this planes little bit earlier.




mc3744 -> RE: Jawa campaign (11/27/2005 1:22:35 AM)

I'm posting this same evaluation on both AAR.

There's something odd with this match: you are both satisfied with the results! [&:]




hawker -> RE: Jawa campaign (11/27/2005 1:28:00 AM)

MC,
Do you carefully read my report,260-100 losses in planes is good for me.Now he is gonna lost AF in Soserbaya[8D].
P.S.50 zeros,another 50 i even dont count.




Arstavidios -> RE: Jawa campaign (11/27/2005 8:40:41 AM)

In the first months the allies are rather short of fighters. An other few days like that and the allied air force will be exhausted.




hawker -> RE: Jawa campaign (11/27/2005 2:22:39 PM)

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/13/42

Today is great day for empire of sun!
He strikes Batavia with 60 B-17s and 38 liberators,he manage to hit airstrip with 5 bombs[8D].The base is covered with few zeros,oscars and nates.Nate coming,4E running[:D].
Then i am strike Soserbaya with 200 bombers escorting by 120 zeros and some oscars with devastating result.Today he lost more than 200 planes[;)].
And now,the main thing,my emily see his surface combat TF steaming north to my invasion fleet in Batavia.TF included BB Arizona and BB Revenge with escorts.Nagumo,Yamaguchi and Teraoka lunch joint attack against this treat to my interest in Jawa.BB Arizona sunk,BB Revenge crippled.Soon,this campaing will be over.
I will earn some unexpected VPs here.

Day Air attack on Soerabaja , at 23,66

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 120
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 29
Ki-21 Sally x 173
Ki-49 Helen x 12
Ki-46-II Dinah x 8

Allied aircraft
Fulmar x 3
F4F-4 Wildcat x 21
Wirraway x 3
Hawk 75A x 9
CW-21B Demon x 5
Brewster 339D x 12
Hurricane II x 34
P-40B Tomahawk x 21
P-40E Warhawk x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 26 destroyed, 3 damaged
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 6 destroyed
Ki-21 Sally: 3 destroyed, 26 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 4 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Fulmar: 4 destroyed
F4F-4 Wildcat: 36 destroyed
Wirraway: 4 destroyed
Hawk 75A: 10 destroyed
CW-21B Demon: 6 destroyed
Brewster 339D: 4 destroyed, 2 damaged
Hurricane II: 35 destroyed
P-40B Tomahawk: 22 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 20 destroyed
Hudson I: 2 destroyed
B-25C Mitchell: 2 destroyed
B-26B Marauder: 2 destroyed
Beaufort V-IX: 7 destroyed
LB-30 Liberator: 6 destroyed
B-17E Fortress: 5 destroyed
SBD Dauntless: 8 destroyed
TBD Devastator: 1 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
194 casualties reported
Guns lost 8

Airbase hits 11
Airbase supply hits 10
Runway hits 154
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Day Air attack on TF at 22,63

Japanese aircraft
D3A Val x 16
B5N Kate x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A Val: 1 destroyed, 11 damaged
B5N Kate: 12 damaged

Allied Ships
BB Revenge, Bomb hits 1
CLAA Caledon
BB Royal Sovereign, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 3, on fire[:D]
CA Exeter
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Japanese aircraft
D3A Val x 38
B5N Kate x 54
Ki-27 Nate x 50

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A Val: 4 destroyed, 12 damaged
B5N Kate: 2 destroyed, 27 damaged

Allied Ships
BB Arizona, Bomb hits 6, Torpedo hits 8, on fire, heavy damage
CA Canberra
CA Portland
DD Barker
CLAA Ceres
CA Australia
DD Balch
CA Northampton, Bomb hits 2, on fire
CA Minneapolis, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
CL Concord, Bomb hits 1
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As you see,i sent him a message,RESISTANCE IS FUTILE




mc3744 -> RE: Jawa campaign (11/27/2005 2:59:47 PM)

Unless you loose too much time to conquer Java, I'd say you are going to achieve a major victory here.




pauk -> BANZAI (but careful) (11/27/2005 3:16:46 PM)

Good job so far. You need to be determined here and finish your job - destroy his damaged ac on the ground (should have plenty of them siting damaged on the AF) and sink his capitol ships. But don't allow yourself to get sick of "Japanese victory sindrom"....[;)] - sometimes it is enough just one unlucky turn to ruin all your effort.

quote:

ORIGINAL: hawker
One more thing about aircraft production,i am running heavy research program on Judys and Jills.I think i have this planes little bit earlier.

[;)]

IMHO, this is a vaste of supply and time. By the time when these ac arrives, allied fighters will eat them anyway. It is a better to research fighters, IMO...





invernomuto -> RE: Jawa campaign (11/27/2005 3:22:00 PM)

quote:

ORIGINAL: mc3744

Unless you loose too much time to conquer Java, I'd say you are going to achieve a major victory here.


Agree.
This second run over Soerabaja was devastating. His air forces should be in a very bad shape and you could easily finish his 2 BB (that do not return unlike his CVs :) )
Great job!




hawker -> RE: Jawa campaign (11/27/2005 3:34:07 PM)

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/14/42

Thanks guys on support[&o][&o][&o]
Pauk,
I am big fun of dive and torpedo bombers[;)],but i also developing fighters.I will only ignore Shinden.

Another great day in Jawa.
Today i resting my bombers,but plenty of action is on the sea.
He still sending his surface combat TFs to Batavia,and i still sink-criple them. Several big sea battles ocurr in Batavia area,my BB fleet under command of Raizo Tanaka sink allies ship without merrcy.
See for yourself,

Night Time Surface Combat, near Batavia at 20,60

Japanese Ships
BB Kongo, Shell hits 2
BB Haruna
BB Hiei, Shell hits 3
BB Kirishima, Shell hits 1
BB Nagato, Shell hits 2
BB Fuso
BB Yamashiro, Shell hits 1
BB Ise, Shell hits 3
BB Hyuga, Shell hits 4
CA Atago, Shell hits 1
CA Mogami
CA Mikuma, Shell hits 1
CA Suzuya
CA Kumano
CL Jintsu
CL Natori
CL Kuma
DD Nowaki, Shell hits 2
DD Hagikaze
DD Michishio
DD Samidare
DD Akatsuki
DD Hibiki
DD Shinonome
DD Asagiri

Allied Ships
CA Exeter, Shell hits 2
CL Achilles, Shell hits 2, on fire
CL Enterprise, Shell hits 2
CL Dragon, Shell hits 1
CL Dauntless
CL Mauritius
CL Marblehead
CLAA Caledon
CLAA Columbo
DD Clark

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Batavia at 20,60

Japanese Ships
BB Kongo
BB Haruna
BB Hiei
BB Kirishima
BB Nagato
BB Fuso
BB Yamashiro, Shell hits 1
BB Ise
BB Hyuga
CA Atago
CA Mogami
CA Mikuma
CA Suzuya
CA Kumano
CL Jintsu
CL Natori
CL Kuma, Shell hits 2
DD Nowaki
DD Hagikaze
DD Michishio
DD Samidare, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Akatsuki
DD Hibiki
DD Shinonome
DD Asagiri

Allied Ships
CA Portland
CA Australia
CA Canberra
CLAA Ceres, Shell hits 1
CL Detroit
CL Concord
DD Balch, Shell hits 1
DD Alden
DD Barker
DD Bulmer

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Batavia at 20,60


Allied aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft losses
Walrus: 2 destroyed
SOC-3 Seagull: 3 destroyed

Japanese Ships
BB Kongo, Shell hits 1
BB Haruna, Shell hits 1
BB Hiei, Shell hits 4
BB Kirishima, Shell hits 3
BB Nagato, Shell hits 2
BB Fuso, Shell hits 2
BB Yamashiro, Shell hits 1
BB Ise, Shell hits 3
BB Hyuga, Shell hits 3
CA Atago
CA Mogami
CA Mikuma
CA Suzuya
CA Kumano, Shell hits 1
CL Jintsu
CL Natori
CL Kuma
DD Nowaki
DD Hagikaze
DD Michishio
DD Samidare, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Akatsuki
DD Hibiki
DD Shinonome
DD Asagiri

Allied Ships
CA Exeter, Shell hits 6, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
CL Achilles, Shell hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
CL Enterprise, Shell hits 10, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
CL Dragon, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
CL Dauntless, Shell hits 2, on fire
CL Mauritius, Shell hits 4
CL Marblehead, Shell hits 13, and is sunk
CLAA Caledon
CLAA Columbo, Shell hits 13, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
DD Clark, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Batavia at 20,60


Allied aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft losses
Walrus: 2 destroyed

Japanese Ships
BB Kongo, Shell hits 4
BB Haruna, Shell hits 6
BB Hiei, Shell hits 2
BB Kirishima, Shell hits 6
BB Nagato, Shell hits 5
BB Fuso
BB Yamashiro, Shell hits 2
BB Ise, Shell hits 1
BB Hyuga, Shell hits 1
CA Atago
CA Mogami
CA Mikuma, Shell hits 3, on fire
CA Suzuya
CA Kumano
CL Jintsu
CL Natori
CL Kuma
DD Nowaki
DD Hagikaze
DD Michishio
DD Samidare, on fire
DD Akatsuki
DD Hibiki
DD Shinonome
DD Asagiri

Allied Ships
CA Portland, Shell hits 22, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
CA Australia, Shell hits 1
CA Canberra, Shell hits 20, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
CLAA Ceres, Shell hits 2
CL Detroit, Shell hits 2
CL Concord
DD Balch, Shell hits 23, and is sunk
DD Alden, Shell hits 9, and is sunk
DD Barker, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Bulmer, Shell hits 11, and is sunk

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He doing one good thing,i spend supply on ammo for my BBs[:D]
KB sail again two hex east of Jawa and second day is covered with clouds,so no attack on cripled ships[:@]
He lunch 4E attack against my BBs[:D] in Batavia,again he lost about 30-40 planes while i lost few.
These days is good to be on Japanese side.




hawker -> RE: Jawa campaign (11/27/2005 3:50:44 PM)

Just a few more thoughts,
When he see that defeat is near,he may try to save some of his units from Soserbaya.
Plan is,when i close airprts in the southern area i will move with KB and BBs,KB will bombard harbour(i see huge number of ships there)while BBs will cover the exit.
I can smell a lot of VPs here,and i will take it.
After Jawa i will be close to 4-1 ratio.
In order to have a more VPs,Russia will be invaded.Today i will announce my plan for Russia to GH giving him more time to prepare.[;)]




mc3744 -> RE: BANZAI (but careful) (11/27/2005 3:53:31 PM)

I agree with pauk.
Late DB and TB are a waste. All you are going to need from '43 and on are fighters.
Save the HI for something else. You won't have many chances to use your DB in '43.

Good job so far. [;)]




Tom Hunter -> RE: BANZAI (but careful) (11/27/2005 5:06:31 PM)

The air battles he is fighting may rate, but he is giving you a gift when he sends the RN BBs into action against your airforce.

They have no AA to speak of, but their main battery is one of the great ship killing guns of all time. You are fortunate to be able to fight them with planes.

A very interesting battle, if you can take Java quickly it will be a major Japanese victory.




hawker -> RE: BANZAI (but careful) (11/27/2005 5:22:55 PM)

quote:

They have no AA to speak of, but their main battery is one of the great ship killing guns of all time. You are fortunate to be able to fight them with planes.


Yes,i now that.I simply cant understand why he sent surfase ships to engage my invasion forces.He now,when day is come those ships will be obliterated by kates,vals,bettys,nells. Looks like he found pirate trasure in soserbaya.[:D][:D][:D]
He must now that i must take Jawa asap,that means 90% of combined fleet is there. And he stand and fight,what a spirit.
In next few days he will lost all his aircraft in Jawa,then KB will came close and sink everything. He gambles too much,way to much.
Also,Tanaka is doing good job with BBs[8D]

quote:

A very interesting battle, if you can take Java quickly it will be a major Japanese victory.


You are right[&o].
So far,so good.




Arstavidios -> RE: BANZAI (but careful) (11/27/2005 5:39:27 PM)

I think he's overcommiting his forces in Java. With his air cover gone his navy will be obliterated. You may catch the bulk of his land forces unless he starts an emmergency evacuation soon.




Tom Hunter -> RE: BANZAI (but careful) (11/27/2005 6:14:18 PM)

My belief is that the land and airforce commitment may prove justified if the air units cause enough damage and the land units buy enough time. Both of these questions will be answered as the game proceeds it is too early to tell right now.

At any rate I don't believe the decision to commit them is foolish on the face of things.

But the naval commitment is getting Hoepner very little in exchange for very heavy losses. Japan in not losing ships and the land advance in not being delayed. Compare this with my Lunacy game with Mogami where the Prince of Wales hit the Japanese fleet twice and sunk the Suzuya and several DDs. The Japs sunk some of my DDs and cruisers too, it was not a clear cut Allied victory but I did get some benefits for my losses.

Hoepner is getting some payoff for his air campaign a large number of Japanese planes and pilots are gone. But the ships are not scoring, I don't think Hawker has lost a single vessel in surface combat.




Arstavidios -> RE: BANZAI (but careful) (11/27/2005 6:59:35 PM)

Well allied fighters will be scarce for several months so that the Japanese will have time to retrain their pilots. The problem with allies is that they have quantities of models each with only a driblet of reinforcements a month. PDU improve things but in a game of attrition the allies will run short of aircraft before the Japanese, the allied pilots will also get shot down before they have time to build experience.

So the Japanese meetgrinder will be halted for a while in Java but the cost in grinded units will be heavy.

The point is whether or not the extra time of resistance gained will compensate the extra losses suffered.[&:]

I think the key in allied defense is to know when to hold in order to delay the Japanese and when to withdraw to save forces tofight elsewhere in order to optimize the resistance power of your units and make the better use of them. Withdrawing without fighting is not a solution as is allows the Japanese to advance fast and without losses, fighting to the finish everywhere is not a solution either asit leads to increased allied losses and the time gained by the sacrifice of your units does not compensate for the time those units could have gained elsewhere if they had been evacuated before the end.




Sneer -> RE: BANZAI (but careful) (11/27/2005 7:15:57 PM)

for me cost of getting few weeks are a way too high




pauk -> RE: BANZAI (but careful) (11/27/2005 8:51:41 PM)


quote:

ORIGINAL: hawker
I simply cant understand why he sent surfase ships to engage my invasion forces.


The answer is simple: he is Jap fanboy and he just can't play Allied side[:D] - I've tried once on the Allied side back in the UV days and played similar strategy - simple did not care about my "allied" losses.

Well, you can't befool (?) your hart, GH[:-][;)][:D]




hawker -> RE: BANZAI (but careful) (11/27/2005 9:45:32 PM)

Hi all,

I dont think that his air force will survive enough time to seriously hit my ground forces.He try several time to attack my LCUs with SBDs and TBDs,even when he commit about 100 bombers result are poor and totally unaccetible by him. He only manage to disable 38 men,and these attacks cause no disruption. Only real treat is 4E bombers which he lost many. His airports at south is in hard position,two more attacks on Soserbaya AF will close that airport,also he will lost many planes at ground. He has two more airports,but these airports are treatened by my LCU. Only real airport is Soserbaya AF which i will close.
He has noumerous ships in Soserbaya harbour,with AF closed KB will come along with BB fleet and start to colect easy points.
My opinion is,
he must evacuate Jawa while AF in Soserbaya still open and provides cover. When i close this airport he wont be able to retreat and all men and ships in Soserbaya will be doomed.
His time running out,with Jawa secured and Manila is about to fall i will have 4-1.
Furthermore,Noumea will be attacked,and most important thing,Russia will be invaded in order to secure 4-1 ratio.
I make terrible mistakes in China and i must do that.




mc3744 -> RE: BANZAI (but careful) (11/27/2005 11:44:47 PM)


quote:

ORIGINAL: Arstavidios

Well allied fighters will be scarce for several months so that the Japanese will have time to retrain their pilots. The problem with allies is that they have quantities of models each with only a driblet of reinforcements a month.



I totally agree, he must be soooo low on everything but F4F's.
He won't be able to stand his ground (fighter-wise) for at least two months from now. He must have burnt out all he had at this point.




invernomuto -> RE: BANZAI (but careful) (11/27/2005 11:54:08 PM)

quote:

The answer is simple: he is Jap fanboy and he just can't play Allied side - I've tried once on the Allied side back in the UV days and played similar strategy - simple did not care about my "allied" losses.

Well, you can't befool (?) your hart, GH


LOL!!!
[:D][:D][:D][:D][:D]




hawker -> RE: BANZAI (but careful) (11/28/2005 2:36:07 AM)

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/16/42

Another day of destroying allied aircrafts and airfields.
I think that his airforce stop to exist in Jawa.Few more hits and the last remnants of allied aircrafts will be wipe out[;)].
Soserbaya see "adler tag" today when 200 our brave bomers hit airport there.Bombers were escorted with 101 zero and some oscars. They encoutered cap of 40 planes,all allied fighters wiped out along with 100 on the ground. Today he lost 170 planes against mine 40.
Later that day my recons came to base and report position of CL Dragon,KB promptly lunch attack and sent CL Dragon below the sea.
He strike Balikpapan wit 10 Liberators and manage to hit ML Yaeyam.
He sent his subs regulary to Batavia and my destroyers and vals regulary sinks them.

Day Air attack on Soerabaja , at 23,66

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 101
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 24
Ki-21 Sally x 175
Ki-49 Helen x 41
Ki-46-II Dinah x 8

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 18
Wirraway x 1
P-40B Tomahawk x 8
P-40E Warhawk x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 13 destroyed
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 9 destroyed, 1 damaged
Ki-21 Sally: 2 destroyed, 32 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 8 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 35 destroyed[:D]
Wirraway: 4 destroyed
P-40B Tomahawk: 9 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 23 destroyed
B-26B Marauder: 1 destroyed
LB-30 Liberator: 10 destroyed
PBY Catalina: 2 destroyed
Beaufort V-IX: 4 destroyed
B-17E Fortress: 3 destroyed
B-25C Mitchell: 7 destroyed
SBD Dauntless: 3 destroyed
Hudson I: 1 destroyed
Catalina I: 1 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
210 casualties reported
Guns lost 9

Airbase hits 34
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 194[:D]
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Day Air attack on TF at 23,64

Japanese aircraft
D3A Val x 36
B5N Kate x 42

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
CL Dragon, Bomb hits 30, on fire, heavy damage[:D](sinks)
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hawker -> RE: BANZAI (but careful) (11/28/2005 6:41:03 PM)

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/17/42

Everything is going according to plan,Soserbaya is regulary bombarded. Today he manage to organize "cap" of 5 wildcats and 5 wirraways,he must be desperate[8D].
My fighters quickly shot down his cap and massacre planes on the ground. Tomorrow,Djoakarta will fall. He is running out of time.

Day Air attack on Soerabaja , at 23,66

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 71
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 14
Ki-21 Sally x 107
Ki-49 Helen x 27

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 5
Wirraway x 5

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 1 destroyed
Ki-21 Sally: 1 destroyed, 26 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 5 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 11 destroyed
Wirraway: 5 destroyed
B-17E Fortress: 2 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 5 destroyed
Beaufort V-IX: 1 destroyed
SBD Dauntless: 1 destroyed
B-25C Mitchell: 4 destroyed
PBY Catalina: 4 destroyed
LB-30 Liberator: 2 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
84 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 15
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 86
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Then bettys from Balikpapan took off and put torpedoes in ships in Soserbaya,

Day Air attack on TF, near Soerabaja at 23,66

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 12

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AK Empire Chaucer
AK Jalarajan
AK Empire Homer, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AK Empire Puma, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
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Day Air attack on TF, near Soerabaja at 23,66

Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 3
G4M1 Betty x 16

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 1 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
AK Edgar Luckenbach, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Edward Luckenbach, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Selma City, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
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ADavidB -> RE: BANZAI (but careful) (11/28/2005 8:35:07 PM)

quote:

My fighters quickly shot down his cap and massacre planes on the ground. Tomorrow,Djoakarta will fall. He is running out of time.


Have you cut Soerabaja off from the rest of Java? If GH has built up the fortifications and has some good combat troops and supplies it could hold out for quite a while. You don't want to let retreating troops slip in to add to the defense.

Good luck -

Dave Baranyi




hawker -> RE: BANZAI (but careful) (11/28/2005 11:40:39 PM)

Hi David,

I was unable to cut his troops becouse he has strong airport in Soserbaya,well it was strong airport. Now,only ruins and broken planes are there[:D]. Within a month i will have 8000 APs in Jawa,that is more than enough.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/18/42

Another day of beating the allies,now i am convinced that Jawa is big mistake for him. He will manage to delay my advances 1 month,but with how many casulties. Big mistake becouse i am after Jawa only going for Noumea (if not heavily guarded),then i will switch to defence.

Today my bombers strike again Soserbaya AF,he has no cap so my sallys ruin planes and airstrip.
New HQ of gen.Yamashita is luxury hotel in Djoakarta,troops are enter Kragen which will fall tomorrow.
Bettys and nells sinking his ships arround Soserbaya,i call it good training. After i secure Medion i will sent all my airforce there for final push,Soserbaya will be destroyed to the ground.

More troops Landing at Naga,after those man arrive in Manila i will have 4000 APs there,so Manila will fall within 10 days. After that units will embark in already ready transports and go for our final push in Jawa.

Here is some interesting AARs from previous day,

Day Air attack on Soerabaja , at 23,66

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 11
Ki-21 Sally x 122
Ki-49 Helen x 29

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 3 destroyed, 19 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 3 destroyed, 5 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 3 destroyed
B-25C Mitchell: 5 destroyed
F4F-4 Wildcat: 7 destroyed
LB-30 Liberator: 3 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 2 destroyed
PBY Catalina: 1 destroyed
Beaufort V-IX: 1 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
72 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Airbase hits 20
Airbase supply hits 11
Runway hits 74
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Day Air attack on TF, near Soerabaja at 23,66

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 22

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AK Kiangsu, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AK Loch Ranza, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AK Empire Chaucer
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Day Air attack on TF, near Soerabaja at 23,66

Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 15
G4M1 Betty x 13

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AK Empire Raleigh
AK Jalarajan
AK Loch Ranza, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AK Empire Elk, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AK Empire Antelope, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AK Empire Homer, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
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Day Air attack on TF at 24,67

Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 4
G4M1 Betty x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 1 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 2 damaged

Allied Ships
AK Edgar Luckenbach, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Edward Luckenbach, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AK Selma City, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
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Day Air attack on TF, near Soerabaja at 23,66

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 18

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AK Jalarajan
AK Empire Puma, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Empire Elk, on fire
AK Sudabar
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Medan is invaded and tomorrow will fall along with Thursday islands.
Later i will post strategic evaluation.
Stay tuned.





hawker -> RE: BANZAI (but careful) (11/28/2005 11:52:32 PM)

Current situation of Jawa campaign,



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