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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy - 4/15/2008 2:11:09 PM   
castor troy


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ORIGINAL: Adnan Meshuggi

About the "bomber versus fighter" theme

jep, i think the nikmod has a problem.

cause the huge numbers of allied 2/4-engine-bombers, the japanese is not only helpless but canīt do anything against.
If (big if) the japanese player is able to mount 300-400 fighters, a 200-bomber-attack is doomed. Point. No way they will survive. cause they do not the box-defence but pairs flying in. So a lot fighters against few bombers. If the japanese fighters are as fast as the bombers and have exp.75+ the allies should loose (if not turn) 50-80% of its attack.
But with nikmod it is under best conditions maybe 5-10%. To remember, in the best case.
If the odds went bad for the japanese player, he canīt do anything against unescorted med/heavy-bombers that destroy anything the japanese try to do.

So the only chance for an ongoing game is a house rule for med/heavy attacks.
e.g. say only with escorts, never more groups as the base-air-level (+1 for <4 Bases), etc... so the numbers of attacking bombers stay in an accectable range and a heavy defence could knock out such attacks

Normally i am against such rules, but with nickmod the alternate is to drop or (as the japanese) do also everything beyond any hr.




Only escorted raids is nearly impossible due to the lack of Allied fighter range and it wouldnīt help because even though the escorts would die, there would be even more bombers. And honestly the Japanese bombers (while being more fragile than the Allied bombers) are also getting through high numbers of Cap in really high numbers.

We have a stacking rule of 50 aircraft / airfield size and with the super flak it would be even nearer to impossible than it already is to do real damage, means closing an airfield constantly. Yes, the bombers are nearly immune but you have one or two attacks and 80% of the bombers are inoperational, so in fact it is harder for the Allied to close bases, which means it makes live harder in general. Saying that from a standpoint where I have a Nikmod game going as the Japanese against Swift and one as the Allied against Hortlund.

While Hortlund thinks that Nikmod has crippled the Japanese side, I can say it as a player that plays both sides, the Japanese are far stronger in the long term than in stock. Far stronger. Why? Because they will never face an Uber Cap! Uber Cap isnīt existing in Nikmod. Strikes of 100 aircraft wonīt be completely shot down even if there are a lot of fighters on Cap. Even increasing this "problem" for me as the Allied with our stacking limits (which also go for CV based aircraft - 550 max/hex).


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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy - 4/15/2008 2:12:29 PM   
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ORIGINAL: 2ndACR

Nah, not a dork. I have played since first release, and still do not know all the rules of this game. Plus you get really used to be able to invade anywhere and anytime on every other part of the map. I have been lucky in all my games to not have to fight up north. So this same rule probably would have bit me too.



Itīs really amazing. I guess Iīve read the manual a couple of times in all those years and have played a couple of thousand PBEM turns but this rule was something I have never thought of. But it was a real good hint of you!

And Iīm impressed about this sense of realism!

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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy - 4/15/2008 2:16:12 PM   
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ORIGINAL: jumper

Actually I know this rule, because some time ago I have landed the Americal division on unguared Omnetokan Jima, got 70% disablements and wondered why. I was really surprised to find the answer in the manual..



and noone told me after my first invasion that wrecked 95% of the first RCT?

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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy - 4/15/2008 3:02:36 PM   
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Status: offline 		I thought it was a small arms fire..

But seriously I didnīt follow your AAR in those days. I was reading PjHs side but had to stop when he started an AAR of the game against me and I was sure It would be just matter of time when I would click on the wrong one. And so I joined yours instead..

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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy - 4/15/2008 3:14:50 PM   
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Status: offline 		I just found out the hard way that the Jacks do well against Allied 4e bombers.
The Corsairs are very nice. However, with their high durability rating in Nik Mod, about 1/3 to 1/2 will always be damaged after constant CAP (I usually run them at 60 or 70%). Only after prolonged stand down will I get close to 100% availability.

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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy - 4/17/2008 2:13:15 PM   
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ORIGINAL: ny59giants

I just found out the hard way that the Jacks do well against Allied 4e bombers.
The Corsairs are very nice. However, with their high durability rating in Nik Mod, about 1/3 to 1/2 will always be damaged after constant CAP (I usually run them at 60 or 70%). Only after prolonged stand down will I get close to 100% availability.



Jacks wonīt be available until early 44!

Iīm experiencing the same problem with fighters flying cap and get damaged, mostly my Wildcats on the CVs. Canīt set them to more than 70% Cap, even if I wished to fly 90%. Itīs not that severe than in previous versions of Nikmod but still I regularly see CV fighter sqadrons having 25%+ of their aircraft damaged just from flying Cap. Could be a problem for my TFs when I think on the high number of enemy bombers that get through Cap without much of a problem. Only low morale of the attacker can save you, if the enemy bombers turn back.

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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy - 4/17/2008 2:21:13 PM   
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TF 1030 troops unloading over beach at Dutch Harbor, 103,36



Allied ground losses:
63 casualties reported

The rest of the RCT is unloading...

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Day Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30


Allied aircraft
P-40B Tomahawk x 71
B-26B Marauder x 111


Allied aircraft losses
B-26B Marauder: 6 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
175 casualties reported
Guns lost 8

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 56

Aircraft Attacking:
23 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 20000 feet

Mandalay seems to have very few engineers as the damage is repaired very, very slowly... Thatīs good, the only level 6 airfield is out of order for a long time after my attacks.

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Day Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 154
Liberator VI x 23


Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
52 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 11
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 55

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Wellington III bombing at 19000 feet

even though we lose nearly half a dozen bombers with every of those attacks, considering the flak fire, this is a milk run... though I still have to use my bombers at max altitude...

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Day Air attack on Kai Island , at 39,78


Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 208


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
73 casualties reported

Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 56

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Dutch Harbor , at 103,36


Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 63


No Allied losses

Runway hits 12

Aircraft Attacking:
48 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Shuzan Naval Guard Unit, at 103,36


Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 40


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 33rd/B Division, at 34,27


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 128
Kittyhawk I x 14
Beaufighter VIC x 10
P-40E Warhawk x 21


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
136 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet

The 4 units on the trail towards Imphal are now moving back to Mandalay it seems as one is on the rail again... guess Hortlund didnīt like the constant air attacks, I donīt understand anyway why he sends a rgt, a tank bgd, a mortar btn and an AA rgt towards Imphal...

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Day Air attack on TF at 28,83

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
AK John Hart, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet

Iīve sent a lonely AK from Broome to Darwin to have a freighter there that could pick up the radar of two base forces at Darwin to be sent to Tenimbar (base North of Darwin) but the freighter is immediately spotted AND attacked of course... the first three Betties put 3 torps into the ship and then the rest wasnīt able to locate it anymore...

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Sub attack at 24,61

Japanese Ships
DD Asanagi
PC Kunashiri
PC Hachijo
APD APD-39

Allied Ships
SS Snapper, hits 3

This is the rest of the available "super ASW vessels" the IJN can field. The two PCs and the APD are the only IJN ships at the moment that have a higher ASW value than 4. In a couple of months the IJN will start receiving more PCs with an ASW value of 6 and higher.

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Ground combat at Dutch Harbor

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1338 troops, 13 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 33

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Now I know why my SBDs donīt cause anymore casualties when they are set to ground attack. The nav guard unit isnīt existing anymore... but can still be bombed...

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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy - 4/17/2008 2:24:56 PM   
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Status: offline 		We have now two Corsair squadrons in Australia waiting to get operational. In 10 days we will have another one. Without combat we would be able to upgrade 3 Marine squadrons every month, but I guess I will use them for the first time when I have 72 operational. With exp levels around or below 60 Iīm not really confident that they can achieve much against the high exp Zeroes...

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/03/43

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Day Air attack on Dutch Harbor , at 103,36


Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 63


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:
48 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35


Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 48
TBF Avenger x 32
Wellington III x 48
PV-1 Ventura x 22


Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
177 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 27
Port hits 1
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Wellington III bombing at 19000 feet
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Day Air attack on Shuzan Naval Guard Unit, at 103,36


Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 50


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 5th Mortar Battalion, at 34,27


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 129
Kittyhawk I x 14
Beaufighter VIC x 10
P-40E Warhawk x 20


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
18 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet

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Ground combat at Dutch Harbor

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1441 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 33

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Allied max assault: 29 - adjusted assault: 28

Japanese max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 28 to 1 (fort level 6)

Allied forces CAPTURE Dutch Harbor base !!!


We take the base against something like a ghost unit. I donīt understand why this unit didnīt just vanish if itīs not existing anymore. It should have vanished and the base would have autoconverted, this would have saved our RCT from being wrecked from the invasion in the winter months...

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Japanese Unit(s) surrounded at Dutch Harbor



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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy - 4/17/2008 2:43:39 PM   
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/04/43

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Sub attack at 23,59

Japanese Ships
AK Turuga Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
MSW W.21

Allied Ships
SS Pickerel, hits 1

it starts off well though, West of Borneo was a big AK hit by a MK14 torp. The single escort tactic seem to have passed itīs peak of success and more and more often my subs score. One near miss on Pickerel and the sub will return to Darwin after being on station for a couple of weeks.

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Day Air attack on Amboina , at 39,73

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 18
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 26
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 26
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 13

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 101
B-24D Liberator x 92

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 1 destroyed, 11 damaged
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 2 destroyed, 12 damaged
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 3 destroyed, 21 damaged
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 13 damaged
Ki-57-II Topsy: 2 destroyed
Ki-49 Helen: 4 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 4 destroyed, 93 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 4 destroyed, 51 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
38 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 23

Aircraft Attacking:
29 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 10000 feet


thatīs the reason why I said itīs an ouch turn. The enemy sent his Helens earlier from Amboina to bomb Tenimbar and we still saw a fat, dark airfield symbol so I thought that there will still be a lot of bombers and probably no Cap as I guessed he thinks that my 4Es are around Cairns and not at Darwin. I didnīt fly any recon before as I wanted to do a surprise attack. Well, as you can see, the surprise was on my side, meeting 83 enemy fighters on Cap. Even though Hortlund will think that he did no damage, I can say that this is again what I call something like a disaster as we lost a monthly replacement of B17s and nearly another dozen of B-24s. Total bomber losses here today: 26! Seems low but my BGs are completely wrecked, 70% of the B-17s turned back due to low morale, the B-24s pressed through and after being attacked by the fighters, the undamaged rest was shot up by flak. All my BGs have no a morale around 20 and only 20% of the bombers are operational. They have to be withdrawn South to be built up again. Hortlund lost 30 aircraft today but I guess he doesnīt know that this was a Japanese victory. And the weeks pass...

Without the 200 4Es I canīt even think about an invasion as Hortlund now again focusses on a couple of bases that he Caps with 200 fighters and as those bases canīt be closed (not even attacked), an invasion around those strongholds would (and will be) absolutely bloody because after one day my CV Cap will be completely worn down.


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Day Air attack on Thursday Island , at 49,90


Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 5
B-25C Mitchell x 239


Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
37 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 8
Runway hits 72

Aircraft Attacking:
29 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 16000 feet
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Day Air attack on 13th AA Regiment, at 34,27


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 66
Kittyhawk I x 14
Beaufighter VIC x 10


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 5th Mortar Battalion, at 34,27


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 62
P-40E Warhawk x 23


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
20 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
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Sub attack near Lautem at 33,78

Japanese Ships
DD Hayate
DD Yuzuki
DD Nagatsuki
DD Asagiri

Allied Ships
SS S-34, hits 4, on fire, heavy damage

There are still two IJN BBs sitting at Lautern (under a Cap of 150+ fighters) and my subs had no chance so far. S-34 missed Hayate with 4 torps and is sunk immediately in return.

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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy - 4/19/2008 3:58:53 PM   
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Day Air attack on Myitkyina , at 36,28


Allied aircraft
B-25J Mitchell x 4
B-26B Marauder x 68


Allied aircraft losses
B-25J Mitchell: 1 destroyed
B-26B Marauder: 3 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 8

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 21000 feet
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Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35


Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 47
TBF Avenger x 32
Wellington III x 57
PV-1 Ventura x 21


Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
259 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 39
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Wellington III bombing at 16000 feet
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Day Air attack on 5th Mortar Battalion, at 34,27


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 116
Kittyhawk I x 16
Beaufighter VIC x 10
P-40E Warhawk x 24


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
20 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Thursday Island at 49,90


Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 6


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AK Hikosan Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
AK Sinkoku Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet

Hortlund moved a supply convoy and a SC TF as cover to Thursday Island. We launch a small strike but achieve an excelletn hit rate as those small and big AKs are hit with 5x500 lb bombs

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Day Air attack on TF, near Thursday Island at 49,90


Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 71


Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 5 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Nagato, Bomb hits 2, on fire
CL Naka
CA Ashigara
CA Suzuya

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet

and we launch a big strike against the SC TF and achieve a really bad hit rate...

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Day Air attack on TF, near Thursday Island at 49,90


Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 9


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AK Sinkoku Maru, on fire, heavy damage
AK Hikosan Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AK Houn Maru

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 10000 feet

another 500lb bomb hit. At least two AKs lost their supplies which were scheduled for Thursday Island.

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Day Air attack on TF, near Thursday Island at 49,90


Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 54


Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 5 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Aoba
BB Nagato, Bomb hits 1, on fire

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet

130 Mitchells attacked this TF at 6000ft today, achieving 3 bomb hits. Thatīs the might of the Allied bomber force. Hortlund has parked several BB/CA TFs for months in range of my bombers in Timor and New Guinea and donīt even has to fly Cap to cover them as they are immune to bomber attacks. Another example how crippled the Japanese are in Nikmod or WITP in general. Hortlund is doing something that would have been impossible in real life.

Just imagine I would place a couple of BBs/CAs without Cap in range of 200 Betties...

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Day Air attack on TF, near Thursday Island at 49,90


Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 9


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
BB Nagato, on fire

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 10000 feet
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Sub attack at 24,61

Japanese Ships
AK Tokyo Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
MSW W.21

Allied Ships
SS KXVI

at least a sub hits another big AK from the same TF that lost an AK already yesterday...

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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy - 4/19/2008 5:01:43 PM   
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Sub attack at 25,62

Japanese Ships
AK Nitiren Maru
MSW W.21

Allied Ships
SS Whale

Whale missed a big AK of the convoy West of Borneo which was attacked by subs several times already...

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Day Air attack on 13th AA Regiment, at 34,28


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 55
Kittyhawk I x 14
Beaufighter VIC x 10


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 13th AA Regiment, at 34,28


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 63
P-40E Warhawk x 20


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet

attack on the retreating AA unit...

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Day Air attack on TF, near Thursday Island at 49,90


Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 35


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AK Fumishima Maru, Bomb hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
AK Saiko Maru, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AK Sinkoku Maru, Bomb hits 8, on fire, heavy damage
AK Houn Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire
AK Hikosan Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 10000 feet

Iīm sure Hortlund wonīt like the hit rate of my 80+ exp Liberators! Guess most of the supply for Thursday Island was completely destroyed.

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Day Air attack on TF, near Thursday Island at 49,90


Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 3


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AK Fumishima Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Thursday Island at 49,90


Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 4
B-17E Fortress x 33


Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Aoba, Bomb hits 1
CL Naka
BB Nagato
CA Ashigara, Bomb hits 1, on fire <---- 2000lb GP bomb hit!!!

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet
1 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 10000 feet

while it isnīt a problem to hit slow transports with a load of 500lb bombs, itīs harder to hit the agile IJN warships! A CA was hit by a 2000lb bomb though! I have no idea if it wasnīt FOW though as the CA wasnīt heavily burning after the hit and it doesnīt show up as heavily damaged either. A 2000lb bomb should cause serious damage to a cruiser, shouldnīt it?

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Day Air attack on TF, near Thursday Island at 49,90


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 30


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AK Sinkoku Maru, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AK Houn Maru, Bomb hits 8, on fire, heavy damage
AK Saiko Maru, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 10000 feet

attack on the BB/CA TF in the afternoon failed to locate the target but 30 B-17s finish off the still floating merchants. Today we saw 4 big AKs (one near Borneo from a torp hit and 3 at Thursday Island from air attacks) and 1 small AK sinking.


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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy - 4/19/2008 5:58:11 PM   
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Sub attack at 27,66

Japanese Ships
DD Asanagi, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
PC Kunashiri
PC Hachijo
APD APD-39

Allied Ships
SS Sawfish

Hortlund operates this ASW group in the Borneo area and when I look at the last couple of weeks, it really seems that our subs are getting effective again. Hit on a precious DD with a MK14 torp (DDs must be very precious for the IJN already)

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Day Air attack on Myitkyina , at 36,28

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-25J Mitchell x 4
B-26B Marauder x 134

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-46-II Dinah: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-26B Marauder: 1 destroyed, 15 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
148 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 34

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 16000 feet
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Day Air attack on Myitkyina , at 36,28


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 163
Liberator VI x 24


Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 12 damaged
Liberator VI: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
28 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 12

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Wellington III bombing at 16000 feet

what a result... have got 400 bombers in India available and they will work on closing down all airfields in Burma. Perhaps this forces our enemy to relocate some fighters to Burma again (not massing them all on Timor and New Guinea).
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Day Air attack on 5th Mortar Battalion, at 34,27


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 119
Kittyhawk I x 13
Beaufighter VIC x 12
P-40E Warhawk x 21


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
29 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet


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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy - 4/20/2008 3:33:44 PM   
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Sub attack at 27,66

Japanese Ships
AK Syohei Maru
MSW W.21

Allied Ships
SS Scamp

Scampīs torps failed to detonate...

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Sub attack at 28,66

Japanese Ships
AK Singapore Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
MSW W.21

Allied Ships
SS Tunny

we really take a toll on this TF...

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Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 45
A6M3a Zero x 15
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 69

Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk I x 85

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 2 destroyed
A6M3a Zero: 1 destroyed
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 13 destroyed, 14 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Kittyhawk I: 49 destroyed

what can I say... Iīm using 50 exp pilots, the enemy has 80 exp pilots available...




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Day Air attack on 1st NLF , at 36,27


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 62
P-40E Warhawk x 21


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
63 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet




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TF 39 encounters mine field at Andaman Island (23,34)

Japanese Ships
ML Kurokami, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
ML Kuroshima, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

two small MLs were sunk by sub laid mines! One hit a VH2, the other one a MK10!

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Sub attack at 28,66

Japanese Ships
DD Susuzuki
PC Sado
PC Oki

Allied Ships
SS Tunny

Tunny missed the DD...

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Sub attack at 30,66

Japanese Ships
PC Oki, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
PC Sado
DD Susuzuki

Allied Ships
SS Scamp

but Scamp finishes Oki off! another high ASW value PC sunk... the phase when my subs were completely useless really seems to be gone...

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Sub attack near Toboali at 22,57

Japanese Ships
AK Hakonesan Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AK Kusuyama Maru
PC Ch 12
PG Busho Maru
MSW Tama Maru
MSW Wa 3
DD Kisaragi

Allied Ships
SS Searaven

a big AK going to Toboali to load ressources is hit! Surprisingly strong escort...

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Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35


Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 48
TBF Avenger x 22
Wellington III x 55
PV-1 Ventura x 24


Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 3 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
118 casualties reported
Guns lost 8

Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 66
Port hits 1
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Wellington III bombing at 16000 feet
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Day Air attack on 1st NLF , at 36,27


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 63
P-40E Warhawk x 21


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
41 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on TF at 34,80

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 25
A6M3a Zero x 15
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 38

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 23
Swordfish x 37
T.IVa x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 2 destroyed, 4 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 17 destroyed
Swordfish: 12 destroyed, 13 damaged
T.IVa: 2 destroyed, 4 damaged

Japanese Ships
DD Natsugumo
DD Oboro, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
DD Uranami
DD Kiyonami
DD Kasumi

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x T.IVa launching torpedoes at 200 feet

yesterday Hortlund sent out his BB TF from Lautern to go into position North of Darwin so I sent in my torp bombers with some escorts. Well, the escorts lost 17:2 (guess the Zeroes shot down 14 Wildcats for no loss...) and then??? F*CK YOU! My torp bombers launched against the ASW TF that follows the fat, high value BB TF that was spotted 10 times today! Excellent chose of target. My torp bombers could have achieved something against the slow, old IJN BBs but the game decides it would be better to send them against the agile DDs. Called it luck for the enemy or whatever, but it sucks...

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Day Air attack on TF at 34,80

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 12
A6M3a Zero x 7
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 17

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 47

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 1 damaged
A6M3a Zero: 5 damaged
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 4 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 2 destroyed, 28 damaged

Japanese Ships
DD Kiyonami
DD Natsugumo
DD Uranami
DD Kasumi
DD Arare
DD Oboro, on fire

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet

then an unescorted strike from Darwin. As usual, unescorted bomber attacks are better than escorted ones... All 45 attacking Mitchells miss...

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Day Air attack on TF at 34,80

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 25
A6M3a Zero x 15
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 36

Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk I x 28
P-40E Warhawk x 61
B-25C Mitchell x 42

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 7 destroyed, 6 damaged
A6M3a Zero: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 23 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Kittyhawk I: 11 destroyed, 6 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 2 destroyed, 26 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 15 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Ise, Bomb hits 3, on fire
BB Kongo, Bomb hits 1
DD Hayate

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet

but hey, another strike from Darwin, this time with a big escort and the Warhawk FG did quite a good job. But of course now the bombers attack the bomb prove BBs...

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Day Air attack on TF at 34,80

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 20
A6M3a Zero x 10
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 18

Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk I x 22
P-40E Warhawk x 25
B-25C Mitchell x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 2 destroyed
A6M3a Zero: 4 damaged
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 3 destroyed, 3 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Kittyhawk I: 9 destroyed, 4 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 3 destroyed, 17 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
DD Oboro, on fire

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet

mini bomber strike in the afternoon...

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Day Air attack on TF at 34,80

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 19
A6M3a Zero x 10
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 12

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 2
Swordfish x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 1 damaged
A6M3a Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
Swordfish: 4 destroyed, 4 damaged

Japanese Ships
DD Arare
DD Uranami
DD Kasumi

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x Swordfish launching torpedoes at 200 feet

what the hell! Is this game really that bad? Like in the morning, the torp bombers AGAIN attack the DDs...

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Day Air attack on TF at 34,80

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 9
A6M3a Zero x 5
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 6

Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 3
B-25C Mitchell x 46

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 2 damaged
A6M3a Zero: 1 damaged
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 2 destroyed
B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 10 damaged

Japanese Ships
DD Natsugumo, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD Kiyonami
DD Arare
DD Kasumi
DD Uranami, Bomb hits 1, on fire

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet

small number of bombers, BIG number of escorts! Big number of bombers, SMALL number of escorts... guess someone should take a look at the routine that puts up the airstrikes...

We lose 80+ aircraft today but took down 40+ enemy fighters. We achieve two bomb hits on DDs and a torp hit on a DD. The bombs on the BBs just bounced off. Hortlund told me he only lost 5 pilots but I donīt believe him. 5 out of 40+ shot down?? I guess we will see a bombardment of Darwin tomorrow, but I havenīt evacuated it. There are 12 PTs, 2 DDs and a lot of subs on the way to Darwin. We have 400 aircraft at Darwin and the remaining torp bombers at Tenimbar are still on nav attack.

Hortlund called it a total Japanese victory again, but Iīm (once again) of different oppinion.



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Sub attack at 56,95

Japanese Ships
AK Taki Maru
DD Naganami
CL Agano

Allied Ships
SS Pompano, hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Pompano missed the big AK and then receives two real hits and is in sinking condition with 84 flt...





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Sub attack near Toboali at 22,57

Japanese Ships
AK Kenryu Maru, Shell hits 4

Allied Ships
SS Sealion, hits 1

unescorted AK at Toboali is attacked on the surface. The only torp salvo missed and the AK is hit by 3x40mm and a 4 inch shell... Hit on the sub is FOW...

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TF 72 encounters mine field at Lae (54,87)

Japanese Ships
AP Josho Maru, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Japanese ground losses:
28 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Argonautīs MK10 mines hit an AP... I only have 3 sub mine layers but they are really doing a great job. Reason for that is that Hortlund doesnīt care at all about the sub laid mines. He just does nothing against spotted minefields. Unbelievable but thatīs how it is. And thatīs the reason he has lost several ships to sub laid mines and had BBs and just recently CV Kaga hit a sub laid mines. When I think about my IJN game against Swift, my opponent uses all his Allied subs to lay mines, but has achieved nearly nothing as I pay attention to all spotted subs and MSWs are on the whole map to clear sub laid mines immediately.

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Day Air attack on Myitkyina , at 36,28

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-25J Mitchell x 3
B-26B Marauder x 143

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-46-II Dinah: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-26B Marauder: 14 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
196 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 38

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 16000 feet
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Day Air attack on Myitkyina , at 36,28


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 150
Liberator VI x 23


Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 1 destroyed, 11 damaged
Liberator VI: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
30 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 18

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Wellington III bombing at 16000 feet

What a hit rate...

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Day Air attack on Tenimbar , at 36,81

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 60
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 11
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

No Japanese losses

no BB bombardment of Darwin (the BBs are back at Lautern) but Hortlund tries to take out Tenimbar.

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Day Air attack on Tenimbar , at 36,81

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 20
Ki-49 Helen x 112
Ki-46-III Dinah x 5
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 8 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Swordfish: 1 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
64 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Vehicles lost 1

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 11

Aircraft Attacking:
19 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 16000 feet

3 base forces there, not a single Helen is lost today...

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Day Air attack on Tenimbar , at 36,81

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 22
G4M1 Betty x 269
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 26

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 15 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Swordfish: 2 destroyed
Kittyhawk I: 1 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
171 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Vehicles lost 1

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 21

Aircraft Attacking:
23 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 16000 feet

no idea how this works, but only 1 Betty is lost today (ops). So out of 400 attacking bombers 1!!! was lost. I lost 15 twice as durable bombers over Burma and Thursday Island today...

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Day Air attack on Thursday Island , at 49,90

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 4

Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 5
B-25C Mitchell x 236

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2-N Rufe: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 2 destroyed, 23 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
239 casualties reported
Guns lost 8

Airbase hits 19
Airbase supply hits 12
Runway hits 87

Aircraft Attacking:
44 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 16000 feet

6 Mitchells lost...

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Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35


Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 45
TBF Avenger x 31
Wellington III x 59
PV-1 Ventura x 20


Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 3 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
140 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 35
Port hits 1
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Wellington III bombing at 16000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 34,77


Allied aircraft
Beaufort I x 10


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
DD Oboro

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x Beaufort I bombing at 15000 feet

flew the Beaforts in but they only drop bombs from the level 2 airfield...

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Day Air attack on TF at 34,77


Allied aircraft
Swordfish x 9
Kittyhawk I x 46
T.IVa x 3


Allied aircraft losses
Swordfish: 2 damaged
T.IVa: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
DD Natsugumo
DD Uranami, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x T.IVa launching torpedoes at 200 feet

Tenimbar was nearly empty, thatīs why I took just a few aircraft lost on the ground. Our torp bombers attacked the retiring DDs and Uranami was confirmed sunk. Another DD sunk, but as I have been told before, Hortlund doesnīt need his DDs. 70+ IJN DDs lost so far...


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Sub attack at 37,59

Japanese Ships
AP Nikki Maru
AP Tatsuta Maru
DD Urakaze

Allied Ships
SS Gunnel

Gunnelīs torps fail to detonate after hitting the big AP...

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Sub attack at 37,59

Japanese Ships
AP Teizui Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AP Tatsutake Maru
DD Urakaze

Allied Ships
SS Gunnel

but Gunnel attacks another big AP hitting it with a MK14.

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Day Air attack on Myitkyina , at 36,28

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-25J Mitchell x 3
B-26B Marauder x 130

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-46-II Dinah: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-26B Marauder: 1 destroyed, 14 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
92 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 91

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 16000 feet

will take a month to close down all airfields in Nothern Burma, except Akyab as there are too many engineers.

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Day Air attack on Tenimbar , at 36,81

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49 Helen x 9
Ki-46-III Dinah x 3
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 12
Kittyhawk I x 37

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 6 destroyed
Ki-46-III Dinah: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 damaged
Kittyhawk I: 3 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 16000 feet

guess Hortlund will state that it is BS that 49 of my fighters took down 6 of the attacking 9 bombers. 3 dropped bombs... looks like he forgot to stand down this chutai

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Day Air attack on Thursday Island , at 49,90

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 5
B-25C Mitchell x 209

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2-N Rufe: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 26 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
58 casualties reported

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 74

Aircraft Attacking:
50 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 16000 feet

if I just could figure out why we never really hit the defending AA and base force units... this way flak will never get less effective...

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Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35


Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 42
TBF Avenger x 31
Wellington III x 59
PV-1 Ventura x 23


Allied aircraft losses
TBF Avenger: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
195 casualties reported
Guns lost 6

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 64

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Wellington III bombing at 16000 feet

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Day Air attack on 1st NLF , at 36,27


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 63
P-40E Warhawk x 21


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
78 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on 1st NLF , at 36,27


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 56
Kittyhawk I x 14
Beaufighter VIC x 23


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
110 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
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Sub attack near Muntok at 21,55

Japanese Ships
AK Hakonesan Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Searaven

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TF 95 encounters mine field at Andaman Island (23,34)

Japanese Ships
MSW Hinode Maru #18
MSW Banshu Maru #8

after losing two MLs at Andaman to sub laid mines, Hortlund sent two MSWs from Rangoon... too late though!

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ASW attack at 47,114

Japanese Ships
SS I-6

Allied Ships
DD Helm
DD Henley
DD Patterson
DD Jarvis
DD Gridley

spotted this sub yesterday so Iīve sent out 5 ASW TFs in every hex around Brisbane. First TF missed the sub completely...
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Sub attack near Palembang at 20,55

Japanese Ships
AK Hakonesan Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Searaven

but we finish off a big AK that was already hit yesterday... glug glug

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Sub attack at 47,114

Japanese Ships
SS I-6

Allied Ships
DD Frazier
DD Welles
DD Barton
DD McCalla
DD Saufley
DD Radford

then I-6 attacks one of my hunter groups but missed. All DDs fail to locate the sub... would like to sink the bugger as it carries a Glen...

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Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35


Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 42
TBF Avenger x 31
Wellington III x 57
PV-1 Ventura x 23


Allied aircraft losses
TBF Avenger: 1 damaged
Wellington III: 1 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
64 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 61
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Wellington III bombing at 11000 feet

soon SBDs will start attacking the LCUs but I guess flak is still too strong for attacks at 2000ft...

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Day Air attack on 1st NLF , at 36,27


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 61
P-40E Warhawk x 20


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
95 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
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ASW attack at 47,114

Japanese Ships
SS I-6

Allied Ships
DD Frazier
DD Welles
DD Barton
DD McCalla
DD Saufley
DD Radford

we get a third chance to attack this sub today but again all DDs fail to locate the sub...

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Gili Gili at 56,94

Japanese Ships
PG Kozan Maru, Shell hits 11, on fire, heavy damage
AK Madras Maru, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
AK Samarang Maru, heavy damage

Allied Ships
CL Marblehead, Shell hits 1
DD Grayson
DD Morris

we use our surface raider group from Cairns to attack shipping at Gili Gili. The PG and the AK are sunk, the other one is heavily damaged from a MK10 mine hit...

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TF 20 encounters mine field at Lae (54,87)

Japanese Ships
MSW Chitose Maru
MSW Choyo Maru #2
PG Hirotama Maru, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

then a minesweeping TF goes in to Lae but the included PG hits another sub laid MK10! Itīs real fun! The PG could be in real trouble.

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Day Air attack on Lashio , at 35,30

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 90

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-46-II Dinah: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-26B Marauder: 6 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
15 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 11

Aircraft Attacking:
19 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 16000 feet
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Day Air attack on Lashio , at 35,30

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 152
Liberator VI x 23

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-46-II Dinah: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 1 damaged
Liberator VI: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
22 casualties reported

Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 17

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Wellington III bombing at 19000 feet

why my mostly 85+ exp Wellingtons and Libs achieve such lousy hit rates is a mistery for me...

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Day Air attack on Lae , at 54,87

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 7

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 41
B-24D Liberator x 109

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 8 destroyed
Ki-57-II Topsy: 8 destroyed
L2D2 Tabby: 4 destroyed
A6M2-N Rufe: 2 destroyed
H8K Emily: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 6 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 1 destroyed, 19 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
476 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Airbase hits 24
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 83

Aircraft Attacking:
22 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 16000 feet

there are still a lot of aircraft at Lae but most fighters are on Cap over Gili Gili (100+ in ther air) and PM (80 in the air). We recon Thursday, Gili Gili, PM and Lae every day and today 150 4Es flew an agressive recon mission! No biggy but the Japanese lost 54 aircraft on the whole map today. 4 4Es are lost to various cases. We have to find a way to force our opponent to spread his Cap. Bases with 100 fighters on Cap and dozens of AA units are impossible to attack.

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Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35


Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 40
TBF Avenger x 30
Wellington III x 27
PV-1 Ventura x 21


Allied aircraft losses
TBF Avenger: 1 damaged
Wellington III: 5 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
60 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 32
Port hits 1
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Wellington III bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 30,83

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 31

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AK Chatanooga City, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet

impossible to sneak even single ships to Darwin... perhaps I should use Hortlundīs tactic of picket ships! Send one AK one hex off Derby and Cap it with 200 fighters then! Take down 50% of the 30 attacking bombers with 200 fighters and hear the crying about using a picket ship and how crippled the Japanese are when the Allied still have so mighty fighters - that lose 5-15:1 against Japanese fighters...

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Status: offline 		Send out your PBYs and LB from Brisbane at 1000' naval search. This should increase the detection level on his sub and if their experience level is high enough even get a hit. Then your hunter/killer groups should be able to go in for the kill.

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ORIGINAL: ny59giants

Send out your PBYs and LB from Brisbane at 1000' naval search. This should increase the detection level on his sub and if their experience level is high enough even get a hit. Then your hunter/killer groups should be able to go in for the kill.


the sub was spotted a couple of times already thatīs why I sent out the DDs.

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TF 24 encounters mine field at Gili Gili (56,94)

Japanese Ships
AK Samarang Maru, Mine hits 1, heavy damage
PG Kozan Maru, on fire, heavy damage

another Mk10 finds a victim at Gili Gili, probably a lot supplies lost! AP Josho Maru that hit a mine at Lae a couple of days ago was reported sunk a couple of hexes East of Lae. Another example that Hortlund doesnīt care about his ships as he could have disbanded the medium AP at Lae (even though itīs just a level 3 port it would have been worth a try).

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Sub attack at 56,86

Japanese Ships
AP Hikawa Maru
DD Makigumo

Allied Ships
SS Pompon

torps missed...

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TF 96 encounters mine field at Rabaul (61,88)

Japanese Ships
MSW Tamozono Maru #2
MSW Sonobe Maru

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Day Air attack on Thursday Island , at 49,90

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 1

Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 5
B-25C Mitchell x 183

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2-N Rufe: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 22 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
163 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 145

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 16000 feet

excellent hit rate but we lost 7 bombers today! 6 to flak, 1 to ops...

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Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35


Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 40
TBF Avenger x 27
Wellington III x 27
PV-1 Ventura x 17


Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 1 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
33 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 44
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Wellington III bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on 1st NLF , at 36,27


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 77
P-40E Warhawk x 21


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
19 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 1st NLF , at 36,27


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 42
Kittyhawk I x 14
Beaufighter VIC x 24


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet


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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy - 4/23/2008 10:58:01 PM   
castor troy


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Status: offline 		quiet everywhere. Rather boring but I canīt take on the Japanese strongholds with hundreds of fighters and dozens of AA units in one base yet. Have to build up the pool of P-38s and Corsairs first, no sense in sending in 48 60exp Corsairs against 200 80 exp Japanese fighters on Timor.


AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/15/43

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Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35


Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 42
SBD Dauntless x 64
TBF Avenger x 23
Wellington III x 27
PV-1 Ventura x 15


Allied aircraft losses
SBD Dauntless: 1 destroyed, 12 damaged
TBF Avenger: 1 damaged
Wellington III: 2 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
97 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 18
Port hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Wellington III bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on 1st NLF , at 36,27


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 76
P-40E Warhawk x 21


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet

weīre taking enough losses anyway. Again 7 aircraft lost today...


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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy - 4/24/2008 8:59:12 PM   
castor troy


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Status: offline 		Everything changes and so also the time when my subs were completely useless due to 80% of the torps missing and 50% of the rest failing to detonate...

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/16/43

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Sub attack at 62,74

Japanese Ships
AP Chihaya Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
PG Choko Maru #2
PG Choan Maru #2

Allied Ships
SS Lapon

Lapon going to Brisbane from a transit mine laying mission from the West Coast to Saipan hits a medium AP a couple of hexes North of Truk...

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Sub attack at 23,57

Japanese Ships
AK Kohuku Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
PC Ch 12
PG Busho Maru
MSW Tama Maru
MSW Wa 3
DD Kisaragi

Allied Ships
SS Scorpion

Scoripion hits a big AK one hex East of Toboali, probably loaded with 5500 tons of resources as this is the TF that went to Toboali a couple of days ago!

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Day Air attack on Lashio , at 35,30


Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk I x 18
B-26B Marauder x 43


Allied aircraft losses
B-26B Marauder: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
97 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 36

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 16000 feet
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Day Air attack on Lashio , at 35,30


Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 79


Allied aircraft losses
B-26B Marauder: 7 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
80 casualties reported

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 9
Runway hits 39

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 16000 feet
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Day Air attack on Lashio , at 35,30

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 150
Liberator VI x 28

Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
36 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 42

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Liberator VI bombing at 16000 feet

The IJAAF is nowhere around and weīre bombing empty bases with less effect, just to ramp up our losses to flak and ops... thereīs no reason Hortlund should oppose these attacks...

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Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35


Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 38
SBD Dauntless x 44
TBF Avenger x 24
Wellington III x 18
PV-1 Ventura x 9


Allied aircraft losses
SBD Dauntless: 10 damaged
TBF Avenger: 1 damaged
Wellington III: 1 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
83 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 10
Port hits 1
Port supply hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Wellington III bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on 1st NLF , at 36,27


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 77
P-40E Warhawk x 21


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 1st NLF , at 36,27


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 42
Kittyhawk I x 14
Beaufighter VIC x 24


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
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Sub attack at 23,57

Japanese Ships
AK Arimasan Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
PC Ch 12
PG Busho Maru
MSW Tama Maru
MSW Wa 3
DD Kisaragi

Allied Ships
SS Scorpion

Scoripion scores a second time today! Another resource loaden big AK is hit!

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Sub attack at 23,57

Japanese Ships
AK Kensyo Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AK Kitahuku Maru
PC Ch 12
PG Busho Maru
MSW Tama Maru
MSW Wa 3
DD Kisaragi

Allied Ships
SS Scorpion

and again itīs Scorpion that hits a big AK! Scorpion hits three big AKs today and retires without torps for her forward tubes to Darwin. Probably 2 of those AKs are lost, how Hortlund cared about his ships in the past I would guess all three will be lost. 3 big AKs lost with 16500 tons of resources! Excellent turn...

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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy - 4/25/2008 2:25:06 AM   
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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy - 4/25/2008 9:50:26 AM   
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ORIGINAL: anarchyintheuk

What avenue do you think that you'll take when you start your offensive?



First targets will be on Southern New Guinea, pretty sure the first invasion will go in at Thursday Island as this is a temperate hex and the only base in that region I can bomb with my Mitchells. Then PM, Gili Gili and in between perhaps Merauke if it isnīt strongly defended. Iīm 99% sure that Hortlund knows that too. Should be 100% sure as I told him that I cancelled my PM invasion a couple of weeks ago as my TFs were hit by the movement bug off Cairns for 10 days and didnīt move a single hex while being spotted nearly every day. I told him that 3000 assault points were scheduled to go in at PM! Of course Iīm not planning to throw in 10 divs on PM. I have 3000 av 100% prepped for Thursday, PM and Gili Gili together and I guess those numbers should be sufficient, while I get more and more divs and RCTs that I could use as reinforcements. I donīt know if he believed me but if so, then Iīm sure PM will get a lot of reinforcements in the next weeks. I can also bypass it and only take Thursday and Gili Gili. The more troops he pumps into PM the less he will have for Thursday and Gili Gili or Timor and Northern New Guinea. We will see.

But Hortlund will surely have to strongly defend Timor too, as this could be the first target also, even though I would have to go around Australia with my TFs. The plan is now to make Hortlund think that we will attack Timor first as this is the direct way into the SRA. Then we have to wear down a lot of Japanese fighters over Timor and do a lot of bombing there to prepare (far later) landings and to draw away fighters from New Guinea and wear the enemy fighter daitais down. But with the previous engagements of enemy fighters this will be a really tough job as my pilots are just not up to the enemy aces with 80+ exp.

We have now some 60 Corsairs operational (exp between 55 and 65) and a dozen still repairing (a Corsair squadron repairs one or two aircraft a day, so it takes at least 12-15 days to repair a whole Marine squadron). I have 24 P-38 operational, another 72 plane FG is repairing, at 3 or 4 aircraft a day, means weeks until itīs operational. The key to airsuperiority over Timor will be the airfield of Tenimbar (North of Darwin) as this base is 5 hexes from Lautern (major base on Timor with 200+ enemy fighters in the air every day!!!!!). Tenimbar started out at airfield size 0(0) and Iīve been building it up since half a year with 300 eng and 50 eng vehicles but am only at 2 (63%). Building up a 0(0) af is nearly impossible, even for the Allied. Increasing 1% a day which means another month until we reach level 3. Then I can do sweeps with 150 fighters against Lautern. When Tenimbar will be ready I will have some 120 Corsairs ready, they will do the first major sweep. I guess after this first sweep, the Corsairs will be exhausted (probably 60 shot down and another 40 dam). Then they will be brought out and the next day we follow up with 150 Australian/Canadian Kittyhawks. Also on the second day (or on the third) we will launch 300 Mitchells with 100 P-38 as escorts from Darwin (6 hexes, normal range for the Mitchell, 6x500lb bombs each bomber). On day four I will either have airsuperiority over Eastern Timor or I will have to wait another month because my fighters were completely shot to pieces, not doing much damage to the enemy.

So the plan is to see 300 enemy fighters destroyed after day 3 and see major fighter reinforcements coming in from New Guinea afterwards. The most important thing will be to destroy as many Zero daitais as possible as those will be the ones escorting the Betties that will attack my invasion and carrier TFs. The Betties will break through my Cap but if thereīs not enough cover from the Zeroes they will still take a high toll (and Hortlund wonīt like that!! as he thinks they should be as imune and durable as my B-17s ).

The problem now is that most of the fighters defending Timor are IJAAF Tojos and not Navy fighter squadrons, but I guess as soon as I have worn down the Tojos, there will be more and more Zeroes show up. So thatīs the plan, but it still takes time and weīre already in 43, while we havenīt seen any major Allied invasions (only the disastrous landings on Dutch Harbour during the winter months, but those werenīt major invasions anyway). But I just have to wait, the longer the better. Last time I immediately used my P38s when one squadron was ready and it was shot down at 1:15 by 100 defending Zeroes. In 3/43 we will see P-47C going online, that will be 35 additional long range (6 hexes ) fighters.

The only real strong weapon I have are the 200 high exp 4Es operating out of Australiaīs East coast but one attack against a strongly defended base and 80% of them arenīt operational on day two.


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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy - 4/25/2008 2:38:22 PM   
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Status: offline 		Have you gotten the Boomerang IIs yet?? I'm on hold with my CHS 158c Nik Mod game and I've used them to replace the useless Wirraways. They have a nice range for possible teaming up with your P-47C. I have PDU on so I was able to upgrade the Wirraways to Beaufighter and after training them up to the low 70's, switch them over to the Boomerang's.

The one thing about Nik Mod is the increased durability of the Corsairs is nice for survivability, but sucks as they cannot stay on CAP for extended periods before the squadrons start to approach 50% damage.

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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy - 4/25/2008 8:35:50 PM   
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ORIGINAL: ny59giants

Have you gotten the Boomerang IIs yet?? I'm on hold with my CHS 158c Nik Mod game and I've used them to replace the useless Wirraways. They have a nice range for possible teaming up with your P-47C. I have PDU on so I was able to upgrade the Wirraways to Beaufighter and after training them up to the low 70's, switch them over to the Boomerang's.

The one thing about Nik Mod is the increased durability of the Corsairs is nice for survivability, but sucks as they cannot stay on CAP for extended periods before the squadrons start to approach 50% damage.



Iīve got Boomerang IIs but they really suck and I donīt have any Wirraways on the map. They have been upgraded to Hurricanes - Spitfire - Kittyhawk a long time ago. The only advantage of the Boomerang vs the Kittyhawk is that it has one hex more range but when I look at how easily my Kittyhawks die then I wonīt use any Boomerang II for the whole war.

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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy - 4/25/2008 8:36:38 PM   
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Status: offline 		only "interesting" thing today was that Helens attacked two of my subs hitting one with a bomb...

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/17/43

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Day Air attack on Lashio , at 35,30


Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 21
Kittyhawk I x 18
B-26B Marauder x 33


Allied aircraft losses
B-26B Marauder: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
24 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 8

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 16000 feet
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Day Air attack on 1st NLF , at 36,27


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 76
P-40E Warhawk x 21


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 1st NLF , at 36,27


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 38
Kittyhawk I x 14
Beaufighter VIC x 24


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet



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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy - 4/25/2008 9:11:59 PM   
castor troy


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Status: offline 		deja vu like nearly every day: two subs of mine were attacked by Helens, one was hit by a bomb...

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/18/43

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Naval bombardment of Akyab, at 30,29 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

125 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
CL Newcastle
CL Glasgow
CL Hobart, Shell hits 1
CL Perth, Shell hits 14
CL Achilles, Shell hits 11
CA Exeter
CA Cornwall, Shell hits 12
CA Devonshire
CA Dorsetshire, Shell hits 9

Japanese ground losses:
187 casualties reported
Guns lost 4
Vehicles lost 1

why this single CD gun unit at Akyab is so super effective, no one knows... not a single hit on the airfield or port, this base has been reconned daily by dedicated recon aircraft for a year now...

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Sub attack at 39,45

Japanese Ships
AK Mito Maru

Allied Ships
SS Amberjack

South of Hong Kong, torps hit the big AK but fail to detonate...

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Sub attack at 28,66

Japanese Ships
MSW Wa 14, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Toroshima Maru
MSW Wa 10

Allied Ships
SS Scorpion

This is the mighty Scorpion! After hitting three big AKs in one day she retired to Darwin and on her way she hits a small MSW with 3 torps out of a salvo of 4!!

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Day Air attack on 1st Reserve Tank Regiment, at 92,35


Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 23
SBD Dauntless x 47
TBF Avenger x 26
Wellington III x 15
PV-1 Ventura x 6
PB4Y Liberator x 3


Allied aircraft losses
SBD Dauntless: 2 destroyed, 18 damaged
TBF Avenger: 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
84 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 6

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Wellington III bombing at 11000 feet

not a good idea to do ground attacks as we see the old strange feature of flak being 5 times more effective when defending an LCU and not the base or port... 7 aircraft lost to flak today...

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Sub attack at 62,71

Japanese Ships
TK Ogurasan Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
PG Chitose Maru

Allied Ships
SS Finback

North of Truk we hit a fuel loaden 6000 ton TK! Fuel is burning, would be luck if the TK will make it. My Wolfpack in the area will try to shadow the TF, probably going directly to Truk...


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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy - 4/25/2008 10:17:40 PM   
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ASW attack at 30,70

Japanese Ships
PC Kunashiri
PC Hachijo
APD APD-39

Allied Ships
SS Scorpion

Scorpion escapes...

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Sub attack at 43,45

Japanese Ships
AK Kenryu Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire

Allied Ships
SS Blackfish

Blackfish scores two torp hits but the big AK gets away not even damaged a couple of hexes South East of Hong Kong...

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Day Air attack on Gili Gili , at 56,94

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 26
A6M3a Zero x 6

Allied aircraft
F-5A Lightning x 3
B-17E Fortress x 98
B-24D Liberator x 130

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 4 destroyed, 19 damaged
A6M3a Zero: 2 destroyed
Ki-46-III Dinah: 2 destroyed
Ki-49 Helen: 4 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 18 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 16 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
151 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Airbase hits 38
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 154

Aircraft Attacking:
43 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 20000 feet

this hit rate from 20.000 ft is absolutely amazing. 32 fighters arenīt enough to do real damage (3 bombers are lost today) but at the end of the day we have 25% of the bombers damaged. Some 20 aircraft of various types were torched at Gili Gili today...

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Day Air attack on 1st NLF , at 36,27


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 77
P-40E Warhawk x 21


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
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Sub attack at 63,76

Japanese Ships
AK Katsukawa Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
MSW Shonan Maru #7
MSW Atsu Maru
MSW Wa 7
MSW Wa 5

Allied Ships
SS Wahoo

Wahoo is part of the Wolpack that tried to engage the TK convoy off Truk but instead another big AK is hit... I take everything I get...

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Sub attack at 13,85

Japanese Ships
SS I-175, hits 4

Allied Ships
PG Kiwi, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
PG Tui
PG Moa
PG Warrego
PG Swan

9 hexes West of Broome has been a IJN sub sitting for a long time already so we sent out some PGs from Perth. The hunters get hunted and PG Kiwi sinks immediately. The rest scores one real hit and 3 near misses...


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