Gen.Hoepner
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Ok guys, it seems we have a problem here.
KB springs up (do not know how it could arrive so close unseen having 100 bombers on naval search) south of Cylon and smashed my transports at Tricomale and Colombo, hitting both the port and the airfield. a group of P-40 and a group of sea Hurricanes (unlanded from a brit CV) were on Cap and managed to give some headhaces to his uncoordinated strikes. However the only AS and AR ship that i have in India were badly hit and sank the same day. All my bombers and topedo bombers were on naval search so we didn't even strike back ...guess this was the trap of his subs that moved my attention on them forgetting about the risk...
Anyway, the problem here is another one.
My opponent is disappointed because he thinks that i was aware of his comming and so that i read (or somebody for me did) his AAR because he says my port defences at Colombo couldn't be like that if i didn't know he was comming( i guess he refers to the fact that i had my ships not combined in big convoys but in small ones).
I don't understand how he can think i was aware if all my best bomber assets were set on naval search and not naval attack...however this doesn't matter much. What i ask you from now on is not to post here anything you eventually read on his AAR (that, however, he's going to stop for these reasons)...
Anyway, i do not like these kinds of suspects and i'm quite displeased about this.
I would be tempted to tell my opponent to read this AAR, just to understand that none of you have ever said here anything about this raid, nor that any strategy about this was discussed here, but doing this i'll have to stop the whole game cause all my strategy is well written here (including all the fronts).
I also told him that here we discussed a lot about an invasion of India or Oz, but nothing that could involve a raid ...and however we started to discuss at the very first day of the war...but it seems that he's still on his thinking that my defences at Cylon were well aware of his comming and there's really nothing i can do.
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/10/42
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ASW attack near Trincomalee at 13,25
Japanese Ships
SS I-164, hits 2
Allied Ships
PC Aldebaren
MSW Rampur
MSW Romney
SC Jasmine
SC Auricula
SC Freesia
Finally some hits....
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Day Air attack on Colombo , at 11,25
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 26
B5N2 Kate x 54
E7K2 Alf x 2
Allied aircraft
Sea Hurricane x 9
P-40E Warhawk x 19
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 8 destroyed
B5N2 Kate: 12 destroyed, 30 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Sea Hurricane: 5 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
Allied Ships
AK Edgar Luckenbach, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Coquina, Bomb hits 1, on fire
Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Port hits 2
Port supply hits 1
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Day Air attack on TF, near Colombo at 11,25
first uncoordinated strike
Japanese aircraft
D3A2 Val x 28
Allied aircraft
Sea Hurricane x 4
P-40E Warhawk x 18
Japanese aircraft losses
D3A2 Val: 2 destroyed
Allied Ships
AK F.J.Luckenbach, Bomb hits 20, on fire, heavy damage
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Day Air attack on TF, near Colombo at 11,25
Japanese aircraft
B5N2 Kate x 23
Allied aircraft
Sea Hurricane x 4
P-40E Warhawk x 18
Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 9 destroyed, 4 damaged
Allied Ships
AK Bonketoe, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
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Day Air attack on Trincomalee , at 13,25
another uncoordinated strike
Japanese aircraft
B5N2 Kate x 80
E7K2 Alf x 1
Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 12
Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 7 destroyed, 31 damaged
Allied Ships
AK Taiyuan, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Thedens, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Makassar, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
Allied ground losses:
49 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Vehicles lost 1
Port hits 7
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Day Air attack on Colombo , at 11,25
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 38
D3A2 Val x 67
B5N2 Kate x 83
E7K2 Alf x 1
Allied aircraft
Sea Hurricane x 2
P-40E Warhawk x 14
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed
D3A2 Val: 7 destroyed, 39 damaged
B5N2 Kate: 8 destroyed, 24 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Sea Hurricane: 2 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged
Buffalo I: 3 destroyed
Fulmar: 2 destroyed
CW-22 Falcon: 1 destroyed
Swordfish: 1 destroyed
Albacore: 4 destroyed
If only those TB were on naval attack....
Luckly the other carrier-trained Albacore group is at Dacca along with the other 2 CV fulmar groups and the whole AVG (1st, 2nd and 3rd) so my best air assets aren't ruined here at Colombo...
Allied Ships
AP Talma, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AK Trieste, Bomb hits 1
AK Edgar Luckenbach, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Edward Luckenbach, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AK Coquina, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AS Lucia, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage *sinks*
AR Haitan, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage *sinks*
Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Airbase hits 11
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 38
Port hits 4
As soon as i get from Trollelite the turn file i'll be able to tell how things really are...however i cannot say i'm glad to keep on playing after all these cheating accuses
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RE: The Fall of Nanchang - 
against PzB and its hangover! And PzB did it in march 42!....mmmm...i can do something like the right "medium" perhaps: leaving the next infantry units arriving at Aden there (a ANZAC div should arrive withing 30 days) and keep the 18th at Karachi, ready to be loaded if things go bad during the landings...but without the 18th on the front, there's no way to hold any front in the south...mmmm...quite tough to decide what to do.... 
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