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RE: Striking from Heaven: Nemo (J) vs 2ndACR (A) - 7/17/2008 2:00:42 PM

Nemo121

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/14/42

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TF 12 encounters mine field at Singapore [UK] (22,51)

Japanese Ships
MSW W.6
MSW W.3
DD Harukaze
DD Asakaze
DD Fumizuki
DD Natsushio
AK Yoko Maru, Mine hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Hibiki
DD Yudachi
DD Harusame

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TF 69 encounters mine field at Singapore [UK] (22,51)

Japanese Ships
DMS Shumushu
DD Honda
PC Ch 7
DE Tsuga
DD Hatakaze
DD Yamakaze, Mine hits 1, on fire

Hmm, I still haven't sent my carriers in as I wanted at least 1 or 2 days of mineclearing to go on first to prevent them being hit by too many mines.

In other news Hosho which had gotten 55 sys and 82 flotation damage is now down to 60something flotation damage. With a little luck she might even survive ( which I really wouldn't have thought possible just 2 days ago.

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TF 70 encounters mine field at Singapore [UK] (22,51)

Japanese Ships
DD Ayanami
DD Shikinami
DD Hatsuyuki
DD Hatsushimo
DD Murasame

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Day Air attack on Pearl Harbor [Oahu] , at 114,72

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 8
Ki-21-II Sally x 114

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-II Sally: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged

Allied Ships
AK Antares, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AK Laida, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AR Rigel, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage

Port hits 9
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 1

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Day Air attack on USAAF 5th Base Force, at 44,59

Japanese aircraft
D3A2 Val x 20
B4Y1 Jean x 69

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on ROC 9th Field Army , at 49,31

Pounding enemy troops at Honan. My hope is

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-I Oscar x 6
Ki-32 Mary x 114
Ki-51 Sonia x 99
Ki-264 Angel x 3
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-32 Mary: 1 damaged
Ki-51 Sonia: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged

Allied ground losses:
70 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

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Day Air attack on ROC 61st Field Army , at 49,31

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 34
Ki-32 Mary x 51
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-32 Mary: 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on ROC 49th Field Army , at 52,40

Japanese aircraft
D3A2 Val x 45
E8N2 Dave x 8
Ki-27 Nate x 12

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
40 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on ROC 49th Guerilla Regiment, at 45,41

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 32

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on KNIL 4th Regiment, at 19,59

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-II Sally x 51

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
47 casualties reported

And softening up the Dutch at Merak.

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Day Air attack on Pp Army 21st Division, at 44,50

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 3
Ki-32 Mary x 43
Ki-48-I Lily x 15
Ki-49 -I Helen x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-32 Mary: 1 destroyed

Allied ground losses:
17 casualties reported

And at Baguio. I think I'm developing quite the fetish for ground support missions in this game. Normally I don't go in for them much but with the lack of Allied fighters and bombers being based forward I have run out of worthwhile targets.

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Day Air attack on Pp Army 91st Division, at 44,50

Japanese aircraft
Ki-32 Mary x 28
Ki-48-I Lily x 8
Ki-49 -I Helen x 6

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on TF, near Sabang [Sumatra] at 19,41

Japanese aircraft
B4Y1 Jean x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
B4Y1 Jean: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
AK Mangola, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

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Day Air attack on TF, near Koumac [New Cal] at 65,114

Japanese aircraft
F1M2 Pete-FF x 2

Allied aircraft
Hudson IV x 4

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
CA Aoba
DD Ootori

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Ground combat at Baguio/Balinta Pass

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 105937 troops, 1579 guns, 585 vehicles, Assault Value = 2802

Defending force 10330 troops, 187 guns, 112 vehicles, Assault Value = 442

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2

Japanese max assault: 2770 - adjusted assault: 1042

Allied max defense: 321 - adjusted defense: 316

Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 2

Japanese ground losses:
744 casualties reported
Guns lost 20

Allied ground losses:
357 casualties reported
Guns lost 21

Damn but that malaria saps one's offensive power. Tomorrow my forces will Shock Attack and Baguio should fall. In the meantime I have forces at Clarke Field ( another temperate zone ) sitting still, recovering disruption and fatigue and getting ready to attack Bataan.

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Ground combat at Olongapo/Bataan

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 25074 troops, 353 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 735

Defending force 27144 troops, 628 guns, 94 vehicles, Assault Value = 814

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Ground combat at Iman [AMUR]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 91318 troops, 1592 guns, 1131 vehicles, Assault Value = 1895

Defending force 37027 troops, 507 guns, 30 vehicles, Assault Value = 1078

Allied ground losses:
132 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

As you can see the Soviet AV is falling daily. It fell by 8 AV today and while that's nothing massive over the course of a week or two that really does add up.

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Ground combat at Koumac [New Cal]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 7292 troops, 109 guns, 27 vehicles, Assault Value = 535

Defending force 5684 troops, 140 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 217

Japanese ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Ground combat at Merak/Serang [Java]

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 13894 troops, 222 guns, 59 vehicles, Assault Value = 672

Defending force 3925 troops, 52 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 156

Japanese max assault: 710 - adjusted assault: 532

Allied max defense: 108 - adjusted defense: 44

Japanese assault odds: 12 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Merak/Serang [Java] base !!!

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

Allied ground losses:
264 casualties reported
Guns lost 9

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

And now the way is clear for my Infantry Division to land without disruption. Excellent. I have also transferred in the necessary Zero Sentai to provide LRCAP for the convoy as it enters the range of land-based bombers operating from Soerabaja.

I won't cover this force with an SC TF as I am resting my CAs, BBs and DDs in Singapore and allowing them to repair in preparation for the move on India.

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Ground combat at Honan [Cent China]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 83047 troops, 1306 guns, 44 vehicles, Assault Value = 2405

Defending force 44131 troops, 770 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 2056

Allied ground losses:
15 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

In contrast to Iman this Japanese bombardment is all about burning Chinese supplies. If the Chinese supplies get used up then this 2,000 AV stack is just so much dead meat on the table for my attackers. If the supplies aren't burnt up then my forces are in for a very bloody battle indeed.

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Ground combat at Iman [AMUR]

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 26179 troops, 427 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1077

Defending force 106863 troops, 2094 guns, 1214 vehicles, Assault Value = 1895

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Ground combat at Baguio/Balinta Pass

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 7553 troops, 151 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 422

Defending force 106197 troops, 1547 guns, 585 vehicles, Assault Value = 2758

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Ground combat at Singora [Thailand]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 3115 troops, 68 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 95

Defending force 4457 troops, 47 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 131

One other thing I've done recently is shut down production of Topsys, prepare to shut down production of Mavis patrol planes and stopped expansion of Zero production as my supply levels in Japan are just not up to further expansion and the Topsys and Mavis use Hitachi engines which are in quite short supply right now ( and which I'm going to need lots of for the Ki-48 II and Ki-109 which both come on-stream in 2 months time.

Already I'm operating with only 3/4 of my armament factories operational and curtailed aircraft production in lesser types. I am continuing to expand my Mansyu production as I am seeking to build 60 Ki-264 L ( transports ), 60 Ki-264 A ( level bomber with 100 Kg bombs ), 90 Ki-264 Bs ( with Hs-293 guided bomb variants --- specialised CV and BB killers ) and 90 G9Ms ( four-engined torpedo bomber with outsized torpedo ). Since each of the bomber variants requires 6 engines ( it only really needed 4 but I set the requirement at 6 to simulate the difficulty Japan would have building such complex planes ) and the transport variants require 5 the number of engines needed to reach this goal of 300 Ki-264 variants per month is 1,740. That means to JUST produce the Ki-264 class I will have to invest 2,300,000 tons of supplies. I'm up to about 450 Mansyus per month now and so am on course to hit 1,750 per month by year's end ( which is when the last of the Ki-264 variants comes online ).

So, I'm managing to produce just enough of the planes I deem essential to the war effort but I'm having to cut corners elsewhere ( e.g. I've amalgamated my recon squadrons so that the front-lines have Ki-46s. This means that, in effect, I'm only using 20% of the squadrons with the other 80% disbanded into them. Is this risky? Yeah it means I have very limited recon potential BUT since I have the initiative I can concentrate what little recon potential I have wherever I want and so a little can go a long way.

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RE: Striking from Heaven: Nemo (J) vs 2ndACR (A) - 7/17/2008 5:00:32 PM

Nemo121

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Well, time to discuss operations against India...

I want to cut India off from Chinese SEAC reinforcements so that necessitates taking Burma. I also want to be able to send my convoys in without CAP and the necessitates taking out Ceylon. The main question now is whether I take out Ceylon or Burma first.

My assessment is that if I take out Ceylon first Burma can be reinforced by many Chinese SEAC units so I am going to take out Burma first and then use that necessity to further the maskirovka that I will land in Eastern India. So, the troops from Singapore are going to land at Ye and then march up through Burma. With the large number of armoured forces available to this Army Group I am hopeful of quickly driving to the Chinese border and cutting off the route their SEAC divisions would take to reinforce India. In order to prevent them pushing through even though I hold the Burma end of the road I will also conduct a small resource bombing campaign on the Chinese bases close to the Burma border ( this will rob the Chinese forces trying to force this path to India of their supplies and greatly lessen the likelihood of them forcing this path ).

Once Burma is taken I'll take Akyab and begin making demonstrations toward Chittagong, Calcutta etc with a view to drawing Indian forces eastward before taking Ceylon with follow-on forces and considering whether to go short ( Vizgatapam, Madras etc ) or long ( Bombay or Karachi ). My hope is that by moving fast and taking Burma and then Ceylon relatively quickly I can prevent India being reinforced from either China or Aden and thus set the stage for a short, successful ground war.

Once I clear Bataan I should be able to bring roughly 6,000 AV to bear which I am hopeful will prove sufficient. ( 2,000 in the first wave as misdirection and to shape the battlefield and 4,000 in the main invasion force ).

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RE: Striking from Heaven: Nemo (J) vs 2ndACR (A) - 7/18/2008 10:04:24 PM

Nemo121

Posts: 5821
Joined: 2/6/2004
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/15/42

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TF 5 encounters mine field at Palembang [Sumatra] (20,55)

Japanese Ships
TK Yuho Maru, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

The mine attacks continue apace. Right now I have bigger fish to fry --- and realise that by taking the nearby DEI and Burmese bases he is, undoubtedly, basing out of I will reduce his mine attacks massively --- but they are annoying. I think Yuho Maru will probably sink.

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TF 42 encounters mine field at Singapore [UK] (22,51)

Japanese Ships
DD Ariake
DD Yugure

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Sub attack at 22,58

Japanese Ships
BB Hyuga
DD Inazuma
DD Arashio
DD Michishio
DD Oshio
DD Asashio
DD Hatsukaze
DD Oyashio
BB Kongo

Allied Ships
SS O19

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Day Air attack on Olongapo/Bataan , at 42,51

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 3
Ki-32 Mary x 96
Ki-48-I Lily x 37
Ki-49 -I Helen x 12
Ki-46-II Dinah x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-32 Mary: 2 destroyed
Ki-49 -I Helen: 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 17
Airbase supply hits 14
Runway hits 49

14 supply hits, not bad.

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Day Air attack on Pearl Harbor [Oahu] , at 114,72

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 8
Ki-21-II Sally x 114

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-II Sally: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
AK Antares, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
AK Laida, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AR Rigel, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage

Port hits 12
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 1

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Day Air attack on USAAF 5th Base Force, at 44,59

Japanese aircraft
D3A2 Val x 20
B4Y1 Jean x 69

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on ROC 92nd Field Army , at 49,31

Japanese aircraft
Ki-51 Sonia x 95

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-51 Sonia: 4 destroyed, 5 damaged

Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported

Gees, dive-bombers are just SOOOO fragile. If I weren't going to attack here in 2 or 3 days time I jut couldn't sustain these losses - I've determined that you want to keep the loss rate below 3% if you want to gain experience from these bombing raids and right now these DB raids are running at just a bit over 4%.

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Day Air attack on ROC 84th Field Army , at 49,31

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 34
Ki-43-I Oscar x 8
Ki-32 Mary x 118
Ki-264 Angel x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-32 Mary: 2 destroyed

Allied ground losses:
44 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

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Day Air attack on ROC 49th Field Army , at 52,40

Japanese aircraft
D3A2 Val x 45
E8N2 Dave x 14
Ki-27 Nate x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A2 Val: 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on ROC 49th Guerilla Regiment, at 45,41

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 36

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on ISF 3rd Base Force, at 24,43

Japanese aircraft
B4Y1 Jean x 36

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on TF, near Koumac [New Cal] at 65,114

Japanese aircraft
F1M2 Pete-FF x 2

Allied aircraft
Hudson IV x 2

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
CA Kinugasa

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Day Air attack on TF at 26,36

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 13

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AK Pasir

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Ground combat at Baguio/Balinta Pass

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 105011 troops, 1560 guns, 583 vehicles, Assault Value = 2767

Defending force 9888 troops, 164 guns, 113 vehicles, Assault Value = 424

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0

Japanese max assault: 5428 - adjusted assault: 2433

Allied max defense: 308 - adjusted defense: 232

Japanese assault odds: 10 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Baguio/Balinta Pass base !!!

Japanese ground losses:
2960 casualties reported
Guns lost 50

Allied ground losses:
11358 casualties reported
Guns lost 147
Vehicles lost 30

A good day for Japan especially as this resource centre is captured mostly intact. Most of the ones I've previously captured are massively damaged and that's not helping my war economy either.

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Ground combat at Olongapo/Bataan

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 25107 troops, 354 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 738

Defending force 27093 troops, 624 guns, 97 vehicles, Assault Value = 811

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Ground combat at Iman [AMUR]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 91822 troops, 1601 guns, 1136 vehicles, Assault Value = 1906

Defending force 36872 troops, 502 guns, 30 vehicles, Assault Value = 1076

Allied ground losses:
101 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

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Ground combat at Koumac [New Cal]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 7284 troops, 110 guns, 26 vehicles, Assault Value = 535

Defending force 5681 troops, 142 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 216

Japanese ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Honan [Cent China]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 88078 troops, 1328 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 2418

Defending force 44055 troops, 765 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 2054

Allied ground losses:
28 casualties reported

Only one more IJA division is left to arrive and it should arrive within the next two days... Well, I have managed to free another one by juggling some Brigades around to meet garrison requirements but that other Division has to come from the coast and it'll eb another week, which I simply can't wait for. So it'll bolster my forces after the initial assault. Some fresh blood will probably come in handy anyways.

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Ground combat at Butuan [Mndno]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2161 troops, 22 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 68

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

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Ground combat at Iman [AMUR]

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 26079 troops, 427 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1066

Defending force 107387 troops, 2103 guns, 1219 vehicles, Assault Value = 1906

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Ground combat at Singora [Thailand]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1146 troops, 20 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 94

Defending force 4476 troops, 48 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 131

My ability to repair and upgrade plane factories and engine factories in the Home Islands is being crippled by a lack of supply so several AK TFs are sent to nearby islands to pull in all the supplies stockpiled there.

My decision to build my Mansyu engines in Manchukuo is really paying dividends as Manuchukuo is one of those areas of my Empire which produces significant excess supply on a daily basis and, as such, is best suited to sustaining a sustained engine building programme designed to utilise 1.8 million tons of supplies in the next year JUST for Mansyu expansion. Damn but a strategic bomber force is expensive. If I weren't interested in testing the mod by running the economy to the ragged edge I think I would cut most of the Ki-264 series and take the safer, easier and cheaper route of going for a more tactical and operational rather than strategic force.

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RE: Striking from Heaven: Nemo (J) vs 2ndACR (A) - 7/19/2008 2:03:52 PM

Nemo121

Posts: 5821
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/16/42

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TF 57 encounters mine field at Singapore [UK] (22,51)

Japanese Ships
MSW W.20
TK Nissyo Maru, Mine hits 2, on fire

Singapore's minefields claim another victim.

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TF 1006 encounters mine field at Colombo [Ceylon] (11,25)

Allied Ships
AK Shinai, Mine hits 1, on fire

Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported

Ah and a sign that the Allies are reinforcing Ceylon. Interesting, my CVs are ordered to avoid the Malacca Straits and instead take the straits between Java and Sumatra. There seem to be about a dozen Allied subs in this area and I'm hoping to hit a few of them with the 100+ strike craft on my CVs - all of which are set to naval search at 2000 feet.

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Naval bombardment of Koumac [New Cal], at 65,114

Japanese Ships
DD Sagi
DD Hato
DD Hayabusa
DD Ootori
CA Kinugasa
CA Aoba

Allied ground losses:
74 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

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Day Air attack on Shikuka [Sakhalin] , at 74,31

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 35
Ki-44IIa Tojo x 7

Allied aircraft
MiG-3 x 11

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zeke: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
MiG-3: 3 destroyed

My replacement of Navy Zero units with newly converted IJA Zero units continues while my premier fighter unit F1 Daitai/3rd Kokutai ( over 200 kills and all 3 of my top aces ) is making its way to Burma in order to spearhead the assault on Burma/India over the next 2 months.

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Day Air attack on Kan Hsien [C China] , at 45,39

Japanese aircraft
B4Y1 Jean x 75
Ki-27 Nate x 4

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 26

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Day Air attack on Batavia [Java] , at 20,60

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-I Lily x 102
Ki-21-II Sally x 96

Allied aircraft
Hurricane I x 10

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-I Lily: 5 destroyed, 1 damaged
Ki-21-II Sally: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane I: 1 destroyed
Beaufort VII: 2 destroyed

Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported

Airbase hits 23
Airbase supply hits 12
Runway hits 101

I forgot to re-assign escorts to this raid after setting the Zeroes at Palembang to LRCAP the convoy carrying my IJA Division to Merak. It cost me 5 bombers, damn.

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Day Air attack on Olongapo/Bataan , at 42,51

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 3
Ki-32 Mary x 97
Ki-48-I Lily x 40
Ki-49 -I Helen x 10
Ki-46-II Dinah x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-32 Mary: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
Ki-48-I Lily: 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported

Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 81

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Day Air attack on Pearl Harbor [Oahu] , at 114,72

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 8
Ki-21-II Sally x 122

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-II Sally: 2 damaged

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 121

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Day Air attack on ROC 61st Field Army , at 49,31

I should be in position to attack here tomorrow.

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-I Oscar x 7
Ki-32 Mary x 113
Ki-264 Angel x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
32 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Day Air attack on ROC 92nd Field Army , at 49,31

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 13
Ki-32 Mary x 35
Ki-51 Sonia x 97

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-32 Mary: 1 destroyed
Ki-51 Sonia: 3 damaged

Allied ground losses:
21 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Day Air attack on ROC 49th Field Army , at 52,40

Japanese aircraft
D3A2 Val x 45
E8N2 Dave x 17
Ki-27 Nate x 12

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
50 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

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Day Air attack on TF, near Koumac [New Cal] at 65,114

Japanese aircraft
F1M2 Pete-FF x 2

Allied aircraft
Hudson IV x 5

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
CA Aoba

A small Chutai of 12 IJA Zeroes is on its way here. I had 36 IJN Zeroes twice as close but I don't want to be drawn into committing IJN forces to the front line (beyond the 3rd Kokutai ) as once I commit a little more than I have undertaken to commit I will find myself getting slowly but surely drawn into committing more and more and I'll never build up that strategic reserve I require for 1943/44.

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Day Air attack on TF at 28,35

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 13

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AK Pasir, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

Allied ground losses:
39 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

He has managed this well. About 5 ship escaped Singapore just before it fell and I've only managed to hit this one. The other 3 or 4 are probably going to get clean away.

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Day Air attack on TF, near Koumac [New Cal] at 65,114

Japanese aircraft
F1M2 Pete-FF x 2

Allied aircraft
Hudson IV x 3

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
CA Aoba

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Ground combat at Olongapo/Bataan

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 26542 troops, 388 guns, 18 vehicles, Assault Value = 743

Defending force 27144 troops, 624 guns, 98 vehicles, Assault Value = 816

Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Ground combat at Iman [AMUR]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 93015 troops, 1610 guns, 1138 vehicles, Assault Value = 5237

I'm almost fully in place. Just one tank regiment and 1 infantry division are not yet in place. I'll wait until they are... In Manchuria another 800 AV and 1 Army HQ are on their way to reinforce these forces. So, I think things are looking good.

Defending force 36728 troops, 496 guns, 30 vehicles, Assault Value = 1071

Allied ground losses:
63 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Ground combat at Koumac [New Cal]

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 14922 troops, 175 guns, 39 vehicles, Assault Value = 534

Defending force 5608 troops, 137 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 219

Japanese max assault: 444 - adjusted assault: 225

Allied max defense: 177 - adjusted defense: 47

Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
307 casualties reported
Guns lost 10

Allied ground losses:
212 casualties reported
Guns lost 7

Good, the enemy force is pretty much rendered impotent. I'll leave 60 or so AV behind to hold Koumac but will push my main force through to Noumea and take that ASAP. I'll have to return to eliminate this force as its presence will prevent Koumac from producing supplies --- this is a pity as I was hoping to use the force for bomber training but even in removing it I can gain a lot of experience for my ground troops so it won't all be wasted.

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Ground combat at Honan [Cent China]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 88297 troops, 1331 guns, 43 vehicles, Assault Value = 2428

Defending force 44012 troops, 767 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 2050

Allied ground losses:
41 casualties reported

Tomorrow we attack.

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Ground combat at Butuan [Mndno]

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 2132 troops, 22 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 68

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

Japanese max assault: 53 - adjusted assault: 55

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 55 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Butuan [Mndno] base !!!

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

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Ground combat at Iman [AMUR]

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 26007 troops, 422 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1066

Defending force 240197 troops, 3879 guns, 2100 vehicles, Assault Value = 5237

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Ground combat at Singora [Thailand]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1138 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 70

Defending force 4482 troops, 50 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 131

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RE: Striking from Heaven: Nemo (J) vs 2ndACR (A) - 7/20/2008 1:27:25 AM

Nemo121

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/17/42

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ASW attack at 145,106

Japanese Ships
SS I-1, hits 4, on fire

I-4 was interdicting the SLOC south of Panama. She'll require a couple of months in a nice port but should survive. I'm sending another sub to replace her.

Allied Ships
DD Russell
DD Mustin
DD Hammann
DD Anderson
DD Sims
DD Hughes

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Day Air attack on Kan Hsien [C China] , at 45,39

Japanese aircraft
B4Y1 Jean x 78
Ki-27 Nate x 5

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 21

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Day Air attack on Batavia [Java] , at 20,60

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 27
A6M2-N Rufe-FF x 2
Ki-48-I Lily x 96
Ki-21-II Sally x 94

Allied aircraft
Hurricane I x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-I Lily: 1 damaged
Ki-21-II Sally: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane I: 6 destroyed

Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 15
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 232

This should pretty much close Batavia for business.

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Day Air attack on Pearl Harbor [Oahu] , at 114,72

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 8
Ki-21-II Sally x 126

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-II Sally: 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 90

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Day Air attack on ROC 9th Field Army , at 49,31

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 34
Ki-32 Mary x 44

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-32 Mary: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on ROC 96th Field Army , at 49,31

Japanese aircraft
Ki-51 Sonia x 104

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-51 Sonia: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged

Allied ground losses:
22 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Day Air attack on ROC 61st Field Army , at 49,31

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-I Oscar x 6
Ki-32 Mary x 85
Ki-264 Angel x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on ROC 49th Field Army , at 52,40

Japanese aircraft
D3A2 Val x 42
E8N2 Dave x 17
Ki-27 Nate x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A2 Val: 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on US Corregedor/Bataan Fortress, at 42,51

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 36
Ki-32 Mary x 78
Ki-48-I Lily x 33
Ki-49 -I Helen x 10

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-32 Mary: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
Ki-48-I Lily: 2 destroyed
Ki-49 -I Helen: 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Prepping for the assault here - it should probably arrive in 5 days or so.

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Day Air attack on TF, near Koumac [New Cal] at 65,114

Japanese aircraft
F1M2 Pete-FF x 2

Allied aircraft
Hudson IV x 6

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
CA Aoba

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Day Air attack on TF, near Rangoon [Burma] at 29,33

Japanese aircraft
B4Y1 Jean x 32

Allied aircraft
Buffalo/F2A x 3

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
AK Pasir, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported

Too late. The troops from Singapore have made it ashore.

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Ground combat at Olongapo/Bataan

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 26569 troops, 386 guns, 19 vehicles, Assault Value = 745

Defending force 27156 troops, 627 guns, 98 vehicles, Assault Value = 817

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Ground combat at Iman [AMUR]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 209006 troops, 3324 guns, 1422 vehicles, Assault Value = 5781

Defending force 36723 troops, 491 guns, 30 vehicles, Assault Value = 1071

Japanese ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Allied ground losses:
77 casualties reported
Guns lost 6

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Ground combat at Honan [Cent China]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 88576 troops, 1334 guns, 43 vehicles, Assault Value = 2794

Defending force 43962 troops, 767 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 2044

Allied ground losses:
23 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

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Ground combat at Iman [AMUR]

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 25934 troops, 414 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1066

Defending force 265942 troops, 4265 guns, 2193 vehicles, Assault Value = 5781

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Ground combat at Singora [Thailand]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1120 troops, 20 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 69

Defending force 4499 troops, 51 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 131

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Ground combat at La Foa [New Cal]

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 444 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 21

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

Japanese max assault: 17 - adjusted assault: 10

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 10 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE La Foa [New Cal] base !!!

The landings of the diviion at Merak go off without a hitch. My CAP even keeps the enemy air force away.

Elsewhere I'm finally ready to attac at Honan and am about a day away from attack at Iman. With the 2 Army HQs I am bringing in to Merak to help remove fatigue from my forces in DEI I expect to pick up the pace of the advance there also.

So, once my CV force makes Ceylon I'll send my main army body to Burma and begin its conquest.... by this time the 4 undamaged carriers of the PH attack force will be available and will provide escort to my invasion force ( while CVA Yamato and the CVLs keep the Royal Navy engaged far to the west.

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Post #: 65

RE: Striking from Heaven: Nemo (J) vs 2ndACR (A) - 7/20/2008 3:37:58 PM

Nemo121

Posts: 5821
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/18/42

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TF 80 encounters mine field at Port Blair [Andaman] (23,34)

Japanese Ships
LCVP AG-1413N, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

I've got 5 barge group ferrying supplies into Port Blair. They bring about 1,000 tons of supply every 6 days and that's enough to keep Port Blair well supplied.

Today also sees the beginning of reconnaisance flights against India and Burma. A Ki-46 II Dinah squadron will fly from Tavoy against targets in Burma while H6K-2 units at Port Blair split India at Calcutta. One squadron begins reconning coastal bases clockwise from Calcutta while the other works westward.

So, now 2ndACR will definitely know I am making for India but by reconning every base available I hope to keep him guessing as to precisely where I will land. So, strategic surprise is lost but I'm hoping to maintain operational surprise.

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TF 62 encounters mine field at Palembang [Sumatra] (20,55)

Japanese Ships
PG Ataka
PG Saga

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Day Air attack on Kan Hsien [C China] , at 45,39

Japanese aircraft
B4Y1 Jean x 77
Ki-27 Nate x 5

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 21

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Day Air attack on Bandoeng [Java] , at 19,61

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 33
Ki-48-I Lily x 104
Ki-21-II Sally x 99

Allied aircraft
CW-21B Demon x 6
Hawk 75 x 3
Hurricane I x 2

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zeke: 1 damaged
Ki-48-I Lily: 1 damaged
Ki-21-II Sally: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
CW-21B Demon: 7 destroyed
Hawk 75: 4 destroyed
Hurricane I: 1 destroyed

Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 15
Airbase supply hits 12
Runway hits 66

This is really just an exercise in using overwhelming force to force an enemy everbackward.

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Day Air attack on Pearl Harbor [Oahu] , at 114,72

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 8
Ki-21-II Sally x 128

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-II Sally: 2 damaged

Airbase hits 10
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 63

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Day Air attack on IJA Kiamuze Garrison Brigade, at 66,25

Allied aircraft
IL-2 Shturmovik x 25
MiG-3 x 18

Allied aircraft losses
IL-2 Shturmovik: 1 destroyed

Japanese ground losses:
13 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on ROC 9th Field Army , at 49,31

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 34
Ki-32 Mary x 42

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on ROC 92nd Field Army , at 49,31

Japanese aircraft
Ki-51 Sonia x 107

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-51 Sonia: 3 destroyed, 4 damaged

Allied ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Day Air attack on ROC 84th Field Army , at 49,31

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-I Oscar x 6
Ki-32 Mary x 114
Ki-264 Angel x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-32 Mary: 4 damaged

Allied ground losses:
38 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Day Air attack on ROC 49th Field Army , at 52,40

Japanese aircraft
D3A2 Val x 42
E8N2 Dave x 23
Ki-27 Nate x 16

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A2 Val: 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
37 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Day Air attack on TF, near Koumac [New Cal] at 65,114

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 3
F1M2 Pete-FF x 2

Allied aircraft
Hudson IV x 5

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Hudson IV: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Kinugasa

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Day Air attack on TF at 107,41

Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
DD SN Revnostny

Ah a Soviet DD escaped from Siberia. It is obviously out of fuel as it is only making 2 hexes per day. Well I'll get a few chances to hit it, hopefully I'll get lucky. If not then I'll console myself that its only a DD.

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Day Air attack on TF, near Koumac [New Cal] at 65,114

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 4
F1M2 Pete-FF x 2

Allied aircraft
Hudson IV x 3

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
CA Aoba

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Day Air attack on TF, near Akyab [Burma] at 30,28

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 21

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AK Trieste, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AK Federlock

Hmm, I had a little recon off Burma but have recently boosted it on a whim. Previously I wasn't seeing anything in this area but today, after boosting my recon, I've seen 3 enemy transport convoys at sea. I wonder what else I've missed over the past fortnight? Hmm...

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Ground combat at Olongapo/Bataan

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 26694 troops, 387 guns, 19 vehicles, Assault Value = 750

Defending force 27146 troops, 629 guns, 98 vehicles, Assault Value = 816

Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Ground combat at Iman [AMUR]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 232267 troops, 3659 guns, 1522 vehicles, Assault Value = 6219

Defending force 36589 troops, 484 guns, 30 vehicles, Assault Value = 1068

Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Allied ground losses:
52 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Tomorrow we attack. I have enough engineers along to remove their forts and enough troops to assure myself of, at least, a 2 or 3 to 1. There's a Fortified Region there though so my biggest worry is that this region will take another 4 or 5 days to reduce and give the Soviets the chance to retreat and set up a formidable defence at the next base on the line again... and while I have the force to push through for a while yet I have wrecked two divisions taking Vlad and undoubtedly will wreck another 1 or 2 taking Iman. Unless I can pursue I won't be able to push the enemy back past Borzya before I run out of troops.

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Ground combat at Honan [Cent China]

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 107362 troops, 1557 guns, 383 vehicles, Assault Value = 2797

Defending force 44056 troops, 763 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 2053

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2

Japanese max assault: 5550 - adjusted assault: 1782

Allied max defense: 1545 - adjusted defense: 583

Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0

Japanese ground losses:
5486 casualties reported
Guns lost 109
Vehicles lost 8

Allied ground losses:
741 casualties reported
Guns lost 14
Vehicles lost 1

Excellen, the fortifications are all removed and tomorrow Honan should fall. I've lost about 180 AV here today ( half a division ) but when the Chinese are forced back they should lose 400 AV ( 20% of 2,000 ) so, overall, my military superiority should increase. Why is this important? Well, it will prove crucial in the battle to take Sian as intact as possible since the more I outnumber its defenders by the time I get there the fewer resources and HI will be damaged... and industrial capacity is the ENTIRE reason behind this drive into Communist Northern China. They have HI, OIL and RESOURCES I want in order to increase my production. Once I have them and have blocked off the Burma Road into China I'll sit back and resource bomb Nationalist China into oblivion.

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Ground combat at Iman [AMUR]

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 25850 troops, 413 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1061

Defending force 287272 troops, 4489 guns, 2603 vehicles, Assault Value = 6219

Japanese ground losses:
13 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Singora [Thailand]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1114 troops, 20 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 69

Defending force 4513 troops, 53 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 131

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RE: Striking from Heaven: Nemo (J) vs 2ndACR (A) - 7/20/2008 3:52:05 PM

Nemo121

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/19/42

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ASW attack at 20,59

Japanese Ships
DD Honda
PC Ch 9
PC Ch 8
DE Uji
DD Hatakaze
DD Fumizuki
DD Minazuki
DD Amagiri
DD Sagiri
DD Ayanami
DD Inazuma
DD Akatsuki
DD Ariake
DD Wakaba
DD Hatsushimo
DD Nenohi
DD Yamagumo
DD Natsugumo
DD Arashio
DD Asashio

Allied Ships
SS S-36, hits 7, on fire, heavy damage

I've got the vast majority of the IJN berthed at Singapore and this means I have over 50 DDs available for ASW work. I've taken every DD with no system damage and organised them into two ASW TFs and sent them to some of the hexes in which my CVs have spotted Allied submarines. They've had a conspicuous lack of success for the past 4 days but today they did excellently, sinking two USN S-class submarines.

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ASW attack near Merak/Serang [Java] at 19,59

Japanese Ships
DD Matsukaze
DD Harukaze
DD Asakaze
DD Nagatsuki
DD Satsuki
DD Yugiri
DD Asagiri
DD Shikinami

Allied Ships
SS S-39, hits 5, on fire, heavy damage

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TF 4 encounters mine field at Singapore [UK] (22,51)

Japanese Ships
MSW W.20
MSW W.6
MSW W.3
MSW W.2
DMS Shumushu

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TF 57 encounters mine field at Singapore [UK] (22,51)

Japanese Ships
MSW W.11
MSW W.10
MSW W.9
MSW W.4
MSW W.1
DMS Ishigaki
DMS Kunashiri

Mineclearing operations at Singapore. Note the presence of the fast MSWs and DMS as they are earmarked as escorts for my invasion convoys.

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Day Air attack on Kan Hsien [C China] , at 45,39

Japanese aircraft
B4Y1 Jean x 76
Ki-27 Nate x 5

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 17

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Day Air attack on Pearl Harbor [Oahu] , at 114,72

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 8
Ki-21-II Sally x 129

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-II Sally: 2 destroyed, 4 damaged

Airbase hits 9
Runway hits 102

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Day Air attack on ROC 59th Field Army , at 49,34

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 34
Ki-43-I Oscar x 6
Ki-32 Mary x 138
Ki-264 Angel x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
113 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

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Day Air attack on KNIL Mobiele Eenheid , at 20,60

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 9
G3M2 Nell x 9
G4M1 Betty x 41

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
45 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 2

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Day Air attack on KNIL 6th Regiment, at 20,60

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 26
Ki-48-I Lily x 102
Ki-21-II Sally x 89

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-I Lily: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
Ki-21-II Sally: 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
41 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Day Air attack on KNIL 6th Regiment, at 20,60

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 3
G3M2 Nell x 7
G4M1 Betty x 28

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on KNIL Riouw Garrison Battalion, at 22,53

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 3
B4Y1 Jean x 9

Allied aircraft
RTAF V-92C x 7

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Allied ground losses:
3 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Day Air attack on Pp Army 31st Division, at 42,51

Japanese aircraft
Ki-32 Mary x 25
Ki-48-I Lily x 13
Ki-49 -I Helen x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-32 Mary: 1 destroyed
Ki-48-I Lily: 1 damaged

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Day Air attack on US Corregedor/Bataan Fortress, at 42,51

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 7
Ki-32 Mary x 53
Ki-48-I Lily x 27
Ki-49 -I Helen x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-32 Mary: 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Prepping Bataan for the coming assault.

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Day Air attack on ML/KNIL Singkep Base Force, at 22,53

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 5
B4Y1 Jean x 28

Allied aircraft
RTAF V-92C x 8

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Allied ground losses:
18 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on TF at 109,40

Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 8

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
DD SN Revnostny

The Revnostny survives another day of bombing.

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Day Air attack on TF at 28,33

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 25

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
LCVP LCP(L) No. 185, Shell hits 20, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
LCVP LCP(L) No. 181, Shell hits 4, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
LCVP LCP(L) No. 183

The 2nd of the 3 convoys near Burma/South-Eastern India gets hit. The 3rd has made it to Ceylon. I wonder what it was carrying? I'm betting it was carrying troops for Ceylon.

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Ground combat at Olongapo/Bataan

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 26806 troops, 390 guns, 19 vehicles, Assault Value = 752

Defending force 26999 troops, 629 guns, 97 vehicles, Assault Value = 814

Allied ground losses:
9 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Iman [AMUR]

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 264324 troops, 3847 guns, 2477 vehicles, Assault Value = 6283

Defending force 36591 troops, 484 guns, 30 vehicles, Assault Value = 1065

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0

My engineer regiments reduced the fort level from FIVE to ZERO. That's brilliant work. All of my Manchukuo forces have gained SOOO much experience over the last month that they are now truly formidable and these Engineer Regiments are now absolutely the best in my entire army.

Japanese max assault: 12476 - adjusted assault: 8745

Allied max defense: 975 - adjusted defense: 1427

Japanese assault odds: 6 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Iman [AMUR] base !!!

Japanese ground losses:
10670 casualties reported
Guns lost 225
Vehicles lost 14

Allied ground losses:
4301 casualties reported
Guns lost 81

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Another IJA division is completely wrecked but the Allies are forced back and MASSIVELY IMPORTANTLY the Fortified Region at Iman is over-run.... which means that I can pursue the Soviets immediately. In two days time I expect to be able to attack these retreating forces and rout even more of their troops. With a little luck these troops won't be of any use by the time they stumble into the next Soviet base.

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Ground combat at Honan [Cent China]

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 96447 troops, 1397 guns, 369 vehicles, Assault Value = 2571

Defending force 43099 troops, 731 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 2005

Japanese max assault: 4232 - adjusted assault: 1126

Allied max defense: 1583 - adjusted defense: 491

Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Honan [Cent China] base !!!

Japanese ground losses:
5073 casualties reported
Guns lost 79
Vehicles lost 3

Allied ground losses:
1229 casualties reported
Guns lost 55

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Even though my forces at Honan were massively disrupted after the last attack I decided to take a chance and have them attack for one more day. I'm happy to say that the plan worked and Honan fell - just barely. The poor AV of my forces is due to most of them being out of supply due to the interruption of my supply line at Sinyang by 2 Chinese Field Armies.

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Ground combat at Sinyang [Cent China]

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 8968 troops, 74 guns, 29 vehicles, Assault Value = 207

Defending force 10172 troops, 173 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 527

Japanese max assault: 422 - adjusted assault: 99

Allied max defense: 405 - adjusted defense: 41

Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
1598 casualties reported
Guns lost 25
Vehicles lost 1

Allied ground losses:
78 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Well, what do you know? I took a chance that the Chinese would be out of supply as they are at the end of a long and tenuous supply line and thus ordered a single Japanese Brigade to Shock Attack two entire Chinese Armies. The end result was a smashing success with the Chinese forced back. There's still another Field Army on the way ( I am assuming ) but I also have an IJA divisions which I'm diverting to Sinyang to help out.

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Ground combat at 68,31

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14635 troops, 156 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 685

Defending force 14621 troops, 0 guns, 895 vehicles, Assault Value = 429

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Ground combat at Singora [Thailand]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1132 troops, 20 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 70

Defending force 4544 troops, 54 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 132

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RE: Striking from Heaven: Nemo (J) vs 2ndACR (A) - 7/20/2008 4:04:22 PM

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Reinforcement efforts into Merak are continuing apace now that my DDs and fighers have removed the naval and aerial threats to my shipping. 2 Army HQs and 1 IJA and 1 Royal Thai Army divisions have or are due to land over the next 5 days. In addition I've landed some 10,000 tons of supplies which means that the forces at Merak which had previously been in the red in terms of supply are all now fully supplied. With the HQs present to provide additional support I expect to begin reducing the crippling fatigue ( over 60 for almost all units ) and disruption ( over 40 or most units ) which has built up over the past month. Then the attack will continue.

Logistics really are the key. Poor logistics and support will slow attacks more than enemy resistance much of the time. There's a lesson here for every player.

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Day Air attack on Kan Hsien [C China] , at 45,39

Japanese aircraft
B4Y1 Jean x 77
Ki-27 Nate x 2

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 38

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Day Air attack on Kendari [Celebes] , at 33,71

Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 9

No Allied losses

Ah, I haven't seen these planes for a long time. I wonder why they are in Oz? I told 2ndACR yesterday that I was going to invade India... Maybe he doesn't believe me? I have a history of telling my opponents where I'm going to invade as that allows them to better marshall their forces and provide stiffer resistance - which makes the invasion more challenging and thus more enjoyable as I get to operate at the knife edge of the possible. Perhaps he isn't aware of that and thinks my statement that I will be invading India next month is some sort of maskirovka. There's an irony to the fact that the bare truth may be what convinces him I won't go for India.

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Day Air attack on IJA 2nd Tank Brigade, at 68,31

Allied aircraft
IL-2 Shturmovik x 6
SB-2M x 12

No Allied losses

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Day Air attack on IJA 1st Tank Brigade, at 68,31

Allied aircraft
IL-2 Shturmovik x 27
LaGG-3 x 7
SB-2M x 28

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
62 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 4

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Day Air attack on IJA 1st Tank Brigade, at 68,31

Allied aircraft
SB-2M x 65

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
44 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

These bombers got a day of free attacks as my tank formations outstripped my infantry formations. Tomorrow my FlAK will be in the area and they will pay for their attacks.

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Day Air attack on ROC 55th Field Army , at 48,33

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 31
Ki-43-I Oscar x 6
Ki-32 Mary x 146
Ki-264 Angel x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

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Day Air attack on ROC 49th Field Army , at 52,40

Japanese aircraft
D3A2 Val x 42
E8N2 Dave x 34
Ki-27 Nate x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A2 Val: 1 destroyed

Allied ground losses:
25 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Day Air attack on KNIL Mobiele Eenheid , at 20,60

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 7
Ki-48-I Lily x 84
Ki-21-II Sally x 75

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-I Lily: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
Ki-21-II Sally: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged

Allied ground losses:
56 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 4

Softening Batavia up.

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Day Air attack on KNIL Mobiele Eenheid , at 20,60

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 14
G3M2 Nell x 20
G4M1 Betty x 68

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
9 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on Pp Army 31st Division, at 42,51

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 7
Ki-32 Mary x 46
Ki-48-I Lily x 25
Ki-49 -I Helen x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-32 Mary: 3 destroyed, 1 damaged
Ki-48-I Lily: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged

Allied ground losses:
25 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Day Air attack on US Army 60th Coast AA Regiment, at 42,51

Japanese aircraft
Ki-32 Mary x 31
Ki-48-I Lily x 13
Ki-49 -I Helen x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-32 Mary: 1 destroyed
Ki-48-I Lily: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged
Ki-49 -I Helen: 1 destroyed

Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Day Air attack on ML/KNIL Singkep Base Force, at 22,53

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 3
B4Y1 Jean x 30

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on TF at 21,59

Allied aircraft
Martin 139 x 2

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
DD Minegumo

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Day Air attack on TF at 22,59

Allied aircraft
Martin 139 x 2

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
DD Inazuma

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Day Air attack on TF, near Rangoon [Burma] at 29,33

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 27

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
LCVP LCP(L) No. 183, Shell hits 8, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
LCVP LCP(L) No. 184, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
LCVP LCP(L) No. 180, Shell hits 4, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

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ASW attack at 21,59

Japanese Ships
DD Matsukaze
DD Harukaze
DD Nagatsuki
DD Satsuki
DD Asagiri
DD Shikinami
DD Uranami
DD Murakumo
DD Hatsuyuki
DD Shirayuki
DD Isonami
DD Shirakumo
DD Usugumo
DD Shinonome
DD Fubuki
DD Hibiki
DD Samidare
DD Yudachi
DD Harusame
DD Murasame
DD Shiratsuyu
DD Asagumo
DD Minegumo

Allied Ships
SS KXIII

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Ground combat at Olongapo/Bataan

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 26865 troops, 395 guns, 19 vehicles, Assault Value = 3882

Defending force 26866 troops, 619 guns, 96 vehicles, Assault Value = 813

We're almost ready for the attack here.

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Ground combat at Singora [Thailand]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1131 troops, 18 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 70

Defending force 4580 troops, 53 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 136

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Post #: 68

RE: Striking from Heaven: Nemo (J) vs 2ndACR (A) - 7/21/2008 1:25:07 PM

Nemo121

Posts: 5821
Joined: 2/6/2004
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/21/42

We've been talking about the situation in the Soviet Union and 2ndACR seems intent on trying to hold at Khabarovsk. I think he can only muster about 2,000 AV for the defence there ( which won't be enough ) and we've been discussing his plan to defend at Khabarovsk. I've advised him that while it will hurt me to attack across a river the 50% chance that 7 Soviet divisions will retreat towards Komsomolsk if pushed back from Khabarovsk is just too high to take. If they retreat toward Khabarovsk then he loses all of Siberia - and to my mind that's just not worth the minimal benefit he will gain.

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ASW attack at 22,59

Japanese Ships
DD Honda
PC Ch 9
PC Ch 8
DE Uji
DD Hatakaze
DD Fumizuki
DD Minazuki
DD Amagiri
DD Sagiri
DD Ayanami
DD Inazuma
DD Akatsuki
DD Ariake
DD Wakaba
DD Hatsushimo
DD Nenohi
DD Yamagumo
DD Arashio
DD Oyashio

Allied Ships
SS O16, hits 4

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TF 5 encounters mine field at Palembang [Sumatra] (20,55)

Japanese Ships
PC Ch 1

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ASW attack at 21,59

Japanese Ships
DD Matsukaze
DD Harukaze
DD Nagatsuki
DD Satsuki
DD Yugiri
DD Asagiri
DD Shikinami
DD Uranami

Allied Ships
SS KXIII, hits 4

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ASW attack at 22,59

Japanese Ships
DD Honda
PC Ch 9
PC Ch 8
DE Uji
DD Hatakaze
DD Fumizuki
DD Minazuki
DD Amagiri
DD Sagiri
DD Inazuma
DD Akatsuki
DD Ariake
DD Wakaba
DD Hatsushimo
DD Nenohi
DD Yamagumo
DD Oyashio

Allied Ships
SS O16, hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

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Day Air attack on Wuchow [C China] , at 42,39

Japanese aircraft
B4Y1 Jean x 77

Japanese aircraft losses
B4Y1 Jean: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 22

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Day Air attack on Rangoon [Burma] , at 29,33

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 47

Allied aircraft
Buffalo/F2A x 6

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Buffalo/F2A: 6 destroyed

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Day Air attack on Kendari [Celebes] , at 33,71

Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 6

No Allied losses

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Day Air attack on Pearl Harbor [Oahu] , at 114,72

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 8
Ki-21-II Sally x 128

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-II Sally: 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
2 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 42

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Day Air attack on IJA 20th Division, at 68,31

Allied aircraft
SB-2M x 9

Allied aircraft losses
SB-2M: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
18 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on IJA Kirin Garrison Brigade, at 68,31

Allied aircraft
SB-2M x 15

Allied aircraft losses
SB-2M: 2 destroyed

Japanese ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

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Day Air attack on IJA 25th Division, at 68,31

Allied aircraft
IL-2 Shturmovik x 6
SB-2M x 19

Allied aircraft losses
IL-2 Shturmovik: 2 damaged
SB-2M: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
23 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Day Air attack on IJA 24th Division, at 68,31

Allied aircraft
IL-2 Shturmovik x 20
LaGG-3 x 6
SB-2M x 23

Allied aircraft losses
IL-2 Shturmovik: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
59 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

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Day Air attack on IJA 24th Division, at 68,31

Allied aircraft
SB-2M x 9

Allied aircraft losses
SB-2M: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
15 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on IMA 4th Dist. Army Brigade, at 68,31

Allied aircraft
SB-2M x 27

Allied aircraft losses
SB-2M: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
45 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

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Day Air attack on ROC 9th Field Army , at 48,31

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-I Oscar x 6
Ki-32 Mary x 85
Ki-264 Angel x 2

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
21 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Day Air attack on ROC 61st Field Army , at 48,31

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 30
Ki-32 Mary x 53

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
19 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on Red 15th Guerilla Regiment, at 52,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-51 Sonia x 108

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
49 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

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Day Air attack on ROC 49th Field Army , at 52,40

Japanese aircraft
D3A2 Val x 41
E8N2 Dave x 35
Ki-27 Nate x 20

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
37 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on KNIL Mobiele Eenheid , at 20,60

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 7
Ki-48-I Lily x 63
Ki-21-II Sally x 63

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-I Lily: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
Ki-21-II Sally: 1 destroyed

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

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Day Air attack on KNIL Mobiele Eenheid , at 20,60

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 12
G3M2 Nell x 20
G4M1 Betty x 79

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
25 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on KNIL 6th Regiment, at 20,60

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 21
Ki-48-I Lily x 16
Ki-21-II Sally x 16

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-II Sally: 1 destroyed

Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Day Air attack on US Army 60th Coast AA Regiment, at 42,51

Japanese aircraft
Ki-32 Mary x 32
Ki-48-I Lily x 15
Ki-49 -I Helen x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-32 Mary: 2 destroyed
Ki-48-I Lily: 3 destroyed

Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Day Air attack on US Corregedor/Bataan Fortress, at 42,51

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 7
Ki-32 Mary x 41
Ki-48-I Lily x 17
Ki-49 -I Helen x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-I Lily: 3 damaged

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Day Air attack on ML/KNIL Singkep Base Force, at 22,53

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 2
B4Y1 Jean x 26
Ki-48-I Lily x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
B4Y1 Jean: 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
38 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

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Day Air attack on TF, near Kodiak [Alaska] at 111,33

Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 11

Allied aircraft
P-40B Tomahawk x 8

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
SC Quesnel, Bomb hits 1, on fire

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Ground combat at Olongapo/Bataan

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 150799 troops, 2072 guns, 506 vehicles, Assault Value = 4591

Defending force 26860 troops, 617 guns, 95 vehicles, Assault Value = 810

Allied ground losses:
21 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Ground combat at 68,31

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 152585 troops, 1808 guns, 1503 vehicles, Assault Value = 5775

Defending force 642 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 46

Japanese max assault: 6998 - adjusted assault: 3589

Allied max defense: 41 - adjusted defense: 3

Japanese assault odds: 1196 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
407 casualties reported
Guns lost 12

Allied ground losses:
435 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Pushing through from Iman and putting pressure on Khabarovsk. I'm trying to force a withdrawal from there without a fight. I'd win the fight but winning without fighting is easier.

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Ground combat at Singora [Thailand]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1131 troops, 18 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 69

Defending force 4620 troops, 53 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 140

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Post #: 69

RE: Striking from Heaven: Nemo (J) vs 2ndACR (A) - 7/21/2008 8:23:13 PM

Capt. Harlock

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A good day for Japanese ASW. Interesting -- his B-19 raids appear to have stopped. I wonder if it's for re-basing, or he simply decided the losses were too high?

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Post #: 70

RE: Striking from Heaven: Nemo (J) vs 2ndACR (A) - 7/21/2008 8:30:03 PM

Nemo121

Posts: 5821
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/22/42

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TF 38 encounters mine field at Merak/Serang [Java] (19,59)

Japanese Ships
DD Matsukaze
DD Asakaze
DD Nagatsuki
DD Isonami
DD Shirakumo
DD Shiratsuyu
DD Shirayuki, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Harukaze
DD Asagumo

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TF 57 encounters mine field at Singapore [UK] (22,51)

And Singapore is now pretty much free of mines... just in time for Hosho to make port. She gained almost 20 flotation damage during her 360 mile dash to Singapore and almot certainly wouldn't have survived another day.

Japanese Ships
MSW W.11
MSW W.10
MSW W.9
MSW W.4
MSW W.1
DMS Ishigaki
DMS Kunashiri

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Day Air attack on Wuchow [C China] , at 42,39

Japanese aircraft
B4Y1 Jean x 68

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
17 casualties reported

Airbase hits 7
Runway hits 21

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Day Air attack on Rangoon [Burma] , at 29,33

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 46

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on Kendari [Celebes] , at 33,71

Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 6

No Allied losses

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Day Air attack on Pearl Harbor [Oahu] , at 114,72

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 8
Ki-21-II Sally x 126

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-II Sally: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
OS2U-3 Kingfisher: 1 destroyed

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 89

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Day Air attack on Nome [Alaska] , at 104,23

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe-FF x 3

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 17
B-24D Liberator x 9
B-25D Mitchell x 31

That's a pretty big raid. I'll have to bring in some Zeroes and a proper base force to do something about this.

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2-N Rufe-FF: 3 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-25D Mitchell: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 15

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Day Air attack on IJA 2nd Tank Brigade, at 69,30

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 41

Allied aircraft
IL-2 Shturmovik x 6
R-12 x 3
SB-2M x 17

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zeke: 6 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
IL-2 Shturmovik: 6 destroyed
SB-2M: 9 destroyed

And now for the promised ambush...

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Day Air attack on IJA 1st Tank Brigade, at 69,30

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 41

Allied aircraft
IL-2 Shturmovik x 18
LaGG-3 x 6
SB-2M x 23

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zeke: 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
IL-2 Shturmovik: 14 destroyed
LaGG-3: 5 destroyed
SB-2M: 5 destroyed

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Day Air attack on IJA 1st Tank Brigade, at 69,30

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 20

Allied aircraft
SB-2M x 45

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zeke: 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
SB-2M: 15 destroyed, 2 damaged

54 Soviets downed, no Japanese fighters lost. Not a bad day's work.

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Day Air attack on ROC 61st Field Army , at 48,31

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-I Oscar x 6
Ki-32 Mary x 124
Ki-264 Angel x 2

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
41 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Day Air attack on ROC 84th Field Army , at 48,31

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 31
Ki-32 Mary x 35

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
15 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on Red 15th Guerilla Regiment, at 52,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-51 Sonia x 109

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
45 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Day Air attack on ROC 49th Field Army , at 52,40

Japanese aircraft
D3A2 Val x 41
Ki-27 Nate x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A2 Val: 1 destroyed

Allied ground losses:
50 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

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Day Air attack on KM MLD Marine Battalion, at 20,60

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 8
Ki-48-I Lily x 66
Ki-21-II Sally x 56

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-I Lily: 1 damaged
Ki-21-II Sally: 2 damaged

Allied ground losses:
75 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

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Day Air attack on KM MLD Marine Battalion, at 20,60

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 18
G3M2 Nell x 19
G4M1 Betty x 81

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Day Air attack on KNIL 6th Regiment, at 20,60

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 18
Ki-48-I Lily x 23
Ki-21-II Sally x 33

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-II Sally: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Day Air attack on ML/KNIL Singkep Base Force, at 22,53

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 2
B4Y1 Jean x 27
Ki-48-I Lily x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
B4Y1 Jean: 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
28 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on TF, near Kodiak [Alaska] at 111,33

Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 8

Allied aircraft
P-40B Tomahawk x 9

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
SC Edmundston, Bomb hits 1, on fire

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Ground combat at Olongapo/Bataan

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 181058 troops, 2550 guns, 901 vehicles, Assault Value = 4610

Defending force 26806 troops, 618 guns, 95 vehicles, Assault Value = 806

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0

Japanese max assault: 9016 - adjusted assault: 5686

Allied max defense: 668 - adjusted defense: 743

Japanese assault odds: 7 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Olongapo/Bataan base !!!

Japanese ground losses:
6879 casualties reported
Guns lost 180
Vehicles lost 5

Allied ground losses:
30235 casualties reported
Guns lost 755
Vehicles lost 46

And that's the end of the Phillipines ( except for a single base I'm keeping for training, for now. ). Tomorrow the first of my waiting transports will transport the troops from here to Singapore and then things should get pretty exciting as I can pick the pace up once again.

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Ground combat at 69,30

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 14590 troops, 0 guns, 892 vehicles, Assault Value = 430

Defending force 44 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 6

Japanese max assault: 626 - adjusted assault: 209

Allied max defense: 3 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 209 to 1

Allied ground losses:
17 casualties reported

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

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Ground combat at Ichang [C China]

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 9951 troops, 155 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 510

Defending force 1829 troops, 40 guns, 9 vehicles, Assault Value = 69

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Ground combat at Singora [Thailand]

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 4488 troops, 50 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 132

Defending force 2520 troops, 27 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 68

Allied max assault: 224 - adjusted assault: 48

Japanese max defense: 67 - adjusted defense: 187

Allied assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese ground losses:
37 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Allied ground losses:
126 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Singora [Thailand]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1113 troops, 18 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 66

Defending force 4286 troops, 46 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 116

As re: B-19s... I'm sure it is rebasing. He will, undoubtedly have them in either Oz or India and will seek to hit me with them when he feels the invasion of India/Oz is approaching his shores. 2nd ACR is aggressive. He won't leave those planes sitting around in order to save them for a museum somewhere

< Message edited by Nemo121 -- 7/21/2008 8:31:48 PM >

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Post #: 71

RE: Striking from Heaven: Nemo (J) vs 2ndACR (A) - 7/25/2008 12:41:08 AM

Nemo121

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/23/42

All in all a very quiet day. Hundreds of transports are gathering at Singapore ( over 300 ) and the Phillipines ( over 200 ) to support the invasion of Burma and to bring the Phillipine invasion force to Singapore for rebuilding. Major ASW TFs ( over 50 ships in several TFs ) are sanitising the seas between Bataan and Singapore. So far so good, the Allied ships seem to be concentrated around Java.

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TF 38 encounters mine field at Merak/Serang [Java] (19,59)

Japanese Ships
DD Fubuki
DD Samidare
DD Murasame
DD Shiratsuyu

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TF 10 encounters mine field at Olongapo/Bataan (42,51)

Japanese Ships
MSW W.7

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Day Air attack on Wuchow [C China] , at 42,39

Japanese aircraft
B4Y1 Jean x 79

Japanese aircraft losses
B4Y1 Jean: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 34

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Day Air attack on Rangoon [Burma] , at 29,33

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 45

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on Kendari [Celebes] , at 33,71

Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 7

No Allied losses

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Day Air attack on Pearl Harbor [Oahu] , at 114,72

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 14
Ki-21-II Sally x 120

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-II Sally: 2 damaged

Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported

Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 127

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Day Air attack on IJA 2nd Tank Brigade, at 69,29

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 9

Allied aircraft
R-12 x 1

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

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Day Air attack on ROC 55th Field Army , at 49,34

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 31
Ki-43-I Oscar x 8
Ki-32 Mary x 146
Ki-264 Angel x 2

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
26 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Day Air attack on Red 15th Guerilla Regiment, at 52,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-51 Sonia x 109

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
19 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on ROC 49th Field Army , at 52,40

Japanese aircraft
D3A2 Val x 43
E8N2 Dave x 35
Ki-27 Nate x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
18 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on KM MLD Marine Battalion, at 20,60

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 28
Ki-48-I Lily x 84
Ki-21-II Sally x 73

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-I Lily: 3 damaged

Allied ground losses:
31 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

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Day Air attack on KM MLD Marine Battalion, at 20,60

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 3
G3M2 Nell x 8
G4M1 Betty x 40

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

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Day Air attack on KNIL Riouw Garrison Battalion, at 22,53

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 6
B4Y1 Jean x 30
Ki-48-I Lily x 11

Japanese aircraft losses
B4Y1 Jean: 2 damaged

Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on ML/KNIL Singkep Base Force, at 22,53

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 3
B4Y1 Jean x 8
Ki-48-I Lily x 10

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
24 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on TF at 19,27

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 11

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
AP Aorangi
AP Duchess of Bedford

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Day Air attack on IJA 2nd Tank Brigade, at 69,29

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 9

Allied aircraft
R-12 x 1

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

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Ground combat at Khabarovsk [AMUR]

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 65246 troops, 1105 guns, 295 vehicles, Assault Value = 2344

Defending force 14672 troops, 0 guns, 896 vehicles, Assault Value = 433

Allied max assault: 2193 - adjusted assault: 1821

Japanese max defense: 409 - adjusted defense: 303

Allied assault odds: 6 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
833 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 55

Allied ground losses:
315 casualties reported
Guns lost 12
Vehicles lost 3

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

My probing tank force is kicked out.

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Ground combat at Honan [Cent China]

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 5022 troops, 69 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 268

Defending force 95003 troops, 1318 guns, 207 vehicles, Assault Value = 2282

Allied max assault: 248 - adjusted assault: 0

Japanese max defense: 2274 - adjusted defense: 1573

Allied assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied ground losses:
1755 casualties reported
Guns lost 41

A Chinese Army from Yenen tried to cut around behind my troops after they had taken Honan. It was a really nice move and if I'd moved on from Honan immediately I'd have been in a world of hurt with my army's supply lines cut in the midst of a major Chinese force and would have had to scramble to find new troops to bring into play.

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Ground combat at Ichang [C China]

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 9991 troops, 156 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 772

Defending force 943 troops, 20 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 35

Japanese ground losses:
9 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Singora [Thailand]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1120 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 66

Defending force 4200 troops, 40 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 113

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Post #: 72

RE: Striking from Heaven: Nemo (J) vs 2ndACR (A) - 7/25/2008 12:59:02 AM

Nemo121

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/25/42

I missed a day but nothing much happened. About the only thing of any note is that I've begun combat-loading my Burmese invasion force at Singapore and that the CV TF centred around Yamato ( Yamato and 4 CVLs ) is just about in striking range of Ceylon.

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Day Air attack on Wuchow [C China] , at 42,39

Japanese aircraft
B4Y1 Jean x 79

Japanese aircraft losses
B4Y1 Jean: 2 destroyed

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 19

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Day Air attack on Ichang [C China] , at 47,34

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 34
Ki-43-I Oscar x 6
Ki-32 Mary x 196
Ki-264 Angel x 3

No Japanese losses

Resources hits 68

I let the Chinese take Ichang and, in return, I'm bombing its resources into nothingness, thus depriving them of its value.

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Day Air attack on Bandoeng [Java] , at 19,61

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 25
Ki-48-I Lily x 99
Ki-21-II Sally x 90

Allied aircraft
CW-21B Demon x 2

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zeke: 1 damaged
Ki-48-I Lily: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
CW-21B Demon: 2 destroyed

Allied ground losses:
9 casualties reported

Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 12
Runway hits 108

Gees, Java is just utterly incapable of offering any resistance right now. In a couple of days I will look into launching Betty and Sally raids in conjunction ( bettys for distant targets, Sallys for targets close to palembang ) with a view to closing the airfields. My troops at Merak are STILL low on supplies ( despite the fact that I've shipping in over 20,000 tons of supplies... I'm shipping another 7,000 tons in and will take Toboali in a couple of days - with a view to allowing my barges to run supplies from Toboali to Merak. 400 tons of supplies PER DAY should solve this supply problem. ) an because they are low on supplies their fatigue is massive ( more than 70 ) and their rate of progress abysmal. I am considering dropping 4 or 5 divisions behind Soerabaja just to speed things up and end this campaign ASAP. I'm getting bored by it and want to being pressurising Australia ASAP.

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Day Air attack on Kendari [Celebes] , at 33,71

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 5

Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 8

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17D Fortress: 2 destroyed

Resources hits 1

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Day Air attack on Koumac [New Cal] , at 65,114

Ah, B-17s from Oz attack Koumac. I have enough fighters and Rufes to attrit them and can accept a few resource hits as the cost of doing so.

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 4
A6M2-N Rufe-FF x 10

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 32

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

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
19 casualties reported

Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 7

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Day Air attack on Koumac [New Cal] , at 65,114

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 4
A6M2-N Rufe-FF x 10

Allied aircraft
B-19A x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2-N Rufe-FF: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-19A: 1 destroyed

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 4

B-19s too eh? Interesting, he really has invested in defending Oz.

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Day Air attack on Pearl Harbor [Oahu] , at 114,72

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 8
Ki-21-II Sally x 119

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-II Sally: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
PBY-5 Catalina: 1 destroyed

Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 9
Runway hits 79

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Day Air attack on Nome [Alaska] , at 104,23

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe-FF x 3

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 21
B-24D Liberator x 11

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2-N Rufe-FF: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 1 destroyed

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 17

A Zero Sentai is only 1 day away so they will transfer to Nome and resist these strikes.

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Day Air attack on Dutch Harbor [AK] , at 102,37

Allied aircraft
Mosquito NF x 23

No Allied losses

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Day Air attack on IJA Chishima Fortress, at 82,33

Allied aircraft
I-16 Type 24 x 16
IL-2 Shturmovik x 23

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
31 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Day Air attack on IJA 3rd Yobieki Regiment, at 66,116

Allied aircraft
Hudson IV x 9

No Allied losses

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Day Air attack on ROC 31st Field Army , at 38,37

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 30

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Day Air attack on Red 15th Guerilla Regiment, at 52,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-51 Sonia x 109

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
30 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Day Air attack on ROC 49th Field Army , at 52,40

Japanese aircraft
D3A2 Val x 42
E8N2 Dave x 35
Ki-27 Nate x 12

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
19 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on KNIL Mobiele Eenheid , at 20,60

Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 11
G4M1 Betty x 74

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 1 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed

Allied ground losses:
38 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

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Day Air attack on KM MLD Marine Battalion, at 20,60

Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 14
G4M1 Betty x 30

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 1 damaged

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Day Air attack on Pp Army 3/12th Battalion, at 45,49

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 7
D3A2 Val x 23
Ki-32 Mary x 86
Ki-48-I Lily x 42
Ki-49 -I Helen x 12

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
88 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

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Day Air attack on ML/KNIL Singkep Base Force, at 22,53

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 7
B4Y1 Jean x 36
Ki-48-I Lily x 31

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
44 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Day Air attack on TF at 12,27

Ah, it looks like I surprised him off Ceylon. I catch a nice AP convoy and hit it hard.

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 9
B5N2 Kate x 54

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 3 destroyed, 3 damaged

Allied Ships
AP Talma, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
PC Netravati, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AP Botlea
PG Indus
PC Sonavati, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

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Day Air attack on TF at 12,27

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 4
D3A2 Val x 27
B5N2 Kate x 27

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
PC Sonavati, on fire, heavy damage
PG Indus, Bomb hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP Botlea, Bomb hits 6, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

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Day Air attack on TF at 12,27

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 2
B5N2 Kate x 12

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
PC Netravati, on fire, heavy damage
AP Talma, on fire, heavy damage

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Ground combat at Anking [South China]

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 18809 troops, 326 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 539

Defending force 3431 troops, 15 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 156

Japanese max assault: 541 - adjusted assault: 753

Allied max defense: 94 - adjusted defense: 2

Japanese assault odds: 376 to 1

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

Allied ground losses:
264 casualties reported
Guns lost 6

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Just clearing my LOCs of guerillas.

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Ground combat at Koumac [New Cal]

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 4255 troops, 61 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 178

Defending force 7293 troops, 65 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 134

Allied max assault: 320 - adjusted assault: 82

Japanese max defense: 118 - adjusted defense: 285

Allied assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied ground losses:
259 casualties reported
Guns lost 10

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Ground combat at Singora [Thailand]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 4147 troops, 25 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 68

Defending force 4209 troops, 39 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 111

Tomorrow I'll move my CVs to 5 hexes from Ceylon ( out of 500kg AP range of his Pe-2s - his 500lb GP bombs can't hurt Yamato and so long as I stay more than 4 hexes from his airfields he can only carry the 500lb GP bombs ) and sweep the airfields there with my Zeroes from Yamato.

Once that's done I'll see what I can do about rustling up some Royal Navy units. My CVEs are just 300miles south-east covering my replenishment TF while the 4 undamaged CVs of KB are now passing Thailand on their way to Singapore to cover the invasion convoy to Burma.

Singapore also disposes 9 BBs, 8 CAs ( all of my other surviving CAs are with Yamato as bomb magnets apart from 4 CAs covering Koumac and Luganville), about a dozen CLs and well over 50 DDs. Essentially the entire IJN apart from the 2 SC TFs at Luganvilla and the ships repairing in port are being committed into the Indian Ocean over the next 3 or 4 days.

Things should get interesting and VERY bloody in about 5 days.

(in reply to Nemo121)

Post #: 73

RE: Striking from Heaven: Nemo (J) vs 2ndACR (A) - 7/25/2008 9:06:40 PM

Nemo121

Posts: 5821
Joined: 2/6/2004
Status: offline

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/26/42

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TF 4 encounters mine field at Olongapo/Bataan (42,51)

Japanese Ships
MSW W.3

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TF 11 encounters mine field at Olongapo/Bataan (42,51)

Japanese Ships
MSW W.11
MSW W.10
MSW W.9
MSW W.4
MSW W.1

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TF 80 encounters mine field at Port Blair [Andaman] (23,34)

Japanese Ships
LCVP AG-1412N, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Japanese ground losses:
37 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

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Sub attack near Singapore [UK] at 22,51

Japanese Ships
TK Ogura Maru #3, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
PC Ch 1

Allied Ships
SS O20, hits 2

The Dutch submarine force remains quite frisky.

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Day Air attack on Wuchow [C China] , at 42,39

Japanese aircraft
B4Y1 Jean x 75

Japanese aircraft losses
B4Y1 Jean: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 38

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Day Air attack on Ichang [C China] , at 47,34

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 34
Ki-43-I Oscar x 6
Ki-32 Mary x 195
Ki-264 Angel x 3

No Japanese losses

Resources hits 90

This marks the end of Ichang as a place of value to the Chinese. I'm going to now begin reducing

Chungking. I've spotted at least one squadron of the AVG there ( 24 P-40Bs ) so will send in a few

days of sweeps by my Zeroes before committing my bombers en masse to close the airfield. With that

done I estimate it will take two weeks to reduce the resources and HI at Chungking from that date.

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Day Air attack on Trincomalee [Ceylon] , at 13,25

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 25

Allied aircraft
Hurricane I x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 14 damaged

Ouch, unescorted bombing raids over India don't seem to be on the menu any longer.

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Day Air attack on Bandoeng [Java] , at 19,61

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 24
Ki-48-I Lily x 96
Ki-21-II Sally x 84

Allied aircraft
CW-21B Demon x 1

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported

Airbase hits 11
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 124

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Day Air attack on Kendari [Celebes] , at 33,71

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 5

Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zeke: 1 damaged

Resources hits 2

It seems as though resource bombing is going to be a major component of both of our games.

Interesting, I'll have to plan around this for 1944/45.

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Day Air attack on Koumac [New Cal] , at 65,114

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 6
A6M2-N Rufe-FF x 8

Allied aircraft
Mosquito NF x 16

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zeke: 1 destroyed
A6M2-N Rufe-FF: 1 destroyed

Whatis interesting here is just how well those Mosquitos did in the A2A fighting. They have a MASSIVE

speed advantage over the Zeroes and Rufes and have excellent armament so, really, they SHOULD do well

against Zeroes.

Previously though twin-engined planes didn't fare too well in A2A. I made some changes, added a K

factor dependent on engine numbers to all my planes and modified their manoeuvrabilities accordingly.

This seems to have done the trick.

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Day Air attack on Koumac [New Cal] , at 65,114

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 5
A6M2-N Rufe-FF x 7

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 34

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zeke: 1 damaged
A6M2-N Rufe-FF: 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 4 destroyed, 1 damaged

Runway hits 2

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Day Air attack on Koumac [New Cal] , at 65,114

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 5
A6M2-N Rufe-FF x 7

Allied aircraft
B-19A x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zeke: 1 damaged
A6M2-N Rufe-FF: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-19A: 1 damaged

Runway hits 5

It is easy to see just how much more effective the B-19s are than the B-17s in terms of survivability

and still delivering bombs on target from these two strikes, on the same day, at the same target in

the face of the same level of CAP.

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Day Air attack on Nome [Alaska] , at 104,23

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 26
A6M2-N Rufe-FF x 3

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 17
B-24D Liberator x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zeke: 2 destroyed, 8 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 6 destroyed, 1 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 5 destroyed

Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 4

I imagine that the loss of 11 of his strategic bombers over Nome today will mark the end of his

attempts to close this airfield for some time.

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Day Air attack on IJA Chishima Fortress, at 82,33

Allied aircraft
I-16 Type 24 x 16
IL-2 Shturmovik x 22

Allied aircraft losses
IL-2 Shturmovik: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Day Air attack on IJA 3rd Yobieki Regiment, at 66,116

Allied aircraft
Hudson IV x 9

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
18 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on ROC 200th Division, at 38,37

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 36

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on Red 15th Guerilla Regiment, at 52,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-51 Sonia x 109

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
23 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Day Air attack on ROC 49th Field Army , at 52,40

Japanese aircraft
D3A2 Val x 42
E8N2 Dave x 31
Ki-27 Nate x 10

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A2 Val: 2 damaged

Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on KM MLD Marine Battalion, at 20,60

Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 13
G4M1 Betty x 40

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Day Air attack on KNIL 6th Regiment, at 20,60

Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 9
G4M1 Betty x 74

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
48 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Day Air attack on Pp Army 3/12th Battalion, at 45,49

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 7
D3A2 Val x 28
Ki-32 Mary x 75
Ki-48-I Lily x 45
Ki-49 -I Helen x 12

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
28 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on ML/KNIL Singkep Base Force, at 22,53

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 6
B4Y1 Jean x 36
Ki-48-I Lily x 24

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
43 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Day Air attack on TF at 7,21

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 11
B5N2 Kate x 27

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
AK Kongsdal, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

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Ground combat at Sinyang [Cent China]

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 18873 troops, 248 guns, 30 vehicles, Assault Value = 478

Defending force 5397 troops, 80 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 278

Japanese max assault: 481 - adjusted assault: 454

Allied max defense: 187 - adjusted defense: 14

Japanese assault odds: 32 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
367 casualties reported
Guns lost 10

Allied ground losses:
758 casualties reported
Guns lost 31

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

The enemy forces which were interdicting my supplies to Honan are removed and supplies flow again.

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Ground combat at Singora [Thailand]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1152 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 68

Defending force 4249 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 114

(in reply to Nemo121)

Post #: 74

IJN CV Disaster off Ceylon - 7/25/2008 9:31:37 PM

Nemo121

Posts: 5821
Joined: 2/6/2004
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/27/42

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TF 1 encounters mine field at Singapore [UK] (22,51)

Japanese Ships
DD Kasumi
DD Arare
DD Shiranuhi

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TF 35 encounters mine field at Singapore [UK] (22,51)

Japanese Ships
MSW W.17
MSW W.16
MSW W.13

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Sub attack at 22,55

Japanese Ships
AK Ina Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP Minryo Maru
CL Ayatosan Maru

Allied Ships
SS O19

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Day Air attack on Sian [Central China] , at 47,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-32 Mary x 179
Ki-264 Angel x 3

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 15
Airbase supply hits 17
Runway hits 119

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Day Air attack on Wuchow [C China] , at 42,39

Japanese aircraft
B4Y1 Jean x 73

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 18

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Day Air attack on Chungking [W China] , at 43,32

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 46

Allied aircraft
P-40B Tomahawk x 20
I-16 Type 4 x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zeke: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-40B Tomahawk: 9 destroyed
I-16 Type 4: 7 destroyed

The AVG coninues to bleed over Chungking.

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Day Air attack on Colombo [Ceylon] , at 11,25

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 41

Allied aircraft
Buffalo/F2A x 6
Hurricane I x 9
Spitfire VB x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zeke: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Buffalo/F2A: 5 destroyed
Hurricane I: 6 destroyed
Spitfire VB: 2 destroyed

CVA Yamato's fighter daitai is ordered to sweep over Colombo. This was ordered on the understanding that the CV TF would end the turn 5 hexes from Colombo at a range far beyond that of Vildebeests and well beyon the range at which Pe-2s can carry their lethal 500Kg AP bombs. Unfortunately my CVLs ended up only 4 hexes from Colombo and so the full weight of Allie vengeance hit them. Results were.... painful.

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Day Air attack on Batavia [Java] , at 20,60

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 24
Ki-48-I Lily x 96
Ki-21-II Sally x 91
Ki-46-II Dinah x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-I Lily: 1 damaged
Ki-21-II Sally: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged

Allied ground losses:
9 casualties reported

Airbase hits 20
Airbase supply hits 16
Runway hits 129

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Day Air attack on Kendari [Celebes] , at 33,71

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 9

Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17D Fortress: 2 destroyed

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Day Air attack on Koumac [New Cal] , at 65,114

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 6
A6M2-N Rufe-FF x 6

Allied aircraft
Mosquito NF x 16

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zeke: 3 destroyed
A6M2-N Rufe-FF: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Mosquito NF: 1 destroyed

The Mosquitos continue to do brilliantly... Excellent, it looks like twin-engined fighters are going to be useful in this mod.

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Day Air attack on Koumac [New Cal] , at 65,114

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 3
A6M2-N Rufe-FF x 4

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 32

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zeke: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged

Runway hits 8

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Day Air attack on Pearl Harbor [Oahu] , at 114,72

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 8
Ki-21-II Sally x 119

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-II Sally: 2 damaged

Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 7
Runway hits 82

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Day Air attack on IJA Chishima Fortress, at 82,33

Allied aircraft
I-16 Type 24 x 19
IL-2 Shturmovik x 22

Allied aircraft losses
IL-2 Shturmovik: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
8 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on IJA Kiamuze Garrison Brigade, at 66,25

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 35

Allied aircraft
IL-2 Shturmovik x 27
LaGG-3 x 7
MiG-3 x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zeke: 4 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
IL-2 Shturmovik: 12 destroyed
LaGG-3: 6 destroyed
MiG-3: 2 destroyed

I'm quite happy to accept this loss potential - 4 IJA fighters ( and only 2 pilots ) lost in return for 20 Soviet machines. I can live with those odds.

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Day Air attack on IJN Maz 3&5 CSNLF Brigade, at 66,116

Allied aircraft
Hudson IV x 3

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
1 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Day Air attack on IJA 3rd Yobieki Regiment, at 66,116

Allied aircraft
Hudson IV x 4

No Allied losses

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Day Air attack on ROC 31st Field Army , at 38,37

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 39

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Day Air attack on Red 15th Guerilla Regiment, at 52,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-51 Sonia x 109

These guys are now all over 80 Exp. When they hit 90 I'm going to convert them to Vals and begin embarking them on CVs.

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Day Air attack on Pp Army 3/12th Battalion, at 45,49

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 7
D3A2 Val x 30
Ki-32 Mary x 72
Ki-48-I Lily x 35
Ki-49 -I Helen x 6

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
29 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on ML/KNIL Singkep Base Force, at 22,53

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 7
B4Y1 Jean x 35

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on TF at 11,29

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 75
F1M2 Pete-FF x 2
A6M2-N Rufe-FF x 2

Allied aircraft
Spitfire VB x 41
Vildebeest IV x 28
IL-4C x 4
Pe-2 x 32

105 Allied fighters and bombers scream in, to be opposed by only 79 IJN fighters. There's no way they were all going to be stopped and 12 Vildebeests, 1 IL-4C and 28 Pe-2s survived to hit my CVs. Even though the Pe-2s came in at a reasonable altitude ( within range of my fighter CAP ) they managed to evade most of my fighters and break through the CAP.

Interestingly enough one of my F1M2 Pete's shot down a Spitfire. LOL!!!

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zeke: 8 destroyed, 1 damaged
F1M2 Pete-FF: 1 destroyed
A6M2-N Rufe-FF: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Spitfire VB: 29 destroyed
Vildebeest IV: 16 destroyed
IL-4C: 3 destroyed
Pe-2: 4 destroyed, 5 damaged

Japanese Ships
CVL Ryujo, Bomb hits 1
CVL Chitose
CV Yamato, Bomb hits 2
CVL Warabite, Bomb hits 1, on fire
CA Mogami
CVL Zuiho, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
CVL Chiyoda, Bomb hits 1, on fire

All of the hits except for the single bomb on the Ryujo are 500 Kg AP bombs and they are devastating.

Yamato has over 40 sys damage from two hits which penetrated its flight deck armour while Warabite and Chiyoda are incapable of flight operations but should survive. The Zuiho is almost certainly going to sink with over 80 sys damage and 60 flotation damage.

Now, this is a bit of a disaster alright in that out of 1 CVA and 4 CVL fully CVA ad 3 CVL are incapable of further offensive action BUT I have 3 CVEs nearby covering the replenishment convoy AND this sort of crippled fleet is BOUND to draw the Royal Navy CVs out. As a result I'm running Warabite and Chiyoda back to Singapore but am going to use Yamato and Zuiho as bait whilst rushing the CVEs in to support them.

My plan is to retreat at no more than 120 miles per day and suck the Royal Navy CVs into battle and sink them. I'm fairly certain this will result in extensive further damage to CVA Yamato and the loss of at least another CVL or CVE but that's a price worth paying for opening the door to India.

Esentially, it's a disaster but that's no reason not to use it to gain further advantage. Aggressive? Moi? Toujours.

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Day Air attack on TF at 114,70

Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 9

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AK Antares, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

It looks like two transports are trying to escape from PH. They got 120 miles and no further.

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Day Air attack on TF at 114,70

Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 13

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AK Laida, Torpedo hits 5, on fire, heavy damage

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Day Air attack on TF at 11,29

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 28
F1M2 Pete-FF x 2
A6M2-N Rufe-FF x 2

Allied aircraft
Spitfire VB x 12
Pe-2 x 23

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zeke: 2 destroyed
A6M2-N Rufe-FF: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Spitfire VB: 4 destroyed
Pe-2: 5 destroyed

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Day Air attack on TF at 11,29

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 26
F1M2 Pete-FF x 2
A6M2-N Rufe-FF x 1

Allied aircraft
Vildebeest IV x 10
Pe-2 x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zeke: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Vildebeest IV: 6 destroyed

Japanese Ships
CVL Zuiho, on fire, heavy damage

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Day Air attack on TF, near Chittagong [India] at 31,25

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
SC Jasmine, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP Empire Tamar, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

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Ground combat at 52,32

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 13322 troops, 216 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 379

Defending force 711 troops, 9 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 41

Japanese max assault: 366 - adjusted assault: 147

Allied max defense: 42 - adjusted defense: 14

Japanese assault odds: 10 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
109 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Allied ground losses:
85 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

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Ground combat at Singora [Thailand]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1134 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 67

Defending force 4246 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 115

So, things are definitely interesting. My CVs and CVLs are battered but with the swapping out of most of my strike groups for fighters I expect them to be able to hold their own and if the RN comes out then I'll go over to the attack again .... at the grand pace of 12 knots ( which is all that CVA Yamato can manage anymore ). Ah, it is good to be having to do things with damaged ships and shattered TFs again. It is much more fun than when things are going your way.

< Message edited by Nemo121 -- 7/25/2008 9:36:05 PM >

(in reply to Nemo121)

Post #: 75

RE: IJN CV Disaster off Ceylon - 7/25/2008 10:19:26 PM

ny59giants

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Nice to come over here and see an answer on what to do with my Mosquitos. I was beginning to wonder what I could do with them.

I hope he did what I wrote you via PM about the British CV squadron make up (was that changed for the next version of your mod?). He will need to optimize their capability. Unfortunately, he will need to get within knife fighting distance to truly be effective.

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(in reply to Nemo121)

Post #: 76

RE: IJN CV Disaster off Ceylon - 7/26/2008 8:55:17 PM

Nemo121

Posts: 5821
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/28/42

Today sees at least 4 CAs off Colombo. I am assuming that this represents a Royal Navy CV TF with escorting CAs. It looks like they've over-estimated the amount of damage my fleet has suffered and from tomorrow my forces will begin to stalk them.

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TF 33 encounters mine field at Port Blair [Andaman] (23,34)

Japanese Ships
LCVP AG-1452A, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Japanese ground losses:
30 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

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TF 129 encounters mine field at Singapore [UK] (22,51)

Japanese Ships
MSW W.2
MSW W.6
MSW W.13
MSW W.14
MSW W.15
MSW W.16
MSW W.20

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Day Air attack on Wuchow [C China] , at 42,39

Japanese aircraft
B4Y1 Jean x 76

Japanese aircraft losses
B4Y1 Jean: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged

Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported

Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 26

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Day Air attack on Chungking [W China] , at 43,32

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 41

Allied aircraft
P-40B Tomahawk x 10
I-16 Type 4 x 9

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
P-40B Tomahawk: 1 destroyed
I-16 Type 4: 8 destroyed

The AVG continues to be worn down nicely. This doesn't only help in China but is also helping to shape the battlefield in Burma as every fighter lost here is another fighter he can't transfer to Rangoon when the time comes.

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Day Air attack on Batavia [Java] , at 20,60

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 11
Ki-48-I Lily x 95
Ki-21-II Sally x 88
Ki-46-II Dinah x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-I Lily: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
Ki-21-II Sally: 2 damaged

Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 16
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 176

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Day Air attack on Koumac [New Cal] , at 65,114

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 10
A6M2-N Rufe-FF x 15

Allied aircraft
Mosquito NF x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zeke: 1 destroyed
A6M2-N Rufe-FF: 3 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Mosquito NF: 1 destroyed

Overall my A2A tactics are paying off with a roughly 5:1 exchange rate in my favour in A2A combat. The Mosquitoes are really doing an outstanding job though. I think that if the Rufes don't start to do better that I will pull them out.

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Day Air attack on Pearl Harbor [Oahu] , at 114,72

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 14
Ki-21-II Sally x 118

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-II Sally: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged

Allied Ships
AR Rigel, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage

Port hits 13
Port supply hits 2

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Day Air attack on IJA Chishima Fortress, at 82,33

Allied aircraft
IL-2 Shturmovik x 23

Allied aircraft losses
IL-2 Shturmovik: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
45 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

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Day Air attack on IJA Kiamuze Garrison Brigade, at 66,25

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 25

Allied aircraft
IL-2 Shturmovik x 12
LaGG-3 x 3
MiG-3 x 17

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
IL-2 Shturmovik: 1 destroyed
MiG-3: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

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Day Air attack on ROC 200th Division, at 38,37

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 43

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
29 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

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Day Air attack on Red 15th Guerilla Regiment, at 52,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-51 Sonia x 109

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
42 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on ROC 49th Field Army , at 52,40

Japanese aircraft
D3A2 Val x 42
E8N2 Dave x 35

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
15 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on Red 27th Guerilla Regiment, at 52,32

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 46
Ki-32 Mary x 147
Ki-264 Angel x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
68 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Day Air attack on IA 15th Brigade, at 24,43

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 32

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Day Air attack on Pp Army 3/12th Battalion, at 45,49

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 7
D3A2 Val x 34
Ki-32 Mary x 78
Ki-48-I Lily x 37
Ki-49 -I Helen x 8

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on ML/KNIL Singkep Base Force, at 22,53

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 6
B4Y1 Jean x 35

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
2 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on TF at 12,31

Enemy forces impale themselves on my reinforced CAP. It is good to kill these planes but I'm worried that it will cause the Royal navy to pull back and avoid the fleet action I'm trying to lure him into.

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 153
F1M2 Pete-FF x 2
A6M2-N Rufe-FF x 1

Allied aircraft
Beaufort VII x 10
Spitfire VB x 10
IL-4C x 6
Pe-2 x 24

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zeke: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Beaufort VII: 10 destroyed
Spitfire VB: 10 destroyed
IL-4C: 3 destroyed
Pe-2: 7 destroyed

You can't really argue with a 30:1 exchange rate. Those Spits are great planes but there's only so much they can do while tied down to escort duties.

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Ground combat at Khabarovsk [AMUR]

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 288560 troops, 4480 guns, 2360 vehicles, Assault Value = 6240

Defending force 18008 troops, 237 guns, 295 vehicles, Assault Value = 533

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 3

Japanese max assault: 6250 - adjusted assault: 2399

Allied max defense: 541 - adjusted defense: 1283

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 3)

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 3

Japanese ground losses:
6949 casualties reported
Guns lost 207
Vehicles lost 15

Allied ground losses:
842 casualties reported
Guns lost 22
Vehicles lost 6

I'll wait 3 days and then attack. Right now the river crossing has caused 80 to 90% disruption to my forces. I should regain 20% disruption per day and so if I hold for 3 days I should be down to 30% disruption and able to get a 4 or 5 to 1 attack ( which, with my engineers knocking his fortifications down, should be enough ).

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Ground combat at 52,32

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 13126 troops, 211 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 372

Defending force 500 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 29

Japanese max assault: 363 - adjusted assault: 176

Allied max defense: 15 - adjusted defense: 2

Japanese assault odds: 88 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
449 casualties reported
Guns lost 8

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Ground combat at Singora [Thailand]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1153 troops, 21 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 67

Defending force 4205 troops, 35 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 112

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Ground combat at Toboali [Banka]

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 48 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2

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

Japanese max assault: 2 - adjusted assault: 4

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Toboali [Banka] base !!!

My shipping is now on its way to Burma. I have 2 Regiments of paraborne troops and two dedicated air-landing Brigades ( these are ordinary Bdes but have been incorporated into an extempore 1st Airborne Corps ) at Andaman Island and Bangkok and I'm planning a two-stage assault on consecutive days on Ye and Moulmein. My plan is to capture the base at Moulmein with paraborne landings, fly in two Brigades of troops ( as well as an aviation support unit ) and then land the 2000+ AV of the Burma invasion Army and take Burma. In a couple of weeks, after my troops from the Phillipinnes have had a chance to rest and resupply at Singapore I'll move on Ceylon --- and I think I'll make some landings on Java also to speed things along there. 5 divisions landed in the right spot at the right time there would burst that entire area open and end things there quickly ( which will allow me to begin slowly exploiting toward India in order to get the jumping off points I want once my navy is free after covering the initial landings in India.

Its all about trying to manage my Army and Navy so that while one portion of the Army is beginning an invasion another portion is resting up and preparing for the next series of targets all while the Navy is cycling through an ever-smaller bunch of CVs with which to try to cover everything. Things are getting tight now but one month in drydock should see most of my non-combat system damage sorted and a second month should see most of my damaged CVs and CVLs repaired... in plenty of time for my planned June 1942 offensive in the south-eastern Pacific.

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Post #: 77

The IJN strikes back... - 7/26/2008 11:47:50 PM

Nemo121

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/29/42

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ASW attack at 13,32

Japanese Ships
DD Oite
DD Hayate
DD Kamikaze
DD Asanagi

Allied Ships
SS Trusty, hits 2

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TF 11 encounters mine field at Manila/Cavite [PH] (43,52)

Japanese Ships
MSW W.11
MSW W.10
MSW W.9
MSW W.4
MSW W.1

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Day Air attack on Sian [Central China] , at 47,29

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 3
Ki-32 Mary x 193
Ki-264 Angel x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 10
Runway hits 147

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Day Air attack on Sian [Central China] , at 47,29

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 3
Ki-32 Mary x 193
Ki-264 Angel x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 10
Runway hits 147

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Day Air attack on Wuchow [C China] , at 42,39

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 4
B4Y1 Jean x 74

Japanese aircraft losses
B4Y1 Jean: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 5
Runway hits 25

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Day Air attack on Chungking [W China] , at 43,32

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 46

Allied aircraft
P-40B Tomahawk x 12
I-16 Type 4 x 5

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zeke: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-40B Tomahawk: 8 destroyed
I-16 Type 4: 5 destroyed

Ouch !!! These losses are simply unsustainable. I can't figure out just why he is letting the AVG bleed here. He's played a game in which he has conserved the RAF and USAAF as much as possible, he's sacrificed the Dutch Air Force in its entirety to keep the RAF safe and now he's letting the RAF and USAAF get bled to little gain. It makes no sense.

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Day Air attack on Rangoon [Burma] , at 29,33

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 40
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on Soerabaja [Java] , at 23,66

Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 23
G4M1 Betty x 116

Allied aircraft
Brewster 339D x 3
Hurricane I x 10

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 4 destroyed, 6 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Brewster 339D: 1 destroyed
Hurricane I: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged

Airbase hits 7
Runway hits 21

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Day Air attack on Koumac [New Cal] , at 65,114

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 10
A6M2-N Rufe-FF x 12

Allied aircraft
Mosquito NF x 14

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2-N Rufe-FF: 2 destroyed

Hmm, yes, time to pull those Rufes out, they are just getting slaughtered.

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Day Air attack on IJN Yokosuka 6th SNLF, at 66,116

Allied aircraft
Hudson IV x 10

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
26 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on IJA Kiamuze Garrison Brigade, at 66,25

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 25

Allied aircraft
IL-2 Shturmovik x 18
LaGG-3 x 3
MiG-3 x 19

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zeke: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
IL-2 Shturmovik: 1 destroyed
MiG-3: 2 destroyed

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Day Air attack on IJA 1st Cav Group Brigade, at 69,30

Allied aircraft
SB-2M x 37

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
61 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 2

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Day Air attack on ROC 200th Division, at 38,37

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 5
A5M4 Claude x 43

Japanese aircraft losses
A5M4 Claude: 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on ROC 48th Guerilla Regiment, at 50,33

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 27

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
26 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Day Air attack on Red 15th Guerilla Regiment, at 52,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-51 Sonia x 109

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on ROC 49th Field Army , at 52,40

Japanese aircraft
D3A2 Val x 39
E8N2 Dave x 35

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A2 Val: 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
59 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Day Air attack on ISF 3rd Base Force, at 24,43

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 32

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on KNIL Riouw Garrison Battalion, at 22,53

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 5
B4Y1 Jean x 26

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Day Air attack on TF at 13,31

Yesterday the CVA Yamato group moved north-westward into the attack. It paid off as today the RN TF and my IJN TF are just 120 miles apart. The RAF strike arrives first but my CAP is utterly overwhelming and it achieves nothing.

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 152
F1M2 Pete-FF x 2
A6M2-N Rufe-FF x 1

Allied aircraft
Albacore x 18
Seafire II x 9
Sea Hurricane x 7

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zeke: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Albacore: 18 destroyed
Seafire II: 9 destroyed
Sea Hurricane: 7 destroyed

That's a full load from the CV Indomitable. It carries 24 fighters and 18 Albacores so it looks like I'm looking at only 20% CAP over the Indomitable.

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Day Air attack on TF at 11,29

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 17
B5N2 Kate x 14

Allied aircraft
Seafire II x 3
Sea Hurricane x 2

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zeke: 1 destroyed
B5N2 Kate: 7 destroyed

Royal Navy FlAK is horrific bringing down fully half of the attacking bombers. Why can't my FlAK be this good? *sigh*

Allied aircraft losses
Sea Hurricane: 2 destroyed

Allied Ships
CV Indomitable, Torpedo hits 1
CL Hobart

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Day Air attack on TF at 11,29

Japanese aircraft
B5N2 Kate x 14

Allied aircraft
Seafire II x 2

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 4 destroyed, 6 damaged

Again the enemy FlAK is murderous but the Kates fulfill their purpose.

Allied Ships
CV Indomitable, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
CA Dorsetshire

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Day Air attack on TF at 11,29

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 2
B5N2 Kate x 14

Allied aircraft
Seafire II x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 4 destroyed, 5 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Seafire II: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
CA Australia
CV Indomitable, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

And this strike finally finishes her off. Scratch another flattop. A fair few of mine are going to be in the dockyard for a few months but these US and British CVs won't EVER be troubling me again and so strategically this is a significant victory.

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Ground combat at Singora [Thailand]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1153 troops, 21 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 64

Defending force 4177 troops, 35 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 113

Unfortunately a computer crash meant I lost the pictures of the various strikes etc.

(in reply to Nemo121)

Post #: 78

RE: Striking from Heaven: Nemo (J) vs 2ndACR (A) - 7/27/2008 12:04:16 AM

Nemo121

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/30/42

My Burmese Invasion TF is in the Malacca Straits and with the Royal Navy CV component seriously weakened ( Hermes was seriously damaged in a port attack about a fortnight ago and Indomitable was sunk yesterday ) I need only worry about a surface fleet component - which I am betting will not be committed to the area around Rangoon but will only be thrown in when I hit Ceylon - and his land-based air... which I am NOT going to seek to attrit through attacks on his base at Rangoon but will, instead, welcome with open arms.

Why? Well, Burma is, after all, merely a small "shaping" operation. It shapes the battlefield by:
a) preventing a massive influx of Chinese forces into India,
b) tempting the RN into action in an area in which I have aerial superiority ( I doubt he'll be that error-prone but it is still necessary to provide for that option as an operational variant,
c) creating a situation in which he may commit the RAF and USAAF. If he commits them then rather than going for airframe kills I'm willing to accept a few ship losses in order to go for pilot AND airframe kills in order to prevent him rebuilding the RAF and USAAF in time to succesfully withstand my CV-supported invasion of Ceylon ( due in only a short time ).

So, how will this be accomplished? Well, it will be accomplished by tempting him into the arms of my CAP. This is why I am seeking to take Moulmein and Ye by coup de main. If I take both then I'll simply land at Moulmein under cover of many Zeros. If I only take Ye then I'll simply unload there under cover of fewer fighters and have farther to march.

Anyways, enough pontification, back to business.

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TF 44 encounters mine field at Merak/Serang [Java] (19,59)

Japanese Ships
PC Ch 11

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TF 11 encounters mine field at Manila/Cavite [PH] (43,52)

Japanese Ships
MSW W.11
MSW W.10
MSW W.9
MSW W.4
MSW W.1

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TF 55 encounters mine field at Singapore [UK] (22,51)

Japanese Ships
MSW W.3

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TF 129 encounters mine field at Singapore [UK] (22,51)

Japanese Ships
MSW W.20
MSW W.16
MSW W.15
MSW W.14
MSW W.13
MSW W.6
MSW W.2

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Day Air attack on Kan Hsien [C China] , at 45,39

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 4
B4Y1 Jean x 72

No Japanese losses

Resources hits 1

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Day Air attack on Chungking [W China] , at 43,32

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 34
Ki-32 Mary x 196

Allied aircraft
P-40B Tomahawk x 3
I-16 Type 4 x 2

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-32 Mary: 2 destroyed, 6 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-40B Tomahawk: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
I-16 Type 4: 2 destroyed

Resources hits 56

Tomorrow I'll hit the airfield at much lower altitude. My FlAK losses will give me a good sense of just how many Armies are arrayed in the defence of Chungking.

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Day Air attack on Mandalay [Burma] , at 33,29

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 40

Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zeke: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 3 destroyed

This is a USAAF unit rescued from the Phillipines.

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Day Air attack on Tjilitjap [Java] , at 20,63

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 11
Ki-48-I Lily x 122
Ki-21-II Sally x 100

Allied aircraft
Hawk 75 x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-II Sally: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Hawk 75: 3 destroyed
F.K.51: 3 destroyed
CXIV-W: 1 destroyed

Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported

Airbase hits 14
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 54

I just want to hit a few bases deeper in Java in order to get a sense for just what strength any deep-raiding ( virtually unescorted ) invasion fleet could be running into.

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Day Air attack on Pearl Harbor [Oahu] , at 114,72

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 8
Ki-21-II Sally x 115

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-II Sally: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged

Allied Ships
AR Rigel, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage

Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Port hits 7
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 1

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Day Air attack on IJA Chishima Fortress, at 82,33

Allied aircraft
I-16 Type 24 x 16
IL-2 Shturmovik x 22

Allied aircraft losses
IL-2 Shturmovik: 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
29 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Day Air attack on IJA 1st Cav Group Brigade, at 69,30

Allied aircraft
SB-2M x 37

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
28 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

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Day Air attack on IJN Maz 3&5 CSNLF Brigade, at 66,116

Allied aircraft
Hudson IV x 7

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Day Air attack on ROC 200th Division, at 38,37

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 14
A5M4 Claude x 43

Japanese aircraft losses
A5M4 Claude: 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
34 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Day Air attack on ROC 200th Division, at 38,37

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 14
A5M4 Claude x 43

Japanese aircraft losses
A5M4 Claude: 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
34 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Day Air attack on ROC 48th Guerilla Regiment, at 50,33

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 27

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on Red 15th Guerilla Regiment, at 52,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-51 Sonia x 109

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on ROC 49th Field Army , at 52,40

Japanese aircraft
D3A2 Val x 42
E8N2 Dave x 35
Ki-43-I Oscar x 7

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A2 Val: 2 damaged

Allied ground losses:
24 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on ISF 3rd Base Force, at 24,43

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 32

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Day Air attack on KNIL Riouw Garrison Battalion, at 22,53

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 5
A5M4 Claude x 8
C3N1 Kate x 1
B4Y1 Jean x 42
G3M2 Nell x 25
G4M1 Betty x 105
E13A1 Jake x 8
Ki-48-I Lily x 18

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
74 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

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Day Air attack on Pp Army 3/12th Battalion, at 45,49

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 12
D3A2 Val x 34
Ki-32 Mary x 88
Ki-48-I Lily x 43
Ki-49 -I Helen x 10

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Singora [Thailand]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1159 troops, 20 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 65

Defending force 4167 troops, 34 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 113

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Ground combat at Ye [Burma]

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 356 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 16

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

Japanese max assault: 20 - adjusted assault: 22

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 22 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Ye [Burma] base !!!

Ah, good, a secure landing site will help me avoid the 10%+ casualties that landing on an occupied beach always entails. That's nice as it will help keep these forces in good shape and speed the date at which they can be committed to India proper.

(in reply to Nemo121)

Post #: 79

RE: Striking from Heaven: Nemo (J) vs 2ndACR (A) - 7/27/2008 11:12:36 AM

Nemo121

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/31/42

With Ye falling yesterday it is time to see if I can't move up the chain a little. Today a second Airborne Regiment is ordered to airlift from Andaman Islands to Moulmein using 64 Mavis transport and patrol planes stationed at Andaman for that purpose.

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ASW attack at 19,40

Japanese Ships
DD Amagiri
DD Ayanami
DD Inazuma

Allied Ships
SS KXVIII, hits 1

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Day Air attack on Chungking [W China] , at 43,32

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 30
Ki-32 Mary x 184

Allied aircraft
P-40B Tomahawk x 4
I-16 Type 4 x 2

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-32 Mary: 16 destroyed, 24 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-40B Tomahawk: 9 destroyed
I-16 Type 4: 2 destroyed
V-92C Corsair: 6 destroyed

Allied ground losses:
77 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Airbase hits 35
Airbase supply hits 9
Runway hits 82

Damn, I sent the bombers in at 3,000 feet and while the results were impressive ( 18 P-40Bs destroyed on the ground ) the losses of experienced pilots are prohibitive.

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Day Air attack on Ye [Burma] , at 29,35

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 18

Allied aircraft
B-25D Mitchell x 10
P-40B Tomahawk x 41

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zeke: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-40B Tomahawk: 5 destroyed

Runway hits 1

Ah, we've got a reaction, excellent. The AVG enters my airspace to do battle and loses 5 pilots. Even a 1:1 exchange rate suits me as, in air battles over my base, my pilots have a good chance of bailing out and returning to service the next day while his will end up POWs.

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Day Air attack on Rangoon [Burma] , at 29,33

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-I Oscar x 41
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

Allied aircraft
P-40B Tomahawk x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-I Oscar: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-40B Tomahawk: 1 destroyed

Experienced Ki-43 units can just about hold their own when tangling with P-40Bs and since this is an all-hands affair I'm committing them now. I've scoured the area for more fighter units but, really, all I can find are a few Zeroes which I managed to fly off the damaged CVLs and one Nate unit which is half-way through conversion to a Zero unit. Its not much and they can't be fully in place for two days but, nonetheless, I'm committing them.

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Day Air attack on Djokjakarta [Java] , at 21,64

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 11
Ki-48-I Lily x 124
Ki-21-II Sally x 94

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-I Lily: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
Ki-21-II Sally: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F.K.51: 9 destroyed
Lockheed 212: 1 destroyed

Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 22

Well, that's the Dutch recon and aerial transport component settled anyways.

In other news, one of my Airborne SNLF units is making its way to Singapore in order to prepare for the next phase of operations against Java --- which is looking more and more likely to consist of a massive seaborne invasion of one of the bases south of Soerabaja. Fortunately I have naval supremacy ( as opposed to superiority ) in the area and thus can land on whichever side of the island I wish, greatly complicating 2nd ACR's defensive problems.

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Day Air attack on Koumac [New Cal] , at 65,114

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 11
A6M2-N Rufe-FF x 10

Allied aircraft
Mosquito NF x 13

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2-N Rufe-FF: 4 destroyed

Ok, that's it, the Rufes are withdrawn from service.

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Day Air attack on IJA Chishima Fortress, at 82,33

Allied aircraft
I-16 Type 24 x 19
IL-2 Shturmovik x 22

Allied aircraft losses
IL-2 Shturmovik: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
31 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

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Day Air attack on IJN Maz 3&5 CSNLF Brigade, at 66,116

Allied aircraft
Hudson IV x 6

No Allied losses

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Day Air attack on ROC 48th Guerilla Regiment, at 50,33

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 27

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Day Air attack on Red 15th Guerilla Regiment, at 52,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-51 Sonia x 109

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
20 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on ROC 75th Guerilla Regiment, at 47,41

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 30

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Day Air attack on ISF 3rd Base Force, at 24,43

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 32

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on KNIL Riouw Garrison Battalion, at 22,53

Japanese aircraft
F1M2 Pete-FF x 4
G3M2 Nell x 9
G4M1 Betty x 31
Ki-48-I Lily x 4

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Day Air attack on Pp Army 3/12th Battalion, at 45,49

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 12
D3A2 Val x 31
Ki-32 Mary x 87
Ki-48-I Lily x 35
Ki-49 -I Helen x 7

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on ML/KNIL Singkep Base Force, at 22,53

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 5
B4Y1 Jean x 8
G3M2 Nell x 14
G4M1 Betty x 55
E13A1 Jake x 7
Ki-48-I Lily x 9

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
30 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Day Air attack on TF at 18,27

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 16
B5N2 Kate x 6

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
PG Clive
SC Nigella, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Ah, it looks like I ran into another empty transport convoy... Hmm, he must have been heavily reinforcing Calcutta, Akyab etc for this many convoys to be in the are just north of Burma.

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Day Air attack on TF at 18,27

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 2
B5N2 Kate x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 2 damaged

Allied Ships
AP Rajula, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

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Day Air attack on TF at 18,27

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 2
B5N2 Kate x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
AP Rajula, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
PG Clive, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

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Day Air attack on TF at 18,27

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 17
B5N2 Kate x 5

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AP Rajula, on fire, heavy damage

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Ground combat at Khabarovsk [AMUR]

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 259115 troops, 3652 guns, 2230 vehicles, Assault Value = 6155

Defending force 15241 troops, 181 guns, 294 vehicles, Assault Value = 488

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1

Japanese max assault: 11428 - adjusted assault: 7327

Allied max defense: 491 - adjusted defense: 1165

Japanese assault odds: 6 to 1 (fort level 1)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Khabarovsk [AMUR] base !!!

Japanese ground losses:
8009 casualties reported
Guns lost 147
Vehicles lost 24

Allied ground losses:
2120 casualties reported
Guns lost 25
Vehicles lost 4

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

The Soviet forces retreat towards Komsomolsk ( a dead end ) and away from Kyusheva ( sic ). This is nice since it means another 500 AV has been removed from his maximal, possible defence strength at Kyusheva ( sic ) and it provides me with the perfect, believable opportunity to pause for rest and resupply. I'll send some weakened divisions forward with as much artillery as I can gather together in order to besiege and bombard the Soviets at Kyusheva ( I see some 33 units there ) and reconsider my move toward Borzya. On the plus side this last series of attacks ( Khabarovsk, Iman and Komsomolsk ) should garner me the guts of 1,000 additional HI which is helping me immensely as I'm finally able to begin turning all my armaments factories on.

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Ground combat at Noumea [New Cal]

Allied Shock attack

Yesterday a single IJA unit entered the Noumea hex. Unfortunately for 2ndACR this was a planned gambit on my part as I had the majority of the rest of that stack at between 50 and 59 miles in the previous hex. What was the aim of this strategem? Simple, show 2nd ACR a single unit in the hex yesterday and show him the possibility of an easy victory. Then when he attacked today have him find that instead of a 20 AV little SNLF he is actually attacking a divisional-strength force. The resulting losses and disruption make him easy pickings for a follow-on attack.

I won't attack immediately here though as I would like a few more of my units to be in the hex and I'm toying with the idea of using the Australian division at Noumea as a lure for further supply convoys - which my Nells can then torpedo.

Attacking force 7276 troops, 91 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 305

Defending force 6446 troops, 94 guns, 23 vehicles, Assault Value = 272

Allied max assault: 438 - adjusted assault: 31

Japanese max defense: 231 - adjusted defense: 185

Allied assault odds: 0 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
69 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Vehicles lost 1

Allied ground losses:
429 casualties reported
Guns lost 13

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Ground combat at Singora [Thailand]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1181 troops, 20 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 66

Defending force 4192 troops, 34 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 113

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Ground combat at Moulmein [Burma]

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 472 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 21

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

Japanese max assault: 28 - adjusted assault: 30

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 30 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Moulmein [Burma] base !!!

Well, Moulmein falls without a fight. Has he abandoned Burma without a fight? I don't know but now my main force will be landing at Moulmein and get into the guts of Burma even more quickly than would otherwise be possible. I give orders to fly one of my airlanding Brigades and an aviation support Bn in as well as 40 Zeroes. Tomorrow should see me able to augment that to more than 80 Zeroes, at which time Moulmein should be able to hold.

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RE: Striking from Heaven: Nemo (J) vs 2ndACR (A) - 7/27/2008 1:29:33 PM

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Well, it looks like a Regimental invasion of Midway is less than required . Scrub one IJA Regiment.

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Coastal Guns at Midway Island [USA], 97,63, firing at TF 6
TF 6 troops unloading over beach at Midway Island [USA], 97,63

447 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
AP Tafuku Maru, Shell hits 1
AP Igasa Maru, Shell hits 2, on fire

Japanese ground losses:
117 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Vehicles lost 1

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Coastal Guns at Midway Island [USA], 97,63, firing at TF 6
TF 6 troops unloading over beach at Midway Island [USA], 97,63

91 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
AP Juko Maru, Shell hits 1

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TF 128 encounters mine field at Toboali [Banka] (21,57)

Japanese Ships
PG Ataka

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Day Air attack on Chungking [W China] , at 43,32

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 39
Ki-32 Mary x 134
Ki-49 -I Helen x 2

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-32 Mary: 2 destroyed, 4 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
I-16 Type 4: 1 destroyed

Allied ground losses:
27 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 13
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 74

The AVG squadron has been pulled out. Interesting.

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Day Air attack on Moulmein [Burma] , at 30,34

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 26

Allied aircraft
B-25D Mitchell x 57
P-40B Tomahawk x 36
Beaufort VII x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zeke: 13 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-25D Mitchell: 4 destroyed, 3 damaged
P-40B Tomahawk: 5 destroyed

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 43

My Zeroes did fairly well in A2A but many were destroyed on the ground. Tomorrow another 40+ Zeroes will join the force here and continue to fight it out. I'm more than willing to accept an unfavourable loss ratio here in order to protect the landings - tactical loss for operational gain.

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Day Air attack on Rangoon [Burma] , at 29,33

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-I Oscar x 41
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

Allied aircraft
P-40B Tomahawk x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
P-40B Tomahawk: 3 destroyed

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Day Air attack on Djokjakarta [Java] , at 21,64

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 11
Ki-48-I Lily x 122
Ki-21-II Sally x 99

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-II Sally: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Lockheed 212: 4 destroyed
F.K.51: 1 destroyed

Airbase hits 11
Airbase supply hits 15
Runway hits 117

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Day Air attack on Koumac [New Cal] , at 65,114

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 14

Allied aircraft
Mosquito NF x 13

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

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Day Air attack on Pearl Harbor [Oahu] , at 114,72

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 8
Ki-21-II Sally x 118

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-II Sally: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged

Allied Ships
AR Rigel, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Allied ground losses:
2 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Port hits 10
Port fuel hits 1

That damned Rigel just won't sink.

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Day Air attack on IJA Chishima Fortress, at 82,33

Allied aircraft
I-16 Type 24 x 16
IL-2 Shturmovik x 21

Allied aircraft losses
IL-2 Shturmovik: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
15 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on IJA 3rd Yobieki Regiment, at 66,116

Allied aircraft
Hudson IV x 6

No Allied losses

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Day Air attack on ROC 31st Field Army , at 38,37

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 14
A5M4 Claude x 42
Ki-46-II Dinah x 2

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Day Air attack on ROC 48th Guerilla Regiment, at 50,33

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 27

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Day Air attack on ROC 49th Field Army , at 52,40

Japanese aircraft
D3A2 Val x 42
E8N2 Dave x 35
Ki-43-I Oscar x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
22 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

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Day Air attack on ROC 75th Guerilla Regiment, at 47,41

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 30

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

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Day Air attack on ISF 3rd Base Force, at 24,43

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 32

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-27 Nate: 2 damaged

Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on KNIL Riouw Garrison Battalion, at 22,53

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 5
F1M2 Pete-FF x 4
B4Y1 Jean x 40
B5N2 Kate x 12
G3M2 Nell x 13
G4M1 Betty x 83
E13A1 Jake x 8
Ki-48-I Lily x 13

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
45 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

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Day Air attack on Pp Army 3/12th Battalion, at 45,49

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 12
D3A2 Val x 34
Ki-32 Mary x 73
Ki-48-I Lily x 37
Ki-49 -I Helen x 6

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on TF, near Midway Island [USA] at 97,63

Allied aircraft
SBD-3 Dauntless x 3

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AP Juko Maru

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Day Air attack on TF at 27,31

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 18
G4M1 Betty x 19

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zeke: 2 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed, 8 damaged

Allied Ships
ML Manxman, Shell hits 12

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Day Air attack on TF, near Midway Island [USA] at 97,63

Allied aircraft
SBD-3 Dauntless x 3

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AP Uji Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

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Day Air attack on TF at 27,31

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 15
G4M1 Betty x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged

Allied Ships
ML Manxman, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 1

Hmm, if this ship is just off Rangoon I have got to assume that Moulmein may be much more heavily mined than I anticipated. Fortunately I brought along a few DMSs with the invasion TFs but just to be sure all my 20knot MSW and DMS are ordered to sprint north from Singapore. They can JUST make it in time to cover the landings.

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Ground combat at Midway Island [USA]

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 2106 troops, 43 guns, 10 vehicles, Assault Value = 95

Defending force 2718 troops, 89 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 41

Japanese max assault: 162 - adjusted assault: 4

Allied max defense: 40 - adjusted defense: 42

Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 3)

Japanese ground losses:
891 casualties reported
Guns lost 20
Vehicles lost 8

Allied ground losses:
24 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Gees, that landing didn't exactly go well. Ah well, time to try again in a month or two with 3 Regiments. I don't know what went wrong here as my forces were all combat-loaded and did unload in a single day without facing too much coastal defence fire.

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Ground combat at Pontianak [Borneo]

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 40 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Defending force 448 troops, 14 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 16

Allied max assault: 0 - adjusted assault: 0

Japanese max defense: 15 - adjusted defense: 13

Allied assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 0)

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Ground combat at Midway Island [USA]

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1764 troops, 77 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 40

Defending force 642 troops, 11 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 22

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Ground combat at Singora [Thailand]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1181 troops, 20 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 66

Defending force 4145 troops, 34 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 111

Here you can see the IJN TFs converging off the coast south of Rangoon. I have roughly 120,000 men loaded in two x 100 ship TFs covered by 8 BBs, over a dozen CAs, 1 CVA, 4 CVs, 3 CVEs and 2 CVLs ( the newly commissioned Shoho has raced from Tokyo to participate in these landings ) and a gaggle of well over 50 DDs and a dozen CLs. This force should easily land and suppress Rangoon.

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RE: Striking from Heaven: Nemo (J) vs 2ndACR (A) - 7/27/2008 1:47:28 PM

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TF 74 encounters mine field at Port Blair [Andaman] (23,34)

Japanese Ships
LCM AG-1722A, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Minesweeping by barge continues

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Sub attack near Muntok [Banka] at 21,55

Japanese Ships
TK Chiyoda Maru
TK Moji Maru
PC Ch 1

Allied Ships
SS O19

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TF 5 encounters mine field at Palembang [Sumatra] (20,55)

Japanese Ships
PC Ch 1

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Day Air attack on Changsha [S China] , at 45,37

Japanese aircraft
B4Y1 Jean x 85

Japanese aircraft losses
B4Y1 Jean: 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 16
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 52

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Day Air attack on Chungking [W China] , at 43,32

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 15
Ki-32 Mary x 141
Ki-49 -I Helen x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-32 Mary: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged

Resources hits 66

Another fortnight of attacks should see Chungking properly reduced.

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Day Air attack on Moulmein [Burma] , at 30,34

And here comes the daily attack on Moulmein...

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 42
Ki-43-I Oscar x 11

Allied aircraft
B-25D Mitchell x 63
P-40B Tomahawk x 30
Beaufort VII x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zeke: 10 destroyed, 9 damaged
Ki-43-I Oscar: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged

The Oscars actually performed better than the Zeroes on a per plane basis. The Oscar pilots are extremely experienced an it really shows.

Allied aircraft losses
B-25D Mitchell: 13 destroyed, 15 damaged
P-40B Tomahawk: 25 destroyed
Beaufort VII: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 17

Cool, I lost about 6 pilots, he lost 40.

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Day Air attack on Batavia [Java] , at 20,60

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-I Lily x 119
Ki-46-II Dinah x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-I Lily: 2 destroyed, 5 damaged

Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported

Airbase hits 9
Runway hits 97

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Day Air attack on Soerabaja [Java] , at 23,66

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 11
Ki-21-II Sally x 97

Allied aircraft
Brewster 339D x 1
Hurricane I x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-II Sally: 3 destroyed, 3 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane I: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
AK Benkalis, Bomb hits 2, on fire
AK Duymaer van Twist, Bomb hits 1
AGP Poolster, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AR Castor, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Ban Ho Guan, Bomb hits 1, on fire
TK B. C. J. Grootes, Bomb hits 1

Port fuel hits 1

Ah, more ships to sink.

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Day Air attack on Pearl Harbor [Oahu] , at 114,72

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 8
Ki-21-II Sally x 116

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-II Sally: 2 damaged

Allied Ships
AR Rigel, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported

Port hits 7

C'mon Rigel, sink damn you.

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Day Air attack on Lahaina [Maui] , at 115,73

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 18

Allied aircraft
B-19A x 19

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zeke: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged
G3M2 Nell: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-19A: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
15 casualties reported

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 8

Well, well, well. A B-19 unit strikes at Lahaina all the way from San Francisco. Those continental bombers are fun. They even do fairly well against fighters --- in this raid my Zeroes shot down 1 B-19 but lost 2 of their own to the enemy's defensive fire.

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Day Air attack on IJA Chishima Fortress, at 82,33

Allied aircraft
I-16 Type 24 x 19
IL-2 Shturmovik x 21

Allied aircraft losses
IL-2 Shturmovik: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
18 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Day Air attack on IJA 19th Division, at 69,28

Allied aircraft
SB-2M x 26

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
31 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Day Air attack on IJN Sasebo NGF Naval Guard Unit, at 66,117

Allied aircraft
Hudson IV x 3

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
9 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on ROC 31st Field Army , at 38,37

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 42
Ki-43-I Oscar x 36
Ki-46-II Dinah x 2

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
27 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Day Air attack on ROC 48th Guerilla Regiment, at 50,33

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 27

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on Red 15th Guerilla Regiment, at 52,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-51 Sonia x 109

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Day Air attack on ROC 49th Field Army , at 52,40

Japanese aircraft
D3A2 Val x 39
E8N2 Dave x 35
Ki-43-I Oscar x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A2 Val: 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Day Air attack on ROC 75th Guerilla Regiment, at 47,41

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 27

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on ISF 3rd Base Force, at 24,43

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 32

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
19 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on ML/KNIL Singkep Base Force, at 22,53

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 5
B4Y1 Jean x 38
B5N2 Kate x 11
G3M2 Nell x 21
G4M1 Betty x 85
E13A1 Jake x 8
Ki-48-I Lily x 16

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
50 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on TF at 96,62

Allied aircraft
SBD-3 Dauntless x 3

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AP Uji Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Japanese ground losses:
56 casualties reported

This ship is doomed. I've pulled my forces off Midway and will try to reinvade in a couple of month's time. Midway isn't essential right now although I would like to prevent the Americans from building it up farther.

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Ground combat at 49,30

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 12668 troops, 213 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 354

Defending force 1375 troops, 13 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4

Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Singora [Thailand]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1181 troops, 21 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 66

Defending force 4101 troops, 32 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 110

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RE: Striking from Heaven: Nemo (J) vs 2ndACR (A) - 8/2/2008 12:53:50 PM

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/03/42

Everything's almost in place. All of my surface combat, bombardment, CV, ASW and transport TFs are ordered to rendezvous 180 miles from Moulmein so as to keep open the possibility that my forces would be landing at Ye or Rangoon itself.

Tomorrow the bombardment fleet,my minesweepers and, finally, the transports will go into Moulmein. Currently my AV at Moulmein is about 160 as I've flown in the IJA Raiding Bde and elements of two Air Landing Regiments.

From now on pretty much all of my invasions ( in Sri Lanka, India, Australia, the Soviet Pacific holdings and the South-eastern Pacific ) are going to be contested invasions so I'm trying to organise this invasion ( and the deep envelopment in Java ) so as to get everything ashore more quickly so that I can learn how to do atoll invasions properly ( something I've always found tough in this game ) .

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TF 128 encounters mine field at Merak/Serang [Java] (19,59)

Japanese Ships
PG Ataka

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Day Air attack on Changsha [S China] , at 45,37

Japanese aircraft
B4Y1 Jean x 85

Japanese aircraft losses
B4Y1 Jean: 1 destroyed

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 11
Runway hits 12

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Day Air attack on Chungking [W China] , at 43,32

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 42
Ki-32 Mary x 171
Ki-49 -I Helen x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-32 Mary: 5 destroyed, 7 damaged

Resources hits 78

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Day Air attack on Batavia [Java] , at 20,60

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-I Lily x 118
Ki-46-II Dinah x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-I Lily: 2 damaged

Airbase hits 11
Runway hits 167

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Day Air attack on Soerabaja [Java] , at 23,66

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 11
Ki-21-II Sally x 76

Allied aircraft
Brewster 339D x 1
Hurricane I x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-II Sally: 2 destroyed, 6 damaged

Allied Ships
AK Duymaer van Twist, Bomb hits 2
AGP Poolster, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AK Benkalis, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AK Ban Ho Guan, Bomb hits 1, on fire
TK B. C. J. Grootes, Bomb hits 2, on fire
AK Van Outhoom, Bomb hits 1, on fire

Port hits 1

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Day Air attack on Koumac [New Cal] , at 65,114

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 13

Allied aircraft
Mosquito NF x 13

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zeke: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Mosquito NF: 1 destroyed

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Day Air attack on Koumac [New Cal] , at 65,114

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 11

Allied aircraft
B-19A x 11

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zeke: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 3

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Day Air attack on Pearl Harbor [Oahu] , at 114,72

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 8
Ki-21-II Sally x 113

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-II Sally: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged

Allied ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 5
Runway hits 65

I haven't seens supply hits in a long time. I wonder if that means he is running low on supplies?

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Day Air attack on IJA Chishima Fortress, at 82,33

Allied aircraft
I-16 Type 24 x 16
IL-2 Shturmovik x 21

Allied aircraft losses
IL-2 Shturmovik: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
62 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

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Day Air attack on IJA 19th Division, at 69,28

Allied aircraft
IL-2 Shturmovik x 9
MiG-3 x 13

No Allied losses

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Day Air attack on IJA 19th Division, at 69,28

Allied aircraft
SB-2M x 25

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
15 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on IJA 3rd Yobieki Regiment, at 66,117

Allied aircraft
Hudson IV x 6

No Allied losses

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Day Air attack on ROC 31st Field Army , at 38,37

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 42
Ki-46-II Dinah x 2

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
39 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Day Air attack on ROC 48th Guerilla Regiment, at 50,33

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 27

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

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Day Air attack on Red 15th Guerilla Regiment, at 52,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-51 Sonia x 109

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
28 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on ROC 49th Field Army , at 52,40

Japanese aircraft
D3A2 Val x 42
E8N2 Dave x 35
Ki-43-I Oscar x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
22 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Day Air attack on ROC 75th Guerilla Regiment, at 47,41

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 30

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
23 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on Pp Army 3/12th Battalion, at 45,49

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 12
D3A2 Val x 34
Ki-32 Mary x 79
Ki-48-I Lily x 39
Ki-49 -I Helen x 8

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on ML/KNIL Singkep Base Force, at 22,53

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 5
B4Y1 Jean x 38
B5N2 Kate x 12
G3M2 Nell x 22
G4M1 Betty x 104
E13A1 Jake x 8
Ki-48-I Lily x 12

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
18 casualties reported

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Sub attack at 148,62

Japanese Ships
SS I-169

Allied Ships
AO Platte, Torpedo hits 1, on fire

I'm currently in the process of moving all of my submarines ( except the I-120 minelaying class ) to Lahaina in order to cut the distance to the American SLOCs and thus allow my subs ( particularly the RO class boats ) to spend more time on station. This should increase their lethality.

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Ground combat at Noumea [New Cal]

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 12246 troops, 161 guns, 29 vehicles, Assault Value = 478

Defending force 8690 troops, 89 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 277

Japanese max assault: 704 - adjusted assault: 150

Allied max defense: 252 - adjusted defense: 467

Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese ground losses:
1040 casualties reported
Guns lost 25
Vehicles lost 2

Allied ground losses:
319 casualties reported
Guns lost 12
Vehicles lost 1

JUST the turn that this happened La Foa auto-reverted to Allied control ( damn, computer decided that the besieged Allies would capture a base in my rear. *sigh* Well, I'm going to try to stabilise this region and make every base contested. To be honest, so long as I hold Koumac and its resources I am quite happy letting 2ndACR bring troops in a every soldier he brings in requires more transports be risked to bring in supplies and is another soldier I won't be facing when I invade Australia.

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Ground combat at Singora [Thailand]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1181 troops, 21 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 66

Defending force 4098 troops, 33 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 111

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KNIL West Borneo Gar Battalion Wiped Out at Pontianak [Borneo] by attrition!!!

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Post #: 83

RE: Striking from Heaven: Nemo (J) vs 2ndACR (A) - 8/2/2008 12:59:39 PM

Nemo121

Posts: 5821
Joined: 2/6/2004
Status: offline

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/04/42

My powerful bombardment TF - 8 BB and 13 CA escorted by 4 DD - sprints in from 180 miles south of Rangoon and levels the airfield and surrounding area overnight. Allied casualties are heavy and secure uncontested landings at Moulmein.

I also lost my first CVL today when Zuiho foundered 120 miles west of Port Blair.

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Naval bombardment of Rangoon [Burma], at 29,33

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 10 destroyed
B-25D Mitchell: 27 destroyed
Beaufort VII: 6 destroyed

In reality 20 P-40Es, 54 B-25s and 11 Beauforts were destroyed on the ground overnight. When this is combined with the mauling the AVG has received over recent days it can be seen that roughly 100 first-rate USAAF fighter planes have been removed from the enemy arsenal, considerably facilitating future operations.

Japanese Ships
CA Tone
CA Nachi
CA Ashigara
CA Mogami
CA Mikuma
CA Suzuya
CA Kumano
CA Kako
CA Furutaka
CA Chokai
CA Maya
CA Atago
CA Takao
BB Yamashiro
BB Fuso
BB Hyuga
BB Mutsu
BB Nagato
BB Kirishima
BB Haruna
BB Kongo

Allied ground losses:
2069 casualties reported
Guns lost 34
Vehicles lost 2

Airbase hits 53
Airbase supply hits 44
Runway hits 463
Port hits 1

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TF 24 encounters mine field at Moulmein [Burma] (30,34)

Japanese Ships
DMS Kunashiri
DE Karukaya
AK Nikkyu Maru, Mine hits 1, on fire

Japanese ground losses:
32 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

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TF 31 encounters mine field at Moulmein [Burma] (30,34)

Japanese Ships
DD Amagiri
CA Suzuya, Mine hits 1

Suzuya takes serious flooding damage in terms of 32 flotation damage but relatively minor system damage. She should handily survive. On the off chance that his is more serious than it seems I have sent her back to Singapore in company with 2 of my DDs.

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TF 62 encounters mine field at Moulmein [Burma] (30,34)

Japanese Ships
MSW W.20
MSW W.16
MSW W.13
MSW W.6
DMS Ishigaki

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TF 76 encounters mine field at Moulmein [Burma] (30,34)

Japanese Ships
MSW W.17
MSW W.15
MSW W.14
MSW W.2

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TF 98 encounters mine field at Moulmein [Burma] (30,34)

Japanese Ships
DMS Shumushu
APD Patrol Boat No. 2
DE Hasu
APD Shiokaze

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Day Air attack on Changsha [S China] , at 45,37

Japanese aircraft
B4Y1 Jean x 82

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 50

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Day Air attack on Chungking [W China] , at 43,32

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 42
Ki-32 Mary x 163
Ki-49 -I Helen x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-32 Mary: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged

Resources hits 64

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Day Air attack on Koumac [New Cal] , at 65,114

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 13

Allied aircraft
Mosquito NF x 7

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Mosquito NF: 1 destroyed

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Day Air attack on Koumac [New Cal] , at 65,114

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 13

Allied aircraft
B-19A x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zeke: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-19A: 3 destroyed

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Day Air attack on Pearl Harbor [Oahu] , at 114,72

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 8
Ki-21-II Sally x 114

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-II Sally: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged

Allied ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 71

Still no supply hits.... Can he really be out of supplies so quickly?

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Day Air attack on IJA Chishima Fortress, at 82,33

Allied aircraft
I-16 Type 24 x 16
IL-2 Shturmovik x 21

Allied aircraft losses
IL-2 Shturmovik: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged

Pointless raids against a pointless target.

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Day Air attack on IJA 19th Division, at 68,27

Allied aircraft
IL-2 Shturmovik x 13
MiG-3 x 13

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
21 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on IJA 19th Division, at 68,27

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 18

Allied aircraft
SB-2M x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zeke: 6 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
SB-2M: 1 destroyed

Japanese ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

I'm jut lightly probing toward Kyusheva in order to create some sort of buffer zone in case the enemy try to take advantage of hal my army marching towards Komsomolsk by attacking down toward Khabarovsk.

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Day Air attack on IJN Maz 3&5 CSNLF Brigade, at 66,117

Allied aircraft
Hudson IV x 5

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

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Day Air attack on IJA 3rd Yobieki Regiment, at 66,117

Allied aircraft
Hudson IV x 3

No Allied losses

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Day Air attack on ROC 31st Field Army , at 38,37

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 42
Ki-46-II Dinah x 2

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
32 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on ROC 48th Guerilla Regiment, at 50,33

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 27

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on Red 15th Guerilla Regiment, at 52,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-51 Sonia x 109

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
16 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on ROC 49th Field Army , at 52,40

Japanese aircraft
D3A2 Val x 42
E8N2 Dave x 35
Ki-43-I Oscar x 4

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

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Day Air attack on ROC 75th Guerilla Regiment, at 47,41

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 27

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Day Air attack on ISF 3rd Base Force, at 24,43

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 32

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-27 Nate: 1 destroyed

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Day Air attack on KNIL Riouw Garrison Battalion, at 22,53

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 3
B4Y1 Jean x 8
B5N2 Kate x 5
G3M2 Nell x 7
G4M1 Betty x 33
E13A1 Jake x 2
Ki-48-I Lily x 4

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
21 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on Pp Army 3/12th Battalion, at 45,49

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 12
D3A2 Val x 34
Ki-32 Mary x 68
Ki-48-I Lily x 35
Ki-49 -I Helen x 7

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on ML/KNIL Singkep Base Force, at 22,53

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 5
B4Y1 Jean x 32
B5N2 Kate x 12
G3M2 Nell x 7
G4M1 Betty x 73
E13A1 Jake x 5
Ki-48-I Lily x 6

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
21 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Koumac [New Cal]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 6020 troops, 72 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 156

Defending force 4453 troops, 58 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 173

Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Pontianak [Borneo]

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 56 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Defending force 461 troops, 14 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 17

Allied max assault: 0 - adjusted assault: 0

Japanese max defense: 16 - adjusted defense: 7

Allied assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 0)

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Ground combat at Singora [Thailand]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1181 troops, 21 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 66

Defending force 4113 troops, 34 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 112

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ML/KNIL Singkawang Base Force Wiped Out at Pontianak [Borneo] by attrition!!!

By day's end over 1,500 AV have landed at Moulmein. If I've planned it right the other 700 or so AV of my combat troops should be fully ashore tomorrow with all of the supporting troops fully ashore by the end of the third day.

I am landing the equivalent of 1500 engineer squads so should increase Moulmein to a Level 3 Port within a couple of days. I plan to refuel and resupply there ( I have more than enough supplies and fuel-laden tankers along for the job ) and then begin moving up the Indian coast toward Calcutta with a view to drawing the Allied air force into battle over my CV TFs.

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Post #: 84

RE: Striking from Heaven: Nemo (J) vs 2ndACR (A) - 8/2/2008 1:08:44 PM

Nemo121

Posts: 5821
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/05/42

Its all going well, the main nearby airfield is destroyed, my fighters are providing CAP while my CVs and ASW TFs are standing offshore and killing subs - two Allied subs were sunk today as I put every Val I have available on-map on naval attack in the 4 hex area surrounding Moulmein - and most of my combat power is ashore by day's end.

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TF 62 encounters mine field at Ye [Burma] (29,35)

Japanese Ships
MSW W.20
MSW W.16
MSW W.13
MSW W.6
DMS Ishigaki

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TF 62 encounters mine field at Moulmein [Burma] (30,34)

Japanese Ships
MSW W.20
MSW W.16
MSW W.13
MSW W.6
DMS Ishigaki

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Sub attack at 29,34

Japanese Ships
DD Hayate, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Asanagi
DD Oite
DD Kamikaze
DD Hagikaze
DD Arashi
DD Maikaze
DD Kuroshio
CVL Chitose
CVE Chuyo [Nitta Maru]

Allied Ships
SS KXVI

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TF 62 encounters mine field at Ye [Burma] (29,35)

Japanese Ships
MSW W.20
MSW W.16
MSW W.13
MSW W.6
DMS Ishigaki

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TF 62 encounters mine field at Moulmein [Burma] (30,34)

Japanese Ships
MSW W.20
MSW W.16
MSW W.13
MSW W.6
DMS Ishigaki

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TF 76 encounters mine field at Ye [Burma] (29,35)

Japanese Ships
MSW W.17
MSW W.15
MSW W.14
MSW W.2

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Day Air attack on Changsha [S China] , at 45,37

Japanese aircraft
B4Y1 Jean x 83

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 36

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Day Air attack on Chungking [W China] , at 43,32

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 41
Ki-32 Mary x 162
Ki-49 -I Helen x 3

No Japanese losses

Resources hits 62

Chungking's resources are over half-destroyed. I am going to bring in Ki-21s and begin using them against Chengtu while the Ki-32s continue to hit Chungking. That will really remove the majority of remaining Chinese supply-generation and secure the impotence of remaining Chinese forces.

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Day Air attack on Batavia [Java] , at 20,60

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 11
Ki-48-I Lily x 117
Ki-21-II Sally x 87
Ki-46-II Dinah x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-I Lily: 2 damaged

Allied ground losses:
9 casualties reported

Airbase hits 10
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 117

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Day Air attack on Koumac [New Cal] , at 65,114

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 10

Allied aircraft
Mosquito NF x 7

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zeke: 5 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Mosquito NF: 1 destroyed

Costly, damned costly but worth it.

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Day Air attack on Pearl Harbor [Oahu] , at 114,72

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 8
Ki-21-II Sally x 112

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-II Sally: 3 damaged

Airbase hits 6
Runway hits 61

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Day Air attack on IJA Chishima Fortress, at 82,33

Allied aircraft
I-16 Type 24 x 16
IL-2 Shturmovik x 20

Allied aircraft losses
IL-2 Shturmovik: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
33 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

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Day Air attack on IJA 19th Division, at 69,28

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 25

Allied aircraft
IL-2 Shturmovik x 13
MiG-3 x 13

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
IL-2 Shturmovik: 2 destroyed
MiG-3: 3 destroyed

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Day Air attack on IJA 19th Division, at 69,28

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 25

Allied aircraft
SB-2M x 14

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zeke: 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
SB-2M: 11 destroyed

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Day Air attack on IJN Maz 3&5 CSNLF Brigade, at 66,117

Allied aircraft
Hudson IV x 6

No Allied losses

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Day Air attack on ROC 31st Field Army , at 38,37

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 42
Ki-46-II Dinah x 2

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on ROC 48th Guerilla Regiment, at 50,33

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 27

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Day Air attack on Red 15th Guerilla Regiment, at 52,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-51 Sonia x 109

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
21 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on Red 15th Guerilla Regiment, at 52,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-51 Sonia x 109

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
21 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on ROC 75th Guerilla Regiment, at 47,41

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 30

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
3 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on IA 15th Brigade, at 24,43

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 31

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on Pp Army 3/12th Battalion, at 45,49

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 12
D3A2 Val x 34
Ki-32 Mary x 78
Ki-48-I Lily x 33
Ki-49 -I Helen x 6

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on ML/KNIL Singkep Base Force, at 22,53

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 5
F1M2 Pete-FF x 4
B4Y1 Jean x 42
B5N2 Kate x 22
G3M2 Nell x 23
G4M1 Betty x 127
E13A1 Jake x 7
Ki-48-I Lily x 18

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on TF at 29,34

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 232
F1M2 Pete-FF x 2
A6M2-N Rufe-FF x 17

Allied aircraft
Pe-2 x 27

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Pe-2: 9 destroyed, 2 damaged

The Pe-2s are drawn to my CVs like moths to a flame. He isn't sending them in OVER the ceiling of my Zeroes which really is a serious mistake on his part but I'm not one to look a gift horse in the mouth.

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Day Air attack on TF at 29,34

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 242
F1M2 Pete-FF x 2
A6M2-N Rufe-FF x 17

Allied aircraft
Beaufort VII x 6

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Beaufort VII: 6 destroyed

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Day Air attack on TF at 29,34

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 242
F1M2 Pete-FF x 2
A6M2-N Rufe-FF x 17

Allied aircraft
Pe-2 x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Pe-2: 3 destroyed

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ASW attack at 29,34

Japanese Ships
DD Sazanami
DD Umikaze
DD Michishio

Allied Ships
SS KXVI

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Ground combat at Koumac [New Cal]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 6036 troops, 73 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 154

Defending force 4498 troops, 60 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 173

Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Ground combat at Singora [Thailand]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1181 troops, 21 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 66

Defending force 4107 troops, 30 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 114

So, the landings look like they've been a success. Subsequently the forces I was holding back in Singapore "just in case" are going to be comitted to Java to speed things up there. I have about 4,500 AV in Singapore and am going to commit the best half of that force to forcing a landing on Java in order to quickly take Batavia and unhinge the Dutch line at Soerabaja.

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Post #: 85

RE: Striking from Heaven: Nemo (J) vs 2ndACR (A) - 8/2/2008 1:19:00 PM

Nemo121

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/09/42

Nothing of any major significance happened over the past 3 days. I shot down a few MiGs and Shturmoviks which tried to attack my forces in Russia, my forces continue to march after the Soviets from Khabarovsk, my loading for the invasion of Java has begun and my combat forces have moved north from Moulmein and are now well and truly on the road to Rangoon.

Oh my engineers also increased the port at Moulmein to Level 3 - which, per our house rules, means I can now use it to reprovision my forces.

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TF 128 encounters mine field at Toboali [Banka] (21,57)

Japanese Ships
PG Ataka

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TF 257 troops unloading over beach at La Foa [New Cal], 66,116

Japanese ground losses:
20 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on Liuchow [S China] , at 41,37

Japanese aircraft
B4Y1 Jean x 85

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 30

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Day Air attack on Victoria Point [BMA] , at 25,39

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 132

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 13
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 49

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Day Air attack on Amboina [Ambon] , at 40,74

Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 8

No Allied losses

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Day Air attack on ROC 200th Division, at 38,37

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 42

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on ROC 48th Guerilla Regiment, at 50,33

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 27

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on Red 15th Guerilla Regiment, at 52,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-51 Sonia x 109

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
29 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on ROC 8th Guerilla Regiment, at 49,36

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 11
Ki-32 Mary x 115
Ki-21-II Sally x 61
Ki-49 -I Helen x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
27 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Day Air attack on ROC 75th Guerilla Regiment, at 47,41

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 30

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on IA 15th Brigade, at 24,43

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 31

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-27 Nate: 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
26 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Day Air attack on KM MLD Marine Battalion, at 20,60

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 11
Ki-48-I Lily x 107

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-I Lily: 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on Pp Army 3/12th Battalion, at 45,49

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 9

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on US Army 24th Division, at 114,72

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 8
Ki-21-II Sally x 45

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-II Sally: 1 destroyed

Since I think the supplies at PH are pretty much gone I'm beginning to hit the enemy ground troops to burn what's left. If I hit the airfields without getting supply hits I don't actually burn ANY Allied supplies --- which is crazy but you play the game you have.

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Day Air attack on US Army 25th Division, at 114,72

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-II Sally x 30

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on RAF No. 108 Base Force, at 25,39

Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 13

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on ML/KNIL Singkep Base Force, at 22,53

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 8
F1M2 Pete-FF x 4
B4Y1 Jean x 43
B5N2 Kate x 24
E13A1 Jake x 6
Ki-48-I Lily x 13

No Japanese losses

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Ground combat at Koumac [New Cal]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 6075 troops, 70 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 157

Defending force 4631 troops, 62 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 181

Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported

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Ground combat at 49,36

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 13158 troops, 209 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 367

Defending force 653 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 41

Japanese max assault: 361 - adjusted assault: 642

Allied max defense: 22 - adjusted defense: 5

Japanese assault odds: 128 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
30 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
60 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Clearing a road in Central China.

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Ground combat at 30,33

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 82596 troops, 1054 guns, 1745 vehicles, Assault Value = 2411

Defending force 1598 troops, 42 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 69

Japanese max assault: 3010 - adjusted assault: 3675

Allied max defense: 66 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 3675 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
119 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
495 casualties reported
Guns lost 27

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Why is the adjusted defence 1 ? Simple, the Japanese firepower advantage was so overwhelming that the entire Bde's squads were disabled before the fire phase was over. 2ndACR tells me the Bde is almost completely combat-ineffective.

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Ground combat at Tennant Creek [AUST]

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 2392 troops, 31 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 90

Defending force 60 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4

Allied max assault: 138 - adjusted assault: 264

Japanese max defense: 3 - adjusted defense: 2

Allied assault odds: 132 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied forces CAPTURE Tennant Creek [AUST] base !!!

Japanese ground losses:
8 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported

My paras are finally dislodged.

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Ground combat at Singora [Thailand]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1155 troops, 20 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 66

Defending force 4010 troops, 26 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 108

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Post #: 86

RE: Striking from Heaven: Nemo (J) vs 2ndACR (A) - 8/2/2008 11:23:10 PM

Mistmatz

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quote:

ORIGINAL: Nemo121
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Oh my engineers also increased the port at Moulmein to Level 3 - which, per our house rules, means I can now use it to reprovision my forces.

Could you please explaint this house rule? Is it to slow down land advances and prohib blitzkrieg operations? If so why level 3 fortifications and is this required everywhere? I'd assume it would slow down things in China pretty much as you can always prevent fort building by attacks on ports or AF's right?

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Post #: 87

RE: Striking from Heaven: Nemo (J) vs 2ndACR (A) - 8/3/2008 12:09:00 AM

Nemo121

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Mistmatz,

It is PORTs not forts... Basically we decided that the replenishing of TFs at Level 1 ports was simply not at all reasonable and so we decided to institute a Level 3 Port rule as a minimum for refuelling, replenishment of ammo and rebuilding of airgroups.

It should help keep the pace of advance down a little and it has certainly slowed me down in the Pacific.

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RE: Striking from Heaven: Nemo (J) vs 2ndACR (A) - 8/3/2008 10:25:03 AM

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ORIGINAL: Nemo121

Mistmatz,

It is PORTs not forts... Basically we decided that the replenishing of TFs at Level 1 ports was simply not at all reasonable and so we decided to institute a Level 3 Port rule as a minimum for refuelling, replenishment of ammo and rebuilding of airgroups.

It should help keep the pace of advance down a little and it has certainly slowed me down in the Pacific.

lol, it seems I need new glasses...

That lv3 port requirement is actually quite a nice house rule.

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RE: Striking from Heaven: Nemo (J) vs 2ndACR (A) - 8/3/2008 7:20:57 PM

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/10/42

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TF 51 encounters mine field at Palembang [Sumatra] (20,55)

Japanese Ships
MSW W.12
MSW W.8
MSW W.3

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TF 127 encounters mine field at Toboali [Banka] (21,57)

Japanese Ships
LCM AG-1705A, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Barge minesweeping at its finest

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Day Air attack on Chungking [W China] , at 43,32

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 46
Ki-32 Mary x 182
Ki-21-II Sally x 85
Ki-49 -I Helen x 3

Allied aircraft
I-16 Type 4 x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-32 Mary: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged
Ki-21-II Sally: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
I-16 Type 4: 2 destroyed

Resources hits 63

Chungking is now down from about 1,000 resources to just a little over 300... and falling fast.

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Day Air attack on Amboina [Ambon] , at 40,74

Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 5

No Allied losses

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Day Air attack on IJA Chishima Fortress, at 82,33

Allied aircraft
I-16 Type 24 x 16
IL-2 Shturmovik x 19

Allied aircraft losses
IL-2 Shturmovik: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Day Air attack on ROC 31st Field Army , at 38,37

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 41
Ki-46-II Dinah x 2

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
15 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

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Day Air attack on ROC 48th Guerilla Regiment, at 50,33

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 27

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
3 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on Red 15th Guerilla Regiment, at 52,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-51 Sonia x 109

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
22 casualties reported

These training raids are really paying off. Most of these Ki-51 units ( which will upgrade to D3As once I have sufficient numbers of Vals ) are now in the mid-80s in terms of experience with a few of them verging on 90+ Exp. I've had a look at my G4M naval units ( which are the elite of my anti-shipping forces ) and many of them are in the low to mid-80s also.

Another month of this and the majority of my bomber force is going to be over 80 Exp even accounting for the losses and their replacement with untrained recruits.

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Day Air attack on ROC 75th Guerilla Regiment, at 47,41

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 30

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on ISF 3rd Base Force, at 24,43

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 31

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on KM MLD Marine Battalion, at 20,60

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 9
Ki-48-I Lily x 81

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-I Lily: 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on KNIL 6th Regiment, at 20,60

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 2
Ki-48-I Lily x 26

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-I Lily: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on US Army 25th Division, at 114,72

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 8
Ki-21-II Sally x 86

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-II Sally: 1 damaged

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Day Air attack on ML/KNIL Singkep Base Force, at 22,53

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 3
A5M4 Claude x 12
F1M2 Pete-FF x 4
B4Y1 Jean x 42
B5N2 Kate x 22
E13A1 Jake x 5

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on TF at 27,31

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 178

Allied aircraft
Vildebeest IV x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zeke: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Vildebeest IV: 12 destroyed

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Ground combat at Koumac [New Cal]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 6083 troops, 69 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 158

Defending force 4655 troops, 64 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 182

Japanese ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

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Ground combat at 48,31

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 122785 troops, 1777 guns, 383 vehicles, Assault Value = 3178

Defending force 3513 troops, 68 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 176

Japanese max assault: 5966 - adjusted assault: 3377

Allied max defense: 181 - adjusted defense: 7

Japanese assault odds: 482 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
475 casualties reported
Guns lost 15
Vehicles lost 2

Allied ground losses:
931 casualties reported
Guns lost 25

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

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Ground combat at La Foa [New Cal]

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 488 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 21

Defending force 1060 troops, 56 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 38

Japanese max assault: 36 - adjusted assault: 8

Allied max defense: 32 - adjusted defense: 13

Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese ground losses:
49 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Bugger, he got a unit in there before I could. Ah well, I'm going to have to buy a Brigade out of the Home Islands and send it down here... I won't denude the Home Islands though, I have over 3,000 AV there and won't go below 1,000 AV no matter what the cost on my perimeter. I'm ALWAYS concerned about the possibility of an Allied end run into Shikuka or Toyohara.

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Ground combat at Tennant Creek [AUST]

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 2369 troops, 30 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 89

Defending force 48 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3

Allied max assault: 138 - adjusted assault: 258

Japanese max defense: 2 - adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 258 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
36 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Ground combat at Singora [Thailand]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1155 troops, 20 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 67

Defending force 3961 troops, 24 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 107

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Ground combat at Prome [Burma]

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 460 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 17

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

Japanese max assault: 20 - adjusted assault: 12

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 12 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Prome [Burma] base !!!

I'm parassaulting bases in Burma in order to cut off Allied lines of retreat and also to capture choke points ahead of my tank formations. My hope is to take Burma ASAP now that I realise it is really quite lightly held and to free up my formations for use in India ASAP. Accordingly I've turned my transport formations around ( they were heading back to Malaysia ) and I'm sending them back to Rangoon to begin loading about 2/3rds of the Burmese invasion force for immediate committment along the Indian axis.

(in reply to Mistmatz)

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