castor troy
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A bloody day! AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/15/42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 115 troops unloading over beach at Wallis Island, 93,107 Japanese ground losses: 160 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Wake Island at 82,63 Japanese Ships MSW Kaiyo Maru #3, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage MSW Keinan Maru Allied Ships SS S-43 Iīve got those two MSW sitting at Wake to clear any sub laid mines Miller may bring. A S-class sub enters Wake and sinks one of my helpless MSW... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Samarinda , at 31,63 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 59 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 82 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 6 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 41 Aircraft Attacking: 10 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 54 D3A Val x 24 G4M1 Betty x 51 Ki-27 Nate x 79 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 140 Ki-46-II Dinah x 3 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 26 casualties reported Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 101 Port hits 1 Port supply hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 58th Chinese Corps, at 47,29 Japanese aircraft Ki-30 Ann x 2 Ki-21 Sally x 16 Ki-49 Helen x 20 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 21 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 53rd Chinese Corps, at 47,29 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 36 Ki-30 Ann x 10 Ki-32 Mary x 9 Ki-51 Sonia x 12 Ki-21 Sally x 39 Ki-49 Helen x 23 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 87 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Aircraft Attacking: 4 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Americal USA Division, at 98,99 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 27 G4M1 Betty x 22 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 17 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Aircraft Attacking: 11 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91 Japanese aircraft C5M Babs x 1 Ki-49 Helen x 89 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 40 casualties reported Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 79 Aircraft Attacking: 15 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 22,22 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 117 Allied aircraft Swordfish x 24 Hurricane IIb x 18 Blenheim IV x 9 Wellington III x 53 Hudson I x 17 Beaufort I x 3 P-40B Tomahawk x 7 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 5 destroyed, 27 damaged Allied aircraft losses Swordfish: 17 destroyed Hurricane IIb: 16 destroyed Blenheim IV: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged Wellington III: 5 destroyed, 43 damaged Hudson I: 2 destroyed, 7 damaged Beaufort I: 1 damaged P-40B Tomahawk: 7 destroyed Japanese Ships BB Fuso, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, on fire BB Yamashiro Aircraft Attacking: 2 x Swordfish launching torpedoes at 200 feet 3 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet 4 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet 4 x Blenheim IV bombing at 6000 feet WOW! This attack shocked me, I nearly dropped off my chair! When this huge strike showed up coming from Madras I was already prepared to lose half of KB. My fighters did a good job downing more enemy aircraft than Iīve thought but I knew it was impossible to stop the medium bombers. Only half a dozen of the Wellingtons and the three Beauforts turned back and itīs like Iīve mentioned already, I see those Wellingtons as the major threat for my shipping in this area, even though in this attack theyīve only scored a single 500lb bomb hit on Fuso. Hudsons scored with a 250lb bomb on the BB. Unfortunately also a Swordfish managed to put a fish into Fuso, the ship isnīt in a state that itīs in danger to be lost. Thank god those Swordfish are the only bombers in Nikmod easy to down, out of three passes you down two of those old biplanes. Otherwise we would have been in serious trouble. Well, we were totally lucky this turn, all those bombers could have attacked KB and not a bomb prove BB TF. For two days already I have had my Kates on nav/airfield attack (Madras) to keep the airfield closed but for what reason ever, they didnīt launch. Well, today I paid the price and it could have come far worse! This even more shows me that I have to seize Madras ASAP! Even then itīs not 100% secure to sail from Burma to India as there are still the airfields on Ceylon, but the major threat are the medium bombers at Madras. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 22,22 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 112 Allied aircraft Swordfish x 6 Hurricane IIb x 32 P-40B Tomahawk x 13 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 11 destroyed, 13 damaged Allied aircraft losses Swordfish: 3 destroyed Hurricane IIb: 21 destroyed P-40B Tomahawk: 4 destroyed, 5 damaged Japanese Ships BB Yamato Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Swordfish launching torpedoes at 200 feet Another strike, this time against KB!!! I have to really thank the dice gods this time that only those three torp bombers tried to engage the carrier TF, this was pure luck. But this second attack really took a toll on my very high exp fighter pilots of KB (mostly around 90 exp!!). A second or third strike is poison for your Cap, in this case the fact that the Allied got the never ending bounce once again made it even worse. In total, we have lost 17 of our fighters, including S E V E N T E E N of our pilots! There are some 50 ships in this hex and we are fighting over "own territory" and still we lose 100% of the pilots. So, I canīt get it when people are telling me that they only lose 1/3 of their pilots over own territory or when they have a single laughable sub in the hex. Iīve lost 100% of the pilots today! For me, with my special edition of WITP, this is just a myth. Would I only lose 1/3 of the pilots, I would NEVER have a pilot shortage in 4 years of war I guess. Well, we came away with a blue eye today! My last transport TF will have unloaded tomorrow night and all my ships are set to sail back to Rangoon for tomorrow. The troop transports are accompanied by two BB surface combat TFs and an ASW TF as well by my CVL/CVE TF. Some 90 Zeroes from Yanam will fly LRCAP over the empty troop convoys. I hope to see them 5 or 6 hexes away from Yanam tomorrow, this will mean a) no torpedo carrying bombers and b) no Hurricanes on escort. Hopefully the Wellingtons took a morale hit today that my Cap will drive them back and if we get lucky again, perhaps they will all attack my bomb prove BBs. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 14,17 Japanese Ships SS I-9 Allied Ships TK Empire Metal, Torpedo hits 1, on fire PG Aster PG Hollyhock TK Empire Reynolds donīt know why a fuel loaden TK convoy is coming down from Karachi to Ceylon. A medium TK is hit and the fuel cargo is burning... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Canton Island Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 22347 troops, 159 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 452 Defending force 4676 troops, 8 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 43 Allied ground losses: 41 casualties reported Guns lost 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Sian Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 13907 troops, 434 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3271 Defending force 78236 troops, 357 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2199 Allied ground losses: 339 casualties reported as there are more and more units moving out of Chungking heading North I have decided to deliberate attack here already tomorrow again. I have to take this base fast now or I will fail. With the reinforcements from Chungking there wonīt be much I can do then. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Myitkyina Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 8162 troops, 275 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2847 Defending force 43911 troops, 337 guns, 255 vehicles, Assault Value = 864 Allied ground losses: 241 casualties reported Guns lost 4 Vehicles lost 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Wallis Island Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 2626 troops, 11 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 32 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese max assault: 66 - adjusted assault: 34 Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 34 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Wallis Island base !!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Chungking Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 133254 troops, 1474 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4184 Defending force 119726 troops, 1265 guns, 18 vehicles, Assault Value = 2476 Japanese ground losses: 135 casualties reported Guns lost 8 Vehicles lost 1 900 assault points have already left marching North...
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