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RE: it goes on... - 1/27/2009 2:13:08 PM   
castor troy


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ORIGINAL: Ambassador

Miller sent a supply convoy, didn't he ?  If so, maybe he loaded the damaged planes on the empty AKs and sent them back.


Regarding the varied effect of CAP, I have a question : does the size of the first attack matter for the disruption of the CAP ?  If no, then would it be gamey to organize a small-scale sweep or two, by just a handful of planes, to disrupt the CAP, before a bigger attack ?  AFAIK, the air attacks are resolved starting by the closer points of origin, so moving a CVE or two one hex closer would ensure their fighters would be the first on target...  But this might be seen as gamey rather than clever.  What's your feeling on this ?



hmm... yes there were a supply convoy but not anymore when the bombers "disappeared". I guess I´ve figured out how it happened. If you have at least 1 undamaged ac of a squadron you can fly out this squadron and if you have 20.000+ supplies and enough ac in the pool to up/downgrade the squadron you click on "up/downgrade" then the whole squadrons recombine! I´ve always seen this as more or less gamey but so far it was never an issue for me. And I didn´t do it with my fighters that get torched by the enemy bombers on and on, so... well, I´m thinking about doing that myself in future also but that doesn´t mean I like it.

The Cap thing is another story. Using one small strike first that get´s totally shot up and then send in a BIG strike that then kills the Cap at a 50:1 ratio is IMO gamey as the effect is just too much off. The same goes for the effect of the Allied only 100% super duper bounce phase when it doesn´t matter at all if you come in at 1000 or 35000 ft. I´m definetely thinking about several sweeps with medium size in future when I have to take down fighter defenses (especially as there will be the allmighty Corsair in 4 months) but I don´t want to totally exploit it with one tiny sweep and a huge one.

I can´t attack his bases anway, it doesn´t make sense in Nikmod. Like mentioned earlier, I will concentrate my attacks on the enemy shipping. Attacking his airbases is senseless...

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RE: it goes on... - 1/28/2009 5:18:57 AM   
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Status: offline 		Although it may still be costly, a sweep prior to the main attack that disrupts the enemy Cap is a valid tactic. Now using just one group as a sacrificial lamb may be rather gamey, but sending in your best fighters/best dogfighters first is a good idea, and the disruption it causes the cap for the 2nd raid is quite reasonable.

I know in the short course of my game, sending in a two sentai zero sweep over Singapore really helped out the lvl bombers escorted by oscars. If I knew I would lose large numbers of them though I might reconsider.

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RE: it goes on... - 1/28/2009 7:23:44 AM   
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ORIGINAL: Xxzard

Although it may still be costly, a sweep prior to the main attack that disrupts the enemy Cap is a valid tactic. Now using just one group as a sacrificial lamb may be rather gamey, but sending in your best fighters/best dogfighters first is a good idea, and the disruption it causes the cap for the 2nd raid is quite reasonable.

I know in the short course of my game, sending in a two sentai zero sweep over Singapore really helped out the lvl bombers escorted by oscars. If I knew I would lose large numbers of them though I might reconsider.



you´re correct and what you describe is something I see as a valid tactic also. Sending one chutai of Oscars before the main strike of 150 Oscars would be hardly something I would like to see though.

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RE: it goes on... - 1/28/2009 7:35:21 AM   
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Status: offline 		Turn 300 of the game! I´ve done post no 1 of this AAR on 10/27/2008 so we´re moving quite fast!

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 09/24/42

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TF 1020 encounters mine field at Kendari (33,71)

Allied Ships
SS Grayback, Mine hits 1

Type 93 mine hit... should a sub sink after hitting a mine?

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Coastal Guns at Akyab, 30,29, firing at TF 119
TF 119 troops unloading over beach at Akyab, 30,29


21 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
MSW Seki Maru

Japanese ground losses:
399 casualties reported

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Coastal Guns at Akyab, 30,29, firing at TF 119
TF 119 troops unloading over beach at Akyab, 30,29


8 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese ground losses:
159 casualties reported

We´re unloading a nav guard unit at Akyab to make it impossible for the 15.000 defenders of Imphal to retreat towards Akyab. At Akyab we have spotted a totally understrenght Indian div and a base force...

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Sub attack near Kendari at 33,71

Japanese Ships
AG AG-351, Shell hits 8, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Grayback

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ASW attack near Kendari at 33,71

Japanese Ships
DD Mikazuki
DD Shirayuki
DD Isonami
DD Shirakumo
DD Usugumo
DD Hibiki

Allied Ships
SS Grayback

so what was the mine hit? FOW? A sub that hit a mine shouldn´t even be able to dive, in WITP a sub with 99 sys can still dive... I hope that this is corrected in AE also, I know that subs can be forced to surface but I wonder if subs with a dozen 5 inch holes in their hull can still dive (and surface again )...

all DDs fail to locate the bugger...

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 160
D3A Val x 15
B5N Kate x 19
G4M1 Betty x 27
Ki-27 Nate x 32
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 64

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
26 casualties reported

Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 126
Port hits 1
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14273 troops, 457 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2883

Defending force 108398 troops, 445 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3529



Allied ground losses:
207 casualties reported

Sian´s assault value seems to drop more and more now... Couple of days ago it was still over 3.600. I hope that this is mostly a result of supply shortage for the defenders coupled with my air attacks and artillery bombardments. When the bases North of Sian are cleared - hopefully in less than a month - then I can move some 3500 assault points back to the Sian front and start my attacks...

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Ground combat at Imphal

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 24057 troops, 313 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 1309

Defending force 12558 troops, 83 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 169

we move strong forces into Imphal and encounter half a dozen base forces and an understrenght bgd. We will wait for another div and some more TK btn to move in and then we will order our first deliberate attack. Wooden hex and probably high fort levels but with all the tanks I expect to see the Allied troops surrendering quickly.


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 16021 troops, 201 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3434

Defending force 210913 troops, 653 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5112



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Ground combat at Akyab

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2992 troops, 21 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 73

Defending force 2260 troops, 16 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 63


Japanese ground losses:
18 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

The troops we´ve landed are just a force to block the enemy, I don´t expect this nav guard unit to take the base. But there is no threat of those two Allied units taking back India on their own! I guess they will starve to death in the next weeks/months...

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RE: it goes on... - 1/28/2009 9:16:55 AM   
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Status: offline 		Well, it is indeed a fast-paced game, an average of more than 3 game-days per real-day.  I'm not sure I could keep up an average of 1 turn/day when I'll start PBEM (not before this summer).

Re the sweeps, would you consider sending a quarter / a third of the fighters involved in an operation as "advance sweep" as not being gamey ?

Slightly OT, there's a coincidence here : I went to the theater the day you published the sinking of HMS Devonshire - I viewed the move The Duchess, which is none other than the Duchess of ... Devonshire.  Don't you feel bad for her.

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RE: it goes on... - 1/28/2009 3:38:39 PM   
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ORIGINAL: castor troy

Turn 300 of the game! I´ve done post no 1 of this AAR on 10/27/2008 so we´re moving quite fast!



Congratulations to both you and Miller. That's amazingly quick.

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RE: it goes on... - 1/29/2009 1:08:49 AM   
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Status: offline 		Much agreed on that, the pace of this AAR is really impressive, especially compared with my opponent and I's less than 1 turn per day.

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RE: it goes on... - 1/29/2009 7:57:38 AM   
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Status: offline 		Thanks guys and thanks to Miller! Also thanks to bigbaba who played the first month and also was a very reliable turn sender!

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RE: it goes on... - 1/29/2009 2:50:06 PM   
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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 179
D3A Val x 17
B5N Kate x 21
G4M1 Betty x 35
Ki-27 Nate x 35
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 70

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 117
Port hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Malir , at 22,4


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 24
Blenheim IV x 9
Hudson I x 1


Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 3 damaged
Hudson I: 1 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Blenheim IV bombing at 15000 feet


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Ground combat at Kungchang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 213513 troops, 2173 guns, 661 vehicles, Assault Value = 4741

Defending force 47318 troops, 294 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1364



Allied ground losses:
177 casualties reported

Kungchang is a clear hex, I have no idea how many forts there will be (I hope not higher than 5) and the defenders are mostly the troops that were forced to retreat out of Yenen. I also hope that the supply situation in Northern China isn´t that good, but it will probably good enough to still fully supply the fighting Allied units there. With the total superiority in troops and being fully supplied also I don´t expect this base to hold that long though. Deliberate attack tomorrow...

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14220 troops, 457 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2882

Defending force 107870 troops, 436 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3514



Allied ground losses:
141 casualties reported

enemy assault value is dropping by 10-15 points a turn now... looks good...

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Ground combat at Imphal

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 24091 troops, 314 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 1791

Defending force 12478 troops, 86 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 169

We have ordered an attack here also. Shock attack will hopefully bring down the forts fast enough that the base will fall quickly... then the troops will assault Calcutta if I don´t have enough troops there...

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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 16029 troops, 202 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3436

Defending force 211846 troops, 677 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5139



Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Akyab

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 3004 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 73

Defending force 2247 troops, 16 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 62



Allied ground losses:
2 casualties reported



The strategic situation seems to be changing fast in this game all the time. As it stands now, it seems like Miller has moved out the majority of his ships from Northern Australia. That´s fine with me, I just don´t understand it... I guess the losses due to my Betty attacks and the 150 fighters lost a couple of turns ago made him rethink his plans for the moment as he stated that he should not have attacked before 43 at all. As there are no carriers and no BBs in Northern Australia (and the British cruiser force has been destroyed) I don´t fear an attack within the next weeks but of course they could all sit at Perth that has a dark port and airfield symbol. Miller landed 2000+ assault points on Lautern and he will need those troops to attack further out of Timor, this will also mean he will have to pick them up. I guess this will be the time when we will see the next major attacks on his shipping. Until then, there will probably only those huge unescorted Allied bomber strikes. And in a couple of days the first Lightnings will leave factory. But I guess the Allied would lose fewer ac if they keep up attacking UNESCORTED.

The Pacific atolls are well defended and without more carriers Miller can´t do anything there and I seriously doubt he will try anything. Southern New Guinea and the Solomons aren´t really defended but also here it will be hard to achieve something without more carriers. He can surely take a base or two but the losses in shipping will be immense. My focus will stay on the area North of Timor though, most troops will go there and I will build up airfields and forts as many and as fast as we can. The Pacific atolls will stay defended as they are and if I have some spare units then they will bolster the defenses South and in the area of Rabaul.

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RE: it goes on... - 1/30/2009 8:21:28 AM   
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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 85
Wellington III x 53
Hudson I x 16
B-25C Mitchell x 100


Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 4 destroyed, 10 damaged
Wellington III: 10 damaged
Hudson I: 1 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 11 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
440 casualties reported
Guns lost 9

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 56

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 15000 feet
12 x Wellington III bombing at 15000 feet
4 x Blenheim IV bombing at 15000 feet

we´re unlucky that the whole RAF bomber force made it from India to Northern Australia but we are lucky that this means Miller still using Blenheims as those bombers at least can get shot down... most of the rest is immune to everything. At least I don´t lose much when shooting with flak only and not having fighters at the base...

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 184
D3A Val x 17
B5N Kate x 21
G4M1 Betty x 35
Ki-27 Nate x 35
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 70

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
29 casualties reported

Airbase hits 18
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 106
Port hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 3rd New Chinese Corps, at 47,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 36
Ki-21 Sally x 48
Ki-49 Helen x 110

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
124 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet


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Ground combat at Imphal

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 70637 troops, 623 guns, 1469 vehicles, Assault Value = 1887

Defending force 12554 troops, 87 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 170

Japanese max assault: 2984 - adjusted assault: 2859

Allied max defense: 157 - adjusted defense: 55

Japanese assault odds: 51 to 1 (fort level 9)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Imphal base !!!


Japanese ground losses:
1228 casualties reported
Guns lost 29
Vehicles lost 18

Allied ground losses:
15200 casualties reported
Guns lost 34

last base East of Calcutta fell to the Japanese forces. 15.200 troops surrendered, we scored 324 points for ground losses today and Allied ground losses are at 13.739 now! Calcutta, Delhi and Karachi left. Calcutta will be assaulted, Delhi starved and Karachi only blocked for the next 12 months.

After Calcutta will surrender I guess this will be the last "major" Western Allied troop concentration in the war that will surrender. But there are still hundreds of thousands Chinese troops trapped and ... the Russians...

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Ground combat at Kungchang

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 233701 troops, 2174 guns, 661 vehicles, Assault Value = 4754

Defending force 47276 troops, 292 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1375

Japanese max assault: 4236 - adjusted assault: 1659

Allied max defense: 1425 - adjusted defense: 1069

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 6


Japanese ground losses:
4908 casualties reported
Guns lost 115
Vehicles lost 6

Allied ground losses:
1631 casualties reported
Guns lost 24

the assault on Kungchang was bloodier than expected. Same goes for the forts, I didn´t expect level 7 forts. Hopefully I will get better adjusted av soon and hopefully my units don´t get shredded all the time like today...

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14304 troops, 459 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2884

Defending force 107350 troops, 430 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3499



Allied ground losses:
301 casualties reported

Sian´s assault value is dropping and dropping...

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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 16029 troops, 202 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3442

Defending force 212732 troops, 701 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5176



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Ground combat at 32,78

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 4922 troops, 142 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 432

Defending force 572 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 11


Japanese ground losses:
372 casualties reported




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RE: it goes on... - 1/30/2009 8:32:48 AM   
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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 164
D3A Val x 15
B5N Kate x 21
G4M1 Betty x 34
Ki-27 Nate x 67
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 35

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported

Airbase hits 10
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 77
Port hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on 9th Ind. Brigade, at 43,31


Allied aircraft
I-16c x 38


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x I-16c bombing at 2000 feet

Chinese fighters became active again, attacking a bgd North of Chungking that is blocking the river crossing and roads up North into the "hot zone"...

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Day Air attack on 70th Chinese Corps, at 47,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 7
Ki-49 Helen x 46

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
43 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 87th Chinese Corps, at 47,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 34
Ki-21 Sally x 27
Ki-49 Helen x 58

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
87 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet


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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14277 troops, 459 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2882

Defending force 106774 troops, 419 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3476



Allied ground losses:
124 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8426 troops, 290 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1532

Defending force 55676 troops, 392 guns, 268 vehicles, Assault Value = 1261



Allied ground losses:
228 casualties reported
Guns lost 8

I´ve first moved out my art units from Myitkina to bring them to Karachi to aid to the assault on this Allied stronghold. After seeing the Allied av being adjusted from 600 to 12.000 there I changed my plans of not attacking anymore and ordered the art units back to Myitkina... The Allied bases North of Myitkina are all Japanese now and I doubt that Yunan will be able to supply all those troops over 180 miles of trails. I guess Yunan itself doesn´t even have enough supplies to fully supply the 10 units there but who knows...

We will have a look on the Allied av in the next turns and then we will notice it soon when the Allied will start starving... even if there are still over 1000 Allied assault points at this base, there is no real threat. Too low supply and I´ve got enough troops in Burma to keep the Allied honest.

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Ground combat at Calcutta

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 46039 troops, 523 guns, 32 vehicles, Assault Value = 2519

Defending force 15830 troops, 198 guns, 110 vehicles, Assault Value = 219



Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 16024 troops, 201 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3444

Defending force 213568 troops, 720 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5228



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Ground combat at Kungchang

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 39480 troops, 211 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1318

Defending force 234551 troops, 2032 guns, 655 vehicles, Assault Value = 4468



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Ground combat at 32,78

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 21600 troops, 299 guns, 113 vehicles, Assault Value = 848

Defending force 59 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 6

Allied max assault: 389 - adjusted assault: 664

Japanese max defense: 3 - adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 664 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
41 casualties reported


Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!


two USMC divisions, a TK btn and 7 art units have moved out of Lautern and are on the trail towards Dili now. Seriously looks like that Miller plans to take Timor without any more amphibious assaults. Miller told me that as long as I have every carrier, every warship and every Betty near Timor it would be suicide for him to send in ships. And he hopes that his LBA can prevent me from doing a counterlanding. Well, I hope Miller will be surprised by my forces when he decides to attack somewhere else as I don´t have EVERYTHING near Timor anymore. There were days when I had 98% of everything near Timor though!

with the bases in Northern Australia nearly stripped of ships and Perth being stacked with ships I guess the next upcoming invasion will come directly out of Perth again. I think that also the original invasion of Lautern came directly from Perth.



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RE: it goes on... - 1/30/2009 8:45:44 AM   
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TF 1033 encounters mine field at Derby (24,85)

Allied Ships
DD Piet Hein
DD Kortenaer, heavy damage

what a pity none of the Dutch DDs hit a sub laid mine...

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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 88
Wellington III x 41
Hudson I x 14
B-25C Mitchell x 85


Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 3 destroyed, 13 damaged
Wellington III: 9 damaged
Hudson I: 2 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 2 destroyed, 16 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
151 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 53

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 15000 feet

those attacks are coming from Derby, the bombers attack with reduced bomb load due to flying on extended range. They still achieve enough hits from 15.000 ft to steadily increase the damage to my facilities at Koepang and even though I have over 400 eng there, without eng vehicles the repairs are just too slow...

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 191
D3A Val x 17
B5N Kate x 21
G4M1 Betty x 36
Ki-27 Nate x 70
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 35

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
37 casualties reported

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 131
Port hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 22nd Division, at 46,26


Allied aircraft
I-153c x 21


Allied aircraft losses
I-153c: 7 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x I-153c bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 35th Division, at 46,26


Allied aircraft
I-153c x 19


Allied aircraft losses
I-153c: 5 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
3 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
19 x I-153c bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 3rd Ind. Brigade, at 43,31


Allied aircraft
I-16c x 38


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x I-16c bombing at 2000 feet
17 x I-16c bombing at 2000 feet

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Ground combat at Calcutta

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 126134 troops, 1156 guns, 351 vehicles, Assault Value = 2647

Defending force 15758 troops, 196 guns, 109 vehicles, Assault Value = 216

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 8

Japanese max assault: 2431 - adjusted assault: 2334

Allied max defense: 209 - adjusted defense: 1585

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 8)

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 8


Japanese ground losses:
1206 casualties reported
Guns lost 44
Vehicles lost 5

Allied ground losses:
553 casualties reported
Guns lost 28
Vehicles lost 4

as expected, the forts were level 9 and the enemy´s adjusted av was high. But with only 209 assault value they at least don´t do that much damage to our troops.

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14277 troops, 459 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2882

Defending force 106455 troops, 416 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3476



Allied ground losses:
143 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Akyab

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 2338 troops, 17 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 67

Defending force 4130 troops, 17 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 73

Japanese max assault: 65 - adjusted assault: 10

Allied max defense: 66 - adjusted defense: 29

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


Japanese ground losses:
133 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported

our nav guard unit can´t achieve anything. Even though it had 4000 supplies (200 needed), the adjusted av looks like a joke. I will lift it out again and the understrenght Indian div and RAF base force will starve to death...

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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8396 troops, 289 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1531

Defending force 55335 troops, 383 guns, 270 vehicles, Assault Value = 1252



Allied ground losses:
65 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

av dropped by 9 points from last turn. This looks good, would mean the Allied are already starving...

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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 16049 troops, 202 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3440

Defending force 214275 troops, 731 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5262

several weeks ago the Chinese launched two deliberate attacks here and their av dropped from 6.500+ to 4.000 but they seem to recover nicely. Wooden hex and forts 9 will make it a bloody affair when I will have to finally attack here. But I´m sure when this base will fall this will be the absolute end for the Chinese. Well, they are defeated anyway already...

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Ground combat at Kungchang

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 39666 troops, 215 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1325

Defending force 235306 troops, 2048 guns, 655 vehicles, Assault Value = 4504


Japanese ground losses:
38 casualties reported
Guns lost 1



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RE: it goes on... - 1/30/2009 8:56:46 AM   
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Sub attack at 11,86

Japanese Ships
SS I-153

Allied Ships
AK Indianan
DD Banckert
DD Evertsen
DD King
DD Crane
AK Iowan
AK Atlantic
AK Nora Moller
AK Empire Gareth
AK Bridge
AK Empire Resistance

North West coast of Australia, big Allied convoy going towards the Northern Australian bases. Rear salvo of two torps missed the big AK. I guess this is a supply convoy for Northern Australia. Supply is a major issue there, at least this is my experience when playing as the Allied. You have to bring in hundreds of thousands supplies, not just a couple of ten thousand. I´ve thought about positioning a carrier TF in this area to catch a convoy but on the other hand I don´t know if it´s worth it. Worst case could be two US CVs meeting a couple of IJN CVEs...


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Day Air attack on Lanchow , at 45,25

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 36
Ki-21 Sally x 53
Ki-49 Helen x 109

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 6 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 1 destroyed, 10 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
I-153c: 5 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported

Airbase hits 12
Airbase supply hits 8
Runway hits 78

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet

oh well... This attack against a SINGLE base force has cost us 7 bomber today, but hey, we destroyed 10 fighters on the ground...


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Day Air attack on Malir , at 22,4


Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 31
Hurricane IIb x 52
P-40B Tomahawk x 15
Hurricane IIc x 31


Allied aircraft losses
Buffalo I: 1 destroyed, 8 damaged
Hurricane IIb: 16 damaged
P-40B Tomahawk: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged
Hurricane IIc: 1 destroyed, 8 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
159 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Airbase hits 13
Airbase supply hits 8
Runway hits 32

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x P-40B Tomahawk bombing at 2000 feet
8 x Hurricane IIc bombing at 2000 feet

the super low attack of the Allied fighters results in TWO fighter lost. Malir is defended by two special base forces and two AA rgts... I´ve thought this would keep Miller from attacking but how should it. Attacking a "strongly" defended base doesn´t result in more losses for him than I lose attacking a totally undefended target at the same range.

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Day Air attack on 41st Division, at 46,26


Allied aircraft
I-153c x 17


Allied aircraft losses
I-153c: 7 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
17 x I-153c bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 3rd Ind. Brigade, at 43,31


Allied aircraft
I-16c x 38


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
2 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x I-16c bombing at 2000 feet
17 x I-16c bombing at 2000 feet

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Ground combat at Kungchang

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 228907 troops, 2060 guns, 656 vehicles, Assault Value = 4529

Defending force 45690 troops, 229 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1331

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 5

Japanese max assault: 4115 - adjusted assault: 1709

Allied max defense: 1374 - adjusted defense: 529

Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 5)

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 5


Japanese ground losses:
4019 casualties reported
Guns lost 82
Vehicles lost 2

Allied ground losses:
1588 casualties reported
Guns lost 32

next deliberate attack and the first time we achive a good result av-ratio wise. But we take horrendous losses again. The leading division is down to 71/98 now (started out at 95/100)... there´s no doubt that Kungchang will fall though...

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14270 troops, 458 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2882

Defending force 106007 troops, 407 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3464



Allied ground losses:
23 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Lanchow

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 4788 troops, 40 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 98

Defending force 1838 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 15

Japanese max assault: 94 - adjusted assault: 40

Allied max defense: 11 - adjusted defense: 33

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 5)

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 4



Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported

the reason for my air attack on Lanchow was to disrupt the single unit there. As there are fighters also, I was sure that this single unit is only a base force and I was right. We had a Mongolian cav div moving into Lanchow over the roads coming from the East. We shock attack over the river and the low assault value base force doesn´t do any damage to our attacking unit. I don´t understand why Miller didn´t move an inf unit into Lanchow. When Lanchow falls (oil / resources / HI) then I can move on Sining (last Chinese base in the far North) and Kungchang will be totally cut off then, the troops there not having a chance to retreat. Means in a couple of weeks the 50.000 defenders of Kungchang will have to surrender!

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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8410 troops, 290 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1532

Defending force 55478 troops, 382 guns, 274 vehicles, Assault Value = 1253



Allied ground losses:
212 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Allied av gone up one point today... we´ve got time...

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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 16052 troops, 202 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3439

Defending force 215033 troops, 747 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5290



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Ground combat at Kungchang

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 38612 troops, 160 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1268

Defending force 229976 troops, 1946 guns, 652 vehicles, Assault Value = 4235




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RE: it goes on... - 1/30/2009 2:25:33 PM   
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Day Air attack on Malir , at 22,4


Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 23
Hurricane IIb x 35
P-40B Tomahawk x 12
Hurricane IIc x 27


Allied aircraft losses
Buffalo I: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged
Hurricane IIb: 1 destroyed, 12 damaged
Hurricane IIc: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
79 casualties reported
Guns lost 6

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 32

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x P-40B Tomahawk bombing at 2000 feet

we have some more flak on the way to Malir to cause more damage to the attackers. I don´t want to overstac the base with flak and I don´t want to do too much harm to the attacker as this then surely makes him stopping those training runs. Would be cool if he loses 5-6 ac per attack though...

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 191
D3A Val x 15
B5N Kate x 21
G4M1 Betty x 9
Ki-27 Nate x 70
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 35

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 134
Port hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 9th Ind. Brigade, at 43,31


Allied aircraft
I-16c x 39


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x I-16c bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 3rd Mongolian Cavalry Division, at 45,25


Allied aircraft
I-153c x 14


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
3 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x I-153c bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 74th Chinese Corps, at 47,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 30
Ki-21 Sally x 46
Ki-49 Helen x 82

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
30 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 3rd New Chinese Corps, at 47,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 3
Ki-21 Sally x 10
Ki-49 Helen x 30

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet


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Ground combat at Calcutta

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 86551 troops, 600 guns, 469 vehicles, Assault Value = 1622

Defending force 15121 troops, 169 guns, 108 vehicles, Assault Value = 196

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 7

Japanese max assault: 1492 - adjusted assault: 1727

Allied max defense: 178 - adjusted defense: 1393

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 7


Japanese ground losses:
521 casualties reported
Guns lost 29
Vehicles lost 4

Allied ground losses:
635 casualties reported
Guns lost 40
Vehicles lost 17

the defender gets an even higher adjusted av than last time but we only lose 1/3 in casualties this turn... looks good...

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14218 troops, 457 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2883

Defending force 105701 troops, 399 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3456



Allied ground losses:
108 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8410 troops, 290 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1531

Defending force 55127 troops, 378 guns, 272 vehicles, Assault Value = 1234



Allied ground losses:
157 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 16065 troops, 201 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3442

Defending force 215727 troops, 759 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5330



Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Kungchang

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 38813 troops, 167 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1272

Defending force 230756 troops, 1959 guns, 656 vehicles, Assault Value = 4281


Japanese ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Guns lost 1



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RE: it goes on... - 1/31/2009 2:48:30 PM   
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10/1/42 - the P-38 and B-24 enters the scene...


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Day Air attack on Malir , at 22,4


Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 20
Hurricane IIb x 30
P-40B Tomahawk x 14
Hurricane IIc x 23


Allied aircraft losses
Buffalo I: 4 damaged
Hurricane IIb: 1 destroyed, 10 damaged
P-40B Tomahawk: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
Hurricane IIc: 2 destroyed, 12 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
113 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 34

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x P-40B Tomahawk bombing at 2000 feet
5 x Hurricane IIc bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77


Allied aircraft
PBY Catalina x 2
Beaufighter VIF x 10
Blenheim IV x 102
Wellington III x 47
Hudson I x 15
B-25C Mitchell x 92


Allied aircraft losses
PBY Catalina: 1 damaged
Blenheim IV: 5 damaged
Wellington III: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
Hudson I: 1 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
142 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 22

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 19000 feet
4 x Wellington III bombing at 19000 feet

Miller increased the attack alt and his 250 bombers don´t achieve much anymore. Such an attack every second or third day is far too few to keep Koepang´s airfield damaged. When we will have enough Tojos available I´m thinking about moving them in again. The plan is to use 6 air search radar equipped Yugumo class DDs being moved in the same day as the fighters to hopefully see the Cap scrambling.

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 164
D3A Val x 17
B5N Kate x 21
G4M1 Betty x 9
Ki-27 Nate x 70
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 47

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported

Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 124
Port hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 12th Ind. Brigade, at 43,31


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 11
I-16c x 39


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x I-16c bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 3rd Mongolian Cavalry Division, at 45,25


Allied aircraft
I-153c x 18


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x I-153c bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Dili at 31,77


Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 4


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AG AG-362, Shell hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x P-39D Airacobra attacking at 100 feet

Miller is aware of the fact that I´m using a high number of barges to supply and reinforce my positions on Timor and therefor he moved some fighter bombers to Lautern. Those 4 cal .50 hits did no damage at all...

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Day Air attack on Chungking , at 43,32

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 27
Ki-49 Helen x 52

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 destroyed, 12 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 18 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 4 damaged
I-16c: 6 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
148 casualties reported

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 9
Runway hits 24

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet

we destroy a dozen fighters on the ground but the loss of 8 bombers shows that it wasn´t worth it...

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Ground combat at Kungchang

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 216086 troops, 1961 guns, 656 vehicles, Assault Value = 4314

Defending force 44296 troops, 186 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1279

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 4

Japanese max assault: 3869 - adjusted assault: 1802

Allied max defense: 1318 - adjusted defense: 470

Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 4)

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 4


Japanese ground losses:
4161 casualties reported
Guns lost 82
Vehicles lost 3

Allied ground losses:
1551 casualties reported
Guns lost 32

another good result assault ratio wise but again the losses within our troops have been horrible...

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14292 troops, 458 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2883

Defending force 105338 troops, 393 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3443



Allied ground losses:
56 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Lanchow

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 4800 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 99

Defending force 1797 troops, 10 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 14

Japanese max assault: 132 - adjusted assault: 55

Allied max defense: 14 - adjusted defense: 21

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 2


Japanese ground losses:
182 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Allied ground losses:
18 casualties reported

hopefully Lanchow will fall after the next two attacks...

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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8433 troops, 289 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1531

Defending force 54653 troops, 376 guns, 269 vehicles, Assault Value = 1207



Allied ground losses:
528 casualties reported
Guns lost 4


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 16064 troops, 201 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3440

Defending force 216301 troops, 773 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5369



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Ground combat at Kungchang

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 37653 troops, 131 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1198

Defending force 226285 troops, 1860 guns, 651 vehicles, Assault Value = 4050




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RE: it goes on... - 2/1/2009 1:54:53 PM   
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Day Air attack on Malir , at 22,4


Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 14
Hurricane IIb x 25
P-40B Tomahawk x 12
Hurricane IIc x 19


Allied aircraft losses
Buffalo I: 3 destroyed, 8 damaged
Hurricane IIb: 1 destroyed, 11 damaged
P-40B Tomahawk: 5 damaged
Hurricane IIc: 1 destroyed, 9 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
121 casualties reported
Guns lost 8

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 23

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x P-40B Tomahawk bombing at 2000 feet

good kill rate... I´m not sure that this really helps Miller as the British pilot replacement is only 30/month and while he trains his pilots, he loses far more than he gets as replacement.

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 164
D3A Val x 17
B5N Kate x 19
G4M1 Betty x 9
Ki-27 Nate x 70
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 47

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 116
Port hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 3rd Mongolian Cavalry Division, at 45,25


Allied aircraft
I-153c x 22


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x I-153c bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 3rd New Chinese Corps, at 47,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 32
Ki-21 Sally x 29
Ki-49 Helen x 78

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
56 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 79th Chinese Corps, at 47,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 4
Ki-21 Sally x 9
Ki-49 Helen x 22

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet

Miller moved at least 100 Hurricanes into China. There are dozens of British fighter bombers spotted flying Cap over Chungking.

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14246 troops, 459 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2880

Defending force 104777 troops, 381 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3435



Allied ground losses:
210 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8409 troops, 289 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1529

Defending force 54144 troops, 368 guns, 268 vehicles, Assault Value = 1170



Allied ground losses:
228 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 16041 troops, 201 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3437

Defending force 217128 troops, 785 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5412



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Ground combat at Kungchang

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 33790 troops, 131 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1208

Defending force 226934 troops, 1868 guns, 652 vehicles, Assault Value = 4091


Japanese ground losses:
15 casualties reported
Guns lost 1



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RE: it goes on... - 2/1/2009 2:10:41 PM   
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Sub attack at 13,85

Japanese Ships
SS I-153

Allied Ships
AK Ernest Meyer
AK Canadian
AK Empire Peri
MSW Penguin
MSW Turkey
DMS Elliot, heavy damage
DD Aylwin, heavy damage
DMS Zane, heavy damage
MSW Bundaberg

6 torps missed... Miller is moving out his damaged ships and there is nearly nothing left in Northern Australian ports. Perth is still full of enemy shipping though. Guess Miller only wants to make me think I´m safe and of course he doesn´t have to fear an air attack on Perth´s harbour...

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Sub attack at 12,86

Japanese Ships
SS I-159

Allied Ships
TK Augustina, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Empire Peri
MSW Penguin
MSW Turkey
DMS Elliot, heavy damage
DD Aylwin, heavy damage
DMS Zane, heavy damage
MSW Bundaberg

I-159 does better during the day and attacks the same convoy that was attacked during the night by I-153. A rear salvo of two torps and one hits the small TK Augustina. 800 miles to Perth and 700 to Broome, this could be a kill...

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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77


Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIF x 11
Hudson I x 14
B-25C Mitchell x 180


Allied aircraft losses
Beaufighter VIF: 2 damaged
Hudson I: 3 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 8 destroyed, 60 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
291 casualties reported
Guns lost 7

Airbase hits 31
Airbase supply hits 13
Runway hits 81

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 12000 feet

Koepang´s airfield was 100% operational again so Miller sent in his bomber armada lower than before and today he has to pay for it as suddenly our flak defense showed teeth! 22 of the attacking bombers were lost to flak today! Guess this was one of the best results so far... The airbase was hit hard though and Koepang is inoperational again. Also the supply hits are getting more and more concerning. The last couple of weeks cost us over 20.000 supplies.





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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 198
D3A Val x 17
B5N Kate x 21
G4M1 Betty x 9
Ki-27 Nate x 70
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 47

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
26 casualties reported

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 90
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 3rd Mongolian Cavalry Division, at 45,25


Allied aircraft
I-153c x 24


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
17 x I-153c bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 74th Chinese Corps, at 47,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 36
Ki-21 Sally x 29
Ki-49 Helen x 78

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
50 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 72nd Chinese Corps, at 47,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 17
Ki-49 Helen x 30

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 30,76


Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 17


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AG AG-5089
AG AG-367, Shell hits 4
AG AG-5188
AG AG-356, Shell hits 4
AG AG-5091

Japanese ground losses:
22 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x P-39D Airacobra attacking at 100 feet

There are 200 enemy fighters at Lautern now, flying Cap and the fighter bomber are attacking our barges. Without much effect though, those MG hits do NO sys damage at all on my barges. That´s more than strange as enemy PTs normally shoot IJN DDs to pieces with their cal. 50...

So many Kittyhawks and Spitfires on Cap over Lautern could mean another incoming convoy, probably bringin supplies. We will see if we are nearing another major airbattle over Lautern.

The barges are moving in supplies and moving out the shredded units that were forced to retreat from Lautern. We were able to save all units from Lautern and they will be shipped back to Singapore or Japan to be rebuilt.

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Day Air attack on TF at 31,76


Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 2


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AG AG-2058

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x P-39D Airacobra attacking at 100 feet

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14260 troops, 459 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2880

Defending force 103950 troops, 373 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3404



Allied ground losses:
106 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Lanchow

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 4626 troops, 33 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 93

Defending force 1807 troops, 11 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 14

Japanese max assault: 158 - adjusted assault: 88

Allied max defense: 14 - adjusted defense: 19

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Lanchow base !!!



Allied aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft losses
I-153c: 1 destroyed

Japanese ground losses:
154 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Allied ground losses:
37 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

our assault with the Mongolian cav division was a success. Unfortunately the capture of the HI/rescources/oil wasn´t much of a success as all those facilities are 60-70% damaged. Due to the situation near the SRA with the Allied being on the jump into vital areas I have decided to repair all damaged oil rigs at Lanchow. This will cost us some 70.000 supplies. But Lanchow will then produce around 7% of the total oil need of the Empire so I guess it will be worth it. With the conquest of India we will produce enough supplies in the next month that this won´t really hurt us. Moving the supplies to Lanchow will probably be the biggest problem.

A bgd is needed to meet the garrisson requirements at Lanchow so we have ordered a shot up bgd to move there from Kungchang, should arrive within the next two turn. At the moment we are 60 av below the requirements so I can only hope that the oilsites won´t be damaged even more. Also a pretty much shredded div will move out of Kungchang to move on Sinin with the Mongolian cav division to take out this base, probably only defended by another Allied base force. This will reduce our av at Kungchang by around 400 points.


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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8446 troops, 290 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1532

Defending force 53801 troops, 369 guns, 268 vehicles, Assault Value = 1153



Allied ground losses:
184 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 16029 troops, 202 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3438

Defending force 217920 troops, 796 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5451



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Ground combat at Kungchang

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 33960 troops, 137 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1219

Defending force 227818 troops, 1871 guns, 655 vehicles, Assault Value = 4141


Japanese ground losses:
3 casualties reported




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Sub attack at 15,85

Japanese Ships
SS I-21

Allied Ships
AK Mauna Ala, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

I-21 starts with an attack on one of the three spotted convoys West of Broome. A big AK is hit...

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Sub attack at 11,86

Japanese Ships
SS I-164

Allied Ships
TK Augustina, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

I-164 finished Augustina that was already hit yesterday. The TK went down with it´s captain...

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Sub attack at 14,85

Japanese Ships
SS I-153

Allied Ships
AK Sea Thrush, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Then I-153 succesfully attacks and probably sinks another big AK...

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Sub attack at 9,87

Japanese Ships
SS I-164

Allied Ships
AP Talthibius, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

And I-164 attacks and probably sinks the big AP Talthibius! All those attacks happened in the shipping lane between Broome and Perth. I would prefer to attack fully loaden ships that come from Perth going to Northern Australia but I shouldn´t rant about that I guess... Also IJN subs can be a real pain in the a$$ for Allied shipping when there aren´t enough escorts around. My submarine force is doing a great job in this campaign both against Allied warships and the merchants. Especially this big AP lost will hurt Miller. Dozens of APs were lost due to the Lautern invasion and those APs will be missed for moving troops from the West coast to the front. APs are "rare" during the first 18 months of the war so this is definetely something Miller will feel.

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Day Air attack on Lanchow , at 45,25


Allied aircraft
I-153c x 25


No Allied losses

Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x I-153c bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 206
D3A Val x 17
B5N Kate x 21
G4M1 Betty x 9
Ki-27 Nate x 70
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 47

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 154

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Dili , at 31,77


Allied aircraft
F-5A Lightning x 1


Allied aircraft losses
F-5A Lightning: 1 damaged

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Day Air attack on TF, near Diamond Harbor at 28,23


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 8
IL-4c x 24


Allied aircraft losses
IL-4c: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
AP Manila Maru
AP Nissho Maru
AP Meiten Maru
AP Kurohime Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
AP Matsukawa Maru, Bomb hits 1
AP Nichiren Maru
AP Mexico Maru, Bomb hits 1
AP Reiyo Maru

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x IL-4c bombing at 6000 feet
3 x Blenheim IV bombing at 6000 feet

I´ve tried to sneak in two dozen medium APs to Diamond Harbour to pick up a division but unfortunately my ships were spotted yesterday and I was sure this would happen this turn. We´re lucky that there aren´t more Allied bombers attacking as I expected at least 150 Hurricanes to attack my convoy. It was a gamble, I didn´t want to place 250 fighters at Diamond Harbour as they are need at the front and while I was able to sneak two big convoys in and out already, the third try was a failure. I´ve moved 54 Zeroes to the base and tomorrow 72 Oscars will follow. The ships are disbanded in port, none is in danger of sinking. Looks like I have to take out Calcutta first before I can safely move ships to DH. All bomb hits achieved by the Chinese long range bombers. With decent exp those bombers are ship killers, dropping 10x250 kg AP bombs.

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Sub attack at 14,85

Japanese Ships
SS I-153

Allied Ships
AK Mauna Ala, on fire, heavy damage

The only unsuccesful sub attack today, Mauna Ala took a torp already... my Wolfpacks will continue to hunt those convoys down, I expect more hits on Allied shipping...

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14208 troops, 455 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2881

Defending force 103723 troops, 374 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3395



Allied ground losses:
124 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Calcutta

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 70850 troops, 435 guns, 468 vehicles, Assault Value = 1295

Defending force 14166 troops, 160 guns, 92 vehicles, Assault Value = 177

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 6

Japanese max assault: 1250 - adjusted assault: 823

Allied max defense: 165 - adjusted defense: 945

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


Japanese ground losses:
1628 casualties reported
Guns lost 25
Vehicles lost 9

Allied ground losses:
1556 casualties reported
Guns lost 48
Vehicles lost 13

I wanted to scare Miller to make him move out his bombers and even though I moved out two of my divs I´ve ordered an attack. It wasn´t a succes but even though we get a 0:1 we cause some nice damage to the defender. Will take some 10-14 days until I have decent numbers of tanks at this base. I expect Calcutta to surrender within the next three weeks. Then the next Allied base is Delhi and I´m even thinking about attacking it with my tanks as I don´t have a real task for them after Calcutta has fallen. But I guess starving will be the better option as there are also 600 assault points, they could also get adjusted to 12.000...

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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8429 troops, 289 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1532

Defending force 53018 troops, 358 guns, 262 vehicles, Assault Value = 1128



Allied ground losses:
408 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Myitkina´s assault value is dropping real fast now, 25 points in one day. Two Allied units are spotted two hexes South East of the base. I don´t know if Miller is moving more troops into Myitkina, would be suicide IMO. Not a perfect solution but a better idea would be to withdraw the Allied troops from Myitkina to China. Even though if China surely hasn´t ample supplies, the Allied troops wouldn´t starve there at least.

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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15978 troops, 200 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3441

Defending force 218431 troops, 811 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5476



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Ground combat at Kungchang

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 34094 troops, 142 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1227

Defending force 228725 troops, 1887 guns, 656 vehicles, Assault Value = 4194




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Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 33,78

Japanese Ships
CA Haguro
CA Ashigara
CA Kako
DD Nowaki
DD Arashi
DD Michishio
DD Kasumi
DD Shirayuki
DD Mikazuki

Allied Ships
PT PT-68
PT PT-74
PT PT-75
PT PT-77
PT PT-128, Shell hits 7, and is sunk
PT PT-159

we´ve ordered Adm Tanaka and Ishikawa to lead bombardment TFs to Lautern. We knew that there are PTs so we expected something worse... The PTs were surprised and one was sunk...

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 33,78

Japanese Ships
CA Haguro
CA Ashigara
CA Kako
DD Nowaki
DD Arashi
DD Michishio
DD Kasumi
DD Shirayuki
DD Mikazuki

Allied Ships
PT PT-68
PT PT-74
PT PT-75
PT PT-77, Shell hits 7, and is sunk
PT PT-159, Shell hits 1, and is sunk

Another round with Tanaka´s cruisers and again the PTs are suprised, losing two of their own... NOTE: we didn´t hit any of our own mines this time (probably because there are nearly none left)... so far, so good...

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Naval bombardment of Lautem, at 33,78


Allied aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft losses
PBY Catalina: 1 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed

Japanese Ships
CA Chikuma
CA Tone


Allied ground losses:
1265 casualties reported
Guns lost 15

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 3
Port hits 1
Port supply hits 4

Please! Can we get lucky again? There are 300 Allied aircraft at the base and the base is reconned daily but we only achieve 3 runway hits?

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Naval bombardment of Lautem, at 33,78


Allied aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed
Spitfire Vb: 1 destroyed
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed

Japanese Ships
CA Kako
CA Ashigara
CA Haguro


Allied ground losses:
546 casualties reported
Guns lost 7

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 8
Port supply hits 2

I hoped for Tanaka´s cruisers but they also hit nothing. God damn! The Allied could have lost 100+ fighters today but unlike the Allied in this campaign we don´t seem to nuke bases ALL the time...

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TF 1036 encounters mine field at Wyndham (30,86)

Allied Ships
AK Empire Resistance, Mine hits 1, on fire

Type 88 sub laid mine... Miller has moved out his MSW even though he must know that we have mine laying subs leaving eggs in his ports... hopefully this AK was loaden with supplies...

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Day Air attack on Lanchow , at 45,25


Allied aircraft
I-153c x 26


No Allied losses

Runway hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x I-153c bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Diamond Harbor , at 28,23

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 41

Allied aircraft
Swordfish x 36
Buffalo I x 15
Blenheim IV x 10
Hudson I x 8
IL-4c x 27

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 10 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Swordfish: 5 destroyed, 6 damaged
Buffalo I: 9 destroyed
Blenheim IV: 2 damaged
Hudson I: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
IL-4c: 9 damaged

Japanese Ships
AP Mizuho Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
AP Midori Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
AP Mexico Maru, Bomb hits 1
AP Manila Maru, Bomb hits 1
AP Meiten Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
AP Nichiai Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AP Reiyo Maru, Bomb hits 1
AP Nichiran Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AP Marsue Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AP Kogyo Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AP Kyokusei Maru, Bomb hits 1
AP Meiko Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AP Meiu Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AP Meiyo Maru, Bomb hits 1
AP Meigen Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
AP Monji Maru, Bomb hits 1
AP Matsukawa Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire

Japanese ground losses:
25 casualties reported

Port hits 2
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x IL-4c bombing at 6000 feet
9 x Swordfish bombing at 5000 feet
4 x Blenheim IV bombing at 6000 feet

Remember my attacks on Wyndham and Darwin with 300+ bombers twice? I´ve used very high exp bombers and what did I hit attacking a target without any Cap that attacked my bombers? And now look at the hit rate of those at best medium exp bombers... 21 hits... Did I even achieve 21 hits with 300+ high exp bombers at Wyndham when all those bombers weren´t able to sink even one of the British carriers there?

I knew Miller would move in more bombers and I knew my two Zero daitais wouldn´t achieve much but again they achieve nothing against the bombers, not even against the Chinese and obsolete British ones. Like everytime, Miller would have been better off attacking without escort. Moved in 84 Oscars and 36 more can fly in tomorrow. Miller moved ac to Myitkina today so I´m sure those will show up over DH tomorrow also. I guess we will have a dozen APs heavily damaged in the end and Miller will have lost 50-100 ac if he continues to attack. I doubt that we will see more attacks than the one tomorrow as he will then run into 100+ fighters on Cap. I´m pretty sure that we won´t lose a single AP as DH is a level 9 port so other than damaging those ships, the Allied won´t achieve anything I guess. I don´t have to do anymore big style invasions which means I have plenty of APs to ferry troops around and those APs will be repaired within 6 months.

But still, it was dumb to move in those ships when I knew Miller could fly in hundreds of ac to Calcutta within a turn. This same ignorant way was the reason I´ve lost BB Hyuga near Karachi... I should be more carefully again...




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Day Air attack on Dili , at 31,77

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 25
Spitfire Vb x 16
Kittyhawk I x 13
Beaufighter VIF x 6
P-40E Warhawk x 60

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

Allied aircraft losses
Spitfire Vb: 6 damaged
Kittyhawk I: 1 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 2 destroyed, 7 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
6 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 20

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Spitfire Vb bombing at 2000 feet

look at all those fighters that are doing training raids from Lautern against Dili now... they were parked in rows during the night when our two cruiser squadrons didn´t care to attack the airfield as it was ordered... knocking out two monthly replacement rates of Warhawks would have been cool...

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 179
D3A Val x 17
B5N Kate x 21
G4M1 Betty x 9
Ki-27 Nate x 70
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 47

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported

Airbase hits 13
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 168

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on TF at 34,83

Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 20
G4M1 Betty x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
AK Barwon, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Crane
AK Belawan, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AK Lancaster, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AK Regulus, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Soerabaja, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AK Neleus

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
3 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet

we have spotted this TF moving along Australia´s North coast a couple of days ago and we therefor moved in our IJN long range bombers but they refused to fly until today when the TF already was 2 hexes off Darwin. To make it even worse, major parts of the attack failed to locate the convoy so we have to be totally hapy with the damage done for one Nell lost. I guess two of the ships could sink and hopefully 20-30% of the supply is lost. At least I think this is a supply TF going to Darwin. The TF is reported as 10-12 ships, mostly small AKs.

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Sub attack at 11,86

Japanese Ships
SS I-170

Allied Ships
AK Empire Tower

North West coast, two torps missed the unescorted big AK... my subs had a couple of chances to attack shipping but the didn´t attack...

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14186 troops, 458 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2879

Defending force 103196 troops, 372 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3387



Allied ground losses:
70 casualties reported

Chinese assault value below 4000 already and it´s further decreasing...

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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8409 troops, 289 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1530

Defending force 52358 troops, 361 guns, 262 vehicles, Assault Value = 1115



Allied ground losses:
186 casualties reported

same here, the Allied lose a dozen assault points each turn...

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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 16015 troops, 200 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3441

Defending force 219194 troops, 821 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5497



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Ground combat at Kungchang

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 34130 troops, 148 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1234

Defending force 229221 troops, 1899 guns, 657 vehicles, Assault Value = 4219






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TF 1008 encounters mine field at Darwin (36,84)

Allied Ships
DD Evertsen
DD King
DD Crane

the TF that was attacked by my torp bombers entered Darwin... would have been great if an AK that was hit by a torp hit a mine, this would probably finish the ship...

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Sub attack at 9,87

Japanese Ships
SS I-21

Allied Ships
AK Empire Tower, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

kill one...

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Sub attack at 10,86

Japanese Ships
SS I-15

Allied Ships
AK City of Elwood, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

kill two...

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TF 1052 encounters mine field at Derby (24,85)

Allied Ships
DD Nizam, heavy damage

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ASW attack at 111,119

Japanese Ships
SS I-26

Allied Ships
AK Thomas Nelson
AK George Taylor
AK Empire Selwyn
AK Empire Cougar
SC SC-638
SC SC-639
SC SC-701
SC SC-702
SC SC-703
SC SC-738
AK Ewa
AK Challenger

this is in the middle of the South East Pacific... a big convoy heading South, surely going to Australia...

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Sub attack at 11,86

Japanese Ships
SS I-170

Allied Ships
AK Sea Thrush, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

kill three...

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Day Air attack on Lanchow , at 45,25


Allied aircraft
I-153c x 27


No Allied losses

Runway hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x I-153c bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Malir , at 22,4


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 68
P-36A Mohawk x 17
Hurricane IIc x 41


Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 3 destroyed, 23 damaged
P-36A Mohawk: 2 destroyed, 8 damaged
Hurricane IIc: 1 destroyed, 17 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
93 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 22

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x P-36A Mohawk bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Dili , at 31,77


Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 17
Spitfire Vb x 14
Kittyhawk I x 11
Beaufighter VIF x 3
P-40E Warhawk x 58


Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 4 damaged
Spitfire Vb: 1 damaged
Kittyhawk I: 2 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported

Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 19

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Spitfire Vb bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 174
D3A Val x 17
B5N Kate x 21
G4M1 Betty x 9
Ki-27 Nate x 70
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 46

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 118
Port hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
31 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Sub attack at 10,86

Japanese Ships
SS I-15

Allied Ships
AP Hunter Liggett, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

hit on a big AP, one torp probably not enough to sink the ship but it hasn´t reached a port yet and there are more subs waiting to get a shot at the unescorted ships...

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Sub attack at 111,119

Japanese Ships
SS I-26

Allied Ships
AK Lahaina, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AK Empire Moonrise
AK William C. Claiborne
AK John C. Calhoun
SC SC-638
SC SC-639
SC SC-701
SC SC-702
SC SC-703
SC SC-738
AK Empire Spray
AK Ewa
AK Hamakua
AK Robert Luckenbach


Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported

and this could be kill four of the day! As you can see, this is a troop transport! It´s 1800 miles to the next Allied port so I guess this big AK is lost too. I-26 is one of our succesful subs as it sank already two big TK in this area and now scored with it´s third torp salvo. The sub is retiring to Kwajalein as there are no torps left...

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14194 troops, 460 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2879

Defending force 102554 troops, 363 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3368



Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8380 troops, 291 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1529

Defending force 51747 troops, 355 guns, 263 vehicles, Assault Value = 1099



Allied ground losses:
133 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15995 troops, 202 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3439

Defending force 219927 troops, 825 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5530



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Ground combat at Kungchang

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 34369 troops, 156 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1240

Defending force 212125 troops, 1785 guns, 656 vehicles, Assault Value = 3990


Japanese ground losses:
2 casualties reported


Miller is able to see during his order phase that I moved in more fighters to Diamond Harbour so he decided not to attack again... lovely feature eh?

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Sub attack at 9,87

Japanese Ships
SS I-21

Allied Ships
AP Hunter Liggett, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

Hunter Liggett is finished and thinks with the captain. Miller stated that my subs hit every turn and he makes it easy for me as he doesn´t route his TFs away from the coast. With this statement I´m sure the enemy TFs are now LEAVING the shipping lanes and it will become far more difficult to even find the enemy TFs. Took him two CLAAs and over a dozen merchants to recognize this...

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TF 19 troops unloading over beach at Port Moresby, 53,91


Japanese ground losses:
229 casualties reported

After 8 months of bombing and starving the PM defenders I have now decided that it´s time to take this base. PM now become more important as Miller´s offensive out of Northern Australia needs troops, supply and fuel and as long as I own the South East tip of New Guinea the shipping lanes on the East coast going to Darwin are closed and it takes 3 weeks longer to route all the ships around Australia so South East NG has become quite important. More important than usual. There are already enough ac to make an offensive bloody for the Allied and more troops are moving into the area. Bases and escpecially forts are built up...

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TF 19 troops unloading over beach at Port Moresby, 53,91


Japanese ground losses:
58 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77


Allied aircraft
PBY Catalina x 4
Hudson I x 16
B-25C Mitchell x 236


Allied aircraft losses
PBY Catalina: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
Hudson I: 4 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 2 destroyed, 38 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
436 casualties reported
Guns lost 6

Airbase hits 19
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 179

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

ouch! This attack hurts! This attack totally damages the base. Losses seem to be minimal during the replay but in the end Miller still loses 11 Mitchells...

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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 60
Wellington III x 85


Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 2 destroyed, 12 damaged
Wellington III: 2 destroyed, 16 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
80 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 53

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Wellington III bombing at 16000 feet
9 x Blenheim IV bombing at 16000 feet

the Mitchells are coming from Derby, the British are coming from Wyndham. 11 Mitchells and another 11 British bombers are lost today...




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Day Air attack on Dili , at 31,77

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 29
Spitfire Vb x 7
Kittyhawk I x 11
Beaufighter VIF x 3
P-39D Airacobra x 41
P-40E Warhawk x 57

Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 5 damaged
Spitfire Vb: 1 damaged
P-39D Airacobra: 5 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
22 casualties reported

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 19

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Spitfire Vb bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Dili , at 31,77


Allied aircraft
F-5A Lightning x 1


Allied aircraft losses
F-5A Lightning: 1 damaged


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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14253 troops, 457 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2877

Defending force 102613 troops, 361 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3367



Allied ground losses:
105 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8362 troops, 289 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1529

Defending force 45227 troops, 350 guns, 251 vehicles, Assault Value = 946



Allied ground losses:
187 casualties reported

Miller is moving OUT of Myitkina! His troops are heading South East towards Yunan. I´m not sure if he moves out all his troops but I guess so...

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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15992 troops, 202 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3436

Defending force 220177 troops, 836 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5541



Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Kungchang

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 34409 troops, 166 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1243

Defending force 201504 troops, 1663 guns, 657 vehicles, Assault Value = 3813


Japanese ground losses:
2 casualties reported
Guns lost 1





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Day Air attack on TF, near Dili at 31,77

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 13

Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 18

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra: 11 destroyed

I´ve ordered the 200 fighters on Maumere to LRCAP Dili to catch the 150 Allied fighters doing unescorted training bombing runs... well, why am I not surprised not to get lucky. Only 18 fighter bombers showed up trying to attack some barges...

Would really have been nice to see my 40 fighters getting a shot at 150 fighters doing a bombing run...





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Ground combat at 47,28

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 79111 troops, 938 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1690

Defending force 25398 troops, 173 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 776

Japanese max assault: 1682 - adjusted assault: 1644

Allied max defense: 810 - adjusted defense: 365

Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
629 casualties reported
Guns lost 42

Allied ground losses:
636 casualties reported
Guns lost 21

This is North of Sian, two corps and the hopei militia division are defending this area and are probably totally out of supply. Unfortunately it will get quite hard to get them to surrender out of a base... probably not without wrecking my troops too...

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14213 troops, 457 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2878

Defending force 102527 troops, 355 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3364



Allied ground losses:
78 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8412 troops, 290 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1531

Defending force 38363 troops, 348 guns, 248 vehicles, Assault Value = 748



Allied ground losses:
198 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

more units have left Myitkina...

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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 16032 troops, 202 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3438

Defending force 220551 troops, 837 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5566



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Ground combat at Port Moresby

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 3049 troops, 13 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 94

Defending force 80 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3

Japanese max assault: 188 - adjusted assault: 92

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 92 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Port Moresby base !!!



Allied ground losses:
271 casualties reported

there was nearly nothing left to defend Port Moresby. The attacking nav guard unit has no problems at all to take the base. Interesting sidenote is the fact that the Allied troops (that were over 15.000 eight months ago) weren´t able to build a single fort level due to my bombings...

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Ground combat at Kungchang

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 34586 troops, 170 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1258

Defending force 201922 troops, 1677 guns, 657 vehicles, Assault Value = 3834


Japanese ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Guns lost 1





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RE: it goes on... - 2/2/2009 4:23:31 PM   
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TF 86 encounters mine field at Lautem (33,78)

Japanese Ships
DD Shirayuki, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Sending in two big cruiser bombardment TFs and a smaller CL/DD surface combat TF... well, everything happens as usual (should I say the usual sh*t?). Shirayuki hits a VH2 mine... damage? enough to sink the ship tomorrow...

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 33,78

Japanese Ships
CL Yubari
DD Harusame, Shell hits 1
DD Yudachi, Shell hits 2
DD Samidare, Shell hits 2
DD Hatsuharu
DD Shirakumo

Allied Ships
PT PT-68
PT PT-74
PT PT-75, Shell hits 9, and is sunk

in this engagement we were lucky as the PTs surprised Adm Tanaka but two torp salvoes missed...

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 33,78

Japanese Ships
CL Yubari
DD Harusame
DD Yudachi
DD Samidare
DD Hatsuharu
DD Shirakumo

Allied Ships
PT PT-115
PT PT-118, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
PT PT-120, Shell hits 4, and is sunk

Miller divided his 6 PT TF into 2x3 PT TFs and this is a good decision I guess as this way he gets more die rolls and chances to surprise us... in this case the PTs were surprised...

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 33,78

Japanese Ships
CL Yubari
DD Harusame, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Yudachi
DD Samidare, Shell hits 1
DD Hatsuharu
DD Shirakumo

Allied Ships
PT PT-68
PT PT-74, Shell hits 1, and is sunk

as usual and proven in the thousands of turns I´ve played PBEM I (or the Japanese opponent also when I play the Allied) lose 1 DD for 6 PTs sunk... 6 PTs sunk at best...

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 33,78

Japanese Ships
CA Chikuma
CA Haguro
CA Ashigara
CA Kako
DD Teruzuki
DD Nowaki
DD Michishio
DD Minegumo
DD Arare
DD Kasumi

Allied Ships
PT PT-115, Shell hits 2, and is sunk

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 33,78

Japanese Ships
CA Chikuma
CA Haguro
CA Ashigara
CA Kako
DD Teruzuki
DD Nowaki
DD Michishio
DD Minegumo
DD Arare
DD Kasumi

Allied Ships
PT PT-68, Shell hits 4, and is sunk

the last PT is sunk and in total I have already lost two DDs today. They aren´t sunk already but will sink within the next two days for sure...

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Naval bombardment of Lautem, at 33,78


Allied aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft losses
Kittyhawk I: 1 destroyed
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed

Japanese Ships
CA Kako
CA Ashigara
CA Haguro
CA Chikuma


Allied ground losses:
807 casualties reported
Guns lost 14
Vehicles lost 3

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 4
Port hits 2
Port supply hits 3



I´m getting sick of it... again, no result... reconning the base for weeks with DinahIIs and 300 enemy ac at the base (max for level 6 af) and we destroy the laughable 2 ac on the ground... ALL Allied bombardments in this game were 100% nukes... no, they were dropping H-bombs...

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Naval bombardment of Lautem, at 33,78

Japanese Ships
CA Myoko
CA Maya
CA Atago
CA Takao


Allied ground losses:
174 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

and this bombardment is even the bigger joke, we don´t hit the base at all... I can only repeat myself and am getting angry about myself, why the hell am I even attacking Allied bases. No chance anymore at this stage of the game... all you get are losses, for no gains at all... well, two DDs lost for the whopping number of 6 PTs and 2 ac destroyed today...

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Day Air attack on Lanchow , at 45,25


Allied aircraft
I-153c x 27


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 6

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x I-153c bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 174
D3A Val x 17
B5N Kate x 21
G4M1 Betty x 9
Ki-27 Nate x 70
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 47

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
28 casualties reported

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 133

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 32nd Division, at 41,35


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 52
Hurricane IIc x 13


Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
84 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet

those Hurricanes are operating out of Chungking attacking my troops at Kweiyang. As soon as I have captured Calcutta those British squadrons can´t move out of China anymore. And I will take them down with concentrated attacks there.

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Day Air attack on Hopei Militia Division, at 47,28

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 18
Ki-49 Helen x 30

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
22 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet

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Day Air attack on TF at 30,76


Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 7


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AG AG-367
AG AG-108

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet

even though we killed a dozen P-39 yesterday, Miller kept them on nav attack... but they aren´t strafing anymore...

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14227 troops, 458 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2876

Defending force 102305 troops, 345 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3358



Allied ground losses:
139 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8436 troops, 289 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1531

Defending force 37485 troops, 329 guns, 247 vehicles, Assault Value = 732



Allied ground losses:
319 casualties reported
Guns lost 8
Vehicles lost 1


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 16049 troops, 202 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3438

Defending force 220673 troops, 832 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5579



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Ground combat at Kungchang

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 34728 troops, 173 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1270

Defending force 202670 troops, 1689 guns, 659 vehicles, Assault Value = 3876


Japanese ground losses:
13 casualties reported



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RE: it goes on... - 2/2/2009 5:19:39 PM   
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Status: offline 		the results of the bombardements are realy a joke. with 300 AC on the field, you can expect a junkyard after the visit. maybe going in with the hiei and kirishima would bring better results? they are fast enough and since you have no enemy SF-TF to fear, you can maybe risk them....although with your luck, they would recive a TP shell which sinks them.

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RE: it goes on... - 2/2/2009 6:37:12 PM   
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ORIGINAL: bigbaba

the results of the bombardements are realy a joke. with 300 AC on the field, you can expect a junkyard after the visit. maybe going in with the hiei and kirishima would bring better results? they are fast enough and since you have no enemy SF-TF to fear, you can maybe risk them....although with your luck, they would recive a TP shell which sinks them.



using my BBs for bombardments is out of question for the moment, it´s just not worth it risking a mine hit or a PT torp that slows the ship down to see it taking 5 torps from Albacores during the day. It´s risky enough to use CAs.

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RE: it goes on... - 2/3/2009 10:14:07 AM   
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TF 1044 encounters mine field at Darwin (36,84)

Allied Ships
PT PT-123, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

sub laid type 88 mine...

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ASW attack at 7,93

Japanese Ships
SS I-168, hits 11

Allied Ships
PG Auricula
PG Freesia
PG Yarra
PG Warrego
PG Swan

Miller spotted my sub North of Perth with a Catalina and even though I moved it immediately, an enemy ASW TF ends up in the same hex. 11 near misses and medium damage, no danger of sinking, so we´ve been quite lucky here, those British PG are dangerous ASW platforms...

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Day Air attack on Lanchow , at 45,25


Allied aircraft
I-153c x 26


No Allied losses

Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 7

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x I-153c bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 174
D3A Val x 17
B5N Kate x 21
G4M1 Betty x 9
Ki-27 Nate x 70
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 44

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
21 casualties reported

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 122
Port hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Imperial Guards Division, at 21,3


Allied aircraft
Swordfish x 38
Buffalo I x 27
Hurricane IIb x 59
P-36A Mohawk x 26
Hurricane IIc x 13


Allied aircraft losses
Swordfish: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
Hurricane IIb: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
257 casualties reported
Guns lost 7

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Swordfish bombing at 5000 feet
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Day Air attack on 58th Chinese Corps, at 47,28

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 27
Ki-49 Helen x 39

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
147 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Dili at 31,77


Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 32


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AG AG-5048
AG AG-2050
AG AG-5117, Shell hits 8
AG AG-5115
AG AG-2054, Shell hits 4
AG AG-2056, Shell hits 8
AG AG-123, Shell hits 4
AG AG-5032
AG AG-364

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x P-39D Airacobra attacking at 100 feet

we´re into another bug... NONE of those shell hits does a single point of sys, flt or fire damage! they destroy supplies and troops though...

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Day Air attack on TF at 48,90

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 20
G3M Nell x 25
Ki-49 Helen x 34

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
AK Bintoehan, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Kalgoorlie
MSW Tamworth
AK Silindoeng, Bomb hits 8, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Cairns, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AK Don Jose
AK Dos Hermanos

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 3000 feet
1 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet

Miller tries to sneak up a convoy (probably supplies) Australia´s East coast and today some bombers from Lae attack. Two of the AKs and the MSW are sunk, hopefully more attacks tomorrow... this is the reason why New Guinea´s South East tip is getting more important in this phase of the game...

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14243 troops, 458 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2874

Defending force 101973 troops, 343 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3347



Allied ground losses:
77 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8416 troops, 287 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1532

Defending force 35650 troops, 310 guns, 244 vehicles, Assault Value = 711



Allied ground losses:
407 casualties reported
Guns lost 12


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 16069 troops, 202 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3441

Defending force 221067 troops, 831 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5604



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Ground combat at Kungchang

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 34800 troops, 179 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1278

Defending force 203412 troops, 1704 guns, 658 vehicles, Assault Value = 3910


Japanese ground losses:
17 casualties reported
Guns lost 1



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RE: it goes on... - 2/3/2009 10:27:33 AM   
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TF 1036 encounters mine field at Broome (21,85)

Allied Ships
AK Atlantic, Mine hits 1, on fire

sub laid type 88 mine... Lots of mine hits from my sub laid mines but other than sinking a couple of PTs those mines achieve more or less nothing...

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Day Air attack on Lanchow , at 45,25


Allied aircraft
I-153c x 8


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x I-153c bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 174
D3A Val x 17
B5N Kate x 21
G4M1 Betty x 9
Ki-27 Nate x 70
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 47

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 142
Port hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 36th Division, at 43,32


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 34
Hurricane IIc x 17
I-16c x 39


Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 3 damaged
Hurricane IIc: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
32 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet

hundreds of Hurricanes in China, we´re soon into a major airwar here...

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Day Air attack on 5th Division, at 21,3


Allied aircraft
Swordfish x 35
Buffalo I x 29
Hurricane IIb x 69
P-36A Mohawk x 31
Hurricane IIc x 13


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
70 casualties reported
Guns lost 8

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet

Miller switched his ac at Karachi to ground attacks on my troops at Karachi instead of attacking the airfield of Malir that has a better flak defense now. Two AA rgt will be moved to cover my divisions...--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on TF at 30,76


Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 32


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AG AG-5031, Shell hits 4
AG AG-2058
AG AG-5032, Shell hits 8
AG AG-123, Shell hits 4
AG AG-369, Shell hits 4
AG AG-2056, Shell hits 8
AG AG-5112

Japanese ground losses:
110 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x P-39D Airacobra attacking at 100 feet

There were at least a dozen hits with the 37mm cannon and my barges are 100% UNDAMAGED. New bug to me...

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Day Air attack on TF at 45,90

Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
MSW Bunbury, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Dos Hermanos, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Don Jose, Torpedo hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet

We spot the convoy that was attacked yesterday again today, some 300 miles West of Thursday Island and we only launch a small strike but achieve a fairly good result. The MSW and another AK are sunk for sure... not much supply that will reach Northern Australia...

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Ground combat at Calcutta

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 109200 troops, 777 guns, 1074 vehicles, Assault Value = 2608

Defending force 13572 troops, 153 guns, 82 vehicles, Assault Value = 159

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 5

Japanese max assault: 2148 - adjusted assault: 3326

Allied max defense: 147 - adjusted defense: 681

Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 5)

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 5


Japanese ground losses:
502 casualties reported
Guns lost 39
Vehicles lost 10

Allied ground losses:
1710 casualties reported
Guns lost 46
Vehicles lost 32

with the bigger number of TK rgts at Calcutta already we achieve some nice results now, without taking much damage. Calcutta will fall soon...


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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14237 troops, 459 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2876

Defending force 101691 troops, 339 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3336



Allied ground losses:
71 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8402 troops, 288 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1532

Defending force 34897 troops, 285 guns, 243 vehicles, Assault Value = 684



Allied ground losses:
189 casualties reported
Guns lost 11


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 16009 troops, 202 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3441

Defending force 221724 troops, 830 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5634



Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Kungchang

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 34872 troops, 183 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1285

Defending force 204039 troops, 1711 guns, 657 vehicles, Assault Value = 3941


Japanese ground losses:
14 casualties reported



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RE: it goes on... - 2/3/2009 10:32:03 AM   
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Day Air attack on Lanchow , at 45,25


Allied aircraft
I-153c x 25


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x I-153c bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Dili , at 31,77

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 12

Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 35

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed, 24 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet

moved two Chutais of Tojos to Dili and set them on 90% Cap which results in exactly 50% of the 24 fighters in the air... they don´t take down a single P-39 even though they damage 9 of them. See, even the Tojo has such a low gun value that it can´t even harm fighter bombers that don´t shoot back. The P-39 attacked the airfield and two of them were shot down by flak...

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Day Air attack on 16th Mixed Brigade, at 43,32


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 28
Hurricane IIc x 18
I-16c x 34


Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
Hurricane IIc: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
79 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Hurricane IIc bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 5th Division, at 21,3


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 8
P-36A Mohawk x 4
Hurricane IIc x 2


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Blenheim IV bombing at 6000 feet

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Day Air attack on Imperial Guards Division, at 21,3


Allied aircraft
Swordfish x 38
Buffalo I x 32
Hurricane IIb x 76
Blenheim IV x 3
P-36A Mohawk x 33
Hurricane IIc x 10


Allied aircraft losses
Swordfish: 2 damaged
Blenheim IV: 1 damaged
P-36A Mohawk: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
71 casualties reported
Guns lost 8

Aircraft Attacking:
33 x P-36A Mohawk bombing at 2000 feet

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Ground combat at Calcutta

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 72829 troops, 244 guns, 1625 vehicles, Assault Value = 2726

Defending force 10702 troops, 74 guns, 40 vehicles, Assault Value = 97

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 4

Japanese max assault: 1519 - adjusted assault: 1680

Allied max defense: 68 - adjusted defense: 373

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 4


Japanese ground losses:
265 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Vehicles lost 8

Allied ground losses:
1750 casualties reported
Guns lost 35
Vehicles lost 9

guess we will keep up attacking, we nearly take no losses at all anymore... one or two more attacks and the British will surrender I guess...

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Ground combat at Kungchang

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 197678 troops, 1708 guns, 654 vehicles, Assault Value = 3972

Defending force 45481 troops, 216 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1295

Japanese max assault: 3877 - adjusted assault: 2628

Allied max defense: 1347 - adjusted defense: 978

Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 5)

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 4


Japanese ground losses:
2813 casualties reported
Guns lost 67
Vehicles lost 2

Allied ground losses:
2698 casualties reported
Guns lost 50

Am happy with this attack also, at least we´re away from the 4500+ casualties. When Sining in the North has surrendered I will then order the final assaults on Kungchang. Looks like supply is an issue for the Chinese defenders now...

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14254 troops, 460 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2876

Defending force 101331 troops, 333 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3323



Allied ground losses:
120 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15912 troops, 184 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1534

Defending force 195980 troops, 1472 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4180



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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8446 troops, 290 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1529

Defending force 34329 troops, 266 guns, 242 vehicles, Assault Value = 661



Allied ground losses:
329 casualties reported
Guns lost 10


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 16009 troops, 202 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3443

Defending force 221674 troops, 828 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5647



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Ground combat at Kungchang

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 33489 troops, 133 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1186

Defending force 199489 troops, 1607 guns, 650 vehicles, Assault Value = 3718



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Ground combat at Karachi

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 61085 troops, 570 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 1600

Defending force 93500 troops, 1096 guns, 25 vehicles, Assault Value = 1948


Japanese ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Allied ground losses:
37 casualties reported
Guns lost 8



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RE: it goes on... - 2/3/2009 5:43:29 PM   
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Day Air attack on Lanchow , at 45,25


Allied aircraft
I-153c x 24


No Allied losses

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x I-153c bombing at 2000 feet

those fighters are coming from Lanchow and the attacks will soon stop as my troops have marched 50% of the distance to this base already... I´m not sure it makes any sense to train Chinese pilots anyway...

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 181
D3A Val x 17
B5N Kate x 21
G4M1 Betty x 9
Ki-27 Nate x 70
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 37

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 139

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 5th Division, at 21,3


Allied aircraft
Swordfish x 37
Buffalo I x 28
Hurricane IIb x 78
Blenheim IV x 7
P-36A Mohawk x 34
Hurricane IIc x 11


Allied aircraft losses
Swordfish: 1 destroyed, 12 damaged
Buffalo I: 3 damaged
Hurricane IIb: 18 damaged
Blenheim IV: 1 damaged
P-36A Mohawk: 6 damaged
Hurricane IIc: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
135 casualties reported
Guns lost 7

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet

the damaged ac mean nothing as they are A) allied and b) attacking at range 0 so none of them are lost no matter how many we damage...

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Day Air attack on Dili , at 31,77


Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 18


Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra: 4 destroyed, 10 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet

amazingly effective flak here when I think about the low number of flak guns...

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ASW attack at 7,92

Japanese Ships
SS I-1

Allied Ships
MSW Burnie
MSW Goulburn
MSW Maryborough
MSW Bundaberg
MSW Poole

don´t know if this is an ASW TF or some MSW that are moved from Perth to the North Coast. Guess MSW TF to clear my sub laid mines... normally it takes some time until Miller reacts to my actions but finally he does usually...

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Ground combat at Calcutta

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 74870 troops, 254 guns, 1763 vehicles, Assault Value = 2707

Defending force 8945 troops, 46 guns, 29 vehicles, Assault Value = 64

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 3

Japanese max assault: 1561 - adjusted assault: 2133

Allied max defense: 37 - adjusted defense: 57

Japanese assault odds: 37 to 1 (fort level 3)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Calcutta base !!!


Japanese ground losses:
299 casualties reported
Guns lost 7
Vehicles lost 10

Allied ground losses:
11723 casualties reported
Guns lost 80
Vehicles lost 30

we capture Calcutta and the British troops there surrender, only around 12.000 were left. We scored 329 points for Allied ground losses today, now at 14218! Very important also: the 600 resources and the 181 HI were undamaged! I expect to hold India into mid to late 43 at least and this means I should produce A LOT resources there that can be shipped to Japan and being stockpiled there to help us when the resources from the SRA getting less...

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14260 troops, 459 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2878

Defending force 100918 troops, 332 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3316



Allied ground losses:
119 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15895 troops, 184 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1533

Defending force 196085 troops, 1473 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4186



Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8402 troops, 288 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1529

Defending force 33601 troops, 248 guns, 241 vehicles, Assault Value = 635



Allied ground losses:
219 casualties reported
Guns lost 6
Vehicles lost 2


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 16009 troops, 202 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3445

Defending force 222040 troops, 829 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5657



Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Kungchang

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 33692 troops, 138 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1203

Defending force 200034 troops, 1614 guns, 651 vehicles, Assault Value = 3744

CA Exeter was spotted North of Wyndham today, moving West. The heavy cruiser is heavily damaged from my attack on Darwin and the naval engagement off Lautern before. We have moved in 100+ IJN bombers to attack the TF (another AP/AK TF was spotted also in the same hex) and hope for the best. 5 subs in the area are also alerted. We have also moved nearly 300!!! fighters to Koepang and four radar equipped Yugumo class destroyers. I hope that the four radar equipped destroyers will help to get a decent Cap number and that my airfield symbol will attract hundreds of Allied bombers as usual. Miller has 200+ figters at Lautern, perhaps he tries a sweep before his bombers would go in. In this case I also hope to get a good number of fighters in the air and get a loooong bounce phase due to the radar (just like the Allied get it ALL the time). When we get more than 225 fighters into the air and Miller attacks with all he has then I expect to take down 150+ enemy aircraft tomorrow. Of course it could also be the other way around with the usual 120-150 fighters on Cap and in the end 150 destroyed on the ground. This is the first "mass deploy" of the new IJA fighter, the Tojo. There are also some Zeroes but not a single Oscar as they can´t take down enemy bombers anyway... should be an interesting day tomorrow...

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Post #: 599
RE: it goes on... - 2/3/2009 6:39:21 PM   
bigbaba


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From: Koblenz, Germany
Status: offline 		radar equiped TFs in a base do increase the CAP effectivity of the base fighter defence? now that would be a good news. and good luck for your "fighter trap".

beside that, when do japanese base forces recive air radar equipment? i know that the IJn was behind the allied and the germans in radar technology, but they got their first big static radar devices before they yould be installed on warships.

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