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RE: it goes on... - 2/3/2009 6:43:56 PM   
castor troy


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ORIGINAL: bigbaba

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.



I had nearly all my fighters at Kendari in the air due to KB being in the hex and normally I have my Yugumos with KB so it did help. I´m not sure the game differentiates about land based or naval based radar.

There won´t be any land based radar until 1/44 and then I get 30 a month so it will take until mid 44 to see my baseforces being equipped with radar sets. Until then, the usual loss rate of my fighters will be 50% on the ground due to not taking off when the bombers are coming in.

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RE: it goes on... - 2/4/2009 8:12:23 AM   
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Mid-44 for the radars, that's late.  I suppose there's nothing you can do to accelerate this or the rate of production (armament industries ?)...


Castor, your AAR is becoming quite large, I'm losing the count of the sunk ships (and reading several AARs doesn't help).  Could you make a recap of the major losses, or better yet keep a small list in the first post ?

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RE: it goes on... - 2/4/2009 8:26:52 AM   
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Sub attack at 47,59

Japanese Ships
AP Tutukami Maru, Shell hits 4

Allied Ships
SS S-47

This is East of Mindanao, in the middle of nowhere. The torps missed but S-47 put 4 shells into Tutukami Maru which ends up with 34 sys and some flt...

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TF 1043 encounters mine field at Darwin (36,84)

Allied Ships
MSW Tamworth
MSW Kalgoorlie

the convoy that has gone past Thursday Island and got decimated by my bombers from Lae reached Darwin...

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Day Air attack on Lanchow , at 45,25


Allied aircraft
I-153c x 24


No Allied losses

Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x I-153c bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Malir , at 22,4


Allied aircraft
Swordfish x 30
Buffalo I x 31
Hurricane IIb x 62
Blenheim IV x 11
P-36A Mohawk x 31
Hurricane IIc x 15


Allied aircraft losses
Swordfish: 4 destroyed, 21 damaged
Buffalo I: 1 destroyed, 14 damaged
Hurricane IIb: 4 destroyed, 26 damaged
Blenheim IV: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged
P-36A Mohawk: 2 destroyed, 15 damaged
Hurricane IIc: 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
262 casualties reported
Guns lost 6

Airbase hits 13
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 36

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

Miller switched his target again and is now attacking Malir where more flak has arrived in the meantime. This way it´s quite costly to do training runs... I can´t see how he should keep up those raids...

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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 59
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 146

Allied aircraft
PBY Catalina x 6
B-25C Mitchell x 293

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 20 damaged
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 76 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
PBY Catalina: 6 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 67 destroyed, 159 damaged

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

Isn´t Paul predictable? As we knew before, the airfield symbol would immediately attract an Allied bomber attack and here we go. I have to say though that the number of Mitchells pretty much scared me, nearly 300 are coming from Derby, going in at max range to meet 205 angry fighters on Cap. Looks like my DDs helped, out of 286 undamaged fighters at the base we see 205 in the air when the strike goes in which is 71,68% and that is far more than I see usually. I would guess the average in this game (and all my other games) is somewhere around 50-55% in the air.

The Allied bomber crews had a very high morale and that was quite surprising as they were attacking this base every couple of days again and took a dozen losses every time doing this. But the numbers of fighters were sufficient and a laughable number of 4 bombers made it to the base where 1 was shot down by flak immediately, left 3 bombers to drop their load from 16.000ft but the bombs landed 3 miles off the runway! BANZAI!

What was more than amazing to me was the fact that the Tojo proved to be really worth it as the new fighter seems to be able to more or less deal with the Allied 2E bombers while the Oscar was/is pretty much useless against everything than fighters. Most of the IJA fighter sentais will be upgraded to the Tojo for defensive tasks. While the Tojo has the same gun value as the Zero in Nikmod, it still is better than the Zero as the Tojo has a "true" gun value of 8 as it mounts 4x12,7mm MGs which have a penetration value of 2 and a gun value of 2 for each gun. The Zero has 2x7,7mm MGs and 2x20mm cannons but the MGs only have a penetration value of 1 and a gun value of 1 while the cannon have 3 pen and 3 gun value. The problem is that nearly everything the Allied put into the air has an armor value of 2 so the 7,7mm MGs are USELESS! And this brings the Zero to a gun value of 6 (for the cannons only).

When this strike was over I saw a lot of damaged fighters and I thought that Miller would launch his British bombers from Wyndham and the dreaded US 4Es from Darwin against Koepang. Well, he didn´t!!!!

So I have to say that this was a total Japanese victory today. Of course this won´t have any impact on the war but for now I guess Miller will become more carefully. Even if the Allied 2E bomber replacements are nearly unlimited, he lost more than a monthly replacement of Mitchells and did NO damage.






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Day Air attack on Dili , at 31,77

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 141
LB-30 Liberator x 32
B-24D Liberator x 80

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

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 18 damaged
LB-30 Liberator: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 9 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
666 casualties reported
Guns lost 10

Airbase hits 16
Airbase supply hits 17
Runway hits 96

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 12000 feet

Now this was more than surprising, instead of sending all his bombers against Koepang, he only sent the 300 Mitchells from Derby, probably thinking that those bombers would be sufficient to destroy the base and lots of fighters on the ground. I was amazed to see such a high hit rate from the 4Es though as they´re attacking a level 1 airfield only. The af won´t be built up and is only at 50/50 damage at the end of the turn. Will be repaired in no time and forts can then be further built up (only level 0 - 91% at the moment and the Marines are coming).

I guess I don´t have to comment how it makes me feel to see 250 4Es here. Soon all my bases in this area will lay in waste...


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Day Air attack on 36th Division, at 43,32


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 28
Hurricane IIc x 27
I-16c x 40


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

Japanese ground losses:
28 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Hurricane IIc bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Dili , at 31,77

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 41
Wellington III x 64
F-5A Lightning x 1

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

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 2 damaged
Wellington III: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
20 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Wellington III bombing at 13000 feet

and then also the Brits from Wyndham attack Dili, doing no damage...

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Day Air attack on TF at 26,83

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 6
G4M1 Betty x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
AK Lancaster, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AK Soerabaja, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

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

as a little bonus, a small strike of Betties attacks an empty convoy of damaged ships off Australia´s North Coast. CA Exeter wasn´t spotted unfortunately...

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Ground combat at Delhi

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22412 troops, 254 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 483

Defending force 27002 troops, 94 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 371



Allied ground losses:
41 casualties reported

I have decided to attack Delhi, all my TK rgts that succesfully took part in the assault on Calcutta were already ordered to move to this base and I´m confident to destroy this stronghold. I can´t remember how the Allied assault value looked like a couple of weeks/months but somehow I´ve got the feeling that Miller might fly troops out of this base. Who knows...

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14254 troops, 460 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2878

Defending force 100563 troops, 326 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3306



Allied ground losses:
31 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15895 troops, 184 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1534

Defending force 196001 troops, 1472 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4184



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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8392 troops, 287 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1530

Defending force 33356 troops, 245 guns, 241 vehicles, Assault Value = 621



Allied ground losses:
229 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 16032 troops, 202 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3441

Defending force 222384 troops, 827 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5673


Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 16032 troops, 202 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3441

Defending force 222384 troops, 827 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5673



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Ground combat at Chungking

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 135323 troops, 1408 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4184

Defending force 79098 troops, 814 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1534


Japanese ground losses:
163 casualties reported
Guns lost 2




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RE: it goes on... - 2/4/2009 10:38:40 AM   
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Status: offline 		banzai! what a great defensive succes!

amazeing that you was able to replace so many obsolate oscars with tojos so fast. whats the production rate of the tojo, chris?

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RE: it goes on... - 2/4/2009 5:27:47 PM   
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banzai! what a great defensive succes!

amazeing that you was able to replace so many obsolate oscars with tojos so fast. whats the production rate of the tojo, chris?



thx, a small victory but Miller surely wasn´t pleased I guess. I fear that if all the British and the 4E bombers would have targeted Koepang also the overall result would have looked different though.

I ramped up production as fast as possible and we are now producing 304 Tojos a month. Normally I´m not a fan of producing tenthousands of ac but when I look at the ac numbers I´ve produced in 42 then I´m still a couple of thousand aircraft BEHIND of what was built in real life. Of course I´m building only types I really need and many ac of real life have no value in WITP at all. But IMO, no matter what ac I build, as long as I´m building fewer or the same number of ac than in real life I hope noone can blame me then.

I won´t increase Tojo production anymore though and the next step in Japanese fighter production will be the Tony that will come online in 9/43 . I´m planning to also produce 300-400 a month (until the Frank in mid 44) and I hope to get it at least two months earlier, starting in 7/44. Great would be 6/43 but this would still mean that the Corsair comes into play four months earlier in 2/43. I´ve got high hopes on the Tony in Nikmod as it´s far better than the Tojo in this mod. Only 5 mph slower but far more maneuverable, armor 2 and a gun value of 10!!! 10 is like AA missiles when speaking of Japanese aircraft arms.

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RE: it goes on... - 2/5/2009 3:20:08 AM   
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Status: offline 		Are your A/C production numbers counting trainers? There were an awful lot of trainers produced.

Nice results from that air combat. I'm placing all my bets on the Tony, hopefully the slight delay between the two aircrafts introductions is insignificant. I believe in CHS things are slightly different, but the Tony is nevertheless better, and I believe there is a 1 month time difference between it and the tojo.

Plus, you get some interesting aircraft like the ki-83, G5N (if you really want it), and the M6A float-torpedo bomber---Just thinking up ways to launch an I-400 a/c sub strike on US CV group :) None are really war winning, but do provide some interesting options.

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RE: it goes on... - 2/5/2009 7:34:30 AM   
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Are your A/C production numbers counting trainers? There were an awful lot of trainers produced.

Nice results from that air combat. I'm placing all my bets on the Tony, hopefully the slight delay between the two aircrafts introductions is insignificant. I believe in CHS things are slightly different, but the Tony is nevertheless better, and I believe there is a 1 month time difference between it and the tojo.

Plus, you get some interesting aircraft like the ki-83, G5N (if you really want it), and the M6A float-torpedo bomber---Just thinking up ways to launch an I-400 a/c sub strike on US CV group :) None are really war winning, but do provide some interesting options.



the numbers I´ve posted a couple of pages back are for total aircraft produced per year duing the war so I guess this mean all of them.

Unfortunately for me, the Tony in Nikmod is still a long way to go and when it will be available I will probably be in trouble already.

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RE: it goes on... - 2/5/2009 8:29:59 AM   
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Sub attack at 111,119

Japanese Ships
SS I-11

Allied Ships
AP Arthur Middleton
SC SC-519
SC SC-637
SC SC-640
SC SC-641
SC SC-648
SC SC-742

what a pity, 6 torps missed the medium sized AP. I guess the ship is full of troops heading for Australia but I´m not sure as I had no sighting during the day. This is some 900 hexes South East of Pago Pago.

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Day Air attack on Lanchow , at 45,25


Allied aircraft
I-153c x 24


No Allied losses

Runway hits 5

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

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Day Air attack on Malir , at 22,4


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 6


Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x Blenheim IV bombing at 6000 feet

looks like Miller is standing down his fighters now and he perhaps only forgot about this bomber squadron. Guess flakfire is too heavy to make his training runs worth it...

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Day Air attack on Dili , at 31,77

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 48
Wellington III x 60
F-5A Lightning x 4

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

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 5 damaged
Wellington III: 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
47 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Wellington III bombing at 16000 feet

it´s amazing that those British bombers hit nothing at Dili, the US 4Es achieved 100+ hits at this tiny airfield. A Wellington carries more bombs than a B-17... The biggest threat for us in the next years are the B-24s...

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 130
B5N Kate x 4
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 6
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 90
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 26
Hurricane IIc x 23
I-16c x 29


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

Japanese ground losses:
74 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet

this is at Chungking, I guess I have to attack this airfield sooner or later... there are four Chinese base forces though and I guess this is enough to see massive flak fire over the base...

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Day Air attack on 54th Chinese Corps, at 47,29

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
Ki-21 Sally x 6
Ki-49 Helen x 31

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
31 casualties reported

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 6
Ki-49 Helen x 9

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
33 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet
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Sub attack near Lautem at 33,78

Japanese Ships
SS RO-63

Allied Ships
ML Krakatau, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

like I´ve mentioned before, I was never a real fan of those RO-class boats but in this game I make good use of them as they can operate near their home port and this way they´re quite useful and have done a good job so far. This was a very important hit, I´m sure the ML was sunk as we didn´t spot it during the day. No confirmed sinking though. Now I know why my last surface combat TF hit a VH2 at Lautern. Must mean that there´s a MLE at Darwin as we sighted this ML coming from Darwin, it was reported as a lone AK though.

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ASW attack at 7,92

Japanese Ships
SS I-4

Allied Ships
MSW Cootamundra
MSW Colac
MSW Cessnock
MSW Castlemaine
MSW Benalla
MSW Ballarat

Aussie West coast, the MSW all fail to locate my Glen equipped sub...

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Ground combat at Delhi

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22420 troops, 255 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 483

Defending force 26304 troops, 94 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 372



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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14246 troops, 458 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2876

Defending force 100524 troops, 321 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3305



Allied ground losses:
63 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15877 troops, 184 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1530

Defending force 196033 troops, 1471 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4180



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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8369 troops, 289 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1531

Defending force 33106 troops, 249 guns, 241 vehicles, Assault Value = 601



Allied ground losses:
414 casualties reported
Guns lost 7

Allied assault value dropped by 20 points from yesterday. Don´t know if Miller will retreat all his troops to China, if not, I´m thinking about attacking the base soon.

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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15992 troops, 202 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3441

Defending force 222688 troops, 832 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5690



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Ground combat at Chungking

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 135304 troops, 1407 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4180

Defending force 78759 troops, 810 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1530


Japanese ground losses:
44 casualties reported
Guns lost 2



Paul wasn´t really pleased about the massacre of his 300 Mitchell attack on Koepang yesterday and told me he would stop this unescorted 2E raids now. He said it was a fault not to keep Koepang´s airfield inoperational as his 2E bombers are made out of paper while his 4Es are indestructable. Allied 2Es made out of paper?

I guess this defensive success over Koepang has bought us a couple of weeks, I expect him to start flying those attacks again when he has Lightnings available, which shouldn´t take that long anymore. I hopefully will be able to kill a good number of P-38s as this would then slow down his offensive operations again. From 2/43 on, nothing will stop his air offensives and all I can do then is perhaps temporarily point defense with mass fighter concentrations to cover a convoy or so but the P-47, P-38 for long range and the F4U for short range will make the defense against Allied bomber raids impossible.

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RE: it goes on... - 2/6/2009 10:14:37 AM   
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Sub attack near Dili at 31,77

Japanese Ships
AG AG-5048, Shell hits 4, on fire

Allied Ships
SS KXIII

Miller´s sub kills a barge...

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Sub attack at 7,92

Japanese Ships
SS I-1

Allied Ships
AK John C. Fremont, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

And our sub kills an AK 600miles North of Perth. This has as much effect on the Allied as the barge sinking has on my Empire...

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ASW attack at 7,92

Japanese Ships
SS I-1

Allied Ships
MSW Bendigo
MSW Cromarty
MSW Romney
MSW Cromer
MSW Toowoomba
MSW Warrnambool

my subs still score around the North West tip of Australia and Miller seems to increase his ASW efforts...

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ASW attack at 7,92

Japanese Ships
SS I-1

Allied Ships
DD Banckert
AK Indianan

A lonely DD escort kept our sub from attacking the convoy...

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ASW attack at 7,92

Japanese Ships
SS I-1

Allied Ships
MSW Bendigo
MSW Cromarty
MSW Romney
MSW Cromer
MSW Toowoomba
MSW Warrnambool

how many more attacks on I-1?

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ASW attack at 7,91

Japanese Ships
SS I-4, hits 3

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

Another MSW TF, this time 3 near misses and the sub ends up with a dozen sys damage... will retire home...

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Day Air attack on Dili , at 31,77

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 34
Spitfire Vb x 26
Kittyhawk I x 23
P-40E Warhawk x 57

Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
Spitfire Vb: 6 damaged
Kittyhawk I: 4 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 5 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
33 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 14

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Kittyhawk I bombing at 2000 feet

really seems like there is still a minimum alt for flak guns. A bomber attack at 12.000ft is hit more than those fighter attacks at 2.000ft. There are some 30-40 flak guns.

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Ground combat at Delhi

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22420 troops, 255 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 483

Defending force 25786 troops, 94 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 372



Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14277 troops, 459 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2877

Defending force 100394 troops, 320 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3300



Allied ground losses:
87 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15870 troops, 183 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1533

Defending force 196022 troops, 1470 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4178



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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8400 troops, 291 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1532

Defending force 32776 troops, 239 guns, 243 vehicles, Assault Value = 582



Allied ground losses:
268 casualties reported
Guns lost 9
Vehicles lost 2


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 16032 troops, 202 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3444

Defending force 222458 troops, 832 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5701



Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Chungking

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 135293 troops, 1406 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4178

Defending force 78676 troops, 810 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1533


Japanese ground losses:
40 casualties reported


Now this statement really concerned me:

I see you have a radar equiped destroyer at Koepang........it would account for the high CAP, perhaps my 4E should pay a naval attack visit?

hmm... Miller has spotted my DD TF at Koepang but when looking at the previous op reports I haven´t found a message that he did get one of my DDs identified so I wonder how he comes up with this idea. Of course he´s 100% right on the spot with his statement, I just wonder how he figures that one out, even if he gets a message DDxy spotted at Koepang, then he has to realize immediately that this is a Yugumo class DD and he has to know that the Yugumos have radar at this date. And what about the three other DDs in the TF? Why should all four be Yugumos? And why not just an escort TF for my AKs unloading there? Hmm... really strange...

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RE: it goes on... - 2/6/2009 11:19:06 AM   
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Status: offline 		A sighting by a patrol plane maybe ?  He only mentions one DD, not 4, he probably doesn't know for the others.  Maybe you should leave one there and ostensibly move the other elsewhere...

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RE: it goes on... - 2/6/2009 11:38:09 AM   
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A sighting by a patrol plane maybe ?  He only mentions one DD, not 4, he probably doesn't know for the others.  Maybe you should leave one there and ostensibly move the other elsewhere...



unfortunately the effects of radar increase with the number of radar sets in a hex. That´s why Allied air supremacy gets higher and higher as soon as you have nearly the whole map covered with multiple radar sets. So keeping only one DD at Koepang won´t help me a lot I guess. I will keep the DDs and the fighters at Koepang as long as it takes to bring in a good amount of supplies and move them out again anyway.

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RE: it goes on... - 2/6/2009 1:33:58 PM   
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Ground combat at Delhi

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22412 troops, 254 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 483

Defending force 25294 troops, 92 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 340



Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported

Dehli´s assault value dropped by 32 points in one day! Troop strenght only reduced by 500 though, so does this mean the Allied are starving here already? I doubt that airlifting out 500 troops would decrease the av by 32 points.

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14277 troops, 459 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2878

Defending force 100270 troops, 316 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3297



Allied ground losses:
232 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15847 troops, 183 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1533

Defending force 195912 troops, 1467 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4175



Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Sining

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 4728 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 398

Defending force 3089 troops, 14 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 24

I´m sure the ordered shock attack tomorrow will take the base. Miller is sure about this too as he moved out all his aircraft!


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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8423 troops, 290 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1532

Defending force 32351 troops, 227 guns, 241 vehicles, Assault Value = 561



Allied ground losses:
148 casualties reported
Guns lost 4
Vehicles lost 2


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 16035 troops, 202 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3441

Defending force 222286 troops, 825 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5712



Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported


after our recent victory over Koepang it seems to be getting more quiet again...

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RE: it goes on... - 2/6/2009 2:03:31 PM   
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ORIGINAL: castor troy
unfortunately the effects of radar increase with the number of radar sets in a hex. That´s why Allied air supremacy gets higher and higher as soon as you have nearly the whole map covered with multiple radar sets. So keeping only one DD at Koepang won´t help me a lot I guess. I will keep the DDs and the fighters at Koepang as long as it takes to bring in a good amount of supplies and move them out again anyway.

I didn't know that - this game gets better and better the more I learn about it.

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RE: it goes on... - 2/6/2009 2:04:46 PM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: Ambassador

Not a single air strike from any one side ?

quote:

ORIGINAL: castor troy
unfortunately the effects of radar increase with the number of radar sets in a hex. That´s why Allied air supremacy gets higher and higher as soon as you have nearly the whole map covered with multiple radar sets. So keeping only one DD at Koepang won´t help me a lot I guess. I will keep the DDs and the fighters at Koepang as long as it takes to bring in a good amount of supplies and move them out again anyway.

I didn't know that - this game gets better and better the more I learn about it.



well, I´m only speaking about my "experience" and what I´ve seen in a couple of thousand turns. Enough radar, you most always get the bounce forever and most always have a very high Cap in the air.

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RE: it goes on... - 2/6/2009 5:58:27 PM   
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TF 1002 encounters mine field at Darwin (36,84)

Allied Ships
MSW Kalgoorlie
MSW Tamworth

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TF 1002 encounters mine field at Darwin (36,84)

Allied Ships
MSW Kalgoorlie
MSW Tamworth

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Day Air attack on Dili , at 31,77

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 238

Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 4 destroyed, 24 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
469 casualties reported
Guns lost 12

Airbase hits 11
Airbase supply hits 10
Runway hits 79

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 10000 feet

how many days have gone by when I destroyed 90 and damaged 150 more Mitchells over Koepang? 238 are already attacking again...

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Day Air attack on Dili , at 31,77


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 60
Wellington III x 94
F-5A Lightning x 6


Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 4 damaged
Wellington III: 9 damaged
F-5A Lightning: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
75 casualties reported

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 35

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Wellington III bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on 1st Ind. Brigade, at 43,32


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc x 16


Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIc: 5 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
45 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Hurricane IIc bombing at 2000 feet
8 x Hurricane IIc bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 36th Division, at 43,32


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 16
Hurricane IIc x 8
I-153c x 10
I-16c x 12


Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 1 damaged
I-16c: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
61 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x I-16c bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 16th Mixed Brigade, at 43,32


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 5
Hurricane IIc x 8
I-16c x 24


Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 1 damaged
Hurricane IIc: 1 damaged
I-16c: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
34 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x I-16c bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Dili , at 31,77

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 128
LB-30 Liberator x 43
B-24D Liberator x 85

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-46-II Dinah: 5 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 21 damaged
LB-30 Liberator: 4 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 23 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
257 casualties reported

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 63

Aircraft Attacking:
34 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 10000 feet
29 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 10000 feet

650 Allied bomber unloaded their loads over Dili today...

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Ground combat at Delhi

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22332 troops, 254 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 483

Defending force 24796 troops, 90 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 300



Allied ground losses:
20 casualties reported

500 troops less, 40!!!! av less! What´s going on here?

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Ground combat at Sining

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 23397 troops, 197 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 406

Defending force 3110 troops, 15 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 25

Japanese max assault: 676 - adjusted assault: 604

Allied max defense: 25 - adjusted defense: 53

Japanese assault odds: 11 to 1 (fort level 5)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Sining base !!!


Japanese ground losses:
94 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Allied ground losses:
2867 casualties reported
Guns lost 9

the base in the far North is Japanese now, two understrenght Chinese base forces surrendered, only worth around 15 victory points...

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14257 troops, 459 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2878

Defending force 99729 troops, 311 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3279



Allied ground losses:
81 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15858 troops, 182 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1530

Defending force 197856 troops, 1473 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4171



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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8418 troops, 289 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1532

Defending force 32092 troops, 224 guns, 238 vehicles, Assault Value = 545



Allied ground losses:
134 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 16041 troops, 201 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3445

Defending force 222268 troops, 824 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5720



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Ground combat at Dili

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 3293 troops, 15 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1184

Defending force 13184 troops, 146 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 421

now this is interesting! Yesterday the first Allied unit entered Dili and the bombardment today showed it being a USMC division! This could be a chance to dislodge this unit and this would also mean that Miller´s land assault on Dili could get stuck! I´m amazed a single unit alone entered my hex. Unfortunately my supply situation isn´t good (even though I was bringing in thousands of tons of supply already) and the wooden hex will help the USMC division when I will attack. The unit is two hexes away from Lautern, so I also wonder how well it will be supplied...

I´m thinking about ordering a shock attack tomorrow! I guess Miller will be surprised when he sees nearly 1200 assault points defending Dili...

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Ground combat at Dili

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 13184 troops, 146 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 421

Defending force 51639 troops, 400 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1184


Japanese ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Guns lost 2



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RE: it goes on... - 2/6/2009 7:17:24 PM   
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TF 1002 encounters mine field at Darwin (36,84)

Allied Ships
MSW Kalgoorlie
MSW Tamworth

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Naval bombardment of Dili, at 31,77

Japanese Ships
CA Myoko
CA Maya
CA Atago
CA Takao


Allied ground losses:
170 casualties reported
Guns lost 4
Vehicles lost 2

I knew we wouldn´t do a lot of damage because inf units are immune to naval bombardments but I hope we have at least disrupted the unit...

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TF 1002 encounters mine field at Darwin (36,84)

Allied Ships
MSW Kalgoorlie
MSW Tamworth

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Day Air attack on Dili , at 31,77

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 31

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 206

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 16 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 3 destroyed, 45 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
209 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 50

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 10000 feet

31 Zeroes were able to take down 2 Mitchells during the replay...

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Day Air attack on Dili , at 31,77

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 14

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 62
Wellington III x 79
F-5A Lightning x 5

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 4 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged
Wellington III: 10 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
117 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 30

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Wellington III bombing at 10000 feet

sending 108 Zeroes on LRCAP at three hexes distance obviously shows no effect...

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 130
B5N Kate x 4
G4M1 Betty x 9
Ki-27 Nate x 70
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 82

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 8
Runway hits 136

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 1st Ind. Brigade, at 43,32


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc x 9


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Hurricane IIc bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 36th Division, at 43,32


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 22
Hurricane IIc x 18
I-16c x 34


Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 1 damaged
Hurricane IIc: 2 damaged
I-16c: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
39 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
17 x I-16c bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 16th Mixed Brigade, at 43,32


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 19
Hurricane IIc x 10
I-153c x 14
I-16c x 15


Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 3 damaged
Hurricane IIc: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
I-16c: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
41 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x I-16c bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 87th Chinese Corps, at 47,29

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 24
Ki-21 Sally x 25
Ki-49 Helen x 78

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
59 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 1st USMC Division, at 31,77

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 50
G3M Nell x 53
G4M1 Betty x 35

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 22
Spitfire Vb x 14
Kittyhawk I x 22
P-40E Warhawk x 52

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 34 destroyed
G3M Nell: 15 destroyed, 21 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 4 destroyed, 4 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 3 destroyed, 16 damaged
Spitfire Vb: 5 destroyed, 4 damaged
Kittyhawk I: 13 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 15 destroyed, 22 damaged


Allied ground losses:
81 casualties reported
Guns lost 5
Vehicles lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x G3M Nell bombing at 6000 feet

whereas it does show a very good effect to send 250 Allied fighters on LRCAP at 2 hexes distance. My 80+ pilots once again get mauled, the Allied still can´t be much higher than 60 at best. Doesn´t help, our fighters get shredded and this time also the bombers. Ground attacks usually don´t fly, or the weather is bad or whatever. Today, when Miller has 100+ fighters on Cap over his USMC division my ground attack took off... what a lucky bastard I am. I have ordered my troops to SHOCK attack tomorrow but I don´t expect anything to be honest. The single USMC division will probably shred my troops to pieces but we will see. I just have to take the chance of forcing out this unit. The naval bombardment and the a2g attack should at least have caused 50+ disruption... hopefully... this was definetely the bad part of this turn...

once again I have to remind myself that the only thing I should attack are enemy TFs... losses are worth it if you sink ships, they aren´t if you only take down some Allied fighters that get unlimited replacements of both aircraft and pilots...




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Day Air attack on Dili , at 31,77

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 33

Allied aircraft
F-5A Lightning x 1

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses


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Ground combat at Delhi

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22351 troops, 254 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 483

Defending force 24224 troops, 91 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 260

again the Allied av drops by 40 points in one day... what´s going on? I guess there won´t be much of the Allied garrison left when my tanks will arrive...

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Ground combat at Kungchang

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 197006 troops, 1669 guns, 652 vehicles, Assault Value = 3954

Defending force 44129 troops, 205 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1261

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 3

Japanese max assault: 3904 - adjusted assault: 4146

Allied max defense: 1311 - adjusted defense: 528

Japanese assault odds: 7 to 1 (fort level 3)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Kungchang base !!!


Japanese ground losses:
3241 casualties reported
Guns lost 72
Vehicles lost 8

Allied ground losses:
70657 casualties reported
Guns lost 314

and that´s the good part of this turn which also has much more strategic and long term impact than the loss of the 50 ac today. Kungchang fell much more easily than I have thought, I guess the enemy ran out of supplies. All enemy troops here had to surrender and a whole Chinese Army marches in my POW camps. We´ve scored 326 points for Allied ground losses today, now being at 14.599!! I´m sure we will reach the 15.000 points soon! Half of my total victory points have been scored for Allied units being destroyed. Next target in China is Sian now, I´m sure there´s also not much supply left but 100.000 troops are defending the base behind Maginot line forts. When the Army from Kungchang arrives at Homan then I will start my assault on Sian. I have to kill off also three enemy units on the road North of Sian.

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14258 troops, 457 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2875

Defending force 99246 troops, 304 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3270



Allied ground losses:
94 casualties reported

enemy troop strenght and assautl value is declining daily, this is a good sign...

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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15864 troops, 183 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1529

Defending force 223452 troops, 1609 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4179

I´m thinking about moving another division into Chungking, just to make sure we´re secure, even though our assault value should be adjusted to something like 8.000+ in the urban hex. But the daily Allied air attacks on 3 of my divisions here is making me some concerns...


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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8368 troops, 287 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1529

Defending force 31881 troops, 224 guns, 236 vehicles, Assault Value = 533



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

when I don´t need my tanks in India anymore I will move them back to Burma to clear out Myitkina once and for all. As it seems now, Miller is not moving out all his units to China...

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Ground combat at Dili

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 665 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1232

Defending force 12801 troops, 132 guns, 13 vehicles, Assault Value = 411

hopefully the damned USMC division will be forced to retreat. Supply is a big issue for us, hopefully also for the Marines that have to be supplied over 120 miles of trails. When we and the enemy are only at 50% supply and the enemy is 50% disrupted due to the attacks today then the 2x bonus for the wooden hex should NOT be enough to withstand the attack of 1000 assault points... hopefully, in any case it will be a narrow situation tomorrow...

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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 16052 troops, 202 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3443

Defending force 222367 troops, 830 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5727






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RE: it goes on... - 2/6/2009 8:12:51 PM   
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RE: it goes on... - 2/6/2009 9:43:20 PM   
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 10/20/42

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Day Air attack on Chungking , at 43,32

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 77
Ki-21 Sally x 37
Ki-49 Helen x 106

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 19
Hurricane IIc x 17
I-153c x 11
I-16c x 17

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 8 destroyed, 14 damaged
Ki-21 Sally: 12 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 4 destroyed, 34 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 6 destroyed, 7 damaged
Hurricane IIc: 4 destroyed, 10 damaged
I-153c: 10 destroyed
I-16c: 15 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
158 casualties reported

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 40

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 11000 feet

I have ordered strikes from three bases on Chungking but of course two were clouded and exactly the weakest strike from 7 hexes goes in. The sweep from 5 hexes and the first bigger bomber attack from 6 hexes failed to take off. Needless to say that the Allied got the bounce for 100% of the duration of the engagement and because I´m not counting the obsolete Chinese fighters, the British achieved a kill rate 2:1 in their favour...

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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 46
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 87

Allied aircraft
PBY Catalina x 5
B-17E Fortress x 100
LB-30 Liberator x 34
B-24D Liberator x 61

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 25 damaged
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 5 destroyed, 63 damaged
Ki-46-II Dinah: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
PBY Catalina: 5 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 9 destroyed, 82 damaged
LB-30 Liberator: 11 destroyed, 12 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 7 destroyed, 47 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
118 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 20

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 12000 feet
8 x LB-30 Liberator bombing at 12000 feet
14 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 12000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 12000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 12000 feet

looks like Miller became angry, he has replaced his Mitchells at Derby with 4Es to torch my fighters at Koepang. 200 unescorted flying pillboxes encounter 130 fighters over Koepang and it seems the Allied bomber crew´s morale wasn´t that god as the majority turns back. 31 bomber drop their load over the base which is enough to destroy 9 Tojos on the ground.

But in return we take down 34 Allied 4Es.

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Day Air attack on Dili , at 31,77


Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 166


Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 17 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
344 casualties reported

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 8
Runway hits 69

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 10000 feet

The Mitchells are already operational again and huge numbers attack Dili, now coming from Darwin. Half a dozen bomber are lost in this attack...

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 130
B5N Kate x 4
G3M Nell x 35
G4M1 Betty x 9
Ki-27 Nate x 70
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 82

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
21 casualties reported

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 112

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

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Day Air attack on 1st Ind. Brigade, at 43,32


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc x 8
I-16c x 14


Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIc: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
27 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x I-16c bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 36th Division, at 43,32


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 32
Hurricane IIc x 8
I-153c x 10
I-16c x 15


Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 3 damaged
I-16c: 1 destroyed

Japanese ground losses:
30 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x I-153c bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 16th Mixed Brigade, at 43,32


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 8
Hurricane IIc x 18
I-153c x 14
I-16c x 14


Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIc: 2 damaged
I-16c: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
12 casualties reported

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

This is the reason why our bombers didn´t hit much at Chungking, the enemy flew strikes also and the airfield was empty...

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Day Air attack on 1st USMC Division, at 31,77

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 36

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 15
Spitfire Vb x 10
Kittyhawk I x 38
P-40E Warhawk x 37

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 17 destroyed, 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 2 destroyed, 7 damaged
Spitfire Vb: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged
Kittyhawk I: 8 destroyed, 22 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 3 destroyed, 17 damaged

After the defeat over Dili yesterday we are flying massive attacks to destroy the enemy fighter force above our base. Unfortunately we start off bad of course, 60% of our strike fails to locate the base and only parts of two Tojo sentais show up to engage a big Cap. The Tojo proves to be a poor offensive weapon and dogfighter and we lose more fighters than the enemy. The Tojo pilots are in the mid 80 as I used my best available. This strike came from Koepang (5 hexes), with the bombing raid on their base this could have been a big mistake as I missed those fighters for Cap duty...

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Day Air attack on 1st USMC Division, at 31,77

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 126

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 6
Spitfire Vb x 4
Kittyhawk I x 16
P-40E Warhawk x 17

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 16 destroyed, 13 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 8 destroyed
Spitfire Vb: 9 destroyed
Kittyhawk I: 33 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 19 destroyed

Then a big strike of Oscars comes in from Maumere, 6 hexes. The Oscar proves to be the far better dogfighter as it´s an agile aircraft while being far slower than the Tojo. The enemy fighter defenses were already disrupted and the incoming IJA fighters tored through the defending fighter formations. The ground troops defending Dili saw it raining Allied fighter wrecks. One of my sentais was hit hard though but this was a decisive blow for the Allied defenses, when...

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... the third ordered strike showed up over the base...

Day Air attack on 1st USMC Division, at 31,77

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 90

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 5
Spitfire Vb x 1
Kittyhawk I x 3
P-40E Warhawk x 10

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed, 3 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 10 destroyed
Spitfire Vb: 2 destroyed
Kittyhawk I: 9 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 29 destroyed

Now being complete shot up already and totally disrupted, the Allied fighters had no chance and the cannon armed Zeroes took down one fighter after another! In the end it was a massive victory over the Allied fighter defenses at Dili. BANZAI! The enemy lost 134 fighters over Dili today...
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Day Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 46
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 87

Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 3 damaged

Paul ordered parts of his British bombers at Wyndham to fly naval attacks. 3 Wellingtons soon turned back when they encountered over 100 IJN fighters over Koepang...

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Day Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 46
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 87

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 damaged
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 5 destroyed, 5 damaged

Japanese Ships
DD Kazegumo

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x Blenheim IV bombing at 10000 feet

Another strike, this time with obsolete Blenheims tried to attack our DDs... 1 made it through the Cap to drop two bombs a mile away from it´s target...

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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 22
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 37

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 31
Wellington III x 48

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 6 damaged
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 11 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 5 destroyed, 12 damaged
Wellington III: 4 destroyed, 38 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Wellington III bombing at 10000 feet

in the afternoon, the British also launched an airfield attack and our Cap was totally shrinked with not even 60 fighters in the air. But the British crews are also low on morale and most bombers turned back. 4 Wellington made it to the base but all missed the target. The Wellington is really tough, it seemed to be impossible to take them down. I don´t consider the obsolete Blenheim a threat! If I were the Allied commander I wouldn´t use them for offensive missions in this theater.

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And here are the total losses for today:




In the end it was only a 3:1 in total aircraft lost today, the attack on Chungking hurt us more than expected. What of course also hurts is the fact that we lost some 50 pilots today, a couple of daitais were totally shredded and were withdrawn to be rebuilt and retrained. I hope this day, especially the fights over Dili and Koepang are hurting Miller´s morale and hopefully he refrains for ongoing air attacks in this area now. Today was an all out effort again, nearly all the IJAAF fighter forces are based in the triangle of Timor, Kendari and Amboina.


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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 Delhi

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22371 troops, 254 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 483

Defending force 23506 troops, 91 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 244



Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Dili

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 50840 troops, 359 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1224

Defending force 28383 troops, 273 guns, 31 vehicles, Assault Value = 841

Japanese max assault: 1748 - adjusted assault: 815

Allied max defense: 683 - adjusted defense: 1381

Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
4476 casualties reported
Guns lost 45

Allied ground losses:
355 casualties reported
Guns lost 18
Vehicles lost 1

GOD DAMN!!! Why on Earth does my opponent have the luck that exactly today, another USMC division entered Dili? Oh my... I could have lived with the fact to get a 0:1 but at what casualty ratio? What kind of joke... There are two USMC divisions 120 miles away from their supply base and they still seem to get 100% supplied over two hexes of trails... god damn again! I have lost 500!!!!!!!!!!!!! assault points in this attack! Stupid joke! With this attack, I have lost Dili... against an opponent that marches his troops into my base... Why am I even surprised that our assault value got halved and the Allied av got doubled... I´m sure the Allied will attack at full av when he starts his attacks...

I can´t believe it...


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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14265 troops, 459 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2873

Defending force 98929 troops, 297 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3261



Allied ground losses:
106 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15872 troops, 184 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1525

Defending force 223263 troops, 1607 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4184



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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8406 troops, 290 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1529

Defending force 31469 troops, 224 guns, 233 vehicles, Assault Value = 508



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


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 16064 troops, 201 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3443

Defending force 222304 troops, 830 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5732






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Night Time Surface Combat, near Dili at 31,77

Japanese Ships
CA Takao, Shell hits 8
CA Atago
CA Maya
CA Myoko
DD Kagero, Shell hits 6, on fire
DD Kuroshio
DD Oyashio
DD Hatsukaze
DD Natsushio
DD Yukikaze

Allied Ships
PT PT-76, Shell hits 5, and is sunk
PT PT-79
PT PT-80
PT PT-81
PT PT-82
PT PT-83

Japanese ground losses:
82 casualties reported

A squadron of out of fuel PT boats attacks a fast transport TF... those PT boat crews must be good at paddling, they made it to 1000 yards of my cruisers, beating up CA Takao with cal. 50 and 20mm Oerlikons. So many aspects of this game are soooo poorly modelled, the devs seemed not to test their own game as otherwise it would have hurt them in the a$$...




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Sub attack near Maumere at 28,73

Japanese Ships
AK Uragami Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS S-32

my 6 APDs in the hex do nothing...

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 139
B5N Kate x 4
G3M Nell x 38
G4M1 Betty x 9
Ki-27 Nate x 70
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 70

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
41 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 95
Port fuel hits 2

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

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Ground combat at Delhi

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22371 troops, 254 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 483

Defending force 22748 troops, 88 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 231



Allied ground losses:
27 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14294 troops, 460 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2875

Defending force 98717 troops, 290 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3259



Allied ground losses:
109 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15892 troops, 184 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1527

Defending force 223387 troops, 1606 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4185



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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8446 troops, 290 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1530

Defending force 31004 troops, 217 guns, 232 vehicles, Assault Value = 487



Allied ground losses:
171 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 16052 troops, 202 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3442

Defending force 221993 troops, 824 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5731






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Sub attack at 29,76

Japanese Ships
AK Shunsei Maru, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS S-32

S-32 kills a second small AK after one was sunk yesterday...

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ASW attack at 12,86

Japanese Ships
SS I-1, hits 4

Allied Ships
MSW Shepparton
MSW Lismore
MSW Launceton
MSW Latrobe
MSW Kapunda
MSW Katoomba

I-1 takes 4 near misses... those MSWs are on the way to the Northern Australian bases...

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 149
B5N Kate x 4
G3M Nell x 39
G4M1 Betty x 9
Ki-27 Nate x 70
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 70

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
64 casualties reported

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 113

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35


Allied aircraft
PBY Catalina x 2
A-20B Boston x 32


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 6

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x A-20B Boston bombing at 5000 feet

Miller has put up a training base in Alaska...

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Day Air attack on TF at 31,76


Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 4
SBD Dauntless x 20
Spitfire Vb x 17
Kittyhawk I x 77
P-40E Warhawk x 25


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AK Asama Maru, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet

we tried to sneak in a single AK to Dili but Miller has moved in Marine dive bombers that quickly finish off the merchant with 1000lb bomgs...

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Day Air attack on TF, near Roti Island at 28,76


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 18


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AK Taisei Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AK Yosida Maru #3, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AK Yubari Maru

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

and B-17 from Derby kill a merchant North of Koepang...

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Day Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 26
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 62

Allied aircraft
Albacore x 37
Kittyhawk I x 73
P-40E Warhawk x 25

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 22 destroyed, 11 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Albacore: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged
Kittyhawk I: 39 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 9 destroyed, 7 damaged

Japanese Ships
DD Makigumo, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD Makinami, Bomb hits 2, on fire
DD Takanami, Bomb hits 2, on fire
DD Kazegumo, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Albacore bombing at 5000 feet

wth? Out of 250+ undamaged fighters set to 80% Cap we see the amazing number of 88 in the air, not even 35%!!!! Looks like I´m fooling myself when thinking my radar equipped ships would help. What a joke. After the initial bounce phase for us, when we achieved something like a 20:1 kill rate, the bounce went to the Allied which then achieved nearly a 1:1. Again, the Tojo is a poor dogfighter. The escorts kept our fighters off the bombers of which we only took one down and then those bombers achieve quite a good hit rate on my fast, radar equipped DDs... what a crappy day...

Two days ago we took down 150 Allied fighters over Lautern and today 231 were on escort again...


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Day Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 25
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 34

Allied aircraft
LB-30 Liberator x 9
B-24D Liberator x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
LB-30 Liberator: 2 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
DD Kazegumo, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Makinami, on fire
DD Takanami, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Makigumo, on fire

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x LB-30 Liberator bombing at 10000 feet

then of course more bomber attack my DDs, achieving more hits. As it looks now, one DD is lost, the other three could make it, if not attacked again... my Cap seems to be not existing anymore...

total losses of today:




doesn´t look that bad but again I have to wonder when people are saying they save more than 50% of their pilots being shot down over their bases. Out of the 24 fighters shot down over Koepang, 21 pilots were lost! So how can that be and what am I doing wrong then? One pilot bailed out wounded and was rescued so it would make "only" 20 pilots lost if this one comes back again...

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Sub attack at 12,85

Japanese Ships
SS I-19

Allied Ships
CA Exeter, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

this is the good news of the day, the unescorted Exeter is attacked by I-19 West of Broome and two out of six torps slammed into the already heavily damaged heavy cruiser. I hope this will be enough to sink the ship...

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Ground combat at Delhi

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22380 troops, 255 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 483

Defending force 22100 troops, 86 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 218



Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14229 troops, 458 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2881

Defending force 98294 troops, 283 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3249



Allied ground losses:
148 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15892 troops, 184 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1527

Defending force 223491 troops, 1605 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4188



Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8438 troops, 289 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1530

Defending force 30814 troops, 215 guns, 232 vehicles, Assault Value = 482



Allied ground losses:
180 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 16052 troops, 202 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3440

Defending force 222134 troops, 823 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5737



Allied ground losses:
28 casualties reported





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TF 1002 encounters mine field at Wyndham (30,86)

Allied Ships
MSW Kalgoorlie
MSW Tamworth

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ASW attack at 9,88

Japanese Ships
SS I-153, hits 3, on fire

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

those MSWs keep being a pain... one real hit and the SS has to head home full speed...

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Day Air attack on Bombay , at 20,10


Allied aircraft
Catalina I x 2
Blenheim IV x 12


Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 1 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Blenheim IV bombing at 6000 feet

new training target for the Allied bomber at Karachi...

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Day Air attack on Dili , at 31,77


Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 148


Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 19 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
386 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Port hits 4
Port supply hits 6

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 10000 feet

Miller now attacks the port, don´t know why...

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 158
B5N Kate x 4
G3M Nell x 48
G4M1 Betty x 9
Ki-27 Nate x 69
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 70

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
25 casualties reported

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 99

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 69
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 51

Allied aircraft
Albacore x 18
Kittyhawk I x 44
P-40E Warhawk x 32

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 7 destroyed, 2 damaged
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 14 destroyed, 19 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Albacore: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged
Kittyhawk I: 32 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 14 destroyed, 4 damaged

Japanese Ships
MSW W.7
AK Hiyama Maru, Bomb hits 1
AK Hankow Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Yubari Maru

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x Albacore bombing at 5000 feet

my ships at Koepang are attacked again, again the fighters on Cap are a wet joke, we´re below 40% again, this time I´ve set them to 90%!!! The Kittyhawks had no chance but hey, the Warhawks got the bounce and achieved a kill ratio in their favour... We´re not getting our fighters airborne and we´re not even getting the bounce above our own base, even when our fighters are set to 15.000ft and the Allied escorts are flying at 8.000ft. Well working design...

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Day Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 62
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 35

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 41
B-24D Liberator x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 4 damaged
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 destroyed, 20 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 4 damaged

Japanese Ships
MSW W.17
MSW W.7
AK Canton Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Yubari Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire

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

26 bombers manage to get through the Cap and sink another small AK... our fighters once again prove to be useless against the 4Es...

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Day Air attack on TF at 29,72


Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 18


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AK Shinsei Maru
AK Sansei Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AK Mayachi Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage
AK Muko Maru

Japanese ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 6000 feet

Miller now has moved Marauders to Lautern, attacking a troop convoy at max range. The ships should make it...

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Day Air attack on TF at 28,75


Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 23


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
DD Kazegumo, Bomb hits 9, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 6000 feet

Kazegumo is dead of course but the DD was already in sinking condition after the murderous attack yesterday...

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Day Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 75
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 53

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 15
LB-30 Liberator x 23
B-24D Liberator x 16

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 damaged
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 7 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 2 destroyed, 10 damaged
LB-30 Liberator: 1 destroyed, 8 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 3 damaged

Japanese Ships
AK Hiyama Maru

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

slightly more fighters on Cap in the afternoon, the rate still keeps being a joke... an airfield attack could destroy 150+ undamaged fighters on the ground... I could just

total losses of today:




the last days have clearly showed what I knew the first day when Miller landed troops at Lautern, it will be impossible to do anything in this region as soon as he begins flying attacks out of his level 6 airfield of Lautern. Even though I take down more aircraft than I lose, I also lose precious pilots and I now I also have started losing ships. Soon the Allied Army will have marched to Dili, coming over 120 miles of trails and being very well supplied it seems. Then Dili will fall soon and with another level 5 airfield on Timor, there will then be 550 Allied aircraft on Timor that will lay waste up to an area around Java and South of Borneo! The fact that my fighters don´t get airborne will be the biggest issue and will make defense impossible.

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Sub attack at 11,86

Japanese Ships
SS I-170

Allied Ships
MSW Latrobe
MSW Shepparton
MSW Lismore
MSW Launceton
MSW Kapunda
MSW Katoomba

2 torps miss Latrobe...

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ASW attack at 12,86

Japanese Ships
SS I-1, hits 1

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

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Sub attack at 11,86

Japanese Ships
SS I-170

Allied Ships
AK West Planter, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

but one out of two torps hit the already damaged big AK...

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and here comes the big joke of the day (as if the other happenings wouldn´t be ridicoulos enough...)

Day Time Surface Combat, near Koepang at 28,77

Japanese Ships
MSW W.7
MSW W.17
AK Hankow Maru, on fire, heavy damage
AK Indus Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AK Yubari Maru, on fire
AK Hiyama Maru, on fire
AK Shoko Maru
AK Canton Maru, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
PT PT-67
PT PT-78
PT PT-84
PT PT-116
PT PT-117
PT PT-161

Miller moved in his PTs! Next Allied base is 6 hexes away so I wonder how those PTs are expected to return to their home port? Paddling? Using drifts??? Using PTs offensively that end up out of fuel is away from my understanding... They sink an undamaged AK of course...

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Ground combat at Delhi

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22362 troops, 255 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 482

Defending force 21556 troops, 80 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 188



Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported


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Ground combat at 47,28

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 78476 troops, 927 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1668

Defending force 23990 troops, 137 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 715

Japanese max assault: 1654 - adjusted assault: 1952

Allied max defense: 738 - adjusted defense: 218

Japanese assault odds: 8 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
814 casualties reported
Guns lost 35

Allied ground losses:
824 casualties reported
Guns lost 13

trying to kill off the three units North of Sian...

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14244 troops, 459 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2881

Defending force 98080 troops, 278 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3247



Allied ground losses:
25 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15850 troops, 183 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1524

Defending force 223318 troops, 1605 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4184



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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8446 troops, 290 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1530

Defending force 30539 troops, 214 guns, 232 vehicles, Assault Value = 479



Allied ground losses:
264 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

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

Defending force 222028 troops, 819 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5731






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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 10/24/42

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TF 1002 encounters mine field at Wyndham (30,86)

Allied Ships
MSW Kalgoorlie
MSW Tamworth

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TF 1002 encounters mine field at Wyndham (30,86)

Allied Ships
MSW Kalgoorlie
MSW Tamworth

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Sub attack near Brunei at 32,57

Japanese Ships
TK Funakawa Maru, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
PG Seiko Maru
PG Daido Maru
PG Hayakafuku Maru
PG Muro Maru
PG Myoken Maru
PG Kure Maru #5

Allied Ships
SS S-42, hits 4, on fire

sub spotted last turn, an ASW TF sent out, a big escort, all doesn´t help...

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Sub attack at 9,87

Japanese Ships
SS I-156

Allied Ships
AK Idaho, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

sinking an Allied AK doesn´t make me happy if we lose a big TK...

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Day Air attack on Chungking , at 43,32

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 54
Ki-21 Sally x 27
Ki-49 Helen x 139

Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 24
Hurricane IIb x 41
Hurricane IIc x 39
I-153c x 1
I-16c x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 19 destroyed, 16 damaged
Ki-21 Sally: 2 destroyed, 13 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 17 destroyed, 98 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Buffalo I: 7 destroyed, 10 damaged
Hurricane IIb: 9 destroyed, 24 damaged
Hurricane IIc: 9 destroyed, 22 damaged
I-153c: 1 destroyed
I-16c: 1 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
111 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Airbase hits 14
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 34

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

I just don´t get this game and it´s routines... the last 4 weeks there were NEVER more than a couple dozen fighters on Cap over Chungking. Well, today saw probably 95% of the fighters on Cap in the air. Of course we were once again hit by the weather flaws of "advanced weather on". Again three bases should have attacked, again two were clouded including the sweep base of course. Weather forecast was good, we end up with thunderstorms that make flying impossible.

And hey, I don´t want to forget to mention that the Allied got 100% of the engagemen the allmighty B O U N C E... Allied radar...

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Day Air attack on Bombay , at 20,10


Allied aircraft
Catalina I x 2
Blenheim IV x 3


Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 2 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Blenheim IV bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Dili , at 31,77


Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 154


Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 15 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
509 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Port hits 8
Port supply hits 8

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on Dili , at 31,77


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 80
Wellington III x 65
F-5A Lightning x 5


Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 14 damaged
Wellington III: 10 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
157 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 16
Airbase supply hits 10
Runway hits 58

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 165
B5N Kate x 4
G3M Nell x 51
G4M1 Betty x 9
Ki-27 Nate x 70
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 70

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 92
Port hits 1
Port supply hits 2

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

during the last weeks I´m losing my pilots ten times faster than they can be trained and I haven´t faced a better Allied fighter than the Warhawk...

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Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35


Allied aircraft
PBY Catalina x 4
A-20B Boston x 31


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 20

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x A-20B Boston bombing at 5000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 80
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 50

Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 27

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 7 damaged
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 9 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-26B Marauder: 10 destroyed, 7 damaged

I summed up the undamaged fighters at Koepang last turn: 273!!!! Set to 90% Cap. 130 in the air = 47,61%. Allied fighters in the air over Chungking? 90%? 95%?

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Day Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 80
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 50

Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk I x 11
P-40E Warhawk x 8
B-26B Marauder x 40

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 13 damaged
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 7 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Kittyhawk I: 11 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 8 destroyed
B-26B Marauder: 4 destroyed, 26 damaged

at least we didn´t take losses over Timor today. Doesn´t make the disaster over Chungking any better when two elite Zero daitais were shredded by the low exp British fighter bombers that get the mighty radar boost...




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Sub attack at 9,87

Japanese Ships
SS I-156

Allied Ships
AK West Planter, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

another AK is sunk...

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Sub attack at 9,87

Japanese Ships
SS I-156, hits 14, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
MSW Kapunda
MSW Shepparton
MSW Lismore
MSW Launceton
MSW Latrobe
MSW Katoomba

but we pay with a SS lost also today... those damned MSW have a better ASW ratig than my fleet DDs...

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Ground combat at Delhi

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22378 troops, 254 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 482

Defending force 21084 troops, 73 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 161



Allied ground losses:
19 casualties reported


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Ground combat at 47,28

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 77357 troops, 888 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1617

Defending force 22873 troops, 106 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 659

Japanese max assault: 1476 - adjusted assault: 1176

Allied max defense: 583 - adjusted defense: 146

Japanese assault odds: 8 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
508 casualties reported
Guns lost 24

Allied ground losses:
718 casualties reported
Guns lost 14


hopefully those Chinese units surrender soon... I proved to be a stupid dork once again when I try to attack an Allied base today. No matter where it is on the map, the outcome at this stage of the war is a mess for us and I should just accept that attacking Allied bases that are defended by flak and fighters is just not worth it and should only be done if absolutely necessary and then only in force. Of course the weather can make using force impossible as seen today when two of three bases were clouded in...

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14172 troops, 457 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2614

Defending force 97736 troops, 270 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3252



Allied ground losses:
49 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15857 troops, 184 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1524

Defending force 223099 troops, 1603 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4184



Allied ground losses:
28 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8460 troops, 291 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1532

Defending force 30227 troops, 215 guns, 234 vehicles, Assault Value = 471



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


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 16032 troops, 202 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3439

Defending force 222178 troops, 821 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5739



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Ground combat at Manila

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 8079 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 136

Defending force 4903 troops, 35 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 149

Allied max assault: 208 - adjusted assault: 0

Japanese max defense: 138 - adjusted defense: 273

Allied assault odds: 0 to 1



Allied ground losses:
818 casualties reported





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RE: it goes on... - 2/7/2009 9:35:04 PM   
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TF 1002 encounters mine field at Wyndham (30,86)

Allied Ships
MSW Kalgoorlie
MSW Tamworth

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Day Air attack on Bombay , at 20,10


Allied aircraft
Catalina I x 3
Blenheim IV x 9


Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 5 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Blenheim IV bombing at 6000 feet

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Day Air attack on Dili , at 31,77


Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 151


Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 2 destroyed, 5 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
226 casualties reported

Port hits 1
Port supply hits 11

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 10000 feet

my supply is getting lower and lower even though I have brought in thousands of tons of supply with barges in the last weeks. Those attacks really suck up my supply and they also kill all my support units...

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Day Air attack on Dili , at 31,77


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 74
Wellington III x 56
P-38G Lightning x 2
F-5A Lightning x 5


Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 6 damaged
Wellington III: 6 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
108 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 63

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 174
B5N Kate x 4
G3M Nell x 53
Ki-27 Nate x 70

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported

Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 137

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35


Allied aircraft
PBY Catalina x 4
A-20B Boston x 32


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x A-20B Boston bombing at 5000 feet
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Day Air attack on 53rd Chinese Corps, at 47,29

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3
Ki-21 Sally x 17
Ki-49 Helen x 33

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
48 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 72nd Chinese Corps, at 47,29

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 24
Ki-21 Sally x 13
Ki-49 Helen x 58

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
32 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

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

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Ground combat at Delhi

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22396 troops, 254 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 483

Defending force 20540 troops, 65 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 135



Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported

not much left for my tanks to destroy when they will arrive in a couple of days...


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Ground combat at 47,28

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 76464 troops, 855 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1538

Defending force 21807 troops, 70 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 609

Japanese max assault: 1482 - adjusted assault: 652

Allied max defense: 493 - adjusted defense: 61

Japanese assault odds: 10 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
663 casualties reported
Guns lost 30

Allied ground losses:
647 casualties reported
Guns lost 14

still no surrender...

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14249 troops, 458 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2942

Defending force 97151 troops, 256 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3231



Allied ground losses:
131 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15877 troops, 184 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1524

Defending force 223247 troops, 1605 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4184



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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8375 troops, 286 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1532

Defending force 29836 troops, 215 guns, 231 vehicles, Assault Value = 452



Allied ground losses:
246 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 16052 troops, 202 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3437

Defending force 222086 troops, 822 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5747



Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported



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RE: it goes on... - 2/8/2009 3:25:21 PM   
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Sub attack at 50,44

Japanese Ships
PC Ch 23, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
PC Ch 22
PC Ch 8
PC Ch 3
PC Ch 2
PC Ch 1

Allied Ships
SS S-43

Sent out an ASW TF to attack a spotted sub, one PC down...

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TF 1019 encounters mine field at Lautem (33,78)

Allied Ships
PT PT-78, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

The best way to kill enemy PTs is when they run on a sub laid mine... kill half a dozen and half a dozen pop up at Darwin again...

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Day Air attack on Dili , at 31,77


Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 59


Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
70 casualties reported

Port hits 2
Port supply hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on Dili , at 31,77


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 21
Wellington III x 12
F-5A Lightning x 2


Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
20 casualties reported

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Blenheim IV bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 189
B5N Kate x 4
G3M Nell x 54
Ki-27 Nate x 70
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 34

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
35 casualties reported

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 166
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
31 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35


Allied aircraft
PBY Catalina x 3
A-20B Boston x 30


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x A-20B Boston bombing at 5000 feet
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Day Air attack on 74th Chinese Corps, at 47,29

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 23
Ki-21 Sally x 27
Ki-49 Helen x 45

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
94 casualties reported

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

lots of unimportant attacks...

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Ground combat at Delhi

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22396 troops, 254 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 665

Defending force 19980 troops, 52 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 129



Allied ground losses:
30 casualties reported

how is this decrease in assault value possible? This can´t be from starving only, the Rangoon CD unit that is here also dropped to 0 av this turn. There must be Allied transports doing an evacuation. Doesn´t matter, my tanks have arrived and will attack in two days to kill off the remaining units.

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Ground combat at 47,28

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 75511 troops, 815 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1497

Defending force 20556 troops, 52 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 548

Japanese max assault: 1478 - adjusted assault: 1922

Allied max defense: 404 - adjusted defense: 68

Japanese assault odds: 28 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
386 casualties reported
Guns lost 16

Allied ground losses:
176 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

The Chinese refuse to surrender...

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14141 troops, 455 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2943

Defending force 96484 troops, 251 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3208



Allied ground losses:
198 casualties reported

in a couple of weeks the assault on Sian will begin. I expect the base to fall after 5 or 6 deliberate attacks at best. I expect the enemy will lose 100.000 troops destroyed and we will lose 5.000 dead and 25.000 disabled.

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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15860 troops, 184 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1521

Defending force 223413 troops, 1608 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4184



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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8415 troops, 288 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1530

Defending force 29286 troops, 210 guns, 230 vehicles, Assault Value = 445



Allied ground losses:
313 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
Vehicles lost 2


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 16052 troops, 202 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3435

Defending force 222213 troops, 811 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5754



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Ground combat at Dili

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 28497 troops, 257 guns, 32 vehicles, Assault Value = 849

Defending force 57025 troops, 286 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1093


Japanese ground losses:
76 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

a nice statement of Paul:

Well you have certainly stalled my advance in Timor......I had hoped to have the whole Island taken by now.

This gives a little hope but doesn´t change the overall situation, the invasion of Timor is putting us in a desperate situation already.


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RE: it goes on... - 2/8/2009 3:31:26 PM   
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Sub attack near Lautem at 33,78

Japanese Ships
SS I-155

Allied Ships
AK Don Jose, Torpedo hits 1, on fire

a single big AK probably brings supply to Lautern and I-155 only scores one hit out of six torps fired. Means the ship will probably make it, but even worse, there will surely arrive 3.000+ supplies at Lautern.

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TF 1002 encounters mine field at Darwin (36,84)

Allied Ships
MSW Kalgoorlie
MSW Tamworth

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Day Air attack on Bombay , at 20,10


Allied aircraft
Catalina I x 3
Blenheim IV x 7


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Blenheim IV bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Dili , at 31,77


Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 103


Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 10 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
102 casualties reported

Port hits 2
Port supply hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on Dili , at 31,77


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 70
Wellington III x 42
F-5A Lightning x 5


Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 3 damaged
Wellington III: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
85 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 16

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet

Miller is flying those attacks at max range day after day now, his losses aren´t worth mentioning...

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Day Air attack on 74th Chinese Corps, at 47,29

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
Ki-21 Sally x 21
Ki-49 Helen x 70

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
49 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

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
A6M2 Zero x 24
Ki-21 Sally x 15
Ki-49 Helen x 27

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
21 casualties reported

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

The Allied are attacking Timor with 210 bombers or more daily and they lose 4 bombers today, flying at max range against a flak defended target. Their fat must be somewhere around 40. We fly 2 hexes against an undefended target with fatigue 2 and also lose 3 bombers. Is there something strange?

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ASW attack at 15,85

Japanese Ships
SS I-164

Allied Ships
MSW Shepparton
MSW Lismore
MSW Launceton
MSW Latrobe
MSW Kapunda
MSW Katoomba

the damn MSW are further heading towards Broome...

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Ground combat at 47,28

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 75004 troops, 791 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1476

Defending force 19912 troops, 48 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 512

Japanese max assault: 1420 - adjusted assault: 1505

Allied max defense: 366 - adjusted defense: 24

Japanese assault odds: 62 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
291 casualties reported
Guns lost 10

Allied ground losses:
459 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

how many more attacks will we need to see those three Chinese units surrender? At least our losses due to the attacks are declining...

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14183 troops, 457 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2943

Defending force 95828 troops, 247 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3187



Allied ground losses:
99 casualties reported

with the enemy´s av going down between 10 and 20 points every day, the Allied defenders can be sure that their end is nearing as soon as my divisions from the North will have arrived...

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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15895 troops, 184 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1525

Defending force 223428 troops, 1610 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4182



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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8367 troops, 287 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1529

Defending force 28682 troops, 204 guns, 227 vehicles, Assault Value = 431



Allied ground losses:
190 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 2

also the British defenders of Myitkina are starving big style...

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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 16069 troops, 202 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3439

Defending force 222260 troops, 811 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5764




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RE: it goes on... - 2/9/2009 8:35:32 AM   
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Day Air attack on Bombay , at 20,10

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
Catalina I x 3
Blenheim IV x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Catalina I: 2 damaged
Blenheim IV: 5 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
6 casualties reported

Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Blenheim IV bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Dili , at 31,77


Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 123


Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
123 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Port hits 1
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 10000 feet

there´s a big base force with a full complement of DP and flak guns but it seems this and other units are just sleeping... op losses from flying daily at extended range is something that the Allied player doesn´t have to worry about in Nikmod.

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Day Air attack on Dili , at 31,77


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 72
Wellington III x 55
F-5A Lightning x 5


Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 6 damaged
Wellington III: 5 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
200 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Port hits 4
Port supply hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet

a Blenheim crashes sometimes but that´s it...

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 196
B5N Kate x 4
G3M Nell x 53
Ki-27 Nate x 70
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 47

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
108 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 147
Port hits 1
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
10 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 12
Hurricane IIc x 12


Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
56 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 16th Mixed Brigade, at 43,32


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 11


Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
21 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 79th Chinese Corps, at 47,29

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3
Ki-21 Sally x 10
Ki-49 Helen x 34

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
21 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 53rd Chinese Corps, at 47,29

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 24
Ki-21 Sally x 29
Ki-49 Helen x 75

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
90 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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


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Ground combat at Delhi

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 37632 troops, 12 guns, 1623 vehicles, Assault Value = 971

Defending force 18060 troops, 52 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 128

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 6

Japanese max assault: 887 - adjusted assault: 807

Allied max defense: 136 - adjusted defense: 325

Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 6)

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 6


Japanese ground losses:
31 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 4

Allied ground losses:
699 casualties reported
Guns lost 13
Vehicles lost 2

looks like the defender of this urban hex has no chance against our tanks. One of the phenomena of WITP, tanks work best in urban warfare... Seeing those results I regret not having attacked Karachi with tanks only months ago. The tanks would have been probably enough to take the town...

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Ground combat at 47,28

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 74679 troops, 775 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1463

Defending force 19097 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 473

Japanese max assault: 1447 - adjusted assault: 1303

Allied max defense: 313 - adjusted defense: 14

Japanese assault odds: 93 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
367 casualties reported
Guns lost 7

Allied ground losses:
785 casualties reported
Guns lost 8


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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14223 troops, 457 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2944

Defending force 95209 troops, 240 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3174



Allied ground losses:
94 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15878 troops, 184 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1524

Defending force 223372 troops, 1609 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4182



Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8335 troops, 288 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1526

Defending force 28331 troops, 204 guns, 224 vehicles, Assault Value = 422



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


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 16069 troops, 202 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3439

Defending force 222545 troops, 806 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5774




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RE: it goes on... - 2/9/2009 8:37:41 AM   
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TF 1002 encounters mine field at Darwin (36,84)

Allied Ships
MSW Tamworth
MSW Kalgoorlie

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TF 1002 encounters mine field at Darwin (36,84)

Allied Ships
MSW Tamworth
MSW Kalgoorlie

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Day Air attack on Bombay , at 20,10


Allied aircraft
Catalina I x 3
Blenheim IV x 6


Allied aircraft losses
Catalina I: 1 damaged
Blenheim IV: 4 damaged

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Blenheim IV bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 216
B5N Kate x 4
G3M Nell x 49
Ki-27 Nate x 35
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 47

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
32 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 108
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35


Allied aircraft
PBY Catalina x 4
A-20B Boston x 30


No Allied losses

Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 22

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x A-20B Boston bombing at 5000 feet
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Day Air attack on 36th Division, at 43,32


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 12
Hurricane IIc x 17


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
45 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Hurricane IIc bombing at 2000 feet

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


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 9
Hurricane IIc x 5


Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
34 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet


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Ground combat at Delhi

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 34001 troops, 12 guns, 1621 vehicles, Assault Value = 1131

Defending force 16014 troops, 22 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 83

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 5

Japanese max assault: 907 - adjusted assault: 811

Allied max defense: 71 - adjusted defense: 177

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 5


Japanese ground losses:
55 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Vehicles lost 5

Allied ground losses:
868 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

as you can see, the tanks nearly take no losses at all... one more attack and Delhi has fallen without putting up any resistance...

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Ground combat at 47,28

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 74260 troops, 774 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1443

Defending force 17445 troops, 18 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 399

Japanese max assault: 1433 - adjusted assault: 1057

Allied max defense: 268 - adjusted defense: 11

Japanese assault odds: 96 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
346 casualties reported
Guns lost 13

Allied ground losses:
663 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

even the cut off Chinese units are putting up a better fight, but they are fighting my inf divisions and not a motorized army...

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14314 troops, 460 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2945

Defending force 94653 troops, 236 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3164



Allied ground losses:
122 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15858 troops, 184 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1527

Defending force 223226 troops, 1606 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4186



Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8378 troops, 288 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1529

Defending force 28117 troops, 202 guns, 226 vehicles, Assault Value = 413



Allied ground losses:
89 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 16069 troops, 202 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3440

Defending force 222504 troops, 804 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5797




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TF 1002 encounters mine field at Darwin (36,84)

Allied Ships
MSW Tamworth
MSW Kalgoorlie

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TF 1013 encounters mine field at Maumere (28,73)

Allied Ships
SS S-47, Mine hits 1, on fire

S-47 hits a type 4 mine, the sub now needs some fresh paint but that´s it...

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TF 1002 encounters mine field at Darwin (36,84)

Allied Ships
MSW Tamworth
MSW Kalgoorlie

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TF 1051 encounters mine field at Derby (24,85)

Allied Ships
MSW Shepparton
MSW Lismore, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Launceton
MSW Latrobe
MSW Katoomba
MSW Kapunda

lol, that´s a nice one... type 88 sub laid mine, a really rare ocassion...

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Day Air attack on 36th Division, at 43,32


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 15
Hurricane IIc x 16


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

Japanese ground losses:
65 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Hurricane IIc bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 16th Mixed Brigade, at 43,32


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 6


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 53rd Chinese Corps, at 47,29

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3
Ki-21 Sally x 7
Ki-49 Helen x 32

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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

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Day Air attack on 72nd Chinese Corps, at 47,29

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 24
Ki-21 Sally x 24
Ki-49 Helen x 77

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
50 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

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


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Ground combat at Delhi

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 38688 troops, 18 guns, 1914 vehicles, Assault Value = 1179

Defending force 14212 troops, 9 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 47

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 4

Japanese max assault: 1056 - adjusted assault: 775

Allied max defense: 34 - adjusted defense: 77

Japanese assault odds: 10 to 1 (fort level 4)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Delhi base !!!


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

Allied ground losses:
20787 casualties reported
Guns lost 12
Vehicles lost 1

as expected, Delhi falls easily today. Miller was able to evacuate a lot of troops but that doesn´t matter, they are now sitting at Karachi to be built up again and I don´t care if Karachi gets 200 av more or not, there will be thousands of av within the next year and then they will still not be able to force me out of the urban hex. Only way will be to get them out with convoys and that´s what Miller will probably do.

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Ground combat at 47,28

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 73877 troops, 759 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1429

Defending force 16573 troops, 10 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 351

Japanese max assault: 1422 - adjusted assault: 1019

Allied max defense: 239 - adjusted defense: 14

Japanese assault odds: 72 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
274 casualties reported
Guns lost 10

Allied ground losses:
8302 casualties reported
Guns lost 43

a successful day for our ground forces. First Delhi falls and now the first corps of the Chinese units North of Sian surrenders. We score 352 points for ground losses and went through the 15.000 points mark being at 15.049 now! I don´t know for sure but I guess I will break my all time record for Allied ground losses in this game. Nearly half of my total victory points from Allied ground losses.

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14248 troops, 458 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2942

Defending force 94097 troops, 224 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3151



Allied ground losses:
214 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8372 troops, 289 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1531

Defending force 27988 troops, 202 guns, 228 vehicles, Assault Value = 413



Allied ground losses:
222 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 16069 troops, 202 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3440

Defending force 222457 troops, 799 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5802



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Ground combat at Dili

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2972 troops, 10 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1085

Defending force 46565 troops, 501 guns, 141 vehicles, Assault Value = 1284


Miller´s troop strenght at Dili is further increasing, another division has arrived. Will be interesting how many he will bring in the end and if I will be able to inflict losses in our wooden hex.






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