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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 4/24/2010 10:44:32 AM   
castor troy


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From: Austria
Status: offline 		Here are today´s air losses. We again came up behind in A2A kills, no wonder when looking at our "strike packs"... we´ve torched a dozen enemy fighters on the ground but all in all, completely depleting halve a dozen fighter squadrons plus having some more squadrons heavily hit wasn´t worth it at all to destroy 5 dozen IJAAF fighters when I´m sure that most of their pilots got away. We just can´t deal with enemy Cap over their own base and will have to try taking on leaking Cap (just like the enemy is trying to do) as the single squadron kamikaze sweeps will wreck your units in no time.

As you can see, there´s no IJN floatplane destroyed on the ground, so Ise is definetely still afloat. I will keep an eye on that list for the next 7-10 days, if nothing shows up, Ise will live on and it was a clear Japanese victory at Adak... am thinking about moving two British BBs up North as the Brits would definetely be on par with the enemy in night fighting. On the other hand, why not letting the enemy bombard Adak, if we move our fighters out then there´s nothing he could destroy.




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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 4/28/2010 2:29:10 PM   
castor troy


Posts: 14330
Joined: 8/23/2004
From: Austria
Status: offline 		lost the 29th Sep turn but not much happened anyway...


AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 30, 42
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ASW attack near Truk at 111,109

Japanese Ships
PB Shuko Maru #5
PB Sonan Maru #5

Allied Ships
SS Narwhal



SS Narwhal is sighted by escort
PB Shuko Maru #5 fails to find sub and abandons search
PB Sonan Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Sonan Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Sonan Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Sonan Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Sonan Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Sonan Maru #5 attacking submerged sub ....
PB Sonan Maru #5 is out of ASW ammo
Escort abandons search for sub

we keep tangling with the enemy ships with the usual results... we score a lot of duds and the enemy is 100% useless in killing our subs... I guess not more than three subs were lost to ASW yet...

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Sub attack near Truk at 111,109

Japanese Ships
PB Tama Maru #8
PB Sonan Maru #5
PB Shuko Maru #5

Allied Ships
SS Narwhal



SS Narwhal launches 2 torpedoes at PB Tama Maru #8
Narwhal diving deep ....
PB Shuko Maru #5 attacking submerged sub ....
PB Shuko Maru #5 cannot reach attack position over SS Narwhal
PB Shuko Maru #5 cannot reach attack position over SS Narwhal
PB Shuko Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shuko Maru #5 attacking submerged sub ....
PB Shuko Maru #5 cannot establish contact with SS Narwhal
PB Shuko Maru #5 cannot reach attack position over SS Narwhal
PB Shuko Maru #5 cannot reach attack position over SS Narwhal
PB Shuko Maru #5 loses contact with SS Narwhal
PB Shuko Maru #5 cannot reach attack position over SS Narwhal
PB Shuko Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shuko Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

and it will be bloody as soon as the Mk-14 dud rate is down to 50% in 1/43...

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ASW attack near Port Arthur at 99,45

Japanese Ships
CM Natsushima

Allied Ships
SS Herring



SS Herring launches 6 torpedoes at CM Natsushima
Sub escapes detection


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Sub attack near Cape Gloucester at 101,124

Japanese Ships
DD Shiranui
DD Akigumo
DD Amatsukaze

Allied Ships
SS O23



SS O23 launches 4 torpedoes at DD Shiranui
O23 diving deep ....
DD Amatsukaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Shiranui fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Shiranui fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Shiranui fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Shiranui fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Shiranui fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Treasury Islands at 108,133

Japanese Ships
PB Nako Maru #2

Allied Ships
SS S-42



SS S-42 launches 4 torpedoes
S-42 diving deep ....
PB Nako Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Nako Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Nako Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Nako Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Nako Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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ASW attack near Tandjoengpinang at 51,86

Japanese Ships
PB Yokae Maru

Allied Ships
SS KXVI



SS KXVI is sighted by escort
KXVI bottoming out ....
PB Yokae Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Yokae Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Yokae Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Yokae Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Yokae Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Morning Air attack on Changsha , at 82,52

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 33 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 27



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
27 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 30000 feet



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Morning Air attack on Changsha , at 82,52

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 3



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 30000 feet

one IJA unit, two sweeps... not even the units themself are able to fly together...

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Afternoon Air attack on Lae , at 99,126

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 12
B-17F Fortress x 12
B-24D Liberator x 13


Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 2 damaged



Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 14

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Lae , at 99,126

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17F Fortress x 12
B-24D Liberator x 8


Allied aircraft losses
B-17F Fortress: 2 damaged



Runway hits 6

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Lae , at 99,126

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 8


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 8

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Sub attack near Nago at 96,63

Japanese Ships
TK Syoyo Maru
DD Yukaze

Allied Ships
SS Trigger



SS Trigger launches 6 torpedoes at TK Syoyo Maru
Trigger diving deep ....
DD Yukaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Yukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yukaze attacking submerged sub ....
Escort abandons search for sub

lucky tanker...

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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 4/28/2010 2:37:13 PM   
castor troy


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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Oct 01, 42
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ASW attack near Sapporo at 120,49

Japanese Ships
PB Saishu Maru

Allied Ships
SS Peto



SS Peto is sighted by escort
PB Saishu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Saishu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Saishu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Saishu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Saishu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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ASW attack near Keijo at 100,50

Japanese Ships
SC CHa-41
DD Okikaze
PB Zosen Maru

Allied Ships
SS Halibut, hits 1



SS Halibut is located by SC CHa-41
DD Okikaze attacking submerged sub ....
PB Zosen Maru fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Okikaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Okikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Okikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Okikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


near miss, no damage...

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ASW attack near Truk at 111,110

Japanese Ships
PB Tama Maru #8
PB Shuko Maru #5

Allied Ships
SS Seal



SS Seal is located by PB Tama Maru #8
PB Shuko Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shuko Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shuko Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shuko Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shuko Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Dadjangas at 78,94

Japanese Ships
DD Tagonami
AO Toho Maru
AO Shinkoku Maru

Allied Ships
SS Triton



SS Triton launches 6 torpedoes at DD Tagonami
Triton diving deep ....
DD Tagonami attacking submerged sub ....
SS Triton eludes DD Tagonami by diving deep
SS Triton eludes ASW attack from DD Tagonami
DD Tagonami loses contact with SS Triton
DD Tagonami cannot reach attack position over SS Triton
DD Tagonami fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tagonami attacking submerged sub ....
DD Tagonami cannot reach attack position over SS Triton
SS Triton eludes ASW attack from DD Tagonami
SS Triton eludes DD Tagonami by diving deep
DD Tagonami attacking submerged sub ....
DD Tagonami cannot reach attack position over SS Triton
SS Triton eludes ASW attack from DD Tagonami
SS Triton eludes ASW attack from DD Tagonami
DD Tagonami cannot establish contact with SS Triton
SS Triton eludes ASW attack from DD Tagonami
DD Tagonami fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

tanker convoy, duds on our side, misses on the other...

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Sub attack near San Clemente Island at 223,79

Japanese Ships
SS I-16, hits 4

Allied Ships
BB Washington, Torpedo hits 1
DD Case
DD Lang



SS I-16 launches 8 torpedoes at BB Washington
DD Case fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Lang fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Case fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Case fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Case attacking submerged sub ....
DD Case attacking submerged sub ....
DD Case fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

I´m laughing my ass off... 8DDs as escort for one BB, the sub doesn´t care and gets another shot at my capitol ships... my DDs are far more potent in attacking subs and sometimes sinking them but the enemy is far better in guarding their ships with escorts... Washington is out of the war for 4 months... hurrey...

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ASW attack near Truk at 112,111

Japanese Ships
PB Hirotama Maru

Allied Ships
SS Sailfish



SS Sailfish is sighted by escort
Sailfish diving deep ....
PB Hirotama Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Hirotama Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Hirotama Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Hirotama Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Hirotama Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Dadjangas at 79,94

Japanese Ships
DD Tagonami
AO Toho Maru
AO Shinkoku Maru

Allied Ships
SS Triton



SS Triton launches 4 torpedoes at DD Tagonami
Triton diving deep ....
DD Tagonami attacking submerged sub ....
DD Tagonami cannot reach attack position over SS Triton
DD Tagonami cannot reach attack position over SS Triton
DD Tagonami attacking submerged sub ....
DD Tagonami loses contact with SS Triton
DD Tagonami cannot reach attack position over SS Triton
SS Triton eludes ASW attack from DD Tagonami
DD Tagonami loses contact with SS Triton
SS Triton eludes DD Tagonami by diving deep
DD Tagonami fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tagonami fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tagonami fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Truk at 110,112

Japanese Ships
DD Shirayuki
DD Hatsuyuki

Allied Ships
SS Trout



SS Trout launches 6 torpedoes at DD Shirayuki
Trout diving deep ....
DD Hatsuyuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hatsuyuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hatsuyuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hatsuyuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hatsuyuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

we just fail day after day...

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ASW attack near Truk at 112,111

Japanese Ships
PB Hirotama Maru

Allied Ships
SS Sailfish



SS Sailfish is sighted by escort
Sailfish diving deep ....
PB Hirotama Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Hirotama Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Hirotama Maru attacking submerged sub ....
PB Hirotama Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Hirotama Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Truk at 112,112

Japanese Ships
PB Hirotama Maru

Allied Ships
SS Gudgeon



SS Gudgeon launches 6 torpedoes
PB Hirotama Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Hirotama Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Hirotama Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Hirotama Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Hirotama Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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ASW attack near Dadjangas at 80,94

Japanese Ships
AO Toho Maru
AO Nippon Maru
DD Tagonami

Allied Ships
SS Tarpon



SS Tarpon is sighted by escort
DD Tagonami fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tagonami attacking submerged sub ....
DD Tagonami fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tagonami attacking submerged sub ....
DD Tagonami is out of ASW ammo
DD Tagonami fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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ASW attack near Saidor at 100,122

Japanese Ships
DD Natsushio
CA Kinugasa
CA Maya
CLAA Tatsuta
CLAA Tenryu
DD Oyashio
DD Yugumo
DD Yamagumo
DD Tanikaze
DD Nowaki
DD Hamakaze

Allied Ships
SS S-18



SS S-18 launches 4 torpedoes at DD Natsushio
DD Yamagumo fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Tanikaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Nowaki attacking submerged sub ....
DD Hamakaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Nowaki fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Morning Air attack on 15th Army, at 60,43

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 22


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
22 x P-40E Warhawk sweeping at 20000 feet

sweep one...

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Morning Air attack on 15th Army, at 60,43

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 25


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
25 x P-40E Warhawk sweeping at 20000 feet


sweep two...


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Morning Air attack on 82nd Naval Guard Unit, at 100,130

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 51
B-17F Fortress x 17
B-24D Liberator x 18
B-26 Marauder x 26


Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged
B-17F Fortress: 5 damaged
B-26 Marauder: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
76 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled)



Aircraft Attacking:
13 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
14 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
14 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
14 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

huge bomber strike on a unit trying to get between PM and Buna... had to find out earlier that bomber attacks against units not in clear hexes are a complete waste...

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Morning Air attack on 82nd Naval Guard Unit, at 100,130

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 10
B-17F Fortress x 10


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Aircraft Attacking:
10 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 82nd Naval Guard Unit, at 100,130

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 9
B-26 Marauder x 12


Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 5 damaged
B-26 Marauder: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
27 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 82nd Naval Guard Unit, at 100,130

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 21


Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
25 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 82nd Naval Guard Unit, at 100,130

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 12


Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 5 damaged



Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 82nd Naval Guard Unit, at 100,130

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 11


Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 8 damaged



Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 82nd Naval Guard Unit, at 100,130

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 9


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 82nd Naval Guard Unit, at 100,130

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 11


Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb

the bombers came in in bits an pieces, all bombers at Cooktown and Townsville were set to attack today...

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Morning Air attack on 82nd Naval Guard Unit, at 100,130

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 7


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Aircraft Attacking:
7 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 15th Army, at 60,43

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 25


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
25 x P-40E Warhawk sweeping at 20000 feet


sweep three...


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Morning Air attack on 15th Army, at 60,43

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 22


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
22 x P-40E Warhawk sweeping at 20000 feet


sweep four...

hey, four units, four sweeps? can´t be... oh, wait! It can be, I´m a fool at least and know nothing as I was told today... lol, the one who told me knows how everything works but hasn´t fired up the game for a long time... lol, when thinking about this, I´m again laughing my ass off...

note that I´ve deliberately set them all to the same alt... waste of time to do so...


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Afternoon Air attack on Goodenough Island , at 101,131

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 38



Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 3


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed



Aircraft Attacking:
37 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 20000 feet *

CAP engaged:
49th FG/7th FS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 4 minutes


three Warhawks leaking two hexes out and were all shot down...

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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 4/28/2010 2:44:48 PM   
castor troy


Posts: 14330
Joined: 8/23/2004
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Status: offline 		AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Oct 02, 42
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Sub attack near Emirau Island at 107,117

Japanese Ships
DD Yamagumo
CA Kinugasa
CA Maya
CLAA Tatsuta
CLAA Tenryu
DD Natsushio
DD Oyashio
DD Tanikaze
DD Nowaki
DD Hamakaze

Allied Ships
SS Trout



SS Trout launches 4 torpedoes at DD Yamagumo
Trout diving deep ....
DD Yamagumo fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Tanikaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Nowaki fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Hamakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

doesn´t matter much that we keep attacking escorts instead of the real targets as we fire duds anyway...

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ASW attack near Kanoya at 105,66

Japanese Ships
xAK Yamayuri Maru
PB Atsu Maru

Allied Ships
SS Trigger



SS Trigger is sighted by escort
PB Atsu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Atsu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Atsu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Atsu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Atsu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Ominato at 118,52

Japanese Ships
xAK Tyoyo Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
PB Tamo Maru #7

Allied Ships
SS Whale



SS Whale launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Tyoyo Maru
PB Tamo Maru #7 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tamo Maru #7 attacking submerged sub ....
PB Tamo Maru #7 is out of ASW ammo
PB Tamo Maru #7 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tamo Maru #7 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tamo Maru #7 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

we also have those nice moments now and then, a freighter is sunk... I can´t see how the Japanese can even make it through 43 when our kill rate will be probably around 3 times higher in 43. This would mean we´re going to sink at least 300 ships in 43. How many freighters do the Japanese have?

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Morning Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 42,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-38F Lightning x 23


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
23 x P-38F Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet *

sweep one...

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Morning Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 23


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
23 x P-40E Warhawk sweeping at 20000 feet *

sweep two...

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Morning Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 34 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 25


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
25 x P-40E Warhawk sweeping at 20000 feet *

sweep three...

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Morning Air attack on 15th Army, at 60,43

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 23


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
23 x P-40E Warhawk sweeping at 20000 feet

sweep one... it was only one as the other two squadrons decided not to fly at all... orders? in WWII? who cared about orders?

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Morning Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 41 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 23


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
23 x P-40E Warhawk sweeping at 20000 feet *

sweep four...

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Morning Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes


Allied aircraft
Liberator II x 12
Wellington Ic x 30


Allied aircraft losses
Liberator II: 3 damaged
Wellington Ic: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
18 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 45

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Wellington Ic bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x Wellington Ic bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x Liberator II bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 12
B-25C Mitchell x 54


Allied aircraft losses
B-17D Fortress: 1 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)



Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 11
Runway hits 56

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Gasmata , at 103,127

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 56
B-17F Fortress x 16
B-24D Liberator x 28


Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged
B-17F Fortress: 4 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 2 damaged



Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 27

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb
13 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 12


Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 18

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Gasmata , at 103,127

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 9


Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 7 damaged



Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Gasmata , at 103,127

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 8
B-17F Fortress x 9


Allied aircraft losses
B-17F Fortress: 2 damaged



Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Gasmata , at 103,127

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 3
B-24D Liberator x 6


Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 11

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Gasmata , at 103,127

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 8


Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 3 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Gasmata , at 103,127

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 7


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 17

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Sub attack near Wewak at 97,119

Japanese Ships
xAK Terushima Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
SC Ch 29

Allied Ships
SS KVIII



SS KVIII launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Terushima Maru
KVIII diving deep ....
SC Ch 29 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 29 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 29 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 29 attacking submerged sub ....
SC Ch 29 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


Dutch torps work most of the time...

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ASW attack near Gunzan at 100,51

Japanese Ships
PB Ichiyo Maru

Allied Ships
SS Silversides, hits 1



SS Silversides is sighted by escort
Silversides bottoming out ....
PB Ichiyo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Ichiyo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Ichiyo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Ichiyo Maru attacking submerged sub ....
PB Ichiyo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

the only slight chance for IJN ASW to damage one of our subs is in shallow waters and base hexes... but we haven´t seen a sub moving into a base for months when reacting, seems like reaction 1 since one of the patches really helps... and I would never send them into a base around Japan due to a mine probably taking out the sub...

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ASW attack near Truk at 111,109

Japanese Ships
DD Isokaze
DD Amatsukaze
DD Shiranui

Allied Ships
SS Spearfish



SS Spearfish is sighted by escort
Spearfish diving deep ....
DD Amatsukaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Shiranui fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Shiranui fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Shiranui attacking submerged sub ....
DD Shiranui fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Shiranui attacking submerged sub ....
DD Shiranui fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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ASW attack near Truk at 111,109

Japanese Ships
DD Akigumo
DD Isokaze
DD Amatsukaze
DD Shiranui

Allied Ships
SS Spearfish



SS Spearfish launches 4 torpedoes at DD Akigumo
DD Amatsukaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Shiranui attacking submerged sub ....
DD Shiranui is out of ASW ammo
DD Shiranui is out of ASW ammo
DD Shiranui is out of ASW ammo
DD Shiranui fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Shiranui fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Shiranui fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Shiranui fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Shiranui fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

dud after dud on IJN destroyers... Mk-14 hit rate around 95% (as could have been seen in my statistics, if someone wants EVIDENCE again because he can´t provide it either), this hasn´t changed since the last patch. Mk-14 hit rate is extremely high... considering the fact that we always see salvoes fired, I guess every torp should have a hit rate that high as you probably wouldn´t miss a freighter if you fire 4 or even 6 torps at it. As we have to consider the salvoes more or less as one torp though, the hit rate for Mk-14 torps seems far too high for me as we just keep hitting IJN destroyers on and on and on, while the IJN missed at least 9 out of 10 times since the patch when attacking my destroyers... doesn´t stop them from hitting my heavily escorted CVs or BBs all the time though...

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ASW attack near Moppo at 100,52

Japanese Ships
PB Lushan Maru
PB Uchide Maru

Allied Ships
SS Silversides



SS Silversides is located by PB Lushan Maru
Silversides bottoming out ....
PB Uchide Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Uchide Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Uchide Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Uchide Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Uchide Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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ASW attack near Kochi at 107,63

Japanese Ships
SC CHa-35
SC CHa-28

Allied Ships
SS Greenling



SS Greenling is sighted by escort
SC CHa-35 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-28 attacking submerged sub ....
SC CHa-28 is out of ASW ammo
SC CHa-28 is out of ASW ammo
SC CHa-35 fails to find sub and abandons search
SC CHa-28 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-28 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-28 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-28 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Morning Air attack on 99th Chinese Corps, at 82,54 (Pingsiang)

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 6
Ki-49-Ia Helen x 22



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
24 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
22 x Ki-49-Ia Helen bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 20th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 99th Chinese Corps ...


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Ground combat at Hengyang (80,53)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 310 troops, 39 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2629

Defending force 107233 troops, 530 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3954

Japanese ground losses:
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)



Assaulting units:
1st Tank Division
32nd Division
39th Division
41st Division
110th Division
22nd Division
2nd Tank Division
13th Army
4th Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
25th Chinese Corps
45th Chinese Corps
18th Chinese Corps
49th Chinese Corps
65th Chinese Corps
46th Chinese Corps
4th Chinese Corps
21st Chinese Corps
70th Chinese Corps
28th Chinese Corps
55th Chinese Corps
75th Chinese Corps
7th War Area
12th Group Army
6th Construction Regiment




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Sub attack near Fukue-jima at 100,58

Japanese Ships
PB Nichiro Maru
xAK Syoryu Maru
xAK Liverpool Maru

Allied Ships
SS Silversides



SS Silversides launches 4 torpedoes at PB Nichiro Maru
Silversides diving deep ....
PB Nichiro Maru attacking submerged sub ....
SS Silversides eludes ASW attack from PB Nichiro Maru
SS Silversides eludes PB Nichiro Maru by diving deep
SS Silversides eludes ASW attack from PB Nichiro Maru
PB Nichiro Maru cannot reach attack position over SS Silversides
PB Nichiro Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Nichiro Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Nichiro Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Nichiro Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

hit... dud...

I´ve stopped doing the statistic mid Sep btw so there won´t be much play testing evidence about hit rates in future...

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ASW attack near Aogashima at 113,66

Japanese Ships
xAK Gotake Maru
xAK Asama Maru #2
xAK Yamayuri Maru
PB Atsu Maru

Allied Ships
SS Trigger



SS Trigger is sighted by escort
Trigger diving deep ....
PB Atsu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Atsu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Atsu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Atsu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Atsu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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ASW attack near Madang at 99,122

Japanese Ships
PB Sento Maru

Allied Ships
SS S-46



SS S-46 launches 4 torpedoes at PB Sento Maru
PB Sento Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Sento Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Sento Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Sento Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Sento Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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ASW attack near Vigan at 79,73

Japanese Ships
PB Kiko Maru

Allied Ships
SS Sturgeon



SS Sturgeon is sighted by escort
PB Kiko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kiko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kiko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kiko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kiko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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and here we go again...

Morning Air attack on 15th Army, at 60,43

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 3



Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 18


No Japanese losses

No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
16 x P-40E Warhawk sweeping at 20000 feet

CAP engaged:
11th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes

sweep one...

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Morning Air attack on Changteh , at 81,50

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 12



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 6000 feet *



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Morning Air attack on 15th Army, at 60,43

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 17 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 17



Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 19


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 2 destroyed



CAP engaged:
50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 16000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes
260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes
11th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(8 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 6 minutes

sweep two...

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Morning Air attack on Lae , at 99,126

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 25
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 20



Allied aircraft
P-40K Warhawk x 14


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-40K Warhawk: 3 destroyed



CAP engaged:
1st Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(25 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 21 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes
13th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (10 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(10 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
10 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 11000
Raid is overhead
264th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(10 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 10 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 11000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes

coming in alone, got bounced, got shred...

sweep one...



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Morning Air attack on Lae , at 99,126

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 20
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 5



Allied aircraft
P-40K Warhawk x 14


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-40K Warhawk: 3 destroyed



CAP engaged:
1st Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 20 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 4 minutes
13th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 11000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 5 minutes
264th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 11000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes

next one please... yeah, must be hard for two USAAF fighter squadrons to fly together... that´s the historical reflection about everyone´s talking about I guess... oh, perhaps I´ve forgot again to kill a chicken...

sweep two...



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Morning Air attack on 15th Army, at 60,43

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 17 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 14



Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 25


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 3 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed



Aircraft Attacking:
7 x P-40E Warhawk sweeping at 20000 feet

CAP engaged:
260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes
11th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 8 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 4 minutes
50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 16000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes

the enemy got bounced...

sweep three...


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Morning Air attack on 15th Army, at 60,43

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 13



Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 24


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 4 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 2 destroyed



Aircraft Attacking:
11 x P-40E Warhawk sweeping at 20000 feet

CAP engaged:
50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(8 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 5 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 16000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes
260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes

despite having usual superirority again, due to the exclusivly single squadron sweeps once more we can´t gain an advantage... in the end, we´ve lost more aircraft than the enemy, while we´ve even been lucky not being bounced all the time as this would have been bloody and loopsided once again... would have been single squadron kamikaze sweeps then...

sweep four...

making it a total of six squadrons flying six single sweeps... evidence? lol, evidence...

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Morning Air attack on Changteh , at 81,50

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-Ia Helen x 18



No Japanese losses



Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x Ki-49-Ia Helen bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 26th Indian Division, at 56,48

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 35 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 29
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 22
Ki-48-IIa Lily x 32



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 damaged
Ki-48-IIa Lily: 5 damaged


Allied ground losses:
115 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 13 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)


Aircraft Attacking:
29 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
32 x Ki-48-IIa Lily bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb

our Southern Army marching into Burma is camping in an open hex, fully supplied, without fat or disruption... while I´ve expected all those flak units in this Army to be more potent, marching into Burma doesn´t seem to be a problem with the given supply routine, we just have to stay outside of (our) base hexes...

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Morning Air attack on Lae , at 99,126

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 17
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 4



Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 59
B-17F Fortress x 10
B-24D Liberator x 33


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 13 damaged
B-17F Fortress: 1 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 6 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Airbase hits 25
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 123

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
1st Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (17 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
17 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Raid is overhead
13th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 11000
Raid is overhead
264th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 11000
Raid is overhead

once again, we would have been far better off NOT sending any fighters in but just sending the B-52, ahem, B-17/B-24... no bomber was lost and we could have saved a dozen P-40K...

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Morning Air attack on Lae , at 99,126

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 4
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 1



Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 10


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 7

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
1st Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Raid is overhead
13th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 11000
Raid is overhead



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Morning Air attack on Lae , at 99,126

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 3



Allied aircraft
B-17F Fortress x 12


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17F Fortress: 4 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
1st Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Raid is overhead



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Morning Air attack on Lae , at 99,126

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 1



Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 9


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 4 damaged



Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 19

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
1st Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Raid is overhead



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Morning Air attack on 15th Army, at 60,43

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 25,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 6



Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 10


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed



Aircraft Attacking:
3 x P-40E Warhawk sweeping at 20000 feet
1 x P-40E Warhawk sweeping at 20000 feet

CAP engaged:
260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes
50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 16000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes

ahh, it´s not over yet?

sweep five...

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Afternoon Air attack on 15th Army, at 60,43

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 41,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 3



Allied aircraft
P-38F Lightning x 21


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed




Aircraft Attacking:
18 x P-38F Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet *

CAP engaged:
11th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes

oh yeah, not to forget the Lightnings... and today, we were only fighting leaking Cap, it probably won´t take long when we run into real Cap again to lose monthly fighter replacements in one day... castor, you fool...

sweep six...



and it has been a good day, we´ve only lost two naval search ac...





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ASW attack near Ominato at 118,52

Japanese Ships
DMS Teiko
DD Sanae
E Omae

Allied Ships
SS Sealion



SS Sealion is located by DMS Teiko
Sealion diving deep ....
DD Sanae fails to find sub and abandons search
E Omae fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Omae fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Omae fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Omae fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Omae fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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ASW attack near Toyohara at 124,48

Japanese Ships
xAK Sinkoku Maru
xAK Atlantic Maru
PB Saishu Maru

Allied Ships
SS Whale



SS Whale is sighted by escort
Whale diving deep ....
PB Saishu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Saishu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Saishu Maru attacking submerged sub ....
PB Saishu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Saishu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Toyohara at 124,48

Japanese Ships
xAK Atlantic Maru
xAK Sinkoku Maru
PB Saishu Maru

Allied Ships
SS Whale



SS Whale launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Atlantic Maru
Whale diving deep ....
PB Saishu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Saishu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Saishu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Saishu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Saishu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Georgetown at 47,75

Japanese Ships
TK Nikkoku Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
PB Chosa Maru

Allied Ships
SS Truant



SS Truant launches 6 torpedoes at TK Nikkoku Maru
Truant bottoming out ....
PB Chosa Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Chosa Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Chosa Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Chosa Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Chosa Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

with Adak in Allied hands and being built up to port level 8 in just a couple of weeks (far too fast but that´s due to me having too many eng units there) we´ve got a nice number of subs in enemy waters and there are loads of attacks every day now... we only need working torps for the USN, the Brits got working torps and Truant sinks a small, empty tanker in the Malacca strait... seems like the IJN is picking up fuel from Rangoon now and then...

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ASW attack near Lingga at 51,87

Japanese Ships
SC Ch 1
SC Ch 2

Allied Ships
SS KXVI, hits 1



SS KXVI is sighted by escort
KXVI bottoming out ....
SC Ch 2 attacking submerged sub ....
SC Ch 2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Morning Air attack on Kweilin , at 76,54

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-Ia Helen x 24



No Japanese losses



Airbase hits 5
Runway hits 15

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x Ki-49-Ia Helen bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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oh what a wonderful turn...

Morning Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 2
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 26



Allied aircraft
Liberator II x 3
Wellington Ic x 18


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Liberator II: 2 damaged
Wellington Ic: 6 destroyed, 3 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Wellington Ic bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x Liberator II bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (8 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(12 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
8 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes
11th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (10 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(10 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
10 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Raid is overhead
24th Sentai with Ki-43-IIa Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes
50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 16000
Raid is overhead

have set two hundred fighters to attack and another 50 to fly escort... you wouldn´t expect to see them showing up though otherwise you would be a fool... so there we go losing six weeks of Wellington replacements and a monthly replacement of Liberator II...

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Morning Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 6
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 19



Allied aircraft
Liberator II x 9
Wellington Ic x 12


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Liberator II: 2 destroyed, 6 damaged
Wellington Ic: 2 damaged



Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Liberator II bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
7 x Wellington Ic bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (7 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
7 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 16000
Raid is overhead
24th Sentai with Ki-43-IIa Oscar (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
6 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 30000
Raid is overhead
260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes
11th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
6 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Raid is overhead



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Morning Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 2
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 12



Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 12
B-25C Mitchell x 48


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17D Fortress: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 7 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)



Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 20

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
11th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Raid is overhead
50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 16000
Raid is overhead
260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Raid is overhead
24th Sentai with Ki-43-IIa Oscar (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 30000
Raid is overhead

then the US bombers show up, but still not one fighter... they obviously took a day off...

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Morning Air attack on Merauke , at 89,124

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 1



Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 3
B-17F Fortress x 25
B-24D Liberator x 25


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged
B-17F Fortress: 5 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 3 damaged



Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 70

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
13 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
3rd Ku S-1 Det B with A6M2 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Raid is overhead

from 2/43 on we will get three dozen 4E bombers per month which should be easily enough to employ 4Es only for offensive missions and then I won´t use any fighters for the offense anymore as this will shred the enemy but will keep us safe, except the single 4E being shot down now and then... by then, all my medium bomber crews should also have low nav skill between 60 and 70 and I will send them out on 1000ft or 2000ft nav bomb attacks and expect them to hit something then... our fighters will mainly be used to Cap our bases...


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Morning Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 1
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 3



Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 8


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 2 damaged



Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 16000
Raid is overhead
24th Sentai with Ki-43-IIa Oscar (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 30000
Raid is overhead
11th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Raid is overhead
260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Raid is overhead



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Morning Air attack on Merauke , at 89,124

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 1



Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 6


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 3 damaged



Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
3rd Ku S-1 Det B with A6M2 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Raid is overhead



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Morning Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 2



Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 9


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 5 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
24th Sentai with Ki-43-IIa Oscar (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 30000
Raid is overhead

we´re talking about leaking Cap over Magwe I guess, no ac spotted there...

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Morning Air attack on Merauke , at 89,124

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 6


No Allied losses



Runway hits 7

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Merauke , at 89,124

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 6


Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged



Runway hits 11

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47
Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 17 NM, estimated altitude 25,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 6
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 26



Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 23


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 6 destroyed



CAP engaged:
11th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(10 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes
24th Sentai with Ki-43-IIa Oscar (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(6 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
6 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 30000
Raid is overhead
50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(8 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 16000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes
260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(8 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes

ahh, the fighters... at least a single squadron´s showing up... doing one of the famous single squadron kamikaze sweeps... come in alone, get dived on and be shot to pieces... bunch of 70 skill pilots dead and a 10:1 kill rate for the Tojos... evidence? lol, start playing... wait, there are only six Warhawks destroyed according to the combat report... ah, you should know that the cr is UNDERrating kills as was done in real life, but here it is called FOW

sweep one?


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Afternoon Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 4
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 24



Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 16


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 4 destroyed



CAP engaged:
11th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 10 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes
24th Sentai with Ki-43-IIa Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes
50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 16000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 4 minutes
260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 4 minutes

ohh, a second squadron shows up, means 50 out 200 (without those that were set to escort)... not bad, that way we can increase the loop for the Japanese some more... glad everything is working so fine and well... same as above´s sweep, doing a single squadron kamikaze sweep and our Warhawks were dived on for the whole engagement...

only a 8:1 for the Tojos against these 70 skilled Warhawks...

evidence? lol, must be 2010´s word of the year... start playing and look at your design...

the rest stayed home, thank god, otherwise four, five or six squadrons would have probably been mowed down like sheep... two dozen Tojos shot down 32 of my aircraft for the loss of 3 of their own today... not bad considering the fact that we´ve sent in the same number of P-40 like Tojos in the air...

sweep two...

what a funny game, an improvement to WITP... yeah, the answer on what has been improved is easy...


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Sub attack near Truk at 109,110

Japanese Ships
DD Tanikaze
DD Minegumo

Allied Ships
SS Skipjack



SS Skipjack launches 4 torpedoes at DD Tanikaze
DD Minegumo fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tanikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Minegumo fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Tanikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tanikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tanikaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Tanikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Naha at 94,68

Japanese Ships
TK Oita Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
PB Syozui Maru

Allied Ships
SS Finback



SS Finback launches 6 torpedoes at TK Oita Maru
Finback diving deep ....
PB Syozui Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Syozui Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Syozui Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Syozui Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Syozui Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

sinking another tanker doesn´t make this turn better...






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ASW attack near Kume-jima at 93,63

Japanese Ships
xAK Kurohime Maru
xAK Kosin Maru
xAK Konan Maru
xAK Taigen Maru
xAK Malta Maru
E Tomozuru

Allied Ships
SS Wahoo



SS Wahoo is sighted by escort
E Tomozuru fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Tomozuru attacking submerged sub ....
E Tomozuru fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Tomozuru fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Tomozuru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Fukue-jima at 100,59

Japanese Ships
xAKL Kokuei Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
xAK Yubari Maru
xAKL Fuyukawa Maru
xAKL Fukuyama Maru
xAKL Chosen Maru
xAKL Yamayuri Maru
xAKL Aiyo Maru
PB Menado Maru

Allied Ships
SS Shark



SS Shark launches 4 torpedoes at xAKL Kokuei Maru
Shark diving deep ....
PB Menado Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Menado Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Menado Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Menado Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Menado Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

this one is gone...

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Sub attack near Kume-jima at 93,63

Japanese Ships
xAK Iwaki Maru
xAK Aso Maru
xAK Kokai Maru
PB Kembu Maru

Allied Ships
SS Wahoo



SS Wahoo launches 6 torpedoes at xAK Iwaki Maru
PB Kembu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kembu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kembu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kembu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kembu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Ishigaki at 90,68

Japanese Ships
PB Syozui Maru

Allied Ships
SS Finback



SS Finback launches 6 torpedoes at PB Syozui Maru
Finback diving deep ....
PB Syozui Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Syozui Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Syozui Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Syozui Maru attacking submerged sub ....
PB Syozui Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Morning Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 34 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 8
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 17



Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 22


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra: 4 destroyed



CAP engaged:
11th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes
24th Sentai with Ki-43-IIa Oscar (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(8 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes
50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 16000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 4 minutes
260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(10 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 10 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 4 minutes

my a$$ hurts already from laughing, today a single Airacobra squadrons decides to go in alone on a single squadron kamikaze sweep in two waves... 15 shot down for the loss of 1 Tojo... not a single other fighter that was set to attack decided to fly... stupidity on and on... numbers 1:1, kill rate 1:15... go figure... 70 skill of course...

I´ve heard that there´s another release of the well known simulation "Command & Conquer" coming out soon...

as soon as I´ve got plenty of pps and no use for them anymore I will set all my squadrons to the advised HQs, then there´s no more excuse anymore, while I already know the outcome as I´ve tested it on and on and on in my parallel AI game that is only going on due to the PBEM constantly pissing me off with stupid results... but they aren´t stupid, they´re designed to be that way... and they aren´t one sided either, like mentioned a lot of times already, it works the same for both sides...

sweep one...

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Morning Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 7
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 11



Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 3


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed



CAP engaged:
11th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes
24th Sentai with Ki-43-IIa Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 6 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes
50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 16000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 5 minutes
260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes

sweep two...

those three are just three more to be shot down immedietely... this game (it´s definetely no simulation and noone dared to say that anyway) produces more loops than WITP did and they´re far more severe due to one side being completely reduced in ac replacements... but no evidence for it, only four years of playing experience...








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Sub attack near Truk at 110,112

Japanese Ships
xAKL Ujigawa Maru
PB Sento Maru

Allied Ships
SS Trout



SS Trout launches 4 torpedoes at xAKL Ujigawa Maru
Trout diving deep ....
PB Sento Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Sento Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Sento Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Sento Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Sento Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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ASW attack near Muntok at 51,89

Japanese Ships
PB Yokae Maru

Allied Ships
SS O21



SS O21 is sighted by escort
O21 bottoming out ....
PB Yokae Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Yokae Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Yokae Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Yokae Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Yokae Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Wakkanai at 123,48

Japanese Ships
xAK Kyokuzan Maru
PB Fumi Maru

Allied Ships
SS Whale



SS Whale launches 6 torpedoes at xAK Kyokuzan Maru
Whale bottoming out ....
PB Fumi Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Fumi Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Fumi Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Fumi Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Fumi Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Morning Air attack on Lae , at 99,126

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 45 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 25


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
25 x P-40E Warhawk sweeping at 15000 feet

launching single squadron sweeps from Lae today... a pity there are no enemy fighters, otherwise we would be able to produce loops turn after turn, but this still wouldn´t be evidence I guess...

sweep one...

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Morning Air attack on Lae , at 99,126

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-40K Warhawk x 25


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
25 x P-40K Warhawk sweeping at 20000 feet

sweep two...


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Morning Air attack on Lae , at 99,126

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 32 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 25


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
25 x P-40E Warhawk sweeping at 15000 feet

sweep three...

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Morning Air attack on Lae , at 99,126

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-40K Warhawk x 25


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
25 x P-40K Warhawk sweeping at 20000 feet

sweep four...

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Morning Air attack on Lae , at 99,126

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 25


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
25 x P-40E Warhawk sweeping at 15000 feet

five squadrons, five sweeps... if you go with the myth about altitude, you could or would expect a two/three squadron sweep I guess? Following the logic on the forum? no? 3 going in at 20000 and 2 at 15000? no? If they would go in alltogether at the same alt and would get slaughtered for some reason, the next advise I would get would be: "you have to send them in in layered altitude to screw up the enemy fighters on Cap" as has been advised some pages ago in this AAR... like a leaf in the wind...

sweep five...

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ASW attack near Amami Oshima at 97,62

Japanese Ships
SC CHa-15

Allied Ships
SS Shark



SS Shark is sighted by escort
SC CHa-15 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-15 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-15 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-15 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-15 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


as there was no enemy opposition, an unspectacular turn... my fleet has set sail to Terapo to drop an Aussie bgd and the USMC paras there that tried already once to take the base after being airlifted in... recon says 2000 enemy troops there, with the bgd we should have sufficient strenght to take the base...

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Sub attack near Mussau Island at 105,115

Japanese Ships
DD Oboro
DD Kosugiri
DD Shirayuki
DD Tadeyame
DD Myojinami

Allied Ships
SS Perch



SS Perch launches 4 torpedoes at DD Oboro
DD Tadeyame fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Myojinami attacking submerged sub ....
Escort abandons search for sub

a hitting dud as usual...

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Sub attack near Taihoku at 87,62

Japanese Ships
SC Ch 15
SC Ch 14
SC Ch 13

Allied Ships
SS Sunfish



Captain of SS Sunfish elects not to launch torpedoes at this target
Sunfish diving deep ....
SC Ch 15 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 15 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 15 attacking submerged sub ....
SC Ch 15 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 15 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

could you please at least fire your duds at enemy escorts? that´s an ASW TF patrolling this area...

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ASW attack near Wakkanai at 123,48

Japanese Ships
SC Ch 30

Allied Ships
SS Sealion



SS Sealion is sighted by escort
SC Ch 30 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 30 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 30 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 30 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 30 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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ASW attack near Shortlands at 111,130

Japanese Ships
PB Hirotama Maru

Allied Ships
SS Sailfish



SS Sailfish is sighted by escort
Sailfish diving deep ....
PB Hirotama Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Hirotama Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Hirotama Maru attacking submerged sub ....
PB Hirotama Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Hirotama Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Afternoon Air attack on Buna , at 99,129

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 45


Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 20

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Buna , at 99,129

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 9


Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 9

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Buna , at 99,129

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 9


Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 3 damaged



Runway hits 6

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

the bad weather didn´t help us today...


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Ground combat at 60,44

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 40001 troops, 366 guns, 148 vehicles, Assault Value = 1383

Defending force 2100 troops, 0 guns, 60 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Japanese adjusted assault: 799

Allied adjusted defense: 5

Japanese assault odds: 159 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: op mode(-), supply(-)
Attacker:


Allied ground losses:
478 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 49 destroyed, 115 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 37 (10 destroyed, 27 disabled)
Units retreated 1


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
38th Division
33rd Division
6th Guards Division
15th Army

Defending units:
XXXIII Indian Corps


this HQ was part of our Northern Army that has been marching into Burma... to our surprise, this HQ decided not to enter the same hex as all our other units but therefore marched into the hex South of it where four enemy divs were waiting... needless to comment the outcome I guess and again one of those screwed movements...


seems to have been a bad day, today we´ve lost four aircraft on naval search...




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ASW attack near Gunzan at 100,51

Japanese Ships
PB Ichiyo Maru

Allied Ships
SS Herring, hits 3



SS Herring is sighted by escort
Herring bottoming out ....
PB Ichiyo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Ichiyo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Ichiyo Maru attacking submerged sub ....
PB Ichiyo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Ichiyo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

Herring is moderately damaged and will retire to Adak where it will take one or max two days to have it at 0/0/0 damage and ready to go...

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Sub attack near Saishu To at 99,56

Japanese Ships
xAK Hokuzyu Maru
xAK Sakido Maru
xAK Boston Maru
xAK Mansyu Maru
xAK Hague Maru
PB Ryusei Maru

Allied Ships
SS Halibut



SS Halibut launches 6 torpedoes at xAK Hokuzyu Maru
Halibut diving deep ....
PB Ryusei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Ryusei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Ryusei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Ryusei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Ryusei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Amoy at 84,62

Japanese Ships
TK Shiyo Maru
SC Ch 24
PB Daibu Maru

Allied Ships
SS Sunfish



SS Sunfish launches 6 torpedoes at TK Shiyo Maru
Sunfish diving deep ....
PB Daibu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Daibu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Daibu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Daibu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Daibu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

I hate it when tankers are lucky...
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Sub attack near Laoag at 81,71

Japanese Ships
TK Manju Maru
TK Tatibana Maru
TK Ogura Maru #1
E Ishinui

Allied Ships
SS Growler



SS Growler launches 6 torpedoes at TK Manju Maru
Growler diving deep ....
E Ishinui fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Ishinui fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Ishinui fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Ishinui fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Ishinui fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

especially when it happens two times in a row...

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Sub attack near Ominato at 118,52

Japanese Ships
SC CHa-13, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
SC CHa-14
SC CHa-18

Allied Ships
SS O19



SS O19 launches 4 torpedoes at SC CHa-13
O19 diving deep ....
SC CHa-18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

sub chaser of a probable ASW TF is obliberated... since I´ve been operating halve a dozen subs near Northern Japan, the number of TFs have gone down dramatically again it seems... looks like the enemy has done some rerouting...

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ASW attack near Nagasaki/Sasebo at 101,59

Japanese Ships
PB Choun Maru #8

Allied Ships
SS Albacore



SS Albacore is sighted by escort
Albacore diving deep ....
PB Choun Maru #8 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Choun Maru #8 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Choun Maru #8 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Choun Maru #8 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Choun Maru #8 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Morning Air attack on 2nd Provisional Base Force, at 99,129 (Buna)

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 15
B-17F Fortress x 26
B-24D Liberator x 30


Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged
B-17F Fortress: 5 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
17 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
14 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 4th Division ...
Also attacking 83rd Naval Guard Unit ...
Also attacking Maizuru 1st SNLF ...
Also attacking 7th Naval Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 4th Division ...
Also attacking 2nd Provisional Base Force ...
Also attacking 6th Naval Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 50th Field AA Battalion ...
Also attacking 2nd Provisional Base Force ...
Also attacking Maizuru 1st SNLF ...
Also attacking 4th Division ...
Also attacking 7th Naval Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 4th Division ...
Also attacking 2nd Provisional Base Force ...
Also attacking Maizuru 1st SNLF ...

air to ground attacks have already proved useless in the past and don´t do any different today when attacking troops in non-clear hexes... in my AI game I have heavily hit enemy ground unit stacks several times with hundreds of bombers and then took a look at them. Result wasn´t surprising to me, while not doing any damage (disabled or KIA) the units also didn´t show any disruption. You can whipe out units in clear hexes but if it´s rough, wooden, or jungle your attacks are 100% useless and the enemy doesn´t suffer any disruption. That´s wrong IMO, while not doing a lot of damage, at least disruption should go up. Not sky rocketing, but going up for sure... you only cause high disruption if you also cause a lot of casualties so you can be sure that you´ve not caused any disruption if you also don´t cause casualties, which makes this and the following attacks´ results pretty clear to me...

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Morning Air attack on 2nd Provisional Base Force, at 99,129 (Buna)

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 6


Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 3 damaged



Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 83rd Naval Guard Unit, at 99,129 (Buna)

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 6


Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 2 damaged



Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Meiktila , at 58,47

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 43,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 3



Allied aircraft
P-38E Lightning x 21


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed




Aircraft Attacking:
19 x P-38E Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet

CAP engaged:
11th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes

single squadron sweep meeting one Tojo of leaking Cap... Tojo is bounced and downed...

sweep one...

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Morning Air attack on Meiktila , at 58,47

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 44,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 4
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 8



Allied aircraft
P-38F Lightning x 23


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 1 destroyed
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 3 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38F Lightning: 1 destroyed



Aircraft Attacking:
16 x P-38F Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet *

CAP engaged:
24th Sentai with Ki-43-IIa Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes
50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 16000
Raid is overhead
260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes
11th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes

single squadron sweep number two, coming from the same base and now the news: I´ve spent political points to set them to the same HQ and the HQ is also in range... does this help? Of course not... I´ve also changed all the other US fighter squadrons in India to the same HQ (tenth airforce) and have 10th airforce HQs in range of their bases in future... lets see...

also the second sweep bounced the now bigger leaking Cap and shot them to pieces as the bounce, ahem, dive was exclusively on our side resulting in a 10:1 A2A for the Lightnings today...

sweep two...




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Sub attack near Fukue-jima at 100,59

Japanese Ships
xAK Keisyo Maru, Torpedo hits 1
xAK Mogamigawa Maru
xAK Naruto Maru
DD Matsukaze

Allied Ships
SS Greenling



SS Greenling launches 6 torpedoes at xAK Keisyo Maru
Greenling diving deep ....
DD Matsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Matsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Matsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Matsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Matsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

fat freighter hit but not impressed by a Mk-14 hit it seems...

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Ground combat at Buna (99,129)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 23251 troops, 451 guns, 620 vehicles, Assault Value = 798

Defending force 17457 troops, 172 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 476

Japanese ground losses:
15 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses:
Vehicles lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled)


Assaulting units:
40th Infantry Division
Americal Infantry Division
5th RAA Coastal Artillery Regiment
I US Amphib Corps
2nd Medium Regiment

Defending units:
Maizuru 1st SNLF
4th Division
83rd Naval Guard Unit
6th Naval Construction Battalion
2nd Provisional Base Force
50th Field AA Battalion
7th Naval Construction Battalion
8th Base Force /140


looks like I´ve brought quite a lot of motorized support with me going over the Kokoda trail as there are 620 vehicles... I expected to see more Japanese units at Buna but the only major unit is the division that was kicked out of Port Moresby earlier. 4th div still shows up with over 300 assault points...



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Sub attack near Truk at 111,109

Japanese Ships
PB Toshi Maru #3
PB Shuko Maru #5
PB Sonan Maru #5

Allied Ships
SS Spearfish



SS Spearfish launches 4 torpedoes at PB Toshi Maru #3
PB Shuko Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Sonan Maru #5 fails to find sub and abandons search
PB Shuko Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shuko Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shuko Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shuko Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shuko Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

guess that´s a known ASW TF around Truk...

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ASW attack near Saishu To at 99,56

Japanese Ships
xAK Tosei Maru
xAK Neikai Maru
PB Fukuei Maru

Allied Ships
SS Halibut



SS Halibut is sighted by escort
Halibut diving deep ....
PB Fukuei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Fukuei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Fukuei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Fukuei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Fukuei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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ASW attack near Nagasaki/Sasebo at 101,59

Japanese Ships
SC CHa-32
SC CHa-1

Allied Ships
SS Albacore



SS Albacore is located by SC CHa-32
Albacore diving deep ....
SC CHa-32 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-32 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-32 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-32 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-32 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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ASW attack near Sapporo at 117,51

Japanese Ships
SC CHa-14
SC CHa-2
SC CHa-18

Allied Ships
SS Sealion



SS Sealion is located by SC CHa-14
Sealion diving deep ....
SC CHa-18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Morning Air attack on 20th Artillery Regiment, at 82,54 (Pingsiang)

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 22



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
22 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 31000 feet

have transferred my Warhawks back to India after our one day raid into China so no real need to use the Oscars... 31.000 ft seems to be perfect for th Oscars as the P-40E I´ve used can only go up to 29k...

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Morning Air attack on Buna , at 99,129

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 29,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3



Allied aircraft
P-40K Warhawk x 25


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed




Aircraft Attacking:
23 x P-40K Warhawk sweeping at 29000 feet

CAP engaged:
3rd Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 26000
Raid is overhead

Port Moresby´s P-40K in action, single squadron sweeps... no kamikaze sweeps because the enemy doesn´t have a lot of fighters there...

sweep one...

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Morning Air attack on 20th Artillery Regiment, at 82,54 (Pingsiang)

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-Ia Helen x 22



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
98 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 9 (0 destroyed, 9 disabled)


Aircraft Attacking:
22 x Ki-49-Ia Helen bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 37th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 20th Artillery Regiment ...
Also attacking 37th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 20th Artillery Regiment ...


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Morning Air attack on 2nd Provisional Base Force, at 99,129 (Buna)

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 51
B-17F Fortress x 12
B-24D Liberator x 33


Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 7 damaged
B-17F Fortress: 3 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 11 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Aircraft Attacking:
15 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
7 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 4th Division ...
Also attacking Maizuru 1st SNLF ...
Also attacking 7th Naval Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 6th Naval Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 2nd Provisional Base Force ...
Also attacking 4th Division ...
Also attacking 83rd Naval Guard Unit ...
Also attacking 2nd Provisional Base Force ...
Also attacking 4th Division ...
Also attacking 2nd Provisional Base Force ...
Also attacking 50th Field AA Battalion ...
Also attacking 2nd Provisional Base Force ...
Also attacking 4th Division ...
Also attacking 2nd Provisional Base Force ...
Also attacking 4th Division ...
Also attacking 2nd Provisional Base Force ...
Also attacking 4th Division ...
Also attacking 2nd Provisional Base Force ...
Also attacking 7th Naval Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 4th Division ...
Also attacking 2nd Provisional Base Force ...
Also attacking 83rd Naval Guard Unit ...
Also attacking 50th Field AA Battalion ...
Also attacking 2nd Provisional Base Force ...
Also attacking 7th Naval Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 4th Division ...

huge strike but we´re not doing damage, therefore also no disruption and only a waste of my assets...

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Morning Air attack on 2nd Provisional Base Force, at 99,129 (Buna)

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 3
B-17F Fortress x 8


Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged
B-17F Fortress: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 4th Division ...
Also attacking 2nd Provisional Base Force ...


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Morning Air attack on Maizuru 1st SNLF, at 99,129 (Buna)

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 15
B-17F Fortress x 6


Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 7 damaged
B-17F Fortress: 1 damaged



Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
7 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 4th Division ...
Also attacking 2nd Provisional Base Force ...
Also attacking Maizuru 1st SNLF ...
Also attacking 4th Division ...
Also attacking 2nd Provisional Base Force ...


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Morning Air attack on 6th Naval Construction Battalion, at 99,129 (Buna)

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 12


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 2nd Provisional Base Force, at 99,129 (Buna)

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 11


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 2nd Provisional Base Force, at 99,129 (Buna)

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 6


Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 2 damaged



Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

just depressing if you use 157 bombers against a target and you get exactly nothing out of it... no damage, no disruption, nada...

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Morning Air attack on Buna , at 99,129

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 31,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-40K Warhawk x 25


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
25 x P-40K Warhawk sweeping at 29000 feet

ahh, the second squadron from Port Moresby also shows up?

two squadrons, two sweeps...

sweep two... <---should make myself a short cut for this phrase... it´s needed all the time...

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Ground combat at Buna (99,129)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 23261 troops, 451 guns, 620 vehicles, Assault Value = 798

Defending force 17360 troops, 172 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 472

Allied adjusted assault: 323

Japanese adjusted defense: 885

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

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
379 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled


Allied ground losses:
327 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 27 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 33 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Vehicles lost 27 (4 destroyed, 23 disabled)


Assaulting units:
Americal Infantry Division
40th Infantry Division
5th RAA Coastal Artillery Regiment
I US Amphib Corps
2nd Medium Regiment

Defending units:
4th Division
Maizuru 1st SNLF
83rd Naval Guard Unit
6th Naval Construction Battalion
50th Field AA Battalion
7th Naval Construction Battalion
2nd Provisional Base Force
8th Base Force /140



there you can see what nearly 160 bombers can do attacking twice in two days, the enemy is not disrupted at all and still gets his adjusted av doubled, while we get it halved to my surprise... fully supplied over the Kokoda trail I´ve expected to have a better adjusted av with two US divisions... seems like it will be a loooong and bloody fight, which is totally surprising as these two US divs took PM against a fully combat ready 4th div in two attacks easily... the fact that we didn´t even take a fort down is especially depressing, I´ve set three US combat engineer units to march towards Buna

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ASW attack near Kanoya at 103,62

Japanese Ships
DD Sawakaze
TK Fukko Maru
DD Akikaze

Allied Ships
SS Wahoo



SS Wahoo launches 4 torpedoes at DD Sawakaze
DD Akikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Akikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Akikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Akikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

another dud on a destroyer...

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Sub attack near Wewak at 97,119

Japanese Ships
SC Ch 29, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS S-46



SS S-46 launches 4 torpedoes at SC Ch 29
S-46 diving deep ....
Sub escapes detection

but we sink a sub chaser with working torps... another single ship ASW TF it seems...

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Sub attack near Dadjangas at 79,94

Japanese Ships
xAK Teiryu Maru
PB Gamitsu Maru #1

Allied Ships
SS Tarpon



SS Tarpon launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Teiryu Maru
Tarpon diving deep ....
PB Gamitsu Maru #1 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Gamitsu Maru #1 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Gamitsu Maru #1 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Gamitsu Maru #1 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Gamitsu Maru #1 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Pre-Invasion action off Terapo

Allied Ships
CL Concord
CL Marblehead
CL Trenton
CL Adelaide
DD Allen
AMC Westralia
AM Kapunda



CL Concord firing at 144th Infantry Regiment
CL Marblehead firing at 144th Infantry Regiment
CL Trenton firing at 144th Infantry Regiment
CL Adelaide firing at 144th Infantry Regiment
DD Allen firing at 144th Infantry Regiment
DD Allen firing at enemy troops
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 5,000 yards
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards


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Amphibious Assault at Terapo

TF 79 troops unloading over beach at Terapo, 96,127


Allied ground losses:
191 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 75 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 40 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 12 (0 destroyed, 12 disabled)
Vehicles lost 14 (0 destroyed, 14 disabled)


10 Support troops lost from landing craft during unload of 12th Australian Bde /256

considering the fact that we only unload a bgd and a paratrooper unit I was first shocked to see 75 of my combat squads being disabled as I´ve thought the bgd would be completely shredded as it was "only" 60 prepped and the para unit was 100% prepped. At least that´s what I´ve thought, just to find out I´ve loaded the wrong para unit and that unit was 100% prepped, but for a DIFFERENT target. The unit prepped for Terapo was still sitting at Townsville. Mistake on my part, I guess I missed the right line in the unit load menu.

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Invasion Support action off Terapo

Allied Ships
AMC Westralia
AM Kapunda



Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards


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Submarine attack near Hansa Bay at 99,120

Japanese Ships
xAK Terushima Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS KVIII



xAK Terushima Maru is sighted by SS KVIII
SS KVIII launches 2 torpedoes

freighter going to Wewak is hit...

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Sub attack near Iba at 77,75

Japanese Ships
SC CHa-20
SC CHa-23

Allied Ships
SS Growler



SS Growler launches 6 torpedoes at SC CHa-20
SC CHa-23 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-23 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-23 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-23 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-23 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Morning Air attack on 20th Indian Division, at 56,48

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 44 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 26



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
26 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 11000 feet

looks like the enemy has just the same coordination problems as we have as there were quite some messages about Zeroes missing their bombers...

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Morning Air attack on 20th Indian Division, at 56,48

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 35 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 27
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 35
Ki-48-IIa Lily x 31



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 damaged
Ki-48-IIa Lily: 4 damaged


Allied ground losses:
87 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 5 (0 destroyed, 5 disabled)


Aircraft Attacking:
27 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
31 x Ki-48-IIa Lily bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb

we´re sitting in a clear hex, so I don´t want to see massed IJA medium bombers as my flak is just pathetic and by far not what I have expected it to be. I´ve expected my flak to be so effective in this stack that attacking my units would become suicide quite quickly for the bombers... seems like all those 40mm Bofors can´t reach the bombers and only my 3.7inch flak fires... ceiling of the 40mm Bofors in real life was something about 20.000ft in real life, don´t know what it is in the game though, when I look at how many 40mm I´ve got there, I would guess it´s below 11.000ft. Wonder what the effective range was for the 40mm, below 11.000ft would seem a bit low to me though...

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Afternoon Air attack on 37th Chinese Corps, at 82,54 (Pingsiang)

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-Ia Helen x 16



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
21 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Ki-49-Ia Helen bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Buna , at 99,129

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 11
B-24D Liberator x 6


Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 27

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

ordered all my bombers to attack the airfield instead of the ground units, target would be the supply dumps. The only hope I´ve got would be to see the enemy running out of supply but considering I haven´t spotted ships going to Buna for months I wonder how much supply is there anyway...

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Afternoon Air attack on Buna , at 99,129

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 7


Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 3 damaged



Airbase hits 5
Runway hits 14

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

and we don´t achieve supply hits, while most of my bombers took a day off anyway...

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Afternoon Air attack on 37th Chinese Corps, at 82,54 (Pingsiang)

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 36,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 22



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
22 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 31000 feet



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ASW attack near Taihoku at 90,62

Japanese Ships
xAK Glasgow Maru
PC Take

Allied Ships
SS Sunfish



SS Sunfish is sighted by escort
Sunfish diving deep ....
PC Take fails to find sub, continues to search...
PC Take fails to find sub, continues to search...
PC Take fails to find sub, continues to search...
PC Take fails to find sub, continues to search...
PC Take fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Truk at 108,112

Japanese Ships
xAK Tsukuba Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
xAK Kozan Maru
xAK Momokawa Maru
xAK Yamahuku Maru
PB Taian Maru

Allied Ships
SS Seal



SS Seal launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Tsukuba Maru
Seal diving deep ....
PB Taian Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Taian Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Taian Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Taian Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Taian Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

nice...

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Invasion Support action off Terapo

Allied Ships
AMC Westralia
AM Kapunda



Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards


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Ground combat at Buna (99,129)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22864 troops, 451 guns, 619 vehicles, Assault Value = 771

Defending force 17038 troops, 172 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 453

Japanese ground losses:
25 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Assaulting units:
Americal Infantry Division
40th Infantry Division
5th RAA Coastal Artillery Regiment
I US Amphib Corps
2nd Medium Regiment

Defending units:
4th Division
Maizuru 1st SNLF
83rd Naval Guard Unit
6th Naval Construction Battalion
2nd Provisional Base Force
7th Naval Construction Battalion
50th Field AA Battalion
8th Base Force /140




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ASW attack near Mussau Island at 104,118

Japanese Ships
DD Shirayuki
DD Tadeyame
DD Tagonami

Allied Ships
SS KXIV



SS KXIV launches 4 torpedoes at DD Shirayuki
KXIV diving deep ....
DD Tadeyame attacking submerged sub ....
DD Tagonami fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tadeyame fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Tagonami fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tagonami fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tagonami fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tagonami fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

unfortunetely for us, the working torps not even nearly achieve the 95% hit rate of our dud torps... that´s a miss...

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ASW attack near Tandjoengpinang at 51,86

Japanese Ships
DD Mikazuki
DD Nagatsuki

Allied Ships
SS KXVI



SS KXVI is sighted by escort
DD Mikazuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Nagatsuki fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Mikazuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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ASW attack near Laoag at 81,71

Japanese Ships
PB Kyo Maru #11
TK Fujisan Maru
PB Kyo Maru #12

Allied Ships
SS Growler



SS Growler is sighted by escort
Growler diving deep ....
PB Kyo Maru #12 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kyo Maru #12 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kyo Maru #12 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kyo Maru #12 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kyo Maru #12 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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ASW attack near Toyohara at 125,47

Japanese Ships
PB Saishu Maru

Allied Ships
SS Haddock



SS Haddock is sighted by escort
Haddock diving deep ....
PB Saishu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Saishu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Saishu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Saishu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Saishu Maru attacking submerged sub ....
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Laoag at 81,68

Japanese Ships
xAK Hukusei Maru
xAK Yamabuki Maru
xAK Hakodate Maru
xAK Tazan Maru
SC CHa-11

Allied Ships
SS Gato



SS Gato launches 6 torpedoes at xAK Hukusei Maru
Gato diving deep ....
SC CHa-11 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-11 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-11 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-11 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-11 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Amoy at 84,62

Japanese Ships
xAK Shikano Maru, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage
PB Bokuyo Maru
xAK Yoneyama Maru
xAK Tsuyama Maru
xAK Kuroshio Maru
PB Fukuei Maru

Allied Ships
SS Sunfish



SS Sunfish launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Shikano Maru
Sunfish diving deep ....
PB Fukuei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Fukuei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Fukuei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Fukuei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Fukuei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

two out of four Mk-14 exploded, a rare event... 2.5 months to go...

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Afternoon Air attack on 144th Infantry Regiment, at 96,127 (Terapo)

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17F Fortress x 21
B-24D Liberator x 8


Allied aircraft losses
B-17F Fortress: 3 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
74 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

there´s nearly anything left of the Japanese at Terapo, we should take the base easily...

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Afternoon Air attack on 144th Infantry Regiment, at 96,127 (Terapo)

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 18


Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
34 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Ground combat at 99,130

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 4257 troops, 12 guns, 84 vehicles, Assault Value = 227

Defending force 939 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 35

Allied adjusted assault: 101

Japanese adjusted defense: 4

Allied assault odds: 25 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
328 casualties reported
Squads: 7 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units retreated 1


Allied ground losses:
53 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Vehicles lost 4 (0 destroyed, 4 disabled)


Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
34th Combat Engineer Regiment
102nd Combat Engineer Regiment
110th Combat Engineer Battalion
151st Combat Engineer Regiment

Defending units:
82nd Naval Guard Unit

Rainer moved one unit of the Ex-Milne Bay defenders into the Kokoda trail path and the not really combat ready unit was dispatched easily... as we can´t bring down the level 4 forts at Buna with the combat eng of our two Inf divs I´ve decided to move four combat engineer units over the Kokoda trail... shouldn´t take us long then to take the base... another lesson learnt, always bring at least two combat eng units to the party if you expect to face something higher than level 1 forts... I thought after being forced to retreat from PM, the enemy division at Buna would not be a threat but it can hold easily against our two divisions... this unit had no chance against our two divs plus combat eng at PM though so this is quite amazing to me as there shouldn´t be a lot of supplies at Buna...

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Ground combat at Terapo (96,127)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 3044 troops, 33 guns, 45 vehicles, Assault Value = 103

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

Allied adjusted assault: 30

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 30 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied forces CAPTURE Terapo !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker:



Assaulting units:
Kanga Force Battalion
12th Australian Brigade

after our bomber attack and the last evac flight with Topsies, Terapo was empty and we take the base...

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Ground combat at Buna (99,129)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1536 troops, 47 guns, 46 vehicles, Assault Value = 740

Defending force 16377 troops, 172 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 423


Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Assaulting units:
Americal Infantry Division
40th Infantry Division
5th RAA Coastal Artillery Regiment
I US Amphib Corps
2nd Medium Regiment

Defending units:
4th Division
Maizuru 1st SNLF
83rd Naval Guard Unit
7th Naval Construction Battalion
6th Naval Construction Battalion
50th Field AA Battalion
2nd Provisional Base Force


you just have to love the new artillery routine... advise: don´t bring any artillery, only uses up ship capacity and supplies... still better than the nuke artillery pre patch, unfortunetely there´s always this pendulum swinging from one side to the extreme other...

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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 5/4/2010 3:32:02 PM   
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ASW attack near Taihoku at 87,62

Japanese Ships
SC Ch 13
SC Ch 15
SC Ch 14

Allied Ships
SS Grunion



SS Grunion is sighted by escort
Grunion diving deep ....
SC Ch 15 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 14 fails to find sub and abandons search
SC Ch 15 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 15 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 15 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 15 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 15 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near New Hanover Island at 104,122

Japanese Ships
xAK Yamahuku Maru
PB Taian Maru

Allied Ships
SS Saury



SS Saury launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Yamahuku Maru
Saury diving deep ....
PB Taian Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Taian Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Taian Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Taian Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Taian Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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ASW attack near Cape Gloucester at 101,124

Japanese Ships
DD Oyashio
DD Tokitsukaze
DD Amatsukaze

Allied Ships
SS O23



SS O23 is sighted by escort
DD Tokitsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Amatsukaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Tokitsukaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Amatsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Amatsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Amatsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Amatsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Laoag at 81,71

Japanese Ships
PB Heiei Maru #7
TK Kiyo Maru
PB Sozan Maru

Allied Ships
SS Growler



SS Growler launches 4 torpedoes at PB Heiei Maru #7
Growler diving deep ....
PB Sozan Maru attacking submerged sub ....
PB Sozan Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Sozan Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Sozan Maru attacking submerged sub ....
PB Sozan Maru cannot reach attack position over SS Growler
PB Sozan Maru loses contact with SS Growler
PB Sozan Maru cannot establish contact with SS Growler
SS Growler eludes PB Sozan Maru by diving deep
PB Sozan Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

lots of sub action, I can´t wait for 1/43 to see ships going down in flames everywhere... the 50% dud rate should be a real step forward...

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Sub attack near Amoy at 84,62

Japanese Ships
xAKL Sunten Maru
PB Muroran Maru

Allied Ships
SS Sunfish



Captain of SS Sunfish elects not to launch torpedoes at this target
PB Muroran Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Muroran Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Muroran Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Muroran Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Muroran Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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ASW attack near Moppo at 100,52

Japanese Ships
PB Uchide Maru

Allied Ships
SS Halibut



SS Halibut is sighted by escort
Halibut bottoming out ....
PB Uchide Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Uchide Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Uchide Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Uchide Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Uchide Maru attacking submerged sub ....
PB Uchide Maru is out of ASW ammo
PB Uchide Maru is out of ASW ammo
PB Uchide Maru is out of ASW ammo
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Amoy at 84,62

Japanese Ships
xAKL Sunten Maru
PB Muroran Maru

Allied Ships
SS Sunfish



SS Sunfish launches 4 torpedoes at xAKL Sunten Maru
PB Muroran Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Muroran Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Muroran Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Muroran Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Muroran Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Milne Bay at 101,134

Japanese Ships
SS I-173, hits 10

Allied Ships
DD Express
DD Encounter



SS I-173 launches 4 torpedoes at DD Express
DD Express fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Encounter attacking submerged sub ....
Escort abandons search for sub

got the British DDs out for a hunt again, this sub takes a hit and several near misses, amazingly it doesn´t show up as heavily damaged... should be forced home though... don´t like my DDs being shot at though...

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Sub attack near Taihoku at 87,62

Japanese Ships
SC Ch 13
SC Ch 15
SC Ch 14

Allied Ships
SS Grunion, hits 1



SS Grunion launches 4 torpedoes at SC Ch 13
Grunion diving deep ....
SC Ch 15 fails to find sub and abandons search
SC Ch 14 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 14 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 14 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 14 attacking submerged sub ....
SC Ch 14 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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ASW attack near Sapporo at 119,50

Japanese Ships
xAK Tatuha Maru
PB Yachiyo Maru

Allied Ships
SS Haddock



SS Haddock is sighted by escort
Haddock diving deep ....
PB Yachiyo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Yachiyo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Yachiyo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Yachiyo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Yachiyo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Orchid Island at 86,68

Japanese Ships
TK Tonan Maru #3
PB Choko Maru #5

Allied Ships
SS Kingfish



SS Kingfish launches 6 torpedoes at TK Tonan Maru #3
Kingfish diving deep ....
PB Choko Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Choko Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Choko Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Choko Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Choko Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Emirau Island at 104,121

Japanese Ships
xAK Kosei Maru
xAK Monji Maru
PB Taian Maru

Allied Ships
SS Saury



SS Saury launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Kosei Maru
Saury diving deep ....
PB Taian Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Taian Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Taian Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Taian Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Taian Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

dud after dud after dud... it´s a pain... really...

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Sub attack near Nago at 94,63

Japanese Ships
PB Daibu Maru

Allied Ships
SS Wahoo



SS Wahoo launches 4 torpedoes at PB Daibu Maru
PB Daibu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Daibu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Daibu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Daibu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Daibu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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ASW attack near Ominato at 118,52

Japanese Ships
xAK Teisin Maru
xAK Lyons Maru
SC CHa-9

Allied Ships
SS Whale



SS Whale is sighted by escort
Whale diving deep ....
SC CHa-9 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-9 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-9 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-9 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-9 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Morning Air attack on Lae , at 99,126

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 15 NM, estimated altitude 28,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-40K Warhawk x 25


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
25 x P-40K Warhawk sweeping at 25000 feet

stupid sweep one...

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Morning Air attack on Milne Bay , at 101,133

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 26 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-Ia Helen x 23



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-Ia Helen: 1 destroyed, 15 damaged


Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Port hits 5
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
22 x Ki-49-Ia Helen bombing from 6000 feet
Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Rainer has noticed that I don´t have fighters left at Milne Bay as there´s no real need to have them there and they would only be picked off by Tojo sweeps against nearby dot bases. Seems like he also spotted some shipping and attacked the port but all bombs missed the ships and my flak was firing back, none of the damaged bombers crashed though... this raid came from Rabaul...

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Morning Air attack on Lae , at 99,126

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 30,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-40K Warhawk x 25


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
25 x P-40K Warhawk sweeping at 25000 feet

stupid sweep two... of course two sweeps, got two squadrons after all...

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Sub attack near Calayan at 82,71

Japanese Ships
xAK Kotohira Maru
PB Kiko Maru

Allied Ships
SS Kingfish



SS Kingfish launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Kotohira Maru
Kingfish diving deep ....
PB Kiko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kiko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kiko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kiko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kiko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

and more duds...

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Ground combat at Buna (99,129)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1536 troops, 47 guns, 46 vehicles, Assault Value = 739

Defending force 16242 troops, 170 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 424


Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Assaulting units:
Americal Infantry Division
40th Infantry Division
5th RAA Coastal Artillery Regiment
I US Amphib Corps
2nd Medium Regiment

Defending units:
4th Division
Maizuru 1st SNLF
83rd Naval Guard Unit
50th Field AA Battalion
7th Naval Construction Battalion
6th Naval Construction Battalion
2nd Provisional Base Force


I´m not sure it´s worth using my four dozen heavy artillery tubes...

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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 5/4/2010 4:04:19 PM   
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ASW attack near Orchid Island at 86,68

Japanese Ships
E Kari
E Otori

Allied Ships
SS Sturgeon



SS Sturgeon is located by E Kari
E Kari fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kari fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kari fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kari attacking submerged sub ....
E Kari fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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ASW attack near Fukue-jima at 100,59

Japanese Ships
PB Toshi Maru #2

Allied Ships
SS Greenling



SS Greenling is sighted by escort
PB Toshi Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Toshi Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Toshi Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Toshi Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Toshi Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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ASW attack near Milne Bay at 101,134

Japanese Ships
SS RO-63, hits 1

Allied Ships
DD Arrow
DD Express
DD Encounter



SS RO-63 launches 4 torpedoes at DD Arrow
RO-63 diving deep ....
DD Express attacking submerged sub ....
DD Encounter fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Express fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Express fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Express fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Express attacking submerged sub ....
DD Express cannot establish contact with SS RO-63
SS RO-63 eludes DD Express by diving deep
DD Express attacking submerged sub ....
DD Express is out of ASW ammo
DD Express is out of ASW ammo
DD Express is out of ASW ammo
DD Express is out of ASW ammo
DD Express is out of ASW ammo
Escort abandons search for sub

our DDs keep acting as targets unfortunetly and I wonder if it was common practice for subs in WWII to attack such "ASW" TFs anyway... Express runs out of DCs for one near miss...


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Sub attack near Laoag at 81,71

Japanese Ships
TK Tonan Maru #3
PB Choko Maru #5

Allied Ships
SS Kingfish



SS Kingfish launches 4 torpedoes at TK Tonan Maru #3
Kingfish diving deep ....
PB Choko Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Choko Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Choko Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Choko Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Choko Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Sub attack near Keijo at 102,50

Japanese Ships
xAK Wakatu Maru
PB Nichiro Maru

Allied Ships
SS Silversides



SS Silversides launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Wakatu Maru
Silversides bottoming out ....
PB Nichiro Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Nichiro Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Nichiro Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Nichiro Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Nichiro Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Dadjangas at 77,94

Japanese Ships
PB Okuyo Maru #2
xAK Nitiai Maru
xAK Nitiyo Maru
PB Mikitade Maru

Allied Ships
SS Tarpon



SS Tarpon launches 4 torpedoes at PB Okuyo Maru #2
PB Mikitade Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Mikitade Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Mikitade Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Mikitade Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Mikitade Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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ASW attack near Truk at 111,109

Japanese Ships
DD Shirayuki
DD Tadeyame
DD Tagonami

Allied Ships
SS Stingray, hits 1



SS Stingray is sighted by escort
DD Tadeyame fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tagonami attacking submerged sub ....
DD Tadeyame fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Tagonami fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tagonami attacking submerged sub ....
DD Tagonami fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tagonami fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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ASW attack near Fukue-jima at 100,59

Japanese Ships
PB Nigitsu Maru

Allied Ships
SS Greenling



SS Greenling is sighted by escort
PB Nigitsu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Nigitsu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Nigitsu Maru attacking submerged sub ....
PB Nigitsu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Nigitsu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Morning Air attack on Fergusson Island , at 102,132

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 27,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 37



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
37 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 25000 feet *

that´s one of those Tojo sweeps trying to pick off leaking Cap but we don´t have fighters in the air...

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Arawe at 102,126

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 26,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes


Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 12


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
12 x F4F-4 Wildcat sweeping at 20000 feet *

we tried to escort some divebombers but the altitude didn´t match... as those fighters are also flying Cap it´s quite hard to have them at the same altitude as the bombers and honestly, I don´t understand this "feature" anyway... if you can only set one altitude then this should be valid for Cap and if the rest is ordered to fly escort for some bombers than they should just do it at the altitude (or whatever higher) as the bombers... all this coordination thing in AE is off anyway as it fails most of the time and that sure wasn´t true in real life. Failing sometimes, failing often, failing how many times ever... but failing most of the time?

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Morning Air attack on Meiktila , at 58,47

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 3



Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 25


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed



Aircraft Attacking:
23 x P-40E Warhawk sweeping at 20000 feet *

CAP engaged:
11th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes

stupid sweep one...

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Morning Air attack on Meiktila , at 58,47

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 14



Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 24


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 3 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 2 destroyed



Aircraft Attacking:
5 x P-40E Warhawk sweeping at 20000 feet *

CAP engaged:
50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 16000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes
260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(6 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Raid is overhead
11th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 6 minutes

stupid sweep two...

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Morning Air attack on Meiktila , at 58,47

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 43,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 15



Allied aircraft
P-38F Lightning x 19


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38F Lightning: 1 destroyed



Aircraft Attacking:
4 x P-38F Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet *

CAP engaged:
11th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(8 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 11 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 4 minutes
50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 16000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes

stupid sweep three...

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Morning Air attack on Meiktila , at 58,47

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 25,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 11



Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 25


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed



Aircraft Attacking:
12 x P-40E Warhawk sweeping at 20000 feet *

CAP engaged:
50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 16000
Raid is overhead
260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes
11th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Raid is overhead

stupid sweep four...

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Morning Air attack on Fergusson Island , at 102,132

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 29,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 4



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 25000 feet *

the rest of the Japanese sweep goes in...

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Morning Air attack on 22nd New Chinese Division, at 65,43

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 16



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on TF, near Arawe at 102,126

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes


Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 12
SB2U-3 Vindicator x 18
SBD-3 Dauntless x 18


Allied aircraft losses
SB2U-3 Vindicator: 4 damaged
SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged

Japanese Ships
DD Ariake, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD Hatsushima
DD Yugure



Aircraft Attacking:
8 x SB2U-3 Vindicator releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
8 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
10 x SB2U-3 Vindicator releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
6 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
4 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Ariake

this is the target where my Wildcats were sweeping too earlier in this turn... now the bombers show up (two of the four squadrons at the base that are set to attack)... really bad weather saves the DDs from more hits... Rainer told me that this is once more a screwed up fast transport TF...

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Arawe at 102,126

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes


Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 12
SB2U-3 Vindicator x 18


Allied aircraft losses
SB2U-3 Vindicator: 7 damaged

Japanese Ships
DD Yugure
DD Ariake, heavy fires
DD Hatsushima
DD Wakaba



Aircraft Attacking:
12 x SB2U-3 Vindicator releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
2 x SB2U-3 Vindicator releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
4 x SB2U-3 Vindicator releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Ariake

here comes the third squadron but all bombers miss...

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Morning Air attack on 2nd Provisional Base Force, at 99,129 (Buna)

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 42
B-17F Fortress x 16
B-24D Liberator x 18
B-26 Marauder x 23


Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged
B-17F Fortress: 2 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 3 damaged
B-26 Marauder: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Aircraft Attacking:
15 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
13 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
14 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet *
Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet *
Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet *
Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet *
Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 83rd Naval Guard Unit ...
Also attacking 2nd Provisional Base Force ...
Also attacking Maizuru 1st SNLF ...
Also attacking 50th Field AA Battalion ...
Also attacking 2nd Provisional Base Force ...
Also attacking 7th Naval Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 4th Division ...
Also attacking 2nd Provisional Base Force ...
Also attacking 4th Division ...
Also attacking 2nd Provisional Base Force ...
Also attacking 50th Field AA Battalion ...
Also attacking 4th Division ...
Also attacking 2nd Provisional Base Force ...
Also attacking 50th Field AA Battalion ...
Also attacking 4th Division ...
Also attacking 2nd Provisional Base Force ...
Also attacking 50th Field AA Battalion ...
Also attacking 4th Division ...

as you can see, attacking troops in a jungle hex behind level 4 forts really doesn´t make sense...

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Morning Air attack on 4th Division, at 99,129 (Buna)

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 18
B-24D Liberator x 3
B-26 Marauder x 25


Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 5 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet *
Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
14 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet *
Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 83rd Naval Guard Unit ...
Also attacking 2nd Provisional Base Force ...
Also attacking 6th Naval Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 2nd Provisional Base Force ...
Also attacking 4th Division ...
Also attacking 83rd Naval Guard Unit ...
Also attacking 2nd Provisional Base Force ...
Also attacking 6th Naval Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 4th Division ...
Also attacking 2nd Provisional Base Force ...
Also attacking 4th Division ...
Also attacking 83rd Naval Guard Unit ...
Also attacking 2nd Provisional Base Force ...
Also attacking 6th Naval Construction Battalion ...


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Morning Air attack on 4th Division, at 99,129 (Buna)

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 8
B-24D Liberator x 17
B-26 Marauder x 12


Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet *
Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 2nd Provisional Base Force ...
Also attacking 7th Naval Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 6th Naval Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 4th Division ...
Also attacking 6th Naval Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 2nd Provisional Base Force ...
Also attacking 7th Naval Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 6th Naval Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 4th Division ...
Also attacking 6th Naval Construction Battalion ...


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Morning Air attack on Maizuru 1st SNLF, at 99,129 (Buna)

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 12
B-17F Fortress x 10


Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged
B-17F Fortress: 1 damaged



Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 2nd Provisional Base Force ...
Also attacking Maizuru 1st SNLF ...
Also attacking 2nd Provisional Base Force ...
Also attacking Maizuru 1st SNLF ...
Also attacking 2nd Provisional Base Force ...


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Morning Air attack on 2nd Provisional Base Force, at 99,129 (Buna)

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 11


Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 1 damaged



Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet *
Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 4th Division, at 99,129 (Buna)

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 9


Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 2 damaged



Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 2nd Provisional Base Force, at 99,129 (Buna)

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 9


Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 3 damaged



Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

depressing result considering I´ve sent the whole US bomber force available in this area...

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Morning Air attack on Meiktila , at 58,47

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 17 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 7



Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 25


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed



Aircraft Attacking:
19 x P-40E Warhawk sweeping at 20000 feet *

CAP engaged:
260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 5 minutes

stupid sweep five...

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Morning Air attack on Meiktila , at 58,47

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 41,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-38E Lightning x 16


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
16 x P-38E Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet

and stupid sweep six... six squadrons set to attack, six single squadron sweeps... haven´t been kamikaze sweeps as the enemy just didn´t put up enough of his fighters but tripple his fighters (not really a problem considering the low numbers in this turn) and the first two or three of those sweeps would have been once again single squadron kamikaze sweeps that probably would be bounced, ahem, dived on and shred to pieces...

we came away "ok" today, losing slightly less fighters than the enemy but it was nearly a 1:1 again... depressing if you think about more than a hundred fighters sent in with only small opposition... you just can´t use your numerical superiority when the routine is so stupid that each squadron goes in alone on and on and on and on... and yes, just for the sake of any complaints of me doing something wrong, even if I´m convinced that having the units assigned to the right HQ doesn´t help at all, I´ve all set them to the Tenth USAAF and this HQ is in range of all those squadrons... this is either just a borked routine not WAD or if it is WAD, it´s nothing but a ridicoulos design as noone can tell me that it wouldn´t be possible to see at least two squadrons fly together... no, it´s one by one by one by one... how stupid is this?




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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Arawe at 102,126

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes


Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 24


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
12 x F4F-4 Wildcat sweeping at 20000 feet *
12 x F4F-4 Wildcat sweeping at 20000 feet *

same as in the morning, the fighters fail to escort the divebombers due to different alt settings... wonder if this "failed" escort isn´t something bad anyway because that way you get a sweep against a TF, something that isn´t possible if you want to order it... and it obviously always goes in first, so in fact that´s better than having those fighters escort the bombers... lol...

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Arawe at 102,126

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes


Allied aircraft
SB2U-3 Vindicator x 31


Allied aircraft losses
SB2U-3 Vindicator: 9 damaged

Japanese Ships
DD Ariake, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Wakaba, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires
DD Hatsushima
DD Yugure



Aircraft Attacking:
7 x SB2U-3 Vindicator releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
11 x SB2U-3 Vindicator releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
4 x SB2U-3 Vindicator releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
1 x SB2U-3 Vindicator releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
8 x SB2U-3 Vindicator releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Ariake
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Wakaba

here´s the first afternoon bomber strike and thank god the severe storms turned into moderate rain in the afternoon, enabling our bombers to perform better... four more 1000lb bomb hits but I´m not sure if two of those bombs really impress a Japanese DD... I thought two of those not that small bombs would be usually enough for a destroyer... Ariake should be finished though after taking a third hit...

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Arawe at 102,126

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes


Allied aircraft
SBD-3 Dauntless x 14


Allied aircraft losses
SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
DD Yugure
DD Ariake, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
DD Wakaba, heavy fires



Aircraft Attacking:
10 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
4 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Ariake
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Wakaba

Ariake was already lying dead in the water and takes another hit while Wakaba is reported heavily burning... perhaps this fast transport mission has cost the Japanese two DDs and if this goes on like this it will be the same as in real life, those fast transport missions will cost the enemy just too many destroyers while the missions themselve not really having a huge impact I guess as they carry just not enough supplies IMO... I wonder why my opponent isn´t using barges to supply all those front line bases around Buna and Lae... don´t know if the barges in AE are of good use though...

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ASW attack near Port Arthur at 99,45

Japanese Ships
xAK Hokuzyu Maru
xAK Syunsei Maru
xAK Havre Maru
xAK Akagisan Maru
PB Ryusei Maru

Allied Ships
SS Tambor



SS Tambor is sighted by escort
Tambor bottoming out ....
PB Ryusei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Ryusei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Ryusei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Ryusei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Ryusei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Dadjangas at 80,94

Japanese Ships
PB Okuyo Maru #2
xAK Nitiai Maru
PB Mikitade Maru

Allied Ships
SS Nautilus



SS Nautilus launches 4 torpedoes at PB Okuyo Maru #2
Nautilus diving deep ....
PB Mikitade Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Mikitade Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Mikitade Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Mikitade Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Mikitade Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Laoag at 81,71

Japanese Ships
TK Koho Maru
PB Syozui Maru

Allied Ships
SS Kingfish



SS Kingfish launches 6 torpedoes at TK Koho Maru
Kingfish diving deep ....
PB Syozui Maru attacking submerged sub ....
SS Kingfish eludes ASW attack from PB Syozui Maru
PB Syozui Maru cannot reach attack position over SS Kingfish
PB Syozui Maru cannot reach attack position over SS Kingfish
PB Syozui Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Syozui Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Syozui Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Syozui Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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ASW attack near Wakkanai at 122,47

Japanese Ships
SC Ch 30

Allied Ships
SS Peto



SS Peto is located by SC Ch 30
Peto diving deep ....
SC Ch 30 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 30 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 30 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 30 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 30 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Ground combat at Buna (99,129)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 22369 troops, 451 guns, 619 vehicles, Assault Value = 740

Defending force 16120 troops, 167 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 424

Allied adjusted assault: 216

Japanese adjusted defense: 679

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

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), fatigue(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
580 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 67 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 65 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled


Allied ground losses:
516 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 32 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 49 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Vehicles lost 11 (0 destroyed, 11 disabled)


Assaulting units:
40th Infantry Division
Americal Infantry Division
5th RAA Coastal Artillery Regiment
I US Amphib Corps
2nd Medium Regiment

Defending units:
4th Division
Maizuru 1st SNLF
83rd Naval Guard Unit
6th Naval Construction Battalion
50th Field AA Battalion
7th Naval Construction Battalion
2nd Provisional Base Force


our adjusted av just looks awful and we have again not being able to reduce a fort which is our main problem... damn it, I should have ordered two combat engineer rgts to march together with my Inf divs... the enemy took more losses within his combat squads which is good news... it´s only a matter of time and I don´t know if I should attack again before my combat engineers arrive...



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ASW attack near Fukue-jima at 100,59

Japanese Ships
SC CHa-1
SC CHa-32

Allied Ships
SS Greenling



SS Greenling is located by SC CHa-1
SC CHa-32 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-32 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-32 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-32 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-32 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Fukue-jima at 100,59

Japanese Ships
SC CHa-32
SC CHa-1

Allied Ships
SS Drum



SS Drum launches 6 torpedoes at SC CHa-32
SC CHa-32 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-32 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-32 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-32 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-32 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Vella Lavella at 109,133

Japanese Ships
PB Hirotama Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS S-34



SS S-34 launches 4 torpedoes
S-34 diving deep ....
Sub escapes detection

S-class sub scores a kill...

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Sub attack near Fukue-jima at 100,59

Japanese Ships
PB Zosen Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
SC CHa-41
DD Okikaze

Allied Ships
SS Greenling



SS Greenling launches 6 torpedoes at PB Zosen Maru
DD Okikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Okikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Okikaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Okikaze attacking submerged sub ....
Escort abandons search for sub

another PB lost...

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Morning Air attack on Chittagong , at 55,41

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 43 NM, estimated altitude 40,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 25



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
25 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar sweeping at 35000 feet

no more USAAF fighters in China...

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Morning Air attack on Lae , at 99,126

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 12 NM, estimated altitude 25,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-40K Warhawk x 25


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
25 x P-40K Warhawk sweeping at 25000 feet


hey! What? A single squadron sweep? Does that mean WWII air ops meant screwing up things 99% of the time? Yeah, must be...

stupid sweep one...

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Morning Air attack on Lae , at 99,126

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 21 NM, estimated altitude 27,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-40K Warhawk x 25


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
25 x P-40K Warhawk sweeping at 25000 feet

hey, ho... stupid sweep two... two squadrons, two sweeps... needless to say...

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and here´s the start of a disastrous turn...

Morning Air attack on Lashio , at 62,46

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 28,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 2
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 9
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 28



Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIc x 8


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Beaufighter VIc: 1 destroyed



CAP engaged:
11th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(8 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 8 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 4 minutes
24th Sentai with Ki-43-IIa Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(9 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 8 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 35000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes
260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(12 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 12 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 26000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 4 minutes
50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (8 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(8 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
8 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 16000
Raid is overhead
77th Sentai Det B with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes

Lashio launched some Helens a couple of turns ago and I´ve though there would only be some bombers but my fault, I haven´t flown recon before this attack as I didn´t want to alert my opponent... unfortunetely for us, he already had fighters there... the Beaufighter sweep goes in and all of them are either damaged or shot down...

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Morning Air attack on Lashio , at 62,46

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 2
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 15
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 29



Allied aircraft
Wellington Ic x 28
B-24D Liberator x 3


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 2 damaged
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
Wellington Ic: 6 destroyed, 10 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 2 damaged



Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Wellington Ic bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x Wellington Ic bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
11th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (7 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(6 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
7 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 6 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes
24th Sentai with Ki-43-IIa Oscar (15 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(7 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
15 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 35000
Raid is overhead
77th Sentai Det B with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Raid is overhead
260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (8 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
8 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 26000
Raid is overhead
50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 16000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes

while we usually see single squadron sweeps one by one, we didn´t get a single squadron into the air, other than the Beaufighter squadron... this meant it became a kamikaze mission for our bombers... have lost several months of British bomber replacements today... the British bombers will be completely taken away from the frontlines, just as the Hurricanes as they can´t compete with Oscar II and do even worse against Tojos... bad news considering we have to rely on the Hurricane until late 43... they will only be used in our second line of defense if possible...

this bomber strike was completely mauled...

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Morning Air attack on Lashio , at 62,46

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 2
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 6
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 17



Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 9
B-25C Mitchell x 38


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 damaged
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 10 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 30

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
14 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (7 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
7 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 16000
Raid is overhead
11th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (9 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
9 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 30000
Raid is overhead
24th Sentai with Ki-43-IIa Oscar (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
6 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 35000
Raid is overhead
77th Sentai Det B with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Raid is overhead
260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 26000
Raid is overhead

then the USAAF bombers show up, doing far better than the Brits... the 4Es are unbeatable and also the Mitchells performed very well against the enemy fighters... surprisingly well...

with the loss of 27 bombers it was a disaster though...



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Morning Air attack on Lae , at 99,126

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 44


Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged



Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 74

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
14 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

this is what I can rely on... the enemy would have to send up a huge number of fighters to be able to compete with 40+ B-17... wonder why I don´t see ongoing single bomber squadron attacks... seems to be a fighter squadron only "feature"...


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Morning Air attack on Lae , at 99,126

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 30 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 11


Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 4 damaged



Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 19

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Lashio , at 62,46

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 1
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 2
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 8



Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 10


Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
3 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled



Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
11th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 30000
Raid is overhead
50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 16000
Raid is overhead
77th Sentai Det B with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Raid is overhead
24th Sentai with Ki-43-IIa Oscar (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 35000
Raid is overhead

oh, it´s not over yet... unfortunetely... this turn must have been fun to watch for Rainer...

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Morning Air attack on Lashio , at 62,46

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 5



Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 12


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged



Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 8

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 16000
Raid is overhead
11th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 30000
Raid is overhead



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Morning Air attack on Lae , at 99,126

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 9


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 9

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Lae , at 99,126

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 9


Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged



Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 16

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

even though the bombers usually form up a lot of piece meal strikes too, at least the first strike going in is usually a "big" one...


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Morning Air attack on Lashio , at 62,46

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 1



Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 8


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged



Runway hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 16000
Raid is overhead



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Morning Air attack on Lashio , at 62,46

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 9


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed on ground




Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 13

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb




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ASW attack near Wakkanai at 122,47

Japanese Ships
SC Ch 28
SC Ch 30

Allied Ships
SS Peto



SS Peto is located by SC Ch 28
Peto diving deep ....
SC Ch 30 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 30 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 30 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 30 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 30 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Fukue-jima at 100,59

Japanese Ships
TK Syoyo Maru
DD Yukaze

Allied Ships
SS Drum



SS Drum launches 4 torpedoes at TK Syoyo Maru
Drum diving deep ....
DD Yukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

would like to sink a tanker now and then...

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ASW attack near Wakkanai at 122,47

Japanese Ships
SC Ch 28
SC Ch 30

Allied Ships
SS Peto, hits 1



SS Peto is located by SC Ch 28
Peto diving deep ....
SC Ch 30 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 30 attacking submerged sub ....
SC Ch 30 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 30 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 30 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Ground combat at Buna (99,129)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1522 troops, 47 guns, 46 vehicles, Assault Value = 707

Defending force 15144 troops, 166 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 375

Japanese ground losses:
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)



Assaulting units:
Americal Infantry Division
40th Infantry Division
5th RAA Coastal Artillery Regiment
I US Amphib Corps
2nd Medium Regiment

Defending units:
Maizuru 1st SNLF
4th Division
83rd Naval Guard Unit
6th Naval Construction Battalion
7th Naval Construction Battalion
50th Field AA Battalion
2nd Provisional Base Force

wow, we disable an enemy gun?





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ASW attack near Fukue-jima at 100,59

Japanese Ships
PB Nigitsu Maru

Allied Ships
SS Silversides



SS Silversides is sighted by escort
PB Nigitsu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Nigitsu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Nigitsu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Nigitsu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Nigitsu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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ASW attack near Wakkanai at 121,48

Japanese Ships
PB Fumi Maru

Allied Ships
SS Whale



SS Whale is sighted by escort
PB Fumi Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Fumi Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Fumi Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Fumi Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Fumi Maru attacking submerged sub ....
Escort abandons search for sub


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ASW attack near Hirosaki/Aomori at 117,53

Japanese Ships
DMS Teiko
DD Sanae
E Omae

Allied Ships
SS O19



SS O19 is located by DMS Teiko
O19 diving deep ....
DD Sanae attacking submerged sub ....
E Omae fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Sanae fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Sanae fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Sanae fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Sanae fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Sanae fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Truk at 112,112

Japanese Ships
DMS Taneko, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
SC Ch 5
LSD Akitsu Maru
xAK Taikei Maru
xAK Sensan Maru
SC Ch 11
SC Ch 10

Allied Ships
SS Gudgeon



SS Gudgeon launches 4 torpedoes at DMS Taneko
SC Ch 11 fails to find sub and abandons search
SC Ch 10 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 10 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 10 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 10 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 10 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 10 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

what is that LSD for?

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Morning Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 35,400 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 17
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 35



Allied aircraft
P-40B Warhawk x 24


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
P-40B Warhawk: 7 destroyed



CAP engaged:
11th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(9 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 9 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes
24th Sentai with Ki-43-IIa Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(17 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 9 being recalled, 8 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 35000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes
50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(12 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 16000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes
260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (8 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(14 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
8 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 26000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes

this stupid routine is just making me sick... as mentioned before, all units are now even set to the same HQ which just doesn´t help at all... tried this hundreds of turns in my AI "test game" to no effect and only done it in the PBEM to take away this "advise"

this is the perfect example of the "stupid single squadron kamikaze routine"... the P-40 squadron is the first squadron to go in and is shot to pieces at a, hold your breath, 17:0 kill ratio... ah, who cares, those fighters were only piloted by 70 skilled USAAF pilots... perfect realistic and historical correct example once more... there´s only one reason for these stupid results and that´s the this screwed up coordination routine, which is not there to coordinate but it´s just a hardcoded feature that makes those strikes going in alone nearly all of the time, no matter what chicken bogey you do in front of the monitor...

it sucks and it is stupid... period... but hey, the designer wasn´t paid for it and I got a download for free, mind you...


stupid sweep one...

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Morning Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 11 NM, estimated altitude 42,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 15
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 25



Allied aircraft
P-38E Lightning x 19


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 3 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38E Lightning: 2 destroyed



CAP engaged:
11th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000
Raid is overhead
50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 16000
Raid is overhead
260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (7 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
7 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 26000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes
24th Sentai with Ki-43-IIa Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 8 being recalled, 7 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 35000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes

you can imagine that I haven´t set just one squadron to attack... the Lightnings go in and are luckily diving on the enemy at the beginning, resulting in more Tojos shot down than Lightnings...

stupid sweep two...


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Morning Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 11 NM, estimated altitude 42,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 10
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 14



Allied aircraft
P-38F Lightning x 11


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
P-38F Lightning: 1 destroyed



CAP engaged:
50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 16000
Raid is overhead
260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
6 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 26000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes
24th Sentai with Ki-43-IIa Oscar (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 35000
Raid is overhead
11th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000
Raid is overhead

ah, also the second Lightning squadron is active today.... coming in alone, being bounced... four of them are lost...

stupid sweep three...




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Afternoon Air attack on Lae , at 99,126

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 10


Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 21

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

I can only give the advise to everyone, wait for early 43, mass all your 4Es and do 4E attacks exclusively... don´t use your fighters at all, if needed then only to guard your 4E bases and hope your fighters don´t leak away in small numbers to be picked off...

that´s how the game works... the bombers (the heavy ones) always get through and you will inflict serious loss on the enemy... it´s better than using your own fighters offensively as this will just result in lots of your fighters being shot down... something that is valid for both sides of course... the fighter thing, not the heavy bomber thing...

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Afternoon Air attack on Lae , at 99,126

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 25


Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged



Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 31

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Gasmata , at 103,127

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17F Fortress x 9
B-24D Liberator x 6


Allied aircraft losses
B-17F Fortress: 2 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 5 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 7

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Lae , at 99,126

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 19


Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 23

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

all you need is good weather... something you can count on once a week...

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Afternoon Air attack on Gasmata , at 103,127

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17F Fortress x 12
B-24D Liberator x 14


Allied aircraft losses
B-17F Fortress: 2 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled



Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 9

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Gasmata , at 103,127

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 12


Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 3 damaged



Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 12

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Gasmata , at 103,127

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 9


Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 3 damaged



Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Ground combat at Buna (99,129)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 22068 troops, 451 guns, 620 vehicles, Assault Value = 721

Defending force 14982 troops, 166 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 378

Allied adjusted assault: 654

Japanese adjusted defense: 1331

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

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
315 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 26 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 15 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled


Allied ground losses:
469 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 31 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 57 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 36 (1 destroyed, 35 disabled)


Assaulting units:
40th Infantry Division
Americal Infantry Division
5th RAA Coastal Artillery Regiment
I US Amphib Corps
2nd Medium Regiment

Defending units:
4th Division
Maizuru 1st SNLF
83rd Naval Guard Unit
50th Field AA Battalion
7th Naval Construction Battalion
6th Naval Construction Battalion
2nd Provisional Base Force

guess I´ve got to wait for my combat engineers... no (-) for supplies for the enemy...

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Ground combat at Daly Waters (76,131)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 5985 troops, 445 guns, 461 vehicles, Assault Value = 2686

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

Allied adjusted assault: 67

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 67 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied forces CAPTURE Daly Waters !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker:



Assaulting units:
2/10th Armoured Regiment
2/11th Armoured Car Battalion
754th Tank Battalion
763rd Tank Battalion
632nd Tank Destroyer Battalion
4th Australian Division
2/6th Armoured Regiment
2/8th Armoured Regiment
2/7th Armoured Regiment
4th Aus Cav Brigade
627th Tank Destroyer Battalion
1st USMC Tank Battalion
762nd Tank Battalion
3rd Australian Division
2nd Australian Division
1st Australian Division
5th Australian Division
2nd USMC Tank Battalion
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
3rd Motor Brigade
193rd Tank Battalion
3rd Army Tank Brigade
2/4th Armoured Regiment
1st Motor Brigade
188th Field Artillery Regiment
148th Field Artillery Battalion
168th Field Artillery Regiment
4th Field Artillery Battalion
16th RAAF Base Force
2nd Australian Army
223rd Field Artillery Battalion
21/22 Field Regiment
11th RAAF Base Force
114th USAAF Base Force
249th Field Artillery Battalion
181st Field Artillery Regiment
III Australian Corps
30th Field Artillery Regiment
96th Coast AA Regiment
197th Coast AA Regiment
1st Australian Army
503rd Coast AA Regiment
94th Coast AA Regiment
40th Field Artillery Regiment
10th RAAF Base Force
2nd RAN Base Force
209th Field Artillery Battalion
1st USMC Field Artillery Battalion
216th Coast AA Regiment
I Australian Corps
2nd RAAF M/W Sqn
183rd Field Artillery Regiment
154th FA Bn
205th Field Artillery Battalion
70th Coast AA Regiment
2nd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
1st RAN Base Force
97th Field Artillery Battalion
198th Coast AA Regiment
II Australian Corps
134th Field Artillery Battalion
226th Field Artillery Battalion
198th Field Artillery Battalion
13th Australian Hvy AA Regiment


moved our Army North again, expect to meet the six enemy Inf divisions at Katherine again... expect my opponent to immedietely order a deliberate attack just as last time too and if our adjusted av is again divided by five he will again kick us out, doing this against massed artillery in open terrain and a couple of hundred tanks that would be able to shred the Japanese Inf divisions on their own, even though we´re only talking about 1942 tanks... in real life, the Japanese would not have a chance at all in this terrain against this type of Army against them... you can´t really improve this ground combat model though so no real complain here... my Army is totally supplied though and that´s something I can complain about I guess... it shouldn´t be possible to march such an Army overland from Alice Springs I guess and have it fully supplied... but as long as they stay out of bases, they get a full supply delivery every couple of days... just like my two Armies that are sitting in the Burmese jungle... and there we´re talking about 5000+ assault value plus support...



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what is that LSD for?



LSD is non-addictive and well known for its psychological effects which can include altered thinking processes, closed and open eye visuals, synaesthesia, a sense of time distortion, ego death and spiritual experiences


sorry could not help it

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quote:

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what is that LSD for?



LSD is non-addictive and well known for its psychological effects which can include altered thinking processes, closed and open eye visuals, synaesthesia, a sense of time distortion, ego death and spiritual experiences


sorry could not help it

Terje



funny thing is that after I´ve typed that question I already expected exactly this answer...

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Status: offline 		Hehe yea you were kinda asking for it.
A quick Q (as I am too lazy to read back); is it only your fighters that have problems flying together or your bombers as well?
I only ask because my fighters atm have too short legs to do any sweeps, and my bombers will usually fly together.

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Hehe yea you were kinda asking for it.
A quick Q (as I am too lazy to read back); is it only your fighters that have problems flying together or your bombers as well?
I only ask because my fighters atm have too short legs to do any sweeps, and my bombers will usually fly together.

Terje



the bombers split up into up to something like 3-8 "strike packs" when I order around 150 of them to attack the same target. But differently to the fighters, the bombers usually launch a bigger strike first, followed by a couple of piecemeal strikes. But the different squadrons definetely join in together, while it´s obvious that my fighter squadrons do their sweeps one by one all the time. There were three Hurricane squadrons some months ago that once flew a sweep together though.

I´m still of the oppinion that the only thing that matters is experience. Nothing else (except altitude when ordering fighters to escort bombers - same altitude is preferred) seems to help. Not the airfield size, the HQ not at all, supplies, aviation support or all the other stuff that comes up as advices. Like I´ve said, a dev was so kind to look at a safe of mine some time ago and I was told I should change my squadrons to the right HQ. Didn´t do it in my PBEM but tested it in my AI test game with no result, at least no positive result. I´ve only done it in this PBEM now too because a) I had enough pps to be spent on such a thing and b) only did it because if I wouldn´t I would be told that´s the problem and it´s no wonder they don´t fly together because I´m doing it wrong - as I´m a bad player afterall. Got all those fighter squadrons set to the 10th USAAF with this HQ in range and also another USAAF HQ in range that I´ve also changed over to the 10th USAAF. So in fact I´ve got two (correct) HQs in range, but this hasn´t changed anything.

Only thing that helped so far is experience but you will never get your fighters exp up when they launch one time and lose 17 out of 25 P-40 in one sweep against three dozen Tojos. I can only train them up to 70 skill but exp is frozen somewhere around 50 at best. So if you order 5 USAAF fighter squadrons to attack the same target you have 125 fighters in the best case, but the numerical superiority doesn´t help you at all when they go in one by one, means 25 fighters over the target each time, facing all of the available Cap, for example 50 enemy fighters. This then means, even though you outnumber your opponent by 2.5:1 you can´t project your numerical superiority over the target because you are the one who starts with a 1:2 disadvantage for your first squadron to go in. That´s why I then usually see the first two squadrons being completely shred while doing no or not much damage in return. Then the defender loses more and more fighters due to running out of ammo, fuel, or due to some defects and when squadron four and five show up, there´s usually nothing left of the enemy. Not because they were shot down, but because they´ve shred my first two squadrons and run out of ammo for example. This then ends in very comfortable kill rates for the one who welcomes these single squadron sweeps when he´s able to bring up some fighters.

And to me it´s hard to understand that two or three WWII fighter squadrons wouldn´t be able to fly 90 or 135 miles together to the ordered target. Again, I´m not talking about 1000 bomber strikes against targets 800 miles away. The way the air routine works at the moment isn´t totally off. It works if there are 10-20 ac on one side meet 10-20 on the other side. It´s the problem when you get 5x25 ac going in one by one against 50-60 enemy ac for example. Then you get those loopsided results with kill rates up to 17:0 when I look at my P-40 squadron (skill 70) vs Tojos and Oscar IIs.

But hey, perhaps it´s only me and I´m really doing something wrong. It´s definetely not something that I know of and it never came up in any of those advices on the forum. Unfortunetely there aren´t really a lot players actually constantly posting their complete combat reports, it would be easy to check.

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ASW attack near Talaud-eilanden at 82,96

Japanese Ships
TK Toen Maru
TK Samui Maru
PB Heimei Maru

Allied Ships
SS Nautilus



SS Nautilus is sighted by escort
Nautilus diving deep ....
PB Heimei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Heimei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Heimei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Heimei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Heimei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Talaud-eilanden at 81,96

Japanese Ships
TK Toen Maru
TK Samui Maru
PB Heimei Maru

Allied Ships
SS Tautog



SS Tautog launches 6 torpedoes at TK Toen Maru
Tautog diving deep ....
PB Heimei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Heimei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Heimei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Heimei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Heimei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Sapporo at 118,50

Japanese Ships
xAK Senko Maru
xAK Amagi Maru
PB Yamabato Maru

Allied Ships
SS O19



SS O19 launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Senko Maru
O19 diving deep ....
PB Yamabato Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Yamabato Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Yamabato Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Yamabato Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Yamabato Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

Mk-14 duds and Dutch 53cm misses...

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Sub attack near Laoag at 80,72

Japanese Ships
DD Shiokaze
xAK Tatumiya Maru
xAK Teiyo Maru
DD Numakaze

Allied Ships
SS Finback



SS Finback launches 6 torpedoes at DD Shiokaze
Finback diving deep ....
DD Numakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Numakaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Numakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Numakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Numakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Morning Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 17 NM, estimated altitude 29,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 17
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 31



Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 23


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 12 destroyed



CAP engaged:
24th Sentai with Ki-43-IIa Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(17 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 9 being recalled, 8 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 35000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes
50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(8 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 8 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 16000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes
260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(14 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 14 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 26000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes
11th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(9 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 8 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes

and there we go again... Magwe has no aircraft at the base so it´s either LRCAP or leaking Cap... we´re shot to pieces again, no wonder, single squadron kamikaze sweeps... skill 70... 19 Warhawks shot down for 3 Tojos... working well indeed...

sweep one...


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Morning Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 30 NM, estimated altitude 31,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 16
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 20



Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 25


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra: 8 destroyed



CAP engaged:
50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 16000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes
24th Sentai with Ki-43-IIa Oscar (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 8 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 35000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes
11th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes
260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 26000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes

follow on kamikaze squadron... 16 Airacobras lost for 1 Oscar... the first two squadrons lose 35:4 against Tojos and Oscar II... two reasons: going in alone, being endlessly dived on due to not having enough aircraft in the strike... I stand by what I´ve said a hundred times already: this is just plain stupid and the "uncoordination" is the major problem of the airroutine, leading to totally off results on a daily basis... AE produces more loops than WITP and that´s a fact for sure...

sweep two...

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Morning Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 42 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 5
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 10



Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 25


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 2 destroyed
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed



Aircraft Attacking:
16 x P-39D Airacobra sweeping at 31000 feet

CAP engaged:
24th Sentai with Ki-43-IIa Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 35000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes
11th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes
50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 16000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes
260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 26000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 5 minutes

when the enemy has run out of ammo due to taking down 35 of our fighters for nearly no losses we get numerical superiority, leading to the dive being on our side for nearly the whole turn... which results in a loop for the other side... this squadron (being equal to all other frontline squadrons, having 70 airskill) achieves something like a 9 or 10:1... three engagements, three loops... 19:3, 16:1 and then 1:9... must be very reasonable results for WWII engagements... PROBLEM: single squadron sweeps... I bet neither the first two loops, nor the last one would happen if we would first see something like 60 vs 50 fighters followed by 40 vs 20 fighters if there would still be something in the air after the first round... but with the given, hardcoded strike pack feature you just get ongoing, ridicoulos results... sorry, but these are exactly those loops we were bitching about in WITP when they happened "now and then" but here I can repeat them daily... every sweep I order sees each squadron going in one by one... no matter what settings... doesn´t work...

sweep three...

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Morning Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 25 NM, estimated altitude 26,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 22


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
22 x P-40E Warhawk sweeping at 25000 feet

nothing left, this squadron was lucky to be number four in the stack and not one of the first two squadrons in the stack ordered to attack

sweep four...




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ASW attack near Milne Bay at 101,134

Japanese Ships
SS RO-63, hits 5, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
DD Arrow, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
DD Express



SS RO-63 launches 6 torpedoes at DD Arrow
RO-63 diving deep ....
DD Express attacking submerged sub ....
DD Express fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Express fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Express fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Express fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

Arrow went down like a stone, losing a precious British DDs is a pain... in return, RO-63 is hit hard but I doubt the sub is sunk... if you don´t sink subs outright they´ve got a fair chance to survive... my Allied subs made port with over 80 floatation damage while I´ve thought they would be sunk for sure... Arrow will be replaced by another Brit DD...

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Sub attack near Fukue-jima at 98,59

Japanese Ships
TK Yamaoka Maru, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
PB Tomitu Maru

Allied Ships
SS Shark



SS Shark launches 4 torpedoes at TK Yamaoka Maru
PB Tomitu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tomitu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tomitu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tomitu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tomitu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

we take revenge in sinking a Japanese tanker... two exploding hits is a rare event...

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Ground combat at Buna (99,129)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1514 troops, 47 guns, 46 vehicles, Assault Value = 687

Defending force 14549 troops, 166 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 351


Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled


Assaulting units:
40th Infantry Division
Americal Infantry Division
5th RAA Coastal Artillery Regiment
I US Amphib Corps
2nd Medium Regiment

Defending units:
4th Division
Maizuru 1st SNLF
83rd Naval Guard Unit
6th Naval Construction Battalion
7th Naval Construction Battalion
50th Field AA Battalion
2nd Provisional Base Force


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Sub attack near Koshiki-jima Retto at 99,60

Japanese Ships
TK Syoyo Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
DD Yukaze

Allied Ships
SS Drum, hits 1



SS Drum launches 4 torpedoes at TK Syoyo Maru
DD Yukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yukaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Yukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

wow, second tanker hit in two days... not showing up heavily damaged so I´m not sure the ship will actually go down...

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ASW attack near Truk at 111,109

Japanese Ships
DD Akigumo

Allied Ships
SS Seal



SS Seal is sighted by escort
Seal diving deep ....
DD Akigumo fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Akigumo fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Akigumo fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Akigumo fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Akigumo fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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ASW attack near Wakkanai at 123,48

Japanese Ships
DMS Teiko
DD Sanae
E Omae

Allied Ships
SS O19, hits 1



SS O19 is sighted by escort
O19 bottoming out ....
DD Sanae fails to find sub and abandons search
E Omae fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Omae fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Omae fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Omae attacking submerged sub ....
E Omae fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Omae fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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ASW attack near Toyohara at 124,48

Japanese Ships
DMS Teiko
DD Sanae
E Omae

Allied Ships
SS O19



SS O19 is sighted by escort
O19 diving deep ....
DD Sanae fails to find sub and abandons search
E Omae fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Omae fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Omae fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Omae fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Omae fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Omae fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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ASW attack near Milne Bay at 101,135

Japanese Ships
SS RO-63, heavy damage

Allied Ships
DD Express



SS RO-63 is located by DD Express
DD Express fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

our ASW TF reacted to the damaged RO-63 (reaction for ASW TFs works very well as they seem to react 100% of the time to spotted subs) but only Express tried to engage the sub which got away unspotted... is there a difference between a damaged or an undamaged sub?

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Ground combat at Shwebo (59,45)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 77290 troops, 1127 guns, 2465 vehicles, Assault Value = 3004

Defending force 52776 troops, 590 guns, 747 vehicles, Assault Value = 1805

Japanese ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled


Allied ground losses:
27 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Assaulting units:
2/1 AIF Pioneer Battalion
43rd Cavalry Regiment
I Aus Corps Engineer Battalion
255th Armoured Brigade
44th Cavalry Regiment
267th Armoured Brigade
2/2 AIF Pioneer Battalion
6th Australian Division
254th Armoured Brigade
2nd British Division
7th Australian Division
19th Indian Division
50th Tank Brigade
14th Indian Division
2/9th Field Regiment
XXXIII Indian Corps
77th Heavy AA Regiment
2/13th Field Regiment
IV Indian Corps
8th Medium Regiment
6th Heavy AA Regiment
2/11th Field Regiment
224 Group RAF
48th Light AA Regiment
2nd Ceylon H AA Regiment
22nd Light AA Regiment

Defending units:
6th Guards Division
33rd Division
55th Cavalry Regiment
38th Division
Guards Tank Division
27th JAAF AF Bn
35th Field AA Battalion
15th Army
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
55th Mountain Gun Regiment
6th Field AF Construction Battalion
85th JAAF AF Bn

like I´ve said, I like the way artillery is now better than it was pre patch but is this really ok? Quite a lot of tubes opend up today... fully supplied... we took more "casualties" than the enemy... in this region, in real life more soldiers would show up sick daily than all those artillery pieces were able to inflict today...

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Ground combat at Buna (99,129)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1518 troops, 47 guns, 46 vehicles, Assault Value = 690

Defending force 14410 troops, 164 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 353

Japanese ground losses:
38 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled)



Assaulting units:
Americal Infantry Division
40th Infantry Division
5th RAA Coastal Artillery Regiment
I US Amphib Corps
2nd Medium Regiment

Defending units:
Maizuru 1st SNLF
4th Division
83rd Naval Guard Unit
50th Field AA Battalion
6th Naval Construction Battalion
7th Naval Construction Battalion
2nd Provisional Base Force




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ASW attack near Wakkanai at 123,48

Japanese Ships
SC Ch 30

Allied Ships
SS Peto, hits 1



SS Peto is sighted by escort
Peto bottoming out ....
SC Ch 30 attacking submerged sub ....
SC Ch 30 is out of ASW ammo
SC Ch 30 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 30 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 30 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 30 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Koshiki-jima Retto at 100,60

Japanese Ships
TK Syoyo Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Drum



SS Drum launches 6 torpedoes

that´s the third hit on a tanker in three days... actually Syoyo Maru was hit yesterday and is now finished off... well done SS Drum...

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ASW attack near Fukue-jima at 100,58

Japanese Ships
SC CHa-41
DD Okikaze

Allied Ships
SS Halibut



SS Halibut is sighted by escort
Halibut diving deep ....
DD Okikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Okikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Okikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Okikaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Okikaze cannot establish contact with SS Halibut
DD Okikaze attacking submerged sub ....
SS Halibut eludes DD Okikaze by diving deep
DD Okikaze loses contact with SS Halibut
DD Okikaze cannot reach attack position over SS Halibut
DD Okikaze loses contact with SS Halibut
DD Okikaze loses contact with SS Halibut
Escort abandons search for sub


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ASW attack near Iriomote at 88,68

Japanese Ships
xAKL Ryua Maru
xAKL Horei Maru
xAKL Bokuei Maru
xAKL Kaishi Maru
PB Nigitsu Maru

Allied Ships
SS Grouper



SS Grouper is sighted by escort
Grouper diving deep ....
PB Nigitsu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Nigitsu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Nigitsu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Nigitsu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Nigitsu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Tokara Retto at 100,63

Japanese Ships
TK Koho Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
PB Syozui Maru

Allied Ships
SS Wahoo



SS Wahoo launches 6 torpedoes at TK Koho Maru
Wahoo diving deep ....
PB Syozui Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Syozui Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Syozui Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Syozui Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Syozui Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

what´s going on? Oil cargo burning, expect that one to be sunk also...

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Sub attack near Amoy at 84,62

Japanese Ships
SC CHa-21
SC CHa-27
SC CHa-37
SC CHa-29

Allied Ships
SS Grunion



Captain of SS Grunion elects not to launch torpedoes at this target
Grunion diving deep ....
SC CHa-37 fails to find sub and abandons search
SC CHa-29 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-29 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-29 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-29 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-29 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Morning Air attack on 26th Indian Division, at 56,48

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 13



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
13 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 11000 feet

as you can see, real coordination problems for my opponent too... got three messages of Zeroes missing the bombers... range from Rangoon is something like four or five hexes... same alt, base and target as the bombers...


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Morning Air attack on 23rd Indian Division, at 56,48

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 27
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 17
Ki-48-IIa Lily x 31
Ki-49-Ia Helen x 3



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 12 damaged
Ki-48-IIa Lily: 11 damaged
Ki-49-Ia Helen: 3 damaged


Allied ground losses:
62 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 9 (0 destroyed, 9 disabled)


Aircraft Attacking:
27 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
31 x Ki-48-IIa Lily bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb
3 x Ki-49-Ia Helen bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment ...
Also attacking 26th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 23rd Indian Division ...
Also attacking 24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment ...
Also attacking 23rd Indian Division ...
Also attacking 24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment ...
Also attacking 23rd Indian Division ...
Also attacking 24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment ...
Also attacking 23rd Indian Division ...
Also attacking 24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment ...
Also attacking 23rd Indian Division ...
Also attacking 24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment ...

at least he gets Tojos as escorts coming from a base in the North that is closer to the target than Rangoon... now tell me how this would work in real life... Zeroes from the big aerodrome at Rangoon can´t fly escort for the bombers from Rangoon, but Tojos from a jungle base near Mandalay that is closer to the target meet the bombers for escort duty...

coordination routine, it´s a joke... not one Zero was able to escort the bombers, not one... it works for both sides, no, better say it doesn´t work for both sides...

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Morning Air attack on 23rd Indian Division, at 56,48

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 8
Ki-49-Ia Helen x 21



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-Ia Helen: 15 damaged


Allied ground losses:
89 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled)


Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Ki-49-Ia Helen bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment ...
Also attacking 23rd Indian Division ...
Also attacking 24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment ...
Also attacking 23rd Indian Division ...

no Zeroes but this time Oscars coming from the North... the bombers are coming from the South!!! How big is the chance to see bombers from a base 700 miles away launching their fighters to escort bombers that are coming from a different location and fighters from the same base as the bombers failing to escort them again and again and again? Noone, not even the the air team lead can seriously think this is how it worked RL... but I´m sure there would be some kind of fantasy explanation and if that doesn´t help someone would say: leave him alone, he wasn´t even paid for...

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ASW attack near Tokara Retto at 99,63

Japanese Ships
TK Azuma Maru #2
PB Seki Maru #3

Allied Ships
SS Halibut



SS Halibut is sighted by escort
Halibut diving deep ....
PB Seki Maru #3 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Seki Maru #3 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Seki Maru #3 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Seki Maru #3 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Seki Maru #3 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Ground combat at Shwebo (59,45)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 590 troops, 50 guns, 26 vehicles, Assault Value = 1803

Defending force 87509 troops, 1271 guns, 2997 vehicles, Assault Value = 3003

Japanese ground losses:
27 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 5 (2 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Vehicles lost 4 (2 destroyed, 2 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Assaulting units:
55th Cavalry Regiment
6th Guards Division
33rd Division
38th Division
Guards Tank Division
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
35th Field AA Battalion
55th Mountain Gun Regiment
15th Army
27th JAAF AF Bn
6th Field AF Construction Battalion
85th JAAF AF Bn

Defending units:
50th Tank Brigade
255th Armoured Brigade
2nd British Division
19th Indian Division
6th Australian Division
44th Cavalry Regiment
2/1 AIF Pioneer Battalion
43rd Cavalry Regiment
254th Armoured Brigade
7th Australian Division
267th Armoured Brigade
I Aus Corps Engineer Battalion
2/2 AIF Pioneer Battalion
14th Indian Division
2/9th Field Regiment
2/13th Field Regiment
8th Medium Regiment
IV Indian Corps
224 Group RAF
2/11th Field Regiment
6th Heavy AA Regiment
XXXIII Indian Corps
48th Light AA Regiment
77th Heavy AA Regiment
2nd Ceylon H AA Regiment
22nd Light AA Regiment


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Ground combat at Shwebo (59,45)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 77273 troops, 1127 guns, 2465 vehicles, Assault Value = 3002

Defending force 52712 troops, 588 guns, 746 vehicles, Assault Value = 1803

Japanese ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled)


Assaulting units:
50th Tank Brigade
19th Indian Division
44th Cavalry Regiment
254th Armoured Brigade
255th Armoured Brigade
267th Armoured Brigade
2/2 AIF Pioneer Battalion
43rd Cavalry Regiment
7th Australian Division
I Aus Corps Engineer Battalion
6th Australian Division
2nd British Division
2/1 AIF Pioneer Battalion
14th Indian Division
224 Group RAF
2/11th Field Regiment
2/13th Field Regiment
48th Light AA Regiment
2nd Ceylon H AA Regiment
IV Indian Corps
XXXIII Indian Corps
2/9th Field Regiment
6th Heavy AA Regiment
8th Medium Regiment
77th Heavy AA Regiment
22nd Light AA Regiment

Defending units:
38th Division
6th Guards Division
55th Cavalry Regiment
33rd Division
Guards Tank Division
27th JAAF AF Bn
55th Mountain Gun Regiment
35th Field AA Battalion
6th Field AF Construction Battalion
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
15th Army
85th JAAF AF Bn

no need to do a bombardment...

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Ground combat at Buna (99,129)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1542 troops, 47 guns, 46 vehicles, Assault Value = 697

Defending force 14299 troops, 162 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 360

Japanese ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Assaulting units:
Americal Infantry Division
40th Infantry Division
5th RAA Coastal Artillery Regiment
I US Amphib Corps
2nd Medium Regiment

Defending units:
4th Division
Maizuru 1st SNLF
83rd Naval Guard Unit
6th Naval Construction Battalion
7th Naval Construction Battalion
50th Field AA Battalion
2nd Provisional Base Force




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ASW attack near Milne Bay at 101,134

Japanese Ships
SS I-17

Allied Ships
DD Electra
DD Decoy
DD Express
DD Encounter



SS I-17 launches 6 torpedoes at DD Electra
DD Express fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Encounter fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Express fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Express fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Express fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Express fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

Somehow I don´t like it that the enemy subs attack first so often...

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Sub attack near Fukue-jima at 100,59

Japanese Ships
SC CHa-32, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
SC CHa-1

Allied Ships
SS Greenling



SS Greenling launches 4 torpedoes at SC CHa-32
SC CHa-1 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-1 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-1 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-1 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-1 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

Mk-14 obliberates one of the hunters...

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ASW attack near Sapporo at 119,49

Japanese Ships
DMS Teiko
DD Sanae
E Omae

Allied Ships
SS Haddock



SS Haddock is sighted by escort
DD Sanae fails to find sub and abandons search
E Omae fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Omae fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Omae fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Omae fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Omae fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Laoag at 81,71

Japanese Ships
xAKL Kaishi Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
PB Nigitsu Maru

Allied Ships
SS Grouper



SS Grouper launches 6 torpedoes at xAKL Kaishi Maru
PB Nigitsu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Nigitsu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Nigitsu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Nigitsu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Nigitsu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

must be a good day, a small freighter is also sunk...

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Sub attack near Mussau Island at 104,120

Japanese Ships
DD Umikaze
DD Yugure
DD Hatsushima

Allied Ships
SS KXI



SS KXI launches 2 torpedoes at DD Umikaze
DD Yugure fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hatsushima fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Yugure fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yugure fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

we miss the bigger prize... lots of fast transports going around...
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Morning Air attack on 26th Indian Division, at 56,48

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 13



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
13 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 11000 feet

the Zeroes once more missed the bombers they were set to escort... really hard task to launch from the same base to escort your bombers... really

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Morning Air attack on 3rd Carabiniers Regiment, at 56,48

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-Ia Helen x 21



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-Ia Helen: 1 destroyed, 11 damaged


Allied ground losses:
15 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)


Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-49-Ia Helen bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 26th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 3rd Carabiniers Regiment ...
Also attacking 26th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 3rd Carabiniers Regiment ...

means the bombers were then coming in alone...

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Morning Air attack on Buna , at 99,129

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17F Fortress x 12
B-24D Liberator x 51
B-26 Marauder x 37


Allied aircraft losses
B-17F Fortress: 2 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 6 damaged



Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 71

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
14 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb

we´ve got our flying bunkers, no need to send escorts...

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Morning Air attack on Buna , at 99,129

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17F Fortress x 6
B-26 Marauder x 15


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Buna , at 99,129

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 8


Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Buna , at 99,129

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 8


Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Buna , at 99,129

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17F Fortress x 7


Allied aircraft losses
B-17F Fortress: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged



Runway hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

flak got a lucky kill...

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Sub attack near Dadjangas at 77,94

Japanese Ships
TK Nissho Maru
TK Tennan Maru
PB Chitose Maru

Allied Ships
SS Permit



SS Permit launches 4 torpedoes at TK Nissho Maru
Permit diving deep ....
PB Chitose Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Chitose Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Chitose Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Chitose Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Chitose Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Taihoku at 88,62

Japanese Ships
xAKL Sunten Maru, Torpedo hits 1
PB Muroran Maru

Allied Ships
SS Amberjack



SS Amberjack launches 6 torpedoes at xAKL Sunten Maru
PB Muroran Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Muroran Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Muroran Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Muroran Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Muroran Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

this one should be sunk after being hit by a torp so I´m not sure if it actually was hit...

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Sub attack near Fukue-jima at 100,59

Japanese Ships
xAK Ryotaku Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
PB America Maru

Allied Ships
SS Greenling

Japanese ground losses:
Vehicles lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)



SS Greenling launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Ryotaku Maru
Greenling diving deep ....
PB America Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB America Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB America Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB America Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB America Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

what´s going on today? 4 Mk-14 actually exploding... lucky day indeed...

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Ground combat at Shwebo (59,45)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 77317 troops, 1127 guns, 2468 vehicles, Assault Value = 3003

Defending force 52735 troops, 589 guns, 748 vehicles, Assault Value = 1803

Japanese ground losses:
148 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled


Allied ground losses:
49 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 3 (2 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Assaulting units:
I Aus Corps Engineer Battalion
7th Australian Division
6th Australian Division
2nd British Division
44th Cavalry Regiment
19th Indian Division
267th Armoured Brigade
255th Armoured Brigade
43rd Cavalry Regiment
2/2 AIF Pioneer Battalion
254th Armoured Brigade
2/1 AIF Pioneer Battalion
50th Tank Brigade
14th Indian Division
6th Heavy AA Regiment
2/11th Field Regiment
8th Medium Regiment
77th Heavy AA Regiment
2/13th Field Regiment
48th Light AA Regiment
2nd Ceylon H AA Regiment
XXXIII Indian Corps
2/9th Field Regiment
IV Indian Corps
224 Group RAF
22nd Light AA Regiment

Defending units:
33rd Division
55th Cavalry Regiment
6th Guards Division
38th Division
Guards Tank Division
15th Army
6th Field AF Construction Battalion
55th Mountain Gun Regiment
35th Field AA Battalion
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
27th JAAF AF Bn
85th JAAF AF Bn

I expect the enemy to sit behind level 4-6 forts so I doubt that we will be ever be able to break through here... we´re probably shred to pieces when we´re going to attack in 10-14 days... I´m waiting for another unit to show up here and also want to have level 2 forts for most of my units as I fear a counterattack that could throw us back... we´re in full supply though...

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Ground combat at Buna (99,129)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1550 troops, 47 guns, 46 vehicles, Assault Value = 706

Defending force 14131 troops, 160 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 361

Japanese ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Assaulting units:
Americal Infantry Division
40th Infantry Division
5th RAA Coastal Artillery Regiment
I US Amphib Corps
2nd Medium Regiment

Defending units:
4th Division
Maizuru 1st SNLF
83rd Naval Guard Unit
2nd Provisional Base Force
6th Naval Construction Battalion
50th Field AA Battalion
7th Naval Const Bn /287




thought the ship loss list would be interesting. I doubt that the IJN has lost a CV, we´ve hit Soryu and Hiryu with one torp each but I´m sure none went down from just one hit so this is FOW. BB Ise was heavily hit at Adak (where we lost a BB) and I had hopes she would be sunk too but has been just recently reported as being still afloat so it´s only BB Hyuga that has been sunk so far. The CA and CL losses should be correct and the DD losses should be pretty close too. So except the fact that we´ve lost one BB more we´re doing pretty good in shipping losses I think. Mind you, not one BB was lost at Pearl Harbour even though damage looked horrible after the first turn. I also doubt that I´ve really sunk 16 enemy SS, I guess it´s more like a dozen. We´ve lost 7 subs while only three of them were lost to enemy depth charges which pretty much proves that the enemy ASW is more or less useless when it comes to actually sinking our subs. Keeping them from attacking yes, sometimes they get some damaging hits but sinking our subs is pretty much an impossible job. Wonder if that will change later on with better IJN ASW platforms.




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ASW attack near Taihoku at 87,62

Japanese Ships
SC Ch 15
SC Ch 14

Allied Ships
SS Grunion



SS Grunion is sighted by escort
SC Ch 15 fails to find sub and abandons search
SC Ch 14 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 14 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 14 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 14 attacking submerged sub ....
SC Ch 14 is out of ASW ammo
SC Ch 14 is out of ASW ammo
SC Ch 14 is out of ASW ammo
SC Ch 14 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 14 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Taihoku at 88,62

Japanese Ships
xAKL Sunten Maru, on fire
PB Muroran Maru

Allied Ships
SS Sunfish



Captain of SS Sunfish elects not to launch torpedoes at this target
Sunfish diving deep ....
PB Muroran Maru attacking submerged sub ....
PB Muroran Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Muroran Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Muroran Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Muroran Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

this bugger was hit yesterday and staid afloat which is quite amazing...

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ASW attack near Milne Bay at 100,135

Japanese Ships
SS RO-64

Allied Ships
DD Decoy
DD Express
DD Encounter



SS RO-64 launches 6 torpedoes at DD Decoy
DD Express fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Encounter fails to find sub and abandons search
Escort abandons search for sub

again the enemy subs attack our ASW TF first... should it be the other way most of the times?

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Sub attack near Moppo at 100,52

Japanese Ships
PB Lushan Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Silversides



SS Silversides launches 6 torpedoes at PB Lushan Maru
Sub escapes detection

kill...

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Sub attack near Milne Bay at 101,134

Japanese Ships
SS I-17

Allied Ships
DD Electra
DD Decoy
DD Express
DD Encounter



SS I-17 launches 6 torpedoes at DD Electra
DD Express fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Encounter fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

and the second time today that our DDs are just acting as targets...

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Sub attack near Hamamatsu at 110,64

Japanese Ships
xAK Genoa Maru, Torpedo hits 1
xAK Genzan Maru
PB Kenan Maru

Allied Ships
SS Sculpin



SS Sculpin launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Genoa Maru
Sculpin diving deep ....
PB Kenan Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kenan Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kenan Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kenan Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kenan Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

while we get amazingly lot of exploding hits at the moment the damage done to the freighters doesn´t really seem severe...

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ASW attack near Tandjoengpinang at 51,86

Japanese Ships
DD Nagatsuki
DD Mikazuki

Allied Ships
SS KXVI



SS KXVI is located by DD Nagatsuki
KXVI bottoming out ....
DD Mikazuki fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Nagatsuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Nagatsuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Nagatsuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Nagatsuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Nagatsuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Nagatsuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Morning Air attack on Merauke , at 89,124

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 1



Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk IA x 14
B-17E Fortress x 38


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 55

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x Kittyhawk IA sweeping at 15000 feet

CAP engaged:
3rd Ku S-1 Det B with A6M2 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Raid is overhead

the bombers were coming from Cairns while the escorts were coming from Horn Island... interesting coordination given the fact I´m not able to get two fighter squadrons from the same base fly a sweep together...

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Morning Air attack on Merauke , at 89,124

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 23 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes


Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk IA x 7
B-17E Fortress x 8


No Allied losses



Runway hits 7

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Merauke , at 89,124

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 9


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 20

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Merauke , at 89,124

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes


Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk IA x 14
B-17E Fortress x 10


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 18

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on TF, near Merauke at 89,124

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes


Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk IA x 7
B-26 Marauder x 6


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
xAKL Misaki Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage



Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 3 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

guess I´ve found out how to use my medium bombers for naval attacks... needless to say that I was more than surprised to see 6 bombers scoring four hits considering the averag lownav skill is in the mid 20s... I don´t want to imagine what will happen when I can employ 70 lownav skilled pilots for all my medium bomber squadrons as this is what I´m planning to do. So far it was like having 70 air for fighter pilots and 70 navbomb for bomber pilots but due to having dropped something like 1800 x 500lb bombs from 6000ft against cruisers and merchants for not a single hit I had to change the training to lownav and that´s the only skill we´re going to train bomber pilots. Groundbombing is something that can be easily learnt by doing anyway so no need to train it. In 2 months at the latest I will have the first 100-150 pilots coming from my onmap training squadrons with lownav skill 70 and I´m going to start equipping my frontline squadrons with them. The limited numbers of Marauders (guess I´ve got some 80 left) together with a growing number of Mitchells should form a formidable anti shipping weapon, not to forget the Marine divebomber squadrons (and one Banshee squadron). After this attack I got quite confident to be honest...

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ASW attack near Hansa Bay at 99,121

Japanese Ships
xAKL Ujigawa Maru
PB Sento Maru

Allied Ships
SS O23



SS O23 is sighted by escort
O23 diving deep ....
PB Sento Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Sento Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Sento Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Sento Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Sento Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Ground combat at Shwebo (59,45)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 77336 troops, 1127 guns, 2466 vehicles, Assault Value = 3002

Defending force 52626 troops, 590 guns, 748 vehicles, Assault Value = 1796

Japanese ground losses:
48 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
354 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 21 disabled
Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 24 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Vehicles lost 15 (2 destroyed, 13 disabled)


Assaulting units:
50th Tank Brigade
43rd Cavalry Regiment
2/2 AIF Pioneer Battalion
19th Indian Division
I Aus Corps Engineer Battalion
44th Cavalry Regiment
254th Armoured Brigade
2/1 AIF Pioneer Battalion
267th Armoured Brigade
7th Australian Division
2nd British Division
6th Australian Division
255th Armoured Brigade
14th Indian Division
6th Heavy AA Regiment
IV Indian Corps
2/9th Field Regiment
2/13th Field Regiment
2/11th Field Regiment
8th Medium Regiment
77th Heavy AA Regiment
2nd Ceylon H AA Regiment
224 Group RAF
XXXIII Indian Corps
48th Light AA Regiment
22nd Light AA Regiment

Defending units:
38th Division
6th Guards Division
55th Cavalry Regiment
33rd Division
Guards Tank Division
55th Mountain Gun Regiment
35th Field AA Battalion
27th JAAF AF Bn
6th Field AF Construction Battalion
15th Army
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
85th JAAF AF Bn

sorry, but artillery has become a joke... don´t know what I should have called it pre patch and even though I now like it better than pre patch it´s just a joke... worse than WITP...

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Ground combat at Buna (99,129)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1591 troops, 47 guns, 46 vehicles, Assault Value = 707

Defending force 13942 troops, 160 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 364


Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled


Assaulting units:
Americal Infantry Division
40th Infantry Division
5th RAA Coastal Artillery Regiment
I US Amphib Corps
2nd Medium Regiment

Defending units:
4th Division
Maizuru 1st SNLF
83rd Naval Guard Unit
6th Naval Construction Battalion
50th Field AA Battalion
2nd Provisional Base Force
7th Naval Const Bn /287




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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 5/6/2010 1:20:02 PM   
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Sub attack near Truk at 112,109

Japanese Ships
xAK China Maru
PB Kyo Maru #6
PB Fumi Maru #3
xAK Daijukyo Maru
xAK Daihachikyo Maru
PB Kyo Maru #7

Allied Ships
SS Sailfish



SS Sailfish launches 4 torpedoes at xAK China Maru
Sailfish diving deep ....
PB Kyo Maru #7 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kyo Maru #7 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kyo Maru #7 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kyo Maru #7 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kyo Maru #7 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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ASW attack near San Francisco at 215,73

Japanese Ships
SS I-36

Allied Ships
AM Bayfield
AM Guysborough
AM Caraquet



SS I-36 is located by AM Bayfield
I-36 diving deep ....
AM Guysborough fails to find sub and abandons search
AM Caraquet fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Caraquet fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Caraquet fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Caraquet fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Caraquet fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Caraquet fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Shanghai at 95,56

Japanese Ships
xAKL Bunzan Maru
SC CHa-26

Allied Ships
SS Greenling



SS Greenling launches 6 torpedoes at xAKL Bunzan Maru
SC CHa-26 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-26 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-26 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-26 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-26 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Sydney at 92,168

Japanese Ships
SS I-27, hits 1

Allied Ships
DD Hull
DD Farragut
DD MacDonough



SS I-27 launches 6 torpedoes at DD Hull
DD MacDonough fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Hull attacking submerged sub ....
DD Hull fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hull fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hull attacking submerged sub ....
DD Hull fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Truk at 112,111

Japanese Ships
xAK Daijukyo Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
xAK Daihachikyo Maru
xAK China Maru
PB Kyo Maru #7

Allied Ships
SS Sailfish

Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



SS Sailfish launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Daijukyo Maru
PB Kyo Maru #7 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kyo Maru #7 attacking submerged sub ....
PB Kyo Maru #7 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kyo Maru #7 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kyo Maru #7 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

Sailfish attacks again and hits a troop transport going South from Truk... looks like the enemy is reinforcing the Solomons...

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ASW attack near Vigan at 78,73

Japanese Ships
PB Kiko Maru

Allied Ships
SS Seadragon



SS Seadragon is sighted by escort
PB Kiko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kiko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kiko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kiko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kiko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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ASW attack near Perth at 47,147

Japanese Ships
SS I-155, hits 5, heavy damage

Allied Ships
AM Outarde
AM Cairns



SS I-155 is sighted by escort
I-155 diving deep ....
AM Outarde fails to find sub and abandons search
AM Cairns attacking submerged sub ....
AM Cairns fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Cairns fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Cairns attacking submerged sub ....
AM Cairns attacking submerged sub ....
AM Cairns loses contact with SS I-155
Escort abandons search for sub

it´s AM Cairns that performs very well once again... the enemy sub takes two hits and a couple of near misses so I wonder how good the chances are for the sub to make it back home...

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ASW attack near Horn Island at 93,130

Japanese Ships
SS I-25

Allied Ships
AM Horsham
AM Kalgoorlie
xAKL Pelton Bank
xAKL Noora
xAKL Bidelia
xAKL Susana
xAKL Atlantic
AM Oriole
AM Wallaroo
AM Stawell



SS I-25 is sighted by escort
AM Oriole fails to find sub and abandons search
AM Wallaroo fails to find sub and abandons search
AM Stawell fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Stawell fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Stawell fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Stawell fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Stawell fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

supply convoy going to Horn Island...

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Sub attack near Tokara Retto at 100,63

Japanese Ships
TK Teikai Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
TK Shinetsu Maru
TK Fukoku Maru
TK Katsukawa Maru
PB Teiko Maru

Allied Ships
SS Sculpin



SS Sculpin launches 4 torpedoes at TK Teikai Maru
PB Teiko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Teiko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Teiko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Teiko Maru attacking submerged sub ....
PB Teiko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

nice one...

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Sub attack near Vigan at 79,73

Japanese Ships
xAK Kotohira Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
PB Kiko Maru

Allied Ships
SS Growler



SS Growler launches 6 torpedoes at xAK Kotohira Maru
Growler diving deep ....
PB Kiko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kiko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kiko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kiko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kiko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

like I´ve said, lots of exploding Mk-14 at the moment... can´t wait for early 43 and a dud rate of "only" 50% ...

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Sub attack near Fukue-jima at 98,59

Japanese Ships
PB Seikai Maru
xAKL Gyokurei Maru

Allied Ships
SS Shark



SS Shark launches 2 torpedoes at PB Seikai Maru
Shark diving deep ....
PB Seikai Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Seikai Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Seikai Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Seikai Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Seikai Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Morning Air attack on Buna , at 99,129

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 2



Allied aircraft
B-17F Fortress x 16
B-24D Liberator x 29


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17F Fortress: 3 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 4 damaged



Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 32

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
59th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Raid is overhead

our bombers aren´t impressed by those two IJAAF fighters... thank god we haven´t sent escorts though...

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Morning Air attack on Buna , at 99,129

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 1



Allied aircraft
B-17F Fortress x 9


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17F Fortress: 5 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
59th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Raid is overhead



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Morning Air attack on Buna , at 99,129

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 4



Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 23


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 4 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 16

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
59th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Raid is overhead



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Morning Air attack on Buna , at 99,129

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 2



Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 8


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 4 damaged



Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
59th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Raid is overhead



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ASW attack near Amoy at 84,62

Japanese Ships
SC Ch 13
SC Ch 15

Allied Ships
SS Amberjack



SS Amberjack is sighted by escort
Amberjack diving deep ....
SC Ch 15 attacking submerged sub ....
SC Ch 15 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 15 attacking submerged sub ....
SC Ch 15 is out of ASW ammo
SC Ch 15 is out of ASW ammo
SC Ch 15 is out of ASW ammo
SC Ch 15 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 15 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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ASW attack near Amoy at 84,62

Japanese Ships
SC Ch 13

Allied Ships
SS Amberjack, hits 1



SS Amberjack is located by SC Ch 13
Amberjack diving deep ....
SC Ch 13 attacking submerged sub ....
SC Ch 13 attacking submerged sub ....
SC Ch 13 is out of ASW ammo
SC Ch 13 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 13 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 13 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

Amberjack is hit and retires with moderate damage to Hawaii...

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Sub attack near Mussau Island at 105,115

Japanese Ships
DD Akigumo

Allied Ships
SS Perch, hits 1



SS Perch launches 4 torpedoes at DD Akigumo
Perch diving deep ....
DD Akigumo fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Akigumo attacking submerged sub ....
DD Akigumo fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Akigumo fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Akigumo fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Ground combat at Buna (99,129)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1585 troops, 47 guns, 46 vehicles, Assault Value = 708

Defending force 13871 troops, 160 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 365


Allied ground losses:
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Assaulting units:
40th Infantry Division
Americal Infantry Division
5th RAA Coastal Artillery Regiment
I US Amphib Corps
2nd Medium Regiment

Defending units:
Maizuru 1st SNLF
4th Division
83rd Naval Guard Unit
6th Naval Construction Battalion
2nd Provisional Base Force
50th Field AA Battalion
7th Naval Const Bn /287

we need those combat engineers... have checked how many of them I´ve got available in total and therer aren´t really a lot of those units so they are worth a lot and we really have to prep them for the right targets...

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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 5/6/2010 2:50:00 PM   
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Status: offline 		I've been training in low level naval bombing for medium bombers and fighter-bombers for as soon as I had them around to train. My plan is to use heavies primarily as basebusters and mediums primarily as anti shipping bombers.

I have many B25 and B26 squadrons with low level naval bombing averages around 65+, and the Beau squadrons have strafing and low level bombing both at around 65+ as well. I'm waiting to see what's gonna happen when these babies find some soft skinned targets to strafe and skip bomb.

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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 5/6/2010 3:08:46 PM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: EUBanana

I've been training in low level naval bombing for medium bombers and fighter-bombers for as soon as I had them around to train. My plan is to use heavies primarily as basebusters and mediums primarily as anti shipping bombers.

I have many B25 and B26 squadrons with low level naval bombing averages around 65+, and the Beau squadrons have strafing and low level bombing both at around 65+ as well. I'm waiting to see what's gonna happen when these babies find some soft skinned targets to strafe and skip bomb.



our game is ahead of the AAR and there were some more B-26 anti shipping missions and they did very, very well. And this with their extremely low skill which is quite amazing and I wonder if it´s wad. Unfortunetely I made the mistake of having all my bomber training squadrons doing navbomb training from day one of the war just too find out in mid/late 42 that medium bombers can´t hit anything from 6000ft even when they´re flown by 70 skilled crews. Like I´ve said, my medium bombers (6000ft) and my heavy bombers (10000ft) dropped something like 1800 x 500lb bombs for not even a single hit which I found pretty much off considering their navbomb skill between 65 and 70.

I´m now planning to use my bombers the same way you do. One interesting aspect now also is the replacement rate of 18 Australian Beauforts equipped with torps. Those will be very welcome too.

< Message edited by castor troy -- 5/6/2010 3:10:12 PM >

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