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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 08, 42
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Invasion Support action off Tandjoengselor
Japanese Ships
SC Ch 8
SC Ch 8 firing at enemy troops
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Sub attack near Rabaul at 106,127
Japanese Ships
xAK Kazan Maru, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage
PB Nikkai Maru
xAK Yae Maru
xAK Ryunan Maru
xAKL Konsan Maru
PB Taiko Maru
PB Shotoku Maru
Allied Ships
SS S-28
SS S-28 launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Kazan Maru
S-28 diving deep ....
PB Taiko Maru fails to find sub and abandons search
PB Shotoku Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
a fat transport is sent to hell, one of the rare occasions when more than one torp hits it´s target. But with the better damage routines of AE a single torp usually is enough to cause real trouble to a merchant which IMO is better than what we´ve seen in WITP.
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Submarine attack near Kabara at 137,162
Japanese Ships
SS I-168
Allied Ships
xAP Santa Barbara, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
xAP Santa Barbara is sighted by SS I-168
SS I-168 launches 2 torpedoes
Rainer takes immediete revenge though, killing a precious AP on it´s way to Pago Pago to pick up the fragment of a Marine def btn. 2 hits out of 2 shots... the AP went down immedietely...
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Morning Air attack on Lusu War Area , at 92,49
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes
Japanese aircraft
B5M1 Mabel x 5
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
37 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B5M1 Mabel bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
more training for some IJN Mabels...
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Morning Air attack on Soerabaja , at 56,104
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 4
Allied aircraft
B-339D x 36
CW-21B Demon x 11
75A-7 Hawk x 9
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
CAP engaged:
1-Vl.G.IV with 75A-7 Hawk (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling)
6 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters to 25000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 5 minutes
2-Vl.G.IV with CW-21B Demon (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
8 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters to 25000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 6 minutes
3-Vl.G.IV with B-339D (3 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling)
9 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters to 25000.
Raid is overhead
1-VI.G.V with B-339D (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters to 25000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes
2e-1-VI.G.V Groep with B-339D (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters to 25000.
Raid is overhead
3e-1-VI.G.V Groep with B-339D (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 25000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes
2-VI.G.V with B-339D (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters to 25000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 5 minutes
3-VI.G.V with B-339D (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
8 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters to 25000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes
with the bounce and completely outnumbering the enemy we amazingly were able to take down a Zero for no loss (during the combat replay)... must have been the biggest victory for the Dutch so far... 
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Morning Air attack on Soerabaja , at 56,104
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid detected at 12 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 6
Allied aircraft
B-339D x 34
CW-21B Demon x 11
75A-7 Hawk x 9
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
B-339D: 1 destroyed
CW-21B Demon: 1 destroyed
CAP engaged:
1-Vl.G.IV with 75A-7 Hawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 6 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 25000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes
2-Vl.G.IV with CW-21B Demon (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 7 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 25000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes
3-Vl.G.IV with B-339D (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 5 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 25000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes
1-VI.G.V with B-339D (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 25000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes
2e-1-VI.G.V Groep with B-339D (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 25000
Raid is overhead
3e-1-VI.G.V Groep with B-339D (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 25000
Raid is overhead
2-VI.G.V with B-339D (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 25000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes
3-VI.G.V with B-339D (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 25000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes
but there´s another halve dozen more Zeros coming in and two of the Dutch defenders were shot down with a couple more being damaged... a Zero crashes on it´s way home, total losses were 4 Dutch and 2 Zeroes... an excellent ratio... after seeing the two small sweeps I was waiting for some bombers to show up but unfortunetely none came in... a pity... the fighters are stood down again...
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Lae at 99,126
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 10
B-17E Fortress x 6
Allied aircraft losses
B-17D Fortress: 1 damaged
Japanese Ships
xAK Shofuku Maru
xAKL Totai Maru
xAKL Bichu Maru
Aircraft Attacking:
10 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 6000 feet *
Naval Attack: 4 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet *
Naval Attack: 4 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
extended range means reduced bomb load, so not much of a chance to actually hit something... have yet to catch enemy TFs while unloading...
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Lae at 99,126
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 6
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
xAKL Higari Maru
PB Tama Maru #8
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 6000 feet *
Naval Attack: 4 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
all bombers launch from the same base but the strike is going in completely piece meal again, no idea why... no overstacking and a nice airfield big enough for the heavy bombers...
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Lae at 99,126
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid detected at 44 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes
Allied aircraft
LB-30 Liberator x 6
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
xAK Daifuku Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
xAK Shofuku Maru
Japanese ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x LB-30 Liberator bombing from 6000 feet
Naval Attack: 8 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
the third strike against the convoy at Lae then scores a 500lb bomb hit on a freighter... the Libs are still operating at normal range when attacking targets in the Lae hex...
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,133
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 10
B-17E Fortress x 4
Allied aircraft losses
B-17D Fortress: 4 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged
Japanese Ships
xAP Huzi Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires
CA Kako
Japanese ground losses:
115 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
10 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Naval Attack: 8 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
4 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Naval Attack: 8 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAP Huzi Maru
the first strike in the afternoon is flown against a convoy at Milne bay (dot base at the moment). A big xAP is hit twice, most attacks were flown against the heavy cruiser covering the convoy... it´s good to see the heavy bombers starting to score some hits lately though...
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Lae at 99,126
Weather in hex: Light rain
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 5
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
xAKL Bichu Maru
xAK Daifuku Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet *
Naval Attack: 4 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Daifuku Maru
small strike against the convoy at Lae again and the already damaged Daifuku Maru takes another two 500lb bomb hits... that´s her doome I guess...
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,133
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 6
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
xAP Huzi Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
xAP Buenos Aires Maru
Japanese ground losses:
55 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Naval Attack: 8 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAP Huzi Maru
Huzi Maru takes a third bomb hit but still doesn´t show heavy damage... tough ship, it´s a big AP and a nice valuable target... perhaps it would have been better to use some smaller APs to reinforce the frontline as they aren´t as valuable and more but smaller APs would unload faster... but what am I saying, I´m using my Queen to pick up troops from small atolls...
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,133
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes
Allied aircraft
LB-30 Liberator x 6
Allied aircraft losses
LB-30 Liberator: 1 damaged
Japanese Ships
CA Kako
xAP Huzi Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
Japanese ground losses:
351 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 25 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 23 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x LB-30 Liberator bombing from 6000 feet
Naval Attack: 8 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAP Huzi Maru
and here´s the fourth hit on the big AP, guess the ship is in serious trouble now... what I don´t like to see is the reinforcing of Milne Bay, this makes it pretty much obvious that Rainer wants to build up this base and we´ve spotted another TF going into this direction... both Milne Bay and Port Moresby are vulnerable though and he will need some troops to effectively defend them I guess...
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ASW attack near Lae at 99,126
Japanese Ships
PB Tama Maru #8
xAK Shofuku Maru
xAKL Totai Maru
PB Shonon Maru #15
PB Sonan Maru #5
Allied Ships
SS Gudgeon
SS Gudgeon is sighted by escort
Gudgeon bottoming out ....
PB Shonon Maru #15 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Sonan Maru #5 fails to find sub and abandons search
PB Shonon Maru #15 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
our sub was driven off...
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Ground combat at Kukong (79,57)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 3507 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 126
Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0
Japanese adjusted assault: 122
Allied adjusted defense: 1
Japanese assault odds: 122 to 1 (fort level 1)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Kukong !!!
Combat modifiers
Attacker:
Assaulting units:
66th Infantry Regiment
somewhere in China IIRC...
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Ground combat at Tandjoengselor (68,92)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 1664 troops, 10 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 64
Defending force 1043 troops, 22 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 11
Japanese adjusted assault: 25
Allied adjusted defense: 13
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), morale(-), experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
28 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Allied ground losses:
76 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
I./124th Infantry Battalion
2nd Sasebo SNLF Coy
Defending units:
VII KNIL Battalion
Tarakan Base Force
tough little Dutch defenders...
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Ground combat at Lautem (72,115)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 487 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 21
Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0
Japanese adjusted assault: 20
Allied adjusted defense: 1
Japanese assault odds: 20 to 1 (fort level 1)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Lautem !!!
Combat modifiers
Attacker:
Assaulting units:
1st Sasebo SNLF Coy
Timor has been secured against no opposition...
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Ground combat at Tandjoengselor (68,92)
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 436 troops, 10 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 7
Defending force 1636 troops, 10 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 61
Assaulting units:
VII KNIL Battalion
Tarakan Base Force
Defending units:
I./124th Infantry Battalion
2nd Sasebo SNLF Coy
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