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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 13, 42
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Invasion Support action off Port Blair (46,58)
18 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
DMS W-11
xAP Manzyu Maru
Japanese ground losses:
49 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
DMS W-11 fired at enemy troops
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 1,000 yards
rest of the IJ troops is coming ashore, the base will be either lost today already or will fall in the next days... enemy got a 3:1 advantage, we got lvl 3 forts, a jungle hex and nearly 100% prepped troops (the enemy troops can´t be more than 20% prepped at best)...
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Invasion Support action off Batavia (49,98)
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force
5 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
xAK Toba Maru
CL Kinu
SC Ch 23
SC Ch 22
SC Ch 21
xAK Hukusei Maru
75mm CD Gun Battery engaging xAK Toba Maru at 8,000 yards
SC Ch 23 firing to suppress enemy battery at 8,000 yards
SC Ch 23 fired at enemy guns
SC Ch 22 fired at enemy guns
SC Ch 21 fired at enemy guns
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Invasion Support action off Port Blair (46,58)
21 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
CL Kashii
PB Tokotsu Maru
PB Naruto Maru #3
PB Sozan Maru
PB Eiko Maru
PB Eifuku Maru
AK Kaga Maru
E Shimushu
Japanese ground losses:
21 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
PB Tokotsu Maru fired at enemy troops
PB Naruto Maru #3 fired at enemy troops
PB Sozan Maru fired at enemy troops
PB Eiko Maru fired at enemy troops
PB Eifuku Maru fired at enemy troops
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards
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Invasion Support action off Port Blair (46,58)
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force
15 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
AMC Bankok Maru
PB Choko Maru #5
Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
AMC Bankok Maru firing at 45th Indian Brigade
PB Choko Maru #5 fired at enemy troops
AMC Bankok Maru fired at enemy troops
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Invasion Support action off Batavia (49,98)
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force
2 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
E Saga
xAP Huso Maru
E Saga fired at enemy guns
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Sampit at 55,97, Range 9,000 Yards
Japanese Ships
CA Nachi
CL Tama
DD Hayashio
DD Amatsukaze
DD Shiratsuyu
DD Shigure
DD Umikaze
DD Suzukaze
Allied Ships
AVP Poolster, Shell hits 9, and is sunk
Reduced sighting due to 7% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 7% moonlight: 9,000 yards
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
Range closes to 9,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 9,000 yards
Japanese launch Long Lance torpedoes at 9,000 yards before allies detect Japanese presence
Range closes to 8,000 yards
CA Nachi engages AVP Poolster at 8,000 yards
DD Shigure engages AVP Poolster at 8,000 yards
Range closes to 6,000 yards
CA Nachi engages AVP Poolster at 6,000 yards
DD Suzukaze engages AVP Poolster at 6,000 yards
Range closes to 3,000 yards
AVP Poolster sunk by CA Nachi at 3,000 yards
AVP Poolster sunk by CA Nachi at 3,000 yards
Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk...
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TF 13 encounters mine field at Batavia (49,98) - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
7 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
DMS W-20, Shell hits 2, on fire
DMS W-10, Shell hits 2, on fire
Allied ground losses:
21 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
lol, enemy DMS now try to clear mines and are even targeted by my trashed CD unit...
Batavia Coastal Gun Battalion firing at DMS W-20
DMS W-20 firing at Batavia Coastal Gun Battalion
DMS W-10 firing at Batavia Coastal Gun Battalion
Batavia Coastal Gun Battalion firing at DMS W-10
15 mines cleared
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Submarine attack near Batavia at 49,98
Japanese Ships
DMS W-20, on fire
Allied Ships
SS S-36
DMS W-20 is sighted by SS S-36
SS S-36 launches 4 torpedoes
doesn´t mean my MK-10 wouldn´t be DUDs... is this for real???????
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Night Naval bombardment of Port Blair at 46,58
Japanese Ships
CA Kumano
CA Mikuma
CA Atago
CA Takao
CL Jintsu
DD Usugumo
DD Arashio
DD Michishio
DD Oshio
DD Arashi
DD Nowaki
DD Maikaze
Allied ground losses:
363 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 31 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 25
Port hits 14
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 10
this is pretty close to a nuke...
CA Kumano firing at Port Blair
CA Mikuma firing at 45th Indian Brigade
CA Atago firing at Port Blair
CA Takao firing at Port Blair
CL Jintsu firing at Port Blair
DD Usugumo firing at Port Blair
DD Arashio firing at Port Blair
DD Michishio firing at Port Blair
DD Oshio firing at Port Blair
DD Arashi firing at Port Blair
DD Nowaki firing at Port Blair
DD Maikaze firing at Port Blair
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Invasion Support action off Port Blair (46,58)
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force
18 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
DMS W-11
xAP Manzyu Maru
DMS W-11 fired at enemy troops
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Invasion Support action off Port Blair (46,58)
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force
16 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
PB Choko Maru #5
AMC Bankok Maru
xAP Kasado Maru
PB Choko Maru #5 fired at enemy troops
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Amphibious Assault at Batavia (49,98)
TF 99 troops unloading over beach at Batavia, 49,98
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Invasion Support action off Port Blair (46,58)
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force
18 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
PB Tokotsu Maru
PB Naruto Maru #3
PB Sozan Maru
PB Eiko Maru
PB Eifuku Maru
AK Kaga Maru
PB Tokotsu Maru fired at enemy troops
PB Naruto Maru #3 fired at enemy troops
PB Sozan Maru fired at enemy troops
PB Eiko Maru fired at enemy troops
PB Eifuku Maru fired at enemy troops
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Invasion Support action off Batavia (49,98)
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force
3 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
xAKL Kokuei Maru, Shell hits 1
CL Kinu
SC Ch 22
SC Ch 23
SC Ch 21
xAK Hukusei Maru
75mm CD Gun Battery engaging xAKL Kokuei Maru at 9,000 yards
SC Ch 22 firing to suppress enemy battery at 9,000 yards
SC Ch 23 fired at enemy guns
SC Ch 22 fired at enemy guns
SC Ch 21 fired at enemy guns
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Invasion Support action off Port Blair (46,58)
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force
17 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
DMS W-11
xAP Manzyu Maru
DMS W-11 fired at enemy troops
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Invasion Support action off Port Blair (46,58)
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force
17 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
PB Choko Maru #5
AMC Bankok Maru
xAK Kokuryu Maru
PB Choko Maru #5 fired at enemy troops
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Invasion Support action off Batavia (49,98)
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force
3 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
E Saga
xAP Huso Maru
E Saga fired at enemy guns
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Invasion Support action off Port Blair (46,58)
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force
14 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
PB Tokotsu Maru
PB Naruto Maru #3
PB Sozan Maru
PB Eiko Maru
PB Eifuku Maru
AK Kaga Maru
PB Tokotsu Maru fired at enemy troops
PB Naruto Maru #3 fired at enemy troops
PB Sozan Maru fired at enemy troops
PB Eiko Maru fired at enemy troops
PB Eifuku Maru fired at enemy troops
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TF 13 encounters mine field at Batavia (49,98) - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
6 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
DMS W-10, Shell hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
Batavia Coastal Gun Battalion firing at DMS W-10
DMS W-10 firing at Batavia Coastal Gun Battalion
9 mines cleared
lol, I really like that... for what reason ever, firing at enemy minesweepers doesn´t seem to be a problem for the totally shot up CD unit...
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TF 13 encounters mine field at Batavia (49,98) - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
3 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
DMS W-10, Shell hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
Batavia Coastal Gun Battalion firing at DMS W-10
DMS W-10 firing at Batavia Coastal Gun Battalion
6 mines cleared
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TF 134 encounters mine field at Batavia (49,98) - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
4 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
DMS W-13, Shell hits 2, on fire
Batavia Coastal Gun Battalion firing at DMS W-13
DMS W-13 firing at Batavia Coastal Gun Battalion
11 mines cleared
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ASW attack near Townsville at 92,144
Japanese Ships
SS RO-68, hits 5
Allied Ships
AVD Gillis
AVD Williamson
xAP Kota Baroe
xAP Matua
xAK Toendjoek
xAK Tasman
PG Moresby
AM Matai
AM Bunbury
AM Townsville
enemy subs have been sitting in my base hex for weeks...
SS RO-68 is sighted by escort
PG Moresby fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Matai fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Bunbury fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Townsville attacking submerged sub ....
AM Townsville cannot establish contact with SS RO-68
AM Townsville cannot reach attack position over SS RO-68
PG Moresby fails to find sub and abandons search
AM Matai fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Bunbury fails to find sub and abandons search
AM Townsville fails to find sub and abandons search
AM Matai fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Matai fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Matai fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Matai fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Matai fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
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Sub attack near Batavia at 49,98
Japanese Ships
DMS W-10, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
Allied Ships
SS S-36
SS S-36 launches 2 torpedoes
then we sink a dead ship...
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ASW attack near Quinhon at 67,68
Japanese Ships
xAK Azuchisan Maru
xAK Zyuyo Maru
xAKL Yagi Maru
xAKL Hidaka Maru
TB Hayabusa
Allied Ships
SS Pike
SS Pike is sighted by escort
Pike diving deep ....
TB Hayabusa fails to find sub, continues to search...
TB Hayabusa attacking submerged sub ....
TB Hayabusa cannot reach attack position over SS Pike
SS Pike eludes TB Hayabusa by diving deep
TB Hayabusa cannot establish contact with SS Pike
TB Hayabusa fails to find sub, continues to search...
TB Hayabusa fails to find sub, continues to search...
TB Hayabusa fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Soerabaja at 56,104
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 4
G3M2 Nell x 6
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
TM-12
TM-14
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 7000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
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and then the highlight of the day...
Morning Air attack on TF, near Horn Island at 94,128
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
F2A-3 Buffalo x 4
F4F-3A Wildcat x 17
F4F-3 Wildcat x 30
SBD-3 Dauntless x 122
TBD-1 Devastator x 59
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 damaged
SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 destroyed by flak
TBD-1 Devastator: 1 damaged
as you can see, KB moved one hex shorter than we´ve expected but still ended up at the expected 9 hex to our carriers... as the last two days, the IJN convoys didn´t move and this time we moved close enough to also see our TBD attacking at 5 hexes so we were in perfect strike range... knowing that US torpedo bombers are only worth 1/10 of IJN torp bombers, we have set them to attack with bombs as this is something they are able to do... the two carrier TFs launch a perfectly coordinated strike and overcast meant perfect weather... in total 181 bombers were attacking three or four different TFs, mainly focussing on the enemy troop transports that carry most of the troops that took Horn Island so that includes also an IJA division that is hit hard now... a good number of bombers also attack the cruiser squadron that is covering the troop convoys, as expected there are no enemy BBs around... heavy cruiser Furutaka takes a 1000lb bomb that blows up her magazine which was pretty much the start of the carnage... Myoko, Kako and Haguro all take 1000lb bombs that should do some damage, none of them shows up being heavily damaged though... nevertheless I usually expect an IJN heavy cruiser to sink after taking three 1000lb bombs while being 1500 miles away of the next major port... Kinugasa also took a 1000lb bomb but seems not to be effected at all... now it´s definetely nice to see those heavy cruisers being hit (the biggest threat of all IJN ships besids their carriers) but the main target of course were the transports... I expect 15-17 of them being sunk today, all carrying troops and while it only shows some 3800 casualties during the attack, I expect to have destroyed major parts of the enemy division plus other smaller units...
this attack means already to have stopped the reinforcement of IJ troops at PM cold and we´re going to try to wreck havoc within what is left of the enemy convoys... having convoys full of troops for days in the area without KB nearby is a little overconfident, I had my carriers in the area for weeks already, sitting under a 200 fighter Cap umbrella at Townsville so all that had to happen was KB to move back to Rabaul or Truk, which it does, leaving those precious convoys alone for too long...
Japanese Ships
CL Tatsuta
xAK Macassar Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Tokyo Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires
CL Sendai
DD Oyashio
CA Haguro, Bomb hits 3, on fire
xAP Ussuri Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP Dairen Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
xAK Yoneyama Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Anzan Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
CA Furutaka, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
xAK Ume Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP Ukishima Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
xAP Hoten Maru, Bomb hits 10, and is sunk
AK Sasako Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
CA Myoko, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires
xAK Shikano Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP Taizan Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
xAK Kinkai Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires
PC Ashi
CA Kinugasa, Bomb hits 1
xAK Ayatosan Maru
xAP Keihuku Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP Shanghai Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
AK Sakura Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires
DD Inazuma, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Kozui Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Hokuroku Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Azuchi Maru
DD Natsushio
xAP Tsingtao Maru
xAK Manila Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
CA Kako, Bomb hits 2, on fire
AK Kinka Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
Japanese ground losses:
3387 casualties reported
Squads: 73 destroyed, 59 disabled
Non Combat: 71 destroyed, 141 disabled
Engineers: 15 destroyed, 6 disabled
Guns lost 35 (16 destroyed, 19 disabled)
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
5 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
15 x TBD-1 Devastator bombing from 6000 feet *
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
12 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
7 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
15 x TBD-1 Devastator bombing from 6000 feet *
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
13 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
9 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
14 x TBD-1 Devastator bombing from 6000 feet *
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
6 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
8 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
15 x TBD-1 Devastator bombing from 6000 feet *
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
13 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
3 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
4 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
7 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
5 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
9 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
4 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
4 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
4 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
4 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Tokyo Maru
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Macassar Maru
Magazine explodes on CA Furutaka
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CA Myoko
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Shikano Maru
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAP Shanghai Maru
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CA Haguro
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Kozui Maru
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Hokuroku Maru
Massive explosion on xAK Anzan Maru
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAP Hoten Maru
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAP Ukishima Maru
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAP Ussuri Maru
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring AK Kinka Maru
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Inazuma
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAP Keihuku Maru
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Afternoon Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
Weather in hex: Light cloud
this was the expected and inevitable strike from KB against my cruisers...
Raid detected at 113 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 42 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 48
B5N2 Kate x 74
D3A1 Val x 96
Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 40
P-40E Warhawk x 53
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 12 destroyed
B5N2 Kate: 15 destroyed, 7 damaged
D3A1 Val: 21 destroyed, 9 damaged
D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed by flak
Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed on ground
P-40E Warhawk: 5 destroyed, 4 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 3 destroyed on ground
Allied Ships
CA Louisville, Bomb hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
CL Leander, Bomb hits 3, on fire
CL Boise, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires
CA Pensacola
CA Canberra, Bomb hits 1
DD Stuart
CA Australia, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1
CL Achilles
CL Perth, Bomb hits 1
DD Le Triomphant
DD Flusser
Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 10
KB was totally clouded in but that didn´t stop it from launching a fully coordinated strike... what is obvious is that this isn´t a fully combined KB, I think there is at least one carrier missing... out of the roughly 160 fighters on Cap at PM we see only 93 intercepting which is a totally frustrating ratio and we pay the price in having fighters destroyed on the ground as well as not providing as much air cover for the cruisers as expected... nevertheless a good number of fighters were able to break through the escorts and targeting the bombers which took a beating... not enough to stop them from sinking CA Louisville and causing damage to other ships of the task force... seeing parts of the enemy bombers being on airfield attack pretty much confirms my thoughts that the enemy didn´t expect us to be in the area, let alone attacking with our carriers or having this cruiser squadron at Port Moresby... losing that heavy cruiser is something I don´t like but it was worth it this time and I think we trade Louisville for three enemy CA being sunk while all the fully loaden transports would have been worth it already...
so what does the afternoon bring...
Aircraft Attacking:
10 x D3A1 Val releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
17 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo
11 x D3A1 Val releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb
15 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo
3 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
3 x D3A1 Val releasing from 2000'
Airfield Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb
20 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 7000 feet
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
8 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
6 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb
11 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
3 x D3A1 Val releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
4 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb
4 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000'
Airfield Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
50th PG/11th PS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 10 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes
11 planes vectored on to bombers
35th PG/39th PS with P-39D Airacobra (0 airborne, 10 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 20 minutes
4 planes vectored on to bombers
35th PG/40th PS with P-39D Airacobra (0 airborne, 11 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 13000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes
11 planes vectored on to bombers
35th PG/41st PS with P-39D Airacobra (3 airborne, 10 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 21 minutes
2 planes vectored on to bombers
35th PG/70th PS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 9 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes
4 planes vectored on to bombers
13rd PS (P) with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 11 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes
7 planes vectored on to bombers
17th PS (P) with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 11 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes
11 planes vectored on to bombers
Also attacking Port Moresby ...
Also attacking Port Moresby ...
Also attacking Port Moresby ...
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CA Louisville
Also attacking Port Moresby ...
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CL Leander
Massive explosion on CA Australia
Also attacking Port Moresby ...
and what happened in the afternoon? NOTHING!!!! GRRRRRRRRRRRRRR... no strikes being launched... while we still had 180 bombers on our carriers and there was nice weather over both our carriers and the enemy convoys in range - NO STRIKE... pfff...
mission accomplished though, Port Moresby is absolutely safe for the moment and if he wants to take the place then he has to pick up some other division and if he isn´t able to do that in the next couple of weeks he won´t have the oh so magic amphib bonus anymore so any landing attempt will have serious problem... the enemy carriers lost about 40% of the available bombers so I wouldn´t expect a full speed movement towards our carriers but I´m not sure mortar thinks the same because his actions weren´t really foreseeable in the past and knowing what superhuman IJN carrier bombers are I don´t want to have 80 of them attacking my carriers if I don´t have to. So that means my carriers will return to Townsville to sit under a nice Cap umbrella in more or less total safety while I have dispatched some cruiser squadrons to go hunt down the rest of the enemy fleet which is suspected to either try bringing everything afloat to Port Moresby to unload there or, more likely, to go to Horn Island to land the troops at their friendly base... all heavy cruisers have been hit and most of them are heavily damaged and we have at least twice the number of heavy cruisers so let´s see what the next days will bring...
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Sub attack near French Frigate Shoal at 171,108
Japanese Ships
SS I-174
Allied Ships
xAKL Honomu, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
PC Tiger
one of my small convoys around Hawaii is losing a ship, using these convoys to resupply all those little atolls...
SS I-174 launches 2 torpedoes at xAKL Honomu
PC Tiger attacking submerged sub ....
PC Tiger cannot establish contact with SS I-174
SS I-174 eludes PC Tiger by diving deep
PC Tiger fails to find sub, continues to search...
PC Tiger fails to find sub, continues to search...
PC Tiger attacking submerged sub ....
PC Tiger cannot reach attack position over SS I-174
PC Tiger fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
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ASW attack near Quinhon at 67,68
Japanese Ships
xAKL Yagi Maru
xAKL Tonegawa Maru
xAKL Hidaka Maru
TB Hayabusa
Allied Ships
SS Pike
SS Pike is sighted by escort
Pike diving deep ....
TB Hayabusa fails to find sub, continues to search...
TB Hayabusa fails to find sub, continues to search...
TB Hayabusa fails to find sub, continues to search...
TB Hayabusa fails to find sub, continues to search...
TB Hayabusa fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
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Invasion Support action off Port Blair (46,58)
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force
22 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
DMS W-11
xAP Manzyu Maru
DMS W-11 fired at enemy troops
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Ground combat at Port Blair (46,58)
Japanese Shock attack 
Attacking force 29335 troops, 314 guns, 240 vehicles, Assault Value = 975
Defending force 8821 troops, 29 guns, 88 vehicles, Assault Value = 328
Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1
Japanese adjusted assault: 1144
Allied adjusted defense: 125 
Japanese assault odds: 9 to 1 (fort level 1)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Port Blair !!!
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), morale(-), experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+)
Japanese ground losses:
1512 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 61 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 21 destroyed, 8 disabled
Guns lost 15 (1 destroyed, 14 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
8379 casualties reported
Squads: 390 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 334 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 14 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 27 (27 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 66 (66 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 8
Assaulting units:
55th Infantry Regiment
56th Engineer Regiment
5th Division
Imperial Guards Division
6th Tank Regiment
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Medium FA Rgt /1
113th Infantry Rgt /3
Defending units:
6th Burma Rifles Battalion
Tenasserim BAF Battalion
4th Burma Rifles Battalion
44th Indian Brigade
3rd Burma Rifles Battalion
45th Indian Brigade
108th/2 Base Force
Port Blair RN Det
wow, really don´t know what I love more, the idiotic Japanese amphib bonus that has no historic justification at all or the ground combat model of this GAME... both go hand in hand and then we come up with threads about how overpowered Allied 4E bombers are... speaking as a truly Japanese fanboy of WITP times, no matter how you see it, if you have read books about how real life looked like and you still think the Japanese aren´t given truly massive goodies for game balance they never had in real life, then I suggest to pick up those books and have a look again...
and yes, it is and always was only my fault to see this happening, as I should have known better... so only blame me, don´t blame the amphib bonus, no matter how silly it is... nevertheless mortar is using the amphib bonus to good effect, no matter how flawed his advances on Singapore and Clark Field were (both places saw the IJA being kicked out) and how his invasions have gone so far, with the amphib bonus he took all those places he wanted to do... if he continues doing it that way, he will have a real problem that starts on 1st April when the iditioc bonus is no more and the Japanese actually also need preparation for invasions...
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Ground combat at Batavia (49,98)
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 13381 troops, 163 guns, 38 vehicles, Assault Value = 446
Defending force 588 troops, 8 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5
Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2
Japanese adjusted assault: 778
Allied adjusted defense: 1
Japanese assault odds: 778 to 1 (fort level 2)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Batavia !!!
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), leaders(+)
Attacker: shock(+)
Japanese ground losses:
53 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Allied ground losses:
664 casualties reported
Squads: 52 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 66 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 8 (8 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1
Assaulting units:
33rd Division
21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion
15th Army
55th Mountain Gun Regiment
33rd JAAF AF Coy
Defending units:
Batavia Coastal Gun Battalion
saving Port Moresby and dishing out that blow to the enemy convoys down there was a big victory but the loss of the two bgds at Port Blair was a defeat so this turn wasn´t as good as it could have been, especially as my carriers didn´t launch strikes in the afternoon for no reason...
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RE: The next generation - mortar (J) vs castor troy (A)... - 
no doubt the enemy will take the place easily now, thanks amphib bonus... my own fault, I know how biased the game is when it comes down to torp bombers, amphib bonus and naval combat so why the hell was I so silly to reinforce Port Blair... MY OWN FAULT!!! Boy, I have not been away long enough... 
but hey, my fault again... I know how the game works, I do give tips not to do this or that, it is my fault to engage enemy ships, even if they were totally shot up before and are mostly fleeing... it is nothing but my fault because I know how the game is designed and how it has been working for years already... 
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