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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Oct 03, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Manus at 101,119, Range 8,000 Yards Japanese Ships PB Sento Maru, Shell hits 29, and is sunk Allied Ships CA Chester CA Chicago CA New Orleans CA Astoria CA Minneapolis CA San Francisco DD Benham DD Ellet DD Stack DD Sterett DD Wilson DD Lang DD Selfridge DD Phelps the bombardment TF meets the earlier spotted PB at Manus (probably moving in some supplies, something the unescorted xAK failed in) and dispatches the vessel easily... Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards Range closes to 21,000 yards... Range closes to 16,000 yards... Range closes to 11,000 yards... Range closes to 8,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 8,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 8,000 yards CA San Francisco engages PB Sento Maru at 8,000 yards Range closes to 5,000 yards CA San Francisco engages PB Sento Maru at 5,000 yards DD Lang engages PB Sento Maru at 5,000 yards Hori A. orders Japanese TF to disengage Range closes to 2,000 yards PB Sento Maru sunk by CA San Francisco at 2,000 yards Combat ends with last Japanese ship sunk... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Bataan at 78,77 - Coastal Guns Fire Back! 13 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships BB Ise BB Fuso BB Mutsu BB Nagato Allied ground losses: 22 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 4 BB Ise firing at Manila Bay Defenses Manila Bay Defenses firing at BB Ise BB Fuso firing at Manila Bay Defenses Manila Bay Defenses firing at BB Fuso BB Mutsu firing at Bataan Manila Bay Defenses firing at BB Nagato BB Nagato firing at Manila Bay Defenses have I already said how ridicoulosly the game models coast defenses? Noone can stand up saying I had a bad die roll, this is happening for the 5th or 6th time now and we have yet to score a single hit on the enemy ships bombarding a place that is defended by real heavy CD... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Manus at 101,119 Allied Ships CA San Francisco CA Minneapolis CA Astoria CA New Orleans CA Chicago CA Chester DD Phelps DD Selfridge DD Lang DD Wilson DD Sterett DD Stack DD Ellet DD Benham Japanese ground losses: 207 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 34 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled Airbase hits 21 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 59 Port hits 14 after dispatching the PB the heavy cruisers work over the island hitting both the base installations and 54th Div that is defending the island... Manus is also on the list of shortly coming targets so I wonder if 54th Div is in full strenght defending the island... 25000 troops reported being there but the real number will be smaller, have 1000 av prepping for the target, including two full Inf divisions, several tank units, combat engineers and support, should be doable... single, unescorted xAK and now this PB might be an indication that the islands in the area are running short of supplies which could really speed up the fall of the enemy stronghold... CA San Francisco firing at 54th Division CA Minneapolis firing at Manus CA Astoria firing at Manus CA New Orleans firing at 54th Division CA Chicago firing at Manus CA Chester firing at Manus DD Phelps firing at 54th Division DD Selfridge firing at Manus DD Lang firing at Manus DD Wilson firing at 54th Division DD Sterett firing at Manus DD Stack firing at 54th Division DD Ellet firing at 54th Division DD Benham firing at 54th Division -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pre-Invasion action off Rabaul (106,125) - Coastal Guns Fire Back! Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 136 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships CA Hawkins CL Ceres CL Dauntless CL Durban CL Danae CL Adelaide DD Van Ghent DD Van Nes DD Witte de With DD Kortenaer DD Piet Hein AP Crescent City DD Stuart Japanese ground losses: 5 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled CA Hawkins firing at 10th Special Base Force 10th Special Base Force firing at CA Hawkins CL Ceres firing at 10th Special Base Force 10th Special Base Force firing at CL Ceres CL Dauntless firing at 10th Special Base Force 10th Special Base Force firing at CL Dauntless CL Durban firing at 22nd Air Flotilla CL Danae firing at 48th Field AA Battalion CL Adelaide firing at 10th Special Base Force 10th Special Base Force firing at CL Adelaide DD Van Ghent firing at 10th Special Base Force 10th Special Base Force firing at DD Van Ghent 10th Special Base Force firing at DD Van Nes DD Van Nes firing at 10th Special Base Force 10th Special Base Force firing at DD Witte de With DD Witte de With firing at 10th Special Base Force DD Kortenaer firing at 10th Special Base Force 10th Special Base Force firing at DD Kortenaer DD Piet Hein firing at 10th Special Base Force 10th Special Base Force firing at DD Piet Hein DD Van Nes fired at enemy troops DD Piet Hein fired at enemy troops Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 4,000 yards Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 1,000 yards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Rabaul (106,125) TF 28 troops unloading over beach at Rabaul, 106,125 Allied ground losses: 111 casualties reported Squads: 13 destroyed, 10 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 3 (2 destroyed, 1 disabled) Vehicles lost 8 (5 destroyed, 3 disabled) Rabaul got no coast defense and our troops storm ashore in good order suffering only the usual inevitable losses to accidents... 81mm M1 Mortar lost from landing craft during unload of 41st Infantry Div /4 Motorized Support lost in surf during unload of 40th Infantry Div /5 13 troops of a USA 41 Rifle Squad lost overboard during unload of 40th Infantry Div /8 Motorized Support dropped into water during unload of 40th Infantry Div /12 11 troops of a AIF Inf Section 42 accidentally lost during unload of 2nd Australian Div 11 troops of a AIF Inf Section 42 lost from landing craft during unload of 2nd Australian Div /4 12 troops of a Vickers Section lost from landing craft during unload of 5th Australian Div /1 11 troops of a AIF Inf Section 42 lost in surf during unload of 5th Australian Div /3 11 troops of a AIF Inf Section 42 lost from landing craft during unload of 5th Australian Div /5 11 troops of a AIF Inf Section 42 accidentally lost during unload of 5th Australian Div /6 11 troops of a AIF Inf Section 42 lost overboard during unload of 5th Australian Div /8 11 troops of a AIF Inf Section 42 lost in surf during unload of 2nd Australian Div /8 11 troops of a AIF Inf Section 42 accidentally lost during unload of 2nd Australian Div /10 Motorized Support dropped into water during unload of I Australian Corps 12 Support troops accidentally lost during unload of I Australian Corps /5 M3 Stuart Light Tank damaged beyond repair during unload of 193rd Tank Bn Motorized Support accidentally lost during unload of 5th Australian Div /13 81mm M1 Mortar lost in surf during unload of 754th Tank Bn /3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pre-Invasion action off Rabaul (106,125) - Coastal Guns Fire Back! Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 98 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships CL Trenton CL Detroit CL Raleigh CL Concord CLAA Van Heemskerck xAP Benrinnes DE Starling CL Trenton firing at 10th Special Base Force 10th Special Base Force firing at CL Trenton CL Detroit firing at 10th Special Base Force 10th Special Base Force firing at CL Detroit CL Raleigh firing at 10th Special Base Force 10th Special Base Force firing at CL Raleigh CL Concord firing at 10th Special Base Force 10th Special Base Force firing at CL Concord CLAA Van Heemskerck firing at 10th Special Base Force Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 5,000 yards Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 1,000 yards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Rabaul (106,125) TF 37 troops unloading over beach at Rabaul, 106,125 Allied ground losses: Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) 12 Aviation Support troops accidentally lost during unload of 137th USA Base Force /2 12 Support troops lost overboard during unload of 137th USA Base Force /4 12 Support troops accidentally lost during unload of 137th USA Base Force /5 Motorized Support damaged beyond repair during unload of 109th USN Base Force /6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pre-Invasion action off Gasmata (103,127) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 4 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships CL Sumatra CL Java xAP Kota Inten CL Sumatra firing at 4th Indpt SNLF Coy CL Java firing at 4th Indpt SNLF Coy -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Gasmata (103,127) TF 150 troops unloading over beach at Gasmata, 103,127 Allied ground losses: 22 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 15 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled at the same time the two Raider btn land at Gasmata... they only had 60 prep but the embarking goes quite well... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Rabaul (106,125) - Coastal Guns Fire Back! Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 94 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships CA Hawkins CL Ceres CL Dauntless CL Durban CL Danae, Shell hits 2 CL Adelaide, Shell hits 3 DD Van Ghent DD Evertsen DD Piet Hein AP Crescent City DD Stuart DD Banckert suddenly 10th Special Base Force opened up fire at our light cruisers scoring 5 (non damaging) hits... the cruisers replied and silenced the batteries... 10th Special Base Force firing at CA Hawkins CL Ceres firing at 10th Special Base Force 10th Special Base Force firing at CL Ceres 10th Special Base Force firing at CL Durban CL Danae firing at 10th Special Base Force 10th Special Base Force firing at CL Danae 10th Special Base Force firing at CL Adelaide CL Adelaide firing at 10th Special Base Force DD Evertsen firing at 10th Special Base Force 10th Special Base Force firing at DD Evertsen DD Piet Hein firing at 10th Special Base Force 10th Special Base Force firing at DD Piet Hein DD Van Ghent fired at enemy troops DD Evertsen fired at enemy troops DD Piet Hein fired at enemy troops Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Rabaul (106,125) - Coastal Guns Fire Back! Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 104 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships CL Trenton CL Detroit CL Raleigh CL Concord CLAA Van Heemskerck xAP Benrinnes DE Starling Japanese ground losses: 7 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 57 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled majority of the combat troops ashore already... only support and supply to be unloaded at this stage... 10th Special Base Force firing at CL Trenton CL Trenton firing at 10th Special Base Force 10th Special Base Force firing at CL Detroit CL Detroit firing at 10th Special Base Force 10th Special Base Force firing at CL Raleigh CL Raleigh firing at 10th Special Base Force CL Concord firing at 10th Special Base Force 10th Special Base Force firing at CL Concord CLAA Van Heemskerck firing at 10th Special Base Force 10th Special Base Force firing at CLAA Van Heemskerck Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 76 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 24 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 24 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 42 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 41 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 damaged Ki-48-Ib Lily: 8 damaged Allied ground losses: 8 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 18 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 26 Aircraft Attacking: 16 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 24 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 25 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on NS KNIL Territory Regiment, at 46,79 , near Tandjoengbalai Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 16 Ki-21-IIa Sally x 18 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 15 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 16 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 18 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb Also attacking North Sumatra Base Force ... Also attacking WS KNIL Territory Regiment ... Also attacking West Sumatra Base Force ... Also attacking NS KNIL Territory Regiment ... Also attacking WS KNIL Territory Regiment ... Also attacking NS KNIL Territory Regiment ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Manus , at 101,119 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 47 B-24D Liberator x 39 B-26 Marauder x 77 Allied aircraft losses B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 17 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 40 Airbase supply hits 15 Runway hits 179 another heavy attack on Manus just to make sure... there is no flak fire above the base at all which either indicates there is no flak there at all or the base has run out of supply already... both seems strange to me conisdering Cuttlefish has placed 54th Div on the island... Aircraft Attacking: 15 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 14 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 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-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 12 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 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-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 8 x B-17E 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 6 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Manus , at 101,119 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 9 No Allied losses Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 8 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Manus , at 101,119 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 1 minutes Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 8 No Allied losses Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 11 Aircraft Attacking: 8 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Manus , at 101,119 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 7 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 5 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 4 Aircraft Attacking: 7 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Manus , at 101,119 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Allied aircraft B-24D Liberator x 8 Allied aircraft losses B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 5 Aircraft Attacking: 8 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Manus , at 101,119 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Allied aircraft B-24D Liberator x 8 No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 4 Aircraft Attacking: 8 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Manus , at 101,119 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 38 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 4 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 8 Aircraft Attacking: 8 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Manus , at 101,119 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Allied aircraft B-26 Marauder x 12 No Allied losses Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 13 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb endless stream of dispersed bombers show up... compare these strikes from a level 9 airfield that doesn't suffer from any stacking penalty with my fully coordinated strikes from a horrible overstacked CV TF and you may be going if you have ever taken part in one of those CV stacking discussion threads... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Manus , at 101,119 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 6 No Allied losses Runway hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Manus , at 101,119 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 8 No Allied losses Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 8 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Manus , at 101,119 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 8 No Allied losses Airbase hits 3 Runway hits 10 Aircraft Attacking: 8 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Manus , at 101,119 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft B-24D Liberator x 6 No Allied losses Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 8 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb a CV TF can't hold as many CVs I would need to overstack to form such uncoordinated strikes... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Bataan , at 78,77 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 110 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 37 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 13 Ki-21-IIa Sally x 25 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 42 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 damaged Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 10 Aircraft Attacking: 13 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 12000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 12 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 12000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 13 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 12000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Kavieng , at 106,122 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft Martlet II x 6 F4F-4 Wildcat x 60 SBD-3 Dauntless x 195 TBF-1 Avenger x 88 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-57-I Topsy: 2 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses SBD-3 Dauntless: 16 damaged TBF-1 Avenger: 9 damaged Airbase hits 9 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 41 lol, see... just another one... all enemy airfields in the area are trashed, the invasion of Rabaul is going in in absolute safety... Aircraft Attacking: 7 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000' Airfield Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 9 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000' Airfield Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 15 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000' Airfield Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 4 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000' Airfield Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 15 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 8 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000' Airfield Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 9 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Airfield Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 14 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000' Airfield Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 8 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000' Airfield Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 15 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 8 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000' Airfield Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 7 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000' Airfield Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 15 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Airfield Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 11 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000' Airfield Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 14 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 8 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Airfield Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 4 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000' Airfield Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 4 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000' Airfield Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 5 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000' Airfield Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 4 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Airfield Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 8 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000' Airfield Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 4 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000' Airfield Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 8 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Airfield Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 4 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000' Airfield Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 5 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Airfield Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 1 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000' Airfield Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 8 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Airfield Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 8 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Airfield Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 4 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Airfield Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 8 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Airfield Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 4 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000' Airfield Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 8 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000' Airfield Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 4 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Airfield Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 4 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Airfield Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 4 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000' Airfield Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Rabaul (106,125) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 48 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships xAK Goulburn DD Evertsen CL Adelaide xAK Autolycus CA Hawkins xAK Aldinga AP Crescent City DD Stuart DD Banckert xAP Tak Sang those 8cm guns aren't really a threat either... 8cm/40 T88 DP Gun Battery engaging xAK Goulburn at 12,000 yards CL Adelaide firing to suppress enemy battery at 12,000 yards 8cm/40 T88 DP Gun Battery engaging xAK Autolycus at 12,000 yards CA Hawkins firing to suppress enemy battery at 12,000 yards 8cm/40 T88 DP Gun Battery engaging xAK Aldinga at 12,000 yards CA Hawkins firing to suppress enemy battery at 12,000 yards Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 1,000 yards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Rabaul (106,125) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 54 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships xAK Cardross CL Trenton CL Detroit xAK Aroona CL Raleigh xAP Benrinnes DE Starling xAK Santa Rita Allied ground losses: 18 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled 8cm/40 T88 DP Gun Battery engaging xAK Cardross at 10,000 yards CL Detroit firing to suppress enemy battery at 10,000 yards 8cm/40 T88 DP Gun Battery engaging xAK Aroona at 10,000 yards CL Trenton firing to suppress enemy battery at 10,000 yards CL Trenton firing to suppress enemy battery at 10,000 yards CL Detroit firing to suppress enemy battery at 10,000 yards Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 3986 troops, 255 guns, 283 vehicles, Assault Value = 2080 Defending force 63582 troops, 840 guns, 584 vehicles, Assault Value = 1877 Japanese ground losses: Guns lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled) Allied ground losses: 86 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) Vehicles lost 3 (2 destroyed, 1 disabled) Assaulting units: 7th Tank Regiment 11th/B Division 48th Division 8th Tank Regiment 4th Tank Regiment 38th Division 16th Division 11th/A Division 3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment 2nd Tank Regiment 65th Brigade 11th/C Division 15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 20th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment 2nd Hvy.Artillery Regiment 2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 3rd Mortar Battalion 14th Army 21st Ind. Engineer Regiment 11th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 1st Art.Mortar Regiment 2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment 14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion Defending units: 51st PA Infantry Division 71st PA Infantry Division 192nd Tank Battalion 61st PA Infantry Division 57th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team 1st PA Infantry Division 81st PA Infantry Division 194th Tank Battalion 4th Marine Regiment 31st Infantry Regiment 21st PA Infantry Division 11th PA Infantry Division 14th PS Engineer Regiment 91st PA Infantry Division 31st PA Infantry Division 45th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team 2nd PA Constabulary Division USAFFE 41st PA Infantry Division 200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment Manila USAAF Base Force PAF Aviation I Philippine Corps 86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion Clark Field USAAF Base Force 803rd Engineer Aviation Battalion Provisional GMC Grp 88th PS Field Artillery Regiment 1st PI Base Force Asiatic Fleet II Philippine Corps 301st PA Field Artillery Regiment -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Luganville (120,150) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 530 troops, 36 guns, 38 vehicles, Assault Value = 622 Defending force 12094 troops, 106 guns, 23 vehicles, Assault Value = 131 Assaulting units: 24th Infantry Division 25th Infantry Division 116th USAAF Base Force 111th USN Base Force 154th FA Bn 112th USA Base Force 198th Field Artillery Battalion Defending units: 11th Garrison Unit 1st Ind. Engineer Regiment 10th RF Gun Battalion 32nd Special Base Force 45th JNAF AF Unit 39th JNAF AF Unit 26th Air Flotilla /1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Talasea (103,125) Allied Shock attack Attacking force 248 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 21 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Allied adjusted assault: 18 Japanese adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 18 to 1 (fort level 0) Allied forces CAPTURE Talasea !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-) Assaulting units: 1st USMC Parachute Bn /1 majority of a para bn takes the dot North of Gasmata... are you missing something? You might have noticed that there is no IJ bombardment due to our troops landing at Rabaul, which must either mean we see a bug, or there is nothing there able to fire at my troops... asked Cuttlefish if he has completely abandoned Rabaul of combat troops... as it looks, it will be total overkill what we have landed at the place but due to the need of 3 months of planning I had to make sure I bring enough to the party and in three months the situation could change dramatically...
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