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RE: The Elephant Vanishes : obvert (J) vs Historiker_Sq... - 6/29/2018 11:58:22 AM   
obvert


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Finally time to catch up. Dan certainly keeps up on the turns, and we've been doing two a day sometimes, so not as much time as I'd like to update.

On the 31st the Allies get a 1:2 on Ketoi. It does well in disabling Japanese troops but doesn't lower forts. Still this looks like with the singular focus of constant bombardments and air strikes it won't take much longer to break through.

Down South troops are retreating in order and will make Rangoon and Pegu without serious threats against them. The NZ 12th Brigade land with about 1/3 disablements, probably not prepped completely.

On Nov 1 the Allied bring in yet more troops to Ketoi.

Near Pegu in the clear hex the Allies get decent bombing results but at a cost. They lose around 20 bombers on the day. Our troops will have good conditions to recover once they reach the base at Pegu.

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Oct 31, 1944
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Ground combat at Ketoi-jima (134,50)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 70693 troops, 942 guns, 1352 vehicles, Assault Value = 1697

Defending force 37921 troops, 451 guns, 13 vehicles, Assault Value = 708

Allied adjusted assault: 576

Japanese adjusted defense: 651

Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 3)

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

Japanese ground losses:
2127 casualties reported
Squads: 9 destroyed, 194 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 36 disabled
Engineers: 15 destroyed, 18 disabled

Allied ground losses:
1305 casualties reported
Squads: 40 destroyed, 87 disabled
Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 51 disabled
Engineers: 6 destroyed, 34 disabled
Guns lost 22 (2 destroyed, 20 disabled)
Vehicles lost 41 (7 destroyed, 34 disabled)

Assaulting units:
1st Army Tank Regiment
6th Infantry Division
XI Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
706th Tank Battalion
4th Marine Division
8th Australian Division
5th USMC Tank Battalion
3rd Marine Division
364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
1st Regiment
148th Field Artillery Battalion
2nd Medium Regiment
4th Field Artillery Battalion
237th USN Base Force
Provisional GMC Grp

Defending units:
71st Division
45th Ind.Mixed Brigade
36th Ind.Mixed Brigade
109th Div /1
34th Const Co
5th RF Gun Battalion
3rd FF Const Unit
85th Naval Guard Unit
1st Base Force
49th Mountain Gun Regiment
11th Ind.Mixed Regiment
25th Special Base Force



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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Nov 1, 1944
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Amphibious Assault at Ketoi-jima (134,50)

TF 198 troops unloading over beach at Ketoi-jima, 134,50

Allied ground losses:
239 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 30 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 31 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 9 (0 destroyed, 9 disabled)
Vehicles lost 6 (0 destroyed, 6 disabled)

12 troops of a Vickers Section 43 lost in surf during unload of 12th NZ Bde
11 troops of a NZ Inf Section 43 accidentally lost during unload of 12th NZ Bde /3

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Morning Air attack on 2nd Guards Division, at 56,52 , near Pegu

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 77 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25D Mitchell x 6
A-20G Havoc x 3
B-17E Fortress x 9
B-24J Liberator x 4
B-25C Mitchell x 6
B-25D1 Mitchell x 3
B-25G Mitchell x 3
P-40N5 Warhawk x 69

Allied aircraft losses
B-25D Mitchell: 5 damaged
B-25D Mitchell: 1 destroyed by flak
A-20G Havoc: 2 damaged
A-20G Havoc: 1 destroyed by flak
B-17E Fortress: 9 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 3 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 4 damaged
B-25D1 Mitchell: 2 damaged
B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 destroyed by flak
B-25G Mitchell: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
375 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 30 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 9 (1 destroyed, 8 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B-25D Mitchell bombing from 8000 feet *
Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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< Message edited by obvert -- 7/23/2018 2:00:26 PM >

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RE: The Elephant Vanishes : obvert (J) vs Historiker_Sq... - 6/29/2018 12:14:03 PM   
obvert


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On the 2nd the Allied DA gets a 1:2 again, miraculously, but the forts are dropped to 2. This is the beginning of the end. The Allies invaded on the 14th of July and so it looks like they'll get the base within about three weeks of that time.

The IJA makes it to Pegu without major losses, but several divisions have significant disablements. Now ofr some healing. The more healthy units will transfer from Rangoon and the injured will go there to be helped by the Southern Command HQ and better facilities.

A big day on the 3rd as heavy strikes hit Pegu. The CAP is waiting as does a decent job getting to bombers and cutting through the sweeps at a decent ratio. The Allies lose about 110 planes for about 90 Japanese. The Allied bombers are really getting hit now though, and I'm not sure how long his pools will last at this rate. all of the groups seem reduced in size recently, so they either have a lot of damaged or can't get enough replacements.

The Allies also take a shot on a DA near Rangoon, getting only a 1:3. They suffer pretty heavy losses, but the IJA has significant disablements too. Luckily all get back into the good terrain and level 6 forts of Rangoon now. It'll be a little while before the next attack, so they should have time to heal up.

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Nov 2, 1944
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Ground combat at Ketoi-jima (134,50)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 76859 troops, 1007 guns, 1501 vehicles, Assault Value = 1719

Defending force 34501 troops, 442 guns, 13 vehicles, Assault Value = 484

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 2

Allied adjusted assault: 623

Japanese adjusted defense: 839

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

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

Japanese ground losses:
1523 casualties reported
Squads: 31 destroyed, 64 disabled
Non Combat: 14 destroyed, 43 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 16 disabled
Guns lost 34 (4 destroyed, 30 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
976 casualties reported
Squads: 26 destroyed, 103 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 15 disabled
Engineers: 6 destroyed, 25 disabled
Guns lost 14 (4 destroyed, 10 disabled)
Vehicles lost 33 (8 destroyed, 25 disabled)

Assaulting units:
364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
5th USMC Tank Battalion
6th Infantry Division
XI Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
706th Tank Battalion
1st Regiment
1st Army Tank Regiment
3rd Marine Division
8th Australian Division
4th Marine Division
12th NZ Brigade
Provisional GMC Grp
2nd Medium Regiment
237th USN Base Force
4th Field Artillery Battalion
148th Field Artillery Battalion
I Corps Cmbt Engr Rgt /2

Defending units:
45th Ind.Mixed Brigade
36th Ind.Mixed Brigade
71st Division
109th Div /1
11th Ind.Mixed Regiment
5th RF Gun Battalion
85th Naval Guard Unit
3rd FF Const Unit
1st Base Force
49th Mountain Gun Regiment
34th Const Co
25th Special Base Force

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Ground combat at 56,52 (near Pegu)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 13320 troops, 367 guns, 581 vehicles, Assault Value = 2234

Defending force 558 troops, 24 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Allied adjusted assault: 45

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 45 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
114 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 29 (27 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 5 (2 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Units retreated 1

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
150th RAC Regiment
268th Motorised Brigade
22nd (East African) Brigade
17th Indian Division
6th Australian Division
45th Indian Brigade
11th Indian Division
72nd British Brigade
50th Tank Brigade
6th Chinese Corps
97th Field Artillery Battalion
1st USMC Field Artillery Battalion
181st Field Artillery Regiment
XV Indian Corps
24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
87th Medium Regiment
86th Coast AA Regiment
85th Medium Regiment
2/11th Field Regiment
101st Heavy AA Regiment
86th Medium Regiment
6th Medium Regiment
2nd Indian Heavy AA Regiment
2/13th Field Regiment
249th Field Artillery Battalion
168th Field Artillery Regiment
32nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment

Defending units:
122nd AA Regiment

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Nov 3, 1944
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Morning Air attack on 122nd AA Regiment, at 55,53 (Pegu)

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 75 NM, estimated altitude 43,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K5-J George x 33
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 15
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 22
Ki-84a Frank x 14
Ki-84b Frank x 14
Ki-100-I Tony x 23

Allied aircraft
Thunderbolt I x 39
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 19
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 21

Japanese aircraft losses
N1K5-J George: 3 destroyed
Ki-43-IV Oscar: 1 destroyed
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 2 destroyed
Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed
Ki-84b Frank: 1 destroyed
Ki-100-I Tony: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Thunderbolt I: 1 destroyed
P-47D2 Thunderbolt: 1 destroyed
P-47D25 Thunderbolt: 4 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x Thunderbolt I sweeping at 42000 feet
9 x Thunderbolt I sweeping at 42000 feet
10 x P-47D25 Thunderbolt sweeping at 42000 feet
12 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 42000 feet
3 x Thunderbolt I sweeping at 42000 feet

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Morning Air attack on 118th Division, at 55,53 (Pegu)

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 77 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 26 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K5-J George x 27
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 13
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 16
Ki-84a Frank x 13
Ki-84b Frank x 11
Ki-100-I Tony x 19

Allied aircraft
SB-III x 10
Beaufort I x 3
Hurricane IIc Trop x 1
A-20G Havoc x 3
B-17E Fortress x 9
B-25G Mitchell x 3
P-40N5 Warhawk x 18

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
SB-III: 4 destroyed, 5 damaged
Beaufort I: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
Beaufort I: 1 destroyed by flak
A-20G Havoc: 2 destroyed
B-17E Fortress: 9 damaged
B-25G Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
P-40N5 Warhawk: 7 destroyed

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

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x SB-III bombing from 12000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 100 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on 122nd AA Regiment, at 55,53 (Pegu)

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 71 NM, estimated altitude 44,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K5-J George x 24
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 11
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 14
Ki-84a Frank x 13
Ki-84b Frank x 9
Ki-100-I Tony x 15

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 1
Spitfire VIII x 16

Japanese aircraft losses
N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed
Ki-84b Frank: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIc Trop: 1 destroyed
Spitfire VIII: 4 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x Spitfire VIII sweeping at 41500 feet

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Morning Air attack on 108th Division, at 55,53 (Pegu)

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 31 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K5-J George x 16
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 6
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 4
Ki-84a Frank x 5
Ki-84b Frank x 2
Ki-100-I Tony x 1

Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIc x 15
Vengeance I x 9
P-40N5 Warhawk x 25

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Beaufighter VIc: 6 destroyed, 2 damaged
Beaufighter VIc: 1 destroyed by flak
Vengeance I: 5 damaged
Vengeance I: 2 destroyed by flak
P-40N5 Warhawk: 8 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Vengeance I releasing from 3000'
Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on 2nd Guards Division, at 55,53 (Pegu)

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 73 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 25 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K5-J George x 8
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 4
Ki-84a Frank x 4
Ki-84b Frank x 1
Ki-100-I Tony x 1

Allied aircraft
Beaufort I x 7
B-24D1 Liberator x 3
B-24J Liberator x 4
B-25G Mitchell x 3
P-40N5 Warhawk x 19
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 14
P-51B Mustang x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed
Ki-43-IV Oscar: 1 destroyed
Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Beaufort I: 7 damaged
B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 3 damaged
B-25G Mitchell: 1 destroyed by flak
P-40N5 Warhawk: 3 destroyed
P-51B Mustang: 1 destroyed

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

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Beaufort I bombing from 12000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Ground combat at 55,52 (near Rangoon)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 171183 troops, 2014 guns, 2290 vehicles, Assault Value = 5653

Defending force 122893 troops, 1166 guns, 552 vehicles, Assault Value = 3523

Allied adjusted assault: 1891

Japanese adjusted defense: 6967

Allied assault odds: 1 to 3

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

Japanese ground losses:
2985 casualties reported
Squads: 27 destroyed, 539 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 35 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled
Guns lost 242 (17 destroyed, 225 disabled)
Vehicles lost 74 (4 destroyed, 70 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
10455 casualties reported
Squads: 79 destroyed, 371 disabled
Non Combat: 153 destroyed, 125 disabled
Engineers: 5 destroyed, 74 disabled
Guns lost 186 (14 destroyed, 172 disabled)
Vehicles lost 134 (11 destroyed, 123 disabled)

Assaulting units:
50th Indian Para Brigade
29th British Brigade
81st (West African) Division
255th Indian Tank Brigade
32nd Infantry Division
254th Armoured Brigade
25th Indian Division
2nd USMC Tank Battalion
18th British Division
754th Tank Battalion
147th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
1st New Chinese Corps
40th Infantry Division
23rd Chindit Brigade
26th Indian Division
193rd Tank Battalion
46th Indian Brigade
27th Infantry Division
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
Guides Cavalry Regiment
5th Chinese Corps
5th Indian Division
197th Coast AA Regiment
134th (East Ang) Regiment
2nd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
8th Medium Regiment
21st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
31st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
223rd Field Artillery Battalion
X' Force
88th Medium Regiment
2nd Indian AA Bde
33rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment

Defending units:
103rd Division
105th Division
14th Division
100th Division
55th Division
48th Division
5th Division
18th Division
24th Ind.Mixed Brigade
8th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
117th AA Regiment
4th RF Gun Battalion
5th Mortar Battalion
53rd Field AA Battalion
50th Field AA Battalion
44th Ind.AA Gun Co
7th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
2nd Medium Mortar Battalion
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
7th RF Gun Battalion
21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion
9th RF Gun Battalion
23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
1st RF Gun Battalion
11th Ind.AA Gun Co
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
6th RF Gun Battalion
11th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion

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RE: The Elephant Vanishes : obvert (J) vs Historiker_Sq... - 6/29/2018 12:35:21 PM   
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The Allies unload yet another unit, an independent infantry regiment, onto Ketoi on the 4th. He's serious about getting this base finished soon.

A massive Chinese force walked into Paoshan over the last weeks and I had been curious how much. Now I know. It's 4,400AV against my one division with level 5 forts in the x3 mountain hex!!

The CAP stays in place at Pegu for the 4th and does well. Losses are in favour of the IJ but Spit sweeps take their toll. On the 5th I had to pull them out to regroup, but the flak does so well it doesn't matter. The Allies lose about bombers to flak at Pegu alone.

The Allies try a DA at Pegu which goes well for the IJ, keeping forts at 6 and resulting in heavy Allied losses.

The Allied forces at Ketoi finally overwhelm the defences. The base falls into Allied hands. So that was about a three week battle. I'm very curious what happens next here.

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Nov 4, 1944
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Amphibious Assault at Ketoi-jima (134,50)

TF 573 troops unloading over beach at Ketoi-jima, 134,50

Allied ground losses:
194 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 37 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 17 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 7 (0 destroyed, 7 disabled)
Vehicles lost 16 (0 destroyed, 16 disabled)

13 troops of a USA Rifle Squad 44 lost from landing craft during unload of 31st Infantry Rgt
15 Support troops lost in surf during unload of 31st Infantry Rgt /3

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Morning Air attack on 122nd AA Regiment, at 55,53 (Pegu)

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 46,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K5-J George x 27
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 12
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 14
Ki-84a Frank x 10
Ki-84b Frank x 8
Ki-100-I Tony x 14

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 4
Thunderbolt I x 31
P-51B Mustang x 17

Japanese aircraft losses
N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed
Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Thunderbolt I: 3 destroyed
P-51B Mustang: 3 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Thunderbolt I sweeping at 42000 feet
4 x Thunderbolt I sweeping at 42000 feet

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Morning Air attack on 118th Division, at 55,53 (Pegu)

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 26 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K5-J George x 22
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 11
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 12
Ki-84a Frank x 5
Ki-84b Frank x 7
Ki-100-I Tony x 14

Allied aircraft
SB-III x 7
B-17E Fortress x 7
B-24J Liberator x 2
B-25C Mitchell x 5
B-25G Mitchell x 3
B-25H Mitchell x 3
P-40N5 Warhawk x 39

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-100-I Tony: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
SB-III: 2 destroyed, 4 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 1 destroyed by flak
B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed by flak
B-25G Mitchell: 2 damaged
B-25G Mitchell: 1 destroyed by flak
B-25H Mitchell: 2 damaged
B-25H Mitchell: 1 destroyed by flak
P-40N5 Warhawk: 11 destroyed

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

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x SB-III bombing from 12000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 100 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Burma Area Army, at 55,53 (Pegu)

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 43,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K5-J George x 18
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 7
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 10
Ki-84a Frank x 4
Ki-84b Frank x 6
Ki-100-I Tony x 12

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 1
Spitfire VIII x 42

Japanese aircraft losses
N1K5-J George: 2 destroyed
Ki-43-IV Oscar: 1 destroyed
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 2 destroyed
Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed
Ki-84b Frank: 1 destroyed
Ki-100-I Tony: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Spitfire VIII: 3 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Spitfire VIII sweeping at 41500 feet
4 x Spitfire VIII sweeping at 41500 feet
7 x Spitfire VIII sweeping at 41500 feet
2 x Spitfire VIII sweeping at 41500 feet

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Morning Air attack on 122nd AA Regiment, at 55,53 (Pegu)

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 43 NM, estimated altitude 44,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K5-J George x 12
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 3
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 4
Ki-84a Frank x 1
Ki-84b Frank x 5
Ki-100-I Tony x 2

Allied aircraft
Spitfire VIII x 10

Japanese aircraft losses
N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed
Ki-84b Frank: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Spitfire VIII: 2 destroyed

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Morning Air attack on 2nd Tank Division, at 55,53 (Pegu)

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 29 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K5-J George x 7
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 3
Ki-84a Frank x 1
Ki-100-I Tony x 2

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 36
Liberator B.VI x 4
Wellington B.X x 4
B-24J Liberator x 8

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIc Trop: 4 destroyed
Liberator B.VI: 4 damaged
Wellington B.X: 2 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 7 damaged

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

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Wellington B.X bombing from 12000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Ground combat at Paoshan (65,45)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 67564 troops, 191 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4424

Defending force 19556 troops, 179 guns, 104 vehicles, Assault Value = 463

Allied ground losses:
161 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 12 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Assaulting units:
9th Chinese Corps
64th Chinese Corps
72nd Chinese Corps
70th Chinese Corps
78th Chinese Corps
65th Chinese Corps
66th Chinese Corps Corps
58th Chinese Corps
42nd Chinese Corps
68th Chinese Corps
62nd Chinese Corps
26th Chinese Corps
56th Chinese Corps
92nd Chinese Corps
5th Group Army
9th Group Army
12th Group Army
3rd Heavy Mortar Regiment

Defending units:
3rd Division
23rd Army
15th Ind.Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
Botanko Hvy Gun Regiment

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Nov 5, 1944
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Morning Air attack on 2nd Tank Division, at 55,53 (Pegu)

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 2
B-24J Liberator x 14
B-25D1 Mitchell x 5
B-26 Marauder x 3
P-38H Lightning x 21
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 13

Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 12 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 1 destroyed by flak
B-25D1 Mitchell: 2 damaged
B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 destroyed by flak
B-26 Marauder: 1 damaged
B-26 Marauder: 1 destroyed by flak

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

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 12000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Ground combat at Pegu (55,53)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 93530 troops, 1094 guns, 1335 vehicles, Assault Value = 3273

Defending force 108980 troops, 1110 guns, 1338 vehicles, Assault Value = 2345

Allied adjusted assault: 901

Japanese adjusted defense: 3320

Allied assault odds: 1 to 3 (fort level 6)

Combat modifiers
Defender: forts(+)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
2098 casualties reported
Squads: 16 destroyed, 162 disabled
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 62 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 11 disabled
Guns lost 81 (2 destroyed, 79 disabled)
Vehicles lost 19 (7 destroyed, 12 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
2165 casualties reported
Squads: 92 destroyed, 293 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 66 disabled
Engineers: 15 destroyed, 59 disabled
Guns lost 43 (1 destroyed, 42 disabled)
Vehicles lost 33 (2 destroyed, 31 disabled)

Assaulting units:
72nd British Brigade
45th Indian Brigade
6th Australian Division
9th Indian Division
11th Indian Division
2nd British Division
14th Indian Division
150th RAC Regiment
50th Tank Brigade
268th Motorised Brigade
22nd (East African) Brigade
17th Indian Division
6th Chinese Corps
XV Indian Corps
1st USMC Field Artillery Battalion
24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
85th Medium Regiment
6th Medium Regiment
87th Medium Regiment
32nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
86th Medium Regiment
249th Field Artillery Battalion
2nd Indian Heavy AA Regiment
134th Field Artillery Battalion
97th Field Artillery Battalion
181st Field Artillery Regiment
101st Heavy AA Regiment
86th Coast AA Regiment
2/13th Field Regiment
2/11th Field Regiment
168th Field Artillery Regiment
22nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment

Defending units:
18th Garrison Unit
2nd Tank Division
Yokosuka 1st SNLF
16th Division
108th Division
2nd Guards Division
118th Division
3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
2nd Division
14th Tank Regiment
21st Division
Yokosuka 2nd SNLF
3rd RF Gun Battalion
52nd Field AA Battalion
56th Field AA Battalion
53rd Const Co
6th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
57th Field AA Battalion
8th RF Gun Battalion
12th Air Defense AA Battalion
51st Field AA Battalion
26th AA Regiment
35th JAAF AF Bn
11th Air Defense AA Battalion
112th AA Regiment
3rd Ind.AA Gun Co
44th Field AA Battalion
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
62nd JAAF AF Bn
16th Army
122nd AA Regiment
1st Air Army
Burma Area Army
125th AA Regiment
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
115th AA Regiment
84th JAAF AF Bn

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Ground combat at Ketoi-jima (134,50)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 74513 troops, 1044 guns, 1540 vehicles, Assault Value = 1773

Defending force 30051 troops, 413 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 317

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 1

Allied adjusted assault: 692

Japanese adjusted defense: 117

Allied assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 1)

Allied forces CAPTURE Ketoi-jima !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
3961 casualties reported
Squads: 187 destroyed, 80 disabled
Non Combat: 19 destroyed, 24 disabled
Engineers: 138 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 215 (207 destroyed, 8 disabled)
Vehicles lost 9 (9 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Allied ground losses:
541 casualties reported
Squads: 26 destroyed, 58 disabled
Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 5 destroyed, 8 disabled
Guns lost 10 (6 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Vehicles lost 10 (3 destroyed, 7 disabled)

Assaulting units:
3rd Marine Division
1st Army Tank Regiment
5th USMC Tank Battalion
6th Infantry Division
31st Infantry Regiment
XI Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
8th Australian Division
4th Marine Division
1st Regiment
706th Tank Battalion
12th NZ Brigade
4th Field Artillery Battalion
237th USN Base Force
2nd Medium Regiment
148th Field Artillery Battalion
Provisional GMC Grp

Defending units:
36th Ind.Mixed Brigade
71st Division
45th Ind.Mixed Brigade
109th Div /1
1st Base Force
5th RF Gun Battalion
11th Ind.Mixed Regiment
49th Mountain Gun Regiment
85th Naval Guard Unit
34th Const Co
25th Special Base Force

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This is the situation with the Chinese. If you haven't been reading for the entire AAR the Chinese troops left China after the IJA conquered the entire nation. They replenished and filled out in India. Now they're flooding back through the mountains trying to break through. This is the first attack by any large force, and luckily it doesn't go well for them. even late it seems Chinese troops on their own struggle to break down high forts in good terrain.

I didn't use the W key to show bedsides, but the IJA hold the roads and the Chinese are trying to infiltrate in all areas, but have not won any hexes from the IJA yet.

I've got some tanks on the way I'd hoped would arrive before the attack. They should arrive within two days here, so in time for the next one.

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Ground combat at Paoshan (65,45)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 126019 troops, 300 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4408

Defending force 19544 troops, 179 guns, 104 vehicles, Assault Value = 463

Allied adjusted assault: 1990

Japanese adjusted defense: 3103

Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 5)

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), leaders(+)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
593 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 60 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 80 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Guns lost 23 (12 destroyed, 11 disabled)
Vehicles lost 39 (2 destroyed, 37 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
2896 casualties reported
Squads: 10 destroyed, 355 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 20 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 20 disabled

Assaulting units:
72nd Chinese Corps
58th Chinese Corps
62nd Chinese Corps
70th Chinese Corps
9th Chinese Corps
68th Chinese Corps
26th Chinese Corps
78th Chinese Corps
42nd Chinese Corps
65th Chinese Corps
56th Chinese Corps
64th Chinese Corps
66th Chinese Corps Corps
92nd Chinese Corps
12th Group Army
5th Group Army
9th Group Army
3rd Heavy Mortar Regiment

Defending units:
3rd Division
23rd Army
2nd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
15th Ind.Medium Field Artillery Regiment
Botanko Hvy Gun Regiment

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It's complete carnage in the air again on the 6th and the 7th as the Allies revert to sweeping Sapporo and hitting Pegu. The CAP is ready, but the sweeps are extensive. Both sides suffer. Each loses about 100 planes on the 6th, but the Allies lose more fighters at Sapporo, with about 50 F4U-1D lost on the day, which is staggering. The best USN/USMC airframe I think produces about 140-150 a month, so that's 1/3 of production.

My fighter pools are non-existent, but the groups are numerous, so I can rotate in and out to let them build back up. The Frank Ki-84r is now production though, adding about 80/month to the Frank production as well, so that will help eventually. I've made a bold decision to convert many 2E IJAAF bomber groups to FB. This costs PP, but I don't have much to bomb anymore with Allied flak being so good. I'll never get even half of them anyway, but so far it's giving me another 50 FB every few weeks. Using them for training now but soon they'll be rear area bomber killers and let all fighters stay up front.

I'm also gearing up for the soon to arrive Ki-83 by increasing Hi-43 engine production. I'll also convert a lot of other factories once this arrives and try to get a big set of this fighter ready. Expensive, but worth it.

The P-51D is here. That will help the Allies as he get almost 150/month, and the P-47D25 is running out.

On the 7th the losses were higher as the CAP got to the bombers again. The Allies lose about 50 bombers and another 60-70 fighters to Japan's 70 fighters lost. A good day!!

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Morning Air attack on Kushiro , at 123,53

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 48 NM, estimated altitude 40,300 feet.
Estimated time to target is 18 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J2M5 Jack x 44
N1K5-J George x 44
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 48
Ki-84a Frank x 48

Allied aircraft
F4U-1D Corsair x 31

Japanese aircraft losses
J2M5 Jack: 2 destroyed
N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed
Ki-43-IV Oscar: 1 destroyed
Ki-84a Frank: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4U-1D Corsair: 6 destroyed

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Morning Air attack on Kushiro , at 123,53

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 45 NM, estimated altitude 40,300 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J2M5 Jack x 37
N1K5-J George x 37
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 36
Ki-84a Frank x 38

Allied aircraft
F4U-1D Corsair x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
J2M5 Jack: 1 destroyed
N1K5-J George: 2 destroyed
Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4U-1D Corsair: 3 destroyed

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Morning Air attack on Kushiro , at 123,53

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 33 NM, estimated altitude 46,900 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J2M5 Jack x 13
N1K5-J George x 18
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 18
Ki-84a Frank x 15

Allied aircraft
P-51D Mustang x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
J2M5 Jack: 1 destroyed
N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed
Ki-43-IV Oscar: 1 destroyed
Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-51D Mustang: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x P-51D Mustang sweeping at 41900 feet

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Morning Air attack on 2nd Division, at 55,53 (Pegu)

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 26 minutes

Allied aircraft
SB-III x 3
Hurricane IIc Trop x 25
Liberator B.VI x 3
Wellington B.X x 5
A-20G Havoc x 3
B-17E Fortress x 3
B-24D1 Liberator x 4
B-24J Liberator x 5
B-25C Mitchell x 11
B-25D1 Mitchell x 12
B-25G Mitchell x 5
B-25H Mitchell x 6
B-25J1 Mitchell x 6
B-25J11 Mitchell x 5
P-51B Mustang x 7

Allied aircraft losses
SB-III: 2 damaged
Liberator B.VI: 2 damaged
Liberator B.VI: 1 destroyed by flak
Wellington B.X: 4 damaged
Wellington B.X: 1 destroyed by flak
A-20G Havoc: 1 damaged
A-20G Havoc: 1 destroyed by flak
B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 3 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 7 damaged
B-25D1 Mitchell: 5 damaged
B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 destroyed by flak
B-25G Mitchell: 3 damaged
B-25H Mitchell: 6 damaged
B-25J1 Mitchell: 5 damaged
B-25J11 Mitchell: 2 damaged
B-25J11 Mitchell: 1 destroyed by flak

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

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x SB-III bombing from 12000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 100 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Sapporo , at 120,51

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 26 NM, estimated altitude 39,900 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M8 Zero x 18
J2M5 Jack x 22
N1K2-J George x 64
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 17
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 16
Ki-84a Frank x 53
Ki-84b Frank x 15

Allied aircraft
F4U-1A Corsair x 25

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M8 Zero: 1 destroyed
J2M5 Jack: 1 destroyed
N1K2-J George: 1 destroyed
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed
Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed
Ki-84b Frank: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4U-1A Corsair: 3 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 36900 feet

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Morning Air attack on Sapporo , at 120,51

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 15 NM, estimated altitude 46,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M8 Zero x 15
J2M5 Jack x 19
N1K2-J George x 63
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 16
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 13
Ki-84a Frank x 52
Ki-84b Frank x 13

Allied aircraft
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
J2M5 Jack: 1 destroyed
N1K2-J George: 2 destroyed
Ki-43-IV Oscar: 1 destroyed
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed
Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-47D25 Thunderbolt: 3 destroyed

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Morning Air attack on Sapporo , at 120,51

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 20 NM, estimated altitude 45,900 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M8 Zero x 13
J2M5 Jack x 18
N1K2-J George x 52
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 15
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 11
Ki-84a Frank x 47
Ki-84b Frank x 12

Allied aircraft
P-51D Mustang x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M8 Zero: 1 destroyed
N1K2-J George: 1 destroyed
Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed
Ki-84b Frank: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-51D Mustang: 3 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x P-51D Mustang sweeping at 41900 feet

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Morning Air attack on Sapporo , at 120,51

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 26 NM, estimated altitude 42,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M8 Zero x 7
J2M5 Jack x 12
N1K2-J George x 40
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 12
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 6
Ki-84a Frank x 31
Ki-84b Frank x 9

Allied aircraft
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
J2M5 Jack: 1 destroyed
N1K2-J George: 1 destroyed
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed
Ki-84a Frank: 5 destroyed
Ki-84b Frank: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-47D25 Thunderbolt: 5 destroyed

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Morning Air attack on 122nd AA Regiment, at 55,53 (Pegu)

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 76 NM, estimated altitude 47,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K5-J George x 25
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 26
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 17
Ki-84a Frank x 10
Ki-84b Frank x 10
Ki-100-I Tony x 15

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 4
Thunderbolt I x 18
P-40N5 Warhawk x 6
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 23

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-IV Oscar: 2 destroyed
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed
Ki-100-I Tony: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-47D25 Thunderbolt: 6 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Thunderbolt I sweeping at 42000 feet
1 x P-47D25 Thunderbolt sweeping at 42000 feet

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Morning Air attack on 48th Division, at 55,53 (Pegu)

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 67 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K5-J George x 23
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 11
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 10
Ki-84a Frank x 8
Ki-84b Frank x 8
Ki-100-I Tony x 10

Allied aircraft
SB-III x 3
Hurricane IIc Trop x 1
B-17E Fortress x 3
B-17F Fortress x 3
B-25G Mitchell x 3
B-25J11 Mitchell x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
SB-III: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 3 damaged
B-17F Fortress: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
B-17F Fortress: 1 destroyed by flak
B-25G Mitchell: 2 destroyed
B-25J11 Mitchell: 2 damaged

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

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x SB-III bombing from 14000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 100 kg GP Bomb

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It looks like the Allies have set up holding forces at Pegu and Rangoon and are now shifting troops toward Pegu and/or the small yellow road to the NE on the way toward Chang Mai.




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On the 8th all CAP is down in Burma and no sweeps come up North. The Allies still lose 36 planes to flak and ops. Lots of 2E downed. On the 9th they lose another 18 total. It's tough to remember how deep those pools should be right now, so I'll have to take a look at my Allied game to see, since this is now only a month off in timing.

The garrison at Ketoi continues to be whittled down every day. I've not tried to get more off by transport as the CAP just shoots them down now. This should be an active Allied airfield very soon, but it's not any closer to Hokkaido than the ones he has already. Mainly an insurance for the LOC I think.

Another DA comes in the mountains courtesy of the Chinese. This one is defended easily, with tank now providing a solid punch to take a bigger chunk out of the attackers. This stack looks like it won't be breaking through anytime soon.

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Ground combat at Ketoi-jima (134,50)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 30821 troops, 426 guns, 946 vehicles, Assault Value = 1750

Defending force 24167 troops, 214 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 126

Allied adjusted assault: 373

Japanese adjusted defense: 29

Allied assault odds: 12 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
1124 casualties reported
Squads: 39 destroyed, 11 disabled
Non Combat: 17 destroyed, 17 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Guns lost 16 (6 destroyed, 10 disabled)
Vehicles lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 2

Allied ground losses:
164 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 19 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Vehicles lost 10 (5 destroyed, 5 disabled)

Assaulting units:
1st Army Tank Regiment
5th USMC Tank Battalion
6th Infantry Division
XI Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
1st Regiment
8th Australian Division
3rd Marine Division
364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
31st Infantry Regiment
4th Marine Division
706th Tank Battalion
12th NZ Brigade
4th Field Artillery Battalion
119th USAAF Base Force
148th Field Artillery Battalion
237th USN Base Force
20th USN Naval Construction Regiment
46th USN Naval Construction Battalion
24th USN Naval Construction Battalion
2nd Medium Regiment
Provisional GMC Grp

Defending units:
45th Ind.Mixed Brigade
71st Division
109th Div /1
5th RF Gun Battalion
36th Ind.Mixed Brigade
85th Naval Guard Unit
11th Ind.Mixed Regiment
49th Mountain Gun Regiment
1st Base Force
25th Special Base Force

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TF 562 encounters mine field at Shimushiri-jima (132,51) - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

13 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
YMS-216, Shell hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
YMS-126, Shell hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
YMS-125, Shell hits 4, on fire

6th Base Force firing at YMS-216

Ground combat at Pegu (55,53)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1746 troops, 103 guns, 93 vehicles, Assault Value = 2430

Defending force 146343 troops, 1987 guns, 2022 vehicles, Assault Value = 3279

Japanese ground losses:
Guns lost 21 (10 destroyed, 11 disabled)
Vehicles lost 25 (14 destroyed, 11 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
119 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled

Assaulting units:
3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
14th Division
2nd Tank Division
14th Tank Regiment
118th Division
2nd Division
108th Division
Yokosuka 1st SNLF
18th Garrison Unit
48th Division
Yokosuka 2nd SNLF
44th Field AA Battalion
16th Army
35th JAAF AF Bn
6th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
56th Field AA Battalion
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
3rd RF Gun Battalion
52nd Field AA Battalion
8th RF Gun Battalion
112th AA Regiment
3rd Ind.AA Gun Co
122nd AA Regiment
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
26th AA Regiment
62nd JAAF AF Bn
Burma Area Army
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
125th AA Regiment
12th Air Defense AA Battalion
53rd Const Co
57th Field AA Battalion
11th Air Defense AA Battalion
51st Field AA Battalion
1st Air Army
115th AA Regiment
84th JAAF AF Bn

Defending units:
22nd (East African) Brigade
45th Indian Brigade
72nd British Brigade
150th RAC Regiment
14th Indian Division
9th Indian Division
17th Indian Division
111th Chindit Brigade
2nd British Division
50th Tank Brigade
11th Indian Division
6th Australian Division
7th Indian Division
268th Motorised Brigade
6th Chinese Corps
181st Field Artillery Regiment
86th Coast AA Regiment
2/9th Field Regiment
24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
87th Medium Regiment
2/11th Field Regiment
2/13th Field Regiment
249th Field Artillery Battalion
101st Heavy AA Regiment
85th Medium Regiment
97th Field Artillery Battalion
168th Field Artillery Regiment
32nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
134th Field Artillery Battalion
86th Medium Regiment
6th Medium Regiment
XV Indian Corps
1st USMC Field Artillery Battalion
2nd Indian Heavy AA Regiment
18th SP Field Artillery Regiment
22nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment

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Ground combat at Rangoon (54,53)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 6096 troops, 279 guns, 262 vehicles, Assault Value = 4002

Defending force 235479 troops, 3000 guns, 3514 vehicles, Assault Value = 5783

Japanese ground losses:
Guns lost 11 (1 destroyed, 10 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
260 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 44 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 10 (1 destroyed, 9 disabled)
Vehicles lost 8 (2 destroyed, 6 disabled)

Assaulting units:
31st Division
105th Division
23rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
103rd Division
21st Division
55th Division
5th Division
24th Ind.Mixed Brigade
100th Division
1st Tank Division
18th Division
16th Division
2nd Guards Division
18th Tank Regiment
20th Ind. Engineer Regiment
11th Tank Regiment
46th JAAF AF Bn
7th RF Gun Battalion
117th AA Regiment
201st JAAF AF Bn
12th JAAF Base Force
9th RF Gun Battalion
16th AA Regiment
62nd Field AA Battalion
50th Field AA Battalion
70th Field AA Battalion
69th Field AA Battalion
5th Mortar Battalion
15th Const Co
28th Army
4th RF Gun Battalion
Southern Army
53rd Field AA Battalion
21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion
11th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion
11th Ind.AA Gun Co
54th Field AA Battalion
44th Ind.AA Gun Co
23rd AA Regiment
48th Field AA Battalion
32nd Air Defense AA Battalion
1st RF Gun Battalion
113th AA Regiment
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
43rd Const Co
85th JAAF AF Coy
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
6th RF Gun Battalion
13th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
60th Field AA Battalion
7th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
2nd Medium Mortar Battalion
18th Army
10th RF Gun Battalion
20th AA Regiment
23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
121st AA Regiment
8th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
Southern Fleet /1

Defending units:
29th British Brigade
46th Indian Brigade
Guides Cavalry Regiment
40th Infantry Division
1st New Chinese Corps
18th British Division
26th Indian Division
Americal Infantry Division
I Aus Corps Engineer Battalion
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
147th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
255th Indian Tank Brigade
25th Indian Division
27th Infantry Division
193rd Tank Battalion
2nd USMC Tank Battalion
32nd Infantry Division
41st Infantry Division
23rd Chindit Brigade
5th Chinese Corps
254th Armoured Brigade
81st (West African) Division
5th Indian Division
25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
8th Mahratta AT Gun Regiment
122nd British AT Gun Regiment
197th Coast AA Regiment
2nd Indian AA Bde
21st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
134th (East Ang) Regiment
2nd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
754th Tank Battalion
31st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
88th Medium Regiment
8th Medium Regiment
X' Force
33rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
223rd Field Artillery Battalion
30th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
IV Indian Corps
50th Indian Para Brigade

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Ground combat at Paoshan (65,45)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 124360 troops, 300 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4205

Defending force 33832 troops, 306 guns, 979 vehicles, Assault Value = 923

Allied adjusted assault: 3213

Japanese adjusted defense: 7216

Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 5)

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

Japanese ground losses:
439 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 30 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 35 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 61 (3 destroyed, 58 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
6351 casualties reported
Squads: 100 destroyed, 640 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 64 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 48 disabled

Assaulting units:
58th Chinese Corps
72nd Chinese Corps
26th Chinese Corps
65th Chinese Corps
42nd Chinese Corps
56th Chinese Corps
66th Chinese Corps Corps
9th Chinese Corps
70th Chinese Corps
68th Chinese Corps
64th Chinese Corps
78th Chinese Corps
62nd Chinese Corps
92nd Chinese Corps
5th Group Army
12th Group Army
9th Group Army
3rd Heavy Mortar Regiment

Defending units:
15th Tank Regiment
23rd Tank Regiment
3rd Tank Division
3rd Division
2nd Tank Regiment
2nd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
15th Ind.Medium Field Artillery Regiment
23rd Army
Botanko Hvy Gun Regiment

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Well, it didn't take long. On the 10th the Allies storm onto the beaches at Urruppa-Jima. This base is a little more set up with about 1,300AV in place behind 6 forts. The same number of CD guns are in place, but they have little effect it seems on the landings.

The Allies have about 1,900AV so far, led by three USA IDs. IT's a balanced force, but no massive Engineer unit. Hopefully this one takes even longer than Ketoi to break down. I'll be doing virtually nothing up here until my fighter pools and pilots are recovered, and the CVs finished repairing.

Down South the flak keeps working. The Allies lose about 50 planes over these two days.

The Allies also try the first aerial mining of the war at night over Japanese bases. They are intercepted but not caught by the NF present everywhere. AMc are present in all of these bases.

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Nov 10, 1944
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Uruppu-jima at 130,51, Range 1,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
MTB G-18

Allied Ships
BB Idaho
CA Australia
DD Miller
DE Foreman
DE Lovelace
DMS Zane, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
DMS Ellyson
DMS Hambleton
AM Revenge
APA Wharton
APA Harris
APA J. Franklin Bell
APA W.A. Holbrook
APA Leonard Wood
APA Hunter Liggett
APA American Legion
APA Heywood
APA George F. Elliot
APA Fuller
APA William P. Biddle
APA Neville
APA Harry Lee
APA John Penn
APA U.S. Grant
APA McCawley
APA Barnett
APA Henderson
APA President Jackson
APA President Adams
APA George Clymer
APA Monrovia
AP William Ward Burrows
APA Pierce
APA Sheridan
APA Sumter
APA Warren
APA Wayne
APA Baxter
APA La Salle
APA Comet
APA John Land
APA Golden City
APA Winged Arrow
APA Herald of Morning
APA Storm King
APA Alpine
APA Bolivar
AKA Libra
AKA Alhena
AKA Alchiba
AKA Algol
AKA Algorab
AKA Alcyon
AKA Almaack
AKA Electra
AKA Jupiter
AK Iran Victory
AK Bedford Victory
AKA Tolland

Reduced sighting due to 25% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 25% moonlight: 2,000 yards

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Night Naval bombardment of Uruppu-jima at 130,52 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
E13A1 Jake: 4 damaged

21 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
AG Hayasaki, Shell hits 2, on fire
PB Chosa Maru, Shell hits 1
PB Magan Maru, Shell hits 1
PB Bunzan Maru, Shell hits 1
xAKL Batavia Maru, Shell hits 1
PB Kogyoku Maru, Shell hits 1, on fire

Allied Ships
BB New Jersey
BB Iowa
CA Indianapolis
CL Biloxi
CLAA Oakland
DD Killen
DD Kidd
DD Jenkins
DD John Henley
DD Heermann
DD Evans
DD Eaton
DD DeHaven

Japanese ground losses:
186 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Airbase hits 11
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 26
Port hits 4
Port supply hits 1

OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB New Jersey

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Ground combat at Uruppu-jima (130,52)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 42396 troops, 309 guns, 43 vehicles, Assault Value = 1329

Defending force 60021 troops, 945 guns, 1054 vehicles, Assault Value = 1898

Japanese ground losses:
66 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)

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

Assaulting units:
Nanking Naval Guard Unit
114th Division
302nd Ind.Infantry Battalion
28th Division
1st Engineer Regiment
4th Amphibious Brigade
5th Garrison Unit
15th Ind. Engineer Regiment
48th Ind.Mixed Brigade
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
22nd Ind. Engineer Regiment
100th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion
35th Army
8th Base Force

Defending units:
38th Infantry Div /9
37th (Sep) Infantry Regiment
671th Tank Destroyer Battalion
4th USMC Tank Battalion
3rd Motor Brigade
104th Combat Engr Rgt /2
815th Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion
43rd Infantry Div /10
713th Flame Tank Battalion
1st Filipino Inf Regiment
58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment
37th Infantry Div /9
11th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
225th Field Artillery Battalion
XIV US Corps
1st Medium Regiment
33rd Medium Regiment

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Nov 11, 1944
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Night Air attack on Tokyo , at 114,60

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 20 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J1N1-Sa Irving x 18
Ki-45 KAId Nick x 10

Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 3

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-29-1 Superfort laying Mk 13 Mine from 8000 feet

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Night Air attack on Ominato , at 119,54

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAId Nick x 8

Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-29-1 Superfort: 1 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-29-1 Superfort laying Mk 13 Mine from 5000 feet

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Night Air attack on Hakodate , at 119,53

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 49 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 3

Allied aircraft losses
B-29-1 Superfort: 2 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-29-1 Superfort laying Mk 13 Mine from 8000 feet

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On the 12th I reintroduced CAP to Burma with some additional groups. Losses were heavy for both sides on the 12th, but by the 13th the Japanese CAP had gained some control of the area. It feels like Allied bomber pools are showing some depletion as smaller and smaller groups arrive each day. The fighters too are many fewer than a month ago, and can't shut down the Japanese defenders after two days as before.

This all helps the situation as the Allies appear to be trying to move around Pegu. I've got a brigade there and it just beat an Indian brigade into the hex. A tank regiment is a day out and a tank and an infantry division are moving in. If I can evict this unit then the Allies are guaranteed to have to shock into this hex. It's only x2, but that is still a potential bonus I have to try for here.

The Allies continue to bombard, unload supply and bomb at Urrupa-Jima. Nothing to do but wait up here.

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Nov 12, 1944
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TF 167 encounters mine field at Tokyo (114,60)

Japanese Ships
AMc Kyo Maru #5
AMc Kongo Maru #2

14 mines cleared

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Morning Air attack on 2nd Tank Division, at 55,53 (Pegu)

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 74 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 25 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K2-J George x 8
N1K5-J George x 20
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 9
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 20
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 1
Ki-84a Frank x 11
Ki-84b Frank x 15
Ki-100-I Tony x 9
Ki-102b Randy x 2

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 2
Liberator B.VI x 2
Thunderbolt I x 9
B-24J Liberator x 6
B-25D1 Mitchell x 3
P-51B Mustang x 20

Japanese aircraft losses
N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed
Ki-84b Frank: 2 destroyed
Ki-100-I Tony: 1 destroyed
Ki-102b Randy: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIc Trop: 1 destroyed
Liberator B.VI: 1 destroyed
Thunderbolt I: 2 destroyed
B-24J Liberator: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 1 destroyed by flak
B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 destroyed
B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 destroyed by flak
P-51B Mustang: 2 destroyed

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

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 15000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
2 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 15000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on 14th Division, at 55,53 (Pegu)

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 72 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 20 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K2-J George x 6
N1K5-J George x 17
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 6
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 11
Ki-84a Frank x 6
Ki-84b Frank x 7
Ki-100-I Tony x 4

Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 3
P-38H Lightning x 18
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
N1K2-J George: 1 destroyed
Ki-43-IV Oscar: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 2 destroyed
P-38H Lightning: 3 destroyed
P-47D2 Thunderbolt: 3 destroyed

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Night Air attack on Kofu , at 113,60

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J1N1-Sa Irving x 2

Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 7

Japanese aircraft losses
J1N1-Sa Irving: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-29-1 Superfort: 2 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 2000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Night Naval bombardment of Uruppu-jima at 130,52

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
E13A1 Jake: 3 damaged
E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed on ground

Japanese Ships
PB Kogyoku Maru, Shell hits 1, heavy fires
PB Kyo Maru #8, Shell hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
PB Edo Maru, Shell hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
PB Bunzan Maru, Shell hits 5, heavy fires
AG Hayasaki, Shell hits 8, heavy fires, heavy damage
ACM Daitei Maru, Shell hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
PB Chosa Maru, Shell hits 7, on fire, heavy damage
PB Magan Maru, Shell hits 8, heavy fires
xAKL Batavia Maru, Shell hits 7, heavy fires

Allied Ships
BB New Jersey
BB Iowa
CA Indianapolis
CL Biloxi
CLAA Oakland
DD Killen
DD Kidd
DD Jenkins
DD John Henley
DD Heermann
DD Evans
DD Eaton
DD DeHaven

Japanese ground losses:
177 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 16 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Vehicles lost 4 (2 destroyed, 2 disabled)

Airbase hits 17
Airbase supply hits 11
Runway hits 28
Port hits 13
Port fuel hits 3

OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB New Jersey

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Morning Air attack on Pegu , at 55,53

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 42,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K2-J George x 15
N1K5-J George x 7
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 14
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 14
Ki-102b Randy x 14

Allied aircraft
Thunderbolt II x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
N1K2-J George: 1 destroyed
N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed
Ki-102b Randy: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Thunderbolt II: 4 destroyed

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Morning Air attack on Pegu , at 55,53

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 45 NM, estimated altitude 44,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K2-J George x 9
N1K5-J George x 5
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 13
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 12
Ki-102b Randy x 6

Allied aircraft
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 11

Japanese aircraft losses
N1K2-J George: 1 destroyed
N1K5-J George: 2 destroyed
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-47D25 Thunderbolt: 3 destroyed

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Morning Air attack on 14th Division, at 55,53 (Pegu)

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 77 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 26 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K2-J George x 1
N1K5-J George x 1
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 3
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 4
Ki-102b Randy x 2

Allied aircraft
SB-III x 3
A-20G Havoc x 3
B-17E Fortress x 8
B-24J Liberator x 4

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
SB-III: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
A-20G Havoc: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
A-20G Havoc: 1 destroyed by flak
B-17E Fortress: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 4 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 1 destroyed by flak

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

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x SB-III bombing from 14000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 100 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 63 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 21 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K5-J George x 4
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 4
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 5
Ki-84a Frank x 8
Ki-84b Frank x 2
Ki-100-I Tony x 9

Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 12

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 2 destroyed, 10 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 28000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on 18th Division, at 54,53 (Rangoon)

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 28,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K5-J George x 3
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 2
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 4
Ki-84a Frank x 4
Ki-100-I Tony x 7

Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 7

Japanese aircraft losses
N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 2 destroyed, 5 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 28000 feet *
Ground Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on 2nd Division, at 55,53 (Pegu)

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 71 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 19 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K2-J George x 4
N1K5-J George x 1
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 3
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 7
Ki-102b Randy x 9

Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 2
B-25D1 Mitchell x 4
B-25H Mitchell x 3
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 13

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-102b Randy: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged
B-25H Mitchell: 2 damaged
B-25H Mitchell: 1 destroyed by flak
P-47D2 Thunderbolt: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 15000 feet *
Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Status: offline 		This is the situation now in Burma. The Allies have also moved a small Indian engineer unit to near Chang Mai. Sneaky, and I've been looking out for these too!

I've got a division from the reserves on the way to take care of that, and some bombers to help with the Indian Brigade. I need to strike there very soon before more units cross. I think he'll have to shock over anyway, so maybe it doesn't matter. I'm wary of him simply feigning here and going all in for Pegu, but I can also bring units from Rangoon to shore it up.

I think I'l sporadically bomb some Chinese too just to be annoying and help them use up their supply.




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Another good couple of days. No attack at Uruppa yet. No major actions in the South. Just more chipping away at Allied pools.


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Ground combat at 56,53 (near Pegu)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 5159 troops, 44 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 178

Defending force 4792 troops, 40 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 134

Assaulting units:
14th Tank Regiment
26th Ind.Mixed Brigade

Defending units:
26th Indian Brigade

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Ground combat at Pegu (55,53)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 10019 troops, 394 guns, 430 vehicles, Assault Value = 3269

Defending force 111632 troops, 1216 guns, 1912 vehicles, Assault Value = 2752

Japanese ground losses:
71 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled

Allied ground losses:
Guns lost 39 (11 destroyed, 28 disabled)
Vehicles lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)

Assaulting units:
9th Indian Division
45th Indian Brigade
150th RAC Regiment
111th Chindit Brigade
268th Motorised Brigade
6th Australian Division
7th Indian Division
2nd British Division
14th Indian Division
22nd (East African) Brigade
72nd British Brigade
11th Indian Division
17th Indian Division
6th Chinese Corps
2/13th Field Regiment
168th Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Indian Heavy AA Regiment
85th Medium Regiment
86th Coast AA Regiment
249th Field Artillery Battalion
XV Indian Corps
134th Field Artillery Battalion
2/11th Field Regiment
32nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
18th SP Field Artillery Regiment
181st Field Artillery Regiment
24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
6th Medium Regiment
97th Field Artillery Battalion
2/9th Field Regiment
86th Medium Regiment
87th Medium Regiment
101st Heavy AA Regiment
1st USMC Field Artillery Battalion
22nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment

Defending units:
118th Division
3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
14th Division
Yokosuka 1st SNLF
2nd Division
1st Tank Division
108th Division
2nd Tank Division
48th Division
Yokosuka 2nd SNLF
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
121st AA Regiment
1st Air Army
8th RF Gun Battalion
52nd Field AA Battalion
69th Field AA Battalion
44th Field AA Battalion
43rd Const Co
57th Field AA Battalion
125th AA Regiment
16th Army
15th Const Co
26th AA Regiment
53rd Field AA Battalion
54th Field AA Battalion
117th AA Regiment
3rd RF Gun Battalion
112th AA Regiment
115th AA Regiment
62nd JAAF AF Bn
53rd Const Co
Burma Area Army
51st Field AA Battalion
35th JAAF AF Bn
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
6th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
84th JAAF AF Bn

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Nov 15, 1944
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Morning Air attack on 31st Division, at 54,53 (Rangoon)

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 15 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K2-J George x 14
N1K5-J George x 14
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 9
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 23
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 11
Ki-84a Frank x 9
Ki-84b Frank x 5
Ki-100-I Tony x 12
Ki-102b Randy x 12

Allied aircraft
P-51B Mustang x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
N1K2-J George: 1 destroyed
Ki-102b Randy: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-51B Mustang: 2 destroyed

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Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 15 NM, estimated altitude 45,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K2-J George x 12
N1K5-J George x 14
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 7
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 23
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 11
Ki-84a Frank x 9
Ki-84b Frank x 5
Ki-100-I Tony x 12
Ki-102b Randy x 10

Allied aircraft
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed
Ki-102b Randy: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-47D2 Thunderbolt: 3 destroyed

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Morning Air attack on Pegu , at 55,53

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 30 minutes

Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIc x 3
Hurricane IIc Trop x 32
Liberator B.VI x 4
Wellington B.X x 4
B-24J Liberator x 4
B-25D1 Mitchell x 11
B-25J11 Mitchell x 3
P-38L Lightning x 17
P-51B Mustang x 15

Allied aircraft losses
Liberator B.VI: 2 damaged
Liberator B.VI: 1 destroyed by flak
Wellington B.X: 1 damaged
Wellington B.X: 1 destroyed by flak
B-24J Liberator: 4 damaged
B-25D1 Mitchell: 6 damaged
B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 destroyed by flak
B-25J11 Mitchell: 1 damaged

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

Runway hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Wellington B.X bombing from 15000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on 31st Division, at 54,53 (Rangoon)

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 60 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K2-J George x 12
N1K5-J George x 12
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 7
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 21
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 11
Ki-84a Frank x 9
Ki-84b Frank x 4
Ki-100-I Tony x 10
Ki-102b Randy x 8

Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 6

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 2 destroyed

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Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 70 NM, estimated altitude 31,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 24 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K2-J George x 12
N1K5-J George x 12
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 6
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 21
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 11
Ki-84a Frank x 8
Ki-84b Frank x 3
Ki-100-I Tony x 10
Ki-102b Randy x 8

Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 8

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 28000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Status: offline 		Any plans on trying to interdict the bombardment runs? Does he follow the same course when he heads in/out on his runs? Can you get subs in close enough to lay mines in the open ocean hexes he passes through? You could get lucky, but maybe you feel this is a waste of mines and an unnecessary risk to the subs.

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Any plans on trying to interdict the bombardment runs? Does he follow the same course when he heads in/out on his runs? Can you get subs in close enough to lay mines in the open ocean hexes he passes through? You could get lucky, but maybe you feel this is a waste of mines and an unnecessary risk to the subs.


I would love to do just this. I tried it at Ketoi, and lost about 3-4 subs while they were mining to Allied ASW. No hits from the mines. The Allied navies are very strong here now, and focused on one goal at a time.

If this invasion follows along the same lines as the one at Ketoi-Jima it will attract all Allied forces for the duration. That would give me time to start producing the Ki-83, and then suddenly have some offensive striking power back with that and the Ki-84r in full production and filling out groups by the turn of 45.

I have to hold back tendencies to want to act on this immediate threat and realise Uruppa falling to the Allies changes the strategic situation very little. So if I can let it buy me some time, then maybe I'll be in a better position after it's fallen than before.

All of that said. I still think surging some subs at the DS could be useful soon. His ASW is mostly focused on the bombardment paths. Maybe I could get lucky again?

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Back at it now after being in Greece for a while. I'm about a week behind on the AAR now.

The Allies continue to relentlessly send in sweeps in Burma, and the P-47D2s take a hit today against a rested CAP. The performance seems to be getting worse for them. Is it the small groups due to lack of airframes to fill them out, or are pilots less experienced after so many lost over enemy bases?

The Allies continue to lose a lot of bombers to flak as well, with almost 30 lost over these two days.

The Allies come shocking across the river near Pegu before IJA reinforcements arrive, meaning they can now contest the hex and I won't be able to push them out. This calls for a further reinforcement, and luckily I've got some elements to combine into a new division just arrived, plus two fresh brigades from reserve. Considering he has about 150k troops still moving this way, I've got to act quickly.

Up North the battle for Ketoi-Jima has ended wth the final destruction of Japanese troops. Uruppa is being hammered by continuous landings, air strikes and naval bombardments. This one may not last as long if all Allied forces focus on it for the duration. He still has not attacked on the ground.

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Nov 16, 1944
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Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 45 NM, estimated altitude 45,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K2-J George x 14
N1K5-J George x 13
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 8
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 21
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 10
Ki-84a Frank x 10
Ki-84b Frank x 6
Ki-100-I Tony x 6
Ki-102b Randy x 8

Allied aircraft
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
N1K2-J George: 1 destroyed
N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-47D25 Thunderbolt: 5 destroyed

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Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 43,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K2-J George x 11
N1K5-J George x 7
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 7
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 18
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 6
Ki-84a Frank x 10
Ki-84b Frank x 5
Ki-100-I Tony x 4
Ki-102b Randy x 8

Allied aircraft
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed
Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed
Ki-84b Frank: 1 destroyed
Ki-102b Randy: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-47D2 Thunderbolt: 3 destroyed

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Ground combat at 56,53 (near Pegu)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 8711 troops, 58 guns, 324 vehicles, Assault Value = 320

Defending force 6024 troops, 44 guns, 80 vehicles, Assault Value = 184

Allied adjusted assault: 216

Japanese adjusted defense: 179

Allied assault odds: 1 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), fatigue(-), experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+), disruption(-)

Japanese ground losses:
Vehicles lost 34 (16 destroyed, 18 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
72 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
50th Tank Brigade
26th Indian Brigade

Defending units:
14th Tank Regiment
26th Ind.Mixed Brigade

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Ground combat at Paoshan (65,45)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 649 troops, 43 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3713

Defending force 33859 troops, 307 guns, 978 vehicles, Assault Value = 916

Allied ground losses:
23 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 26 (26 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Assaulting units:
26th Chinese Corps
66th Chinese Corps Corps
65th Chinese Corps
58th Chinese Corps
62nd Chinese Corps
42nd Chinese Corps
9th Chinese Corps
72nd Chinese Corps
56th Chinese Corps
78th Chinese Corps
64th Chinese Corps
70th Chinese Corps
68th Chinese Corps
92nd Chinese Corps
12th Group Army
5th Group Army
9th Group Army
3rd Heavy Mortar Regiment

Defending units:
3rd Tank Division
3rd Division
23rd Tank Regiment
15th Tank Regiment
2nd Tank Regiment
2nd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
23rd Army
15th Ind.Medium Field Artillery Regiment
Botanko Hvy Gun Regiment

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Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 27 NM, estimated altitude 44,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K2-J George x 14
N1K5-J George x 18
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 7
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 18
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 11
Ki-84a Frank x 13
Ki-84b Frank x 6
Ki-100-I Tony x 7
Ki-102b Randy x 13

Allied aircraft
Thunderbolt I x 16

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Thunderbolt I: 5 destroyed

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Ground combat at 56,53 (near Pegu)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8614 troops, 58 guns, 324 vehicles, Assault Value = 306

Defending force 23387 troops, 204 guns, 699 vehicles, Assault Value = 695

Assaulting units:
50th Tank Brigade
26th Indian Brigade

Defending units:
1st Tank Division
26th Ind.Mixed Brigade
14th Tank Regiment
12th Garrison Unit
11th Air Defense AA Battalion

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71st Division Wiped Out at Ketoi-jima by attrition!!!

Japanese Unit(s) surrounded at Ketoi-jima
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More of the same on the 18th and 19th. Sweeps are handled well at Rangoon and the one deliberate attack near Pegu results in over 100 disablements for the Allies to a handful for the defenders. Not sure what he was trying there. He does have a 2-1 advantage in AV here now which is something I have to closely monitor. I don't want it to get past that at this stage in territory where troops haven't built forts yet. The Allied bombers are greatly reduced though, so it should be fine until more troops arrive in a few days.

As losses show again, the Japanese are doing well in the air, and the Allies seem to be opting for a continuous pressure against the defences. If I have CAP up he will sweep it. My current training program is nearly ready to release about 500 new pilots and I should be on track to do that every month, so I think I'll be able to wait this out until he has no airframes left and few good pilots to sweep. His navy and Marine pilots will be almost limitless, but not as much the USAAF fighter or especially bomber pilots. The Commonwealth guys should already be running low all around.

If I can last until the Ki-83 arrives this will get interesting. Right about the turn of the year I'll have a few groups of that monster operational, plus lots of new Ki-84r in use, and the N1K5 and J2M5 should have caught up to losses and filled groups back out as well. The Sam, Randy Ki-102a and Ki-100-II will arrive by March and give me another 210 airframes/month. Of course that is also when the P-47N arrives as well as the B-29B with extended range and double the bomb load.

Everything could change by then, but I'm liking the current trend anyway.

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Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53

Weather in hex: Severe storms

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

Japanese aircraft
N1K2-J George x 13
N1K5-J George x 19
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 8
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 21
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 11
Ki-84a Frank x 13
Ki-84b Frank x 9
Ki-100-I Tony x 10
Ki-102b Randy x 15

Allied aircraft
P-51B Mustang x 17

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
P-51B Mustang: 3 destroyed

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Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 12 NM, estimated altitude 41,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K2-J George x 13
N1K5-J George x 18
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 6
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 17
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 10
Ki-84a Frank x 10
Ki-84b Frank x 8
Ki-100-I Tony x 9
Ki-102b Randy x 14

Allied aircraft
Spitfire VIII x 13

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed
Ki-102b Randy: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Spitfire VIII: 1 destroyed

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Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 43,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K2-J George x 13
N1K5-J George x 17
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 6
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 14
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 9
Ki-84a Frank x 9
Ki-84b Frank x 8
Ki-100-I Tony x 8
Ki-102b Randy x 12

Allied aircraft
P-38L Lightning x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
N1K2-J George: 1 destroyed
N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed
Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38L Lightning: 3 destroyed

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Afternoon Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 25 NM, estimated altitude 46,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K2-J George x 12
N1K5-J George x 18
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 7
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 19
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 8
Ki-84a Frank x 10
Ki-84b Frank x 8
Ki-100-I Tony x 9
Ki-102b Randy x 8

Allied aircraft
Thunderbolt II x 12

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

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Afternoon Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 61 NM, estimated altitude 43,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K2-J George x 6
N1K5-J George x 12
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 1
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 12
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 6
Ki-84a Frank x 6
Ki-84b Frank x 6
Ki-100-I Tony x 4
Ki-102b Randy x 3

Allied aircraft
P-38L Lightning x 17

Japanese aircraft losses
N1K2-J George: 1 destroyed
N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed
Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed
Ki-84b Frank: 1 destroyed
Ki-102b Randy: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38L Lightning: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Thunderbolt II: 4 destroyed

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Ground combat at 56,53 (near Pegu)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 8630 troops, 58 guns, 324 vehicles, Assault Value = 1226

Defending force 33512 troops, 266 guns, 707 vehicles, Assault Value = 939

Allied adjusted assault: 161

Japanese adjusted defense: 2331

Allied assault odds: 1 to 14

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
64 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
569 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 88 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 17 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 13 disabled
Vehicles lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)

Assaulting units:
7th Australian Division
19th Indian Division
26th Indian Brigade
50th Tank Brigade
77th Chindit Brigade

Defending units:
1st Tank Division
26th Ind.Mixed Brigade
14th Tank Regiment
102nd Division
12th Garrison Unit
11th Air Defense AA Battalion
3rd Ind.AA Gun Co

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Nov 19, 1944
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Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 43,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K2-J George x 10
N1K5-J George x 14
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 4
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 15
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 8
Ki-84a Frank x 10
Ki-84b Frank x 8
Ki-100-I Tony x 8
Ki-102b Randy x 4

Allied aircraft
Thunderbolt II x 7
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 11
P-51B Mustang x 2

Japanese aircraft losses
N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed
Ki-84b Frank: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Thunderbolt II: 2 destroyed
P-47D2 Thunderbolt: 3 destroyed
P-51B Mustang: 1 destroyed

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Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 66 NM, estimated altitude 47,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 18 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K2-J George x 8
N1K5-J George x 11
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 2
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 13
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 4
Ki-84a Frank x 7
Ki-84b Frank x 4
Ki-100-I Tony x 7
Ki-102b Randy x 4

Allied aircraft
P-51B Mustang x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 2 destroyed
Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-51B Mustang: 1 destroyed

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Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 46,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K2-J George x 8
N1K5-J George x 10
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 1
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 10
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 4
Ki-84a Frank x 4
Ki-84b Frank x 4
Ki-100-I Tony x 5
Ki-102b Randy x 4

Allied aircraft
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 5

Japanese aircraft losses
N1K2-J George: 1 destroyed
Ki-43-IV Oscar: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-47D2 Thunderbolt: 2 destroyed


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Ground combat at 56,53 (near Pegu)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 5166 troops, 44 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 925

Defending force 73423 troops, 943 guns, 1199 vehicles, Assault Value = 2019

Japanese ground losses:
109 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

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

Assaulting units:
1st Tank Division
14th Tank Regiment
102nd Division
26th Ind.Mixed Brigade
12th Garrison Unit
11th Air Defense AA Battalion
3rd Ind.AA Gun Co

Defending units:
77th Chindit Brigade
19th Indian Division
50th Tank Brigade
7th Australian Division
23rd Indian Division
26th Indian Brigade
9th Australian Division

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Up North the Allies sweep Kushiro again, after a long layoff there. Uruppa is still taking big hits overturn, and I'm doing nothing to prevent it. The Allied CVs are still hanging around and daily visits by the fast BBs mean it's best to keep a wide berth.

Late sweeps take a toll on defenders at Kushiro on the 18th, but the battle still comes out even. The Allies lose a lot of Corsairs, and a whole group's worth of P-38L.

Near Pegu the Allies try a DA with only a portion of the troops again. Losses are fairly heavy for them and a small tank regiment get knocked around for me, but now the hex is solidified as more troops arrive tomorrow.

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Morning Air attack on Kushiro , at 123,53

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 17 NM, estimated altitude 42,900 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J2M5 Jack x 44
N1K2-J George x 45
N1K5-J George x 65
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 13
Ki-84a Frank x 34

Allied aircraft
F4U-1A Corsair x 16

Japanese aircraft losses
J2M5 Jack: 1 destroyed
N1K5-J George: 3 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4U-1A Corsair: 3 destroyed

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Morning Air attack on Kushiro , at 123,53

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 43 NM, estimated altitude 38,900 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J2M5 Jack x 42
N1K2-J George x 45
N1K5-J George x 59
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 13
Ki-84a Frank x 34

Allied aircraft
F4U-1A Corsair x 31

Japanese aircraft losses
J2M5 Jack: 1 destroyed
N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed
Ki-43-IV Oscar: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4U-1A Corsair: 3 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 36900 feet

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Morning Air attack on Kushiro , at 123,53

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 11 NM, estimated altitude 39,300 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J2M5 Jack x 37
N1K2-J George x 44
N1K5-J George x 55
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 9
Ki-84a Frank x 32

Allied aircraft
F4U-1D Corsair x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed
Ki-84a Frank: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4U-1D Corsair: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x F4U-1D Corsair sweeping at 39300 feet

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Morning Air attack on Kushiro , at 123,53

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 43,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J2M5 Jack x 32
N1K2-J George x 42
N1K5-J George x 52
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 9
Ki-84a Frank x 27

Allied aircraft
P-38L Lightning x 13

Japanese aircraft losses
J2M5 Jack: 1 destroyed
N1K2-J George: 1 destroyed
Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38L Lightning: 2 destroyed

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Morning Air attack on Kushiro , at 123,53

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 70 NM, estimated altitude 38,900 feet.
Estimated time to target is 26 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J2M5 Jack x 28
N1K2-J George x 41
N1K5-J George x 52
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 9
Ki-84a Frank x 25

Allied aircraft
F4U-1A Corsair x 40

Japanese aircraft losses
J2M5 Jack: 1 destroyed
N1K2-J George: 3 destroyed
N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed
Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4U-1A Corsair: 2 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
23 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 36900 feet
3 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 36900 feet

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Morning Air attack on Tsitsihar , at 109,36

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 21

Allied aircraft losses
B-29-1 Superfort: 1 damaged

Manpower hits 126
Light Industry hits 5
Resources hits 3
Fires 72570

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 7000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Kirin , at 108,42

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 12

No Allied losses

Resources hits 2
Light Industry hits 6
Manpower hits 35
Fires 11725

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 7000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Ground combat at 56,53 (near Pegu)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 73481 troops, 943 guns, 1199 vehicles, Assault Value = 2078

Defending force 40371 troops, 305 guns, 1084 vehicles, Assault Value = 1253

Allied adjusted assault: 1542

Japanese adjusted defense: 2245

Allied assault odds: 1 to 2

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
1001 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 76 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 72 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Guns lost 14 (2 destroyed, 12 disabled)
Vehicles lost 179 (83 destroyed, 96 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
4076 casualties reported
Squads: 84 destroyed, 110 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 62 disabled
Engineers: 25 destroyed, 52 disabled

Assaulting units:
77th Chindit Brigade
19th Indian Division
23rd Indian Division
50th Tank Brigade
14th Army Engineer Battalion
26th Indian Brigade
7th Australian Division
9th Australian Division
14th Army
XXXIII Indian Corps

Defending units:
11th Tank Regiment
28th Ind.Mixed Brigade
8th Tank Regiment
102nd Division
1st Tank Division
14th Tank Regiment
18th Tank Regiment
26th Ind.Mixed Brigade
12th Garrison Unit
11th Air Defense AA Battalion
3rd Ind.AA Gun Co

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Status: offline 		Here is the scene in Burma. The IJA now defend 3 hexes along the line from Rangoon through Pegu to the hex next to Pegu.

The Allies have 6k AV in Rangoon, 3.5k AV in Pegu and 3.6k AV in the next next to Pegu.

A small Indian engineer unit is next to Chang Mai, having walked along the long road through the maountains. I've sent my last reserve division after it and then on to solidify Chang Mai afterward.




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Status: offline 		This is the scene up North. Not much changed. The Allies have 120 fighters at Ketoi, and those will be fun to sweep with the Ki-83 once it's ready.

The KB is off on a secret mission, but close enough to react should all hell break loose and the Allies go for Korea or something.




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Got a nice offensive sweep catching bleeding CAP from the CVEs near Shikuka. The Ki-84b is a good sweeper with it's 11/13 range and CL 20mm if it has the bounce.

I also got a bunch of good Corsairs at Kushiro to pop into my rare high altitude trap. I might have to make more N1K1 as they go to 41k and really put it to the Corsairs in a dive. It's always a bit of a risk as the T-Bolts like it up there, and they come in at 42k, which they did to good effect later in the turn.

B-29s strike Maebashi at night but thanks to the defending Irvings and flak they only managed two hits on the J2M5 factories. Looks like a handful were lost as well.

The Allies try another strange partial DA near Pegu on the 23rd that doesn't go well for them. About 200 squads disabled and no damage to the IJA. Another ID arrives tomorrow plus components of an ID that will build, bringing AV to near 2k in the hex.

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Nov 22, 1944
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Morning Air attack on South Pacific , at 127,44 , near Shikuka

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 34 NM, estimated altitude 36,440 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-84b Frank x 48

Allied aircraft
FM-2 Wildcat x 4
F6F-3 Hellcat x 28

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-84b Frank: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
FM-2 Wildcat: 2 destroyed
F6F-3 Hellcat: 10 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Ki-84b Frank sweeping at 34440 feet

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Morning Air attack on Kushiro , at 123,53

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 13 NM, estimated altitude 41,300 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K1-J George x 36
N1K5-J George x 39

Allied aircraft
F4U-1D Corsair x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed
N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4U-1D Corsair: 7 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x F4U-1D Corsair sweeping at 39300 feet

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Morning Air attack on Kushiro , at 123,53

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 13 NM, estimated altitude 37,900 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K1-J George x 27
N1K5-J George x 37

Allied aircraft
F4U-1A Corsair x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4U-1A Corsair: 3 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 36900 feet

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Morning Air attack on Kushiro , at 123,53

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 44,900 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K1-J George x 22
N1K5-J George x 34

Allied aircraft
P-51D Mustang x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-51D Mustang: 2 destroyed

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Morning Air attack on Kushiro , at 123,53

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 34 NM, estimated altitude 45,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K1-J George x 19
N1K5-J George x 31

Allied aircraft
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed
N1K5-J George: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-47D25 Thunderbolt: 2 destroyed

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Morning Air attack on 12th Indian Engineer Battalion, at 59,54 , near Chiang Mai

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 64
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 32
Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy x 24

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
92 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 14 disabled
Vehicles lost 3 (2 destroyed, 1 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Kushiro , at 123,53

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 42,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K1-J George x 11
N1K5-J George x 14

Allied aircraft
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 53

Japanese aircraft losses
N1K1-J George: 2 destroyed
N1K5-J George: 3 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-47D25 Thunderbolt: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x P-47D25 Thunderbolt sweeping at 42000 feet
13 x P-47D25 Thunderbolt sweeping at 42000 feet
15 x P-47D25 Thunderbolt sweeping at 42000 feet

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Ground combat at 56,53 (near Pegu)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 3919 troops, 40 guns, 41 vehicles, Assault Value = 3498

Defending force 39110 troops, 303 guns, 1018 vehicles, Assault Value = 1107

Assaulting units:
102nd Combat Engineer Regiment
23rd Indian Division
7th Australian Division
19th Indian Division
7th New Chinese Corps
50th Tank Brigade
26th Indian Brigade
11th (East African) Division
77th Chindit Brigade
3rd New Chinese Corps
14th Army Engineer Battalion
8th New Chinese Corps
9th Australian Division
Y' Force
14th Army
XXXIII Indian Corps

Defending units:
14th Tank Regiment
26th Ind.Mixed Brigade
8th Tank Regiment
18th Tank Regiment
1st Tank Division
28th Ind.Mixed Brigade
102nd Division
12th Garrison Unit
11th Air Defense AA Battalion
3rd Ind.AA Gun Co
11th Tank Regiment

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Nov 23, 1944
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Night Air attack on Maebashi , at 113,59

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 59 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 18 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J1N1-Sa Irving x 17

Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
J1N1-Sa Irving: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-29-1 Superfort: 6 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 7000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Night Air attack on Maebashi , at 113,59

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 22 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J1N1-Sa Irving x 13

Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
J1N1-Sa Irving: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-29-1 Superfort: 1 damaged

J2M5 Jack factory hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 7000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on 1st Tank Division, at 56,53 , near Pegu

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 28 NM, estimated altitude 44,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K2-J George x 12
N1K5-J George x 19
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 11
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 21
Ki-84a Frank x 12
Ki-84b Frank x 8
Ki-100-I Tony x 15

Allied aircraft
Thunderbolt I x 16

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Thunderbolt I: 3 destroyed

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Morning Air attack on 1st Tank Division, at 56,53 , near Pegu

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 48,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K2-J George x 9
N1K5-J George x 16
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 8
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 16
Ki-84a Frank x 7
Ki-84b Frank x 6
Ki-100-I Tony x 13

Allied aircraft
Thunderbolt II x 16

Japanese aircraft losses
N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Thunderbolt II: 4 destroyed

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Morning Air attack on 1st Tank Division, at 56,53 , near Pegu

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 12 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K2-J George x 5
N1K5-J George x 11
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 7
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 10
Ki-84a Frank x 4
Ki-84b Frank x 5
Ki-100-I Tony x 10

Allied aircraft
Corsair II x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed
Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed
Ki-100-I Tony: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Corsair II: 1 destroyed

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Morning Air attack on 1st Tank Division, at 56,53 , near Pegu

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 42,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K2-J George x 4
N1K5-J George x 9
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 7
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 9
Ki-84a Frank x 3
Ki-84b Frank x 3
Ki-100-I Tony x 7

Allied aircraft
Spitfire VIII x 11

Japanese aircraft losses
N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed
Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed
Ki-100-I Tony: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Spitfire VIII: 1 destroyed

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Ground combat at 56,53 (near Pegu)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 13030 troops, 217 guns, 175 vehicles, Assault Value = 3553

Defending force 46681 troops, 430 guns, 1003 vehicles, Assault Value = 1325

Allied adjusted assault: 10

Japanese adjusted defense: 2839

Allied assault odds: 1 to 283

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 7 (1 destroyed, 6 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
1338 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 183 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 15 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 46 disabled
Guns lost 32 (1 destroyed, 31 disabled)

Assaulting units:
11th (East African) Division
77th Chindit Brigade
8th New Chinese Corps
3rd New Chinese Corps
50th Tank Brigade
102nd Combat Engineer Regiment
19th Indian Division
26th Indian Brigade
14th Army Engineer Battalion
23rd Indian Division
7th Australian Division
7th New Chinese Corps
9th Australian Division
Y' Force
14th Army
XXXIII Indian Corps

Defending units:
14th Tank Regiment
8th Tank Regiment
18th Tank Regiment
29th Ind.Mixed Brigade
28th Ind.Mixed Brigade
1st Tank Division
26th Ind.Mixed Brigade
102nd Division
12th Garrison Unit
11th Air Defense AA Battalion
3rd Ind.AA Gun Co
56th Field AA Battalion
122nd AA Regiment
8th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
12th Air Defense AA Battalion
8th RF Gun Battalion

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Air losses are heavy over these two days. The Allies send in the B-29s, including the B-29-25 version, both night and day to hit Kushiro. The defenders are up to it though, and take down around 30 of the beasts on the day for negligible damage!

We do lose a lot of planes but it's worth it!

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Nov 24, 1944
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Morning Air attack on Kushiro , at 123,53

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 34 NM, estimated altitude 43,300 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J2M5 Jack x 55
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 16
Ki-84a Frank x 42
Ki-84b Frank x 47

Allied aircraft
F4U-1D Corsair x 31

Japanese aircraft losses
J2M5 Jack: 3 destroyed
Ki-84a Frank: 2 destroyed
Ki-84b Frank: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4U-1D Corsair: 6 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x F4U-1D Corsair sweeping at 39300 feet

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Morning Air attack on 1st Tank Division, at 56,53 , near Pegu

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 23 NM, estimated altitude 43,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K2-J George x 10
Ki-84b Frank x 7

Allied aircraft
Spitfire VIII x 11

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Spitfire VIII: 3 destroyed

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Morning Air attack on Pegu , at 55,53

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 45,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K5-J George x 15
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 8
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 20
Ki-84a Frank x 8
Ki-100-I Tony x 11

Allied aircraft
P-38L Lightning x 21

Japanese aircraft losses
N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed
Ki-43-IV Oscar: 1 destroyed

No Allied losses

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Morning Air attack on Pegu , at 55,53

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 32 NM, estimated altitude 43,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K5-J George x 14
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 6
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 17
Ki-84a Frank x 6
Ki-100-I Tony x 10

Allied aircraft
P-38L Lightning x 14

Japanese aircraft losses
N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed
Ki-43-IV Oscar: 1 destroyed
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed
Ki-100-I Tony: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38L Lightning: 2 destroyed

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Morning Air attack on 1st Tank Division, at 56,53 , near Pegu

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 22 NM, estimated altitude 46,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K2-J George x 8
Ki-84b Frank x 6

Allied aircraft
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 10

Japanese aircraft losses
N1K2-J George: 1 destroyed
Ki-84b Frank: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-47D2 Thunderbolt: 2 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 42000 feet

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Morning Air attack on Pegu , at 55,53

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K5-J George x 13
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 4
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 13
Ki-84a Frank x 6
Ki-100-I Tony x 8

Allied aircraft
Corsair II x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed
Ki-100-I Tony: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Corsair II: 1 destroyed

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Morning Air attack on Kushiro , at 123,53

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 77 NM, estimated altitude 45,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J2M5 Jack x 36
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 14
Ki-84a Frank x 32
Ki-84b Frank x 31

Allied aircraft
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 38

Japanese aircraft losses
J2M5 Jack: 6 destroyed
Ki-84a Frank: 5 destroyed
Ki-84b Frank: 3 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-47D25 Thunderbolt: 3 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x P-47D25 Thunderbolt sweeping at 42000 feet
2 x P-47D25 Thunderbolt sweeping at 42000 feet
2 x P-47D25 Thunderbolt sweeping at 42000 feet
1 x P-47D25 Thunderbolt sweeping at 42000 feet

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Afternoon Air attack on Pegu , at 55,53

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 20 NM, estimated altitude 47,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K2-J George x 5
N1K5-J George x 24
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 5
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 14
Ki-84a Frank x 6
Ki-84b Frank x 4
Ki-100-I Tony x 8

Allied aircraft
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 19

Japanese aircraft losses
N1K2-J George: 1 destroyed
N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-47D25 Thunderbolt: 2 destroyed

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Afternoon Air attack on Pegu , at 55,53

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 23 NM, estimated altitude 47,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K2-J George x 2
N1K5-J George x 22
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 5
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 10
Ki-84a Frank x 6
Ki-84b Frank x 2
Ki-100-I Tony x 8

Allied aircraft
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed
Ki-43-IV Oscar: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-47D2 Thunderbolt: 2 destroyed

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Afternoon Air attack on Pegu , at 55,53

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 33 NM, estimated altitude 43,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K2-J George x 2
N1K5-J George x 18
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 3
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 9
Ki-84a Frank x 5
Ki-84b Frank x 1
Ki-100-I Tony x 7

Allied aircraft
P-38L Lightning x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed
Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38L Lightning: 3 destroyed

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Nov 25, 1944
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Night Air attack on Kushiro , at 123,53

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 24 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAId Nick x 23

Allied aircraft
B-29-25 Superfort x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAId Nick: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-29-25 Superfort: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
B-29-25 Superfort: 1 destroyed by flak

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 12000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Night Air attack on Kushiro , at 123,53

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 65 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 20 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAId Nick x 15

Allied aircraft
B-29-25 Superfort x 7

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAId Nick: 4 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-29-25 Superfort: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 12000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Kushiro , at 123,53

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 73 NM, estimated altitude 38,900 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J2M5 Jack x 69
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 15
Ki-84a Frank x 25
Ki-84b Frank x 30

Allied aircraft
F4U-1A Corsair x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
J2M5 Jack: 3 destroyed
Ki-43-IV Oscar: 1 destroyed
Ki-84a Frank: 2 destroyed
Ki-84b Frank: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4U-1A Corsair: 2 destroyed

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Morning Air attack on Kushiro , at 123,53

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 45,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J2M5 Jack x 62
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 14
Ki-84a Frank x 21
Ki-84b Frank x 29

Allied aircraft
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 44

Japanese aircraft losses
J2M5 Jack: 5 destroyed
Ki-43-IV Oscar: 1 destroyed
Ki-84a Frank: 3 destroyed
Ki-84b Frank: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-47D25 Thunderbolt: 8 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x P-47D25 Thunderbolt sweeping at 42000 feet
9 x P-47D25 Thunderbolt sweeping at 42000 feet

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Morning Air attack on Kushiro , at 123,53

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 76 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J2M5 Jack x 48
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 12
Ki-84a Frank x 14
Ki-84b Frank x 24

Allied aircraft
B-29-25 Superfort x 10
P-51D Mustang x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
J2M5 Jack: 1 destroyed
Ki-43-IV Oscar: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-29-25 Superfort: 6 damaged
B-29-25 Superfort: 1 destroyed by flak
P-51D Mustang: 2 destroyed

Resources hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 12000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Kushiro , at 123,53

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 25 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J2M5 Jack x 41
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 9
Ki-84a Frank x 13
Ki-84b Frank x 24

Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 7

Japanese aircraft losses
J2M5 Jack: 1 destroyed
Ki-84b Frank: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-29-1 Superfort: 6 damaged
B-29-1 Superfort: 1 destroyed by flak


Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 20000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Kushiro , at 123,53

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J2M5 Jack x 36
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 9
Ki-84a Frank x 10
Ki-84b Frank x 19

Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 3
P-51D Mustang x 17

Japanese aircraft losses
J2M5 Jack: 6 destroyed
Ki-43-IV Oscar: 1 destroyed
Ki-84b Frank: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-29-1 Superfort: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
B-29-1 Superfort: 1 destroyed by flak
P-51D Mustang: 3 destroyed


Aircraft Attacking:
1 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 20000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Allied subs have been a bit more active, so I've started to send killer TFs into the fuel and oil routes. Got one today.

More invasions at Urruppa, and today few LSTs go down to the CD guns. The invasions are daily, which of course drains supply and forces continuous defining bombardments. Don't like the auto-rule, but it is what it is.

Kushiro continues to get the works. Sweeps on the 26th are tough, but got to a few of the bombers, which is nice. A few resource points hit. Got about even losses on the day overall.

On the 27th they're tougher. I think I set thing up with too much 9k CAP and got the mix wrong. Overall the Allies get 2:1 on this on day. A rare occurrence lately. I'll change things up again tomorrow and bring completely fresh groups in.

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Nov 26, 1944
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Sub attack near Davao at 83,92

Japanese Ships
SC Ch 13, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage
E No.18

Allied Ships
SS Sea Robin, hits 10, heavy damage

SS Sea Robin launches 6 torpedoes at SC Ch 13
E No.18 attacking submerged sub ....
Debris floats to surface in area of attack!
Escort abandons search for sub

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Morning Air attack on Kushiro , at 123,53

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 41,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J2M3 Jack x 36
J2M5 Jack x 40
N1K2-J George x 29
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 39
Ki-84a Frank x 11
Ki-84b Frank x 13
Ki-100-I Tony x 26

Allied aircraft
Spitfire VIII x 32

Japanese aircraft losses
J2M5 Jack: 1 destroyed
N1K2-J George: 1 destroyed
Ki-43-IV Oscar: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Spitfire VIII: 4 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x Spitfire VIII sweeping at 41500 feet
5 x Spitfire VIII sweeping at 41500 feet

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Morning Air attack on Kushiro , at 123,53

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 76 NM, estimated altitude 38,900 feet.
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J2M3 Jack x 33
J2M5 Jack x 34
N1K2-J George x 25
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 34
Ki-84a Frank x 10
Ki-84b Frank x 13
Ki-100-I Tony x 22

Allied aircraft
Corsair II x 28
F4U-1A Corsair x 21

Japanese aircraft losses
J2M3 Jack: 1 destroyed
J2M5 Jack: 1 destroyed
Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed
Ki-100-I Tony: 3 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4U-1A Corsair: 3 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
28 x Corsair II sweeping at 36900 feet
4 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 36900 feet

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Morning Air attack on Kushiro , at 123,53

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 69 NM, estimated altitude 43,300 feet.
Estimated time to target is 26 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J2M3 Jack x 30
J2M5 Jack x 31
N1K2-J George x 24
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 31
Ki-84a Frank x 7
Ki-84b Frank x 12
Ki-100-I Tony x 16

Allied aircraft
F4U-1D Corsair x 21

Japanese aircraft losses
N1K2-J George: 2 destroyed
Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed
Ki-84b Frank: 1 destroyed
Ki-100-I Tony: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4U-1D Corsair: 2 destroyed

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Morning Air attack on Kushiro , at 123,53

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J2M3 Jack x 28
J2M5 Jack x 30
N1K2-J George x 17
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 27
Ki-84a Frank x 5
Ki-84b Frank x 10
Ki-100-I Tony x 12

Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 17
P-38L Lightning x 55
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 3
P-51D Mustang x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
J2M3 Jack: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 1 destroyed, 9 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 1 destroyed by flak
P-38L Lightning: 3 destroyed
P-51D Mustang: 1 destroyed

Resources hits 8

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 12000 feet
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Nov 27, 1944
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Morning Air attack on Kushiro , at 123,53

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 72 NM, estimated altitude 38,900 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J2M3 Jack x 84
J2M5 Jack x 11
N1K2-J George x 59
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 7
Ki-84b Frank x 12
Ki-100-I Tony x 18

Allied aircraft
F4U-1A Corsair x 36

Japanese aircraft losses
J2M3 Jack: 2 destroyed
N1K2-J George: 4 destroyed
Ki-84b Frank: 2 destroyed
Ki-100-I Tony: 1 destroyed

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
25 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 36900 feet

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Morning Air attack on Kushiro , at 123,53

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 76 NM, estimated altitude 36,900 feet.
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J2M3 Jack x 76
J2M5 Jack x 11
N1K2-J George x 47
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 7
Ki-84b Frank x 9
Ki-100-I Tony x 15

Allied aircraft
Corsair II x 28

Japanese aircraft losses
J2M3 Jack: 2 destroyed
N1K2-J George: 2 destroyed
Ki-84b Frank: 1 destroyed
Ki-100-I Tony: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Corsair II: 2 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Corsair II sweeping at 36900 feet

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Morning Air attack on Kushiro , at 123,53

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 26 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J2M3 Jack x 55
J2M5 Jack x 10
N1K2-J George x 34
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 6
Ki-84b Frank x 7
Ki-100-I Tony x 8

Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 7
P-38L Lightning x 39
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 12
P-51D Mustang x 11
F6F-5 Hellcat x 24
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
J2M3 Jack: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged
P-38L Lightning: 2 destroyed
PB4Y-1 Liberator: 9 damaged

Resources hits 11

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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I think the J2M3 can't handle the late war Allied airframes. I'll be transitioning the rest to rear CAP duties and upgrade forward groups to the N1K5 and J2M5. I'll also try some massed high CAPs soon, old school, and see how that does. I think the low CAP works better with u to about 200 planes, but more than that something gets messy. With 350-400 planes up high I'm hoping the CAP will last with numbers to get to the B-24s.



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Here are the airframe losses over the past four months. I'm feeling tentatively good about these numbers, but still have a lot of work to do. Losses to the Allied pools really took a bump from the Shikuka bombardment, then the next few months levelled off. This last month is purely A to A and flak, which makes me optimistic I can keep it going until things change in March 45. I have a few things I'm doing to get ready for that though too.

I haven't talked much recently about what's happening behind the scenes. I've converted a lot of 2E and all 1E bomber groups to FB. This means I can train more pilots and also keep those in rear areas for defence while allowing the fighter groups to move forward and rotate in and out.

Recently I've changed some production, deciding to dip into my supply pool, and I've increased fighters that use plentiful engines (Oscar, Nick and Tojo on the Ha-35, even though they're all obsolete) and increased some engines to reflect incoming airframes I'll boost once they arrive (Ha-43 for the Ki-83 and J2M7 Sam).

I'm even cutting down on DB, recon and transport production now to make more fighters. With training groups now arriving and converting to FB to train fighters, I can begin to possibly catch up a bit to the massive losses of the past several months. The Allies have to be dipping deep into their pools now, and I've been looking at my Allied game to see numbers and production for late war airframes. I'll go through some of that soon, but I'd like to maintain a 1.5-1 production advantage at least over the next few months. If I can fight evenly this would allow some pools to grow and new airframes to be utilised most effectively.

The Allies are nearing the end of the run for several important mid-44 fighters, notably the P-47D2 and D25, which are both close to their airframe totals in losses. The P-51B and earlier P-38 models, most importantly the high altitude J model, are also nearing the end. The P-51D is coming at 150/month, and I need to run the others out soon so that has to flesh out all of the best sweeping groups to stretch it thin.

The Commonwealth fighters are getting a boost with the Thunderbolt II arriving at 45/month, but should be very low on both Aussie (20/month) and RAF (32/month) Spit VIII and Cosair II (40/month). The NZ groups only get 25/month of the Corsair F4U-1D, so those are also low.

Bombers should be in a similar state, with the B-29-1 run nearly all spent, the B-25D1 and some of the other smaller runs of B-25 nearly wiped out. He has a lot of Venturas, a decent pool of USN 4Es, and at least 200 B-24J in the pools by my estimates, but the pilots can't be keeping up with recent losses, and that will hurt later if B-29s come in and need experienced crews.

The Allies should have about 850-900 new fighter airframes per month until March 45. My recent changes and the arrival of the Ki-83 i sabot a week will bump Japanese production to around 1,400 fighters per month. In Feb-March I'll get more with 60/month Ki-100-II, 30/month Ki-102A with 44k max altitude (and I'll probably increase to 60/month), and 210/month of the J2M7 Sam (this number including all A6M8 will convert to Sam once it's available, so not getting to full production for a month).





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Allied subs are a menace. Crevalle hits a TK, then is pounded, surfaces, fires another salvo and hits another TK, then is finally sunk.

In the air the Allies keep on at Kushiro. He swept using a group of Hellcats, which is usually good for the IJ defenders. In this case half the group is shot down. On the day the loss numbers are even, but the Allies also hit the port, sinking a CM and an AKE. Should have moved those back a while ago, but got lazy there.

No news in the South as my air groups continue to get back into shape and the Allies send their milk runs to the next next to Pegu. He's still losing 8-10 a day to flak. Works for me.

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Sub attack near Tandjoengselor at 70,94

Japanese Ships
TK Kikusui Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
E No.19
TK Akane Maru, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Crevalle, hits 15, heavy damage

SS Crevalle launches 6 torpedoes at TK Kikusui Maru
E No.19 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E No.19 attacking submerged sub ....
SS Crevalle forced to surface!
E No.19 firing on surfaced sub ....
TK Akane Maru firing on surfaced sub ....
E No.19 firing on surfaced sub ....
TK Akane Maru firing on surfaced sub ....
E No.19 firing on surfaced sub ....
E No.19 firing on surfaced sub ....
E No.19 firing on surfaced sub ....
Contact with submarine is lost

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Morning Air attack on Kushiro , at 123,53

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 41,900 feet.
Estimated time to target is 29 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J2M3 Jack x 26
J2M5 Jack x 12
N1K2-J George x 28
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 23
Ki-84a Frank x 48
Ki-84b Frank x 13
Ki-100-I Tony x 24

Allied aircraft
F4U-1A Corsair x 28

Japanese aircraft losses
J2M3 Jack: 1 destroyed
Ki-43-IV Oscar: 1 destroyed
Ki-84b Frank: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4U-1A Corsair: 2 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 36900 feet

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Morning Air attack on Kushiro , at 123,53

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 73 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 25 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J2M3 Jack x 23
J2M5 Jack x 12
N1K2-J George x 28
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 22
Ki-84a Frank x 45
Ki-84b Frank x 10
Ki-100-I Tony x 19

Allied aircraft
F6F-5 Hellcat x 16

Japanese aircraft losses
N1K2-J George: 1 destroyed
Ki-43-IV Oscar: 1 destroyed
Ki-100-I Tony: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F6F-5 Hellcat: 6 destroyed

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Morning Air attack on Kushiro , at 123,53

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 43,300 feet.
Estimated time to target is 29 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J2M3 Jack x 20
J2M5 Jack x 12
N1K2-J George x 27
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 17
Ki-84a Frank x 45
Ki-84b Frank x 9
Ki-100-I Tony x 16

Allied aircraft
F4U-1D Corsair x 3
F4U-1D Corsair x 20

Japanese aircraft losses
J2M3 Jack: 1 destroyed
N1K2-J George: 2 destroyed
Ki-43-IV Oscar: 1 destroyed
Ki-84a Frank: 2 destroyed
Ki-84b Frank: 1 destroyed
Ki-100-I Tony: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4U-1D Corsair: 3 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x F4U-1D Corsair sweeping at 39300 feet

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Morning Air attack on Kushiro , at 123,53

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 77 NM, estimated altitude 40,300 feet.
Estimated time to target is 29 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J2M3 Jack x 18
J2M5 Jack x 12
N1K2-J George x 20
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 14
Ki-84a Frank x 39
Ki-84b Frank x 8
Ki-100-I Tony x 12

Allied aircraft
F4U-1D Corsair x 35

Japanese aircraft losses
J2M3 Jack: 1 destroyed
N1K2-J George: 2 destroyed
Ki-43-IV Oscar: 1 destroyed
Ki-84b Frank: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4U-1D Corsair: 2 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x F4U-1D Corsair sweeping at 39300 feet
5 x F4U-1D Corsair sweeping at 39300 feet

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Morning Air attack on Kushiro , at 123,53

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 77 NM, estimated altitude 39,900 feet.
Estimated time to target is 29 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J2M3 Jack x 12
J2M5 Jack x 10
N1K2-J George x 14
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 8
Ki-84a Frank x 32
Ki-84b Frank x 4
Ki-100-I Tony x 11

Allied aircraft
F4U-1A Corsair x 27

Japanese aircraft losses
J2M3 Jack: 1 destroyed
J2M5 Jack: 1 destroyed
N1K2-J George: 2 destroyed
Ki-84a Frank: 3 destroyed
Ki-100-I Tony: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4U-1A Corsair: 2 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 36900 feet
5 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 36900 feet

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Morning Air attack on Kushiro , at 123,53

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J2M3 Jack x 9
J2M5 Jack x 7
N1K2-J George x 11
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 6
Ki-84a Frank x 23
Ki-84b Frank x 4
Ki-100-I Tony x 8

Allied aircraft
Liberator B.VI x 27
Liberator GR.VI x 9
B-29-1 Superfort x 8
P-51D Mustang x 26
F6F-3 Hellcat x 42
F6F-5 Hellcat x 24
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 13

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Liberator B.VI: 9 damaged
Liberator B.VI: 1 destroyed by flak
Liberator GR.VI: 7 damaged
B-29-1 Superfort: 5 damaged
P-51D Mustang: 1 destroyed
F6F-3 Hellcat: 1 destroyed
F6F-5 Hellcat: 2 destroyed
PB4Y-1 Liberator: 6 damaged

Japanese Ships
APD T-4, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
ACM Yoshitomo Maru, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
CM Tsugaru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires
AKE Irako, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
ACM Wa 20, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk

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

Resources hits 15
Manpower hits 10
Fires 6255
Port hits 4
Port fuel hits 2
Port supply hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Kushiro , at 123,53

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 59 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 20 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J2M3 Jack x 3
J2M5 Jack x 5
N1K2-J George x 8
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 4
Ki-84a Frank x 10
Ki-84b Frank x 3
Ki-100-I Tony x 3

Allied aircraft
Liberator B.VI x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
N1K2-J George: 1 destroyed
Ki-84b Frank: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Liberator B.VI: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
Liberator B.VI: 1 destroyed by flak

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Liberator B.VI bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Ground combat at Pegu (55,53)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 9353 troops, 308 guns, 412 vehicles, Assault Value = 2934

Defending force 105108 troops, 1126 guns, 621 vehicles, Assault Value = 2459

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

Allied ground losses:
Guns lost 17 (11 destroyed, 6 disabled)
Vehicles lost 23 (17 destroyed, 6 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Assaulting units:
9th Indian Division
72nd British Brigade
6th Australian Division
150th RAC Regiment
111th Chindit Brigade
22nd (East African) Brigade
14th Indian Division
11th Indian Division
7th Indian Division
17th Indian Division
6th Chinese Corps
249th Field Artillery Battalion
101st Heavy AA Regiment
XV Indian Corps
2/13th Field Regiment
1st USMC Field Artillery Battalion
86th Coast AA Regiment
86th Medium Regiment
6th Medium Regiment
134th Field Artillery Battalion
2/9th Field Regiment
85th Medium Regiment
32nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
181st Field Artillery Regiment
168th Field Artillery Regiment
2/11th Field Regiment
2nd Indian Heavy AA Regiment
97th Field Artillery Battalion
87th Medium Regiment
18th SP Field Artillery Regiment
24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
22nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment

Defending units:
5th Division
Yokosuka 1st SNLF
20th Ind. Engineer Regiment
108th Division
18th Division
2nd Division
48th Division
118th Division
3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
Yokosuka 2nd SNLF
43rd Const Co
115th AA Regiment
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
10th RF Gun Battalion
53rd Const Co
54th Field AA Battalion
57th Field AA Battalion
15th Const Co
117th AA Regiment
35th JAAF AF Bn
112th AA Regiment
3rd RF Gun Battalion
51st Field AA Battalion
26th AA Regiment
125th AA Regiment
52nd Field AA Battalion
62nd JAAF AF Bn
44th Field AA Battalion
69th Field AA Battalion
6th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
Burma Area Army
1st Air Army
53rd Field AA Battalion
16th Army
121st AA Regiment
21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
84th JAAF AF Bn

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Big news! The Allies finally DA at Uruppa-Jima!! The base is untouched forts remaining at 6 after all of that prep from bombardments and air strikes, and the Allied troops suffer decent losses and heavy disablements. This is a big day, as it means he has to essentially start again!!

I predict more units landing, continued bombardments, and a lot more air strikes. Now though, I may be able to get some offensive tools into playa nd contest some of this after another two weeks. It also could set the Allied timetable back if he has to drop units prepped for other bases onto Uruppa. Very curious now what he'll do.

Will he choose another spot to invade simultaneously to keep moving and stay on time? Will he double down and throw everything at Uruppa?

Doing an AAR is a bit tedious for all of these games, but I love how much I learn about the game. I just noticed actually he had changed his air sweeps setting for Kushiro and started sending some Corsairs at 20k. This is why he's ben doing a bit better there periodically!! I'll set a high CAP soon and see if I can't catch him off guard. My Ki-84r groups are nearly ready. I'll add them to the mix in the North and South to ring in December!

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Morning Air attack on Kushiro , at 123,53

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 44 NM, estimated altitude 42,900 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 49
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 48
Ki-84a Frank x 59

Allied aircraft
P-51D Mustang x 17

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-IV Oscar: 1 destroyed
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-51D Mustang: 4 destroyed

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Afternoon Air attack on Kushiro , at 123,53

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 29 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 47
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 47
Ki-84a Frank x 58

Allied aircraft
F4U-1A Corsair x 24

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 2 destroyed
Ki-84a Frank: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4U-1A Corsair: 2 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 20000 feet

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Afternoon Air attack on Kushiro , at 123,53

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 48 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 18 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 41
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 39
Ki-84a Frank x 52

Allied aircraft
F4U-1D Corsair x 30

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-IV Oscar: 3 destroyed
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 2 destroyed
Ki-84a Frank: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4U-1D Corsair: 2 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x F4U-1D Corsair sweeping at 20000 feet

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Afternoon Air attack on Kushiro , at 123,53

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 51 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 19 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 28
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 35
Ki-84a Frank x 42

Allied aircraft
Corsair II x 22

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed
Ki-84a Frank: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Corsair II: 2 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Corsair II sweeping at 20000 feet

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Afternoon Air attack on Kushiro , at 123,53

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 49 NM, estimated altitude 41,300 feet.
Estimated time to target is 18 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 23
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 32
Ki-84a Frank x 34

Allied aircraft
F4U-1D Corsair x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 2 destroyed
Ki-84a Frank: 3 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4U-1D Corsair: 3 destroyed

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Afternoon Air attack on Kushiro , at 123,53

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 21
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 26
Ki-84a Frank x 26

Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 8
P-38L Lightning x 24
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 9
P-51D Mustang x 27
F4U-1D Corsair x 36
F6F-3 Hellcat x 40
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 11

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 5 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 1 destroyed by flak
P-38L Lightning: 1 destroyed
P-51D Mustang: 1 destroyed
F6F-3 Hellcat: 1 destroyed
PB4Y-1 Liberator: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged
PB4Y-1 Liberator: 1 destroyed by flak

Resources hits 9
Fires 849

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on Kushiro , at 123,53

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 75 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 25 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 16
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 17
Ki-84a Frank x 20

Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 4
P-51D Mustang x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-IV Oscar: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 1 destroyed by flak
P-51D Mustang: 1 destroyed

Resources hits 2
Fires 741

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 9000 feet
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on Kushiro , at 123,53

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 34 NM, estimated altitude 46,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 8
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 13
Ki-84a Frank x 19

Allied aircraft
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed
Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-47D25 Thunderbolt: 1 destroyed

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Ground combat at Pegu (55,53)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8996 troops, 300 guns, 400 vehicles, Assault Value = 2938

Defending force 105175 troops, 1126 guns, 621 vehicles, Assault Value = 2463

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

Allied ground losses:
Guns lost 23 (3 destroyed, 20 disabled)
Vehicles lost 12 (3 destroyed, 9 disabled)

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Ground combat at Uruppu-jima (130,52)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 70238 troops, 1102 guns, 1475 vehicles, Assault Value = 2318

Defending force 51321 troops, 347 guns, 123 vehicles, Assault Value = 1176

Allied adjusted assault: 3067

Japanese adjusted defense: 5587

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

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

Japanese ground losses:
2696 casualties reported
Squads: 30 destroyed, 150 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 22 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 42 disabled
Guns lost 35 (1 destroyed, 34 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
4424 casualties reported
Squads: 64 destroyed, 486 disabled
Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 72 disabled
Engineers: 7 destroyed, 91 disabled
Guns lost 70 (7 destroyed, 63 disabled)
Vehicles lost 69 (9 destroyed, 60 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Assaulting units:
1st Filipino Inf Regiment
3rd Motor Brigade
18th Combat Engineer Regiment
38th Infantry Division
713th Flame Tank Battalion
4th USMC Tank Battalion
2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion
1st Regiment
503rd Parachute Regiment
815th Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion
104th Combat Engineer Regiment
43rd Infantry Division
158th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
671th Tank Destroyer Battalion
37th Infantry Division
58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment
37th (Sep) Infantry Regiment
1st Fiji Commando Battalion
1st Medium Regiment
225th Field Artillery Battalion
Sixth US Army
3rd USA Defense Battalion
XIV Corps Artillery
XIV US Corps
259th Coastal Artillery Battalion
11th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
33rd Medium Regiment

Defending units:
5th Garrison Unit
15th Ind. Engineer Regiment
302nd Ind.Infantry Battalion
28th Division
4th Amphibious Brigade
114th Division
1st Engineer Regiment
Nanking Naval Guard Unit
48th Ind.Mixed Brigade
22nd Ind. Engineer Regiment
35th Army
100th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
8th Base Force

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I do not consider that DA at Uruppu to be at all a disaster or even setback for the Allies. If anything, that's a push.


It's not near a disaster, no, but it's still a big disappointment, as it means the next attack will have to be prepared for again, time will be taken, and more units may be needed. In particular he didn't lower forts, and the combat engineers took a bit of a hit, so he may need more of those now.

It's not progress, lets say that!

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I do not consider that DA at Uruppu to be at all a disaster or even setback for the Allies. If anything, that's a push.


It's not near a disaster, no, but it's still a big disappointment, as it means the next attack will have to be prepared for again, time will be taken, and more units may be needed. In particular he didn't lower forts, and the combat engineers took a bit of a hit, so he may need more of those now.

It's not progress, lets say that!


To me, it's still progress. It's just a matter of how much.

Functionally, he has infinite supply. You don't. Up to a point, he has infinite USA infantry squads (among other devices). You do too, but taking replacements burns supply.

He burned some larger measure of your supply with this attack than he would have with not attacking, even if he were bombarding with everything there. Even if the damage to both sides in the attack is matched 50/50 or even negligible, just the simple fact that he's burning your supply is a win for him (and you might have to ship more in, burning fuel - also a win for him).

The only measurement here (especially since losses appeared negligible in this case) is time - did he hurt you more in supplies than he didn't gain in time savings for the next target? Only the two of you have anywhere near the information necessary to come to a conclusion on that question.

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I do not consider that DA at Uruppu to be at all a disaster or even setback for the Allies. If anything, that's a push.


It's not near a disaster, no, but it's still a big disappointment, as it means the next attack will have to be prepared for again, time will be taken, and more units may be needed. In particular he didn't lower forts, and the combat engineers took a bit of a hit, so he may need more of those now.

It's not progress, lets say that!


To me, it's still progress. It's just a matter of how much.

Functionally, he has infinite supply. You don't. Up to a point, he has infinite USA infantry squads (among other devices). You do too, but taking replacements burns supply.

He burned some larger measure of your supply with this attack than he would have with not attacking, even if he were bombarding with everything there. Even if the damage to both sides in the attack is matched 50/50 or even negligible, just the simple fact that he's burning your supply is a win for him (and you might have to ship more in, burning fuel - also a win for him).

The only measurement here (especially since losses appeared negligible in this case) is time - did he hurt you more in supplies than he didn't gain in time savings for the next target? Only the two of you have anywhere near the information necessary to come to a conclusion on that question.


Well, I will never be able to ship supply in. There is constant attention here, the DS within 2-3 hexes at all times, and several SCTFs hanging around. So airlift is th only way to resupply.

Oddly, the base was at zero before the attack. After, I opened the game and it had 5k+ supply! I have no idea how. Maybe there is a flow from the main islands somehow? Doesn't make sense, but that's how it is. Troops now in the white again.

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Status: offline 		Cheers for all the updates. Great to see Japan holding its own so well in the air late war.

I may have missed discussion on it earlier, but how are your pilot pools holding up?

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