Xargun
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Joined: 2/14/2004 From: Near Columbus, Ohio Status: offline
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Another day and my air force puts a whopping on RN merchies again - 6 merchies sunk, 2 with troops on board - others possibly with supplies headed for the near Burma line at Rangoon. Two of my own merchies sank beneath the waves due to flooding damage from previous turns. Well I did it again... Got ahead of myself. I have been reconning Kweiyang for several turns now and saw nothing there but a few fighters. So I transfered some fighters and bombers and pounded the place in preparation of a parachute assault - if I captured this it would cut off half of china... Well... once more my recon / intell is worthless... There were like 8 CHinese divisions sitting there and they shot down a lot of my transports and killed over 500 elite paratroopers before the few survivors fled the city hoping to make it to Japanese lines for rescue. I should have known better than to trust my recon intell and should have bombed for a turn or two to make sure before I airdropped in... Oh well... now both of my parachute regiments are useless for a long time trying to replace losses. The battle for Moulmein continues as the Brits attacked in strength but were driven off once more, although my unit suffered heavy losses. Not sure how much longer they can hold and the Guards are taking their sweet time moving north. The battle for AMboina is going into its 3rd day - I have knocked down the fort and will hopefully take the base in the next attack. Allied subs at Wake got a hit in on a merchie and even surfaced to add more damage with its deck gun. I wish I knew where my ASW TF was at this time... and why it hasn't blown these subs out of the water yet... Well thats about it... Enjoy. AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/04/42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack at 62,76 Japanese Ships PC Toshi Maru #3 PC Tama Maru #8 PC Shonon Maru #15 PC Sonan Maru #5 PC Takunan Maru #2 PC Takunan Maru #10 PC Ch 24 PC Ch 29 PC Ch 30 PG Takunan Maru #10 PG Choan Maru #2 PG Choko Maru #2 PG Heijo Maru PG Keijo Maru PG Seikai Maru PG Shoei Maru PG Shotoku Maru Allied Ships SS Pickerel -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Wake Island at 82,63 Japanese Ships ML Kuroshima Allied Ships SS Cachalot -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Cagayan, at 42,59 Japanese Ships DD Harusame DD Murasame DD Asagumo DD Minegumo DD Natsugumo CL Naka Allied ground losses: 13 casualties reported Runway hits 2 Port hits 1 Port fuel hits 1 Port supply hits 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Rangoon at 29,34 Japanese Ships SS I-156 Allied Ships AP Speelman, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage * Sunk Allied ground losses: 93 casualties reported Guns lost 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Kweiyang , at 41,35 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 34 Ki-15 Babs x 1 Allied aircraft I-153c x 6 I-16c x 7 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses I-153c: 8 destroyed I-16c: 8 destroyed, 1 damaged -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 56th Division, at 22,47 Japanese aircraft Ki-27 Nate x 4 Allied aircraft Martin 139 x 3 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Martin 139: 1 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Martin 139 bombing at 25200 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 56th Division, at 22,47 Japanese aircraft Ki-27 Nate x 4 Allied aircraft Brewster 339D x 5 Martin 139 x 3 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Brewster 339D: 5 destroyed Martin 139: 1 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Martin 139 bombing at 1000 feet 2 x Brewster 339D strafing at 100 feet 1 x Brewster 339D strafing at 100 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 101st USAAF Base Force, at 43,52 Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 4 Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty: 4 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 4 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 15000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 4th Coastal Gun Battalion, at 39,73 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 1 B5N Kate x 18 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 43 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 18 x B5N Kate bombing at 5000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Corregidor M Fortress, at 43,52 Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 7 Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty: 5 damaged Allied ground losses: 25 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Aircraft Attacking: 7 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 15000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Rangoon at 29,34 Japanese aircraft G3M Nell x 4 Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 5 Allied aircraft Buffalo I x 4 Japanese aircraft losses G3M Nell: 2 destroyed Allied Ships AK Empire Bunting Aircraft Attacking: 3 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 26,32 Japanese aircraft G3M Nell x 13 Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 31 No Japanese losses Allied Ships AK Empire Barracuda, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage * Sunk AK Empire Snipe, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage * Sunk Aircraft Attacking: 2 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 3 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Akyab at 30,29 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 3 G3M Nell x 4 No Japanese losses Allied Ships AK Soerabaja, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage * Sunk Aircraft Attacking: 4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Rangoon at 29,34 Japanese aircraft G3M Nell x 13 Allied aircraft Buffalo I x 4 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Allied Ships AK Høegh Merchant AK Prominent, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage * Sunk Aircraft Attacking: 2 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 3 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Akyab at 30,29 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 22 G3M Nell x 6 No Japanese losses Allied Ships AP Rochussen AP Van Landsberge, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage * Sunk Allied ground losses: 48 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Aircraft Attacking: 2 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Rangoon at 29,34 Japanese aircraft G3M Nell x 4 Allied aircraft Buffalo I x 4 Japanese aircraft losses G3M Nell: 1 damaged Allied Ships AK Steel Traveler, Torpedo hits 1, on fire Aircraft Attacking: 4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Rangoon at 29,34 Japanese aircraft G3M Nell x 5 Allied aircraft Buffalo I x 9 Japanese aircraft losses G3M Nell: 1 damaged -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Rangoon at 29,34 Japanese aircraft G3M Nell x 8 Allied aircraft Buffalo I x 9 Japanese aircraft losses G3M Nell: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Wake Island at 82,63 Japanese Ships AK Hague Maru, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, on fire Allied Ships SS Dolphin -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Cagayan, at 42,59 Japanese Ships DD Harusame DD Murasame DD Asagumo DD Minegumo DD Natsugumo CL Naka Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 14 Port hits 1 Port supply hits 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Nanning Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 28981 troops, 343 guns, 8 vehicles Defending force 22562 troops, 123 guns, 0 vehicles Japanese ground losses: 6 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Allied ground losses: 28 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Amboina Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 2663 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 1574 troops, 8 guns, 1 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0 Japanese ground losses: 31 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Allied ground losses: 122 casualties reported Guns lost 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Moulmein Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 15795 troops, 162 guns, 421 vehicles Defending force 6311 troops, 49 guns, 0 vehicles Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 0) Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 0 Japanese ground losses: 558 casualties reported Guns lost 22 Allied ground losses: 156 casualties reported Guns lost 5 Vehicles lost 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kweiyang Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 1196 troops, 16 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 73849 troops, 533 guns, 0 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 3) Japanese ground losses: 504 casualties reported Guns lost 11
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