PzB74
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Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! 
While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased.
Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy.
Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast.
I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups.
My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze
attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down.
The fleet will stay in port and I will not deploy the strategic air reserves. Let's play hide and seek and
see how long we can delay the inevitable  It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya
than close to the Home Islands.
Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create! 
Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted
heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and
well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-)
Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her  ) was SUNK as well 
Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink....
I always regain motivation to play, but I've been extremely busy and tired lately. The going may get a bit slow in the
weeks to come, will have 10 days vacation with the gf in a week Before that I'm a busy bee at work.
The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this
means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame
in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing.
Wasting much of the KB is almost an inevitability in 1944, but I should have made it more costly to Andy.
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 09/21/44
Surface Combat
In the afternoon as bomardment group entered Singapore:
Day Time Surface Combat, near Singapore at 23,50
Japanese Ships
AK Awazisan Maru, Shell hits 12, and is sunk
Allied Ships
BB Iowa
CA Baltimore
CA Boston
CL Mobile
CL Biloxi
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Bombardment
The afternoon bombardment destroyed a bunch of damaged ac, but failed to hit many troops.
Ships in port suffered varying degrees of damage.
Our coastal defence units is at Johore Baru. Just as well, couldn't have done much to battleships
and heavy cruisers:
Naval bombardment of Singapore, at 23,50
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zeke: 1 destroyed
B6N Jill: 1 destroyed
Ki-84-Ia Frank: 1 destroyed
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 1 destroyed
B7A Grace: 1 destroyed
G4M2 Betty: 1 destroyed
Japanese Ships
AP Konan Maru, Shell hits 1, on fire
AK Singapore Maru, Shell hits 1, on fire
AV Kiyokawa Maru, Shell hits 3, on fire
PG Sozan Maru, Shell hits 1
AK Hoeisan Maru, Shell hits 1, on fire
CA Maya, Shell hits 2, heavy damage
AP Tatibana Maru, Shell hits 2, on fire
TK Daishin Maru, Shell hits 1
TK Ogura Maru #1, Shell hits 1
ML Ma 3, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Shinnan Maru, Shell hits 1, on fire
CL Kitakami, Shell hits 2, heavy damage
MSW W.23, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Kiri, Shell hits 1
AK Kozan Maru, Shell hits 1
AS Tsukushi Maru, Shell hits 1, on fire
ML Ma 1, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
PG Aso Maru, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Momo, Shell hits 1, on fire
ML Ma 2, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AD AD-3243, Shell hits 1
AK Hitora Maru, Shell hits 1
Allied Ships
CL Biloxi
CL Mobile
CA Boston
CA Baltimore
BB Iowa
Japanese ground losses:
92 casualties reported
Guns lost 4
Vehicles lost 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 20
Port hits 7
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 1
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TF 1041 encounters mine field at 26056224,24 
Allied Ships
MSW Bobolink
MSW Scuffle
MSW Scrimage
MSW Saunter
MSW Salute
MSW Scout
DE Edward C. Daly
DE Raby
DE Coolbaugh
DD Henley
DD Meade
DD Wilkes
DD McDermut
AK Mabella, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
Allied ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Night Air Combat
My efforts in night naval attack paid some dividends tonight:
Night Air attack on TF at 23,57
Japanese aircraft
B7A Grace x 24
Japanese aircraft losses
B7A Grace: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
Allied Ships
LST LST-171
AP Pierce
DE Duffy
LST LST-465
LST LST-446
LST LST-462
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Night Air attack on TF at 23,57
Japanese aircraft
B7A Grace x 9
Ki-67 Peggy x 15
Japanese aircraft losses
B7A Grace: 3 damaged
Ki-67 Peggy: 7 damaged
Allied Ships
LST LST-462
LST LST-30
LST LST-467
LST LST-448, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AP Heywood
AK Morgan Robertson
LST LST-276, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Mariscal Sucre
Allied ground losses:
21 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 2
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Air Combat
Enemy carriers hit Singapore and the bloody fighting left the CAP in tatters.
Even with 340 fighters in Singapore a mere 150 were in the air to intercept the enemy.
It's impossible to defend against multiple waves of enemy ac when CAP never is stronger
than this. Nothing to be done with it either...
Day Air attack on Singapore , at 23,50
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 56
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 26
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 16
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 7
Ki-84-Ia Frank x 38
Ki-102a Randy x 6
Allied aircraft
FM-2 Wildcat x 14
F6F Hellcat x 54
F4U-1D Corsair x 10
SB2C Helldiver x 42
TBM Avenger x 74
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zeke: 31 destroyed
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 29 destroyed
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 14 destroyed
Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 5 destroyed
Ki-84-Ia Frank: 25 destroyed
Ki-102a Randy: 11 destroyed
G4M2 Betty: 4 destroyed
Ki-67 Peggy: 1 destroyed
B7A Grace: 1 destroyed
Ki-57-II Topsy: 4 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
FM-2 Wildcat: 7 destroyed
F6F Hellcat: 18 destroyed, 8 damaged
F4U-1D Corsair: 10 destroyed
SB2C Helldiver: 9 destroyed, 9 damaged
TBM Avenger: 6 destroyed, 8 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
24 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Airbase hits 17
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 87
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Day Air attack on Singapore , at 23,50
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 10
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 2
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 3
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 1
Ki-84-Ia Frank x 8
Allied aircraft
F6F Hellcat x 17
F4U-1D Corsair x 15
SB2C Helldiver x 89
TBM Avenger x 54
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zeke: 18 destroyed
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 6 destroyed
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 9 destroyed
Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 3 destroyed
Ki-84-Ia Frank: 23 destroyed
Ki-102a Randy: 7 destroyed
G4M2 Betty: 3 destroyed
Ki-67 Peggy: 5 destroyed
B7A Grace: 3 destroyed
Ki-57-II Topsy: 3 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
F6F Hellcat: 4 destroyed
F4U-1D Corsair: 1 damaged
SB2C Helldiver: 1 destroyed
TBM Avenger: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
56 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Airbase hits 23
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 74
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By the time the heavies arrived 12 Zekes were left in the air...
Day Air attack on Singapore , at 23,50
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 12
Allied aircraft
Mosquito PR.IX x 6
B-24J Liberator x 47
B-29 Superfortress x 56
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zeke: 8 destroyed
B7A Grace: 1 destroyed
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 2 destroyed
Ki-57-II Topsy: 2 destroyed
Ki-84-Ia Frank: 5 destroyed
Ki-67 Peggy: 3 destroyed
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 2 destroyed
G4M2 Betty: 6 destroyed
Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 5 damaged
B-29 Superfortress: 6 damaged
Japanese Ships
Most warship that were hit were already damaged. A a variety of support and cargo ships were
also in port. Will try a mass exodus tomorrow while trying to disrupt the enemys plans.
AV Kiyokawa Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire
AP Takayo Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AK Tokyo Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
SS I-7, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
PC Shonan Maru #7, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
TK Tennan Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Shanan Maru #16, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
PG Shinko Maru #5, Bomb hits 1
CA Maya, Bomb hits 6, heavy damage
PC Shonon Maru #15, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP Kotobuki Maru #3, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AP Kamishima Maru, Bomb hits 1
AK Zuiko Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
CA Chokai, Bomb hits 3, on fire
AK Risen Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AP Koryu Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
TK Matsumoto Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Singapore Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
CL Kitakami, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage
MLE Kamogawa Maru, Bomb hits 1
AK Akagi Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
MSW W.23, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Shinnan Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
Japanese ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Airbase hits 8
Runway hits 93
Port hits 9
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 2
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Singakwang had mostly night naval attack bombers
Day Air attack on Singkawang , at 25,57
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
B-29 Superfortress x 112
Japanese aircraft losses
P1Y Frances: 4 destroyed
G4M2 Betty: 6 destroyed
H8K Emily: 3 destroyed
J1N1-S Irving: 3 destroyed
Japanese ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Airbase hits 14
Airbase supply hits 10
Runway hits 78
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Strikes from Borneo and Java claimed a few hits today:
Day Air attack on TF at 24,63
Japanese aircraft (Got a ruined Judy Daitai, reduced from 24 to 2 ac with 24 high exp pilots)
D4Y Judy x 2
Japanese aircraft losses
D4Y Judy: 2 damaged
Allied Ships
DD Craven, Bomb hits 1, on fire
Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x D4Y Judy bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 24,63
Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 16
Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed, 14 damaged
Allied Ships
DD Ross, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
DD Haggard
DD Lardner
DD Richard Leary
Allied ground losses:
18 casualties reported
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Day Air attack on TF at 24,56
Japanese aircraft
G4M2 Betty x 15
Japanese aircraft losses
G4M2 Betty: 3 destroyed, 9 damaged
Allied Ships
LST LST-461
LST LST-245, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP Callaway
AP Kanimba
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Day Air attack on TF at 24,63
Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 8
Allied aircraft
F6F Hellcat x 12
Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 2 destroyed, 4 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
F6F Hellcat: 1 damaged
Allied Ships
DD Lardner
DD Richard Leary, Torpedo hits 1
Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported
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Ground Combat
A small enemy para force landed at Malacca. Size 2 af, one of 2 undefended bases in Malaya.
Will attempt to counter them.
Ground combat at Malacca
Allied Shock attack
Attacking force 131 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 6
Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0
Allied max assault: 4 - adjusted assault: 3
Japanese max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1
Allied assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 0)
Allied forces CAPTURE Malacca base !!!
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