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RE: Target practice in the Indian Ocean - 2/2/2005 4:40:44 PM

PzB74

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Hm, so as soon he throws a bad dice he looses 1-2000 polit points? He doesn't have that many high value capital ships left in Karachi now!

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/12/42

Surface Combat

Bombardments

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Naval bombardment of Tarawa, at 85,91 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

Allied Ships
CA Northampton
DD Hatfield
DD Aylwin
DD Selfridge
DD Benham
DD Jarvis
DD Morris
DD Hughes
DD Aaron Ward
CL Helena
CL Concord
CA San Francisco
CA Minneapolis
CA Houston
BB California

Japanese ground losses:
234 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
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Sub/ASW Attacks

Sub attack at 85,92 - this sub watched the south eastern approach to Tarawa. Enemy ships are reinforcing the place. PT boats, transports and warship tf's have arrived.

Japanese Ships
SS I-173

Allied Ships
DD Cassin
DMS Trevor
DD Evertsen
DD John D. Edwards
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ASW attack near Tarawa at 85,91

Japanese Ships - this boat was placed off Tarawa itself...didn't stand a chance
SS RO-66, hits 4, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
DMS Trevor
DD Evertsen
DD John D. Edwards
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Air Combat

Day Air attack on Lae , at 54,87

Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk I x 16
Beaufort V-IX x 15
B-26B Marauder x 37

Allied aircraft losses
Beaufort V-IX: 1 damaged
B-26B Marauder: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
137 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 48

Aircraft Attacking:
All bombers bombing at 7000 feet
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Day Air attack on Imperial Guards Division, at 29,18

Japanese aircraft - not as many Zeros on CAP as I had hoped for...
A6M2 Zero x 23

Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 16
Wellington III x 32

Japanese aircraft losses - 2 were OP losses today
A6M2 Zero: 7 damaged

Allied aircraft losses - but they surely kicked som RAF a$$

Buffalo I: 21 destroyed - 9 were lost
Wellington III: 15 destroyed, 14 damaged - 6 were lost

Japanese ground losses:
29 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
All Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 2nd Australian Division, at 21,12 - lookie here! Al has moved the 2nd Oz Division into Bombay!!!

Japanese aircraft - this strike came from Hyderabad, now a size 3 + 44% af.
A6M2 Zero x 15
Ki-21 Sally x 49

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 4 damaged

Allied ground losses:
29 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
All Ki-21 Sally bombing at 5000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 15,27

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 2
Blenheim IV x 6

Allied aircraft losses - my damaged BB's are leaving Trimcomalee - all the Beauforts have been moved to Bombay.
Blenheim IV: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Yamashiro, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
All Blenheim IV bombing at 5000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 7,48

Japanese aircraft - only minor strikes against Allied transports today, I've run out of juice!
B5N Kate x 1

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AK Empire Dryden, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 4,49

Japanese aircraft
E13A1 Jake x 4

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AK Empire Webster, Bomb hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x E13A1 Jake attacking at 100 feet
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Ground Combat

Ground combat at Ichang - tomorrow 2 more engineer regiments will arrive.

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 167793 troops, 1995 guns, 156 vehicles

Defending force 41798 troops, 228 guns, 0 vehicles

Allied ground losses:
121 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
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Ground combat at 32,22

Allied Deliberate attack - this is just east of Asansol, I bombarded yesterday to recon the hex. Al had more troops here than me! Spotted 446 tanks today. Will put up a southern perimeter inside Asansol, that's behind a river.

Attacking force 11720 troops, 50 guns, 418 vehicles

Defending force 4115 troops, 12 guns, 166 vehicles

Allied assault odds: 3 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
445 casualties reported
Guns lost 5
Vehicles lost 15

Allied ground losses:
164 casualties reported
Guns lost 5
Vehicles lost 1

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!
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Situation Report

India

I'm getting frustrated by the slow progress of my troops in India - especially compared to the speed Allied troops
march around with! (see map) While my men refuse to leave Jamshedpur, the Allied troops that withdrew from here have now almost reached Benares

I guess Al wants to delay me south of Bombay until he can save them and then withdraw in an orderly fashion towards Dehli. I found the 2nd Oz Division south of Bombay today...hm, there might be a lot of enemy troops around now.
Have to come up with a good plan if I'm going to manage to pull this one off. There are 60 fighters and 90 bombers at Bombay, in less than a week my batttleships will flatten the place! Al might hit Hyderabad tomorrow, moved in more Zeros.

The interdiction above my forward elements south of Lucknow was a success, he will think twice before sending out his Wellingtons again. Need more than Buffalos to escort them.. He needs his best fighters to defend against a large raid against Lucknow proper!

I'm a little worried: suddenly I spotted 2 enemy tf's north of Derby in northern Oz! One made up from transports and apd's, the other of dd's. What is he up to? I've not spotted enemy convoys in the Timor Sea for months. I'm afraid he wants to reinforce India! That could be the reason why it has been so quiet in the South Pacific lately...I've been expecting an all out assault any day now.

Since the cunning Kiwi knows that I got cv's in the area, he would have to bring his own to get through. Curse him sideways if he's up to something nasty! All my cv's in the area are low on fuel and I've dispatched the 2nd Carrier Division to Truk were it will arrive in 2 days. So I'm too weak to stand in his way...3-4 enemy divisions and 5 cv's would be more than enough to save India

A seaplane tender and 2 destroyers will continue to shadow the enemy transports, if he really is trying to move through the area in force - his carriers will demolish them and I'll know for sure!

I got Betties and Zeros at Kendari and I've relocated more bombers to Sumatra and Java. There are now 150 of them in the area, but virtually no fighters. I could move reserves from Truk, hmm.. I'll prepare a devils potion for him if he's really up to what I think he is.

The next turns will be exiting....

Central/Southern Pacific

It's quiet, and this makes me even more suspicious. Today there were no enemy CAP above Lunga and the enemy ships around Tarawa is the only activity I've spotted for more than a week. The strikes from PM continues, but the raids isn't that powerful anymore either.

What do you think guys, is Al going to reinforce India....and if so, what should I do about it?
I don't think I got more than a 50% chance of booting him from the continent as it is, and just a few carriers and divisions would be enough to delay me long enough to reduce that chance to nada

Then I would have to start making Tokyo fire proof!

Situation Map: India

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RE: Target practice in the Indian Ocean - 2/2/2005 7:44:18 PM

pauk

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quote:

ORIGINAL: PzB

I'm getting frustrated by the slow progress of my troops in India - especially compared to the speed Allied troops
march around with! (see map) While my men refuse to leave Jamshedpur, the Allied troops that withdrew from here have now almost reached Benares

Greetings...
I've also same situation (about moving). My tank regiments entered rangoon hex (which was defended with indian brigade), one was ordered to leave base (NE of the rangoon), everything looks fine - text shows distance 60, travel 0. But, next turn my tank regiment was still in rangoon (text shows distance - none). Is it this situation like you have in Jamshedpur?

I'm not expert for movement, but i suppose that's how movement designed?

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RE: Target practice in the Indian Ocean - 2/2/2005 7:53:18 PM

PzB74

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Hi Pauk!

Yes, that's about the same problem as I got. First I thought I forgot to move my troops...but I knew I ordered several units to move into Diamond Harbour. Next turn they were all defending and hadn't moved a single mile.

Seems like I have to order them to move one hex at the time? Very frustrating!

I also got other problems: the 'R' button is VASTLY confusing, according to this it is possible to move in all directions
- even when there's no physical railroad line to follow. Each time the AI send my men into the wilderness - or I'm stupid enough to move off the road on my own accord - I end up being stuck for months.

Even more frustrating: the units on the railroad line NW of Dacca take 10-12 days to move on. They only move between 4-6 miles each day - and this is supposed to be railroad?

Movement of troops is too easy in WitP when the railroad works - when you something happens, as it does most of the tine, it becomes horrible slow and unpredictable.

If there is one single aspect that needs patching - this is it!

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RE: Target practice in the Indian Ocean - 2/3/2005 3:36:30 AM

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/13/42

Surface Combat

Bombardments

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Naval bombardment of Koepang, at 28,77 - Yep, Wobbly IS up to something!!

Allied Ships
DD Dewey
DD Fox
CL Hobart
CA Astoria
DD Clark
DD Walke
CL Leander
CA Vincennes

Japanese ground losses:
119 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 39
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Naval bombardment of Tarawa, at 85,91 - Coastal Guns Fire Back! - another round for Tarawa...

Allied Ships
DD Hatfield
DD Aylwin
DD Selfridge
DD Benham
DD Jarvis
DD Morris
DD Hughes
DD Aaron Ward
CL Helena
CL Concord
CA San Francisco
CA Minneapolis
CA Houston
CA Northampton
BB California

Japanese ground losses:
205 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
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Air Combat

Day Air attack on Ichang , at 47,33 - a little turkey shoot over Ichang!

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 33

Allied aircraft
I-153c x 6
I-16c x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
I-153c: 10 destroyed, 1 damaged
I-16c: 1 damaged
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Day Air attack on Lae , at 54,87

Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk I x 14
Beaufort V-IX x 12
B-26B Marauder x 26

Allied aircraft losses
B-26B Marauder: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
99 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 45

Aircraft Attacking:
All bombers bombing at 7000 feet
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Day Air attack on 14th Mortar Battalion, at 28,17

Japanese aircraft - my LRCAP moved up one hex together with the troops!
A6M2 Zero x 17

Allied aircraft - Bingo

Wirraway x 3
Wellington III x 27

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses - Al said that only crappy ac would fly escort....Wirraways are worse than Buffalos!-)
Wirraway: 6 destroyed
Wellington III: 4 destroyed, 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
104 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Aircraft Attacking:
All Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 13,56

Japanese aircraft - this is the first strike from Sumatra
G4M1 Betty x 6

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AK Empire Cormorant, Torpedo hits 1, on fire

Aircraft Attacking:
All G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 10,55

Japanese aircraft - this one took of from Batavia!
G3M Nell x 12

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AK Empire Flamingo, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage *sinks*

Aircraft Attacking:
All G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 5,40

Japanese aircraft - a single Kate...my cvl also has to return to base
A6M2 Zero x 1
B5N Kate x 1
E13A1 Jake x 7

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AK Empire Hawksbill, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage *sinks*

Aircraft Attacking:
All E13A1 Jake attacking at 100 feet
1 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Ground Combat

Ground combat at Ichang - deliberate attack ordered for tomorrow, 3 engineer regiments are i place!

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 176628 troops, 2122 guns, 158 vehicles

Defending force 41432 troops, 223 guns, 0 vehicles

Allied ground losses:
226 casualties reported
Guns lost 4
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Ground combat at 21,12

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 69925 troops, 807 guns, 29 vehicles

Defending force 23663 troops, 242 guns, 0 vehicles - the 2nd Oz Division is routed!

Japanese assault odds: 6 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
429 casualties reported
Guns lost 18
Vehicles lost 1

Allied ground losses:
414 casualties reported
Guns lost 17

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
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Ground combat at 28,17

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 20601 troops, 195 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 29755 troops, 308 guns, 424 vehicles - I think these troops are pulling back, ordered a dangerous attack tomorrow - if they don't I'm toast!

Allied ground losses:
26 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
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Situation Report

Good news in western India! It doesn't look like the Allied divisions there can stop my powerful army. Wobbly got a dilemma now, Bombay is a tough nut to crack, but
all the troops that he leave there will have to fight until the end...no way out! My battleships are also getting closer

My units in Jamshedpur are now moving towards Benares and Diamond Harbour. Giving them orders to move one hex at a time worked *bl�h*
Also got a base force into Asansol - 33 Oscars and 36 Lilys have been moved in and will strike secondary targets without CAP.

The naval bombers in Sumatra and Java immediately took of and hit 2 Allied transports - the ships are still not home free! Moved my cvl towards a 'ca' - thought
it might be the Warspite...was a damaged transport. I think she's been scuttled!

Been thinking about what that bombardment against Koepang could mean - I've just recently moved in a new recon unit. The last one was bombed to pieces by the
'milk runs' from Northern Oz. I think Al wants to shut my eyes! The only answer to this is to move in more search plane squadrons.

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RE: Target practice in the Indian Ocean - 2/3/2005 9:07:44 AM

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There are some Map graphic errors, which means hexes shown as rail aren�t and some jungle hexes are. Hitting R should show the real raillines.

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RE: Target practice in the Indian Ocean - 2/3/2005 6:19:11 PM

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When i face this kind of problems with LCU movements, i tend to consider them related to the logistical problems of moving thousands of marching men through enemy territories. I know that it's probably a bug, but i live with it imaging how would have felt Halder or any other HQ german leaders when they ordered to 1 or 2 armies to move towards a russian City , just to have from the front lines the answer that those men cannot reach the objective in time because of the roads related problems.

BTW, I'm curious: what's the status of your fleet? I mean...all those CVs and BBs moving around for months in the Bengal Bay...how their sys situation?

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RE: Target practice in the Indian Ocean - 2/3/2005 7:13:53 PM

PzB74

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I know what you mean Hoepner.... I've learned more about the secrets of the 'R' key now, the AI still shuffles my units around - but I hope to avoid the worst
gridlocks in the future!

The ships are mostly fine: All my carriers except a cve and a cvl got between 2 and 10 sys damage.
The 5 bb's sailing around in the Indian Ocean got between 8 and 14 sys damage. The escorts and cruisers are all fine. I've been rotating the smaller ships
in and out of port. Must say the bigger ships have kept nicely in repair!

Looked at my carrier fleet today: Got 300 carrier ac at Truk and 215 in the Indian Ocean. Also got over 120 trained Vals and Kates in reserve.
Might have to join the two fleets together to be able to take on the US cv's when it becomes necessary.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/14/42

Surface Combat

Bombardments

Naval bombardment of Panaji, at 17,14 - Had almost forgotten that I parked a transport TF at Panaji! Too bad Al didn't arrive one day later, the 5 bb's will arrive tomorrow

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
H8K Emily: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged - these are 'reserve ac' that are stuck in Panaji...

Japanese Ships - moved all the damaged ships south today - mostly medium sys damage. Want to keep some here for a possible landing behind the Allied lines.
AP Tango Maru, Shell hits 5, on fire
AP Tanba Maru, Shell hits 1
PG Muro Maru, Shell hits 3
AP Tamaki Maru, Shell hits 4, on fire
AP Yamato Maru, Shell hits 1
AP Syoryu Maru, Shell hits 1
TK San Luis Maru, Shell hits 2, on fire
AP Taian Maru, Shell hits 4, on fire
AP Siraha Maru, Shell hits 2, on fire
AP Niitaka Maru, Shell hits 1, on fire
PG Nanpo Maru, Shell hits 1
AP Rakuto Maru, Shell hits 1
AP Sunten Maru, Shell hits 2
AP Osaka Maru, Shell hits 2
AP Yosyu Maru, Shell hits 1

Allied Ships - this must be the bulk of the RN in India now!
DD Panther
DD Paladin
DD Napier
DD Isis
DD Piet Hein
DD Kortenaer
DD Banckert
DD Vampire
DD Stewart
DD Patterson
DD Mugford
CLAA Van Heemskerck
CL De Ruyter
CA Devonshire

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 11
Port hits 3
Port fuel hits 2
Port supply hits 3
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Naval bombardment of Tarawa, at 85,91 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

Allied Ships
DD Hatfield
DD Aylwin
DD Selfridge
DD Benham
DD Jarvis
DD Morris
DD Hughes
DD Aaron Ward
CL Helena
CL Concord
CA San Francisco
CA Minneapolis
CA Houston
CA Northampton
BB California

Japanese ground losses:
196 casualties reported
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Air Combat

Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77 - Al really didn't like that I got search planes this close to Oz!

Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 15
B-25C Mitchell x 12

No Allied losses

Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
All bombers bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Lae , at 54,87

Allied aircraft - tomorrow we got a surprise for these guys...the 105 crack Zeros at Rabaul have been ordered to fly LRCAP over Lae! Partly Cloudy weather for tomorrow
Kittyhawk I x 16
Beaufort V-IX x 14
B-26B Marauder x 33

Allied aircraft losses
Beaufort V-IX: 1 damaged
B-26B Marauder: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
58 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 39

Aircraft Attacking:
All bombers bombing at 7000 feet
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Day Air attack on 19th Engineer Regiment, at 28,17

Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk I x 11 - finally some high quality escorts...I had to rest my Zeros today!
Wellington III x 12

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
117 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
All Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Chandpur Naval Base Force, at 28,23

Japanese aircraft - warming up Chandpur, might only be the naval base force left here now! But with heavy forts it's still no walkover..
A6M2 Zero x 12
Ki-21 Sally x 75
Ki-48 Lily x 36

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 12 damaged
Ki-48 Lily: 2 destroyed, 14 damaged

Allied ground losses:
123 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
All bombers bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Trimcomalee at 15,25

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 8
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 11

Allied aircraft - no escort..?
Swordfish x 10
Blenheim IV x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Swordfish: 8 destroyed, 5 damaged - 6 Swordfish were lost

Japanese Ships
TK Ogura Maru #2
PG Shinko Maru #5

Aircraft Attacking:
All Swordfish launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 11,58

Japanese aircraft - another strike out of Sumatra. The enemy transport flotilla is moving closer to Java now!
G4M1 Betty x 12

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AK Empire Cormorant, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage *sinks*

Aircraft Attacking:
All G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Ground Combat

Ground combat at 32,32 - the limited offensive in Burma is halted by 6 Chinese divs. Will rest a few days before trying again.

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 15196 troops, 59 guns, 94 vehicles

Defending force 24830 troops, 125 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
437 casualties reported
Guns lost 5
Vehicles lost 2

Allied ground losses:
298 casualties reported
Guns lost 4
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Ground combat at 21,12

Japanese Deliberate attack - the stubborn 2nd Oz Div refused to retreat yesterday even though it was defeated. It got kicked back towards Bombay today!

Attacking force 117935 troops, 1246 guns, 41 vehicles

Defending force 19018 troops, 170 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 71 to 1 - with such heavy odds the enemy should suffer much higher casualties!!!

Japanese ground losses:
319 casualties reported
Guns lost 11

Allied ground losses:
469 casualties reported
Guns lost 14

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
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Ground combat at Ichang

Japanese Deliberate attack - now we're talking! Ichang will fall in a couple of days

Attacking force 194215 troops, 2124 guns, 302 vehicles

Defending force 41067 troops, 217 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 5

Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 5)

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 5

Japanese ground losses:
1475 casualties reported
Guns lost 31
Vehicles lost 2

Allied ground losses:
1816 casualties reported
Guns lost 24
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Ground combat at 28,17

Japanese Deliberate attack - argh, there were still a potent force south of Lucknow. Will have to include the Imp Div to drive them away. Also got another div moving up from Asansol in a few days.

Attacking force 29631 troops, 196 guns, 286 vehicles

Defending force 30377 troops, 330 guns, 430 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
821 casualties reported
Guns lost 10
Vehicles lost 5

Allied ground losses:
479 casualties reported
Guns lost 14
Vehicles lost 12
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Ground combat at 20,12

Japanese Bombardment attack - tomorrow we're starting to reduce the indian div and tank reg that have consolidated SE of Bombay. Got 2 div's and 3 eng reg's ready for the task now. Annoying...again I'm not allowed to rebuild a divided unit. A division this time

Attacking force 32620 troops, 298 guns, 5 vehicles

Defending force 18386 troops, 140 guns, 255 vehicles

Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
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Situation Report

Received 2 new Sally equipped Daitais today. The 54, no - 53..one was lost in transfer - bombers have been moved to Manila and will continue to India.
27 new A6M3's have been transferred to Hong Kong - also going to India.

India

I wish to strike against Armenabad as quickly as possible...! If captured, I will cut the enemy troops In Lucknow and Dehli off from Karachi.
So 2 div's and 2 engineer regiments will work on Bombay together with air and sea bombardments. 3 div's and engineers will move against Armenabad while
a covering force moves towards Dehli. The army moving up from Asansol and Jamshedpur will continue to assert pressure against the enemy aroud Lucknow.
One fine day they'll all meet in Karachi for sake and corned beef

Both the Kaga and Akagi are now only 1-2 days away from Singapore. They need ca 40 ac replacements - I will mostly use trained reinforcements by dividing and then disbanding
carrier capable Val and Kate Daitais into the carrier air groups. Going to move 3 damaged bb's, 6 cruisers and 8 dd's to Hong Kong and Shanghai - these are my best repair yards.
It's amazing - I've only lost 2 cl's and 10 dd's this far. (+ 2 cv's that is :p) My fleet is still intact! The only sad thing is that the US fleet is also in one piece..At least the RN has all but been eliminated as a force to be reckoned with in the Far East!

Central/South Pacific

Nothing much happening really! Al says that he has now made Tarawa impregnable..he can keep it!
The 2nd Carrier Division has arrived at Truk. There are now 3 cv's, 2 cvl's and 3 cve's here together with 20 cruisers and 60 destroyers.
They can have some R&R before I decide were to send them!

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RE: Target practice in the Indian Ocean - 2/3/2005 7:34:31 PM

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PS! Also note that even though I got 1500 men at Panaji, not a single man was lost to the bombardment.
The base force has turned into a ghost unit....

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RE: Target practice in the Indian Ocean - 2/3/2005 9:06:47 PM

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By chance you have a screen shot of central/south pacific?

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RE: Target practice in the Indian Ocean - 2/4/2005 12:14:52 AM

PzB74

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Will take one when I get the next turn..unfortunately Al is going away for 2 days

Nothing much has really happened in the South/Central Pacific over the last 5 months. I've lost Lunga and Tarawa, but
is strongly dug in on a line stretching from the Marshall Islands and to Rabaul and Lae. Got small garrisons at GG and Buna...

Mostly busy reinforcing Shortland and the Admirality Islands, Kavieng ++ now. The Marianas have also been prepared, still no troops on Guam. Wewak is a size 4 af with 100 aviation support. Hollandia is also being processed..size 3/3 now.

Truk is my 'hub' - here I got my fleet and reserves - will be able to send out 30-40k men in a rapid reaction force as soon as they can be loaded.

Al has built Lunga, but there has been little or no activity here lately. Only my raid against Tarawa managed to stirr some activity. The Allies are also mounting daily attacks from PM - the thorn in my side that makes Rabaul untenable as a forward base.

Been 100% sure that an attack was imminent in this region for some time, but the sudden calm and unexpected spottings of Northern Oz has now made me think that the focus is shifting. Shifting some ac around but otherwise awaiting the situation until I can see what's coming....!

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RE: Target practice in the Indian Ocean - 2/4/2005 10:57:05 PM

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Hi PZB,

As regards performance of the CL Boise in your other game, I wanted to tell you to check the first parts of this AAR:
http://www.matrixgames.com/default.asp?URL=http%3A//www.matrixgames.com/forums/confirmation.asp%3Fstype%3D1%26email%3Dterminus@chello.be%26sid%3DQWCTT

And congrats on your operations in India ... eagerly awaiting to know how they will progress, and where (if?) your opponent will try to react.

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RE: Target practice in the Indian Ocean - 2/5/2005 3:31:33 AM

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Thx Terminus! The link didn't lead anywere...remember that you have to log out before you can copy and paste a link that others can use.

It will be very difficult to eliminate the Allies in India - but I will give it my best try. A plan to unload 2 divisions at Karachi is forming up... This depends on whether Al intends/manages to reinforce India, and on whether he tries to create a forward defensive line - which I think he will. Pulling back to a single city would effectively mean the end of India - so this is exactly what I'll try to force him to do! *chuckle*

quote:

ORIGINAL: Terminus Est

Hi PZB,

As regards performance of the CL Boise in your other game, I wanted to tell you to check the first parts of this AAR:
http://www.matrixgames.com/default.asp?URL=http%3A//www.matrixgames.com/forums/confirmation.asp%3Fstype%3D1%26email%3Dterminus@chello.be%26sid%3DQWCTT

And congrats on your operations in India ... eagerly awaiting to know how they will progress, and where (if?) your opponent will try to react.

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RE: Target practice in the Indian Ocean - 2/5/2005 1:52:43 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: PzB

Thx Terminus! The link didn't lead anywere...remember that you have to log out before you can copy and paste a link that others can use.

Oh, sorry ... I didn't realize that

The link lead to this:
Code Purple Intercepts - Scen 2 PBEM AAR (by Cap Mandrake)
which currently resides on page 2 of the AAR lists.

The adventures of the CL Boise are described in detail on the first page of the AAR - I don't copy/paste them here, because they contain a lot of images and I don't want to waste bandwidth. But it's an interesting read

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RE: Target practice in the Indian Ocean - 2/6/2005 6:16:07 PM

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Seems like the Boise is a charmed ship! Unfortunately I lost her...enemy cv's got within 4 hexes after she had engaged another 2 ca's and gotten away without aditional damage. Only 1 more hex and she would have been out of torpedo range and made it..quite sad.

Excellent AAR that Code Purple btw

Must take more time to prep the AAR than the turns.

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RE: Target practice in the Indian Ocean - 2/7/2005 4:38:34 PM

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I wanted to say that I am really impressed buy how you have fought the war up to this point. I loved the risk you took in the India. wish you the best of luck.

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RE: Target practice in the Indian Ocean - 2/7/2005 5:27:41 PM

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quote:

remember that you have to log out before you can copy and paste a link that others can use.

Not so! Right click on the ID # in the lower right corner of the post you want to link, select "properties", highlight, copy, and paste the "Address (URL)" into the "URL*" window of the "link" popup.

(OT, I know, sorry)

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RE: Target practice in the Indian Ocean - 2/7/2005 11:16:22 PM

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Thx Lonewolf

It's yet to be seen whether the Indian Gambit will justify it's huge sacrifices.
You're right Irrelevant - the bottom point is that you can't just copy the url in the browser window and paste it into a new thread!

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/15/42

Surface Combat

Bombardments

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Naval bombardment of Tarawa, at 85,91 - Coastal Guns Fire Back! - the last bombardment in preparation for a final push against Jap troops at Tarawa!

Allied Ships
CL Adelaide
CL Detroit
CA Canberra
DD Hatfield
DD Aylwin
DD Morris
DD Hughes
DD Aaron Ward
CL Helena
CL Concord
CA San Francisco
CA Minneapolis
CA Houston
CA Northampton
BB California

Japanese ground losses:
105 casualties reported
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Sub/ASW Attacks

ASW attack at 87,91

Japanese Ships
SS I-24, hits 5, on fire, heavy damage - 1 destroyer and 5 hits, I give up. My subs reminds me about the suicide squads in Life of Brian...

Allied Ships
DD Selfridge
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Air Combat

Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77 - I've been forced to move out the search sqd from Koepang. No supplies left. The bad thing is that now I can't see what's going on in northern Oz anymore. The long range Mavis Daitai's aren't really picking up anything at long range. Hm...not good!

Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 16
B-25C Mitchell x 16

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:
All bombers bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Lae , at 54,87 - my LRCAP finds the enemy

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 24

Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk I x 16
Beaufort V-IX x 15
B-26B Marauder x 32

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed, 5 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Kittyhawk I: 28 destroyed - 10 enemy fighters + 8 bombers were lost in A2A combat today
Beaufort V-IX: 7 destroyed, 8 damaged
B-26B Marauder: 4 destroyed, 10 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
52 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 33

Aircraft Attacking:
All bombers bombing at 7000 feet
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Day Air attack on 5th Indian Division, at 20,12

Japanese aircraft - this was a softening up attack before todays ground assault south west of Bombay
A6M2 Zero x 17
Ki-21 Sally x 37

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
31 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
All Ki-21 Sally bombing at 5000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Panaji at 17,14

Allied aircraft - these ac attacked from Bombay
Swordfish x 3

Allied aircraft losses
Swordfish: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged - my battlefleet got teeth

Japanese Ships
DD Murakumo

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Swordfish attacking at 100 feet
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Ground Combat

Ground combat at 32,32

Japanese Deliberate attack - my attack NW of Rangoon is again stopped, but the odds are getting better. We rest and prepare for another assault.

Attacking force 14577 troops, 47 guns, 91 vehicles

Defending force 24340 troops, 116 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
172 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Allied ground losses:
283 casualties reported
Guns lost 10
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Ground combat at Ichang

Japanese Deliberate attack - the enemy holds out, but the forts are falling and casualties are high

Attacking force 192080 troops, 2052 guns, 299 vehicles

Defending force 38325 troops, 165 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 4

Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 4)

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 4

Japanese ground losses:
772 casualties reported
Guns lost 20
Vehicles lost 4

Allied ground losses:
1308 casualties reported
Guns lost 46
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Ground combat at 20,12

Japanese Deliberate attack - I'm happy with this result, the enemy has dug in south of Bombay and prepared forts. A few more attacks should drive him off!

Attacking force 50093 troops, 382 guns, 7 vehicles

Defending force 18251 troops, 136 guns, 254 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
194 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Allied ground losses:
198 casualties reported
Guns lost 5
Vehicles lost 1
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Ground combat at Tarawa

Allied Deliberate attack - no less than 2 full divisions, para and ranger units +++ attacked today

Attacking force 33446 troops, 267 guns, 135 vehicles

Defending force 2843 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles

Allied assault odds: 619 to 1 - despite great odds a naval garrison unit still holds out

Japanese ground losses:
1195 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Allied ground losses:
223 casualties reported
Guns lost 6
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Situation Report

Nothing much to report - progess in India is slow, but my army is moving slowly forwards. I have to combine my scattered battlegroups before the final push against the enemy in the north. I got ca 300000 men to deploy for the final push! Al will have to concentrate all his forces in one base to stop me, and that's exactly what I'm going to exploit. Divide and conquer!

I've ordered my battleships to move at full speed into Bombay and bomard. Ah..just remembered that I didn't look into the 'escorts bombard' setting : - o Hope it's set to off!

It's annoying that my Betties in Sumatra and Java doesn't launch against the Allied transports a mere 12-14 hexes west of their bases. I've got spotters in the area, but still no strikes.

An enemy recon flight flew over Rabaul today, I'm going to rest my Zeros and prepare for a possible attack here now. Al will become more careful about attacking Lae...I hope.

Situation Map: Strategic Map

Todays map shows an outline of the territory occupied by Japan. Ok, Port Moresby and western New Guinea doesn't really belong to me yet, but this is ca right.

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RE: Target practice in the Indian Ocean - 2/8/2005 1:28:41 AM

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Interesting... What is that lone unit way south of Java? And did you disable the display for subs, or are they just not showing up?

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RE: Target practice in the Indian Ocean - 2/8/2005 1:46:42 AM

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South of Java? Ah, yes I thought you meant west, but north isn't really the top of the map is it!...

That's a seaplane tender + a long range msw escort. It's launching limited strikes against the enemy transports in the area as well as providing an extended naval search option for my land based naval bombers.

They conducted this unsuccsessful attack today: (therefore excluded from the AAR)

Day Air attack on TF at 6,62

Japanese aircraft
F1M2 Pete x 6

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AK Hatterlock

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x F1M2 Pete attacking at 100 feet
2 x F1M2 Pete attacking at 100 feet

This Tf also got an additional task: If Al is going to send anything up to India - I'm going to spot it. So the AV and msw are 'expendables' - they will pursue as long as they got fuel and then head back to the closest base to refuel and then go out again. I've also moved additional naval bombers into Sumatra and Java, they don't really seem eager to fly - but perhaps if bigger pray approaches....

It's easy to spot ship activity on the map - they're clearly visible as numerous red dots. I got most of my ships in the Central/South Pacific in port.

The subs are the units on a line running roughly east-west of northern Sumatra. Most of them are low on fuel and torpedoes. They've not been successful at intercepting the enemy transports...or anything else for that sake! I've ordered most of them back to Singapore for some R&R, they've been to sea since the beginning of the war. Not many enemies left to stalk off India. There are still 5-6 left of Ceylon and the west coast though.

The large red dot on the Indian West Coast is my battlefleet! There are also numerous convoys around Trimcomalee and Madras + several more in the Bay of New Japan

My cv's are just west of the northern tip of Sumatra + in 2 tf's heading down the corridor between Malaya and Sumatra.

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RE: Target practice in the Indian Ocean - 2/9/2005 12:34:36 AM

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/16/42

Surface Combat

Bombardments

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Naval bombardment of Koepang, at 28,77 - Al is back with another round for Koepang. Is he going to invade the place?

Allied Ships
DD Fox
DD Dewey
DD Clark
DD Walke
CL Hobart
CL Leander
CA Vincennes
CA Astoria

Japanese ground losses:
34 casualties reported

Runway hits 10
Port hits 4
Port supply hits 8
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Naval bombardment of Tarawa, at 85,91 - last round for Tarawa, the garrison was destroyed today.

Allied Ships
DD Hatfield
DD Aylwin
DD Morris
DD Hughes
CL Helena
CL Detroit
CL Adelaide
CA Houston
BB California

Japanese ground losses:
129 casualties reported
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Naval bombardment of Bombay, at 20,10 - this force arrived late. If Al had kept his torpedo bombers at Bombay, I would have been kebab!

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses - didn't move all the ac there though
Swordfish: 7 destroyed, 6 damaged
Kittyhawk I: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Mikuma
BB Fuso
BB Nagato
BB Kirishima
BB Haruna
BB Kongo

Allied ground losses: - a good body count. Don't think there are more than 3-4000 men left at Bombay!
810 casualties reported
Guns lost 16
Vehicles lost 4

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 28
Port hits 14
Port fuel hits 8
Port supply hits 5
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Air Combat

Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77 - another air strike on Koepang!

Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 15
B-25C Mitchell x 13

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 11

Aircraft Attacking:
All bombers bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Lae , at 54,87 - he doesn't stand down his relentless attacks against Lae either.

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk I x 5
Beaufort V-IX x 10
B-26B Marauder x 25

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-26B Marauder: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
85 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 16

Aircraft Attacking:
All bombers bombing at 7000 feet
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Day Air attack on Shortlands , at 63,93 - a visit to Shortland too, what a day...

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 39

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 7 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
12 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
All B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 5th Indian Division, at 20,12 - this divisions retreated north today

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 11
Ki-21 Sally x 35

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
32 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
All bombers bombing at 5000 feet
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Day Air attack on 7th Armoured/B Tank Brigade, at 20,12 - these were the 2 units holding me up....no more

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 9

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 5000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 6,66

Japanese aircraft
F1M2 Pete x 6 - the Petes doesn't have the range to be good spotters. They're not good bombers either...

Japanese aircraft losses
F1M2 Pete: 3 damaged

Allied Ships
AK Hatterlock

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x F1M2 Pete attacking at 100 feet
4 x F1M2 Pete attacking at 100 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 12,58

Japanese aircraft - my bombers at Java finally take off!
G4M1 Betty x 40 - 40!! against a single tanker

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged - with teeth

Allied Ships
TK Empire Lytton, Torpedo hits 5, on fire, heavy damage *sinks*

Aircraft Attacking:
All G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Ground Combat

Ground combat at Ichang - all moved out, just as well. Less casualties is always a good thing. There are now only 4 Chinese bases left!

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 189959 troops, 1999 guns, 296 vehicles

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 4

Japanese assault odds: 2548 to 1 (fort level 4)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Ichang base !!!

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses - why leave a CAP?
I-16c: 3 destroyed
I-153c: 5 destroyed
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Ground combat at Tarawa

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 33384 troops, 259 guns, 139 vehicles

Defending force 703 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles

Allied assault odds: 701 to 1

Japanese ground losses: - the last defenders are eliminated after a long struggle against overwhelming odds! The men were out of both ammo and water, but saved the last bullet for themselves. Banzai!
1099 casualties reported
Guns lost 6
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Situation Report

India

Looks like Bombay and Diamond Harbour will be mine soon! Hope Al left some fuel for me....
Need to move in a large aviation regiment to Bombay + engineers and AA. Then the bombers will arrive and prepare for the final assault on the kapitalist strongholds in India!

Soon I'll have 5 engineer regiments ready just southern India. The plan is to land 2 divisions and 3 engineer regiments at Bombay after putting a heavy pressure on the enemy in Dehli.
Have to land a recon squad in first, can't afford a failure. Breaking in through the front door will be a doomed enterprise. Nicht kleckern, sondern klotzen as our friend Guderian would say...

Worried that Al might invade Koepang and get a size 4 airfield...the base is not well defended. Impossible to leave anything that close to northern Oz. Nothing much to do about it.
Got 2 divisions worth of combat troops at Truk - that's my strategic reserve!

China

What now? I've driven the Chinese back into 4 bases, well all the troops are kept in only 3 of them.
It would take a gargantuan effort to continue the advance. I'm more in favor of digging in and await the situation. Perhaps we can find an openind if the enemies supply situation gets bad?
The Burma Road is closed!

Central/South Pacific

Nothing much to report really..waiting for the last Junyo cv - will arrive in 44 days.

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RE: Target practice in the Indian Ocean - 2/9/2005 12:37:31 PM

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If you do not plan to attack in China any further, you might launch some strategic bombing against his HI/Resources/Oil/Manpower. Would further complicate his supply situation and give you some additional strategic points

The question would be whether it is worth to have the bombers there, whether he would assign fighters for defense, what to attack, ...

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RE: Target practice in the Indian Ocean - 2/9/2005 2:05:33 PM

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quote:

Allied aircraft losses - why leave a CAP?
I-16c: 3 destroyed
I-153c: 5 destroyed

Probably sitting there damaged with aviation support long since departed.

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RE: Target practice in the Indian Ocean - 2/10/2005 1:35:56 AM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: irrelevant

quote:

Allied aircraft losses - why leave a CAP?
I-16c: 3 destroyed
I-153c: 5 destroyed

Probably sitting there damaged with aviation support long since departed.

No, he did have a flying CAP over the base.
Didn't include this in the AAR:

Day Air attack on 70th Chinese Corps, at 47,33

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 18
Ki-48 Lily x 20
Ki-49 Helen x 10

Allied aircraft
I-153c x 2
I-16c x 2

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48 Lily: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
I-153c: 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
44 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 10000 feet
10 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 10000 feet

So I assume Al forgot to move the remaining fighters out....

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RE: Target practice in the Indian Ocean - 2/10/2005 1:37:30 AM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: WhoCares

If you do not plan to attack in China any further, you might launch some strategic bombing against his HI/Resources/Oil/Manpower. Would further complicate his supply situation and give you some additional strategic points
The question would be whether it is worth to have the bombers there, whether he would assign fighters for defense, what to attack, ...

I don't think Al can afford to base fighters in China right now, but all of my bombers are busy in India. The remaining ones are held in reserve in the South Pacific.
But it's definetly an idea for the future if the Allies doesn't understand that their only option is a negotiated peace....

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RE: Target practice in the Indian Ocean - 2/10/2005 9:40:07 PM

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/17/42

Surface Combat

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Naval bombardment of Bombay, at 20,10 - this is the last time I hit Bombay. Why wreck it when it's soon going to be mine

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
Swordfish: 3 destroyed, 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Mikuma
BB Fuso
BB Nagato
BB Kirishima
BB Haruna
BB Kongo

Allied ground losses:
180 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Airbase hits 9
Runway hits 29
Port hits 4
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Air Combat

Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77 - another sortie by the 'Koepang Express'...

Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 16
B-25C Mitchell x 12

No Allied losses

Runway hits 7

Aircraft Attacking:
All bombers bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Shortlands , at 63,93

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 34 - tomorrow the Zeros at Rabaul will LRCAP Shortland! The B-25's will pay...

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 2 damaged

Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
All bombers bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Chandpur Naval Base Force, at 28,23

Japanese aircraft - the last air raid against Diamond Harbour, the army will do the rest. Lots of flak guns left here.
A6M2 Zero x 16
Ki-21 Sally x 53
Ki-48 Lily x 23

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 4 destroyed, 15 damaged
Ki-48 Lily: 9 damaged

Allied ground losses:
82 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Vehicles lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
All bombers bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 10,68

Japanese aircraft
F1M2 Pete x 6 - my seaplane tender is still shadowing the Allied transports now almost past Java

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AK Empire Ranger

Aircraft Attacking:
All F1M2 Pete attacking at 100 feet
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Ground Combat

Ground combat at 32,32

Japanese Deliberate attack - more Chinese here today..

Attacking force 17936 troops, 64 guns, 93 vehicles

Defending force 30143 troops, 146 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
698 casualties reported - losses are heavy, will consider a last shock attack after resting tomorrow.
Guns lost 14
Vehicles lost 1

Allied ground losses:
514 casualties reported
Guns lost 18
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Ground combat at 28,17

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 48524 troops, 297 guns, 285 vehicles

Defending force 24320 troops, 322 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 - I didn't get a 2-1 odds against the Allied troops south of Lucknow, but I think it was a close call.

Japanese ground losses:
1022 casualties reported
Guns lost 19
Vehicles lost 3

Allied ground losses:
1419 casualties reported
Guns lost 70
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Ground combat at Diamond Harbor

Japanese Bombardment attack - tomorrow we attack in force!

Attacking force 14853 troops, 90 guns, 149 vehicles

Defending force 3217 troops, 48 guns, 4 vehicles

Allied ground losses:
54 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
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Situation Report

India

Today the Kaga and a light carrier arrived at Singapore. The Akagi and another cvl arrives tomorrow.
I've upgraded their air groups with veteran units and they're almost up to full strength.

Al told me that there are 800000 !!!!! supplies in Bombay

If I can get my hand on these....That's why we stop bombarding
the place asap! The race towards Dehli is on, I'm sending 2 divisions and engineers into Bombay - the rest will pursue the fleeing Allied
troops.

Within a few days I'll occupy bases worth another 1000 points, which will leave only a mere 1500 point worth of Allied bases in all of India!
I think the Allied troops at Lucknow will start force marching towards Dehli any day now, if not they'll get cut off. If I'm lucky most of them
will try to protect Dehli. This will play straight into my divide and conquer strategy!

All of the Zeros in India will be rested before moving to Bombay and perhpas Lucknow - sweeps will then clear the skies of enemyfighters
before heavy bombing raids commence against the remaining largeAllied af base in Inida - Dehli. It should be possible to first weaken
and then defeat the RAF in the Battle for India. I'm willing to committ strategic reserves to achieve this goal.

China

Most of the bases that could be attacked by the chinese now fields heavy fortifications! I will consider another offensive in a month or two.
Have to think about it...

Central/South Pacific

Moving a heavy AA battery to Shortland together with another construction and base unit. If Al doesn't attack, I will turn it into a fort that will protect
Rabaul from the south. Now A LOT of mines in the area...Rabaul itself got 3500. The bases in the Admirality and Marshall Islands are also expanding and it
will take a major Allied effort to capture them.

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RE: Target practice in the Indian Ocean - 2/10/2005 10:43:50 PM

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I am still rather new at this game so I dont know what people normally do in the game. But if I were playing aginst you I might think about making an attack on you from the North. I would use the Alaskin island to make an attack on Japan. I do not know if this is possible but it look like you have streched a little thin. Wobbly has to see that You are diggin in around the Centeral and South Pacific and that you have large armys in China and India. If I were him I would try to attack Japan istelf becuse it has to be weak. He could do this with his carriers or mybee even an landing party.

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RE: Target practice in the Indian Ocean - 2/10/2005 11:52:13 PM

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I'm sure Wobbly is planning something....an invasion from the Artic North is not a very likely option though. He doesn't have anything like the number of divisions needed to invade Japan in mid 42. The Aleutians takes a long time to build, and bad weather makes sure that most of the air sorties in the region are cancelled or strongly reduced.

He has to do something that got the potential to hurt me - and that fast - preferrably before India falls.

I thought he was going for the Marshallas or the Solomones. Now I think he might try to reinforce India - or even invade Koepang and other locations in the area.
This is one of my weaker areas indeed!

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ORIGINAL: Lonewolfpj

I am still rather new at this game so I dont know what people normally do in the game. But if I were playing aginst you I might think about making an attack on you from the North. I would use the Alaskin island to make an attack on Japan. I do not know if this is possible but it look like you have streched a little thin. Wobbly has to see that You are diggin in around the Centeral and South Pacific and that you have large armys in China and India. If I were him I would try to attack Japan istelf becuse it has to be weak. He could do this with his carriers or mybee even an landing party.

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RE: Target practice in the Indian Ocean - 2/11/2005 12:34:19 AM

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Why are your pete's attacking at 100 ft? I doubt they would be skip bombing so if you give them a bit of altitude you may actually get a hit. Puny but it will be on a transport.

Where are your weakest areas? This is where he will most probably try to divert your Indian focus.

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RE: Target practice in the Indian Ocean - 2/11/2005 12:57:34 AM

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Are the Aleutians subject to any bad-weather rules at all in June? The "cold" rules apply only from December to March, no? Or are you saying that the North Pacific just generally gets worse weather (Thunderstorms etc)?

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RE: Target practice in the Indian Ocean - 2/11/2005 1:12:47 AM

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BBBF - the Pete's are pretty experienced, should be able to skip bomb. Just nuisance raids anyway.
If I spot any major Allied tf's in the area, the alarm will sound. I still don't know were Wobbly got his cv's.

I got most of my forces in India, Burma, China, the Central and South Pacific. The left flank based on DEI doesn't hold a lot of troops, but I have large aviation regiments in key bases.
Kendari is my major stronghold together with Singapore. I actually turned back a convoy heading from Kendari to towards Truk when I spotted Allied ships north of Oz.

Wobbly can cause me trouble in this area, but he would need to ferry a lot of supplies and fuel to northern Oz to strike from here. No major ports to perform repairs in either.
So if he goes for a 'flank attack' - I will counter with carriers from Singapore and Truk together with numberous naval bombers and Zeros based from Palembang and down to Kendari.
A counter invasion fleet will immediately sail from Truk carrying up to 2 div's + support. This should be sufficient to slow his advance to a crawl... I'm NOT going to divert anything from
the Indian campaign before I've either captured Karachi or been decisively halted.

Let the Kiwi come to me, then we'll fight on my home turf...!

Grotius: you would have to check other threads for accurate info on the Aleutians. I think Raver did a number on this in the game against Bananarama...Didn't gain much from it though.
Al would surely surprise me if he came in this way, but I just don't think there's much to achive in this area. I got a lot of troops in Japan, so an invasion is out of the question.

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