Xargun
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Joined: 2/14/2004 From: Near Columbus, Ohio Status: offline
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Another day and more damage is inflicted to the allies... AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/29/41 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Amboina, at 39,73 - Coastal Guns Fire Back! Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses No Allied losses 4 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships DD Shiokaze CA Takao CA Atago DD Mikazuki DD Kawakaze DD Yudachi BB Haruna BB Kongo Allied ground losses: 123 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 7 Port hits 1 Port fuel hits 4 Port supply hits 7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Amboina, at 39,73 Japanese Ships DD Shiokaze CA Takao CA Atago DD Mikazuki DD Kawakaze DD Yudachi BB Haruna BB Kongo Allied ground losses: 181 casualties reported Guns lost 5 Vehicles lost 2 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 7 Port hits 2 Port fuel hits 5 Port supply hits 1 Not much Naval action this turn, except for the double bombardment of Amboina. Rob based those damn Martins there last turn and attacked Kendari (yet again) doing some damage. I had those warships sitting there doing nothing, so I took the chance Rob would do his usual - hit and move - with the planes and bombarded the base. I didnt catch any planes, but inflicted some good damage to the base itself and the supplies there - that should put a damper on his defensive fort building and the amount of supplies he has to work with. Sub attack at 123,78 Japanese Ships SS I-17, hits 1 Allied Ships AK Steel Voyager, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage * Sunk My subs are still active, this one catching an allied AK near PH and sinking it. My guess it was full of supplies or fuel.. Either one is a good kill. Day Air attack on TF at 20,85 Japanese aircraft B5N Kate x 1 No Japanese losses Allied Ships AK Lematang, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 1 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 123,78 Japanese aircraft D3A Val x 18 B5N Kate x 23 Japanese aircraft losses B5N Kate: 1 damaged Allied Ships AK Alaskan, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage AK Boreas AK Steel Seafarer, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage AK Steel Exporter, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage AK Alabaman AK Nebraskan, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage AK Canadian, Torpedo hits 1 AK Bridge Aircraft Attacking: 2 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet 3 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet 4 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet 4 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet 4 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet 4 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 123,78 Japanese aircraft D3A Val x 24 B5N Kate x 24 No Japanese losses Allied Ships AK Steel Exporter, on fire, heavy damage * Sunk AK Alaskan, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage AK Steel Navigator, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage AK Boreas, Bomb hits 1, on fire AK Bridge, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage AK Nebraskan, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage AK Steel Seafarer, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage * Sunk AK Aldebaran, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage * Sunk Aircraft Attacking: 4 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet 4 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet 4 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet 4 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet 4 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet 4 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet 4 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet The attacks against the merchies went very well - although I would have rather attacked the crippled PH ships... But, looking at it another way... I sunk 3 allied AKs most likely loaded with war material (supplies or fuel) without any losses to my striking force. My CVs had nearly 1200 ordnance so I have plenty of bombs and torps to use up before I have to worry about running low on weapons for them. Day Air attack on Johore Bahru , at 22,49 Japanese aircraft G3M Nell x 21 Allied aircraft Buffalo I x 5 Japanese aircraft losses G3M Nell: 2 damaged Allied aircraft losses Vildebeest IV: 2 destroyed Airbase hits 3 Runway hits 5 Aircraft Attacking: 15 x G3M Nell bombing at 8000 feet 6 x G3M Nell bombing at 8000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Johore Bahru , at 22,49 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 24 G3M Nell x 42 Allied aircraft Buffalo I x 5 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Buffalo I: 6 destroyed Vildebeest IV: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 8 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x G3M Nell bombing at 8000 feet 11 x G3M Nell bombing at 8000 feet 6 x G3M Nell bombing at 8000 feet 7 x G3M Nell bombing at 8000 feet 3 x G3M Nell bombing at 8000 feet 6 x G3M Nell bombing at 8000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 41st PA Division, at 44,54 Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 28 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 21 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 15 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 8000 feet 13 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 8000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 51st PA Division, at 44,54 Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 15 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 17 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Aircraft Attacking: 7 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 8000 feet 8 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 8000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 89th Chinese/B Corps, at 47,37 Japanese aircraft B5N Kate x 8 Ki-30 Ann x 24 Ki-51 Sonia x 10 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 23 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Aircraft Attacking: 24 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet 10 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing at 2000 feet 8 x B5N Kate bombing at 12000 feet As you can see my air force is pretty active in bombing enemy bases and hitting chinese units detected in china. I have actually transfered air units from Kwangtung to the Chinese Command for exclusive use in china - I could have transfered them to Southern or Burma Command so I could use them elsewhere without paying the PP cost, but I don't want to cheese the rules AND I want the units to be able to draw replacements easily - I have already seen the difference from my previous games in which it took 4-5 days to replace a single aircraft, and now its 1-2 days... Much better... I am planning on transferring more planmes from Kwangtung into China / Burma, especially fighters, as Rob has brought portions of the AVG into china and I have nothing to stand up to them as of yet - all my stockpiled zeros are slated for CV replacements and I don't want to use them up yet.. But I almost have all zeros replaced on my CVs so its almost time to upgrade those Claudes back in Japan and ship them to china to deal with the AVG and chinese fighters. Ground combat at Clark Field Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 110275 troops, 1445 guns, 40 vehicles Defending force 34885 troops, 322 guns, 6 vehicles Allied ground losses: 178 casualties reported Guns lost 8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Naga Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 23498 troops, 225 guns, 6 vehicles Defending force 10207 troops, 63 guns, 0 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 3) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 2 Japanese ground losses: 311 casualties reported Guns lost 11 Vehicles lost 2 Allied ground losses: 138 casualties reported Guns lost 8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Hengchow Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 60011 troops, 787 guns, 14 vehicles Defending force 53845 troops, 387 guns, 0 vehicles Allied ground losses: 149 casualties reported Guns lost 4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 47,37 Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 26454 troops, 327 guns, 7 vehicles Defending force 3293 troops, 20 guns, 0 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 98 to 1 Japanese ground losses: 14 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Allied ground losses: * Chinese unit surrendered !!! 1963 casualties reported Guns lost 10 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Nanning Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 24147 troops, 218 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 22339 troops, 120 guns, 0 vehicles Allied ground losses: 2 casualties reported Guns lost 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Raba Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 691 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 10 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Raba base !!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 30,34 Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 7679 troops, 88 guns, 7 vehicles Defending force 2788 troops, 30 guns, 0 vehicles Allied ground losses: 6 casualties reported My men are pushing hard across the map. I am bombarding several large concentrations of enemy forces and doing good damage to them each turn. I plan on keeping this up for a while until I feel they have had enough beating and then I'll attack... I captured Raba (Island in Timor Sea area) as part of my plan to capture several of the small islands so I can move between Kendari and NW Oz without being easily seen (by bases - air recon can still locate me). I plan on continuing the attack on Naga until the 2 PA Div there surrender. I have also moved a unit into Manilla to prevent units from Clark Field retreating to Manilla. I think Manilla will be harder to crack than Bataan - as I want Manilla... Bataan can sit there and rot for a couple months before I crack it open.. Do you guys like this style of reporting or the previous ?
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