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What LCUs did you decimate? If they are Commonwealth it will take a while to refill his pools.

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No idea which LCUs that went down...What Andy is unhappy about (to say the least) is the fact that his ships refused to stay and unload despite being ordered to do so at any cost.
Me thinks the combined sea and air threat overruled this order; just so much a commander will take before turning about?

Andy just came in to light for this one - watched the combat replay for the next turn and Allied ships are withdrawing.
Next time will be harder but we will be stronger and better prepared as well then; got lots of new LCUs ready.
- The more time we buy the stronger we become; that's why Andy is indeed in a time sqeeze as stated earlier!
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Soon taking a break for the Xmas; would like to wish you all a Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year!
Thanx for reading and participating in this story, greatly appreciate it [:)]

Here's a little gem for you; Mercy of Maria by Midnight Choir


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Good work, as usual mate!

All the best to you and your family!
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Lol, Andy was told so often in his AAR he should NOT do such operations because he would be slapped again and again. He doesn't listen, he doesn't learn, he just deserves it again. Well done PzB! I bet Andy will comment it as "c'est la vie" again. [:D]

Not only is he going to lose the equivalent of two or more Allied divisions lost at Sea but you can also kill the three Chindit bgds. Could not be going any better for you.

What makes me really wonder is this though:

22 x Ki-49-Ia Helen bombing from 100 feet
Naval Attack: 4 x 250 kg SAP Bomb


so how can that be? The bomber should have the bomb load halved for attacking at 100ft but they attack with full load. Should only be possible for attack bombers. [&:]
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Merry Christmas to the Samurai !!!
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Merry Christmas too!!

Regarding the fact you sank so many troops a question is rising: Is it implemented in the game now that you get victory points for destroying his squads, e.g. is this counted within points for allied army loss points?

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reading these IJN AARs is scary.

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Merry Christmas, PzB. Good job putting coal in Andy's stocking. [&o]
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ORIGINAL: zuluhour

reading these IJN AARs is scary.

Do one stupid thing .. don't toggle some swtich .. put one TF in one mode and another in another mode at a critical time... and the IJ can ruin ones day .. and have the Allies looking at the reinforcement schedule for when the next operations can begin ...[;)]
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Hm, something like that CT! [:)]
I think Andy had to few surface combat TFs that swept Port Blair before the large amph group went in.
Unbalanced forces and things like this may happen...!

All Army level bombers carry full bomb load when naval bombing from low altitude, if it should be different devs have overseen it.

Not much this turn, enemy ships retreating from Andaman Islands.
Numerous bombing missions and only our naval bombers in the SRA find unprotected convoys to pound from low altitude.
I don't have many low level naval squadrons but have now deployed 4-5 of maybe only 6-7.

No idea how many troops Andy lost, probably 2-3-4 thousand troops from 2-3 divisions?
There is no lack of ground sloggers in Allied inventory, naval ships to cover the entire Pacific theatre on the other hand.

CL Yahagi had 27 major flooding, pumped out all other water at Rabaul and set course towards Truk.
Next day flooding was 52 - returning to Rabaul 3 hexes away; ship sank before arriving there [:@]
Crap dmg control....

May be some days until next post as the Hollidays are coming up!
Same to you Kresimir, have a nice one [:)]


AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jun 05, 44

Air Combat

Morning Air attack on TF, near Wessel Islands at 86,126
Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B6N1 Jill x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
B6N1 Jill: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
xAK Edmund G. Ross, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires
xAK Hoihow, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B6N1 Jill bombing from 1000 feet *
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Wessel Islands at 83,125
Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 2,100 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 9

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
xAK Gamaria, Bomb hits 5, and is sunk
xAK Empire Rani, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 100 feet
Naval Attack: 4 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Wessel Islands at 86,126
Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 4,100 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 11

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 4 damaged

Allied Ships
xAK John A. Rawlins, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Hoihow, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk
DD Stronghold

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 100 feet
Naval Attack: 4 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Port Blair at 46,58
Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Allied aircraft
P-51B Mustang x 11
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 3

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
DD Fujinami

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

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Hunting High & Low

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CL Yahagi had 27 major flooding, pumped out all other water at Rabaul and set course towards Truk.
Next day flooding was 52 - returning to Rabaul 3 hexes away; ship sank before arriving there [:@]
Crap dmg control....

May be some days until next post as the Hollidays are coming up!
Same to you Kresimir, have a nice one [:)]

Damn, its another proof of Grand Allied Conspiracy!!!! [:D]

Poor old Yahagi - she was sunk by U.S. carrier-based aircraft in June 1945 - its not historical!!!![:D]

Perhaps i missed something, but werent Yahagi Tanaka's favourite flag ship?! [&o]

good ol' Tanaka!






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ORIGINAL: PzB
CL Yahagi had 27 major flooding, pumped out all other water at Rabaul and set course towards Truk.
Next day flooding was 52 - returning to Rabaul 3 hexes away; ship sank before arriving there [:@]
Crap dmg control....
Did you use "cruise" speed? With damaged ships, I've had good success if they are set to cruise. Mission speed will always sink them for me.
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*sigh* I wanted to read an AAR and the first thing I see are boobze...... Well at least she is attractive.

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*sigh* I wanted to read an AAR and the first thing I see are boobze...... Well at least she is attractive.

Yep, being a wargamer fangirl is a tough row to hoe. But we are glad that you are here. Sometimes you just got to ignore us and look the other way...[;)]
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*sigh* I wanted to read an AAR and the first thing I see are boobze...... Well at least she is attractive.

Could be worse. At least the game itself isn't filled with scantily clad warrior maidens.
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Then either something is wrong in your game or in mine because in mine, none of my non attack bombers carry full load when attacking below 6000ft. Now you are attacking at 100ft and I never go below 1000ft, perhaps at 100ft it doesn't do what it should be. Anyway, I know for sure that any bombers level bombing below 6000ft should NOT carry full bomb load but reduced load. [&:]

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Dunno whats up Castor, she is clearly carrying two bombs in a Type 19 bikini and not four.


(sorry, couldnt resist and now I feel dirty [:(] )

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So Andy tried his luck at the Adamans finally.  Well, was about time.  The question is, will he come back quickly, and with what, or what else?  Otherwise he could either bypass the islands, and hit somewhere on the West coast of Sumatra, or cancel all ops in this theater until ground combat in Burma can resume.   I doubt his nature is in line with the latter. 
Anyway, great job!  Your preparations have really payed off.

Merry Christmas and enjoy a great holiday break!  And thanks for having gone thru the pains to write this AAR all year long!  A perfect daily read, definitely better than my newspaper.
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What are you talking about guys?! [:D][:D][:D]


Lets back to the game [:'(].


Castor, dont be so harsh about Andy. I guess he doesnt have enough naval assests to provide cover for failed invasion. Where is his fleet? Pacific?

I guess he tried suprise, sudden invasion on Port Blair, but as we all saw he misculcated PzBs capabilities - once again.


I know its Christmas time, PzB, but if you find spare time for informing us about logistics:

- whats the current situation with navy (upgrades, new CVs, Tachibana class...etc)
- whats going on with r&d (which type you prefere most)
- current status of oil, supply and resources (do you have enough to run your eco and feed
all hungry mouths in Japan war machine?)


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Gräfin Zeppelin, nice picture!
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