A last minute move....invincible kamikazes that never miss. I was hoping the Lightnings would be able to destroy them....I am guessing that that recon planes are hard wired to take less damage than normal planes (from interceptors and AAA) to prevent excessive losses during recon runs. So there is ...

Feb 25, 1944

A good first attack at Hong Kong, as forts are reduced and damage is very light. Not sure how the Japanese got such a high adjusted defense 500 to 10K! :roll:

Ground combat at Hong Kong (77,61)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 36239 troops, 769 guns, 642 vehicles ...

Feb 25, 1944

Thinking about grabbing a port on the Yangtze...plus getting the Wenchow invasion going, plus other deep strikes....

Formosa pretty much mine...

Feb 24,1944

The war goes on, albeit a bit slow on my turns due to RL, but Formosa is all but taken, and all our troops are readying for their next wonderful adventure!

Canton's forts knocked down to 4, and we in process of surrounding it.

Ground combat at Takao (84,65)

Allied Deliberate attack ...

Feb 20, 1944

West of the Marshalls and South East from Truk we take Ponape. This frees up a reserve division for operations on Luzon I guess. Clears up the supply line a bit too.
Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 4153 troops, 107 guns, 154 vehicles ...

Follow up attack on Ponape


Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 4232 troops, 99 guns, 155 vehicles, Assault Value = 239

Defending force 10911 troops, 44 guns, 51 vehicles, Assault Value = 195

Allied adjusted assault: 130

Japanese adjusted defense ...

Feb 19, 1944

First attack on Canton:


Ground combat at Canton (77,59)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 65047 troops, 940 guns, 1087 vehicles, Assault Value = 2454

Defending force 52152 troops, 371 guns, 166 vehicles, Assault Value = 1233

Allied adjusted assault: 466

Japanese ...

Should be positing later today...

Currently a long way from Ningpo....but cutting off supply lines into China is doable. As is a landing into Korea.

Feb 18th, 1944

Quiet day...

taking Formosa, Hong Kong, and Canton will free up c5000AV with which to:

1. Invade up the Yangtze River into the plains of China
2. Grab the remaining Chinese Ports with local pushes to cut rail line into China from Korea
3. Invade Korea and cut it in half
4. Take ...

Vengeance DBs carry (at normal range) 2x 500 lb and 2x 250lb bombs. That's 4 chances at a hit vs the 1 chance from an SBD DB. But I think the bigger bomb carried by the US DBs has a better chance of damaging HI. And isn't there a one-turn wait for accurate bomb damage assessment on industry ...

Lowpe: Our divebombers seem to get substantially more hits on industry from level bombing.

Vengeance DBs carry (at normal range) 2x 500 lb and 2x 250lb bombs. That's 4 chances at a hit vs the 1 chance from an SBD DB. But I think the bigger bomb carried by the US DBs has a better chance of ...

This turn we reconned every port up the Yangtze River.

Our divebombers seem to get substantially more hits on industry from level bombing.

Morning Air attack on Shanghai , at 92,55


Vengeance I x 26

Heavy Industry hits 14

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Vengeance I bombing from 9000 feet
City Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb
13 x ...

Interesting oddball ships in this mod....very small but nice.

Weather was good, altitude was relatively low, and AA seemingly not all that present given the damaged bombers. Our pilots are decent so this is kind of disappointing results. I think the weakest aspect was the experience levels of the pilots?

Morning Air attack on Shanghai , at 92,55

Weather in ...

Our divebombers seem to get substantially more hits on industry from level bombing.

Morning Air attack on Shanghai , at 92,55

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 69 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-84r Frank x 1 ...

A good first attack at Ponape...just missed 3-1. Forts now 5.

Feb 17th, 1944

Japan launches a counter attack at Shaohing:

Ground combat at Shaohing (91,56)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 41462 troops, 588 guns, 594 vehicles, Assault Value = 1313

Defending force 11674 troops, 212 guns, 336 vehicles, Assault Value = 611

Japanese adjusted ...

CaptBeefheart wrote: Wed Jul 17, 2024 2:06 am Excellent work. Is the HK yard at 50 and Manila at 20 in this mod? You'll have some excellent forward repair yards available soon to go with your ARDs.

Cheers,
CB

Yes, 50 and 20, Plus Shanghai and a shipyard conversion along the Yangtze River.