I imagine the War in Spain engine will at some point be used to create something for the Pacific Theatre, and other areas.

23 Jan 1944

There are now 4 Allied Divisions at Johore Bahru, with more on the way by the looks of it. I have not managed to build any forts yet.

He has also deposited a butt load of aerial mines there, which makes things difficult as I have no minesweepers in the vicinity ...

20 Jan 1944

It looks like there is a single Indian Division at Johore Bahru at this point, so the reversal is not completely imminent.

Meanwhile, he has also started bombing Babeldoab with unescorted 4E bombers. However most of the B-24 losses you can see below were at Singapore, where my CAP ...

14 Jan 1944

Much to my surprise I managed to take Johore Bharu this turn.


WOW!!!

Stunning. Amazing!! WTG!!!!

I've never seen this type of successful counter-attack. Brilliant work!!!


It looks like it is only a matter of time before this gets reversed. I doubt I can hold on long enough ...

14 Jan 1944

Much to my surprise I managed to take Johore Bahru this turn.

However, the base is wrecked so it's going to take a while to build any forts, even if he doesn't bomb me. There are also more Brit/CW/Chinese forces on the way from the north. So who knows how long I can hold? I don't ...

Battleships ahoy!

This turn, as I had guessed might happen the British battle wagons attacked my fleets at Singapore. I had withdrawn my battlecruisers so the mighty survivors of Jutland only faced light forces of CLs and DDs.

I lost 2 CLs and 1 DD, with many more ships damaged. These are now ...

14 Jan 1944

My ill-prepared divisions at Johore Bahru have failed to take the base, despite the sparse opposition. I was not anticipating a Fort level of 4.

The reports below are from the previous turn. This turn I did not attack, and now a Chinese Corps has arrived at the base so given that it ...

Landings at Johore Bharu (Soggy Biscuit)

I must have mis-counted hexes or something because the Amphib TF arrived on day 3 of this turn and not next turn as I had thought ...

This is a high-risk move, but as my recon was only showing light forces at Johore Bharu I thought - why not deposit a ...

You may also note the IL-2 and MiG-3 losses.

I have not seen the Soviet Air Force for months, but this turn it showed up at Harbin, where I have been attempting to bomb the industry. The IL-2s were sent to low level bomb my beleaguered forces at Mutankiang.

08 Jan 1944

Massive Sweeps over Singapore, the first of which is shown below.

Although we did not destroy many P-38s and P-47s a substantial number were damaged. So they won't be coming back next turn. He has never done Sweeps over two consecutive turns. So (fingers crossed) our CAP remains ...

05 Jan 1944

He has still not attacked Singapore from the air. I had been expecting Sweeps and 4E bombing to accompany the river crossing.

Most other areas are quiet. Truk continues to be unnecessarily bombarded.

Operation Soggy Biscuit will commence in two turns.

Note: For American viewers a ...

Truk is a wasteland

After the visit by the lovely US Carrier Fleet he has continued to pound Truk with both 4E bombers and Battleships.

As a result the place is completely shagged (technical term).

Build-up at Biak

There is a lot of activity around Biak, and the base is maxed out on both port and airfield.

He is flying Recon over Babeldoab and Peleliu.

So perhaps he favours this route rather than coming straight at the Marianas from Ponape/Eniwetok?

Not much I can do to stop this if Ye ...

Kamikaze Activation

I should add that I now have the capability to form Kamikaze units. This is because Saigon has fallen (the rules are not exactly that, but it's the simple version).

Not sure I need to use this right now, but it's a useful option to have.

02 Jan 1944

It's 1944!

I have despatched the Battlecruiser fleet to Singapore to help keep the Brits awake at night. These bombardments of troops outside bases or in your own bases do not generally seem very effective so I class this as a half-decent result.

The Cunning Plan alluded to last ...

Camranh Bay is now part of the British Empire

The French are displeased ... :mrgreen: I had a single division there, to be resurrected of course.

Also in Indochina, Vinh cannot hold out much longer, which opens the way to Hanoi and Haiphong. Being clear hexes these are totally indefensible. So ...

30 Dec 1943

The British/Commonwealth armies have crossed the river at Singapore.

This is a much larger force than my bombardment at Johore Bahru had indicated. Still, they should take a while to recover from this assault before having another pop.

He has not attacked Singapore from the air yet ...

I only just noticed this, and I love it! Even though I know nothing about the Spanish Civil War.

A re-implementation of the WitP-AE engine or concept was not even remotely on my bingo card, but it is most definitely on my bucket list.

This is clearly a PoC. Start with a small sandbox and then go ...

Guys

Can you take it elsewhere please? I am reluctant to carry on with this AAR if it's just going to be a general tactics discussion.

OK no worries. Good luck!