AAR Bwheatley VS General Billy (rematch)

[bwheatley]

Rematch. This time i'm US and he's Japan.

Now that my changes were implemented to put AV on the combat report i'm ready to give this another try.

First blood goes to me. More updates to follow.


AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/03/22

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Sub attack at 45,48

Japanese Ships
AK Yamazuki Maru

Allied Ships
SS S-6

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ASW attack at 45,48

Japanese Ships
DD Urukaze
DD Hokaze
DD Tachikaze
DD Enoki
DD Nara
DD Tsubaki
DD Kuwa
DD Momo
DD Kashi
DD Hinoki
DD Yanagi

Allied Ships
SS S-6

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Sub attack at 47,45

Japanese Ships
AK Syogen Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire

Allied Ships
SS S-9

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Sub attack at 46,48

Japanese Ships
AK Bordeaux Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, on fire

Allied Ships
SS S-4

Japanese ground losses:
75 casualties reported

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Sub attack at 45,48

Japanese Ships
AK Kenryu Maru, Shell hits 1

Allied Ships
SS S-6

[bwheatley]

Well i send the singapore destroyers in to attack pescadores and i caught billy with his pants down. No torpedo hits scored but still a morale victory for the american's who don't have much to go on. They are all alone in this war and any good news is great news right now. Also i put mines at lingayan(sp) and i had the good fortune to hit 5 ships total including 1 destroyer.

The US navy is not mobilized out of Mare Island yet becuase dozens of destroyers are in dock with hull upgrades. It will be a long war and victory will come to the patient. In the meantime the US has signed secret support treaties with the british and french governments to use their ports as safe havens. Hopefully it won't bring Japan down on them.



AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/04/22

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Sub attack near Lingayen at 44,50

Japanese Ships
AK Tokusima Maru

Allied Ships
SS S-8

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ASW attack near Lingayen at 44,50

Japanese Ships
DD Nagatsuki
DD Kaede
DD Sumire
DD Nashi
DD Nire
DD Shimakaze
DD Nadakaze

Allied Ships
SS S-8, hits 1, on fire

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Pescadores at 47,43

Japanese Ships
AK Lima Maru
AK Lisbon Maru, Shell hits 2
AP Minryo Maru, Shell hits 13, on fire, heavy damage
AP Minto Maru
AP Montoiru Maru
AP Nagano Maru
AK Nagato Maru
AK Nanko Maru
AP Netsuda Maru
AP Nichiren Maru
AP Rakuyo Maru
AP Reiyo Maru
AK Ryuko Maru
AP Ryuosan Maru
AK Ryuun Maru
AP Shirashika Maru
AP Suwa Maru, Shell hits 2
AP Yubae Maru
AK Yuri Maru, Shell hits 3, on fire
AK Ina Maru
AP Saiho Maru, Shell hits 2
AK Risen Maru
AK Junpo Maru

Allied Ships
DD Chandler
DD Tracy
DD Borie
DD John D. Edwards

Japanese ground losses:
161 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

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Naval bombardment of Lingayen, at 44,50

Japanese Ships
BB Iwami
BB Hizen
BB Mikasa
BB Katori
BB Settsu
BB Yamashiro
BB Fuso
BB Hyuga
BB Ise

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 11
Port hits 7
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 5

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Naval bombardment of Lingayen, at 44,50

Japanese Ships
CL Tama
CL Kuma
CA Idzumo
CA Aso
CA Adzuma
CA Nisshin
CA Kasuga
BB Suwo
BB Mishima
BB Okinoshima
BB Fuji
BB Asahi

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 8
Port hits 6
Port supply hits 8

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TF 6 encounters mine field at Lingayen (44,50)

TF 6 troops unloading over beach at Lingayen, 44,50


Japanese Ships
AK Shinmei Maru, Mine hits 1, on fire

Japanese ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Japanese ground losses:
1753 casualties reported

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TF 21 troops unloading over beach at Vigan, 44,49


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TF 6 encounters mine field at Lingayen (44,50)

TF 6 troops unloading over beach at Lingayen, 44,50


Japanese Ships
AK Yamamiya Maru, Mine hits 1, on fire

Japanese ground losses:
227 casualties reported

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TF 7 encounters mine field at Lingayen (44,50)

TF 7 troops unloading over beach at Lingayen, 44,50


Japanese Ships
DD Sawakaze
DD Minekaze
DD Hamakaze
AK Akagane Maru, Mine hits 1

Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported

Japanese ground losses:
2874 casualties reported

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TF 30 encounters mine field at Lingayen (44,50)

TF 30 troops unloading over beach at Lingayen, 44,50


Japanese Ships
AK Unyo Maru #2, Mine hits 1, on fire

Japanese ground losses:
18 casualties reported

Japanese ground losses:
2826 casualties reported

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TF 31 encounters mine field at Lingayen (44,50)

TF 31 troops unloading over beach at Lingayen, 44,50


Japanese Ships
AP Kikuryu Maru, Mine hits 1, on fire

Japanese ground losses:
21 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Japanese ground losses:
2518 casualties reported

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TF 1 encounters mine field at Lingayen (44,50)

Japanese Ships
DD Hokaze, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

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ASW attack near Lingayen at 44,50

Japanese Ships
DD Urukaze
DD Yanagi
DD Hinoki
DD Kashi
DD Momo
DD Kuwa
DD Tsubaki
DD Nara
DD Enoki
DD Tachikaze

Allied Ships
SS S-8, hits 3, heavy damage

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Naval bombardment of Lingayen, at 44,50

Japanese Ships
BB Iwami
BB Hizen
BB Mikasa
BB Katori
BB Settsu
BB Yamashiro
BB Fuso
BB Hyuga
BB Ise

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 10
Port hits 8
Port supply hits 7

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Naval bombardment of Lingayen, at 44,50

Japanese Ships
CL Tama
CL Kuma
CA Idzumo
CA Aso
CA Adzuma
CA Nisshin
CA Kasuga
BB Mishima
BB Okinoshima
BB Fuji
BB Asahi

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 18
Port hits 3
Port supply hits 4

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Coastal Guns at Davao, 41,61, firing at TF 4
TF 4 troops unloading over beach at Davao, 41,61


422 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
DD Matsu, Shell hits 2
DD Katsura, Shell hits 1
DD Kaba, Shell hits 4
DD Kagero, Shell hits 1
AP Sakido Maru
DD Kashiwa

Japanese ground losses:
2767 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Allied ground losses:
26 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Davao

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 6197 troops, 48 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 209

Defending force 20435 troops, 164 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 515

[bwheatley]

Well the past few turns have been slow. My subs are taking a toll on him. He is not protecting his invasion convoys as he should. I've sunk 3 ships so far to 2 lost for me 1 PG & 1 sub on a direct hit from a depth charge. On PI i have everything at manilla just waiting for him to move in. I have 550 AP so he'll need at least 1500 AP plus some to fight through the city. I'm sneaking supply in from hong kong now as we speak.

Elsewhere i have the CommonWealth forces moving to Rabaul as a staging area to keep the japanese hemmed in there. Though i know full well the combat power japan has and its not enough to push that far into the south pacific. I have 3/4 of my battlefleet support (DD's) in port repairing so my BB's have not sortied yet.

Pretty boring so far we'll see what we do. I am thinking i might pull a general billy and move to retake the PI via a long route such as he did.



AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/10/22

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ASW attack near Pescadores at 47,43

Japanese Ships
DD Urukaze
DD Yanagi
DD Hinoki
DD Kashi
DD Momo
DD Kuwa
DD Tsubaki
DD Nara
DD Enoki
DD Tachikaze

Allied Ships
SS S-14

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Sub attack at 48,46

Japanese Ships
AP Tatuta Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, on fire

Allied Ships
SS S-6


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Ground combat at Vigan

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1583 troops, 8 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 96

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0

Japanese assault odds: 25 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Vigan base !!!

[bwheatley]

Message to Chinese/UK

Japanese Intellegence suggest that you have allowed US raiding taskforces to rearm and refuel at your Bases. You must stop this at once. I hope you take this matter with grave concern since our countries relations depend on it!

[bwheatley]

Response from China:
China will not allow itself to be bullied by anyone. Our chinese naval forces and army could quickly force the nation of Japan to its knees. We have been kind enough to stay out of this small fight. We have not allowed any US vessels to rearm in any ports under our control. We remind you that you now have 3 days to remove your forces from shanghai. If the deadline passes we will capture your forces for the duration of your conflict with the Americans. Do not push us and we shall not push you.

Response from UK:
Hong Kong remains a neutral port under control of the British Crown. We have no knowledge of rearming operations taking place. Any US vessels that put into port are purely non-combatents. We respectfully request that the japanese government resolve this dispute with as little bloodshed as possible.

[bwheatley]

Well its been a quiet few turns. I'm suspecting billy will move on Manilla soon. I'm sending a convoy of transports with 50K worth of supplies to reinforce manilla. I also am sending the 15th US infantry and a HQ to manilla via boat they were rushed down from Shanghai. Hopefully they make it in time to thwart his plans.

[bwheatley]

Well billy finally moved a crap load of folks into manilla today. Maybe I'll abandon my plan to reinforce manilla with the 15th. I have 30 AK's in manilla now offloading 50k supplies. Perhaps when the supplies are offloaded i'll just onload all the troops i can and get them out of harms way. What does everyone think? or should i put more meat into the grinder just to try to hold him off?

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/22/22

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ASW attack at 48,46

Japanese Ships
DD Tsuga
DD Kuri
DD Kaki
DD Take
CA Kurama

Allied Ships
SS S-9

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
Sopwith Pup x 35

Japanese aircraft losses
Sopwith Pup: 2 destroyed, 6 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Sopwith Pup attacking at 100 feet
13 x Sopwith Pup attacking at 100 feet
13 x Sopwith Pup attacking at 100 feet
2 x Sopwith Pup attacking at 100 feet

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Ground combat at Manila

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 178279 troops, 1587 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value =
4041

Defending force 47226 troops, 272 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 613



Allied ground losses:
108 casualties reported

[bwheatley]

Well the siege is entering its second day of ground attacks and billys not fairing to well. I've also moved the reserve phillipines division from Davao to manilla and the 15th US and China Station are going to run the gauntlet. I slipped in almost 100k worth of supplies to manilla for the cost of 1 TK 1 AK & 2 PG. He's got his sub noose around me now but i'm going to put everything i can into manilla. HE still hasn't taken bataan yet so i wont have to cross the guns to get supplies in just yet.

[bwheatley]

Well i dropped in 4 more units and it was all a ploy. Billy came at me the next turn with 600k soldiers and the base was destroyed. It was a pretty horrible blow. I had ships enroute with more units that are not turning back towards Hong Kong. Billy is threatening Pearl now via IM. He also requested an end to hostilities.

Response...NUTS!

I've got 12 BB's at Pearl. I have made 2 task forces of 14 INCH bb's they will be sortieing out to midway which i've built up with a sizeable fuel dump.
I don't really have a direction and i'm on the defensive.

Any ideas chaps??

[JagdFlanker]

i guess you can put a pile of subs at and around midway, wake, and marcus to harass/recon any ships that show up there. the midway fuel dump should help them stay on station longer w/o going to PH. and you can try patrolling some BB's between midway and wake just in case he comes for a visit to either one (if he's already taken wake he will have to keep it supplied!) there's no way he can take PH itself anymore (that was you who tried last year, right?) and if he wants to take another hawaiian island you can easily let it whither on the vine since it will be very costly to keep it in operation...

[bwheatley]

*nods* Yea i'm sending a few BB forces to bombard wake just to harass him. Maybe draw him out to play. Yea i know he can't take pearl. I'm Thinking of bypassing wake and going for Marcus Island which will give me an island furth up without too much resistance hopefully. I've got the 3rd Marine Division almost ready to free up to move. I'm taking my time i have time on my side and i will grow stronger while he's at his peak now. I just dont want to fuck it up too badly.

Pearl was a cluster fuck i'd love for him to go after pearl with all the new CD guns they put their. For me against the original patch it was horrid and i got slaughtered. I only got him to leave by bluffing him but i couldn't have taken it. But i was learning alot that game. I also know that anywhere i go i have to have a HQ prepped and working too if i want good success. I have rabual being fortified now. I even reinforced Hong Kong by depleting shanghai a bit. Hong Kong is practically defenseless at the start so i would rather have that port then Shanghai if i had to choose. If he comes into shanghai that will give me some breathing room. I have british ships on patrol in the waters of Hong Kong to keep him pushed off. So what do you think marcus a good idea? At least it will make him fight where i'm guessing he's weaker then Wake.

It's just slow going for awhile

[bwheatley]

Message from Jap
Message to United Kingdom from the Empire Of Japan.

Our relations with China is at an all time low. Our intelligence suggest that you have a number of ground forces within Chinese Territory. We request that you move them as soon as possible to prevent them from being mistaken for Chinese Units. I hope we have an understanding since Japan wishes no conflict with the mighty United Kingdom.

[bwheatley]

>> Message to United Kingdom from the Empire Of Japan.
>>
>> Our relations with China is at an all time low. Our intelligence suggest
>> that you have a number of ground forces within Chinese Territory. We
>> request that you move them as soon as possible to prevent them from being
>> mistaken for Chinese Units. I hope we have an understanding since Japan
>> wishes no conflict with the mighty United Kingdom.

We have british citizens in many ports of call throughout china. If you are to commence hostilies aganist the chinese government please give us advance warning so precautions can be taken on behalf of our foriegn nationals.

[JagdFlanker]

in my game i figured i wouldn't worry about hong kong since the brits arn't at war yet so i reinforced shanghai and to good effect - he decided to go all out and take it and he is taking absolutly horrendus casualties! i'v been sending my PI sub force to patrol there and i'v torpedoed at least 1 transport and usually damaged another one every single turn for the last 30 days! fortunatly i'v kept an AS hanging around the PI to keep them reloaded since he's been slow to conquor it so i'l guess i'l be able to keep the slaughter going for a while yet!

[bwheatley]

Groovy maybe i'll move all those forces back to Shanghai. ALso a few chinest units came up for movement so i'm moving them to Shanghai that will put the AP at 1500 and the AP at hongkong is 1000 now. So hopefully we'll have a strong garrison in both places.

[bwheatley]

After an abscense i'm back. War was declared with russia. Japan came at me with 10,000 AV and took vladivostock in 3 turns. But i had reinforcements race down and got into the city next to vlad within a week. Now i have 1300 AV there vs his 10k but he is not prepped so he launched a massive attack and lost 13000 soldiers to my 1000. I've pulled all my engineering units to imam its a city in the mountains. It's about 8 hexes away i'm going to hold in this city as long as i can while defense are built up at imam. It's almost to level 4 forts now. When forts get high enough i'll do a fighting retreat and try to hold him there. I hope he keeps coming i can bleed him dry. He could just stay in vlad and garrison it and i wouldn't be able to get it back.

In other news, 2 infantry divisions and a tank brigade a combat engineer group and a group are about to land on marcus island. I landed a recon team at midway and he has 400 AV there along with some coastal guns. So i'll take marcus and then try to squeeze wake out with subs and bombard the base until they have no supply left and then i'll take the base. I want to hit him where he is weak.

[bwheatley]

He tries to take me again and suffers bad losses. It's just a matter of time until he pushes me back but i'll be able to have imam heavily fortified by that time.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 09/12/22


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Ground combat at Uglahamensk

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 527077 troops, 3429 guns, 355 vehicles, Assault Value = 9240

Defending force 73584 troops, 499 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1416

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 1


Japanese ground losses:
14240 casualties reported
Guns lost 257
Vehicles lost 19

Allied ground losses:
3762 casualties reported
Guns lost 84


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Ground combat at Uglahamensk

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 61516 troops, 389 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1314

Defending force 569190 troops, 3040 guns, 323 vehicles, Assault Value = 8233

[bwheatley]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 09/14/22


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Ground combat at Uglahamensk

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 508913 troops, 3109 guns, 329 vehicles, Assault Value = 8456

Defending force 69416 troops, 427 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1330

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0

Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Uglahamensk base !!!


Japanese ground losses:
13000 casualties reported
Guns lost 207
Vehicles lost 31

Allied ground losses:
10653 casualties reported
Guns lost 46


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

[bwheatley]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 09/20/22

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TF 1002 troops unloading over beach at Marcus Island, 75,56



Allied ground losses:
1539 casualties reported

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TF 1002 troops unloading over beach at Marcus Island, 75,56



Allied ground losses:
815 casualties reported

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TF 1025 troops unloading over beach at Marcus Island, 75,56



Allied ground losses:
390 casualties reported

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TF 1044 troops unloading over beach at Marcus Island, 75,56



Allied ground losses:
537 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Marcus Island

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 14978 troops, 49 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 456

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0

Allied assault odds: 179 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied forces CAPTURE Marcus Island base !!!

[bwheatley]

We captured marcus with 1 infantry division 1 tank brigade 1 engineering unit and 1 headquarters. There was no opposition. I'll use this base to stage my further advances into japanese territory. I am going to now try to bypass wake and cut its supply off.