Striking from Heaven: Nemo (J) vs Hartwig (A)

[Nemo121]

Unfortunately 2ndACR has to withdraw due to some real life issues... No opprobium attaches to this choice at all.
 
So, we have 4 options:
1. The game ends here and now.
 
2. A suitably brave player or group of players ( Alfred, Hartwig etc? ) seeks to turn the Allied fortunes around. If the Allies make it into 1943 then the Japanese are pretty much doomed.
 
3. I take over the Allied side and with a suitable period of time to allow for rebuilding ( perhaps a month ) since the Allies are in rather nasty shape right now we recommence the game and fight it out.
 
4. We jump back a little in time.
 
 
Personally I don't care about winning, I just want to be pushed to play my best so I'm perfectly happy to take over the Allied side and take things from there.
 
I should point out that the Allied side in this game is significantly reinforced over the Allied side in the game I have with Damian. They have increased fighter reinforcement rates, better and quicker upgrades and more flexible upgrade paths. So, the Allied position is far from hopeless as it is.
 
 
I would like to invite people or groups of players who are interested in playing on to let me know in this thread. My preference would be to play on as Japan but I would be willing to play on as Allies given a sufficient breathing space to conduct some much-needed redeployment or the ability to step 1 to 2 months back in the past before some irredeemable errors were made. All would be up for negotiation.
 
In the end the Allies will win. They are just too strong in 1943 and 1944 for this not to be the outcome and, properly managed, the Allies can even be winning by end-42. I repeat that the Allied position is far from hopeless, it just requires some ruthlesness.

[Nemo121]

So, no takers to take over as Japan with a 55000+ to 10,000 victory point lead in June 1942? That's a pity.

[Rob Brennan UK]

Sorry to see the game end [:(], while your mod, while a great read isn't for me as a player. Sadly i had to bail on 2ACR for rl problems a year or so back. I wish him well whatever they maybe.

[modrow]

Nemo,

I might consider taking over the Allied side to get a spanking. I learned a lot from most spankings I received in my life [8D]. I only ask myself "am I up to the task"... There are several caveat, however:

1) Right now, I will be S L O W. Cannot guarantee more than 2-3 turns per week. This should get better by the end of March though.
2) Not sure whether this would be much fun to you - I do not think I am a good or experienced player. On the other hand, with a bunch of seasoned advisors...
3) Can you link me to the detailed info on this mod, including what I need to do to install ? I have never played anything but vanilla so far...
4) Could you provide a file for the Allied a) for the point of time this game is at and b) a point of time you are thinking about moving back to ? I'll pm my e-mail to you.

To sum up: If you wish to keep this game alive and are not bothered by 1) a slow game and 2) a not very seasoned opponent but avid learner (as I understand from your AARs, you comment in interplayer-communication, which I appreciate a lot), I will consider taking over.

Regards

Hartwig

[Nemo121]

Hartwig... Email sent.  Slow isn't a problem. I have Real Life ( which always comes first ), another PBEM game and a testing committment so a slow game sounds just fine.
 
Advisors... Absolutely, have as many as you think is a good idea.
 
Best link for the mod is http://sites.google.com/site/empiresablaze/ which, I think, explains the concepts behind it.
 
 

[kfmiller41]

All I can say is WOW, your a great player Nemo[&o] I just uploaded this mod and am looking for an opponent. I hope I fair better than your opponent did. I hope to play allies only due to the learning curve for Japan.

[ny59giants]

This mod has some great "what ifs" added to it. It also demands someone with a good grasp on the Japanese economy and knows how to use Tracker to aid in managing it.

I'm looking forward to this mod being modified for AE when it comes out.
Hint, Hint.....Wink, Wink [:D]

[Nemo121]

Miller,

No, not a great player, just someone who applies the basics thoroughly. Good luck in your game with BlitzK.



Interesting data so far on my new opponent - Hartwig... I've read all of his posts obviously and between his posts and his mails there are some interesting indicators. There have been mentions of, and links to, articles on CI ( crowd intelligence ) and not just the usual BS about the intelligence of crowds ensuring accuracy which is what we see in the mass media and elsewhere but also a rather more nuanced view of the potential perils of same.

Here's an interesting question he posed to me tonight as part of the discussion on rules

b) Do you know the solution for the world's most complicated chess problem ? I ask this because it is related to doing a "turn 1" (even if this is not the real turn 1, it is for me). It starts from the starting position of the pieces and is "White to move and win..." Let me know when you solved it...

This is, IMO, a nice little ploy to start getting to know me. Obviously it was important to give a reasonable answer without going into too much detail so here's what I replied:

b) The solution to that problem is the same as the solution to ANY chess problem, "Get to know your opponent and then cause dis-ease in his mind such that he defeats himself."

So, he wants to read me. M'uadib would be proud of him. 10 sci-fi geek awards for knowing the novel and 40 more for knowing which part of the novel I'm referencing ( hint: knife-fighting ).


The interesting question now is going to be just how he plays. He will, undoubtedly, single in on the DEI and the northern routes as good avenues of attack. Which of those he chooses will tell me a lot PARTICULARLY if he plays beneath his ability to try to anchor my expectations lower.

It can be quite tricky to discern if someone is just playing badly and that's the best they can do or if he's actually making intentional mistakes. I think though that if he plays well with the occasional foolish move then he is trying to anchor me low...


So, what does this mean? Well, he'll try to anchor my expectations low so that I become lax. What this means is that he'll probably try for ineffectual strikes on Exmouth followed by a raid on the DEI ( where I have left isolated bases rather unthreatened just to tempt this sort of ineffectual loss-leading enterprise ).

Since I can't really be bothered into letting him have significant forces transitting into the DEI right now I'll have to take that little atoll to the wet of Ceylon and base seaplanes there. I'll be happy to let him range up past Exmouth as that's a mis-allocation of force.

In the north I'll commit small garrisons to my holdings and begin building up the necessary forces for a stronger naval and aerial defence.


In the south my previous plan ( minus he NZ sweep which now has no operational surprise to bolster it ) will be carried out and the remainders of the Pacific will fall to my troops.

In China he should redeploy his forces westward into Vietnam. This should give me an opportunity for offensive action and I need to make sure to take this.

So, a big state of flux in which he'll be trying to mislead me as to his ability by playing slightly worse at the front lines while he gets his rear echelons into gear at top speed. Should be interesting.

[Nemo121]

So, quite a bit has happened in the past week of gametime.

Hartwig has ruthlessly exploited the leeway I gave him to bomb from Soviet bases ( which due to a game bug I can't retaliate against ) and he is trying many other tricks elsewhere to free up the situation ( landing a few troops outside of Bombay to try and free the troops there from their sitzkrieg ).

He is also most assuredly testing my defences elsewhere. I've gotten sniffs of merchant vessels all along my perimeter trying to see what my recon shell is like and how far he can expect to get when spotted. I've been watching and waiting for the past few days, letting them get in deep before launching co-ordinated attacks to kill as many as I can. Today my forces strike...

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/06/42

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Sub attack near Dutch Harbor [AK] at 102,37

Japanese Ships
AG Kaijo Torakku SD-2, Shell hits 1, on fire

Allied Ships
SS SHCH131

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Night Air attack on Haiphong [Tonkin] , at 37,38


Allied aircraft
SB-2 x 6


Allied aircraft losses
SB-2: 1 damaged

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Day Air attack on Exmouth [Australia] , at 11,86

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 20

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 31
B-19A x 10

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zeke: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-19A: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
4 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 7

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Day Air attack on Peking [Cent China] , at 54,29


Allied aircraft
SB-2 x 17
SB-2M x 31


No Allied losses

Heavy Industry hits 7

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Day Air attack on Hengchow [S China] , at 44,37

Japanese aircraft
D3A2 Val x 32
B4Y1 Jean x 39
B5N2 Kate x 75

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 11
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 116

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Day Air attack on Changsha [S China] , at 45,37

Japanese aircraft
Ki-32 Mary x 66

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 81

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Day Air attack on Rangoon [Burma] , at 29,33

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe-FF x 1

Allied aircraft
OS2U-3 Kingfisher x 5

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

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Day Air attack on Meiktila [Burma] , at 32,31


Allied aircraft
IL-4C x 10

No Allied losses

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Day Air attack on Diamond Harbour , at 28,23

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 27

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on Diamond Harbour , at 28,23

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 32
Ki-32 Mary x 87
Ki-48-I Lily x 58
Ki-49 -I Helen x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AK Jalarajan, Bomb hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
AK Floridian, Bomb hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
AK Loch Ranza, Bomb hits 7, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Agra, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AK Honolulan, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
SC Aster, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage

Port hits 9
Port fuel hits 3
Port supply hits 4

This is where his shipping which was landing troops on the southern coast of India was coming from. His next logical move is to move shipping in from Aden via Addu atoll ( which he holds ). I'm moving some CVEs to guard against that.

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Day Air attack on Madras [India] , at 17,21

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-I Lily x 9

No Japanese losses

Runway hits 3

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Day Air attack on Singkep [NEI] , at 22,53

Japanese aircraft
B4Y1 Jean x 7

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 4

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Day Air attack on Amboina [Ambon] , at 40,74


Allied aircraft
B-25D Mitchell x 8
Hudson IV x 3


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1

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Day Air attack on Pearl Harbor [Oahu] , at 114,72

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 49
G4M1 Betty x 128
Ki-48-II Lily x 96
Ki-21-II Sally x 37

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 2 damaged
Ki-48-II Lily: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged


Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

Airbase hits 8
Runway hits 128

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Day Air attack on Nome [Alaska] , at 104,23

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe-FF x 1

Allied aircraft
A-20B Boston x 25
B-24D Liberator x 7
Wellington IC x 13

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
A-20B Boston: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 16

I've let him get used to a lack of fighters here. Tomorrow some 30 Zeroes will contest his next raid.

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Day Air attack on IJN Yoko 1 Airborne SNLF, at 29,14


Allied aircraft
A-20B Boston x 9


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Day Air attack on IJA 1st Division, at 62,19


Allied aircraft
R-12 x 1


No Allied losses

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Day Air attack on IJN Yok 8&9 CSNLF Brigade, at 28,13


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 6
Hudson IV x 7


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
14 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on JNAF 231st Engineer Aviation Battalion, at 40,74


Allied aircraft
Hudson IV x 3


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
19 casualties reported


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Day Air attack on ROC 23rd Field Army , at 51,39

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 52
D3A2 Val x 110
E8N2 Dave x 60
E7K2 Alf x 10
Ki-27 Nate x 56

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
30 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on ROC 31st Field Army , at 38,37

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 3
D3A2 Val x 20
B5N2 Kate x 50

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
25 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on Red 15th Guerilla Regiment, at 52,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 20
Ki-51 Sonia x 80

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on ROC 8th Guerilla Regiment, at 47,36

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 89

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on ROC 49th Guerilla Regiment, at 45,41

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-I Oscar x 6
Ki-32 Mary x 7

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on ROC 75th Guerilla Regiment, at 47,41

Japanese aircraft
B4Y1 Jean x 36
B5N2 Kate x 3

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on ROC 208th Division, at 46,41

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 116
Ki-27 Nate x 154

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
56 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on BA 60th LAA Regiment , at 21,3

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 17
G4M1 Betty x 44
Ki-32 Mary x 11
Ki-48-I Lily x 42
Ki-21-II Sally x 7

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 4 damaged
Ki-32 Mary: 1 damaged
Ki-48-I Lily: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

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Day Air attack on KNIL Riouw Garrison Battalion, at 22,53

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 8
Ki-43-I Oscar x 40

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on Pp Army 3/82nd Battalion, at 44,58

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 11

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on RIN Karachi Base Fortress, at 21,3

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 2
G4M1 Betty x 6
Ki-32 Mary x 9
Ki-48-I Lily x 16
Ki-21-II Sally x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed
Ki-48-I Lily: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
Ki-21-II Sally: 1 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Tomorrow I launch another ground assault, let's see how that goes. I only have two divisions present but can have 2 more in a couple of days if that's necessary.

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Day Air attack on TF at 107,41

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 11

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AK William Dawes, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage

A lone AK testing my defences in the north.

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Day Air attack on TF at 96,66

Japanese aircraft
D3A2 Val x 35

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AK John Adams, Bomb hits 20, on fire, heavy damage

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Day Air attack on TF, near Midway Island [USA] at 97,63

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 21
D3A2 Val x 78

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A2 Val: 3 damaged

Allied Ships
AK Robert Morris, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AK Barry, Bomb hits 18, on fire, heavy damage
AK Cristobal, Bomb hits 14, on fire, heavy damage
AK Argentina, Bomb hits 20, on fire, heavy damage

Delivering supplies to Midway ?

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Day Air attack on TF at 84,120

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 34
B5N2 Kate x 65

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
AK Pacific, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
TK Empire Industry, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AK Empire Webster, Torpedo hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
TK Empire Lytton

And another ambush down around Suva

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Day Air attack on TF at 84,120

Japanese aircraft
B5N2 Kate x 10

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
TK Empire Lytton, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AK Empire Webster, on fire, heavy damage

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Day Air attack on TF at 17,22

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 12

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AK Vitorlock, Bomb hits 4, on fire

Allied ground losses:
35 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

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Day Air attack on Midway Island [USA] , at 97,63

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 5
D3A2 Val x 93

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A2 Val: 6 destroyed, 10 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
PBY-5 Catalina: 4 destroyed
B-26A Marauder: 2 destroyed
OS2U-3 Kingfisher: 1 destroyed
SBD-3 Dauntless: 4 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported

Airbase hits 15
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 54

And a little airbase attrition in passing.


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Day Air attack on IJA 12th Division, at 62,19


Allied aircraft
R-12 x 1


No Allied losses

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Day Air attack on IJA 1st Division, at 62,19


Allied aircraft
R-12 x 1


No Allied losses

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Day Air attack on TF at 84,120

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 34
B5N2 Kate x 17

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
TK Empire Lytton, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

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Day Time Surface Combat at 17,22

Japanese Ships
MSW W.14
MSW W.16

Allied Ships
AK Vitorlock, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Allied ground losses:
21 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

The warships I'd placed here prevent the planned landing [:D]


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Ground combat at Cold Bay [Alaska]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8130 troops, 167 guns, 20 vehicles, Assault Value = 105

Defending force 945 troops, 36 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 42



Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Kuysyshevka [SIB]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 121534 troops, 2401 guns, 1368 vehicles, Assault Value = 2480

Defending force 84473 troops, 1511 guns, 202 vehicles, Assault Value = 2268



Allied ground losses:
41 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Sian [Central China]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 135864 troops, 2032 guns, 46 vehicles, Assault Value = 3794

Defending force 99870 troops, 1445 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 5011



Allied ground losses:
32 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Kiukiang [S China]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 38357 troops, 637 guns, 36 vehicles, Assault Value = 1097

Defending force 78301 troops, 713 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4183



Allied ground losses:
15 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


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Ground combat at Hangchow [SE China]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 13487 troops, 213 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 372

Defending force 7027 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 364



Allied ground losses:
62 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Cuttack [India]

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 6467 troops, 90 guns, 97 vehicles, Assault Value = 191

Defending force 24 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Japanese max assault: 376 - adjusted assault: 378

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 378 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Cuttack [India] base !!!

Allied ground losses:
32 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Borzya [Siberia]

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 35714 troops, 619 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1605

Defending force 157826 troops, 2493 guns, 175 vehicles, Assault Value = 3908


Japanese ground losses:
128 casualties reported
Guns lost 6
Vehicles lost 1


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Ground combat at Kuysyshevka [SIB]

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 9428 troops, 223 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2268

Defending force 140955 troops, 2946 guns, 1533 vehicles, Assault Value = 2480


Japanese ground losses:
23 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Sian [Central China]

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 52891 troops, 817 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 5008

Defending force 152531 troops, 2065 guns, 438 vehicles, Assault Value = 3794


Japanese ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Madras [India]

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8149 troops, 181 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 464

Defending force 16934 troops, 210 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 483



Allied ground losses:
2 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

[Nemo121]

Hartwig's new "strategy" is to land troops using barges ( or small, damaged AKs and APs) at bases anywhere along my lines in an effort to annoy me to death. This, unfortunately, costs him ships and troops and, to be honest, trying to "annoy" an opponent with strategically meaningless landings is piss-poor strategy.
 
He's going to miss those ships in a year's time when he has the troops and planes to support major amphibious landings.
 
 
In other news in a couple of days time I'll have the last of the shipping I need in place at Noumea to perform the series of amphibious landings I have planned to take all of the necessary islands in the south-eastern Pacific. --- My recent CV raids have been aimed at preventing any last-minute reinforcements to the first phase of islands which will be invaded and appear to have been successful in that aim. The next stage is to land and overwhelm the ground defenders. It'll cost but it'll be worth it. Once I have Bora Bora and Papaete I'll be able to really prevent USN meddling in the Pacific --- which will give me the ability to focus on the Soviet Union and Australia - which are the next targets for amphibious invasion.

[Nemo121]

Wow, long delay in this AAR.
 
The basic news is that I landed a division-equivalent at Midway and took it in a single day. 2 of the regiments will move on to begin gathering experience and capturing important bases elsewhere.
 
My invasion forces in the Pacific continue to gather at Noumea. I have roughly 2,000 AV and slightly over 200 ships gathering at that base. They should be finished gathering in 5 days time so in, roughly, 1 week's time I'll begin rolling through the Pacific toward Panama.
 
I'm also within a few days of attacking, and taking, Karachi and then I'll orient on Delhi. In the meantime I've finally managed to bottle his forces up in Calcutta and am now free to begin unleashing my tank regiments to clear out the nuisance Brigades running around between Delhi and Calcutta. So, its mid-June and by mid-September I imagine we'll be finished with India.
 
Interestingly he seems to be setting Addu atoll up as some sort of base... Silly, I can easily land enough troops to take it so all he's really doing is ensuring that I get to kill lots of his troops when I force their surrender.
 
In the Soviet Union I have a tank regiment at Ulan Ude, blocking the flow of supplies to the east. Hartwig needs to react aggressively to this and, really, he needs to pull back from his current line and consolidate at Ulan Ude. Will he do this? No, he won't which is a significant error.
 
In other news the Imperial Shock Division has finally formed and is being used to threaten the eastern flank of his Soviet position by carrying out a major paraborne assault on a Soviet base at Adan.
 
So, all in all its all very much in hand.