Rob vs. 2ndACR .. Divine intervention needed NIK mod 5.2

[Rob Brennan UK]

I'm kind of suprised too Aztez .. ?? must be planninn big is all i can think of .

anyway his reply to my beaufort raid was " go ahead and eat supply , i dont care"

then !

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/06/42

Day Air attack on Clark Field , at 43,51

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 79

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 8 damaged


Allied ground losses:
17 casualties reported

Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 12

Day Air attack on Clark Field , at 43,51

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 22
G4M1 Betty x 47

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 8 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Beaufort V-IX: 1 destroyed

YEAH right he isn;t bothered .. anyway 8 are stuck at clarke 7 are safe in manilla . before leaving .. and T4's are in manilla no as they can operate frm a level 3 a/f .. same with swordfish who are 1 days flying away in borneo ..

Speaking of swordfish .. 4 hexes from brunei and apparetly a CV is there ! .. escorts added and we will see what happens.

The dutch submarine arm is LOVELY ! ..

Sub attack at 35,46

Japanese Ships
AP Satsuma Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AP Nitta Maru
PC Ch 18
PC Ch 17
PC Ch 16
PC Ch 15
PC Ch 12
APD APD-46
APD APD-31
APD APD-2
APD APD-1

Allied Ships
SS KXV, hits 1

Sub attack at 35,46

Japanese Ships
AP Santos Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire
PC Ch 18
PC Ch 17
PC Ch 16
PC Ch 15
PC Ch 12
APD APD-46
APD APD-31
APD APD-2
APD APD-1

Allied Ships
SS KXV, hits 1

Back to base .. mend a few dents and tea and biscuits all round !

Supply levels are listed below .. supply/oil + whats due to arrive v soon ( 5 days max)

PH .. 43k/500k + 28k supply
Midway 3.8/0 .. TK sunk on route
Johnson 3.8k / 7.7k
Palmyra 3.8k/ 11.4 k

Canton 9k/0 + 30k +200k fuel .. also av support . bombers and engineers

singers 26k
JB 9k

5k loading at palambang ( doubt it will arrive intact but i have to try )

Manilla 4.5 k
Clarke 9k

Yes PI is very low

some ak's heading to s.borneo .. will cover where i can with LR cap and send single ships to manilla.

well thats all for today ..

[Ron Saueracker]

You guys are really flying!

[Rob Brennan UK]

Thanks Ron , yes we can and generally do several turns a day.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/08/42

Something is coming into the south DEI .. not sure what but it attacked a sub with several DD's

Sub attack at 40,63

Japanese Ships
DD Kuroshio
DD Tokitsukaze
DD Yukikaze
DD Natsushio
DD Hatsukaze

Allied Ships
SS KIX, hits 4


See the piccie :-

Other than losing yet another tanker to jap subs in the pacific ( note to self
beef up escorts ). Its been yet another quiet day.

JB once again held out .. i am suprised at thier resilience as they are getting pounded from
the air regularly.

Ground combat at Johore Bahru

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 85226 troops, 684 guns, 117 vehicles

Defending force 23402 troops, 87 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 3)


Japanese ground losses:
1144 casualties reported
Guns lost 13
Vehicles lost 3

Allied ground losses:
797 casualties reported
Guns lost 16

most impotant no forts lost .. when it drops to 2 i'm leaving asap.

so what is this group ? im susecting it will bombard S borneo .. but time will tell

The dutch a/f has resumed combat ops after a period of training during the
'sitzkrieg' we seem to be having here.

As a note // tarakan is now home to the PI PT squadron (4 left) as no targets
in the PI and i could island hop for fuel ( no paddling in this game) [:D]

[Rob Brennan UK]

Interesting day for ground combat

NW of cnaton .. japan attacks !

I had spotted the increased divs and responded. i like a 2-1 ratio and it works

Ground combat at 43,40

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 153559 troops, 1933 guns, 30 vehicles

Defending force 122649 troops, 912 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
6669 casualties reported EXCELLENT
Guns lost 130
Vehicles lost 5

Allied ground losses:
695 casualties reported
Guns lost 20

BUT .. clarke is creaking and battan invested ..

Ground combat at Clark Field

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 92791 troops, 891 guns, 158 vehicles

Defending force 29112 troops, 197 guns, 97 vehicles

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2

Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 2)


Japanese ground losses:
2253 casualties reported
Guns lost 43
Vehicles lost 5

Allied ground losses:
636 casualties reported
Guns lost 33
Vehicles lost 2


time to fall back to manilla. I'll have to move both stacks back at the same time to avoid being cut in 2 .. humm

Well the more i think about it .. YES .. time to retire

Manilla is getting hit but he's losing more ac than i am

Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 49

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 2 destroyed, 9 damaged


Allied ground losses:
67 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Vehicles lost 1

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 11

bye !

[Rob Brennan UK]

Its a day far too interesting to skip over [:D]

The ex- manilla PT boats arrived just in time .. set to patrol/no retire

they suprised some jap dd's clearing a path for suspected bigger ships

Night Time Surface Combat, near Tarakan at 33,61

Japanese Ships
DD Oyashio, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1
DD Suzukaze, Shell hits 3
DD Nenohi, Shell hits 1
DD Sagi, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, on fire

Allied Ships
PT PT-31
PT PT-32
PT PT-34
PT PT-41


2ndACR .. isnt very happy about this .. but c'est la guerre .. and i have no
intention of gaming the PT boats .. i.e move to max 8 range . unless escorted by an AK
no attacks more than 4 hexes away. and i'll not create any in ports size 9 or smaller.

come daybreak .. hehehe .. it gets worse

Day Air attack on TF, near Tarakan at 33,61


Allied aircraft
Brewster 339D x 3
T.IVa x 3


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
DD Oyashio


Day Air attack on TF, near Tarakan at 33,61


Allied aircraft
Swordfish x 12


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
DD Sagi, on fire
DD Oyashio, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Nenohi, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Day Air attack on TF at 37,62

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 23

Allied aircraft
Martin 139 x 7

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Martin 139: 5 destroyed 3 cap 2 flak

Japanese Ships
BB Nagato

Day Air attack on TF, near Tarakan at 33,61


Allied aircraft
Swordfish x 3


Allied aircraft losses
Swordfish: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
DD Nenohi, on fire, heavy damage


nice one boys ! .. martins suffered a bit .. swordfish .. ahhhh i love them

also tracked down that pesky sub that sank the midway bound tanker

ASW attack at 112,84

Japanese Ships
SS I-168, hits 4

Allied Ships
DD Shaw
DD Selfridge
DD Jarvis
DD Cassin
DD Phelps

at least she's heading home

one other wee suprise was the new huricane defence of andaman

Day Air attack on Andaman Island , at 23,34

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49 Helen x 15
Ki-46-II Dinah x 2

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 22

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 2 destroyed, 8 damaged
Ki-46-II Dinah: 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 5 damaged

bad weather grouded rangoon a/c ( possibly zero sweep)

and the gunners in them sally were v v good .

bye

[Rob Brennan UK]

Its friday the 13th apparently .. for both of us it seems.

1st the great news !

[Rob Brennan UK]

Full on invasion of tarakan.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/13/42

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Coastal Guns at Tarakan, 33,61, firing at TF 55
TF 55 troops unloading over beach at Tarakan, 33,61


8 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
DD Hatakaze, on fire
DD Shirakumo, Shell hits 1

the ex-manilla PT's were stomped on badly yesterday and all now KIA .. worth it for 2 jap dd's though.

I have isolated 2 japanese bases in china and will try and ko them soon. chinese a/f trying to sorfen them up a bit 1st .

Day Air attack on 4th Engineer Regiment, at 40,38

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 4

Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 19
SB-2c x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 3 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
35 casualties reported

Unescorted betties find a damaged tanker

Day Air attack on TF, near Balikpapan at 31,64

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 20

Allied aircraft
Brewster 339D x 2

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Brewster 339D: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
PG Isabel
TK Iris, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

i'd put all cap on LR for my new minelaying group. so it was vulnerable. only good news is that it was full 12k .. so thats 12k less oil for him, albeit an environmetal disaster for borneo.

Now comes the la piece of resisatance

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Day Air attack on TF at 30,66

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 8

Allied aircraft
Swordfish x 8
Brewster 339D x 9

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Swordfish: 6 damaged

Japanese Ships
CVL Zuiho, Torpedo hits 3, on fire EXCELLENT

Did i mention i like swordfish ! [:D]


I have completely pulled back to manilla in the PI .. and throop seem to have forgotten the 9k supply that was in clarke ! .. bugger

Also v bad news in malaya , I definately tried to hold JB too long

about 1/3 had gone to singapore but the bombing must have slowed the majority down. not good at all . as an additional 10-20% of my troops died too.

Ground combat at Johore Bahru

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 84515 troops, 665 guns, 116 vehicles

Defending force 12208 troops, 44 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Johore Bahru base !!!


Japanese ground losses:
457 casualties reported
Guns lost 14
Vehicles lost 2

Allied ground losses:
401 casualties reported
Guns lost 8


Well that was an interesting day .. piccie of the china situation is attached:-

[2ndACR]

Darn ships refueled and did not move the entire distance I wanted them to. They were supposed to be 6 hexes away from Balikapan to avoid those nasty Stringbags.[:@] But she should live to see another fight.

I wanted to catch all those fleeing ships.

[ctangus]

ORIGINAL: Rob Brennan UK

Japanese Ships
CVL Zuiho, Torpedo hits 3, on fire EXCELLENT

Did i mention i like swordfish ! [:D]

Nice!!!

ORIGINAL: 2ndACR

Darn ships refueled and did not move the entire distance I wanted them to. They were supposed to be 6 hexes away from Balikapan to avoid those nasty Stringbags.[:@] But she should live to see another fight.

I wanted to catch all those fleeing ships.

But the Jap spies seem everywhere. I think that's just Jap propaganda though - she must be hurting bad.

I assume that you have subs on the way to try & intercept her on the way to a safe port?

[Rob Brennan UK]

ORIGINAL: ctangus

ORIGINAL: Rob Brennan UK

Japanese Ships
CVL Zuiho, Torpedo hits 3, on fire EXCELLENT

Did i mention i like swordfish ! [:D]

Nice!!!

ORIGINAL: 2ndACR

Darn ships refueled and did not move the entire distance I wanted them to. They were supposed to be 6 hexes away from Balikapan to avoid those nasty Stringbags.[:@] But she should live to see another fight.

I wanted to catch all those fleeing ships.

But the Jap spies seem everywhere. I think that's just Jap propaganda though - she must be hurting bad.

I assume that you have subs on the way to try & intercept her on the way to a safe port?

i 'saw' 2 hits in the replay .. and its a long way back to home .. i've beefed up bombers in south sulawesi .. if he goes back past balikpapan there are 16 more wildebeest waiting .. this is the 1st game ive allowed reinforcements for so many dutch units . and its well worth it imo 60 AV support at balikpapan .. and plenty in java and sumatra .. yes they will be bagged eventually but thier effectiveness is incalcuable.

[aztez]

I think CVL Zuiho will be history if it was struck be 3 separate Torpedos! [:D] That was a nice and juicy price! [:D]

By the looks of things he has not done much in China??? I'am comparing this to the active offensives by Erstad. Do you have somekind of houserules affecting there?

I think it will take at least a month before he can even begin to dream of capturing Singapore! [;)]

[Rob Brennan UK]

Thanks for all the replies chaps ..

Well the CVL has vanished .. swordfish stood down and beauforts replace wildebeest in bordeo. the stringbags attacked BB Fuso and missed .. lots are damaged now.

My " escaping ships " were 1 TK with 6k oil and the ML tf that just dropped off 600 presents at balikpapan [;)]

China is quiet .. Im besieging the south cities and i should take the coastal one soon .. one corps vs one SNLF .. today was 1-1 forts reduced to 0 .. inland is more tricky .. attack failed to dent 5 forts but losses were even 600 on both sides. 3 more oscars died too. for a few damaged P40's ( manilla boys )

[2ndACR]

Not reading, but this is faster.......I think the leader bug just wiped me out. Turn will be delayed.

[KDonovan]

Not reading, but this is faster.......I think the leader bug just wiped me out. Turn will be delayed

eeepp...hope this isn't the case, or you have the worst leader bug luck Rob, first Miller now 2ndACR

[2ndACR]

Nik has the save and I am going to re-run the turn in a bit and see if everything is kosher in that new run. Got my fingers crossed.

[Rob Brennan UK]

I did mine and sent back .. Allied leaders seem fine ..

oh i really don't want the leader bug to wreck it [:@][:@]

anyway .. update for the 15th Feb

TF 60 encounters mine field at Balikpapan (31,64)

Japanese Ships
DD Kawakaze, Mine hits 1, on fire Well timed ..

In naval combat she was burning badly as the group sank an AK and 2 PT's for no loss

RAF and american bombers attack pagan with mixed results

Day Air attack on 1st Tank Regiment, at 31,31

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 12

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 13
B-17C Fortress x 16
IL-4c x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 3 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 5 damaged
B-17C Fortress: 4 damaged
IL-4c: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
71 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 5

FLAK in singapore is pretty brutal at low altitude

Day Air attack on Singapore Fortress, at 23,50

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 24
Ki-21 Sally x 26
Ki-49 Helen x 12

Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 3 destroyed, 20 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 1 destroyed, 10 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Buffalo I: 3 damaged


Allied ground losses:
40 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

My AK got 1/2 unloaded before being sunk .. so 2k added in . the units in the combat screen look very very weak after being pushed out of JB and he made it over the river with comapitively few losses (1.5k to my 1k) .. need time to reduce disruption .. not good , im still at forts 7 mind you ( and building )

IN China ! HUZZAH .. pakhoi fell to chinese arms

Ground combat at Pakhoi

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 7970 troops, 61 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 3424 troops, 15 guns, 0 vehicles

Allied assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied forces CAPTURE Pakhoi base !!!


Japanese ground losses:
13 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
112 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

completely isolating nanning ?? I'll starve/bomb/bombard for a while .. he is prevented from sending more from canton and i have a screen on the vietnam border if any come from there.

so aprt from the darn bug .. it's going as expected for the allies .. and china is a big morale booster right now ..

[2ndACR]

Okay, ran the new turn and all my leaders have returned. So we continue. Just makes me very leery about changing one.[:(]

[Rob Brennan UK]

HOORAH !!!

let the carnage continue .. im now worried about changing leaderes too [;)]

I like beauforts too :-


Day Air attack on TF, near Tarakan at 33,61

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 10
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 11

Allied aircraft
Beaufort V-IX x 6

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Beaufort V-IX: 5 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Kinugasa
CA Furutaka, Torpedo hits 1, on fire


Day Air attack on TF, near Tarakan at 33,61

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 10
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 11

Allied aircraft
Swordfish x 5
Brewster 339D x 12
Beaufort V-IX x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Brewster 339D: 4 destroyed, 3 damaged
Beaufort V-IX: 5 damaged

Japanese Ships
AP Eiko Maru
CS Chiyoda
AP Dainiunyo Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AP Atsuta Maru, Torpedo hits 1

Day Air attack on TF at 34,62

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 8

Allied aircraft
Swordfish x 3
Brewster 339D x 7

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Brewster 339D: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged

Japanese Ships
AP Astuga Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire


and bataan fell too [:(]

Ground combat at Bataan

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 15160 troops, 168 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 1990 troops, 39 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 22 to 1 (fort level 3)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Bataan base !!!


Japanese ground losses:
100 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Allied ground losses:
1882 casualties reported
Guns lost 14


bye

[Nikademus]

I like beauforts too :-

I'd better not tell him what i'm planning for the next version.....(whistles innocently)

[Rob Brennan UK]

nik i noticed im getting some beaufighters very very soon .. is that correct? as ive never seen them operational before 43 before ? .. the RAF is actually a very well balanced anti naval force .. and your mod does it justice .. thanks

anyway .. bang mine

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/17/42

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TF 1 encounters mine field at Eniwetok (76,74)

Japanese Ships
MSW Shonan Maru #7
MSW Fumi Maru #2
MSW Asahi Maru

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TF 2 encounters mine field at Taan (37,41)

Japanese Ships
DD Hayabusa, Mine hits 1, on fire

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Sub attack near Tarakan at 33,61

Japanese Ships
AP Astuga Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS S-36

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p.s why tha monkey avatar ? nicked from niceguy wasnt it ?