How to mess up japan, course 101 BigB Mod vs Aztez

[Rob Brennan UK]

ORIGINAL: Big B

ORIGINAL: Rob Brennan UK

Aztez commented that the guerilla brigades i have killed off will return ? can anyone confirm
if they will come back in chungking ? (good) or behind my lines (bad).

Hi Rob,

YES - the destroyed Gurerilla units will come back.

I don't think it would be right for me to say where they come back (Aztez may not want me to say)...so you'll just have to see. But the destroyed Chinese units come back.

B

fair enough , i havnt asked him .. might make a lot of differance to china , although i've now got a 'good' anti patrisan theory that seems to work well so far . should be 'fun' to find out [:D]

[Rob Brennan UK]

been rather busy of late .. sorry

anyhoo

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/14/42

Humm well what can i say , after the initial wave its gone all a bit flat. HK stubbornly refuses to
fall while china piles in corps at canton ( 2 divs behind level 6 (and building) forts). Elsewhere
in China its going well and the last partisans have been slaughtered in a nice 'box' trap.

also chinese coastal city fell on the 12th (see piccie).


I am keeping Rabaul from being built too much and killing off a few wirracoffins as a bonus


Naval bombardment of Rabaul, at 61,88


Allied aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft losses
Wirraway: 1 destroyed

Japanese Ships
DD Okikaze
DD Kamikaze
DD Yuzuki
DD Kikuzuki
DD Uzuki
DD Asagiri
CL Tama
CL Naka
CL Kashima
CA Furutaka
BB Nagato


Allied ground losses:
125 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 21
Port hits 3
Port supply hits 2

Lunga,shortlands,medan,hollandia and sarong have all been invaded and will fall next turn.

also Kuantan in Timor takes the full weight of a japanese combat division (only 2 allied units
so he had no time to prepare here it seems) .

1st attempt to try and cull the AVG was no entirely succesful .. nates told to go fly well
away from enemy planes for now .

Day Air attack on Changsha , at 47,36

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 12
Ki-27 Nate x 28

Allied aircraft
Curtis H81-3A x 13

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-27 Nate: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Curtis H81-3A: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged

Keeping singapore's heads down (and stopping /slowing fort building)

Day Air attack on Singapore , at 23,50

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 2
Ki-21 Sally x 79
Ki-46-II Dinah x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 4 damaged


Allied ground losses:
76 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 31

the remaining brits from the north are trapped at mersing with 2 divs closing and 3 tank units
preventing them from entering the city. should be a walk over then massed move to singapore to
reduce the river shock attack rules.

Also rangoon will be assaulted tomorrow (only looks like the rangoon BF there ) as i took andaman
early he wasnt able to move it out and the brit tankers found out the hard way hauling oil out
of rangoon.

In the Phillipines !

Well plan B seems to be working after plan A failed miserably . 2 jap divs and a supporting NLF
entered manilla hex and the allies came howling out of the city only to be horribly repulsed. [:D]


Ground combat at Manila

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 40655 troops, 372 guns, 108 vehicles, Assault Value = 1079

Defending force 43607 troops, 520 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 921

Allied max assault: 1170 - adjusted assault: 989

Japanese max defense: 875 - adjusted defense: 2473

Allied assault odds: 0 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
285 casualties reported
Guns lost 12
Vehicles lost 1

Allied ground losses:
1678 casualties reported [:D]
Guns lost 28
Vehicles lost 3

I am NOT being suckered into attacking back ! way too risky. 20 units in manilla ! also 18
in clarke are now stuck as the japanese move in en-masse ! .. just to top it off a brigade
and a guards batallion will advance along the coast to bataan and seal the allies in place.

Japanese Navy land based planes however are proving utterly useless in the ground attack role !

Day Air attack on 11th DAF Base Force, at 25,57

Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 30

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x G3M Nell bombing at 10000 feet
15 x G3M Nell bombing at 10000 feet

heavy recon , men landing over the beach (singkawang , west borneo). are they dropping torpedoes ?
happened 2 days running .. maybe the leader is bad ground skill ? welll both were c.18 on ground
skill ! pretty rubbish . however trying to find anyone over about 30 is proving impossible [;)]

They probably arent needed anyway and have been switched back to ship strikes although the DEI
look like an allied desert right now. has he been scared off ? .. dunno.


Menado in NE sulawesi has been invaded too, might get some recon planes tomorrow if i get lucky
with the cruiser shelling next turn.

5TH ! attack on the s36 and she refuses to go down permanently !

ASW attack at 42,49

Japanese Ships
PC Ch 22
PC Ch 21

Allied Ships
SS S-36, hits 2, on fire, heavy damage sink damn you ! [:D]

ground in canton .. looking bad for japan, very glad i got the extra division here !

Ground combat at Canton

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 46598 troops, 551 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 938

Defending force 76680 troops, 196 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2263 eek !



Allied ground losses:
71 casualties reported

Quick question for the experinced japanese players here , is it worth switching over some merchant
yards to naval as merchant points have built upto 5000+ while naval is languishing at 5 ! ..? or
expand some of the naval yards instead ? (and yes i halted the shinano).

Todays picie is China , now guerilla free ! at least for the moment

[Rob Brennan UK]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/20/42


Phillipines seems to be a stalemate right now , i have the upper hand at mainilla and aztez has the
better troops at clarke,but not enough to cause a retreat anywhere .. [&:]

Ground combat at Clark Field

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1768 troops, 62 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1049

Defending force 55829 troops, 412 guns, 256 vehicles, Assault Value = 1486



Allied ground losses:
66 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


Ground combat at Manila

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 5250 troops, 49 guns, 100 vehicles, Assault Value = 957

Defending force 45871 troops, 516 guns, 147 vehicles, Assault Value = 993


Japanese ground losses:
39 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

he is using supply for these attacks so i am happy to see them

Canton gets more worrying by the day !

Ground combat at Canton

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 73217 troops, 203 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2289

Defending force 66234 troops, 557 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 951


thats scary ! how it'll fare vs forts though is unknowable

meanwhile the last allied ships at manilla get hammered

Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 38
G3M Nell x 9
Ki-21 Sally x 24
Ki-49 Helen x 24

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 1 damaged
Ki-21 Sally: 2 damaged

Allied Ships
MSW Finch, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP President Madison, Bomb hits 2, heavy damage
AK Sagoland, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AK Bisayas, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AK Anakan, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage


Allied ground losses:
209 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

Port hits 4
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet
18 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 15000 feet
6 x G3M Nell bombing at 15000 feet
3 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 15000 feet
3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet
3 x G3M Nell bombing at 15000 feet
6 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet
3 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 15000 feet
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 21
Ki-27 Nate x 16
Ki-21 Sally x 34
Ki-46-II Dinah x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
AK Bisayas, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Anakan, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AK Sagoland, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Finch, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AP President Madison, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage


Allied ground losses:
135 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Port hits 7
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
31 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet
3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet

day 2 attacks had no targets and MSW was confirmed sunk , i suspect the rest are too.

hong kong at last reduces ! phew

Ground combat at Hong Kong

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 26984 troops, 228 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 423

Defending force 11707 troops, 50 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 198

Japanese max assault: 417 - adjusted assault: 697

Allied max defense: 140 - adjusted defense: 391

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 3


Japanese ground losses:
190 casualties reported
Guns lost 7
Vehicles lost 2

Allied ground losses:
253 casualties reported
Guns lost 6
Vehicles lost 1

Ground combat at Hong Kong

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 26819 troops, 220 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 417

Defending force 11371 troops, 38 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 191

Japanese max assault: 396 - adjusted assault: 362

Allied max defense: 129 - adjusted defense: 151

Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 3)

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 2


Japanese ground losses:
144 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Allied ground losses:
178 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

appears that conventional attacks work better than shock vs here

bye bye for now

EDIT .. added picture of the forces at manilla .. tomorrow i'll do clarke

[Rob Brennan UK]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/22/42

Hong kong has finally succumbed to relentless conventional attacks and air power. the forts
have been reduced. shock attack tomorrow to try and force a surrender. hopefully .

Ground combat at Hong Kong

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 26750 troops, 218 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 411

Defending force 11013 troops, 30 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 181

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0

Japanese max assault: 404 - adjusted assault: 176

Allied max defense: 117 - adjusted defense: 91

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0


Japanese ground losses:
64 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Allied ground losses:
152 casualties reported
Guns lost 5


there isnt much to report really .. japan is taking some undefended bases around new guinea
and is landing at the 2 remaining timor bases. Lunga will get some CD guns and base
forces + engineers to try and build up asap. as well as having some punch should the aussie
navy show up .. KB is escorting these convoys and accompanied by an oiler have a cruise round
the SW pacific for allied shipping. my subs have detected very little round here but any
convoys sent from america should be arriving around about now in aussie waters . lets hope so [:D]

Well there is one major event .. China has invaded indo china ! 3 vietnamese divisions at 30%
strength have been mobilised and the defenders at saigon and haiphong are getting engineer
units flown in from saigon to help building up the forts. lets see how this progresses.
only 3 chinese units detected so far . no enough for saigon but could be a problem for
haiphong ..

piccie of the invasion .. manilla tomorrow (next turn).

[Rob Brennan UK]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/24/42

Honk Kong falls ! finally

Ground combat at Hong Kong

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 26734 troops, 216 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 408

Defending force 10876 troops, 23 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 178

Japanese max assault: 800 - adjusted assault: 193

Allied max defense: 105 - adjusted defense: 45

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Hong Kong base !!!


Japanese ground losses:
87 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Vehicles lost 1

Allied ground losses:
13155 casualties reported
Guns lost 40


that frees up some more men to defend canton .. although i'd have prefered them else where

we also cleared the bulla /amboina island ..

Ground combat at Bulla

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 633 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 22

Defending force 1220 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 22

Japanese max assault: 19 - adjusted assault: 19

Allied max defense: 18 - adjusted defense: 3

Japanese assault odds: 6 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Bulla base !!!



Allied ground losses:
2032 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


helps a bit

elsewhere we are advancing on singapore .. en masse hoefully .

not much else

[Cathartes]

Rob,
Enjoying this one and following it closely.  Question for  you:  If you could start over on Hong Kong, what would you do differently?

[pauk]

hi, i converted few merchant shipyards to naval but if you want to keep merchies production in the late 43 (when hordes of transports are waiting to be produced) that might be not a best idea...still few merchY won't make difference (and if you convert small merch Y to naval you can always expand them)

keep up the good work

[Rob Brennan UK]

ORIGINAL: Cathartes

Rob,
Enjoying this one and following it closely. Question for you: If you could start over on Hong Kong, what would you do differently?

more than happy to please readers [8D]

I'd send in the second combat engineer unit asap. Basically i'd almost sent in the canton base
force by mistake and come turn 2 china had decided to march on canton and the 2nd combat engineers
never made it to HK [:-], whoops ..

also never do shock attacks if you have comber engineers (not needed imo). save a lot on disruption
and fatigue. I should have done regular attack , rest rinse repeat. the sally raids on HK supplies
must have helped a lot too.

hope that helps, always best to learn from others failures [;)]

[Rob Brennan UK]

ORIGINAL: pauk


hi, i converted few merchant shipyards to naval but if you want to keep merchies production in the late 43 (when hordes of transports are waiting to be produced) that might be not a best idea...still few merchY won't make difference (and if you convert small merch Y to naval you can always expand them)

keep up the good work

Hi Pauk, i did switch over a couple of small (size 2-4) merchant to naval and expanded them to 4-8. shouldn't make much of an impact
on japanese supply levels at this stage and i'd like to have naval points growing a tiny bit.

Thanks for confirming my suspicions , if and when merchant points ramp up i might turn them off for a few months.

[Rob Brennan UK]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/26/42

26th dawns with a rare jap sub attack near moumea that glens had spotted last turn ..

Sub attack at 70,114

Japanese Ships
SS I-8

Allied Ships
AK Steel Ranger, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
DD Kilty
DD Crane
DD Kennison
DD Crosby
DD Dent

I-8 will move ASAP [;)]

Day 1 raid on singapore fields kill off some supply , day 2 did even better with 10 supply hits.
I suspect that the brits might be running a bit low. also time to send in the army in one BIG
wodge . but leave enough back to fend off any opportunisitic allied landing on the malay coast.
One Regiment should do that job efectively.

Day Air attack on Singapore , at 23,50

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 23
Ki-27 Nate x 23
Ki-21 Sally x 111
Ki-46-II Dinah x 8
Ki-15 Babs x 2

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 2 damaged


Allied ground losses:
273 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 11
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 45

Finishing off the last ships at manilla port. and we will send in the sallies freed up from
the hong kong attack to help out in the PI .. cant seem to hit the supply depots at clarke.


Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 20
Ki-27 Nate x 14
Ki-21 Sally x 13
Ki-46-II Dinah x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 5 damaged

Allied Ships
AK Sagoland, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Anakan, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP President Madison, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Compagnia Filipinas, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage


Allied ground losses:
59 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

Port hits 1

Day Air attack on Clark Field , at 43,51

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 37
G3M Nell x 35
Ki-21 Sally x 23
Ki-49 Helen x 24

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 1 damaged
Ki-21 Sally: 3 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 1 damaged


Allied ground losses:
57 casualties reported

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 1 Rubbish
Runway hits 19

Japanese ground troops do better at clarke however..

Ground combat at Clark Field

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1970 troops, 67 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1078

Defending force 55454 troops, 404 guns, 255 vehicles, Assault Value = 1481



Allied ground losses:
190 casualties reported
Guns lost 11

and the allies are welcome to fire shells at the troops besieging manilla.

Ground combat at Manila

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 5254 troops, 59 guns, 95 vehicles, Assault Value = 1003

Defending force 51487 troops, 524 guns, 147 vehicles, Assault Value = 1065


Japanese ground losses:
4 casualties reported [:'(]
Guns lost 1

Day 2 was a repeat of day one .

Japanese troops should arrive at singapore next turn, all in one go by the looks of it too.

In burma brit troops are trapped in tuang-gui while tanks are ordered into pagan.

Japan secures dili , lautern should get hit tomorrow. (timor)
Maumere also falls.

North NG coast is almost under full japanese control.
Reinforcments are now unloading at Lunga and shortlands.

KB will patrol 150 miles East of Lunga till the oiler arrives (2 days). then
according to that sub attack there might be goodies worth raiding near noumea.

piccie of clarke field .. lots more men than usual.

[Rob Brennan UK]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/28/42

2 turns in 2 hours , allies must be bored [;)]

action 1st up then a bit more detail on future plans.

I boat in trouble after torpedoing a merchantman 180 miles west of noumea.

Sub attack at 63,113

Japanese Ships
SS I-173, hits 3

Allied Ships
AK Adelong, Torpedo hits 1
MSW Whippoorwill
MSW Lark

I 173 is only slighly damaged but lost fuel . back to truk for repairs.

RO-34 was hit by a bomb from a blenhiem off akyab .. quite severe but she should get
back home before sinking (i hope).

japanese ASW gets revenge on the swordfish 120 miles east of formosa. 2 real hits scored

ASW attack at 51,44

Japanese Ships
PG Yachiyo Maru
PG Oi Maru
MSW W.15
MSW W.10
DD Fumizuki
DD Nagatsuki

Allied Ships
SS Spearfish, hits 4, on fire

At singapore the troops arrive and the supplies are barely hit on todays 2 raids
almost identical results .

Day Air attack on Singapore , at 23,50

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 23
Ki-21 Sally x 61
Ki-46-II Dinah x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged


Allied ground losses:
51 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 28


the men arriving was another matter entirely ! .. high allied losses though.

Ground combat at Singapore

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 148546 troops, 1563 guns, 314 vehicles, Assault Value = 2865

Defending force 64942 troops, 423 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 901

Japanese max assault: 2644 - adjusted assault: 784

Allied max defense: 941 - adjusted defense: 2069

Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 6)


Japanese ground losses:
3168 casualties reported
Guns lost 72
Vehicles lost 4

Allied ground losses:
5748 casualties reported
Guns lost 97
Vehicles lost 1

Ouch , but expected. at least there will not be any successive shock attacks as everyone arrived
at once (for a change . pleasing change at that).

artillery to start a bombardment while the troops and engineers recover from the river crossing.

Japan needs oil at sometime so brunei has been invaded as there should be a nice store here
after 1 and 1/2 months . BF awaits airlift from saigon for fighter cover.

Coastal Guns at Brunei, 32,57, firing at TF 113
TF 113 troops unloading over beach at Brunei, 32,57


19 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
PC Kyo Maru #11, Shell hits 1, on fire
PC Ch 6

Japanese ground losses:
84 casualties reported

Japanese air from borneo caught what appears as an allied supply convoy heading to singapore
they turned back after 2 sank and a surface raid is scheduled for next turn to catch the
survivors.

Day Air attack on TF, near Muntok at 21,55

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 8
G3M Nell x 19

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AK Tjikarang
AK Silindoeng, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage SUNK
AK Elout, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage SUNK

Japanese troops (2 divs) arrive at pecheng in china (its a wierd new city in the arse end of nowhere
that might be the re spawn ground for the commie guerillas as the number of units here has
increased to 7 ) .. more men on the way + heavy artillery in the form of 150 mm mortars.
At least 1 full chinese corps is here as we bounced off this place early on. bombardment
will reveal the truth tomorrow.

As i seem to be under using the japanese surface forces , new bases have been formed at kutching
in borneo and kendari in sulawesi for japanese surface forces to harass enemy shippin
if it eludes the all conquoring betty.

BB Ise and Hyuga for Kendari and BB Kirishima is at Kutching ( all with CA/CL and DD escorts).
As the Kirishima needs a new paint job (sys 8) she will remain in port for the balikpapan
SC skirmish sent out today.

Shortlands is to recieve fuel and also in time will be a forward SC base. needs AF1 though.

China - 2 more zero datai (54 a/c) sent in to sweep the AVG from the skies above yenen while
the south concentrates on the HI and resources at wuuchow and changsha .

Day Air attack on Changsha , at 47,36

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 26
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 12
Ki-21 Sally x 9
Ki-15 Babs x 2

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 damaged

Heavy Industry hits 5 its a start.

clarke should start showing strains as 60 more sallies will start bombingthe airfields
and supply dumps (hopefully) commanders as about as good as i can find right now.
the IJA pilot pool is ok at 213 the IJN has been empty for quite some time .

question ? is it 'safe' to unload the carrier groups for china training ? as doing this
as allies royally screwed up the air components, but i see japan does it all the time .
is this an allied problem or just that japan has more CV capable units and wont miss
the odd growth spurt some units seem to have .

Up in burma 20 zeros will sweep mandalay at 25k feet (range6) as buffs have been spotted here
might as well use the zero bonus as aztez has been very reluctant to commit any allied air
in this theatre at all.

Akyab --humm .. appears to have only one base force in it . I have concentrated the 2 jap para
and 2 air droppable snlf units at victoria point with both tabby and tina transport planes.
the best ones in the jap inventory imo. should we maybe do a mass drop on akyab and try a suprise
take of it ? It's really ramping up the burma theatre timewise and i have zero reserve in
and nowt in saigon to help too ( bar base forces ) .

both pagan and tuang gui will fall tomorrow too. allied BF will get a shock when a whole jap div
arrives with attitude [;)]

LRCAP over singapore also indicates no allied transport planes flying in supply . i'd like to
prevent aztez from using transports to mandalay too but need bases a bit closer to minimise
fatigue.

KB will do a run into new caledonia (she hasnt refuelled yet ,the AO was 1 hex away)fuel levels
are ok for now , 6 hexes from noumea is the target point. AO will follow (slowly) and probaly
refuel KB when it goes back to Truk .

Thats it for today definately .. time to do some serious thinking about buying a new PC as mine
is falling apart at the seams ..[:D]

[Rob Brennan UK]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/30/42

Allied SS Swordfish was reported sunk with all hands today (one more for the bag)

AK Kinkai maru has a lucky escape as even dutch torpedoes seem to be duds [;)]

Sub attack near Singkawang at 25,57

Japanese Ships
AK Kinkai Maru
PG Sozan Maru
PG Muro Maru
PG Chosa Maru

Allied Ships
SS O16

The fighter sweep over mandalay wasn't as good as expected. the hurricanes hurt !
although the buffs were fodder .

Day Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 21

Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 11
Hurricane IIb x 14

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Buffalo I: 4 destroyed, 1 damaged
Hurricane IIb: 1 damaged



day 2

Day Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 19

Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 7
Hurricane IIb x 11

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Buffalo I: 5 destroyed bit better.

Scrub that mission for now , although sweeps over china were a LOT more fun [:D]

Day Air attack on Changsha , at 47,36

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 22

Allied aircraft
I-153c x 9
I-16c x 12

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
I-153c: 6 destroyed
I-16c: 11 destroyed

day 2

Day Air attack on Changsha , at 47,36

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 24
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 12
Ki-21 Sally x 9
Ki-15 Babs x 2

Allied aircraft
I-153c x 7
I-16c x 9

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
I-153c: 3 destroyed, 1 damaged
I-16c: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged

Heavy Industry hits 2

22 dead for no loss , i like those odds. [:)]

And even giant raids on clarke fail to hit much in the way of supply , the singapore attacks
were of similar quality too .. come on boys . more hitting less missing



Day Air attack on Clark Field , at 43,51

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 36
G3M Nell x 34
Ki-21 Sally x 80
Ki-49 Helen x 24
Ki-15 Babs x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 1 destroyed
Ki-21 Sally: 1 damaged


Allied ground losses:
49 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 76

Banzai . and brunei falls as expected .

Ground combat at Brunei

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 2641 troops, 15 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 83

Defending force 974 troops, 9 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Japanese max assault: 78 - adjusted assault: 38

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 5

Japanese assault odds: 7 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Brunei base !!!


Japanese ground losses:
8 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
52 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Vehicles lost 1


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!


interesting sub attack near noumea :-

Sub attack at 73,114

Japanese Ships
SS I-171

Allied Ships
AK Vincent, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Talbot
DD Waters


Allied ground losses:
41 casualties reported

should be in range of KB raid tomorrow too ! . lets go convoy raiding with the carriers

[Rob Brennan UK]

Well KB certainly did some action today !

1st up we were attacked by the perfidious americans .. how dare they stoop so low as to attack
the emperors elite , shame on them.. the shame was on our zero pilots who shot down 2 bombers.
BigB mod being felt quite scarily as waves of dive bombers aimed for the CV's (and missed).
Flak took a toll though.

Day Air attack on TF at 71,110

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 48
F1M2 Pete x 16

Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 6
Beaufort V-IX x 3
P-40E-1-CU Warhawk x 4
A-24 Banshee x 10
B-25C Mitchell x 3
P-40B Tomahawk x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 4 destroyed, 2 damaged
F1M2 Pete: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
SBD Dauntless: 4 destroyed
Beaufort V-IX: 1 damaged
P-40E-1-CU Warhawk: 2 destroyed
A-24 Banshee: 2 destroyed, 6 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 2 damaged
P-40B Tomahawk: 9 destroyed

I-171 again hit another loaded merchantman nearing noumea the day before and i was expecting
KB to ravage the rest, allies might have had one turn to unload but KB decided differantly.
A second unspotted convoy carrying the 3rd NZ brigade was clobbered instead !

Day Air attack on TF at 72,112

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 41
D3A Val x 63
B5N Kate x 69

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A Val: 1 damaged
B5N Kate: 4 damaged

Allied Ships
AK Dakotan, Bomb hits 6, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Puerto Rican, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AK Arizonan, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AK Atlanta City, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
PG Tui, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Santa Rita, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AK Georgian, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Iowan, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AK Andrea Luckenbach, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AK Kohala, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Atlantic, Bomb hits 1, on fire


Allied ground losses:
788 casualties reported [X(]
Guns lost 3

KB will linger ( a bit further from noumea though) for one more turn and 3 more subs closing
on the original convoy will hopefully slaughter a few cripples during the night.

Over in china our fighter sweeps killed off 38 AVG elite planes for the loss of 6 zeros and 3
Oscars.

e.g

Day Air attack on Yenen , at 50,26

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 81
Ki-15 Babs x 1

Allied aircraft
Curtis H81-3A x 16

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Curtis H81-3A: 8 destroyed

allies had moved some AVG down to protect hengchow from the bombers and the resulting fatigue
showed when even lowly oscars picked a few off.

Day Air attack on Changsha , at 47,36

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 24
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 12
Ki-21 Sally x 40
Ki-49 Helen x 12
Ki-15 Babs x 4

Allied aircraft
Curtis H81-3A x 34

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged
Ki-21 Sally: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Curtis H81-3A: 10 destroyed, 9 damaged

Japan can now start a heavy industrial attack on china (which in bigB's mod looks like its an
essential part of japanese ops in china and not the somewhat gamey move it can be in stock)

Burma front .. AKyab collapses under a swarm of japanese paratroopers ( worked out a treat).

Ground combat at Akyab

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 1711 troops, 18 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 85

Defending force 774 troops, 6 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Japanese max assault: 106 - adjusted assault: 67

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 67 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Akyab base !!!



Allied ground losses:
42 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


I'm keeping it brief for times sake . next turn could be interesting if allies have any CV's they
want to commit near noumea .

[Rob Brennan UK]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/03/42

In a turn that promised much, it was all a bit of a damp squib, allies lost 3 merchants near noumea
to KB and one to subs. allied air attacks still concern me as 90% of the bombers get through. Fuel
is becoming an issue for now so back to the oiler.

Day Air attack on TF at 73,113

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 44
F1M2 Pete x 13

Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 6
P-40E-1-CU Warhawk x 6
A-24 Banshee x 11
P-40B Tomahawk x 17

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 6 destroyed, 1 damaged
F1M2 Pete: 3 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
SBD Dauntless: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged
P-40E-1-CU Warhawk: 4 destroyed
A-24 Banshee: 1 destroyed, 8 damaged
P-40B Tomahawk: 6 destroyed, 5 damaged

Japanese Ships
CV Hiryu
CV Akagi
BB Nagato, Bomb hits 1
CV Soryu

Starting to lose a few pilots too. Oh well we gutted a NZ brigade for no real loss.

More importantly singapore started to creak under the 1st 2 attacks :-

Ground combat at Singapore

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 142388 troops, 1426 guns, 325 vehicles, Assault Value = 2765

Defending force 57599 troops, 341 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 841

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 5

Japanese max assault: 2597 - adjusted assault: 2080

Allied max defense: 858 - adjusted defense: 1385

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 5


Japanese ground losses:
2405 casualties reported
Guns lost 78
Vehicles lost 4

Allied ground losses:
3417 casualties reported
Guns lost 68
Vehicles lost 1

Ground combat at Singapore

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 139768 troops, 1336 guns, 322 vehicles, Assault Value = 2629

Defending force 52154 troops, 263 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 739

Japanese max assault: 2258 - adjusted assault: 3015

Allied max defense: 731 - adjusted defense: 2628

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 4


Japanese ground losses:
2980 casualties reported
Guns lost 59
Vehicles lost 4

Allied ground losses:
3572 casualties reported
Guns lost 66

Japan will rest for 2 days while the many 150mm arty guns prevent the allies from doing the same.
then we'll come in again in 2 days time.


Meanwhile piccie of Malaya.

[LittleJoe]

You'll soon find that massed LBA in the form of medium and heavy bombers are the Allies silver bullet against the KB.

Don't hang around Noumea for too long...

[Rob Brennan UK]

Thanks Joe

I retired the next turn .. and 3 SBD's came at me at range 6 ? thats new .

Fighters missed them all

Flak killed one

and one of them got a penetrating hit of the Hiryu's deck (15/3/12). BAH ..

singapore is down to level 3 forts ..

and thats about it , really not much happening to be honest.

[Rob Brennan UK]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/09/42

Aztez and myself were concered about resource boming vs the chinese as in stock this can
reduce china to impotence rapidly and unrealistically imo. In consultation with Big B we have
decided on an historical and interim solution .

the IJN will not fly in china i/e no Zeros and the theatre till 10/43 will be the province
of the army 100%.

This will make attacks more costly (to me) and in return aztez wont dump the RAF in china
(AVG allowed ) in an unrealistic air war. Allies allowed to add one more figher unit too
as an aside agreement as japanese Tony/tojo will make life hard for just the AVG.

Going to make naval pilot training a tad more tricky but i'll live with that so long as
the allies don't swamp chine with fighters.

Okay dokay ..

9th Feb crept up quickly as not a lot happened of note in the past few turns .


The AVG is holding it's own in china vs the last zero attack before we withdraw :-

Day Air attack on Changsha , at 47,36

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 41

Allied aircraft
Curtis H81-3A x 26

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Curtis H81-3A: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged

Allied fighter sweeps over AKyab are bit late to stop the base being taken [;)]

Day Air attack on Akyab , at 30,29


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 8


No Allied losses


PI still getting bombed mercilessly .. no forts going up and supply slowly dwindleing

Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 15
Ki-21 Sally x 51

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 3 damaged


Allied ground losses:
291 casualties reported
Guns lost 5
Vehicles lost 1

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 25

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 14000 feet
16 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 14000 feet
4 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 14000 feet
6 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 14000 feet
6 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 14000 feet
3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 14000 feet
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Clark Field , at 43,51

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 40
G3M Nell x 36
Ki-21 Sally x 52
Ki-49 Helen x 27
Ki-15 Babs x 4

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


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

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 62

Raba / Wingtapau and admiralty islands fell on the 9th

And on the 10th ! singapore fell !

Ground combat at Singapore

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 132797 troops, 1165 guns, 323 vehicles, Assault Value = 2264

Defending force 41089 troops, 127 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 498

Japanese max assault: 1997 - adjusted assault: 2012

Allied max defense: 457 - adjusted defense: 467

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Singapore base !!!


Japanese ground losses:
581 casualties reported
Guns lost 24
Vehicles lost 3

Allied ground losses:
61489 casualties reported [8D]
Guns lost 144
Vehicles lost 2



Great , now the way is open to sumatra and Java ,

With Timor in japanese hands the DEI looks to be doomed !

Now shall i have a go at Sri lanka too ? with burma looking good for now (mandalay will be a bitch
as per usual, although i am sneaking a tank unit behind him ) . 2 more divs would make mandalay
fall IMO, but 3-4 will get srilanka .. and make him definatly NOT reinforce burma.
with the newly available Zeros from china the burma areay army can bomb mandalay into
the ground from rangoon /pagan areas. maybe it can wait will the DEI is over with 1st.

[ctangus]

ORIGINAL: Rob Brennan UK

Now shall i have a go at Sri lanka too ? maybe it can wait will the DEI is over with 1st.

From one Japanese newb to another, I'd say wait until the DEI is over with. Sri Lanka would certainly be nice to have, but you must have the DEI. Someone like pauk or PzB could probably pull it off easily, but the Japanese have less margin for error from what I've seen. I'd play conservative until you have a better feel for the strengths & weaknesses of the Japanese. At least that's what I'm doing.

I'll add:

Rob-sama BANZAI!!! [;)]

[castor troy]

I don´t think Colombo and Trimcomale (sp?) will do you any good. It´s the place where you will lose more in the end than your opponent. It will be bombed into oblivion out of Madras. First the Allied will take some serious losses but once he´s able to close the airfield it will stay closed. And it´s a perfect place to attack with bombardment TFs. After enough recon those two bases will be nuked, with the home base of those BBs (the British get a lot of BBs early on) also Madras.

I would prefer New Caledonia or the Fidjis. Canton Island perhaps? While you will lose those places sooner or later also, at least it´s harder for your opponent to take them back IMO.

[Big B]

ORIGINAL: Rob Brennan UK

Thanks Joe

I retired the next turn .. and 3 SBD's came at me at range 6 ? thats new .

Fighters missed them all

Flak killed one

and one of them got a penetrating hit of the Hiryu's deck (15/3/12). BAH ..

singapore is down to level 3 forts ..

and thats about it , really not much happening to be honest.

Hi Rob,

Yes the SBD's DO have that range - but the Wildcats Don't - something for everyone to keep in mind and be careful.[;)]