8 July:
China: A bit of a disaster is in the making. He has a unit cutting off my troops in Wuhan and now a force from Nanching is barraling up towards Changsa. I should be able to clear the road next turn. I have two good Corps with HQ attacking a mixed BDE in clear terrain. I also think I can stop the force from Nanching (but its a close bet).
But should both operations fail I could have my Wuhan force surrounded for good. That would be very very bad. I think I will come out of this OK but I don't think I will be able to maintain a position in Wuhan as I had hoped.
Burma: More success in the air war. Japan lost 26 zero's (21 in air to air) and 33 Oscars mostly on the ground. Overall Japan lost 78 planes to my 57, and 59 fighters to my 29 fighter losses.
SIGINT: A report comes in of a division training for Canton Island. That will be fun. I have two divisions there.
Moses(AL)Jwilkerson(IJ)
Moderators: wdolson, Don Bowen, mogami
10 July
10 July:
Here the situation. four Japanese divisions from Nanchang are trying to force their way to Changsa. If they got there I would have a lot of trouble because Japan has that mixed BDE cutting my supply route to Wuhan. If Japan gets to Changsa before I clear the supply route I'm in big trouble.
Ground combat at 47,37
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 73575 troops, 784 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1487
Defending force 85220 troops, 591 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2493
Japanese max assault: 3016 - adjusted assault: 446
Allied max defense: 2236 - adjusted defense: 737
Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1
Japanese ground losses:----------------------Allied ground losses:
3560 casualties reported----------------------385 casualties reported
Guns lost 111-----------------------------------Guns lost 23
The Japanese main attack fails for now by a significant margin. He will have to bring up additional forces to have a chance so I think no attack next turn. I will send two of my most disrupted corps from this area to try and help clear the road to Wuhan. The rest of my troops will dig in and wait.
Next my troops attempt to clear the road with two Corps attacking.
Ground combat at 47,35
Allied Shock attack
Attacking force 20164 troops, 143 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 971
Defending force 15581 troops, 184 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 329
Allied max assault: 1346 - adjusted assault: 449
Japanese max defense: 328 - adjusted defense: 350
Allied assault odds: 1 to 1
Japanese ground losses:------------Allied ground losses:
56 casualties reported---------------327 casualties reported
Guns lost 4----------------------------Guns lost 17
Ground combat at 47,35
Allied Shock attack
Attacking force 19238 troops, 123 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 897
Defending force 15417 troops, 182 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 325
Allied max assault: 908 - adjusted assault: 381
Japanese max defense: 323 - adjusted defense: 302
Allied assault odds: 1 to 1
Japanese ground losses:------------------Allied ground losses:
21 casualties reported---------------------710 casualties reported
Guns lost 3----------------------------------Guns lost 30
I fail but I'm close. Another Corps is already in hex and will participate in next turns bombardment attacks. Three divisions will arrive next turn from Changsa and hopefully that will be enough. If not I've sent two corps from Ichang overland to the battle and two Corps are moving to the area from the battle between Changsa and Nanchang. Once I clear the road my troops at Wuhan will pull out and we will try and reestablish the status Quo.
Other Area's: Mostly quite. In Burma I butchered another bunch of A6M3's inflicting better then 1-1 air to air losses. I don't know why he has not rotated these guys out as they have to be using untrained pilots by now. At Numea my mining operation is preceding nicely. 1000 mines in Kumac already with other locations being mined with subs. In Alaska some Japanese surface ships are about but I'm not impressed. Unless he brings KB he will have trouble interfering with my operations here.
Here the situation. four Japanese divisions from Nanchang are trying to force their way to Changsa. If they got there I would have a lot of trouble because Japan has that mixed BDE cutting my supply route to Wuhan. If Japan gets to Changsa before I clear the supply route I'm in big trouble.
Ground combat at 47,37
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 73575 troops, 784 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1487
Defending force 85220 troops, 591 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2493
Japanese max assault: 3016 - adjusted assault: 446
Allied max defense: 2236 - adjusted defense: 737
Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1
Japanese ground losses:----------------------Allied ground losses:
3560 casualties reported----------------------385 casualties reported
Guns lost 111-----------------------------------Guns lost 23
The Japanese main attack fails for now by a significant margin. He will have to bring up additional forces to have a chance so I think no attack next turn. I will send two of my most disrupted corps from this area to try and help clear the road to Wuhan. The rest of my troops will dig in and wait.
Next my troops attempt to clear the road with two Corps attacking.
Ground combat at 47,35
Allied Shock attack
Attacking force 20164 troops, 143 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 971
Defending force 15581 troops, 184 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 329
Allied max assault: 1346 - adjusted assault: 449
Japanese max defense: 328 - adjusted defense: 350
Allied assault odds: 1 to 1
Japanese ground losses:------------Allied ground losses:
56 casualties reported---------------327 casualties reported
Guns lost 4----------------------------Guns lost 17
Ground combat at 47,35
Allied Shock attack
Attacking force 19238 troops, 123 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 897
Defending force 15417 troops, 182 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 325
Allied max assault: 908 - adjusted assault: 381
Japanese max defense: 323 - adjusted defense: 302
Allied assault odds: 1 to 1
Japanese ground losses:------------------Allied ground losses:
21 casualties reported---------------------710 casualties reported
Guns lost 3----------------------------------Guns lost 30
I fail but I'm close. Another Corps is already in hex and will participate in next turns bombardment attacks. Three divisions will arrive next turn from Changsa and hopefully that will be enough. If not I've sent two corps from Ichang overland to the battle and two Corps are moving to the area from the battle between Changsa and Nanchang. Once I clear the road my troops at Wuhan will pull out and we will try and reestablish the status Quo.
Other Area's: Mostly quite. In Burma I butchered another bunch of A6M3's inflicting better then 1-1 air to air losses. I don't know why he has not rotated these guys out as they have to be using untrained pilots by now. At Numea my mining operation is preceding nicely. 1000 mines in Kumac already with other locations being mined with subs. In Alaska some Japanese surface ships are about but I'm not impressed. Unless he brings KB he will have trouble interfering with my operations here.
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12 July
12 July:
China: Jwilkerson backs off in China!!!! Either he doesn't realize how close I was to disaster or the losses to his troops comming up fron Nanchang convinced him he couldn't drive me back. I think I probably could have held, but if there was a 1 in 6 chance of getting a good roll and winning that battle it would have been worth it for Japan.
I will probably clear the road to Wuhan next turn and eeverything will be stable. I may even stay in Wuhan another week or so just to annoy him. I will have to pull out eventually. My troops at Canton are getting tired and will not be able to stay there forever. When they pull out there is the risk that japan will take advantage of their fatigue and launch an offensive on their own. So I will have to send some troops down the road from Changsa to keep things under control.
Alaska: Japan has a small carrier force; (2CV and 1 CVE that I see), and 2 surface forces are in Alaska. I'll just let him float around out there. I won't be ready for my next offensive move for a couple week anyway.
His CV's are at the lower left. The two TF's to the north are surface TF's containing 5 or 6 ships each. In the white hex is my next planned invasion target which currently is unoccupied. The nice thing about this theater is that it is the only area where I can use my short range fighters offensively.
China: Jwilkerson backs off in China!!!! Either he doesn't realize how close I was to disaster or the losses to his troops comming up fron Nanchang convinced him he couldn't drive me back. I think I probably could have held, but if there was a 1 in 6 chance of getting a good roll and winning that battle it would have been worth it for Japan.
I will probably clear the road to Wuhan next turn and eeverything will be stable. I may even stay in Wuhan another week or so just to annoy him. I will have to pull out eventually. My troops at Canton are getting tired and will not be able to stay there forever. When they pull out there is the risk that japan will take advantage of their fatigue and launch an offensive on their own. So I will have to send some troops down the road from Changsa to keep things under control.
Alaska: Japan has a small carrier force; (2CV and 1 CVE that I see), and 2 surface forces are in Alaska. I'll just let him float around out there. I won't be ready for my next offensive move for a couple week anyway.
His CV's are at the lower left. The two TF's to the north are surface TF's containing 5 or 6 ships each. In the white hex is my next planned invasion target which currently is unoccupied. The nice thing about this theater is that it is the only area where I can use my short range fighters offensively.
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RE: 12 July
Here's my carrier force at San Fransico. CV Wasp will arrive in 13 days.
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14 July
14 July:
A quiet turn as most of my planes refuse to fly. But I did clear my supply path in China and will begin my retreat. No sign of offensive action from Jwilkerson although a lot of zero's are flying training missions in the Solomon area.
A quiet turn as most of my planes refuse to fly. But I did clear my supply path in China and will begin my retreat. No sign of offensive action from Jwilkerson although a lot of zero's are flying training missions in the Solomon area.
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16 July
16 July:
Another quite day. My heavies did fly in Burma and I had a good day killing 31 Japanese planes for 11 of my own. In China I have safely pulled my exposed troops back and I only have to manage my retreat from Canton in order to return to a safe position.
Numea: Its been 16 days since PM fell and I have put those days to good use. There are over 1300 mines at Kumac and about 500 at the base south of there. 500 more go in every two days from my 4 ML's and about 20 subs. I've also added a raider Bn, some seabees's, and 6 PT's to the defence. Not much I know but everything helps.
In the next week another TF will land carrying 3 AA units and another coastal artillery unit, plus 8 PT's from Pearl Harbor. 2 more TF's carrying heavy reinforcements are about 2 to 3 weeks out. My position here is becoming very strong and if Jwilkerson has any intention of taking Numea he will need to land within the week.
Another quite day. My heavies did fly in Burma and I had a good day killing 31 Japanese planes for 11 of my own. In China I have safely pulled my exposed troops back and I only have to manage my retreat from Canton in order to return to a safe position.
Numea: Its been 16 days since PM fell and I have put those days to good use. There are over 1300 mines at Kumac and about 500 at the base south of there. 500 more go in every two days from my 4 ML's and about 20 subs. I've also added a raider Bn, some seabees's, and 6 PT's to the defence. Not much I know but everything helps.
In the next week another TF will land carrying 3 AA units and another coastal artillery unit, plus 8 PT's from Pearl Harbor. 2 more TF's carrying heavy reinforcements are about 2 to 3 weeks out. My position here is becoming very strong and if Jwilkerson has any intention of taking Numea he will need to land within the week.
18 July
18 July:
Burma: Another great day in the skies as my newly arrived P40-B squadren sweeps Akyab where Japanese aircraft were flying LRC. 25 Oscar's and 21 zero's go down against 13 P40B's and 3 Buffalo's. A 3-1 kill ratio!!! Best of all the Japanese units had every aircraft shot down that flew which ensures that I killed the ace pilots and not just a bunch of rookies.
Alaska: He still has several TF's lingering in Alaska. I going to try and arrange for some surface engagments. First I'll send a TF to my westernmost base to see if he has a TF doing a night surface mission there. If so we'll meet and even if I get the worst of it I will have some SBD's ready to pick off his criples.
General: Still no signs of further offensive action on Japan's part. A comment made by Jwilkerson with his turn hinted that maybe he was done attacking and was awaiting my offensive. Do I believe that??? I will be cautious about embarking on any offensive actions for a while as well. After all, historically the first allied offensives were in August and that was after Midway. Even then the Solomons offensive was touch and go for some time. Still I want to try and accomplish something between August and December if only to force his carriers to remain at sea.
Burma: Another great day in the skies as my newly arrived P40-B squadren sweeps Akyab where Japanese aircraft were flying LRC. 25 Oscar's and 21 zero's go down against 13 P40B's and 3 Buffalo's. A 3-1 kill ratio!!! Best of all the Japanese units had every aircraft shot down that flew which ensures that I killed the ace pilots and not just a bunch of rookies.
Alaska: He still has several TF's lingering in Alaska. I going to try and arrange for some surface engagments. First I'll send a TF to my westernmost base to see if he has a TF doing a night surface mission there. If so we'll meet and even if I get the worst of it I will have some SBD's ready to pick off his criples.
General: Still no signs of further offensive action on Japan's part. A comment made by Jwilkerson with his turn hinted that maybe he was done attacking and was awaiting my offensive. Do I believe that??? I will be cautious about embarking on any offensive actions for a while as well. After all, historically the first allied offensives were in August and that was after Midway. Even then the Solomons offensive was touch and go for some time. Still I want to try and accomplish something between August and December if only to force his carriers to remain at sea.
22 July
22 July:
More of the same as my air force ravages his fighters over Burma. So far this month I have killed 140 A6M2's, 98 A6M3's, and 88 Oscar's and I still have 8 days left in the month. I don't know why he continues to fight me here. I can only guess he is reacting to my aborted invasion and thinks I'm coming ashore any day. The only down side is that even though I'm getting a good kill ratio I'm running out of P40-B's.
Alaska: My attempts to get a surface battle turned comical as 3 of my ships ran into mines and beat an embarrassed retreat. But then the Japanese fleet came too close to my airbase and one of my SBD's put a 500 lb bomb into one of his CL's. It's a rare event when I scratch one of Jwilkerson's combat ships.
Numea: 2000 mines at Kumac now and 1000 at the next base south. More reinforcements have made Port at Numea and tommorow will unload 3 AA units and a coastal defense unit. Plus 8 more PT's have arrived.
More of the same as my air force ravages his fighters over Burma. So far this month I have killed 140 A6M2's, 98 A6M3's, and 88 Oscar's and I still have 8 days left in the month. I don't know why he continues to fight me here. I can only guess he is reacting to my aborted invasion and thinks I'm coming ashore any day. The only down side is that even though I'm getting a good kill ratio I'm running out of P40-B's.
Alaska: My attempts to get a surface battle turned comical as 3 of my ships ran into mines and beat an embarrassed retreat. But then the Japanese fleet came too close to my airbase and one of my SBD's put a 500 lb bomb into one of his CL's. It's a rare event when I scratch one of Jwilkerson's combat ships.
Numea: 2000 mines at Kumac now and 1000 at the next base south. More reinforcements have made Port at Numea and tommorow will unload 3 AA units and a coastal defense unit. Plus 8 more PT's have arrived.
24 July
24 July:
A quite turn as weather grounds most of my airforce. Still I kill 25 planes to my 20.
China: All of my forces have returned to their starting locations and Japan shows no interest in a follow up offensive. I guess I should count my offensive a success. I trained up some of my troops and caused Japan to burn some supply. Plus I did occupy two cities for a while at least which cost him some more supply and resourses.
Alaska: Looks like Jwilkerson has gotten tired of sitting out there with his carriers. They seem to be heading for home.
SIGINT: Reports 7th Division training for Pago Pago. I just don't believe it. I suspect he's just has units training for various locations to keep me worried. I see no indications of another offensive anywhere.
------Pago Pago: He can certainly take this island with a reinforced division but I have a lot of recon in the area and would see his AP's coming 6 days out. So he takes this at the beginning of August and accomplishes what exactly???
-------- Numea: This spot is looking tougher every day. Heavily mined with lots of PT's. About 100 fighters and 100 bombers are at Numea. Another 100 fighters and bombers are sitting nearby to tranfer in after the first carrier strikes go in. A huge surface force (6BB's with lots of CA/DD's) sits at Sydney waiting to intervene. Smaller surface forces are in NZ and would try and disrupt the invasion while KB is working the airfields. If he wanted to go here he should have gone in two weeks ago.
---------PH: I'm actually thinking that this is now my soft spot. I have only two divisions here and it could be taken. It would also explain why the delay. It would take 4 weeks or so to redeploy his units this way. The only flaw for Japan is that PH is close to my carriers and way outside the range of any Japanese LBA. And he has no idea what I have here.
A quite turn as weather grounds most of my airforce. Still I kill 25 planes to my 20.
China: All of my forces have returned to their starting locations and Japan shows no interest in a follow up offensive. I guess I should count my offensive a success. I trained up some of my troops and caused Japan to burn some supply. Plus I did occupy two cities for a while at least which cost him some more supply and resourses.
Alaska: Looks like Jwilkerson has gotten tired of sitting out there with his carriers. They seem to be heading for home.
SIGINT: Reports 7th Division training for Pago Pago. I just don't believe it. I suspect he's just has units training for various locations to keep me worried. I see no indications of another offensive anywhere.
------Pago Pago: He can certainly take this island with a reinforced division but I have a lot of recon in the area and would see his AP's coming 6 days out. So he takes this at the beginning of August and accomplishes what exactly???
-------- Numea: This spot is looking tougher every day. Heavily mined with lots of PT's. About 100 fighters and 100 bombers are at Numea. Another 100 fighters and bombers are sitting nearby to tranfer in after the first carrier strikes go in. A huge surface force (6BB's with lots of CA/DD's) sits at Sydney waiting to intervene. Smaller surface forces are in NZ and would try and disrupt the invasion while KB is working the airfields. If he wanted to go here he should have gone in two weeks ago.
---------PH: I'm actually thinking that this is now my soft spot. I have only two divisions here and it could be taken. It would also explain why the delay. It would take 4 weeks or so to redeploy his units this way. The only flaw for Japan is that PH is close to my carriers and way outside the range of any Japanese LBA. And he has no idea what I have here.
26 July
26 July:
Well I'm now fairly convinced that Jwilkerson intends to go into a shell and let me attack at this point. I recieved a report of a unit prepping for Numea but does that mean anything at all? Numea is becomming a fortress.
I am staging naval forces into forward locations in preparation for offensive action. CV Wasp has arrived but I'm leaving my 5 CV's TF in place for 4 more days as this will allow me to upgrade all my british carrier aircraft. Then they will move towards PH.
Any offensive actions will have to be carefully conducted as Japan still is stronger both at sea and in the air. But I do have a lot of good, well rested BB's and I should be able to do some damage without too much risk.
I've had to play a very cautious game because of the cautious manner in which Jwilkerson plays. He doesn't expose many weaknesses. This could work to my advantage now as he may not expect anything of the scope I am planning. Secrecy is going to be critical. Shhhhhhhhh!!!
Well I'm now fairly convinced that Jwilkerson intends to go into a shell and let me attack at this point. I recieved a report of a unit prepping for Numea but does that mean anything at all? Numea is becomming a fortress.
I am staging naval forces into forward locations in preparation for offensive action. CV Wasp has arrived but I'm leaving my 5 CV's TF in place for 4 more days as this will allow me to upgrade all my british carrier aircraft. Then they will move towards PH.
Any offensive actions will have to be carefully conducted as Japan still is stronger both at sea and in the air. But I do have a lot of good, well rested BB's and I should be able to do some damage without too much risk.
I've had to play a very cautious game because of the cautious manner in which Jwilkerson plays. He doesn't expose many weaknesses. This could work to my advantage now as he may not expect anything of the scope I am planning. Secrecy is going to be critical. Shhhhhhhhh!!!
28 July
28 July:
The great 6 BB force at Sydney begins movement West toward NZ and points east. On the other side of the Ocean 2 BB and associated forces arrive at PH while my carrier's make final preparation at SF before heading east themselves. 3 fresh BB's are at Ankorage and another 2 BB's will move with the CV's.
I've steped up recon operations all around Japan's perimeter. All Japan's forward bases in the east are targeted by recon and a couple CL's are moving toward objectives in the Indian Ocean to see what is at each forward base there.
Noumea: Now I have a SIGINT report of a division prepping for Effate just east of Noumea. So my build-up continues. Major reinforcements including a fresh division, Corps HQ, and several more artillery units are rounding Pago Pago and will be there in under two weeks.
The great 6 BB force at Sydney begins movement West toward NZ and points east. On the other side of the Ocean 2 BB and associated forces arrive at PH while my carrier's make final preparation at SF before heading east themselves. 3 fresh BB's are at Ankorage and another 2 BB's will move with the CV's.
I've steped up recon operations all around Japan's perimeter. All Japan's forward bases in the east are targeted by recon and a couple CL's are moving toward objectives in the Indian Ocean to see what is at each forward base there.
Noumea: Now I have a SIGINT report of a division prepping for Effate just east of Noumea. So my build-up continues. Major reinforcements including a fresh division, Corps HQ, and several more artillery units are rounding Pago Pago and will be there in under two weeks.
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RE: 30 June
ORIGINAL: moses
30 June:
Jwilkerson surprises me and shock attack at PM right off. He pulls the little trick where he lands paras on the assault turn in order to half the defence strength. Even then it was close. 3-1 and my army surrenders. Crap.
This sounds a bit "gamey" to me. Anyone else think so?
RE: 30 June
This is an old trick and I certainly think it can be gamey depending on how it's used.
The rational (and you need lots of rationalizations in WITP ground combat) is that having para's to deal with or and amphibious landing to deal with would reduce you're ability to defend aagainst an existing ground force.
So I think that if a "significant" air drop or a "significant" amphipious landing occurs it might justify the defence strength reduction. So for example if you have a BDE defending against a division and then a para battalion lands in your rear I could see how this might cause real problems.
But I think it would certainly be gamey to land 2 squads of para's from a couple patrol planes and have that half the defence. Or to land a couple squads amphibiously to half the defence.
In the case in the game he had 4 divisions fighting my division plus and then landed a full (or at least the bulk) of a para unit in my rear. So I would rule "not gamey". Others may disagree.
In any case, once he brought four divisions I was sure to lose especially given that he had complet air superiority and was bombing me daily with over 200 Betties.[:(] It was only a matter of time.
The rational (and you need lots of rationalizations in WITP ground combat) is that having para's to deal with or and amphibious landing to deal with would reduce you're ability to defend aagainst an existing ground force.
So I think that if a "significant" air drop or a "significant" amphipious landing occurs it might justify the defence strength reduction. So for example if you have a BDE defending against a division and then a para battalion lands in your rear I could see how this might cause real problems.
But I think it would certainly be gamey to land 2 squads of para's from a couple patrol planes and have that half the defence. Or to land a couple squads amphibiously to half the defence.
In the case in the game he had 4 divisions fighting my division plus and then landed a full (or at least the bulk) of a para unit in my rear. So I would rule "not gamey". Others may disagree.
In any case, once he brought four divisions I was sure to lose especially given that he had complet air superiority and was bombing me daily with over 200 Betties.[:(] It was only a matter of time.
30 July:
30 July:
For the month I've killed 208 A6M2 zero's, 98 A6M3's, and 116 Oscars. Not too bad. I have to be straining his pilot training program.
Alaska: His subs gang up and kill 2 out of 2 AK's that I sent to Atka. Stupid of me. I have no ASW work going on at all up there. So his subs just sit there and wait for my unescorted AK's. I'll fix that this turn.
China: Who says I-15's are no good. These guys have experience around 55 but I expect the Japanese pilots are still in training.
Day Air attack on 71st Chinese Division, at 48,27
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 25
Ki-27 Nate x 6
Ki-15 Babs x 1
Allied aircraft
I-153c x 17
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 10 destroyed, 5 damaged
Ki-27 Nate: 4 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
I-153c: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported
CV's: 5 CV's depart San Fransico.
For the month I've killed 208 A6M2 zero's, 98 A6M3's, and 116 Oscars. Not too bad. I have to be straining his pilot training program.
Alaska: His subs gang up and kill 2 out of 2 AK's that I sent to Atka. Stupid of me. I have no ASW work going on at all up there. So his subs just sit there and wait for my unescorted AK's. I'll fix that this turn.
China: Who says I-15's are no good. These guys have experience around 55 but I expect the Japanese pilots are still in training.
Day Air attack on 71st Chinese Division, at 48,27
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 25
Ki-27 Nate x 6
Ki-15 Babs x 1
Allied aircraft
I-153c x 17
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 10 destroyed, 5 damaged
Ki-27 Nate: 4 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
I-153c: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported
CV's: 5 CV's depart San Fransico.
3 Aug
3 Aug:
I kill 40 more Japanese fighters mostly in Burma and 2/3 on the ground. In Alaska, more frustration as 2 more of my DD's hit mines at Adak island even though I had no escorts bombarding. They don't sink but thats 4 DD's sent back to the shipyards in 2 weeks.
My ships continue moving towards jump off positions. I now have 5 BB's at PH, 6 moving east from NZ, and 3 in Alaska. My 5 CV's will reach their refueling point between PH and Palmyra in about 6 days. Of course huge amounts of DD's/CA's/subs are involved as well.
Japan could still attack somewhere which does complicate things. My main problem is that most of my ground units are still preped for their defensive positions. This greatly degrades my offensive potential but this is just as well I guess since my navy is not strong enough for a sustained offensive yet.
I kill 40 more Japanese fighters mostly in Burma and 2/3 on the ground. In Alaska, more frustration as 2 more of my DD's hit mines at Adak island even though I had no escorts bombarding. They don't sink but thats 4 DD's sent back to the shipyards in 2 weeks.
My ships continue moving towards jump off positions. I now have 5 BB's at PH, 6 moving east from NZ, and 3 in Alaska. My 5 CV's will reach their refueling point between PH and Palmyra in about 6 days. Of course huge amounts of DD's/CA's/subs are involved as well.
Japan could still attack somewhere which does complicate things. My main problem is that most of my ground units are still preped for their defensive positions. This greatly degrades my offensive potential but this is just as well I guess since my navy is not strong enough for a sustained offensive yet.
5 Aug:
5 Aug:
Burma:
Day Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30
Japanese aircraft------------Allied aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 11-------------Martin 139 x 10
-------------------------------P-40B Tomahawk x 49
Japanese aircraft losses-------------------Allied aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 10 destroyed-----------------Martin 139: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged
----------------------------------------------P-40B Tomahawk: 2 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
15 casualties reported
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 5
I also ran a successful boming of Pagan from which he flys LRC over Akyab. This raid met Oscars which had little effect on my B26's flying unescorted. Japan losses 17 Zero's and 4 Oscars, mostly in the air, while I lose a single P-39 to ops.
I have to wonder why Jwilkerson continues to contest the sky over Burma when he had conceded control over the area only a couple months ago. The only thing I can think of he that I must have been really hurting his ground units at Akyab. He is sending another division and a Bde to Akyab so maybe I really tore up his 33rd Division and he had to put up an air defence in order to sustain his ground position.
Burma:
Day Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30
Japanese aircraft------------Allied aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 11-------------Martin 139 x 10
-------------------------------P-40B Tomahawk x 49
Japanese aircraft losses-------------------Allied aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 10 destroyed-----------------Martin 139: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged
----------------------------------------------P-40B Tomahawk: 2 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
15 casualties reported
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 5
I also ran a successful boming of Pagan from which he flys LRC over Akyab. This raid met Oscars which had little effect on my B26's flying unescorted. Japan losses 17 Zero's and 4 Oscars, mostly in the air, while I lose a single P-39 to ops.
I have to wonder why Jwilkerson continues to contest the sky over Burma when he had conceded control over the area only a couple months ago. The only thing I can think of he that I must have been really hurting his ground units at Akyab. He is sending another division and a Bde to Akyab so maybe I really tore up his 33rd Division and he had to put up an air defence in order to sustain his ground position.
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RE: 5 Aug:
hmm. August... I think he should now be getting Tojos and Tonies. If he has experienced IJA daitais in reserve and upgrades them, then those will surely be a tougher nut to crack for P40s. In fact I think on the defense they will eat those P40s for breakfast until enough P38s show up. With a range of 6 the Tonies can sweep even Dacca from Akyab and Hurries or the early Spits never been a match for exp Tonies in my stock games.
With 80 exp. pilots I was even able to achieve 2 or 3:1 kill rates against P38 when my Tojos were on Cap over the own base and the P38 attacked. Though the US pilots were "only" in the low 70s. And then with the stock slaughters the replacement rate of P38s soon became not enough anymore! [:D]
With 80 exp. pilots I was even able to achieve 2 or 3:1 kill rates against P38 when my Tojos were on Cap over the own base and the P38 attacked. Though the US pilots were "only" in the low 70s. And then with the stock slaughters the replacement rate of P38s soon became not enough anymore! [:D]
RE: 5 Aug:
I'm keeping an eye out for those new aircraft.
The problem he has is that I have 4 big bomber groups (2-2E and 2-4E) which can hit his forward airfields at will. Plus I have over a dozen small bomber units and half a dozen search aircraft which keep the whole area under surveilance. So it will be hard for him to pull off a big surprise.
He has avoided hitting my airfields all war. I expect he likes the fact that all my hurricanes/spitfires and other short legged aircraft are effectively useless. But if he does go after Daca he will be flying at long range against a lot of fighters.
For now I think he is just adding green replacements to his zero groups in Burma. He probably has his good groups training elsewhere. I am using this period to train my fighter groups so that when the P38's come I will have a bunch of combat hardened pilots to fly them.
The problem he has is that I have 4 big bomber groups (2-2E and 2-4E) which can hit his forward airfields at will. Plus I have over a dozen small bomber units and half a dozen search aircraft which keep the whole area under surveilance. So it will be hard for him to pull off a big surprise.
He has avoided hitting my airfields all war. I expect he likes the fact that all my hurricanes/spitfires and other short legged aircraft are effectively useless. But if he does go after Daca he will be flying at long range against a lot of fighters.
For now I think he is just adding green replacements to his zero groups in Burma. He probably has his good groups training elsewhere. I am using this period to train my fighter groups so that when the P38's come I will have a bunch of combat hardened pilots to fly them.
7 Aug
7 Aug:
China: Jwilkerson seems to have stolen a march on me in China and has moved into Wuchow on the south coast. I'm only dug in to level 4 here but I have 9 corps in a wooded hex. As far as I know he only has 4 divisions in the area but may have brought somm in in the last week. I would be real upset if a shock attack drove me from this city.
I have about 10 corps coming down the road from Changsa to put an end to this operation. I just hope they get there in time.
Nothing much else happens with bad weather in Burma. My minesweepers investigate several of his forward bases and CL recon forces check out two locations in Java/Oz. Lots of activity to make him wonder.
China: Jwilkerson seems to have stolen a march on me in China and has moved into Wuchow on the south coast. I'm only dug in to level 4 here but I have 9 corps in a wooded hex. As far as I know he only has 4 divisions in the area but may have brought somm in in the last week. I would be real upset if a shock attack drove me from this city.
I have about 10 corps coming down the road from Changsa to put an end to this operation. I just hope they get there in time.
Nothing much else happens with bad weather in Burma. My minesweepers investigate several of his forward bases and CL recon forces check out two locations in Java/Oz. Lots of activity to make him wonder.