Waiting for 3rd AE patch - bigbaba vs. Castor Troy

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/02/42

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TF 33 troops unloading over beach at Pomala, 32,69


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TF 33 troops unloading over beach at Pomala, 32,69


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Day Air attack on Bombay , at 20,10

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 51

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 41
Wellington III x 25
Hudson I x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed, 21 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 3 destroyed, 18 damaged
Wellington III: 4 destroyed, 17 damaged
Hudson I: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
84 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 12

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Wellington III bombing at 12000 feet
3 x Hudson I bombing at 12000 feet
5 x Blenheim IV bombing at 12000 feet

guess this time Miller was surprised to see fighters on Cap here as I had a recon unit here before and the airfield symbol didn´t turn into dark red when I moved in 81 Zeroes. Parts of the Allied strike failed to locate the target, this included probably the escort also, which again saved Miller from more losses. We lose 3 fighters on the ground and take only 10 bombers down. I guess I won´t see more strikes from Karachi on Bombay anytime soon...




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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 68
D3A Val x 68
B5N Kate x 49
G3M Nell x 23
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 140
Ki-46-II Dinah x 4

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
54 casualties reported

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 135
Port fuel hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 2nd UK Division, at 18,21

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 26
Ki-21 Sally x 45
Ki-49 Helen x 45

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 2 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 2 damaged


Allied ground losses:
43 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 21000 feet

Hyderabad and KB clouded in, this is the only strike on 2nd UK division today, hopefully enough to disrupt the unit as we´re deliberate attacking today... KB has now to return to Rangoon...

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Ground combat at Madras

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 222564 troops, 2144 guns, 1505 vehicles, Assault Value = 4860

Defending force 36022 troops, 317 guns, 406 vehicles, Assault Value = 615

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 5

Japanese max assault: 4549 - adjusted assault: 4459

Allied max defense: 554 - adjusted defense: 1757 [:)]

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 5


Japanese ground losses:
1508 casualties reported
Guns lost 30
Vehicles lost 27

Allied ground losses:
2225 casualties reported
Guns lost 53
Vehicles lost 15

our air to ground attacks helped a lot it seems, the UK division only showed about 50% combat strenght during the ground combat. This still brings the enemy a quite good adjusted av but far from the 6500 adjusted av like last time and so we achieve a 2:1 already. We will try to keep up the air attacks with the land based bombers, probably soon having the attack alt lowered to 16.000ft as KB will leave the scene. Another supply convoy is unloading at Yanam now, bringing again some 21.000 tons of supplies, desperately needed after this attack at Madras. Supply is a daily issue...

Would be good if we could finish the assault on Madras within the next two weeks, the enemy is moving half a dozen troops out of Eastern India now. The troops I have East of Bombay probably won´t be enough to block all those forces coming from the South.


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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14302 troops, 463 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3635

Defending force 145692 troops, 1031 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4449



Allied ground losses:
193 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8386 troops, 289 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2991

Defending force 41201 troops, 324 guns, 252 vehicles, Assault Value = 747



Allied ground losses:
48 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Pomala

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 187 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 8

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

Japanese max assault: 7 - adjusted assault: 3

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Pomala base !!!

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/03/42

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 68
D3A Val x 68
B5N Kate x 49
G3M Nell x 22
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 140
Ki-46-II Dinah x 3

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
54 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 100
Port hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 70th Chinese Corps, at 47,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 3
Ki-51 Sonia x 2
Ki-21 Sally x 29
Ki-48 Lily x 3
Ki-49 Helen x 12

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
100 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet

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Day Air attack on 78th Chinese Corps, at 47,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 32
Ki-30 Ann x 12
Ki-32 Mary x 8
Ki-51 Sonia x 10
Ki-21 Sally x 44
Ki-48 Lily x 9
Ki-49 Helen x 31

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
191 casualties reported
Guns lost 7

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 2nd UK Division, at 18,21

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 21
Ki-21 Sally x 35
Ki-49 Helen x 52

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 4 damaged


Allied ground losses:
2 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 21000 feet

good to see those attacks on the UK division at Madras even though we only do light damage...

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Day Air attack on Madras Naval Base Force, at 18,21

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3
Ki-21 Sally x 9
Ki-49 Helen x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 21000 feet
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Day Air attack on Panaji Naval Base Force, at 17,14

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 6
Ki-49 Helen x 16

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 1 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 21000 feet

we have spotted three Allied units at Panaji and as we have ordered four of our TK rgts to the base we have ordered a ground attack to attack the (hopefully) strongest unit there. The bombers go after the base force and we´re more or less sure that there isn´t a real combat unit at the base. Some 14.000 troops are reported, we have ordered the 4 TK rgts to shock attack tomorrow. It´s a clear hex and we expect some forts. As the TK rgts don´t have any combat eng we have to shock attack to bring down the forts. If we aren´t succesfully with the first attack then I expect the base to fall with the second or third attack. Panaji is important as it has a 300 resource center and half a dozen HI and it´s the last base in "Western" India so when we take this base we don´t have to fear a counterattack out of this base anymore, while the chance to see a counterattack out of that base was very small anyway as all the transport capacity of the Royal Navy seems to have been withdrawn so amphibious operations don´t seem to be an option for Miller.

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14285 troops, 462 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3636

Defending force 124985 troops, 886 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3789



Allied ground losses:
214 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

as you can see, the Chinese assault value has gone down, Miller moved three units onto the road North of Sian to counter my encircling attempt with troops sitting NE of Sian. Looks like Miller has learnt from his previous defeats and is now trying to act against my moving ground war. I don´t have to dislodge those troops North of the base I just have to hold the hex and Sian will be cut off. Will be interesting if he brings enough troops to force me out of the hex again. I doubt it, I´m moving some 1200 assault points into that hex.

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Ground combat at Madras

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 23753 troops, 295 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 4771

Defending force 32373 troops, 249 guns, 390 vehicles, Assault Value = 552



Allied ground losses:
24 casualties reported

deliberate attack tomorrow... we pray for air to ground attacks...

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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8358 troops, 288 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2522

Defending force 41177 troops, 327 guns, 252 vehicles, Assault Value = 745



Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Manila

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 9195 troops, 40 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 94

Defending force 4860 troops, 33 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 148

Allied max assault: 138 - adjusted assault: 0

Japanese max defense: 139 - adjusted defense: 245

Allied assault odds: 0 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
17 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
920 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

hehe, looks like Miller received another PA division as reinforcement in Manila...

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/04/42

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Sub attack near Kwajalein at 79,79

Japanese Ships
AK Kokko Maru

Allied Ships
SS Pompano

spotted the sub yesterday moving towards Kwajalein, moved two ASW TFs out to hunt it but had no success. Pompano enters the port together with a supply convoy and attacks the big AK Kokko Maru. Torps failed to detonate! LOL, unbelievable how unlucky the Allied subs have been the last weeks.

I´ve gone through the sub sinkings and believe it or not, the Japanese subs accounted for more sinkings and the far more important ones.

Japanese subs sank 27 ships so far, including CV Saratoga and CA Pensacola. Allied subs sank 24 ships so far, the most important of their hits was on one of my APDs. [:)]

Even though my ASW forces are not performing like I would like them to, the Allied submarine force has more or less been unsuccesful.

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 68
D3A Val x 68
B5N Kate x 49
G3M Nell x 26
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 140
Ki-46-II Dinah x 4

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
78 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 145
Port hits 1
Port supply hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 2nd UK Division, at 18,21

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 36
Ki-21 Sally x 79
Ki-49 Helen x 121

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 1 destroyed, 11 damaged


Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 21000 feet

good to see those A2G attacks, this should keep the disruption within the Allied division high. The succesful attacks by my LCUs should also result in a high disruption within the defending units. All that is preventing us from constant ground attacks is the supply situation. I´m expecting the base to fall within the next three attacks though.

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Day Air attack on Madras Naval Base Force, at 18,21

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 10
Ki-49 Helen x 16

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
26 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 21000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Yanam at 22,21 [X(]


Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 3


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AK Nittatsu Maru

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet

Miller has put a couple of bomber squadrons into the area around Calcutta, seems like he dispersed them into Calcutta, Diamond Harbour and Chandpur to prevent me from taking out bigger numbers of bombers with airstrikes out of Burma. This strike comes from Chandpur (the majority failed to locate the TF) and it alerts me.

One thing I didn´t understand was the fact that he didn´t try to attack my supply convoys so far that were going from Rangoon to Yanam without any escort as I couldn´t really afford the fuel for my BBs to shuttle between the two bases. Two or three dozen Hudsons and Wellingtons could have sunk or damaged quite a couple of AKs and one bomb hit on those small AKs most times results in the majority of supplies lost on the ship. He seems to now have realized that my supply line is still far from being secure and starts long range strikes. IMO again far too late with probably far too few force.

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Ground combat at Madras

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 221477 troops, 2122 guns, 1485 vehicles, Assault Value = 4795

Defending force 32458 troops, 243 guns, 391 vehicles, Assault Value = 559

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 4

Japanese max assault: 4459 - adjusted assault: 3625

Allied max defense: 395 - adjusted defense: 1101

Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 4) [:)]

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 4


Japanese ground losses:
1195 casualties reported
Guns lost 19
Vehicles lost 42

Allied ground losses:
1636 casualties reported
Guns lost 36
Vehicles lost 26

we´re making good progress! Hopefully the base will fall after the next two or three attacks. I have ordered all my TK rgts North now, I hope they won´t be needed here anymore. As Miller has been sending his forces out of the Calcutta area North on the rail towards Delhi I could really use those tanks up there. I fear they will be too late though. I have to block those reinforcements going North, best would be to drive them back or pin them down in the Delhi area.

When Madras will fall - and I guess there´s no doubt it will fall - this will free up all those divisions that are still in amazing good shape to go North and East to destroy the Allied strongholds in India.

The only real problem still is the supply situation. My bases hold 47.000 supplies, which means that there have gone some 200.000 supplies to my air and mostly ground units! [X(] That´s a hell a lot! 10% of the total available supply for the whole map have already been used in this invasion of India! [X(] And if we don´t take a bigger Allied supply depot soon there has to come 250.000 more supply, but at the moment I have no clue where to take it from! My supply levels are not really sufficient at none of my fronts and it will take half a year to bring my frontline supply depots to the desired levels.

A victory in India and China would make my supply levels grow pretty fast I guess as a) stopping the ground war will mean far less supplies being used and b) especially India will support the Japanese Empire with a lot of supplies


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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 185218 troops, 2352 guns, 13 vehicles, Assault Value = 3634

Defending force 125361 troops, 890 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3804

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 8 [:(]

Japanese max assault: 3543 - adjusted assault: 2159

Allied max defense: 3847 - adjusted defense: 4619

Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 8)


Japanese ground losses:
7257 casualties reported
Guns lost 127
Vehicles lost 4

Allied ground losses:
3251 casualties reported
Guns lost 112

ouch, but this was a necessary attack. I expected to see the forts being high again, this big number of Chinese div/corps has enough eng to build up the forts in no time. All our troops were 100% combat ready so we could afford this attack with only one goal: burn Chinese supplies! I hope that it takes a lot of supplies when 125.000 Chinese troops have to defend against one of our attacks. Four of our divisions have to be rotated out now as the losses were pretty excessive. 8 of our divisions have nearly 10% of their troops disabled now but it should not be much of a problem to bring them back to strenght again as Homan is well supplied and has enough support squads.

When the ring around Sian is closed we will do more and more attacks, hopefully seing the Chinese supply depots being depleted soon. Without supplies, the base has no chance and we will destroy 125.000 Chinese troops. Expected time frame until Sian will fall: 3-4 months.

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Ground combat at Panaji

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 9115 troops, 6 guns, 577 vehicles, Assault Value = 320

Defending force 11220 troops, 30 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 3

Japanese max assault: 544 - adjusted assault: 357

Allied max defense: 1 - adjusted defense: 12

Japanese assault odds: 29 to 1 (fort level 5)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Panaji base !!!


Japanese ground losses:
52 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 3

Allied ground losses:
14586 casualties reported
Guns lost 17
Vehicles lost 1

[&o] BANZAI! Our TK rgts were once again succesful! Panaji was defended by the Panaji base force, a full aviation rgt and parts of another RAF aviation rgt. I guess the full aviation rgt arrived just a couple of days ago as a reinforcement, this is bad luck for Miller.

Without combat troops, the Allied had no chance to hold off the attack in open terrain and nearly 15.000 Allied troops are POWs now. And the next good news: we captured the 300 resource center 100% undamaged!!!!

The Allied lost 250 points for ground losses today, now at 10.679.

BANZAI!

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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8423 troops, 290 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2524

Defending force 41225 troops, 330 guns, 249 vehicles, Assault Value = 747



Allied ground losses:
22 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Manila

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 6790 troops, 29 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 15

Defending force 4860 troops, 33 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 148

Allied max assault: 2 - adjusted assault: 0

Japanese max defense: 138 - adjusted defense: 477

Allied assault odds: 0 to 1



Allied ground losses:
60 casualties reported

[castor troy]

What I´ve forgot to mention is that we´ve also captured some 35.000 supplies at Panaji last turn!!!!!!! [&o]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/05/42

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ASW attack at 68,47

Japanese Ships
DD Karukaya
DD Fuyo
DD Asagao
DD Sanae
DD Kuretake
DD Wakatake

Allied Ships
SS Herring

Herring was spotted moving towards Tokyo, the ASW TF that was sent out on a hunt tried to engage the sub but failed...

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TF 67 troops unloading over beach at Banjarmasin, 27,64


Japanese ground losses:
370 casualties reported

three more bases in Dutch hands on Borneo...

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TF 67 troops unloading over beach at Banjarmasin, 27,64


Japanese ground losses:
138 casualties reported

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Sub attack near Kwajalein at 79,79

Japanese Ships
DD Murakumo
DD Matsukaze
DD Harukaze
DD Ushio
DD Sazanami
DD Akebono

Allied Ships
SS Pompano, hits 4

the two ASW TFs ordered to hunt down SS Pompano at Kwajalein couldn´t find the sub, Pompano found one of the ASW TFs though. Murakumo was hit and again the torps failed to detonate... unbelievable.

In return the DDs achieve 4 near misses with Type 91 deep charges...

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Day Air attack on Diamond Harbor , at 28,23

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 25
Ki-21 Sally x 27
Ki-49 Helen x 115
Ki-46-II Dinah x 5

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 7 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Swordfish: 5 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported

Airbase hits 21
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 64

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet

thought that Diamond Harbour would also have long range medium bombers. We torch 9 Swordfish instead which isn´t bad either but we also lose 6 bombers today... all those Japanese bombers are flying trash... Hit rate was excellent, this attack was flown on extended range with low bomb loads.

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 68
D3A Val x 53
B5N Kate x 49
G3M Nell x 26
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 140
Ki-46-II Dinah x 4

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
15 casualties reported

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 154
Port hits 2
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 12928 troops, 377 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2728

Defending force 121397 troops, 742 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3636



Allied ground losses:
205 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Hmmm, I´ve thought Miller would try to prevent me from encircling the city but as it looks now, those troops that he moved into the road hex North of Sian are now moving further North! [X(] What is Paul doing?

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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8413 troops, 289 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2521

Defending force 41250 troops, 331 guns, 250 vehicles, Assault Value = 748



Allied ground losses:
29 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


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Ground combat at Madras

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 24147 troops, 281 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4376

Defending force 30478 troops, 190 guns, 361 vehicles, Assault Value = 509

deliberate attack tomorrow, only with inf units. Half of my TK units left the base today.
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Ground combat at Manila

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 4479 troops, 27 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 16

Defending force 4860 troops, 33 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 148

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/06/42

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TF 67 troops unloading over beach at Banjarmasin, 27,64


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Sub attack near Luganville at 72,107

Japanese Ships
AP Sanfuku Maru

Allied Ships
SS S-39, hits 1

LOL, that was a nice one! S-39 surfaced to attack Sanfuku Maru but the armed AP immediately opened fire, hitting the sub with a 3" gun. I guess the hit was just FOW though but the sub didn´t attack...

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 68
A6M3 Zero x 27
D3A Val x 68
B5N Kate x 49
G3M Nell x 27
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 140
Ki-46-II Dinah x 3

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
9 casualties reported

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 138
Port hits 6

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 254th Indian Tank Brigade, at 18,21

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3
Ki-21 Sally x 12
Ki-49 Helen x 25

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 1 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 21000 feet

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Day Air attack on 2nd UK Division, at 18,21

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 24
Ki-21 Sally x 48
Ki-49 Helen x 41

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 2 damaged


Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 21000 feet

it seems the flak fire is already getting less but I won´t attack lower than 21.000 ft. 3 bombers were lost again...

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Day Air attack on 2nd UK Division, at 18,21

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 24
Ki-21 Sally x 18
Ki-49 Helen x 45

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


Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 21000 feet

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 13170 troops, 390 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1959

Defending force 121436 troops, 757 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3646



Allied ground losses:
66 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Madras

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 199098 troops, 2086 guns, 84 vehicles, Assault Value = 4041

Defending force 30608 troops, 194 guns, 361 vehicles, Assault Value = 512

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 3

Japanese max assault: 3763 - adjusted assault: 3638

Allied max defense: 342 - adjusted defense: 1017

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 3


Japanese ground losses:
914 casualties reported
Guns lost 55
Vehicles lost 6

Allied ground losses:
700 casualties reported
Guns lost 23
Vehicles lost 5

we do considerable lower damage without all our TK rgts but I guess it will be enough to take the base within the next 2 attacks. One day rest and the next deliberate attack in two days! Madras is about to fall soon! [8D]

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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8413 troops, 289 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2519

Defending force 41156 troops, 329 guns, 250 vehicles, Assault Value = 746



Allied ground losses:
21 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Chungking

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 130044 troops, 1347 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3938

Defending force 101318 troops, 1078 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 2025


Japanese ground losses:
122 casualties reported
Guns lost 6


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Ground combat at Manila

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 4490 troops, 27 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 18

Defending force 4806 troops, 34 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 148

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/07/42

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 68
A6M3 Zero x 27
D3A Val x 68
B5N Kate x 49
G3M Nell x 23
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 140
Ki-46-II Dinah x 4

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
SS Tambor, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage [8D]

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 65
Port hits 1
Port supply hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet

poor Tambor! After being severly damaged by my ASW forces near Formosa Tambor made it all the way to Manila just to get sunk by my daily raids there... [:D]

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Day Air attack on 74th Chinese Corps, at 47,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 3
Ki-51 Sonia x 2
Ki-21 Sally x 17
Ki-48 Lily x 8
Ki-49 Helen x 9

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
68 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 51st Chinese Corps, at 47,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 32
Ki-32 Mary x 9
Ki-51 Sonia x 10
Ki-21 Sally x 51
Ki-48 Lily x 19
Ki-49 Helen x 35

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
97 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 2nd UK Division, at 18,21

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
Ki-21 Sally x 49
Ki-49 Helen x 24

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 2 damaged


Allied ground losses:
15 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 21000 feet
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Day Air attack on 2nd UK Division, at 18,21

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
Ki-21 Sally x 25
Ki-49 Helen x 81

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


Allied ground losses:
22 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 21000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 23,25


Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 3


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AK Tokuwa Maru

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Hudson I bombing at 5000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 23,25


Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 3


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AK Matsutan Maru

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Hudson I bombing at 5000 feet

two attempts to attack empty shipping returning from Yanam. The enemy long range bombers seem to have big problems to locate their targets...

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 13326 troops, 397 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1971

Defending force 121091 troops, 756 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3646



Allied ground losses:
57 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8385 troops, 287 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2521

Defending force 41149 troops, 328 guns, 251 vehicles, Assault Value = 751



Allied ground losses:
37 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Chungking

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 129961 troops, 1344 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3934

Defending force 101060 troops, 1069 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 2021


Japanese ground losses:
74 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


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Ground combat at 47,28

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 14618 troops, 104 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 788

Defending force 49103 troops, 567 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1019

Allied max assault: 462 - adjusted assault: 42

Japanese max defense: 999 - adjusted defense: 612

Allied assault odds: 0 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
30 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Allied ground losses:
459 casualties reported
Guns lost 30

hehe, this is North of Sian. Two corps and a div try to attack my troops and fail but don´t take a lot of casualties. Sian is encircled now...

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Ground combat at Manila

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 4512 troops, 27 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 21

Defending force 4846 troops, 34 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 148


I´ve bitched about the broken land movement before, well, today this damn bug hit me again as another division jumped off the railline. And this is serious now as I do need this division at Ahmadabad as there are Allied units coming in from the East. [:@][:@][:@]

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/08/42

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Day Air attack on Chandpur , at 30,25

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
Ki-21 Sally x 27
Ki-49 Helen x 109
Ki-46-II Dinah x 5

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 1 destroyed, 14 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Hudson I: 4 destroyed

Airbase hits 16
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 32

Aircraft Attacking:
36 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet

we hit the airfield from which the Allied try to attack my shipping going to India and we destroy 9 Hudsons on the ground. Not worth it, we lose 5 bombers... it just doesn´t make sense to use those Jap bombers in Nikmod.

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Day Air attack on 70th Chinese Corps, at 47,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 22
Ki-49 Helen x 9

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
30 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet

Miller is blocking the railline to Yenen. Three of his units are sitting behind the river. We will cross it in two days, hopefully some a2g attacks go in first...

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Day Air attack on 78th Chinese Corps, at 47,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 23
Ki-49 Helen x 35

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
145 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 90th Chinese Corps, at 50,27

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 35
Ki-32 Mary x 9
Ki-51 Sonia x 10
Ki-48 Lily x 29

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
29 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 6000 feet

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Ground combat at Banjarmasin

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 3932 troops, 24 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 128

Defending force 460 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2

Japanese max assault: 130 - adjusted assault: 107

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 107 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Banjarmasin base !!!



Allied ground losses:
737 casualties reported

OMG, I totally overestimated the enemy troop strenght here. The troops I´ve landed are total overkill...

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 13428 troops, 404 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1987

Defending force 121301 troops, 764 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3645



Allied ground losses:
257 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


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Ground combat at Madras

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 196999 troops, 2020 guns, 73 vehicles, Assault Value = 3942

Defending force 29536 troops, 179 guns, 351 vehicles, Assault Value = 490

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2

Japanese max assault: 3598 - adjusted assault: 2963

Allied max defense: 366 - adjusted defense: 1877

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 2) [:(]

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 2


Japanese ground losses:
2513 casualties reported [:(][:(]
Guns lost 99
Vehicles lost 6

Allied ground losses:
724 casualties reported
Guns lost 15
Vehicles lost 7

ouch! Biggest loss in life since the attacks on Madras. This attack really took a toll on my four leading units. It was a big mistake to move out my tank units before the base is ours. Big mistake and I pay for it now...


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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8423 troops, 288 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2518

Defending force 41195 troops, 328 guns, 252 vehicles, Assault Value = 753



Allied ground losses:
91 casualties reported
Guns lost 7


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Ground combat at Manila

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 8190 troops, 29 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 27

Defending force 4866 troops, 34 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 148

Allied max assault: 16 - adjusted assault: 0

Japanese max defense: 137 - adjusted defense: 333

Allied assault odds: 0 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
13 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
182 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/09/42

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Sub attack near Luganville at 72,107

Japanese Ships
AK Uzan Maru, Shell hits 1

Allied Ships
SS S-35

two S-class subs spotted at Luganville... this AK takes a FOW shell hit and the torps failed to detonate...

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Sub attack near Makin at 85,89

Japanese Ships
PC Shimushu, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage [:(]
ML Ishizaki
ML Hoko
ML Sarushima
ML Natsushima
PC Ishigaki
PC Kunashiri
PC Hachijo

Allied Ships
SS Gudgeon

oh boy, the Allied subs hit nothing and now they hit one of my precious high endurance and high ASW value PC of which I only have four... the PC sunk immediately...

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 72
D3A Val x 66
B5N Kate x 34
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 105
Ki-46-II Dinah x 2

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 103
Port hits 2
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 90th Chinese Corps, at 50,27

Japanese aircraft
Ki-51 Sonia x 2
Ki-48 Lily x 6

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 90th Chinese Corps, at 50,27

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 35
Ki-21 Sally x 75
Ki-49 Helen x 38

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
49 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
35 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 69th Chinese Corps, at 50,27

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 36
Ki-32 Mary x 9
Ki-51 Sonia x 9
Ki-48 Lily x 25

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
20 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 6000 feet

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Ground combat at Ahmadabad

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 59895 troops, 655 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 1154

Defending force 11594 troops, 132 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 270

Japanese max assault: 1106 - adjusted assault: 610

Allied max defense: 281 - adjusted defense: 40

Japanese assault odds: 15 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Ahmadabad base !!!


Japanese ground losses:
128 casualties reported
Guns lost 13
Vehicles lost 1

Allied ground losses:
704 casualties reported
Guns lost 26


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

excellent! We dislodge an understrenght Indian div and a base force, they got an awful adjusted av... Ahmadabad´s resources and HI were taken 100% undamaged!! We now get something like 1.500 supplies each turn in India. Should be sufficient for the daily bombing raids and too keep my troops supplied, for major assaults this is by far not enough.

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 13530 troops, 411 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2005

Defending force 121490 troops, 773 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3656



Allied ground losses:
97 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8393 troops, 287 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2520

Defending force 41100 troops, 323 guns, 253 vehicles, Assault Value = 752



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


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Ground combat at Manila

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 760 troops, 14 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 13

Defending force 4843 troops, 32 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 147

[2ndACR]

Those units attacking Madras will recover very quickly any losses........most should be disabled. 1500 supply per day pretty much assures victory.......60,000 supply per month. That is just what has been captured so far. You have it made now. You should not have to import any more supply. Unless you want to keep the very high tempo.
 
But to use just what is in country right now, you can pause for a few days, reshuffle units etc and then make your pushes.......India is so big, and there are not nearly enough units to stop you.

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: 2ndACR

Those units attacking Madras will recover very quickly any losses........most should be disabled. 1500 supply per day pretty much assures victory.......60,000 supply per month. That is just what has been captured so far. You have it made now. You should not have to import any more supply. Unless you want to keep the very high tempo.

But to use just what is in country right now, you can pause for a few days, reshuffle units etc and then make your pushes.......India is so big, and there are not nearly enough units to stop you.

it does look better now with Panaji, Bombay and Ahmadabad´s resources secured, considering the huge amounts my troops sucked up in two months of the ongoing assault on India then this is not even half of what we needed per month. I hope to see my supply needs to look better when the battle for Madras is over though. A couple of weeks later, the assault on Karachi will start and my needs will increase again.

What we also need is more fuel at Bombay to feed the IJN battlewaggons to do constant bombardments of Karachi. We will also have to take the East of India and therefor I´m still sending AKs full of supply to Yanam, hopefully soon to Madras as I don´t want to see any assault being stopped due to not having enough supply on hand.

And I definetely want this adventure being succesfully ended as soon as possible as I need those Southern Area divisions elsewhere.

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/10/42

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Sub attack at 65,44

Japanese Ships
TK Nissan Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire
PG Heijo Maru
PG Hakkaisan Maru
PG Eiko Maru
PG Eifuku Maru
PG Choko Maru #2
PG Choan Maru #2
PG Chokai Maru
PG Busho Maru

Allied Ships
SS Herring

just thinking about how useless Allied subs have been the last couple of months, Herring puts 2 torps into one of my precious big TKs just South of Japan. The TK is heavily burning but has a chance to survive, amazing after two torp hits. It will arrive at Tokyo tomorrow and will be disbanded into a level 9 port with a nav HQ, two AR and a big ship repair yard. SS Herring also entered Tokyo today. Three DD ASW TFs will go there tomorrow also.

Even 8 escorts didn´t prevent the sub from attacking. I´m really cautious with the most important ships in my arsenal but how many more escorts should I use to guard my tankers?

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 52
D3A Val x 68
B5N Kate x 47
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 105
Ki-46-II Dinah x 2

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
22 casualties reported

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 64
Port fuel hits 2
Port supply hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 90th Chinese Corps, at 50,27

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 35
Ki-32 Mary x 9
Ki-51 Sonia x 10
Ki-48 Lily x 32

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 90th Chinese Corps, at 50,27

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 32
Ki-21 Sally x 39
Ki-49 Helen x 16

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
120 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 69th Chinese Corps, at 50,27

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 4
Ki-21 Sally x 29
Ki-49 Helen x 18

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
100 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet

I hope to see the follow unit order working and see my units cross the river into this wooden hex alltogether. Air attacks should have helped to see a not so hard resistance even though there are three Chinese corps in the hex.

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Day Air attack on 2nd UK Division, at 18,21

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
Ki-21 Sally x 54
Ki-49 Helen x 42

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


Allied ground losses:
23 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 21000 feet
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Day Air attack on 2nd UK Division, at 18,21

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
Ki-21 Sally x 36
Ki-49 Helen x 86

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 1 damaged


Allied ground losses:
33 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 21000 feet

finally some air attacks on the UK division again. Deliberate attack of my troops tomorrow. Hope for the dice to roll in my favour, I don´t want to see so many casualties on my side like last time again.

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 13733 troops, 423 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2273

Defending force 121660 troops, 783 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3669



Allied ground losses:
58 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8443 troops, 290 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2518

Defending force 41091 troops, 325 guns, 250 vehicles, Assault Value = 751



Allied ground losses:
117 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Chungking

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 130208 troops, 1346 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3950

Defending force 101215 troops, 1067 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 2021


Japanese ground losses:
91 casualties reported
Guns lost 12


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Ground combat at Manila

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 760 troops, 14 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 15

Defending force 4867 troops, 33 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 147

[Ambassador]

I would guess Miller doesn't have many troops at Karachi, seeing how he tried to race his units there.  With 18th UK in Burma IIRC, and 2nd UK soon to be wiped away at Madras, and many indian divs here and there, you might be a bit pessimistic about the "long siege of Karachi".  Do you have available units in the north in sufficient numbers to push to Karachi while still holding Ahmadabad ?

[bigbaba]

great victory for you, "chris san". invading india alone would be a logistical nightmare for me and to preform such na "blitzkrieg" there is even more impresive.

when the japs capture karatchi, whats with all the UK reinforcements? are they gone for ever or will they be redirected to another port?

if paul does not get anything new from UK, you should win the entire war.

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: Ambassador

I would guess Miller doesn't have many troops at Karachi, seeing how he tried to race his units there.  With 18th UK in Burma IIRC, and 2nd UK soon to be wiped away at Madras, and many indian divs here and there, you might be a bit pessimistic about the "long siege of Karachi".  Do you have available units in the north in sufficient numbers to push to Karachi while still holding Ahmadabad ?

at the moment recon tells us about 8 units at Karachi, but only some 30.000 troops and normally you get a higher troop number than there really are, so Karachi seems to be lightly defended. Miller is trying to move perhaps half a dozen units towards Karachi but most of them are somewhere around Delhi now or further South and it looks like I can block them. So at the moment it looks pretty good. My tanks are moving North and should be in the area within the next 10-14 days, movement with tanks on the railroads is pretty fast.

I can only block Karachi at the moment, not to think about an assault before my Madras troops have arrived.

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: bigbaba

great victory for you, "chris san". invading india alone would be a logistical nightmare for me and to preform such na "blitzkrieg" there is even more impresive.

when the japs capture karatchi, whats with all the UK reinforcements? are they gone for ever or will they be redirected to another port?

if paul does not get anything new from UK, you should win the entire war.

thanks

all UK reinforcements will get stucked in the reinforcement list, which means they all move down to 1 day and hold there. As soon as Karachi or Bombay is freed by the Allied, all those troops, ships and aircraft pop up immediately.

Even if I can completely knock out the British in India I´m far from winning the entire war. If you mean auto victory, yes, but I wouldn´t need a single Indian base to achieve that. And I don´t care about autovictory if it means stopping the game. It´s nice, but my strategy isn´t pointed on an autovictory and I don´t expect to see the game ending just because I achieve an autovictory. But winning the war is out of scope for the Japanese, the US will still crush all my defensive positions from 44 (at the latest) on...

As it stands now, I can´t see a single chance to see Miller avoiding a Japanese autovictory. He must be lucky to see the point ratio being below 6:1 for the Japanese in 1/43.

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/11/42

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Sub attack at 65,44

Japanese Ships
DD Kuretake
DD Karukaya
DD Fuyo
DD Asagao
DD Sanae
DD Wakatake

Allied Ships
SS Guardfish

torps failed to detonate... DDs failed to locate the sub...

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Sub attack near Tokyo at 66,43

Japanese Ships
TK San Pedro Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire [:(]
TK Teiyo Maru
PG Heijo Maru
PG Hakkaisan Maru
PG Eiko Maru
PG Eifuku Maru
PG Choko Maru #2
PG Choan Maru #2
PG Chokai Maru
PG Busho Maru

Allied Ships
SS Guardfish

guess I´ve repeated it too often in the last weeks how unlucky Allied subs have been... Another oil loaden big TK is hit... [:(]

3x6 DDs and here 8 escorts but the damn subs still score...

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ASW attack near Tokyo at 66,43

Japanese Ships
DD Karukaya
DD Fuyo
DD Asagao
DD Sanae
DD Kuretake
DD Wakatake

Allied Ships
SS Guardfish

while the DDs are just useless... useless...

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Day Air attack on Dacca , at 31,24

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 54
Ki-21 Sally x 27
Ki-49 Helen x 116

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 22

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 damaged
Ki-21 Sally: 3 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 1 destroyed, 23 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 10 destroyed, 2 damaged
Blenheim IV: 1 destroyed

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 20

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet

hit rate of the bombers is poor, a simple sweep with my Zeroes would have brought better results as I wouldn´t have lost 5 bombers in return...

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 7
D3A Val x 8
B5N Kate x 5
G4M1 Betty x 17
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 9
Ki-46-II Dinah x 2

No Japanese losses

Runway hits 9
Port hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 90th Chinese Corps, at 50,27

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 36
Ki-32 Mary x 8
Ki-51 Sonia x 12
Ki-48 Lily x 35

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
2 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 90th Chinese Corps, at 50,27

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 36
Ki-21 Sally x 62
Ki-49 Helen x 37

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
51 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 2nd UK Division, at 18,21

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
Ki-21 Sally x 38
Ki-49 Helen x 45

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


Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 21000 feet

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Day Air attack on 2nd UK Division, at 18,21

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
Ki-21 Sally x 24
Ki-49 Helen x 62

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

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 21000 feet

good to see those air attacks, very important as we´ve ordered a deliberate attack here...

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Day Air attack on Madras Naval Base Force, at 18,21

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 3
Ki-49 Helen x 28

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 2 damaged


Allied ground losses:
19 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 21000 feet

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 13801 troops, 430 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2585

Defending force 122397 troops, 792 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3677



Allied ground losses:
122 casualties reported


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Ground combat at 50,27

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 92506 troops, 1133 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 1980

Defending force 21218 troops, 122 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 535

Japanese max assault: 2186 - adjusted assault: 814

Allied max defense: 402 - adjusted defense: 681

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
680 casualties reported
Guns lost 23
Vehicles lost 3

Allied ground losses:
356 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

we cross the river towards Yenen and the two enemy corps hold. There must be a HQ also in the hex as we spot three units but during the combat replay we only see the two inf units. Wooden hex and forts that can´t be brought down (IMO bug that you can´t destroy forts outside bases... or just overlooked?) will make it hard to overcome those two corps here...

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Ground combat at Madras

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 204572 troops, 1923 guns, 60 vehicles, Assault Value = 3927

Defending force 28961 troops, 165 guns, 349 vehicles, Assault Value = 472

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1

Japanese max assault: 3593 - adjusted assault: 4072 [:)]

Allied max defense: 312 - adjusted defense: 561 [:)]

Japanese assault odds: 7 to 1 (fort level 1) [&o][&o][&o]

Japanese forces CAPTURE Madras base !!!


Japanese ground losses:
1261 casualties reported
Guns lost 32
Vehicles lost 6

Allied ground losses:
36426 casualties reported
Guns lost 174
Vehicles lost 234

BANZAI!!!!

After a long and bloody battle, Madras falls today! This is a great and important victory in India, at the moment I´m really confident to take out the whole subcontinent as this victory in the South now frees up nearly 4000 assault points to be thrown onto the remaining enemy units/bases. We will now of course focus on Karachi with most troops going there. But of course we won´t send everything there as the South still has to be defended if a couple of Allied units march in from the East (I doubt it as Miller seems to be going North but who knows). With the troops up North already and the TK rgts arriving there soon, we will be able to succesfully block the enemy from reinforcng Karachi and we will be able to attack Karachi with the same assault value we had to take Madras, so I will launch the attack on Karachi with around 4.000 assault points.

Madras didn´t have big supply depots, only 10.000 supplies captured, but we were able to also capture 65.000 fuel which will be needed as I will bring in some heavy IJN units to take out Ceylon´s airfields.

The enemy lost 750 points for ground losses today, now at 11.543! [8D]



BANZAI!!!!

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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8409 troops, 289 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2517

Defending force 41056 troops, 325 guns, 250 vehicles, Assault Value = 747



Allied ground losses:
23 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Chungking

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 130145 troops, 1343 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3951

Defending force 101244 troops, 1055 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 2023


Japanese ground losses:
49 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Manila

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 760 troops, 14 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 16

Defending force 4886 troops, 34 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 148

[castor troy]

one of my previously hit TK sunk at Tokyo. Fire levels were to high and it turned out to be too much for the precious ship. Losing one of the big TK is a disaster in Nikmod as the capacity was reduced by 1/3 compared to stock with the same number of TK. This means I´ve got now a tanker capacity like I would have in stock somewhen around early 44 if the subs would have done a good job.


AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/13/42

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ASW attack at 63,44

Japanese Ships
DD Hatakaze
DD Asakaze
DD Kamikaze
DD Oboro
DD Sagiri
DD Ayanami

Allied Ships
SS Guardfish, hits 3

2 near misses, 1 hit. No fires so I guess the hit was only FOW...

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Day Air attack on 90th Chinese Corps, at 50,27

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 36
Ki-32 Mary x 9
Ki-51 Sonia x 10
Ki-48 Lily x 13

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
19 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 90th Chinese Corps, at 50,27

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 32
Ki-21 Sally x 58
Ki-49 Helen x 40

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
83 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 69th Chinese Corps, at 50,27

Japanese aircraft
Ki-51 Sonia x 2
Ki-48 Lily x 17

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 13957 troops, 438 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2871

Defending force 122902 troops, 805 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3701



Allied ground losses:
166 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8406 troops, 289 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2519

Defending force 43436 troops, 323 guns, 252 vehicles, Assault Value = 826



Allied ground losses:
47 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Manila

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 760 troops, 14 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 27

Defending force 4899 troops, 34 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 149


not much action now, all eyes are on India at the moment. The Allied and Japanese troops both seem to race towards Karachi with the Japanese having an advantage at the moment.

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/14/42

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Sub attack near Osaka/Kobe at 63,42

Japanese Ships
DD Asagao
DD Karukaya
DD Fuyo
DD Sanae
DD Kuretake
DD Wakatake

Allied Ships
SS Herring, hits 1

we only engage enemy subs if they atack us first it seems... and then the efforts are just pathetic. Herring suffers a whopping near miss... at the moment I´m fighting 3 Allied subs around Japan with 4x6 DD, 6 MSW and 6 PC in 6 ASW TFs, supported by numerous Jakes and Alfs and a daitai of Helens...

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Day Air attack on Dacca , at 31,24

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
Ki-21 Sally x 26
Ki-49 Helen x 115

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 11

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
Ki-21 Sally: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 1 destroyed, 10 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 5 destroyed, 2 damaged
Blenheim IV: 12 destroyed

Airbase hits 17
Airbase supply hits 9
Runway hits 101

Aircraft Attacking:
26 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet

even though we had two Zero daitais on escort only one decided to fly... [&:] which proved to be to too less and the Hurricanes bounced our escorts taking one Zero down and evading the rest going after the bombers immediately to shoot one down. But this time we torch a good number of enemy ac on the ground. Of course we suffer op losses again, together with the flak losses we lose 5 bombers again. This resulted in 5 crews lost also... [:(] Needless to say that the Zero pilot is dead too...



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Day Air attack on 69th Chinese Corps, at 50,27

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 34
Ki-21 Sally x 54
Ki-49 Helen x 24

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
67 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14037 troops, 443 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2877

Defending force 123279 troops, 803 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3716



Allied ground losses:
112 casualties reported


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Ground combat at 50,27

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 91412 troops, 1098 guns, 13 vehicles, Assault Value = 1925

Defending force 20420 troops, 117 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 529

Japanese max assault: 3500 - adjusted assault: 3374 [X(]

Allied max defense: 324 - adjusted defense: 377

Japanese assault odds: 8 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
829 casualties reported
Guns lost 21
Vehicles lost 1

Allied ground losses:
256 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

wow, didn´t expect our adjusted av being that high. My troops are now marching on Yenen and I´m expecting rather light resistance there with the two corps being forced to retreat today. Of course Yenen will have level 9 forts but hopefully only little supply...

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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8403 troops, 290 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2520

Defending force 43266 troops, 325 guns, 253 vehicles, Assault Value = 819



Allied ground losses:
69 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Manila

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 760 troops, 14 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 29

Defending force 4853 troops, 34 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 147

[Ambassador]

Very good news from Madras indeed.  I hope your LCUs were not shredded by the defence there.
 
With India conquered, China subdued, and maybe (who know) no more USSR in Siberia, you might not be able to completely hold away the USN, but you'll have much more assets to use, from LCUs to aircraft, to supply, to shipping, more HI/ressources/oil, etc.  You'll be hard to push back... and this foretells much fun for the readers.[:)]

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: Ambassador

Very good news from Madras indeed.  I hope your LCUs were not shredded by the defence there.

With India conquered, China subdued, and maybe (who know) no more USSR in Siberia, you might not be able to completely hold away the USN, but you'll have much more assets to use, from LCUs to aircraft, to supply, to shipping, more HI/ressources/oil, etc.  You'll be hard to push back... and this foretells much fun for the readers.[:)]

ahh, so you recommend me to invade Russia also? [;)]

Knocking out India and therefore having this front secured until really late in the game when the US and Australian forces decide to retake it is a big advantage, no doubt. Knocking out China or better say reducing it into an area not big enough to supply the 100+ Chinese units is also a big advantage as you don´t have to fear the Chinese hordes breaking out sometime in 44. But all those troops on the continent in China and Mandchuko are restricted commands so even if I would completely conquer India, China and Russia - LOL - then I couldn´t use those units for a defense against the US and Aussie forces as I can´t lift those restricted command units out into a defensive line in the Pacific or SRA.

I will still be "stuck" with the Southern Area command div/bgd I have now and the reinforcements of course. And a couple of restricted command units I will buy out with political points. Supply will be plenty around I guess, also resources won´t be a problem. Oil still stays the same problem with my tankers being probably the bottleneck. The expected Allied bombing campaign against the Home Ilsands will still have nearly the same impact as if I wouldn´t conquer India as I´m only producing aircraft and engines in Japan. And aircraft/engines will probably be the numero uno target for the B-29.

The biggest advantage is to not having to fear the British/Indian offensive on Burma/Malaya in early 44.