1922 Grand Campaign: goodboyladdie (A) vs Dixie (J)

[goodboyladdie]

Thanks again David. [:)]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 09/07/22

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Sub attack near Amami at 56,44

Japanese Ships
DD Hokaze
DD Tachikaze
DD Shiokaze
DD Akikaze

Allied Ships
SS S-3

[goodboyladdie]

6 DDs left PH to hunt a sub spotted off Midway.

The screenie shows Pac Flt approaching Tarakan. There are 9 Dreadnoughts present, not 7 as I posted earlier. Apologies for the misinformation.

[goodboyladdie]

08/09/22

Central Pacific

14th Tank Co is unloading at PH. Once all ships are empty I will start to load up for the Wake Operation. I was looking at task force composition and was struck at the massive difference between pre-Dreadnoughts (see screenie). A Jap sub has been sighted at Baker Island. Martin is definitely getting more aggressive with his subs - it's a shame I cannot find his surface ships when I want them...

DEI, SEAC and China Station

2 more US DDs arrived at Balikpapan and joined the US/Dutch light forces offshore. BB Connecticut (24/0/0) is sailing from Balikpapan for Colombo for repairs. DD Pope will now head for Diamond Harbour to make way. All the less seriously damaged US ships (under 40 sys) will be repaired locally, paid for in gold. Anything with damage of 40 or over will be sent back to CONUS. I think this is realistic and non-gamey, but am happy to be convinced otherwise if anyone disagrees?

CV Argus arrived at Singapore. The 6 DDs that escorted her from Colombo will return to escort the soon to arrive pre-Dreadnought Agammemnon. S-9 has completed repairs at Diamond Harbour and will proceed to patrol off Sasebo. R-25 sailed from Canton to patrol off Nagasaki.

[goodboyladdie]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 09/09/22

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Sub attack near Tarakan at 33,61

Japanese Ships
SS No. 32

Allied Ships
DD Taylor
DD Tatnall
DD Montgomery
DD Radford
DD Lea
DD Talbot
DD Evans
DD Wickes

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ASW attack at 33,64

Japanese Ships
SS No. 21

Allied Ships
DD Thatcher
DD Palmer
DD Roper
DD Elliot

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Coastal Guns at Menado, 39,67, firing at TF 18
TF 18 troops unloading over beach at Menado, 39,67


9 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese ground losses:
535 casualties reported

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Coastal Guns at Menado, 39,67, firing at TF 18
TF 18 troops unloading over beach at Menado, 39,67


19 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
DD Sumire, Shell hits 2
DD Kaede

Japanese ground losses:
524 casualties reported

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ASW attack at 33,64

Japanese Ships
SS No. 21, hits 2

Allied Ships
DD Wasmuth
DD Zeilin
DD Doyen

Hopefully my cruisers can get here in time to mess this invasion up. I am in two minds whether or not to advertise the presence of my Dreadnoughts...

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Sub attack near Menado at 39,67

Japanese Ships
AK Kensyo Maru
DD Kaede
DD Sumire

Allied Ships
SS K-VI


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Ground combat at Menado

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 916 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 28

Defending force 6068 troops, 24 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 236



Allied ground losses:
2 casualties reported

Looks like a foregone conclusion - I may have to just let this happen and save the surprise...

[goodboyladdie]

The Dutch AK that was unloading at Manado is going to try to run away. The Pac Flt scout force has been detached at full speed after topping their bunkers off (see screenie). The Battle Line will sail to Kendari to await developments.

CL New Orleans arrived to bolster the light force off Balikpapan. 2 barely damaged DDs are sailing to join from Soerabaya.

S-7 (sys 1) is sailing from Canton to Takao to replace S-2 (sys 12).

[goodboyladdie]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 09/10/22

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Coastal Guns at Menado, 39,67, firing at TF 18
TF 18 troops unloading over beach at Menado, 39,67


4 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese ground losses:
618 casualties reported

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Coastal Guns at Menado, 39,67, firing at TF 18
TF 18 troops unloading over beach at Menado, 39,67


9 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
DD Sumire, Shell hits 2

Japanese ground losses:
138 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Menado

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 912 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 28

Defending force 9344 troops, 43 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 242


Japanese ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Allied ground losses:
1 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

[goodboyladdie]

The following units are loading at PH for Wake:

14th Tank Co
21st NG Tank Co
AEF HQ
2nd US Marine Brigade
299th NG Rgt
250th Coast Artillery
19th Engineers
117th USN Base Force

I have not got a clue whether it will be enough, but it is all that I have...

I have sent the Pac Flt BBs after my cruisers as a distant covering force. If the cruisers do find Martin's battlewagons I will need to be close enough to catch them...

CA Brooklyn (sys 44) sailed from Balikpapan to Brisbane. DD Reuben James (sys 49) left Soerabaya for Port Moresby, while DD Gamble (sys 20) sailed from Soerabaya to Bombay.

In China some of my forces have reached Tsingtao to find 8 Jap units there. I am bombarding to see what they are, but may get kicked out of the hex before the trailing Corps comes up. I have ordered 1st Cavalry Corps to come South from the border to assist. Maybe I should have put my US Cavalry Division ashore in China after all...

[goodboyladdie]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 09/11/22


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Ground combat at Menado

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 9355 troops, 40 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 242

Defending force 899 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 27

Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Menado base !!!


Japanese ground losses:
39 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
893 casualties reported
Guns lost 5


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Ground combat at Tsingtao

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22664 troops, 154 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 546

Defending force 142946 troops, 924 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2905 [X(][X(]Bugger! Run away!!

[goodboyladdie]

The AEF HQ and supplies are still loading at PH for the Wake Operation. I reckon the supply transports will probably take four days to load.

My cruiser force found nothing at Menado. They will return to Kendari to waut for the next move, as will the Pac Flt battle line. The cadre of 31st US Infantry is unloading at Balikpapan after transport from Canton. S-2 disbanded for repair at Canton with system damage of 12 points.

At Tsingtao my troops have found a major Jap force and will try to run to Kaifeng and Nanking before they are engaged...

[goodboyladdie]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 09/12/22

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Coastal Guns at Amboina, 39,73, firing at TF 5
TF 5 troops unloading over beach at Amboina, 39,73


25 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
CL Chikuma
CL Hirado

Japanese ground losses:
1532 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Coastal Guns at Amboina, 39,73, firing at TF 5
TF 5 troops unloading over beach at Amboina, 39,73


23 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
CL Chikuma
AP Taigen Maru

Japanese ground losses:
945 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Amboina

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1208 troops, 14 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 36

Defending force 11981 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 263


Japanese ground losses:
15 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Allied ground losses:
2 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Looks like I should have stuck with my first instinct and sat at Kendari awaiting developments...

[goodboyladdie]

In the Central Pacific the Wake force is completely loaded. As soon as the last 30,000 tons of supplies are aboard the convoy and it's supporting task forces will sail.

[goodboyladdie]

The Pac Flt Scouting Force will head to Amboina (see screenie).

Supplies are being sent from Kendari to Koepang and Lautem. Further shipments are leaving Batavia for Northern Australia. 1 USN DD with 10 points of system damage is heading from Soerabaya for Singapore. Another with 6 points is accompanying CA Rochester (also 6 points) back to Balikpapan to join the light USN force there. The 1st elements of 1st US Cav Div are loading at Soerabaya for Kendari.

The British 72nd Infantry Brigade has arrived at Karachi and will stay there.

In China, the only units still in the Tsingtao hex are the HQ and 16th Corps, Martin did not attack for some reason and they should get clear before he does.

[goodboyladdie]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 09/13/22

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Coastal Guns at Amboina, 39,73, firing at TF 5
TF 5 troops unloading over beach at Amboina, 39,73


3 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
CL Yahagi

Japanese ground losses:
134 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Amboina at 39,73

Japanese Ships
BB Aki, Shell hits 53, on fire
CL Hirado, Shell hits 1
CL Yahagi
CL Chikuma, Shell hits 29, on fire, heavy damage
AP Juko Maru
AK Kagu Maru
AP Tacoma Maru
AP Taganoura Maru
AP Taian Maru
AP Taibun Maru
AP Taigen Maru
AP Taihei Maru
AP Taiho Maru
AP Tainichi Maru
AP Taizin Maru
AP Takayo Maru
AK Taketoyo Maru
AP Takuei Maru
AP Takunan Maru
AP Taian Maru
AP Taimei Maru
AP Taiyo Maru
AP Tama Maru
AP Tama Maru #2
AK Tamagawa Maru
AK Tamahoko Maru

Allied Ships
CA Charleston, Shell hits 4, on fire
CL Birmingham, Shell hits 3, on fire
CL Salem, Shell hits 1
DD Wickes
DD Evans
DD Taylor
DD Talbot
DD Lea
DD Radford
DD Montgomery
DD Tatnall

Well my boys certainly seem to have had the upper hand here...
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Sub attack near Midway at 95,61

Japanese Ships
SS No. 58

Allied Ships
DD Williams
DD Chew
DD Mugford
DD Champlin
DD Schley
DD Philip

Perhaps I need a more aggressive commander?
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Sub attack near Nagasaki at 58,42

Japanese Ships
TK Akatuki Maru, Shell hits 2

Allied Ships
SS R-25

That'll give him soomething to think about...
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Ground combat at Linhsi

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 580 troops, 0 guns, 29 vehicles, Assault Value = 15

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

Japanese assault odds: 30 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Linhsi base !!!

Where the hell is this?
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Ground combat at Amboina

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1186 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 37

Defending force 12470 troops, 40 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 268


Japanese ground losses:
36 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Amboina

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 12419 troops, 40 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 265

Defending force 1186 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 37

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 1


Japanese ground losses:
82 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
9 casualties reported

Not long now...[:(]

[goodboyladdie]

Central Pacific

Wake Force has sailed...

Far East

The Jap BB Aki was already damaged at the start of the battle of Ambon. She was plastered with 6 inch, 5 inch, 4 inch and 3 inch shells, but early in the battle scored a telling main armament (30.5 cm) hit on CL Birmingham. The damage to USS Charleston and USS Birmingham is featured on the battle screenshot below. They are heading for Kendari, as is the rest of the task force. Both ships are very experienced. The third USN CL did not engage and has low night fighting experience, so I will not send them back into the fight with their two best ships missing and many DDs with torpedoes depleted.

Pac Ft is back at Kendari and will remain there to avoid showing their presence too early. The damaged Pre-Dread' Orgeon (sys 51) left Balikpapan for Brisbane. Kendari is out of fuel; more is being sent. 3 more DDs arrived to join the cruiser led force off Balikpapan.




Edit I will have to check my ship art as the shils did not show up with the updated Dixie sides...

[goodboyladdie]

The RN BB Agamemnon (last of the British Pre-Dreadnoughts and completed after Dreadnought, I believe) arrived at Colombo. She sailed for Singapore and will join up with the Colombo DDs en route.

R-25 left Nagasaki for Canton to rearm. S-3 will move from Amami to replace her.

The Chinese base that fell is in Manchuria.

[Rysyonok]

I am curious about the dots on the map, tiny red, white, blue ones right under a base's name. What do they mean? And how is it possible to incorporate them in the game?

[goodboyladdie]

ORIGINAL: Rysyonok

I am curious about the dots on the map, tiny red, white, blue ones right under a base's name. What do they mean? And how is it possible to incorporate them in the game?

They are a feature on Subchaser's maps and indicate the presences of oil and resources etc. I posted a screenie of the key earlier on and will do so again when I get a chance to play the next turn (maybe Saturday).

[goodboyladdie]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 09/14/22

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Sub attack near Nagasaki at 58,42

Japanese Ships
TK Akatuki Maru

Allied Ships
SS S-3


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Ground combat at Amboina

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1173 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 37

Defending force 12388 troops, 39 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 259


Japanese ground losses:
18 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Amboina

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 12366 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 258

Defending force 1173 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 37

Japanese assault odds: 28 to 1 (fort level 1)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Amboina base !!!


Japanese ground losses:
38 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Allied ground losses:
596 casualties reported
Guns lost 5


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR 09/14/22

C Type NR Blimp reports suspected submarine at 95,61

[goodboyladdie]

Bugger! I just remembered that I was meant to take a screenie of the map key - I will try to remember for next time...

Central Pacific

2MLs and 3 DMs are off from PH to thicken the mines at Midway. 6 more DDs are going to the same place to join the sub hunt. Wake Force has only moved two hexes so it will be weeks before I know how much of a gamble it was...

DEI

The Dutch Molukken garrison, ejected from Amboina with heavy losses, is moving to Bulla. The Pac Flt scout force (what is left fit to fight, anyway) has reached Kendari and used the lst of the fuel. I do not want to dip into what is on the oilers yet.

Malaya/India

US DD Pope (sys 13) disbanded at Diamond Harbour for repair. With the deteriorating situation in the theatre and the fact a fleet is on the way which will need it's harbour defended, it has been decided that Malaya will be reinforced. 72nd Indian Brigade at Karachi is loading for Kuantan. 2nd Indian Division at Dacca will move to Diamond Harbour and plan for Singapore. A convoy of troopships will leave Karachi for Diamond Harbour to pick them up.

China

2 Chinese CLs at Hong Kong have reached 2 points of system damage. They will sail to rejoin the fleet at Canton. Operations to find out what Martin is up to and hopefully cause him some problems will then be launched.

[goodboyladdie]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 09/15/22

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Sub attack near Midway at 95,61

Japanese Ships
SS No. 57, hits 1

Allied Ships
DD Champlin
DD Williams
DD Chew