Nomonhan Redux: Seydlitz (Japan) vs. MBatch729 (Allies)

[seydlitz_slith]

As always, the carrier aircraft losses will hurt, but I do have enough planes in the pool to replenish the losses.

In other areas, I continued sweeps over Singapore and Manila with small units of zeroes which bagged me a few more kills.

Here are the aircraft losses for the turn:

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Here are the allied losses. I am certain that my opponent is very happy with the number of val and kate kills he scored.

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Here is the sitrep for Korea. The KB will strike Bikin again next turn.
I have also laid a minefield at Rashin.

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Here is a look at the Mongolian front

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In Northern China, we captured Tsiaotso.
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Ground combat at Tsiaotso (88,42)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 18515 troops, 144 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 457

Defending force 15172 troops, 115 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 299

Japanese adjusted assault: 505

Allied adjusted defense: 172

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Tsiaotso !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), morale(-), experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+), disruption(-)

Japanese ground losses:
479 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 23 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 24 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Vehicles lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
4966 casualties reported
Squads: 212 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 271 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 43 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 14 (14 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 5


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
27th Division
16th Ind.Mixed Brigade
Defending units:
33rd Chinese Corps
27th Chinese Corps
34th Chinese Corps
5th New Chinese Corps
7th Group Army

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Here is the rest of the north china map

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South China (action coming here next turn).

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Over in the CBI I captured Tavoy with paratroopers.

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And in Borneo I captured Beaufort. Help will be coming soon for my forces at Tarakan.

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I have plotted the next turn and sent to my opponent. I will know later tonight or early tomorrow what the next turn will bring. I really had hoped that the KB had done better. Those obsolete Soviet fighters seem to be awful good, especially the I-153 biplane.

[Ketza]

I fele your pain losing all those Vals and Kates. Awesome AAR!

[Monter_Trismegistos]

Today newspapers hailed good news: hex in the middle of Mongolian nowhere was captured by our glorious troops.

[Blind Sniper]

Thanks for your effort [:)]

Good luck in Russia

[seydlitz_slith]

Turn 25 December 31, 1941

This proved to be a much better turn than the last one. Japan did not dominate the air, but I did get more missions to run as intended and had better results.

First off, he elected not to bombard Rashin with his naval task force. That disappointed me since I had just laid a minefield for him to discover and had rushed a new load of ammo to the CD unit that chewed up his destroyers. Who knows, maybe his crews had to attend a memorial service for the crew ofthe destroyer that I had sunk the turn before.

At any rate, the morning brought the first of my sweeps over his airfield.
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Morning Air attack on Bikin , at 117,42

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 13 NM, estimated altitude 27,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 13



Allied aircraft
I-15bis x 23
I-16m24 x 26
Mig-3 x 9


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
I-15bis: 2 destroyed
I-16m24: 4 destroyed
Mig-3: 1 destroyed

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Morning Air attack on Borzya , at 106,26

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27b Nate x 10



Allied aircraft
I-153 x 14


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-27b Nate: 2 destroyed




Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ki-27b Nate sweeping at 18000 feet
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Morning Air attack on Borzya , at 106,26

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27b Nate x 10



Allied aircraft
I-153 x 14


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-27b Nate: 2 destroyed




Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ki-27b Nate sweeping at 18000 feet
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Morning Air attack on Rybolov , at 113,44

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27b Nate x 12



Allied aircraft
I-153 x 12


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-27b Nate: 1 destroyed

I did say that I didn't necessarily dominate, but that I did show up to play.[;)]

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Morning Air attack on Bikin , at 117,42

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 31,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27b Nate x 22



Allied aircraft
I-15bis x 16
I-16m24 x 10
Mig-3 x 4


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-27b Nate: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
I-15bis: 1 destroyed

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Morning Air attack on Voroshilov , at 112,45

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 43 NM, estimated altitude 30,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27b Nate x 6



Allied aircraft
I-15bis x 15
I-153 x 24


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-27b Nate: 1 destroyed
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Morning Air attack on Voroshilov , at 112,45

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 32
G4M1 Betty x 22



Allied aircraft
I-15bis x 15
I-153 x 22


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 17 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
I-15bis: 2 destroyed
I-153: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
I-153: 1 destroyed on ground
DB-3T: 5 destroyed on ground



Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 36
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Morning Air attack on Bikin , at 117,42

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 15
G4M1 Betty x 20



Allied aircraft
I-15bis x 8
I-16m24 x 7
Mig-3 x 4


Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 7 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 11 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
SB-2: 1 destroyed on ground



Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 12

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
12 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Bikin , at 117,42

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 40 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 12
Ki-27b Nate x 46



Allied aircraft
I-15bis x 2
I-16m24 x 3
Mig-3 x 1


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 4 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
I-15bis: 1 destroyed



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
15 x Ki-27b Nate sweeping at 26000 feet
15 x Ki-27b Nate sweeping at 26000 feet

And then the KB strike arrives...this time with escorts
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Morning Air attack on Bikin , at 117,42

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 200 NM, estimated altitude 26,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 66 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 62
B5N2 Kate x 82
D3A1 Val x 81



Allied aircraft
I-16m24 x 1
Mig-3 x 1


Japanese aircraft losses
D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed, 12 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
I-16m24: 1 destroyed
I-16m24: 1 destroyed on ground
SB-2: 2 destroyed on ground



Airbase hits 19
Airbase supply hits 9
Runway hits 75
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Morning Air attack on Borzya , at 106,26

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27b Nate x 3



Allied aircraft
I-153 x 7


No Japanese losses

No Allied losses


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Morning Air attack on Rybolov , at 113,44

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27b Nate x 3



Allied aircraft
I-153 x 11


No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

[seydlitz_slith]

He also flew some missions, but the slower Soviet planes arrived later in the turn sequence than their faster Japanese opponents.

First, two raids on Rashin, which I did not oppose.
He must have been afraid of the flak becaue at the altitude that his bombers were flying, it had to be hard for them to hit anything.[:D]

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Morning Air attack on Rashin , at 110,46

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes


Allied aircraft
I-15bis x 7
I-16m24 x 1
SB-2 x 23


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 6

Aircraft Attacking:
17 x SB-2 bombing from 22000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 100 kg GP Bomb
3 x SB-2 bombing from 22000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 100 kg GP Bomb
3 x SB-2 bombing from 22000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 100 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Rashin , at 110,46

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes


Allied aircraft
I-153 x 11
SB-2 x 7


Allied aircraft losses
SB-2: 1 damaged



Runway hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x SB-2 bombing from 22000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 100 kg GP Bomb


Then he began his daily pounding of Kotou, but again I had a zero unit there on LRCAP.

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Morning Air attack on 4th Border Defense Fortress, at 116,42 (Kotou)

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 18



Allied aircraft
I-15bis x 3
I-16m24 x 6
SB-2 x 9


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
I-15bis: 1 destroyed
I-16m24: 1 destroyed
SB-2: 6 destroyed



Aircraft Attacking:
1 x SB-2 bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 100 kg GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
Tainan Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (18 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
18 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 21000
Raid is overhead


If you notice, we totally stopped this raid and only one bomber even dropped. It was nice to see him pay dearly for a change.[:D]


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Morning Air attack on Kotou , at 116,42

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 7



Allied aircraft
I-15bis x 17
I-16m24 x 18
DB-3M x 33
Mig-3 x 8
SB-2 x 32


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
I-15bis: 1 destroyed
I-16m24: 1 destroyed
DB-3M: 3 damaged
SB-2: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 58
Aircraft Attacking:
17 x SB-2 bombing from 8000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 100 kg GP Bomb
2 x I-15bis sweeping at 10000 feet
18 x DB-3M bombing from 8000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 100 kg GP Bomb
15 x DB-3M bombing from 8000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 100 kg GP Bomb
15 x SB-2 bombing from 8000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 100 kg GP Bomb
4 x I-15bis sweeping at 10000 feet
2 x I-16m24 sweeping at 20000 feet

CAP engaged:
Tainan Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (7 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
7 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 21000
Raid is overhead
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Morning Air attack on Kotou , at 116,42

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes


Allied aircraft
TB-3 x 15


Allied aircraft losses
TB-3: 5 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x TB-3 bombing from 8000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Again, on the next two raids we gave better than we got. Since I do not have any planes based at the airfield, the runway holes don't bother me.

In case you forgot where these places are, here is a map....

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Here are the aircraft losses for the turn:

First mine,

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Now his losses

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Elsewhere, I continued my small sweeps over Luzon and Malaya to kill his fighters along with routine attacks on ground units in Malaya and China.

In Borneo, I flew a Sally mission from Miri to Tarakan to support my troops there and also bombarded with two battlewagons.

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Afternoon Air attack on Tarakan Base Force, at 67,91 (Tarakan)

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 15



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged


Allied ground losses:
30 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 5000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb


His Catalinas have continued to harrass me, and all I can say is that those pilots have a lot of guts to attack a battleship with a PBY dropping bombs.[&o]

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Tarakan at 67,91

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes


Allied aircraft
PBY-4 Catalina x 4


Allied aircraft losses
PBY-4 Catalina: 4 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Hiei



Aircraft Attacking:
4 x PBY-4 Catalina bombing from 6000 feet *
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb


Of course, he came back to Hong Kong again, this time sinking an AK.

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Hong Kong at 77,61

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 25 minutes


Allied aircraft
PBY-4 Catalina x 4


Allied aircraft losses
PBY-4 Catalina: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
xAK Kurohime Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage



Aircraft Attacking:
4 x PBY-4 Catalina bombing from 6000 feet *
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

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In the CBI I continued my conquests by paradrop.

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In southern China, I finally dislodged the units that were hanging out near Haiphong and sent them packing back into the jungle with my armored recon unit in hot pursuit.