Pacific
Sea activity has gone quiet around Pearl, i think Yank may have withdrawn the subs. Out towards Marcus there is a TF with 100k supplies on board heading for Lahaina, and the 75k tonnes of fuel is still been unloaded.
On the ground i think we have both realised the terrible effects of fatigue on those forces bombarding and both forces retire to rearm and rest - AV is now upto 2393, and i have enough PP to buy the 7th Div at Sapporro which is another 450AV, by the time this arrives in Pearl the AV should be upto 3100 with good fatigue and disruption - once this unburdened 'best case' deliberate attack goes in i can determine whether its worth staying or not.
38 Zeros escort 77 Nells and Bettys and 122 Lillys and Sallys over the airfields - 3 fighters are destroyed on the ground and 40 points of damage are delivered to the airfield - to keep disruption up im switching back to ground attack with these bombers but i will stay at 20k feet.
Due to the presence of excess supplies the AKEs at Lahaina are fully loaded and the BB TF rearms all its guns - it will return to Pearl on a bombard mission next turn.
Pacific bases start completing level 2 forts and moving towards 3.
The mini KB is about 5 hexes away from Pago Pago it will wait a turn or 2 and then head to Truk sweeping past Suva to try and catch any tankers there.
Kavieng is reconned and shown to be empty - the 2nd raiders are tasked to jump on the base tomorrow.
Phillipines/Formosa/South China Sea/Borneo
Forces are strafed again at Luzon - the oscars are resting and reinforcing at Aparri, light damage is done to the fround troops but 2 fighters are lost.
Half the troops have left Aparri now heading further south to Timor and the rest are packing up.
A TF arrives at Davao to pick up the SNLF garrison and take it to Bandjersamin where the 2 SNLFs are not quite enough to surpress the garrison here.
At Bandjersamin a number of 139WH-3s attack the unloading TF here but no bombs hit and Oscars from Balikpapan destroy a bomber and distract the others.
The ground attack at Bandjermasin goes in at 112:29 AV but is modified to 36:22 and at odds of 1:1 the casualties are shared evenly - another SNLF or more firepower is needed here, a shock attack is ordered tomorrow and then the forces will wait for the forces from Davao.
Timor
It feels great to be unleashing the KB again!!!!
31 Kates and 51 Vals attack the damaged cruiser force as it heads for the protection of Darwin, Australia takes 4 bombs and a torp, the Adelaide takes 5 bombs, the Pensacola gets a torp, and the Achilles takes a torpedo and disappears below the waves.
21 Kates and 11 Vals fly over Australian soil for the first time and attack shipping in the harbour of Darwin - 4 AMcs and a CMc are found and sunk with out any damage been taken.
To the North the DD Piet Hein takes 2 bomb hits from 15 Vals.
In the afternoon 17 Vals go for the cruisers again - the Pensacola takes a bomb and sinks, DD Voyager takes a bomb and bursts into flames.
10 Kates miss the Leander and Perth.
95 Sallys bomb Koepang in preparation of the ground attack - av of 410:51 is adjusted to 93:7 and at 13:1 the base force and the garrison surrender, 38 IJA troops are lost to 2562 Allies and Timor becomes the Emporers property - the AV adjustment here is alarming - the forces will rest for a day or 2 and then these forces will head for New Guineas north east coast and work their way down to Rabaul.
8 SNLFs have left Japan and are heading for the islands around Timor.
Malaya & Burma
Back to trudging - the 5th is still loading and the Imp Guards have now covered 30 of the 96 miles back to the railyard at Timuleh before heading south.
China
The pre shock attack bombardment at encircled Loyang goes in and causes 1077 casualties - there should be no problem tomorrow and then the streamroller is unleashed!
Bloody Pacific: Undercovergeek (Japan) vs. Yank (Allies)
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RE: Turn 71 - All your Timor belongs to us
Pacific
A DMS is sunk 1 hex off Pearl by the indestructible SS Tuna - this was a TF of minesweepers which i had forgotten about - their work is done and they are redirected to Lahaina to disband.
The freshly supplied BB TF bombards Pearl with much better effects than a week of bombing has achieved - 165 casualties and 35 runway hits, a recon plane and a fighter destroyed on the runways - the Fuso took 19 hits from the CD guns and has a few dents and dings but they will return to Lahaina to resupply and do it all again next turn.
The 8 SNLFs tasked with taking the islands around Timor all meet up off Tokyo, combine into one large TF and head for Ambon.
At Pago Pago the mini KB finds a number of unloading transports - despite over 35 Zeros among the aircraft here i had forgotten to put any of them on escort - the bombers set off unescorted and meet 14 Wildcats over the harbour - the first wave of 12 Vals loses 7 to the CAP and no bombs are released.
The next wave of Kates and Vals meets the same CAP but enough get through to plant 13 bombs on 2 unloading xAKs - i imagine they will sink - the mini KB stays on station but the Zeros are put on escort duty.
39 Zeros escort 78 Nells and Bettys and 112 Lillys and Sallys over Pearl causing a further 40 points of damage to the runway - at least im making him spend supplies! The bombers stay at the same altitude but are switched to ground attack to keep the disruption levels up.
In reply 8 B17s attack shipping at Pearl but all are damaged before the bombs are dropped, i hope to catch these on the runway with the next bombardment.
The ground units at Pearl are starting to drop dramatically in fatigue and disruption and the AV is now 2412 - its increasing roughly 20 a day so far - once everyones fatigue and disruption is in single figures a deliberate attack will be ordered.
At Sapporo i have split the 7th Div into 3 groups and the first 2 groups are now en route to Pearl under escort.
The 5 BBs damaged during the taking of the Hawaiian islands are all now back in Japan under repair - the dry dock time being anywhere from 9 days to 112 days.
The 2nd Raiders land at Kavieng and take the undefended base - engineers will be collected from Hollandia and Wewak to increase the airfield which stands at 0 - float planes are brought in to recon Rabaul - the 115th regiment is almost at Truk and will wait for the other invasion regiments from Timor before work commences here.
Phillipines/Formosa/South China Sea/Borneo
Ardent supporters of the Emporer bomb the long ago ousted Manado garrison wandering homeless around the Celebes - 19 Lilys without orders undertake the attack causing no damage and suffering 4 damaged aircraft. Investigations are initiated.
Without the assistance of the Davao garrison SNLF the remaining 2 SNLFs at Bandjermasin manage to take the base after a succesful shock attack - the garrison heads off into the jungle - recon flys over the last base on the north of the island to check the garrison levels.
Timor
The invasion regiments of Timor start to load up again after resting and they will head to Ambon and from there head towards the north of New Guinea and work their way down to Rabaul OR will land on the west coast of Java and pave the way for the main invasion here - map studying to be done.
The KB, mighty crusher of foes and sinker on enemy ships errr...... stays where it is because i forgot to move it!! heres hoping nothing happens next turn!
Malaya & Burma
Trudge and load, trudge and load.
China
Encircled Loyang witnesses a huge battle - unmodified its 8725 v 1365 in favour of the IJA, after modifications its 5441 v 563 still in favour of the IJA, the IJA suffer 10k casualties - the attack is successful and 62k Allied troops surrender.
Just further south at Sinyang the Allies pull out of the base and head north, the undefended base falls back into IJA hands - there is 3k AV here and 8.5k heading down the rail track.
Immediately south of Loyang the Allies shock attack 2 divisions in an attempt to break the encirclement - they cause 1500 casualties at the expense of 10000 casualties - they will be swept aside when the main force arrives here.
A DMS is sunk 1 hex off Pearl by the indestructible SS Tuna - this was a TF of minesweepers which i had forgotten about - their work is done and they are redirected to Lahaina to disband.
The freshly supplied BB TF bombards Pearl with much better effects than a week of bombing has achieved - 165 casualties and 35 runway hits, a recon plane and a fighter destroyed on the runways - the Fuso took 19 hits from the CD guns and has a few dents and dings but they will return to Lahaina to resupply and do it all again next turn.
The 8 SNLFs tasked with taking the islands around Timor all meet up off Tokyo, combine into one large TF and head for Ambon.
At Pago Pago the mini KB finds a number of unloading transports - despite over 35 Zeros among the aircraft here i had forgotten to put any of them on escort - the bombers set off unescorted and meet 14 Wildcats over the harbour - the first wave of 12 Vals loses 7 to the CAP and no bombs are released.
The next wave of Kates and Vals meets the same CAP but enough get through to plant 13 bombs on 2 unloading xAKs - i imagine they will sink - the mini KB stays on station but the Zeros are put on escort duty.
39 Zeros escort 78 Nells and Bettys and 112 Lillys and Sallys over Pearl causing a further 40 points of damage to the runway - at least im making him spend supplies! The bombers stay at the same altitude but are switched to ground attack to keep the disruption levels up.
In reply 8 B17s attack shipping at Pearl but all are damaged before the bombs are dropped, i hope to catch these on the runway with the next bombardment.
The ground units at Pearl are starting to drop dramatically in fatigue and disruption and the AV is now 2412 - its increasing roughly 20 a day so far - once everyones fatigue and disruption is in single figures a deliberate attack will be ordered.
At Sapporo i have split the 7th Div into 3 groups and the first 2 groups are now en route to Pearl under escort.
The 5 BBs damaged during the taking of the Hawaiian islands are all now back in Japan under repair - the dry dock time being anywhere from 9 days to 112 days.
The 2nd Raiders land at Kavieng and take the undefended base - engineers will be collected from Hollandia and Wewak to increase the airfield which stands at 0 - float planes are brought in to recon Rabaul - the 115th regiment is almost at Truk and will wait for the other invasion regiments from Timor before work commences here.
Phillipines/Formosa/South China Sea/Borneo
Ardent supporters of the Emporer bomb the long ago ousted Manado garrison wandering homeless around the Celebes - 19 Lilys without orders undertake the attack causing no damage and suffering 4 damaged aircraft. Investigations are initiated.
Without the assistance of the Davao garrison SNLF the remaining 2 SNLFs at Bandjermasin manage to take the base after a succesful shock attack - the garrison heads off into the jungle - recon flys over the last base on the north of the island to check the garrison levels.
Timor
The invasion regiments of Timor start to load up again after resting and they will head to Ambon and from there head towards the north of New Guinea and work their way down to Rabaul OR will land on the west coast of Java and pave the way for the main invasion here - map studying to be done.
The KB, mighty crusher of foes and sinker on enemy ships errr...... stays where it is because i forgot to move it!! heres hoping nothing happens next turn!
Malaya & Burma
Trudge and load, trudge and load.
China
Encircled Loyang witnesses a huge battle - unmodified its 8725 v 1365 in favour of the IJA, after modifications its 5441 v 563 still in favour of the IJA, the IJA suffer 10k casualties - the attack is successful and 62k Allied troops surrender.
Just further south at Sinyang the Allies pull out of the base and head north, the undefended base falls back into IJA hands - there is 3k AV here and 8.5k heading down the rail track.
Immediately south of Loyang the Allies shock attack 2 divisions in an attempt to break the encirclement - they cause 1500 casualties at the expense of 10000 casualties - they will be swept aside when the main force arrives here.
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RE: Turn 72 - Plans are afoot
Pacific
74 Nells and Bettys and 110 Sallys and Lilys bomb the ground troops at Pearl and fail to cause any casualties - they change to port attack in an attempt to cause damage that needs supplies spending on it.
The BB bombardment force replenishes at Lahaina and will bombard the island ahain next turn.
The mini KB finds no targets and moves on to sweep past Suva and up onto Truk where it will meet the KB and join forces.
Looking at the actual numbers of troops in the regiments liberated from China - it is just under 6k - once the offensive is over they will make perfect garrisons at the SoPac islands - i just need to cherry pick the islands that are the most important.
I-26 comes to the surface in Suva, fires the deck gun once at a loading xAK and then submerges due to damage!! Having thought about it for a minute the captain decides he should fire some torpedoes instead and rises again to put 3 in the side of the same xAK and then submerges again due to damage.
At Pearl the SS Tuna is found but no attack is carried out.
Phillipines/Formosa/South China Sea/Borneo
The ground troops at Luzon are strafed again while the Oscars rest.
Aparri is almost empty - the last ships are been loaded now.
The 2 SNLFs are been loaded at Bandjermasin and will head to Kuching which recon shows as empty.
TFs are arriving in Kendari and Makassar to take excess AV support to Koepang - 28 Nells have been sent already and 30 Oscars. The 2nd Sasebo SNLF is been sent from Kendari to Dili that needs a garrison.
Timor
All invasion forces have left the island and are returning to Ambon - from here 2 tasks have been identified - either the capture of New Guinea or the capture of the southern tip of Java and the preparation of a base here to build up the port and wait for the Singapore victors to arrive - im searching the lists for excess engineer regiments and think this is the way i will go - the regiments can spread out and capture most of the South of Java and then wait for the divisions for the main attack on Soerbaja - which recon shows as being garrisoned by most of the Javanese(?) forces.
South of Timor the forgotten KB finds no new targets although Darwin harbour seems to be full of small TFs of AMcs and other light transport craft. Im assuming weather prevented any attacks - 6 Hudsons do leave Darwin to attack the KB though but a CAP of 19 Zeros destroys them all before they get close. The KB is tasked to sail to Truk to rearm and escort the 115th regiment there to Rabaul - still showing as empty - engineers are been sent to Kavieng to build the airfield to level one - enough to drop the 2nd raiders on Rabaul to confirm its empty.
Malaya & Burma
The 5th is almost on the ships, the rest have moved west one hex and are have marched another 16 miles. The garrison left at the base suffers a strange attack - unannounced the 2nd Argylles battallion come screaming out of the jungle and then vanish! The attack collapses and 945 troops disappear into the mist - im assuming lack of supplies and a minimal AV are the cause - the fortifications continue to be built here.
China
To clear the lines and prepare for the wider encirclement of troops between Loyang and Singyang - 2 divisions attack an Allied corps suffering 190 casualties but inflicting 1500 and causing a retreat.
74 Nells and Bettys and 110 Sallys and Lilys bomb the ground troops at Pearl and fail to cause any casualties - they change to port attack in an attempt to cause damage that needs supplies spending on it.
The BB bombardment force replenishes at Lahaina and will bombard the island ahain next turn.
The mini KB finds no targets and moves on to sweep past Suva and up onto Truk where it will meet the KB and join forces.
Looking at the actual numbers of troops in the regiments liberated from China - it is just under 6k - once the offensive is over they will make perfect garrisons at the SoPac islands - i just need to cherry pick the islands that are the most important.
I-26 comes to the surface in Suva, fires the deck gun once at a loading xAK and then submerges due to damage!! Having thought about it for a minute the captain decides he should fire some torpedoes instead and rises again to put 3 in the side of the same xAK and then submerges again due to damage.
At Pearl the SS Tuna is found but no attack is carried out.
Phillipines/Formosa/South China Sea/Borneo
The ground troops at Luzon are strafed again while the Oscars rest.
Aparri is almost empty - the last ships are been loaded now.
The 2 SNLFs are been loaded at Bandjermasin and will head to Kuching which recon shows as empty.
TFs are arriving in Kendari and Makassar to take excess AV support to Koepang - 28 Nells have been sent already and 30 Oscars. The 2nd Sasebo SNLF is been sent from Kendari to Dili that needs a garrison.
Timor
All invasion forces have left the island and are returning to Ambon - from here 2 tasks have been identified - either the capture of New Guinea or the capture of the southern tip of Java and the preparation of a base here to build up the port and wait for the Singapore victors to arrive - im searching the lists for excess engineer regiments and think this is the way i will go - the regiments can spread out and capture most of the South of Java and then wait for the divisions for the main attack on Soerbaja - which recon shows as being garrisoned by most of the Javanese(?) forces.
South of Timor the forgotten KB finds no new targets although Darwin harbour seems to be full of small TFs of AMcs and other light transport craft. Im assuming weather prevented any attacks - 6 Hudsons do leave Darwin to attack the KB though but a CAP of 19 Zeros destroys them all before they get close. The KB is tasked to sail to Truk to rearm and escort the 115th regiment there to Rabaul - still showing as empty - engineers are been sent to Kavieng to build the airfield to level one - enough to drop the 2nd raiders on Rabaul to confirm its empty.
Malaya & Burma
The 5th is almost on the ships, the rest have moved west one hex and are have marched another 16 miles. The garrison left at the base suffers a strange attack - unannounced the 2nd Argylles battallion come screaming out of the jungle and then vanish! The attack collapses and 945 troops disappear into the mist - im assuming lack of supplies and a minimal AV are the cause - the fortifications continue to be built here.
China
To clear the lines and prepare for the wider encirclement of troops between Loyang and Singyang - 2 divisions attack an Allied corps suffering 190 casualties but inflicting 1500 and causing a retreat.
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RE: Turn 73 - the day before
Pacific
Sub activity is picking up again SS Gato and SS Trout both try and intercept AKs heading to Lahaina - both miss.
The MSW force that cleared Pearl arrives back in Lahaina and comes across a surprise enemy minefield - 6 are cleared but an already damaged PB hits one and sinks.
Nells, Bettys, Sallys and Lilys return to bombing the airfield - a small amount of damage is inflicted on the runways - after the next turn all the bombers will come down to 1000ft and bomb at night the airfield - im trying all solutions to cause more damage as 150 bombers just arent doing that much damage at the moment.
B17s meet the Fuso and Nagato - 3 out of 5 are damaged and the other 2 miss.
On the ground at Pearl the main attack divisions are rested and undisrupted, the AV has increased to 2450, supplies are way over whats needed - a tentative deliberate attack is ordered, lets see what happens - in case of disaster 2 of the 3 elements of the 7th division from Saporro are en route to bolster the attack next time round.
At Pago Pago the mini KB doesnt have much luck - the first wave of the attack consists of 18 Zeros and 9 Kates but it meets 26 fighters on CAP - 2 Wildcats are destroyed for 1 Zero but 5 kates are destroyed - the rest give up, the 2nd wave of 12 Zeros escorting 9 more Kates destroys 2 fighters for one Zeros, 1 Kate is lost and 3 damaged and the 2 AMcs in the harbour at Pago Pago are missed in the attack. The mini KB heads straight for Truk for reinforcements and to meet up with the KB and will return here - i have seen enough to know that Pago Pago and Christmas are been heavily manned - these must be Yanks alternatives to using Pearl and they will be taken.
The 115th is embarking at Truk so they can rest and will wait for the 60th, recently purchased from Port Arthur - they are also en route and will meet up here and then start the attack on Rabaul and the surrounding areas, IF rabaul is empty which it still shows to be, the 2nd raiders will be dropped first.
Phillipines/Formosa/South China Sea/Borneo
O23 is attacked off Balikpapan and hit once.
AV support and construction engineers are been rounded up and shipped to the Celebes region of Madjene - they will not get off the boats, they will meet up with the invasion regiments that are disembarking at Ambon for a rest - when their disruption is down the engineers and combat troops are tasked with sailing past Soerbaja under heavy escort and will land further up the coast - this base will have its airfield rapidly constructed and the Northern part of Java, assuming its empty will be brought under Imperial rule and will wait for the victos of Singapore before finally taking Soerbaja.
Malaya & Burma
The 5th leaves Kuantan and arrives in Mersing to unload, from here it will march to Johore Bharu and wait for the Imp Guards and co. and then the march to Singapore will commence - the 16th HQ is also loading on ships at Kuantan and will be in Mersing in a day or 2.
Looking over their shoulders as they get on the boats the 16th HQ cant help but frown as another toothless crazy attack comes in from the North - 4 Allied base forces, the 5th field battallion and the 2nd Punjab battallion emerge from the jungle, presumably without guns as their AV is 0 - the defending 112th regiment and 1st RTA Division suffer 4 casualties - the Allies suffer 525 and immediately retreat back into the jungle towards Georgetown, a base force that remained from the last attack is wiped out due to attrition - i can only think Yank assumes im abandoning the base but it gives me hope that what i thought was a meagre defense will be adequate against the decimated troops wandering around here.
China
General encirclement movement towards Singyang
Sub activity is picking up again SS Gato and SS Trout both try and intercept AKs heading to Lahaina - both miss.
The MSW force that cleared Pearl arrives back in Lahaina and comes across a surprise enemy minefield - 6 are cleared but an already damaged PB hits one and sinks.
Nells, Bettys, Sallys and Lilys return to bombing the airfield - a small amount of damage is inflicted on the runways - after the next turn all the bombers will come down to 1000ft and bomb at night the airfield - im trying all solutions to cause more damage as 150 bombers just arent doing that much damage at the moment.
B17s meet the Fuso and Nagato - 3 out of 5 are damaged and the other 2 miss.
On the ground at Pearl the main attack divisions are rested and undisrupted, the AV has increased to 2450, supplies are way over whats needed - a tentative deliberate attack is ordered, lets see what happens - in case of disaster 2 of the 3 elements of the 7th division from Saporro are en route to bolster the attack next time round.
At Pago Pago the mini KB doesnt have much luck - the first wave of the attack consists of 18 Zeros and 9 Kates but it meets 26 fighters on CAP - 2 Wildcats are destroyed for 1 Zero but 5 kates are destroyed - the rest give up, the 2nd wave of 12 Zeros escorting 9 more Kates destroys 2 fighters for one Zeros, 1 Kate is lost and 3 damaged and the 2 AMcs in the harbour at Pago Pago are missed in the attack. The mini KB heads straight for Truk for reinforcements and to meet up with the KB and will return here - i have seen enough to know that Pago Pago and Christmas are been heavily manned - these must be Yanks alternatives to using Pearl and they will be taken.
The 115th is embarking at Truk so they can rest and will wait for the 60th, recently purchased from Port Arthur - they are also en route and will meet up here and then start the attack on Rabaul and the surrounding areas, IF rabaul is empty which it still shows to be, the 2nd raiders will be dropped first.
Phillipines/Formosa/South China Sea/Borneo
O23 is attacked off Balikpapan and hit once.
AV support and construction engineers are been rounded up and shipped to the Celebes region of Madjene - they will not get off the boats, they will meet up with the invasion regiments that are disembarking at Ambon for a rest - when their disruption is down the engineers and combat troops are tasked with sailing past Soerbaja under heavy escort and will land further up the coast - this base will have its airfield rapidly constructed and the Northern part of Java, assuming its empty will be brought under Imperial rule and will wait for the victos of Singapore before finally taking Soerbaja.
Malaya & Burma
The 5th leaves Kuantan and arrives in Mersing to unload, from here it will march to Johore Bharu and wait for the Imp Guards and co. and then the march to Singapore will commence - the 16th HQ is also loading on ships at Kuantan and will be in Mersing in a day or 2.
Looking over their shoulders as they get on the boats the 16th HQ cant help but frown as another toothless crazy attack comes in from the North - 4 Allied base forces, the 5th field battallion and the 2nd Punjab battallion emerge from the jungle, presumably without guns as their AV is 0 - the defending 112th regiment and 1st RTA Division suffer 4 casualties - the Allies suffer 525 and immediately retreat back into the jungle towards Georgetown, a base force that remained from the last attack is wiped out due to attrition - i can only think Yank assumes im abandoning the base but it gives me hope that what i thought was a meagre defense will be adequate against the decimated troops wandering around here.
China
General encirclement movement towards Singyang
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RE: Turn 74 - D Day 2
Pacific
The day starts with the bombing of Pearls airfield - 108 Sallys and Lillys bomb the island and cause very little damage - im beginning to think that a lot of the aircraft arent actually bombing, but are receiving damage and returning to base - i need to take more note of the combat report summary.
In reply B17s and Liberators attack shipping in the area - all are damaged and they miss their battleship targets.
The bombardment of the island doesnt fare much better - the Fuso takes 20 hits and the Nagato takes 14, 2 CLs share 11 hits and the CA Ashigara takes 5 shells and heavy damage - nothing happens to the island, its infrastructure or the defenders! [:@]
The Ashigara is sent to Lahaina to drydock and repair - the rest of this force is sent to Midway to refuel and then will be sent home for repair - defeated but proud.
Bad news comes in 3s and the ground attack at Pearl goes in - apart from a few minor units the attacking IJA forces have between 1 and 5 fatigue and 5 and 10 disruption, lots of supplies - it should be a sound foundation for attack - the unadjusted AV is 2470 and the Allied AV is 929 - my AV is rounded down to 1007 and Yanks AV is rounded up to 4315, the forts dont take a scratch, i take 2892 casualties and Yank takes 939. On reflection its not a bad result but practically all my forces are combat troops and almost all Yanks are engineer troops therefore its hard to whittle down his combat troops because mine are attacking his engineers - to reflect this i take damage or destruction to 380 squads of infantry and he only takes 27 but his engineers suffer 150 - with this mix of troops theres no way for mine to get at his core AV and start pulling the numbers down - hes actually only got 2 or 3 units with regiment/division strength - i just cant get to them - its time to get off the island. Next turn i will send the 100 AKs/APs to Pearl with an escort and start to get people off Pearl - im fairly happy that whoever is on there is now a POW for a while - the forces once off and rested at Lahaina will be sent throught the SoPac.
Forts are still increasing - most of the islands are upto 3 and still going up - if im leaving Pearl i will use the 3 divided groups of the 7th Div to garrison some of the islands and leave 2 divisions for Lahaina and Kona/Hilo itself leaving me 4 divisions to sort out the rest of the SoPac from Christmas to Noumea.
Phillipines/Formosa/South China Sea/Borneo
Undefended Bayombong and Maybalay fall back into Allied hands as Yank tentaviely reaches back across Luzon - i imagine he will stop before Aparri or he will be too stretched out.
2 TFs with Naval Guards round the northeast shoulder of Borneo and should land at Kuching the turn after next.
Makassar and Kendari are still been stripped of AV support as the front moves further south.
Java
Recon of all the islands east and north of Timor is complete - they are all empty. The north coast of New Guinea is found to have some garrisons - the recon of the lower Javan islands all the way upto Soerbaja will occur next.
120 miles north of Soerbaja is Semerang with a good port and a good foundation for an air base - this is where the invasion regiments will land - it has been reconned for 2 turns and a bombardment by a cruiser force this turn shows the base to be empty. In all 40 aircraft try and hit the bombardment force but no hits land and 35 of the bombers are damaged by AA fire.
Timor
All but the last part of the 124th regiment has left Timor to rest at Ambon before moving onto Semerang.
Oscars and Nells now regularly patrol the waters south of the island - recon planes are on the way.
Malaya & Burma
A tank regiment arrives in Timuleh ahead of the Imp Guards and the rest of the forces.
For no reason whatsoever Alor Star reverts back to Allied hands - theres no attack on the combat summary - it is empty ill confess and it is opposite Allied occupied Georgetown - this is a huge problem - it has cut the rail link from Timuleh to Johore Bharu - the IJA was using this rail link, heading north and then south down the west of the peninsular as there is an Allied unit sat on the railway directly below Timuleh blocking the railway from here direct to Johore bharu but this is heading east so may clear the lines before next turn, as it stands both ways round are blocked and its time to attack Singapore!
China
A bit of a Mexican stand off as Yank pulls in reinforcements and the encirclement process starts all over again
The day starts with the bombing of Pearls airfield - 108 Sallys and Lillys bomb the island and cause very little damage - im beginning to think that a lot of the aircraft arent actually bombing, but are receiving damage and returning to base - i need to take more note of the combat report summary.
In reply B17s and Liberators attack shipping in the area - all are damaged and they miss their battleship targets.
The bombardment of the island doesnt fare much better - the Fuso takes 20 hits and the Nagato takes 14, 2 CLs share 11 hits and the CA Ashigara takes 5 shells and heavy damage - nothing happens to the island, its infrastructure or the defenders! [:@]
The Ashigara is sent to Lahaina to drydock and repair - the rest of this force is sent to Midway to refuel and then will be sent home for repair - defeated but proud.
Bad news comes in 3s and the ground attack at Pearl goes in - apart from a few minor units the attacking IJA forces have between 1 and 5 fatigue and 5 and 10 disruption, lots of supplies - it should be a sound foundation for attack - the unadjusted AV is 2470 and the Allied AV is 929 - my AV is rounded down to 1007 and Yanks AV is rounded up to 4315, the forts dont take a scratch, i take 2892 casualties and Yank takes 939. On reflection its not a bad result but practically all my forces are combat troops and almost all Yanks are engineer troops therefore its hard to whittle down his combat troops because mine are attacking his engineers - to reflect this i take damage or destruction to 380 squads of infantry and he only takes 27 but his engineers suffer 150 - with this mix of troops theres no way for mine to get at his core AV and start pulling the numbers down - hes actually only got 2 or 3 units with regiment/division strength - i just cant get to them - its time to get off the island. Next turn i will send the 100 AKs/APs to Pearl with an escort and start to get people off Pearl - im fairly happy that whoever is on there is now a POW for a while - the forces once off and rested at Lahaina will be sent throught the SoPac.
Forts are still increasing - most of the islands are upto 3 and still going up - if im leaving Pearl i will use the 3 divided groups of the 7th Div to garrison some of the islands and leave 2 divisions for Lahaina and Kona/Hilo itself leaving me 4 divisions to sort out the rest of the SoPac from Christmas to Noumea.
Phillipines/Formosa/South China Sea/Borneo
Undefended Bayombong and Maybalay fall back into Allied hands as Yank tentaviely reaches back across Luzon - i imagine he will stop before Aparri or he will be too stretched out.
2 TFs with Naval Guards round the northeast shoulder of Borneo and should land at Kuching the turn after next.
Makassar and Kendari are still been stripped of AV support as the front moves further south.
Java
Recon of all the islands east and north of Timor is complete - they are all empty. The north coast of New Guinea is found to have some garrisons - the recon of the lower Javan islands all the way upto Soerbaja will occur next.
120 miles north of Soerbaja is Semerang with a good port and a good foundation for an air base - this is where the invasion regiments will land - it has been reconned for 2 turns and a bombardment by a cruiser force this turn shows the base to be empty. In all 40 aircraft try and hit the bombardment force but no hits land and 35 of the bombers are damaged by AA fire.
Timor
All but the last part of the 124th regiment has left Timor to rest at Ambon before moving onto Semerang.
Oscars and Nells now regularly patrol the waters south of the island - recon planes are on the way.
Malaya & Burma
A tank regiment arrives in Timuleh ahead of the Imp Guards and the rest of the forces.
For no reason whatsoever Alor Star reverts back to Allied hands - theres no attack on the combat summary - it is empty ill confess and it is opposite Allied occupied Georgetown - this is a huge problem - it has cut the rail link from Timuleh to Johore Bharu - the IJA was using this rail link, heading north and then south down the west of the peninsular as there is an Allied unit sat on the railway directly below Timuleh blocking the railway from here direct to Johore bharu but this is heading east so may clear the lines before next turn, as it stands both ways round are blocked and its time to attack Singapore!
China
A bit of a Mexican stand off as Yank pulls in reinforcements and the encirclement process starts all over again
RE: Turn 74 - D Day 2
"i take 2892 casualties and Yank takes 939. On reflection its not a bad result but practically all my forces are combat troops and almost all Yanks are engineer troops therefore its hard to whittle down his combat troops because mine are attacking his engineers - to reflect this i take damage or destruction to 380 squads of infantry and he only takes 27 but his engineers suffer 150"
Are the casualties destroyed or disrupted? If his were all destroyed units and yours are disrupted, then you can rest and recover those losses (I believe this is how it works - correct me if I'm wrong).
Are the casualties destroyed or disrupted? If his were all destroyed units and yours are disrupted, then you can rest and recover those losses (I believe this is how it works - correct me if I'm wrong).
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RE: Turn 74 - D Day 2
Wow, you are just going to pull out? D*mn, this seems like a serious blow to your plans. That is a commitment of forces that could have been used elsewhere, losing you valuable time. It will be interesting to see where this goes from here.
An alternative might be to leave two divisions there and undertake a siege where you try to run down his supply.
An alternative might be to leave two divisions there and undertake a siege where you try to run down his supply.
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RE: Turn 74 - D Day 2
ORIGINAL: Ghertz
"i take 2892 casualties and Yank takes 939. On reflection its not a bad result but practically all my forces are combat troops and almost all Yanks are engineer troops therefore its hard to whittle down his combat troops because mine are attacking his engineers - to reflect this i take damage or destruction to 380 squads of infantry and he only takes 27 but his engineers suffer 150"
Are the casualties destroyed or disrupted? If his were all destroyed units and yours are disrupted, then you can rest and recover those losses (I believe this is how it works - correct me if I'm wrong).
I take 330 disabled and 50 squads are destroyed - i know i can rest and recover but so can he and were back to square 1 again - if my 2000 av is adjusted to 1000 to beat yanks 4000 by having 8000 after adjustment i figure i need 16000AV here and i havent got that on the map!!!!!
RE: Turn 74 - D Day 2
How many combat engineer units do you have at Pearl? You need to reduce the fortifications and you're currently not doing it through brute strength, unfortunately.
Also, can you post the combat report for the Pearl Harbor attack? It would be useful to see what modifiers each side has and the breakdown of the losses.
Also, can you post the combat report for the Pearl Harbor attack? It would be useful to see what modifiers each side has and the breakdown of the losses.
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RE: Turn 74 - D Day 2
ORIGINAL: Jones944
How many combat engineer units do you have at Pearl? You need to reduce the fortifications and you're currently not doing it through brute strength, unfortunately.
Also, can you post the combat report for the Pearl Harbor attack? It would be useful to see what modifiers each side has and the breakdown of the losses.
i was under the impression that each engineer element within each division was a combat engineer group - ie the 2nd div (i think) has the 48th engineer regiment and this is its own combat engineer group, and i have 5 divisions - so hopefully 5 - if theyre not combat engineers then ive ****** this whole PBEM game by not taking any!!! irrespective of this im under the impression you need odds of 1:1 or better to bring down the forts anyway - and im not going to get this here
RE: Turn 74 - D Day 2
Go grab a couple of these guys, resting your Pearl troops until the specialists get there.
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RE: Turn 74 - D Day 2
let me look at whos on Pearl again - i know there are combat engineers at Johore Bharu prepping for Singapore
RE: Turn 74 - D Day 2
ORIGINAL: undercovergeek
ORIGINAL: Jones944
How many combat engineer units do you have at Pearl? You need to reduce the fortifications and you're currently not doing it through brute strength, unfortunately.
Also, can you post the combat report for the Pearl Harbor attack? It would be useful to see what modifiers each side has and the breakdown of the losses.
i was under the impression that each engineer element within each division was a combat engineer group - ie the 2nd div (i think) has the 48th engineer regiment and this is its own combat engineer group, and i have 5 divisions - so hopefully 5 - if theyre not combat engineers then ive ****** this whole PBEM game by not taking any!!! irrespective of this im under the impression you need odds of 1:1 or better to bring down the forts anyway - and im not going to get this here
Japanese divisions dont have too many ...
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RE: Turn 75 - decisions
Pacific
A quiet turn as the IJ commanders ponder their next move - in the previous turn in the hope of causing more damage per plane all bombers leaving Hawaii were put on night attack to try and avoid the brunt of the AA - it didnt work - 40 Nells & Bettys and 35 Sallys & Lillys bomb the airfield at night at 1000ft causing minor damage and losing as many airframes as a day attack - more chin scratching required.
I dont know whether Yank senses a shift in priorities at Hawaii but the subs are beginning to return around the islands - SS Thresher attacks the retreating BB force making its way to Midway but misses the CL Tenryu amongst the warships.
SS Trout then tries its luck against a DD ASW team but misses the Hakaze.
A surface TF of 6 destroyers has been sent to Christmas Island as recon shows a lot of TKs and AKs here but no escorts.
At Funafuti the mini KB comes across a juicy unescorted convoy of AKs but is scared off by the presence of so many unarmed transport ships - no planes leave the decks either to attack the ships - the mini KB continues to steam towards Truk.
At Hollandia and Wewak convoys arrive to pick up the AV support and transport the troops to Kavieng to increase the airfield here in order for the Raiders to drop on Rabaul.
Phillipines/Formosa/South China Sea/Borneo
24 Zeros arrive at Aparri to help combat the strafing attacks - the new Allied aircraft shipped in here havent fought Zeros yet so we'll see what happens - hopefully itll be a P40 massacre.
Forces start to land at Kuching - its empty so will fall next turn.
Timor
Timor now has its garrisons in place - and the last of the invaders leaves to rendevous at Ambon before heading to Semerang with the engineers gathering at Madjene.
Malaya & Burma
The Yokusuka 3rd is dropped at Chumpon and will then be taken further south and dropped on Taiping to retake the base to reopen the railway lines around the peninsular.
The Imp guards will arrive in Timuleh next turn to join the tank regiment and the support troops will follow up the turn after - hopefully the rail lines will be clear and the attack on Singapore is on.
China
Slowly starting to encircle Singyang and the troops in the area
A quiet turn as the IJ commanders ponder their next move - in the previous turn in the hope of causing more damage per plane all bombers leaving Hawaii were put on night attack to try and avoid the brunt of the AA - it didnt work - 40 Nells & Bettys and 35 Sallys & Lillys bomb the airfield at night at 1000ft causing minor damage and losing as many airframes as a day attack - more chin scratching required.
I dont know whether Yank senses a shift in priorities at Hawaii but the subs are beginning to return around the islands - SS Thresher attacks the retreating BB force making its way to Midway but misses the CL Tenryu amongst the warships.
SS Trout then tries its luck against a DD ASW team but misses the Hakaze.
A surface TF of 6 destroyers has been sent to Christmas Island as recon shows a lot of TKs and AKs here but no escorts.
At Funafuti the mini KB comes across a juicy unescorted convoy of AKs but is scared off by the presence of so many unarmed transport ships - no planes leave the decks either to attack the ships - the mini KB continues to steam towards Truk.
At Hollandia and Wewak convoys arrive to pick up the AV support and transport the troops to Kavieng to increase the airfield here in order for the Raiders to drop on Rabaul.
Phillipines/Formosa/South China Sea/Borneo
24 Zeros arrive at Aparri to help combat the strafing attacks - the new Allied aircraft shipped in here havent fought Zeros yet so we'll see what happens - hopefully itll be a P40 massacre.
Forces start to land at Kuching - its empty so will fall next turn.
Timor
Timor now has its garrisons in place - and the last of the invaders leaves to rendevous at Ambon before heading to Semerang with the engineers gathering at Madjene.
Malaya & Burma
The Yokusuka 3rd is dropped at Chumpon and will then be taken further south and dropped on Taiping to retake the base to reopen the railway lines around the peninsular.
The Imp guards will arrive in Timuleh next turn to join the tank regiment and the support troops will follow up the turn after - hopefully the rail lines will be clear and the attack on Singapore is on.
China
Slowly starting to encircle Singyang and the troops in the area
RE: Turn 75 - decisions
I think you should really reevaluate your situation at PH. Pulling out now might be way too early and in my opinion even unneccessary.
Like others said you may need to bring more troops/engineers and you'll surely have to spent more time bombing to get his supply levels down but remember what you see in your CR may not be the truth. Your bombing surely has an effect you just don't see it, yet. This is a siege and sieges take time, especially when going agains the biggest fortress of all on the map.
Like others said you may need to bring more troops/engineers and you'll surely have to spent more time bombing to get his supply levels down but remember what you see in your CR may not be the truth. Your bombing surely has an effect you just don't see it, yet. This is a siege and sieges take time, especially when going agains the biggest fortress of all on the map.
If you gained knowledge through the forum, why not putting it into the AE wiki?
http://witp-ae.wikia.com/wiki/War_in_th ... ition_Wiki
http://witp-ae.wikia.com/wiki/War_in_th ... ition_Wiki
RE: Turn 75 - decisions
Also, do you have a Corps HQ present at Pearl Harbor? If not you should start one preparing for Pearl and get it over there. A command HQ within range and prep'd for Pearl would do wonders for your adjusted AV scores as well.
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RE: Turn 75 - decisions
i suspect Yank knew i was coming - i did last time - so he certainly wont have taken any supplies out of Pearl and if he has any sense he has filled the place with supplies - if this is the case there isnt a bombardment in the land thats going to cause enough damage - ive looked at the list of troops on the island - there are 5 combat engineer squads and they arent even getting close to the forts - ive read on the forums that the worst odds are 1:2 for the forts to start crumbling and im getting 1:4 - hes getting 4000 av and i need 8000 av to combat that, but my av is getting halved - the modifier says disruption but no units were above 12% - therefore i need 16000AV - its not over yet - i just need to re-evaluate what to do here
The 14th and 16th army HQ are here
The 14th and 16th army HQ are here
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RE: Turn 75 - reinforcements
Pacific
Another quiet turn as commanders plan their next moves - 95 transport ships arrive at Pearl and start to load the core divisions - when theyre on, ill load the units in order of AV but try and get it done as quick as possible - I suspect if Yank sees them leaving he will attack and cause a surrender of the remaining units im attaching PBs, SCs, CLs and CAs and DDs to the pull out to try and reduce the number of casualties taken - i expect a battering off the CD guns here - itll be a grin and bear it job but it needs doing.
The SS Grayback hits the Hakaze with a torp off Molokai - the ASW group cant follow up the attack.
At Kona the SS Grayling is found but cannot be hit by the ASW attack.
A night bombing raid goes in again at Pearl and causes no hits to the runways - this is the last bombing run at Pearl - all planes are rested and replacements turned on - the role of the bombers here now is defense against any approaching ships. Zeros from Kona will continue to sweep and LRCAP the 'un-landing craft' as the IJA Dunkirk continues.
Yank comes out of Pearl fighting with 16 bombers made up of B17s and Liberators and Dauntless - escorted by 5 fighters - the Zeros were resting this turn and no CAP is in place - the morning attack hits one xAK as part of the Dunkirk force and it sinks immediately, in the afternoon 2 xAPs are hit and an AMC is sunk - but these have no troops on yet - the Zeros will be active next turn.
The other islands continue to fortify and im happy with progress here - next turn depending on the success of Dunkirk i will highlight details of the new SoPac plan.
The Timor island occupying SNLFs are en route and the 3rd element of the 7th Division loads at Sapporo - this Division will garrison Lahaina with some support troops and another division split in half will garrison Hilo and Kona with support troops.
I-26 is found by DD Scout but nothing happens.
The 115th regiment arrives at Kavieng but does not disembark - i still dont trust the recon reports of an empty Rabaul - spare AKs are on the way here to manually ship the 2nd Raiders if the airstrip doesnt expand fast enough.
Phillipines/Formosa/South China Sea/Borneo
Not much going on here - the Naval Guards landed at Kuching forget to attack the undefended base, embarrassed glances all round and the deliberate attack is ordered for the next turn!
The strafing runs continue in Luzon, but the Zeros will be on point next turn.
Balikpapan continues to push out engineers and AV support troops to Madjene ready for the Java attack and at Ambon the troops are almost rested and ready to board the ships.
Malaya & Burma
Yokosuka 3rd is now en route to Taiping and should land next turn, capturing the base and opening the northern rail route again.
China
The grand encirclement continues - pics to come soon - the steamroller now north of Singyang clear the lines and attacks a chinese corps causing 5k casualties for 600
Another quiet turn as commanders plan their next moves - 95 transport ships arrive at Pearl and start to load the core divisions - when theyre on, ill load the units in order of AV but try and get it done as quick as possible - I suspect if Yank sees them leaving he will attack and cause a surrender of the remaining units im attaching PBs, SCs, CLs and CAs and DDs to the pull out to try and reduce the number of casualties taken - i expect a battering off the CD guns here - itll be a grin and bear it job but it needs doing.
The SS Grayback hits the Hakaze with a torp off Molokai - the ASW group cant follow up the attack.
At Kona the SS Grayling is found but cannot be hit by the ASW attack.
A night bombing raid goes in again at Pearl and causes no hits to the runways - this is the last bombing run at Pearl - all planes are rested and replacements turned on - the role of the bombers here now is defense against any approaching ships. Zeros from Kona will continue to sweep and LRCAP the 'un-landing craft' as the IJA Dunkirk continues.
Yank comes out of Pearl fighting with 16 bombers made up of B17s and Liberators and Dauntless - escorted by 5 fighters - the Zeros were resting this turn and no CAP is in place - the morning attack hits one xAK as part of the Dunkirk force and it sinks immediately, in the afternoon 2 xAPs are hit and an AMC is sunk - but these have no troops on yet - the Zeros will be active next turn.
The other islands continue to fortify and im happy with progress here - next turn depending on the success of Dunkirk i will highlight details of the new SoPac plan.
The Timor island occupying SNLFs are en route and the 3rd element of the 7th Division loads at Sapporo - this Division will garrison Lahaina with some support troops and another division split in half will garrison Hilo and Kona with support troops.
I-26 is found by DD Scout but nothing happens.
The 115th regiment arrives at Kavieng but does not disembark - i still dont trust the recon reports of an empty Rabaul - spare AKs are on the way here to manually ship the 2nd Raiders if the airstrip doesnt expand fast enough.
Phillipines/Formosa/South China Sea/Borneo
Not much going on here - the Naval Guards landed at Kuching forget to attack the undefended base, embarrassed glances all round and the deliberate attack is ordered for the next turn!
The strafing runs continue in Luzon, but the Zeros will be on point next turn.
Balikpapan continues to push out engineers and AV support troops to Madjene ready for the Java attack and at Ambon the troops are almost rested and ready to board the ships.
Malaya & Burma
Yokosuka 3rd is now en route to Taiping and should land next turn, capturing the base and opening the northern rail route again.
China
The grand encirclement continues - pics to come soon - the steamroller now north of Singyang clear the lines and attacks a chinese corps causing 5k casualties for 600
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RE: Turn 76 - reinforcements
Pacific
I dont know whether its correct or a bug, but the 16th, 33rd, 4th and 56th Divisions get back on the boats without a single shot from the CD guns at Pearl - the remaining transporters are split into smaller groups and start loading infantry regiments and detachments.
Once everyone is off the island they will be rested and replenished at Lahaina - 2 divisions and support will be sent to Christmas and then this island will be garrisoned. The divisions will move further South and then swing west taking Tahiti, the bigger islands here and then onto Fiji, where all the divisions will be gathered before moving west for Noumea - if i cant have Pearl i will have everything else and deny Pearl to Yank.
At Molokai SS Grayling is found by the ASW group here, the attack is prosecuted but no hits land on the sub.
84 Zeros sweep Pearl and destroy 2 fighters for 1 damaged Zero.
9 B17s and 10 Dauntless attack the loading ships at Pearl but this time the CAP arrives - 4 bombers are destroyed and 12 damaged for no loss - 1 AK is hit and slightly damaged - again noone is on board to let Yank know im pulling people out of Pearl.
The raiding force of DDs is approaching Christmas Island and there is still a lot of traffic both here and at Suva.
Phillipines/Formosa/South China Sea/Borneo
The strafing attacks go in again at Luzon but the Zeros are here this time - at Lucena the 84th Naval Guard is strafed by 7 P39s but 2 are destroyed by the 9 Zeros on CAP.
The 139WH-3s attempt to attack passing TKs on the way back to Miri but they miss - i need to organise these oilers as they sail past Java willy nilly without escort - they need grouping and escorting.
Undefend Kuching falls - there is 1 base left on Borneo.
Madjene continues to gather construction engineers and AV support.
Ambon starts to load the invasion regiments.
Malaya & Burma
Taiping falls to the para attack of the 3rd Yokosuka - the railways are open and the Imp Guards and the the other troops set off North - when everyone is ready to leave Johore Bharu the AV will be 3000 - fingers crossed!
China
A chinese corps is attacked by 2 IJA divisions to push them further South down the railway to narrow the encirclement required - 500 casualties are taken for 6000 inflictedand the unit retreats off the rails.
I dont know whether its correct or a bug, but the 16th, 33rd, 4th and 56th Divisions get back on the boats without a single shot from the CD guns at Pearl - the remaining transporters are split into smaller groups and start loading infantry regiments and detachments.
Once everyone is off the island they will be rested and replenished at Lahaina - 2 divisions and support will be sent to Christmas and then this island will be garrisoned. The divisions will move further South and then swing west taking Tahiti, the bigger islands here and then onto Fiji, where all the divisions will be gathered before moving west for Noumea - if i cant have Pearl i will have everything else and deny Pearl to Yank.
At Molokai SS Grayling is found by the ASW group here, the attack is prosecuted but no hits land on the sub.
84 Zeros sweep Pearl and destroy 2 fighters for 1 damaged Zero.
9 B17s and 10 Dauntless attack the loading ships at Pearl but this time the CAP arrives - 4 bombers are destroyed and 12 damaged for no loss - 1 AK is hit and slightly damaged - again noone is on board to let Yank know im pulling people out of Pearl.
The raiding force of DDs is approaching Christmas Island and there is still a lot of traffic both here and at Suva.
Phillipines/Formosa/South China Sea/Borneo
The strafing attacks go in again at Luzon but the Zeros are here this time - at Lucena the 84th Naval Guard is strafed by 7 P39s but 2 are destroyed by the 9 Zeros on CAP.
The 139WH-3s attempt to attack passing TKs on the way back to Miri but they miss - i need to organise these oilers as they sail past Java willy nilly without escort - they need grouping and escorting.
Undefend Kuching falls - there is 1 base left on Borneo.
Madjene continues to gather construction engineers and AV support.
Ambon starts to load the invasion regiments.
Malaya & Burma
Taiping falls to the para attack of the 3rd Yokosuka - the railways are open and the Imp Guards and the the other troops set off North - when everyone is ready to leave Johore Bharu the AV will be 3000 - fingers crossed!
China
A chinese corps is attacked by 2 IJA divisions to push them further South down the railway to narrow the encirclement required - 500 casualties are taken for 6000 inflictedand the unit retreats off the rails.
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RE: Turn 77 - quiet
Pacific
Another very quiet turn - the core divisions from Pearl are now back at Lahaina and resting, the regiments and battallions are now loading and the divisional transport ships are sent back to pick up the engineers and artillery - still not a shot from the CDs here.
The planes in the island chain here are resting too, gradually replacements start to arrive and the numbers will be back again - this mass of LBA will be the biggest deterrent to Yank approaching the Hawaiian islands and hopefully supplies will start to drain from Pearl.
The SS Grayback rears its head again but misses a passing xAK - she must surely be out of torps by now.
The 100k ton supply ship convoy is also approaching the islands and will unload at Lahaina and then the supplies will be distributed amongst Kona and Hilo.
Ships are seen at Christmas again and the DD raiders should arrive next turn.
At Suva the DD Scout hunts the I-17 but never launches an attack.
Engineers should land at Kavieng next turn to start work on the airstrip.
Phillipines/Formosa/South China Sea/Borneo
Luzon rests for a change - no strafing this turn.
The Allied troops reappear in Dadjangas near Davao - recon shows nothing of any threat.
Invasion regiments continue to load at Ambon prepping for Samerang which recon shows to be empty.
Between Formosa and Aparri an xAKL is attacked by the SS Tarpon and takes 1 torpedo hit.
A TF carrying AV support troops from Malaya to Madjene is attacked by the Falcons from Soerbaja - unCAPped - the Oscars were resting - the bombers single out xAK Thames Maru twice and sink her by the end of the day - 100 engineers go down with the ship.
Malaya & Burma
The Imp Guards start to prepare for the train journey, the 14th tank regiment has already arrived in Johore Bharu and the other units are also prepping for the rail journey - fingers crossed Singapore should be attacked within the next 5 days - i will open with bombardments for 1 week and then try a deliberate attack.
China
Minor adjustments are made to the encirclement as Allied units disappear and retreat - 11k casualties are inflicted as the steamroller comes south to Singyang in attempt to clear everything on or west of the railway line fron Yenan in the north to Canton in the south.
Another very quiet turn - the core divisions from Pearl are now back at Lahaina and resting, the regiments and battallions are now loading and the divisional transport ships are sent back to pick up the engineers and artillery - still not a shot from the CDs here.
The planes in the island chain here are resting too, gradually replacements start to arrive and the numbers will be back again - this mass of LBA will be the biggest deterrent to Yank approaching the Hawaiian islands and hopefully supplies will start to drain from Pearl.
The SS Grayback rears its head again but misses a passing xAK - she must surely be out of torps by now.
The 100k ton supply ship convoy is also approaching the islands and will unload at Lahaina and then the supplies will be distributed amongst Kona and Hilo.
Ships are seen at Christmas again and the DD raiders should arrive next turn.
At Suva the DD Scout hunts the I-17 but never launches an attack.
Engineers should land at Kavieng next turn to start work on the airstrip.
Phillipines/Formosa/South China Sea/Borneo
Luzon rests for a change - no strafing this turn.
The Allied troops reappear in Dadjangas near Davao - recon shows nothing of any threat.
Invasion regiments continue to load at Ambon prepping for Samerang which recon shows to be empty.
Between Formosa and Aparri an xAKL is attacked by the SS Tarpon and takes 1 torpedo hit.
A TF carrying AV support troops from Malaya to Madjene is attacked by the Falcons from Soerbaja - unCAPped - the Oscars were resting - the bombers single out xAK Thames Maru twice and sink her by the end of the day - 100 engineers go down with the ship.
Malaya & Burma
The Imp Guards start to prepare for the train journey, the 14th tank regiment has already arrived in Johore Bharu and the other units are also prepping for the rail journey - fingers crossed Singapore should be attacked within the next 5 days - i will open with bombardments for 1 week and then try a deliberate attack.
China
Minor adjustments are made to the encirclement as Allied units disappear and retreat - 11k casualties are inflicted as the steamroller comes south to Singyang in attempt to clear everything on or west of the railway line fron Yenan in the north to Canton in the south.