Ocean of (Allied) Blood.

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Air base is barely open....
-First 4e raid to lahani on 10-5-42
-2nd resupply of pearl in effect.
-100 FTRs rebased into Pearl this turn.
-one SBD sqn on standby.
-one surface DD sweep of Lahani.
-2 bombard DDTFs set to range 1 on Lahani this turn.
-1 DDTF bombard set on Molaki.

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Big stacks need a great deal of supply. One way to deal with them is to attack their supply lines.

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Big stacks need a great deal of supply. One way to deal with them is to attack their supply lines.

Yes, I noticed the IJA is clearing the south side of the Changsha river before he procedes.

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Lost Port Blair today...Everyone surrendered and did not retreat into the adjacent Hex. 

I am concerned about the IJAAF now lose on the rest of the pacific. 

I did pull alot of planes back from the front in Burma and little andaman to see the effect.

lahani is at 30% damage,,,but now for how long.

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sub recon

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YMS picket shows a cruiser TF in Area of Johnson island.....3oct42...

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I am looking for an old AAR w/ a similar situation where the allies have lost alot of CVs for my review.

Jap forces have resupplied Lahani and air reinforcements have arrived to restart the reduction of the pearl defense.
Looks like four cruisers and a bunch of DDs have permanat station in the Hawaiian chain.

Because of the other game I play as japan one thing I am sure of is japan is on a tight fuel situation...It took FatR 2 weeks to redeploy to reestablish control of Hawaii.  He will have the same situation in other areas....

Sopac is a stalmate, but that could change if the japs want to burn more fuel...but I would bet my Hawaii operation caused the japs to burn off all centpac fuel reserves.

i need to increase the tempo of jabbing naval operations to cause the enemy to react and burn large fuel reserves.

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China seems to be a holding position for Japan not sure why....japan has a large army across the river near Changsha. In the north my encirclement of Sian is almost complete. IJA tried to push me off the SW hex below Sian but failed....I bet he is starting to have a supply problem.

Note the triangle defense i am installing on the singer to PA rail line just north of Kweilin. Triple defensive terrain....I am sure FatR would love to open this rail line...I did it im my other game and the supply starts to flow all over the place.

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As noted in this photo I need the IJA to help me just a little bit more by advancing futher north of Swebo....Note my Indian divisions in the jungle to the west waiting for orders to start moving....


Allies at swebo roughly 3 brigades in retreat to the jungle. Pushed out by 2nd armored division and an infantry division. It has been a slow go to get units in to position around Burma.

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They came, they concoured, they LEFT???

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I am so looking forward to watching the RAC regiment hit that Jap armored division.

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Sig report shows 16th and 18th divisions shipped to Lahani.

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Japs crossed the river on Oct18th..and took some major damage...In my return move I air dropped a company of marine Paratroops on the hex and ordered an Allied counter attack..
Waiting for the results....I figure I will lose the hex if I dont counterattack so might as well go for broke..Not sure of what the effect will be on the ground...

I recognize the "gamey" smelling nature of this move....I can see the logic of paras destroying the support trains and disrupting the defense. So I wonder what will be FatR response...in a no rules game.



Ground combat at Hengyang (80,53)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 257219 troops, 2553 guns, 2096 vehicles, Assault Value = 9288

Defending force 168066 troops, 1100 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5784

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2

Japanese adjusted assault: 4087

Allied adjusted defense: 1641

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: leaders(+), disruption(-), preparation(-), experience(-)
supply(-)
Attacker: shock(+)

Japanese ground losses:
44105 casualties reported
Squads: 51 destroyed, 3065 disabled
Non Combat: 85 destroyed, 1474 disabled
Engineers: 13 destroyed, 402 disabled
Vehicles lost 480 (113 destroyed, 367 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
14712 casualties reported
Squads: 77 destroyed, 1091 disabled
Non Combat: 79 destroyed, 1134 disabled
Engineers: 7 destroyed, 51 disabled
Guns lost 7 (1 destroyed, 6 disabled)

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Still trying to figure what this means...IJA 2nd armored Div has caught my units north of Swebo as they are in combat mode moving NW. I suspect the IMP GDs just arrived and did not participate....
Ground combat at 60,44

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 9151 troops, 131 guns, 845 vehicles, Assault Value = 901

Defending force 10361 troops, 168 guns, 84 vehicles, Assault Value = 340

Japanese adjusted assault: 49

Allied adjusted defense: 66

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2

Combat modifiers
Defender: disruption(-), experience(-)
Attacker: disruption(-)

Japanese ground losses:
     27 casualties reported
        Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
        Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 39 disabled
        Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
     Vehicles lost 46 (3 destroyed, 43 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
     482 casualties reported
        Squads: 2 destroyed, 48 disabled
        Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled
        Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled


Assaulting units:
   Imperial Guards Division
   1st Tank Regiment
   2nd Tank Division

Defending units:
   3rd Indian Brigade
   22nd (East African) Brigade
   24th (Sep) Infantry Regiment
   7th Indian Division
   88th Chinese Division

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I was pleasantly surprised w/ this outcome.....I wonder if I can make the IJA china army combat ineffective?

LOL, I am sure i can make the chinese ineffective.

Ground combat at Hengyang (80,53)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 153139 troops, 1064 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4769

Defending force 245152 troops, 2585 guns, 2676 vehicles, Assault Value = 6668

Allied adjusted assault: 123

Japanese adjusted defense: 2863

Allied assault odds: 1 to 23

Combat modifiers
Defender: preparation(-)
Attacker: disruption(-), supply(-)

Japanese ground losses:
7254 casualties reported
Squads: 8 destroyed, 355 disabled
Non Combat: 17 destroyed, 990 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 21 disabled
Vehicles lost 518 (14 destroyed, 504 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
6316 casualties reported
Squads: 97 destroyed, 1283 disabled
Non Combat: 63 destroyed, 958 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 37 disabled


Assaulting units:
68th Chinese Corps
18th Chinese Corps
4th Chinese Corps
60th Chinese/A Corps
32nd Chinese Corps
63rd Chinese Corps
73rd Chinese Corps
52nd Chinese Corps
87th Chinese Corps
10th Chinese Corps
8th Chinese Corps
45th Chinese Corps
79th Chinese Corps
88th Chinese Corps
2nd Chinese Corps
1st USMC Parachute Bn /2
10th Group Army
6th Construction Regiment
19th Group Army
20th Group Army
49th AA Regiment

Defending units:
34th Division
39th Division
6th Division
51st Recon Regiment
18th Tank Regiment
9th Tank Regiment
1st Division
9th Division
68th Division
40th Division
3rd Tank Regiment
51st Engineer Regiment
12th Tank Regiment
26th Division
10th Division
32nd Division
36th Division
15th Tank Regiment
19th Ind.Mixed Brigade
3rd Division
60th Division
110th Division
14th Division
23rd Tank Regiment
63rd Division
19th Tank Regiment
8th Recon Regiment
41st Division
35th Division
22nd Division
11th Tank Regiment
Mongol Garrison Army
RGC Army
North China Area Army
6th Army
5th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion
1st Mobile AA Battalion
11th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
Tonei Hvy Gun Regiment
4th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
7th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
12th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
NCPC Army
15th Ind.Medium Field Artillery Regiment
13th Army
3rd Hvy.Artillery Regiment
7th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Hvy.Artillery Regiment
6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
52nd Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion
1st Mobile Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Army
5th Army
Botanko Hvy Gun Regiment
12th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
1st Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
13th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
China Expeditionary Army
10th Mortar Battalion
11th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion
9th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
10th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
4th Army
20th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
4th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
22nd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
8th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
6th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
Kwantung Army
5th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
12th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion

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Be careful - you had a disruption minus already. Likely the attack increased your troops disruption levels, which will make for a (potentially much) greater negative the next time.

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Be careful - you had a disruption minus already. Likely the attack increased your troops disruption levels, which will make for a (potentially much) greater negative the next time.

You are correct and I did get quashed on the next turn...horribly, but I did alot of damage to the main IJA army.

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On the 26th An allied CA TF bombarded Johnson Island...Intel had picked up a Jap transport fleet in the area moving east.
I wanted to see the IJN response so here we are...My CA TF was spotted on the 25th.

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Also today we had a large air battle over Chittagong.  Losses roughly one to one...I know FatR will make adjustments in his battle plan to beat me....as he is more experienced at manipulating the air and sea battles into his favor

So I will change my defensive set.

FatR has heavy recon at Chittagong and Calcutta over the past week....With this fighter seep I wonder if he is on the move again...
IJN mini KB seen in Port Blair hex on the 25th....I dont understand why the carriers would be sitting at PB.  Also saw a DD flotilla parked at Rangoon 2 turns ago.

With the recon effort and naval activity I am concerned about a chitagong landing....remember my allied signet reported the 25th IJA division in prep for chittagong...

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