Aussies v Aussies - Clubbing baby seals (no AOFFEN or Mark)

[jrcar]

SuluSea, thank you for the feedback, much appreciated!

02 May 1942 Pago Pago Holds... just.

Subs
The opposition thouhght it was rude that we hit Brisbane (where one of them is living) then badly damaged one of their subs as well!


ASW attack near Brisbane at 96,160

Japanese Ships
CA Mikuma
CA Ashigara
DD Asagiri
DD Nenohi
DD Michishio

Allied Ships
SS Tautog, hits 12, heavy damage

Burma
We bombard Cox's Bazaar causing only light damage. Interesting seeing what units are there...

Night Naval bombardment of Cox's Bazar at 54,43

Japanese Ships
CA Mogami
CL Sendai
DD Asakaze
DD Fumizuki
DD Yugiri
DD Hatsuyuki
DD Shirayuki
DD Usugumo
DD Akatsuki
DD Oyashio



Port hits 4
Port supply hits 2

CA Mogami firing at 7th Hussars Regiment
CL Sendai firing at Cox's Bazar
DD Asakaze firing at Cox's Bazar
DD Fumizuki firing at Cox's Bazar
DD Yugiri firing at 7th Hussars Regiment
DD Hatsuyuki firing at 2nd Royal Tank Regiment
DD Shirayuki firing at 2nd Royal Tank Regiment
DD Usugumo firing at 2nd Royal Tank Regiment
DD Akatsuki firing at 7th Hussars Regiment
DD Oyashio firing at 7th Hussars Regiment

Helens again hit the 46th Indian Bde north of Akyab, we get another Buffalo in the process but cause only light damage.

They sweep with lots of fighters again. Tomorrow will be the third day so we will try to oppose them... need to attrit their aircraft if we can, we have a good reserve of airframes and lots of pilots.



DEI
The Imperial guard starts to move.

Soon to land on Christmas island.

More troops on the way for the garrison.

Pacific
A few more hits on Brisbane, this time we take some return fire, the last DD is a little beat up.

Night Naval bombardment of Brisbane at 96,160 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
No Allied losses

145 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
CA Mikuma, Shell hits 2
CA Haguro, Shell hits 2
CA Myoko
DD Asagiri, Shell hits 1
DD Nenohi
DD Michishio
DD Nowaki
DD Tokitsukaze
DD Yukikaze
DD Hatsukaze, Shell hits 3


Allied ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 25

Pago Pago resists a shock attack.. we need to rest and recover disruption... but forts are now gone.

Ground combat at Pago Pago (148,161)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 40260 troops, 458 guns, 198 vehicles, Assault Value = 1582

Defending force 14784 troops, 404 guns, 377 vehicles, Assault Value = 357

Japanese adjusted assault: 1808

Allied adjusted defense: 829

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0

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

Japanese ground losses:
5423 casualties reported
Squads: 22 destroyed, 284 disabled
Non Combat: 13 destroyed, 275 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 41 disabled
Vehicles lost 58 (8 destroyed, 50 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
416 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 29 disabled
Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 157 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Vehicles lost 93 (1 destroyed, 92 disabled)


Assaulting units:
4th Division
2nd Tank Regiment
38th Division
53rd Division
19th Division
7th Tank Regiment
16th Army
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
161st Infantry Regiment
34th Infantry Regiment
Samoan Marine Battalion
754th Tank Bn /1
193rd Tank Bn /1
276th Cst Art Bn /1
7th Marine Defense Battalion
210th Coast AA Regiment
1st USMC Air Wing Base Force
104th USN Base Force
II US Fighter Cmnd
70th Coast AA Regiment
8th Marine Defense Battalion
31st Aviation Base Force
46th Const Rgt /2


They continue to hit Port Moresby, Rufe and LRCAP Oscar harass. Sending anouther unit of Rufe down to help out as the one there is getting tired.

China
The withdrawel continues. We are also pulling back in southern China as well as they have moved in reserves and we can't generate the combat power. These forces will now head to Burma.

China is at stalemate, they almost certainly don't have the supplies to attack. Our aim now is to try and "beast" smaller stacks of the enemy, so we can generate the combat power to take something significant later.

[ny59giants]

Placing an Air HQ on Fergusson Island (Next to Milne Bay) and building up those small bases (AF to size 2 or 3) within a single hex should help with the defense of Port Morseby. You can move in Nell/Betty to hit any shipping and it would make it harder for those 4e bombers to close down just one base while you could still carry torpedoes from different bases.

You might want to send an Ind Eng Rgt to Wake Island to expand the port to size 2 if you want to move the CD unit that goes there to another base. I could not get it off in my game with the size 1 port. [:@]

Any desire to take Baker and Canton Islands to allow a way to slip out SC TF or CV TF into the eastern Pacific later for raiding mission??

[jrcar]

Thanks for the toughts, comments below.

ORIGINAL: ny59giants

Placing an Air HQ on Fergusson Island (Next to Milne Bay) and building up those small bases (AF to size 2 or 3) within a single hex should help with the defense of Port Morseby. You can move in Nell/Betty to hit any shipping and it would make it harder for those 4e bombers to close down just one base while you could still carry torpedoes from different bases.

Our plan is to use Umboi (already 3 afld, 3 forts) and Finshaven to do this... the Oscar LRCAP is from Umboi at the moment, let them land on the (obvious) southern tip of PNG, while they are attacked from 3 sides... well thats the plan! PM and Buna area held as targets for them to bomb.

You might want to send an Ind Eng Rgt to Wake Island to expand the port to size 2 if you want to move the CD unit that goes there to another base. I could not get it off in my game with the size 1 port. [:@]

Yes about to land troops there, a second Naval guard and a basefore. A BF just landed at Marcus, and engineers are on the way. We may evac a cadre back to Marcus via air. We are trying to harden the CENTPAC, it is an obvious thrust line... if they have any thrust left...

Any desire to take Baker and Canton Islands to allow a way to slip out SC TF or CV TF into the eastern Pacific later for raiding mission??

Yes in fact some shipping has just been detected at Canton, Mini KB is about to visit, and main KB is a day behind... We have troops prepping, looks like some forces there now...

We have the next 3-6 months to launch spoinling attacks... but need to pull back from the SOPAC under cover of the CV's first.

Cheers

Rob

[jrcar]

03 May 1942

Subs
They do good this turn... but our TK is afloat wand will live. Will move an AV and float planes to this location.

Sub attack near Balabac at 71,84

Japanese Ships
TK Nissyo Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires
TK Akebono Maru
DD Minegumo

Allied Ships
SS O19, hits 1


Burma
Our LRCAP trap over Akyab works very well. Bad wetaher closes their fighter fields down, while the bombers, flying from a different field, still comein... Wellington rhymes with laminton, and both are nice to eat

Morning Air attack on 78th Infantry Regiment, at 54,45 (Akyab)

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 10
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 23



Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 22
Wellington Ic x 12


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 9 destroyed, 5 damaged
Wellington Ic: 2 destroyed, 5 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

The pilotes reckon they are tired after their efforts, I know they just want to drink Sake and celebtrate... so we will stand them down... well done guys!


DEI
No change


Pacific

Mini KB is moving forward to investigate a small Tf off Canton Island... KB is behind...

Otherwise starting to move the troops around to defensive locations while the troops on Pago Pago rest.


China

They try to attack an Armoured regt in forest with two infantry corps, the guys circle the tanks and fire... lots...


Ground combat at 73,55 (near Nanning)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 16724 troops, 73 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 716

Defending force 690 troops, 0 guns, 103 vehicles, Assault Value = 58

Allied adjusted assault: 326

Japanese adjusted defense: 215

Allied assault odds: 1 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
Vehicles lost 22 (2 destroyed, 20 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
311 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 30 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 19 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled


Assaulting units:
47th Chinese Corps
99th Chinese Corps

Defending units:
5th Tank Regiment

Otherwise the withdrawel is going nicely...

[jrcar]

04 May 1942
Subs
We get our own back this turn...

Sub attack near Diamond Harbour at 51,39

Japanese Ships
SS I-155

Allied Ships
CL Emerald, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
CL Enterprise
DD Napier

Burma
Helens raid Dacca against a light CAP of Buffalo and do light damage to the airfield. They hit Akyab with B-17 only under heavy sweeps of over 100 allied fighters. Our planes largely rest.

DEI

Merauke reaches lvl 2 afld, a small unit of Vals will move in to help seal the northen Australia route to Darwin.

Pacific
Mini KB finds a DD and some xAK's off Canton island, but bad weather forces the strike aircraft back. Some do attack the port though, so they know we are in range... bugger another nice ambush stuffed up by weather... I love this game

Betties, whcih haven't flown opnce in weeks of being on ground attack fly against Pagop Pago, just as we withdraw the fighters they were coving the base... go figure we loose a couple of betty.

The troops at Pago Pago are almost recovered enough... next turn should be enough then they will attack.

China
Our movements are confusing the enemy... this is good Near Nanning we have pulled in all our forces and will try an Attack... they are in forest, but are moving as they have relaised the danger and are probably low on supply... we have a chance so we will take it... we have raw AV of 2100 they probably have around 1000...

[jrcar]

05 May 1942

Subs

They continue to try and supply Darwin:

Submarine attack near Horn Island at 92,128

Japanese Ships
SS RO-64

Allied Ships
xAKL Vichy, Shell hits 15, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

They make several unsuccesful attacks on on TK convoys around Balikpapan. We have formed a 4th ASW TF to patrol the area.

Burma
Masses of enemy troops arrive atCox's Bazaar, and more armoured units arrive outside Akyab. We droop off another 1000 supplies. A bombardment TF is on the way to hit the enemy again.

They sweep Akyab with fighters, and bomb with B-17. Still resting our guys.


DEI
Christmas Island is taken.


Pacific
Mini KB finds nothing near Canton islan, she is turning back to provide flank guard for the convoys that are starting to load. KB is about to rearm/replenish

The 144th Regt will move to Tarawa.

A div will remain behind on Fiji, 2 regiments at Nadi, 1 at Suva, with some other units at Suva.Suva is on the way to level 6 forts, Nadi to 5.

Forces are starting to pull out of New Caledonia, Some to Luganville to act as a rear link, some back to the PNG area.

We are still resting at Pago Pago... may as well let them repair the base a bit

China
The speculative attack in China fails... One of our units is very badly hit.

Ground combat at 83,45 (near Nanyang)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 58791 troops, 561 guns, 115 vehicles, Assault Value = 2134

Defending force 48035 troops, 280 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1699

Japanese adjusted assault: 1258

Allied adjusted defense: 5029

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 3

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
3366 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 397 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 353 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 43 disabled


Allied ground losses:
949 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 84 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 62 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled


Assaulting units:
41st Division
13th Ind.Mixed Brigade
116th Division
36th/A Division
17th/C Division
13th Division
36th/B Division
36th/C Division
14th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
4th Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
30th Chinese Corps
55th Chinese Corps
2nd Chinese Corps
94th Chinese Corps
53rd Chinese Corps
44th Chinese/B Corps

[jrcar]

06 May 1942 a big turn of misses...

Subs
They miss some troopships...
Sub attack near Suva at 131,161

Japanese Ships
xAP Ussuri Maru
xAP Tsingtao Maru
DD Kuretake


Allied Ships
SS Gato

Burma
They move forward a SCTF to Cox's Bazaar and our massed Netties launch... and miss!

Morning Air attack on TF, near Cox's Bazar at 54,43

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 110 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 43 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 20
G3M2 Nell x 18



Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 4 damaged
G3M2 Nell: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied Ships
CL Enterprise
CA Dorsetshire

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Cox's Bazar at 54,43

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 119 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 47 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 24
G4M1 Betty x 29



Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 5 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 9 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 2 destroyed by flak

Allied Ships
CA Dorsetshire
CL Durban
CL Enterprise
DD Napier
DD Tjerk Hiddes

We have a SCTF 2 hex away about to bombard the troops in the Jungle... I'm tempted to try and get these ships... but I'll go for the easier option, I expect they will withdraw...


Pacific
Troops are moving around, KB is rearming...

Ands thats about it for the turn!

[jrcar]

07 May 1942 Pago Pago Falls! Naval combat off Akyab...

Subs
They are trying to get supplies into Darwin...

Submarine attack near Bathurst Island at 77,123

Japanese Ships
SS I-123

Allied Ships
xAKL Pelton Bank, Shell hits 1


Burma
We attack the massed troops one hex north of Akyab, the 6th Australian Div is detected in the stack...

Then as we withdraw their SCTF makes an intercept:

Day Time Surface Combat, near Akyab at 54,44, Range 13,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Mogami, Shell hits 3
CL Sendai, Shell hits 1
DD Oyashio, Shell hits 1, heavy fires
DD Akatsuki
DD Usugumo, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Shirayuki
DD Hatsuyuki
DD Yugiri, Shell hits 1
DD Fumizuki
DD Asakaze

Allied Ships
CA Dorsetshire, Shell hits 7, on fire
CL Enterprise, Shell hits 2
CL Durban, Shell hits 3, on fire
DD Tjerk Hiddes, Shell hits 1
DD Inconstant, Shell hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Napier, Shell hits 1

We do a better job than they do... but one of our DD's suffers significant engine damage and is only makeing 6 knots... it will get abandoned to its fate, but I'll give it LRCAP.

Their aircraft fly and miss our destroyers, 50 of ours launch and 27 find their targets...

Morning Air attack on TF, near Akyab at 54,44

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 119 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 47 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 24
G3M2 Nell x 27



Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 1
P-40E Warhawk x 6


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
G3M2 Nell: 27 damaged
G3M2 Nell: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
DD Tjerk Hiddes
CL Durban, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
CL Enterprise
CA Dorsetshire, Torpedo hits 1, on fire

A very nice outcome for the turn, their SCTF is neutraliased, Ours is mostly OK, andwe have 5 CA's coming into Singapore who will then redeploy to support Akyab... BB's and CV's are also on the way... If Akyab can hold...

They don't bomb Akyab, all damage is cleared and work begins on the forts... 3.24 and climbing with almost 100 engineers...

More fighters with 70 level pilots are redeploying from China... we intend to fight hard...


DEI
Imperial Guards being to load for Rangoon at Batavia.

Pacific
We finally take Pago Pago, our supply was almost up... the garrison and 9k in supply is now moving in to unload, and the 4 divs will embark.

Ground combat at Pago Pago (148,161)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 36943 troops, 458 guns, 192 vehicles, Assault Value = 1341

Defending force 14243 troops, 404 guns, 377 vehicles, Assault Value = 333

Japanese adjusted assault: 1430

Allied adjusted defense: 507

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Pago Pago !!!

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
No Allied losses

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
2340 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 151 disabled
Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 81 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 15 disabled
Guns lost 7 (3 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Vehicles lost 43 (13 destroyed, 30 disabled)
Units destroyed 1


Allied ground losses:
10171 casualties reported
Squads: 367 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 684 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 89 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 473 (473 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 442 (442 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 14


Assaulting units:
53rd Division
19th Division
38th Division
2nd Tank Regiment
4th Division
7th Tank Regiment
16th Army
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
193rd Tank Bn /1
754th Tank Bn /1
34th Infantry Regiment
161st Infantry Regiment
Samoan Marine Battalion
276th Cst Art Bn /1
II US Fighter Cmnd
70th Coast AA Regiment
210th Coast AA Regiment
7th Marine Defense Battalion
8th Marine Defense Battalion
1st USMC Air Wing Base Force
31st Aviation Base Force
104th USN Base Force
46th Const Rgt /2


This ends the planned stage of the Pacific campaign. All targets were succesfully taken, no major ships were lost, and around 3 combat divs of the enemy plus many support troops above what is "normal" were killed.

We are digging in very nicely on our main line of resistance, and redeploying trrops to their garrisons, and probable final resting places...

The enemy has limited ability to deploy troops offensively for several months... and we will try in interupt and intercept their efforts.

The focus is now Burma... we have enough to hold... but should we launch an attack...

[Cribtop]

Well done. 14 LCUs surrendered is a nice "end of the offensive phase present."

[Nemo121]

Straight up the middle or short hook? You don't strike me as long hook types...

[jrcar]

First part is deception, all the forces on Pago Pago are now planning for Brisbane... and a 5th div is planning for Rockhampton...

The target in India depends on what happens in the two months it will take us to redeploy...

I always like Ceylon... it is relatively Isolated, and difficult for them to redeploy ground forces to.

The issue is will it have the desired effect in stopping their advance onto Burma...

The objective of any attack is to ultimately reduce the combat power of their deployable forces by killing UK squads in particular... in a location where our forces can provide the support required.

So a short hook may be better if the assumption is the bulk of their deployable offensive capability is marching overland to Burma. This makes it more supportable from the air forces in Burma, but it means we are also landing into the hornets nest of their air force.

A direct approach has the duel difficulty of supply, and the telegraphing of intent. There is no suprise. It is useful as a deception measure...

It all depends on how Akyab goes... if it does fall quickly then we may have to dilute our strike force to provide garrisons in Burma.

Cheers
Rob

[Nemo121]

One other consideration - which I'm certain you've considered but still bears repeating - is that if you land amphibiously in an area astride their LOCs but without overland LOCs to your own main forces then the supply you drop there in that pocket will never be siphoned off back to the front... I've used that "feature" to supply offensive operations which would not have been feasible if I had relied on overland supply and had been able to draw an overland LOC to my main forces fighting up from Thailand etc...

[jrcar]

Thanks Nomo, so you are suggesting a short hook that isn't connected LOC wise with the rest of the "network"... interesting I hadn't looked at the davantages of doing that...

08 May 1942

Subs
Sub attack near Buka at 108,129

Japanese Ships
xAK Matumoto Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
xAK Taketoyo Maru
PB Toko Maru #4

Allied Ships
SS Pollack

Japanese ground losses:
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)

She should make Rabaul Ok.


Burma
No Change the mass is gathering north of Akyab, Akyab goes up a percentage to level 4... Supply is around 6k and anoth 1k is coming in via FT. Tha damaged DD's from last turn are disbanded in Akyab to repair a bit...


DEI
The Imperial Guards are almost fully loaded.
Lots of ASW Tf are out hunting subs between Balikpapan and Tarakan.

Pacific
9 more Rufe arrived to defend PM.

Troops are being realocated to their final defensive positions, we had dropped troops in the past by need, now sorting them out so that 4th Fleet units are on 4th fleet bases etc... we want to eak out any combat advantage that that may give us.

China
The chines movement bug is impacting on our ability to pull stuff back, setting a stack to "follow" the lead unit moves out, but the rest reset to the same hex... very annoying...

I expect a few more quite turns before tha air war over Akyab heats up...

[SuluSea]

Hi Rob, have you reconned Tahiti yet? Wondering what's at Christmas as well.
I have no experience playing this side , I like the Ceylon idea, but it would depend on what his airfields look like in SW India and how many HB's are in country, their dedication to training and such, plus he's getting his RAF DBs soon which could make things ugly if they did their ground work in and around the island. Considering how well you guys have done with carrier air if they stay stay in the Pacific and make raids that may pay off better for you considering the tonnage you've put under so far. Very impressive work! Looking forward to seeing more.
 

[Nemo121]

jrcar,

Yeah, that's precisely it. Later on, obviously, you'd look to push north squeezing his forces between your advances troops from Thailand and the troops holding the short hook salient with a view to making contact.

In the short term though it allows an offensive without having the supplies "sucked away" by the supply algorithm when you sealift them in.

Also, strategically, it dislocated their defensive line and if you have tank regiments ready might allow you to maul them in the pursuit before the can get into the jungle proper.

[jrcar]

Been working to much... so some quick trn updates...

09 May 1942

Subs
Lots of action this turn, they are still trying to slip in xAKL to Darwin...

Sub attack near Tsushima at 102,56

Japanese Ships
xAK Nichiran Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
PB Ginyo Maru

Allied Ships
SS Plunger

Sub attack near Suva at 131,161

Japanese Ships
SC Ch 17
SC Ch 18
xAK Matsue Maru
xAK Goyo Maru
DD Murakumo
DD Isonami

Allied Ships
SS Gato, hits 3

Submarine attack near Bathurst Island at 77,123

Japanese Ships
SS I-153

Allied Ships
xAKL Pelton Bank, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage



Burma
Lots of unopposed sweeps of Akyab.

Akyab is hit hard.

DEI
Still bombing Bandoeg... not that well.

OZ
They are counter attacking towards Broome by Land... we will fly the troops out to Broome as the odds will soon go against us.

Ground combat at Nookanbah (66,130)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 2173 troops, 0 guns, 195 vehicles, Assault Value = 149

Defending force 1142 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 45

Allied adjusted assault: 35

Japanese adjusted defense: 40

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

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

Japanese ground losses:
87 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 15 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses:
43 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Assaulting units:
10th Light Horse Battalion
2/11th Armoured Car Battalion
19th Australian Battalion

Defending units:
16th Naval Guard Unit


Pacific
We are evacuating forces. Lots of Subs around Rabaul that are being hunted down...

China
This Corps is behind our lines and being harried by the Armoured Car unit.

Ground combat at 84,56 (near Nanchang)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 186 troops, 0 guns, 31 vehicles, Assault Value = 16

Defending force 979 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 35

Japanese adjusted assault: 6

Allied adjusted defense: 22

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 3

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), morale(-), experience(-)
Attacker: leaders(-)



Assaulting units:
8th Armored Car Co

Defending units:
88th Chinese Corps

[jrcar]

10 May 1942

Subs
After all the action last turn only ours trying to hunt down their subs... not well.

Burma
We put up LRCAP over Akyab... Our fighters don't do that great, but our pilots generally survive...

Morning Air attack on Akyab , at 54,45

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 13
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 33



Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 15


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 4 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb Trop: 2 destroyed

Morning Air attack on Akyab , at 54,45

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 39,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 12
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 17



Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 16


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 2 destroyed

Morning Air attack on Akyab , at 54,45

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 8
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 11



Allied aircraft
P-400 Airacobra x 27


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-400 Airacobra: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged



Port hits 1

Morning Air attack on 33rd/B Division, at 54,45 (Akyab)

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 1



Allied aircraft
Wellington Ic x 7
B-17E Fortress x 18


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Wellington Ic: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
29 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

DEI
No Change

Pacific

China
We sweep Kunming near where our forces have captured a city via air assault with 20k in supply...

Morning Air attack on Kunming , at 69,48

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 155 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 53 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 7



Allied aircraft
I-15-III x 2


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
I-15-III: 1 destroyed

[jrcar]

11 May 1942

Subs

Burma
We again LRCAP, loose lots of airframes... even though we have the height advantage. We attrit some bombers, and we are attriting their airforce, but we can't sustain much longer. 2 more Sentai of Pscar are moving in.

Morning Air attack on Akyab , at 54,45

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 39,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 10
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 34



Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 13


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 7 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb Trop: 1 destroyed

Morning Air attack on Akyab , at 54,45

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 41,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 24



Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 8


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb Trop: 1 destroyed

Morning Air attack on Akyab , at 54,45

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 19



Allied aircraft
Wellington Ic x 6
B-17E Fortress x 8


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Wellington Ic: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 35

DEI

Pacific

China

Morning Air attack on Kunming , at 69,48

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 184 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 63 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 7



Allied aircraft
H81-A3 x 2
P-43A-1 Lancer x 4


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
H81-A3: 1 destroyed
P-43A-1 Lancer: 1 destroyed

Their ground forces have finally made it to our Chinese city...

Ground combat at Tsuyung (68,46)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2575 troops, 14 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 110

Defending force 2203 troops, 41 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 78



Assaulting units:
54th Chinese/C Corps

Defending units:
33rd/A Div /1
2nd Raiding Rgt /1

[jrcar]

12 May 1942

Subs
Lots of action, no hits. In particular around Ceylon.

Burma
This turn we get the bombers before the fighter sweeps arrive... it is the ocasional day like this that is worth the cost otherwise...

Morning Air attack on Akyab , at 54,45

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 34



Allied aircraft
Wellington Ic x 4
Kittyhawk IA x 11
B-17E Fortress x 18


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Wellington Ic: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged
Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed
B-17E Fortress: 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 51

And then their fighter sweeps arrive...

Afternoon Air attack on Akyab , at 54,45

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 39,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 21



Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 14


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 6 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb Trop: 1 destroyed

Afternoon Air attack on Akyab , at 54,45

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 40,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 8



Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 8


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 4 destroyed

They do their first bombardment at Akyab, and much to their dismay find 3 regiments in attendance... Looks like they won't have enough force, we are in level 3 forts in rough terrain...

Ground combat at Akyab (54,45)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 3419 troops, 104 guns, 31 vehicles, Assault Value = 1486

Defending force 9761 troops, 105 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 356

Japanese ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Assaulting units:
I Aus Corps Engineer Battalion
7th Hussars Regiment
14th British Brigade
2nd Royal Tank Regiment
7th Indian Division
6th Australian Division
23rd British Brigade
70th British Division
16th British Brigade
48th Gurkha Brigade
2/13th Field Regiment
20th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment

Defending units:
23rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
78th Infantry Regiment
41st Infantry Regiment
33rd/B Division
32nd Field AA Battalion
5th Field AF Construction Battalion

DEI
No Change

Pacific
No Change

OZ
As expected Nookanbah falls, but half the force was pulled out by air and a third retreats back along the road.

Ground combat at Nookanbah (66,130)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 2144 troops, 0 guns, 195 vehicles, Assault Value = 145

Defending force 646 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 27

Allied adjusted assault: 27

Japanese adjusted defense: 8

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

Allied forces CAPTURE Nookanbah !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
326 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 14 disabled
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units retreated 1



Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
10th Light Horse Battalion
2/11th Armoured Car Battalion
19th Australian Battalion

Defending units:
16th Naval Guard Unit

China
Our productive sweeps continue on Kunming:

Morning Air attack on Kunming , at 69,48

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 38,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 20



Allied aircraft
H81-A3 x 3
P-43A-1 Lancer x 3


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
H81-A3: 1 destroyed
Morning Air attack on Kunming , at 69,48

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 78 NM, estimated altitude 36,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 26 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 16



Allied aircraft
H81-A3 x 2
P-43A-1 Lancer x 1


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
P-43A-1 Lancer: 1 destroyed


They attack... more of their forces are coming up though so it is only a matter of time... guys keep eating, only 17000 supply to consume!

Ground combat at Tsuyung (68,46)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 2582 troops, 14 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 605

Defending force 2203 troops, 41 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 78

Allied adjusted assault: 42

Japanese adjusted defense: 142

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

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), fatigue(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
24 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses:
135 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 21 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Assaulting units:
38th New Chinese Division
39th New Chinese Division
54th Chinese/C Corps

Defending units:
33rd/A Div /1
2nd Raiding Rgt /1

[jrcar]

13 May 1942

We upgrade to the latest Beta patch M3... Lots of new tools to learn to use!

Subs
Still trying to resupply Darwin.

Submarine attack near Palm Island at 93,143

Japanese Ships
SS I-29

Allied Ships
xAKL Tamara, Shell hits 14, heavy fires, heavy damage


TF 271 encounters mine field at Perth (49,147)

Japanese Ships
SS RO-33, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage



Burma
We rest they sweep Akyab and for the first time Myitkyina.

Our Helens bomb their ground troops at Akyab, and a CA TF bombards from the sea. Little damage is done to the mass of troops their... the morale support for our troops is appreciated.


DEI

Pacific
Enemy ships, possibly CV's are detected near Canton Is... KB is sent to investigate... next turn may be interesting.

China
Morning Air attack on Kunming , at 69,48

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 37,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 27



Allied aircraft
H81-A3 x 2
P-43A-1 Lancer x 2


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
P-43A-1 Lancer: 1 destroyed

Looks like we won't last muc longer... only used up about 3000 supply... pity we can't voluntatily destroy it

Ground combat at Tsuyung (68,46)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 12726 troops, 78 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 590

Defending force 2198 troops, 41 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 78

Allied adjusted assault: 221

Japanese adjusted defense: 58

Allied assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 2)

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), preparation(-), experience(-)
Attacker: leaders(-)

Japanese ground losses:
174 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled


Allied ground losses:
173 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 14 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled


Assaulting units:
39th New Chinese Division
38th New Chinese Division
54th Chinese/C Corps

Defending units:
33rd/A Div /1
2nd Raiding Rgt /1