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

[Andy Mac]

Obviously I havent read PZB's AAR but from the other side the allied weapon is more fragile than it appears.

B25D1's, G's and H's are the real powerhouses of CAS followed by Fighter Bombers but only if they have 70+ Gd Attack 50+ Low Gd Attack skill - 4E are not the problem they appear (assuming you have a HR against using them on Ground Attack or at least limiting them in that role)

So kill B25's the rest do a fraction of the damage.

4E are great at AF suppression but the key there is dont build your AF's to big - a lvl 6 AF gives you almost all the benfits of a Lvl 9 but takes far less time to fix when smashed. Lvl 9 AF's appear to be a good thing but when pulverised they take forever to repair so dont build them that big !!!

Lvl 1 or 2 AF's will take 100% damage from 100 x 4E but engineers will have them operating again in a day or 2 - the same 100 4E hitting a level 9 will also do 100 damage but take two weeks to repair (for either side !!!)

Andy

[jrcar]

Thanks Andy, agree with you. Thats why I'm most interested in smashing their 2E aircraft. The benefit of the LRCAP trap is we kill their pilots, but as this stage of the war, where 2E airframes are at a premium, I'd like to kill those.

Good point about the airfield size. As we don't have the airsupport available anyway I think level 6 sounds about right. Also trying to build forts to get the to 6 too...

I'm concerned that Andrew will now focus his efforts on a land campaign in Burma. If he sends his forces the long way round it will take him several months to get there... but another 3 Allied div, in particular US divs with all their replacements, will make Burma tough.

Cheers

Rob

I think we are fairly safe in the Centpac, strong enough to handle the NORPAC, and have now blunted the SWPAc... that leaves SOPAC and Burma...

[Andy Mac]

has he built up the frontier bases in Assam if he hasnt Ramree/Prome is the vital sector as at most 2 Corps can be supplied out of Assam if fully developed and if not barely 1

[Andy Mac]

For my attack v PZB I had about 30 additional Seabee Bns transferred to India all focussed for a year building up frontier bases AND I had hung onto Akyab and had Myktina/Katha built up as well without the build up supplying a ground war in Burma in strength is tough

[ny59giants]

You have to destroy Allied airframes. How you do it, is the issue?!? Enough American fighter pilots is not an issue, but having enough airframes can slow an Allied player down. You have enough Recon groups to check out each of those bases in your screenshot to know where he is at. Sweep with Zero and Tojo while the now obsolete Oscars are used only for CAP and Escorts. Even if you lose 2:1 in bombers to destroy airframes on the ground, you can afford it. The allies cannot replace them at this time.

[Cribtop]

Very interesting discussion, gents.

[jrcar]

23 Sep 1942

The correct answer is a. Weather

Indicators and Warnings

Subs

Burma
Our sweeps work, with an overall loss rate of about 1:1 at around 43 aircraft each when ops losses are considered. We loose around 20 pilots. Bad weather in the afternoon and the strike doesn't fly. It appears Andrew thought something was up as a lot of the bombers had left the forward airfields anyway.

Morning Air attack on Imphal , at 60,40

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 21 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 27



Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 11
Hurricane IIc Trop x 38
P-40E Warhawk x 20
P-40K Warhawk x 10


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 3 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIc Trop: 1 destroyed

Morning Air attack on Imphal , at 60,40

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 33 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 11



Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 8
Hurricane IIc Trop x 32
P-40E Warhawk x 13
P-40K Warhawk x 6


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed

Morning Air attack on Imphal , at 60,40

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 29 NM, estimated altitude 36,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 45



Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 7
Hurricane IIc Trop x 29
P-40E Warhawk x 9
P-40K Warhawk x 6


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb Trop: 1 destroyed
Hurricane IIc Trop: 2 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 2 destroyed

Morning Air attack on Imphal , at 60,40

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 40



Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 3
Hurricane IIc Trop x 18
P-40E Warhawk x 1
P-40K Warhawk x 6


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIc Trop: 2 destroyed
P-40K Warhawk: 1 destroyed

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Morning Air attack on Imphal , at 60,40

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 12



Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 1
Hurricane IIc Trop x 8
P-40E Warhawk x 1
P-40K Warhawk x 4


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIc Trop: 3 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed
P-40K Warhawk: 1 destroyed




DEI

OZ
We head around the corner of Australia towards Geraldton, the CA tf has headed further east to Esperance.

Morning Air attack on Perth , at 49,147

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 108 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 46 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 51
B5N1 Kate x 12
B5N2 Kate x 65
D3A1 Val x 11



Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk IA x 8


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
B5N2 Kate: 2 damaged
B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed by flak
D3A1 Val: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
AMc Olive Cam, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
AR Vestal, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
AS Colombia, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAKL Iowan, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk
xAKL Kailua, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAKL Georgian, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage

Port hits 1

Morning Air attack on Perth , at 49,147

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 34 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 28



Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk IA x 4


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Kittyhawk IA: 2 destroyed

Afternoon Air attack on Perth , at 49,147

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 104 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 38 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 49
D3A1 Val x 36



Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk IA x 1


Japanese aircraft losses
D3A1 Val: 1 damaged

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
xAKL Kailua, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AR Vestal, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage


Port hits 2
Port supply hits 2

Pacific

China

Will pull back in Burma. Meiktila becomes 6 afld, that makes two of the central Burma bases at that level.

[jrcar]

24 Sep 1942


Indicators and Warnings

Subs

In the Aleutions.
Submarine attack near Atka Island at 163,53

Japanese Ships
SS RO-66

Allied Ships
xAK Waimea, Torpedo hits 3, heavy damage


Burma
Quiet due to weather.

DEI

OZ
we trash Horn Island.

We hit Perth:

Morning Air attack on Perth , at 49,147

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 112 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 47 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 44
B5N2 Kate x 38



Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 7 damaged
B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied Ships
AR Vestal, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
xAKL Georgian, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
xAKL Kohala, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
AMc Bonthorpe, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage


Port hits 1

Morning Air attack on Perth , at 49,147

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 57 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 24 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B5N1 Kate x 12



No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
xAKL Kailua, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AMc Bonthorpe, and is sunk



Port hits 1



Our attacks on Daly Waters are very effective, this indicates a lack of forts and supplies, and they are in a fairly clear hex.


Pacific

China

[jrcar]

25 Sep 1942 Terapo Falls!


Indicators and Warnings

Subs

Burma

DEI

OZ
Another good hit on Daly Waters:

Morning Air attack on Daly Waters , at 76,131

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 8
Ki-49-Ia Helen x 42



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
92 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)


Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 28

We attack Perth and Albany, sunk everything their is to sink, time to head home. Running low on fuel.

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Afternoon Air attack on Perth , at 49,147

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 116 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 49 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 18
B5N2 Kate x 27



Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 1 damaged



Port hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 9000 feet
Port Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Albany , at 51,153

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 14
B5N2 Kate x 26



Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 3 damaged


Port hits 4
Port supply hits 3

Pacific

After several good air attacks paras are flow in and the shock attack works. Two nits of Helen will now had to Darwin to beef up the attack on Daly Waters.

Merauke is now secure, so some force will be flow from there to Katherine to protect our slender spear.

Ground combat at Terapo (96,127)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 271 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 33

Defending force 1245 troops, 8 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 16

Japanese adjusted assault: 13

Allied adjusted defense: 3

Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Terapo !!!

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

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


Allied ground losses:
1551 casualties reported
Squads: 23 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 133 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 23 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 8 (8 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 11 (11 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 3


Assaulting units:
4th Raiding Rgt /1
21st/A Div /2
Yokosuka 1st SNLF /1

Defending units:
140th USA Base Force
2nd USN Naval Construction Battalion
Kanga Force Bn /1



China

We are getting some good air attacks as the have come out of the jungle and into the open. We are also beating up on units that tried to get behind us.


Ground combat at 86,47 (near Sinyang)

Japanese Deliberate attack

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

Defending force 2829 troops, 36 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 41

Japanese adjusted assault: 54

Allied adjusted defense: 2

Japanese assault odds: 27 to 1

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


Allied ground losses:
945 casualties reported
Squads: 51 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 24 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 11 (8 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Units retreated 1


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
9th Tank Regiment

Defending units:
77th Chinese Corps


This one isn't so good:

Ground combat at 82,28 (near Kiuchuan)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 330 troops, 0 guns, 50 vehicles, Assault Value = 29

Defending force 5863 troops, 96 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 229

Japanese adjusted assault: 22

Allied adjusted defense: 433

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 19

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


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


Assaulting units:
15th Tank Regiment

Defending units:
81st Chinese Corps
1st Chinese Cavalry Corps

[jrcar]

26 Sep Big Air Battle in Burma! Mini KB gets touched up

Indicators and Warnings
An enemy unit appears opposite Warzup in Nth Burma. We will recon behind it.

Subs

Burma
They attack Mandalay, the home to about 170 fighters, mostly Tojo, on 100% CAP. Our guys do good, we are happy with the Tojo, our air units are around 60 experiance, between 60-70 in air skill and over 60 in defensive skill.

Morning Air attack on Mandalay , at 59,46

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 77
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 84



Allied aircraft
P-38F Lightning x 22


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 3 destroyed
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38F Lightning: 3 destroyed

Morning Air attack on Mandalay , at 59,46

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 26 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 63
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 74



Allied aircraft
P-38F Lightning x 21


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 6 destroyed
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38F Lightning: 1 destroyed

Morning Air attack on Mandalay , at 59,46

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 49
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 64



Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 22
Hurricane IIc Trop x 45
B-25C Mitchell x 8
B-25C Mitchell x 30
B-26 Marauder x 15
B-26B Marauder x 13
P-40K Warhawk x 45


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIc Trop: 3 destroyed
B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed
B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed
B-26 Marauder: 1 destroyed
B-26B Marauder: 1 destroyed
P-40K Warhawk: 1 destroyed

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



Airbase hits 12
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 37

Morning Air attack on Mandalay , at 59,46

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 31
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 52



Allied aircraft
P-38F Lightning x 6


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

Allied aircraft losses
P-38F Lightning: 3 destroyed

Afternoon Air attack on Mandalay , at 59,46

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 34
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 46



Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 21
Hurricane IIc Trop x 39
B-17E Fortress x 17
P-40K Warhawk x 39


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb Trop: 2 destroyed
Hurricane IIc Trop: 4 destroyed
B-17E Fortress: 3 damaged
P-40K Warhawk: 3 destroyed



Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 8

DEI

OZ
More good hits on Daly Waters with another 2 Helen units chiming in.

Off Perth we stray a little close, and pay the price... our CVE is 50 Sys 23 Float and 5 Fires, the CV is just scratched.

Morning Air attack on TF, near Busselton at 45,153

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 22 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 38



Allied aircraft
Beaufighter Ic x 6
B-26 Marauder x 6


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Beaufighter Ic: 3 destroyed
B-26 Marauder: 3 damaged

Japanese Ships
CVE Taiyo, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires
CV Hiyo

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Busselton at 45,153

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 38



Allied aircraft
Beaufighter Ic x 13
B-26 Marauder x 6
P-38E Lightning x 12


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 4 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Beaufighter Ic: 4 destroyed
B-26 Marauder: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
B-26 Marauder: 1 destroyed by flak
P-38E Lightning: 2 destroyed

Japanese Ships
CV Junyo, Bomb hits 1
CVE Taiyo, Bomb hits 1, on fire

Pacific

China



Today we down about 80 enemy aircraft and loose 40 of our own, a great result thanks mostly to the Tojo!

[jrcar]

27 Sep 1942

Indicators and Warnings
1o enemy units are detected two hex out from Warzup. We are mobilising all available forces to move north to counter this.

Subs

Bugger:

Sub attack near Broome at 61,126

Japanese Ships
xAK Utide Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
PB Kakyu Maru

Allied Ships
SS KIX

Payback:

Sub attack near Sydney at 91,168

Japanese Ships
SS I-31

Allied Ships
APD Colhoun, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
APD Manley

Burma
All quiet, we hit Akyab. It looks like he expected a counter attack, beefed up al the fighters and withdrew the bombers. We send forward some Zero and prepare another 42 plane unit to convert to Tojo.

DEI

OZ
We succesfully flee sw from Perth out of range, we will now circle back to our AO TF. The CVE is holding up OK, the fires are out.

A hit at Daly Waters, we have 2 Div and 2 Tk regt about 2 days out.

Morning Air attack on Daly Waters , at 76,131

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 2
Ki-49-Ia Helen x 54



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-Ia Helen: 1 damaged


Allied ground losses:
244 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 18 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 23 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Guns lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)


Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 13

Also attacking 13th Australian Brigade ...
Also attacking Sparrow Battalion ...
Also attacking Daly Waters ...
Also attacking 4th Aus Cav Brigade ...
Also attacking 13th Australian Brigade ...
Also attacking Daly Waters ...
Also attacking 3rd Army Tank Brigade ...
Also attacking 2/2nd Ind Coy ...
Also attacking Daly Waters ...
Also attacking NW Australia Base Force ...
Also attacking 4th Aus Cav Brigade ...
Also attacking 13th Australian Brigade ...
Also attacking Daly Waters ...
Also attacking 4th Aus Cav Brigade ...
Also attacking Daly Waters ...
Also attacking NW Australia Base Force ...
Also attacking 3rd Army Tank Brigade ...

Pacific
We have been hitting Norfolk Island from Noumea for Days, apart from craters we aren;t doing much.

China
Our thrust ine will now head back to the far south. A Tk Div and an Inf div from the DEI are heading to Haiphong, we will soon release an inf div from Manchuria, and we are marking 3 Ind div and 2 more Tk regt this way from the centre.

We are bombing the target cities and they should have limited forts.



I hope we have enough force in Burma though, we have no strategic reserves, although 4 garrison Bdes are about to leave China to head to Burma, which will free up a division for offensive action.

We aim to quickly take Daly Waters, then retire on Darwin and ship a Division out.

[jrcar]

28 Sep 1942

Indicators and Warnings

Subs

Burma
No Action

DEI


OZ
We continue to advance on Daly waters.


Pacific

China
More good work in China, Tony has encouraged Andrew to come out to play on the open, then we have hammered the several small units. Nice work.

Ground combat at 84,46 (near Nanyang)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 12486 troops, 102 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 457

Defending force 2905 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 75

Japanese adjusted assault: 318

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 318 to 1

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

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


Allied ground losses:
1740 casualties reported
Squads: 153 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 40 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 7 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 23 (19 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Units retreated 1


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
116th Division

Defending units:
2nd Chinese Cavalry Corps

[jrcar]

29 Sep 1942

Indicators and Warnings

Subs

Burma
We hit Akyab.

DEI

OZ
A unit has been detected trying to flank us on the advance to Daly waters, we hit it from the air and will respatch a reserve TK unit to deal with it. We are flying in troops to Ketherine to hold it against a airbourne assault, and to bring the airfield up t level 2.

Morning Air attack on 2/11th Armoured Car Battalion, at 75,131 , near Daly Waters

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-Ia Helen x 14



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
Vehicles lost 7 (2 destroyed, 5 disabled)


Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Ki-49-Ia Helen bombing from 9000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Pacific

China
More units are hit and retreated with heavy loss.

Ground combat at 85,47 (near Sinyang)

Japanese Deliberate attack

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

Defending force 1959 troops, 26 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 6

Japanese adjusted assault: 58

Allied adjusted defense: 5

Japanese assault odds: 11 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-)
experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker: leaders(+)


Allied ground losses:
540 casualties reported
Squads: 41 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 33 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 5 (5 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 1


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
9th Tank Regiment

Defending units:
77th Chinese Corps


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Ground combat at 84,45 (near Nanyang)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 1860 troops, 0 guns, 230 vehicles, Assault Value = 108

Defending force 5041 troops, 43 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 212

Japanese adjusted assault: 200

Allied adjusted defense: 12

Japanese assault odds: 16 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
Vehicles lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
1693 casualties reported
Squads: 60 destroyed, 60 disabled
Non Combat: 44 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 4 disabled
Guns lost 7 (1 destroyed, 6 disabled)
Units retreated 1


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
23rd Tank Regiment
11th Tank Regiment

Defending units:
55th Chinese Corps

[jrcar]

30 Sep 1942
Indicators and Warnings

Subs
This area is quite rich in shipping...
Sub attack near Wellington at 112,192

Japanese Ships
SS I-21

Allied Ships
TK L. P. St. Clair, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires
AO Patoka
APD Waters
TK Pleiodon
TK Connecticut
TK Mobilstation
DD Kilty

Burma
The mobilsed forces are now arriving around Myikyina, and starting to march to Warzup. We will bring Myitkinya back into operation as an airbase, and build forts at Warzup.


DEI

OZ
Continue to hit Daly waters getting good hits on units and the base. We have 2 Div and 2 TK regt advancing now into Daly waters. They using 4E bombers as tactical assets against us. We will move some NICK in to try and kill these.

Morning Air attack on 38th Division, at 76,130 , near Daly Waters

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 2



Allied aircraft
B-17F Fortress x 17
B-24D Liberator x 6


No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
18 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)

Our CV forces off Perth are limping away, the CVE is mostly stable but at 50 sys and 25 float.

Pacific
Our raiding forces are refuled prior to advancing forward...

China

[jrcar]

01 Oct 1942 Daly Waters Falls!

Indicators and Warnings
CV WASP is reported as sunk, that makes 5 US CV's and 1 Brit reported sunk

Subs

Burma
They try to bomb our trrops heading nth, while they do this we have repaired the airfields and 100 fighters move into Myitkina. We now have 200 eng there as well, and the first reinforcements have arrived at Warzup. The stack opposite Warzup has grown to 4. It will be a close run thing but I think we have made it in time.

Morning Air attack on Botanko Hvy Gun Regiment, at 64,42 (Myitkyina)

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 7
A-24 Banshee x 16
B-25C Mitchell x 30
B-26B Marauder x 21


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
Vehicles lost 13 (5 destroyed, 8 disabled)

Morning Air attack on Botanko Hvy Gun Regiment, at 64,42 (Myitkyina)

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes


Allied aircraft
A-20A Havoc x 8
B-25C Mitchell x 9


No Allied losses


DEI

OZ
We bomb Daly waters then shock attack to good effect. The TK units will advance one more hex and route the enemy again, the inf div will march back to Darwin. The number of vehicles killed will be hard to replace... even harder if we can hit them again!


Ground combat at Daly Waters (76,131)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 21860 troops, 217 guns, 297 vehicles, Assault Value = 939

Defending force 12130 troops, 192 guns, 228 vehicles, Assault Value = 459

Japanese adjusted assault: 802

Allied adjusted defense: 46

Japanese assault odds: 17 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Daly Waters !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
607 casualties reported
Squads: 7 destroyed, 28 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Vehicles lost 6 (1 destroyed, 5 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
4048 casualties reported
Squads: 156 destroyed, 93 disabled
Non Combat: 326 destroyed, 23 disabled
Engineers: 28 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 98 (95 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Vehicles lost 173 (172 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Units retreated 7
Units destroyed 1


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
8th Tank Regiment
38th Division
53rd Division
4th Tank Regiment
16th Army

Defending units:
Gull Battalion
13th Australian Brigade
4th Aus Cav Brigade
Sparrow Battalion
3rd Army Tank Brigade
2/2nd Ind Coy
NW Australia Base Force
Katherine RAAF Base Force

Pacific

China
Intel has probably given our thrust line away in the far south, so we are reorienting.

[jrcar]

Thoughts
Nth Oz is now very secure, we will retire to Darwin, holding Katherine with a small force and Darwin with a small force. This will give us more time to dig in the East DEI area, which is now quite formidable. We have two solid lines of bases, the outposts at Merauke (now level 4 airfield) and Darwin. Ground combat troops are at a premium though and we will need to continue to rely on a floating reserve.

The west DEI is still week, but Java is good and Sumatrea getting better.

The SWPAC is very strong, we can probably start moving forces out soon.

Burma is still on a knife edge. Supply is tight, but 50k is on the way. Fighter and bomber units are in greatshape, but ground forces are limited. We have committed our reserve to the nth, but three garrison units will soon leave Japan to help in this area.

Our strategic reserve is currently committed in south Chjina dn Nth Oz, The later can now be freed up giving two fresh Divs that can be used somewhere ofensively if required.

We are about to have enough points to release a Div from Manchuria that will initially head to China.



Andrew is now firmly on the defensive everywhere but Burma. He has lost control of the sea, it is only the vastness of the Pacific that is allowing him to operate... we will try and fix that soon

Our aircraft resarch is going well, see below. Resources/Oil/fuel is gradually improving in Japan, but supply is a problem everywhere... fortunately it shouldn't really impact on operations though.

Currently IRL sitting in Darwin looking out over the bay!

[jrcar]

02 Oct 1942

Indicators and Warnings
Large convoy detected 9 hex south of our CV's off Perth...

Enemy unit count nth of Warzup increasing.

Subs

We loose a sub.
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ASW attack near Sydney at 91,168

Japanese Ships
SS I-31, hits 4, heavy damage

Allied Ships
DD Buchanan
DD Lansdowne
DD Duncan

Burma
Andrew attacks Katha trying to interdict our troops heading nth. All had already passed and it has now real impact on us.

Morning Air attack on 74th Infantry Regiment, at 61,43 (Katha)

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 22


Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed by flak

Otherwise our forces begin themarch to Warzup, it will be a close run thing as the Oz 6th Div is detected...

DEI

OZ
We continue to bomb their troops evicted from Daly Waters. We are following up...


Morning Air attack on 3rd Army Tank Brigade, at 76,132 , near Daly Waters

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-Ia Helen x 40



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
163 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Ki-49-Ia Helen bombing from 9000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
24 x Ki-49-Ia Helen bombing from 9000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 13th Australian Brigade ...
Also attacking 4th Aus Cav Brigade ...
Also attacking Sparrow Battalion ...
Also attacking 3rd Army Tank Brigade ...
Also attacking 13th Australian Brigade ...
Also attacking 4th Aus Cav Brigade ...
Also attacking 3rd Army Tank Brigade ..

Also this unit:

Morning Air attack on 2/11th Armoured Car Battalion, at 75,130 , near Daly Waters

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-Ia Helen x 21



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
Vehicles lost 8 (1 destroyed, 7 disabled)

We set a CAP Trap and the B-17 come in against numbers, however we intercept late, even at 100% CAP...

Morning Air attack on Myitkyina , at 64,42

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 26
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 74



Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 20


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 6 damaged

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



Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 13


Off Perth we sight a large convoy at range 9... all the CV's except CVE Taiho (which is now 59 Sys, 25 float) will turn south to attack!

Pacific

China

[jrcar]

03 Oct 1942 Convoy Slaughtered off Perth

Indicators and Warnings

Subs

Burma
The B-17 come again, analysis shows we have no Radar, so even though lots of fighters they aren't getting a good intercept... will fix that but will take some days.

Morning Air attack on Myitkyina , at 64,42

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 25
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 73



Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 13


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 3 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 4
Runway hits 6

DEI

OZ
We catch the convoy off Perth, we still have some torps and plenty of fuel so can keep going, at least another 9 ships including som xAP...

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Busselton at 39,163

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B5N2 Kate x 25
D3A1 Val x 12



Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 2 damaged
D3A1 Val: 2 damaged

Allied Ships
xAK Johilla
xAK Sirsa, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
xAK Steel Inventor, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires
xAK Trieste, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
xAK Steel Traveler, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires
xAK Birminghan City
xAK West Isleta, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Harmonides
xAK Florence Luckenbach

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Busselton at 39,163

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B5N2 Kate x 24
D3A1 Val x 19



Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 3 damaged

Allied Ships
xAK West Isleta, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
xAK Fairfield City, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
xAK Jalakrishna, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
xAK Birminghan City, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires
xAK Taiping, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Steel Engineer, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Steel Inventor, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Clan Macbean, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK City of Adelaide, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
xAK Steel Traveler, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
xAK Harmonides, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
xAK Robert Luckenbach, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Busselton at 39,163

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B5N2 Kate x 11



No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
xAK Steel Engineer, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
xAK West Cawthon, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires
xAK Robert Luckenbach, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk


Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Busselton at 39,163

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B5N1 Kate x 12



No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
xAK Birminghan City, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
xAK Steel Maker
xAK West Cawthon, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Steel Inventor, heavy fires, heavy damage

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Busselton at 39,163

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
D3A1 Val x 19



No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
xAK Florence Luckenbach, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires
xAK Steel Inventor, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Steel Maker
xAK Taiping, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Fairfield City, heavy fires


NW of Daly waters Andrews efforts at flanking us fail...

Ground combat at 75,130 (near Daly Waters)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 615 troops, 0 guns, 93 vehicles, Assault Value = 53

Defending force 468 troops, 0 guns, 91 vehicles, Assault Value = 42

Japanese adjusted assault: 48

Allied adjusted defense: 2

Japanese assault odds: 24 to 1

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


Allied ground losses:
Vehicles lost 56 (45 destroyed, 11 disabled)
Units retreated 1


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
2nd Tank Regiment

Defending units:
2/11th Armoured Car Battalion



Pacific

China

Here is the map off Perth.

[jrcar]

9 ships are now shown as sunk, many more will not make it through the night... good experiance for our aircrew!


The Tojo IIc comes forward another month, now Dec 1943. We expect it to be online at this rate in about April 1943.


We have now killed several hundred Australian tanks. Caught low on fuel they were easy pickings for our air and our armour. They will take a long time to recover, so Darwin is fairly secure now and we will pull our strategic reserve out to fight elsewhere.

We are planning to take Carnavon, to try and spread him out. On the other coast though Portland Roads now has 12 units... We are preping for Horn Island, mainly to deny it to him.


Burma looks to be nasty around Warzup, a Brit Div, the 6th Oz div and a fair bit of armour looks to be coming. We should get there in time, but probably won't have great forts. Our supply is already in the red, and we are on the rail line! Part of that though is relatively low levels of supply in Burma, around 50k is on the way with the bulk of that arriving within 3 days.

In Nth Indo China we have built up LaoCai to level 2 and now fighters from there, safe from the enemy, will begin to interdict their transport aircraft.

Cheers

Rob

[Cribtop]

Any turn that begins with the headline "convoy slaughtered" is a good turn. That's a LOT of merchies you two have sunk throughout the course of the game. That objective from way back seems to be on track. What cumulative impact on enemy assault shipping do y'all estimate?