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

[jrcar]

18 Feb 1943 Quiet apart from China

Indicators and Warnings

Subs
An AP carrying troops to Rangoon safely survived a sub attack.

Burma
Bad weather stopped aircraft from flying. We try a deliberate attack and got some bad rolls.

Ground combat at 60,44 (near Shwebo)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 12690 troops, 151 guns, 52 vehicles, Assault Value = 442

Defending force 5600 troops, 101 guns, 161 vehicles, Assault Value = 205

Japanese adjusted assault: 74

Allied adjusted defense: 144

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2

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

Japanese ground losses:
886 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 57 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
72 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 14 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled


Assaulting units:
8th Division
14th Tank Regiment

Defending units:
7th Hussars Regiment
22nd (East African) Brigade


DEI

OZ

Pacific

China

We cross the river nth of Tuyun on teh way to reliving Kweiyang. Almost there guys!

Ground combat at 75,50 (near Kweiyang)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 39878 troops, 348 guns, 227 vehicles, Assault Value = 1462

Defending force 12141 troops, 152 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 291

Japanese adjusted assault: 1431

Allied adjusted defense: 58

Japanese assault odds: 24 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
1081 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 88 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 5 disabled
Guns lost 9 (1 destroyed, 8 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
3253 casualties reported
Squads: 128 destroyed, 48 disabled
Non Combat: 223 destroyed, 13 disabled
Engineers: 30 destroyed, 6 disabled
Guns lost 53 (43 destroyed, 10 disabled)
Units retreated 4
Units destroyed 1


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
6th/A Division
2nd Ind.Mixed Regiment
104th/A Division
9th Division
3rd Mobile Infantry Regiment
3rd Recon Battalion
6th/B Division
4th Ind.Mixed Regiment
6th/C Division

Defending units:
50th Chinese Corps
5th Chinese Cavalry Corps
88th Chinese Corps
3rd New Chinese Corps
29th Group Army

On the trail from Burma to China our Paras continue to hold out against a bunch of ragged Chinese forces. This is good as we would like to stop these reinforcements getting to Kunming.

Ground combat at Tsuyung (68,46)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 8205 troops, 48 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 229

Defending force 597 troops, 11 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 29

Allied adjusted assault: 31

Japanese adjusted defense: 13

Allied assault odds: 2 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
58 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses:
121 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled


Assaulting units:
54th Chinese/A Corps
10th Construction Regiment
71st Chinese Corps
54th Chinese/C Corps
NCAC

Defending units:
2nd Raiding Rgt /1
Yokosuka 3rd SNLF /1

The first of our units should get into Kweiyang, opening up the direct supply route tomorrow. The Chinese can't stop us now...

[jrcar]

19 Feb 1943

Indicators and Warnings
More US forces detected in Burma, looks like he has moved a fair bit here. This is always an interesting "What-if"... and actually what would have probably shortened the real war if it weren't for national politics and pig headedness. Helps to explain the lack of movement in Centpac and SWPAC.

Subs
Sub attack near Toyohara at 125,48

Japanese Ships
xAKL Nagaragawa Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage [SUNK]
xAKL Shinshui Maru
xAKL Ina Maru
xAKL Shinrei Maru
PB Teshio Maru

Allied Ships
SS Halibut

Sub attack near Wakkanai at 123,48

Japanese Ships
xAK Sansei Maru
PB Menado Maru

Allied Ships
SS Steelhead, hits 4

Burma
Sweep and bombing of Katha does little damage, the attack though drops the forts a level.

Note the USMC Tk Bn, one less unit in the Pacific... there have been a number of US units detcetd in Burma...

Ground combat at Katha (61,43)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 40018 troops, 692 guns, 837 vehicles, Assault Value = 1713

Defending force 12354 troops, 139 guns, 107 vehicles, Assault Value = 373

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 3

Allied adjusted assault: 1556

Japanese adjusted defense: 557

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

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 3

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

Japanese ground losses:
1401 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 133 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 32 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 8 disabled
Guns lost 45 (5 destroyed, 40 disabled)
Vehicles lost 19 (13 destroyed, 6 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
1554 casualties reported
Squads: 10 destroyed, 170 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 22 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 19 disabled
Guns lost 28 (2 destroyed, 26 disabled)
Vehicles lost 28 (2 destroyed, 26 disabled)


Assaulting units:
40th Infantry Division
3rd USMC Tank Battalion
268th Motorised Brigade
9th Indian Division
6th Australian Division
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
17th Indian Division
IV Indian Corps

Defending units:
65th Brigade
74th Infantry Regiment
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
10th RF Gun Battalion
1st Mobile AA Battalion
1st Mobile Field Artillery Regiment
5th Field AF Construction Battalion
29th JNAF AF Unit

He attacks in the hex nth of Shwebo, as one of our armd units and an extra div move in. We will rout them next turn, excellent.

Ground combat at 60,44 (near Shwebo)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1177 troops, 13 guns, 112 vehicles, Assault Value = 60

Defending force 26098 troops, 276 guns, 174 vehicles, Assault Value = 844

Allied adjusted assault: 1

Japanese adjusted defense: 1322

Allied assault odds: 1 to 1322

Combat modifiers
Defender: op mode(-), leaders(+), fatigue(-)
Attacker: leaders(+), disruption(-), supply(-)

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


Allied ground losses:
196 casualties reported
Squads: 20 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 42 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 7 (7 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 104 (9 destroyed, 95 disabled)


Assaulting units:
7th Hussars Regiment

Defending units:
8th Division
18th Division
14th Tank Regiment




DEI

OZ

Pacific

China
The first of the relief forces arrive at Kweiyang and the seige is lifted (it was never in force as we were able to get supply in through the hex to the SW). Our forces are cutting in laterally behind the Chinese Central front... I wonder if Andrew will abandon it...

Our paras continue to hold, just.

Ground combat at Tsuyung (68,46)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 8062 troops, 48 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 215

Defending force 541 troops, 10 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 21

Allied adjusted assault: 35

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 35 to 1

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

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


Allied ground losses:
35 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Assaulting units:
71st Chinese Corps
54th Chinese/A Corps
10th Construction Regiment
54th Chinese/C Corps
NCAC

Defending units:
2nd Raiding Rgt /1
Yokosuka 3rd SNLF /1

[jrcar]

Here is the situation in China. We need to try and take the circled portion in the map... and clear the route to Burma.

[Cribtop]

Wow, you really have them on the ropes in this theater. Clear the route to Burma and IMHO you create a new and much more defensible LoC that avoids the awkward "how can I defend the open ground near Mandalay" problem. Well done. [&o]

[jrcar]

20 Feb 1942 Quiet due to weather

Indicators and Warnings

Subs

Burma
Weather closes most air ops.

We rout the unit nth of Shwebo.

Ground combat at 60,44 (near Shwebo)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 26110 troops, 276 guns, 174 vehicles, Assault Value = 845

Defending force 594 troops, 4 guns, 101 vehicles, Assault Value = 6

Japanese adjusted assault: 809

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 809 to 1

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

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


Allied ground losses:
82 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 40 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 98 (98 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 1


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
18th Division
8th Division
14th Tank Regiment

Defending units:
7th Hussars Regiment

But Katha won't hold long.

Ground combat at Katha (61,43)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 38948 troops, 692 guns, 837 vehicles, Assault Value = 1681

Defending force 10938 troops, 138 guns, 101 vehicles, Assault Value = 250

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 2

Allied adjusted assault: 1010

Japanese adjusted defense: 463

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

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 2

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

Japanese ground losses:
1545 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 136 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 28 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled
Guns lost 32 (1 destroyed, 31 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
543 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 65 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 17 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 13 (1 destroyed, 12 disabled)


Assaulting units:
40th Infantry Division
3rd USMC Tank Battalion
268th Motorised Brigade
6th Australian Division
84th Indian Brigade
9th Indian Division
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
17th Indian Division
IV Indian Corps

Defending units:
65th Brigade
74th Infantry Regiment
1st Mobile AA Battalion
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
5th Field AF Construction Battalion
10th RF Gun Battalion
1st Mobile Field Artillery Regiment
29th JNAF AF Unit

DEI

OZ

Pacific

China
Our air is bombing Chunking and causing mass casulties at turn at Kweiyang, here is an example:

Morning Air attack on 74th Chinese Corps, at 74,49 (Kweiyang)

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 37
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 6
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 76



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 damaged


Allied ground losses:
564 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 14 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 44 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled

He still can't clear the Paras:

Ground combat at Tsuyung (68,46)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 8019 troops, 48 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 211

Defending force 475 troops, 10 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 13

Allied adjusted assault: 27

Japanese adjusted defense: 22

Allied assault odds: 1 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
82 casualties reported
Squads: 7 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses:
23 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Assaulting units:
54th Chinese/A Corps
10th Construction Regiment
71st Chinese Corps
54th Chinese/C Corps
NCAC

Defending units:
Yokosuka 3rd SNLF
2nd Raiding Rgt /1

[jrcar]

21 Feb 1943

Indicators and Warnings

Mass movements out of central China.

Subs
We find a tanker way up north on the India side of the map. She should sink..

Submarine attack near Karachi at 38,7

Japanese Ships
SS I-32

Allied Ships
TK Fenris, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires



TK Fenris is sighted by SS I-32
SS I-32 launches 4 torpedoes

His subs appear to be concentrating against our northern resource convoys.

Burma
Bad weather cancels lots of missions, including the escort for these guys. 20 are lost, with their crews

Morning Air attack on 44th Cavalry Regiment, at 59,43 , near Kalemyo

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 40



Allied aircraft
P-40K Warhawk x 16


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 12 destroyed, 1 damaged

No Allied losses

No attack at Katha, supply is probably the reason.

DEI

OZ
We continue to hammer the enemy in central OZ.

Morning Air attack on 2/9th Armoured Regiment, at 76,128 (Katherine)

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 113 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 35 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 41



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 3 damaged


Allied ground losses:
143 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 27 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Vehicles lost 38 (2 destroyed, 36 disabled)


Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 8000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
20 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 8000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 22nd Australian Brigade ...
Also attacking Sparrow Battalion ...
Also attacking 2/6th Armoured Regiment ...
Also attacking 2/9th Armoured Regiment ...
Also attacking 22nd Australian Brigade ...
Also attacking Sparrow Battalion ...

Pacific
We have been hunting a convoy way down south with subs, it is being escorted by CVE/CV. This one will get through...

China
We push east north of Tuyun routing the units from Tuyun again.

Ground combat at 76,50 (near Kweiyang)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 20413 troops, 190 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 720

Defending force 7692 troops, 108 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 137

Japanese adjusted assault: 510

Allied adjusted defense: 22

Japanese assault odds: 23 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
132 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 11 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses:
3404 casualties reported
Squads: 118 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 144 destroyed, 26 disabled
Engineers: 11 destroyed, 3 disabled
Guns lost 29 (22 destroyed, 7 disabled)
Units retreated 4


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
4th Ind.Mixed Regiment
9th Division
104th/A Division

Defending units:
88th Chinese Corps
3rd New Chinese Corps
29th Group Army
5th Chinese Cavalry Corps

Despite the odds our paras are still fighting, and holding up his ability to reinforce Kunming.

Ground combat at Tsuyung (68,46)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 8000 troops, 48 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 210

Defending force 408 troops, 10 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 10

Allied adjusted assault: 22

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 22 to 1

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

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


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


Assaulting units:
10th Construction Regiment
71st Chinese Corps
54th Chinese/A Corps
54th Chinese/C Corps
NCAC

Defending units:
Yokosuka 3rd SNLF
2nd Raiding Rgt /1

It looks like he is starting to pull forces out of central front before we close the gates. A large enemy corps has appeared sth of Chungking.




A6M5b and the second George come forward a month to 9/43 and 10/44.

Supply is starting to get better in the Home Islands. Resources are great, fuel is building again but oil is down. Lots of fuel and il is on the way. Stopping all the resource convoys in the DEI/Pacific as China is supplying us with lots.

Using the hub at Saigon/Cam Ranh Bay the railing to the Haiphong hub is working well.

[jrcar]

22 Feb 1943 Katha Falls
Indicators and Warnings

Subs
We get some hits:

Sub attack near Toyohara at 125,48

Japanese Ships
DD Shimakaze
DD Oyashio

Allied Ships
SS Steelhead, hits 2

But loose a ship:
Sub attack near Toyohara at 125,48

Japanese Ships
xAK Yamamiya Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
xAK Nanrei Maru
PB Menado Maru

Allied Ships
SS Snook

Motre air assets are being bought in.

Burma
Katha falls (see below) and our troops are hammered in the open. See a post soon about the detail in Burma.

Ground combat at Katha (61,43)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 41854 troops, 697 guns, 882 vehicles, Assault Value = 1662

Defending force 9747 troops, 138 guns, 101 vehicles, Assault Value = 157

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 1

Allied adjusted assault: 1327

Japanese adjusted defense: 65

Allied assault odds: 20 to 1 (fort level 1)

Allied forces CAPTURE Katha !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
2610 casualties reported
Squads: 193 destroyed, 9 disabled
Non Combat: 164 destroyed, 37 disabled
Engineers: 28 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 76 (75 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 101 (100 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Units retreated 8


Allied ground losses:
288 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 43 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 10 (2 destroyed, 8 disabled)


Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
268th Motorised Brigade
6th Australian Division
84th Indian Brigade
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
9th Indian Division
40th Infantry Division
3rd USMC Tank Battalion
17th Indian Division
IV Indian Corps

Defending units:
65th Brigade
74th Infantry Regiment
1st Mobile AA Battalion
10th RF Gun Battalion
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
5th Field AF Construction Battalion
1st Mobile Field Artillery Regiment
29th JNAF AF Unit

We can't sustain the following. Our Cap gets called in after the first attack and gets stronger as the morning goes on.

Morning Air attack on 8th Division, at 60,44 , near Shwebo

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 4



Allied aircraft
Liberator II x 15
Vengeance I x 32
P-40E Warhawk x 14
DB-7B x 6
Kittyhawk III x 12
A-24 Banshee x 16
B-17E Fortress x 3
B-24D Liberator x 12
B-25C Mitchell x 78
P-40E Warhawk x 25
P-40K Warhawk x 36


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Kittyhawk III: 1 destroyed

Japanese ground losses:
1034 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 49 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 49 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled
Guns lost 20 (1 destroyed, 19 disabled)
Vehicles lost 31 (3 destroyed, 28 disabled)

Morning Air attack on 8th Division, at 60,44 , near Shwebo

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 18
A6M3a Zero x 12
A6M5 Zero x 7
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 37



Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 9


No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
99 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled

Morning Air attack on 8th Division, at 60,44 , near Shwebo

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 18
A6M3a Zero x 12
A6M5 Zero x 11
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 49



Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 12


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 2 destroyed

Morning Air attack on 8th Division, at 60,44 , near Shwebo

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 18
A6M3a Zero x 11
A6M5 Zero x 13
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 40



Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 12


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed



DEI

OZ
It looks like he is pulling back.

Pacific
Still tracking a large convoy with CV/CVE coverage.

China
We sweep Chengtu and discover some recently arrived Chinese air force units!

Morning Air attack on Chengtu , at 75,41

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 74 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 18 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 33



Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 24
P-43A-1 Lancer x 5
P-66 Vanguard x 8


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 5 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 3 destroyed
P-43A-1 Lancer: 1 destroyed
P-66 Vanguard: 1 destroyed

Morning Air attack on Chengtu , at 75,41

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 49 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 27



Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 7
P-43A-1 Lancer x 2
P-66 Vanguard x 1


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

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed
P-43A-1 Lancer: 1 destroyed
P-66 Vanguard: 1 destroyed

We will have to put a stop to that!

D4Y3 Judy comes forward to 5/44.

[jrcar]

Burma Situation 23 Feb 1943
Burma is the Allies main effort at the moment with an extra Aussie div, 2 US Div and US Tk bns committed, plus a large part of the Allied air force.

Recently Katha was seized by the enemy. We were trying to create a dilemma for Andrew by advancing north out of Shwebo, over the open ground, and into the jungle hex (circled). After routing one enemy Tk regiment (7th Hussars) we have been stopped by the allied airpower, and are now pulling back.

At Shwebo we currently have about 3 div, with two more on the way, plus the two to the north. They are prepping for Mandalay, which will be our main fight, however by standing at Shwebo he will have to prep his forces for there.

We are sending a force towards Kalemo (red arrows) to try and get behind him. Don't expect it to work, but you don't know until you try.

In the far north we are facing a large force in the jungle, but have moved out 1/3rd of the Imperial Guard to see if we can rout some pinning/support units....

We are starting to move engineering units into the main defensive line (dashed) along the jungle facing the open central Burmese plain to start digging defences.

All the immediate reinforcements we have are now committed. We have a strong air force and plentiful supply. Our aim now is to delay the inevitable as long as possible.

We have reinforced our line of Communications down the Malay coast in case he goes for an amphib attack. But we are stretched very thin...


We now need to create delay (about a year’s worth!) without becoming smashed by the Allied air and ground power.

[Cribtop]

If China was the unsolvable Japanese strategic problem that led to the war, Burma in AE is the unsolvable operational problem that leads to retreat to Prome. IRL, Allied efforts in Burma foundered on terrain and supply issues for a long time.

[jrcar]

Cribtop you are right. Yes like in China you can "unbalance" the theatre through the application of additional forces, so far it looks like around 3 additional divisions.

I like exploring the "land route" through SEASIA. Militarily I think it is probably the better option than the "Pacific" route. It was real life politics and dogma that stopped it being undertaken during the war.

Andrew is suffering supply problems and always will until Rangoon is taken; maybe not as much as real life, however in the game you can't build/upgrade roads.

We have got ourselves in this "mess" because we sent forces to China, so this is the consequence we need to face for those actions.

[jrcar]

23 Feb 1943 A good day in the air over Burma and China.

Indicators and Warnings

Subs
ASW attack near Tsushima at 102,56

Japanese Ships
E Hayabusa
E Manazuru
E Sagi

Allied Ships
SS Blackfish, hits 1

Burma
We sweep Katha.

Morning Air attack on Katha , at 61,43

Weather in hex: Extreme overcast

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 54



Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 6
P-40K Warhawk x 20


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIc Trop: 2 destroyed
P-40K Warhawk: 3 destroyed

He attacks our divisions tht are retreating.

Morning Air attack on 18th Division, at 60,44 , near Shwebo

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 17
A6M3a Zero x 10
A6M5 Zero x 20
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 55



Allied aircraft
Liberator II x 3
Vengeance I x 32
P-40E Warhawk x 14
DB-7B x 6
Kittyhawk III x 11
A-24 Banshee x 2
B-17E Fortress x 12
B-24D Liberator x 11
B-25C Mitchell x 73
P-40E Warhawk x 24
P-40K Warhawk x 14


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed

Japanese ground losses:
757 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 48 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 24 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 7 disabled


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Morning Air attack on 8th Division, at 60,44 , near Shwebo

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 17
A6M3a Zero x 12
A6M5 Zero x 19
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 55



Allied aircraft
P-38E Lightning x 3
P-38F Lightning x 3
P-38G Lightning x 4


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
P-38G Lightning: 1 destroyed

Morning Air attack on 18th Division, at 60,44 , near Shwebo

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 17
A6M3a Zero x 10
A6M5 Zero x 19
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 51



Allied aircraft
Liberator II x 11
A-24 Banshee x 14
B-25C Mitchell x 11


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 3 destroyed, 5 damaged

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

Morning Air attack on 8th Division, at 60,44 , near Shwebo

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 14
A6M3a Zero x 9
A6M5 Zero x 12
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 28



Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 12


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 2 destroyed, 9 damaged

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

Morning Air attack on 8th Division, at 60,44 , near Shwebo

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 2
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 13



Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 8


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 1 destroyed
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 6 destroyed

No Allied losses

We deny the use of the road to Myitkynia for at least a day.

Ground combat at 62,42 (near Katha)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1238 troops, 13 guns, 112 vehicles, Assault Value = 74

Defending force 462 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 17

Allied adjusted assault: 29

Japanese adjusted defense: 15

Allied assault odds: 1 to 1

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

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


Allied ground losses:
18 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled


Assaulting units:
2nd Royal Tank Regiment

Defending units:
55th Cavalry Regiment

DEI

OZ
Darwin is mined, which are immediately cleared up by the AMc that is there.

Pacific

China
Over Chengtu was trah the Chinese airforce.

Morning Air attack on Chengtu , at 75,41

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 23 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 26



Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 5
P-43A-1 Lancer x 3
P-66 Vanguard x 5


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

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 2 destroyed
P-43A-1 Lancer: 1 destroyed
P-66 Vanguard: 1 destroyed

Morning Air attack on Chengtu , at 75,41

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 101 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 32 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 26
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 75



Allied aircraft
no flights

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

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 1 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed on ground
SB-III: 2 damaged
SB-III: 1 destroyed on ground
A-29A Hudson: 1 damaged


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


Airbase hits 11
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 35


Our paras continue to hold. We will reinforce them.

Ground combat at Tsuyung (68,46)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 7852 troops, 48 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 196

Defending force 378 troops, 9 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 10

Allied adjusted assault: 15

Japanese adjusted defense: 7

Allied assault odds: 2 to 1

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

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


Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Assaulting units:
10th Construction Regiment
71st Chinese Corps
54th Chinese/A Corps
54th Chinese/C Corps
NCAC

Defending units:
Yokosuka 3rd SNLF
2nd Raiding Rgt /1


Chinese units are pulling back along the central front, trying to get to the back door before we can close it...


The Allied fighter units in Burma are becoming very tattered. We may not be stopping the 4E but we are getting a nice toll on the 2E. Come on george, it will be interesting to see what it does in mass...

[Olorin]

ORIGINAL: jrcar

Cribtop you are right. Yes like in China you can "unbalance" the theatre through the application of additional forces, so far it looks like around 3 additional divisions.

I like exploring the "land route" through SEASIA. Militarily I think it is probably the better option than the "Pacific" route. It was real life politics and dogma that stopped it being undertaken during the war.

jrcar,

I tend to agree about SEASIA and China.

Your comment seems at odds with your initial strategy of investing most of your assets in SoPac. After all the game months that have passed, do you think it was worth it going down that route?

I am curious for your thoughts in the matter, as I am only a few months behind you in my game and invested most of my assets in offensive operations in Burma/India. As a new player, I wonder which is better.

[jrcar]

G'Day Olorin,

yes we invested heavily in SWPAC and cleared out the SOPAC, it is the most logical/easiest route for the Allies early on. A consquence of this is that we sank a good part of the US fleet... so yes it was worth it Now we are moving some of those assets west to Burma (2 Div's have been moved) and to the DEI (BF and engineers). We can afford to do that now as our defensive line in the SWPAC is very very strong, all level 6 forts (including Port Moresby), good interlocking airfields and reserves of supply and fuel.

We are currently building the third line of Defence in this area, so while quiet we are taking the opportunity to dig in as hard as we can.

Where the real choice was made though was either sit with divs in Burma (which would have encouraged Andrew to try something bold, like Sumatra/Malaya) or strip that theatre to collapse China, and risk Allied forces in Burma.

That has worked better than we expected, and now I think we can hold Burma far enough north so that the 4E can't destroy to much when strat bombing begins in a few months. The extra industry and resources we have captured in China should more than compensate for the loss of some stuff to heavy bombing. While we have lost territory in Burma, we are attriting his air force at a time when it still isn't really ready to sustain heavy losses.

Of course comitting as much as he has to Burma means India is tempting for a counter attack...

Our main concern though is the 4-6 US divs that are currently undetected. Having them rampage in Java or Sumatra woud not be nice for us!


IMHO as Japanese you need the SWPAC solidly in your hands as there are too many places for the Allies to land and "quickly" hop thier way to the Philippines and there goes your fuel/oil. SOPAC is a nice to have, we mainly did it to smash ground units and give us an opportunity to raid the Allied convoys to OZ.

You need to deny Burma as long as you can. India is possible in Scenario 2, but not viable in 1.

Cheers

Rob

ORIGINAL: Olorin

ORIGINAL: jrcar

Cribtop you are right. Yes like in China you can "unbalance" the theatre through the application of additional forces, so far it looks like around 3 additional divisions.

I like exploring the "land route" through SEASIA. Militarily I think it is probably the better option than the "Pacific" route. It was real life politics and dogma that stopped it being undertaken during the war.

jrcar,

I tend to agree about SEASIA and China.

Your comment seems at odds with your initial strategy of investing most of your assets in SoPac. After all this game months have passed, do you think it was worth it going down that route?

I am curious for your thoughts in the matter, as I am only a few months behind you in my game and invested most of my assets in offensive operations in Burma/India. As a new player, I wonder which is better.

[Cribtop]

Indeed, massing in one place always creates the opportunity to get hit in another. I concur that you have gained more in SOPAC and China than you will lose in Burma. IRL had the Allies committed to an amphib to get past the nasty border terrain then they probably get to vital industry more quickly than the path through SWPAC, but that choice was mostly politics as you point out. The initial amphib would have been riskier than WATCHTOWER and CARTWHEEL, but the payoff greater as well.

[Olorin]

Hi Rob, thanks for the reply.

It seems that we both made the choice to be aggressive in China and use most assets to one area of the map, at the expense of the DEI. We both invaded N.Australia as a security measure against an early counterattack in the DEI. Our only fear is a deep allied strike, using Perth or Colombo as a base.

Disregarding any carrier battles (since they are different from game to game, too many variables), the basic question is whether it's better to destroy American ground troops or British ones. You obviously went with the first choice.

Another question is whether you are able to end the war with China in the near future and then move over 10.000 AV to Burma and Malaya and secure that theater for the rest of the game.

As for the counterattack in India: are you seriously contemplating it? Is it even possible with the current troops dispositions? And if yes, where? Chittagong perhaps?

Cheers
Nick

ORIGINAL: jrcar

G'Day Olorin,

yes we invested heavily in SWPAC and cleared out the SOPAC, it is the most logical/easiest route for the Allies early on. A consquence of this is that we sank a good part of the US fleet... so yes it was worth it Now we are moving some of those assets west to Burma (2 Div's have been moved) and to the DEI (BF and engineers). We can afford to do that now as our defensive line in the SWPAC is very very strong, all level 6 forts (including Port Moresby), good interlocking airfields and reserves of supply and fuel.

We are currently building the third line of Defence in this area, so while quiet we are taking the opportunity to dig in as hard as we can.

Where the real choice was made though was either sit with divs in Burma (which would have encouraged Andrew to try something bold, like Sumatra/Malaya) or strip that theatre to collapse China, and risk Allied forces in Burma.

That has worked better than we expected, and now I think we can hold Burma far enough north so that the 4E can't destroy to much when strat bombing begins in a few months. The extra industry and resources we have captured in China should more than compensate for the loss of some stuff to heavy bombing. While we have lost territory in Burma, we are attriting his air force at a time when it still isn't really ready to sustain heavy losses.

Of course comitting as much as he has to Burma means India is tempting for a counter attack...

Our main concern though is the 4-6 US divs that are currently undetected. Having them rampage in Java or Sumatra woud not be nice for us!


IMHO as Japanese you need the SWPAC solidly in your hands as there are too many places for the Allies to land and "quickly" hop thier way to the Philippines and there goes your fuel/oil. SOPAC is a nice to have, we mainly did it to smash ground units and give us an opportunity to raid the Allied convoys to OZ.

You need to deny Burma as long as you can. India is possible in Scenario 2, but not viable in 1.

Cheers

Rob

ORIGINAL: Olorin

ORIGINAL: jrcar

Cribtop you are right. Yes like in China you can "unbalance" the theatre through the application of additional forces, so far it looks like around 3 additional divisions.

I like exploring the "land route" through SEASIA. Militarily I think it is probably the better option than the "Pacific" route. It was real life politics and dogma that stopped it being undertaken during the war.

jrcar,

I tend to agree about SEASIA and China.

Your comment seems at odds with your initial strategy of investing most of your assets in SoPac. After all this game months have passed, do you think it was worth it going down that route?

I am curious for your thoughts in the matter, as I am only a few months behind you in my game and invested most of my assets in offensive operations in Burma/India. As a new player, I wonder which is better.

[jrcar]

24 Feb 1943

Indicators and Warnings
Lots of rearward movement in China

Subs
We find an unescorted ship at Canton Is:

Submarine attack near Canton Island at 153,143

Japanese Ships
SS I-8, hits 1

Allied Ships
xAKL Susana, Shell hits 4, on fire

Burma
That bastard Andrew has mined Rangoon... fortunately our minesweeper was alert and it helped to open a way for a convoy that included DD's with paravanes, so no harm done... bastard!

The air battle over Katha continues. We get good hits on the airfield. Despite multiple sweeps that encounter no opposition some CAP emerges when our bombers arrive, however it hardly intercepts, as we have LRCAP flying (which engages but doesn't show up on the report below).

Morning Air attack on Katha , at 61,43

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 36,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 11
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 20



Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 5
P-40K Warhawk x 22


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 3 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-40K Warhawk: 1 destroyed

Morning Air attack on Katha , at 61,43

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 31,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 38
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 20



Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 4
P-40K Warhawk x 14


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed

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

Afternoon Air attack on Katha , at 61,43

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 29



Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 5
P-40K Warhawk x 19


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 destroyed

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



Airbase hits 13
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 31



Andrew triesto kick in our screen. Note the supply issue he has.

Ground combat at 62,42 (near Katha)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 1192 troops, 13 guns, 112 vehicles, Assault Value = 63

Defending force 446 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 15

Allied adjusted assault: 10

Japanese adjusted defense: 35

Allied assault odds: 1 to 3

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

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


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


Assaulting units:
2nd Royal Tank Regiment

Defending units:
55th Cavalry Regiment


We try to get to the arty units, but the enemy tanks in the jungle kick us back...

Ground combat at 64,40 (near Warazup)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 4229 troops, 35 guns, 13 vehicles, Assault Value = 152

Defending force 1335 troops, 88 guns, 84 vehicles, Assault Value = 56

Japanese adjusted assault: 20

Allied adjusted defense: 115

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 5

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

Japanese ground losses:
560 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 47 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Assaulting units:
Imperial Guards/C Division

Defending units:
150th RAC Regiment
25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
28th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment

DEI
More BF and engineers arrive.

OZ
He appears to be pulling back, we are bombing to cause as many casulties as we can while we can.

Pacific
Lost track of the convoy. Otherwise warm in the sun.

China
The race is on for the back door to the central Chinese front. we kick in the shattered units who retreat into the city.

Ground combat at 77,50 (near Chihkiang)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 20514 troops, 190 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 729

Defending force 5391 troops, 87 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 87

Japanese adjusted assault: 681

Allied adjusted defense: 16

Japanese assault odds: 42 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
72 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled


Allied ground losses:
1061 casualties reported
Squads: 91 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 102 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 18 (16 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Units retreated 4


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
4th Ind.Mixed Regiment
9th Division
104th/A Division

Defending units:
5th Chinese Cavalry Corps
3rd New Chinese Corps
29th Group Army
88th Chinese Corps

The paras continue to hold.

Ground combat at Tsuyung (68,46)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 7835 troops, 48 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 193

Defending force 615 troops, 11 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 26

Allied adjusted assault: 24

Japanese adjusted defense: 28

Allied assault odds: 1 to 2

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

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


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


Assaulting units:
10th Construction Regiment
71st Chinese Corps
54th Chinese/A Corps
54th Chinese/C Corps
NCAC

Defending units:
Yokosuka 3rd SNLF
2nd Raiding Rgt /1


George should enter production any day now, it is showing 98%.

[jrcar]

Thanks Nick, more comments below.

Hi Rob, thanks for the reply.

It seems that we both made the choice to be aggressive in China and use most assets to one area of the map, at the expense of the DEI. We both invaded N.Australia as a security measure against an early counterattack in the DEI. Our only fear is a deep allied strike, using Perth or Colombo as a base.

Yes we have a similar fear. We are currently reconing Perth, which is empty. Interestingly the area around Adelaide has been built up... I suspect that is his main "import" area for convoys from the East and West.

Columbo we know houses a number of UK fleet units. He sends raids out from here, which we usually detect and send back... although he has been very quiet recently... If the US CV's came this way it could get intersting fast.

Disregarding any carrier battles (since they are different from game to game, too many variables), the basic question is whether it's better to destroy American ground troops or British ones. You obviously went with the first choice.

We wanted both Basically apart from a few key locations, Rabaul, Port Moresby, the rest was "adhoc" and largely unplanned... we "planned" to do something, somewhere, and let a recon pull approach guide us. In the end we were able to maul US stuff, the Brits largely got away.

Another question is whether you are able to end the war with China in the near future and then move over 10.000 AV to Burma and Malaya and secure that theater for the rest of the game.

Yes it will be intersting to see, and why we decided to reinforce our recon pull successes, at the expense of Burma... If we hadn't of had the success we did in China then Burma would have been stronger, and Andrew wouldn't be in there.

As for the counterattack in India: are you seriously contemplating it? Is it even possible with the current troops dispositions? And if yes, where? Chittagong perhaps?

We are seriously contemplating lots of things It depends on what the end state is that you are after to define "posible"... are we out to conquer India? No.

As we did with Nick and Joe on the other foot (although with the advantage of higher supply levels than this BETA allows) Win a couple of battles and the Allied tide can quickly overcome Japanese defence if the UK divs are reinforced (we used 2 Oz and 1 US div). With 2 US div and an Oz div in Burma Andrew can afford and can sustain some losses (and one reason we are keen to maul Australian units in Oz).

He has the ground force but without air supperiority he can't advance that far... and that is why we have been focused on changing air parity in Burma into air dominance for our side... we are getting close.

What we need to do is slow Burma down. One way to do that is through direct action on that front (in fact regardless we need to do some of that). Other ways include indirect action in a related area... but where

Cheers
Nick

[jrcar]

Here is the inaugural Great Chinese Race.

The goal to get to Chihkiang and the road junction.

The contenders are 750 AV of the Japanese army vs a stack of Chinese "stuff".

At the moment it looks like a draw, we will take the city, but he will probably get enough AV into the road junction to stop our rush.

We are sending more forces this way, however we have also started a general advance to get the real target, the cities with industry in the centre.

We just about have all the units in Kweiyang to form the 3rd Tank Div, those forces can then head west to take the heavy industry of Kunming and open the back door to Burma.

Cheers

Rob

[jrcar]

25 Feb 1943 George enters production!

Indicators and Warnings

Subs
Submarine attack near Enderbury Island at 154,143

Japanese Ships
SS I-8

Allied Ships
xAKL Susana, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage



xAKL Susana is sighted by SS I-8
SS I-8 launches 2 torpedoes

Burma
We sweep Katha against light opposition, then hit it with Helens from two different bases

Morning Air attack on Katha , at 61,43

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 3 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 0 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 7
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 18
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 31



No Japanese losses


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


Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 16

Afternoon Air attack on Katha , at 61,43

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 8 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 16
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 47



Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 4


No Japanese losses

No Allied losses


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


Airbase hits 15
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 20

Our rear guard is hit hard.

Ground combat at 62,42 (near Katha)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 1169 troops, 13 guns, 112 vehicles, Assault Value = 324

Defending force 376 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 9

Allied adjusted assault: 68

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 68 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
234 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units retreated 1


Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
3rd USMC Tank Battalion
2nd Royal Tank Regiment
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
268th Motorised Brigade

Defending units:
55th Cavalry Regiment
DEI

OZ
Bomb enemy units to good effect. Not sure what he is up to, units are being re-aranged. We will send some armour out to flank Katherine and see what we can see.

Pacific
Our Emily operating out of Marcus Is detect and attack a raiding force.

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Marcus Island at 129,81

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 22 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
H8K1 Emily x 8



Japanese aircraft losses
H8K1 Emily: 4 damaged
H8K1 Emily: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied Ships
DD Helm
CL Montpelier

China
Our air causes good casulties to enemy units pulling back from the centre.


George is in production at 8 airframes a day. We will wait and mass several hundred before committing. We are building the airbases in Burma bigger to support these new and unreliable, fighters.

[jrcar]

26 Feb 1942

Indicators and Warnings

Subs
Sub attack near Kushiro at 122,55

Japanese Ships
xAKL Shinmei Maru, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage
SC CHa-25

Allied Ships
SS Seadragon

Sub attack near Toyohara at 126,46

Japanese Ships
xAKL Takegawa Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
xAKL Shinshui Maru
xAKL Ina Maru
PB Teshio Maru

Allied Ships
SS Halibut

Burma
No opposition over Katha, and we bomb causing light tomoderate damage. We only have about 70 Helen IIa bombers in Burma, as we focus on China and ASW efforts.


DEI

OZ
Again good hits on enemy troops.

Morning Air attack on 2nd Australian Army, at 76,131 (Daly Waters)

Weather in hex: Clear sky

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

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 15
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 24
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 42



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


Allied ground losses:
362 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 24 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Afternoon Air attack on 2/6th Armoured Regiment, at 76,128 (Katherine)

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 62 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 19 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 24



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


Allied ground losses:
Vehicles lost 20 (1 destroyed, 19 disabled)


Pacific
No sight of the raiding enemy TF. Maybe has gone home.

A lone PBY attacks a convoy taking troops from Suva.

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Ambrym at 126,152

Weather in hex: Clear sky

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


Allied aircraft
PBY-5 Catalina x 1


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
xAP Hoten Maru

China
H'm the enemy are back in supply. Only about half our force was attacking. More troops are on the way.

Ground combat at Kweiyang (74,49)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 14964 troops, 209 guns, 1186 vehicles, Assault Value = 1369

Defending force 61958 troops, 441 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1593

Japanese adjusted assault: 1099

Allied adjusted defense: 2211

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2

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

Japanese ground losses:
951 casualties reported
Squads: 10 destroyed, 67 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 44 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Guns lost 15 (7 destroyed, 8 disabled)
Vehicles lost 66 (5 destroyed, 61 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
756 casualties reported
Squads: 18 destroyed, 78 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 17 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled


Assaulting units:
17th Tank Regiment
3rd Recon Battalion
51st Engineer Regiment
18th Tank Regiment
6th Division
3rd Mobile Infantry Regiment
2nd Tank Division
13th Tank Regiment
3rd Mobile Engineer Regiment
19th Div /1
3rd Mobile Field Artillery Regiment
23rd Army
3rd Mobile AA Battalion

Defending units:
14th Chinese Corps
49th Chinese Corps
15th Chinese Corps
59th Chinese Corps
74th Chinese Corps
86th Chinese Corps
84th Chinese Corps
7th Chinese Corps
87th Chinese Corps

We have now cut the road north of Kweiyang with an armoured unit, who will cross back over the hex side to stop any supplies, reinforcements (a large enemy Corps is coming) and limit supply.

The great race is a draw. Not sure we have the combat power needed, and don't want to wreck our forces deep in China...