Olorin (J) vs Sdhundt (A) --- GC (No Sdhundt please)

[PaxMondo]

ORIGINAL: ny59giants

I may have jumped the gun here. I'm playing with the latest beta patches, so I can convert production factories over to R&D even if they are not in the same series (I just did from Zero to Frank with my back up file....but did not save it so I'm OK here).

This may be a bug, definitely not WAD that I know of. You should post this in Tech Forum for Michael to review.

[ny59giants]

The Oscar Ki-43-IIIa is a very good kami plane due to range, ceiling is above most Allied fighters and has good payload.

[Olorin]

Sep 11, 42 - Sep 15, 42

Operation Gandhi
- The 1st Tank Division captured Tezpur, after having marched 200 miles in 5 days! Only slightly slower than Manstein's and Guderian's initial advances in Op.Barbarossa, a year ago.
- The enemy tried to break out from the Cox'Bazar pocket, but was repulsed.
- The remnants of the allied mobile reserves at Dacca are bombed into dust.
- The 2nd Army unloaded at Chittagong and is marching to Comilla. It will pursue the allied remnants at Dacca.

Ground combat at Tezpur (60,36)
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 3503 troops, 10 guns, 459 vehicles, Assault Value = 240
Defending force 2677 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 123

Japanese adjusted assault: 221
Allied adjusted defense: 1
Japanese assault odds: 221 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Tezpur !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: op mode(-), preparation(-)
Attacker: shock(+)

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

Allied ground losses:
1475 casualties reported
Squads: 145 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 89 destroyed, 20 disabled
Engineers: 8 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 3 (3 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 1
Units destroyed 1

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
2nd Recon Regiment
1st Tank Regiment
6th Tank Regiment
1st Recon Battalion
10th Tank Regiment

Defending units:
Upper Burma BAF Battalion
3rd Indian Brigade
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Morning Air attack on 50th Tank Brigade, at 56,38 (Dacca)
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 31
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 9
Ki-49-Ia Helen x 51
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 50

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged
Ki-49-Ia Helen: 6 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
482 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 24 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 36 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 17 (2 destroyed, 15 disabled)

Also attacking 14th Indian Division ...
Also attacking RAF 223 Group Base Force ...
Also attacking 14th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 50th Tank Brigade ...
Also attacking 14th Indian Division ...
Also attacking RAF 223 Group Base Force ...
Also attacking 14th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 50th Tank Brigade ...
Also attacking 14th Indian Division ...
Also attacking RAF 223 Group Base Force ...
Also attacking 14th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 50th Tank Brigade ...
Also attacking 14th Indian Division ...
Also attacking RAF 223 Group Base Force ...
Also attacking 14th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 50th Tank Brigade ...
Also attacking 14th Indian Division ...
Also attacking RAF 223 Group Base Force ...
Also attacking 14th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 50th Tank Brigade ...
Also attacking 14th Indian Division ...
Also attacking RAF 223 Group Base Force ...
Also attacking 14th Indian Division ...
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Ground combat at 56,42 (near Chittagong)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 32105 troops, 418 guns, 862 vehicles, Assault Value = 1134
Defending force 9039 troops, 132 guns, 113 vehicles, Assault Value = 343

Allied adjusted assault: 78
Japanese adjusted defense: 595
Allied assault odds: 1 to 7

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

Japanese ground losses:
1085 casualties reported
Squads: 11 destroyed, 45 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 16 (1 destroyed, 15 disabled)
Vehicles lost 17 (2 destroyed, 15 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
520 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 58 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Vehicles lost 73 (8 destroyed, 65 disabled)

Assaulting units:
16th Light Cavalry Regiment
255th Armoured Brigade
254th Armoured Brigade
19th Indian Division
23rd Indian Division
7th Indian Division
84th Indian Brigade
26th Indian Division
2/9th Field Regiment
25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment

Defending units:
2nd Recon Regiment
138th Infantry Regiment
24th Infantry Regiment
18th Tank Regiment
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
2nd Field Artillery Regiment

China
- The Chinese abandoned Tuyun and entered Kweiyang. No arrow indicated such a move...weird. I have one division at Kweiyang. Another Chinese stack marched against it from the north and launched a shock attacke. The combined Chinese AV was 5000 (!) versus 350 of mine. Miraculously, I held Kweiyang! The 23rd Army is marching out from Tuyun to reinforce the heroic division.
- The huge Chinese stack at Chihkiang tried to break out of the pocket but failed again. One additional IJA division is marching to Chihkiang to secure the place.
- Finally, the Chinese pocket near Yenan is eliminated. It took me two month but around 40.000 Chinese are now POW and 750 AV are released.

Ground combat at Kweiyang (74,49)
Allied Shock attack
Attacking force 93672 troops, 589 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5066
Defending force 9611 troops, 76 guns, 71 vehicles, Assault Value = 352

Allied adjusted assault: 29 [:D]
Japanese adjusted defense: 351
Allied assault odds: 1 to 12 (fort level 2)

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

Japanese ground losses:
344 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 32 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Allied ground losses:
810 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 121 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled

Assaulting units:
60th Chinese Corps
22nd Chinese Corps
87th Chinese Corps
37th Chinese Corps
93rd Chinese Division
55th Prov Chinese Division
76th Chinese Corps
5th New Chinese Corps
74th Chinese Corps
43rd Chinese Corps
71st Chinese Corps
89th Chinese Corps
35th Chinese Corps
59th Chinese Corps
73rd Chinese Corps
49th Chinese Division
10th Chinese Corps
99th Chinese Corps
94th Chinese Corps
38th New Chinese Division
22nd Artillery Regiment
3rd Heavy Mortar Regiment
4th Heavy Mortar Regiment
20th Artillery Regiment
1st Group Army
20th Chinese Base Force
56th AT Gun Regiment

Defending units:
51st Recon Regiment
34th/A Division
34th/B Division

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Ground combat at Chihkiang (78,50)
Allied Shock attack
Attacking force 69934 troops, 389 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2547
Defending force 12142 troops, 104 guns, 93 vehicles, Assault Value = 385

Allied adjusted assault: 511
Japanese adjusted defense: 1147
Allied assault odds: 1 to 2

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

Japanese ground losses:
281 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 48 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled
Vehicles lost 13 (1 destroyed, 12 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
1328 casualties reported
Squads: 13 destroyed, 175 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 27 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Guns lost 10 (1 destroyed, 9 disabled)

Assaulting units:
25th Chinese Corps
79th Chinese Corps
46th Chinese Corps
26th Chinese Corps
9th Prov Chinese Corps
21st Chinese Corps
20th Chinese Corps
28th Chinese Corps
31st Chinese Corps
5th Chinese Cavalry Corps

Defending units:
13th Tank Regiment
13th Division

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Ground combat at 88,38 (near Yenan)
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 21594 troops, 192 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 746
Defending force 5491 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 7

Japanese adjusted assault: 893
Allied adjusted defense: 9
Japanese assault odds: 99 to 1

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

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:
4121 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 830 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 9 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 5

Assaulting units:
8th Ind.Mixed Brigade
12th Indpt Infantry Regiment
6th Ind.Mixed Brigade
11th Indpt Infantry Regiment
13th Indpt Infantry Regiment
11th Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
120th Red Chinese Division
12th Chinese Base Force
4th Chinese Cavalry Corps
42nd Chinese Corps
1st Construction Regiment
3rd Prov Chinese Corps
2nd Construction Regiment

Ceylon
No enemy fighters or bombers remain in southern India, they have moved to Calcutta. Only transport planes remain at Madras and Cochin. The 22nd Air Flotilla is having a great time bombing these two airfields.

N.Australia
The Australians retreated to Derby. It seems that supply has become an issue for them at last. His heav bombers are becoming less and less effective, most of them are turning back before my CAP can engage them.
My own bombers are taking considerable losses bombing Derby's AF. Very few supply hits are generated. I will soon attempt a bombardment using my two BBs.

[Olorin]

Sep 16, 42 - Sep 19, 42

India
The 3rd Air division launched two huge ground attacks on Dacca, involving 150 bombers and 70 fighters. Enemy bombers finally started bombing my spearhead around Tezpur. No fighter cover was provided in the first day and the result was 60 disabled AFVs. The next day, all available fighters in the theater covered the spearhead, destroying many enemy bombers. BUT I forgot to stand down the bombers and they launched another strike on Dacca, with no escorts. The result...62 bombers downed. Ouch!

Anyway...my tanks begun marching southeast to Dimapur, destroying an Indian brigade in the process. Three recon battalions are advancing to Darjeeling and attracting some of the allied bombers. The 2nd Army begun crossing the river to attack Dacca. The 33rd Div captured Cox'Bazar and the allied pocket is now only one hex wide.

Ground combat at Cox's Bazar (54,43)
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 11332 troops, 121 guns, 32 vehicles, Assault Value = 385
Defending force 5974 troops, 194 guns, 137 vehicles, Assault Value = 63

Japanese adjusted assault: 317
Allied adjusted defense: 55
Japanese assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Cox's Bazar !!!

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

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

Allied ground losses:
1955 casualties reported
Squads: 36 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 164 destroyed, 27 disabled
Engineers: 35 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 86 (86 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 115 (115 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 4
Units destroyed 1

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
33rd Division
62nd JAAF AF Bn

Defending units:
75th Indian Brigade
Madras Police Battalion
3rd Assam Rifles Battalion
70th British Division
16/5th Mahratta Battalion

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Ground combat at 60,37 (near Tezpur)
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 3421 troops, 27 guns, 160 vehicles, Assault Value = 176
Defending force 232 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3

Japanese adjusted assault: 232
Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 232 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender:
Attacker: shock(+)

Allied ground losses:
230 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 32 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units destroyed 1

Assaulting units:
7th Tank Regiment
2nd Mobile Infantry Regiment

Defending units:
3rd Indian Brigade

China
Huge battle at Kweiyang. Supply shortage for both of us. This Chinese attack came 1 or 2 days before the weekly supply draw:

Ground combat at Kweiyang (74,49)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 167772 troops, 907 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 6299
Defending force 34367 troops, 294 guns, 280 vehicles, Assault Value = 1184

Allied adjusted assault: 1721
Japanese adjusted defense: 1063
Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 2)

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
3733 casualties reported
Squads: 10 destroyed, 205 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 71 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 37 disabled
Guns lost 47 (5 destroyed, 42 disabled)
Vehicles lost 32 (5 destroyed, 27 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
7557 casualties reported
Squads: 49 destroyed, 761 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 68 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 34 disabled
Guns lost 21 (2 destroyed, 19 disabled)

Assaulting units:
87th Chinese Corps
37th Chinese Corps
43rd Chinese Corps
76th Chinese Corps
1st Chinese Corps
49th Chinese Division
71st Chinese Corps
16th Chinese Corps
93rd Chinese Division
75th Chinese Corps
5th New Chinese Corps
10th Chinese Corps
94th Chinese Corps
89th Chinese Corps
35th Chinese Corps
60th Chinese Corps
55th Prov Chinese Division
74th Chinese Corps
22nd Chinese Corps
73rd Chinese Corps
99th Chinese Corps
59th Chinese Corps
38th New Chinese Division
22nd Artillery Regiment
4th Heavy Mortar Regiment
1st Group Army
20th Artillery Regiment
20th Chinese Base Force
18th Artillery Regiment
3rd Heavy Mortar Regiment
56th AT Gun Regiment

Defending units:
34th Division
17th Tank Regiment
66th Infantry Regiment
51st Recon Regiment
104th Division
51st Engineer Regiment
23rd Army
21st Mortar Battalion

Australia

Lots of APs and TKs reported at Perth.

The 3rd Fleet sent its battleships to bombard Derby. A destroyer TF engaged the allied PT boats, sinking two, but the survivors engaged the BBs. They caused unnecessary ammo expenditure, but nothing more:

Night Naval bombardment of Derby at 64,127

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Yamashiro
BB Fuso
CA Kumano
CA Suzuya
CL Sendai
DD Fuyo
DD Hatsuyuki
DD Arashio
DD Akigumo

Allied ground losses:
300 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 20 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 39 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Vehicles lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 21
Port hits 1
Port supply hits 2

E13A1 Jake acting as spotter for BB Yamashiro
BB Yamashiro firing at 5th Australian Division
E13A1 Jake acting as spotter for BB Fuso
BB Fuso firing at 8th Australian Division
CA Kumano firing at 5th Australian Division
CA Suzuya firing at 5th Australian Division
CL Sendai firing at 8th Australian Division
DD Fuyo firing at 5th Australian Division
DD Hatsuyuki firing at 8th Australian Division
DD Arashio firing at Derby
DD Akigumo firing at 5th Australian Division

Other than that, the allied garrison at Numea increased by 30.000 troops in three days. Lots of APs spotted. CVs and BBs are also reported.

[Olorin]

Sep 20, 42

Kwantung Army
I had a discussion with my opponent about the house rule which prohibits formations from crossing borders unless PPs are paid. I asked if I should be able to use the Chinese Exp. Army as I see fit, in the hypothetical scenario of a Chinese collapse. He agreed that I should be able to move units wherever I want in Asia, except in India. Which means two things:
a) that the only use for it would be to defend Burma and Malaya. Or attack Russia.
b) that I am free to redeploy units from the Kwantung Army to China without paying PPs.

My plan was to move the 16th Tank Army in China, but that is no longer necessary, as 3 infantry divisions and 4 tank regiments in Manchuria have already begun boarding trains.

India
- The enemy evacuates Imphal. No movement arrow warning. He will probably try to gather everyone in Ledo, where the refinery is or try to escape through the woods.
- 3 days till the 2nd Army enters Dacca

China
Another attack at Kweiyang, just one day after yesterday's shock attack. Similar results, a recon battalion is wiped out. One division and two artillery units will reinforce my garrison in about one week from now. Supply is desperately needed here.

Ground combat at Kweiyang (74,49)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 161548 troops, 903 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5520
Defending force 31726 troops, 289 guns, 276 vehicles, Assault Value = 944

Allied adjusted assault: 659
Japanese adjusted defense: 2727
Allied assault odds: 1 to 4 (fort level 1)

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

Japanese ground losses:
1555 casualties reported
Squads: 17 destroyed, 121 disabled
Non Combat: 48 destroyed, 61 disabled
Engineers: 26 destroyed, 22 disabled
Guns lost 53 (13 destroyed, 40 disabled)
Vehicles lost 95 (60 destroyed, 35 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Allied ground losses:
2347 casualties reported
Squads: 138 destroyed, 454 disabled
Non Combat: 33 destroyed, 42 disabled
Engineers: 11 destroyed, 13 disabled
Guns lost 26 (10 destroyed, 16 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Assaulting units:
55th Prov Chinese Division
94th Chinese Corps
22nd Chinese Corps
99th Chinese Corps
93rd Chinese Division
71st Chinese Corps
35th Chinese Corps
5th New Chinese Corps
75th Chinese Corps
73rd Chinese Corps
89th Chinese Corps
1st Chinese Corps
43rd Chinese Corps
16th Chinese Corps
74th Chinese Corps
10th Chinese Corps
76th Chinese Corps
60th Chinese Corps
87th Chinese Corps
37th Chinese Corps
59th Chinese Corps
38th New Chinese Division
20th Chinese Base Force
3rd Heavy Mortar Regiment
1st Group Army
18th Artillery Regiment
4th Heavy Mortar Regiment
49th Chinese Division
22nd Artillery Regiment
20th Artillery Regiment
56th AT Gun Regiment

Defending units:
51st Recon Regiment
34th Division
17th Tank Regiment
66th Infantry Regiment
104th Division
51st Engineer Regiment
23rd Army
21st Mortar Battalion

Australia
4000 Australians are spotted at Carnavon marching north towards Exmouth.

[ny59giants]

4000 Australians are spotted at Carnavon marching north towards Exmouth.

Your opponent must have heard about an earlier posting of mine. [:D] Your warships and airplanes are going to be busy in Australia keeping your position intact. You can either bomb his troops or Carnavon to destroy supply. My opponent was able to take Exmouth, but supplies got so bad that he had to withdraw after getting to within 3 hexes of Port Hedland.

[Olorin]

Yes, and at the same time he begun moving his huge army at Derby again . Too few bombers and too many jobs to do: bomb ground troops at Exmouth and Derby, bomb AF to generate supply hits at Derby and Carnavon. Four different missions.

I still have the 65th Brigade in Timor and one independent engineer unit (40AV), which I can throw in the coming battles. Plus, in 2 days I will buy a division from Manchuria and send it to Java.

[Olorin]

Oct 01, 42

India
The 2nd Army finally entered Dacca and expelled the Allied strugglers. Unfortunately, they retreated into the marshes southeast of Calcutta and I cannot pursue them further.

The enemy tried to break out of the Cox'Bazar pocket twice and twice he was thwarted, but it was a pretty even battle.

In the second pocket, the allies are marching through the forests towards Tezpur and I am massing my armor to meet them in the open fields. I captured Kohima unopposed. Ledo is also abandoned.

Small British units have begun reinforcing their new defense line, starting from Calcutta. It's not really a line yet, the only relatively well defended part is Diamond Harbor-Calcutta-Jessore, which contains around 35.000 allied troops and soon it will be reinforced by the former Dacca defenders.

Near Ceylon, an allied SCTF of 6 destroyers tries to intercept a supply convoy, 1 hex off Trincomalee, but it is engaged by 3 Japanese destroyers during the day. We lose two destroyers each, I was hoping for a night engagement.

Ground combat at Dacca (56,38)
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 39998 troops, 408 guns, 490 vehicles, Assault Value = 1444
Defending force 19524 troops, 404 guns, 467 vehicles, Assault Value = 369

Japanese adjusted assault: 1584
Allied adjusted defense: 23
Japanese assault odds: 68 to 1 (fort level 1)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Dacca !!!

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
Wapiti IIa: 1 destroyed
Audax I: 1 destroyed

Combat modifiers
Defender: op mode(-), preparation(-), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker: shock(+)

Japanese ground losses:
832 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 86 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 21 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 13 disabled
Vehicles lost 22 (3 destroyed, 19 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
6018 casualties reported
Squads: 355 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 296 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 171 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 212 (211 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 260 (260 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 11
Units destroyed 2

Assaulting units:
49th Infantry Regiment
14th Tank Regiment
8th Tank Regiment
14th Division
148th Infantry Regiment
1st Engineer Regiment
146th Infantry Regiment
57th Infantry Regiment
1st Infantry Regiment
2nd Tank Regiment
56th Engineer Regiment
113th Infantry Regiment
18th Tank Rgt /2
8th RF Gun Battalion
2nd Mortar Battalion
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
56th Field Artillery Regiment
23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Army
23rd JAAF AF Bn

Defending units:
11th Indian Division
267th Armoured Brigade
2nd British Division
9th Indian Division
50th Tank Brigade
14th Indian Division
77th Heavy AA Regiment
95th Heavy AA Regiment
2/11th Field Regiment
2/13th Field Regiment
1/4 Central Detach.
RAF 223 Group Base Force
823rd Engineer Aviation Battalion

China
The big Chinese stack at Kweiyang retreated to the north, after failing to break my defenses several times.

I am gathering 4 additional infantry divisions from Manchukuo at Changsha. Together with existing 13th Army units, I will have 2700 AV in total. I hope they will be enough to take the base.

Australia
Allied activity in western Australia is intensified. Lots of ships at Perth, two CVEs included, but the troop count remains the same. Another transport TF is spotted at Carnavon and a NZ unit (probably a brigade) is marching north towards Exmouth. Sending a CVE and a few destroyers to hit and run.

[Olorin]

Oct 02, 42 - Oct 04, 42

India
The enemy entered the clear hex southeast of Tezpur and I pushed them back on the Imphal-Dimapur rail line.

Ground combat at 60,37 (near Tezpur)
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 17656 troops, 228 guns, 495 vehicles, Assault Value = 714
Defending force 18834 troops, 205 guns, 207 vehicles, Assault Value = 597

Japanese adjusted assault: 831
Allied adjusted defense: 243
Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: morale(-)
Attacker: shock(+)

Japanese ground losses:
881 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 29 disabled
Non Combat: 57 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 45 destroyed, 7 disabled
Guns lost 18 (17 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 119 (96 destroyed, 23 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Allied ground losses:
5596 casualties reported
Squads: 168 destroyed, 62 disabled
Non Combat: 182 destroyed, 87 disabled
Engineers: 10 destroyed, 17 disabled
Guns lost 36 (18 destroyed, 18 disabled)
Vehicles lost 65 (29 destroyed, 36 disabled)
Units retreated 10
Units destroyed 1

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
1st Mobile Engineer Regiment
5th Tank Regiment
1st Tank Regiment
19th Tank Regiment
21st Division
2nd Mobile Engineer Regiment
1st Mobile AA Battalion
1st Mobile Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Mobile AA Battalion
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
2nd Field Artillery Regiment
11th RF Gun Battalion

Defending units:
Rangoon BAF Battalion
5th Burma Battalion
4th Burma Battalion
4th Assam Rifles Battalion
Mandalay BMP Battalion
20th Indian Division
Railway BAF Battalion
1st Burma Battalion
BFF Brigade
26th Indian Brigade
221 Group RAF
Burma Corps

Australia
I successfully intercepted the allied convoys near Carnavon, while they were unloading what is probably an armor unit. My CVE did not launch its aircraft, because it was overstacked [:(]

Night Time Surface Combat, near Carnarvon at 49,133, Range 2,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Shigure
DD Murasame, Shell hits 1 (17 sys damage)
DD Sagiri

Allied Ships
DD Monaghan, Shell hits 13, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Edward Luckenbach, Shell hits 1
xAK Forbes Hauptmann
xAK Clan Forbes, Shell hits 3, heavy fires
xAK Matiana, Shell hits 16, on fire, heavy damage
xAK Mulbera
xAK Nora Moller, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
xAP Glenorchy
xAP Denbighshire, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
xAP Kota Gede
xAP Kota Radja
xAP Kota Pinang
xAK Marpessa
TK Angelina, Shell hits 1
TK Iris, Shell hits 2, heavy fires
TK Talang Akar, Shell hits 4, heavy fires

Allied ground losses:
Guns lost 15 (10 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Vehicles lost 68 (41 destroyed, 27 disabled)

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Carnarvon at 49,133, Range 2,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Shigure
DD Murasame
DD Sagiri

Allied Ships
xAK Edward Luckenbach
xAK Forbes Hauptmann, Shell hits 2
xAK Matiana, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Mulbera, Shell hits 7, heavy fires
xAP Glenorchy, Shell hits 6, on fire
xAP Kota Gede
xAP Kota Radja, Shell hits 6, on fire
xAP Kota Pinang, Shell hits 11, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Marpessa, Shell hits 1
TK Angelina, Shell hits 30, and is sunk

Allied ground losses:
Guns lost 10 (2 destroyed, 8 disabled)
Vehicles lost 31 (7 destroyed, 24 disabled)

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Day Time Surface Combat, near Carnarvon at 48,133, Range 1,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Shigure
DD Murasame
DD Sagiri

Allied Ships
xAK Mulbera, Shell hits 25, and is sunk

Allied ground losses:
Guns lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Vehicles lost 22 (1 destroyed, 21 disabled)

They launched an unescorted naval strike against a supply convoy at Saumlaki, but my Zeros mauled them.

Morning Air attack on TF, near Saumlaki at 78,117
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid detected at 19 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 12

Allied aircraft
SBD-2 Dauntless x 4
SBD-3 Dauntless x 11

No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
SBD-2 Dauntless: 3 destroyed
SBD-3 Dauntless: 8 destroyed

An allied CL was spotted two hexes southeast of Horn Island, I don't know what it is doing there. I have 9 Vals guarding the straight and they scored two hits:

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Horn Island at 90,130
Weather in hex: Light rain
Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Japanese aircraft
D3A1 Val x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A1 Val: 2 damaged

Allied Ships
CL Newcastle, Bomb hits 2

SE Fleet
They started a mini air campaign against my bases in this region, but lost quite a few heavy bombers. I recently equipped my in-theater Zero groups with the A6M3 and I am pleased with its performance against heavy bombers.

Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 42

Allied aircraft
Hudson III (LR) x 10
B-26 Marauder x 9
B-26B Marauder x 10

No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
Hudson III (LR): 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
Hudson III (LR): 1 destroyed by flak
B-26 Marauder: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
B-26 Marauder: 1 destroyed by flak
B-26B Marauder: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 3

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Morning Air attack on 1st Art.Mortar Regiment, at 114,137 (Tulagi)
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 35

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 12
B-24D Liberator x 3

No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 2 destroyed, 10 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged

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Morning Air attack on Lunga , at 114,138
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid detected at 32 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 8

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 6

No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 1 destroyed by flak

China
Preliminary bombardment of Chansha has begun. In two or three days the first attack will be launched. I have gathered 2800 AV.

[Olorin]

Oct 05, 42 - Oct 07, 42

India
Warhawks sweep Tezpur and kill 15 Oscars. No airfield in Tezpur yet and I have to LRCAP the base from Chittagong, which makes my pilots very tired. Then they send their bombers:

Morning Air attack on 21st Division, at 60,37 , near Tezpur
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
Liberator II x 13
B-24D Liberator x 15
B-25C Mitchell x 12

Allied aircraft losses
Liberator II: 1 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 6 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
307 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 19 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

He is sending units at Tezpur piecemeal from the west, which are pushed back with ease. The enemy is trying hard to break out of the pocket, but it won't happen. I have a fairly tight ring around the British.

Ground combat at 60,37 (near Tezpur)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 12569 troops, 204 guns, 73 vehicles, Assault Value = 886
Defending force 933 troops, 10 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 12

Japanese adjusted assault: 109
Allied adjusted defense: 1
Japanese assault odds: 109 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
35 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
998 casualties reported
Squads: 16 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 100 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 13 (13 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Assaulting units:
21st Division
19th Tank Regiment
10th Tank Regiment
5th Tank Regiment
1st Tank Regiment
7th Tank Regiment
2nd Mobile Infantry Regiment
2nd Mobile Engineer Regiment
1st Mobile AA Battalion
2nd Mobile AA Battalion
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
1st Mobile Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Field Artillery Regiment
11th RF Gun Battalion

Defending units:
BFF Brigade

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Ground combat at Tezpur (60,36)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 15872 troops, 165 guns, 111 vehicles, Assault Value = 539
Defending force 514 troops, 0 guns, 81 vehicles, Assault Value = 32

Japanese adjusted assault: 241
Allied adjusted defense: 1
Japanese assault odds: 241 to 1

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

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

Allied ground losses:
45 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 21 destroyed, 23 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 70 (67 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Units retreated 1

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
2nd Engineer Regiment
38th Division
2nd Recon Regiment
17th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
16th Army
16th AA Regiment
44th Field AA Battalion

Defending units:
44th Cavalry Regiment

China
The first deliberate attack on Changsha was launched and results were promising. Forts were reduced and casualties were roughly equal:

Ground combat at Changsha (82,52)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 78382 troops, 661 guns, 263 vehicles, Assault Value = 2793
Defending force 27202 troops, 199 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 877

Japanese adjusted assault: 2229
Allied adjusted defense: 1221
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 6)

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 5

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

Japanese ground losses:
2073 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 209 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 28 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled
Guns lost 18 (2 destroyed, 16 disabled)
Vehicles lost 23 (2 destroyed, 21 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
2643 casualties reported
Squads: 15 destroyed, 197 disabled
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 142 disabled
Engineers: 11 destroyed, 81 disabled
Guns lost 70 (30 destroyed, 40 disabled)
Units destroyed 2

Assaulting units:
9th Tank Regiment
11th Division
8th Armored Car Co
17th Ind.Mixed Brigade
116th Division
23rd Division
60th Division
13th Ind.Mixed Brigade
12th Division
68th/A Division
4th Mortar Battalion
2nd Hvy.Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
50th Chinese Corps
88th Chinese Corps
78th Chinese Corps
5th Construction Regiment
44th Chinese Corps
14th Construction Regiment
27th Group Army
29th Group Army
14th Chinese Base Force
25th Group Army
100th Chinese/B Corps
9th War Area
19th Group Army
17th Chinese Base Force
100th Chinese/A Corps
30th Group Army
100th Chinese/C Corps

Australia
Another unit enters Exmouth, they must now have nearly 400AV. Forts increased to lvl 4 recently, so I don't think I have to commit the 65th Bde yet.

Their transport TFs remain at Carnavon. My army bombers launch their first successful naval strike of the war:

Morning Air attack on TF, near Carnarvon at 49,133
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 14
Ki-49-Ia Helen x 25

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-Ia Helen: 2 damaged

Allied Ships
DD Buchanan
xAK Edward Luckenbach
xAP Kota Gede
xAP Kota Radja, Bomb hits 1
DD Dale

12 Kates launch another strike from Exmouth and sink another allied xAK.
Another raiding SCTF will soon hit Carnavon again.

At the other side of Australia, Groote Island is continuously bombed. The last supply convoy was hit hard by allied bombers afew wees ago.

Morning Air attack on Groote Eylandt , at 82,130
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid detected at 26 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Allied aircraft
DB-7B x 13
Hudson I x 3
Mitchell II x 5
Hudson III (LR) x 11
B-26B Marauder x 3

Allied aircraft losses
DB-7B: 1 damaged
Hudson I: 1 damaged
B-26B Marauder: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
xAKL Tientsin Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage

Port hits 2

SE Fleet
Two B-17F's destroyed over Tulagi.

7 allied destroyers close on Tulagi, but KB was put on full alert, after the suspicious allied movements of late. KB launched two strikes from a hex between Shortlands and Munda and annihilated all 7 allied destroyers near Tulagi.

Numea is nearly empty of troops. Troop count went down to 15.000 from 55.000.

[Olorin]

Oct 08, 42 - Oct 11, 42

Bloody turns. I keep losing transports needlessly.

India
- The enemy bombs Tezpur causing considerable disruption and casualties, as my LRCAP is becoming less and less effective. I need an airfield here asap.
- More enemy units arrive in Rangpur-Darjeeling. My first priority right now is to reduce the two pockets and free up the divisions occupied with them. It's a slow process, moving through the jungle.
- 6 Allied destroyers trashed an empty supply convoy that had just unloaded 35.000 tons of supply at Trincomalee. 10 Aden class xAKs are gone. I must find a way to counter his raiding in the Bay of Bengal.
- My SCTF at Trincomalee engages the enemy after the above "battle". Inconclusive result, superficial damage for both sides.
- Port strike on Colombo: at least one allied submarine sunk, three destroyers heavily damaged

Afternoon Air attack on Colombo , at 29,48
Weather in hex: Light rain
Raid detected at 46 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 63
G3M3 Nell x 25
G4M1 Betty x 24

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M3 Nell: 9 damaged
G3M3 Nell: 1 destroyed by flak
G4M1 Betty: 5 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied Ships
DD Jarvis, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
SS S-39, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
DD Edsall, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
SS O24, Bomb hits 4, heavy damage
SS KXVI, Bomb hits 3, heavy damage
xAK Maridal, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Lang, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage

Repair Shipyard hits 2
Port hits 7

China
A second deliberate attack is launched on Changsha, results are identical with the first attack: forts reduced to 4, casualties quite even.
The rest of the front is stabilized.

Australia
- The enemy gathered 600 AV in Exmouth and launched a deliberate attack that caused almost no casualties, but dropped the forts to 3. I may need to commit the 65th Bde soon. Perhaps invading Carnavon would be better, but they reinforced it recently.
- Another raid against Carnavon by a CA led destroyer division resulted in the sinking of an allied DD and 3 transport ships. Naval strikes by the 12 Kates in Exmouth and CVE Hosho, port strikes by army bombers from Port Hedland sink another 3 ships and damage a lot more. Lots of vehicles destroyed.
- Three destroyers are spotted near Horn Island. Vals take off to bomb them and sink two. It's probably an evacuation of naval assets from Darwin

Ground combat at Exmouth (50,129)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 16049 troops, 200 guns, 150 vehicles, Assault Value = 603
Defending force 9681 troops, 93 guns, 62 vehicles, Assault Value = 301

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 3

Allied adjusted assault: 289
Japanese adjusted defense: 951
Allied assault odds: 1 to 3 (fort level 3)

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

Japanese ground losses:
412 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 43 disabled

Allied ground losses:
906 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 100 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled

Assaulting units:
44th Australian Battalion
13th Australian Brigade
3rd Australian Division
25th MG Battalion
14th NZ Brigade
109th Tank Attack Regiment
33rd Medium Regiment
N Force Detachment

Defending units:
3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
16th Engineer Regiment
16th Recon Regiment
20th Infantry Regiment
Kure 2nd SNLF
41st Air Defense AA Regiment
8th JNAF Coy

SE Fleet
Confirmed: Numea is almost empty of ground troops. Where have they gone?

[ny59giants]

Double check to ensure that your Independent Engineer Regments are where you want them to be. They are Japan's best units to build up bases.

Reinforce Exmouth now. If you lose it, then Port Hedland will be subject to both air and naval attacks and make your hold at both Port Hedland and Broome very problematic long term. Look for highly disabled brigades in China that you can use PPs cheaply to move into Australia after a brief R&R period to regather their strength.

[Olorin]

Hi ny59giants,
I will reinforce Exmouth with the 65th Brigade.
I recently bought a division from Kwantung Army (sent to Java) and currently have no PPs available.
After the pocket in India is gone, I will redeploy at least two infantry divisions to the DEI.

I hope these measures are enough to secure Australia and the DEI in the foreseeable future.

[Olorin]

Oct 12, 42 - Oct 14, 42

India
- Still trying to round up the two allied pockets and contain them in one hex each.
- Port strike on Colombo again: two subs and two destroyers sink.
- Naval strike near Addu, against an allied amphibious TF. My Netties score 3 torpedo hits, 4 allied APs and 2 xAKs sink, lots of ground troops are drown.

China
Changsha falls! I did not expect it to fall in the third attack, while still having lvl3 forts but it was a nice surprise:

Ground combat at Changsha (82,52)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 75963 troops, 661 guns, 263 vehicles, Assault Value = 2541
Defending force 23575 troops, 159 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 591

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 3

Japanese adjusted assault: 3997
Allied adjusted defense: 331
Japanese assault odds: 12 to 1 (fort level 3)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Changsha !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
1833 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 154 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 28 disabled

Allied ground losses:
9020 casualties reported
Squads: 211 destroyed, 172 disabled
Non Combat: 329 destroyed, 153 disabled
Engineers: 80 destroyed, 5 disabled
Guns lost 64 (40 destroyed, 24 disabled)
Units retreated 12

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
116th Division
23rd Division
9th Tank Regiment
8th Armored Car Co
60th Division
12th Division
13th Ind.Mixed Brigade
11th Division
17th Ind.Mixed Brigade
68th/A Division
4th Mortar Battalion
13th Army
2nd Hvy.Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
78th Chinese Corps
50th Chinese Corps
44th Chinese Corps
14th Construction Regiment
29th Group Army
30th Group Army
19th Group Army
25th Group Army
9th War Area
14th Chinese Base Force
27th Group Army
17th Chinese Base Force

Australia
- Two allied destroyers raid Lautern and sink a lowly xAKL. My torpedo bombers are not able to hit them.
- Port strike on Carnavon: 1 AP and 1 xAK possibly sink.
- Allied heavy bombers bomb Exmouth again, not achieving much.


SE Fleet
The Allies invade Kirakira (the dot base southeast of Guadalcanal). I have two companies there, so it is likely that I will lose the island. I don't know what he has unloaded yet.
I manage to sink a DD using Zeros at 100ft for the first time.

If they manage to build up Kirakira in to a decent airfield, I think it will mark the beginning of the end for the Solomons. I will not let them do that.

5th Fleet
Two American CVEs appear on the Aleutian Islands SLOC, but i have no convoys operating in the area. There is plenty of supply there to last for several months, with the current levels of activity.

[PaxMondo]

Great job! Taking Changsha is a big deal for IJ.

BANZAI!!!

[Olorin]

Thanks, Paxmondo [:D]

I have two questions though.

1. There is a Chinese unit one hex away from the main road (Hanoi-Nanning). It's not ON the road, but 1 hex away and they control the hexside leading to the road. My question is, will it disrupt the flow of resources and oil from Singapore?

2. As I understand it, moving oil and resources through the road network will not incur an efficiency penalty. There is however a penalty on moving fuel. Is this correct? And will I lose more fuel letting it flow from Singapore to Port Arthur or Fusan, than I currently lose moving it with tankers?

Thanks in advance. [:)]

[PaxMondo]

ORIGINAL: Olorin
1. There is a Chinese unit one hex away from the main road (Hanoi-Nanning). It's not ON the road, but 1 hex away and they control the hexside leading to the road. My question is, will it disrupt the flow of resources and oil from Singapore?

This came up in another AAR and the consensus was it would not hinder flow. Obviously though, it will be easy for that unit to move 1 hex and do so ...

ORIGINAL: Olorin
2. As I understand it, moving oil and resources through the road network will not incur an efficiency penalty. There is however a penalty on moving fuel. Is this correct? And will I lose more fuel letting it flow from Singapore to Port Arthur or Fusan, than I currently lose moving it with tankers?

Correct on the oil/resources ... no losses.

With respect to the fuel ... I have never calculated the loss percentage exactly.

Tanker usage depends greatly on the tanker; smaller ones use +5x the fuel to tranport a fuel unit/hex as compared to the Tonan Whaler. Then of course, you have to include the fuel usage of your ASW assets AND the supply usage of your air ASW assets. Finally, you have to include your losses to subs ...

Thus, the reason i have never bothered to calc the road losses as I know that the operational uses + losses will greatly exceed it. PLUS, I get to use all those escorts and planes somewhere else instead of in ASW roles ...

[Olorin]

Thanks Pax, I guess I better mop up that unit to be sure the resources flow without hindrance.

[Olorin]

Oct 15, 42 - Oct 18, 42

India
- 3rd Air Div continues to take losses. Too many jobs to do. For now the enemy enjoys slight air superiority over the battlefield.
- The Dimapur pocket launches a desperate attack, but fails to break out. Their fate is sealed.
- An entire allied transport TF carrying troops is annihilated near Addu by Nells operating from Ceylon.

China
13th Army is resting following the capture of Changsha.

Australia/DEI
The 65th Bde unloaded without problems in Exmouth.
Recently I received several garrison units of regimental size. They will reinforce Sumatra and Java.

SE Fleet
- Not many allied troops are on Kirakira but my garrison is weak too. They launched two shock attacks, but my troops held their ground. 27 Helens bombed the enemy for 4 days. The base is close to the Tulagi-Lunga-Tassarafonga complex, while the nearest allied base in Ndeni.

Ground combat at Kirakira (116,140)
Allied Shock attack
Attacking force 328 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 61
Defending force 547 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 26

Allied adjusted assault: 11
Japanese adjusted defense: 13
Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 0)

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

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

Allied ground losses:
34 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Assaulting units:
1st USMC Parachute Battalion
3rd USMC Parachute Bn /2
803rd EAB /1
Wake (Det.) Def Bn /1
214th Cst AA Rgt /2
226th FA Bn /1
76th Cst AA Rgt /1
15th USN SeaBees /1
209th FA Bn /1
34th Aviation Base Force /1
93rd Cst AA Rgt /1
18th USN SeaBees /1

Defending units:
1st Indpt SNLF Coy
83rd Nav Gd /1
12th JAAF AF Coy

-Transport planes bring reinforcements by air, each day. I will also bring my reserve (Guards Bde), once troops transports become available. The 8th Transport Squadron was in the Home Islands, transfering recently arrived reinforcements to the Pacific.

- A second allied wave tried to unload more troops, but I sent BatDiv8 from Rabaul, full speed. The enemy amphibious TF fled just in time to avoid disaster, sacrificing two DDs to engage my BBs.
Subs, Nells and Vals managed to sink 4 xAKs and 4 APs and 2 DDs.

- Their remnants retreated to Ndeni. A combined attack of the 23rd Air Flotilla, Kido Butai and BatDiv8 will try to annihilated these sizable forces and Ndeni's airforce (45 fighters). No heavy USN warships detected nearby. This will be a one-day operation. Hit and run.

[Olorin]

Oct 20, 42

SE Fleet

They launched a third shock attack in Kirakira:

Ground combat at Kirakira (116,140)
Allied Shock attack
Attacking force 426 troops, 17 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 76
Defending force 770 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 34

Allied adjusted assault: 2
Japanese adjusted defense: 16
Allied assault odds: 1 to 8 (fort level 0)

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

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

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

Assaulting units:
1st USMC Parachute Battalion
2nd USMC Parachute Bn /2
3rd USMC Parachute Bn /2
209th FA Bn /1
803rd EAB /1
76th Coast AA Regiment
15th USN SeaBees /1
226th FA Bn /1
34th Aviation Base Force /1
93rd Cst AA Rgt /1
Wake (Det.) Def Bn /1
214th Cst AA Rgt /2
18th USN SeaBees /1

Defending units:
8th Indpt SNLF Coy /1
1st Indpt SNLF Coy
83rd Nav Gd /1
12th JAAF AF Coy

The operation against Ndeni is launched.
First, a successful sweep opens the day:

Morning Air attack on Ndeni , at 120,143
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 27

Allied aircraft
P-36A Mohawk x 12
F4F-3 Wildcat x 24
F4F-4 Wildcat x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-36A Mohawk: 3 destroyed
F4F-3 Wildcat: 6 destroyed
F4F-4 Wildcat: 2 destroyed

Then, 23rd Flotilla launches its port strike:

Morning Air attack on Ndeni , at 120,143
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 21
G3M3 Nell x 17

Allied aircraft
P-36A Mohawk x 3
F4F-3 Wildcat x 3
F4F-4 Wildcat x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M3 Nell: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
DD Mahan, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAP President Buchanan, Bomb hits 1

Port hits 1

Finally, KB strikes:

Morning Air attack on TF, near Ndeni at 120,143
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 64
B5N2 Kate x 31
D3A1 Val x 31

Allied aircraft
P-36A Mohawk x 2
F4F-3 Wildcat x 2
F4F-4 Wildcat x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 1 damaged
D3A1 Val: 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-36A Mohawk: 1 destroyed
F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
F4F-4 Wildcat: 2 destroyed

Allied Ships
xAP Lurline, Bomb hits 5, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Mount McKinley, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Harpoon, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
xAP Matsonia, Bomb hits 3, on fire
xAK Bengalen, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage

Allied ground losses:
Vehicles lost 47 (26 destroyed, 21 disabled)
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Ndeni at 120,143
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 48
D3A1 Val x 27

Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 4

No Japanese losses
No Allied losses

Allied Ships
xAP Matsonia, Bomb hits 15, and is sunk

Allied ground losses:
Vehicles lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled)

For the loss of one Val pilot KB makes a point to the enemy, that he can't use Ndeni as a base for offensive operations in the Solomons. The allied ground troops in Kirakira are effectively cut off and 30 fighters are destroyed over Ndeni.

I kept BatDiv8 out of the action today. Since no significant enemy warships are spotted leaving Numea, I decided to extend the operation for another day. BatDiv8 will bombard Ndeni and return to Rabaul. KB will move NE of Ndeni.

Subs
I lost a good AO near Rabaul (and 11600 tons of fuel with it)!

Australia
- As similar operation against Darwin was attempted, but it was a failure. I lost 12 Zeros for 1 bomb hit on CA Devonshire.

- More and more allied bombers bomb Exmouth. Disabled squads remain acceptable, disruption is zero. however, i feel I have to put some aviation support and some fighters in Exmouth to protect my ground troops.

Morning Air attack on 20th Infantry Regiment, at 50,129 (Exmouth)
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid detected at 20 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 12

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 4
B-17F Fortress x 10

No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged
B-17F Fortress: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
73 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

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Ground combat at Exmouth (50,129)
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 14270 troops, 196 guns, 130 vehicles, Assault Value = 541
Defending force 16782 troops, 136 guns, 61 vehicles, Assault Value = 517

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

Assaulting units:
44th Australian Battalion
13th Australian Brigade
3rd Australian Division
25th MG Battalion
14th NZ Brigade
109th Tank Attack Regiment
33rd Medium Regiment
N Force Detachment

Defending units:
65th Brigade
3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
20th Infantry Regiment
16th Engineer Regiment
16th Recon Regiment
Kure 2nd SNLF
8th JNAF Coy
41st Air Defense AA Regiment
22nd JAAF AF Bn