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

[jrcar]

18 March 1943

Indicators and Warnings

Subs
Our ASW confirmed a sub sunk!

Submarine attack near Shikuka at 125,45

Japanese Ships
DD Oyashio
DD Niizuki
DD Shimakaze

Allied Ships
SS Halibut, hits 9, and is sunk

Sub attack near Kendari at 70,107

Japanese Ships
xAK Asahisan Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage [SUNK]
DD Yukaze

Allied Ships
SS Tautog


Burma
We are slowly loosing the fight. Need to stop theallied aircarft...

Ground combat at Myitkyina (64,42)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 57960 troops, 778 guns, 983 vehicles, Assault Value = 2238

Defending force 19851 troops, 179 guns, 185 vehicles, Assault Value = 580

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 5

Allied adjusted assault: 1761

Japanese adjusted defense: 1996

Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 5)

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

Japanese ground losses:
750 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 100 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 27 disabled
Engineers: 35 destroyed, 21 disabled
Guns lost 20 (3 destroyed, 17 disabled)
Vehicles lost 9 (2 destroyed, 7 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
1012 casualties reported
Squads: 10 destroyed, 271 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 42 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 33 disabled
Guns lost 32 (2 destroyed, 30 disabled)
Vehicles lost 55 (4 destroyed, 51 disabled)


Assaulting units:
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
9th Indian Division
17th Indian Division
40th Infantry Division
I Aus Corps Engineer Battalion
2nd Royal Tank Regiment
6th Australian Division
36th Chinese Division
268th Motorised Brigade
22nd New Chinese Division
3rd USMC Tank Battalion
96th Chinese Division
2nd Reserve Division
IV Indian Corps
XV Indian Corps

Defending units:
Imperial Guards Division
55th Engineer Regiment
24th Infantry Regiment
Botanko Hvy Gun Regiment
9th RF Gun Battalion
22nd Ind. Engineer Regiment
6th JAAF Base Force

DEI

OZ
Clear mines in Darwin. No impact.

Pacific

China
Another unit destroyed in the pocket.

Ground combat at 77,53 (near Kweilin)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 16219 troops, 136 guns, 45 vehicles, Assault Value = 601

Defending force 8132 troops, 34 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 291

Japanese adjusted assault: 509

Allied adjusted defense: 109

Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
390 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 26 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled


Allied ground losses:
2674 casualties reported
Squads: 104 destroyed, 45 disabled
Non Combat: 99 destroyed, 24 disabled
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 3 disabled
Units retreated 1


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
41st Division
104th/C Division

Defending units:
60th Chinese Corps

[jrcar]

19 March 1943 Air war hots up in SWPAC

Indicators and Warnings
Lots of 4E in SWPAC. Now we know where they are It rules out Kuriles. Looks like a push will be on in this area soon..

George is moved forward in Burma for a sortie next turn.

Subs

Sub attack near Torishima at 105,69

Japanese Ships
E Hayabusa
E Manazuru

Allied Ships
SS Albacore, hits 2

Burma
Andrew focus's on Myitkyina. Which is being hurt hard now, the units have good supply, the base alsmost none. With the forts dropping last turn I need to do something here. So next turn the George will be committed, along with a lot of Tojo, including the first unit part equipped with the IIC. This is a little premature... but I need 4 days grace to get a second div into Myitkyina.

Afternoon Air attack on Myitkyina , at 64,42

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 19 minutes


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 60
Liberator II x 10
Vengeance I x 13
Wellington Ic x 12
DB-7B x 6
A-20A Havoc x 6
A-20A1 Havoc x 5
B-17E Fortress x 4
B-24D Liberator x 5
B-25C Mitchell x 40
B-26 Marauder x 12
P-40K Warhawk x 22


Allied aircraft losses
Vengeance I: 1 damaged
Wellington Ic: 3 damaged
B-26 Marauder: 1 damaged

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



Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 30

Afternoon Air attack on Myitkyina , at 64,42

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 28 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 9
P-40K Warhawk x 28


No Allied losses



Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 4


We try to clear the road near Kath... Our unit isn't at full strength... can't hurt the armour

Ground combat at 62,42 (near Katha)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 2548 troops, 22 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 67

Defending force 927 troops, 12 guns, 60 vehicles, Assault Value = 33

Japanese adjusted assault: 39

Allied adjusted defense: 53

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2

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

Japanese ground losses:
343 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 34 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


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


Assaulting units:
74th Infantry Regiment

Defending units:
45th Recce Regiment

DEI

OZ

Pacific
Out of nowhere the skies darken over the quiet backwater that has been SWPAC:

Morning Air attack on Umboi Island , at 100,125

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 24 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 36
B-24D Liberator x 47
B-24D1 Liberator x 35


Japanese aircraft losses
E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed on ground

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
ACM Shonan Maru #8, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
ACM Okuyo Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
ACM Tama Maru, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk



Airbase hits 39
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 80
Port hits 6

These Zero's had been on CAP recently set to all rest...

Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-17F Fortress x 26
P-38F Lightning x 7


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 5 destroyed on ground
Ki-46-III Dinah: 1 destroyed on ground

No Allied losses



Airbase hits 28
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 45

China
We bomb cities and troops all over the place

He crosses the river... not sure why..

Ground combat at 78,51 (near Chihkiang)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 2535 troops, 10 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 16

Defending force 27934 troops, 237 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 1001

Allied adjusted assault: 0

Japanese adjusted defense: 2977

Allied assault odds: 1 to 99

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


Allied ground losses:
2560 casualties reported
Squads: 88 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 264 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 10 (10 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1


Assaulting units:
16th Chinese Corps
7th Chinese Base Force

Defending units:
51st Infantry Brigade
34th Division
12th Ind.Mixed Brigade
62nd Infantry Brigade
1st Mortar Battalion

[jrcar]

20 March 1943 George committed to Burma...

Indicators and Warnings

Subs
Our ASW efforts are paying off. We are mostly damaging the subs though.

ASW attack near Langsa at 47,72

Japanese Ships
E Yugao
DD Kikuzuki
DD Yayoi

Allied Ships
SS Haddock, hits 1

Sub attack near Phuket at 47,71

Japanese Ships
E Yugao
DD Kikuzuki

Allied Ships
SS Haddock, hits 4

We are watching south Oz ports.

Sub attack near Kingscote at 72,162

Japanese Ships
SS I-34, hits 6

Allied Ships
AM Geelong
PC Taney
AM Rockhampton

Sub attack near Hirosaki/Aomori at 117,53

Japanese Ships
xAK Shinkyo Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage [SUNK]
xAK Kensin Maru
PB Fumi Maru

Allied Ships
SS Gurnard

Burma
We LRCAP Myitkyina from several bases with George and Tojo. Oveall we claim 90 aircraft for the loss of 55 of our own, but we loose only 10 pilots. Finally something that can deal with the P-38. Andrew is in a litte bit of shock seeing the George this early.

Morning Air attack on Myitkyina , at 64,42

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 47 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K1-J George x 57
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 49
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 6



Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 20
P-40K Warhawk x 14


Japanese aircraft losses
N1K1-J George: 3 destroyed
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38G Lightning: 4 destroyed
P-40K Warhawk: 7 destroyed

Morning Air attack on Myitkyina , at 64,42

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 47 NM, estimated altitude 36,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K1-J George x 38
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 36
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 6



Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 20
P-40K Warhawk x 14


Japanese aircraft losses
N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 3 destroyed
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38G Lightning: 2 destroyed
P-40K Warhawk: 2 destroyed

Morning Air attack on Myitkyina , at 64,42

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 72 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 17 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K1-J George x 28
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 28
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 1



Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 57
Liberator II x 12
Vengeance I x 13
Wellington Ic x 15
DB-7B x 9
A-20A Havoc x 6
A-20A1 Havoc x 5
B-25C Mitchell x 59
B-26 Marauder x 15
P-40K Warhawk x 5


Japanese aircraft losses
N1K1-J George: 2 destroyed
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIc Trop: 4 destroyed
Wellington Ic: 3 damaged
B-26 Marauder: 1 damaged

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



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 9

Morning Air attack on Imperial Guards Division, at 64,42 (Myitkyina)

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K1-J George x 19
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 20
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 1



Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIc x 14
P-40K Warhawk x 1


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Beaufighter VIc: 5 destroyed

Morning Air attack on Imperial Guards Division, at 64,42 (Myitkyina)

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 32 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K1-J George x 11
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 20



Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 9
P-40K Warhawk x 1


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Morning Air attack on Myitkyina , at 64,42

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 77 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 26 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K1-J George x 9
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 20



Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 4
B-24D Liberator x 6


No Japanese losses

No Allied losses



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 4

Morning Air attack on Myitkyina , at 64,42

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 51 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K1-J George x 9
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 13



Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 11
P-40K Warhawk x 1


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 6 destroyed, 1 damaged


DEI

OZ


Pacific
The 4E return to the Pacific:

Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 35
B-17F Fortress x 20
B-24D Liberator x 7
B-24D1 Liberator x 29


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 3 destroyed on ground

No Allied losses

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



Airbase hits 18
Airbase supply hits 10
Runway hits 26
Port hits 13
Port supply hits 4
Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-17F Fortress x 6
P-38F Lightning x 6


No Japanese losses

No Allied losses



Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 5

Morning Air attack on Umboi Island , at 100,125

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 44


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 15
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 30

China
We try to clear the river head, and Andrew tries to attack out.

Ground combat at 79,50 (near Chihkiang)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 9826 troops, 56 guns, 103 vehicles, Assault Value = 397

Defending force 9691 troops, 78 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 296

Japanese adjusted assault: 371

Allied adjusted defense: 238

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
381 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 33 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses:
1256 casualties reported
Squads: 31 destroyed, 94 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 15 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Guns lost 16 (11 destroyed, 5 disabled)


Assaulting units:
9th Tank Regiment
60th Division

Defending units:
10th Chinese Corps
3rd New Chinese Corps

Ground combat at 79,50 (near Chihkiang)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 1439 troops, 27 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 210

Defending force 9531 troops, 56 guns, 103 vehicles, Assault Value = 369

Allied adjusted assault: 0

Japanese adjusted defense: 1207

Allied assault odds: 1 to 99

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


Allied ground losses:
422 casualties reported
Squads: 25 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 12 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 10 (10 destroyed, 0 disabled)


Assaulting units:
10th Chinese Corps
3rd New Chinese Corps

Defending units:
9th Tank Regiment
60th Division

Finally he kicks our token force out of Kunming, we have a div about 2 days out, with more following.

Ground combat at Kunming (69,48)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 2582 troops, 14 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 363

Defending force 225 troops, 0 guns, 32 vehicles, Assault Value = 18

Allied adjusted assault: 122

Japanese adjusted defense: 16

Allied assault odds: 7 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
Vehicles lost 7 (4 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Units retreated 1


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


Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
68th Chinese Corps
13th Construction Regiment
54th Chinese/B Corps
5th Group Army
China Air TaskForce
11th Group Army
16th Chinese Base Force

Defending units:
5th Armored Car Co

[jrcar]

Here is the situation in China, the circled location is our main point of friction at the moment. There are masses of good Chinese forces from the Sian front on the move this way... should get interesting in a week or so.

[jrcar]

21 March 1943

Indicators and Warnings

Subs

Burma
We get a good strike on Katha, looks like the Allied airforce stayed home... and so did our escorts!

Morning Air attack on Katha , at 61,43

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 95



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
68 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled


Airbase hits 15
Airbase supply hits 8
Runway hits 78

Andrew attacks at Myitkyina and drops the forts

Ground combat at Myitkyina (64,42)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 57004 troops, 781 guns, 985 vehicles, Assault Value = 2091

Defending force 18704 troops, 179 guns, 182 vehicles, Assault Value = 497

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 4

Allied adjusted assault: 1822

Japanese adjusted defense: 2239

Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 4)

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

Japanese ground losses:
1430 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 104 disabled
Non Combat: 36 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 9 destroyed, 12 disabled
Guns lost 28 (10 destroyed, 18 disabled)
Vehicles lost 9 (6 destroyed, 3 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
3368 casualties reported
Squads: 20 destroyed, 305 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 71 disabled
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 44 disabled
Vehicles lost 32 (1 destroyed, 31 disabled)


Assaulting units:
17th Indian Division
9th Indian Division
268th Motorised Brigade
2nd Royal Tank Regiment
3rd USMC Tank Battalion
I Aus Corps Engineer Battalion
40th Infantry Division
36th Chinese Division
96th Chinese Division
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
22nd New Chinese Division
6th Australian Division
2nd Reserve Division
IV Indian Corps
XV Indian Corps

Defending units:
Imperial Guards Division
55th Engineer Regiment
24th Infantry Regiment
9th RF Gun Battalion
Botanko Hvy Gun Regiment
22nd Ind. Engineer Regiment
6th JAAF Base Force


DEI

OZ

Pacific
Port Moresby is blown to the stone age by 150 4E bombers.

China
We shift a fair bit of our fires on to Kunming. We have one div there now, another following.

We throw the enemy back across the river, we now own the important road junction near Chihkiang. More forces are on the way.

We clear the rail line in China

[ny59giants]

I was able to destroy a months worth of B-24 production in two turns. Mainly because of Mr George!! [:D] Nice to see your doing well with yours. The question will be how many of my naval fighters stay as Zeros?? I also have Jack available in a limited number. Are they any good?? If so, at doing what??

My frustration now is one of my Frank R&D factories cannot get the last damaged point repaired. [:@] Its stuck at 29 (1) and another at 26 (4). Thankfully, I have one 60 factory totally repaired to get steady movement forward.

[jrcar]

Yes George did good, but didn't get into the bomber stream, shooting down P-38 was the main aim...

Jack comes in Sept 43, we have no plans for it, poor range, poor serviceability, no improvement in firepower. Does have a bit better speed.

Our first Frank factories are down to 6-9. so withinn acouple of weeks we should have 120 produceing, a month or two after that we will be over 200 producing... expect it to be in service in Sep 1943

Cheers

Rob

[jrcar]

22 March 1943

Indicators and Warnings

Subs
ASW attack near Phuket at 48,67

Japanese Ships
E Yugao
E Kasasagi

Allied Ships
SS Hake, hits 1

Burma
We defend Myitkyina in the air with a moderate effort. Overall plane losses are about the same, we only loose 4 pilots. Those are odds we can dealwith. Rseting the George and will put in a bigger effort. The 12th Div is now marching in to Myitkyina... need another 3 days.

Morning Air attack on Myitkyina , at 64,42

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 43 NM, estimated altitude 31,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 17
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 3



Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 9


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIc Trop: 1 destroyed

Morning Air attack on Myitkyina , at 64,42

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 31 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 15
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 3



Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 9


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIc Trop: 3 destroyed

Morning Air attack on Myitkyina , at 64,42

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 26 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 12
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 1



Allied aircraft
P-40K Warhawk x 9


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
P-40K Warhawk: 1 destroyed

Morning Air attack on Myitkyina , at 64,42

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 24 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 11



Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 9


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

No Allied losses

Morning Air attack on Myitkyina , at 64,42

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 69 NM, estimated altitude 36,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 4



Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 15
P-38G Lightning x 4


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

No Allied losses

His bombers rest, expect tem next turn.

DEI

OZ

Pacific
Big numbers again hit PM.

Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 35
B-17F Fortress x 13
B-24D Liberator x 56
B-24D1 Liberator x 41
P-38F Lightning x 3


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 1 destroyed on ground

No Allied losses



Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 28
Port hits 37
Port supply hits 4

China
We hit troops from the air and air bases. This unit has only a limited retreat route, so despite the odds it isn't retreating.

Ground combat at 76,50 (near Kweiyang)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 23442 troops, 206 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 807

Defending force 4616 troops, 43 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 65

Japanese adjusted assault: 676

Allied adjusted defense: 34

Japanese assault odds: 19 to 1

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

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


Allied ground losses:
414 casualties reported
Squads: 7 destroyed, 24 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled


Assaulting units:
9th Division
2nd Ind.Mixed Regiment
4th Ind.Mixed Regiment
104th/A Division

Defending units:
49th Chinese Corps

[ny59giants]

I ran a turn after my last posting and that Frank factory with only 1 damaged point left repaired. [8D] This will be my first game that 'hopefully' goes to the bitter end, so I am still making some production errors on my airframes and engine production. Is there much difference in the Tojo "C" from the "A" models??

Frank should come on line in July to August time frame.

[obvert]

ORIGINAL: jrcar

Yes George did good, but didn't get into the bomber stream, shooting down P-38 was the main aim...

Jack comes in Sept 43, we have no plans for it, poor range, poor serviceability, no improvement in firepower. Does have a bit better speed.

Our first Frank factories are down to 6-9. so withinn acouple of weeks we should have 120 produceing, a month or two after that we will be over 200 producing... expect it to be in service in Sep 1943

Cheers

Rob

How much did you (and NY59 Giants if he's looking in as well) invest in the Frank? Just curious how much it'll take and how early you'll get it rolling. This looks like what, 3-4 months early?

[ny59giants]

I have one fully repaired size 60 Frank factory and a size 30. There are three more size 30 working on being repaired. So, I will end up with 180 R&D and hope to get at least a 5 month advance total. I will need to move at least two of those fully repaired R&D factories forward just before they go over to production and expand some of those from 30 to 60.

What are your production and future R&D plans for the Franks, Rob??

[obvert]

Great. Thanks.

So as I understand it, once the factory is repaired you can either keep it to use for production, or change it to another R n D project in the upgrade line and have it fully repaired to start off on that one? Is this realistic R n D ON or OFF?

Can you then skip versions, say for the Frank, and have it research the last in the line, or just the next?

[jrcar]

Here is our Frank production. The number of factories is about right, probably shouldn't have expanded as much though. Half will go into production, the other half will go on to the next model.

Yes you can skip a model, we did that with the Tojo IIC, however what we found that production factories need to go through the a, b, c. We went from a, to c, and had to repair the factories We hadn't researched the b so it wasn't available.

So we aim to research twice the number we want in production, so that half go into production, the other half continue on.

As you can guess there are lots of others we haven't researched!

[jrcar]

23 March 1943

Indicators and Warnings
There are over 100 allied unts detected in north east Australia. There are around 10 divs worth of Allied combat power not accounted for, he has a number of places that are defended so he probably has around 6 div free for offensive actions. All the indicators are that this will occur into the SWPAC area. We are watching Perth closely though (extra forces have recently arrived there... maybe in respose to our raid). Melbourne and Adelaide are also being watched.

Lookig for a big build up of ships... not seen yet.

Subs
We are slowly clearing the subs from around Japan.

ASW attack near Hirosaki/Aomori at 117,53

Japanese Ships
DD Ushio

Allied Ships
SS Gurnard, hits 2

ASW attack near Phuket at 48,68

Japanese Ships
DD Kikuzuki
E Yugao

Allied Ships
SS Scamp, hits 1


Burma
We hit Katha and moderatly defend the air over Myitkyina. He also attacks the reinforcing 12th Div that is marching hard to the sound of the guns. Next turn we will be putting up a bigger effort, in particular over the 12th Div.

Then with the aid of Paras (the third para Bde he has available) he shock attacks, dropping the forts, coming close, but loosing twice the casulties...

Ground combat at Myitkyina (64,42)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 55576 troops, 814 guns, 987 vehicles, Assault Value = 1836

Defending force 19272 troops, 204 guns, 173 vehicles, Assault Value = 476

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 3

Allied adjusted assault: 2733

Japanese adjusted defense: 1876

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

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 3

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

Japanese ground losses:
2036 casualties reported
Squads: 8 destroyed, 127 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 14 disabled
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 20 disabled
Guns lost 25 (4 destroyed, 21 disabled)
Vehicles lost 4 (2 destroyed, 2 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
3619 casualties reported
Squads: 115 destroyed, 285 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 85 disabled
Engineers: 8 destroyed, 45 disabled
Guns lost 51 (8 destroyed, 43 disabled)
Vehicles lost 35 (3 destroyed, 32 disabled)


Assaulting units:
2nd Reserve Division
22nd New Chinese Division
I Aus Corps Engineer Battalion
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
3rd USMC Tank Battalion
2nd Royal Tank Regiment
17th Indian Division
6th Australian Division
40th Infantry Division
36th Chinese Division
9th Indian Division
268th Motorised Brigade
96th Chinese Division
50th Indian Para Bde /1
IV Indian Corps
XV Indian Corps

Defending units:
Imperial Guards Division
78th Infantry Regiment
55th Engineer Regiment
24th Infantry Regiment
9th RF Gun Battalion
Botanko Hvy Gun Regiment
22nd Ind. Engineer Regiment
6th JAAF Base Force


Our units are starting to hurt, need that extra div! Most of his casulties are in the Chinese units.

DEI

OZ
All the allied ground troops are now south of Daly Waters. We arebombing the airfield at Daly waters to keep it supressed, destroy supply and train pilots.

We are also hitting Carnavon daily. Keeping it supressed for the moment.

Pacific
Quiet due to weather.

China
The usual. We are waiting for forces to come up to attack Kunming. While we are waiting the airfield is being trashed, and the ground troops hit as well.

[Wuffer]

With Myitkyina in burning danger and the big hit in China - any chance of a major update with maps? [:)]

While I'm following your adventures since the very first day, it's not allways easy to remind about the actual positions (and threats).

Seriously, this is highend powerplay by profs, and I want to know as much as possible [8D]

[jrcar]

Wuffer a bit behind, so will catch up then post some screenshots.

24 March 1943

Indicators and Warnings

Subs

Burma
Today we ambush the aircraft attacking the 12th div which is one hex out from Myitkynia.

Morning Air attack on 12th Division, at 63,43 , near Myitkyina

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 16
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 15



Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIc x 19


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

Allied aircraft losses
Beaufighter VIc: 4 destroyed, 2 damaged

Afternoon Air attack on 4th Division, at 63,43 , near Myitkyina

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 14
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 14



Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 11


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

Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra: 3 destroyed


We also LRCAP Myitkyina.

Afternoon Air attack on Myitkyina , at 64,42

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 16 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 42



Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk III x 9


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Kittyhawk III: 2 destroyed

Afternoon Air attack on Myitkyina , at 64,42

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 12 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 39



Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 9


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
P-38G Lightning: 1 destroyed

Afternoon Air attack on Myitkyina , at 64,42

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 30,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 25



Allied aircraft
P-40K Warhawk x 9


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

Allied aircraft losses
P-40K Warhawk: 1 destroyed

Afternoon Air attack on Myitkyina , at 64,42

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 21 NM, estimated altitude 31,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 16



Allied aircraft
P-40K Warhawk x 13


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

Allied aircraft losses
P-40K Warhawk: 1 destroyed


We also hit Katha to keep it damaged and destriy supply.

DEI

OZ

Pacific

China
We destroy this unit, not the result we want as it will come back at1/3rd strength!

Ground combat at 76,50 (near Kweiyang)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 23420 troops, 206 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 804

Defending force 3376 troops, 42 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Japanese adjusted assault: 736

Allied adjusted defense: 7

Japanese assault odds: 105 to 1

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


Allied ground losses:
3646 casualties reported
Squads: 242 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 295 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 37 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 21 (21 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1


Assaulting units:
2nd Ind.Mixed Regiment
4th Ind.Mixed Regiment
9th Division
104th/A Division

Defending units:
49th Chinese Corps



Our CV forces are now fully fueled and 3 days out from their target... can we get in without detection...

[jrcar]

25 March 1943 Quiet day due to weather!

Indicators and Warnings

Subs
We hit a destroyer off syndey, but get hit in return

Sub attack near Brisbane at 98,159

Japanese Ships
SS I-19, hits 6

Allied Ships
DD Reid, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
DD Preston
Burma
The 12th Div has now arrivied ay Myitkynia. We are half the raw AV, but in jungle rough and still have three forts... so we should get to hurt the Allied forces some more...

Ground combat at Myitkyina (64,42)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 557 troops, 32 guns, 47 vehicles, Assault Value = 807

Defending force 57648 troops, 809 guns, 1107 vehicles, Assault Value = 1608

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



Assaulting units:
55th Engineer Regiment
12th Division
Imperial Guards Division
78th Infantry Regiment
24th Infantry Regiment
9th RF Gun Battalion
22nd Ind. Engineer Regiment
Botanko Hvy Gun Regiment
6th JAAF Base Force

Defending units:
2nd Reserve Division
22nd New Chinese Division
17th Indian Division
40th Infantry Division
9th Indian Division
I Aus Corps Engineer Battalion
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
36th Chinese Division
RM Viper Force
96th Chinese Division
268th Motorised Brigade
2nd Royal Tank Regiment
6th Australian Division
3rd USMC Tank Battalion
50th Indian Para Bde /1
IV Indian Corps
XV Indian Corps

DEI

OZ

Pacific

China
Almost ready at Kunming.


One of our TF now has light detection, we are watching for Allied reaction... will we get away with it or not...

[jrcar]

China Map
We are almost in all our planned defensive locations. These will hold any counter from the masses of enemy forces at Chungking.

We are advancing on Kunming, 2 divs there now, a coupleof more to follow.

On the Sian front he is pulling back, shortening his defensive line and sending forces to the centre.

[jrcar]

Burma

At Myitkynia we have 2 div and 2 regiments. One div and the two regts are at 2/3rds strength. Not much supply in the base, but the troops are full.

In support of the defence we are infiltrating units onto the rail line back to Katha. He is countering.

At Katha the Allies have 2 bdes and engineer and support troops. We are keeping the airfied supressed.

South of Katha in the jungle the enemy has about 3 Divs, including the US 27th and the Brit 2nd.

At Shwebo we have 3 + Div, preping for Mandalay. On the left flank we have a div digging in.

Further back we have 1/3rd units starting to dig into the depth defensive line on the jungle edge out of central Burma.

Toungoo is a level 8 airbase, heading to 9. The central Burma bases are 7 heading to 8.

Supply is tight, but just sufficient. About 100k is on the way from the Home Islands and the DEI.

We are rotating our air units around in masses, except for at Taung Gai. There about 150 fighters are on permement 50% CAP to cover the central airbases. We look for opportunities to ambush using 150-200 fighters at a time. We also rotate the bomber units and their targets.

Andrew is now short of fighter airframes, so his ability to defend and attack more than one locality at once is limited. This makes our life easier!

This continues our strategy of nibbling around the edges to gain the ability to generate a tactical advantage then employ mass to achieve the real result.

[jrcar]

26 March 1943 KB attack blown

Indicators and Warnings

Subs

ASW attack near Victoria Point at 49,65

Japanese Ships
DD Kikuzuki
E Yugao
DD Yayoi

Allied Ships
SS Amberjack, hits 3

Burma
We attack the stack south of Katha. It also includes the US 27th Div and arty units, plus an armoured unit or three!

Morning Air attack on 2nd British Division, at 60,43 , near Katha

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 76
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 109



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


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


He doean't attack in the air as he has sent his fighters racing to Ceylon. See next post.

However he has left a lot of aircraft at Ledo under a light-moderate fighter presense, so we will sweep and bomb next turn.

DEI

OZ

Pacific
Been quiet the last few turns...

China
Bomb Chungking to reduce supply, and Kunming to prep the base for the attack that will occur next turn.