NOT JUST Submarines in the Pacific: FDRLincoln (Japan) vs. Bakerman (Allies)

[FDRLincoln]

I-123 takes out a small US auxiliary.

Sub attack near Donggala at 68,98

Japanese Ships
SS I-123

Allied Ships
AVP Heron, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage



SS I-123 launches 2 torpedoes
Sub escapes detection

Heron sinks
840 tons.

[FDRLincoln]

My opponent confirms that USS Triton sank a few turns ago. She took a bomb hit near Wake from a Val on search patrol from KB.

[FDRLincoln]

The Tonnage War:

US Submarines: no victories
Dutch Submarines: 1xDD, 1xPB, 4xAK for 26,523 tons
Japan Submarines: 1xAVD, 1xAVP, 1xAP, 2xTK, 1xAKL for 23,115 tons

[FDRLincoln]

In other news, my opponent says that Yorktown has arrived in theatre, giving him four available carriers.

[FDRLincoln]

I finally wipe out that suicidal Indian Brigade in Malaya

Ground combat at Singora (51,72)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 6933 troops, 62 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 248

Defending force 1323 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 32

Japanese adjusted assault: 195

Allied adjusted defense: 3

Japanese assault odds: 65 to 1

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

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


Allied ground losses:
1534 casualties reported
Squads: 89 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 50 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 7 (7 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1


Assaulting units:
I./4th Infantry Battalion
II./124th Infantry Battalion
17th Indpt Guards Regiment
82nd JAAF AF Bn
84th JAAF AF Bn

Defending units:
6th Indian Brigade

[FDRLincoln]

Three very successful attacks in China

Ground combat at 84,52 (near Wuchang)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 12165 troops, 104 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 420

Defending force 2923 troops, 40 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 74

Japanese adjusted assault: 213

Allied adjusted defense: 55

Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
126 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled


Allied ground losses:
1291 casualties reported
Squads: 43 destroyed, 12 disabled
Non Combat: 37 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 6 (5 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Units retreated 1


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
39th Division

Defending units:
58th Chinese Corps


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Ground combat at 87,49 (near Hwainan)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 11687 troops, 102 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 411

Defending force 1151 troops, 21 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 7

Japanese adjusted assault: 398

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 398 to 1

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

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


Allied ground losses:
1197 casualties reported
Squads: 30 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 135 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 8 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 26 (26 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 1


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
116th Division

Defending units:
48th Chinese Corps


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Ground combat at 89,45 (near Kaifeng)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 23314 troops, 196 guns, 32 vehicles, Assault Value = 845

Defending force 2171 troops, 7 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 59

Japanese adjusted assault: 1392

Allied adjusted defense: 4

Japanese assault odds: 348 to 1

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

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


Allied ground losses:
1889 casualties reported
Squads: 83 destroyed, 15 disabled
Non Combat: 69 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 4 (2 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Units retreated 2
Units destroyed 1


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
35th Division
110th Division

Defending units:
69th Chinese Corps
51st Chinese Corps
89th Chinese Corps

[FDRLincoln]

One annoyance is that I've never been able to get Tracker to work properly. It won't work on either of my computers. I assume it has something to do with the Java files but I don't know enough about computers to fix it.
 
The Japanese didn't have a computer program to help them in real life, so I'll just say that not having tracker represents the various frictions in the Imperial economy, just like in real life, LOL.
 
We're playing Scenario 2 so I'm not as doomed as I would be if trying to play without Tracker in Scenario 1. So far my economy is doing OK.

[FDRLincoln]

Experience Gains for Selected Units.

Kongo: began game at 69day/61night. Now at 74/69
Haruna: began game at 73/65, now at 83/66

38th Division: began game at 80skill/90 morale, now at 81/96
104th Division: began at 70/65, now at 70/85
116th Division: began at 60/56, now at 61/71
32nd Division: began at 60/57, now at 60/78
35th Division: began at 60/55, now at 60/72
22nd Division: began at 50/51, now at 55/70
Imperial Guard Div: Began at 65/72, now at 65/74
11th Ind. Regiment: began at 80/80, now 80/78
12th Ind. Regiment: began at 80/81, now at 80/85

[Crackaces]

One annoyance is that I've never been able to get Tracker to work properly. It won't work on either of my computers. I assume it has something to do with the Java files but I don't know enough about computers to fix it.

Install version 6 in a seperate directory in the program files directory. I call miine jre6 ... then change with WitPTracker.bat file to point to this version ..

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre6\bin\java.exe" -Xms384m -Xmx768m -jar "WitPTracker.jar"

[FDRLincoln]

Crackaces, I don't know what that means. I mean, I can install it, but I don't know how to change the file to point at anything.

[EUBanana]

ORIGINAL: FDRLincoln

Experience Gains for Selected Units.

Kongo: began game at 69day/61night. Now at 74/69
Haruna: began game at 73/65, now at 83/66

8 points of night experience for Kongo, maybe there's hope after all.

Curious why my ships are still bumming around on 60 experience now.

Has Kongo seen a lot of night action?

[FDRLincoln]

Kongo and Haruna took part in the destruction of Prince of Wales...it was a combination night and daytime action. Haruna struck the fatal blow.

[FDRLincoln]

I also had a subchaser gain 20 points of experience by taking part in a surface action.

I know a lot of people don't think the experience system works properly, but I am having success with it. Taking part in a battle helps, and even just sailing around for a couple of weeks (like my SCs do on patrol) gets raw ships from the 30s into the upper 40s. It seems like an actual combat is necessary to push them past 50.

[Captain Cruft]

I think that hitting something when you shoot counts for a lot in experience and/or skill gain. In all contexts.

[FDRLincoln]

January 1, 1942 brought a pair of successful attacks by IJN submarines:

Submarine attack near Fraser Island at 98,156

Japanese Ships
SS I-160

Allied Ships
xAKL Canopus, Shell hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage

xAKL Canopus is sighted by SS I-160
SS I-160 attacking xAKL Canopus on the surface
Massive explosion on xAKL Canopus
SS I-160 low on gun ammo, Hasegawa, Shun breaks off surface engagement and submerges

Submarine attack near Merak at 48,97

Japanese Ships
SS I-153

Allied Ships
AO TAN 2, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage

AO TAN 2 is sighted by SS I-153
SS I-153 launches 4 torpedoes at AO TAN 2


Small targets, but both reported sunk. My submarines have now sunk 25,915 tons of shipping. The Allies have sunk 26,523, all by Dutch subs.

[FDRLincoln]

Active submarine day. Lots of ASW action but only one (potential) sinking.

ASW attack near Pearl Harbor at 183,102

Japanese Ships
SS I-8, hits 2

Allied Ships
DD Cassin
DD Conyngham



SS I-8 is located by DD Cassin
I-8 diving deep ....
DD Cassin fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Conyngham fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Cassin fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Cassin fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Cassin attacking submerged sub ....
SS I-8 eludes DD Cassin by diving deep
DD Cassin cannot establish contact with SS I-8
DD Cassin attacking submerged sub ....
DD Cassin is out of ASW ammo
DD Cassin is out of ASW ammo
DD Cassin is out of ASW ammo
DD Cassin fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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ASW attack near Port Moresby at 98,130

Japanese Ships
SS RO-63

Allied Ships
CL Adelaide



SS RO-63 is sighted by escort
RO-63 bottoming out ....
CL Adelaide fails to find sub, continues to search...
CL Adelaide fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Truk at 111,109

Japanese Ships
PB Kaikei Maru
PB Ikuta Maru

Allied Ships
SS Trout



Captain of SS Trout elects not to launch torpedoes at this target
PB Kaikei Maru attacking submerged sub ....
PB Kaikei Maru is out of ASW ammo
PB Ikuta Maru fails to find sub and abandons search
PB Kaikei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kaikei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kaikei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kaikei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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ASW attack near Port Moresby at 98,130

Japanese Ships
SS RO-68, hits 4

Allied Ships
CL Adelaide



SS RO-68 is sighted by escort
CL Adelaide fails to find sub, continues to search...
CL Adelaide fails to find sub, continues to search...
CL Adelaide fails to find sub, continues to search...
CL Adelaide attacking submerged sub ....
CL Adelaide loses contact with SS RO-68
CL Adelaide cannot reach attack position over SS RO-68
CL Adelaide fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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ASW attack near Peleliu at 89,99

Japanese Ships
DD Kikuzuki
AO Nippon Maru
DD Amagiri

Allied Ships
SS Shark



SS Shark launches 4 torpedoes at DD Kikuzuki
Shark diving deep ....
DD Amagiri fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Amagiri fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Amagiri fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Amagiri fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Amagiri fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

[FDRLincoln]

I-156 hits a Dutch minelayer. No confirmation of sinking.

Sub attack near Muntok at 51,89

Japanese Ships
SS I-156

Allied Ships
CM Willem v d Zaan, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage



SS I-156 launches 4 torpedoes
Sub escapes detection

[FDRLincoln]

Lots of ground combat in China, mostly going my way.

Ground combat at Chuhsien (88,56)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 5943 troops, 68 guns, 72 vehicles, Assault Value = 210

Defending force 5183 troops, 40 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 51

Japanese adjusted assault: 193

Allied adjusted defense: 97

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0

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

Japanese ground losses:
78 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses:
278 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 28 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled


Assaulting units:
1st Raiding Regiment
20th Recon Regiment
22nd/A Division
Yokosuka 3rd SNLF /1
15th Medium Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
88th Chinese Corps
10th Group Army
3rd War Area
16th Construction Regiment


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Ground combat at 88,43 (near Kaifeng)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 6541 troops, 38 guns, 143 vehicles, Assault Value = 266

Defending force 4558 troops, 43 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 168

Japanese adjusted assault: 118

Allied adjusted defense: 57

Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
101 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses:
925 casualties reported
Squads: 78 destroyed, 37 disabled
Non Combat: 41 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 7 disabled
Guns lost 10 (5 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Units retreated 1


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
12th Tank Regiment
3rd Ind.Mixed Brigade

Defending units:
98th Chinese Corps


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Ground combat at 92,38 (near Chengting)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 12497 troops, 90 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 456

Defending force 9934 troops, 75 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 201

Japanese adjusted assault: 328

Allied adjusted defense: 373

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2

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

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


Allied ground losses:
352 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 44 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 19 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Assaulting units:
11th Indpt Infantry Regiment
9th Ind.Mixed Brigade
12th Indpt Infantry Regiment

Defending units:
35th Chinese Corps
13th Group Army

[FDRLincoln]

Two successful battles in Malaya, including FINALLY wiping out the annoying units that I cut off but that launched suicidal attacks on me.

Ground combat at Temuloh (50,78)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 14458 troops, 116 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 491

Defending force 2048 troops, 34 guns, 30 vehicles, Assault Value = 49

Japanese adjusted assault: 450

Allied adjusted defense: 25

Japanese assault odds: 18 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Temuloh !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
200 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
420 casualties reported
Squads: 41 destroyed, 11 disabled
Non Combat: 52 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 7 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 19 (15 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Vehicles lost 25 (25 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 4


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
56th Infantry Regiment
21st Infantry Regiment
55th Infantry Regiment
114th Infantry Regiment

Defending units:
1st Hyderabad Battalion
8th Indian Brigade
2nd Argylls Battalion
5th Field Regiment


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Ground combat at Singora (51,72)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 6917 troops, 62 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 248

Defending force 489 troops, 18 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 6

Japanese adjusted assault: 96

Allied adjusted defense: 5

Japanese assault odds: 19 to 1

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

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


Allied ground losses:
254 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 15 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 9 (6 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Assaulting units:
II./124th Infantry Battalion
I./4th Infantry Battalion
17th Indpt Guards Regiment
82nd JAAF AF Bn
84th JAAF AF Bn

Defending units:
109th RAF Base Force
137/155th Field Regiment

[FDRLincoln]

Finally, Chinese hordes launch another attack in Ichang, impaling themselves against my defenses.

Ground combat at Ichang (83,48)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 9445 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2321

Defending force 20533 troops, 154 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 729

Allied adjusted assault: 4

Japanese adjusted defense: 2969

Allied assault odds: 1 to 742 (fort level 3)

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


Allied ground losses:
1705 casualties reported
Squads: 24 destroyed, 350 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 23 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 22 disabled


Assaulting units:
45th Chinese Corps
67th Chinese Corps
32nd Chinese Corps
68th Chinese Corps
2nd Chinese Corps
75th Chinese Corps
39th Chinese Corps
18th Chinese Corps
59th Chinese Corps
8th Chinese Corps
94th Chinese Corps
26th Group Army
33rd Group Army

Defending units:
34th Division
14th Ind.Mixed Brigade
13th RGC Temp. Division