Australia Invaded!! NY59Giants (A) vs Olorin (J)

[jrcar]

Switching to West Oz is a good plan, thoughts:
get some subs ready to cover the DEI from KB's transit...
also some raiding forces (up to div?) so if KB does go that way you can try to grab a few islands in the CENTPAC...

Cheers

Rob

[ny59giants]

Having the Marshalls help my subs patrols. Recently, I just sent 6 to begin patrols just to the east of Moluccas.

[Crackaces]

I also like the area around the "ea" of "Philippine Sea" for a couple of Subs .. Oil Tankers going straight to Tokyo pass through that area unless they have Coastal set .. It might be worth for 2 - 3 to patrol just to see if you get a bite ..

[JocMeister]

ORIGINAL: ny59giants


OK, now that you have quickly read this post, you can go back to John's and Dan's battle off the NW corner of Australia. [:D]

[:D]

[Mistmatz]

How are you doing these screenshots with multiple patrol zones shown? I know how to do that with search arcs for your search planes but not for naval assets.

[witpqs]

ORIGINAL: Mistmatz

How are you doing these screenshots with multiple patrol zones shown? I know how to do that with search arcs for your search planes but not for naval assets.

Hot key '6' shows patrol zones.

[ny59giants]

March 16, 17, 18:
Townsville falls!!
KB spotted at Shortland on 17th, disappears on 18th.

Key: TT = Torpedo; bb = ground bombardment; c = casualties; b = base hits; s = supply hits; r = runway hits; p = port hits; f = fuel hits; AV = Assault Value; DC = Depth Charged; (*) = destroyed aircraft; If odds are underlined, they are the Allies; BG = Bomber Group of 48 planes (4 x 12 bomber squadrons)

Subs:
Gunnel hits a TK with a TT near Ponape.

CVs:
Mine are at Melbourne.
KB 'was' at Shortland. [;)]

India/Burma:
Shwebo - [>:]

Akyab - 2 hexes to SE my 18 Hurricanes on LRCAP run into 29(7) Oscars with 67(1) Helens. No casualties are inflicted. 41 more Helens come in and my LRCAP doesn't destroy any, but flak gets two more.

China:
North -
Sian - AF is attacked by up to 12 Sonia daily.

Lanchow - Up to 9 Oscars with 82 Sally/Helen attack AF along with the troops daily.

Urumchi - Another attack on 18th.

Ground combat at Urumchi (79,11)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 372 troops, 0 guns, 69 vehicles, Assault Value = 39

Defending force 2115 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 58

Japanese adjusted assault: 35

Allied adjusted defense: 125

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 3 (fort level 0)

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

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

Assaulting units:
12th Tank Regiment

Defending units:
259th Brigade

South - [>:]

Australia:
Lord Howe Island - 36 Mitchell II attack the troops daily while 10 A-29 Hudson and 36 B-17s continue to keep the base closed. No flak is seen. [:)]
Time for some target practice for my SC TF, now a BB TF.

Night Naval bombardment of Lord Howe Island at 100,169

Allied Ships
CL Columbia
CL Cleveland
DD Preston
DD Fanning
DD Waller
DD Saufley
DD Radford
DD O'Bannon

Japanese ground losses:
272 casualties reported
Squads: 7 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 11 destroyed, 15 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 29
Port hits 33
Port supply hits 5

Townsville - A 'little' overkill in combat power to take the base on 16th.

Ground combat at Townsville (92,144)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 3852 troops, 9 guns, 698 vehicles, Assault Value = 396

Defending force 238 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 9

Allied adjusted assault: 714

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 714 to 1 (fort level 5)

Allied forces CAPTURE Townsville !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender:
Attacker: shock(+)

Japanese ground losses:
330 casualties reported
Squads: 20 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 3 (3 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Assaulting units:
2/9th Armoured Regiment
2/4th Armoured Regiment
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
754th Tank Battalion
2/7th Armoured Regiment
2/8th Armoured Regiment
2/10th Armoured Regiment

Defending units:
Yokosuka 1st SNLF

Cairns - My B-24s from Rockhampton find ships in port on 16th.

Morning Air attack on Cairns , at 92,140

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 48

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
PB Kunitu Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
xAK Kenyo Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires

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

Port hits 9

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 43rd JNAF AF Unit /3 ...
Also attacking Cairns ...
Also attacking 43rd JNAF AF Unit /3 ...
Also attacking Cairns ...
Also attacking 43rd JNAF AF Unit /3 ...


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Morning Air attack on Cairns , at 92,140

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 24

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
xAK Kenyo Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
PB Okuyo Maru #2, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
PB Kunitu Maru, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
E Sureko, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk

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

Port hits 18

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 43rd JNAF AF Unit /3 ...
Also attacking Cairns ...
Massive explosion on PB Okuyo Maru #2
Also attacking 43rd JNAF AF Unit /3 ...
Also attacking Cairns ...
Also attacking 43rd JNAF AF Unit /3 ...
Also attacking Cairns ...
Also attacking 43rd JNAF AF Unit /3 ...
Also attacking Cairns ...


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Morning Air attack on Cairns , at 92,140

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 12

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
xAK Kenyo Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
PB Okuyo Maru #2, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage

Port hits 6

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Cairns , at 92,140

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 12

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
PB Okuyo Maru #2, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Kenyo Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage

Port hits 6

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

South Pacific: - [>:]

Central Pacific: - [>:]

North Pacific: [>:]

Engineering: - Wotje F3; Buldir P2; Rio-Namur P3; Ocean AF2; Ceduna AF6; Ailinglaplap P3; Warazup AF1;

Notes:
The decision was made at Allied Supreme HQ over the last few days to put the invasion of western Australia into effect. Various LCUs will now start prepped for bases. Besides finding KB in the Solomons, the ability to use the restricted Aussie divisions over here was a major factor. I need to force Nick to actively defend a larger front. ETA will be in early to mid-May.

[ny59giants]

I forgot to mention that over last weekend, we sent the turn to MichaelM to adjust Japanese fuel (2 million) and supply (1.8 million) that this version of the mod was short. I found this error (along with GreyJoy) and it was fixed in later versions of the mod, but we were too far into our PBEM to restart. Nick feels like Christmas came early. He also got Tracker to work again after uninstalling the latest Java and downloading the version that works with Tracker.

[ny59giants]

March 19, 20, 21, 22:
Shwebo back in Allied hands, but now without supplies.
Three days of quiet, followed by...

Key: TT = Torpedo; bb = ground bombardment; c = casualties; b = base hits; s = supply hits; r = runway hits; p = port hits; f = fuel hits; AV = Assault Value; DC = Depth Charged; (*) = destroyed aircraft; If odds are underlined, they are the Allies; BG = Bomber Group of 48 planes (4 x 12 bomber squadrons)

Subs:
Pompon gets a TT hit on an xAK between Iwo Jima and Japan.
Sargo hits an xAKL off Geraldton with single TT.

CVs:
Mine are at Melbourne.

India/Burma:
Shwebo - An empty base comes back into Allied hands on 21st.
22nd - Massive sweeps by Tojo!![X(] 42, 54, & 42 find the skies empty. These are followed by Helen bombers with Oscar escorts. 44 Oscars with 53 Helens = 2b, 5s, 22r; 19 Oscars with 31 Helens = 3s, 6r; 37 Helens = 3b, 2s, 7r.

Akyab - 2 hexes to SE is my advancing troops which has Hurricanes on LRCAP. I lose 3 of 6 to a sweep by 42 Tojo. I stand down my fighters after this and give over the defense to my flak units. The same group of Tojo sweep the empty skies on 21st. I try another deliberate attack on the 22nd and get 161:187 odds. the Aussie combat engineers don't help enough.

China:
North -
Sian - AF is attacked by up to 12 Sonia daily.

Lanchow - Up to 9 Oscars with 82 Sally/Helen attack AF along with the troops daily.

Urumchi - Another attack on 21st gets 35:45 odds.

South - [>:]

Australia:
Lord Howe Island - Up to 33 Mitchell II attack the troops daily while 10 A-29 Hudson and 36 B-17s continue to keep the base closed. No flak is seen. [:)]

Night Naval bombardment of Lord Howe Island at 100,169 (21st)

Allied Ships
CL Columbia
CL Cleveland
DD Preston
DD Fanning
DD Waller
DD Saufley
DD Radford
DD O'Bannon

Japanese ground losses:
134 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 15 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 21
Port hits 18
Port supply hits 2

Cairns - On 21st

Ground combat at Cairns (92,140)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 3852 troops, 9 guns, 698 vehicles, Assault Value = 396

Defending force 199 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Allied adjusted assault: 223

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 223 to 1 (fort level 3)

Allied forces CAPTURE Cairns !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
236 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 17 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 3 (3 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 1

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
2/8th Armoured Regiment
2/4th Armoured Regiment
2/9th Armoured Regiment
2/7th Armoured Regiment
754th Tank Battalion
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
2/10th Armoured Regiment

Defending units:
43rd JNAF AF Unit /3

South Pacific:
Norfolk Island - 3 Fletcher DDs are just off northern tip of NZ and go to full speed (38 knots with 11 hex movement) to hit the ships here on the night of the 22nd. A single xAK is sunk with 32 shell hits and 2 TT hits. They also inflict 633 casualties.

Noumea - I try out the air defenses on the 22nd with B-17/24s from Suva. The Zeros do well. 31 Zero vs 18 B-24s & 9 B-17s = 1:1 losses and only 6r; 24 Zero vs 18 B-24s = 1:2 & 6r; 11 Zero vs 9 B-17s = 3r; 4 Zeros vs 9 B-17s = 5r; 2 Zero vs 9 B-17s = 1b, 1s, 2r;

Central Pacific: [>:]

North Pacific: [>:]

Engineering: Buldir F3; Bowen AF3; Gisborne F4; Maryborough AF6; Roi-Namur F2; Rockhampton AF8; Ailinglaplap F3;

Recon/Intel:
Esperance - 10F, 9B, 19 Aux; 4 ships; 8 LCUs - 11620/143/15
Horn Island - 43F, 31B; 12 LCUs - 16540/108/75
Port Moresby - 35F, 0B, 7 Aux; 10 LCUS - 27940/224/129

Notes:
Burma - My progress here will come down to two factors - supply and PP. I have construction engineers marching from Dimapur to Warazup and should arrive in significant numbers in late April (Monsoons starts in mid-May). I now have Shwebo back in Allied hands, but I need supplies to expand the size 1 AF to allow fighters. I will not be able to LRCAP the AF from Katha and/or Kalemyo in sufficient numbers due to distance (3 hexes). Just too many Tojo to face right now. The Americans have 2 FGs (75 planes each) - one with P-40Ks and another with P-38s. I just got 4x USN fighter groups (18 planes each) at Bombay that are still training and will upgrade from Wildcats to Corsairs and/or Hellcats later. I need another 4 to 6 months worth of PP to buy out additional divisions.

Australia - I looked back in my notes and found its been only 2 months since I took an empty Bourke to start my break out from the southern part. I've just taken a lightly held Cairns. So far its been nothing but moving north and taking almost nothing but empty bases followed by moving troops by rail into those empty bases. I was just able to move F-4/5s into Townsville to do some recon. I WILL need to capture Horn Island, but I was already intending to avoid Port Moresby. I want to keep Nick's attention over here for the next 6 to 8 weeks while I prep for western Australia.

[ny59giants]

March 23, 24, 25:
Shwebo under daily sweeps and bomber attacks.

Key: TT = Torpedo; bb = ground bombardment; c = casualties; b = base hits; s = supply hits; r = runway hits; p = port hits; f = fuel hits; AV = Assault Value; DC = Depth Charged; (*) = destroyed aircraft; If odds are underlined, they are the Allies; BG = Bomber Group of 48 planes (4 x 12 bomber squadrons)

Subs:
Gudgeon gets 2 TT hits on an xAK off Horn island with troops aboard.
Skipjack get a TT hit on an xAK at Milne Bay.
Harder sinks an xAK off Aogashima with 2 TT hits.

CVs:
Mine are at Melbourne.

India/Burma:
Shwebo -
23rd - Sweeps of 42, 50, & 54 Tojo precede the bombers. Then, 91 Oscars escort in 31 Helens at 9k = 2r. Another 71 Oscars come in with 54 Helens = 4b, 9r.
24th - Weather wins today. [:D]
25th - Basically the same as 23rd, sweeps and then bombers to hit AF. The AF is repaired, but the supply level is 0 and no work on expansion accomplished. [:(] [:@] My 3 light AA and 1 heavy AA units are out of supply.

Akyab - Before another LCU that is moving into the hex from the east arrives, I try a shock attack on 24th.

Ground combat at 55,47 (near Akyab)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 13197 troops, 209 guns, 234 vehicles, Assault Value = 402

Defending force 3975 troops, 32 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 96

Allied adjusted assault: 430

Japanese adjusted defense: 313

Allied assault odds: 1 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
135 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Allied ground losses:
812 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 87 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 38 disabled

Assaulting units:
I Aus Corps Engineer Battalion
25th Indian Division
2/11th Field Regiment
2/9th Field Regiment
1st Indian Light AA Regiment
2/1st Med Regiment
14th Indian Light AA Regiment

Defending units:
4th Ind.Mixed Regiment
I now have 70 disabled infantry squads in my division. I have a tank brigade on the way, but will it get there soon enough? I order the infantry division garrisoning Chittagong to head south and to be replaced from one at Calcutta.

China:
North -
Sian - AF is attacked by up to 12 Sonia daily.

Lanchow - Up to 9 Oscars with 82 Sally/Helen attack AF along with the troops daily. A ground bb attack takes place on 25th.

Ground combat at Lanchow (81,34)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 31170 troops, 363 guns, 824 vehicles, Assault Value = 1250

Defending force 47615 troops, 311 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1299

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

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

Assaulting units:
2nd Tank Division
20th Ind Engineer Regiment
1st Engineer Co
1st Tank Division
15th Tank Regiment
5th Guards Division
1st Ind.AA Gun Co
15th AA Regiment
North China Area Army
21st Army

Defending units:
3rd Chinese Corps
34th Separate Brigade
9th Separate Brigade
71st Chinese Corps
10th Construction Regiment
100th Chinese Corps
12th Construction Regiment
57th AT Gun Regiment
8th War Area
3rd Heavy Mortar Regiment
1st War Area
19th Chinese Base Force
56th AT Gun Regiment
4th Heavy Mortar Regiment
21st Chinese Base Force

Urumchi - Another failed attack on 23rd, 9:71

South - [>:]

Australia:
Lord Howe Island - Up to 33 Mitchell II and 10 A-29 Hudson attack the troops daily. I load and have leaving Sydney two Aussie brigades to invade this atoll. I start to load follow up force of 2 BFs and 2 construction engineer units. This will help me close off easy access to southern Australia and the fleet at Melbourne.

South Pacific:
Port Moresby - I didn't direct my B-25D1s from Cairns to attack shipping here on 25th, but this where they went with P38s. I had set them at 1000' Naval Attack with max range (14 hexes) as there was lots of shipping spread out from Milne Bay over to Horn Island. 21 P-38Gs are unable to defeat 9 Tojo as I lose 2 planes, but the 3 (out of 36 given this mission) B-25s do get one bomb hit on an unloading xAK.

Central Pacific: [>:]

North Pacific: [>:]

Engineering: Ocean island - F2; Ceduna P2; Townsville P5; Maloelap F4;

Recon/Intel:
Horn Island - 47F, 24B - 20 LCUs 29220/275/211 (significant increase in troop number from three days ago). I only have one Aussie division prepping for this base and will need to add another. It is also an atoll.
Port Moresby - 45F - 10 LCUs 28500/213/149

Notes:
Shwebo - Right now I cannot get any supplies to stay here long enough to build up the AF. Supplies read 0 every day and my troops, especially my 4 AA units show low to NO supplies. [:(][X(] I may need to move some out to get supplies to flow. Thankfully, I have a large AA brigade about to arrive. [:)]

PBYs - I own Nauru Island and soon will have Cooktown. The distance between the two is 39 hexes. The extended range of the -5 model is 20 hexes. Thus, I will have some coverage across the Coral Sea and Solomons area. [:)]

[ny59giants]

March 26, 27, 28:
Two more bases in Australia fall.

Key: TT = Torpedo; bb = ground bombardment; c = casualties; b = base hits; s = supply hits; r = runway hits; p = port hits; f = fuel hits; AV = Assault Value; DC = Depth Charged; (*) = destroyed aircraft; If odds are underlined, they are the Allies; BG = Bomber Group of 48 planes (4 x 12 bomber squadrons)

Subs:
Kingfish is to the east of Morotai and gets a single TT hit on AO Iro. She survives as another subs misses her a few days later.
Sawfish gets a TT hit in an xAK about 10 hexes south of Hiroshima.

CVs:
Mine are at Melbourne.

India/Burma:
Shwebo - Back to the sweeps by 50 and 42 Tojo. Then, follow the 100 Oscars with 56 Helens. AF repairs are made daily, but the supply level stays at 20 and NO expansion of the AF. [&:] Either weather prevented or he stood them down for two of three days.

China:
North -
Sian - AF is attacked by up to 12 Sonia daily.

Lanchow - Up to 9 Oscars with 76 Sally/Helen attack AF along with the troops daily. A ground bb attack takes place on 28th.

Ground combat at Lanchow (81,34)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 31170 troops, 363 guns, 824 vehicles, Assault Value = 1250

Defending force 47622 troops, 310 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1300

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

Assaulting units:
2nd Tank Division
20th Ind Engineer Regiment
15th Tank Regiment
1st Engineer Co
1st Tank Division
5th Guards Division
1st Ind.AA Gun Co
15th AA Regiment
North China Area Army
21st Army

Defending units:
3rd Chinese Corps
71st Chinese Corps
9th Separate Brigade
10th Construction Regiment
34th Separate Brigade
100th Chinese Corps
12th Construction Regiment
3rd Heavy Mortar Regiment
1st War Area
8th War Area
4th Heavy Mortar Regiment
56th AT Gun Regiment
19th Chinese Base Force
57th AT Gun Regiment
21st Chinese Base Force

My combat troops still have their experience levels in the high 40s, so this will steadily help them get to the magical 50 level.

Urumchi - [>:]

South - [>:]

Australia:
Lord Howe Island - Up to 33 Mitchell II and 10 A-29 Hudson attack the troops daily. Elements of two Aussie Brigades land on the 28th. The empty base becomes Allies with a shock attack 128:1. Base damage is severe 53-100-98. Thankfully, 2 BF and 2 construction units are a day behind. Once repairs start, a PBY-5 will be moved from Sydney over to provide naval search coverage.

Normanton - The empty base is now Allies on 26th. Plans are to expand the base and then use barges to expand into the Gulf of Carpentaria.

Cooktown - A Fast Transport of 10 APDs land some troops from a Construction Regiment on the 27th. The empty base becomes Allies on 28th.

Ground combat at 90,138 (near Cairns)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 552 troops, 3 guns, 82 vehicles, Assault Value = 101

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

Allied adjusted assault: 49

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 49 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
Units retreated 1

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
754th Tank Battalion
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion

Defending units:
43rd JNAF AF Unit /3

This unit fragment keeps being pushed north, but doesn't die.

South Pacific: [>:]

Central Pacific: [>:]

North Pacific: [>:]

Engineering: Attu AF3; Canton AF3; Koggala AF6; Nauru F6; Alice Springs AF5; Rockhampton P4; Socotra AF4; Roi-Namur F3; Makin F6; Ocean F3;

Recon/Intel:

Notes:
Low capacity xAK/xAP/xAKLs - In this DBB mod there are plenty of low capacity troop and cargo transport. I have two TFs with them. One moving up from Melbourne to Townsville with LCIs and another just leaving Vava'u for the trip over to Australia. They will help move troops from Townsville & Cairns to Cooktown & Portland Roads. I try to save them from the DEI at wars start as they are useful in the role of moving troops and supplies forward to bases with small to no ports.

[Crackaces]

. I need another 4 to 6 months worth of PP to buy out additional divisions.

April + 6 months = October .. Just in time to open a new offense with all the right bases built up [;)] I would say that things are going along quite nicely ..

Also a whole bunch of transports will arrive in this time allowing you to move supplies to the bases deeper in Burma . [But you know that ] .. My comment is to show how a plan comes together like you will have in Burma ...

[ny59giants]

March 29, 30, 31:
Slow and routine three days.

Key: TT = Torpedo; bb = ground bombardment; c = casualties; b = base hits; s = supply hits; r = runway hits; p = port hits; f = fuel hits; AV = Assault Value; DC = Depth Charged; (*) = destroyed aircraft; If odds are underlined, they are the Allies; BG = Bomber Group of 48 planes (4 x 12 bomber squadrons)

Subs:
Sargo sinks an xAKL off Carnarvon with single TT hit.

CVs:
Mine are at Melbourne.

India/Burma:
Shwebo - More sweeps by at least two groups of Tojo followed by up to over 100 Helens with as many as 100 Oscars as escorts. Flak gets a few daily, but the supplies remain at or near zero and the AF has not done any expansions, yet.

Colombo - Sees 12 Emily and 36 Nell come from Port Blair to hit the port. They get one bomb hit on a DE which will bee in the shipyard for less than 10 days to repair. I now have the Hurricanes on CAP vs training.

China:
North -
Sian - AF is attacked by up to 12 Sonia daily.

Lanchow - Up to 9 Oscars with around 75 Sally/Helen attack AF along with the troops daily. A ground bb attack takes place daily.

Urumchi - Really bad odds on the 30th, 36:261

South [>:]

Australia: Just ships moving around, some are with troops and supplies aboard.

South Pacific: [>:]

Central Pacific: [>:]

North Pacific: [>:]

Engineering: Cox's Bazar P2; Amchitka AF6; Cairns AF6; Dunedin AF8;

Recon/Intel:
Kalgoorlie - 2 LCU - 11500/39/9

Notes:
April arrives with me joyfully looking forward to the Hellcats (130/mo) for my CVs.

[ny59giants]

April 1, 2, 3:
I had a possible nasty thought (see Notes).

Key: TT = Torpedo; bb = ground bombardment; c = casualties; b = base hits; s = supply hits; r = runway hits; p = port hits; f = fuel hits; AV = Assault Value; DC = Depth Charged; (*) = destroyed aircraft; If odds are underlined, they are the Allies; BG = Bomber Group of 48 planes (4 x 12 bomber squadrons)

Subs:
Triton misses TKs at Milne Bay.
Pickerel gets 3 TT hits on a TK off Taberfane. Of course she sinks quickly.

CVs:
Mine are at Melbourne. Wasp and 3 CVEs undergoing upgrades.

India/Burma:
Shwebo - Same...same. Sweeps by 42 & 42 Tojos followed by Oscars with Helens to hit AF. The bad news was watching the replay on 3rd showed NO AA guns firing. [:(]

Lashio - the base is empty as of the 3rd. Why?? I would say supply flow to the base since I have troops on the road due west of the base to Mandalay. After capture, the Chinese Corp will move east and then SW down the China/Burma border to see if I can out flank him by getting to the trail from Taung Gyi to Chiang Mai.

Colombo - Nick forgets to stand down his Nells from the days' before successful raid (March 31st). The Hurricane commander's chewing out works wonders. [:D] 36 Nells come in to find 13 Hurricanes on CAP. Reports show 13 shot down, but he gets two bomb hits on a CM. Then, 11 Emily come in get a bomb hit on SS Searaven. Intel screen shows 34 Nells destroyed along with 4 Emily. Two Wildcat groups are moved from training at Bombay to here.

China:
North -
Sian - AF is attacked by up to 12 Sonia daily.

Lanchow - Up to 9 Oscars with around 75 Sally/Helen attack AF along with the troops daily.

Urumchi - Another poor combat results for Japan on 1st (8:77). Its worse on the 3rd as odds were 3:45.

South [>:]

Australia:

Ground combat at 90,137 (near Cooktown) 4/1

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 3846 troops, 9 guns, 698 vehicles, Assault Value = 396

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

Allied adjusted assault: 488

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 488 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
Units retreated 1

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
2/8th Armoured Regiment
2/7th Armoured Regiment
2/9th Armoured Regiment
754th Tank Battalion
2/4th Armoured Regiment
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
2/10th Armoured Regiment

Defending units:
43rd JNAF AF Unit /3

This is the fourth time this BF fragment has been severely beaten up by my tanks since being pushed out of Cairns. I send the turn to MichaelM to look at to understand why it just retreats. [&:]

South Pacific: [>:]

Central Pacific: [>:]

North Pacific: [>:]

Engineering: Amchitka F2; Buldir F4; Karachi P9; Townsville P6; Alliford Bay AF4; Ailinglaplap F4; Adak P8; Katha AF7; Myitkyina AF5; Cairns P3; Cooktown P2; Warazup AF2; Changteh AF4; Mili P3; Anchorage P4;

Three bases in northern Burma expand their AFs. I hope this helps my supply flow.

Cooktown & Cairns - both expand their port levels which should help me get troops up from Cairns to Cooktown. Barges and small xAK/xAPs are in service here.

Recon/Intel:

Notes:
Nasty thought involves use of my Fletcher DDs. Since these 'bad boys' have been causing havoc in Jocke's game, I am thinking of forming two SC TF with 6 DDs each to base at Cooktown once it has expanded some more. Since their speed is 38 and can go 11 hexes at full speed, they will try to hit ships from Milne Bay all the way over to Horn Island to attack any shipping Nick tries to move into these bases. I can add in a Cleveland CL or two if I get them a few hexes out from Cooktown under LRCAP.

Cooktown - Troops flow in from the sea. I plan to get those assigned to this base and Portland Roads here in the next few weeks. Port will go to size 3 before I switch over to the AF (currently size 1).

[ny59giants]

Also a whole bunch of transports will arrive in this time allowing you to move supplies to the bases deeper in Burma . [But you know that ] .. My comment is to show how a plan comes together like you will have in Burma ...

Looks like Nick is helping me out here, Crackaces. [:)]

[ny59giants]

A question for those familiar with Australia and their railroads. I know that southern Australia doesn't come into play in most games, but it does in mine. The screenshot shows the RR from Ceduna goes east towards Port Augusta, but not all the way. Why not?!?

[ny59giants]

April 4, 5, 6:
The usual - Shwebo and Lanchow.
Cooktown is expanding quickly.

Key: TT = Torpedo; bb = ground bombardment; c = casualties; b = base hits; s = supply hits; r = runway hits; p = port hits; f = fuel hits; AV = Assault Value; DC = Depth Charged; (*) = destroyed aircraft; If odds are underlined, they are the Allies; BG = Bomber Group of 48 planes (4 x 12 bomber squadrons)

Subs:
Plunger sinks an AG at Woodlark Island

CVs:
Mine are at Melbourne. CV Enterprise gets the first 21 Hellcats. I will get 4 of 6 CV upgraded to these planes before my invasion goes forth.

India/Burma:
Shwebo - More of the same. Sweeps by 42 & 42 Tojos followed by over 100 Oscars with over 120 Helens to hit AF in multiple waves. Supplies are still not flowing here....yet.

The Mandalay-Lashio road is now clear of Japanese units as Nick is headed south to....

China:
North -
Sian - AF is attacked by up to 12 Sonia daily.

Lanchow - Up to 9 Oscars with around 75 Sally/Helen attack AF along with the troops daily. Two days worth of ground bb attacks.

Urumchi - [>:]

Sining - base two hexes NW of Lanchow

Ground combat at Sining (80,32)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 756 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 27

Defending force 15258 troops, 75 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 473

Assaulting units:
5th Mongol Cavalry Division

Defending units:
82nd Chinese Corps
5th Chinese Base Force

South [>:]

Australia:

Ground combat at 91,136 (near Cooktown)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 1260 troops, 6 guns, 209 vehicles, Assault Value = 118

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

Allied adjusted assault: 75

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 75 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
Units retreated 1

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
194th Tank Battalion
640th Tank Destroyer Battalion

Defending units:
43rd JNAF AF Unit /3

This is the fifth time this fragment has been attacked, but not destroyed. [&:]

South Pacific: [>:]

Central Pacific: [>:]

North Pacific: [>:]

Engineering: Amchitka F3; Kodiak F6; Lashio F4; Cooktown AF2 & P3

Recon/Intel:

Notes:
Cooktown - This empty base was captured by a Fast Transport TF of engineers from an Engineer Rgt on March 28th. The base was level 1 AF & Port. In 9 days by using Barges and small capacity Amphib TF I have brought in 317 Engineers and 78 Engineer Vehicles so my total is 707 Engineers. [X(] [:)] SC TF with 7 Fletchers arrived. A SC TF with 2 CLs and 7 DDs is leaving Rockhampton for here.

Nauru - I will be moving over my 4e bombers from Suva to here to visit Tulagi soon.

[castor troy]

no ships should move further than ten hexes per phase, no matter what speed. Haven't tested it but IIRC it's still in the manual.

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: ny59giants

A question for those familiar with Australia and their railroads. I know that southern Australia doesn't come into play in most games, but it does in mine. The screenshot shows the RR from Ceduna goes east towards Port Augusta, but not all the way. Why not?!?

I know! I know! The girl I dated in high school went to Oz and started a railway construction company, but she still couldn't bring herself to go all the way! [8|]
Either that, or M&M Enterprises © is branching out from Cap Mandrake's AAR into other areas. What's it worth to you to complete that RR?

[ny59giants]

What's it worth to you to complete that RR?

I don't know. With this DBB mod, I have plenty of construction engineers I could assign to this project. Since it is in clear terrain, how long would it take?? How many engineers would I need for it to happen??