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FeurerKrieg
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RE: February 27th, 1942
I work on the north end of the DTC, so if you are ever down this way let me know, maybe we can get lunch. My IT Director lives in Broomfield also.
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offenseman
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RE: February 27th, 1942
Sounds like a good idea. I work near 2nd and Sheridan. A few years ago one of the locals, and there seem to be quite a few in NE CO, tried to organize a gathering and I was unable to attend. Not sure if it even happened.
Sometimes things said in Nitwit sound very different in English.
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FeurerKrieg
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RE: February 27th, 1942
That might have been a BBQ at my house - that was back in 2008 I think. But maybe it was a different one. Yes, there are several of us in the Denver area, and a few more in the whole state.
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SqzMyLemon
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RE: February 27th, 1942
Post 198. You might like to edit that post. I don't think obvert's opponent needs to know that particular piece of info if he happens to visit your AAR.
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FeurerKrieg
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RE: February 27th, 1942
Good catch! Thanks!
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FeurerKrieg
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February 1942 Summary
February Summary
Things continue to cruise along, with some not unexpected speed bumps. We can't expect the Allies to just let us do whatever we like after all. We continue to maintain a good pace of base captures as we seized 86 more bases in the month, compared with 85 captured in January. The highlights of the month were the capture of Port Moresby, the capture of Clark Airfield and the successful landing on Ceylon. Although Colombo is a little tougher than expected, at least our divisions did not all get sunk out in the Bay of Bengal. With Port Moresby captured, we are free to move on to Luganville and then Noumea and perhaps Suva.
The naval war has been a bit quieter, although we did manage to catch a couple British cruisers on the north coast of Australia. We also lost our first capital ship, although thankfully it was only the 18kt light cruiser Kashima.
Naval support is in place at Georgetown and the west coast of Thailand has plenty of planes to keep the ocean clear for now. We continue to wrap up the DEI with small SNLF coys. Soon we will secure Batavia and then Palembang after that will be the last major base in that theater. While there is still a lot of enemy troops at Bataan, their condition is deteriorating rapidly so I do not expect much more resistance there. We already have numerous convoys traveling the DEI and Pacific to haul resources, oil and fuel back to the Home Islands. Lots of small ships are in use around the Home Islands to bring in those resources in our own backyard as well.
In China, we have cut off or captured some very large pockets of Chinese troops. We have managed to reach Kienko, but it is unlikely that will be a quick capture. All the same, the Chinese will be forced to hold back a lot of troops to ensure Kienko does not fall. Additionally, we have only been using a slight bit of air power in the Chinese theater. Soon the last LCU that was planned for the South Pacific will be bought out and PPs will go to a few armor units, some air support and then finally the Manchukuo air force will start to be bought out and brought to bear on China - mostly via bombing enemy troops massed at Kienko.
Beyond March, and the goals mentioned above, the only open objectives are to secure northern Australia and Burma. We will begin a small incursion into Burma in early April, depending on how long Ceylon takes. We already have Akyab and Cox's bazaar secured, so that will help. Northern Australia will probably be a summertime operation.
Some numbers for February -
Bases captured: 86
VP Ratio Feb 1: 1.433:1 (Japan)
VP Ratio Mar 1: 1.796:1 (Japan)
Air losses: 202 Japan, 223 Allies
Ships lost - Allies: 27 Ships, 107 Points
Ships lost - Japan: 17 Ships, 155 Points
Capital Ships lost (entire war):
Allies
CV Saratoga
BB Prince of Wales
BC Repulse
CA San Francisco
CA Australia
CA Canberra
CL Adelaide
CL Boise
CL Caledon
CL Dragon
CL Enterprise
CL Java
CL Leander
CL Marblehead
CL Mauritius
CL Perth
Japan
CL Kashima
Here is the sub list, and below that current scoreboard (March 2nd actually, but close enough). We have lost 3 subs versus the Allies' loss of 19 subs. Check out I-4 - that sub is a real performer! Although I-173 has it beat since they sank a heavy cruiser, I-4 is in a strong second place. You have to like 6 out 6 hits with five ships sunk.
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Things continue to cruise along, with some not unexpected speed bumps. We can't expect the Allies to just let us do whatever we like after all. We continue to maintain a good pace of base captures as we seized 86 more bases in the month, compared with 85 captured in January. The highlights of the month were the capture of Port Moresby, the capture of Clark Airfield and the successful landing on Ceylon. Although Colombo is a little tougher than expected, at least our divisions did not all get sunk out in the Bay of Bengal. With Port Moresby captured, we are free to move on to Luganville and then Noumea and perhaps Suva.
The naval war has been a bit quieter, although we did manage to catch a couple British cruisers on the north coast of Australia. We also lost our first capital ship, although thankfully it was only the 18kt light cruiser Kashima.
Naval support is in place at Georgetown and the west coast of Thailand has plenty of planes to keep the ocean clear for now. We continue to wrap up the DEI with small SNLF coys. Soon we will secure Batavia and then Palembang after that will be the last major base in that theater. While there is still a lot of enemy troops at Bataan, their condition is deteriorating rapidly so I do not expect much more resistance there. We already have numerous convoys traveling the DEI and Pacific to haul resources, oil and fuel back to the Home Islands. Lots of small ships are in use around the Home Islands to bring in those resources in our own backyard as well.
In China, we have cut off or captured some very large pockets of Chinese troops. We have managed to reach Kienko, but it is unlikely that will be a quick capture. All the same, the Chinese will be forced to hold back a lot of troops to ensure Kienko does not fall. Additionally, we have only been using a slight bit of air power in the Chinese theater. Soon the last LCU that was planned for the South Pacific will be bought out and PPs will go to a few armor units, some air support and then finally the Manchukuo air force will start to be bought out and brought to bear on China - mostly via bombing enemy troops massed at Kienko.
Beyond March, and the goals mentioned above, the only open objectives are to secure northern Australia and Burma. We will begin a small incursion into Burma in early April, depending on how long Ceylon takes. We already have Akyab and Cox's bazaar secured, so that will help. Northern Australia will probably be a summertime operation.
Some numbers for February -
Bases captured: 86
VP Ratio Feb 1: 1.433:1 (Japan)
VP Ratio Mar 1: 1.796:1 (Japan)
Air losses: 202 Japan, 223 Allies
Ships lost - Allies: 27 Ships, 107 Points
Ships lost - Japan: 17 Ships, 155 Points
Capital Ships lost (entire war):
Allies
CV Saratoga
BB Prince of Wales
BC Repulse
CA San Francisco
CA Australia
CA Canberra
CL Adelaide
CL Boise
CL Caledon
CL Dragon
CL Enterprise
CL Java
CL Leander
CL Marblehead
CL Mauritius
CL Perth
Japan
CL Kashima
Here is the sub list, and below that current scoreboard (March 2nd actually, but close enough). We have lost 3 subs versus the Allies' loss of 19 subs. Check out I-4 - that sub is a real performer! Although I-173 has it beat since they sank a heavy cruiser, I-4 is in a strong second place. You have to like 6 out 6 hits with five ships sunk.
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offenseman
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RE: February 1942 Summary
Going well! Congrats. [:)]
Sometimes things said in Nitwit sound very different in English.
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FeurerKrieg
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March 1st, 1942
March 1st, 1942
No free base today! I have gotten so accustomed to them that I was surprised by the absence today.
India/Burma
At Koggala, three waves of 16, then 11, then 16 Hurricane IIbs fly a sweep at 36,000 feet. Our Oscars do okay, trading about 1:1. Thankfully our pilots seem to be all recovered. Hopefully we captured some downed British pilots also.
At Colombo we try another deliberate attack and get 1:2 odds, but drop forts to level 1 (again). Casualties are in our favor in terms of kills vs disables and also the enemy loses 66 guns and 38 vehicles to our 21 guns and 0 vehicles. Overall however, casualties are 5300 for us and 2800 for them.
DEI
Some lonely torpedo boats at Waingapoe attack the couple ships we have hauling around a small NG portion for capturing the bases in the Flores chain. The TM's sneak in close in the dark and manage to sink two smaller xAKs. Thankfully our Destroyer present doesn't take a hit. One xAKL survived with portions of the NG unit onboard, so it will unload nearby and let the unit rebuild. We won't have to spend PPs to buy it back. CL Nagara will head over soon to root out these torpedo boats.
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[center]Some remnants of the ABDA forces harass our clean up crew.[/center]
Philippines
Lily's from Takao hit SS Permit twice. Their ASW skills are getting up there. Soon I'll have enough Sallys to switch this unit to the Sallys with their bigger bombs.
Pacific
Near Makin, SS Dolphin hits an xAK loaded with some troops heading to Tabitaue. The ship is pretty damaged, not sure if it will make it home.
Near Rabaul, we fly some bombing missions on the remains of the Lark battalion at Gasmata. We have landed a small unit there as well, so we will attack soon.
China
Liuchows forts go up to level 1 and just in time too as the Chinese attack again. They get 1:1 odds and drop forts back to zero. They lose more men than us, but given that we are outnumbered 40,000 to 13,000 in troops, I don't think an extra 200 casualties is going to matter much.
Just Northwest of Hankow, the first elements of our troops coming from Chusien push back the Chinese that were threatening our railroad. We get 2 to 1 odds and the Chinese retreat toward Ichang. With luck, the surge of 5 divisions will be enough to recapture Ichang and then move on to flank Changsa.
In the north, our reformed 110th Division attacks at Lanchow. Results are 1:1 (282:197) and forts are dropped to level 1. This should fall soon.
Other
Not surprisingly, we receive an intelligence update that Enterprise did not sink and is still in operation.
A whole slew of ships begin upgrades. The SC's are all getting Mod-2 Type 95 DC launchers so that will be helpful. The CA's are getting more AA guns - also a good thing.
No free base today! I have gotten so accustomed to them that I was surprised by the absence today.
India/Burma
At Koggala, three waves of 16, then 11, then 16 Hurricane IIbs fly a sweep at 36,000 feet. Our Oscars do okay, trading about 1:1. Thankfully our pilots seem to be all recovered. Hopefully we captured some downed British pilots also.
At Colombo we try another deliberate attack and get 1:2 odds, but drop forts to level 1 (again). Casualties are in our favor in terms of kills vs disables and also the enemy loses 66 guns and 38 vehicles to our 21 guns and 0 vehicles. Overall however, casualties are 5300 for us and 2800 for them.
DEI
Some lonely torpedo boats at Waingapoe attack the couple ships we have hauling around a small NG portion for capturing the bases in the Flores chain. The TM's sneak in close in the dark and manage to sink two smaller xAKs. Thankfully our Destroyer present doesn't take a hit. One xAKL survived with portions of the NG unit onboard, so it will unload nearby and let the unit rebuild. We won't have to spend PPs to buy it back. CL Nagara will head over soon to root out these torpedo boats.
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[/center][center]Some remnants of the ABDA forces harass our clean up crew.[/center]
Philippines
Lily's from Takao hit SS Permit twice. Their ASW skills are getting up there. Soon I'll have enough Sallys to switch this unit to the Sallys with their bigger bombs.
Pacific
Near Makin, SS Dolphin hits an xAK loaded with some troops heading to Tabitaue. The ship is pretty damaged, not sure if it will make it home.
Near Rabaul, we fly some bombing missions on the remains of the Lark battalion at Gasmata. We have landed a small unit there as well, so we will attack soon.
China
Liuchows forts go up to level 1 and just in time too as the Chinese attack again. They get 1:1 odds and drop forts back to zero. They lose more men than us, but given that we are outnumbered 40,000 to 13,000 in troops, I don't think an extra 200 casualties is going to matter much.
Just Northwest of Hankow, the first elements of our troops coming from Chusien push back the Chinese that were threatening our railroad. We get 2 to 1 odds and the Chinese retreat toward Ichang. With luck, the surge of 5 divisions will be enough to recapture Ichang and then move on to flank Changsa.
In the north, our reformed 110th Division attacks at Lanchow. Results are 1:1 (282:197) and forts are dropped to level 1. This should fall soon.
Other
Not surprisingly, we receive an intelligence update that Enterprise did not sink and is still in operation.
A whole slew of ships begin upgrades. The SC's are all getting Mod-2 Type 95 DC launchers so that will be helpful. The CA's are getting more AA guns - also a good thing.
CA Takao beginning refit in shipyard at Tokyo
CA Atago beginning refit in shipyard at Tokyo
CA Chokai beginning refit in shipyard at Singapore
E Chidori beginning refit in shipyard at Tokyo
E Manazuru beginning refit in shipyard at Tokyo
E Hatsukari beginning refit in shipyard at Singapore
E Tomozuru beginning refit in shipyard at Tokyo
SC Ch 13 taken out of commission to begin refit at Singapore
SC Ch 14 taken out of commission to begin refit at Singapore
SC Ch 15 taken out of commission to begin refit at Singapore
SC Ch 16 taken out of commission to begin refit at Singapore
SC Ch 17 taken out of commission to begin refit at Singapore
SC Ch 18 taken out of commission to begin refit at Singapore
SC Ch 19 taken out of commission to begin refit at Hiroshima/Kure
SC Ch 20 taken out of commission to begin refit at Hiroshima/Kure
SC Ch 21 taken out of commission to begin refit at Singapore
SC Ch 22 taken out of commission to begin refit at Singapore
SC Ch 23 taken out of commission to begin refit at Singapore
SC Ch 25 taken out of commission to begin refit at Singapore
SC Ch 26 taken out of commission to begin refit at Nagasaki/Sasebo
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FeurerKrieg
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March 2nd, 1942
March 2nd, 1942
Quiet day.
India/Burma
The Hurricanes continue their sweeps of Koggala, although only one sweep flys over today. Both sides lose a plane.
In the center of Ceylon, our three tank regiments shock attack Dambulla and take the base on the first go. 3:1 odds against level 2 forts. The 99th Indian Bge and 1/1 Ceylon Base Force retreat to Trincomalee.
DEI
East of Borneo, the small base of Tapul is occupied.
Pacific
Near Emirau Island, SS Trout hits one of our xAK ships with a dud torpedo.
On the southern end of the island east of Rabaul, we attack the base of Namatanai. There is still a small enemy unit here, the 2/1st Ind Coy, but we easily capture the base and capture the unit.
China
We try another DA at Lanchow today, but only get 1:2 odds.
In the north, our chasing of a pair of Chinese units continues as we get closer to Ningsia. Today one of the enemy units is destroyed just leaving one tiny Chinese Corp to impede our progress.
The Chinese try bombarding us at Kienko, but our artillery does better inflicting three times as many casualties as theirs.
Liuchow finally is lost as the Chinese shock attack the base. Level 1 forts weren't enough as the Chinese get 5:1 odds. The 104th Division and 23rd Army HQ will head to Nanning and see if they can hold with the help of the SNLF unit already in place at that base.
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The Chinese take back a base.[/center]
Submarines
I try sending a Midget sub into Brisbane today, but it hits a mine and goes down.
Quiet day.
India/Burma
The Hurricanes continue their sweeps of Koggala, although only one sweep flys over today. Both sides lose a plane.
In the center of Ceylon, our three tank regiments shock attack Dambulla and take the base on the first go. 3:1 odds against level 2 forts. The 99th Indian Bge and 1/1 Ceylon Base Force retreat to Trincomalee.
DEI
East of Borneo, the small base of Tapul is occupied.
Pacific
Near Emirau Island, SS Trout hits one of our xAK ships with a dud torpedo.
On the southern end of the island east of Rabaul, we attack the base of Namatanai. There is still a small enemy unit here, the 2/1st Ind Coy, but we easily capture the base and capture the unit.
China
We try another DA at Lanchow today, but only get 1:2 odds.
In the north, our chasing of a pair of Chinese units continues as we get closer to Ningsia. Today one of the enemy units is destroyed just leaving one tiny Chinese Corp to impede our progress.
The Chinese try bombarding us at Kienko, but our artillery does better inflicting three times as many casualties as theirs.
Liuchow finally is lost as the Chinese shock attack the base. Level 1 forts weren't enough as the Chinese get 5:1 odds. The 104th Division and 23rd Army HQ will head to Nanning and see if they can hold with the help of the SNLF unit already in place at that base.
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The Chinese take back a base.[/center]
Submarines
I try sending a Midget sub into Brisbane today, but it hits a mine and goes down.
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FeurerKrieg
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March 3rd, 1942
March 3rd, 1942
India/Burma
As a small troop convoy carrying an assault HQ nears Koggala, it is attacked by SS KIX. Thankfully the sub misses.
Hurricanes sweep Koggala and a few Zeros from the nearby Car Div 1 join in. We lose 7 Oscars and down 4 Hurricanes. Our carriers are there to cover the HQ unit being delivered to Koggala.
DEI
Near Celebes, we capture the small island of Sangi.
On the other side of Sumatra, the 16th Naval Guard which has landed yesterday from Christmas Island, captures Benkoelen.
Pacific
In the Solomons, near Munda, the dot base of Panggoe is occupied.
I finally attack at Gasmata and the Lark Battalion retreats into the jungle. I thought we had captured all the base on New Britain, but now I see there is one I missed. Ah well, another refugee unit to track down.
China
Since the counter bombardment when well at Kienko yesterday, we try our own bombardment today and it does fine. We lose 9 men, they lose 45. The Chinese bombardment doesn't hurt any of our guys, but they lose 18 more men.
Submarines
I-171 fires at a PG near Brisband but misses.
Other
One of our conversion projects finishes up as the first of two AKV's - AKV Tokiwa Maru - is finished and parked at Nagasaki for future use. The Nakajima Ha-45 advances a month, and two more destroyers go into refit.
India/Burma
As a small troop convoy carrying an assault HQ nears Koggala, it is attacked by SS KIX. Thankfully the sub misses.
Hurricanes sweep Koggala and a few Zeros from the nearby Car Div 1 join in. We lose 7 Oscars and down 4 Hurricanes. Our carriers are there to cover the HQ unit being delivered to Koggala.
DEI
Near Celebes, we capture the small island of Sangi.
On the other side of Sumatra, the 16th Naval Guard which has landed yesterday from Christmas Island, captures Benkoelen.
Pacific
In the Solomons, near Munda, the dot base of Panggoe is occupied.
I finally attack at Gasmata and the Lark Battalion retreats into the jungle. I thought we had captured all the base on New Britain, but now I see there is one I missed. Ah well, another refugee unit to track down.
China
Since the counter bombardment when well at Kienko yesterday, we try our own bombardment today and it does fine. We lose 9 men, they lose 45. The Chinese bombardment doesn't hurt any of our guys, but they lose 18 more men.
Submarines
I-171 fires at a PG near Brisband but misses.
Other
One of our conversion projects finishes up as the first of two AKV's - AKV Tokiwa Maru - is finished and parked at Nagasaki for future use. The Nakajima Ha-45 advances a month, and two more destroyers go into refit.
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FeurerKrieg
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March 4th, 1942
March 4th, 1942
India/Burma
Hurricanes over Koggala again. Today 8 Hurricanes go down, while 6 Oscars and 4 Zeros drop. Hopefully the enemy pilot retention rate is worse than ours due to fighting over Japanese territory.
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Dogfights over Koggala[/center]
DEI
Some Hudson's from Darwin attack a couple of our cargo ships at Dili. All six enemy planes miss.
We launch an attack on Batavia today and get 1:1, almost 2:1 (603:327). In the process the 1st KNIL Landstorm Battalion is destroyed.
Philippines
We try a deliberate attack on Bataan today and get a 1:2 result. The defenders are showing a supply negative modifier so this shouldn't take much longer. We drop forts to level 1.
Pacific
Another base near Munda is occupied today - Rekata Bay.
China
Near Tienshui we are able to confidently say we have isolated the enemy stack there. Today 110,000 Chinese attack our force that is 55,000 strong, and they only get 1:6 result. Casualties are high - we lose 2000 men, but the Chinese loss 11,000! They are also showing a negative modifier. I'm not sure if we can hurt them much yet, but having them cut off serves us well enough for now.
At Kienko, the Chinese try a Shock attack and get 1:1 odds. A bit worrisome, but I don't think they have the supply to try that too many times in a row. Additionally, the enemy took a bit more casualties than we did (about 1800 IJA versus 2050 Chinese). They are also showing supply negative modifier.
Other
Madras goes to size 7 airfield. I suspect that once the 4E bombers start to arrive, we'll see some flying out of this base against Ceylon. At least I hope that happens. The whole point of taking Ceylon is to cause the enemy to spend time tearing it down , as well as developing supporting bases at the tip of India, while I can build up Burma in peace.
India/Burma
Hurricanes over Koggala again. Today 8 Hurricanes go down, while 6 Oscars and 4 Zeros drop. Hopefully the enemy pilot retention rate is worse than ours due to fighting over Japanese territory.
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Dogfights over Koggala[/center]
DEI
Some Hudson's from Darwin attack a couple of our cargo ships at Dili. All six enemy planes miss.
We launch an attack on Batavia today and get 1:1, almost 2:1 (603:327). In the process the 1st KNIL Landstorm Battalion is destroyed.
Philippines
We try a deliberate attack on Bataan today and get a 1:2 result. The defenders are showing a supply negative modifier so this shouldn't take much longer. We drop forts to level 1.
Pacific
Another base near Munda is occupied today - Rekata Bay.
China
Near Tienshui we are able to confidently say we have isolated the enemy stack there. Today 110,000 Chinese attack our force that is 55,000 strong, and they only get 1:6 result. Casualties are high - we lose 2000 men, but the Chinese loss 11,000! They are also showing a negative modifier. I'm not sure if we can hurt them much yet, but having them cut off serves us well enough for now.
At Kienko, the Chinese try a Shock attack and get 1:1 odds. A bit worrisome, but I don't think they have the supply to try that too many times in a row. Additionally, the enemy took a bit more casualties than we did (about 1800 IJA versus 2050 Chinese). They are also showing supply negative modifier.
Other
Madras goes to size 7 airfield. I suspect that once the 4E bombers start to arrive, we'll see some flying out of this base against Ceylon. At least I hope that happens. The whole point of taking Ceylon is to cause the enemy to spend time tearing it down , as well as developing supporting bases at the tip of India, while I can build up Burma in peace.
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FeurerKrieg
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March 5th, 1942
March 5th, 1942
India/Burma
Since our ships have unloaded and left, we move our local CAP from Koggala onto LRCAP duty over our tanks headed to Trincomalee. Hurricanes fly their sweeps over Koggala, but we are not there to engage. Over the tanks however, 4x Blen I and 13x Blen IV's out of Madras fly into 19 of the Oscars from Koggala. We take down about 5 of the bombers. No tanks are hit by the remaining bombers.
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Enemy bombers try to slow down our tanks[/center]
DEI
At Dili, the Hudsons are back, but we have our Tojos here today. We take down all three of the Hudsons that attack.
Another deliberate attack at Batavia almost succeeds. We get 1:1 (409:265) and drop forts to zero.
Philippines
As we land on Taytay, it is occupied as a freebie today.
Pacific
Near Milne Bay, SS S-23 hits a loaded xAP with the 28th Division on board. We lose a few squads but thankfully the xAPs are pretty big and can take a torpedo. The ship is only mildly damaged.
Submarines
Near Brisbane, I-171 hits and sinks the AM Deloraine.
Other
The brand new DD Makigumo rolls into action at Osaka.
Five Destroyers reenter service after upgrades today at Yokohama. 13 subchasers at various places reenter service as well.
India/Burma
Since our ships have unloaded and left, we move our local CAP from Koggala onto LRCAP duty over our tanks headed to Trincomalee. Hurricanes fly their sweeps over Koggala, but we are not there to engage. Over the tanks however, 4x Blen I and 13x Blen IV's out of Madras fly into 19 of the Oscars from Koggala. We take down about 5 of the bombers. No tanks are hit by the remaining bombers.
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Enemy bombers try to slow down our tanks[/center]
DEI
At Dili, the Hudsons are back, but we have our Tojos here today. We take down all three of the Hudsons that attack.
Another deliberate attack at Batavia almost succeeds. We get 1:1 (409:265) and drop forts to zero.
Philippines
As we land on Taytay, it is occupied as a freebie today.
Pacific
Near Milne Bay, SS S-23 hits a loaded xAP with the 28th Division on board. We lose a few squads but thankfully the xAPs are pretty big and can take a torpedo. The ship is only mildly damaged.
Submarines
Near Brisbane, I-171 hits and sinks the AM Deloraine.
Other
The brand new DD Makigumo rolls into action at Osaka.
Five Destroyers reenter service after upgrades today at Yokohama. 13 subchasers at various places reenter service as well.
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FeurerKrieg
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March 6th, 1942
March 6th, 1942
India/Burma
Hurricanes fly sweep over Colombo today, some of our Oscars engage and drop 10 Hurricanes while losing 3 of their own. The Blens are also back again today, and this time we only have three Oscars on hand. Still we bring down one of the Blens, and the remainder miss their targets.
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Air battles over Ceylon[/center]
We try a deliberate attack at Colombo today and get 1:1 (841:754) and drop forts to level 1. Casualties are again a hard read - 4000 IJA vs 1800 commonwealth troops, but the enemy also loses 80 guns and 26 vehicles. Still, more enemy squads are destroyed than ours, which is good for the long run fight. One item of note is that the 53rd, 54th and 55th British Brigades reformed into the 18th British Division. Not sure if any other units were required for that reconstruction - if so, they must have been delivered without our notice.
DEI
Another DA at Batavia is agonizingly close to success. 1:1 (440:225), with no forts in place. We have Nells doing some AF damage to prevent fort rebuilding. Casualties are very bad for the defenders 700 to 1650 with all squad casualties listed as destroyed.
Philippines
A DA at Bataan comes off at 1:2 with even casualties, but again, the enemy has many more destroyed than we do.
Pacific
Nonouti, just north of Tabiteuae, is occupied today.
SS S-35 fires at DD Nokaze, at Port Moresby, but misses.
B-17E's are back over Port Moresby. Just our Oscar A's on station there, so just live fire pilot training at this point. Come on Nicks....
On New Britain, we capture the base we overlooked - Arawe.
China
Today the 3rd Division crossed the river into Kienko. I was hoping we had enough AV in place to avoid a shock attack but I was wrong. We lose about 40% of the division in the crossing, mostly disablements. Thankfully supply is still flowing well, so I think the unit will rebuild over the next couple weeks.
Submarines
I-168, not to be outdone by I-171 yesterday, finds, hits and sinks AM Toowoomba. (Cool name...)
Other
Two more destroyers reenter service today.
India/Burma
Hurricanes fly sweep over Colombo today, some of our Oscars engage and drop 10 Hurricanes while losing 3 of their own. The Blens are also back again today, and this time we only have three Oscars on hand. Still we bring down one of the Blens, and the remainder miss their targets.
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Air battles over Ceylon[/center]
We try a deliberate attack at Colombo today and get 1:1 (841:754) and drop forts to level 1. Casualties are again a hard read - 4000 IJA vs 1800 commonwealth troops, but the enemy also loses 80 guns and 26 vehicles. Still, more enemy squads are destroyed than ours, which is good for the long run fight. One item of note is that the 53rd, 54th and 55th British Brigades reformed into the 18th British Division. Not sure if any other units were required for that reconstruction - if so, they must have been delivered without our notice.
DEI
Another DA at Batavia is agonizingly close to success. 1:1 (440:225), with no forts in place. We have Nells doing some AF damage to prevent fort rebuilding. Casualties are very bad for the defenders 700 to 1650 with all squad casualties listed as destroyed.
Philippines
A DA at Bataan comes off at 1:2 with even casualties, but again, the enemy has many more destroyed than we do.
Pacific
Nonouti, just north of Tabiteuae, is occupied today.
SS S-35 fires at DD Nokaze, at Port Moresby, but misses.
B-17E's are back over Port Moresby. Just our Oscar A's on station there, so just live fire pilot training at this point. Come on Nicks....
On New Britain, we capture the base we overlooked - Arawe.
China
Today the 3rd Division crossed the river into Kienko. I was hoping we had enough AV in place to avoid a shock attack but I was wrong. We lose about 40% of the division in the crossing, mostly disablements. Thankfully supply is still flowing well, so I think the unit will rebuild over the next couple weeks.
Submarines
I-168, not to be outdone by I-171 yesterday, finds, hits and sinks AM Toowoomba. (Cool name...)
Other
Two more destroyers reenter service today.
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RE: March 6th, 1942
Just found this awesome thread from a while back. Now that we are moving into the infrastructure development phase of Empire management, threads like this are gold!
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March 7th, 1942
March 7th, 1942
India/Burma
Having arrived at Trimcomalee, Blens out of Madras continue to attack our armor. Today our Oscars do well, and bring down 13 Blen IV and 2 Blen I. The 1st, 4th and 7th tanks then proceed to attack Trimcomalee, but only attain 1:2 odds against level 3 forts. We lose 13 tanks, but take out 350 enemy troops. Still, not exactly promising.
DEI
On Moluccas the dot base of Galeia is occupied.
We try a shock attack at Batavia to see if we can tip the scales and it works. We get 2:1 odds and 15,000 Dutch troops surrender. The 55th Division will reform and along with the 21st Mixed Brigade head to Benkoelen to march on Palembang. The 38th and the 2nd Tank Regiment will load up ASAP and head to Jaffna (Ceylon) in order to march on Trimcomalee since it doesn't look like the tanks can take it on their own.
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An important win, since it frees troops for Palembang and Ceylon[/center]
Philippines
The 15th Nav Guard units defeats the 2nd PI Base Force at Puerto Princessa and captures the base there. Also, today's artillery bombardment at Bataan kills over 400 enemy troops.
Pacific
While loading the 28th Division at Port Moresby, our patrol ships twice spot S-35 and chase the submarine off.
Once the 28th Division finishes loading it will head towards Lunga where it will rendezvous with some other amphib forces, mostly the 8th Division (less its Arty) plus a couple SNLF groups and some base and air support. Once gathered together, and once our carriers are in place for cover, the force will head towards Luganville.
Rabaul goes to Airfield level 5 today.
Ten B-17E bomb Port Moresby but miss the target. I'm sure the Oscar A's contributed to their inaccuracy.
A little out to sea from the Solomon Islands we capture Ontang Java today.
China
The Chinese try another attack on Kienko today and get 1:2 odds, with causalities slightly in our favor. They are still showing a supply negative so I don't think we are in danger of being ejected from here.
India/Burma
Having arrived at Trimcomalee, Blens out of Madras continue to attack our armor. Today our Oscars do well, and bring down 13 Blen IV and 2 Blen I. The 1st, 4th and 7th tanks then proceed to attack Trimcomalee, but only attain 1:2 odds against level 3 forts. We lose 13 tanks, but take out 350 enemy troops. Still, not exactly promising.
DEI
On Moluccas the dot base of Galeia is occupied.
We try a shock attack at Batavia to see if we can tip the scales and it works. We get 2:1 odds and 15,000 Dutch troops surrender. The 55th Division will reform and along with the 21st Mixed Brigade head to Benkoelen to march on Palembang. The 38th and the 2nd Tank Regiment will load up ASAP and head to Jaffna (Ceylon) in order to march on Trimcomalee since it doesn't look like the tanks can take it on their own.
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An important win, since it frees troops for Palembang and Ceylon[/center]
Philippines
The 15th Nav Guard units defeats the 2nd PI Base Force at Puerto Princessa and captures the base there. Also, today's artillery bombardment at Bataan kills over 400 enemy troops.
Pacific
While loading the 28th Division at Port Moresby, our patrol ships twice spot S-35 and chase the submarine off.
Once the 28th Division finishes loading it will head towards Lunga where it will rendezvous with some other amphib forces, mostly the 8th Division (less its Arty) plus a couple SNLF groups and some base and air support. Once gathered together, and once our carriers are in place for cover, the force will head towards Luganville.
Rabaul goes to Airfield level 5 today.
Ten B-17E bomb Port Moresby but miss the target. I'm sure the Oscar A's contributed to their inaccuracy.
A little out to sea from the Solomon Islands we capture Ontang Java today.
China
The Chinese try another attack on Kienko today and get 1:2 odds, with causalities slightly in our favor. They are still showing a supply negative so I don't think we are in danger of being ejected from here.
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March 8th, 1942
March 8th, 1942
Not sure where it is, but Culion was occupied today.
India/Burma
THe British battleship Royal Sovereign, and some cruisers throw some shells at our soldiers besieging Colombo. Certainly not a very polite thing to do. We lose about 400 troops, but only 2 squads and 1 tank destroyed. Wish I had Trimcomalee...or wish Car Div 1 was hanging out nearby. It's at Singapore though.
DEI
Our Minesweepers move into the harbor at Batavia and start clearing mines. 67 mines cleared today.
Near Celebes we capture the small base of Mangole.
On the road from Benkoelen to Palembang, the 16th Nav Gd captures Lahat.
Pacific
S-34 fires at one of our PB at Port Moresby and misses. The B-17Es go for our ships at PM today, and one manages to hit DD Kuri with a bomb. Ship might actually sink, hopefully the little port at PM can keep her afloat.
China
Hong Kong Special Base Force arrives today at - you guessed it - Hong Kong.
Our tanks and armored cars try another attack at Ankang, but a couple Chinese Corps have arrived - I think from Sian. The good news is the defenders are low on supply, so we don't take any losses and inflict 500 enemy casaulties. Bad news is there is no way we'll take the base without some infantry support. That will be a little while yet, but we'll send some guys up here when we can.
I have another brigade cross into Kienko and wreck itself via shock attack. Defenders are still showing low supply so hopefully the attack helped use some more up. Unit is at about 50%, so it should rebuild before too long.
We launch a DA at Lanchow and get 1:1 odds, dropping forts to zero, but casaulties are not in our favor. We'll rest a bit and try again soon. These Chinese still have supply.
Lastly, 4 Chinese Corps sally forth southeast out of Changsha and brush aside my early warning force, Ankei SNLF. I'll get some troops moving toward Nanchang just in case the Chinese are trying to make a push in that direction. We have level 4 forts there, and it is behind a river, so I'm not too worried, although there are a lot of Chinese in Changsha if enough take the risk of heading out they could get pretty far. Of course that does leave Changsha open...
Submarines
A midget sub does some mine sweeping the hard way near Melbourne, hitting two mines before sinking.
Other
4 Destroyers re-enter service today.
Koggala goes to size 2 AF. With the Air HQ there, the base can now fly Mabels and Kates with torpedoes. Not as nice as Bettys, but still, a torpedo is a torpedo. Would have been nice if we had been flying a day ago - might have caught Royal Sovereign and company.
Not sure where it is, but Culion was occupied today.
India/Burma
THe British battleship Royal Sovereign, and some cruisers throw some shells at our soldiers besieging Colombo. Certainly not a very polite thing to do. We lose about 400 troops, but only 2 squads and 1 tank destroyed. Wish I had Trimcomalee...or wish Car Div 1 was hanging out nearby. It's at Singapore though.
DEI
Our Minesweepers move into the harbor at Batavia and start clearing mines. 67 mines cleared today.
Near Celebes we capture the small base of Mangole.
On the road from Benkoelen to Palembang, the 16th Nav Gd captures Lahat.
Pacific
S-34 fires at one of our PB at Port Moresby and misses. The B-17Es go for our ships at PM today, and one manages to hit DD Kuri with a bomb. Ship might actually sink, hopefully the little port at PM can keep her afloat.
China
Hong Kong Special Base Force arrives today at - you guessed it - Hong Kong.
Our tanks and armored cars try another attack at Ankang, but a couple Chinese Corps have arrived - I think from Sian. The good news is the defenders are low on supply, so we don't take any losses and inflict 500 enemy casaulties. Bad news is there is no way we'll take the base without some infantry support. That will be a little while yet, but we'll send some guys up here when we can.
I have another brigade cross into Kienko and wreck itself via shock attack. Defenders are still showing low supply so hopefully the attack helped use some more up. Unit is at about 50%, so it should rebuild before too long.
We launch a DA at Lanchow and get 1:1 odds, dropping forts to zero, but casaulties are not in our favor. We'll rest a bit and try again soon. These Chinese still have supply.
Lastly, 4 Chinese Corps sally forth southeast out of Changsha and brush aside my early warning force, Ankei SNLF. I'll get some troops moving toward Nanchang just in case the Chinese are trying to make a push in that direction. We have level 4 forts there, and it is behind a river, so I'm not too worried, although there are a lot of Chinese in Changsha if enough take the risk of heading out they could get pretty far. Of course that does leave Changsha open...
Submarines
A midget sub does some mine sweeping the hard way near Melbourne, hitting two mines before sinking.
Other
4 Destroyers re-enter service today.
Koggala goes to size 2 AF. With the Air HQ there, the base can now fly Mabels and Kates with torpedoes. Not as nice as Bettys, but still, a torpedo is a torpedo. Would have been nice if we had been flying a day ago - might have caught Royal Sovereign and company.
RE: March 8th, 1942
dot base west of Busuanga ... [;)]ORIGINAL: Feurer Krieg
Not sure where it is, but Culion was occupied today.
Busuanga is an island base 3 hex SW of Bataan. [:D]
Pax
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RE: March 8th, 1942
Thanks, Pax! I usually grab a screenshot of these free captures, but I must have had bad timing that day. I'm too lazy to open a map and look sometimes.
Once I get caught up to game time it should be easier to remember these things.
Once I get caught up to game time it should be easier to remember these things.
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RE: March 8th, 1942
I apologize if this seems disjointed to anyone who isn't following Overt's AAR but to continue a discussion from Overt's thread....
My initial general strategy and thoughts have been that I would expand as far as I could in any direction that the Allies were weaker than I expected. I have instead decided to set some very hard and non-negotiable expansion points. While they may still be too far out, I have at least set these limits. Also, I had always assumed I would use the Japanese production to try and attrit the Allies plane pools. I am moving away from that notion since it cost supply for me to pull my planes from the pools. But that isn't such a black and white thing.
By theater it is like this -
India - I had always thought that if I can get Ceylon, then maybe if the tip of the subcontinent looked lightly held, I would make a grab for it. Not to hold it for long of course, but just to make the starting point for the Brits that much farther away from me. Now however, having a better understanding of the supply implications, I will not take anything beyond Ceylon and Burma, no matter how inviting.
Australia - Originally I planned to grab the north coast - Darwin to Derby. But for a while I also started looking at the map thinking the west coast would not exactly be out of reach if the US lost their carriers early on. I don't think I ever entertained the notion of invading the east or south coast, but the west looked inviting. Now, however, I realize that just shipping troops all the way around there would eat a lot of fuel and of course the troops would eat lots of supplies, so again, that option is off the table.
Pacific - Noumea, Suva were always on the table. But Midway, the Line Islands and even New Zealand were considered places I could potential reach out to. No longer.
Ideally, I would like to reduce the amount of places that air battles are going on. If I can take areas that are difficult to attack because their is a significant gap to the next large Allied base, then with luck we will have periods of time that don't involve daily air combat. This is somewhat unavoidable in Burma or India, but as I mentioned before, I would prefer the Commonwealth focus on Ceylon while I can build what I want in Burma. We'll see if that happens of course. For any of the fronts where I have planes just sitting on air search watching for amphibious enemy attacks, those are fronts that are not using much supply at all, but are still providing the buffer that I can trade for time once the enemy does start to attack.
Long winded yammering is over now... carry on.
My initial general strategy and thoughts have been that I would expand as far as I could in any direction that the Allies were weaker than I expected. I have instead decided to set some very hard and non-negotiable expansion points. While they may still be too far out, I have at least set these limits. Also, I had always assumed I would use the Japanese production to try and attrit the Allies plane pools. I am moving away from that notion since it cost supply for me to pull my planes from the pools. But that isn't such a black and white thing.
By theater it is like this -
India - I had always thought that if I can get Ceylon, then maybe if the tip of the subcontinent looked lightly held, I would make a grab for it. Not to hold it for long of course, but just to make the starting point for the Brits that much farther away from me. Now however, having a better understanding of the supply implications, I will not take anything beyond Ceylon and Burma, no matter how inviting.
Australia - Originally I planned to grab the north coast - Darwin to Derby. But for a while I also started looking at the map thinking the west coast would not exactly be out of reach if the US lost their carriers early on. I don't think I ever entertained the notion of invading the east or south coast, but the west looked inviting. Now, however, I realize that just shipping troops all the way around there would eat a lot of fuel and of course the troops would eat lots of supplies, so again, that option is off the table.
Pacific - Noumea, Suva were always on the table. But Midway, the Line Islands and even New Zealand were considered places I could potential reach out to. No longer.
Ideally, I would like to reduce the amount of places that air battles are going on. If I can take areas that are difficult to attack because their is a significant gap to the next large Allied base, then with luck we will have periods of time that don't involve daily air combat. This is somewhat unavoidable in Burma or India, but as I mentioned before, I would prefer the Commonwealth focus on Ceylon while I can build what I want in Burma. We'll see if that happens of course. For any of the fronts where I have planes just sitting on air search watching for amphibious enemy attacks, those are fronts that are not using much supply at all, but are still providing the buffer that I can trade for time once the enemy does start to attack.
Long winded yammering is over now... carry on.
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Convoy stuff
For anyone interested, here is a partial copy of the excel sheet I'm using to organize my convoys. I still have a few in flux, and I'm going to take a second look at fuel to cargo to speed calculations again to maximize my fuel efficiency. In any case, this gives you an idea of what some of the routes look like.
I am currently hauling everything I can home. I'm recently (early April) started expansions of HI in places like Java, Thailand and Malaysia to balance out the production and reduce the need to ship things home. By contrast, in Korea and the Home Islands, I have expanded LI so I'll have extra supply production if and when my fuel stocks hit bottom.
Once resource stocks look like they are sufficient to last through mid-46, I will reign in some of the convoys to less efficient places like Ocean and Nauru.
I am currently hauling everything I can home. I'm recently (early April) started expansions of HI in places like Java, Thailand and Malaysia to balance out the production and reduce the need to ship things home. By contrast, in Korea and the Home Islands, I have expanded LI so I'll have extra supply production if and when my fuel stocks hit bottom.
Once resource stocks look like they are sufficient to last through mid-46, I will reign in some of the convoys to less efficient places like Ocean and Nauru.
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