Just Another AAR... Wargmr (A) Gunnulf (J)

[Mike McCreery]

The AAR is now CURRENT!!!!!!!!!!

First off I would like to give credit to all the people who take the time to do AAR's. It takes as much time and energy as actually playing the game.

Overall things are going really well for the Allies. The Japanese faced a humiliating defeat at Port Moresby in May and have not really recovered. The Hiryu got BLOWED UP - (That is a technical term)by a lucky sub shot in mid June. A sneak attack by my carrier group also managed to take out the Nagato.

As for the allies, I have lost a couple heavy cruisers in combat and the Tennessee at Pearl Harbor. No Aircraft Carriers have been harmed in combat.

Sigint tells me that the Japanese are training for assaults on Port Moresby and Cox's Bazar.

Nothing has changed in my strategic plans for a movement through the Banda Sea NW toward Soerbaja.

Lets start by looking at the Aleutians...

I just put a couple Regiments into Dutch Harbor raising my AV to 296.

Some regiments are training for the Japanese islands (Kuriles?) so I have invasion options but at this stage of the game they would only be used as a diversion and not a serious assault. My plans for this area is to build up Adak and the western islands from now through the winter using some of the excess engineers that I will receive.

[Mike McCreery]

New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Fiji

I have over 400 AV at Suva and 200 AV at Noumea. The Japanese have a regiment and another unit at Luganville. He can keep that base warm for me for as long as he wants.

My objective in this area is to move some AV from Suva to Australia for dispersal northwards. If the Japanese come for these bases they are protected enough to may him pay for them.

I was building up some of the islands near Suva but it seems unnecessary now so I am evacuating those base forces back to Suva for shipment elsewhere.

[Mike McCreery]

Guadalcanal.

Gunnulf has troops on Guadalcanal of unknown strength and composition. I dont really care what he has there to be honest.

Ndeni has 180AV so enough to hold off a division. If he does a major assault then it will likely fall. I dont think he will be worried about Ndeni within a few weeks but lets see what happens.

As for Rabaul, Shortland, etc. He can keep all of it. I hope he builds it into a fantastic fortress. I am going around it.

[Mike McCreery]

NE Australia

I won a decisive battle against Gunnar on June 11, 1942 taking back Tenant Creek. One of the big reasons was he was out of supply. Supply is a huge problem in this area and the reason that I let him get as far inside Australia as I did without putting up any resistance. Alice Springs has 60,000+ supply and Cloncurry has over 100K I think. It just wont move down the roads.

Anyway, I am beginning a push toward Daly Waters. The single unit in front of me has to be the 20th Division that I battled on the 11th. The 3 units in Daly Waters may or may not be the command and 2 artillery units that were with the 20th division.

Initially when the Japanese invaded the 40th Bde was involved but I have not seen it in a while. I am not sure what that means. Constant scans of Darwin reveal only a handful of units and hundreds of men.

My most aggressive plan is to invade Darwin by amphibious assault within 2 weeks trapping 8-10 Japanese units and 30-40,000 men. I have divisions trained for Darwin, Bathurst & Taberfane. Taberfane is too risky especially with 3 large Japanese air fields operational right now. And it would need to be built up to be useful. Bathurst was a plan in case he had fortress Darwin and I could get his airfield down long enough to put a division and a bunch of engineers there to blockade him.

Right now considering his weakness in carriers and maybe his reluctance to commit them along with his complete lack of searching for naval ships has emboldened me to try to take this on.

So, I am dwadling northwards trying to make a show of it while the 24th infantry division loads onto amphibious transports at Townsville. I also have 2 American tank battalions moving up the coastal road toward Darwin in case this all goes FUBAR....

[Mike McCreery]

SW Australia...

Perth is well defended with over 600AV. When Gunnulf first raided the area I feared a japanese invasion so I supplemented the forces in this area and also put a dive bombing squadron along with 3 fighter squadrons here. The Americal division is prepping for the invasion of Broome. Transports and surface ships are about 10 days out from Perth.

The 1st Australian division is on the way from the East coast for kicks and grins. I dont think I need the AV over there and if I want ground forces in Northern Australia they can march from Carnarvon to Port hedland to Broome.

[Mike McCreery]

NW Australia

There has been no activity here for quite some time. I saw an AF carrier fleet here about 2 or 3 days before the invasion of Port Moresby and just caught a glimpse at maximum range.

I moved the DD isis to Port Hedland and there is no detection on him or the base. I am moving in another destroyer along with some supplies. If I can successfully supply the base I will return and assist in an invasion of Broome.

For some reason Gunnulf does not seem to be using any ships to do naval searches in this area either. Carnarvon is about to go to a lvl 2 airfield.

[Mike McCreery]

Gulf Of Carpentera, New Guinea, etc.

At Merauke the airfields just went to lvl 2. There are 3 seabees that should arrive at this base in 2 days to speed up the process. This airfield is 13 hexes away from Darwin and will provide heavy bomber support should the invasion plan fail or be delayed. Merauke has a regiment and 120AV+ so it can handle a sneak assault should it occur. I currently have 96 av support here.

Horn Island is 69% of the way to a lvl 4 airfield and has over 120 engineers plus a few vehicles to help it grow. I have 162 AV support and need more and it is being airlifted from Port Moresby about 8 men a day. I cant wait for a healthy transport fleet.

Wessell Island I have managed to sneak parts of the 808EAB on the island about 3 days ago and it is already 10% on an airfield. I might use this to support Darwin if the invasion is delayed or destroyed.

Gove I have a small transport at Gove sneaking supply onto the dot base. It will be useful if my ground forces reach north far enough.

Timoeka & Groote Eylandt I have AVP/AVD along with patrol aircraft to detect his movements.

None of this area is being swept by search aircraft. I am baffled and emboldened.

[Mike McCreery]

July 3, 1942

177th USAAF moving from Seattle to Annette Island
9th & 145th Regiments moving from Townsville to Port Moresby for reinforcement
24th ID, 110th CEB, SW Pac, USN Air So Pac headed to Horn Island in preparation for invasion.
CV Yorktown, Enterprise & Hornet escorting invasion fleet along with STF of 5 BB's 1 CA & other surface ships.
Sub Patrols spreading out in seas north of Darwin as a trap.
Wessel Islands went from 10 - 17% airfield 1
Transports moving 2nd USMC Battalion from Port Morsby to Horn Island
Transports moving 1st USMC air wing base force from Townsville to Port Moresby
Transports moving 1st USMC air wing base force from Port Moresby to Horn Island
Cargo TF sails into Port Hedland with no detection and will begin unloading.
4th & 5th Brigades & 2nd?Recce Bn inbound from Adan to Bombay.


Imphal Area
At Imphal the Japanese have the 18th Division, the 55th Engineer regiment, 2 artillery units and the 5th Army HQ. It is aproximately 515AV VS the 7th Australian Division and support units at 546AV. He showed up with more firepower including the Imperial Guards division but it has bled off to the east I believe.

At Jorhat he has the 21st Division divided, the 23rd Engineer regiment, the 15th Ind. Engineer Regiment, the 14th Tank Regiment and the 3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment at 525AV.
I just recently reinforced Jorhat by strategic move and now have 412AV in the hex.

He took Ledo for some reason. I guess he could use the airfield if he can get supply in. I think it is the same with the oil. He cant use it unless he gets it out of there and it is not likely. I am moving the 2nd Bengal Base Force back towards Ledo to see if it is occupied.

I have 104 AV at Dimapur, 272AV at Kohima, 449AV in the hex NE of Imphal.

I am not sure why he is pushing so hard in the Imphal area. He does not have much more to gain. My best guess is the expansion fever. Unless he can open a coastal supply source his gains in this area will never be sustainable.
Not much air activity other than targeted bombing of ground troops. My air force in this area is smashed as I tried to go against him and it just doesnt work for early british aircraft. Calcutta would be almost defenseless if not for the lend lease American P40E's.

He got Kalemyo up to lvl 1 air field so I am moving the Kowloon brigade down to attempt to take it over.

I have the 1st Burma brigade & 9th Burma Rifles Battalion hidden or not so hidden in the woods west of Shwebo ready to assist eventually.
I have 2 divisions at Colombo - the 18th ID & The 6th Australian division training for an invasion of Port Blair. I am ready to go now but air support would be much better. The timing of that invasion is dependent upon events in the near future as always.






AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 03, 42
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Morning Air attack on Tennant Creek , at 76,137

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 11 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 28



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
28 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 15000 feet *



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Morning Air attack on 93rd Chinese Division, at 75,50 , near Kweiyang

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 96
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 10



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 damaged


Allied ground losses:
147 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
23 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
26 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
21 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
26 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 49th Chinese Division ...
Also attacking 53rd Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 68th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 2nd Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 55th Prov Chinese Division ...
Also attacking 75th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 93rd Chinese Division ...
Also attacking 49th Chinese Division ...
Also attacking 53rd Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 93rd Chinese Division ...
Also attacking 49th Chinese Division ...
Also attacking 53rd Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 93rd Chinese Division ...
Also attacking 53rd Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 68th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 2nd Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 55th Prov Chinese Division ...
Also attacking 49th Chinese Division ...
Also attacking 53rd Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 93rd Chinese Division ...
Also attacking 49th Chinese Division ...
Also attacking 53rd Chinese Corps ...


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Morning Air attack on 25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment, at 63,38 (Jorhat)

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 21
Ki-49-Ia Helen x 28



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-Ia Helen: 1 damaged



Aircraft Attacking:
28 x Ki-49-Ia Helen bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Ground combat at 83,55 (near Nanchang)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 6486 troops, 38 guns, 94 vehicles, Assault Value = 260

Defending force 2941 troops, 35 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 81

Japanese adjusted assault: 258

Allied adjusted defense: 161

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+)
Attacker:

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


Allied ground losses:
132 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 20 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled


Assaulting units:
13th Tank Regiment
12th Ind.Mixed Brigade

Defending units:
9th Prov Chinese Corps


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Ground combat at Imphal (60,40)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15961 troops, 255 guns, 476 vehicles, Assault Value = 546

Defending force 18085 troops, 159 guns, 148 vehicles, Assault Value = 513


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


Assaulting units:
7th Australian Division
2nd Assam Rifles Battalion
4th Assam Rifles Battalion
24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
2/9th Field Regiment
1st Hyderabad Base Force
1/4 Det. South Ind
2/11th Field Regiment
1st Burma Auxiliary AA Regiment
2/13th Field Regiment
Burma Corps
21st Light AA Regiment

Defending units:
18th Division
55th Engineer Regiment
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
15th Army
21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion


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Ground combat at Jorhat (63,38)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2311 troops, 62 guns, 196 vehicles, Assault Value = 412

Defending force 15185 troops, 137 guns, 152 vehicles, Assault Value = 525

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


Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)


Assaulting units:
16th Light Cavalry Regiment
75th IAC Regiment
6/9th Jat Battalion
43rd Cavalry Regiment
254th Armoured Brigade
45th Recce Regiment
4th NW Frontier Base Force
25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment

Defending units:
21st/A Division
23rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
21st/B Division
15th Ind. Engineer Regiment
14th Tank Regiment
21st/C Division
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment

[Mike McCreery]

July 4, 1942

Torres Strait Bn unloading at Wessel Island

Wessel Island goes from 17 - 25% lvl 1 airfield

PM Invasion force is 6 days from Darwin at soonest

255th USN is re-packing at Horn Island for Invasion

Set LRCap for incoming regiments to port moresby

Created and sent 3 more sub TF's for shallows near Darwin.

27th ID loading along with other troops at PH for transport to Raratonga. Why? Cause I like the sound of it...

I like to use waypoints and send my ships on odd routes to their destination for safety reasons. I have not seen any of his subs for a while. Either he has upgrades or he is reorganizing.

In about 2 days I can buy out the last available ID from the west coast for shipping toward Australia. He is 100% prepped for Taberfane and would make the 2nd one. The 27th ID is prepped for Darwin but I am not going to wait for him.

The west coast is pretty bare. There are a few restricted regiments needed buying out and I can always use some of the support units. Also, I think there are some good reinforcements coming within the next week or so.

Upgrading ships has been a real PITA. I am doing my best though and pretty proud that I have somewhere between 70-90 to upgrade when last month required over 300 upgrades. Some of the Battleships need work and three of the CV's but I want to complete several major operations before I take them offline. That might take me into the fall, I am not sure.

I have almost convinced myself to split my carrier forces and send the two that are about out of the yards at Sydney (tomorrow hopefully) to Perth to assist in the invasion of Broome and then possibly on to Colombo to assist with the assault of Port Blair. I might want to send the Wasp as well but it will be participating in this weeks upcoming actions.

Everything is fluid and dependent upon too many unknowns at this point but I am trying to stay flexible and provide myself as many options as possible.

If I can take Broome and Darwin and basically secure Australia by the end of the year I will be doing well. If I manage to break out northwards I will be doing fantastic. If I manage to take Soerbaja by the end of the year this war will be over soon. If I get all my carriers sunk then we are talking 1946... LOL too many variables.

The two carriers in the sydney yards have no planes on them and those planes are on the other 3 carriers and at Townsville. I think I will set up to have all of the fighters I can carry on the carriers and just set up for as much CAP as possible for incoming attacks. I will use my surface fleets for protection against incoming surface forces. If he dares try come through the Horn Island route it is almost level 4 with decent cap and would make a wicked unsinkable carrier. I have over 200 AV on it now.

Unless something changes I will have 8-10 cruisers hit Darwin on DD-1 along with a Mine sweeping TF to take out the airfield and certify the troops located at the base. Then on DDay I plan on hitting Darwin with 7 BB bombardment task force and unload 1 ID along with 1 CEB and the SW pacific along with the 255th USN base force and an aviation base force.

If everything works properly I should be able to capture the base on DD+1 and pull out on DD+2. He will be able to attack from at least 2 bases including Boela (lvl 5) and one of the bases on the island of Timor. The 2nd one is the one I am more concerned with because I think he might be able to get fighter escorts from there the 9 hexes to Darwin. If he is completely disorganized I get 2 free days but by DD + 1 he will have bombers inbound for sure.

If things go FUBAR on the ocean we will retreat back to Horn Island. If things go FUBAR on land we will try to hold out until I can get reinforcements on the ground either through paradrop to the dot hex south of Darwin and/or by landing units unprepped for Darwin and throwing good money after bad. The last option would only be under very small circumstances.

At DD +5 I can start loading the Americal division for delivery to Broome if he has not done any thing with it. Within 2 weeks I could have a decent surface fleet plus air support in that area. We will see how things shake out.

There are not many places in the game at this time I can really be hurt. He could take pearl harbor and it would not matter. Right now I have almost 1300AV so it would be a bad time. Columbo is over 1300 AV as well. Calcutta is pretty weak at around 400AV but it is heavy urban and BB's cant get upstream. If he breaks out near Imphal I just keep from getting cut off and let him burn men and supplies until my strength outgrows his.

I hope to keep Gunnulf reacting rather than acting and keep the initiative from now on but we shall see.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 04, 42
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ASW attack near Tandjoengbalai at 47,77

Japanese Ships
DD Minazuki

Allied Ships
SS O23, hits 1



SS O23 launches 4 torpedoes at DD Minazuki
O23 bottoming out ....
DD Minazuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Minazuki attacking submerged sub ....
DD Minazuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Minazuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Minazuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Morning Air attack on Tennant Creek , at 76,137

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 45 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 28



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
28 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 15000 feet *



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Morning Air attack on Imphal , at 60,40

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 29



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
29 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 20000 feet



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Morning Air attack on Sian , at 83,41

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 37
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 37
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 8



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 damaged
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged


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


Airbase hits 37
Airbase supply hits 16
Runway hits 60

Aircraft Attacking:
17 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
17 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
20 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
20 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 49th Chinese Division, at 75,50 , near Kweiyang

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 95
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 10



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 3 damaged


Allied ground losses:
51 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
23 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
25 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
22 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
25 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 2nd Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 93rd Chinese Division ...
Also attacking 55th Prov Chinese Division ...
Also attacking 68th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 99th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 49th Chinese Division ...
Also attacking 2nd Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 93rd Chinese Division ...
Also attacking 49th Chinese Division ...
Also attacking 2nd Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 93rd Chinese Division ...
Also attacking 49th Chinese Division ...
Also attacking 2nd Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 55th Prov Chinese Division ...
Also attacking 68th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 99th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 2nd Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 93rd Chinese Division ...
Also attacking 49th Chinese Division ...
Also attacking 2nd Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 93rd Chinese Division ...


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Morning Air attack on 254th Armoured Brigade, at 63,38 (Jorhat)

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 20
Ki-49-Ia Helen x 28



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


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


Aircraft Attacking:
28 x Ki-49-Ia Helen bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Ground combat at 83,55 (near Nanchang)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 6442 troops, 38 guns, 94 vehicles, Assault Value = 254

Defending force 2818 troops, 35 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 67

Japanese adjusted assault: 93

Allied adjusted defense: 63

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1

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

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


Allied ground losses:
314 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 35 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled
Guns lost 6 (1 destroyed, 5 disabled)


Assaulting units:
13th Tank Regiment
12th Ind.Mixed Brigade

Defending units:
9th Prov Chinese Corps


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Ground combat at 68,45 (near Tsuyung)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 13031 troops, 133 guns, 41 vehicles, Assault Value = 426

Defending force 4311 troops, 64 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 138

Japanese adjusted assault: 189

Allied adjusted defense: 82

Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
148 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 28 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled


Allied ground losses:
1484 casualties reported
Squads: 50 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 20 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 4 (2 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Units retreated 1


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
2nd Division

Defending units:
3rd Chinese Cavalry Corps


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Ground combat at Imphal (60,40)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15951 troops, 257 guns, 476 vehicles, Assault Value = 543

Defending force 18110 troops, 159 guns, 148 vehicles, Assault Value = 515

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



Assaulting units:
2nd Assam Rifles Battalion
7th Australian Division
4th Assam Rifles Battalion
2/11th Field Regiment
Burma Corps
1st Burma Auxiliary AA Regiment
2/13th Field Regiment
2/9th Field Regiment
1st Hyderabad Base Force
24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
1/4 Det. South Ind
21st Light AA Regiment

Defending units:
18th Division
55th Engineer Regiment
15th Army
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion


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Ground combat at Jorhat (63,38)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2324 troops, 63 guns, 201 vehicles, Assault Value = 407

Defending force 15190 troops, 137 guns, 152 vehicles, Assault Value = 523

Japanese ground losses:
23 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 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:
43rd Cavalry Regiment
75th IAC Regiment
6/9th Jat Battalion
254th Armoured Brigade
16th Light Cavalry Regiment
45th Recce Regiment
4th NW Frontier Base Force
25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment

Defending units:
15th Ind. Engineer Regiment
21st Division
14th Tank Regiment
23rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment

[Walker84]

Just finished catching up with your very readable AAR - good amount of detail and commentary on the cut and thrust of play. I'm in-between games at the moment and reading this takes me back to a previous campaign I played that ended in '43.

Its a horrible feeling for Japan when you can start to feel your offensive options starting to run out as early as mid-42 so I imagine your opponent will be rueing the loss of so many carriers for so little gain, as well as the blunting of his N Australian offensive. I also like to take out Darwin as the Japanese to help protect the DEI's flank but have always considered advancing on Alice Springs unnecessary, as well as pretty futile due to the supply situation.

You are playing a commendably aggressive counterpunching game as the Allies, possibly helped a little by his tendency to spread himself out too thinly in places. Having gained Pt Moresby seems he lost it just as easily by leaving it too exposed and weakly defended. Still there's a long road ahead to Tokyo. Good luck!

[Mike McCreery]

ORIGINAL: Walker84

Just finished catching up with your very readable AAR - good amount of detail and commentary on the cut and thrust of play. I'm in-between games at the moment and reading this takes me back to a previous campaign I played that ended in '43.

Its a horrible feeling for Japan when you can start to feel your offensive options starting to run out as early as mid-42 so I imagine your opponent will be rueing the loss of so many carriers for so little gain, as well as the blunting of his N Australian offensive. I also like to take out Darwin as the Japanese to help protect the DEI's flank but have always considered advancing on Alice Springs unnecessary, as well as pretty futile due to the supply situation.

You are playing a commendably aggressive counterpunching game as the Allies, possibly helped a little by his tendency to spread himself out too thinly in places. Having gained Pt Moresby seems he lost it just as easily by leaving it too exposed and weakly defended. Still there's a long road ahead to Tokyo. Good luck!

Welcome Walker and thanks for commenting!!

I would say that up to this point Gunnulf's only blind spot is his blind spot. He is giving me 1-3 days extra on invasions and has not really attacked small shipping that I am using now, etc. I think that is what got him into trouble with his carriers at Port Moresby. He did not know what he was attacking before he went for it.

But there are alot of moving parts to this game and lots of clicking to do. Heck, I am barely learning how to use subs and cannot figure out why I cannot reload my mine layers.

About Port Moresby, you are right. I am sure he is kicking himself. In the meantime he commented at what an insignificant base it was while training troops to take it back... LOL!! I really need to keep it if I want to continue my offensive and thus the 2 regiments taking it to 700AV. It also has a few AA units and over 150K supply. If he ever manages to take it back he will pay a premium for it.

He still has a huge navy and quite a few working carriers so the tide of battle could change in a few days!!

Stay tuned!

I might just be looking for another game soon. I am not addicted, I can quit at any time!!

[CaptBeefheart]

Well played on the Moresby invasion. I personally think this game works pretty well as advertised and although I don't play PBEM (not yet, anyway), to me it seems HRs are mostly unneeded. As Bullwinkle would say, there are always workarounds and there's an opportunity cost in using your 4Es on troops.

Rather than remarking on the impossibility of a real-life invasion of that size at PM, I might have responded by isolating PM by taking Horn Island and Milne Bay (if he doesn't have it already) and making PM a big POW camp of about half of your free-roaming Pacific Theater divisions. It's tough to supply PM without air superiority. Anyway, there may have been very good reasons against trying such a containment strategy, notably having a KB that has suffered losses.

Cheers,
CC

[Mike McCreery]

Help me out....

The Japanese have airforces at Boela, Dili, and Koepang.

Dili is 9 hexes away from Darwin.

How far can his fighters escort bombers in July of 1942??

I am guessing that Koepang and Boela are too far but I am not sure about Dili.

Also, I am considering hitting the Dili airfield instead of Darwin.

I have an invasion incoming in 5 days and the ability to deploy 7 battleships and over 10 Heavy cruisers as bombardemnt. I am seriously considering not bombing Darwin to save the airfield and port from damage.

I am about 5 days out from Darwin @ 5 hexes per day.

[pontiouspilot]

I'm paranoid about Allied operations off north coast of Aust. There is no retreat! You do not have overwelming carrier superiority. He has many proximate airfields. He has dozens of nearby islands to hide in. I would only do it in mid'42 if I knew KB away visiting elsewhere. By the same token he needs to get his ass outa Aust....why not plan to knock off those 30-40K worth of evacuees when he starts this?

[Mike McCreery]

ORIGINAL: pontiouspilot

I'm paranoid about Allied operations off north coast of Aust. There is no retreat! You do not have overwelming carrier superiority. He has many proximate airfields. He has dozens of nearby islands to hide in. I would only do it in mid'42 if I knew KB away visiting elsewhere. By the same token he needs to get his ass outa Aust....why not plan to knock off those 30-40K worth of evacuees when he starts this?

One of his major carriers got sunk by a sub so his KB is smaller. He also lost 2 major and 1 minor CV that were slower. So he is down 3 1/2 carriers ATM.

He cannot get in through the Horn Islands because I will tear him a new one with LBA. Townsville is lvl 9 AF. I have plenty of aviation support. It appears he has alot more airpower at Darwin than I thought so I will be going through with bombardments.

If I can hit him and be gone with about 3-4 days he might not be able to get the KB into position. As for my fleet I will have 3 major CV's plus the Wasp with 6 CV's worth of Wildcats on the decks to protect the invasion fleet.

One last thing is that I am already up by about 4 carriers so if I get mauled pretty badly it might help balance things out. As I go along I am going to be less and less cautious till that happens.

[Mike McCreery]

July 5, 1942

It was a pretty quiet turn.

Started moving 3 repaired BB's from Seattle back to Pearl Harbor
I started moving 2 carriers towards perth but I am still divided on the action at this time. Diverting many air force groups to their decks in 2-4 turns as they are empty right now.

Gunnulf is bombing Jorhat. I checked out India and will be able to free up a couple hundred AV of armor to assist in the area. I am moving some AA up there to fend off his bomber attacks.

Invasion fleet moves on. It is now 5 days from Darwin at minimum. I looked at bypassing Horn Island but would have been 21 hexes away from Darwin. If I lose the day it will be 18 hexes away which is preferable. Next turn I will re-configure the fleet and send it on it's way. Hopefully the USN base force only takes 1 turn to load.

No detection at Port Hedland, transport unloading supplies. I could sneak a unit into here and have them go overland if I wanted to be safer. We will see what happens in the next week. I cannot start loading the Americal division for 8-9 days.

That is about it.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 05, 42
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Morning Air attack on Imphal , at 60,40

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 28 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 29



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
29 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 20000 feet



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Morning Air attack on 254th Armoured Brigade, at 63,38 (Jorhat)

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 21
Ki-49-Ia Helen x 25



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-Ia Helen: 1 damaged


Allied ground losses:
35 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
25 x Ki-49-Ia Helen bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment ...
Also attacking 254th Armoured Brigade ...
Also attacking 23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment ...
Also attacking 254th Armoured Brigade ...


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Afternoon Air attack on Tennant Creek , at 76,137

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 15 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 28



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
28 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 15000 feet *



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Afternoon Air attack on 79th Chinese Corps, at 75,50 , near Kweiyang

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 60
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 10



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 damaged


Allied ground losses:
120 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
18 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
21 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
21 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 93rd Chinese Division ...
Also attacking 68th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 79th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 93rd Chinese Division ...
Also attacking 68th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 79th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 93rd Chinese Division ...
Also attacking 68th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 79th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 93rd Chinese Division ...
Also attacking 68th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 79th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 93rd Chinese Division ...
Also attacking 68th Chinese Corps ...


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Afternoon Air attack on 93rd Chinese Division, at 75,50 , near Kweiyang

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 18



No Japanese losses


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


Aircraft Attacking:
18 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Ground combat at 83,55 (near Nanchang)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 6368 troops, 38 guns, 94 vehicles, Assault Value = 245

Defending force 2633 troops, 34 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 45

Japanese adjusted assault: 248

Allied adjusted defense: 43

Japanese assault odds: 5 to 1

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

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


Allied ground losses:
778 casualties reported
Squads: 36 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 32 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 6 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 8 (4 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Units retreated 1


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
13th Tank Regiment
12th Ind.Mixed Brigade

Defending units:
9th Prov Chinese Corps


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Ground combat at Imphal (60,40)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15968 troops, 257 guns, 476 vehicles, Assault Value = 545

Defending force 18100 troops, 159 guns, 148 vehicles, Assault Value = 514



Assaulting units:
2nd Assam Rifles Battalion
7th Australian Division
4th Assam Rifles Battalion
1st Burma Auxiliary AA Regiment
24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
1/4 Det. South Ind
2/11th Field Regiment
1st Hyderabad Base Force
Burma Corps
2/13th Field Regiment
2/9th Field Regiment
21st Light AA Regiment

Defending units:
18th Division
55th Engineer Regiment
15th Army
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion


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Ground combat at Jorhat (63,38)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2290 troops, 63 guns, 201 vehicles, Assault Value = 400

Defending force 15173 troops, 137 guns, 152 vehicles, Assault Value = 522

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


Allied ground losses:
26 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 8 (2 destroyed, 6 disabled)
Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Assaulting units:
16th Light Cavalry Regiment
6/9th Jat Battalion
43rd Cavalry Regiment
75th IAC Regiment
254th Armoured Brigade
45th Recce Regiment
25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
4th NW Frontier Base Force
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment

Defending units:
15th Ind. Engineer Regiment
21st Division
14th Tank Regiment
23rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment

[moore4807]

ORIGINAL: Commander Cody

Well played on the Moresby invasion. I personally think this game works pretty well as advertised and although I don't play PBEM (not yet, anyway), to me it seems HRs are mostly unneeded. As Bullwinkle would say, there are always workarounds and there's an opportunity cost in using your 4Es on troops.

Rather than remarking on the impossibility of a real-life invasion of that size at PM, I might have responded by isolating PM by taking Horn Island and Milne Bay (if he doesn't have it already) and making PM a big POW camp of about half of your free-roaming Pacific Theater divisions. It's tough to supply PM without air superiority. Anyway, there may have been very good reasons against trying such a containment strategy, notably having a KB that has suffered losses.

Cheers,
CC

CC has it pretty well right on... As the Japanese player I too would be salivating over the chance to bomb that many concentrated troops.

I wouldn't even be insistent on taking Horn Is. The key here is AF bases... Lae, Rabaul, and Wewak. All 3 bases can be built up and are supplyable from Truk (even by air)
Lae is for fighter sweeps over Port Moresby (Range< 7), Rabaul & Wewak are bomber/escort bases (Range< 10) The L/R escorts would need drop tanks and the fatigue would be a factor... but If you suppress his CAP then Allied losses are inevitable, I guesstimate 50% - and who wouldn't expend the materials/men to eliminate a division and a half? As CC noted its not friendly terrain and the shipping would be bombable too... so resupply for the Allies is dicey too - definitely worth the risk for the reward IMHO.

[moore4807]

[quote]ORIGINAL: Wargmr

Help me out....

The Japanese have airforces at Boela, Dili, and Koepang.

Dili is 9 hexes away from Darwin.

How far can his fighters escort bombers in July of 1942??

I am guessing that Koepang and Boela are too far but I am not sure about Dili.

Also, I am considering hitting the Dili airfield instead of Darwin.

I have an invasion incoming in 5 days and the ability to deploy 7 battleships and over 10 Heavy cruisers as bombardemnt. I am seriously considering not bombing Darwin to save the airfield and port from damage.

I am about 5 days out from Darwin @ 5 hexes per day.

IIRC his Zeroes are 7/9 w/o droptanks 11/14 with them... I think the Oscars are 5/6 and 9/11, but am not sure without looking it up.

I really would be worried about the Betty's & Nells against your surface forces more... he could do significant damage even without escorts. Have you looked up the air superiority shortcut? it will put pretty circles on the map <sarcasm alert!> showing his abilities and its helpful, I just don't remember which shortcut key does it... [:(]

Your opponent needs someone as an advisor... It seems he is more defensive than offensive if your dictating terms this early in the game (CR type players excepted!!!)[;)]

[Mike McCreery]

July 6, 1942

Krapppp!!!! Wessel Island and Gove got lit up this turn by some sort of Japanese patrol. I have the ships that got detected bugging out as they have no air cover and are well within strike range of Darwin.

On one hand it sucks that Gunnulf suddenly discovered his planes have a naval search function. On the other hand it is certainly expected for him to do it so I really cannot complain much.

Ok, I held up the invasion force for a turn because it was scattered all over the place and a lot of ships needed refuelling so we stop at Horn Island tonight and leave tomorrow. The detection issue could be a huge problem. I will pray for bad weather. Depending on the situation he can get up to 4 days earlier notice of the invasion and that certainly puts things more in his favor. It might even cause the invasion to be delayed but time will tell on that one. I am showing 50 fighters and over 80 bombers plus 83 auxiliary aircraft at Darwin. I am guessing the auxiliary are transports moving supply to his forward units. If my cruisers cannot take the airfield out on DD-1 it will be a s**t storm. The base is still 4/7 so if I understand the rules correctly even 10% damage to the runway will prevent level bombers from launching.

Plan is DD-3 launch invasion fleet from horn including a DMS TF, BB TF, AP TF, CA TF, CV TF. Move 5 spaces toward darwin and pray I dont get detected. DD-2 Move 5 spaces closer to Darwin and pray I dont get detected (This will be closer than Wessel Island so it would require bad weather or luck). DD -1 DMS fleet enters Darwin Harbor to detect and remove mines. CA fleet bombards Darwin to take down airfield. DDay - BB Bombardment of Darwin & TF Unload. DD+1 TF Unload and Combat. DD+2 removal of surface forces. A 5 day window for him to get enough air or surface forces in the area. It is a long time...

I left a transport at Wessel Islands with some support troops for the brigade I dropped there and some supply. We will see how aggressive gunnulf is next turn or so.

Meruke got several more engineer units the other day and the runway construction is exploding. It went from 50 - 73% in one day on lvl 3. So lvl 4 airfields at Merauke within a few days and likely level 5 within a week or 10 days maybe. Wessel island is up to 40% lvl 1 and Horn Island is 90% to lvl 4.

Troops are advancing on Daly Waters and Gunnulf is retreating. 120 miles until 2 divisions of aussie troops plus armor reach that base. Their supply is mostly in the red though. Gove might be able to help with supply but at it's farthest range. I am not sure how much if any a dot hex will help supply either. Live and learn.

There are 3 damaged BB's left at Pearl Harbor. They have 130+ days each. I am getting them ready to move to Seattle because I think they will repair much more quickly there. They will move as soon as the repaired ones arrive at Pearl Harbor.

Stuff is getting ready to move in India but it will take a few days.


Kodiak is almost 6/6 and I might move the engineers to Adak to start the expansion in the Aleutians.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 06, 42
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Morning Air attack on Imphal , at 60,40

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 15 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 29



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
29 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 20000 feet



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Morning Air attack on Sian , at 83,41

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 36
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 36
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 10



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 damaged
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged


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


Airbase hits 30
Airbase supply hits 11
Runway hits 59

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
16 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
20 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
20 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment, at 63,38 (Jorhat)

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 19
Ki-49-Ia Helen x 24



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-Ia Helen: 1 damaged


Allied ground losses:
38 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
24 x Ki-49-Ia Helen bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment ...
Also attacking 23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment ...
Also attacking 25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment ...
Also attacking 23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment ...


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Ground combat at Imphal (60,40)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15968 troops, 257 guns, 476 vehicles, Assault Value = 545

Defending force 18110 troops, 159 guns, 148 vehicles, Assault Value = 515

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



Assaulting units:
2nd Assam Rifles Battalion
7th Australian Division
4th Assam Rifles Battalion
Burma Corps
2/13th Field Regiment
24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
2/11th Field Regiment
1/4 Det. South Ind
2/9th Field Regiment
1st Hyderabad Base Force
1st Burma Auxiliary AA Regiment
21st Light AA Regiment

Defending units:
18th Division
55th Engineer Regiment
15th Army
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion


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Ground combat at Jorhat (63,38)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2254 troops, 63 guns, 200 vehicles, Assault Value = 454

Defending force 15174 troops, 137 guns, 152 vehicles, Assault Value = 523


Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Vehicles lost 3 (2 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Assaulting units:
6/9th Jat Battalion
43rd Cavalry Regiment
16th Light Cavalry Regiment
254th Armoured Brigade
267th Armoured Brigade
75th IAC Regiment
45th Recce Regiment
25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
4th NW Frontier Base Force
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment

Defending units:
21st Division
15th Ind. Engineer Regiment
14th Tank Regiment
23rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment

[Mike McCreery]

IIRC his Zeroes are 7/9 w/o droptanks 11/14 with them... I think the Oscars are 5/6 and 9/11, but am not sure without looking it up.

I really would be worried about the Betty's & Nells against your surface forces more... he could do significant damage even without escorts. Have you looked up the air superiority shortcut? it will put pretty circles on the map <sarcasm alert!> showing his abilities and its helpful, I just don't remember which shortcut key does it...

Your opponent needs someone as an advisor... It seems he is more defensive than offensive if your dictating terms this early in the game (CR type players excepted!!!)

I am really more worried about the Zero's. I have 4 CV's including the smaller wasp with me and they are carrying all of the fighters the navy has on 6 carriers. I will be sporting over 200 fighters on my CV decks.

My fear however is that he can attack with fighters from multiple bases and wear that CAP down quickly. He is also going to be able to fly in fresh LBA assets the longer the conflict lasts.

I am guessing we will know by Thursday ;]