Breakthrough. MrKane(J) vs JocMeister(A)

[MrKane]

Situation Report June 24th 1942.

SS Thresher launches 2 torpedoes at SC Ch 14 ...

South Pacific

8 CA and 3 BB bombarded Nadi at night. Results are little better 250 casualties ( major damage to base ).

Australia

24 B-17 hit Brisbane at night. 10 B-17 damaged, 1 Betty and 1 Nick destroyed on ground, 2 Nicks down by B-17.

[MrKane]

Situation Report June 25th 1942.

SS O19 is located by SC Ch 22 ...
SS Saury launches 4 torpedoes at DD Wakaba ...

South Pacific

8 CA and 3 BB bombarded Nadi at night. Results are little better 100 casualties ( no damage to base ).

[MrKane]

Situation Report June 26th 1942.

SS Thresher launches 2 torpedoes at SC Ch 14 ...
SS S-27 launches 2 torpedoes at SC Ch 24 ...

South Pacific

8 CA and 3 BB bombarded Nadi at night. Results are little better 350 casualties ( major damage to base ).

Australia

24 B-17 hit Brisbane at night. 5 B-17 damaged, 1 Betty and 1 Nick destroyed on ground, 1 Nicks down by B-17.

[MrKane]

Situation Report June 27th 1942.


Burma

64th Sentai sweep Calcutta, no resistance in air.

[MrKane]

Situation Report June 28th 1942.

SS S-28 launches 4 torpedoes at DD Hokaze ...

South Pacific

8 CA and 3 BB bombarded Nadi at night. Results are little better 220 casualties ( no damage to base ).

Australia

28 B-17 hit Brisbane at night. 9 B-17 damaged 1 down by flak, 2 Nicks down by B-17.

Burma

64th Sentai sweep Calcutta, no resistance in air.

[MrKane]

Situation Report June 29th 1942.

SS S-27 is sighted by escort, hits 3

South Pacific

8 CA and 3 BB bombarded Nadi at night. Results are little better 400 casualties ( no damage to base ).

[MrKane]

Situation Report June 30th 1942.

Completely nothing interesting happen this turn.

So I will use this opportunity to provide some more inside about my plans.

Australia

Perth invasion was canceled three weeks ago when Jocke landed at Suva.
Invasion forces are unloading on Java and Sumatra right now.


South Pacific

I have 14th Army( 2 ID, Bde, 6 Arty, 2 Tanks Reg. ) ready for Nadi. However due poor result with shore bombardment I am think about cancel it either. I will decide tonight or tomorrow morning.

China

I am finishing his LCUs one by one but it seems it will take me at least 2 - 3 months before works done.


General strategic

It is June already time to think about defenses. I am planing similar solution to the one I had in my game vs GJ. Only difference that strategic reserve will be divided and placed in two location.
Plans is to have 3 - 4 Divisions, 4 - 8 Artillery Regiments, 200 - 300 Aviation Support with transport ships ready to load 1/2 reserve units in 1 - 2 days.
I have choose two location for those reserves, first is Davao ( used in game vs GJ ), second Singapore.
2 Divisions are already on ships moving to Singapore.
1 Division is already on Davao


Industry

I am surprise about shape of industry.

3069 oil centers are working right now.
Supplies production level 27K is very nice.


R&D

A6M3a & A6M5 are in production already. Rearming carriers right now.
Ki-45 KAIa in production already.
Ki-43-IIb will be ready for production at 7, 1942.
Ki-49b is in production already 2 days.

[MrKane]

Situation Report July 1st 1942.


Burma

64th, 5th, 203rd Sentais ( 69 x Ki-43IIa, 23 x Ki-45KAIa ) combined to sweep Chitagong today.
This time allied were waiting in air, RAF squadrons 17th, 79th, 135th, 136th with 47 Hurricanes IIb and 16 Hurricanes IIc. My pilots reported 10 enemy planes destroyed in air. However we lost 13 Oscars and 3 Nicks with 4 pilots.


China

Four Chinese LCUs surrender near Sian today.

Ground combat at 82,40 (near Sian)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 43485 troops, 420 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 1102

Defending force 17388 troops, 16 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 148

Japanese adjusted assault: 625

Allied adjusted defense: 16

Japanese assault odds: 39 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
210 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 20 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Allied ground losses:
7815 casualties reported
Squads: 123 destroyed, 87 disabled
Non Combat: 467 destroyed, 23 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 7 (1 destroyed, 6 disabled)
Units destroyed 4

Assaulting units:
116th Division
13th Division
59th Infantry Brigade
13th RGC Temp./B Division
1st Army
4th Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
75th Chinese Corps
3rd Chinese Corps
82nd Chinese Corps
96th Chinese Corps
68th Chinese Corps
42nd Chinese Corps
Jingcha War Area
2nd Chinese Cavalry Corps

[GreyJoy]

Hi Tom,

great match, as always!
Don't really know if I'd call those bombardments off so early at Suva.
We've been through the very same situation in our game at Horn Island and, after some time, you simply smashed the 40,000 allied that were defending it.
To achieve good bombardments run you should be able to recon it at 10/10 DL... do you have any close-by AF that can guest a KI-15 sentai? If so, there shouldnì't be a problem in smashing them out of that island...

What are your plans for the RnD?
I am pretty curious, given that we're now both playing with PDU OFF and am finding very difficult to modulate my Japanese economy to a decent RnD grand-scheme

where are you putting your efforts?

[MrKane]

ORIGINAL: GreyJoy

Hi Tom,

great match, as always!
Don't really know if I'd call those bombardments off so early at Suva.
We've been through the very same situation in our game at Horn Island and, after some time, you simply smashed the 40,000 allied that were defending it.
To achieve good bombardments run you should be able to recon it at 10/10 DL... do you have any close-by AF that can guest a KI-15 sentai? If so, there shouldnì't be a problem in smashing them out of that island...

What are your plans for the RnD?
I am pretty curious, given that we're now both playing with PDU OFF and am finding very difficult to modulate my Japanese economy to a decent RnD grand-scheme

where are you putting your efforts?

I had DL 10/10. With 200-300 casualties per day it would take me month to get Allied troops ready for landing. I do not have time to keep KB so long there . Jocke is all time cruising around and waits for my mistake with allied dead star.
Now when auto victory is off table. I planning to intensify air war. Even if I loose 5 planes for one allied I will be happy. As you know he have limited numbers of Hurricanes, P-40 & P-39. Additionally I am working with Intel to convince Jocke that DEI is right place for landing. I like him to go there, I can delay him there for long time. I have 3 AF in Malaya already developed, 2 on Java, 2 on Sumatra. Aviation service is already there. In case any allied action I will have there 90 Betty, 90 Zeros, 120 Oscars and 90 Kates. Strategic reserve is just unloading in Singapore. Soon 1st Tank Div will move there too, ( need some PP to get 2nd Tank Div, but with time it will be there either).


Two Tojo Sentais are moving to Burma, it will be easy to move them back. Soon there will be 3 more (before end of '42).

About R&D. As usually I am developing mostly fighters. Plan is to have Franks as soon as possible, you should know what means Frank in my hand in 1943 . If you like I can send you my R&D program by email.

[GreyJoy]

Yes please!!!!!![&o][&o][&o]

[MrKane]

Situation Report July 4th - 24th July 1942.

R&D
Ki-43-IIb production started.
Ki-49-IIa production started.
H8K1 production started.
Aichi Ha-60 production started.

A6M5b moved to 9/43
Ki-43-IIIa moved to 4/44
Ki-44-IIb moved to 3/43
Ki-61a moved to 10/42
Kawasaki Ha-60 moved to 1/43
Nakajima Ha-44 moved to 4/43
Nakajima Ha-45 moved to 6/43
Nakajima Ha-43 moved to 8/45

Pilots:
Navy pool empty, 400 fighters pilots and 200 bombers pilots fully trained ( all defensive level 70 ).
Army pool over 1200 pilots, 500 fighters pilots and 150 bombers pilots fully trained ( all defensive level 70, bombers mostly ASW ).

Australia

Jocke continue nigh bombing Brisbane. I am taking heavy losses in fighters. My AA strength is now over 80 but all can get is 1 B-17 damaged

South Pacific

Allied cruisers got my withdrawing form Suva support ships, I lost 2 AKEs and PBs.
I have landed at Norfolk Island, now I have there 14 Emily and 6 Rufe. Jocke send his B-17 to bomb AF, but he fail to destroy any on my planes.


China

Well generally all is going well, except one case. River crossing west of Kweiyoung got badly, two divisions reach disruption level 80 and one got trashed ( need rebuilding ).

Burma

Jocke withdraw his fighters to Calcutta after last air engagement. Ki-43-IIa did very well sweeping at 15k shooting down 9 Hurricanes for just 1 Oscar.

[Walker84]

Thanks for a fascinating and informative AAR. Especially interested as I'm also playing DBB Scenario 28 as Japan with SL and PDU off and just entering into Jan '42. I was under the impression that Japanese operations in China might be a bit curtailed due to the stacking limits but you have certainly laid that one to rest!

[MrKane]

Situation Report July 25th 1942.


SS I-168 is located by APD Humphreys ...
SS I-168 is located by DD Voyager, hits 1
SS I-168 is located by DD Allen ...

SS Tautog launches 2 torpedoes at DD Kisaragi ...

South Pacific

Jocke sent his 28 B-17 & 9 B-24 against Norfolk Island defended by 9 A6M2-N. 3 Rufe lost for 3 bombers shot down and 6 damaged.

[MrKane]

Situation Report July 26th 1942.

SS I-17 attacking xAK Mana on the surface, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

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[MrKane]

Situation Report July 27th 1942.


China

38 Blenheims fly to provide ground support in China.

[MrKane]

Situation Report July 28th 1942.


China

39 Blenheims fly to provide ground support in China.

[MrKane]

Situation Report July 29th 1942.

SS I-168 is sighted by escort ...

China

53 Blenheims fly to provide ground support in China.

[MrKane]

Situation Report July 30th 1942.


Burma

25 Ki-21-IIa attacked Ledo protected by 43 Hurricanes. Escort failed to show up, as result 10 Sally did not return to base.

China

Near Neikiang 17th Division finally forced 6 Chinese Corps to retreat. ( 3500 Chinese troops captured, wounded or killed).

Near Ankang combat groups A/60th Divisions and C/37th Division forced surrounded 32nd, 45th and 92nd Chinese Corps to retreat. ( 2040 Chinese troops captured, wounded or killed).

[MrKane]

Situation Report July 31st 1942.

SS I-26 is located by DD Lardner ...


Australia

74 B-17, B-24, LB-30 hit Brisbane at night. 10 B-17 damaged 1 down by flak, 1 A6M2 and 1 K-43-IIa destroyed on ground.

Burma

87th Sentai ( 36 Ki-44-IIa ) sweep Ledo. The 87th meet in air Squadrons 30, 67, 135, 261, 615 (43 Hurricanes). Each side lost 4 planes.