Jorge's(A) crusade to the fabled kingdom of PresterJohn(J) DBB-C --- Allied AAR

[Jorge_Stanbury]

ORIGINAL: IdahoNYer

Tough break at Clark - what's the status of Bataan as fallback? Fort/Supplies?

With Singers on the bring and the PI almost under the boot, you'll likely be facing 4-5 freed up divisions by Feb. Any SIGNINT hits of where he may be going?

Bataan
supplies at 23,189
Fort 2.53
Stacking limits: 13,341 / 45,000
Troops: 900 infantry, 8120 second line


Clark
supplies at 13,580 (I will push them to Bataan)
Fort 2.79
Stacking limits: 51,283/40,000 ----> This after my "wise" [8|] deliberate attack; it was worst before. The overstacking is due to Manila's retreating troops
Troops: 9,221 infantry, 33,665 second line
I am moving the best troops out to Bataan, this to reduce overstack. they did not assaulted last turn, so they are in good shape.


No SigInt, but some observations:
- He just assaulted Tulagi and Stewart island: an early invasion to Luganville/ New Caledonia is likely

- Very early on, he assaulted Amchitka in the Aleutians. This I believe is a bluff, as I have Cats and submarines patroling and they have not seen any reinforcement

- Other than an early para drop on Pt Blair, nothing is happening on Burma; I still own Tavoy, Mergui, etc. From time to time I bomb Rahaeng and Chiang Mai... nothing there. Andaman sea completely open, which meant I am still able to pump supply to China and do some LCU withdrawals
I believe he will focus on a fully naval campaign to capture Rangoon, this of course once Singapore is open.

[Jorge_Stanbury]

As mentioned before, other than a para drop on Pt. Blair, Japan has not yet done anything worth mentioning in the Burma/ Thai frontier.
The Andaman sea is still completely open, as I regularly send cargo and transport ships to Rangoon

This has allowed me to:
- send supply to Rangoon: I have 5,681 on Lashio and 10,600 on Rangoon... I know it is not a lot, but this will hopefully keep growing

- Do a 2nd Dunkirk at Rangoon. I pretty much took out the most valuable LCUs out of Burma into Chittagong, to be distributed later on to what is now called Bangladesh... This is the place I will be defending.
I will keep token forces in Burma to work as speed bumps. but definitively, I won't be fighting there

So, why not defend Burma? In the last month or so, my opponent has simply overwhelmed with superior forces anywhere he wanted to.. Piece meal defenses don't work. And once he gets Rangoon, then the entire Burma will fail like dominoes.
Moreover, his faster troops could then persecute and destroy all the leftovers.

Fighting in Bangladesh, on the other hand, means fighting on rails, I can reinforce or withdraw if needed, and maintain all troops well supplied from the many ports on west India.

Did I made a big mistake??

[BBfanboy]

Good rationale for fighting outside Burma where you have internal LOC. Two things that restrict this strategy a bit:

1. It can take up to four days for troops to change to strat mode and move - three to pack and one to exit the hex. That means if you intend to evacuate on the rails before a superior enemy force arrives, you must start packing early, and will be vulnerable to bombing while packing.
And if he gets into the hex before you leave, you cannot use strat mode to depart and have to switch back to move or combat mode, all the while vulnerable to a ground attack.

2. You must place garrisons at every rail base within his drop range to guard against paratroops cutting your LOC.

I think the key to #1 is recon/naval search everywhere he might be approaching from so you have time to move troops. And if you decide early on which units must fight to the death in place, you will not be tempted to move them when trouble appears.

Reinforcement units can be kept in strat mode ready to move.

If you do not have enough units to do #2 precaution, you can have your own paratroops standing by to counter-drop, keeping in mind he will fly in reinforcements as soon as his paras take a base.

[Jorge_Stanbury]

would you defend Akyab and Cox's Bazaar?
I want to center my defenses into Calcutta, Chittagong and Dhaka. But I don't know if I should leave the former 2 empty/ ready to grab

Another point is, he miscalculated Singapore, he is nowhere near successfuly assaulting it; thus, I will have time to keep reinforcing

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: Jorge_Stanbury


would you defend Akyab and Cox's Bazaar?
I want to center my defenses into Calcutta, Chittagong and Dhaka. But I don't know if I should leave the former 2 empty/ ready to grab

Another point is, he miscalculated Singapore, he is nowhere near successfuly assaulting it; thus, I will have time to keep reinforcing

Great to still have Singers! Mostly they need supply so keep sending small convoys of expendable ships there, and subs too if you can afford the drop in ops elsewhere.

Personally, I would not try to defend Akyab and Cox's Bazaar because they are too isolated and easy to bombard/take from the sea.
Chittagong is worth fighting for, but can also be bombarded. Build forts as high as you can there to reduce the effects.
Expect lots of bombers and fighters. Keep your aircraft away from coastal hexes where they can be bombarded from the sea. Make him come to you with bombers and fighters, and have lots of AA and your own fighters waiting.

Don't waste troops on places like Dacca which are spur lines from the railroads. If he takes Dacca you can send a ground unit to clear it as it is worthless until he can base lots of aircraft there.

Keep your area HQs back from the front lines, but within their 5 hex range. Move India HQ (9 hex range) to Ranchi so it can support Calcutta and many of the interior bases.

Although Kohima and Imphal are not on the railroad, they have a good first-class road and many British units can strat move on it. Move by rail to the start of the road, then set a new destination along the road. Or in reverse, take road to the railhead then set a new destination on the rail lines.

India will need reinforcement if he does decide to invade in strength. Get American and Australian units lined up to go there. Some keep them at Cape Town until they know whether India or Oz will be the second wave objective.'
I prefer to get them on-map to Bombay since they can usually move down the IO to Oz if needed, and will be in good position if India is the target.

[Jorge_Stanbury]

Sorry for the confusion, no troops on Dacca, only AA, Base Forces and airgroups; Dacca is a L4 airbase that cannot be naval bombarded... thus it has its uses.
Certainly I won't be putting any line of defense there; as soon as I see risk, I will rebase the planes and strat move the AAs and Base Forces
Chittagong is at airbase L2. I will build it ut to L3
fort level 2.65 I hope to build it to L4 by the time Japan comes knocking the door

I have the following LCUs on the East Coast:
27 Div --> Target Calcutta
41 Div --> Target Perth
108 Reg --> Target Trincomalee
160 Reg --> Target Diego Garcia
185 Reg --> Target Colombo
I am not even near the PP requirements to buy them. Moreover I don't want to buy one for India and then he focuses on Australia. So I have the Queen Elizabeth parked on the East Coast, I will move more fast transports there; so depending on how things evolve, I will start buying them and rushing to their target.
For PP, I am giving priority to the construction/ BF, AA and Hawaiian regiments as I want to reinforce Suva ASAP.

[Jorge_Stanbury]

January 4th highlights are:

- Another intense, bloody bombing on Singapore. Cruisers Ceres and Caledon got multiple bombs (but they didn't sink), but at the cost of around 10 2E bombers.
I hope he keeps bombing Singapore. Although I already rebase all fighters; AA is very strong.
I am more than willing to lose 2 or 3 cruisers if each brings down multiple bombers

Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 27 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 22

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 14 damaged
G3M2 Nell: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied Ships
CL Enterprise, Bomb hits 2
CL Ceres, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage
CL Caledon, Bomb hits 1

Port hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
6 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 30 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 14

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 9 damaged

Allied Ships
CL Enterprise, Bomb hits 1
CL Ceres, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage

Port hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 11000 feet
City Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
10 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 11000 feet
Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 20

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 13 damaged
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied Ships
CL Ceres, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
CL Enterprise, Bomb hits 1

Port hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 9000 feet
Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
1 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 9000 feet
City Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
6 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 9000 feet
Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 8 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 9000 feet
City Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
5 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 9000 feet
Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 3
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 7
Ki-51 Sonia x 16

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 damaged
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 4 damaged
Ki-51 Sonia: 1 damaged
Ki-51 Sonia: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied Ships
CL Caledon, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires

Port hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 11000 feet
Port Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb
15 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing from 11000 feet *
Port Attack: 2 x 50 kg GP Bomb
3 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 11000 feet
Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 7

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 6 damaged
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied Ships
CL Enterprise, Bomb hits 1, on fire
CL Ceres, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
CL Caledon, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage

Port hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 11000 feet
Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 28 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 10

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 8 damaged

Allied Ships
CL Caledon, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 11000 feet
Port Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb

[Jorge_Stanbury]

Then disaster [:(]

I was trying to sneak 2 TFs (each around 10 to 12 ship strong, with 2 or 3 cruisers leading) into the Ceram sea. I set them to go east of Boela, close to Babo.
I knew the location of KB-1 on the Banda sea, but I thought it was moving west, and the path chosen was going to be outide his range.

Well, I miscalculated: CL Boise sunk, CA Exeter heavily damaged [8|]


Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Gorong at 81,111

Weather in hex: Severe storms

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

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 37
B5N2 Kate x 27

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 5 damaged
B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied aircraft losses
SOC-1 Seagull: 4 destroyed

Allied Ships
CL Boise, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk
CA Pensacola, Bomb hits 1
DD John D. Edwards, Bomb hits 1
DD Alden

Aircraft Attacking:
25 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb

Magazine explodes on CL Boise

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Boela at 82,110

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 65 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 9
B5N2 Kate x 25

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 13 damaged
B5N2 Kate: 3 destroyed by flak

Allied Ships
CA Exeter, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
CL Marblehead, Bomb hits 1
CL De Ruyter

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 1000 feet *
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb


What's next?
- One TF with damaged ships + escorts will run away on direction SE... Likely Prester John will persecute
- Dutch TF, reinforced with Marblehead and some Clemsons, will go north, hoping to cause some trouble.
- 1 cruiser and 1 Destroyer, recently repaired on Soerabaja, will go to the Makassar strait, again, to find trouble and/ or delay invasions

[IdahoNYer]

Magazine explodes on CL Boise

That's just painful![:@]

[Jorge_Stanbury]

ORIGINAL: IdahoNYer

Magazine explodes on CL Boise

That's just painful![:@]

It is painful and I am still mourning its loss

But this next turn, I was able to get some small revenge; in my last thread, I mentioned I sent 1 cruiser and 1 destroyer to the Makassar strait to see if it could catch a Japanese TF.
It did! although troops had already disembarked



Day Time Surface Combat, near Madjene at 65,103, Range 15,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
TB Chidori, Shell hits 14, and is sunk
xAK Terukawa Maru, Shell hits 24, and is sunk
xAK Syohei Maru, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
xAK London Maru, Shell hits 10, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk

Allied Ships
CL Durban, Shell hits 3
DD Isis

Allied Ships Reported to be Approaching!
Japanese TF suspends unloading operations and begins to get underway
Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions: 28,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
Range closes to 15,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 15,000 yards
CL Durban engages TB Chidori at 15,000 yards
Range closes to 11,000 yards
CL Durban engages TB Chidori at 11,000 yards
DD Isis engages xAK London Maru at 11,000 yards
xAK Syohei Maru sunk by DD Isis at 11,000 yards
DD Isis engages xAK Terukawa Maru at 11,000 yards
Range closes to 8,000 yards
CL Durban engages TB Chidori at 8,000 yards
DD Isis engages xAK London Maru at 8,000 yards
CL Durban engages xAK Terukawa Maru at 8,000 yards
Range closes to 6,000 yards
xAK London Maru sunk by CL Durban at 6,000 yards
CL Durban engages xAK Terukawa Maru at 6,000 yards
Range closes to 5,000 yards
CL Durban engages TB Chidori at 5,000 yards
DD Isis engages xAK Terukawa Maru at 5,000 yards
Range closes to 4,000 yards
CL Durban engages xAK Terukawa Maru at 4,000 yards
DD Isis engages xAK Terukawa Maru at 4,000 yards
Range closes to 2,000 yards
TB Chidori engages CL Durban at 2,000 yards
DD Isis engages xAK Terukawa Maru at 2,000 yards
Range increases to 3,000 yards
TB Chidori sunk by CL Durban at 3,000 yards
DD Isis engages xAK Terukawa Maru at 3,000 yards
Range closes to 2,000 yards
xAK Terukawa Maru sunk by DD Isis at 2,000 yards
Combat ends with last Japanese ship sunk...

Moreover, all the other Allied TF went "undisturbed" last turn. I think KB went south expecting all to withdraw South to Darwin, while I sent half the raiders NW and half SE to Horn Isl.

[Jorge_Stanbury]

Clark was attacked on Jan 5th
Luzon will fall much sooner than usual, as he brought a lot of LCUs to grab it quickly:
check 4th and 16th Divisions [X(]

Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 49247 troops, 484 guns, 332 vehicles, Assault Value = 1380

Defending force 39896 troops, 410 guns, 143 vehicles, Assault Value = 509

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1

Japanese adjusted assault: 477

Allied adjusted defense: 700

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 1)

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

Japanese ground losses:
4117 casualties reported
Squads: 57 destroyed, 124 disabled
Non Combat: 14 destroyed, 59 disabled
Engineers: 7 destroyed, 39 disabled
Guns lost 36 (6 destroyed, 30 disabled)
Vehicles lost 62 (11 destroyed, 51 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
1658 casualties reported
Squads: 47 destroyed, 15 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 61 disabled
Engineers: 6 destroyed, 22 disabled
Guns lost 21 (2 destroyed, 19 disabled)
Vehicles lost 21 (6 destroyed, 15 disabled)

Assaulting units:
48th Division
4th Tank Regiment
16th Division
4th Division
65th Brigade
2nd Tank Regiment
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
14th Army
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
41st PA Infantry Division
26th PS Cavalry Regiment
803rd Aviation Engineer Battalion
1st Constabulary Regiment
57th PS Infantry Regiment
51st PA Infantry Division
194th Tank Battalion
1st PA Infantry Division
31st Infantry Regiment
24th Avn Sup
21st PA Infantry Division
31st PA Infantry Division
4th Marine Regiment
45th PS Infantry Regiment
2nd Constabulary Regiment
Cavite USN Base Force
11th PA Infantry Division
71st PA Infantry Division
II Corps
US Forces Far East
Clark Field AAF Base Force
II/Prov'nl SPM Grp
I/Prov'nl SPM Grp
4th PAAC Avn Sup
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
24th PS FA Regiment
11th PAAC Avn Sup
Nichols Field AAF Base Force
I Corps
200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment
86th PS Field Artillery Battalion
!/23rd PS FA Battalion
Asiatic Fleet
III/Prov'nl SPM Grp

[Jorge_Stanbury]

For a 3rd consecutive day, Japan did a major attempt to strike Singapore's port

And once again, 3 British cruisers got damaged (but didn't sink) while Japan sustained significant bomber losses due to AA.




Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 16

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 17 damaged
G3M2 Nell: 1 destroyed by flak

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
9 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
3 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 18 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 4 damaged

Allied Ships
CL Caledon, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
CL Ceres, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 34 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 22

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 22 damaged
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied Ships
CL Enterprise, Bomb hits 2
CL Ceres, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage
CL Caledon, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

Port hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 9000 feet
Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
13 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 9000 feet
Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
3 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 9000 feet
City Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 3
Ki-51 Sonia x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 damaged
Ki-51 Sonia: 3 damaged

Allied Ships
CL Enterprise, Bomb hits 1

Port hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing from 11000 feet *
Port Attack: 2 x 50 kg GP Bomb
3 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 11000 feet
Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 6
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 5 damaged
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed by flak
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 5 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 11000 feet
Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
6 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 11000 feet
Port Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 7

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 7 damaged
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied Ships
CL Enterprise, Bomb hits 1

Port hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 11000 feet
Port Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb
Afternoon Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 7

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 5 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied Ships
CL Enterprise, Bomb hits 1

Port hits 3
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 11000 feet
Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

Afterwards he bombed it (ground combat):


Ground combat at Singapore (50,84)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 3185 troops, 281 guns, 70 vehicles, Assault Value = 1743

Defending force 46539 troops, 497 guns, 297 vehicles, Assault Value = 730

Japanese ground losses:
23 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 13 (1 destroyed, 12 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
35 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled)

Assaulting units:
4th Infantry Regiment
6th Tank Regiment
148th Infantry Regiment
2nd Recon Regiment
114th Infantry Regiment
24th Infantry Regiment
55th Engineer Regiment
Imperial Guards Division
113th Infantry Regiment
11th Infantry Regiment
21st Infantry Regiment
12th Engineer Regiment
42nd Infantry Regiment
55th Infantry Regiment
2nd Engineer Regiment
112th Infantry Regiment
5th Recon Regiment
56th Recon Regiment
4th Ind Engineer Regiment
22nd Recon Regiment
56th Engr Rgt /3
15th Army
5th Field Artillery Regiment
18th Mountain Gun Regiment
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
56th Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
55th Mountain Gun Regiment
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
25th Army
21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion
2nd Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
3rd Cavalry Regiment
SSVF Brigade
1st Mysore Battalion
1st Manchester Battalion
11th Indian Division
20th Australian Brigade
1st Malay Battalion
2/17 Dogra Battalion
2nd Loyal Battalion
5/14th Punjab Battalion
2nd Gordons Battalion
2nd Malay Battalion
12th Indian Brigade
2nd HK&S Heavy AA Regiment
III Indian Corps
1st Indian Heavy AA Regiment
Malaya Army
109th RN Base Force
3rd Heavy AA Regiment
112th RAF Adv Base Force
Malayan Air Wing
272/273rd Bty 80th AT Gun Regiment
AHQ Far East
Singapore Fortress
110th RAF Adv Base Force
22nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
109th RAF Adv Base Force
3rd SSVF Battalion
Singapore Base Force
111th RAF Adv Base Force
2nd ISF Base Force
1st HK&S Heavy AA Regiment
24th NZ Pioneer Coy
5th Field Regiment

[Jorge_Stanbury]

Then, after many days of stubborn resistance, Rabaul finally fell:

Ground combat at Rabaul (106,125)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 3818 troops, 38 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 119

Defending force 2242 troops, 14 guns, 173 vehicles, Assault Value = 4

Japanese adjusted assault: 49

Allied adjusted defense: 17

Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Rabaul !!!

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

Allied ground losses:
243 casualties reported
Squads: 13 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 101 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 7 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 149 (149 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 2

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
Maizuru 1st SNLF
Maizuru 2nd SNLF

Defending units:
Lark Force
Rabaul Base Force

[Jorge_Stanbury]

Jan 6th, 1942

Good turn overall;

First: I sunk my first Japanese submarine

Submarine attack near Lahaina at 188,108

Japanese Ships
SS I-2, hits 9, and is sunk

Allied Ships
DMS Zane
DM Tracy
DM Breese
DMS Trevor

SS I-2 is located by DMS Zane
DM Tracy attacking submerged sub ....
SS I-2 eludes ASW attack from DM Tracy
DM Tracy cannot establish contact with SS I-2
SS I-2 forced to surface!
DM Tracy firing on surfaced sub ....
DM Breese firing on surfaced sub ....
DMS Trevor firing on surfaced sub ....
DM Tracy firing on surfaced sub ....
DM Breese firing on surfaced sub ....
DMS Trevor firing on surfaced sub ....
DM Tracy firing on surfaced sub ....
DM Breese firing on surfaced sub ....
DMS Trevor firing on surfaced sub ....
DM Breese firing on surfaced sub ....
Sub slips beneath the waves

Then a night, inconclusive, surface action:

Night Time Surface Combat, near Obi at 78,106, Range 10,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Myoko, Shell hits 1
CA Kako
CL Nagara, Shell hits 1
CL Yura
CL Oi
DD Yamakaze
DD Kawakaze
DD Shiokaze
DD Namikaze
DD Numakaze, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Yugao

Allied Ships
CL De Ruyter
CL Marblehead, Shell hits 3
DD Stuart
DD Piet Hein, Shell hits 1
DD Kortenaer, Shell hits 1
DD Evertsen
DD Van Nes, Shell hits 1

Improved night sighting under 82% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 82% moonlight: 11,000 yards
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 10,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
Doorman, Karel WFM crosses the 'T'
CL Marblehead engages CA Myoko at 10,000 yards
CA Myoko engages CL De Ruyter at 10,000 yards
CA Myoko engages DD Van Nes at 10,000 yards
CL Yura engages CL Marblehead at 10,000 yards
CA Myoko engages DD Kortenaer at 10,000 yards
CA Myoko engages DD Piet Hein at 10,000 yards
DD Numakaze engages DD Stuart at 10,000 yards
DD Namikaze engages DD Stuart at 10,000 yards
DD Piet Hein engages DD Kawakaze at 10,000 yards
Range closes to 6,000 yards
CA Kako engages CL Marblehead at 6,000 yards
CA Myoko engages CL De Ruyter at 6,000 yards
DD Namikaze engages DD Van Nes at 6,000 yards
CL Marblehead engages CL Yura at 6,000 yards
DD Yugao engages DD Stuart at 6,000 yards
DD Stuart engages DD Namikaze at 6,000 yards
DD Namikaze engages DD Van Nes at 6,000 yards
DD Piet Hein engages DD Shiokaze at 6,000 yards
DD Kawakaze engages DD Piet Hein at 6,000 yards
Range increases to 7,000 yards
CA Myoko engages CL Marblehead at 7,000 yards
CA Myoko engages CL De Ruyter at 7,000 yards
DD Namikaze engages DD Van Nes at 7,000 yards
CL Yura engages CL Marblehead at 7,000 yards
CL Nagara engages DD Kortenaer at 7,000 yards
DD Piet Hein engages DD Namikaze at 7,000 yards
DD Numakaze engages DD Stuart at 7,000 yards
DD Namikaze engages DD Piet Hein at 7,000 yards
DD Shiokaze engages DD Kortenaer at 7,000 yards
DD Kawakaze engages DD Van Nes at 7,000 yards
DD Van Nes engages DD Yamakaze at 7,000 yards
Range increases to 8,000 yards
CL De Ruyter engages CA Kako at 8,000 yards
CA Myoko engages CL De Ruyter at 8,000 yards
CL Oi engages CL Marblehead at 8,000 yards
CL Yura engages CL Marblehead at 8,000 yards
CL Nagara engages CL Marblehead at 8,000 yards
DD Yamakaze engages DD Piet Hein at 8,000 yards
DD Numakaze engages DD Stuart at 8,000 yards
DD Namikaze engages DD Stuart at 8,000 yards
DD Shiokaze engages DD Piet Hein at 8,000 yards
DD Kortenaer engages DD Kawakaze at 8,000 yards
Range increases to 12,000 yards
CL Marblehead engages CA Kako at 12,000 yards
CL De Ruyter engages CA Myoko at 12,000 yards
DD Numakaze engages DD Van Nes at 12,000 yards
CL Marblehead engages CL Yura at 12,000 yards
DD Yamakaze engages DD Kortenaer at 12,000 yards
DD Van Nes engages DD Yugao at 12,000 yards
DD Piet Hein engages DD Numakaze at 12,000 yards
DD Namikaze engages DD Van Nes at 12,000 yards
DD Shiokaze engages DD Kortenaer at 12,000 yards
Task forces break off...

[Jorge_Stanbury]

All quiet in Singapore:
after 3 days of horrible aircraft losses, he stopped "port strike" bombing it. Assuming bombing does not resume:
Lightly damaged CL Enterprise will be fully repaired in few days
Seriously damaged CL Caledon and CL Ceres will need to go to Colombo as soon as he starts assaulting Singapore; they might sink as damage is severe.


KB-1 is near Darwin.. as he was expecting my damaged cruisers to run away here.
He found and sunk (only) small fish:



Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Truscott at 69,123

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
D3A1 Val x 16

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A1 Val: 3 damaged

Allied Ships
AM Colac, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
1 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
4 x D3A1 Val releasing from 10000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring AM Colac


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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Darwin at 76,124

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 20
B5N2 Kate x 24

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 2 damaged

Allied Ships
AMc Rindjani, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
AMc Smeroe, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk
AMc Merbabo, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb

[Jorge_Stanbury]

Jan 7th and 8th had been very quiet turns;

- PresterJohn has not yet assaulted Singapore or Clark, he is only ART bombing them. Fort level keep growing, slowly
- He has been focused on small invasions, painting the map "red" with uncontested assaults on dot or empty bases
- One of this small invasion fleets got destroyed on Nonouti (Gilbert's island)

I sent CL Detroit, CL Concord + 13 destroyers to investigate the Gilbert's invasions. It might had been overkill; but I didn't know (and still don't know) what kind of opposition to expect there:
I bet KB-2 is rushing there... I give it at least two turns to arrive,



Day Time Surface Combat, near Nonouti at 136,133, Range 19,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
PB Nagata Maru, Shell hits 34, and is sunk
xAK Tenyo Maru, Shell hits 40, and is sunk
xAK Kamikaze Maru, Shell hits 31, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk

Allied Ships
CL Concord
CL Detroit
DD Dunlap
DD Smith
DD Preston
DD Drayton
DD Conyngham
DD Shaw
DD Cushing
DD Perkins
DD Flusser
DD Downes
DD Cassin
DD Reid
DD Tucker

For next turn, I have divided it into 2 TFs: one will inspect Tarawa, the other Ocean island

[Jorge_Stanbury]

I had been very busy at work, so although I had kept a daily turn rate with Steve, I did not have the time to update this AAR

Besides, not a lot had happened, I will do a full update this weekend.

Highlights:
- Singapore, Ambon, Clark still hold but we are getting close to the end
- He just landed in Tarakan, Buna and Kendari... so they too are going to fall soon
- Quiet at sea, most of my raiders are getting repaired
- Subwar: minimal on both sides, from time to time we have the ocassional torpedo attack, but nothing interesting to report

- Repulse: As you might remember, it got torpedoed on Dec 21st. For the last twenty-something turns, I had tried to salvage it. I sent it to Cocos with an AR, then get fuel, escorts etc.
Everything was kind of OK, until it got off map (to CapeTown):
In turn 31 I got a flooding message, but it kept repairing it. Moreover it was already close (7 days) to CT.
Then.... [:(]
last turn, I got "engine room open to sea"... As you can see on the picture.. results are horrendous [&:][:@][:@][:@] I HATE THIS RIDICULOUS TIME VAMPIRE OF A GAME!!! [:D][:D]
where did I hear that before?


Well, Repulse is finished. the 7 days to reach CT became 27 days at 3kts... I am sure it will sink on day 26!

[Jorge_Stanbury]

Jan 16th The Fall of Singapore:

I was not expecting it so soon... I guess one less thing to worry about



Ground combat at Singapore (50,84)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 79653 troops, 832 guns, 388 vehicles, Assault Value = 2323

Defending force 42862 troops, 517 guns, 296 vehicles, Assault Value = 523

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1

Japanese adjusted assault: 2515

Allied adjusted defense: 651

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Singapore !!!

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
Catalina I: 2 destroyed

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

Japanese ground losses:
3945 casualties reported
Squads: 70 destroyed, 303 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 33 disabled
Engineers: 8 destroyed, 3 disabled
Guns lost 34 (5 destroyed, 29 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
31981 casualties reported
Squads: 1056 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 3921 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 111 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 635 (635 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 423 (423 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 32

Assaulting units:
112th Infantry Regiment
18th Division
41st Infantry Regiment
148th Infantry Regiment
56th Recon Regiment
144th Infantry Regiment
5th Division
56th Engineer Regiment
143rd Infantry Regiment
2nd Division
55th Engineer Regiment
Imperial Guards Division
6th Tank Regiment
5th Mortar Battalion
56th Field Artillery Regiment
15th Army
Southern Army
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
25th Army
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
55th Mountain Gun Regiment
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion

Defending units:
3rd Cavalry Regiment
1st Malay Battalion
3rd SSVF Battalion
11th Indian Division
2nd Loyal Battalion
5/14th Punjab Battalion
SSVF Brigade
1st Manchester Battalion
2/17 Dogra Battalion
20th Australian Brigade
12th Indian Brigade
112th RAF Adv Base Force
1st Indian Heavy AA Regiment
110th RAF Adv Base Force
272/273rd Bty 80th AT Gun Regiment
Singapore Fortress
1st Mysore Battalion
Singapore Base Force
Malaya Army
AHQ Far East
24th NZ Pioneer Coy
109th RAF Adv Base Force
109th RN Base Force
2nd ISF Base Force
3rd Heavy AA Regiment
2nd HK&S Heavy AA Regiment
111th RAF Adv Base Force
III Indian Corps
1st HK&S Heavy AA Regiment
Malayan Air Wing
22nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
5th Field Regiment



Harbor was empty, but as you can see I lost some Catalinas

[Jorge_Stanbury]

The second surprise of the day: A para invasion on Java !

Ground combat at Semarang (53,102)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 300 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 22

Defending force 105 troops, 8 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Japanese adjusted assault: 18

Allied adjusted defense: 1

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Semarang !!!

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

Allied ground losses:
118 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 11 (11 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Assaulting units:
1st Raiding Rgt /1

Defending units:
Samarang Defenses

[IdahoNYer]

The second surprise of the day: A para invasion on Java !

Your opponent isn't wasting any time is he? Paras into Java....I'll have to remember that!

Is there really any way to defend Java without massive Allied reinforcement?