See you in Tokyo Bay - Apbarog(A) vs Walker(J) DBB-B Scen28
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RE: See you in Tokyo Bay - Apbarog(A) vs Walker(J) DBB-B Scen28
That's possible. The activity was around Victoria Point, and included loaded AO's. They didn't go to Rangoon. It would require a wide circle around Ceylon, but it could be done. This kind of move, though, does not match the style of play of my opponent, at least what I've seen so far. It would be quite a bold move and quite a surprise for me. I'm hoping that our use of the extended map will make isolating India tougher.
RE: See you in Tokyo Bay - Apbarog(A) vs Walker(J) DBB-B Scen28
25 Mar 42
Diamond Harbour - Battleships Hyuga, Yamashiro, and Fuso bombard Diamond Harbour. 662 casualties, mostly non-combat. The coastal guns are still in good shape. A BB task force, probably this one, is spotted 3 hexes to the southwest during the day. The interesting thing is nothing else is spotted. Is this a ruse? Maybe just a probe to see what units are there? I just don't know yet. I did my orders as if the invasion will be here and in the next turn. Besides an Indian unit, an Australian brigade is here. Another Australian brigade just arrived here in Strat mode, but would take 3 days to switch to Combat, so I plotted it to move to Calcutta this turn instead. A minelayer and some small transports at Calcutta will try to flee west along the coast. A single patrol craft will move from Calcutta to Diamond Harbor.
Calcutta - The single Flying Tigers group here, still flying H-81's, takes a lot of casualties from a Zero sweep. In all, losses are 12 H-81's and 5 Buffaloes, while taking down 4 Zero's. The quiet air war is now over.
Ceylon - Some patrol craft get minor hits on I-162 near Columbo. Then 3 destroyers get 3 major hits on I-162, sinking it. These destroyers will now head way west into the open ocean west of Ceylon, looking for a possible end run attack to western India. Search planes are moved to Addu to search out that way. Hopefully it isn't closing the barn door too late.
Akyab - Paras assault the base again, getting a 2 to 1 and lowering the forts to 0. (Forts are built back to 1 now) Casualties were even.
CVL Hermes is passing through the Panama Canal on the way to the West Coast. It looks like the other carriers will beat Hermes there by about a week, but used on-map fuel and took system damage staying on the map.
In summary, the Japanese intentions are still not known. My guess is that Diamond Harbour is the target, and my search planes have just done a terrible job. I have subs scouring the area now.
If my opponent has lulled me to sleep with his conservative play, only to spring a landing by Bombay or Karachi or something like that, kudos to him. I'm still as ready as I can be. It just isn't ready enough.
Diamond Harbour - Battleships Hyuga, Yamashiro, and Fuso bombard Diamond Harbour. 662 casualties, mostly non-combat. The coastal guns are still in good shape. A BB task force, probably this one, is spotted 3 hexes to the southwest during the day. The interesting thing is nothing else is spotted. Is this a ruse? Maybe just a probe to see what units are there? I just don't know yet. I did my orders as if the invasion will be here and in the next turn. Besides an Indian unit, an Australian brigade is here. Another Australian brigade just arrived here in Strat mode, but would take 3 days to switch to Combat, so I plotted it to move to Calcutta this turn instead. A minelayer and some small transports at Calcutta will try to flee west along the coast. A single patrol craft will move from Calcutta to Diamond Harbor.
Calcutta - The single Flying Tigers group here, still flying H-81's, takes a lot of casualties from a Zero sweep. In all, losses are 12 H-81's and 5 Buffaloes, while taking down 4 Zero's. The quiet air war is now over.
Ceylon - Some patrol craft get minor hits on I-162 near Columbo. Then 3 destroyers get 3 major hits on I-162, sinking it. These destroyers will now head way west into the open ocean west of Ceylon, looking for a possible end run attack to western India. Search planes are moved to Addu to search out that way. Hopefully it isn't closing the barn door too late.
Akyab - Paras assault the base again, getting a 2 to 1 and lowering the forts to 0. (Forts are built back to 1 now) Casualties were even.
CVL Hermes is passing through the Panama Canal on the way to the West Coast. It looks like the other carriers will beat Hermes there by about a week, but used on-map fuel and took system damage staying on the map.
In summary, the Japanese intentions are still not known. My guess is that Diamond Harbour is the target, and my search planes have just done a terrible job. I have subs scouring the area now.
If my opponent has lulled me to sleep with his conservative play, only to spring a landing by Bombay or Karachi or something like that, kudos to him. I'm still as ready as I can be. It just isn't ready enough.
RE: See you in Tokyo Bay - Apbarog(A) vs Walker(J) DBB-B Scen28
Those "non-combat" (support) troops in your naval fortress are the guys that man the guns. Even if no guns were disabled, there may not be much firing if lots of squads were disabled.
No matter how bad a situation is, you can always make it worse. - Chris Hadfield : An Astronaut's Guide To Life On Earth
RE: See you in Tokyo Bay - Apbarog(A) vs Walker(J) DBB-B Scen28
26 Mar 42
India - It's no ruse. Diamond Harbour is invaded. PC Haideri, sortied from Calcutta, defends the Indian coast alone, and slips into the invasion task force. The task force is huge, with a CL, 6 DD's, 3 DMS's, 2 PB's, 6 AK's, 16 xAK's, and 9 xAP's. Haideri creates great confusion in the task force, and 3 separate collisions occur.
xAP Dairen Maru collides with xAP Manzyu Maru at 52 , 38
xAK Igasa Maru collides with xAP Montevideo Maru at 52 , 38
xAK Hokuriku Maru collides with xAP Montevideo Maru at 52 , 38
Then Haideri is sunk with a follow-up combat with a few cruisers.
In multiple landing phases, coastal guns do get some good hits on combat and transport ships.
CA Chokai, Shell hits 1
CL Kashii, Shell hits 6, on fire
DD Shinonome, Shell hits 1
DD Umikaze, Shell hits 4, on fire
xAK Kinugawa Maru, Shell hits 1, heavy fires
DD Kisaragi, Shell hits 1
DD Mutsuki, Shell hits 2, on fire
xAK Awazisan Maru, Shell hits 2, on fire
xAK Ayatosan Maru, Shell hits 1, on fire
xAK Nako Maru, Shell hits 1
xAK Zenyo Maru, Shell hits 2
I-155 picks off a fleeing xAK.
Few troops are lost and the landing proceeds. Ground units identified are the Imperial Guard Division, the 5th Division, the 14th Division, a mortar unit, a special base force, and a JAAF AF support unit.
In a stroke of terrible luck, last turn, an Australian brigade arrived in Strat mode at Diamond Harbor. The choice was to take 3 days to get it into combat mode, or move it out. I chose to move it to Calcutta while still in Strat mode. Unfortunately, it didn't move. Apparently the check for Allied movement is after Japanese movement, because the landing prevented the unit from Strat moving out. It's now switching to combat mode but that will take 2 days and it will get smashed by then. The Allies have 361 AV at Diamond Harbour now, but part is in Strat mode. Not good. Calcutta has decent defense, but it will probably fall too, although maybe not instantaneously.
3 carriers are spotted 3 hexes off shore. Vals sink an Allied xAK fleeing Calcutta. Swordfish escorted by Buffaloes attack invasion shipping, but run into far more Zero's on CAP. Almost every Allied plane is lost. Enemy air units spotted are from Akagi, Soryu, Hiryu, Shokaku, and Zuikaku. I guess that answers that question.
An unescorted P39 strafing attack on the shipping occurs. Many are lost to CAP, again, but about 10 get through, and ships are hit.
xAK Ayatosan Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP Teikyo Maru, Shell hits 1, Bomb hits 2, on fire
xAK Gosei Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
The forced Allied bombardment of the landing shows the rough AV and the units involved:
Ground combat at Diamond Harbour (52,38)
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 10688 troops, 127 guns, 103 vehicles, Assault Value = 365
Defending force 41275 troops, 385 guns, 188 vehicles, Assault Value = 1352
Japanese ground losses:
60 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
17th Australian Brigade
44th Indian Brigade
21st Australian Brigade
Diamond Harbour Fortress
1st Bengal Construction Battalion
Defending units:
5th Div /3
4th Ind Engineer Regiment
Imperial Guards Div /1
15th Ind Engineer Regiment
14th Div /6
39th Field Const Co
22nd Special Base Force
3rd Mortar Battalion
91st JAAF AF Bn
For the next turn, 2 Hurricane units move to Calcutta and will LR CAP Diamond Harbour. The Japanese do start to recon bases north of Calcutta. At least I anticipated this, and have every base within reasonable range defended. This was aided by my big evacuation of Singapore earlier.
Elsewhere,at Akyab, the enemy paras try a shock attack, get a 1 to 1 lowering the forts back to 0 (which are instantly rebuilt to 1 again). Casualties are even. The issue is still in doubt. One enemy bombing will tip the scales though.
India - It's no ruse. Diamond Harbour is invaded. PC Haideri, sortied from Calcutta, defends the Indian coast alone, and slips into the invasion task force. The task force is huge, with a CL, 6 DD's, 3 DMS's, 2 PB's, 6 AK's, 16 xAK's, and 9 xAP's. Haideri creates great confusion in the task force, and 3 separate collisions occur.
xAP Dairen Maru collides with xAP Manzyu Maru at 52 , 38
xAK Igasa Maru collides with xAP Montevideo Maru at 52 , 38
xAK Hokuriku Maru collides with xAP Montevideo Maru at 52 , 38
Then Haideri is sunk with a follow-up combat with a few cruisers.
In multiple landing phases, coastal guns do get some good hits on combat and transport ships.
CA Chokai, Shell hits 1
CL Kashii, Shell hits 6, on fire
DD Shinonome, Shell hits 1
DD Umikaze, Shell hits 4, on fire
xAK Kinugawa Maru, Shell hits 1, heavy fires
DD Kisaragi, Shell hits 1
DD Mutsuki, Shell hits 2, on fire
xAK Awazisan Maru, Shell hits 2, on fire
xAK Ayatosan Maru, Shell hits 1, on fire
xAK Nako Maru, Shell hits 1
xAK Zenyo Maru, Shell hits 2
I-155 picks off a fleeing xAK.
Few troops are lost and the landing proceeds. Ground units identified are the Imperial Guard Division, the 5th Division, the 14th Division, a mortar unit, a special base force, and a JAAF AF support unit.
In a stroke of terrible luck, last turn, an Australian brigade arrived in Strat mode at Diamond Harbor. The choice was to take 3 days to get it into combat mode, or move it out. I chose to move it to Calcutta while still in Strat mode. Unfortunately, it didn't move. Apparently the check for Allied movement is after Japanese movement, because the landing prevented the unit from Strat moving out. It's now switching to combat mode but that will take 2 days and it will get smashed by then. The Allies have 361 AV at Diamond Harbour now, but part is in Strat mode. Not good. Calcutta has decent defense, but it will probably fall too, although maybe not instantaneously.
3 carriers are spotted 3 hexes off shore. Vals sink an Allied xAK fleeing Calcutta. Swordfish escorted by Buffaloes attack invasion shipping, but run into far more Zero's on CAP. Almost every Allied plane is lost. Enemy air units spotted are from Akagi, Soryu, Hiryu, Shokaku, and Zuikaku. I guess that answers that question.
An unescorted P39 strafing attack on the shipping occurs. Many are lost to CAP, again, but about 10 get through, and ships are hit.
xAK Ayatosan Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP Teikyo Maru, Shell hits 1, Bomb hits 2, on fire
xAK Gosei Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
The forced Allied bombardment of the landing shows the rough AV and the units involved:
Ground combat at Diamond Harbour (52,38)
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 10688 troops, 127 guns, 103 vehicles, Assault Value = 365
Defending force 41275 troops, 385 guns, 188 vehicles, Assault Value = 1352
Japanese ground losses:
60 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
17th Australian Brigade
44th Indian Brigade
21st Australian Brigade
Diamond Harbour Fortress
1st Bengal Construction Battalion
Defending units:
5th Div /3
4th Ind Engineer Regiment
Imperial Guards Div /1
15th Ind Engineer Regiment
14th Div /6
39th Field Const Co
22nd Special Base Force
3rd Mortar Battalion
91st JAAF AF Bn
For the next turn, 2 Hurricane units move to Calcutta and will LR CAP Diamond Harbour. The Japanese do start to recon bases north of Calcutta. At least I anticipated this, and have every base within reasonable range defended. This was aided by my big evacuation of Singapore earlier.
Elsewhere,at Akyab, the enemy paras try a shock attack, get a 1 to 1 lowering the forts back to 0 (which are instantly rebuilt to 1 again). Casualties are even. The issue is still in doubt. One enemy bombing will tip the scales though.
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RE: See you in Tokyo Bay - Apbarog(A) vs Walker(J) DBB-B Scen28
You could put the Australian division in Reserve mode instead of combat while it unpacks. It will not contribute any AV to the battle but will not be bearing the brunt of an assault and will likely flee the hex as soon as the Fortress falls. Saving this unit from decimation is very important right now.
No matter how bad a situation is, you can always make it worse. - Chris Hadfield : An Astronaut's Guide To Life On Earth
RE: See you in Tokyo Bay - Apbarog(A) vs Walker(J) DBB-B Scen28
The die is already cast for the next turn. It is an Australian brigade, not a division, that is changing from Strat mode. Still important though. I don't want to flee Calcutta without a fight, though. But I also don't want to risk it all there. The Brit division that I have is staying at Karachi for now. There's also a division at Bombay. Not sure what type it is. I don't think this is a "take everything" invasion. 3 divisions have landed. There are still 2 divisions at Clark. About 2 in Java. I still show 20 units at Singapore. One division there needed a couple of months to recover, I think.
RE: See you in Tokyo Bay - Apbarog(A) vs Walker(J) DBB-B Scen28
27 Mar 42
Diamond Harbour - The landings continue. Coastal guns continue to get some hits on xAK's. Then comes the brutal ground assault. The Japanese attack goes at 13 to 1, making the forts irrelevant. I include the casualty count and the unit listing to better explain what units are here, and what units no longer exist.
Japanese ground losses:
718 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 91 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 19 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 26 disabled
Guns lost 9 (4 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
11182 casualties reported
Squads: 279 destroyed, 23 disabled
Non Combat: 404 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 102 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 123 (114 destroyed, 9 disabled)
Vehicles lost 134 (134 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 3
Units destroyed 2
Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
Assaulting units:
5th Division
14th Division
4th Ind Engineer Regiment
Imperial Guards Division
15th Ind Engineer Regiment
22nd Special Base Force
39th Field Const Co
3rd Mortar Battalion
91st JAAF AF Bn
Defending units:
44th Indian Brigade
21st Australian Brigade
17th Australian Brigade
Diamond Harbour Fortress
1st Bengal Construction Battalion
It would have been better to leave the beaches undefended. And this is only against 3 divisions. Time to start moving north with anything worth saving. I'm undecided what to do at Calcutta. I was going to defend with what is there, but now it looks like running may be smarter. I don't know. I will decide when I plot the turn tonight.
No air activity around Diamond Harbour. I wasn't trying any air attacks, knowing that KB has LR CAP over the invasion point. This turn was a reality check, and the reality is that the Japanese can go anywhere and take anything right now. I need to have patience to prepare to hold a line somewhere and prepare to eventually counterattack.
Akyab - More paras (and/or supply) dropped, but the Japanese only get a 1 to 2 attack, do not lower the fort level, and take slightly fewer casualties than the Allies. It's become an attritional battle of small units.
Diamond Harbour - The landings continue. Coastal guns continue to get some hits on xAK's. Then comes the brutal ground assault. The Japanese attack goes at 13 to 1, making the forts irrelevant. I include the casualty count and the unit listing to better explain what units are here, and what units no longer exist.
Japanese ground losses:
718 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 91 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 19 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 26 disabled
Guns lost 9 (4 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
11182 casualties reported
Squads: 279 destroyed, 23 disabled
Non Combat: 404 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 102 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 123 (114 destroyed, 9 disabled)
Vehicles lost 134 (134 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 3
Units destroyed 2
Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
Assaulting units:
5th Division
14th Division
4th Ind Engineer Regiment
Imperial Guards Division
15th Ind Engineer Regiment
22nd Special Base Force
39th Field Const Co
3rd Mortar Battalion
91st JAAF AF Bn
Defending units:
44th Indian Brigade
21st Australian Brigade
17th Australian Brigade
Diamond Harbour Fortress
1st Bengal Construction Battalion
It would have been better to leave the beaches undefended. And this is only against 3 divisions. Time to start moving north with anything worth saving. I'm undecided what to do at Calcutta. I was going to defend with what is there, but now it looks like running may be smarter. I don't know. I will decide when I plot the turn tonight.
No air activity around Diamond Harbour. I wasn't trying any air attacks, knowing that KB has LR CAP over the invasion point. This turn was a reality check, and the reality is that the Japanese can go anywhere and take anything right now. I need to have patience to prepare to hold a line somewhere and prepare to eventually counterattack.
Akyab - More paras (and/or supply) dropped, but the Japanese only get a 1 to 2 attack, do not lower the fort level, and take slightly fewer casualties than the Allies. It's become an attritional battle of small units.
RE: See you in Tokyo Bay - Apbarog(A) vs Walker(J) DBB-B Scen28
I would retreat the Australian units because their TOE will soon change to include better anti-armour ratings.
Use some throw-away Indian units with a few engineers to put up a fight in Calcutta, just to damage/destroy some of the industry during the battle.
You get quite a few Indian units and Indian infantry squads are relatively plentiful, but all the artillery and AA and some of the engineers are drawn from British pools, so it takes forever to rebuild a unit. They are OK to garrison uncontested bases.
Use some throw-away Indian units with a few engineers to put up a fight in Calcutta, just to damage/destroy some of the industry during the battle.
You get quite a few Indian units and Indian infantry squads are relatively plentiful, but all the artillery and AA and some of the engineers are drawn from British pools, so it takes forever to rebuild a unit. They are OK to garrison uncontested bases.
No matter how bad a situation is, you can always make it worse. - Chris Hadfield : An Astronaut's Guide To Life On Earth
RE: See you in Tokyo Bay - Apbarog(A) vs Walker(J) DBB-B Scen28
Just read your reply BBfanboy. Good advice. I had already finished the turn, but I am retreating the Australian units. The Aussies were surprisingly intact after the defeat at Diamond Harbour. The Indian units took most of the losses, by far. I am leaving enough Indian units in Calcutta to fulfill the garrison and hopefully damage the place on the way out. I have 2 units of Hurri's at Calcutta on CAP, and a couple more fighter units on LR CAP from nearby. I had 2 tiny TK's in port there, so I formed them into a task force and left them as targets. KB is right on the coast, just southeast of Calcutta. Maybe I can kill some pilots.
Units near rail lines east of Calcutta, all the way to Ledo, are evacuating for the most part, minus some units holding possible para bases.
At Calcutta, 1 Aussie brigade is in Strat mode with no delay, and 2 are in Strat mode with 1 day delay. Both should escape. The last, along with some other units, will move out in Move mode.
I spent a lot of time looking at this turn. I documented every available unit in the South Pacific, and every unit that is loaded on the way to the South Pacific. I am going to start being more aggressive in building up and occupying bases from Pago Pago to Suva to Noumea to Efate to Luganville to Ndeni. Tulagi and Shortlands is still just a 1 AF, so my only worry is small carriers, with KB so far away. I'm leading my occupation with AVD's and AVP's, which will sit in a base where I'll bring in search capabilities. Then I'll start shipping in stuff. More details on this to come.
Units near rail lines east of Calcutta, all the way to Ledo, are evacuating for the most part, minus some units holding possible para bases.
At Calcutta, 1 Aussie brigade is in Strat mode with no delay, and 2 are in Strat mode with 1 day delay. Both should escape. The last, along with some other units, will move out in Move mode.
I spent a lot of time looking at this turn. I documented every available unit in the South Pacific, and every unit that is loaded on the way to the South Pacific. I am going to start being more aggressive in building up and occupying bases from Pago Pago to Suva to Noumea to Efate to Luganville to Ndeni. Tulagi and Shortlands is still just a 1 AF, so my only worry is small carriers, with KB so far away. I'm leading my occupation with AVD's and AVP's, which will sit in a base where I'll bring in search capabilities. Then I'll start shipping in stuff. More details on this to come.
RE: See you in Tokyo Bay - Apbarog(A) vs Walker(J) DBB-B Scen28
28 Mar 42
Diamond Harbour - KB and a battleship task force moves east adjacent to Chittagong. About a dozen transports are disbanded in Diamond Harbour's port. Some fighters are based there now. I wouldn't doubt that there is more LR CAP from KB. I've been heavily capping Calcutta, but there's been no attack there, even on my bait tankers. This turn everything is sweeping Diamond Harbour, and about 16 B-17's will attempt to bomb the port. Enemy troops show movement toward Calcutta. No surprise there. At Calcutta, units are attempting to move out, some in Strat mode, some in Move mode.
Malang - The Dutch Air Force ambushes 25 Sally's bombing ground units at Malang. No escort is with the bombers. 9 Sally's are shot down with no loss to the Dutch.
SigInt - 29 Army is loaded on destroyers moving to Diamond Harbour. The initial landings weren't done with destroyer transports, so this is new. I'd be very surprised if the only unit being landed was a HQ. Could this mean more of a commitment to India? We shall see.
Diamond Harbour - KB and a battleship task force moves east adjacent to Chittagong. About a dozen transports are disbanded in Diamond Harbour's port. Some fighters are based there now. I wouldn't doubt that there is more LR CAP from KB. I've been heavily capping Calcutta, but there's been no attack there, even on my bait tankers. This turn everything is sweeping Diamond Harbour, and about 16 B-17's will attempt to bomb the port. Enemy troops show movement toward Calcutta. No surprise there. At Calcutta, units are attempting to move out, some in Strat mode, some in Move mode.
Malang - The Dutch Air Force ambushes 25 Sally's bombing ground units at Malang. No escort is with the bombers. 9 Sally's are shot down with no loss to the Dutch.
SigInt - 29 Army is loaded on destroyers moving to Diamond Harbour. The initial landings weren't done with destroyer transports, so this is new. I'd be very surprised if the only unit being landed was a HQ. Could this mean more of a commitment to India? We shall see.
RE: See you in Tokyo Bay - Apbarog(A) vs Walker(J) DBB-B Scen28
29 Mar 42
India/Burma - Dutch sub KXV attacks a surface group nearing Rangoon, but the torpedoes miss an already smoking destroyer. Zero's sweep Calcutta but find no CAP up. Instead, Hurricanes from Calcutta sweep Diamond Harbor, and find about a dozen Zero's based there and on CAP. 3 Hurri's are lost, and 8 Zero's go down. Following the sweeps, 4 B-17's bomb Diamond Harbour's port, aiming for already damaged transports. xAK Fushimi Maru is hit and is burning. 2 B-17's are shot down. Japanese units are moving to Calcutta but haven't moved yet.
At Akyab, KB strikes with 45 Kate's escorted by 55 Zero's, hitting the airbase. Akyab's defender's days are numbered, with more Japanese about to cross the river into town, but they've done a great job delaying, and messed up the Japanese para unit pretty well.
KB moved southwest last turn, stopping 6 hexes from Akyab. I wouldn't be surprised to see a Columbo raid in the next few days, or even an invasion of Ceylon.
Near Katha, in the jungles of Burma nearing India, a small Burmese unit is eliminated by a tank regiment and an infantry regiment. I was already moving out of Katha so those units should escape. It won't be long until all bases in Burma connected directly by rail or road to Rangoon will be lost.
Medan - The Japanese are content to just bomb the troops there in the clear hex. I should probably retreat north along the road into the jungle terrain.
Terapo (northwest of Port Moresby) - The undefended base in invaded. 2 remnants of units from Port Moresby had almost walked through the jungle to here. Now they will starve in the jungle.
West Coast - US carriers will arrive at San Francisco next turn. There will be many upgrades to perform on April 1. The Brit carrier will arrive at Los Angeles in a few days, where it will pair up with CV Hornet, which will arrive from Panama soon.
The next few weeks will be a time of much upgrading, for US carriers, cruisers, destroyers, and subs. Many get radar at this time.
India/Burma - Dutch sub KXV attacks a surface group nearing Rangoon, but the torpedoes miss an already smoking destroyer. Zero's sweep Calcutta but find no CAP up. Instead, Hurricanes from Calcutta sweep Diamond Harbor, and find about a dozen Zero's based there and on CAP. 3 Hurri's are lost, and 8 Zero's go down. Following the sweeps, 4 B-17's bomb Diamond Harbour's port, aiming for already damaged transports. xAK Fushimi Maru is hit and is burning. 2 B-17's are shot down. Japanese units are moving to Calcutta but haven't moved yet.
At Akyab, KB strikes with 45 Kate's escorted by 55 Zero's, hitting the airbase. Akyab's defender's days are numbered, with more Japanese about to cross the river into town, but they've done a great job delaying, and messed up the Japanese para unit pretty well.
KB moved southwest last turn, stopping 6 hexes from Akyab. I wouldn't be surprised to see a Columbo raid in the next few days, or even an invasion of Ceylon.
Near Katha, in the jungles of Burma nearing India, a small Burmese unit is eliminated by a tank regiment and an infantry regiment. I was already moving out of Katha so those units should escape. It won't be long until all bases in Burma connected directly by rail or road to Rangoon will be lost.
Medan - The Japanese are content to just bomb the troops there in the clear hex. I should probably retreat north along the road into the jungle terrain.
Terapo (northwest of Port Moresby) - The undefended base in invaded. 2 remnants of units from Port Moresby had almost walked through the jungle to here. Now they will starve in the jungle.
West Coast - US carriers will arrive at San Francisco next turn. There will be many upgrades to perform on April 1. The Brit carrier will arrive at Los Angeles in a few days, where it will pair up with CV Hornet, which will arrive from Panama soon.
The next few weeks will be a time of much upgrading, for US carriers, cruisers, destroyers, and subs. Many get radar at this time.
RE: See you in Tokyo Bay - Apbarog(A) vs Walker(J) DBB-B Scen28
30 Mar 42
Diamond Harbour - Small minesweeper Sophie Marie is sunk trying to flee from Calcutta. There's nowhere exit except through Diamond Harbour, and 4 destroyers were waiting. Only 2 tiny tankers remain at Calcutta. I'll make the Japanese come and get them, and brave the minefields.
Akyab - The ground units here are bombed by 31 Nell's. A shock attack by teh 2nd Raiding Regiment here goes badly for the Japanese, getting a 1 to 2 attack against fort level 1. The Allies don't have enough to win the fight here, though, so it's just a matter of time till Japanese reinforcements arrive.
Terapo - The last base near Port Moresby falls.
West Coast - US carriers go to San Francisco area repair yards. Many ships will upgrade. The Brit carrier will upgrade at Los Angeles.
KB - KB disappears. Considering where the Allied subs are in the area, it is most likely that KB headed southwest and is angling for a Ceylon strike from the southeast or south. It is not likely that KB headed toward Rangoon.
Elsewhere, the Japanese are still stalled at Clark AFB and Malang, Java.
Diamond Harbour - Small minesweeper Sophie Marie is sunk trying to flee from Calcutta. There's nowhere exit except through Diamond Harbour, and 4 destroyers were waiting. Only 2 tiny tankers remain at Calcutta. I'll make the Japanese come and get them, and brave the minefields.
Akyab - The ground units here are bombed by 31 Nell's. A shock attack by teh 2nd Raiding Regiment here goes badly for the Japanese, getting a 1 to 2 attack against fort level 1. The Allies don't have enough to win the fight here, though, so it's just a matter of time till Japanese reinforcements arrive.
Terapo - The last base near Port Moresby falls.
West Coast - US carriers go to San Francisco area repair yards. Many ships will upgrade. The Brit carrier will upgrade at Los Angeles.
KB - KB disappears. Considering where the Allied subs are in the area, it is most likely that KB headed southwest and is angling for a Ceylon strike from the southeast or south. It is not likely that KB headed toward Rangoon.
Elsewhere, the Japanese are still stalled at Clark AFB and Malang, Java.
RE: See you in Tokyo Bay - Apbarog(A) vs Walker(J) DBB-B Scen28
31 Mar 42
Diamond Harbour - Japanese forces have still not moved into Calcutta. It is interesting that no armor units have been spotted here so far. None. This points to either a limited offensive, or another landing later, or somewhere else. KB is missing for the 2nd day in a row.
Chittagong - Nell's bomb the ground units here, hitting the static unit. Other units are moving out. This may be just an info gathering attack. I don't see any new invasion task forces approaching, but who knows.
Madioen (Java) - Oscar's sweep here. No CAP here, and no fighters based here either.
Malang (Java) - The daily artillery attack occurs. This mountain hex cannot be taken with the enemy units here now.
Clark AFB - The bombing here has increased. Minimal damage to units, but supply is slowly decreasing. Just over 10k supply total including here and Bataan.
Other notes: Recently received SigInt of heavy activity at Rabaul. This was the first time for this base. Kwajalein had been giving this message, but that has stopped for about a week. A Japanese sub got a sniff of a small xAP task force east of Noumea. It is heading to Luganville, but probably looks like it would be going to Noumea. Allied units are on the move to Pago Pago, Noumea, Suva, Efate, and Luganville. Task forces are coordinating movement so as to all arrive at a given base on the same turn, to limit reaction time for the enemy. I'm taking some risk here, as I have no carriers supporting, and just a few combat ships embedded into the transport task forces. I've seen no indication of enemy carriers. All of the big carriers are in the Indian Ocean, but small ones could be here.
I want to simultaneously occupy these bases with more than minimal forces, and plan on staying.
Diamond Harbour - Japanese forces have still not moved into Calcutta. It is interesting that no armor units have been spotted here so far. None. This points to either a limited offensive, or another landing later, or somewhere else. KB is missing for the 2nd day in a row.
Chittagong - Nell's bomb the ground units here, hitting the static unit. Other units are moving out. This may be just an info gathering attack. I don't see any new invasion task forces approaching, but who knows.
Madioen (Java) - Oscar's sweep here. No CAP here, and no fighters based here either.
Malang (Java) - The daily artillery attack occurs. This mountain hex cannot be taken with the enemy units here now.
Clark AFB - The bombing here has increased. Minimal damage to units, but supply is slowly decreasing. Just over 10k supply total including here and Bataan.
Other notes: Recently received SigInt of heavy activity at Rabaul. This was the first time for this base. Kwajalein had been giving this message, but that has stopped for about a week. A Japanese sub got a sniff of a small xAP task force east of Noumea. It is heading to Luganville, but probably looks like it would be going to Noumea. Allied units are on the move to Pago Pago, Noumea, Suva, Efate, and Luganville. Task forces are coordinating movement so as to all arrive at a given base on the same turn, to limit reaction time for the enemy. I'm taking some risk here, as I have no carriers supporting, and just a few combat ships embedded into the transport task forces. I've seen no indication of enemy carriers. All of the big carriers are in the Indian Ocean, but small ones could be here.
I want to simultaneously occupy these bases with more than minimal forces, and plan on staying.
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RE: See you in Tokyo Bay - Apbarog(A) vs Walker(J) DBB-B Scen28
1 Apr 42
Katha, Burma - The Japanese 14th Tank Regiment attacks the BFF Brigade, gets a 2 to 1, and lowers the forts to 1. BFF was trying to Strat move out of Katha and got caught before it could leave. Then it is taking 2 turns to change to combat mode. It'll get kicked out before that happens. Other units made it out to the east.
Calcutta - Japanese units finally enter the city. Attacks will begin next turn. Defense is just enough to satisfy the 200 garrison requirement. The big question is what next? Only 3 Japanese divisions landed at Diamond Harbour, so it won't be a broad advance. Not without reinforcements.
Katha, Burma - The Japanese 14th Tank Regiment attacks the BFF Brigade, gets a 2 to 1, and lowers the forts to 1. BFF was trying to Strat move out of Katha and got caught before it could leave. Then it is taking 2 turns to change to combat mode. It'll get kicked out before that happens. Other units made it out to the east.
Calcutta - Japanese units finally enter the city. Attacks will begin next turn. Defense is just enough to satisfy the 200 garrison requirement. The big question is what next? Only 3 Japanese divisions landed at Diamond Harbour, so it won't be a broad advance. Not without reinforcements.