Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy(A) vs KenchiSulla (J)

[jwolf]

Can you post an updated map of India? I've lost track of what is where. Surprised to see the Japanese still going on a ground offensive.

[BBfanboy]

I see 3 Tank Divisions in that stack approaching Nagpur. Even with bombing they will cover 16-30 miles per day. You are not going to stop that without TDs and A/T guns or some units with better tanks than the Japanese have.

[Mundy]

Yeah, I dropped the ball at Nagpur. I was getting intel about an armored unit prepping for Jubbulpore and I over-concentrated on that. If I had bothered to study the map more, I would have realized that Jubbulpore wasn't an immediate threat anywhere else.

It's how I learn, I guess.

If they reach, I'll bail. Plenty of other bases around anyway. I had spent time earlier in the game building up oddball bases, so there's always something useful around.

[jwolf]

If you can bulldoze your way up the coastal railroad path, he'll have to pull back from the interior. That's my amateur's recommendation. Maybe you could drop paras behind Viz to block the RR going north.

[Mundy]

That's pretty much were I plan to drop them.

[Mundy]

15 December 1943

I stood the bombers down in India. Two squadrons of Jugs and one of Hellcats will sweep Raipur. If I can finish the fighters there off, my job will become easier.

The 255 Armored Brigade from Jubbulpore is already next to Nagpur and halfway to the base from that hex. They should arrive next turn. There's lots of tanks in that unit, including heavier ones like Lees. The three brigades are making progress. Interestingly, the arrow on his troops has disappeared. I'm wondering if they're going to pull back.

Intel Monkey gave me this:

1943-12-13 7th Ind.Tank Brigade - - is planning for an attack on Nagpur -

My USA/USMC paras have reached Trincomalee, along with some armor. Everyone's attacking next turn.

I hit the hex SW of Trin. I figured it would be rough, but I did smack them good. Looking at my units, losses look fairly low. Maybe they replenished already.

Ground combat at 31,48 (near Trincomalee)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1296 troops, 0 guns, 244 vehicles, Assault Value = 135

Defending force 21147 troops, 219 guns, 34 vehicles, Assault Value = 487

Allied adjusted assault: 103

Japanese adjusted defense: 865

Allied assault odds: 1 to 8

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

Japanese ground losses:
1251 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 111 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 18 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 34 (6 destroyed, 28 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
Vehicles lost 33 (4 destroyed, 29 disabled)

Assaulting units:
1st USMC Tank Battalion
2nd USMC Tank Battalion

Defending units:
15th Division
19th Ind. Mixed Brigade
4th/A Division
4th/B Division
4th Air Defense AA Regiment
34th Field AA Battalion
21st Fld AA Gun Co

Over on the Strait of Malacca, this happened.

Sub attack near Tandjoengbalai at 48,78

Japanese Ships
CV Zuikaku, Torpedo hits 1
BB Kongo
CA Atago
CA Takao
CLAA Tenryu
DD Teruzuki
DD Akizuki
DD Takanami
DD Kazegumo

Allied Ships
SS Snook

SS Snook launches 6 torpedoes at CV Zuikaku
DD Takanami fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Kazegumo fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

It looks like KB is taking the India thing seriously. The question now is what to do about it. I have no idea if this is a fragment of KB, or the whole thing. CF knows I have at least one fleet carrier present after his sub attack before the invasion. I have four CVs, 5 CVLs and 6 CVEs at Colombo right now, plus fast battleships and all the escorts. As soon as I take Trincomalee, I'll get PBYs over there to get the little extra range. I doubt his carrier is in dire danger of sinking -- probably in the 25-30 range of flt, I guess.

Elsewhere, I officially outnumber the Japanese on Baker Island.

Ground combat at Baker Island (149,136)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2930 troops, 119 guns, 45 vehicles, Assault Value = 132

Defending force 4550 troops, 25 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 128

Japanese ground losses:
88 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

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

Assaulting units:
147th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
4th USMC Tank Battalion
641st Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion
97th Field Artillery Battalion
225th Field Artillery Battalion

Defending units:
Maizuru 2nd SNLF
85th Naval Guard Unit
6th Indpt SNLF Coy
44th Field Const Co
7th JNAF Coy

[Mundy]

16 December 1943

More sub encounters in Malacca.

Sub attack near Langkawi at 48,71

Japanese Ships
CA Nachi
CA Kumano
CA Suzuya
CA Maya
CL Agano
DD Nowaki
DD Minegumo
DD Yamagumo
DD Natsugumo

Allied Ships
SS Rock, hits 6

SS Rock launches 4 torpedoes at CA Nachi
DD Minegumo fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Yamagumo fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Natsugumo attacking submerged sub ....
DD Yamagumo fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Natsugumo fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Natsugumo fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Natsugumo attacking submerged sub ....
DD Natsugumo attacking submerged sub ....
DD Natsugumo is out of ASW ammo
DD Natsugumo fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Natsugumo fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

ASW attack near Tandjoengbalai at 47,79

Japanese Ships
DD Yamanagiri

Allied Ships
SS Snook, hits 7, heavy damage

SS Snook is located by DD Yamanagiri
Snook bottoming out ....
DD Yamanagiri fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yamanagiri fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yamanagiri attacking submerged sub ....
DD Yamanagiri fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yamanagiri fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

Apart from this, I hit another xAK near Japan. I have two subs beat up here. About two days ago, another was sunk in this area. Another reminder of how much I hate shallow water sub ops. There's about half a dozen more subs in the deeper water north of Malacca. If he pushes his fleet on, I should have eyes on it. I've also moved a squadron of PB4Y-1Ps to Madras, and with their 25 hex range, (I didn't max it) they should cover nearly to Rangoon.

CF's advance unit reaches Nagpur. My big armored unit is with the other enemy in the adjacent hex to the SE. I'll let him attack there. My three infantry brigades are probably three days from Nagpur. Airplanes have relocated. A division of West African troops are enroute from Karachi

I've moved the troops at Bezwada out towards Cocanada. I should well outnumber him this time around, and I figure he needs another distraction from the Nagpur business. Loads of bombers are hitting his guys at Nagpur, since they should be safe from fighter interference.

More support troops are shipping to Ceylon.

[BBfanboy]

About shallow water subs - one of the forum members did a study of sub attacks vs water depth vs sub captain stats and concluded that subs with high naval skill/moderate aggression captains did well in shallow water and took less damage than subs with high aggression skippers. The theory was that overly aggressive captains lack the patience to stalk persistently and carefully.

In deeper water the high aggression skippers attacked more often and usually got away without significant damage.

After doing the study the author sorted his subs accordingly and assigned them deep or shallow based on his findings, and it reduced his loss rate a lot.

My apologies to the gent who did all that work only to have me forget his name/avatar handle!

[Mundy]

Thanks for that. I'll give that a try.

[Mundy]

19 December 1943

Change of pace.

CF must be thinking about my future moves, as the Monkey is showing.

1943-12-18 4/34th Division is loaded on a Kongo Maru class xAP moving to Little Andaman -

At Nagpur, his troops have pulled out of the hex without making a single attack. I'm not sure if it was the bombing or the three incoming brigades which changed his mind about this. Either way, I'm able to stand down my bombers for now. My brigades are in the hex to the SE of Nagpur in the hex with his 30,000 troops. Hopefully I don't get beat up on the way out.

He's moved a number of subs into Colombo proper and sank two unescorted tankers there right offshore. I didn't have escorts at Abadan, so I'll be fixing that. In the meantime, I've got four ASW groups prowling the area. He's resorted to using the midgets here.

Midget Sub attack inside harbor of Colombo!!!

Japanese Ships
SSX Ha-11, hits 8, heavy damage

Allied Ships
DE Steele

Even if it survives, its torpedo tubes are gone.

I'm also backing down my sweeps at Raipur, as my Jugs are getting worn down. I've been netting a 3-1 kill ratio over the Franks, Tojos, Nicks and Georges there. Nothing beats them up high.

No further sightings of his carriers yet. I'm not sure if losing Zuikaku would knock them down enough to safely pounce on them or not. I'll keep my guys docked for now.

[Sangeli]

Do a head count of Japanese CVs. IJN probably has 12. Zuikaku heading to the yard won't change much.

[Mundy]

That's my feeling too. Being Iron Babes, I have no clue how many CVs he probably has.

21 December 1943

Cleanup

Trincomalee finally falls.

Ground combat at Trincomalee (31,47)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 83974 troops, 1145 guns, 1827 vehicles, Assault Value = 3747

Defending force 31352 troops, 363 guns, 72 vehicles, Assault Value = 227

Allied adjusted assault: 936

Japanese adjusted defense: 219

Allied assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied forces CAPTURE Trincomalee !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
5807 casualties reported
Squads: 147 destroyed, 149 disabled
Non Combat: 90 destroyed, 125 disabled
Engineers: 72 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 101 (92 destroyed, 9 disabled)
Vehicles lost 53 (53 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Allied ground losses:
1790 casualties reported
Squads: 33 destroyed, 122 disabled
Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 7 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 32 (4 destroyed, 28 disabled)
Vehicles lost 53 (13 destroyed, 40 disabled)

Assaulting units:
3rd Marine Division
2nd USMC Tank Battalion
77th LRP Brigade
3rd USMC Tank Battalion
3rd USMC Parachute Battalion
1st USMC Tank Battalion
503rd Parachute Regiment
1st USMC Parachute Battalion
640th Tank Destroyer Battalion
111th LRP Brigade
33rd Infantry Division
1st Marine Division
25th Infantry Division
766th Tank Battalion
50th Indian Para Brigade
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
767th Tank Battalion
4th Marine Division
2nd USMC Parachute Battalion
632nd Tank Destroyer Battalion
762nd Tank Battalion
Provisionl Tank Brigade
1st (Spec) Cavalry Division
Americal Infantry Division
627th Tank Destroyer Battalion
2nd Marine Division
5th Indian Division
205th Field Artillery Battalion
249th Field Artillery Battalion

Defending units:
4th/A Division
104th Division
15th Division
19th Ind.Mixed Brigade
4th/B Division
22nd Air Flotilla
72nd JAAF AF Bn
20th AA Regiment
4th Air Defense AA Regiment
21st Fld AA Gun Co
35th Field AA Battalion
63rd JNAF AF Unit
35th JNAF AF Unit
34th Field AA Battalion
55th Field AA Battalion
5th JAAF AF Coy

The number of Japanese dead seemed low. It turns out they're still there, just kicked out of the city. I wish I could wrap this up more quickly.

Da Monkey is feeding me more on the Andamans.

1943-12-20 2/34th Division is loaded on xAP Suwa Maru moving to Little Andaman -
1943-12-20 3/34th Division is loaded on a Japanese xAP moving to Little Andaman -

I wonder if it will be worth the pain to eject them at this point. If/when I get that far, I'll work on starving them first.

The Nagpur area's a mess. He started bombing my LRP brigades last turn and was hurting them a bit. My air was pulled out, assuming it would fall. Fighters are back and giving CAP, but there's lots of bombers to deal with. I'm not LRCAPping, just using their natural range. My West African division reaches Bhopal. I'm railing them to Nagpur. They went to Bhopal, as I expected Nagpur to fall at the time.

Morning Air attack on 23rd LRP Brigade, at 45,28 , near Nagpur

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 71

Allied aircraft
Spitfire VIII x 2

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

No Allied losses

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

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 8000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
6 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 8000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
36 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 8000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
5 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 8000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
No.2 Sqn IAF with Spitfire VIII (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 15000.
Raid is overhead

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Morning Air attack on 14th LRP Brigade, at 45,28 , near Nagpur

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 27
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 43

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 4
Spitfire Vc Trop x 2
Spitfire VIII x 2
P-38H Lightning x 4
P-40K Warhawk x 24

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 4 destroyed
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 8 destroyed, 4 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-40K Warhawk: 1 destroyed

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

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 8000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
14 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 8000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
No.30 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000.
Raid is overhead
No.134 Sqn RAF with Spitfire Vc Trop (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000.
Raid is overhead
No.155 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 5000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 5000.
Raid is overhead
51st FG/26th FS with P-40K Warhawk (24 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(24 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
24 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000.
Raid is overhead
80th FG/89th FS with P-38H Lightning (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 35000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 35000.
Raid is overhead
No.2 Sqn IAF with Spitfire VIII (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 8000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes

My guys heading to Cocanada cross the river to shock attack. I saw this coming and got them out of travel mode beforehand.

Ground combat at Cocanada (41,37)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 58352 troops, 887 guns, 974 vehicles, Assault Value = 1966

Defending force 18014 troops, 193 guns, 280 vehicles, Assault Value = 539

Allied adjusted assault: 1864

Japanese adjusted defense: 2967

Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 4)

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), leaders(+)
Attacker: shock(+)

Japanese ground losses:
798 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 91 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 18 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 10 disabled
Vehicles lost 53 (8 destroyed, 45 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
3289 casualties reported
Squads: 58 destroyed, 154 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 50 disabled
Engineers: 5 destroyed, 77 disabled
Guns lost 86 (3 destroyed, 83 disabled)
Vehicles lost 33 (2 destroyed, 31 disabled)

Assaulting units:
29th British Brigade
26th Indian Brigade
50th Tank Brigade
14th Indian Division
7th Indian Division
19th Indian Division
72nd British Brigade
Waziristan Division
2/1st Med Regiment
6th Mixed A/T Mtr Regiment

Defending units:
18th Division
2nd Tank Regiment
14th Tank Regiment
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
25th Army
3rd Mortar Battalion

Despite the beatdown, I still have a healthy advantage against them. Medium bombers are coming to help with this. I need to rest and refit the heavies.

Baker Island is still going along nicely. I can probably win this eventually through attrition. I had all but written these guys off a couple months ago. More fast transports are enroute with supply.

Ground combat at Baker Island (149,136)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2972 troops, 119 guns, 45 vehicles, Assault Value = 143

Defending force 4435 troops, 25 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 122

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

Assaulting units:
147th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
4th USMC Tank Battalion
641st Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion
97th Field Artillery Battalion
225th Field Artillery Battalion

Defending units:
Maizuru 2nd SNLF
85th Naval Guard Unit
6th Indpt SNLF Coy
44th Field Const Co
7th JNAF Coy

[Mundy]

22 December 1943

The dreaded audio cue: "have spotted enemy carriers".

I couldn't tell where until I went to the big map and starting looking for TFs. I was thinking near Calcutta or something. No, they've suddenly popped up by Addu.

What to do.

At first sight, it looks pretty modest. The second group is only showing CLs and DDs so far.

I'll give it a day. I've moved more search planes to Calicut and bumped the ranges to max on the PBYs. If it looks like some four carrier group, I'll take 'em. I've moved some torp hauling Beaufighters to Calicut and escorts too. A couple B-24 units are also set to naval attack. Any attack on them should help clear up what's there.

Meanwhile, his forces have moved back into Nagpur. Escorted bombers are hitting them next turn.

Another CVE shows up at Portland. That will bring the count at Pearl to 1 CV, 1 CVL and 4 CVEs.

Baker's going well. The fast transports hit some troops while unloading. It'll probably take 4-5 days to unload.

Ground combat at Baker Island (149,136)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2972 troops, 119 guns, 45 vehicles, Assault Value = 143

Defending force 4325 troops, 25 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 116

Japanese ground losses:
67 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
147th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
4th USMC Tank Battalion
641st Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion
97th Field Artillery Battalion
225th Field Artillery Battalion

Defending units:
Maizuru 2nd SNLF
85th Naval Guard Unit
6th Indpt SNLF Coy
44th Field Const Co
7th JNAF Coy

I'm finally wiping out what's at Trincomalee.

Ground combat at Trincomalee (31,47)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 118930 troops, 1730 guns, 2182 vehicles, Assault Value = 3590

Defending force 26843 troops, 202 guns, 19 vehicles, Assault Value = 47

Allied adjusted assault: 1331

Japanese adjusted defense: 59

Allied assault odds: 22 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
6908 casualties reported
Squads: 471 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 60 destroyed, 114 disabled
Engineers: 8 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 58 (46 destroyed, 12 disabled)
Vehicles lost 4 (3 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Units destroyed 3

Allied ground losses:
782 casualties reported
Squads: 18 destroyed, 34 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Guns lost 11 (1 destroyed, 10 disabled)
Vehicles lost 7 (1 destroyed, 6 disabled)

Assaulting units:
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
503rd Parachute Regiment
1st USMC Tank Battalion
3rd Marine Division
111th LRP Brigade
Americal Infantry Division
25th Infantry Division
1st Marine Division
2nd USMC Parachute Battalion
627th Tank Destroyer Battalion
767th Tank Battalion
50th Indian Para Brigade
4th Marine Division
3rd USMC Tank Battalion
1st USMC Parachute Battalion
Provisionl Tank Brigade
762nd Tank Battalion
766th Tank Battalion
2nd USMC Tank Battalion
3rd USMC Parachute Battalion
77th LRP Brigade
2nd Marine Division
632nd Tank Destroyer Battalion
33rd Infantry Division
640th Tank Destroyer Battalion
1st (Spec) Cavalry Division
5th Indian Division
205th Field Artillery Battalion
249th Field Artillery Battalion

Defending units:
104th Division
15th Division
4th/B Division
20th AA Regiment
55th Field AA Battalion
22nd Air Flotilla
63rd JNAF AF Unit
5th JAAF AF Coy
35th Field AA Battalion
4th Air Defense AA Regiment
72nd JAAF AF Bn
19th Ind. Mixed Brigade
35th JNAF AF Unit
34th Field AA Battalion
4th/A Division

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4th Air Defense AA Regiment Wiped Out at Trincomalee by attrition!!!

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34th Field AA Battalion Wiped Out at Trincomalee by attrition!!!

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35th Field AA Battalion Wiped Out at Trincomalee by attrition!!!

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35th JNAF AF Unit Wiped Out at Trincomalee by attrition!!!

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63rd JNAF AF Unit Wiped Out at Trincomalee by attrition!!!

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72nd JAAF AF Bn Wiped Out at Trincomalee by attrition!!!


Japanese Unit(s) surrounded at Trincomalee

[jwolf]

Maybe the Jap ships near Addu are trying to hit your supply and fuel convoys? Or prevent you from moving ground troops back to India from Ceylon?

[HansBolter]

ORIGINAL: jwolf

Maybe the Jap ships near Addu are trying to hit your supply and fuel convoys? Or prevent you from moving ground troops back to India from Ceylon?

Either looking for easy prey in an area you might consider secure enough to be sending convoys with light escort or providing cover for the two isolated bases that have been outflanked and may be at risk of being reclaimed cheaply by the Allies.

[HansBolter]

Iron Babes is a Babes adaptation of scenario 2.

It isn't a real Ironman like AndyMacs designed for solitaire scenarios with a heavily supped up Japanese side.

[Mundy]

I'm already doing some scrambling rerouting convoys.

There's one which may be in trouble -- a supply convoy from Cape Town. I'd say it's on the edge if he doesn't race after it. Two more should be at or next to Colombo by daytime next turn. 2 more are heading for coastal ports on the west side of India.

Tooltip readouts on sightings tend to be bunk, so I'm not going to be totally sure what he has.

I'm tempted to raid the Marshall right now, or maybe land more troops on Baker.

[Mundy]

ORIGINAL: HansBolter

Either looking for easy prey in an area you might consider secure enough to be sending convoys with light escort or providing cover for the two isolated bases that have been outflanked and may be at risk of being reclaimed cheaply by the Allies.

It would seem overkill to cover two whizzy bases. I'm guessing the anti commerce mission.

[Mundy]

Since it's the second and final turn of today, I can mull it over a bit. Maybe work on my Japanese turn vs Steve and Onime.

[SqzMyLemon]

It's the number of aircraft and not the ship types listed that make me think you are facing at least five IJN carriers. In my experience the aircraft totals are a better, and more accurate, reflection of what is there.

I think he tried to sneak into your rear to cause havoc with follow up TF's or hunt for your CV's. I don't think he planned on getting spotted so soon. He may still come, as I'm guessing it's his entire carrier fleet.