Rumble in the Southwest witpqs-A vs Andav-J 2011-11-29 to 2017-02-08

[witpqs]

Malay Peninsula & Sumatra.

[witpqs]

Java Sea. Surviving enemy vessels look to be making their way from Enggano to Cocos Islands. Our destroyers will intercept them.

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Philippines.

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Okinawa.

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Nago! The 6,000 tons repair shipyard is totally wrecked but can be repaired.

[BBfanboy]

Nice to see Nago finally fall. I expected some destroyed units though, but it looks like you will have to find their hidey holes.

Re: the subs - I know shipping is getting hard to find, but I also wonder if you have been checking their morale after long periods on patrol. I had some subs on patrols of about three months (because I don't set wide patrol areas that use up fuel) and was checking torpedo stocks when I noticed some of them were not happy with the lack of recreation. I think it affects their overall performance as a crew (detection of enemy, willingness to engage, fixing things at sea, etc.).

[witpqs]

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

Nice to see Nago finally fall. I expected some destroyed units though, but it looks like you will have to find their hidey holes.

Re: the subs - I know shipping is getting hard to find, but I also wonder if you have been checking their morale after long periods on patrol. I had some subs on patrols of about three months (because I don't set wide patrol areas that use up fuel) and was checking torpedo stocks when I noticed some of them were not happy with the lack of recreation. I think it affects their overall performance as a crew (detection of enemy, willingness to engage, fixing things at sea, etc.).

Nago recon shows still >28,000 troops! Let's see how long it takes to flush them all out.

How do you find a sub's morale status? I don't think ships have that in this game. Anyway, there is almost no traffic for them to find.

[Lowpe]

Ship morale?[&:]

[Drakanel]

Didn't really expect Nago to fall so soon, considering how high the forts were. But I think you're hardly complaining about that!

So, the formosa invasion is in what, 1-2 weeks? Somehow I don't think you will find that much resistance there. I might be wrong of course XD


An exciting period anyway. Singapore crossing in 2 days, the land battles in the Okinawa islands, Formosa coming soon, and let's not forget Canton and Hong Kong!


Do you plan to use the Nago repair shipyard for something? Or is it just too close to the home islands for your taste?

[witpqs]

ORIGINAL: Drakanel

Didn't really expect Nago to fall so soon, considering how high the forts were. But I think you're hardly complaining about that!
Up until the last attack I thought it would take longer, but that attack at 4 to 1 showed a big crack. Lack of supply and disruption combined, I think, to undermine the defense. Fighters were first priority, but lately the three bases (Naha, Daito Shoto, and Tokunoshima) expanded enough to bring in more ground strike aircraft which helped. The battleships made a huge difference, especially when the seas were adequately safe that 7x 16 inch armed fast battleships could be added to the bombardments. Now, with Big MO's arrival there are 8 on station. [:)]

So, the formosa invasion is in what, 1-2 weeks? Somehow I don't think you will find that much resistance there. I might be wrong of course XD
I didn't calculate the sailing time, but if the convoys are done loading two days from now (they will tank up on supply, of course), then about a week sounds right.

An exciting period anyway. Singapore crossing in 2 days, the land battles in the Okinawa islands, Formosa coming soon, and let's not forget Canton and Hong Kong!
At Canton I'm waiting for that remaining USA division, about a week away. The artillery will arrive before then and give us recon on the defense. Singapore is over 80,000 IJ troops! I'll post a recon next turn just before the crossing.

Do you plan to use the Nago repair shipyard for something? Or is it just too close to the home islands for your taste?
Definitely I will use it. I'm already using the Naha repair yard since even before it was fully repaired. They are each only 6,000 tons, so small ships - DD, LST, etc. Naha now has a swarm of ARD, AR, and other support ships, too.

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: Lowpe

Ship morale?[&:]

D'oh! There goes my ancient brain again taking things I saw in one screen and transposing them to another screen in my ancient memory! Disregard the obfuscation please!
I still contend that subs do not do much if left at sea for too long.

[witpqs]

1944 December 14

The Empire captured:


The Allies captured:
Dumaguete is occupied by the Allies
Allied forces CAPTURE Dadjangas !!!

There were Imperial amphibious or airborne operations at:


There were Allied amphibious or airborne operations at:


Imperial Naval Bombardments


Allied Naval Bombardments:
Allied Ships Bombarding Amami Oshima
Allied Ships Bombarding Amami Oshima
Allied Ships Bombarding Amami Oshima
Allied Ships Bombarding Amami Oshima
Allied Ships Bombarding enemy troops at Nago
Allied Ships Bombarding enemy troops at Nago
Allied Ships Bombarding enemy troops at Nago
Allied Ships Bombarding enemy troops at Nago
Allied Ships Bombarding enemy troops at Nago
Allied Ships Bombarding Amami Oshima


Our subs are vigilant.

Good attack at Kweilin.

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Ground combat at Kweilin (76,54)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 32403 troops, 294 guns, 276 vehicles, Assault Value = 939

Defending force 11484 troops, 104 guns, 51 vehicles, Assault Value = 267

Allied adjusted assault: 588

Japanese adjusted defense: 433

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

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 2

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

Japanese ground losses:
1060 casualties reported
Squads: 9 destroyed, 57 disabled
Non Combat: 35 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Guns lost 14 (2 destroyed, 12 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Allied ground losses:
278 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 32 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 26 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Assaulting units:
11th PAVO Regiment
2/11th Armoured Car Regiment
3rd New Chinese Corps
9th Australian Division
517th Field Artillery Battalion
II Australian Corps
544th Field Artillery Battalion

Defending units:
28th RGC Temp. Division
87th Infantry Brigade
17th/B Division
15th AA Regiment
1st Army
86th Field AA Battalion


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The attack will continue tomorrow because we just might push them out right now. Another SSX sunk at Hong Kong.

Zombies!

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Ground combat at 51,77 (near Kota Bharu)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1958 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 113

Defending force 896 troops, 0 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 11

Allied adjusted assault: 105

Japanese adjusted defense: 3

Allied assault odds: 35 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
1078 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 25 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 26 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 2

Assaulting units:
3rd Commando Brigade

Defending units:
20th Engineer Regiment
5th Field Construction Battalion


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Contact was lost with the ghost ships in the Indian Ocean, but chances are good they all were sunk by heavy damage inflicted at Enggano. Mines are being cleared at Bengkalis.

Two more miles to go, tomorrow is the crossing into Singapore. The enemy waits for us with 53 units, 81,540 troops, 609 guns, and 495 AFV.

Dadjangas is ours.

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Ground combat at Dadjangas (78,93)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2305 troops, 35 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 58

Defending force 4482 troops, 43 guns, 27 vehicles, Assault Value = 157

Assaulting units:
20th Infantry Regiment
6th Naval Construction Battalion

Defending units:
15th NZ Brigade


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Ground combat at Dadjangas (78,93)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 4482 troops, 43 guns, 27 vehicles, Assault Value = 157

Defending force 3058 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 58

Allied adjusted assault: 140

Japanese adjusted defense: 25

Allied assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 3)

Allied forces CAPTURE Dadjangas !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
915 casualties reported
Squads: 17 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 32 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 8 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 23 (23 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 1

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

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
15th NZ Brigade

Defending units:
20th Infantry Regiment
6th Naval Construction Battalion


6th Naval Construction Battalion Wiped Out at Dadjangas by attrition!!!
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The 15th will pursue. Supply is almost all unloaded.

Cleanup mode at Nago.

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Ground combat at Nago (95,65)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 4284 troops, 223 guns, 652 vehicles, Assault Value = 1738

Defending force 18768 troops, 129 guns, 45 vehicles, Assault Value = 225

Allied adjusted assault: 141

Japanese adjusted defense: 58

Allied assault odds: 2 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
455 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 34 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Guns lost 4 (2 destroyed, 2 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
Guns lost 6 (5 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 64 (26 destroyed, 38 disabled)

Assaulting units:
5th Marine Division
670th Tank Destroyer Battalion
77th Infantry Division
111th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
710th Tank Battalion
25th Infantry Division
194th Tank Battalion
766th Tank Battalion
716th Tank Battalion
40th Infantry Division
2nd USMC Tank Battalion
193rd Tank Battalion
1st USMC Tank Battalion
767th Tank Battalion
4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
1st USMC Field Artillery Battalion
10th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
2nd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
11th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
8th AmphTrac Engineer Battalion

Defending units:
9th Ind.Mixed Brigade
45th Ind.Mixed Brigade
Nakagusuko-wan Fortress
29th Field Construction Battalion
31st Army
72nd Air Flotilla
30th Recon Regiment
13th Base Force
102nd AA Regiment
101st AA Regiment
149th JAAF AF Bn


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That was about half the armor and all of the artillery. Tomorrow the artillery, about half the armor, and all but one division of infantry will attack. Nago appears to be cleared of mines.

On Amami Oshima the one division still recovering has disruption in the teens and will probably be in great shape tomorrow. AV is 980, also a nice jump. Another supply convoy is unloading and will probably finish overnight. Supply needed is calculated at 8,297 while supply on hand is 140,356 with more unloading, well into the super-luxurious range. That helps units recover faster. Daito Shoto airfield has reached maximum size of 6, and the port is already at the maximum of 3. Some fortifications will be built, but all of the dedicated engineer units will be moved to Nago.

The British LSI(L) convoy came up just short of Cam Ranh Bay so final loading of Takao invasion forces will start tomorrow. The three infantry divisions plus supply all loaded in one day and are ready to go. Size 9 ports - you gotta love 'em!

China.

[witpqs]

Malay Peninsula & Sumatra.

[witpqs]

Tandjoengpinang, just south of Singapore. A commando company will land tomorrow.

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Java Sea.

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Philippines.

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Okinawa.

[RangerJoe]

Tandjoengpinang, just south of Singapore. A commando company will land tomorrow.

Is that where the Yamato is? Can you capture it or just sink it?

[witpqs]

ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

Tandjoengpinang, just south of Singapore. A commando company will land tomorrow.

Is that where the Yamato is? Can you capture it or just sink it?

There is no capturing ships in this game. When a base where ships are in port is captured, there is some random chance of the ships getting away or being destroyed.

I don't know if it's Yamato or the Kongo class BB that was down there (I forget which one). Of course if it is Yamato this gives me a chance to sink it for the 7th or 8th time! [:D]

[RangerJoe]

That is too bad. While some Allied combat ships were captured and used by Japan, most were salvaged such as DD-224 Stewart, later known as "RAMP-224." Could you imagine the Allies using the Yamato for bombarding Japanese cities? [X(]

http://www.destroyerhistory.org/flushdeck/ussstewart/

http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/224.htm