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

[witpqs]

Akita.

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China west.

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China east.

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Philippines.

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Home Islands west.

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Home Islands east.

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1945 March 07

The Empire captured:


The Allies captured:
San Fernando is occupied by the Allies
Allied forces CAPTURE Ankang !!!
Allied forces CAPTURE Dumanquilas !!!
Allied forces CAPTURE Moa !!!

There were Imperial amphibious or airborne operations at:


There were Allied amphibious or airborne operations at:
Moa
Tagula Island

Imperial Naval Bombardments


Allied Naval Bombardments:



Our subs are conducting secret activities.

Keeping on the pressure in China.

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Ground combat at Ankang (82,42)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 468 troops, 0 guns, 64 vehicles, Assault Value = 41

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0

Allied adjusted assault: 21

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 21 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied forces CAPTURE Ankang !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: leaders(-)

Assaulting units:
2/11th Armoured Car Regiment


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Ground combat at Ningpo (92,56)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 3633 troops, 58 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 131

Defending force 757 troops, 8 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5

Allied adjusted assault: 58

Japanese adjusted defense: 2

Allied assault odds: 29 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
85 casualties reported
Squads: 12 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Assaulting units:
46th Indian Brigade
70th Coast AA Regiment
20th Indian Heavy AA Regiment

Defending units:
3rd RGC Division


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Ground combat at 74,41 (near Chengtu)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 18965 troops, 20 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 508

Defending force 2437 troops, 12 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 16

Allied adjusted assault: 361

Japanese adjusted defense: 11

Allied assault odds: 32 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
296 casualties reported
Squads: 34 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

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

Assaulting units:
20th Chinese Corps
70th Chinese/C Corps
23rd Group Army
6th War Area
X' Force
29th Group Army

Defending units:
RGC Capital Brigade


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In about a week we will begin the reduction of Chengtu's defensive.

Hokkaido.

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Ground combat at Sapporo (120,51)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 48920 troops, 887 guns, 626 vehicles, Assault Value = 2261

Defending force 10422 troops, 32 guns, 48 vehicles, Assault Value = 30

Allied adjusted assault: 652

Japanese adjusted defense: 15

Allied assault odds: 43 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: disruption(-), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
1271 casualties reported
Squads: 44 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 13 destroyed, 189 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 9 (7 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 4 (2 destroyed, 2 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
53 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)

Assaulting units:
1st Marine Division
98th Infantry Division
7th Infantry Division
763rd Tank Battalion
762nd Tank Battalion
3rd Australian Division
1st (Spec) Cavalry Division
11th Australian Division
35th Base Group
532nd Field Artillery Battalion
225th Field Artillery Battalion
531st Field Artillery Battalion
51st Marine Defense Battalion
198th Field Artillery Battalion
249th Field Artillery Battalion
33rd Medium Regiment

Defending units:
4th Mixed Brigade
3rd Amphibious Brigade
77th/B Division
1st Air Division
27th Army
178th JAAF AF Bn
12th Air Fleet
24th Port Unit
23rd Port Unit
7th/A Division


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Ground combat at 122,49 (near Wakkanai)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1284 troops, 0 guns, 238 vehicles, Assault Value = 929

Defending force 253 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Allied adjusted assault: 77

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 77 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
333 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 35 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units destroyed 1

Assaulting units:
3rd USMC Tank Battalion
2nd Arm Amphib Battalion
6th Marine Division
3rd Marine Division
4th USMC Tank Battalion

Defending units:
83rd JAAF AF Bn


77th/B Division Wiped Out at Sapporo by attrition!!!
Japanese Unit(s) surrounded at Sapporo
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Only one division needs rest tomorrow at Sapporo. In the narrows west of Hakodate our destroyers put down two SSX and fought off an air raid.

The recent strategic bombing targets are showing small increases in damage. Tomorrow the 2EB fly against Light Industry near Hokkaido. 1EB will strike Light Industry at Toyohara. The B-29 groups on Formosa will hit Heavy Industry and Light Industry at Shanghai. We want the besieged Imperials to be without bullet factories.

A whole mess of units upgraded to their new TOEs this turn, in accordance with toggling the upgrade switch in addition to the prior requirements. A nice little surprise is that the Soviet Command HQ at Vladivostok covered Hokkaido.

Rather than waiting for other bases to be developed, I've moved 7 full squadrons (15x planes each) of B-29-25 to Sapporo, with two 24x plane Corsair squadrons on close CAP (range 0). By the time stragglers catch up there will also be adequate air support on site (currently short). Sapporo airfield is size 7, but dedicated engineer units will be landing on Hokkaido over the next couple of days and will rail straight to Sapporo.

China west.

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China east.

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Philippines.

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Home Islands west.

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Home Islands east.

[jwolf]

A nice little surprise is that the Soviet Command HQ at Vladivostok covered Hokkaido.

Sorry for being thick -- but what exactly does this mean? And how can you get any benefits from the USSR when they are supposedly still neutral?

[Mike McCreery]

ORIGINAL: jwolf

A nice little surprise is that the Soviet Command HQ at Vladivostok covered Hokkaido.

Sorry for being thick -- but what exactly does this mean? And how can you get any benefits from the USSR when they are supposedly still neutral?

The range is 2* their listed range so it could easily cover Hokkaido. I am guessing that the formula to calculate whether an HQ can participate in the attack does not include checking to make sure it is the same national origin and also that it is not 'neutral' as you put it.

So if he had it set for 'Sapporo' for example it should apply the HQ bonus.

Am I close?

[jwolf]

OK that makes sense but it sure sounds like a bug if the Allies get any kind of support from the Soviets before their official entry into the war.

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: jwolf

OK that makes sense but it sure sounds like a bug if the Allies get any kind of support from the Soviets before their official entry into the war.

Not impossible to imagine - the Russians cooperated with the British to allow operation of Lancaster bombers from there to hit BB Tirpitz in Norway.
Sure they were reluctant, but the Allies could threaten to end their convoys of supply and equipment to Murmansk if the Russians did not cooperate.

I think similar pressure could have been exerted to get cooperation when needed in the Pacific theatre - as long as the Japanese were not aware it was happening.

[witpqs]

I agree it is not ideal but it is in line with how the rest of the game works. The notion of a Command HQ being within a certain physical range to allow a TOE upgrade is artificial anyway, so I'm not offended or worried by a Soviet Command HQ filling the role.

[witpqs]

1945 March 08

The Empire captured:


The Allies captured:
Tagula Island is occupied by the Allies
Allied forces CAPTURE Chengchow !!!

There were Imperial amphibious or airborne operations at:


There were Allied amphibious or airborne operations at:
Timoeka

Imperial Naval Bombardments


Allied Naval Bombardments:



Our subs are conducting secret activities. They are encountering some activity, this being most notable today.

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Sub attack near Iwaki at 117,60

Japanese Ships
DD Sakura
DD Sugi
DD Tanigiri
DD Hatakaze

Allied Ships
SS Flounder

SS Flounder launches 4 torpedoes at DD Sakura
DD Tanigiri fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Hatakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hatakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hatakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hatakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hatakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hatakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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While it's possible those destroyers are sortieing toward Hokkaido to raid shipping at ports, I think they are going to head east to intercept some troop convoys inbound to Hokkaido because some of those convoys have been spotted. Measures will be taken. There is also a new concentration of MTB types at Hirosaki/Aomori, so we will sortie the same ilk from Hakodate to do battle.

The strategic strikes against Hirosaki/Aomori achieved some Light Industry hits but did not fly against any other targets. Orders remain in place for tomorrow.

I'm in the middle of rearranging the sweeping fighter groups in the Okinawas. Due to stragglers repairing before moving it will be a few days. The notion of using P-38 groups to escort the B-29 groups (or B-24 groups) has not worked out terribly well, with only a few missions getting escorts. Accordingly, the P-38 groups are vacating Amami Oshima and P-47 groups will be based there. The P-51 groups, will their longer range, will be based at Tokunoshima and farther back as necessary.

The steamroller steams on in China.

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Ground combat at Chengchow (88,44)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 6139 troops, 36 guns, 668 vehicles, Assault Value = 476

Defending force 5127 troops, 37 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 142

Allied adjusted assault: 434

Japanese adjusted defense: 47

Allied assault odds: 9 to 1 (fort level 1)

Allied forces CAPTURE Chengchow !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: preparation(-), fatigue(-), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
2063 casualties reported
Squads: 70 destroyed, 45 disabled
Non Combat: 49 destroyed, 17 disabled
Engineers: 8 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 22 (16 destroyed, 6 disabled)
Vehicles lost 5 (5 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 3

Allied ground losses:
58 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
150th RAC Regiment
254th Armoured Brigade
50th Tank Brigade

Defending units:
105th NCPC Route Brigade
4th NCPC Infantry Brigade
34th/C Division


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Ground combat at Ningpo (92,56)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 3633 troops, 58 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 131

Defending force 628 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4

Allied adjusted assault: 131

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 131 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
597 casualties reported
Squads: 34 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 61 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 5 (5 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Assaulting units:
46th Indian Brigade
70th Coast AA Regiment
20th Indian Heavy AA Regiment

Defending units:
3rd RGC Division


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Ground combat at 74,41 (near Chengtu)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 12207 troops, 20 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 509

Defending force 2213 troops, 11 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 15

Allied adjusted assault: 138

Japanese adjusted defense: 5

Allied assault odds: 27 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
153 casualties reported
Squads: 12 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Assaulting units:
20th Chinese Corps
70th Chinese/C Corps
X' Force
6th War Area
23rd Group Army
29th Group Army

Defending units:
RGC Capital Brigade


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And Ningpo is secured; zombies near Chengtu are getting nearer to ex-zombie status. From Chengchow our armoured units will move to capture the airfield at Kaifeng, which is size 8 and will anchor our air umbrella in the area. That brings up the fact that the Imperials holding Hankow are hampering our efforts to move air support forward along that axis of advance, but we should be able to begin reducing defenses there in somewhat over a week.

Cleanup in the Philippines is slow.

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Ground combat at Baybay (81,86)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1930 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 108

Defending force 1150 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 24

Allied adjusted assault: 48

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 48 to 1

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

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

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

Assaulting units:
3rd Commando Brigade

Defending units:
II./4th Infantry Battalion


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Just one more day until we order an attack at Cagayan.

Sapporo is secure.

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Ground combat at Sapporo (120,51)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 62961 troops, 1132 guns, 935 vehicles, Assault Value = 2261

Defending force 8047 troops, 22 guns, 46 vehicles, Assault Value = 22

Allied adjusted assault: 1062

Japanese adjusted defense: 5

Allied assault odds: 212 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: disruption(-), fatigue(-), supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
9474 casualties reported
Squads: 29 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 654 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 20 (20 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 48 (48 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 8

Allied ground losses:
51 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
763rd Tank Battalion
1st Marine Division
1st (Spec) Cavalry Division
98th Infantry Division
762nd Tank Battalion
7th Infantry Division
3rd Australian Division
11th Australian Division
33rd Medium Regiment
1st RFA Engineer Regiment
531st Field Artillery Battalion
225th Field Artillery Battalion
51st Marine Defense Battalion
249th Field Artillery Battalion
532nd Field Artillery Battalion
198th Field Artillery Battalion
35th Base Group
2nd RFA Engineer Regiment

Defending units:
23rd Port Unit
24th Port Unit
1st Air Division
12th Air Fleet
4th Mixed Brigade
3rd Amphibious Brigade
178th JAAF AF Bn
27th Army
7th/A Division


178th JAAF AF Bn Wiped Out at Sapporo by attrition!!!
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More Air raids on our DD ASW TF west of Hakodate, no hits.

Upgraded the first squadron to P-47N, at Hakodate. I think 460 mph will help make CAP there even more effective protecting nearby ships. ~3,000,000 supply on Hokkaido: I guess we can sustain operations for a while.

Air losses, higher today mostly due to naval strikes against our valiant ASW forces. We are short of fully trained USN fighter pilots, but you knew that.

[witpqs]

China west.

[witpqs]

China east. Almost 300,000 Imperial troops trapped in the greater Shanghai pocket. Shanghai itself will probably have more than 150,000 after Soochow is assaulted, and will be dealt with slowly. Hangchow has more than 110,000 troops, and will be assaulted after the 33,000 troops at Nanking are dispatched.

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Philippines.