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

[witpqs]

ORIGINAL: zuluhour

caught up again here, makes me think I should throw in the towel, early '45 with a precarious foothold in the PI. You have made this exceptionally easy to follow and I appreciate it. 

Your welcome!

But why would you quit your game at that point? [&:]

[zuluhour]

"Should" is something I often ignore. [;)]

[witpqs]

1945 April 03

The Empire captured:


The Allies captured:
Allied forces CAPTURE Suchow !!!

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 Zamboanga
Allied Ships Bombarding Shanghai
Allied Ships Bombarding enemy troops at Cebu


Our subs are conducting secret activities.

Enemy mines have been laid in the hex just west of Hakodate. Many already cleared.

The rail line is clear!

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Ground combat at Suchow (91,47)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1152 troops, 0 guns, 218 vehicles, Assault Value = 299

Defending force 1491 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 27

Allied adjusted assault: 58

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 58 to 1 (fort level 1)

Allied forces CAPTURE Suchow !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
365 casualties reported
Squads: 58 destroyed, 11 disabled
Non Combat: 25 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 4 (2 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Units retreated 3

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
Provisionl Tank Brigade
2/4th Armoured Regiment
192nd Tank Battalion
1st Army Tank Regiment

Defending units:
1st NCPC Infantry Brigade
3rd RGC Route Brigade
8th RGC Route Brigade


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Base forces and other support units will at once to Haichow and mostly to Chengting.

We attack again at Hankow tomorrow with 2,703 AV, 610 of that in armored units. Don't know the supply situation there, but we have scored a number of supply hits against the base since the last land assault.

Recon shows almost 23,000 troops in those 3 units trapped in the mountains west of Chengtu, which are now all in separate hexes.

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 April 04

The Empire captured:


The Allies captured:


There were Imperial amphibious or airborne operations at:


There were Allied amphibious or airborne operations at:


Imperial Naval Bombardments


Allied Naval Bombardments:



Our subs are conducting secret activities.

All of the mines have been swept from the hex just west of Hakodate but we lost a mine sweeper.

One of those Imperial rouge convoys was found.

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Petropavlovsk at 137,40

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Allied aircraft
F4U-1D Corsair x 30
F6F-3 Hellcat x 15
F6F-5 Hellcat x 35
SBD-5 Dauntless x 10
TBM-1C Avenger x 18
TBM-3 Avenger x 30

Allied aircraft losses
SBD-5 Dauntless: 1 damaged
TBM-1C Avenger: 4 damaged

Japanese Ships
xAKL Tatsumi Maru, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
xAKL Odatsuki Maru, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
xAKL America Maru, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
xAKL Ichiyo Maru, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
xAKL Gozan Maru, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
AV Kimikawa Maru, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
PB Ryusei Maru
PB Taijin Maru, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
15 x TBM-3 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22.4in Mk 13 Torp.
15 x TBM-3 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22.4in Mk 13 Torp.
9 x TBM-1C Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22.4in Mk 13 Torp.
9 x TBM-1C Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22.4in Mk 13 Torp.

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring AV Kimikawa Maru


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An odd attack at Hankow.

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Ground combat at Hankow (85,50)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 82383 troops, 828 guns, 1398 vehicles, Assault Value = 2722

Defending force 59007 troops, 564 guns, 237 vehicles, Assault Value = 1531

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 3

Allied adjusted assault: 343

Japanese adjusted defense: 14445

Allied assault odds: 1 to 42 (fort level 3)

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

Japanese ground losses:
1123 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 113 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Guns lost 16 (1 destroyed, 15 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
746 casualties reported
Squads: 57 destroyed, 16 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 115 disabled
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 27 (8 destroyed, 19 disabled)
Vehicles lost 248 (16 destroyed, 232 disabled)

Assaulting units:
255th Indian Tank Brigade
632nd Tank Destroyer Battalion
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
17th Motorised Division
Gardner's Horse Regiment
711th Tank Battalion
7th Chinese Corps
706th Tank Battalion
1st Australian Division
18th Cavalry Regiment
775th Tank Battalion
6th New Chinese Corps
9th Australian Division
544th Field Artillery Battalion
208th Field Regiment
IV Corps RIASC Base Force
517th Field Artillery Battalion
II Australian Corps
3rd (Special Force) Division

Defending units:
83rd Ind.Mixed Brigade
18th RGC Temp. Division
13th Division
85th Ind.Mixed Brigade
64th Inf Group Brigade
86th Ind.Mixed Brigade
17th/B Division
84th Ind.Mixed Brigade
81st Ind.Mixed Brigade
82nd Ind.Mixed Brigade
87th Ind.Mixed Brigade
110th/C Division
15th AA Regiment
90th Field AA Battalion
Hankow Special Base Force
13th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion
59th Construction Battalion
28th Fld AA Gun Co
6th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
88th Field AA Battalion
12th Army
5th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd South Seas Det.
29th Fld AA Gun Co
Botanko Hvy Gun Regiment
49th JNAF AF Unit


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It looks like I gave the infantry divisions orders to bombard only. We have LOTS of disabled tanks, but most tank units will still participate in the next (truly) general assault. Fortifications were reduced again, and a supply(-) showed up for the defenders, but obviously just barely judging by the more than x9 final AV. Of course it does bode well for the next attack.

In two days we should be ordering the first assault at Hangchow. Probably a few days after that the first assault at Chungking. A base force has arrived at Haichow and fighters are moving in. Tomorrow many support units will arrive at Chengting to extend fighter cover there, too.

Ghost Ship Patrol.

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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.

[BBfanboy]

witpqs: One of those Imperial rouge convoys was found.

An entire rouge convoy! What will the poor Japanese women wear on their faces now!

[witpqs]

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

witpqs: One of those Imperial rouge convoys was found.

An entire rouge convoy! What will the poor Japanese women wear on their faces now!

Hehe, hehe!

Ahem, ah, "rogue". Yeah, that's it! [:D]

[witpqs]

1945 April 05

The Empire captured:


The Allies captured:


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 enemy troops at Cebu


Our subs are conducting secret activities.

More ghosts banished.

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Paramushiro-jima at 135,41

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
F4U-1D Corsair x 20
F6F-5 Hellcat x 21
SBD-5 Dauntless x 10
TBM-3 Avenger x 15

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
SBD-5 Dauntless: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
AV Kimikawa Maru, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
PB Ryusei Maru, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
15 x TBM-3 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22.4in Mk 13 Torp.
6 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 10000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring AV Kimikawa Maru


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"Floating spirits - Begone!"

No battle NE of Suchow as the ex-defenders of that liberated rail stop were wiped out from the air. The armored units will race to Tsinan. With 4,168 AV at Chungking tomorrow we will make our first attack there. Remarkably, all units at Hankow are ready to attack and will also go tomorrow. One armoured unit will be held back due to high disablements making destroyed tanks more likely if they take damage. Base forces have arrived at Chengting and 84 Allied fighters are now there waiting for the daily strikes at our armour to the east.

Cebu is secured.

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Ground combat at Cebu (80,86)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1922 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 107

Defending force 671 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2

Allied adjusted assault: 50

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 50 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
126 casualties reported
Squads: 8 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Assaulting units:
3rd Commando Brigade

Defending units:
I/124th Infantry Battalion


I/124th Infantry Battalion Wiped Out at Cebu by attrition!!!
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A number of Light Industry hits at Shanghai but still Recon shows 13 remain. Maybe it will update tomorrow.

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.