Miller (J) vs Mr Kane (A)
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RE: Miller (J) vs Mr Kane (A)
Vehicle, as in AFV. It will produce nothing for the Allies, not even trucks and jeeps so I don't know why the developers made it convert rather than just be destroyed. May to give the Japanese a small reason to recapture the base?ORIGINAL: zuluhour
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RE: Miller (J) vs Mr Kane (A)
22nd-31st Mar 42
All of the major bases in Borneo/Celebes/Timor and Darwin fall at the cost of a few large transports to CD guns. Lae and Shortlands also captured with no interference. Yorktown continues to limp towards PH pursued by about a dozen of my subs. They sink an AO and put a torp into CL Nashville but still no luck getting their main target.
In Burma B17s flying from India trash the Oil at Magwe, not that it matters to me. Closing in on Myitkyina and when that falls only Akyab will remain for the Allies.
China is the main area of concern now. Kweilin is the target, if I capture that then Chungking is in range of my 2E for strat bombing. I have done a few raids on Sian destroying the HI but my troops continue to hold NE of there for the time being.
All of the major bases in Borneo/Celebes/Timor and Darwin fall at the cost of a few large transports to CD guns. Lae and Shortlands also captured with no interference. Yorktown continues to limp towards PH pursued by about a dozen of my subs. They sink an AO and put a torp into CL Nashville but still no luck getting their main target.
In Burma B17s flying from India trash the Oil at Magwe, not that it matters to me. Closing in on Myitkyina and when that falls only Akyab will remain for the Allies.
China is the main area of concern now. Kweilin is the target, if I capture that then Chungking is in range of my 2E for strat bombing. I have done a few raids on Sian destroying the HI but my troops continue to hold NE of there for the time being.
RE: Miller (J) vs Mr Kane (A)
1st-30th April 42
The turns come back so thick and fast that I simply don't have time to do detailed updates. We have been playing the game barely one month and have already gotten almost 5 months worth of turns done! He is a turn machine[&o]
As expected there has been a lull as I begin the tedious task of back filling bypassed bases all over the DEI and southern PI. A quick round up by area:
Burma
I now hold all of Burma apart from Akyab which is empty anyway. No further plans here.
China
Continues to be the main focus of attention. I kick him out of Kweilin and am marching north towards Tuyun. I did manage to capture it with a para unit but he managed to retake it before I could fly in enough reinforcements to hold it. Nasty as it cost me 50 2E to a CAP trap plus 50 Zeros lost on the ground there when he retook it. I have lost over 150 2E in total over this period in China due to CAP traps, he seems to have a sixth sense when it comes to deploying his fighters as my sweepers only find fresh air then I send the bombers in and BOOM[:@] However I have managed to destroy half the HI at Chungking so they are doing the job albeit at a cost....Just biding my time in the north still near Sian.
PI
Clark down to 1 fort now and am about to attack again. Should force him to retreat to Bataan within a fortnight.
Elsewhere
Yorktown evades my subs and survives. Drat, but she will be out of action for a few months at least. Most of my fleet and the KB is now at Truk. Junyo and Hiyo have arrived and joined them there. My outstanding targets remain Port Moresby, all the bases on the northern coast of OZ (I already have Darwin), Horn Island and all the bases to the east of Timor.
The turns come back so thick and fast that I simply don't have time to do detailed updates. We have been playing the game barely one month and have already gotten almost 5 months worth of turns done! He is a turn machine[&o]
As expected there has been a lull as I begin the tedious task of back filling bypassed bases all over the DEI and southern PI. A quick round up by area:
Burma
I now hold all of Burma apart from Akyab which is empty anyway. No further plans here.
China
Continues to be the main focus of attention. I kick him out of Kweilin and am marching north towards Tuyun. I did manage to capture it with a para unit but he managed to retake it before I could fly in enough reinforcements to hold it. Nasty as it cost me 50 2E to a CAP trap plus 50 Zeros lost on the ground there when he retook it. I have lost over 150 2E in total over this period in China due to CAP traps, he seems to have a sixth sense when it comes to deploying his fighters as my sweepers only find fresh air then I send the bombers in and BOOM[:@] However I have managed to destroy half the HI at Chungking so they are doing the job albeit at a cost....Just biding my time in the north still near Sian.
PI
Clark down to 1 fort now and am about to attack again. Should force him to retreat to Bataan within a fortnight.
Elsewhere
Yorktown evades my subs and survives. Drat, but she will be out of action for a few months at least. Most of my fleet and the KB is now at Truk. Junyo and Hiyo have arrived and joined them there. My outstanding targets remain Port Moresby, all the bases on the northern coast of OZ (I already have Darwin), Horn Island and all the bases to the east of Timor.
RE: Miller (J) vs Mr Kane (A)
Wow, 5 months game time in only one month! No wonder you haven't had time to post. But I must admit that I was afraid that peace had broken out.
RE: Miller (J) vs Mr Kane (A)
1st-7th May 42
Nothing of note anywhere other than China. I strat bomb another 50 HI off him at Chungking but with 100 fighters on CAP over it its costly, another 50 Sallys lost despite heavy escort and sweeps by my fighters, but it's all for the greater good in the end....
Elsewhere the Akagi will repair in a few more days and she will rejoin the KB before it embarks on its next adventure. However I've put her to good use whilst under repair and resized all sqds that can be done to 81 and employed them in pilot training.
Another attack at Clark knocks the fort down to zero, a couple more attacks should force a retreat to Bataan. The Ki-45 Nick has arrived and I'm starting to upgrade some crappy Nate sqds to them. It will be an important plane as its the only really effective one against the B17 at the moment.
Nothing of note anywhere other than China. I strat bomb another 50 HI off him at Chungking but with 100 fighters on CAP over it its costly, another 50 Sallys lost despite heavy escort and sweeps by my fighters, but it's all for the greater good in the end....
Elsewhere the Akagi will repair in a few more days and she will rejoin the KB before it embarks on its next adventure. However I've put her to good use whilst under repair and resized all sqds that can be done to 81 and employed them in pilot training.
Another attack at Clark knocks the fort down to zero, a couple more attacks should force a retreat to Bataan. The Ki-45 Nick has arrived and I'm starting to upgrade some crappy Nate sqds to them. It will be an important plane as its the only really effective one against the B17 at the moment.
RE: Miller (J) vs Mr Kane (A)
8th-14th May 42
China continues to be the sole area with any action. My troops are stalled one hex southwest or southeast at each of the bases of the line running Tuyun-Chihkiang-Changteh. He is skillfully replacing depleted units with fresh ones from the bases themselves. The hex to the SE of Changteh seems my best hope of a breakthrough and I'm pounding his troops there with all my available 2E bombers. Hankow should become a level 9 airfield in a few more turns to aid my cause and Canton is not far behind.
Elsewhere nothing to report other than he seems to be building up Port Moresby so that could be a difficult target to take.
China continues to be the sole area with any action. My troops are stalled one hex southwest or southeast at each of the bases of the line running Tuyun-Chihkiang-Changteh. He is skillfully replacing depleted units with fresh ones from the bases themselves. The hex to the SE of Changteh seems my best hope of a breakthrough and I'm pounding his troops there with all my available 2E bombers. Hankow should become a level 9 airfield in a few more turns to aid my cause and Canton is not far behind.
Elsewhere nothing to report other than he seems to be building up Port Moresby so that could be a difficult target to take.
RE: Miller (J) vs Mr Kane (A)
15th-21st May 42
In China a breakthrough SE of Changteh as I finally force a retreat and kill 500 sqds in the process. The base itself will be another tough nut to crack but when it falls then the road to Chungking is Ajar.
In other news my subs stumble upon an unescorted TK convoy at Suva and have a field day:
TK Pat Doheny, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
TK Manzanillo, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
TK H. M. Storey, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
TK Mobilgas, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
TK Connecticut, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
TK L. P. St. Clair, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
He has 12 units at Port Moresby so I'm still weighing up whether or not to go in. I'm going to land at Buna and build that up as a counter.
In China a breakthrough SE of Changteh as I finally force a retreat and kill 500 sqds in the process. The base itself will be another tough nut to crack but when it falls then the road to Chungking is Ajar.
In other news my subs stumble upon an unescorted TK convoy at Suva and have a field day:
TK Pat Doheny, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
TK Manzanillo, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
TK H. M. Storey, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
TK Mobilgas, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
TK Connecticut, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
TK L. P. St. Clair, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
He has 12 units at Port Moresby so I'm still weighing up whether or not to go in. I'm going to land at Buna and build that up as a counter.
RE: Miller (J) vs Mr Kane (A)
22nd-28th May 42
In China I start the task of grinding down his troops at Changteh, first attack knocks the fort down to 2. I continue to lose 2E bombers to CAP traps but my sweeps are taking bites out of his fighters as well, I think he has lost at least 50 P40s and Hurricanes over the last month or so.
In the PI he retreats everything to Bataan before I can kick him out of Clark. I'm quite happy about this and send only 2 Divs after him to slowly finish the job, the other two will be shipped elsewhere, not sure where to yet.
Port Moresby is now showing 15 units including 600 vehicles, so that invasion is certainly cancelled. Meanwhile the sub vs tanker party continues near Suva and Pago Pago:
TK Mobilstation, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
TK Larry Doheny, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires
TK Alfred Clegg, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
TK California Standard, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
I'm surprised at this as he seems so thorough in most aspects and never seems to miss anything[&:]
I have sent the full KB on a raid down near this area, I won't be going anywhere near Suva though as it is a level 9 airfield.....
In China I start the task of grinding down his troops at Changteh, first attack knocks the fort down to 2. I continue to lose 2E bombers to CAP traps but my sweeps are taking bites out of his fighters as well, I think he has lost at least 50 P40s and Hurricanes over the last month or so.
In the PI he retreats everything to Bataan before I can kick him out of Clark. I'm quite happy about this and send only 2 Divs after him to slowly finish the job, the other two will be shipped elsewhere, not sure where to yet.
Port Moresby is now showing 15 units including 600 vehicles, so that invasion is certainly cancelled. Meanwhile the sub vs tanker party continues near Suva and Pago Pago:
TK Mobilstation, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
TK Larry Doheny, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires
TK Alfred Clegg, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
TK California Standard, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
I'm surprised at this as he seems so thorough in most aspects and never seems to miss anything[&:]
I have sent the full KB on a raid down near this area, I won't be going anywhere near Suva though as it is a level 9 airfield.....
RE: Miller (J) vs Mr Kane (A)
ORIGINAL: Miller
22nd-28th May 42
In China I start the task of grinding down his troops at Changteh, first attack knocks the fort down to 2. I continue to lose 2E bombers to CAP traps but my sweeps are taking bites out of his fighters as well, I think he has lost at least 50 P40s and Hurricanes over the last month or so.
In the PI he retreats everything to Bataan before I can kick him out of Clark. I'm quite happy about this and send only 2 Divs after him to slowly finish the job, the other two will be shipped elsewhere, not sure where to yet.
Port Moresby is now showing 15 units including 600 vehicles, so that invasion is certainly cancelled. Meanwhile the sub vs tanker party continues near Suva and Pago Pago:
TK Mobilstation, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
TK Larry Doheny, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires
TK Alfred Clegg, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
TK California Standard, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
I'm surprised at this as he seems so thorough in most aspects and never seems to miss anything[&:]
I have sent the full KB on a raid down near this area, I won't be going anywhere near Suva though as it is a level 9 airfield.....
The bases like Portland Roads at the tip of OZ, plus Horn Island, can really limit his ability to resupply PM. you can also build them and strat bomb some resources or industry.
Looks like you found an Achilles heel. Protecting the LOC. [:)]
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm." - Winston Churchill
RE: Miller (J) vs Mr Kane (A)
ORIGINAL: obvert
ORIGINAL: Miller
22nd-28th May 42
In China I start the task of grinding down his troops at Changteh, first attack knocks the fort down to 2. I continue to lose 2E bombers to CAP traps but my sweeps are taking bites out of his fighters as well, I think he has lost at least 50 P40s and Hurricanes over the last month or so.
In the PI he retreats everything to Bataan before I can kick him out of Clark. I'm quite happy about this and send only 2 Divs after him to slowly finish the job, the other two will be shipped elsewhere, not sure where to yet.
Port Moresby is now showing 15 units including 600 vehicles, so that invasion is certainly cancelled. Meanwhile the sub vs tanker party continues near Suva and Pago Pago:
TK Mobilstation, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
TK Larry Doheny, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires
TK Alfred Clegg, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
TK California Standard, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
I'm surprised at this as he seems so thorough in most aspects and never seems to miss anything[&:]
I have sent the full KB on a raid down near this area, I won't be going anywhere near Suva though as it is a level 9 airfield.....
The bases like Portland Roads at the tip of OZ, plus Horn Island, can really limit his ability to resupply PM. you can also build them and strat bomb some resources or industry.
Looks like you found an Achilles heel. Protecting the LOC. [:)]
Thanks for the tips Obvert. I have Horn Is but it will take a long time to build up. I should have air superiority in that area for the forseeable future as I'm building up Lae, Buna, Gasmata and Shortland Is.
RE: Miller (J) vs Mr Kane (A)
29th May-5th June 42
Still grinding away in China. Another attack at Changteh fails to knock down the fort but he takes a considerable number of destroyed sqds, only a matter of time before it falls. I have diverted the two free Divs from the PI towards China, I want to be knocking on the door of Chungking by early 43 if possible. Only other area of any action is down in the Suva/Pago Pago area. Lots of shipping traffic and Suva is already built up to the max. I retired the KB back to port as he got wind of it but it cost him a dozen search PBYs to my CAP.
Still grinding away in China. Another attack at Changteh fails to knock down the fort but he takes a considerable number of destroyed sqds, only a matter of time before it falls. I have diverted the two free Divs from the PI towards China, I want to be knocking on the door of Chungking by early 43 if possible. Only other area of any action is down in the Suva/Pago Pago area. Lots of shipping traffic and Suva is already built up to the max. I retired the KB back to port as he got wind of it but it cost him a dozen search PBYs to my CAP.
RE: Miller (J) vs Mr Kane (A)
6th-16th June 42
Changteh forts down to one but he has brought in a one of the huge 700 sqd Chinese corps into the base and I only get 1:2 odds:
Ground combat at Changteh (81,50)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 79071 troops, 783 guns, 434 vehicles, Assault Value = 2217
Defending force 59206 troops, 524 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1341
Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1
Japanese adjusted assault: 1779
Allied adjusted defense: 3813
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 1)
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
4808 casualties reported
Squads: 56 destroyed, 403 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 66 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 29 disabled
Allied ground losses:
2142 casualties reported
Squads: 16 destroyed, 228 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 61 disabled
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 38 disabled
Guns lost 63 (1 destroyed, 62 disabled)
However my bombers are facing no flak there now so hopefully supply is an issue. I have scraped together another 4 Divs that should reach the base at the same time as the troops already there recover for the next attack.
Nothing else really of note, he sends an Aus/NZ CL force to bombard Horn Is that does no damage and one of my subs puts a torp into the CL Leander, however several other sub attacks miss and she has probably made port.
I'm at the stage now whereby I get a new SNLF and Base force unit every few days and I'm sending them far and wide as I set up my perimeter, but there will never be enough. Each base in the Kuriles now has at least an SNLF and base force and all forts up to at least 3, I will also build their airfileds up to lvl 3/4, I don't like leaving the "back door" open. All the Marshalls are as well manned as I can make them and as I've already mentioned I'm building up the line around Lae/Rabual/Shortlands. Considering his build up at PM and the eastern Oz bases I think this could be his first target.
Changteh forts down to one but he has brought in a one of the huge 700 sqd Chinese corps into the base and I only get 1:2 odds:
Ground combat at Changteh (81,50)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 79071 troops, 783 guns, 434 vehicles, Assault Value = 2217
Defending force 59206 troops, 524 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1341
Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1
Japanese adjusted assault: 1779
Allied adjusted defense: 3813
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 1)
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
4808 casualties reported
Squads: 56 destroyed, 403 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 66 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 29 disabled
Allied ground losses:
2142 casualties reported
Squads: 16 destroyed, 228 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 61 disabled
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 38 disabled
Guns lost 63 (1 destroyed, 62 disabled)
However my bombers are facing no flak there now so hopefully supply is an issue. I have scraped together another 4 Divs that should reach the base at the same time as the troops already there recover for the next attack.
Nothing else really of note, he sends an Aus/NZ CL force to bombard Horn Is that does no damage and one of my subs puts a torp into the CL Leander, however several other sub attacks miss and she has probably made port.
I'm at the stage now whereby I get a new SNLF and Base force unit every few days and I'm sending them far and wide as I set up my perimeter, but there will never be enough. Each base in the Kuriles now has at least an SNLF and base force and all forts up to at least 3, I will also build their airfileds up to lvl 3/4, I don't like leaving the "back door" open. All the Marshalls are as well manned as I can make them and as I've already mentioned I'm building up the line around Lae/Rabual/Shortlands. Considering his build up at PM and the eastern Oz bases I think this could be his first target.
RE: Miller (J) vs Mr Kane (A)
I don't think I would consider the Kuriles the backdoor![;)]
Keep up the blistering pace if you can![:)]
Keep up the blistering pace if you can![:)]
RE: Miller (J) vs Mr Kane (A)
17th-30th June 42
All eyes on China this period. Rather than have me kick him out of Changteh and take heavy losses he retreats everything towards Chihkiang. Instead of sending everything west after him I just send the tanks and a Div to keep him from any counter attack and send the bulk NW into the wooded hex where they obliterate a small blocking unit. If I can get to the rough terrain two hexes NE of Chihkiang it should make his position there and in Tuyun untenable. Meanwhile the components of the 1st and 2nd tank divs have been recombined and bought out of Manchuria and are headed for Sian where they will lead the attack with the rest of the stack which is still holding one hex off the base.
Not much going on elsewhere. The clean up of all the dutch bases on Sumatra and around Timor is almost complete. In the PI Bataan still holds but I should have it by the end of July, no hurry really. Good progress in building up the bases near PNG as Rabual is up to a size 6 airfield and Lae almost size 4.
All eyes on China this period. Rather than have me kick him out of Changteh and take heavy losses he retreats everything towards Chihkiang. Instead of sending everything west after him I just send the tanks and a Div to keep him from any counter attack and send the bulk NW into the wooded hex where they obliterate a small blocking unit. If I can get to the rough terrain two hexes NE of Chihkiang it should make his position there and in Tuyun untenable. Meanwhile the components of the 1st and 2nd tank divs have been recombined and bought out of Manchuria and are headed for Sian where they will lead the attack with the rest of the stack which is still holding one hex off the base.
Not much going on elsewhere. The clean up of all the dutch bases on Sumatra and around Timor is almost complete. In the PI Bataan still holds but I should have it by the end of July, no hurry really. Good progress in building up the bases near PNG as Rabual is up to a size 6 airfield and Lae almost size 4.
RE: Miller (J) vs Mr Kane (A)
ORIGINAL: Miller
17th-30th June 42
All eyes on China this period. Rather than have me kick him out of Changteh and take heavy losses he retreats everything towards Chihkiang. Instead of sending everything west after him I just send the tanks and a Div to keep him from any counter attack and send the bulk NW into the wooded hex where they obliterate a small blocking unit. If I can get to the rough terrain two hexes NE of Chihkiang it should make his position there and in Tuyun untenable. Meanwhile the components of the 1st and 2nd tank divs have been recombined and bought out of Manchuria and are headed for Sian where they will lead the attack with the rest of the stack which is still holding one hex off the base.
Not much going on elsewhere. The clean up of all the dutch bases on Sumatra and around Timor is almost complete. In the PI Bataan still holds but I should have it by the end of July, no hurry really. Good progress in building up the bases near PNG as Rabual is up to a size 6 airfield and Lae almost size 4.
Any second level target or are you simply going for extended historical?
China is taking a while for you, as it should with experienced defending. You have all of those free divisions now. If you don't have other plans, why not just throw them into China and aim for Liuchow in a clear hex that points you right up to Chunking?
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm." - Winston Churchill
RE: Miller (J) vs Mr Kane (A)
ORIGINAL: obvert
ORIGINAL: Miller
17th-30th June 42
All eyes on China this period. Rather than have me kick him out of Changteh and take heavy losses he retreats everything towards Chihkiang. Instead of sending everything west after him I just send the tanks and a Div to keep him from any counter attack and send the bulk NW into the wooded hex where they obliterate a small blocking unit. If I can get to the rough terrain two hexes NE of Chihkiang it should make his position there and in Tuyun untenable. Meanwhile the components of the 1st and 2nd tank divs have been recombined and bought out of Manchuria and are headed for Sian where they will lead the attack with the rest of the stack which is still holding one hex off the base.
Not much going on elsewhere. The clean up of all the dutch bases on Sumatra and around Timor is almost complete. In the PI Bataan still holds but I should have it by the end of July, no hurry really. Good progress in building up the bases near PNG as Rabual is up to a size 6 airfield and Lae almost size 4.
Any second level target or are you simply going for extended historical?
China is taking a while for you, as it should with experienced defending. You have all of those free divisions now. If you don't have other plans, why not just throw them into China and aim for Liuchow in a clear hex that points you right up to Chunking?
No I'm content just going with the historical gains (apart from China) and the few bits and pieces extra that I have/will get, Darwin, the rest of northern Aus. I simply don't have the div's to take anything else meaningful. Most of my spare divs from the likes of Java, Malaya and the PI are already in China. I already own Liuchow and have marched troops north to within one hex of Tuyun but he has 3 strong corps dug in and I don't have anything spare to tip the balance there. Hopefully when Sian falls in the north I can blitzkreig from there with my tank divs. Remember Kane is a top notch opponent so nothing will be easy....
RE: Miller (J) vs Mr Kane (A)
1st-15th July 42
As usual most of the "action" is in China. The 1st and 2nd tank divs meet a corp blocking the rail line 4 hexes east of Sian and obliterate it. This seems to have spooked him a bit and he is moving at least some troops out of Sian itself. It will be towards the end of the month before I'm ready to cross the rivers into the base itself, and it will be painful no doubt as he will be sitting behind level 4 or 5 forts. In central China I'm continuing to race (well move 4 miles a day) towards the rough hex two hexes NE of Chihkiang. He has a couple of weak corps there but if I can get there before he has time to get more reinforcements in I should be able to claim the hex. I may just hold then whilst I build up Changteh to the max. Then I can bomb from normal range Chungking and more importantly Chegtu and destroy the HI and LI. A nice bonus for me in the SW where I attack a small stray unit of his and it retreats into Indochina, activating 4 crappy VM divisions to garrison all the bases there[:)]
Very little of note elsewhere. He has landed at Tulagi and a few of the dot hexes of the Santa Cruz Islands so these will obviously become bases soon.
As usual most of the "action" is in China. The 1st and 2nd tank divs meet a corp blocking the rail line 4 hexes east of Sian and obliterate it. This seems to have spooked him a bit and he is moving at least some troops out of Sian itself. It will be towards the end of the month before I'm ready to cross the rivers into the base itself, and it will be painful no doubt as he will be sitting behind level 4 or 5 forts. In central China I'm continuing to race (well move 4 miles a day) towards the rough hex two hexes NE of Chihkiang. He has a couple of weak corps there but if I can get there before he has time to get more reinforcements in I should be able to claim the hex. I may just hold then whilst I build up Changteh to the max. Then I can bomb from normal range Chungking and more importantly Chegtu and destroy the HI and LI. A nice bonus for me in the SW where I attack a small stray unit of his and it retreats into Indochina, activating 4 crappy VM divisions to garrison all the bases there[:)]
Very little of note elsewhere. He has landed at Tulagi and a few of the dot hexes of the Santa Cruz Islands so these will obviously become bases soon.
RE: Miller (J) vs Mr Kane (A)
After opinions/advice on whether or not to attack Sian or bypass it. I will have almost 3500AV available including the two tank divs. However, I think he will have almost the same AV there sitting behind 5 forts, although it is a clear hex. I've tried bombing his troops the last few turns to get disruption up but they seem to do very little damage. If I could get into the hex without having to cross the river it would be an easy decision to make, but because of the auto shock attack it could be a disaster.
RE: Miller (J) vs Mr Kane (A)
16th-31st July 42
Total stalemate in China at the moment. I simply cannot overcome his troops in wooded rough terrain and flanking is not an option due to having to go off road. Another recon bombardment of Sian reveals 4100AV in the hex now. I have 3800 in position ready to cross. Do I stick or twist? He launches a rare 4E raid against Hankow airfield that torches 60 a/c on the ground (most transports), my bad for being complacent and having no CAP up over it. A quick question: He has Ledo built up to the max and is obviously flying supply in by transport. Would this be enough to keep his army in China fed? I would assume not but the performance of his ground troops would suggest otherwise...
Everywhere else is a total snoozefest. Bataan down to one fort now, hopefully the next shock attack in a few days time will take it. He tries to sneak an unescorted supply convoy into Broome but I spot it and send a few old DDs to intercept:
Day Time Surface Combat, near Broome at 62,127, Range 12,000 Yards
Japanese Ships
DD Oite
DD Minekaze, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Sawakaze
DD Tachikaze, Shell hits 1
DD Karii, Shell hits 1
DD Yanagi
Allied Ships
xAK Bellerophon, Shell hits 16, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Clan Mactavish, Shell hits 13, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Elysia, Shell hits 18, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Demodocus, Shell hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Tantalus, Shell hits 11, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Autolycus, Shell hits 13, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Benledi, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
xAK Clan Macnair, Shell hits 6, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
xAK Clan Mactaggart, Shell hits 8, on fire
xAK Clan Macwhirter, Shell hits 17, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Forthbank, Shell hits 10, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
xAK Glenaffric, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
xAK Mahsud, Shell hits 12, heavy fires
xAK Boero, Shell hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Tjikandi, Shell hits 18, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Tjikarang, Shell hits 29, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
A nice little haul[:)]
The Tojo starts production next month but I think only three sqds can upgrade to the IIa version so I won't be mass producing it.
Total stalemate in China at the moment. I simply cannot overcome his troops in wooded rough terrain and flanking is not an option due to having to go off road. Another recon bombardment of Sian reveals 4100AV in the hex now. I have 3800 in position ready to cross. Do I stick or twist? He launches a rare 4E raid against Hankow airfield that torches 60 a/c on the ground (most transports), my bad for being complacent and having no CAP up over it. A quick question: He has Ledo built up to the max and is obviously flying supply in by transport. Would this be enough to keep his army in China fed? I would assume not but the performance of his ground troops would suggest otherwise...
Everywhere else is a total snoozefest. Bataan down to one fort now, hopefully the next shock attack in a few days time will take it. He tries to sneak an unescorted supply convoy into Broome but I spot it and send a few old DDs to intercept:
Day Time Surface Combat, near Broome at 62,127, Range 12,000 Yards
Japanese Ships
DD Oite
DD Minekaze, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Sawakaze
DD Tachikaze, Shell hits 1
DD Karii, Shell hits 1
DD Yanagi
Allied Ships
xAK Bellerophon, Shell hits 16, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Clan Mactavish, Shell hits 13, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Elysia, Shell hits 18, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Demodocus, Shell hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Tantalus, Shell hits 11, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Autolycus, Shell hits 13, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Benledi, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
xAK Clan Macnair, Shell hits 6, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
xAK Clan Mactaggart, Shell hits 8, on fire
xAK Clan Macwhirter, Shell hits 17, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Forthbank, Shell hits 10, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
xAK Glenaffric, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
xAK Mahsud, Shell hits 12, heavy fires
xAK Boero, Shell hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Tjikandi, Shell hits 18, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Tjikarang, Shell hits 29, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
A nice little haul[:)]
The Tojo starts production next month but I think only three sqds can upgrade to the IIa version so I won't be mass producing it.