Godzilla {J: Andav} vs. Rodan {A: witpqs}

[witpqs]

1942 April 23

This is alarming.

[Lowpe]

Uh, oh!

Hopefully a sub...but you never know!

[witpqs]

ORIGINAL: Lowpe

Uh, oh!

Hopefully a sub...but you never know!

Yeah, it's the "8/8" that has me worried. I usually see subs as 1/1 or thereabouts.

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: witpqs

ORIGINAL: Lowpe

Uh, oh!

Hopefully a sub...but you never know!

Yeah, it's the "8/8" that has me worried. I usually see subs as 1/1 or thereabouts.

Did your TF sight any Glens or other aircraft in the Ops report? That would tell you what is stalking them. Personally, I figure a couple of cruisers and some DDs most likely right now.

[witpqs]

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

ORIGINAL: witpqs

ORIGINAL: Lowpe

Uh, oh!

Hopefully a sub...but you never know!

Yeah, it's the "8/8" that has me worried. I usually see subs as 1/1 or thereabouts.

Did your TF sight any Glens or other aircraft in the Ops report? That would tell you what is stalking them. Personally, I figure a couple of cruisers and some DDs most likely right now.

Just this, nothing more specific.

TF 243 snooped by Japanese Float Plane at 28,38 near Calicut

[Anachro]

I'm guessing a Glen from a sub.

[Lowpe]

There is a lot of mis-identification on the named plane sightings. Can't really go by it.

Perusing the sigint might give some clues, and I guess this particular Allied player is excellent at that. He has the tools![:D]

[zuluhour]

I'd switch them to coastal routing........

[witpqs]

ORIGINAL: zuluhour

I'd switch them to coastal routing........

Yes, good point and I shall.

Been spoiled up til now.

[L0ckAndL0ad]

Uhm, so let me get this straight. DL on a friendly unit shows how much the enemy currently knows about your unit?

[witpqs]

ORIGINAL: L0ckAndL0ad

Uhm, so let me get this straight. DL on a friendly unit shows how much the enemy currently knows about your unit?

Yes!

[witpqs]

Adding: You don't know what they see, you only get an idea of the quality and consistency of the noted sightings of your unit. Sometimes the enemy knows you are there but you have no indication of that. In other words, there is still FOW.

[witpqs]

1942 April 24

INVADED
Batavia, Medan, Makassar, Urumchi, Changsha are also invested.

CHANGED OWNERSHIP
Japanese forces CAPTURE Madioen !!!
Japanese forces CAPTURE Tjepoe !!!



Overall
• No carrier sightings.


West Coast USA, Alaska, Hawaii
• S-47 is bound for Pago Pago to base there.

SS S-47 detects surfaced submarine at 172, 114 but it immediately dives

• large troop convoy proceeding peacefully. They have strong ASW protection if the sub noted above intercepts them.


Pacific
• Building things and ships passing through.


New Zealand, Australia, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Solomons, Papua New Guinea, New Britain
• Fuel unloading at Wellington.


Philippines


DEI, Dutch new Guinea, Borneo, Malaya
• Godzilla stomps along.

Ground combat at Madioen (54,104)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 12254 troops, 104 guns, 54 vehicles, Assault Value = 351

Defending force 4781 troops, 32 guns, 10 vehicles, Assault Value = 96

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0

Japanese adjusted assault: 370

Allied adjusted defense: 64

Japanese assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Madioen !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), fatigue(-), morale(-)
experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+)

Japanese ground losses:
253 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 25 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units pursuing 1

Allied ground losses:
1608 casualties reported
Squads: 49 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 70 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 5 (5 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 14 (14 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 14
Units destroyed 1

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
Imperial Guards Division
2nd Tank Regiment

Defending units:
6th Cav Sqdn
V KNIL Battalion
Lijfwacht Cav Sqdn
II KNIL Battalion
Tjilitjap Cdo
Tjepoe Cdo
I KNIL Battalion
Groep Zud
I/II Barisan Cdo
Samarang Defenses
VI Landstorm Cdo
HQ II KNIL Division
4th Cav Sqdn
Tjilitjap Defenses
Cheribon Defenses

• Lots of action with our fliers and PT boat but no joy for our side. And this.

Sub attack near Donggala at 69,96

Japanese Ships
PB Showa Maru #5
PB Showa Maru #3

Allied Ships
SS Sculpin

SS Sculpin launches 2 torpedoes at PB Showa Maru #5
Sculpin diving deep ....
PB Showa Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Showa Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Showa Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Showa Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Showa Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

• Cleanup.

Day Time Surface Combat, near Kalidjati at 51,98, Range 16,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DMS W-4
DMS W-7
DMS W-15
DMS W-16

Allied Ships
AMc MMS C, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
AMc Djampea, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
AMc Salak, Shell hits 1, and is sunk

Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions: 26,000 yards
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 18,000 yards
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
AMc Salak sunk by DMS W-16 at 16,000 yards
Range closes to 15,000 yards
DMS W-7 engages AMc Djampea at 15,000 yards
Range closes to 14,000 yards
DMS W-15 engages AMc Djampea at 14,000 yards
DMS W-7 engages AMc Djampea at 14,000 yards
AMc Djampea sunk by DMS W-4 at 14,000 yards
Range closes to 11,000 yards
AMc MMS C sunk by DMS W-4 at 11,000 yards
Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk...

China
• Imperial invaders who entered China from Burma are now in contact with our defensive position west of Paoshan.

• For the moment we are holding infiltrators and our units cut off in or near the outback are at least imposing maneuvering delays on the Imperials.


India, Burma, Thailand, Indochina
• The remaining forces in Burma (aside from the Chinese units transiting) are now engaged with an Imperial unit.

• It was a sub. Search has turned up nothing.

ASW attack near Trivandrum at 26,43

Japanese Ships
SS I-164

SS I-164 is sighted by escort
I-164 diving deep ....
Sub escapes detection

• The Imperial units at Akyab and on the way to Myitkyina look like full brigades or regiments after extended aerial recon.


Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Russia
• Got one!

Sub attack near Tanegashima at 102,63

Japanese Ships
PB Nichinan Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
PB Hokuyo Maru
PB Toyokuni Maru

Allied Ships
SS Trout

SS Trout launches 2 torpedoes at PB Nichinan Maru
Trout diving deep ....
PB Toyokuni Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Toyokuni Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Toyokuni Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Toyokuni Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Toyokuni Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

I wonder if that was cargo or ASW? Trout is transiting through this hex on the way to her patrol area and so are two other subs (in the same hex): maybe they can all get shots in tonight.


Complete combat report attached.

[witpqs]

1942 April 25

INVADED
Batavia, Medan, Makassar, Urumchi, Changsha are also invested.

CHANGED OWNERSHIP



Overall
• No carrier sightings.


West Coast USA, Alaska, Hawaii
• Our large troop convoy has DL 1/0. They are 22 hexes east of Pearl Harbor but proceeding SW to avoid presumed sub hunting grounds, so it is possible the convoy will be assessed as heading to the South Pacific or to Australia.

• A Supply/Fuel convoy is leaving Los Angeles for Australia.

• USA 27th ID has been bought out at San Francisco for the summer invasions. Three regiments and several smaller units to go.


Pacific
• Ships passing.


New Zealand, Australia, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Solomons, Papua New Guinea, New Britain
• Fuel unloading at Wellington.


Philippines


DEI, Dutch new Guinea, Borneo, Malaya
• Our PT again was thwarted but the real news is it engages almost every day and yet lives. Our fliers lost more over Kalidjati while stout escort got them through CAP over the 2nd Tank Regiment just west of Soerabaja, where 2 vehicles were destroyed and several times that number disabled. We'll see ohw the empire reacts.

Morning Air attack on 2nd Tank Regiment, at 55,104 , near Soerabaja

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 3

Allied aircraft
DB-7B x 7
B-339-23 x 10

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 1 destroyed

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
Vehicles lost 9 (2 destroyed, 7 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x DB-7B bombing from 2000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
64th Sentai with Ki-43-Ib Oscar (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(8 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 9000.
Raid is overhead

China
• No change, we hold for now.


India, Burma, Thailand, Indochina
• Stomp... stomp...

Ground combat at 62,45 (near Lashio)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 3807 troops, 20 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 127

Defending force 3269 troops, 4 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 87

Japanese adjusted assault: 96

Allied adjusted defense: 46

Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
171 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
1035 casualties reported
Squads: 54 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 39 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units retreated 4

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
112th Infantry Regiment

Defending units:
BFF Brigade
1st Burma Brigade
Burma Corps
Mandalay BMP Battalion

• A probable sub - another sub, that is - detected by SigInt approaching Karachi waters.


Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Russia
• So it was (is) an ASW TF.

ASW attack near Tokara Retto at 100,63

Japanese Ships
PB Hokuyo Maru
PB Toyokuni Maru

Allied Ships
SS Trout

SS Trout is sighted by escort
Trout diving deep ....
PB Toyokuni Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Toyokuni Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Toyokuni Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Toyokuni Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Toyokuni Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

Complete combat report attached.

[witpqs]

1942 April 25

Radio transmissions detected at 36,11.

[witpqs]

1942 April 26

INVADED
Batavia, Makassar, Urumchi, Changsha are also invested.

CHANGED OWNERSHIP
Japanese forces CAPTURE Medan !!!



Overall
• No carrier sightings.


West Coast USA, Alaska, Hawaii
• The large troop convoy has no DL, nor does anything else I noticed.


Pacific
• Ships passing. Rotating out the modest surface forces at Pago Pago to Pearl Harbor for upgrades.


New Zealand, Australia, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Solomons, Papua New Guinea, New Britain
• Fuel unloading at Wellington.


Philippines


DEI, Dutch new Guinea, Borneo, Malaya
• Medan is temporarily recaptured by the Empire.

Ground combat at Medan (46,76)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 10129 troops, 90 guns, 26 vehicles, Assault Value = 305

Defending force 784 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 22

Japanese adjusted assault: 362

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 362 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Medan !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender:
Attacker: shock(+)

Japanese ground losses:
251 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 13 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Allied ground losses:
1034 casualties reported
Squads: 29 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 26 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units destroyed 1

Assaulting units:
2nd/B Division
2nd/C Division

Defending units:
Tapanoeli Cdo

No damage to the facilities so far as I can tell.

• The ex-defenders of Palembang were roughly handled but are still fighting.

Ground combat at 49,90 (near Palembang)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 4717 troops, 40 guns, 21 vehicles, Assault Value = 158

Defending force 1991 troops, 6 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 45

Japanese adjusted assault: 194

Allied adjusted defense: 64

Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
125 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 12 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Allied ground losses:
310 casualties reported
Squads: 7 destroyed, 15 disabled
Non Combat: 18 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units retreated 5

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
5th/B Division

Defending units:
Palembang Cdo
Lahat Cdo
Riouw Cdo
Palembang ML Base Force
PBg-Ld AA Afd

• Tank guns in the open:

Ground combat at 55,104 (near Soerabaja)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 330 troops, 0 guns, 68 vehicles, Assault Value = 28

Defending force 3472 troops, 27 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 65

Japanese adjusted assault: 8

Allied adjusted defense: 14

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2

Combat modifiers
Defender: op mode(-), morale(-), experience(-)
Attacker: leaders(+), fatigue(-)

Allied ground losses:
236 casualties reported
Squads: 18 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
2nd Tank Regiment

Defending units:
Tjepoe Cdo
I KNIL Battalion
Groep Zud
II KNIL Battalion
Tjilitjap Cdo
I/II Barisan Cdo
Tjilitjap Defenses
Samarang Defenses
HQ II KNIL Division
V KNIL Battalion
Cheribon Defenses

China
• Here is the first unit in to press the defenses of Paoshan. Another Imperial unit is on the way.

Ground combat at 64,45 (near Paoshan)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14012 troops, 123 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 425

Defending force 16172 troops, 62 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 548

Assaulting units:
18th Division

Defending units:
28th Chinese Corps
54th Chinese Corps

• The enemy is still concentrating on breaking through at 76,52, north of Kweilin.


India, Burma, Thailand, Indochina
• Four convoys unloading at Karachi show DL's. My psychic powers sense torpedoes in the future.


Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Russia
• A plain old hit but it looked nice in the animation.

Submarine attack near Shanghai at 96,56

Japanese Ships
xAK Utide Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire

Allied Ships
SS Tambor

xAK Utide Maru is sighted by SS Tambor
SS Tambor launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Utide Maru

Complete combat report attached.

[zuluhour]

map of Burma soon? inquiring minds.....

[witpqs]

1942 April 27

INVADED
Batavia, Changsha are also invested.

CHANGED OWNERSHIP
Japanese forces CAPTURE Makassar !!!



Overall
• No carrier sightings.


West Coast USA, Alaska, Hawaii
• TF 79 is the large troop convoy; it has 12x DD in escort; DL is 2/2. TF 103 (heading SF) is 13 hexes away and has DL 8/8. TF 46 (heading LA) is 11 hexes away (from 79) and has a DL of 4/4. No message in the Operations report about TF 46. TF 46 will re-route to avoid the present vicinity of TF 103.

TF 79 sighted by E14Y1 Glen at 192,114 near Hilo
TF 103 detects Japanese Float Plane at 191,101 near Lahaina

A couple of ASW TF's are being dispatched.


Pacific
• Ships passing.


New Zealand, Australia, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Solomons, Papua New Guinea, New Britain
• Fuel unloading at Wellington.


Philippines


DEI, Dutch new Guinea, Borneo, Malaya
• The end of an era!

Night Time Surface Combat, near Merak at 48,97, Range 8,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DMS W-4
DMS W-7
DMS W-15
DMS W-16

Allied Ships
TM-13, Shell hits 1, and is sunk

Improved night sighting under 89% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 89% moonlight: 8,000 yards
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 8,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 8,000 yards
DMS W-15 engages TM-13 at 8,000 yards
DMS W-7 engages TM-13 at 8,000 yards
Range closes to 6,000 yards
TM-13 engages DMS W-7 at 6,000 yards
DMS W-4 engages TM-13 at 6,000 yards
Van Dyke T. orders Allied TF to disengage
Range closes to 3,000 yards
TM-13 sunk by DMS W-4 at 3,000 yards
Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk...

• Another one bites the dust.

Ground combat at Makassar (65,106)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 8547 troops, 59 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 284

Defending force 2137 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 68

Japanese adjusted assault: 161

Allied adjusted defense: 14

Japanese assault odds: 11 to 1 (fort level 1)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Makassar !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
450 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 37 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled

Allied ground losses:
2991 casualties reported
Squads: 71 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 93 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 2

Assaulting units:
47th Infantry Regiment
146th Infantry Regiment

Defending units:
Makassar KNIL Cdo
Makassar RK Cdo

China
• The base forces did not retreat and might be destroyed tomorrow.

Ground combat at 83,30 (near Ningsia)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 20480 troops, 160 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 584

Defending force 10277 troops, 65 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 145

Japanese adjusted assault: 540

Allied adjusted defense: 35

Japanese assault odds: 15 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
479 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 52 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled

Allied ground losses:
3069 casualties reported
Squads: 103 destroyed, 26 disabled
Non Combat: 97 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 7 disabled
Guns lost 51 (21 destroyed, 30 disabled)
Units retreated 1

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
4th Ind.Mixed Brigade
26th Division

Defending units:
82nd Chinese Corps
8th Chinese Base Force
21st Chinese Base Force

India, Burma, Thailand, Indochina
• An ASW TF.

TF 109 detected by Japanese Recon at 29,48 near Colombo

Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Russia
• Quiet.


Complete combat report attached.

[witpqs]

1942 April 27

Very little to see in Burma so I threw in some of China.

[zuluhour]

sent PM as some of the stuff I wanted to ask is a bit "secret" as it relates to my situation.