Durnedwolf VS DOCUP - His mod Version 2.1

[durnedwolf]

So we had problems with the earlier version - specifically adding engines to the Mod for German and Italian aircraft. This is version 2.1 of Joe's mod. This one works with Tracker too, which makes things easier for me as the axis player. This still feels a little cutting-edge for the mod so wish us luck that we don't run into anything that breaks the game. [&o][&o]

I'm planning to take China as it will give me a fairly safe wall to put my back against. I'm just starting my T1 orders but I was wondering... Is there any advantage going for India VS Australia? My thoughts are advantage India as long as I take China because the allies have to lengthen their supply chain if they plan to fight in that Theatre while my supply chain should be somewhat safer. As far as resources/oil go, I think I have it better if I take India also. Any strong recommendations?



Sumatra
So in this mod the ACEH (Italian Far East [R]) are on the northern tip of Sumatra from Medan up to Sabang.

I've set all of the units from the Italian Far East to accept replacements. Three units from Medan (two divisions and a Tank Bn.) are moving from Medan to Tandjoengbalai to capture that base.

On the road at 44,77 is the 7th ACEH Div. and I have it marching for Sibolga.

The Italians have three subs in the area of the Strait of Malacca so I have them all on patrols. I also formed an ASW TF of three TB that will run an ASW patrol between Medan and Sabang. I have an AG of IMAM 43 FPs at Medan that will fly naval search. I've limited the range to four, which gives me good coverage of the Strait. Most of the pilots are at least in the 50 range for NavS so I'm hoping they'll help out with increasing detection levels for my subs.



Also at Sabang is the Ali Mughayat Syah, a Nino Bixio Class CB. I have no escorts in the area other than possibly those three TB that are on an ASW patrol. I'll leave this CB in port for now until I figure out how to get some escorts for her.



A pair of German subs start out on the board - the U-112 and 113. The XIB Class U boat carries a FP (an Ar. 231). The U-112 starts north of Sumatra but defaults to Rabaul for a home port but that's so far away and through contested waters… I'll keep her near Sumatra until I can gain control of the Strait of Malacca. The U-113 is south of Oz so sending her to Rabaul is no problem.

Burma
At Kompong Trach is my 1st Para Assault Div. along with three AG of Ki-57-I transports. The paratroops will be dropping on Victoria Point.

[DanSez]

Since I can't tell the Allied OOB, but would think that if you get more toys of the German/Italian/Axis side, then the Allies would be getting some wash-back from the ETO making any push for Australia or India difficult to pull off.
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Still, all things being equal, I prefer to go for NW Aussie (Darwin to mid West Coast) as an extended defensive buffer to further protect the Oil producing bases.

That is the most isolated region for the Allies for logistics: Deep Middle of the Board, and you can interdict much of the traffic coming by sea to Darwin/NW Aussie easier than any other long range objective.

NW Aussie bases are hard to supply for the Allies and they start out small. I have always thought that Darwin's victory points were way too low. It should be a prize the Japanese want and the Allies have to defend.

Does this mod screw you on supply (refineries do not produce 1 point of supply)?

[durnedwolf]

ORIGINAL: DanSez

Since I can't tell the Allied OOB, but would think that if you get more toys of the German/Italian/Axis side, then the Allies would be getting some wash-back from the ETO making any push for Australia or India difficult to pull off.
????

/****
Still, all things being equal, I prefer to go for NW Aussie (Darwin to mid West Coast) as an extended defensive buffer to further protect the Oil producing bases.

That is the most isolated region for the Allies for logistics: Deep Middle of the Board, and you can interdict much of the traffic coming by sea to Darwin/NW Aussie easier than any other long range objective.

NW Aussie bases are hard to supply for the Allies and they start out small. I have always thought that Darwin's victory points were way too low. It should be a prize the Japanese want and the Allies have to defend.

Does this mod screw you on supply (refineries do not produce 1 point of supply)?

Regarding supplies: I honestly don't know. Joe added resources for Japan but until I run a few turns through, I really don't have a feel for what the economy can sustain.

Regarding the new toys on the board: It might be a wash when I look at the new toys that Japan receives in comparison to the allies. Later in the war Japan will receive a long range bomber (late 1944?). I see some possibilities with that.

I hear you on Australia, and with German troops already at Rabaul, it looks like an easy push. I think that building up the forts and airfields a bit in the DEI will give me a better defense in depth. And I've made up my mind to drive for India. I guess the final factor is how Joe reacts at the beginning of the war. If he is a Sir-Robin kind of guy then the DEI and Burma should fall quickly.

[Bif1961]

I would imagine at least Northern Australia as it pushes the allies out of bomber range of the Balikpapan oilfields. Australia, so depends how you Allied player feels. Many send a lot to India in an effort to forestall any quick take over, bth are weak but with the mod changes maybe that has change some as well.

[durnedwolf]

ORIGINAL: Bif1961

I would imagine at least Northern Australia as it pushes the allies out of bomber range of the Balikpapan oilfields. Australia, so depends how you Allied player feels. Many send a lot to India in an effort to forestall any quick take over, bth are weak but with the mod changes maybe that has change some as well.

I'll show some pics of the map for both the axis and the allied side tomorrow. I just finished my turn one orders for the axis and I'm pretty much done clicking for the night. [:)]

I did change my strategy for the DEI however. With German troops already at Rabaul and with what looks like an easy push for that section of the board, I'll be driving from the bottom of the DEI and back up through Java and Celebes, Mendano, and the PI while also hitting northern Borneo, northern PI, and driving down from Sumatra and Malaya. Kind of like trying to net all of the allied troops and bases while cutting them off from routing south to Oz and preventing supplies and reinforcements from coming up.

[traskott]

Where can we found this mod ? Thanks

[durnedwolf]

ORIGINAL: traskott

Where can we found this mod ? Thanks

PM DOCUP. To the best of my knowledge he does not have it posted anywhere yet. PM him and I'm sure he'll send you a link for a dropbox.

[durnedwolf]

Pearl
At Pearl Harbor I drew first blood. Seven SSX launched, 5 flounder, 1 returns, and a single SSX strikes the first blow.



When the air strike arrived I caught a Training flight over Hawaii. It rained trainnies over PH - or at least parts of their aircraft…

In truth - I'm kind of bummed with the results. PH starts out with about 100 fighters and 70ish bombers… And with 10 Engineer units, 59 runway hits will probably be erased by next turn. I think KB will exit stage left… No day-2 attacks.

Near Japan
Near Chefoo, the SS KXVII taps the AMC Kormonan with a torpedo, doing 10 SYS and 34 Flt. I'm sending the Koroman to Kiejo for repairs.



Guam
I had a series of attacks against Guam, America's main base in the region since it pulled out of the Philippines. I tore up the fighters with sweeps and my escorts as I went after Guam's port and shipping.



Port damage will stop any increases to fort building for the allies. Guam starts with forts at 4, has a CD unit and an assault strength of 363. I'll work to shut down the AF and wear the base down some before performing an actual assault.
DMG
Allied Ships (ships in TFs)
xAP David W. Branch
AM Quail
xAP St. Mihel, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
xAK Si Kiang, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk

xAP David W. Branch
xAP St. Mihel, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
xAK Shooting Star, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
xAK Cape Fairweather, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
xAK American Leader

Allied Ships (Ships in port)
BB New Mexico, Bomb hits 8, on fire
CVE Kitty Hawk, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires
CA Louisville, Bomb hits 1, on fire
CB Guam, Bomb hits 3, on fire

My Air Combat TF:
Japanese Ships
BC Haruna, Torpedo hits 1


Philippines
I hit Manila, trying to tap into some of those subs that start out there. 7 subs at Manila, something like twenty start at Guam… I send 75 Nell/Betty with 36 Zero for escort.

DMG:
Allied Ships
xAK Capillo, Bomb hits 1, on fire
SS Cebu, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage
xAK Tantalus, Bomb hits 1
xAKL Corregidor, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
TK Hai Kwang, Bomb hits 1, on fire
SS S-37, Bomb hits 1
xAK Ethel Edwards, Bomb hits 1, on fire
SS Davo, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage

At Cebu
Allied Ships
BB Mindanao, Bomb hits 2

China



At Pengpu I shock attack the 89th Chinese Corps with my 4th Garrison unit.
This is just the start of a lot of cleanup I need to do as I start to marshal my forces into a 3-pronged attack.

Ground combat at Pengpu (90,50)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 3302 troops, 10 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 105

Defending force 1645 troops, 18 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 45

Japanese adjusted assault: 96

Allied adjusted defense: 5

Japanese assault odds: 19 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
104 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Allied ground losses:
1042 casualties reported
Squads: 36 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 27 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 5 (4 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Units retreated 1

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
4th Garrison Unit

Defending units:
89th Chinese Corps


DEI
In my OpPlan for taking the Dutch-East Indies, I will drive along the flank of the DEI and then will hook back up north. There are a lot of undefended bases scattered along this area and since I have a para-unit… Ternate and Sorong are first on my list of bases to capture as they are float-plane bases. What Joe can't see will help me - right?



Ground combat at Ternate (78,102)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 569 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 30

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 4

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 1)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Ternate !!!

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
Do-24K-1: 2 destroyed

Combat modifiers
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-)

Assaulting units:
1st Raiding Rgt /1

Burma
And the first base in Burma falls to another para unit stationed in Indochina.
Ground combat at Victoria Point (51,66)



Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 485 troops, 8 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 34

Defending force 264 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Japanese adjusted assault: 25

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 25 to 1 (fort level 1)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Victoria Point !!!

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

Allied ground losses:
285 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 31 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Assaulting units:
1st Para Assault Div. /1

Defending units:
208th RAF Adv Base Force

In reviewing my Ops Report - there was not much from December 7th - primarily a lot of air groups on ships were modified slightly in size.


Below in the attachment is the combat report with the operational report embedded at the end of the file.

[durnedwolf]

So I was looking at all of the empty bases down here. Germany already has Rabaul and is strongly vested in that area. The allies start with a fairly strong outpost in Guam that I'm taking pains to pound into submission and capture. And at Truck and Babeldaob, Japan starts out with quite a few SNLF plus a para unit.

I'm planning to slice through the Moluccas, and Ceram, scoop up all of the isles and bases north of Oz, and then drive up. That should enable me to cut off support from the allies to that whole region and capture my objectives while knocking out as much enemy shipping as possible.

To that end I'm gathering precious engineer units to help provide air support as well as get build up a few strategically located air fields.

Tenate was the first base to fall as Joe was flying float planes from there. I'll hit Sorong next and that should help reduce his eyes-in-the-sky over that part of the board.

Sound like a plan? [:)]

Regarding the game - Joe has the turn now and should be working on his carpal tunnel . I'll be leaving for a conference in Sacramento and to visit my oldest son this weekend. I don't expect to return home til Sunday the 5th of August.

[durnedwolf]

Joe sent a pair of CL to Khota Bharu where I have an Amphibious TF unloading. I have a SCTF in route; Joe's CLs got there first. Still, I came out ahead on points as I took out one of his CL. Losing a DMS was a bummer though.





Invasion Support action off Kota Bharu (51,75)

24 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
CL Sendai
DD Uranami
PB Tatsumiya Maru
SC Ch 9
SC Ch 7
AK Sasako Maru
DD Ayanami

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

Allied ground losses:
44 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

CL Sendai firing at 8th Indian Brigade
DD Uranami firing at FMSV Brigade
PB Tatsumiya Maru fired at enemy troops
SC Ch 9 fired at enemy troops
SC Ch 7 fired at enemy troops
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Kota Bharu at 51,75, Range 11,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Sendai, Shell hits 3, on fire
DD Uranami
DD Shikinami
DD Ayanami
DMS W-2
DMS W-3, Shell hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
PB Tatsumiya Maru
SC Ch 7, Shell hits 2, heavy fires
SC Ch 9, Shell hits 1
AK Sakura Maru
AK Sasako Maru, Shell hits 2
xAK Ayatosan Maru, Shell hits 2
xAK Asakasan Maru
xAK Awajisan Maru

Allied Ships
CL Danae, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
CL Durban, Shell hits 2

Improved night sighting under 85% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 85% moonlight: 11,000 yards
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
Range closes to 15,000 yards...
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 11,000 yards
Japanese ships attempt to get underway
CL Sendai engages CL Durban at 11,000 yards
CL Sendai engages CL Danae at 11,000 yards
CL Durban engages SC Ch 9 at 11,000 yards
CL Durban engages DMS W-3 at 11,000 yards
Range closes to 10,000 yards
CL Durban engages CL Sendai at 10,000 yards
DD Ayanami engages CL Durban at 10,000 yards
Range closes to 7,000 yards
CL Sendai engages CL Durban at 7,000 yards
CL Durban engages DD Ayanami at 7,000 yards
DD Shikinami engages CL Danae at 7,000 yards
Range closes to 3,000 yards
CL Durban engages CL Sendai at 3,000 yards
DD Ayanami engages CL Danae at 3,000 yards
CL Durban engages xAK Ayatosan Maru at 3,000 yards
CL Sendai engages CL Durban at 3,000 yards
CL Sendai engages CL Danae at 3,000 yards
CL Danae engages DD Shikinami at 3,000 yards
CL Durban engages SC Ch 7 at 3,000 yards
CL Durban engages DMS W-3 at 3,000 yards
CL Durban engages DMS W-2 at 3,000 yards
Range increases to 5,000 yards
CL Sendai engages CL Durban at 5,000 yards
CL Sendai engages CL Danae at 5,000 yards
CL Durban engages AK Sasako Maru at 5,000 yards
CL Sendai engages CL Durban at 5,000 yards
CL Sendai engages CL Danae at 5,000 yards
CL Durban engages SC Ch 9 at 5,000 yards
CL Durban engages AK Sasako Maru at 5,000 yards
Range increases to 8,000 yards
AK Sasako Maru , AK Sakura Maru , xAK Awajisan Maru ,
xAK Asakasan Maru screened from combat
- escorted by DD Shikinami , SC Ch 7
CL Sendai engages CL Durban at 8,000 yards
CL Sendai engages CL Danae at 8,000 yards
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
Task forces break off...

Up near Medan one of my Italian-made subs gets a xAKL. It looks like Joe is breaking up his ships into single-ship TFs. It's harder to find the smaller TF but I'm good with it. The truth is that was pretty much what all of the merchant shipping was doing at the onset of war - getting the heck out of Dodge anyway they could and as sneaky as they could.





Submarine attack near Tandjoengbalai at 47,77

Japanese Ships
SS Adua

Allied Ships
xAKL Raub, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

xAKL Raub is sighted by SS Adua
SS Adua launches 4 torpedoes at xAKL Raub

I did a bombardment of Kwangchowan with 2BB and a BC, hoping that Joe would have ran his Hong Kong ships over there to hide. Nope…

Night Naval bombardment of Kwangchowan at 73,60

Japanese Ships
BB Mutsu
BB Nagato
BC Kurama

Light Industry hits 1
Runway hits 4
Port hits 5
Port fuel hits 1

BB Mutsu firing at Kwangchowan
BB Nagato firing at Kwangchowan
BC Kurama firing at Kwangchowan

At Guam and in the PI my air groups were coming in arse-backwards… Sweeping came after bombers with escorts. I paid the price. I did tap into some shipping in Manila's port but I'd have rather kept the aircraft I lost doing it.



Below are the bases under new management:


Ground combat at Makin (136,125)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 1822 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 61

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 27

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 27 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Makin !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-)

Assaulting units:
51st Naval Guard Unit


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Ground combat at Batan Island (85,70)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 930 troops, 8 guns, 10 vehicles, Assault Value = 9

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 5

Allied adjusted defense: 1

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Batan Island !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-), morale(-)

Assaulting units:
24th JAAF AF Bn


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Ground combat at Kota Bharu (51,75)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 4877 troops, 36 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 178

Defending force 5803 troops, 46 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 179

Allied ground losses:
31 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
FMSV Brigade
8th Indian Brigade
3rd ISF Base Force

Defending units:
56th Infantry Regiment
12th Engineer Regiment
5th JAAF AF Coy


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Ground combat at Sorong (82,107)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 315 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 2

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Sorong !!!

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
Do-24K-1: 2 destroyed

Combat modifiers
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-)

Assaulting units:
1st Raiding Rgt /2


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Ground combat at Mergui (53,62)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 656 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 45

Defending force 458 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 17

Japanese adjusted assault: 29

Allied adjusted defense: 3

Japanese assault odds: 9 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Mergui !!!

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane I Trop: 4 destroyed
DC-2: 10 destroyed

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

Allied ground losses:
282 casualties reported
Squads: 7 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units retreated 1

Assaulting units:
1st Para Assault Div /2

Defending units:
Tenasserim BAF Battalion


Bangkok expands fortifications to size 1
Delayed planes for the aircraft pool:
3 (12) x A5M4 Claude, 4 (17) x Ki-30 Ann, 3 (9) x Ki-51 Sonia
Hirashima, F. now available for reassignment
xAK Wing Sang is reported to have been sunk near Phuket on Dec 08, 1941
xAKL Raub is reported to have been sunk near Tandjoengbalai on Dec 08, 1941
xAP Hong Siang is reported to have been sunk near Phuket on Dec 08, 1941

Reports are in the attachment.

[durnedwolf]

This is just an FYI to share that I'm at a conference and won't be back home til August 5th.

[CaptBeefheart]

ORIGINAL: durnedwolf

This is just an FYI to share that I'm at a conference and won't be back home til August 5th.

Boondoggle or will you have to actually work?

Cheers,
CB (ex-CC)

[durnedwolf]

Alrighty. I'm back home and brought home a cold with me. I wanted a puppy but had to settle for a virus... I live in California and man - its a-burnin... At home all through July we've been dealing with a lot of smoke coming from the fires in Yosemite and western CA. We stopped by Chico to see my son and his fiancee (they had evacuated from their place in Redding); we spent a day with them. They are fine and consider themselves lucky. Some of their friends lost homes. Then we went to Sacramento for my convention and it was yucky-smokey all through the week. Then we shot up to Reno and spent a few days up in the Greatest Little City in the World. It was nasty-yucky-smokey there too. And when we returned home? Yup more smoke.

Anyway - I processed the last turn from Joe and sent it off last night. Here is a bit on the DEC 9 turn.

Unfortunately I forgot to save the reports for this day…

But my TFs and searches are coming up with enemy TFs fleeing from the Philippines.



Even some of my subs are getting lucky!





This was nice. Joe sortied the BB Luzon, an older BB to be sure, to go after my invasion TFs that were prepping to land on the northern tip of the PI. My search saw the TF (reported as a CA and couple of DDs…) so I pulled my amphibious TF back and ran in a SCTF of two CA and two DD. I pounded that BB good - heavy fires, lotsa hits. I smiled my evil Axis smile as I watched the naval combat.




And in other exciting news, Tarawa falls to the glorious Imperial Japanese.

[RangerJoe]

If you use Tracker and the -archive switch, you should be able to get the combat reports.

[Bif1961]

Johnny Carson always referred to California as the state of Shake-n-Bake.

[durnedwolf]

ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

If you use Tracker and the -archive switch, you should be able to get the combat reports.

Yup - I just had a brain fart when I was setting up the post... Thanks for the reminder tho!

[durnedwolf]

Johnny had the straight of that. But the fires have been worse in recent years. I came to CA in 86 and moved to the town of Bishop in 2001. This has been the worst for smoke and fire in my neck of the woods for as long as I've been here.

[durnedwolf]

The movie starts out with the RO-63 tapping an HDML with a torpedo. Glug-glug-glug.

Sub attack near Tarakan at 67,91

Japanese Ships
SS RO-63

Allied Ships
HDML P 1, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage

SS RO-63 launches 2 torpedoes at HDML P 1
RO-63 bottoming out ....
Sub escapes detection

And the wily Captain of the sub escapes detection.

Later, another juicy target is located in the patrol zone of the RO-63, the xAKL Lepus. The brave Cap and crew disdain wasting a fish on the xAKL and send her down to Davy Jones locker with a dozen well-placed shells from their deck gun.

Submarine attack near Tarakan at 67,91

Japanese Ships
SS RO-63

Allied Ships
xAKL Lepus, Shell hits 12

xAKL Lepus is sighted by SS RO-63
SS RO-63 attacking on the surface
SS RO-63 low on gun ammo, Nikaido R. breaks off surface engagement and submerges








Near Vigan Joe intercepts one of my AmTFs at night with a SCTF of MTBs but the Japanese Taskforce Commander successfully evades combat.

Night Time Surface Combat, near Vigan at 80,73, Range 12,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DMS W-9
DMS W-10
DMS W-11
DMS W-12
DMS W-17
DMS W-18
PB Kyo Maru #12
PB Kyo Maru #13
SC Ch 4
SC Ch 5
SC Ch 6
SC Ch 10
SC Ch 11
SC Ch 12
SC Ch 16
SC Ch 17
SC Ch 18
xAK Brisbane Maru
xAK Hawaii Maru
xAK Sanko Maru
xAK Takao Maru
xAK Bunzan Maru
xAK Shinko Maru
xAK Oigawa Maru

Allied Ships
MTB 7
MTB 8
MTB 9
MTB 10
MTB 11
MTB 12
MTB 26
MTB 27


Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 57% moonlight: 8,000 yards
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
Range closes to 9,000 yards...
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 8,000 yards
Japanese TF attempts to evade combat
Range increases to 9,000 yards...
Range increases to 10,000 yards...
Range increases to 11,000 yards...
Range increases to 12,000 yards...
Range increases to 12,000 yards...
Japanese Amphibious TF evades combat

And in a night-time surface engagement near Kwangchowan, the SCTF Mikuma Group finds and sinks three enemy xAKL, lost waifs simply trying to make it to freedom from the soon-to-be lost port of Hong Kong.

Night Time Surface Combat, near Kwangchowan at 73,60, Range 11,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Mikuma
CA Suzuya
CA Kumano
DD Nowaki
DD Yugiri

Allied Ships
xAKL Chengtu, Shell hits 7, and is sunk
xAKL Kanchow, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
xAKL Yat Shing, Shell hits 8, and is sunk


Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 57% moonlight: 11,000 yards
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 11,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
Allied ships attempt to get underway
CA Kumano engages xAKL Yat Shing at 11,000 yards
xAKL Yat Shing sunk by CA Suzuya at 11,000 yards
Range closes to 9,000 yards
Range closes to 8,000 yards
xAKL Kanchow sunk by CA Mikuma at 8,000 yards
Range closes to 4,000 yards
CA Suzuya engages xAKL Chengtu at 4,000 yards
xAKL Chengtu sunk by CA Mikuma at 4,000 yards
xAKL Chengtu sunk by CA Mikuma at 4,000 yards
Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk...






At Tinian, Joe gets in a successful night-time bombardment that catches some of my aircraft on the airfield. I can see Joe using his FP as spotters. That's good; it shows me that Joe has at least been around the block a few times and knows some of the tricks of the trade.

So I also get an amphibious invasion started at Miri. Near Koggala. And the U-112 taps the AMC Pansy with a torpedo and then escapes detection.

I have been sweeping Manila\Clark for the last few turns and will continue for another 3-4 turns just to insure Joe doesn't try to run aircraft up close enough to try hitting my AmTFs that are landing troops on the north tip of the PI.

I bombed Hong Kong ground forces to put some disablements into the ground forces. Later my ground forces, led by the 38th Div., knock the fort down from level 3 to level 2.

I also capture Aparri in the PI and capture Kota Bharu in Malaya with a fierce Japanese Shock Attack!

There are some other odds and ends in the movie and Combat Report. The reports are attached at the bottom of my posts for anyone that wants to delve into the weeds for a better picture.

From the Operations Report:
AS Holland is reported to have been sunk near Sandakan on Dec 10, 1941
AV Langley is reported to have been sunk near Sandakan on Dec 10, 1941
AMC Pansy is reported to have been sunk near Koggala on Dec 10, 1941
HDML P 1 is reported to have been sunk near Tarakan on Dec 10, 1941
xAP Don Esteban is reported to have been sunk near Sandakan on Dec 10, 1941
xAKL Chengtu is reported to have been sunk near Kwangchowan on Dec 10, 1941
xAKL Kanchow is reported to have been sunk near Kwangchowan on Dec 10, 1941
xAKL Yat Shing is reported to have been sunk near Kwangchowan on Dec 10, 1941
xAKL Sagoland is reported to have been sunk near Tawi Tawi on Dec 10, 1941
xAKL Dona Nati is reported to have been sunk near Tawi Tawi on Dec 10, 1941

[Bif1961]

Talk about small world, my late Mother-in-Law was from Bishop, CA.

[durnedwolf]

11 DEC 41

The U112 takes out the xAK Clan Maciver near Ceylon.

Submarine attack near Koggala at 28,51

Japanese Ships
SS U-112

Allied Ships
xAK Clan Maciver, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage

xAK Clan Maciver is sighted by SS U-112
SS U-112 attacking on the surface




Near Miri Joe runs a pair of CL over to tear up my amphibious force. I'm just glad my ground troops had already unloaded…

Night Time Surface Combat, near Miri at 64,87, Range 10,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
APD Aoi, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
TB Kasasagi, Shell hits 5, and is sunk
AMc Wa 19, Shell hits 6, and is sunk
xAK Hokko Maru
xAK Zinzan Maru, Shell hits 2, heavy fires
xAK Kinkasan Maru, Shell hits 14, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Giyu Maru, Shell hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAKL Kembu Maru, Shell hits 12, and is sunk
xAKL Kiko Maru
xAK Anbo Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk

Allied Ships
CL Dragon, Shell hits 2
CL Dauntless


Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 46% moonlight: 11,000 yards
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
Range closes to 15,000 yards...
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 10,000 yards
Japanese ships attempt to get underway
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
CL Dauntless engages TB Kasasagi at 10,000 yards
CL Dragon engages TB Kasasagi at 10,000 yards
CL Dragon engages AMc Wa 19 at 10,000 yards
CL Dragon engages xAK Giyu Maru at 10,000 yards
Range closes to 8,000 yards
TB Kasasagi engages CL Dauntless at 8,000 yards
CL Dragon engages APD Aoi at 8,000 yards
Range closes to 6,000 yards
CL Dauntless engages TB Kasasagi at 6,000 yards
CL Dragon engages TB Kasasagi at 6,000 yards
CL Dauntless engages xAKL Kembu Maru at 6,000 yards
Range closes to 4,000 yards
CL Dauntless engages TB Kasasagi at 4,000 yards
CL Dragon engages TB Kasasagi at 4,000 yards
CL Dauntless engages xAK Anbo Maru at 4,000 yards
Range closes to 2,000 yards
CL Dauntless engages TB Kasasagi at 2,000 yards
APD Aoi sunk by CL Dragon at 2,000 yards
xAK Anbo Maru sunk by CL Dauntless at 2,000 yards
CL Dauntless engages xAK Zinzan Maru at 2,000 yards
CL Dragon engages xAKL Kembu Maru at 2,000 yards
Range increases to 4,000 yards
CL Dauntless engages TB Kasasagi at 4,000 yards
AMc Wa 19 sunk by CL Dauntless at 4,000 yards
CL Dauntless engages xAK Kinkasan Maru at 4,000 yards
xAKL Kembu Maru sunk by CL Dauntless at 4,000 yards
Range closes to 3,000 yards
CL Dauntless engages TB Kasasagi at 3,000 yards
CL Dragon engages xAK Giyu Maru at 3,000 yards
Range closes to 2,000 yards
CL Dragon engages TB Kasasagi at 2,000 yards
TB Kasasagi sunk by CL Dragon at 2,000 yards
CL Dragon engages xAK Kinkasan Maru at 2,000 yards
Range increases to 3,000 yards
CL Dauntless engages xAK Kinkasan Maru at 3,000 yards
CL Dragon engages xAK Kinkasan Maru at 3,000 yards
Range increases to 4,000 yards
CL Dauntless engages xAK Kinkasan Maru at 4,000 yards
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
Task forces break off…



So east of Guam Joe has been running TFs towards Wake. My Naval Search found a few of them… I ran an ACTF (Air Combat TF)into the area and literally ran right into them. It's funny how traffic always seems to accumulate out in the middle of nowhere.

Day Time Surface Combat, near Truk at 118,98, Range 26,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CV Hiryu
CV Soryu
BC Kongo
BC Haruna
CVE Tokachi
CL Teshio
DD Kuroshio
DD Oyashio
DD Hatsukaze
DD Natsushio
DD Hayashio
DD Amatsukaze

Allied Ships
PG Asheville
TK Gertrude Kellogg, Shell hits 1, on fire
AO Trinity

Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions: 28,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
Allied TF attempts to evade combat
Range increases to 25,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 25,000 yards
Range increases to 26,000 yards...
Range increases to 28,000 yards
TK Gertrude Kellogg engages CVE Tokachi at 28,000 yards
BC Haruna engages TK Gertrude Kellogg at 28,000 yards
Task forces break off...

I have another ACTF over near the Sulu Sea. I had Kates and Vals on Naval Attack but didn't have fighter escorts. The Kates and Vals ran into heavy CAP at Tarakan while persuing enemy ships… Ouch.

Morning Air attack on TF, near Tarakan at 67,91

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B5N1 Kate x 6
D3A1 Val x 11

Allied aircraft
B-339D x 5
F2A-3 Buffalo x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N1 Kate: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
D3A1 Val: 2 destroyed

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
xAKL Compagnia Filipinas, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
xAKL Dos Hermanos, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
xAKL Don Jose, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
4 x B5N1 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp

CAP engaged:
VMF-111 with F2A-3 Buffalo (1 airborne, 2 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 8000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes
1-VI.G.V with B-339D (1 airborne, 2 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes
2e-1-VI.G.V Groep with B-339D (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 7000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 7000.
Raid is overhead
3e-1-VI.G.V Groep with B-339D (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 5000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 5000.
Raid is overhead

Massive explosion on xAKL Don Jose
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAKL Don Jose

Down near Singkawang another small ACTF finds an enemy TF that was probably headed up to Singapore for Joe to try and pull some of his troops out of Malaya.

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Singkawang at 53,87

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 30
B5N2 Kate x 38

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
xAP Kepong, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk
AM Ballarat
xAP Kinta, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
xAP Sin Kheng Seng, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
xAK Albert Sarraut
xAK Wulin, Torpedo hits 5, and is sunk
AM Toowoomba
xAP Matang, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
xAKL Pahang, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp
10 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp
12 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp

At Hong Kong I reduce Forts to 1. And over in Sumatra I capture Tandhoengbalai,


Ground combat at Tandjoengbalai (47,78)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 17867 troops, 292 guns, 182 vehicles, Assault Value = 658

Defending force 847 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2

Japanese adjusted assault: 258

Allied adjusted defense: 3

Japanese assault odds: 86 to 1 (fort level 1)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Tandjoengbalai !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
494 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 31 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 5 (5 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 2

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
1st IT Indp Tank Bn Battalion
1st IT Colonial Division
67th Aceh Inf Div Division

Defending units:
HQ TC Sumatra
Tandjoengbalai Base Force