Mushrooms over Maizuru: Chickenboy (J) vs. AcePylut (A)

[rustysi]

To me you've already missed the bus in the South Pacific. Its gone, a total loss, for now anyway.

I don't know if its possible, but when I play the Allies my intent is to get the US 41st ID out of CONUS ASAP. Suva being a prime location for said unit. Instead of throwing away PP's on Dutch AS units I'd have turned in all my early A/C units for the PP bonus, to get them outta harms way, and put it into the 41st. Put the 41st on the QM and raced it to Suva, but that's me.

[Encircled]

Similar, but your aim in early, mid and even late '42 is to have your troops in positions that if he tries something a bit "more" you can defeat him.

I always wait till I've got a good idea where he is going, but if he's going for Suva you can probably rule out an attack on India.

I think someone has already mentioned it, but if I was going for the Marianas I'd want a neutralised Truk and bases at Yap and Woloei (spelling?). You won't do that in '42.

I have all your units in Oz and see where you can go from there.

[AcePylut]

Well like I said, the odds of actually having all the ducks fall into place to do something in the Marianas is a long shot. But if the opportunity is there, and everything falls into place, it's an option. I doubt I'd actually go for Saipan though.

In the latest turn,

A sub of mine had a few "no explosion" hits on a transport tf headed to Rabaul. Ahhh can't wait for working torps.

At Wenchow, I had sent a group of Flying Tigers there for a cap trap. The first wave of IJ Bombers was escorted by over 40 Oscars, but the day went well. In that combat, I dropped 4 bombers (out of 21) to 1 SharkNose P40 (or H81-A3) lost. The next wave of 16 Lilys came in unescorted, and 4 went down. Time to pull out the AVG as my base is low on supply, and if the IJ BB bombardment is on schedule, it will show up tomorrow. I have a Dutch sub waiting in the waters, and she will put at least 9 torpedos into whatever comes her way... or so I hope.

In Ground Combat - the IJ booted my troops from Canton. That was a nice diversion, but now the race to get back to home is on. This should provide more cap trap opportunities.

The IJ takes Nadi - next to Suva. Only the IJ 4th ID attacked, and it had "negatives" for leaders and fatigue.


More units crossed the river at Singapore. They were not kicked back across the river. Here is the result.

Ground combat at Singapore (50,84)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 35586 troops, 347 guns, 92 vehicles, Assault Value = 1199

Defending force 39191 troops, 480 guns, 309 vehicles, Assault Value = 949

Japanese adjusted assault: 468

Allied adjusted defense: 831

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

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

Japanese ground losses:
6373 casualties reported
Squads: 154 destroyed, 167 disabled
Non Combat: 18 destroyed, 103 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 25 disabled
Guns lost 38 (23 destroyed, 15 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
3229 casualties reported
Squads: 40 destroyed, 362 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 174 disabled
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 57 disabled
Guns lost 77 (9 destroyed, 68 disabled)

Assaulting units:
112th Infantry Regiment
18th Division
41st Infantry Regiment
23rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
2nd Division
36th Field AA Battalion
Southern Army
55th Mountain Gun Regiment

Defending units:
6th Indian Brigade
2nd Loyal Battalion
3/16th Punjab Battalion
2nd Malay Battalion
1st Mysore Battalion
1st Malay Battalion
3rd Cavalry Regiment
2/17 Dogra Battalion
27th Australian Brigade
2nd Gordons Battalion
22nd Australian Brigade
1st Hyderabad Battalion
FMSV Brigade
28th Gurkha Brigade
SSVF Brigade
1st Manchester Battalion
5/2nd Punjab Battalion
2/215th Bty 80th AT Gun Regiment
22nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
29 Battery/3 HAA
1st Indian Heavy AA Regiment
2nd HK&S Heavy AA Regiment
137/155th Field Regiment
III Indian Corps
111th RAF Base Force
2nd ISF Base Force
Malayan Air Wing
224 Group RAF
112th RAF Base Force
Singapore Fortress
223 Group RAF
30 Battery/3 HAA
24th NZ Pioneer Coy
1st HK&S Heavy AA Regiment
110th RAF Base Force
Malaya Army
Singapore Base Force
272/273rd Bty 80th AT Gun Regiment
109th RN Base Force
11 Battery/3 HAA
109th RAF Base Force
AHQ Far East
5th Field Regiment

[Encircled]

Thats a good, almost great result for you.

A regiments worth of troops destroyed, another regiments worth disabled.

Be a while till he risks a deliberate attack I reckon.

Has he got many more troops crossing soon or is this it?

[Anachro]

Singapore shall stand till the end of time, first in flesh, then in spirit. Immortal for all of posterity to acclaim. So say I. [:)] I'm looking forward to your push towards Marcus and it'll be a good test to see how conscientious your opponent has been in his defenses. If he has put some sort of garrison on Marcus, your chances are probably minimal. If not, you'll take it and cause a distraction by forcing him to send stuff there, but it should fall back to him rather quickly. But in doing so, it might force him to be a lot more conscientious elsewhere and devote resources/men that he'd rather spend concentrating on the front.

[AcePylut]

That's exactly the point Anachro.

I just put a sub into Marcus Island... perhaps it will detect some sort of intel on Marcus. I don't know.

My Marine Raider unit is in the process of switching Op Mode to Combat. Then she embarks on the 3 SST's I have. None of my subs around Marcus or a raiding TF I have patrolling nearby, have been detected. If the timing works out right, I might have my raider TF recon and bombard the island a turn before the invasion - that will show me if there are any LCU's at the island.

[AcePylut]

ORIGINAL: Encircled

Thats a good, almost great result for you.

A regiments worth of troops destroyed, another regiments worth disabled.

Be a while till he risks a deliberate attack I reckon.

Has he got many more troops crossing soon or is this it?

Mouseover shows another 16 units next door. Yikes.

I wonder what kind of result I would have had had I changed out Percival.

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: Anachro

Singapore shall stand till the end of time, first in flesh, then in spirit. Immortal for all of posterity to acclaim. So say I. [:)]

[&:] My posterior doesn't care about any immortals, or immorals either .... oh .... wait

[AcePylut]

When it comes to gaming, I have a very strange "six sense". I've learned a long time ago that when I get a feeling that strong, I just need to follow it. It's odd.

For example - I don't have that "feeling" about Marcus Island or the Marianas. But I did when it came to putting that unit on Norfolk Island.

Today, CB landed a unit at Norfolk Island. I don't think the remaining Ozzie Cav unit is going to stand up to the assault. I vectored some 4EB to Aukland to bomb the enemy... but hmmm.

I just "knew" that I should have put that unit in Norfolk instead of making a last minute change to Suva.

But oh well. It's not the end of the world.

[AcePylut]

I told Chicken Boy that his 4th ID is ready to revolt as they haven't had wine or women for a long time.

He responded by saying they still have "Song" and like to sing Tennheko Banzai.

I asked if Tokyo Rose could sing "Lily likes licking lolipops lately", cuz my soldiers need a good raugh.

LOL, or should I say... ROR. I enjoy the banter with him

[Bullwinkle58]

ORIGINAL: AcePylut

ORIGINAL: Encircled

Thats a good, almost great result for you.

A regiments worth of troops destroyed, another regiments worth disabled.

Be a while till he risks a deliberate attack I reckon.

Has he got many more troops crossing soon or is this it?

Mouseover shows another 16 units next door. Yikes.

I wonder what kind of result I would have had had I changed out Percival.

Roughly the same.

I don't want to be a Debbie Downer, but you have 0 Forts there now, and your disabled count of shooters was twice his. Those guys will not have time to recover. The two Aussie units are the core of your defense, and they won't last long with no forts. He's got a core LCU count now to prevent auto-shock on the river crossing if he plays it properly, and I think he will. Singers is doomed. Sorry.

[rustysi]

I wonder what kind of result I would have had had I changed out Percival.

Doubt it would have been all that different.

Problem I see is as stated above, zero forts. Singers doesn't have long before the fall.

BTW, what's the game date?

[rustysi]

I just put a sub into Marcus Island... perhaps it will detect some sort of intel on Marcus. I don't know.

Not as to LCU's.

[rustysi]

Mouseover shows another 16 units next door. Yikes.

And I'll wager there're all headed for Singers, well most of 'em. The day after they get there, it'll all be over.[:(]

[AcePylut]

Next day is in the books. Singapore was lost the day the war started. More units are now into Singapore - see the image. Forts are back up to "1". My forts at Singapore were at 2, before this all began.

My sub at Wenchow executed a perfect ambush, except... it launched it's torps at the DD, not the BB and missed. Oh well.

Norfolk Island fell.

Multiple sweeps and Caps around China - tells me CB is getting mad at my Flying Tigers and is trying to hunt them down.

For the next turn, I"m going to dispatch a CA/CL/DD force from Sydney, Oz to Norfolk and perhaps bag some ships. We'll see though, if the odds are not in my favor, I'll pull back.

The KB moved North/Northwest, about in the middle of the triangle between Nedni, Tabiteuea, and Suva.

[rustysi]

The KB moved North/Northwest, about in the middle of the triangle between Nedni, Tabiteuea, and Suva.

Setting up to defend follow up convoys/forces?

Edit:Possible refuel?

[AcePylut]

My guess would be some units coming to invade Tab and the surrounding islands... most likely to shore up that flank for his units.

I noticed a movement dot going "out" of Singapore, probably pulling back those units beat up/ disrupted in the shock attack.

[Encircled]

If he's capturing Norfolk Island, then he's got both an excellent buffer for his conquests to the north, and an excellent staging post if he's thinking of attacking Oz or NZ.

[AcePylut]

I hope he's going for Oz.

Norfolk is in range of B17's from NZ. I'll start building up Auckland's airport another level or two (it can already handle B-17's), and begin round the clock bombing of Norfolk Island. Unless he keeps up LRCAP from Noumea, it will take a long time for him to build an airfield there. This could be a great training base for me.

I think this is more of a move to put the southern supply line into OZ at constant risk. Good thing I'm building up Tahiti. Tahiti would be at the very long end of a supply line, but right now, considering the units I have there, I don't think I have enough INF there (just a regiment) to stop a 'grab and smash and leave' operation. I'll need to get more in there to feel more secure.

[AcePylut]

Anotere turn is in the books.

Wenchow in China fell to a concerted, 6 division, attack.

An IJ Fleet is at Norfolk Island and appears to have picked up the IJ troops there. I have a 4CA SCTF on full speed to attempt an intercept, but it won't get to Norfolk until the turn ends. I suspect that CB's fleet will have departed. If the situation is favorable to pursue this transport fleet, I will, otherwise I will retire and repair the sys damaged incurred from a full speed run.

In the DEI, please note the graphic.

I've doubled my search planes for the next turn (not shown on this image) to get clarity on the fleets. If this is a large invasion fleet, my CV's will attack. If there aren't any capital ships of note, then I might send in my SCTF to clean things up, and hopefully bait CB into sending something of value into my carriers, or I may hold the SCTF "at base" and see if a better opportunity arises. As of right now, none of these DEI Tf's have been detected.