At dawn we slept...in the cab on the way back from Olongapo

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake
Armor and infantry at Clark. The locals are doing the line infantry work. Filipino units up to mid 50's to 60 on experience.

With all the wear and tear borne by the Filipinos, surely you must be running low on replacement PA squads by now. What are your reserves looking like?

[Cap Mandrake]

All the 1941 Philippine Army and Scouts rifle and engineering squads are at zero.

'43 squads just starting to appear but tiny numbers.

Heavy weapons are good.

[RangerJoe]

Maybe the Heavy Weapons should upgrade to US standards in 1943 so they don't run out.

[Disco Duck]

So what does the VP situation look like?

[Cap Mandrake]

We are still way behind on VP's. Twice as many ships sunk...though many are small craft.

Pretend I did not read how ground replacement works. Does one simply press the "allow upgrade" button in a rear area to allow a US Army unit to upgrade to '43 squads?

By ra way, it seems there is a separate pool for US Army units in the PI...true?

[Disco Duck]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

We are still way behind on VP's. Twice as many ships sunk...though many are small craft.

Pretend I did not read how ground replacement works. Does one simply press the "allow upgrade" button in a rear area to allow a US Army unit to upgrade to '43 squads?

By ra way, it seems there is a separate pool for US Army units in the PI...true?

I think to upgrade you have to be in rest/training. I haven't read the manual in awhile

[witpqs]

Allow Upgrade plus be in a friendly base.

To upgrade the TOE must be in Rest mode, Allow Upgrade, be in a friendly base, command HQ within (I think it is) twice it's distance thingy.

The base the unit is present at has to have adequate supply too.

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: witpqs

Allow Upgrade plus be in a friendly base.

To upgrade the TOE must be in Rest mode, Allow Upgrade, be in a friendly base, command HQ within (I think it is) twice it's distance thingy.

The base the unit is present at has to have adequate supply too.

And then there's the matter of devices in the pools...

Combat squads upgrade by sending the current squads to the pool and drawing squads that have the weapons abstracted in the upgraded squads' values for anti-armor and anti-soft -i.e. they go to the pools with rifles and maybe one BAR per squad, and they come out with some rifles but more Thompson SMGs, grease guns, bazookas and rifle grenades. The men are still the same. Once you start the first sets of squads upgrading the process runs quickly with replacements happening every turn (if conditions are right).

[Cap Mandrake]

Oh, I get it. This is sort of like planning.

[Cap Mandrake]

Special case. US 31st IR trapped on Luzon seems to draw PI US Rifle squads (which makes sense because of the isolation) but these are only available until 12-42 and the pool is empty..

Can 31st IR now draw '43 US Army squads as replacements or are they SOL?

[Cap Mandrake]

Also 4th USMC Regt on Luzon...can they draw '43 USMC squads?

Is there a supply cost to do that? There is a unit remnant defending Batan Is but the main unit is still at Bataan (the peninsula).

And what about the armor on Luzon. Can we buy some Shermans or M5 Stuarts? The Sherman gun would probably go through two or three Ronsons at a time.

[Cap Mandrake]

Ditto the TD Bn's on Luzon. Can they draw '43 Recce squads and M8's?

[Cap Mandrake]

If you get stuck on the Princess Corona they give you free WiFi and a 100% credit on your next trip.

[Cap Mandrake]

*********************January 19, 1943(e)**************

PI: Crazy masochists come back for more at Batan Is.

Invasion Support action off Batan Island (85,70)

17 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
SC Ch 36
xAK Hoeisan Maru
DD Kuri

[Cap Mandrake]

Japs have total air superiority over Luzon and Batan Is. 120 fighters at Manila.

Morning Air attack on Batan Island , at 85,70

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 25,560 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 42

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
42 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar sweeping at 22560 feet

[Cap Mandrake]

Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 26,190 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 37

No Japanese losses

[Cap Mandrake]

Oh well. Tomorrow is another day. AS GO IS MY WITNESS I WILL NEVER FIX BOMB CRATERS AGAIN!

Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 16

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 7 damaged

Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 3

[Cap Mandrake]

OK, OK, We get it. Enough already.

Morning Air attack on Bataan , at 78,77

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 3
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 6

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 8

[Cap Mandrake]

Santa Maria y El Nino Jesus!

Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-IIa Lily x 26
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 31

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-IIa Lily: 4 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 4 damaged

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 11

[Cap Mandrake]

Say hello to my leettle Ma Deuce!

Ground combat at Batan Island (85,70)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 919 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4

Defending force 523 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 23

Japanese adjusted assault: 0

Allied adjusted defense: 23

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 99 (fort level 0)

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

Japanese ground losses:
158 casualties reported
Squads: 21 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
47th Naval Guard Unit

Defending units:
4th Marine Rgt /1

We just murdered an entire Naval Guard Unit.