Sardaukar's another Newbie Campaign 3rd take)

[Sardaukar]

One very annoying thing in WitP:AE is that in China your units often lack supply in base but have plenty outside. See the picture.

Thus my decision to withdraw from Loyang. I'll later try to encircle and get the base that way when my troops are rested, reinforced and have taken lot of replacements.

[Alfred]

ORIGINAL: Sardaukar

One very annoying thing in WitP:AE is that in China your units often lack supply in base but have plenty outside. See the picture.

Thus my decision to withdraw from Loyang. I'll later try to encircle and get the base that way when my troops are rested, reinforced and have taken lot of replacements.

To expand on Sardaukar's point.

LCUs inside a base get their supply from that base's supply depot. LCUs out in the country side can get their supply from any eligible base with a sufficient supply surplus after resupplying its own housed units.

Alfred

[Sardaukar]

July 30 1943.

Sunk heavy units:

[Sardaukar]

Strat map:

[Sardaukar]

Future plans:

- Operations Hammer & Anvil will invade Tarawa and Mili in Central Pacific. Operations will be supported by CVs: Essex, Yorktown II, Lexington, Saratoga, 2 CVLs and few CVEs.

- Operation Cartwheel will invade Umboi I., Manus and Kavieng, isolating Rabaul. Advance along PNG coast will also commence. It will be helped with extra divisions arrived in Sydney from West Coast. Operations will be supported by CVs: Enterprise, Yorktown, Hornet and Wasp.

- Operation Valkyrie will continue to advance towards both Saigon and Singapore. Kamikazes from 1-1-1944 be damned.
I cannot count for much of naval gun support, since all R-class BBs are withdrawing to Europe and won't return.

[Sardaukar]

Planned amphibious invasions:

Mili: 4th Marine Div + Combat Engineer Rgt + 2 tank bns

Tarawa: 2nd Marine Div + Combat Engineer Rgt + Tank Destroyer Bn + 2 tank bns.

Milne Bay: 1st Marine Div + Tank Destroyer Bn

[Sardaukar]

Aug 5-6 1943:

Land-based aircrafts show their deadliness in naval attack (though historically Vultee Vengeance was not something to write home about...)

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Great Nicobar at 44,66

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIc x 14

Allied aircraft losses
Beaufighter VIc: 3 damaged

Japanese Ships
CL Kitakami, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD Asanagi, Shell hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Beaufighter VIc bombing from 100 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Trinkat at 43,63

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 6 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Allied aircraft
Vengeance I x 14

Allied aircraft losses
Vengeance I: 3 damaged

Japanese Ships
CL Kitakami, Bomb hits 3, heavy damage
DD Asanagi, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Vengeance I releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
8 x Vengeance I releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Trinkat at 43,63

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 7 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Allied aircraft
Vengeance I x 15

Allied aircraft losses
Vengeance I: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
CL Kitakami, Bomb hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Asanagi, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Vengeance I releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
4 x Vengeance I releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
4 x Vengeance I releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CL Kitakami
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Asanagi

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Trinkat at 43,63

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 3 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 0 minutes

Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIc x 14

Allied aircraft losses
Beaufighter VIc: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
CL Kitakami, Bomb hits 14, and is sunk

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Beaufighter VIc bombing from 100 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb

[Sardaukar]

One annoyance is "upgrade" of Wellington Ic to Wellington B.X.

In this "upgrade" one loses both range and load...without gaining anything...

[Sardaukar]

Recent arrival of Beaufighter TX-torpedo bombers to Port Blair has made IJN incursions towards Andaman Sea and Rangoon very dangerous. Recent IJN losses there include 1 BB and 1 CA (plus 1 BB possible).

Victorious Southeast Asia Command and 14th Army under Lord Mountbatten and Bill Slim continue to advance. Planned advance of Operation Valkyrie shown on map.

[Sardaukar]

Flash news!

CV USS Enterprise is hit by 3 torpedoes, fortunately close to Brisbane. Apparently IJN I-165 did not survive.

CV Enterprise is damaged as follows: 67 sys, 61 flt (36 major), 22 eng (9 major), 16 fires.

This will keep CV out of action probably couple of months at least, that is when fires are down and flotation too, so she can be moved to Sydney drydock.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 25, 43
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Sub attack near Coffs Harbour at 95,163

Japanese Ships
SS I-165, hits 18, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
CV Enterprise, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
BB Prince of Wales
BB Washington
CA Canberra
CA Australia
CL Columbia
CL Nashville
CL Phoenix
CL Honolulu
CLAA San Juan
DD Monssen
DD Grayson
DD Gwin

[Sardaukar]

Sept 16-17 1943:

This was annoying:

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Ground combat at 86,46 (near Nanyang)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 12687 troops, 102 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 454

Defending force 11789 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 366

Japanese adjusted assault: 370

Allied adjusted defense: 170

Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: experience(-)
Attacker: leaders(+)

Japanese ground losses:
753 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 66 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled

Allied ground losses:
3309 casualties reported
Squads: 98 destroyed, 69 disabled
Non Combat: 101 destroyed, 31 disabled
Engineers: 5 destroyed, 8 disabled
Guns lost 7 (5 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Units retreated 1

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
32nd Division

Defending units:
90th Chinese Corps

This was not...Cannae of Bangkok!

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Ground combat at 56,63 (near Bangkok)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 40625 troops, 635 guns, 854 vehicles, Assault Value = 1420

Defending force 6048 troops, 47 guns, 27 vehicles, Assault Value = 20

Allied adjusted assault: 715

Japanese adjusted defense: 2

Allied assault odds: 357 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
4991 casualties reported
Squads: 9 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 790 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 80 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 53 (51 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 40 (40 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 16

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

Assaulting units:
6th Australian Division
11th (East African) Division
268th Motorised Brigade
Gardner's Horse Regiment
111th Chindit Brigade
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
88th Chinese Division

Defending units:
3rd Fleet
8th Field AF Construction Battalion
4th JNAF AF Unit
34th Field AA Battalion
124th Infantry Regiment
48th Field AA Battalion
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
Thai Aviation Coy
58th Construction Battalion
32nd Field AA Battalion
21st Ind. Engineer Regiment
23rd AA Regiment
1st JAAF Base Force
39th Road Const Co
33rd JAAF AF Coy
6th Shipping Engineer Regiment
8th JAAF AF Coy

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Ground combat at 56,63 (near Bangkok)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 40673 troops, 635 guns, 854 vehicles, Assault Value = 1421

Defending force 1446 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Allied adjusted assault: 826

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 826 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender:
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
1042 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 178 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 3 (3 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

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

Assaulting units:
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
268th Motorised Brigade
111th Chindit Brigade
Gardner's Horse Regiment
11th (East African) Division
6th Australian Division
88th Chinese Division

Defending units:
Thai Aviation Coy

[Sardaukar]

CV Enterprise will be inside drydock in Sydney for 229 days...so that is that for 1943...

3 of my submarines have gotten hammered around Hokkaido straits within a week (none sunk). I am pretty sure I have seen this movie...and I think that IJN destroyer captain is even in game. [:'(][8D]

Commonwealth units are splitting in Bangkok. Brits and Australians are going towards Singapore, Chinese and Indians are going to Saigon. I am sure Vietminh will welcome their Asian brothers with open arms... [:'(]

[RangerJoe]

Yes, but if you look at the Momo class destroyer it is not as good as other destroyers for ASW work.

[Sardaukar]

Op Valkyrie in action:

After few very decisive encirclement battles near Rangoon and Bangkok, AI is very short of units to defend Malaya and Indochina.

[Sardaukar]

Plan is to take all south Indochina up to Hue and Malaya. Then operating air and naval units from Singapore, Saigon and Cam Ranh Bay.

After a stop at PH, CV Bunker Hill will be directed to Sydney, to replace stricken CV Enterprise.

As Allies, Supreme Allied Commander Pacific (SACPAC) actually already has way more troops, planes and ships that he can find reasonable use.

As a side note, WitP and WitP-AE really fired up my interest in Pacific War...Amazon made fortune with me buying books of topic. [8D]

[Sardaukar]

When your subs start to refit in wrong base...when already damaged...

Logistic clusterf*ck, screaming from PH can be heard in Midway I....maintenance officers beheaded, sub commanders sent to do naval survey in Nepal...etc.

[RangerJoe]

I seriously doubt that Midway will be bombed during this time. When the refits are done, a lot if not all of the minor damage should be finished.

An important lesson learned at a low cost. At least they are not aircraft carriers in a front line port.

[Sardaukar]

As per RangerJoe said...doubt IJN would come calling. If they do, I have this CV/CVL force gathered in PH.

Reason Lex and Sara came back from SWPAC is that they cannot fit into Sydney drydock. Their tonnage is over 30k limit. Something for people to think, they are more suitable for operating neared bigger drydocks.

[Sardaukar]

Those are for covering future amphibious operations vs. Tarawa and Mili.

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: Sardaukar

When your subs start to refit in wrong base...when already damaged...

Logistic clusterf*ck, screaming from PH can be heard in Midway I....maintenance officers beheaded, sub commanders sent to do naval survey in Nepal...etc.

Note how Sawfish with 24 points of System damage is only going to take 9 days to repair that but Tambor with 22 points is going to take 26 days tied to the Repair Ship. It is best to use the port repair points to fix all System damage first - it is much better at it - and only then assign ship to an AR to fix the Flotation and Engineering damage. It is not too late to remove Tambor from the AR and assign Pogy instead.