Sardaukar's another Newbie Campaign 3rd take)

[Sardaukar]

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

When playing Allies, I like to put a lot of otherwise unneeded xAKs and all AK/APs hauling supplies to Cape Town. I will build up millions there. Think of that many more supplies available to the Chinese. Extra thousands per month don't go very far compared to hundreds of thousands.

I keep the smaller xAKLs for supplying small bases.

+1 on the amount of supply. I once took most of the South China coast and began dumping in supply. There were a lot of holes in the Japanese defence lines so the supply got to basically every Chinese unit. It took 4 Million supply before the red and yellow ! symbols disappeared and units started to fill out. But in the meantime their morale picked up around 10+ points and they got some upgrades in artillery. That was enough to halt Japan's advance and with a couple of million more supplies the Chinese began to push back in several places. Japan could not concentrate enough to cover everywhere, so the breakthroughs started and played heck with Japanese supply lines. Beginning of the end for Japan.
The best part is that Chinese units have a lot of AV and can take over garrison requirements. I pick units with lousy leaders for garrison and I split units to make smaller garrisons.

Chinese definitely have lots of crappy leaders... [:D] Another problem is that quite a few of good combat leaders have abysmal Admin rating. That is not good for replacements etc.

China in game is now mostly without !-symbols, so all is good. More supply on the way from Indochina.

[Spanno]

Thanks for doing this, been reading through and learning lots!

[Sardaukar]

Feb 25 1944

Strange naval battle in Saigon...IJN sailed upriver with 3 Es...

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Day Time Surface Combat, near Saigon at 60,71, Range 11,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
E Kuretake
E Yugao
E Kurahashi, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk

Allied Ships
MTB 277, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
MTB 278
MTB 286
MTB 291, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
MTB 292
MTB 294
MTB 299
MTB 301
MTB 303
MTB 305, Shell hits 5, and is sunk

Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions: 27,000 yards
Range closes to 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
MTB 299 engages E Kurahashi at 11,000 yards
E Kurahashi engages MTB 292 at 11,000 yards
E Kurahashi engages MTB 278 at 11,000 yards
Range closes to 5,000 yards
MTB 305 engages E Kurahashi at 5,000 yards
E Yugao engages MTB 305 at 5,000 yards
E Kurahashi engages MTB 286 at 5,000 yards
MTB 277 engages E Yugao at 5,000 yards
Range closes to 4,000 yards
E Kurahashi engages MTB 292 at 4,000 yards
E Kurahashi engages MTB 286 at 4,000 yards
Range increases to 5,000 yards
MTB 305 collides with MTB 292 at 60 , 71
E Kurahashi engages MTB 305 at 5,000 yards
E Kuretake engages MTB 301 at 5,000 yards
E Kurahashi engages MTB 299 at 5,000 yards
MTB 292 engages E Kurahashi at 5,000 yards
Range increases to 6,000 yards
MTB 305 sunk by E Kurahashi at 6,000 yards
E Kurahashi engages MTB 301 at 6,000 yards
MTB 292 engages E Kurahashi at 6,000 yards
MTB 291 sunk by E Kurahashi at 6,000 yards
MTB 286 engages E Kurahashi at 6,000 yards
E Kurahashi engages MTB 278 at 6,000 yards
MTB 303 engages E Kurahashi at 6,000 yards
E Kurahashi engages MTB 301 at 6,000 yards
E Yugao engages MTB 303 at 6,000 yards
E Kuretake engages MTB 303 at 6,000 yards
MTB 277 engages E Yugao at 6,000 yards
Range closes to 5,000 yards
E Kurahashi engages MTB 303 at 5,000 yards
E Yugao engages MTB 303 at 5,000 yards
E Kuretake engages MTB 303 at 5,000 yards
MTB 286 engages E Kurahashi at 5,000 yards
MTB 278 engages E Kurahashi at 5,000 yards
Range closes to 4,000 yards
E Kurahashi engages MTB 303 at 4,000 yards
E Yugao engages MTB 303 at 4,000 yards
E Yugao engages MTB 301 at 4,000 yards
E Yugao engages MTB 303 at 4,000 yards
MTB 303 engages E Kuretake at 4,000 yards
Range closes to 3,000 yards
E Yugao engages MTB 277 at 3,000 yards
E Yugao engages MTB 303 at 3,000 yards
Range increases to 5,000 yards
E Kuretake engages MTB 303 at 5,000 yards
E Kurahashi engages MTB 278 at 5,000 yards
Range closes to 4,000 yards
E Kurahashi sunk by MTB 277 at 4,000 yards
Range closes to 3,000 yards
E Yugao engages MTB 303 at 3,000 yards
E Yugao engages MTB 301 at 3,000 yards
E Yugao engages MTB 286 at 3,000 yards
E Yugao engages MTB 278 at 3,000 yards
MTB 277 sunk by E Yugao at 3,000 yards
Range increases to 8,000 yards
E Yugao engages MTB 303 at 8,000 yards
E Yugao engages MTB 301 at 8,000 yards
MTB 299 engages E Yugao at 8,000 yards
MTB 294 engages E Yugao at 8,000 yards
Range increases to 14,000 yards
E Yugao engages MTB 301 at 14,000 yards
MTB 299 engages E Kuretake at 14,000 yards
E Yugao engages MTB 292 at 14,000 yards
E Yugao engages MTB 286 at 14,000 yards
orders Allied TF to disengage
Task forces break off...

[Sardaukar]

Feb 27-28 1944

And they are back...this time thei did pay for their isolence...

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Saigon at 60,71, Range 1,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
E Manazuru
E W-2
E Naryu, Shell hits 1
SC Ch 45
SC Ch 47
SC Ch 51, Shell hits 1
SC Ch 54

Allied Ships
MTB 278
MTB 286, Shell hits 1, on fire
MTB 294
MTB 299
MTB 301
MTB 303

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Saigon at 60,72

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 28 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Allied aircraft
Beaufighter TF.X x 2
Spitfire VIII x 7
A-36 Mustang x 11
B-25D1 Mitchell x 13
P-38H Lightning x 12
P-51A Mustang x 12

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
E Manazuru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
SC Ch 51
E W-2, Bomb hits 5, and is sunk
SC Ch 54, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level
Naval Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
2 x Beaufighter TF.X bombing from 100 feet
7 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level
Naval Attack: 6 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

But they are back next day...damn pests.. [:'(]

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Saigon at 60,71, Range 1,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
E Naryu, Shell hits 10
SC Ch 45
SC Ch 47
SC Ch 51

Allied Ships
MTB 278
MTB 286
MTB 294
MTB 299
MTB 301
MTB 303

[Sardaukar]

Situation March 6 1944

[Sardaukar]

Who the hell is shelling Singapore...

NAVAL MOVEMENT PHASE
Naval Gun Fire at Singapore

[RangerJoe]

It looks like a TF moved into the range of the big guns there.

[Sardaukar]

Ah..it's probably IJN passing hex and my artillery firing. No CD guns tho, pity.

[Sardaukar]

March 21 1944

Hongkong falls!

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Ground combat at Hong Kong (77,61)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 66146 troops, 706 guns, 1043 vehicles, Assault Value = 2058

Defending force 27678 troops, 204 guns, 127 vehicles, Assault Value = 107

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 0

Allied adjusted assault: 2212

Japanese adjusted defense: 737

Allied assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied forces CAPTURE Hong Kong !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
3114 casualties reported
Squads: 56 destroyed, 19 disabled
Non Combat: 118 destroyed, 41 disabled
Engineers: 90 destroyed, 4 disabled
Guns lost 89 (61 destroyed, 28 disabled)
Vehicles lost 97 (97 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
459 casualties reported
Squads: 7 destroyed, 85 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled

Assaulting units:
15th Chinese Corps
20th Indian Division
2nd Reserve Division
Provisionl Tank Brigade
268th Motorised Brigade
52nd Chinese Corps
26th Indian Division
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
88th Chinese Division
2nd Prov Chinese Corps
5th Indian Division
Z' Force

Defending units:
38th Division
Canton Special Base Force
13th Ind.Infantry Brigade
47th JAAF AF Bn
21st Mortar Battalion
Hong Kong Def Force
9th Ind. Field Artillery Battalion
10th Ind. Field Artillery Battalion
30th RGC Division
20th RGC Division
2nd Fleet
16th JAAF Base Force
8th Ind.Infantry Brigade
15th RGC Temp. Division
32nd JNAF AF Unit
59th Construction Battalion
11th Ind. Field Artillery Battalion
Hong Kong Special Base Force
2nd JAAF AF Coy

[Sardaukar]

Another tip.

You can run your Naval search at 50% with additional ASW set to 10%. this way you also train ASW and can sometimes get lucky against subs.

Fatigue and ops losses are not major issue.

[Sardaukar]

Pilots exp gain (green last turn, orange within last month).

[Sardaukar]

March 30 1944

If I cannot sink them at sea, I'll sink them in their port...

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Morning Air attack on Batavia , at 49,98

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 23 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Allied aircraft
Liberator B.VI x 11

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
SS I-175, Bomb hits 1
SS I-185, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage
SS I-179, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage
SS I-11, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage
SS I-182, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage
SS I-10, Bomb hits 1
SS I-174, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage
SS I-171, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage

Port hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Liberator B.VI bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

[Sardaukar]

April 3 1944

Lost couple of subs in recent week, that was because of those annoying "super-E"s (though they are not quite as bad as in stock).

Shortlands is captured! Invasion id Wake I. ongoing, Japanese in Hongkong surrounded.


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Ground combat at Shortlands (109,131)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 12321 troops, 211 guns, 387 vehicles, Assault Value = 511

Defending force 5230 troops, 0 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 63

Allied adjusted assault: 393

Japanese adjusted defense: 21

Allied assault odds: 18 to 1 (fort level 3)

Allied forces CAPTURE Shortlands !!!

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 13 destroyed
Ki-45 KAIc Nick: 2 destroyed

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

Japanese ground losses:
1079 casualties reported
Squads: 71 destroyed, 13 disabled
Non Combat: 97 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 15 (15 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 2

Allied ground losses:
34 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 9 (1 destroyed, 8 disabled)

Assaulting units:
Americal Infantry Division
3rd USMC Tank Battalion
2/4th Armoured Regiment

Defending units:
78th Infantry Regiment
20th Recon Regiment
Maizuru 4th SNLF
15th Base Force

[Sardaukar]

Master plan in China.

Garrison requirements will put a dent into Allied attack power...but..so be it.

First B-29 squadrons have arrived, so trying to start strategic bombing of Japan in this month. This needing bases as close as possible.

[Sardaukar]

Curtis LeMay's wet deam has started...[8D]

[Sardaukar]

IJN capital ship losses.

[Sardaukar]

IJN sub losses.Very disappointing despite efforts.

[Sardaukar]

Allied sub losses.

[Sardaukar]

April 11-12 1944

Amphibious landing at Wake I and paratroop assault at Terapo.

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Naval bombardment of Wake Island at 136,98

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5d-S Zero: 16 damaged
A6M5d-S Zero: 3 destroyed on ground
Ki-45 KAIc Nick: 40 damaged
Ki-45 KAIc Nick: 3 destroyed on ground
Ki-27b Nate: 8 damaged
Ki-27b Nate: 1 destroyed on ground
A6M5 Zero: 3 damaged
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-46-II Dinah: 4 damaged
Ki-46-II Dinah: 2 destroyed on ground
A6M3 Zero: 44 damaged
A6M3 Zero: 6 destroyed on ground
J1N1-C Irving: 8 damaged
J1N1-C Irving: 3 destroyed on ground

Allied Ships
BB Mississippi
BB New Mexico
BB Idaho
BB California
BB Pennsylvania
BB Arizona
BB West Virginia
BB Colorado
BB Maryland
CA San Francisco
CA Astoria

Japanese ground losses:
664 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 15 destroyed, 36 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled

Airbase hits 11
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 50
Port hits 20
Port supply hits 5

BB Mississippi firing at Wake Island
BB New Mexico firing at Wake Island
BB Idaho firing at Wake Island
BB California firing at Wake Island
BB Pennsylvania firing at Wake Island
BB Arizona firing at Maizuru 2nd SNLF
BB West Virginia firing at Wake Island
BB Colorado firing at Wake Island
BB Maryland firing at Wake Island
CA San Francisco firing at Wake Island
CA Astoria firing at Wake Island

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Pre-Invasion action off Wake Island (136,98)
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

9 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
BB Oklahoma
BB Nevada
CA New Orleans
CA Salt Lake City
CL Raleigh
CL Richmond
DD Conway
DD Converse
DD Conner
DD Colahan
DD Cogswell
DD Claxton
DD Capps
LCI(G)-80
LCI(G)-79
LCI(G)-78
LCI(G)-77
LCI(G)-76
LCI-328
LCI-329
LCI-334
LCI-333
LCI-335

Japanese ground losses:
3736 casualties reported
Squads: 57 destroyed, 67 disabled
Non Combat: 32 destroyed, 239 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled

BB Oklahoma firing at Maizuru 2nd SNLF
BB Nevada firing at Maizuru 2nd SNLF
CA New Orleans firing at 1st South Seas Det.
CA Salt Lake City firing at 1st South Seas Det.
CL Raleigh firing at 1st South Seas Det.
CL Richmond firing at 1st South Seas Det.
DD Conway firing at 52nd Naval Guard Unit
DD Converse firing at 52nd Naval Guard Unit
DD Conner firing at 52nd Naval Guard Unit
DD Colahan firing at 52nd Naval Guard Unit
DD Cogswell firing at 52nd Naval Guard Unit
DD Claxton firing at 52nd Naval Guard Unit
DD Capps firing at 52nd Naval Guard Unit
LCI(G)-80 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-79 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-78 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-77 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-76 fired at enemy troops
DD Capps fired at enemy troops
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 4,000 yards
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 1,000 yards

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Amphibious Assault at Wake Island (136,98)

TF 167 troops unloading over beach at Wake Island, 136,98

Allied ground losses:
26 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 3 (2 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 3 (0 destroyed, 3 disabled)

81mm M1 Mortar accidentally lost during unload of 4th Marine Div /1
12 troops of a USMC Rifle Squad 44 lost from landing craft during unload of 4th Marine Div /3
0.5in AAMG Sect (2) dropped into water during unload of 4th Marine Div /5
12 Support troops accidentally lost during unload of 4th Marine Div /7

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Ground combat at Wake Island (136,98)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 11794 troops, 255 guns, 353 vehicles, Assault Value = 634

Defending force 7327 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 31

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 3

Allied adjusted assault: 169

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 169 to 1 (fort level 3)

Allied forces CAPTURE Wake Island !!!

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 22 destroyed
J1N1-C Irving: 1 destroyed
A6M5d-S Zero: 3 destroyed
A6M5 Zero: 4 destroyed
Ki-45 KAIc Nick: 6 destroyed
Ki-27b Nate: 7 destroyed
Ki-46-II Dinah: 4 destroyed

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

Japanese ground losses:
5129 casualties reported
Squads: 77 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 747 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 8 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units destroyed 8

Allied ground losses:
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)

Assaulting units:
767th Tank Battalion
766th Tank Battalion
640th Tank Destroyer Battalion
4th Marine Div /16

Defending units:
1st South Seas Det.
52nd Naval Guard Unit
5th JNAF AF Unit
Wake Coastal Gun Battalion
Maizuru 2nd SNLF
6th JNAF Coy
61st JNAF AF Unit
50th JNAF Coy

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Ground combat at Terapo (96,127)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 513 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 28

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

Allied adjusted assault: 23

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 23 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied forces CAPTURE Terapo !!!

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

Assaulting units:
2/7 Cavalry Cdo Bn /1

[Sardaukar]

From above and from previous amphibious assaults, you can see how deadly those tank battalions are.