IJ commander resurrected - Mundy (A) vs. Castor Troy (IJ) - restricted AAR

[WriterNotViking]

Very happy to see this AAR back in action. Do you expect to have a difficult time clearing out Goa as at Poona, or do you think the defense will fail more quickly here?

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: WriterNotViking

Very happy to see this AAR back in action. Do you expect to have a difficult time clearing out Goa as at Poona, or do you think the defense will fail more quickly here?

No, Goa will be a cakewalk compared to Poona as Goa is still an Allied base. The first positive adjusted av ratio (minus forts) will see the base surrendering as my tank rgts will seal the pocket. With my 9000 av there I don't expect to need more than two or three deliberate attacks to see the base fall and all troops surrender.

More of a question is the possibility of an Allied evacuation attempt but time is running against them.

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 15, 44
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TF 204 encounters mine field at Hakodate (119,53)

Allied Ships
SS Pintado, Mine hits 1


US sub passing through the minefields at Hakodate but once again a single mine hit just scratches the paint of a sub... [8|]



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Night Naval bombardment of Goa at 32,29

Allied Ships
BB Queen Elizabeth
BB Valiant
BB Howe
BC Renown
CA London
CA Dorsetshire

Japanese ground losses:
273 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled


the Royal Navy shows up in force and bombards our troops that arrived at Goa... I literally never do such bombardments as they have no effect no matter what you throw at the enemy...


BB Queen Elizabeth firing at 55th Division
Walrus II acting as spotter for BB Valiant
BB Valiant firing at 55th Division
BB Howe firing at 10th Division
BC Renown firing at 34th Division
CA London firing at 10th Division
Walrus II acting as spotter for CA Dorsetshire
CA Dorsetshire firing at 15th Division


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Afternoon Air attack on 43rd Infantry Division, at 54,38 , near Jessore

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
P1Y2 Frances x 81

Japanese aircraft losses
P1Y2 Frances: 9 damaged

Allied ground losses:
590 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 15 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 46 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
27 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
27 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 3rd Marine Division ...
Also attacking 43rd Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 3rd Marine Division ...
Also attacking 43rd Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 3rd Marine Division ...
Also attacking 43rd Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 3rd Marine Division ...
Also attacking 43rd Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 3rd Marine Division ...
Also attacking 43rd Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 3rd Marine Division ...


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Afternoon Air attack on 3rd Marine Division, at 54,38 , near Jessore

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
P1Y2 Frances x 54

Japanese aircraft losses
P1Y2 Frances: 3 damaged

Allied ground losses:
288 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 25 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
27 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 6th Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 3rd Marine Division ...
Also attacking 6th Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 3rd Marine Division ...
Also attacking 6th Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 3rd Marine Division ...
Also attacking 6th Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 3rd Marine Division ...
Also attacking 6th Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 3rd Marine Division ...
Also attacking 6th Infantry Division ...


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Ground combat at Goa (32,29)

Japanese Deliberate attack



Attacking force 284291 troops, 2583 guns, 2809 vehicles, Assault Value = 9401

Defending force 59813 troops, 1020 guns, 704 vehicles, Assault Value = 1460

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 3

Japanese adjusted assault: 9017

Allied adjusted defense: 2511

Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 3)

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 3

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

Japanese ground losses:
10229 casualties reported
Squads: 18 destroyed, 529 disabled
Non Combat: 31 destroyed, 114 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 75 disabled
Guns lost 94 (7 destroyed, 87 disabled)
Vehicles lost 372 (135 destroyed, 237 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Allied ground losses:
7139 casualties reported
Squads: 114 destroyed, 367 disabled
Non Combat: 130 destroyed, 249 disabled
Engineers: 17 destroyed, 87 disabled
Guns lost 217 (60 destroyed, 157 disabled)
Vehicles lost 64 (6 destroyed, 58 disabled)
Units destroyed 1


here#s our first attack going in at Goa and as expected the enemy won't be able to hold out for long as our first attack already achieves a 3:1... losses within our units are more than acceptable even though our tank rgts are getting trashed again with one unit outright being destroyed... not that far from a 4:1 and we would have taken the base which wouldn't go according to our plans as our tanks haven't cut off the base to the NE yet... two and a halve dozen units with nearly 60,000 troops trapped at Goa...


Assaulting units:
19th Tank Regiment
3rd Tank Division
23rd Tank Regiment
4th Division
66th Division
4th Tank Regiment
2nd Tank Regiment
10th Division
18th Division
19th Division
26th Division
17th Division
14th Tank Regiment
34th Division
22nd Tank Regiment
2nd Guards Division
3rd Division
51st Division
9th Tank Regiment
116th Division
16th Division
12th Tank Regiment
55th Division
25th Tank Regiment
2nd Division
15th Division
53rd Division
1st Tank Division
15th Tank Regiment
56th Division
27th Tank Regiment
2nd Tank Division
28th Army
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
1st Mortar Battalion
2nd Mortar Battalion
39th Field AA Battalion
4th Mortar Battalion
61st Field AA Battalion
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
38th Field AA Battalion
23rd AA Regiment
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
62nd Field AA Battalion

Defending units:
475th USA Regiment
98th Indian Brigade
268th Motorised Brigade
82nd (West African) Division
22nd (East African) Brigade
18th Cavalry Regiment
28th (East African) Brigade
20th Australian Brigade
100th Indian Brigade
99th Indian Brigade
44th (Support) Battalion
1st Indian Medium Regiment
231 Group RAF
87th Medium Regiment
126th RAF Base Force
33rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
18th SP Field Artillery Regiment
85th Medium Regiment
342 RAF Base Force
134th (East Ang) Regiment
31st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
IV Indian Corps
498th Base Group
XX US Bomber Cmnd
8th Mahratta AT Gun Regiment
2nd Indian Field Regiment
29th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
Twentieth USAAF
500th Base Group
86th Medium Regiment
11th RIAF Adv/Sqn Base Force


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Ground combat at 54,38 (near Jessore)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2814 troops, 258 guns, 127 vehicles, Assault Value = 1701

Defending force 95517 troops, 1 guns, 361 vehicles, Assault Value = 883

Allied ground losses:
156 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 13 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
48th Division
104th Division
21st Division
7th Division
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
1st RF Gun Battalion
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
3rd Mortar Battalion
21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
5th Mortar Battalion
3rd Medium Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
6th Infantry Division
43rd Infantry Division
4th Marine Division
2nd British Division
24th Infantry Division
6th Indian Division
41st Infantry Division
10th Indian Division
3rd Marine Division
7th Infantry Division
33rd Infantry Division
40th Infantry Division
1st (Spec) Cavalry Division
Americal Infantry Division
27th Infantry Division
8th Indian Division
Fifth US Fleet
298th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
Seventh US Fleet
111th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
25th Infantry Division
III Amphib Corps
53rd (Sep) Infantry Regiment
22nd Marine Regiment
V Amphib Corps
3rd Fleet Advn Base Force
Pacific Ocean Areas
32nd MAG
29th British Brigade

[castor troy]

looks like the enemy evacuation is on it's way as nav search has spotted several task forces even though I'm not sure about what is really coming in despite lots of sightings... the enemy definately has carriers in the region as we lost several Emilies and Dinah-IIIs on nav search today...

the IJNAF and IJAAF in India have been alerted and 500 fighters plus 350 bombers have been flown to the level 9 and 8 airfields of Bombay and Hyderabad to launch strikes against enemy shipping at Goa tomorrow... in the meantime our tanks keep marching onto the road NE of Goa to seal the pocket...

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 16, 44
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Sub attack near Tarawa at 136,128

Japanese Ships
xAK Teishun Maru, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage
PB Kinsui Maru
xAK Zenoa Maru
PB Yachio Maru
PB Nisui Maru
PB Nanshin Maru

Allied Ships
SS Bream, hits 1


I think it wasn't Bream that picked off one ship after another at Tarawa earlier but the story goes just on and on... we have pushed in another convoy with some 16,000 tons of supply but 2,000 tons are sunk as the convoy arrives... spotted sub, base hex...



SS Bream launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Teishun Maru
Bream bottoming out ....
PB Yachio Maru attacking submerged sub ....
PB Nisui Maru fails to find sub and abandons search
PB Nanshin Maru fails to find sub and abandons search
PB Yachio Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Yachio Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Yachio Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Yachio Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Yachio Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Night Naval bombardment of Goa at 32,29

Allied Ships
BB Queen Elizabeth
BB Valiant
BB Howe
BC Renown
CA London
CA Dorsetshire
DD Charrette
DD Burns

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


without replenishing the Royal Navy shows up again and does even less damage than the day before...


BB Queen Elizabeth firing at 26th Division
Walrus II acting as spotter for BB Valiant
BB Valiant firing at 3rd Tank Division
BB Howe firing at 53rd Division
BC Renown firing at 10th Division
CA London firing at 19th Division
Walrus II acting as spotter for CA Dorsetshire
CA Dorsetshire firing at 19th Division
DD Charrette firing at 116th Division
DD Burns firing at 26th Division


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Sub attack near Tarawa at 136,128

Japanese Ships
PB Minikami Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
PB Kinsui Maru
xAK Minami Maru
xAK Yulin Maru
xAK Teikin Maru
xAK Zenoa Maru
PB Yachio Maru
PB Nisui Maru
PB Nanshin Maru

Allied Ships
SS Bream, hits 1


god damn it...


SS Bream launches 2 torpedoes at PB Minikami Maru
PB Yachio Maru fails to find sub and abandons search
PB Nisui Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Nanshin Maru attacking submerged sub ....
PB Nisui Maru fails to find sub and abandons search
PB Nanshin Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Nanshin Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Nanshin Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Nanshin Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Nanshin Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Ground combat at Goa (32,29)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2616 troops, 182 guns, 99 vehicles, Assault Value = 8560

Defending force 53536 troops, 980 guns, 698 vehicles, Assault Value = 1058

Japanese ground losses:
154 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 79 (52 destroyed, 27 disabled) [8|]
Vehicles lost 11 (5 destroyed, 6 disabled)

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



really, don't know what to say about this idiocy... after our 3:1 yesterday I made a mistake in only setting our inf and tank units to defend so all the artillery stayed on bombard... the result is as stupid as always, the idiotic counter bombardment kills off two of my heavy artillery units... on the receiving end of the bombardment the enemy takes one combat squad destroyed and one disabled... SO STUPID...

knowing about the YAY sayers, just order the Allied to bombard and they would do literally no damage to my troops and take way more themself... totally SILLY... ordering a bombardment my art units get trashed in one round, ordering a deliberate attack and two rounds of bombardments in that attack my artillery units take ZERO losses and it has been that way since release... since release!!! best way to use the artillery is to order an intelligence bombardment for a single unit at start and then just stand down all artillery until your combat units attack...


Assaulting units:
25th Tank Regiment
3rd Division
51st Division
2nd Tank Division
53rd Division
18th Division
15th Tank Regiment
16th Division
2nd Tank Regiment
19th Division
12th Tank Regiment
23rd Tank Regiment
17th Division
66th Division
9th Tank Regiment
22nd Tank Regiment
55th Division
4th Tank Regiment
26th Division
116th Division
56th Division
3rd Tank Division
14th Tank Regiment
27th Tank Regiment
4th Division
34th Division
15th Division
10th Division
2nd Guards Division
1st Tank Division
2nd Division
11th Tank Regiment
23rd AA Regiment
1st Mortar Battalion
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
4th Mortar Battalion
28th Army
39th Field AA Battalion
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
38th Field AA Battalion
2nd Mortar Battalion
61st Field AA Battalion
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
62nd Field AA Battalion

Defending units:
99th Indian Brigade
82nd (West African) Division
20th Australian Brigade
98th Indian Brigade
22nd (East African) Brigade
100th Indian Brigade
28th (East African) Brigade
268th Motorised Brigade
44th (Support) Battalion
31st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
IV Indian Corps
134th (East Ang) Regiment
XX US Bomber Cmnd
1st Indian Medium Regiment
231 Group RAF
Twentieth USAAF
18th Cavalry Regiment
126th RAF Base Force
87th Medium Regiment
498th Base Group
86th Medium Regiment
85th Medium Regiment
8th Mahratta AT Gun Regiment
500th Base Group
29th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
2nd Indian Field Regiment
33rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
342 RAF Base Force
18th SP Field Artillery Regiment
11th RIAF Adv/Sqn Base Force


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Ground combat at 54,38 (near Jessore)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2806 troops, 258 guns, 127 vehicles, Assault Value = 854

Defending force 95286 troops, 0 guns, 346 vehicles, Assault Value = 887

Allied ground losses:
131 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
21st Division
48th Division
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
3rd Mortar Battalion
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
5th Mortar Battalion
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
1st RF Gun Battalion
21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
3rd Medium Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
2nd British Division
1st (Spec) Cavalry Division
40th Infantry Division
6th Indian Division
10th Indian Division
24th Infantry Division
33rd Infantry Division
7th Infantry Division
4th Marine Division
41st Infantry Division
27th Infantry Division
Americal Infantry Division
6th Infantry Division
3rd Marine Division
43rd Infantry Division
8th Indian Division
Fifth US Fleet
53rd (Sep) Infantry Regiment
V Amphib Corps
32nd MAG
III Amphib Corps
Seventh US Fleet
3rd Fleet Advn Base Force
111th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
Pacific Ocean Areas
22nd Marine Regiment
25th Infantry Division
298th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
29th British Brigade



as you can see there were no air attacks against shipping at Goa at all as the enemy didn't send any shipping to Goa except that bombardment TF... the spotted task forces are moving SW again and I guess the enemy has given up those trapped units at Goa... we have flown back the bombers to Calcutta and our ground units prepare for the final attack within the next couple of days when our tank rgt reaches the hex NE of Goa...

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 17, 44
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Morning Air attack on 2nd British Division, at 54,38 , near Jessore

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
P1Y2 Frances x 69

Japanese aircraft losses
P1Y2 Frances: 16 damaged

Allied ground losses:
227 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 23 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
33 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
33 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
3 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 40th Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 8th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 10th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 7th Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 2nd British Division ...
Also attacking 40th Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 2nd British Division ...
Also attacking 40th Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 2nd British Division ...
Also attacking 40th Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 10th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 7th Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 2nd British Division ...
Also attacking 40th Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 2nd British Division ...
Also attacking 40th Infantry Division ...


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Morning Air attack on 2nd British Division, at 54,38 , near Jessore

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
P1Y2 Frances x 67

Japanese aircraft losses
P1Y2 Frances: 7 damaged

Allied ground losses:
128 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 20 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


our bombers are back at Calcutta to bomb the remaining troops in the Jessore pocket...


Aircraft Attacking:
36 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
31 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 6th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 4th Marine Division ...
Also attacking 24th Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 2nd British Division ...
Also attacking 6th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 2nd British Division ...
Also attacking 6th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 2nd British Division ...
Also attacking 6th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 24th Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 2nd British Division ...
Also attacking 6th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 2nd British Division ...
Also attacking 6th Indian Division ...


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Morning Air attack on 40th Infantry Division, at 54,38 , near Jessore

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 9 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Japanese aircraft
P1Y2 Frances x 27

Japanese aircraft losses
P1Y2 Frances: 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
44 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 4th Marine Division, at 54,38 , near Jessore

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
P1Y2 Frances x 6

No Japanese losses

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

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb



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Sub attack near Tarawa at 136,128

Japanese Ships
xAK Yulin Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
xAK Minami Maru
xAK Zenoa Maru
PB Yachio Maru
PB Nisui Maru
PB Nanshin Maru

Allied Ships
SS Bream, hits 2


ahh... damn it, that's the next ship lost at Tarawa... probably the last convoy going there as the garrison there should have enough supplies to last well into 45... guess we have lost at least halve a dozen ships to a sub sitting still round after round in Tarawa's base hex...


SS Bream launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Yulin Maru
PB Yachio Maru attacking submerged sub ....
PB Nisui Maru fails to find sub and abandons search
PB Nanshin Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Yachio Maru fails to find sub and abandons search
PB Nanshin Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Nanshin Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Nanshin Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Nanshin Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Ground combat at 54,38 (near Jessore)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2808 troops, 258 guns, 127 vehicles, Assault Value = 854

Defending force 94582 troops, 0 guns, 328 vehicles, Assault Value = 886

Allied ground losses:
154 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 9 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
21st Division
48th Division
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
1st RF Gun Battalion
5th Mortar Battalion
21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Mortar Battalion
3rd Medium Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
Americal Infantry Division
1st (Spec) Cavalry Division
2nd British Division
27th Infantry Division
24th Infantry Division
10th Indian Division
41st Infantry Division
6th Infantry Division
4th Marine Division
3rd Marine Division
43rd Infantry Division
40th Infantry Division
6th Indian Division
33rd Infantry Division
7th Infantry Division
8th Indian Division
Pacific Ocean Areas
53rd (Sep) Infantry Regiment
Seventh US Fleet
32nd MAG
3rd Fleet Advn Base Force
Fifth US Fleet
III Amphib Corps
25th Infantry Division
V Amphib Corps
111th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
22nd Marine Regiment
298th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
29th British Brigade



hmmm... the enemy fooled me, don't know if on purpose or by accident... when we spotted enemy shipping coming towards Goa I expected the evacuation starting but then no ships were going in other than the Royal Navy BBs bomarding our troops... well, I was too fast with my decision to fly out the bombers back to Calcutta as a day later the enemy now has his transports at Goa, surely ordered to pick up troops tomorrow...

oh well, silly me... have flown back 500 fighters and 300+ bombers to both Bombay and Hyderabad to hopefully fly strikes against the evacuation convoys tomorrow... if Mundy picks the right number of troops he will load during the night and leave during the day which would surely reduce our strikes to ineffective, uncoordinated garbage while anti shipping strikes work quite well when the enemy is sitting at a base hex...

I guess the enemy won't be able to pick up all 30 units at Goa as we're speaking about some 60,000 troops but it is nevertheless perfect timing again as we will deliberate attack tomorrow and most likely take the base as our tank rgt in the NE is going to close the encirclement exactly tomorrow...

[castor troy]

a bloody turn with lots of fighting...


AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 18, 44
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ASW attack near Tarawa at 136,128

Japanese Ships
PB Yachio Maru
PB Nisui Maru
PB Nanshin Maru

Allied Ships
SS Bream


Bream of course still sits at Tarawa but at least she was kept from attacking...


SS Bream is sighted by escort
Bream bottoming out ....
PB Yachio Maru fails to find sub and abandons search
PB Nisui Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Nanshin Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Nisui Maru fails to find sub and abandons search
PB Nanshin Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Nanshin Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Nanshin Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Nanshin Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Nanshin Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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during the nav search phase we have spotted several big convoys, carriers, battleships, transports, freighters, all kind of stuff... what did the hundreds of bombers and fighters set to attack do during the morning? NOTHING... NOTHING AT ALL... not a single strike was even launched, from a level 9 and 8 airfield with air HQs...


Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Mangalore at 30,32

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B7A2 Grace x 6
N1K2-J George x 60
P1Y2 Frances x 22
Ki-84a Frank x 24
Ki-84r Frank x 78

Allied aircraft
Corsair II x 36
Hellcat I x 15
Seafire IIC x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
B7A2 Grace: 3 destroyed, 1 damaged
N1K2-J George: 1 destroyed
P1Y2 Frances: 3 destroyed, 3 damaged
P1Y2 Frances: 1 destroyed by flak
Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed
Ki-84r Frank: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Corsair II: 4 destroyed
Hellcat I: 3 destroyed
Seafire IIC: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
DD Laffey
APD Chew
CV Illustrious
APD Overton
xAP Forthbank, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
xAP Talisse
APD Ward

Allied ground losses:
685 casualties reported
Squads: 26 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 18 destroyed, 15 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 55 (55 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 24 (24 destroyed, 0 disabled)


all enemy task forces have been spotted so many times their detection levels would have been in the 30s if it wouldn't be capped at 10... while the weather was better during the morning when we had no strikes at all, now in the afternoon with Thunderstorms we see the first tiny bits of over 300 bombers attack into a hex with a carrier group and a troop convoy that has picked up troops from Goa during the night and left during the day (good move!)... this is a combined strike from Bombay and Hyderabad and while the escorts outnumber the CAP 3:1 the CAP still got to the bombers and took down over halve a dozen of them... out of the 18 Frances attacking with torps there were 11!! attacking from bad angles which means a 100% miss right away... left us with only a handful of bombers in bad weather and we have to cheer about a transport full of troops being sunk... 7 squadrons on CAP so there got to be a number of carriers but the total number of fighters on CAP is miserable... all that saves such a move is the game not being able to employ 800+ aircraft from the biggest available airfields to attack shipping... using LBA against shipping is more or less pointless if you don't have carriers engaging too when you go up against high value targets...



Aircraft Attacking:
18 x P1Y2 Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp
1 x B7A2 Grace releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb

CAP engaged:
No.834 Sqn-FF-1 FAA with Seafire IIC (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 16000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 52 minutes
No.834 Sqn-FF-2 FAA with Hellcat I (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 6 minutes
No.881 Sqn FAA with Corsair II (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 4 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 13000 and 19000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes
No.1830 Sqn FAA with Corsair II (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 7 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 19000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 47 minutes
No.1836 Sqn FAA with Corsair II (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 4 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes
No.1839 Sqn FAA with Hellcat I (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 3 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 17000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes
No.1844 Sqn FAA with Hellcat I (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 3 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 14000 and 17000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes



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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Goa at 32,29

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 124 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 37 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K2-J George x 26
P1Y2 Frances x 9

Allied aircraft
Spitfire VIII x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
P1Y2 Frances: 1 damaged

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
xAK Meigs
DD Rocket
xAK Sidney Hauptmann



after a first "bigger" strike we already start with the piecemeal sh*t coming in... there's no CAP left after the escorts of the first strike cleared the path but if the game doesn't send in more bombers what does it help...

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x P1Y2 Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp

CAP engaged:
No.134 Sqn RAF with Spitfire VIII (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes



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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Mangalore at 30,32



Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 21 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B7A2 Grace x 30
N1K2-J George x 45
Ki-84a Frank x 24

Allied aircraft
Corsair II x 12
Hellcat I x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
B7A2 Grace: 7 damaged
B7A2 Grace: 3 destroyed by flak

Allied aircraft losses
Corsair II: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
CVE Begum, Bomb hits 3, on fire
CV Illustrious, Bomb hits 1
CV Indomitable, Bomb hits 1
CVL Unicorn


a second strike from Bombay against the carrier group idendifies several RN carriers that put up some CAP again... while the RN carriers take advantage of their armored flight decks the CVE suffers three 250kg bombs going through it's flight deck... not nearly enough to sink it due to the reduced bomb effects in Babes so without further damage this strike has only achieved losses within the attacking Grace unit...


Aircraft Attacking:
10 x B7A2 Grace releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
1 x B7A2 Grace releasing from 10000'
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
8 x B7A2 Grace releasing from 1000'
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
9 x B7A2 Grace releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb

CAP engaged:
No.834 Sqn-FF-2 FAA with Hellcat I (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 61 minutes
No.1830 Sqn FAA with Corsair II (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 21 minutes
No.1836 Sqn FAA with Corsair II (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes
No.1839 Sqn FAA with Hellcat I (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 21000 and 22000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 8 minutes
No.881 Sqn FAA with Corsair II (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 21000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 5 minutes
No.1844 Sqn FAA with Hellcat I (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 19000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes

[castor troy]

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Mangalore at 30,32

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 24 minutes

Japanese aircraft
P1Y2 Frances x 21
Ki-84r Frank x 40

Allied aircraft
Corsair II x 1
Hellcat I x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
P1Y2 Frances: 5 damaged
Ki-84r Frank: 1 destroyed

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
xAP Tiradentes, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Lardner
DD Laffey
xAP Clan Macneil
APD McKean, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
APD Little

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


another small number of bombers shows up from Hyderabad most likely sinking two ships, the hit on the APD was amazing in Thunderstorms... nearly 50% of the bombers attacked from bad angles meaning auto miss...


Aircraft Attacking:
21 x P1Y2 Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp
3 x Ki-84r Frank sweeping at 15000 feet
15 x Ki-84r Frank sweeping at 15000 feet

CAP engaged:
No.834 Sqn-FF-2 FAA with Hellcat I (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 21000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 5 minutes
No.1836 Sqn FAA with Corsair II (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 22000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes



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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Mangalore at 30,32

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 77 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes

Japanese aircraft
P1Y2 Frances x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
P1Y2 Frances: 3 damaged

Allied Ships
APD Gregory
xAP Orfor
APD Chew

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

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x P1Y2 Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp



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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Mangalore at 30,32




Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K2-J George x 4
P1Y2 Frances x 21

Japanese aircraft losses
P1Y2 Frances: 12 damaged

Allied Ships
CVE Battler, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
xAP Etolin
CV Indomitable
xAP Tiradentes, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
LSI(L) Denbighshire
CVE Begum, on fire
APD McKean, on fire, heavy damage

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


most bombers miss, too many attack the already dead Tiradentes but a lucky one plants a torp into CVE Battler that suffers a fuel storage explosion... I doubt that will sink the ship though...


Aircraft Attacking:
21 x P1Y2 Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp

Fuel storage explosion on CVE Battler

[castor troy]

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Mangalore at 30,32

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 73 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 21 minutes

Japanese aircraft
P1Y2 Frances x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
P1Y2 Frances: 2 damaged

Allied Ships
xAP Cap St Jacques, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP Joseph Henry, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
xAP Dunnatar Castle, Torpedo hits 1

Allied ground losses:
152 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

no CAP over the target and two more transports will most likely sink... xAP Dunnatar is a huge ship and can easily shrug off that torp hit... wonder if that ship was suited for the evacuation of Goa...

and that's it when it comes down to airstrikes against shipping around Goa... a big convoy is still sitting at Goa, wasn't attacked even once... looking at my bomber units, most of them didn't even take off... ZERO strikes in the morning, sh*tty ones in the afternoon... just disappointing, out of 700 potential bomber sorties over the course of the day one gets 10-15% that wouldn't be able to achieve a single hit if the enemy has some decent CAP over his convoys... that's how the routines work, used to it, still disappointing... [8|] talking about level 8 and 9 airfields here...



thought the highlight this turn would be the mini chance to hit enemy shipping hard with our LBA strikes but that's like waiting for a big lottery win... a friend of mine always tells me that I have already won in the lottery if I don't play because that way I avoid the losses... same can be said about doing LBA strikes against shipping in AE, don't even try, the chances are minimal, no matter what you do and in the end you avoid any losses if you don't even try...


Aircraft Attacking:
12 x P1Y2 Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp



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Sub attack near Tarawa at 136,128

Japanese Ships
PB Kinsui Maru
xAK Minami Maru
xAK Zenoa Maru
PB Yachio Maru
PB Nisui Maru
PB Nanshin Maru

Allied Ships
SS Bream


damn you, Bream! The convoy will be empty tomorrow and leave...


SS Bream launches 2 torpedoes at PB Kinsui Maru
PB Yachio Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Nisui Maru fails to find sub and abandons search
PB Nanshin Maru fails to find sub and abandons search
PB Yachio Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Yachio Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Yachio Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Yachio Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Yachio Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Ground combat at Goa (32,29)



Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 268823 troops, 2474 guns, 2660 vehicles, Assault Value = 8925

Defending force 36373 troops, 277 guns, 433 vehicles, Assault Value = 314

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2

Japanese adjusted assault: 7618

Allied adjusted defense: 317

Japanese assault odds: 24 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Goa !!!

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
Albacore I: 3 destroyed
Spitfire VIII: 1 destroyed
Hellcat I: 3 destroyed

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

Japanese ground losses:
2451 casualties reported
Squads: 7 destroyed, 240 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 32 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 15 disabled
Guns lost 18 (1 destroyed, 17 disabled)
Vehicles lost 90 (18 destroyed, 72 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
23734 casualties reported
Squads: 642 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 2412 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 148 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 313 (313 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 441 (441 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 20


so that's actually this turn's highlight as our troops take Goa on their second attempt... there were some aircraft at the airfield that were left there damaged and the destroyed Hellcats must come from the CVE that was heavily damaged off the coast...

with the destruction of these troops at Goa the counter offensive in Western India comes to an end, starting at Poona, then Mangalore and now Goa the enemy has lost probably another 3,500 av plus countless guns and support squads... Mundy achieved a tactical victory though as he was able to evacuate 10 enemy units this turn for no real losses other than a couple of transports and an APD sunk, the damage to the two CVEs can be repaired at Colombo, air losses weren't severe on either side... strategically this is a real victory for us though as the enemy offensive in Western India was trashed the last couple of months and he just can't have adequate combat units anymore to mount anything serious... our troops from Goa will now head to the Jessore pocket to destroy the last remaining 30 units there...

these are the troops that were evacuated from Goa, parts of them drowned with the transports:

134th (East Ang) Regiment
XX US Bomber Cmnd
1st Indian Medium Regiment
18th Cavalry Regiment
87th Medium Regiment
86th Medium Regiment
85th Medium Regiment
8th Mahratta AT Gun Regiment
2nd Indian Field Regiment
11th RIAF Adv/Sqn Base Force

17.000 men, 600 guns, 250 vehicles


Assaulting units:
2nd Division
2nd Tank Division
22nd Tank Regiment
116th Division
56th Division
27th Tank Regiment
23rd Tank Regiment
66th Division
3rd Division
17th Division
18th Division
14th Tank Regiment
34th Division
2nd Guards Division
55th Division
26th Division
51st Division
16th Division
15th Tank Regiment
12th Tank Regiment
25th Tank Regiment
10th Division
2nd Tank Regiment
53rd Division
1st Tank Division
15th Division
19th Division
4th Tank Regiment
4th Division
3rd Tank Division
9th Tank Regiment
11th Tank Regiment
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
28th Army
1st Mortar Battalion
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
23rd AA Regiment
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
61st Field AA Battalion
39th Field AA Battalion
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
2nd Mortar Battalion
4th Mortar Battalion
38th Field AA Battalion
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
62nd Field AA Battalion

Defending units:
82nd (West African) Division
22nd (East African) Brigade
28th (East African) Brigade
100th Indian Brigade
99th Indian Brigade
29th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
268th Motorised Brigade
126th RAF Base Force
33rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
18th SP Field Artillery Regiment
98th Indian Brigade
500th Base Group
31st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
20th Australian Brigade
IV Indian Corps
231 Group RAF
342 RAF Base Force
498th Base Group
Twentieth USAAF
44th (Support) Battalion

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Ground combat at 54,38 (near Jessore)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2808 troops, 258 guns, 127 vehicles, Assault Value = 854

Defending force 94389 troops, 0 guns, 316 vehicles, Assault Value = 888

Allied ground losses:
211 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 13 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
21st Division
48th Division
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
5th Mortar Battalion
21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
3rd Mortar Battalion
1st RF Gun Battalion
3rd Medium Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
7th Infantry Division
24th Infantry Division
Americal Infantry Division
2nd British Division
40th Infantry Division
6th Infantry Division
3rd Marine Division
10th Indian Division
6th Indian Division
4th Marine Division
43rd Infantry Division
1st (Spec) Cavalry Division
41st Infantry Division
27th Infantry Division
33rd Infantry Division
8th Indian Division
32nd MAG
25th Infantry Division
Fifth US Fleet
53rd (Sep) Infantry Regiment
111th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
22nd Marine Regiment
V Amphib Corps
III Amphib Corps
Seventh US Fleet
Pacific Ocean Areas
3rd Fleet Advn Base Force
298th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
29th British Brigade

[castor troy]

today's airlosses show the superiority of the Frank/George against carrier based CAP as the escorts achieve a 2:1 against the CAP... add in the bomber losses and we're on the receiving side of course... looking at the results of the airstrikes it wasn't really worth it, even though we can easily make up these kind of losses but sinking only halve a dozen transports and damaging two CVE in a day worth of airstrikes of 800+ first line aircraft is, again, disappointing...

I have around 1,000 aircraft available to defend India against a naval operation and this day again shows me how useless LBA is against shipping... this brings me back to the Allied mega invasion of the Calcutta region that received so much critics from the readers and I have to raise the question again: "What do you think would have happened if super KB wouldn't have been at Singapore and available for the attack on Allied convoys around Calcutta?"

I dare to say that without super KB attacking the Allied invasion of Calcutta a year ago the whole situation would look totally different and it wouldn't be us winning the counter offensive in Western India but the Allied having cleared India and destroyed at least a dozen IJA divs while being on the offensive in or against Burma now. Having lost naval superiority in the Bay of Bengal meant having lost all the invading troops (150 units!) and having lost the following operations in Western India.

[castor troy]

the surrender of Allied troops at Goa resulted in just over 1000 victory points... we need another 562 points to reach 100,000...

[29000Kevin]

I believe I have come to the decisive conclusion with what happened to your Airforce

https://imgflip.com/gif/4zpxdd

This is also my first time attempting to make one of these

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: 29000Kevin

I believe I have come to the decisive conclusion with what happened to your Airforce

https://imgflip.com/gif/4zpxdd

This is also my first time attempting to make one of these

Lol!

It's not really a difference in the Marshalls though, it just looks different because I had way fewer aircraft there. Usually there were two bomber units and one flew, makes it 50% in the end. In India, I've got like a dozen bomber units, two fly, makes it 16%. I can't put nearly the same number of aircraft into the Marshalls as I haven't got comparable airfields there. Bombay and Hyderabad would be the perfect airfields for strikes with level 9 and 8. Well...

[PaxMondo]

Congrats!!!

Massive victory! I've never come close to anything this large. Wow!
[&o]
[&o][&o]

[PaxMondo]

So, have you got recon on Ceylon? Can you invade ... knock him out completely?

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: PaxMondo

So, have you got recon on Ceylon? Can you invade ... knock him out completely?

Lol, the Ceylon question again [;)][:D]

Yes, got recon on all bases there and yes, I could take it out. But at what cost? And for what gain?

The majoritiy of troops on Ceylon are most likely support units and a couple of inf and tank units. My army in India is massive compared to what is on Ceylon. I guess he has some 250.000 troops left on Ceylon but he also has hundreds of fighters plus the same number of bombers there, plus the whole Royal Navy. If there would be a land bridge I would just move there and take them out, but mounting a major invasion that involves the whole IJN wouldn't be worth the losses and I have no doubt we would suffer losses, mainly carrier based aircraft from super KB. The Allied can't compete with super KB in the Bay of Bengal but they easily can over bases on Ceylon, Mundy probably has several hundred P-47 alone there.

Just imagine my invasion convoys moving close to Ceylon under the cover of super KB and Mundy puts the RN BBs to Sea and keeps them at Colombo, a level 9 airfield. That would mean KB would fly against a CAP that would shred my carrier based aircraft in no time, for no gain. So as long as he keeps his Navy covered by that number of aircraft on Ceylon there is no chance to invade. Without his Navy I could bombard the bases but that's still more than dangerous as even a couple of freighters would draw airstrikes from KB which leads to a disaster. It's already late 44 and even if KB can still most likely go 1:1 with any Allied carrier group (we will have 850 Sams on the carriers by mid October) KB can't go offensively against LBA, something that is hard if not impossible in late 42 already.

But I don't have to take out Ceylon (even if it would be a great feeling at this date), the Allied have lost all their offensive capabilities on the Western front IMO so Ceylon won't be anything else than an Allied POW camp that is guarded by the Royal Navy and thousands of aircraft.

[castor troy]

Edit to my above post about Ceylon. Checked the bases again this turn and he has far from 250,000 troops there. Recon shows some 160,000 so that nets to not even 100,000 troops and that has to be mostly support units according to the high unit count. The enemy front in the West is effectively gone after we have cleared the pocket near Jessore which will happen within the next week most likely.

[PaxMondo]

Given the number of Marine Divs you are taking out, he has also depleted to some extent his Eastern Front capabilities as well.

You still own South India, Madras and south, correct?

Can you post the strategic map .... having trouble imaging your situation ...

[RangerJoe]

Fake an invasion, put nimble ships in front as a CAP trap and see what happens . . . [:D]

[29000Kevin]

You had the ability and resources to invade Ceylon in 1942 but choose not to because the 1942 Commonwealth units would've been "dangerous" alone with the "mighty" Hurricane's and Warhawks that were no match against the Tojo at the time.

I'm not trying to be mean but you had the ability and resources to turn Ceylon into a Indian POW camp and could've used it as target practice for the troops that would've grouped up into one large army in Colombo and force to Royal Navy to leave or die since the Allies did not have great fighters against the Tojo and the Zero was still formidable.

The loses would've ranged from 5-25 Merchants depending on how the RN responded by either fighting and dieing or by running away, the Allied carriers weakened at the time were camping Hawaii and had zero plans on leaving but would've raided the Marshall Islands if KB had stayed too long.

Some Destroyers could've been lost but that would've been negligible for the sinking of a Battleship or Modern Cruiser.

Troop loses would've hurt a small bit but by 1942 the IJA had conquered India and apart from guarding the Soviet Border, Garrisons and skirmishes in Northern Australia they could've easily dealt with the loses since it take till 1944 for the IJA to be on a full scale military campaign with the exception of the destruction of the American Division in Australia.

So taking Ceylon would've hurt but was easily manageable.

However deciding not to invade Ceylon left one unintended consequences for the Allies, that would come in the form of the attempted invasion of Calcutta with turned into a massive fiasco on both sides as the biggest Amphibious invasion in WITP:AE History turned into one of the biggest handovers of POW's into Japanese hands in this games entire History.

This disastrous invasion was based in Ceylon and thanks to how close it was to India it allowed the Allies to use almost every type of ship imaginable for carrying the troops on their doomed mission and it effectively secured the Japanese position in India for the entire year and most of 1945.

This was all thanks to Ceylon being in Allied hands, if it weren't in its hands the butterfly effect would've severely changed what could've happened in India and instead an invasion of that scale could only be preformed against the SRA from Australia as the base of operations.