Taking Tokyo

[RogerJNeilson]

This is posted simply because few games ever get this far.... All credit to Mike who took this on when my previous opponent folded way back when I took the Aleutians and left him no room to sail his shiny carriers. The game was reported up until September in our two AARs, but officially it ended when I was 2 days late in getting a 2:1 and victory at the end of August 1945. We played on to explore how useful A bombs were (they aren't) and if I could finish off the Empire. Four assaults, daily bombing and finally throwing 23 plus divisions at the defences took the city and left me just mopping up to do.

Final combat report.....

Ground combat at Tokyo (114,60)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 481804 troops, 8729 guns, 11201 vehicles, Assault Value = 18093

Defending force 152134 troops, 1567 guns, 276 vehicles, Assault Value = 2912

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 2

Allied adjusted assault: 10301

Japanese adjusted defense: 373

Allied assault odds: 27 to 1 (fort level 2)

Allied forces CAPTURE Tokyo !!!

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
E13A1 Jake: 3 destroyed
G4M2a Betty: 7 destroyed
D3A2 Val: 27 destroyed
K5Y1 Willow: 6 destroyed
B5N2 Kate: 11 destroyed
J2M3 Jack: 1 destroyed
G4M2 Betty: 5 destroyed
J1N1-S Irving: 1 destroyed
A6M5d-S Zero: 2 destroyed
D4Y2-C Judy: 1 destroyed
J2M5 Jack: 8 destroyed
A6M5c Zero: 1 destroyed
E14Y1 Glen: 3 destroyed
F1M2 Pete: 1 destroyed
Ki-46-III Dinah: 3 destroyed
Ki-61-Id Tony: 8 destroyed
Ki-48-IIa Lily: 2 destroyed
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 4 destroyed
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 4 destroyed
Ki-46 KAI Dinah: 4 destroyed
Ki-43-IIIa Oscar: 1 destroyed
Ki-27b Nate: 1 destroyed
Ki-61-II KAI Tony: 1 destroyed
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 2 destroyed
Ki-9 Spruce: 7 destroyed
Ki-51 Sonia: 3 destroyed
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 1 destroyed
Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 1 destroyed
Ki-79a Nate: 3 destroyed
Ki-55 Ida: 1 destroyed
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 5 destroyed
Ki-46-II Dinah: 1 destroyed
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 destroyed
Ki-30 Ann: 6 destroyed

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

Japanese ground losses:
12870 casualties reported
Squads: 962 destroyed, 632 disabled
Non Combat: 665 destroyed, 205 disabled
Engineers: 278 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 807 (800 destroyed, 7 disabled)
Vehicles lost 210 (210 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 19

Allied ground losses:
20792 casualties reported
Squads: 57 destroyed, 2359 disabled
Non Combat: 18 destroyed, 230 disabled
Engineers: 38 destroyed, 493 disabled
Guns lost 436 (12 destroyed, 424 disabled)
Vehicles lost 292 (11 destroyed, 281 disabled)

Assaulting units:
6th Infantry Division
Lushai Brigade
193rd Tank Battalion
5th USMC Tank Battalion
104th Infantry Division
100th Indian Brigade
2nd USMC Engineer Regiment
3rd Commando Brigade
8th Australian Division
763rd Tank Battalion
3/16th Punjab Battalion
XXIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
8th Indian Brigade
3rd USMC Tank Battalion
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
17th Motorised Division
364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
28th (East African) Brigade
22nd Marine Regiment
2nd Burma Brigade
72nd British Brigade
102nd Combat Engineer Regiment
158th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
2nd King Own YLI Battalion
11th (East African) Division
4th Australian Division
XXXIII Corps Engineer Battalion
31st Infantry Division
29th British Brigade
81st Infantry Division
18th British Division
25th Indian Division
8th KGV Light Cav Regiment
111th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
713th Flame Tank Battalion
29th Marine Regiment
8th Indian Division
SWPac Amphib Tank Brigade
5th Marine Division
2/2 AIF Pioneer Battalion
4th Marine Regiment
11th PAVO Regiment
7th Australian Division
1st Filipino Inf Regiment
23rd Indian Division
710th Tank Battalion
I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment
29th NZ Battalion
95th Infantry Division
2/6th Armoured Regiment
268th Motorised Brigade
96th Infantry Division
5th Indian Division
2nd Argylls Battalion
X Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
Eighth Army Combat Engineer Regiment
5th Marine Regiment
254th Armoured Brigade
762nd Tank Battalion
236th Combat Engineer Regiment
209th Combat Engineer Battalion
50th Tank Brigade
Provisionl Tank Brigade
Sixth Army Combat Engineer Regiment
Guides Cavalry Regiment
CenPac Amphib Tank Brigade
44th Parachute Division
102nd PA Infantry Division
22nd Indian Brigade
2nd Gordons Battalion
14th Indian Division
3rd Marine Division
8th Marine Regiment
2nd Marine Regiment
4th Marine Division
13th Indian Brigade
30th Australian Brigade
6th Marine Regiment
37th (Sep) Infantry Regiment
33rd Infantry Division
Americal Infantry Division
36th Div Engineer Battalion
1st USMC Tank Battalion
15th Indian Brigade
255th Indian Tank Brigade
2/3 AIF Pioneer Battalion
28th Ghurka Brigade
86th Infantry Cavalry Division
6th Australian Division
2nd Australian Division
1st Marine Regiment
9th Australian Division
X Corps Artillery
33rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
32nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
88th Medium Regiment
1304th Construction Regiment
5th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
XIV Corps Artillery
198th USAAF Base Force
29th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
122nd British AT Gun Regiment
2/9th Field Regiment
422nd Rocket Field Artillery Battalion
XXIV US Corps
225th Field Artillery Battalion
134th Medium Regiment
148th Field Artillery Battalion
8th Mahratta AT Gun Regiment
Sixth US Army
421st Rocket Field Artillery Battalion
XI Corps Artillery
III US Amphib Force
VII US Amphib Force
I Corps Artillery
7th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
10th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
223rd Field Artillery Battalion
12th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
2/13th Field Regiment
86th Medium Regiment
4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
226th Field Artillery Battalion
III US Amphib Corps
V US Amphib Force
55th Heavy Regiment
249th Field Artillery Battalion
XXXIII Indian Corps
Seventh USAAF
9th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
V US Amphib Corps
8th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
III Indian Corps
205th Field Artillery Battalion
198th Field Artillery Battalion
3rd (Special Force) Division

Defending units:
320th Division
148th Division
35th Ind.Mixed Brigade
229th Division
80th Infantry Brigade
151st Division
1st Tank Division
2nd Tank Division
209th Division
5th Ind.Mixed Brigade
161st Division
84th Ind.Mixed Brigade
98th Ind.Mixed Brigade
216th Division
14th Ind.Mixed Regiment
5th Depot Division
139th Division
201st Division
138th Division
127th Ind.Mixed Brigade
86th Division
135th Ind.Mixed Brigade
137th Division
83rd Ind.Mixed Brigade
114th Ind.Mixed Brigade
230th Division
154th Division
321st Division
107th Ind.Mixed Brigade
Maizuru 1st SNLF
143rd Division
71st Ind.Mixed Brigade
85th Ind.Mixed Brigade
3rd Depot Division
136th Ind.Mixed Brigade
136th Division
146th Division
93rd Division
36th Division
91st Ind.Mixed Brigade
128th Ind.Mixed Brigade
27th Tank Regiment
221st Division
234th Division
131st Division
132nd Ind.Mixed Brigade
206th Division
149th Division
118th Ind.Mixed Brigade
156th Division
105th Ind.Mixed Brigade
117th Ind.Mixed Brigade
32nd Division
354th Division
6th Depot Division
69th Division
46th Division
152nd Division
355th Division
56th Depot Division
21st JAAF AF Bn
91st Infantry Brigade
8th Ind. Engineer Regiment
31st Mortar Battalion
5th Armored Car Co
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
69th JAAF AF Coy
87th Ind.Mixed Brigade
44th Army
194th JAAF AF Bn
26th JAAF Base Force
Kanto JNAF Base Force
5th Mortar Battalion
351st Division
9th Armored Car Co
Mito JAAF Base Force
135th Field Artillery Regiment
Det. 3rd Special Base Force
13th Air Fleet
42nd Tank Regiment
14th JAAF AF Coy
4th Mortar Battalion
Yokosuka Repl.Art Regiment
Nanyo Cho JNAF Base Force
16th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
5th Air Division
18th Hvy.Artillery Regiment
C./50th JNAF Coy
2nd RF Gun Battalion
17th RF Gun Battalion
26th Air Flotilla
Chofu JAAF Base Force
Yokosuka Naval Base Force
1st Engineer Co
23rd Port Unit
36th Ind.Mixed Brigade
173rd JAAF AF Bn
134th Field Artillery Regiment
19th Tank Regiment
6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
21st Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
10th Ind. Field Artillery Regiment
10th Air Fleet
20th RF Gun Battalion
214th Division
5th Air Fleet
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
101st JAAF AF Bn
6th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
Kashiwa JAAF Base Force
96th JAAF AF Bn
Southern Fleet
134th Ind.Mixed Brigade
4th Tank Division
31st Division
3rd Mortar Battalion
134th JAAF AF Bn
3rd Medium Mortar Battalion
13th Ind.Hvy.Art. Regiment
193rd JAAF AF Bn
Chosen JNAF Base Force
30th Mortar Battalion
85th JAAF AF Coy
1st Mortar Regiment
51st Air Division
Kure 3rd SNLF
2nd Ind. Engineer Regiment
13th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
8th JAAF AF Bn
39th Ind. Engineer Regiment
1st Indpt SNLF Coy
General Defence Army
33rd JNAF AF Unit /1

Happy to answer any questions if I can, the game had started when AE was released, so it has been chugging away at its own pace and became a way of life for me.

Roger

[geofflambert]

Don't ya just hate it when that happens?

[RangerJoe]

Now what are you going to do now that the game is over? [&:]

BTW, the Americans did capture part of the Tokyo prefecture during February and March of 1945. [8D]

But, knowing what you know now, would you have tried to destroy all of the units in the Pacific if you could have left just part of them on an island so they could not be rebuilt?

[btd64]

What was the final date?....GP

[rustysi]

the game had started when AE was released, so it has been chugging away at its own pace and became a way of life for me.

So, whatta you goin' to do for an encore?[:D]

[RogerJNeilson]

Final date was 9 Nov 1945. Each assault put my forces into the 80's for disorganisation and fatigue so it needed loads of downtime in between. I also ended up having to ship some fresh divisions from the WC to be sure of the final assault.

There were loads of ares where there were Japanese troops just sat and I left them there deliberately. However I do find it 'interesting' that some of the stacks in China, despite being a year plus out of supply still were combat effective the odd time I tested them just for fun.

[RogerJNeilson]

It is with a sense of regret that it came to an end. It has been a feature of my life through the good times and the bad times over a decade. Nothing compares to this game. At pushing 69 I cannot envisage another game of it but it is going to leave a massive hole in my thinking. I have loads (as have most people I think) of other games but none of them ever comes close to this one.

Roger

[RogerJNeilson]

ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

Now what are you going to do now that the game is over? [&:]

BTW, the Americans did capture part of the Tokyo prefecture during February and March of 1945. [8D]

But, knowing what you know now, would you have tried to destroy all of the units in the Pacific if you could have left just part of them on an island so they could not be rebuilt?

It was hard enough to take out the stuff in Tokyo, the thought of all those other respawned units there as well, fighting with just their fingernails......

No it was far better that a lot of them were grubbing for rice in the paddyfields of China, or eating lizards on some far flung atoll, or sat behind defences in the extremes of the HI

Roger

[rustysi]

Well Roger, if nothing else don't be a stranger to these boards.

[RogerJNeilson]

I need to take some time to think what I do next. But its got me through some bad times this game, and the forumites are brilliant.

Thanks all.

Roger

[anarchyintheuk]

Glad you were able to find an opponent who would fight to the bitter end. Good luck trying to fill the void!

[Tanaka]

Wow one game for ten years. That is super impressive. Who were the opponents? [&o]

[Nowi Ribak]

I am in awe

kudos good sir, thx a lot for sharing

[witpqs]

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: RogerJNeilson

It is with a sense of regret that it came to an end. It has been a feature of my life through the good times and the bad times over a decade. Nothing compares to this game. At pushing 69 I cannot envisage another game of it but it is going to leave a massive hole in my thinking. I have loads (as have most people I think) of other games but none of them ever comes close to this one.

Roger

Never say never, old chap. [8D]

[RangerJoe]

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

ORIGINAL: RogerJNeilson

It is with a sense of regret that it came to an end. It has been a feature of my life through the good times and the bad times over a decade. Nothing compares to this game. At pushing 69 I cannot envisage another game of it but it is going to leave a massive hole in my thinking. I have loads (as have most people I think) of other games but none of them ever comes close to this one.

Roger

Never say never, old chap. [8D]

Not unless you are playing Chickenboy, then you may be old without knowing it. [;)]