Deja Vu All Over Again - apbarog(J) vs OPilot(A)
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RE: Deja Vu All Over Again - apbarog(J) vs OPilot(A)
29 July 42 - Gone Fishing
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RE: Deja Vu All Over Again - apbarog(J) vs OPilot(A)
29 Jul 42
Enemy DMS's finished sweeping up the mines at Midway. OPilot has fighters and search planes there already. My sub-laying mines aren't even all the way back to Yokohama, and their mines are already swept and Midway is lost.
Near Portland Roads, I-172 sank xAKL Kindur with a torpedo. xAKLs are running the coast supplying Portland Roads, and maybe reinforcing it. All of the Australian bases are building and building big.
OPilot finally tried to hit Magwe. I've had fighters there from the day I took it. Sometimes I have two squadrons, sometimes one. Lately, I've had just the Nick squadron. He swept it heavily with Hurricanes. The Nicks did well with the first sweep, but worse with the second one. 26 Blens arrived and found 7 Nicks still flying. 4 Blens were shot down. 5 Hurricanes were shot down in the sweeps, and they downed 12 Nicks. The Blens bombed, but surprisingly to me, they went after the refinery, damaging 7 of the 100 there. I don't mind that a bit. I'm interested in the oil getting shipped back to Japan. I'll ship surplus fuel also, but the oil production is what matters to me.
B-17s bombed Port Moresby in the light rain. 31 Zeros were there, some on LRCAP from Lae and others on ranged CAP from Buna. The B-17s did an excellent job as a fighter sweep, downing 5 Zeros, while having 4 B-17s shot down. Minimal base damage done.
Way out in the Indian Ocean, west of Perth, mini-KB and a TF with 3 AOs are arriving. The AO task force finds a surprise.
Day Time Surface Combat, near Perth at 21,147, Range 19,000 Yards
Japanese Ships
DD Hatsuharu
AO Kokuyo Maru
AO Nippon Maru
AO Toei Maru
Allied Ships
xAK Garmula
xAK Jalarashmi
xAK Pundit
xAK Sirsa
xAK Empire Kohinoor
xAK Surada
xAK Tai Sang
xAK Taiping
xAK Tanfield
xAK Varsova
xAK Wing Sang
xAK Wo Sang
xAK Anglo Canadian
xAK Clan Macbean
xAK Clan Macbrayne
xAK Steaua Romania
xAK Talthibius
xAK Subadar
xAK Turing Mary
xAK Jalakrishna
xAK Arkaba
Both sides evaded combat. The Japanese carrier TF wasn't in contact. The enemy moved 3 hexes towards Perth, due east, during the day.
Then mini-KB launched strikes during both the AM and PM. The results were shown in the previous post. We'll try to track down what is left and then head to Soerabaja for fuel. Mini-KB may go towards Ceylon next.
Enemy DMS's finished sweeping up the mines at Midway. OPilot has fighters and search planes there already. My sub-laying mines aren't even all the way back to Yokohama, and their mines are already swept and Midway is lost.
Near Portland Roads, I-172 sank xAKL Kindur with a torpedo. xAKLs are running the coast supplying Portland Roads, and maybe reinforcing it. All of the Australian bases are building and building big.
OPilot finally tried to hit Magwe. I've had fighters there from the day I took it. Sometimes I have two squadrons, sometimes one. Lately, I've had just the Nick squadron. He swept it heavily with Hurricanes. The Nicks did well with the first sweep, but worse with the second one. 26 Blens arrived and found 7 Nicks still flying. 4 Blens were shot down. 5 Hurricanes were shot down in the sweeps, and they downed 12 Nicks. The Blens bombed, but surprisingly to me, they went after the refinery, damaging 7 of the 100 there. I don't mind that a bit. I'm interested in the oil getting shipped back to Japan. I'll ship surplus fuel also, but the oil production is what matters to me.
B-17s bombed Port Moresby in the light rain. 31 Zeros were there, some on LRCAP from Lae and others on ranged CAP from Buna. The B-17s did an excellent job as a fighter sweep, downing 5 Zeros, while having 4 B-17s shot down. Minimal base damage done.
Way out in the Indian Ocean, west of Perth, mini-KB and a TF with 3 AOs are arriving. The AO task force finds a surprise.
Day Time Surface Combat, near Perth at 21,147, Range 19,000 Yards
Japanese Ships
DD Hatsuharu
AO Kokuyo Maru
AO Nippon Maru
AO Toei Maru
Allied Ships
xAK Garmula
xAK Jalarashmi
xAK Pundit
xAK Sirsa
xAK Empire Kohinoor
xAK Surada
xAK Tai Sang
xAK Taiping
xAK Tanfield
xAK Varsova
xAK Wing Sang
xAK Wo Sang
xAK Anglo Canadian
xAK Clan Macbean
xAK Clan Macbrayne
xAK Steaua Romania
xAK Talthibius
xAK Subadar
xAK Turing Mary
xAK Jalakrishna
xAK Arkaba
Both sides evaded combat. The Japanese carrier TF wasn't in contact. The enemy moved 3 hexes towards Perth, due east, during the day.
Then mini-KB launched strikes during both the AM and PM. The results were shown in the previous post. We'll try to track down what is left and then head to Soerabaja for fuel. Mini-KB may go towards Ceylon next.
RE: Deja Vu All Over Again - apbarog(J) vs OPilot(A)
30 Jul 42
Light cruiser Naka and destroyer Hibiki found already burning xAK Taiping in my ambush area way west of Perth. One shell hit Taiping and then it escaped. It may have already sunk from damage and fire. And that was it. My carriers spotted nothing and my other combat TFs didn't run into any fleeing cargo ships. The remaining ones either sank or were scuttled, or ran an unexpected direction, or were hid by weather. All Japanese TFs here will now rendezvous and then head to Soerabaja. Mission successful.
Japanese bombers that had moved to Mandalay bombed Tezpur in a surprise attack. I've never done recon of Tezpur, but noticed that it was a size 6 airbase. The Sallys did minor damage to the airfield and destroyed a DC-3. The goal is to get OPilot to spread out his fighters more, and stay on the defensive.
Japanese fighters swept Kunming and found no CAP. Bombers did minor damage to the airfield, damaging some P-40Es and destroying one.
Two Japanese attacks east of Yenan were indecisive but caused significant losses to the Chinese. The enemy is fleeing to the west. These attacks are to keep up the pressure. Japanese involved need resupply though, and it's difficult in this terrain.
Mengtze was lost again. OPilot brought down another corps from Kunming and guaranteed success against the paras at Mengtze.
Ground combat at Mengtze (68,50)
Allied Shock attack
Attacking force 11777 troops, 44 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 639
Defending force 869 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 30
Allied adjusted assault: 270
Japanese adjusted defense: 76
Allied assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 0)
Allied forces CAPTURE Mengtze !!!
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+)
Attacker: shock(+)
Japanese ground losses:
286 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units retreated 1
Allied ground losses:
59 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!
Assaulting units:
54th Chinese Corps
81st Chinese Corps
Defending units:
1st Raiding Regiment
I note that these Chinese had supply. Need to neutralize Kunming and Tsuyung, and ultimately, capture them. That looks difficult now. The upcoming attacks at Tuyun are key to continuing the Chinese offensive.
SigInt makes me think that the US carriers are back at Pearl Harbor.
Light cruiser Naka and destroyer Hibiki found already burning xAK Taiping in my ambush area way west of Perth. One shell hit Taiping and then it escaped. It may have already sunk from damage and fire. And that was it. My carriers spotted nothing and my other combat TFs didn't run into any fleeing cargo ships. The remaining ones either sank or were scuttled, or ran an unexpected direction, or were hid by weather. All Japanese TFs here will now rendezvous and then head to Soerabaja. Mission successful.
Japanese bombers that had moved to Mandalay bombed Tezpur in a surprise attack. I've never done recon of Tezpur, but noticed that it was a size 6 airbase. The Sallys did minor damage to the airfield and destroyed a DC-3. The goal is to get OPilot to spread out his fighters more, and stay on the defensive.
Japanese fighters swept Kunming and found no CAP. Bombers did minor damage to the airfield, damaging some P-40Es and destroying one.
Two Japanese attacks east of Yenan were indecisive but caused significant losses to the Chinese. The enemy is fleeing to the west. These attacks are to keep up the pressure. Japanese involved need resupply though, and it's difficult in this terrain.
Mengtze was lost again. OPilot brought down another corps from Kunming and guaranteed success against the paras at Mengtze.
Ground combat at Mengtze (68,50)
Allied Shock attack
Attacking force 11777 troops, 44 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 639
Defending force 869 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 30
Allied adjusted assault: 270
Japanese adjusted defense: 76
Allied assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 0)
Allied forces CAPTURE Mengtze !!!
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+)
Attacker: shock(+)
Japanese ground losses:
286 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units retreated 1
Allied ground losses:
59 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!
Assaulting units:
54th Chinese Corps
81st Chinese Corps
Defending units:
1st Raiding Regiment
I note that these Chinese had supply. Need to neutralize Kunming and Tsuyung, and ultimately, capture them. That looks difficult now. The upcoming attacks at Tuyun are key to continuing the Chinese offensive.
SigInt makes me think that the US carriers are back at Pearl Harbor.
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RE: Deja Vu All Over Again - apbarog(J) vs OPilot(A)
Units that have no AV cannot shock attack - so they cross the river for free.... until next turn.
No matter how bad a situation is, you can always make it worse. - Chris Hadfield : An Astronaut's Guide To Life On Earth
RE: Deja Vu All Over Again - apbarog(J) vs OPilot(A)
Hello.ORIGINAL: apbarog
HA-45 engines research advanced again, moving up production to July 1943.
1) How many units of research factories are working on this? 500?
2) How much did you bet on the research of a new aircraft? I read that need 100 units per month.
RE: Deja Vu All Over Again - apbarog(J) vs OPilot(A)
ORIGINAL: Mercenary
Hello.ORIGINAL: apbarog
HA-45 engines research advanced again, moving up production to July 1943.
1) How many units of research factories are working on this? 500?
2) How much did you bet on the research of a new aircraft? I read that need 100 units per month.
For HA-45, I have a factory with 120 and another with 30. So, a total of 150. I have a big investment on research in Franks, which uses the HA-45 engines. The Frank factories are still repairing and haven't moved up the date for the Frank yet.
RE: Deja Vu All Over Again - apbarog(J) vs OPilot(A)
31 Jul 42
Interesting encounter near Tongatapu. This is southeast of Suva. RO-66 spotted 6 APDs. The sub fired 2 torpedoes at APD Gilmer but missed. Gilmer attacked the sub and hit it with 3 depth charges, forcing the sub to surface. A long battle ensued, with the sub taking gun hits, and a few torpedoes missing the APD. Until the last one, which hit the sub. The sub sank immediately after firing that torpedo. And the APD sank immediately after combat, judging by the audio.
At Broome, big xAP Manzyu Maru was unloading an airbase support unit. Its escort was in its own TF, so that the big transport could dock. Porpoise found the ship, but kept missing it with torpedoes. It did hit the transport 5 times with guns. I think they were 4 inch gun hits. The transport did hit the sub once with a gun hit. The sub ran out of gun ammo and submerged. xAP Manzyu Maru is SYS 12/FLOT 9-2/ENG 1-0/FIRE 9 and will continue to unload the support troops.
7 Japanese destroyers made a fast transport run into Adak to drop off supply, and ran into S-46, which hit Hatsukaze with a torpedo. The destroyer is SYS 7/FLOT 38-23/ENG 0/FIRE 0 and will head towards Yokohama.
7 Japanese cruisers and 5 destroyers ran into an AM and 2 xAKLs at Cox's Bazar, sinking the Allied ship quickly. The Japanese stayed at the base and bombarded during the day, as I had left them on "Remain on Station". Fortunately, no enemy naval bombers in the area. 4 Hurricanes destroyed on the ground and moderate base damage done.
Bettys bombed Katherine, damaging Wirraways, Dragons and Beauforts, and destroying a Beaufort. No CAP there, which I why I bombed. Darwin is heavily defended. Moderate base damage done.
B-17s bombed Tanna's port, near Noumea. Probably looking for an AV, which is nearby, but not at Tanna.
Japanese armor cleared the road southwest of Yenan, pushing the 23rd Chinese Corps northeast into Yenan. I may have to encircle Yenan and kill off the defenders. Yenan is needed as a base to support a move west. It's just a trail there and the base is needed. I don't want those corps to respawn at Chungking when I eliminate them, but I may have no choice. I need the base.
The Chinese mauled the artillery unit that crossed into the enemy stack all by itself yesterday. It did retreat with at least some strength left. My mistake.
I have a big destroyer TF southeast of Diego Garcia. It was spotted, so it will go back to Sabang. Didn't find any shipping but made its presence known. Could look like a lot of things to OPilot.
Interesting encounter near Tongatapu. This is southeast of Suva. RO-66 spotted 6 APDs. The sub fired 2 torpedoes at APD Gilmer but missed. Gilmer attacked the sub and hit it with 3 depth charges, forcing the sub to surface. A long battle ensued, with the sub taking gun hits, and a few torpedoes missing the APD. Until the last one, which hit the sub. The sub sank immediately after firing that torpedo. And the APD sank immediately after combat, judging by the audio.
At Broome, big xAP Manzyu Maru was unloading an airbase support unit. Its escort was in its own TF, so that the big transport could dock. Porpoise found the ship, but kept missing it with torpedoes. It did hit the transport 5 times with guns. I think they were 4 inch gun hits. The transport did hit the sub once with a gun hit. The sub ran out of gun ammo and submerged. xAP Manzyu Maru is SYS 12/FLOT 9-2/ENG 1-0/FIRE 9 and will continue to unload the support troops.
7 Japanese destroyers made a fast transport run into Adak to drop off supply, and ran into S-46, which hit Hatsukaze with a torpedo. The destroyer is SYS 7/FLOT 38-23/ENG 0/FIRE 0 and will head towards Yokohama.
7 Japanese cruisers and 5 destroyers ran into an AM and 2 xAKLs at Cox's Bazar, sinking the Allied ship quickly. The Japanese stayed at the base and bombarded during the day, as I had left them on "Remain on Station". Fortunately, no enemy naval bombers in the area. 4 Hurricanes destroyed on the ground and moderate base damage done.
Bettys bombed Katherine, damaging Wirraways, Dragons and Beauforts, and destroying a Beaufort. No CAP there, which I why I bombed. Darwin is heavily defended. Moderate base damage done.
B-17s bombed Tanna's port, near Noumea. Probably looking for an AV, which is nearby, but not at Tanna.
Japanese armor cleared the road southwest of Yenan, pushing the 23rd Chinese Corps northeast into Yenan. I may have to encircle Yenan and kill off the defenders. Yenan is needed as a base to support a move west. It's just a trail there and the base is needed. I don't want those corps to respawn at Chungking when I eliminate them, but I may have no choice. I need the base.
The Chinese mauled the artillery unit that crossed into the enemy stack all by itself yesterday. It did retreat with at least some strength left. My mistake.
I have a big destroyer TF southeast of Diego Garcia. It was spotted, so it will go back to Sabang. Didn't find any shipping but made its presence known. Could look like a lot of things to OPilot.
RE: Deja Vu All Over Again - apbarog(J) vs OPilot(A)
1 Aug 42
12 Lilys bombed Kunming's airfield, doing very minor damage. The bulk of the Japanese bombers in China were set to target Tuyun but did not fly. An extra 40k or 50k of troops just appeared at Chungking, and there is movement to the west, towards Kunming. OPilot knows what I'm after and he just may prevent me from getting it.
The invasion of Darwin is approaching.
12 Lilys bombed Kunming's airfield, doing very minor damage. The bulk of the Japanese bombers in China were set to target Tuyun but did not fly. An extra 40k or 50k of troops just appeared at Chungking, and there is movement to the west, towards Kunming. OPilot knows what I'm after and he just may prevent me from getting it.
The invasion of Darwin is approaching.
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2 Aug 42
OPilot moved the Flying Tigers back into Kunming. I had a small attack with 10 or so Lilys and 10 Oscars. 8 Oscars and 5 Lilys were shot down. I'm making a maximum effort against Kunming today. I've come to the conclusion that I'll use my bombers against airfields, and against troops but only in clearer terrain. I'll try to shut down Kunming, using the Tojo advantage that I have for the moment.
Lilys and Sonias bombed refineries at Lanchow, damaging about 15. I still think that hitting the limited number of refineries in China will reduce supply in China, hurting the production of HI.
PB Takunan Maru hit British sub Trusty with 2 depth charges in the shallow water near Mergui.
Saury missed damaged xAP Manzyu Maru at Broome. The ship isn't burning any longer, but still has a long way to go to unload the airbase support unit. Broome's port is damaged. I can't put an escort with the ship and still have it be able to dock.
Finally, the big attack at Tuyun is ordered. Don't have a good feeling about it. Here's what is there:
Ground combat at Tuyun (74,51)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 58357 troops, 586 guns, 307 vehicles, Assault Value = 1887
Defending force 60673 troops, 289 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1956
Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
3rd Tank Regiment
18th Division
14th Division
9th Tank Regiment
19th Division
56th Division
30th Field AA Machinecannon Company
Botanko Hvy Gun Regiment
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
16th Army
52nd Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
Defending units:
6th Chinese Corps
31st Chinese Corps
3rd Chinese Corps
76th Chinese Corps
57th Chinese Corps
66th Chinese Corps
4th War Area
1st Group Army
34th Group Army
I have to force the way through Tuyun to have any chance of getting to Kunming.
OPilot moved the Flying Tigers back into Kunming. I had a small attack with 10 or so Lilys and 10 Oscars. 8 Oscars and 5 Lilys were shot down. I'm making a maximum effort against Kunming today. I've come to the conclusion that I'll use my bombers against airfields, and against troops but only in clearer terrain. I'll try to shut down Kunming, using the Tojo advantage that I have for the moment.
Lilys and Sonias bombed refineries at Lanchow, damaging about 15. I still think that hitting the limited number of refineries in China will reduce supply in China, hurting the production of HI.
PB Takunan Maru hit British sub Trusty with 2 depth charges in the shallow water near Mergui.
Saury missed damaged xAP Manzyu Maru at Broome. The ship isn't burning any longer, but still has a long way to go to unload the airbase support unit. Broome's port is damaged. I can't put an escort with the ship and still have it be able to dock.
Finally, the big attack at Tuyun is ordered. Don't have a good feeling about it. Here's what is there:
Ground combat at Tuyun (74,51)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 58357 troops, 586 guns, 307 vehicles, Assault Value = 1887
Defending force 60673 troops, 289 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1956
Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
3rd Tank Regiment
18th Division
14th Division
9th Tank Regiment
19th Division
56th Division
30th Field AA Machinecannon Company
Botanko Hvy Gun Regiment
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
16th Army
52nd Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
Defending units:
6th Chinese Corps
31st Chinese Corps
3rd Chinese Corps
76th Chinese Corps
57th Chinese Corps
66th Chinese Corps
4th War Area
1st Group Army
34th Group Army
I have to force the way through Tuyun to have any chance of getting to Kunming.
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RE: Deja Vu All Over Again - apbarog(J) vs OPilot(A)
3 Aug 42
I-3 sank well to the east of Kwajalein. Flooding got out of control.
Tojos and Zeros swept Kunming. No enemy fighters. They were there for a day and then left. The sweepers will go back again today. Bombers to follow, hopefully.
More enemy refineries damaged at Lanchow by Lilys from Ningsia.
The big show is at Tuyun, where the first Japanese deliberate attack occurred.
Ground combat at Tuyun (74,51)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 59125 troops, 586 guns, 449 vehicles, Assault Value = 1887
Defending force 60672 troops, 289 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1957
Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1
Japanese adjusted assault: 3816
Allied adjusted defense: 4072
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 1)
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
4935 casualties reported
Squads: 15 destroyed, 240 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 24 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 32 disabled
Vehicles lost 57 (2 destroyed, 55 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
1113 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 126 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 15 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Guns lost 9 (1 destroyed, 8 disabled)
Assaulting units:
14th Division
18th Division
19th Division
9th Tank Regiment
3rd Tank Regiment
56th Division
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
52nd Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion
Botanko Hvy Gun Regiment
30th Field AA Machinecannon Company
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
16th Army
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
Defending units:
76th Chinese Corps
3rd Chinese Corps
57th Chinese Corps
6th Chinese Corps
31st Chinese Corps
66th Chinese Corps
1st Group Army
4th War Area
34th Group Army
It was brutal, but this is an acceptable result, I think. Better than I expected. We were close to 1 to 1 odds. We got a boost in attack strength from higher HQs being in the area and being prepped. The troops are not trashed but are fairly uniformly depleted. All will attack again today. The second wave to the southwest will start to move into the hex, prepared to continue the assault. The first wave will attack until they are too depleted to continue. Some bombers will continue to hit Tuyun's airfield. Most bombers are assigned to hit Kunming.
Wyndham will be invaded.
I-3 sank well to the east of Kwajalein. Flooding got out of control.
Tojos and Zeros swept Kunming. No enemy fighters. They were there for a day and then left. The sweepers will go back again today. Bombers to follow, hopefully.
More enemy refineries damaged at Lanchow by Lilys from Ningsia.
The big show is at Tuyun, where the first Japanese deliberate attack occurred.
Ground combat at Tuyun (74,51)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 59125 troops, 586 guns, 449 vehicles, Assault Value = 1887
Defending force 60672 troops, 289 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1957
Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1
Japanese adjusted assault: 3816
Allied adjusted defense: 4072
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 1)
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
4935 casualties reported
Squads: 15 destroyed, 240 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 24 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 32 disabled
Vehicles lost 57 (2 destroyed, 55 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
1113 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 126 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 15 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Guns lost 9 (1 destroyed, 8 disabled)
Assaulting units:
14th Division
18th Division
19th Division
9th Tank Regiment
3rd Tank Regiment
56th Division
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
52nd Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion
Botanko Hvy Gun Regiment
30th Field AA Machinecannon Company
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
16th Army
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
Defending units:
76th Chinese Corps
3rd Chinese Corps
57th Chinese Corps
6th Chinese Corps
31st Chinese Corps
66th Chinese Corps
1st Group Army
4th War Area
34th Group Army
It was brutal, but this is an acceptable result, I think. Better than I expected. We were close to 1 to 1 odds. We got a boost in attack strength from higher HQs being in the area and being prepped. The troops are not trashed but are fairly uniformly depleted. All will attack again today. The second wave to the southwest will start to move into the hex, prepared to continue the assault. The first wave will attack until they are too depleted to continue. Some bombers will continue to hit Tuyun's airfield. Most bombers are assigned to hit Kunming.
Wyndham will be invaded.
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RE: Deja Vu All Over Again - apbarog(J) vs OPilot(A)
4 Aug 42
I sent 30 Zeros from KB to sweep Darwin. They ran into 25 P-40Es. The fight ended up being fairly even, with 12 Warhawks shot down, for the loss of 8 Zeros. The Zero pilots are the original elite KB pilots. Not sure how many pilots were lost.
Japanese bombers did moderate damage to the airfield at Kunming. No CAP today.
Troops started to unload at Wyndham. The Yokosuka 5th SNLF is all that is landing. I think the defense is just a base force. All of the support shipping, and the Darwin amphibious TF, will now move from near Wyndham to a point just west of Darwin.
Attack number two at Tuyun. Better odds, reduced forts to 0, but much worse losses.
Ground combat at Tuyun (74,51)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 55671 troops, 586 guns, 447 vehicles, Assault Value = 1514
Defending force 59742 troops, 288 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1865
Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0
Japanese adjusted assault: 2318
Allied adjusted defense: 2089
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
2714 casualties reported
Squads: 7 destroyed, 219 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 17 disabled
Vehicles lost 60 (7 destroyed, 53 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
305 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 63 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
One tank regiment is completely disabled. It will retire to the south. A couple of the divisions are at about half strength. Everyone has supply and will attack for the third time. The airfield has been bombed but showed no damage today, which means there could be a level one fort tomorrow. Not good. The second wave stack will be just short of moving into Tuyun. We will continue attacking until success or failure. Nothing in between. China was my "big plan" and I'm throwing everything at it.
I sent 30 Zeros from KB to sweep Darwin. They ran into 25 P-40Es. The fight ended up being fairly even, with 12 Warhawks shot down, for the loss of 8 Zeros. The Zero pilots are the original elite KB pilots. Not sure how many pilots were lost.
Japanese bombers did moderate damage to the airfield at Kunming. No CAP today.
Troops started to unload at Wyndham. The Yokosuka 5th SNLF is all that is landing. I think the defense is just a base force. All of the support shipping, and the Darwin amphibious TF, will now move from near Wyndham to a point just west of Darwin.
Attack number two at Tuyun. Better odds, reduced forts to 0, but much worse losses.
Ground combat at Tuyun (74,51)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 55671 troops, 586 guns, 447 vehicles, Assault Value = 1514
Defending force 59742 troops, 288 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1865
Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0
Japanese adjusted assault: 2318
Allied adjusted defense: 2089
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
2714 casualties reported
Squads: 7 destroyed, 219 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 17 disabled
Vehicles lost 60 (7 destroyed, 53 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
305 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 63 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
One tank regiment is completely disabled. It will retire to the south. A couple of the divisions are at about half strength. Everyone has supply and will attack for the third time. The airfield has been bombed but showed no damage today, which means there could be a level one fort tomorrow. Not good. The second wave stack will be just short of moving into Tuyun. We will continue attacking until success or failure. Nothing in between. China was my "big plan" and I'm throwing everything at it.
RE: Deja Vu All Over Again - apbarog(J) vs OPilot(A)
5 Aug 42
B-17Es flew to Buna to attack the airfield. Zeros were on CAP, but the bombers were effective sweepers. 3 Zeros were lost while downing 2 B-17s. Minor base damage.
Wyndham is taken. Darwin will be invaded today. No enemy interference with TFs adjacent to Darwin. Enemy ships fled Darwin's port and headed east. They were within KB's range, but all bombers were ordered not to fly, in order to avoid flying to Darwin targeting tiny ships protected by lots of fighters. I have 2 subs waiting for the fleeing ships. I suspect that they include an ACM and an AS.
Tuyun's airfield was bombed and was moderately damaged. The third deliberate attack in three days was ordered, and I finally got the disastrous results that I feared.
Ground combat at Tuyun (74,51)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 53272 troops, 586 guns, 378 vehicles, Assault Value = 2862
Defending force 59228 troops, 288 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1811
Japanese adjusted assault: 914
Allied adjusted defense: 2263
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 0)
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
7715 casualties reported
Squads: 186 destroyed, 524 disabled
Non Combat: 21 destroyed, 87 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 49 disabled
Guns lost 88 (19 destroyed, 69 disabled)
Vehicles lost 67 (41 destroyed, 26 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
411 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 42 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
19th Division
14th Division
15th Ind Engineer Regiment
56th Division
9th Tank Regiment
70th Division
34th Division
58th Division
3rd Tank Regiment
3rd Division
18th Division
2nd Tank Division
30th Field AA Machinecannon Company
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
52nd Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion
16th Army
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
Botanko Hvy Gun Regiment
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
Defending units:
31st Chinese Corps
76th Chinese Corps
3rd Chinese Corps
6th Chinese Corps
57th Chinese Corps
66th Chinese Corps
1st Group Army
4th War Area
34th Group Army
Ridiculous. I think that the terrible results were due to more severe over-stacking. The second wave was not supposed to arrive yet. They had moved 15 miles, then 15 miles. I assumed that they would move 15 miles. If they moved 16 miles, they'd advance into Tuyun, as the distance between hexes is 46 miles. Apparently that is what happened. The second wave did not contribute to the attack, and didn't suffer losses, but I suspect that they caused the outrageous number of losses due to severe over-stacking. Well, the second wave is there now. Most of the badly hurt first wave will now move out of the hex to the south to recover. When they've gotten out of the hex, then the second wave will attack. No sign of the enemy swapping units in or out so far. They really haven't needed to. Chinese losses have not been very high.
[EDIT: Maybe I lost track of the mileage to Tuyun. It's possible that I didn't check on the last day and it was already up to 45 miles. I don't know for sure. I'm second guessing things at this point.]
So we'll see how much difference a tank division makes to the fight, in a few days.
B-17Es flew to Buna to attack the airfield. Zeros were on CAP, but the bombers were effective sweepers. 3 Zeros were lost while downing 2 B-17s. Minor base damage.
Wyndham is taken. Darwin will be invaded today. No enemy interference with TFs adjacent to Darwin. Enemy ships fled Darwin's port and headed east. They were within KB's range, but all bombers were ordered not to fly, in order to avoid flying to Darwin targeting tiny ships protected by lots of fighters. I have 2 subs waiting for the fleeing ships. I suspect that they include an ACM and an AS.
Tuyun's airfield was bombed and was moderately damaged. The third deliberate attack in three days was ordered, and I finally got the disastrous results that I feared.
Ground combat at Tuyun (74,51)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 53272 troops, 586 guns, 378 vehicles, Assault Value = 2862
Defending force 59228 troops, 288 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1811
Japanese adjusted assault: 914
Allied adjusted defense: 2263
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 0)
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
7715 casualties reported
Squads: 186 destroyed, 524 disabled
Non Combat: 21 destroyed, 87 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 49 disabled
Guns lost 88 (19 destroyed, 69 disabled)
Vehicles lost 67 (41 destroyed, 26 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
411 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 42 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
19th Division
14th Division
15th Ind Engineer Regiment
56th Division
9th Tank Regiment
70th Division
34th Division
58th Division
3rd Tank Regiment
3rd Division
18th Division
2nd Tank Division
30th Field AA Machinecannon Company
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
52nd Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion
16th Army
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
Botanko Hvy Gun Regiment
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
Defending units:
31st Chinese Corps
76th Chinese Corps
3rd Chinese Corps
6th Chinese Corps
57th Chinese Corps
66th Chinese Corps
1st Group Army
4th War Area
34th Group Army
Ridiculous. I think that the terrible results were due to more severe over-stacking. The second wave was not supposed to arrive yet. They had moved 15 miles, then 15 miles. I assumed that they would move 15 miles. If they moved 16 miles, they'd advance into Tuyun, as the distance between hexes is 46 miles. Apparently that is what happened. The second wave did not contribute to the attack, and didn't suffer losses, but I suspect that they caused the outrageous number of losses due to severe over-stacking. Well, the second wave is there now. Most of the badly hurt first wave will now move out of the hex to the south to recover. When they've gotten out of the hex, then the second wave will attack. No sign of the enemy swapping units in or out so far. They really haven't needed to. Chinese losses have not been very high.
[EDIT: Maybe I lost track of the mileage to Tuyun. It's possible that I didn't check on the last day and it was already up to 45 miles. I don't know for sure. I'm second guessing things at this point.]
So we'll see how much difference a tank division makes to the fight, in a few days.
RE: Deja Vu All Over Again - apbarog(J) vs OPilot(A)
6 Aug 42
The huge invasion task force for Darwin is engaged by 3 PT boats at Darwin. Torpedoes hit DMS W-5, sinking it, and hit xAK Iburi Maru, badly damaging it. Chaos ensues in the oversized task force.
BB Nagato collides with xAK Mansei Maru at 76 , 124
DD Hatsushima collides with xAK Nittai Maru at 76 , 124
xAK Kiyo Maru collides with xAK Mansei Maru at 76 , 124
The PT boats escape.
The task force runs into a minefield and CD guns.
DMS W-12, Shell hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
DMS W-6, Shell hits 8, on fire
DMS W-1, Shell hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Amagiri
xAP Ukishima Maru, Mine hits 1, on fire
3 Japanese destroyers, dedicated to hunting the PT boats, run into 3 TMs, but neither side gets any hits in a very short engagement. Maximum visibility is 2000 yards.
Still at night, the big invasion task force runs into the 3 TMs. DMS W-1 is hit by a torpedo and sunk. More chaos.
xAP Hokoku Maru collides with xAK Kiyo Maru at 76 , 124
xAP Teison Maru collides with xAK Kiyo Maru at 76 , 124
xAK Mansei Maru collides with xAK Kiyo Maru at 76 , 124
Nagato sank one of the TMs.
2 Japanese DMS's ran into the 3 PT boats, but no fight took place. The big task force ran into the PT boats again, with both sides evading combat. Then the big task force ran into the TMs again, with no combat. Then another combat with the TMs, with no combat. All of this during the night.
RO-33 spotted the fleeing support task force near GOve, but chose not to shoot at an AG.
Yamashiro and Fuso and escorts bombarded Darwin, damaging some planes, causing 357 casualties and doing minor base damage.
The big task force was hit by more coastal guns while unloading.
CL Kashima, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Toho Maru, Shell hits 3, on fire
Then another round of CD gun hits and unloading.
DD Hatsushima, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Nenohi, Shell hits 1, on fire
The three Japanese destroyers ran into the 3 PT boats again, this time in the daylight. 2 PT boats sunk.
21 Zeros from KB swept Darwin, finding just 6 P-40Es. 3 Warhawks shot down for the loss of one Zero.
Sealion then put 2 torpedoes into badly damaged CL Kashima at Darwin, sinking the light cruiser. Yes, 2 more torpedoes that weren't duds.
Here is what is at Darwin:
Ground combat at Darwin (76,124)
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 7103 troops, 158 guns, 103 vehicles, Assault Value = 355
Defending force 24964 troops, 300 guns, 233 vehicles, Assault Value = 1064
Japanese ground losses:
62 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Vehicles lost 4 (2 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
194 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 14 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Assaulting units:
4th Australian Brigade
Gull Force
35th Avn Sup
24th Avn Sup
2nd Australian Brigade
Sparrow Force
Darwin Fortress
147th Field Artillery Battalion
Asiatic Fleet
North Territory Cmd
Darwin RAN Base Force
5th Base Group
131st Field Artillery Battalion
1st RAAF Base Wing
Darwin RAAF Base Force
A/B Hy Cst Arty
Defending units:
2nd Tank Rgt /1
16th Div /2
20th Ind Engineer Regiment
65th Brigade
4th Tank Regiment
2nd Div /6
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Bn /1
5th RF Gun Battalion
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Bn /1
25th Army /1
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Bn /1
23rd Medium FA Rgt /1
So, lost a CL, 3 DMS and 3 xAKs. As much damage from collisions as from CD guns. Damaged ships include:
BB Nagato SYS 2/FLOT 7-6/ENG 19-16/FIRE 0 (collision with xAK)
DD Nonohi SYS 38/FLOT 32-21/ENG 0/FIRE 0 (CD guns)
DD Hatshushima SYS 26/FLOT 26-18/ENG 3-3/FIRE 0 (CD guns)
DMS W-6 SYS 47/FLOT 30-11/ENG 9-0/FIRE 0 (CD guns)
xAK Toho Maru SYS 33/FLOT 15-10/ENG 7-0/FIRE 39
xAK Nittai Maru SYS 1/FLOT 13-12/ENG 13-10/FIRE 0
xAP Hokoku Maru SYS 0/FLOT 8-8/ENG 12-8/FIRE 0
xAP Ukishima Maru SYS 54/FLOT 65-31/ENG 61-30/FIRE 32 (little hope for this ship)
xAP Teison Maru SYS 2/FLOT 15-13/ENG 42-25/FIRE 0
All ships are leaving Darwin. Ships with men still on them will stay with the carriers to the northwest of Darwin. I'd like to take Darwin and then land these troops. Troops at Darwin will attack today. Carrier bombers will support. 2 battleships from the carrier task forces will bombard.
Around 55 B-26s bombed Port Moresby. I picked the wrong day to rest the fighters at Buna and Lae.
The huge invasion task force for Darwin is engaged by 3 PT boats at Darwin. Torpedoes hit DMS W-5, sinking it, and hit xAK Iburi Maru, badly damaging it. Chaos ensues in the oversized task force.
BB Nagato collides with xAK Mansei Maru at 76 , 124
DD Hatsushima collides with xAK Nittai Maru at 76 , 124
xAK Kiyo Maru collides with xAK Mansei Maru at 76 , 124
The PT boats escape.
The task force runs into a minefield and CD guns.
DMS W-12, Shell hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
DMS W-6, Shell hits 8, on fire
DMS W-1, Shell hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Amagiri
xAP Ukishima Maru, Mine hits 1, on fire
3 Japanese destroyers, dedicated to hunting the PT boats, run into 3 TMs, but neither side gets any hits in a very short engagement. Maximum visibility is 2000 yards.
Still at night, the big invasion task force runs into the 3 TMs. DMS W-1 is hit by a torpedo and sunk. More chaos.
xAP Hokoku Maru collides with xAK Kiyo Maru at 76 , 124
xAP Teison Maru collides with xAK Kiyo Maru at 76 , 124
xAK Mansei Maru collides with xAK Kiyo Maru at 76 , 124
Nagato sank one of the TMs.
2 Japanese DMS's ran into the 3 PT boats, but no fight took place. The big task force ran into the PT boats again, with both sides evading combat. Then the big task force ran into the TMs again, with no combat. Then another combat with the TMs, with no combat. All of this during the night.
RO-33 spotted the fleeing support task force near GOve, but chose not to shoot at an AG.
Yamashiro and Fuso and escorts bombarded Darwin, damaging some planes, causing 357 casualties and doing minor base damage.
The big task force was hit by more coastal guns while unloading.
CL Kashima, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Toho Maru, Shell hits 3, on fire
Then another round of CD gun hits and unloading.
DD Hatsushima, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Nenohi, Shell hits 1, on fire
The three Japanese destroyers ran into the 3 PT boats again, this time in the daylight. 2 PT boats sunk.
21 Zeros from KB swept Darwin, finding just 6 P-40Es. 3 Warhawks shot down for the loss of one Zero.
Sealion then put 2 torpedoes into badly damaged CL Kashima at Darwin, sinking the light cruiser. Yes, 2 more torpedoes that weren't duds.
Here is what is at Darwin:
Ground combat at Darwin (76,124)
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 7103 troops, 158 guns, 103 vehicles, Assault Value = 355
Defending force 24964 troops, 300 guns, 233 vehicles, Assault Value = 1064
Japanese ground losses:
62 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Vehicles lost 4 (2 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
194 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 14 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Assaulting units:
4th Australian Brigade
Gull Force
35th Avn Sup
24th Avn Sup
2nd Australian Brigade
Sparrow Force
Darwin Fortress
147th Field Artillery Battalion
Asiatic Fleet
North Territory Cmd
Darwin RAN Base Force
5th Base Group
131st Field Artillery Battalion
1st RAAF Base Wing
Darwin RAAF Base Force
A/B Hy Cst Arty
Defending units:
2nd Tank Rgt /1
16th Div /2
20th Ind Engineer Regiment
65th Brigade
4th Tank Regiment
2nd Div /6
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Bn /1
5th RF Gun Battalion
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Bn /1
25th Army /1
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Bn /1
23rd Medium FA Rgt /1
So, lost a CL, 3 DMS and 3 xAKs. As much damage from collisions as from CD guns. Damaged ships include:
BB Nagato SYS 2/FLOT 7-6/ENG 19-16/FIRE 0 (collision with xAK)
DD Nonohi SYS 38/FLOT 32-21/ENG 0/FIRE 0 (CD guns)
DD Hatshushima SYS 26/FLOT 26-18/ENG 3-3/FIRE 0 (CD guns)
DMS W-6 SYS 47/FLOT 30-11/ENG 9-0/FIRE 0 (CD guns)
xAK Toho Maru SYS 33/FLOT 15-10/ENG 7-0/FIRE 39
xAK Nittai Maru SYS 1/FLOT 13-12/ENG 13-10/FIRE 0
xAP Hokoku Maru SYS 0/FLOT 8-8/ENG 12-8/FIRE 0
xAP Ukishima Maru SYS 54/FLOT 65-31/ENG 61-30/FIRE 32 (little hope for this ship)
xAP Teison Maru SYS 2/FLOT 15-13/ENG 42-25/FIRE 0
All ships are leaving Darwin. Ships with men still on them will stay with the carriers to the northwest of Darwin. I'd like to take Darwin and then land these troops. Troops at Darwin will attack today. Carrier bombers will support. 2 battleships from the carrier task forces will bombard.
Around 55 B-26s bombed Port Moresby. I picked the wrong day to rest the fighters at Buna and Lae.
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RE: Deja Vu All Over Again - apbarog(J) vs OPilot(A)
7 Aug 42
Kirishima and Hiei bombard Darwin, doing minor damage and 245 casualties. 43 Zeros from KB swept Darwin and found 9 P-40Es which were based at Katherine. 4 Warhawks shot down for the loss of a Zero (ops loss). 120 Vals and 65 Kates bombed Darwin's airbase and the troops. Very minor damage for so many planes. Thunderstorms. Lots of Vals damaged to heavy flak at Darwin. Good thing that the sweep was effective as the bombers went in without their assigned escort.
Darwin was attacked. The original plan of bringing just one division would not have been sufficient. Glad to have brought more.
Ground combat at Darwin (76,124)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 23789 troops, 300 guns, 189 vehicles, Assault Value = 1059
Defending force 17140 troops, 254 guns, 180 vehicles, Assault Value = 336
Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 3
Japanese adjusted assault: 1570
Allied adjusted defense: 416
Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 3)
Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 3
Combat modifiers
Defender: forts(+), disruption(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
518 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 23 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 22 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled
Vehicles lost 57 (4 destroyed, 53 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
1792 casualties reported
Squads: 45 destroyed, 48 disabled
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 102 disabled
Engineers: 11 destroyed, 16 disabled
Guns lost 60 (30 destroyed, 30 disabled)
Assaulting units:
4th Tank Regiment
20th Ind Engineer Regiment
65th Brigade
2nd Tank Regiment
16th Division
2nd Division
25th Army
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
5th RF Gun Battalion
23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
Defending units:
Gull Force
35th Avn Sup
2nd Australian Brigade
4th Australian Brigade
24th Avn Sup
Sparrow Force
Darwin Fortress
131st Field Artillery Battalion
Asiatic Fleet
Darwin RAAF Base Force
5th Base Group
147th Field Artillery Battalion
North Territory Cmd
Darwin RAN Base Force
1st RAAF Base Wing
A/B Hy Cst Arty
The base should fall quickly. Another battleship will bombard. Can't attack immediately, though, as most units have inadequate supply. I have to run the gauntlet of CD guns again. All of the ships with men and/or supply on them will return to Darwin for another round of unloading. Need supply, so might as well unload the remaining unit fragments too.
Kirishima and Hiei bombard Darwin, doing minor damage and 245 casualties. 43 Zeros from KB swept Darwin and found 9 P-40Es which were based at Katherine. 4 Warhawks shot down for the loss of a Zero (ops loss). 120 Vals and 65 Kates bombed Darwin's airbase and the troops. Very minor damage for so many planes. Thunderstorms. Lots of Vals damaged to heavy flak at Darwin. Good thing that the sweep was effective as the bombers went in without their assigned escort.
Darwin was attacked. The original plan of bringing just one division would not have been sufficient. Glad to have brought more.
Ground combat at Darwin (76,124)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 23789 troops, 300 guns, 189 vehicles, Assault Value = 1059
Defending force 17140 troops, 254 guns, 180 vehicles, Assault Value = 336
Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 3
Japanese adjusted assault: 1570
Allied adjusted defense: 416
Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 3)
Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 3
Combat modifiers
Defender: forts(+), disruption(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
518 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 23 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 22 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled
Vehicles lost 57 (4 destroyed, 53 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
1792 casualties reported
Squads: 45 destroyed, 48 disabled
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 102 disabled
Engineers: 11 destroyed, 16 disabled
Guns lost 60 (30 destroyed, 30 disabled)
Assaulting units:
4th Tank Regiment
20th Ind Engineer Regiment
65th Brigade
2nd Tank Regiment
16th Division
2nd Division
25th Army
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
5th RF Gun Battalion
23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
Defending units:
Gull Force
35th Avn Sup
2nd Australian Brigade
4th Australian Brigade
24th Avn Sup
Sparrow Force
Darwin Fortress
131st Field Artillery Battalion
Asiatic Fleet
Darwin RAAF Base Force
5th Base Group
147th Field Artillery Battalion
North Territory Cmd
Darwin RAN Base Force
1st RAAF Base Wing
A/B Hy Cst Arty
The base should fall quickly. Another battleship will bombard. Can't attack immediately, though, as most units have inadequate supply. I have to run the gauntlet of CD guns again. All of the ships with men and/or supply on them will return to Darwin for another round of unloading. Need supply, so might as well unload the remaining unit fragments too.
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RE: Deja Vu All Over Again - apbarog(J) vs OPilot(A)
8 Aug 42 - Darwin and Tuyun
As the Japanese, I consider Darwin to be almost vital. An Allied Darwin is such a good jumping off spot. From Darwin, Timor is within reach, and from Timor, the possibilities are endless. From Timor, the Allied can go towards Java, towards Celebes, or towards Sorong. There are so many bases to defend, it is an impossible task for the Japanese. So I consider it important to take Darwin and hold it as long as possible, as the Japanese.
Since my troops did not have enough supply after their first attack at Darwin, I had to run the gauntlet of enemy CD guns again. And they were tough. Here's the damage just today:
BB Kongo SYS 30
CA Ashigara SYS 28
DD Arare SYS 56/FLOT 70-35/ENG 0/FIRE 2
An xAK sunk
xAK Ikushima Maru SYS 36/FLOT 30-19/ENG 0/FIRE 37 (flip of the coin on survival)
xAK Kasuga Maru SYS 18/FLOT 0/ENG 1/FIRE 6
xAK Natisan Maru SYS 38/FLOT 10-8/ENG 9/FIRE 53 (going to burn up)
Some troops unloaded, as did supply, but there's still both on ships. But no more unloading, at least not until the base is captured. The bad news is that one Japanese division is just barely short of needed supply. No matter. We're attacking. I will airdrop supply from Timor, but the odds of that supply getting to the right division is low. The rest of the units have adequate supply. Just the one division is barely short.
Now for the critical battle at Tuyun.
Ground combat at Tuyun (74,51)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 54603 troops, 586 guns, 521 vehicles, Assault Value = 1610
Defending force 65786 troops, 323 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2001
Japanese adjusted assault: 2239
Allied adjusted defense: 1186
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
3701 casualties reported
Squads: 7 destroyed, 273 disabled
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 46 disabled
Engineers: 20 destroyed, 16 disabled
Guns lost 27 (1 destroyed, 26 disabled)
Vehicles lost 11 (2 destroyed, 9 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
1620 casualties reported
Squads: 15 destroyed, 152 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 24 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 19 (2 destroyed, 17 disabled)
Assaulting units:
34th Division
3rd Division
58th Division
15th Ind Engineer Regiment [now trashed and heading south to regroup]
70th Division
2nd Tank Division
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
52nd Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion
30th Field AA Machinecannon Company
Botanko Hvy Gun Regiment
16th Army
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
Defending units:
76th Chinese Corps
31st Chinese Corps
21st Chinese Corps
3rd Chinese Corps
6th Chinese Corps
57th Chinese Corps
66th Chinese Corps
4th War Area
1st Group Army
34th Group Army
Just missed 2 to 1 odds! There must be so many enemy engineers at Tuyun. The forts rebuild instantly, and that's with inadequate supply there.
Here's what the enemy had at Tuyun 3 days ago.
31st Chinese Corps
76th Chinese Corps
3rd Chinese Corps
6th Chinese Corps
57th Chinese Corps
66th Chinese Corps
1st Group Army
4th War Area
34th Group Army
So the 21st Chinese Corps reinforced in time for this battle, and we still almost took the base. That's actually good news. No more movement shown into Tuyun, so we have a couple of days to win this fight. Is it possible? I don't know. We are so close to both victory and failure.
As the Japanese, I consider Darwin to be almost vital. An Allied Darwin is such a good jumping off spot. From Darwin, Timor is within reach, and from Timor, the possibilities are endless. From Timor, the Allied can go towards Java, towards Celebes, or towards Sorong. There are so many bases to defend, it is an impossible task for the Japanese. So I consider it important to take Darwin and hold it as long as possible, as the Japanese.
Since my troops did not have enough supply after their first attack at Darwin, I had to run the gauntlet of enemy CD guns again. And they were tough. Here's the damage just today:
BB Kongo SYS 30
CA Ashigara SYS 28
DD Arare SYS 56/FLOT 70-35/ENG 0/FIRE 2
An xAK sunk
xAK Ikushima Maru SYS 36/FLOT 30-19/ENG 0/FIRE 37 (flip of the coin on survival)
xAK Kasuga Maru SYS 18/FLOT 0/ENG 1/FIRE 6
xAK Natisan Maru SYS 38/FLOT 10-8/ENG 9/FIRE 53 (going to burn up)
Some troops unloaded, as did supply, but there's still both on ships. But no more unloading, at least not until the base is captured. The bad news is that one Japanese division is just barely short of needed supply. No matter. We're attacking. I will airdrop supply from Timor, but the odds of that supply getting to the right division is low. The rest of the units have adequate supply. Just the one division is barely short.
Now for the critical battle at Tuyun.
Ground combat at Tuyun (74,51)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 54603 troops, 586 guns, 521 vehicles, Assault Value = 1610
Defending force 65786 troops, 323 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2001
Japanese adjusted assault: 2239
Allied adjusted defense: 1186
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
3701 casualties reported
Squads: 7 destroyed, 273 disabled
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 46 disabled
Engineers: 20 destroyed, 16 disabled
Guns lost 27 (1 destroyed, 26 disabled)
Vehicles lost 11 (2 destroyed, 9 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
1620 casualties reported
Squads: 15 destroyed, 152 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 24 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 19 (2 destroyed, 17 disabled)
Assaulting units:
34th Division
3rd Division
58th Division
15th Ind Engineer Regiment [now trashed and heading south to regroup]
70th Division
2nd Tank Division
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
52nd Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion
30th Field AA Machinecannon Company
Botanko Hvy Gun Regiment
16th Army
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
Defending units:
76th Chinese Corps
31st Chinese Corps
21st Chinese Corps
3rd Chinese Corps
6th Chinese Corps
57th Chinese Corps
66th Chinese Corps
4th War Area
1st Group Army
34th Group Army
Just missed 2 to 1 odds! There must be so many enemy engineers at Tuyun. The forts rebuild instantly, and that's with inadequate supply there.
Here's what the enemy had at Tuyun 3 days ago.
31st Chinese Corps
76th Chinese Corps
3rd Chinese Corps
6th Chinese Corps
57th Chinese Corps
66th Chinese Corps
1st Group Army
4th War Area
34th Group Army
So the 21st Chinese Corps reinforced in time for this battle, and we still almost took the base. That's actually good news. No more movement shown into Tuyun, so we have a couple of days to win this fight. Is it possible? I don't know. We are so close to both victory and failure.
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RE: Deja Vu All Over Again - apbarog(J) vs OPilot(A)
whew!! Do you have anything close enough and able to fast transport some supplies into Darwin?
RE: Deja Vu All Over Again - apbarog(J) vs OPilot(A)
ORIGINAL: pontiouspilot
whew!! Do you have anything close enough and able to fast transport some supplies into Darwin?
I could use fast transport. But I want to avoid those CD guns, and the best way to avoid them is to eliminate them. I have a good chance of taking Darwin today. If I don't, I will probably need more supply to attack again, and then I'll have to move supply to Darwin again, one way or another.
RE: Deja Vu All Over Again - apbarog(J) vs OPilot(A)
9 Aug 42
Supply dropped to troops at Tsuyung, but not enough to get them out of the red. No attack yet.
Massive Japanese bombing of Tuyun. We attack again.
Ground combat at Tuyun (74,51)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 50815 troops, 585 guns, 514 vehicles, Assault Value = 1308
Defending force 57571 troops, 286 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1714
Japanese adjusted assault: 1007
Allied adjusted defense: 1237
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 0)
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), preparation(-), experience(-)
supply(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
2100 casualties reported
Squads: 18 destroyed, 359 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 31 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 31 disabled
Guns lost 37 (1 destroyed, 36 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
832 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 41 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Guns lost 15 (1 destroyed, 14 disabled)
Very poor result. The attack cannot continue, and with such limited enemy losses and reinforcing troops nearby, this offensive isn't going to work. I order a couple of restricted divisions to stay at Tuyun. The rest will move south to recover. Unrestricted units will eventually move to the coast and move all over the Pacific for base defense. Some restricted units will rest and then move northeast for a new offensive towards Sian.
Congratulations to OPilot for his China defense. I threw just about everything at him and couldn't break the line south of the capital. I think he discovered something. I know that I did. He had a credible defense over-stacking bases where there was little to no supply. He had the negative modifier for supply, but that didn't matter. Maybe that's a credible strategy. If you know that you are out of supply, over-stack to your heart's content. Or at least to some degree. It seems that the penalty isn't much, if any, more than the supply malus. On the attack, however, I think there is a much bigger penalty for over-stacking.
Tuyun was so close! [EDIT: Yesterday] Japanese adjusted assault 2239 and Allied adjusted defense 1186. That close to a 2 to 1 victory and the capture of Tuyun. But it didn't happen, and now the war will be completely different.
Yamashiro and Fuso bombarded Darwin, doing good work. 826 casualties and moderate base damage. We attack:
Ground combat at Darwin (76,124)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 28266 troops, 345 guns, 273 vehicles, Assault Value = 1109
Defending force 15170 troops, 234 guns, 179 vehicles, Assault Value = 262
Japanese adjusted assault: 1414
Allied adjusted defense: 343
Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 3)
Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 2
Combat modifiers
Defender: forts(+), disruption(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
1730 casualties reported
Squads: 7 destroyed, 125 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled
Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 9 (2 destroyed, 7 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
1567 casualties reported
Squads: 12 destroyed, 34 disabled
Non Combat: 50 destroyed, 48 disabled
Engineers: 10 destroyed, 13 disabled
Guns lost 32 (18 destroyed, 14 disabled)
Vehicles lost 21 (7 destroyed, 14 disabled)
This is a good result. We're close to taking Darwin. But now we are low on supply, again. And yes, that means the amphibious shipping will head back to Darwin and brave the CD guns for the third time. What a battle.
Supply dropped to troops at Tsuyung, but not enough to get them out of the red. No attack yet.
Massive Japanese bombing of Tuyun. We attack again.
Ground combat at Tuyun (74,51)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 50815 troops, 585 guns, 514 vehicles, Assault Value = 1308
Defending force 57571 troops, 286 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1714
Japanese adjusted assault: 1007
Allied adjusted defense: 1237
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 0)
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), preparation(-), experience(-)
supply(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
2100 casualties reported
Squads: 18 destroyed, 359 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 31 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 31 disabled
Guns lost 37 (1 destroyed, 36 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
832 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 41 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Guns lost 15 (1 destroyed, 14 disabled)
Very poor result. The attack cannot continue, and with such limited enemy losses and reinforcing troops nearby, this offensive isn't going to work. I order a couple of restricted divisions to stay at Tuyun. The rest will move south to recover. Unrestricted units will eventually move to the coast and move all over the Pacific for base defense. Some restricted units will rest and then move northeast for a new offensive towards Sian.
Congratulations to OPilot for his China defense. I threw just about everything at him and couldn't break the line south of the capital. I think he discovered something. I know that I did. He had a credible defense over-stacking bases where there was little to no supply. He had the negative modifier for supply, but that didn't matter. Maybe that's a credible strategy. If you know that you are out of supply, over-stack to your heart's content. Or at least to some degree. It seems that the penalty isn't much, if any, more than the supply malus. On the attack, however, I think there is a much bigger penalty for over-stacking.
Tuyun was so close! [EDIT: Yesterday] Japanese adjusted assault 2239 and Allied adjusted defense 1186. That close to a 2 to 1 victory and the capture of Tuyun. But it didn't happen, and now the war will be completely different.
Yamashiro and Fuso bombarded Darwin, doing good work. 826 casualties and moderate base damage. We attack:
Ground combat at Darwin (76,124)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 28266 troops, 345 guns, 273 vehicles, Assault Value = 1109
Defending force 15170 troops, 234 guns, 179 vehicles, Assault Value = 262
Japanese adjusted assault: 1414
Allied adjusted defense: 343
Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 3)
Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 2
Combat modifiers
Defender: forts(+), disruption(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
1730 casualties reported
Squads: 7 destroyed, 125 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled
Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 9 (2 destroyed, 7 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
1567 casualties reported
Squads: 12 destroyed, 34 disabled
Non Combat: 50 destroyed, 48 disabled
Engineers: 10 destroyed, 13 disabled
Guns lost 32 (18 destroyed, 14 disabled)
Vehicles lost 21 (7 destroyed, 14 disabled)
This is a good result. We're close to taking Darwin. But now we are low on supply, again. And yes, that means the amphibious shipping will head back to Darwin and brave the CD guns for the third time. What a battle.
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RE: Deja Vu All Over Again - apbarog(J) vs OPilot(A)
10 Aug 42
I-156 sank PC Jumna near Madras. My subs have had good luck against patrol craft near Ceylon.
Zeros and Tojos sweep Kunming, and find about 48 Flying Tiger Warhawks. 34 Warhawks are downed for the loss of 15 Zeros and a Tojo. Not bad.
Tsuyung is bombed, both the airbase and enemy troops.
Japanese amphibious task force makes its third landing at Darwin. 2 more xAKs are badly damaged and burning. Vals and Kates bomb Allied troops at Darwin, doing good work, with 207 casualties.
And Darwin is attacked for the third time.
Ground combat at Darwin (76,124)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 31049 troops, 368 guns, 304 vehicles, Assault Value = 1003
Defending force 13577 troops, 219 guns, 170 vehicles, Assault Value = 216
Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1
Japanese adjusted assault: 830
Allied adjusted defense: 138
Japanese assault odds: 6 to 1 (fort level 1)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Darwin !!!
Combat modifiers
Defender: disruption(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
887 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 60 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled
Guns lost 15 (1 destroyed, 14 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
4581 casualties reported
Squads: 79 destroyed, 89 disabled
Non Combat: 226 destroyed, 22 disabled
Engineers: 78 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 142 (132 destroyed, 10 disabled)
Vehicles lost 133 (130 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Units retreated 13
Units destroyed 3
Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
Assaulting units:
16th Division
65th Brigade
2nd Tank Regiment
4th Tank Regiment
20th Ind Engineer Regiment
2nd Division
25th Army
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
5th RF Gun Battalion
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
Defending units:
4th Australian Brigade
Sparrow Force
2nd Australian Brigade
131st Field Artillery Battalion
35th Avn Sup
Gull Force
24th Avn Sup
North Territory Cmd
A/B Hy Cst Arty
Darwin RAN Base Force
5th Base Group
147th Field Artillery Battalion
Asiatic Fleet
1st RAAF Base Wing
Darwin RAAF Base Force
Darwin Fortress
Success. 69,000 supply is noted at Darwin, and I had brought less than 5,000 of that. So lots of supply captured. 7,000 fuel captured also. Troops are disrupted but start chasing the enemy south. KB bombers will hit enemy troops, hoping to slow them down so that they can be attacked again before reaching bases south, where there will be forts waiting for them.
I need to get KB to the South Pacific as soon as possible.
I-156 sank PC Jumna near Madras. My subs have had good luck against patrol craft near Ceylon.
Zeros and Tojos sweep Kunming, and find about 48 Flying Tiger Warhawks. 34 Warhawks are downed for the loss of 15 Zeros and a Tojo. Not bad.
Tsuyung is bombed, both the airbase and enemy troops.
Japanese amphibious task force makes its third landing at Darwin. 2 more xAKs are badly damaged and burning. Vals and Kates bomb Allied troops at Darwin, doing good work, with 207 casualties.
And Darwin is attacked for the third time.
Ground combat at Darwin (76,124)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 31049 troops, 368 guns, 304 vehicles, Assault Value = 1003
Defending force 13577 troops, 219 guns, 170 vehicles, Assault Value = 216
Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1
Japanese adjusted assault: 830
Allied adjusted defense: 138
Japanese assault odds: 6 to 1 (fort level 1)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Darwin !!!
Combat modifiers
Defender: disruption(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
887 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 60 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled
Guns lost 15 (1 destroyed, 14 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
4581 casualties reported
Squads: 79 destroyed, 89 disabled
Non Combat: 226 destroyed, 22 disabled
Engineers: 78 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 142 (132 destroyed, 10 disabled)
Vehicles lost 133 (130 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Units retreated 13
Units destroyed 3
Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
Assaulting units:
16th Division
65th Brigade
2nd Tank Regiment
4th Tank Regiment
20th Ind Engineer Regiment
2nd Division
25th Army
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
5th RF Gun Battalion
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
Defending units:
4th Australian Brigade
Sparrow Force
2nd Australian Brigade
131st Field Artillery Battalion
35th Avn Sup
Gull Force
24th Avn Sup
North Territory Cmd
A/B Hy Cst Arty
Darwin RAN Base Force
5th Base Group
147th Field Artillery Battalion
Asiatic Fleet
1st RAAF Base Wing
Darwin RAAF Base Force
Darwin Fortress
Success. 69,000 supply is noted at Darwin, and I had brought less than 5,000 of that. So lots of supply captured. 7,000 fuel captured also. Troops are disrupted but start chasing the enemy south. KB bombers will hit enemy troops, hoping to slow them down so that they can be attacked again before reaching bases south, where there will be forts waiting for them.
I need to get KB to the South Pacific as soon as possible.
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RE: Deja Vu All Over Again - apbarog(J) vs OPilot(A)
11 Aug 42
Japanese DMS's sweep all of the mines at Darwin. As sometimes happens, one of them swept the last mine by ramming. DMS W-9 was sunk.
KB bombers hit retreating Allied troops south of Darwin, causing 123 casualties and more importantly, slowing the retreat.
I did an artillery attack at Chihkiang, just to show some interest to the east of Tuyun. About equal forces there.
I attacked at Tsuyung, in the mountains northwest of Kunming. It went ok. The enemy has supply.
Ground combat at Tsuyung (68,46)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 16054 troops, 160 guns, 96 vehicles, Assault Value = 510
Defending force 17565 troops, 75 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 439
Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2
Japanese adjusted assault: 852
Allied adjusted defense: 1252
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 2)
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), leaders(+), preparation(-)
experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
449 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 38 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Allied ground losses:
216 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 23 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Assaulting units:
14th Tank Regiment
55th Division
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
15th Army
21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion
Defending units:
61st Chinese Corps
43rd Chinese Corps
22nd New Chinese Division
2nd Reserve Division
102nd RAF Base Force
NCAC
8th Group Army
Now I need to wait to get more supply to the troops there. Air transport will be used heavily. No attack until resupply. Another division is outside of Tsuyung, waiting to swap in if needed, and a tank division is preparing to leave Rangoon to come to Tsuyung, eventually. Long slow trail to get there.
I notice 5000 more enemy at Norfolk than before, so the big task forces there were unloading troops. I gave up on Norfolk long ago. I would have taken it if it was less defended awhile ago. The Japanese advances have slowed and there won't be any other big invasions.
My overall defensive strategy is based on the fact that the US can go anywhere it wants to if it brings enough divisions to do so. KB can interfere for the next year or so. So, loading up bases with more than a division will just invite the enemy to bypass. What I want to try is to minimally defend places that can be reinforced or countered quickly. That way the enemy won't land in overwhelming strength, just enough to take the objective, allowing me to counter and defeat the invaders. This is the general plan for bases that aren't isolated islands. They will have to be defended to the stacking limit, if I choose.
Other notes: the fires on the two xAKs at Darwin were completely extinguished in port. KB is leaving Darwin to head towards Sorong. It will take on fuel from AOs and head either towards Truk or Rabaul.
Japanese DMS's sweep all of the mines at Darwin. As sometimes happens, one of them swept the last mine by ramming. DMS W-9 was sunk.
KB bombers hit retreating Allied troops south of Darwin, causing 123 casualties and more importantly, slowing the retreat.
I did an artillery attack at Chihkiang, just to show some interest to the east of Tuyun. About equal forces there.
I attacked at Tsuyung, in the mountains northwest of Kunming. It went ok. The enemy has supply.
Ground combat at Tsuyung (68,46)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 16054 troops, 160 guns, 96 vehicles, Assault Value = 510
Defending force 17565 troops, 75 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 439
Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2
Japanese adjusted assault: 852
Allied adjusted defense: 1252
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 2)
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), leaders(+), preparation(-)
experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
449 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 38 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Allied ground losses:
216 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 23 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Assaulting units:
14th Tank Regiment
55th Division
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
15th Army
21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion
Defending units:
61st Chinese Corps
43rd Chinese Corps
22nd New Chinese Division
2nd Reserve Division
102nd RAF Base Force
NCAC
8th Group Army
Now I need to wait to get more supply to the troops there. Air transport will be used heavily. No attack until resupply. Another division is outside of Tsuyung, waiting to swap in if needed, and a tank division is preparing to leave Rangoon to come to Tsuyung, eventually. Long slow trail to get there.
I notice 5000 more enemy at Norfolk than before, so the big task forces there were unloading troops. I gave up on Norfolk long ago. I would have taken it if it was less defended awhile ago. The Japanese advances have slowed and there won't be any other big invasions.
My overall defensive strategy is based on the fact that the US can go anywhere it wants to if it brings enough divisions to do so. KB can interfere for the next year or so. So, loading up bases with more than a division will just invite the enemy to bypass. What I want to try is to minimally defend places that can be reinforced or countered quickly. That way the enemy won't land in overwhelming strength, just enough to take the objective, allowing me to counter and defeat the invaders. This is the general plan for bases that aren't isolated islands. They will have to be defended to the stacking limit, if I choose.
Other notes: the fires on the two xAKs at Darwin were completely extinguished in port. KB is leaving Darwin to head towards Sorong. It will take on fuel from AOs and head either towards Truk or Rabaul.