Variants - Allied side - Xargun welcome

[Nomad]

September 27, 1943

Xargun is on vacation, says he will do a turn in the evening most night, we will see

At sea I get tagged again, not much damage, but we are returning to get it fixed

Sub attack near Waigeo at 83,104

Japanese Ships
SS I-169

Allied Ships
CV Essex, Torpedo hits 1
CA Houston
CA Indianapolis
CLAA Reno
CLAA Juneau
DD Bancroft
DD Duncan
DD Baldwin
DD Satterlee
DD Thompson
DD Meade

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At Batavia I grind them down some more, soon all the enemy will be gone

Ground combat at Batavia (49,98)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 67431 troops, 919 guns, 1877 vehicles, Assault Value = 2238

Defending force 7033 troops, 74 guns, 21 vehicles, Assault Value = 6

Allied adjusted assault: 1178

Japanese adjusted defense: 5

Allied assault odds: 235 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
3211 casualties reported
Squads: 198 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 269 destroyed, 59 disabled
Engineers: 19 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 50 (50 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 4 (3 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

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

Assaulting units:
2/8th Armoured Regiment
2/9th Armoured Regiment
41st Infantry Division
1st Australian Para Battalion
32nd Infantry Division
2nd Australian Division
194th Tank Battalion
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
I Aus Corps Engineer Battalion
2/6th Armoured Regiment
1st Australian Division
640th Tank Destroyer Battalion
7th Australian Division
II Aus Corps Engineer Battalion
5th RAA Coastal Artillery Regiment
2/9th Field Regiment
227th USN Base Force
I US Corps
2/1st Heavy AA Regiment
1st Fgtr RAAF Wing
1 ML-KNIL Aviation
I Australian Corps
2/13th Field Regiment
97th Field Artillery Battalion
46th USN Naval Construction Battalion
134th Field Artillery Battalion
40th USN Naval Construction Battalion
1st Medium Regiment
II Australian Corps
Cavite USN Base Force
55th Coastal Artillery Battalion
34th USN Naval Construction Battalion
5th RAAF M/W Sqn
2/11th Field Regiment
48th USN Naval Construction Battalion
16th USN Naval Construction Regiment
7th RAAF Base Force
148th Field Artillery Battalion
2nd Medium Regiment
4th RAAF M/W Sqn

Defending units:
6th Guards Division
6th Division

At Sorong I take the base and inflict some good losses

Ground combat at Sorong (82,107)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 24775 troops, 458 guns, 702 vehicles, Assault Value = 692

Defending force 6652 troops, 54 guns, 10 vehicles, Assault Value = 89

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 1

Allied adjusted assault: 259

Japanese adjusted defense: 51

Allied assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 1)

Allied forces CAPTURE Sorong !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
2397 casualties reported
Squads: 60 destroyed, 14 disabled
Non Combat: 32 destroyed, 17 disabled
Engineers: 83 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 13 (13 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 10 (10 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
142 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 1 disabled

Assaulting units:
4th Marine Raider Battalion
110th Combat Engineer Battalion
Q Alexandra's (Mtd) Regiment
Auckland (Mtd) Rifl Regiment
37th Infantry Division
7th Marine Division
Otago (Mtd) Rifles Regiment
2nd USN SeaBees /1
20th USN SeaBees /1
3rd RAAF M/W Sqn /1
4th Field Artillery Battalion
14th USN SeaBees /1
119th USAAF Base Force /3

Defending units:
4th Raiding Regiment
Yokosuka 2nd SNLF
1st Ind. Engineer Regiment
15th Naval Guard Unit
Majuro Base Force
3rd Raiding Regiment
3rd JNAF AF Unit

At Pauk( a new AndyMac base one hex West of Magwe )

Ground combat at Pauk (57,46)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 11223 troops, 57 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 392

Defending force 16 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2

Allied adjusted assault: 600

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 600 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied forces CAPTURE Pauk !!!

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

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

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

Assaulting units:
41st Chinese Corps

Defending units:
Yokosuka 3rd SNLF /3

On the road to Rangoon

Ground combat at 56,49 (near Toungoo)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 46594 troops, 488 guns, 608 vehicles, Assault Value = 3679

Defending force 10415 troops, 124 guns, 698 vehicles, Assault Value = 571

Allied adjusted assault: 722

Japanese adjusted defense: 975

Allied assault odds: 1 to 2

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
284 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 27 disabled
Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Vehicles lost 55 (35 destroyed, 20 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Allied ground losses:
1864 casualties reported
Squads: 13 destroyed, 207 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 21 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 17 disabled
Vehicles lost 36 (9 destroyed, 27 disabled)

Assaulting units:
39th Indian Division
70th Chinese Corps
20th Indian Division
50th Tank Brigade
1st Chinese Corps
8th Chinese Corps
5th Indian Division
8th Medium Regiment
6th Mixed A/T Mtr Regiment
16th Group Army

Defending units:
15th Tank Regiment
3rd Tank Division
23rd Tank Regiment
9th Tank Regiment
11th Tank Regiment
3rd Tank Regiment
11th Indpt Infantry Regiment

Most of my units just arrived, I tried to move the stack early, I should prevail next turn

Not much action in the air

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[Nomad]

September 28, 1943

A turn, A turn, yeah.
On the ground at Sorong we got rid of some troops

Ground combat at Sorong (82,107)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2272 troops, 22 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 48

Defending force 27135 troops, 460 guns, 731 vehicles, Assault Value = 690

Japanese ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
1st Ind. Engineer Regiment
15th Naval Guard Unit
Majuro Base Force
3rd Raiding Regiment
Yokosuka 2nd SNLF
4th Raiding Regiment
3rd JNAF AF Unit

Defending units:
37th Infantry Division
7th Marine Division
Auckland (Mtd) Rifl Regiment
4th Marine Raider Battalion
110th Combat Engineer Battalion
Q Alexandra's (Mtd) Regiment
Otago (Mtd) Rifles Regiment
2nd USN SeaBees /1
4th Field Artillery Battalion
8th USN SeaBees /1
25th USN SeaBees /1
119th USAAF Base Force /3
20th USN SeaBees /1
12th USN SeaBees /1
14th USN SeaBees /1
3rd RAAF M/W Sqn /1
10th USN SeaBees /1


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Ground combat at Sorong (82,107)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 24769 troops, 458 guns, 705 vehicles, Assault Value = 690

Defending force 4987 troops, 42 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 47

Allied adjusted assault: 156

Japanese adjusted defense: 15

Allied assault odds: 10 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
737 casualties reported
Squads: 7 destroyed, 19 disabled
Non Combat: 19 destroyed, 14 disabled
Engineers: 27 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 15 (3 destroyed, 12 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
108 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Assaulting units:
7th Marine Division
Q Alexandra's (Mtd) Regiment
Auckland (Mtd) Rifl Regiment
37th Infantry Division
110th Combat Engineer Battalion
4th Marine Raider Battalion
Otago (Mtd) Rifles Regiment
20th USN SeaBees /1
2nd USN SeaBees /1
8th USN SeaBees /1
4th Field Artillery Battalion
3rd RAAF M/W Sqn /1
25th USN SeaBees /1
14th USN SeaBees /1
119th USAAF Base Force /3
12th USN SeaBees /1
10th USN SeaBees /1

Defending units:
1st Ind. Engineer Regiment
15th Naval Guard Unit
Yokosuka 2nd SNLF
4th Raiding Regiment
3rd Raiding Regiment
Majuro Base Force
3rd JNAF AF Unit
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3rd Raiding Regiment Wiped Out at Sorong by attrition!!!

4th Raiding Regiment Wiped Out at Sorong by attrition!!!

1st Ind. Engineer Regiment Wiped Out at Sorong by attrition!!!

Yokosuka 2nd SNLF Wiped Out at Sorong by attrition!!!

Majuro Base Force Wiped Out at Sorong by attrition!!!

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At Batavia all resistance is eliminated

Ground combat at Batavia (49,98)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 55948 troops, 708 guns, 1672 vehicles, Assault Value = 2348

Defending force 3601 troops, 25 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Allied adjusted assault: 1071

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 1071 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
1889 casualties reported
Squads: 27 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 432 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 25 (25 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 16 (16 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Assaulting units:
7th Australian Division
32nd Infantry Division
194th Tank Battalion
2/9th Armoured Regiment
II Aus Corps Engineer Battalion
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
2/8th Armoured Regiment
6th Australian Division
640th Tank Destroyer Battalion
I Aus Corps Engineer Battalion
1st Australian Para Battalion
1st Australian Division
2nd Australian Division
2/6th Armoured Regiment
5th RAA Coastal Artillery Regiment
1st Medium Regiment
I Australian Corps
148th Field Artillery Battalion
1 ML-KNIL Aviation
16th USN Naval Construction Regiment
2/13th Field Regiment
40th USN Naval Construction Battalion
Cavite USN Base Force
134th Field Artillery Battalion
2/11th Field Regiment
227th USN Base Force
II Australian Corps
55th Coastal Artillery Battalion
2/1st Heavy AA Regiment
2/9th Field Regiment
7th RAAF Base Force
I US Corps
34th USN Naval Construction Battalion
2nd Medium Regiment
1st Fgtr RAAF Wing
5th RAAF M/W Sqn
46th USN Naval Construction Battalion
97th Field Artillery Battalion
48th USN Naval Construction Battalion
4th RAAF M/W Sqn

Defending units:
6th Guards Division

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Gokteik Viaduct( a new base added by AndyMac one hex West of Lashio
was taken against no opposition

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In the air I swept and bombed Toungoo
No opposition in the air, but I destroyed 11 Ki-84r Franks on the ground

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[Nomad]

September 28, 1943 continues

I realized that I did not put this ground combat in. I really got a bad set of die rolls
The terrain in the hex is jungle at 2x defense.

Ground combat at 56,49 (near Toungoo)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 84333 troops, 696 guns, 732 vehicles, Assault Value = 3553

Defending force 10009 troops, 124 guns, 666 vehicles, Assault Value = 514

Allied adjusted assault: 363

Japanese adjusted defense: 1061

Allied assault odds: 1 to 2

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
83 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 45 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 140 (51 destroyed, 89 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
828 casualties reported
Squads: 8 destroyed, 315 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 27 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 10 disabled
Vehicles lost 18 (4 destroyed, 14 disabled)

Assaulting units:
39th Indian Division
Gardner's Horse Regiment
8th Chinese Corps
XXXIII Corps Engineer Battalion
70th Chinese Corps
20th Indian Division
50th Tank Brigade
1st Chinese Corps
5th Indian Division
6th Mixed A/T Mtr Regiment
8th Medium Regiment
16th Group Army

Defending units:
11th Tank Regiment
23rd Tank Regiment
3rd Tank Division
3rd Tank Regiment
9th Tank Regiment
11th Indpt Infantry Regiment

There were no negatives listed for me, I actually had about 3100 AV in the hex, one medium sized
LCU was in defend mode. Nothing stands out for me to get about 10-12% of my AV. Anyway, all my
units will have to rest for a while to bring down disruption and try and get their disabled elements
back on line.

[Nomad]

September 29, 1943

It seems that the forum participation has slowed down a lot, I wonder if the new forum software has
run people off. I also wonder if anyone is reading this AAR, often it seems I am talking to myself

On the ground, we eliminated all opposition at Sorong

Ground combat at Sorong (82,107)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 24713 troops, 458 guns, 706 vehicles, Assault Value = 683

Defending force 2141 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 18

Allied adjusted assault: 402

Japanese adjusted defense: 3

Allied assault odds: 134 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
1309 casualties reported
Squads: 88 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 75 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Guns lost 24 (11 destroyed, 13 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Allied ground losses:
39 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
110th Combat Engineer Battalion
Auckland (Mtd) Rifl Regiment
4th Marine Raider Battalion
Q Alexandra's (Mtd) Regiment
37th Infantry Division
7th Marine Division
Otago (Mtd) Rifles Regiment
3rd RAAF M/W Sqn /1
12th USN Naval Construction Battalion
14th USN SeaBees /1
4th Field Artillery Battalion
20th USN SeaBees /1
2nd USN SeaBees /1
10th USN Naval Construction Battalion
8th USN Naval Construction Battalion
25th USN Naval Construction Battalion
119th USAAF Base Force /3

Defending units:
15th Naval Guard Unit
3rd JNAF AF Unit

and

3rd JNAF AF Unit Wiped Out at Sorong by attrition!!!

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We have met more resistance in Burma, at Taung Gyi this time

Ground combat at Taung Gyi (59,48)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 97225 troops, 907 guns, 380 vehicles, Assault Value = 3515

Defending force 34658 troops, 306 guns, 89 vehicles, Assault Value = 1239

Allied adjusted assault: 1230

Japanese adjusted defense: 5662

Allied assault odds: 1 to 4 (fort level 5)

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

Japanese ground losses:
912 casualties reported
Squads: 7 destroyed, 70 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Guns lost 37 (2 destroyed, 35 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
4264 casualties reported
Squads: 15 destroyed, 608 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 46 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 18 disabled
Guns lost 43 (4 destroyed, 39 disabled)
Vehicles lost 9 (1 destroyed, 8 disabled)

Assaulting units:
99th Chinese Corps
26th Indian Division
2nd British Division
19th Indian Division
10th Chinese Corps
5th Chinese Corps
29th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
4th War Area

Defending units:
65th Division
35th Division
2nd Division
1st RF Gun Battalion

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I landed troops at Oosthaven today
and his enforced bombardment attack

Ground combat at Oosthaven (48,96)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 3280 troops, 63 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 168

Defending force 19430 troops, 302 guns, 397 vehicles, Assault Value = 611

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

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

Assaulting units:
2nd INA Gandhi Regiment
5th Amphibious Brigade
21th JNAF AF Unit
113th JAAF AF Bn

Defending units:
5th Australian Div /77
41st Infantry Division
2/7th Armoured Rgt /47

I have more to land in a couple of days as soon as I get the landing craft TFs back

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Brutal air action over Toungoo
Very hard on the British and the B-17s
10 total attacks with 93 Hurricane IIcs and 60 B-17s
resulted in high losses. I am not sure how many aircraft he lost
over Toungoo but I lost 52 Hurricanes( 48 air-2-air and 4 ops) and 8 b-17s ( 6 air-2-air and 3 ops )

We also tangled over Oosthaven were I lost 10 P-47s ( 8 air-2-air and 2 ops )

In total he lost 38 Ki-84r Franks ( 29 air-2-air and 9 ops )

Tracker show I lost 71 total aircraft today against his 39 total aircraft, not a good day

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[BBfanboy]

You have had nearly 4600 views of your AAR - that is not nothing!

I commented fairly often at first when I didn't know much about your experience or style of play. When it became apparent you know what you are doing I curbed most of my commentary.

In your previous post about the bad result for your LCUs, I noted that the enemy had 5 tank units and only one infantry, but then saw you had more vehicles than he did - leaving me feeling like bad die rolls was the answer so I did not post a comment.

One thing that might help your AAR is posting regular map updates so that occasional readers can more readily see what the situation is. Your war is becoming more fluid now as the Allied steamroller moves forward so frequent maps is my suggestion.

[Nomad]

Hi BBfanboy. Yes you have commented and I do appreciate that. My comment was mostly about the
seeming slow down of posting in general on the forum. People like Castor Troy just went away.
Yes I do get a number of views and I will see about posting more screenshots.

Thank you for your comment(s).

[godefroycz]

I'm watching it mainly to know what if. I probably don't have much experience for giving
I'm just writing my first AAR and I agree with what BBfanboy says the pictures help to understand the situation. I try to avoid long reports from the fights, but I keep them to a minimum to illustrate the situation. I think that if you want some reactions from readers, you need to make some overview of the situation and you need to outline the possibilities for continuing, and then it is possible to discuss it.

I keep my fingers crossed and keep writing.

[T Rav]

I tend to be an avid lurker. I don't say much, but I read every day.

Best,
T Rav

[Mark VII]

It's ok to talk to yourself, I often do it.
I try to check into the AA reports at least once a day and yours is almost always the first one I read.

September 29, 1943

It seems that the forum participation has slowed down a lot, I wonder if the new forum software has
run people off. I also wonder if anyone is reading this AAR, often it seems I am talking to myself

[Nomad]

September 30, 1943

On the ground I took Oosthaven and all enemy units retreated NW. The 5th Australian Division will move
to try and engage the remenents.

Attacking force 20256 troops, 302 guns, 406 vehicles, Assault Value = 628

Defending force 5073 troops, 83 guns, 13 vehicles, Assault Value = 145

Allied adjusted assault: 468

Japanese adjusted defense: 23

Allied assault odds: 20 to 1 (fort level 2)

Allied forces CAPTURE Oosthaven !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: disruption(-), preparation(-), fatigue(-), experience(-)
Attacker: fatigue(-)

Japanese ground losses:
2707 casualties reported
Squads: 71 destroyed, 19 disabled
Non Combat: 24 destroyed, 15 disabled
Engineers: 20 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 56 (39 destroyed, 17 disabled)
Vehicles lost 14 (14 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 4

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

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
2/7th Armoured Regiment
41st Infantry Division
5th Australian Division

Defending units:
2nd INA Gandhi Regiment
5th Amphibious Brigade
21th JNAF AF Unit
113th JAAF AF Bn

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A picture of Burma. I am bombing the troops in the White circle with some B-25Cs. I am trying to
increase their disruption and possibly lower their supply. I have units moving to join those there, but
they are a number of days away.
In the light green circle again I am waiting for my troops to recover and there are more units
on the move to join.

I have a number of troops moving to Taung Gyi, there are a number of defenders there.

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I sank a mid sized TK SE of Soc Trang

There was some surface action at Oosthaven, I lost a DD and a small xAP
I also had an APA take a torpedo, I think she will make back to port
He used those locally made MTBs again.

No real actin in the air today

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[Nomad]

October 1, 1943

Tagged an AO outside of Palembang, probably did not sink it, a single Mk-14
The AO was listed as AO Ken'yo Maru, I have no idea what size it is.

I changed my mind last turn and attacked at hex 56,49, shown on my map of last turn as green circle
I got much better result this time,

Ground combat at 56,49 (near Toungoo)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 98748 troops, 914 guns, 1020 vehicles, Assault Value = 3396

Defending force 9930 troops, 131 guns, 635 vehicles, Assault Value = 471

Allied adjusted assault: 1354

Japanese adjusted defense: 717

Allied assault odds: 1 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
484 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 50 disabled
Non Combat: 54 destroyed, 66 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 13 (1 destroyed, 12 disabled)
Vehicles lost 253 (175 destroyed, 78 disabled)
Units destroyed 2

Allied ground losses:
865 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 59 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 50 disabled
Guns lost 8 (1 destroyed, 7 disabled)
Vehicles lost 22 (5 destroyed, 17 disabled)

Assaulting units:
XXXIII Corps Engineer Battalion
70th Chinese Corps
20th Indian Division
1st Chinese Corps
50th Tank Brigade
39th Indian Division
8th Chinese Corps
Gardner's Horse Regiment
5th Indian Division
8th Medium Regiment
6th Mixed A/T Mtr Regiment
16th Group Army

Defending units:
9th Tank Regiment
11th Tank Regiment
23rd Tank Regiment
3rd Tank Division
3rd Tank Regiment
11th Indpt Infantry Regiment

Not sure what units were destroyed, but I am sure it was two badly damaged armor regiments

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Again no real action in the air

Something I noticed doing the turn, the hex in the white circle in the post above is now empty
he vacated it, I have no real idea why. I do think he needs to stand and fight some more, even
if he loses some units in the process. That unit was across a river and my units were set to go
the long way around so they did not cross the river, now they can move down the road and be
there in a few days.

And to let everyone know, xargun and I are discussing starting another game when we decide
this one is concluded. It will be a 400 point variant scenario 2 game.

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[BBfanboy]

AO Ken'yo Maru is one of the big ones that accompanied KB on the PH strike. Would be great if it burned up, but if it was not loaded at the time it probably will survive.

[Nomad]

I think it was empty, my naval search showed a TF with an AO in it at Palembang.
That does bring up an interesting item, xargun has complained about slow loading
at Palembang. Using large AOs will not make things any easier. I remember playing
Japan a long time ago and I used mostly small tankers to move fuel to Singapore
and then used large TKs to move it to the Home Islands.

[anarchyintheuk]

I blame your 16th Group Army commander. Get him off to your HR department.

[Nomad]

I blame your 16th Group Army commander. Get him off to your HR department.

Could be, I'll look into it next turn.

Just to let everyone know, my opponent is on vacation and is traveling tomorrow, so there will be no turns until Saturday

[Nomad]

October 2, 1943

After he says he will not send a turn today, he sends me one.

Not a lot of action. I did hear the sounds of a sub sinking at the start of the replay.
Nothing shows up on the sunk ship list.

I hit a sub around Kai-eilanden in the DEI with a number of near misses, not enough to sink it
and it seems to now have disappeared.

I again attacked the troops in the green circle, grinding them down some and there is still a movement
arrow out of the hex to the SE.

Ground combat at 56,49 (near Toungoo)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 98021 troops, 913 guns, 1016 vehicles, Assault Value = 3507

Defending force 8264 troops, 131 guns, 479 vehicles, Assault Value = 337

Allied adjusted assault: 1035

Japanese adjusted defense: 571

Allied assault odds: 1 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
1004 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 101 disabled
Non Combat: 65 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Guns lost 30 (1 destroyed, 29 disabled)
Vehicles lost 134 (118 destroyed, 16 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Allied ground losses:
836 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 102 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 17 disabled
Vehicles lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)

Assaulting units:
8th Chinese Corps
50th Tank Brigade
39th Indian Division
XXXIII Corps Engineer Battalion
70th Chinese Corps
20th Indian Division
Gardner's Horse Regiment
1st Chinese Corps
86th Chinese Corps
5th Indian Division
6th Mixed A/T Mtr Regiment
8th Medium Regiment
16th Group Army

Defending units:
3rd Tank Regiment
3rd Tank Division
11th Indpt Infantry Regiment
23rd Tank Regiment

And indeed it seems that the 9th Tank Regiment and the 11th Tank Regiment were destroyed last turn
Another unit was destroyed today, probably one of the two remaining tank regiments

I landed and took Jaluit today, no real opposition encountered
I landed troops at Ebon, they did not shock attack but will attack tomorrow. The amphibious TF is remaining on
station and will transport the troops to Namorik tomorrow. I quick look at the Marshall Islands, I am slowly taking the
bases, it is not all that important to my plans at this time. It will be a good long time before I can attack the
Mariana Islands and I do not need them until then, and only to shorten my movement lines.

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Hardly any air activity occured

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[Nomad]

October 3, 1943

SS Stingray fired 2 torpedoes at a DD NE of Balikpapan and missed
She suffered some damage from the DCs dropped and will return to base for repairs
The interesting thing is that that TF had a bunch of TKs in it and ended up at Balikpapan
along with his CVE fleet with about 150+/- fighters on board. I am sending a sweep of
Balikpapan using a size 75 P-47D25 unit. I have 3 PT boat squadrons moving to Madjene
to try a run into Balikpapan. I also have both a modern BB SCTF and a CL SCTF moving to
the area. I have built Madjene to size 7 and I am continuing to build it.
I am moving SBDs and TBs there and there is a Air HQ at Makassar.

I have been chasing a sub in the area around Kai-eilanden for days now, I might have
finally sunk it.

On the ground in the hex NW of Toungoo I expelled all enemy troops

Ground combat at 56,49 (near Toungoo)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 97427 troops, 914 guns, 1018 vehicles, Assault Value = 3428

Defending force 4183 troops, 109 guns, 382 vehicles, Assault Value = 167

Allied adjusted assault: 841

Japanese adjusted defense: 55

Allied assault odds: 15 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
1278 casualties reported
Squads: 63 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 120 destroyed, 26 disabled
Engineers: 7 destroyed, 11 disabled
Guns lost 55 (48 destroyed, 7 disabled)
Vehicles lost 253 (179 destroyed, 74 disabled)
Units retreated 1
Units destroyed 1

Allied ground losses:
109 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 25 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
39th Indian Division
86th Chinese Corps
50th Tank Brigade
Gardner's Horse Regiment
70th Chinese Corps
8th Chinese Corps
1st Chinese Corps
20th Indian Division
XXXIII Corps Engineer Battalion
5th Indian Division
8th Medium Regiment
6th Mixed A/T Mtr Regiment
16th Group Army

Defending units:
3rd Tank Division
23rd Tank Regiment

Recon shows a lot of troops at Toungoo, it will be a tough fight.

My attack NW of Oosthaven did not go well, he bombed my Infantry Division from
Singapore. He sent 90+ Helen bombers and raised the disruption very high and
the attack failed. I will wait for a bit, it is not terribly important

Other that the attack on the 5th Australia Infantry Division, not much air activity.

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[Nomad]

October 4, 1943

Of course things don't really go the way I think.

My fighter sweeps of Balikpapan were scrubbed for weather.

Then this, I never understand these
These MTBs are our of fuel, how do they evade combat?

Day Time Surface Combat, near Enggano at 43,94, Range 29,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
MTB A-9
MTB A-10
MTB A-11
MTB A-12

Allied Ships
DD Caldwell
DD Cassin
DD Monaghan

Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions: 30,000 yards
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 29,000 yards
Japanese TF attempts to evade combat
Range increases to 29,000 yards...
Japanese PT Boat TF evades combat

He send bombers to the 5th Australian Division 1 hex NW of Oosthaven and I put up LRCAP
I shot down 22 Helen bombers and lost no fighters, he did not escort or sweep. I will not LRCAP
tomorrow, I expect him to only sweep with Franks tomorrow.

A SCTF found some mines at Kalidjati, none hit any but I will send in mineweepers tomorrow
He must have laid them by sub earlier.

No ground attacks today

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Obviously, he MTBs were crewed by Tokyo University's dragonboat teams!

[Nomad]

October 5, 1943

A discouraging turn to be sure

First, one of those things that happen, it is not fun, but it happens

Sub attack near Balikpapan at 65,100

Japanese Ships
SS I-23, hits 1

Allied Ships
CL Montpelier, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage
DD Fletcher

SS I-23 launches 6 torpedoes at CL Montpelier
I-23 diving deep ....
DD Fletcher fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Fletcher attacking submerged sub ....
DD Fletcher fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Fletcher fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Fletcher fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

She sank right away.
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We get a little redemption

Sub attack near Fukue-jima at 100,58

Japanese Ships
xAK Kyoto Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
xAK Tateisi Maru
E Ukishima

Allied Ships
SS Gar

SS Gar launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Kyoto Maru
Gar diving deep ....
E Ukishima fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Ukishima attacking submerged sub ....
E Ukishima fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Ukishima fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Ukishima fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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And we catch up to the 4 MTBs and sink them

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I swept Balikpapan and downed 25 A6M5c Zeros for the lost of 1

but then I hit a CAP trap over Bhamo in Burma and lose
30 B-25C bombers.
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On the ground I took Prome, he again evacuated all by a small
cadre. I am not sure that is the best way to defend, but it is what he is doing.

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