More Variants - The Allies ride again - No xargun please

[Nomad]

March 10, 1942

I knew it would happen sometime, I was hoping for a bit more time, but

Ground combat at Singapore (50,84)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 63366 troops, 788 guns, 327 vehicles, Assault Value = 1571

Defending force 46042 troops, 626 guns, 440 vehicles, Assault Value = 434

Japanese adjusted assault: 1243

Allied adjusted defense: 557

Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Singapore !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
2654 casualties reported
Squads: 30 destroyed, 165 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 20 disabled
Engineers: 11 destroyed, 13 disabled
Guns lost 17 (1 destroyed, 16 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
53385 casualties reported
Squads: 1031 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 4926 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 263 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 788 (788 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 572 (572 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 27

Assaulting units:
18th Division
5th Division
15th Ind. Engineer Regiment
33rd Division
38th Division
6th Guards Division
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
56th Field Artillery Regiment
25th Army
3rd Mortar Battalion
5th Mortar Battalion
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
27th Australian Brigade
11th Indian Division
22nd Australian Brigade
9th Indian Division
109th RAF Base Force
AHQ Far East
SSVF Brigade
111th RAF Base Force
Malayan Air Wing
2nd ISF Base Force
24th NZ Pioneer Coy
223 Group RAF
1st Malay Battalion
Malaya Army
Singapore Base Force
1st HK&S Heavy AA Regiment
224 Group RAF
2nd HK&S Heavy AA Regiment
1st Indian Heavy AA Regiment
22nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
3rd Heavy AA Regiment
112th RAF Base Force
110th RAF Base Force
3rd HK&S Light AA Regiment
III Indian Corps
Singapore Fortress
109th RN Base Force

and Ambon falls

Ground combat at Ambon (76,109)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 11965 troops, 101 guns, 32 vehicles, Assault Value = 438

Defending force 2346 troops, 25 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 30

Japanese adjusted assault: 592

Allied adjusted defense: 34

Japanese assault odds: 17 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Ambon !!!

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
PBY-5 Catalina: 2 destroyed

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

Japanese ground losses:
217 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 15 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Allied ground losses:
1948 casualties reported
Squads: 85 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 144 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 13 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 31 (31 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 3

Assaulting units:
21st Division

Defending units:
Molukken Garrison Battalion
4th Coastal Gun Battalion
Ambon Base Force

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[T Rav]

I'm reading both, but I am an AFB.

[Nomad]

T Rav, feel free to comment all you want.

[Nomad]

March 11, 1942

Kwangchowan is taken by Japan

Landings at Boela and Roxas

Bombings of Bataan.

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[Nomad]

March 12, 1942

Boela is lost

Looks like bombing in China is going to increase, I will try and limit it.

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[Nomad]

March 13, 1942

Landings at Kendari and Merak.
For some reason he didn't send minesweepers to Merak.

TF 130 encounters mine field at Merak (48,97)

Japanese Ships
LB-112, Mine hits 1, heavy damage
LB-111, Mine hits 1, heavy damage
LB-110, Mine hits 1, heavy damage
LB-109, Mine hits 1, heavy damage
LB-108, Mine hits 1, heavy damage

Not troops shown lost, so maybe some supply lost?

The only bombing was at Bataan.

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[Nomad]

March 14, 1942

Kendari is lost

Troops land at Babo

[Nomad]

March 15, 1942

Langsa is lost

Babo is lost

A DA at Merak fails to take the base.

B-17Es finally fly and hit the oil at Samarinda, only a couple of hits.

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[Nomad]

March 16, 1942

It seems that Wuchow is next on the list and it will not last long, too bad, it provides 160 supply per day.
A couple of hundred bombers hit the units during the day.

Ground combat at Wuchow (76,57)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 14649 troops, 143 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 518

Defending force 7310 troops, 46 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 217

Japanese adjusted assault: 241

Allied adjusted defense: 50

Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 3)

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 2

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

Japanese ground losses:
288 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 31 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled

Allied ground losses:
264 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 40 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 36 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled

Assaulting units:
1st Ind.Inf.Group
66th Infantry Regiment
19th Ind.Mixed Brigade
30th RGC Division
21st Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
62nd Chinese Corps
16th Group Army

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[Nomad]

March 17, 1942

I did a naval bombardment of Port Moresby and the result was underwhelming
Note the the 4 BBs in this TF are Vangaurd BBs.

Night Naval bombardment of Port Moresby at 98,130

Allied Ships
BB Resolution
BB Ramillies
BB Royal Sovereign
BB Revenge
CL Colombo
CL Capetown
CL Enterprise
CL Perth

Japanese ground losses:
175 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Walrus II acting as spotter for CL Enterprise

As expected, Wuchow falls to Japan

Ground combat at Wuchow (76,57)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 14410 troops, 143 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 494

Defending force 6607 troops, 46 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 176

Japanese adjusted assault: 602

Allied adjusted defense: 24

Japanese assault odds: 25 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Wuchow !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
267 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 17 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Allied ground losses:
2535 casualties reported
Squads: 86 destroyed, 45 disabled
Non Combat: 54 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 18 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 10 (8 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Units retreated 2

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
66th Infantry Regiment
1st Ind.Inf.Group
19th Ind.Mixed Brigade
30th RGC Division
21st Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
62nd Chinese Corps
16th Group Army

Pare Pare falls

The AVG/2nd Squadron shot down a few Betty and Nell bombers over Wuchow. Always glad to shoot down
IJN aircraft and their crews.

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[Nomad]

March 18, 1942

Nothing to talk about

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[Nomad]

March 19, 1942

This will warm the hearts of most AFB players out there

Sub attack near Djailolo at 78,100

Japanese Ships
CVL Zuiho, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
BB Haruna
BB Kongo
CA Haguro
CA Myoko
DD PaxMando
DD Yakaze
DD Hakaze

Allied Ships
SS S-41

Ammo storage explosion on CVL Zuiho
SS S-41 launches 4 torpedoes at CVL Zuiho

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And then:

Sub attack near Djailolo at 78,100

Japanese Ships
CVL Zuiho, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD PaxMando

Allied Ships
SS S-41

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And the confirmation is 31 Zeros and 22 Kates lost on the ground.


Japan does a DA at Bataan and the defenders hold

Ground combat at Bataan (78,77)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 33794 troops, 380 guns, 463 vehicles, Assault Value = 1157

Defending force 37410 troops, 440 guns, 481 vehicles, Assault Value = 835

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 4

Japanese adjusted assault: 597

Allied adjusted defense: 1963

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 3 (fort level 4)

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

Japanese ground losses:
4324 casualties reported
Squads: 15 destroyed, 166 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 41 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 17 disabled
Vehicles lost 32 (2 destroyed, 30 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
820 casualties reported
Squads: 15 destroyed, 60 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 22 disabled
Engineers: 8 destroyed, 12 disabled
Guns lost 28 (13 destroyed, 15 disabled)
Vehicles lost 27 (8 destroyed, 19 disabled)

Assaulting units:
Kimura Det
65th Brigade
20th Infantry Regiment
1st Formosa Inf. Regiment
4th Tank Regiment
48th Recon Regiment
7th Tank Regiment
2nd Tank Regiment
9th Infantry Regiment
47th Infantry Regiment
16th Recon Regiment
Kanno Det
24th Nav Gsn Unit
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
48th Field Artillery Regiment
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
57th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team
14th PS Engineer Regiment
Subic Bay Defenses
31st Infantry Regiment
21st PA Infantry Division
194th Tank Battalion
192nd Tank Battalion
4th Marine Regiment
Manila Bay Defenses
26th PS Cavalry Regiment
45th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team
2nd PA Constabulary Division
301st Construction Battalion
Far East USAAF
1st PI Base Force
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion
202nd PA Construction Battalion
Clark Field USAAF Base Force
I Philippine Corps
803rd Engineer Aviation Battalion
Asiatic Fleet
1st USMC AA Battalion
Provisional GMC Grp
Bataan USN Base Force
200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment
USAFFE
201st PA Construction Battalion
301st PA Field Artillery Regiment

B-17Es fly attacks against oil at Balikpapan with no success.

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[Nomad]

March 20, 1942

Wake and Merak fell today. I had pulled fragments of both units at Wake so they are rebuilding now at Pearl Harbor.

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[Nomad]

March 21, 1942

Nothing happened today.

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[Nomad]

March 22, 1942

Another day with nothing happening.

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[Nomad]

March 23, 1942

Anther day with nothing to report.

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[Nomad]

March 24, 1942

Nothing important to talk about

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[Nomad]

March 25, 1942

Nothing

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[Nomad]

March 26, 1942

Japan landed troops at Kalidjati on Sumatra, I flew daylight ground attacks with B-17Es and
disrupted and disabled enough troops that he did not take the base from the small BF that is there.

Not much else, he is bombing in various places, a lot at Bataan.

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[SolInvictus202]

I'd like to thank you and your opponent for writing an AAR about smth rather different. I may not be a huge fan of those big changes you made, but it is something new - which is always good!

it'll be interesting to see if the engine can cope late-game with all the changes you made. One of the reasons why I took such a long break from the game was the restraints imposed by the 100 fire passes... recent betas seem to have fixed it somewhat but I have yet to experience a full on CV vs CV fight with 2000 planes + duking it out.
With the changes I overflew in your game I guess that will be a rather "small" fight in comparison - so it'll be a great benchmark to see if changes in recent years actually had a lasting impact on more "realistic" or should I say less "lopsided" results.