More Variants - The Allies ride again - No xargun please

[Nomad]

March 27, 1942

Not much happened today.

SolInvictus202, I think you are probably right in that the game engine will not handle large air battles properly.
It is a concern of mine, but I will try to work around that problem.

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[Nomad]

March 28, 1942

Sabang is lost, Kalidjati is lost, Gorontalo is lost.

B-17Es bombed units at Kalidjati, minor success, but they did shoot down 2 Oscars.

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[Nomad]

March 29, 1942

Nothing to report

[Nomad]

March 30, 1942

Japan made a DA at Wenchow, the defenders still hold

Ground combat at Wenchow (89,58)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 56179 troops, 498 guns, 153 vehicles, Assault Value = 1601

Defending force 27467 troops, 132 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 425

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2

Japanese adjusted assault: 1169

Allied adjusted defense: 895

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 2

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

Japanese ground losses:
1310 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 143 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 18 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 14 disabled

Allied ground losses:
1254 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 101 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 28 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 13 disabled

Assaulting units:
36th Division
55th Infantry Brigade
2nd Ind.Mixed Regiment
22nd Division
116th Division
32nd Division
138th Infantry Regiment

Defending units:
100th Chinese Corps
88th Chinese Corps
28th Chinese Corps
16th Construction Regiment
10th Group Army
3rd War Area
25th Group Army
14th Chinese Base Force

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[Nomad]

March 31, 1942

Last day of Japans amphibious bonus and one landings today at Dili.

Sub action

Sub attack near Talaud-eilanden at 79,96

Japanese Ships
xAK Toyu Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
xAK Unkai Maru #3
PB Yamabato Maru

Allied Ships
SS KIX

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

SS KIX launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Toyu Maru

Another DA at Wenchow, defenders holding for now.

Ground combat at Wenchow (89,58)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 54883 troops, 498 guns, 153 vehicles, Assault Value = 1459

Defending force 26514 troops, 132 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 339

Japanese adjusted assault: 877

Allied adjusted defense: 1138

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

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

Japanese ground losses:
689 casualties reported
Squads: 7 destroyed, 126 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 19 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled

Allied ground losses:
828 casualties reported
Squads: 60 destroyed, 56 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 31 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled
Guns lost 9 (1 destroyed, 8 disabled)

Assaulting units:
2nd Ind.Mixed Regiment
22nd Division
116th Division
36th Division
32nd Division
55th Infantry Brigade
138th Infantry Regiment

Defending units:
88th Chinese Corps
28th Chinese Corps
100th Chinese Corps
3rd War Area
25th Group Army
14th Chinese Base Force
10th Group Army
16th Construction Regiment

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[Nomad]

April 1, 1942

As everyone who has played the Allies know, the USN has just sent a massive amount of ships into refit.

Troop landing at Donggala on Celebes.

Still lots of bombers over Bataan, the defenders are holding out, but barely

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[Nomad]

April 2, 1942

Dili falls

bombing of Bataan and Wenchow continue.

I plan on doing some extensive reviews of all areas in a few days. Xargun and wife are going on a cruise so I will have a lot of time on my hands to do this.

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[Nomad]

April 3, 1942

This was 2 DOINKS and 1 BOOM

Sub attack near Gorontalo at 73,96

Japanese Ships
AO Iro, Torpedo hits 1
TK San Diego Maru
TK Eiyo Maru
DD Tatsuyuke

Allied Ships
SS Skipjack

SS Skipjack launches 4 torpedoes at AO Iro

Makassar falls

landings at Djokjakarta on Java, San Jose in the PI, and Sinabang off of Sumatra

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[Nomad]

April 4, 1942

Landings at Alor and Sibologa

Air attacks on Battan

[Nomad]

April 5, 1942

Alor is lost

Japans Shock Attack at Djokjakarta fails, but lowers forts to 0.

Air attacks on Bataan and Wenchow.

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[Nomad]

April 6, 1942

Djokjakarta is lost

Bombing mostly on Bataan and Wenchow

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[BBfanboy]

April 6, 1942

Djokjakarta is lost

Bombing mostly on Bataan and Wenchow

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Have you asked the police to send out an Ambon alert?

[Nomad]

April 7, 8, and 9, 1942

Ambon fell many days ago.

Nothing important is happening right now.

[Nomad]

Since Xargun is on a cruise ship somewhere, I will try and update all areas

First is PNG and Solomon Islands.

As you can see in the picture many of the bases are controlled by Japan. Interesting to note is that Lunga is controlled by the Allies.

I have enough APAs to move a division plus in an amphibious TF. I also have a fairly large CV force. I have 5 USN size 90 CVs and 2 British size 81 CVs
available. He probably has more deck space but only if he brings all of what he has to a fight. I also have the 4 Vanguard and 3 New Jersey BBs, they are all
able to ignore the 250kg bombs his Vals use.

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[Nomad]

Next is the South Pacific

I have Divisions at Luganville, Noumea, Christmas Island, and Suva. I have at least 2 Regiments at Nadi and Pago Pago. I am building bases and moving more units in to all of the bases.
Air power is increasing every few weeks as more air units show up in the USA.

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[Nomad]

Moving to China. China has mostly been quiet. I have lost a few bases and did not defend some.

There is a single unit in the Hex between Nanning and Liuchow and I will be attempting to retreat it in a couple of days.
I do have about 230,000 supply in China and I have been able to absorb all the devices as they are produced.

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[Nomad]

Moving on to the Bengal region of India. Not much here, I am building bases along the border of India and Burma.

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[Nomad]

Sumatra is mostly controlled by Japan

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[Nomad]

Java and the other islands in the DEI.

He is slowly moving on Java and I have nothing left to do anything about it.

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[Nomad]

No pictures, but:

Bataan is the only base I still hold in all of the PI.

There has been no action of any kind in the Aleutian Islands.