More Variants - The End of Western Imperialism - No Nomad please (Feb 1944)

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China:
My tanks beat up on the Chinese Corp near Hami again inflicting 868 losses compared to 187 for us. A couple more attacks and that Corp will be combat ineffective.


Marshall Islands:
Allied TF bombards Roi-Namur again during the night.
PV-1s and B-24s bomb my troops at Kwajalein.



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Marshall Islands:
Allied TF bombards Roi-Namur again during the night.
PV-1s bomb my troops at Kwajalein.
Allied paratroopers come ashore and capture the dot-base Rongelap.


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Marshall Islands:
Allied TF bombards Roi-Namur again during the night.
B-24s bomb my troops at Kwajalein.



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Sub Warfare:
I-15 launches two torpedoes at PF Mauna Ala hitting with both blowing the small ship apart. Unfortunately its fellow PFs locate and sink I-15.


Marshall Islands:
Allied TF bombards Roi-Namur again during the night.
B-24s and PVs bomb my troops at Kwajalein.
Marine Paratroopers land and capture the dotbase Ebadon.



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Marshall Islands:
PV-1s bomb my troops at Kwajalein.
B-24s bomb my troops at Roi-Namur.


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Burma:
RAF B-24s lay mines in Rangoon harbor despite a Sentai of Franks flying night patrol. The Franks did not even engage.
My SC TF arrives at Akyab catching an allied xAKL there and sinking it while receiving no damage. Several enemy TFs are detected at sea, including some RN BBs - most likely attempting to intercept this TF.


Marshall Islands:
Allied TF bombards Roi-Namur again during the night.
SBD-3s and PVs bomb my troops at Kwajalein while B-25s strafe them.
B-24s bomb my troops at Roi-Namur.


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Mine Warfare:
Last turn some RAF bombers laid some mines at Rangoon, so the DMS stationed there undocked and cleared 19 mines. There seems to be a few more so they will continue their duty.


Sub Warfare:
My fleeing DDs spot SS Trusty near Rangoon and attack her reporting multiple hits and heavy damage inflicted.


Burma:
The IJN had a great night and day against the British forces up in Burma !!! It started off with my SC TF fleeing from Akyab and being caught near Ramree Island by a surperior RN force. But it was night time and the ships closed to within knife fighting range before detecting each other...

Night Time Surface Combat, near Ramree Island at 53,47, Range 1,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Natori, Shell hits 13, on fire, heavy damage
DD Asashio, Shell hits 1
DD Oshio
DD Michishio
DD Natsugumo, Shell hits 2

Allied Ships
CL Hobart
CL Emerald
CL Dauntless, Shell hits 12, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
CL Mauritius
CL Birmingham
CL Newcastle, Shell hits 19, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
CL Caradoc
DD Stronghold

Low visibility due to Thunderstorms with 35% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Thunderstorms and 35% moonlight: 2,000 yards

CL Natori took a beating but the DDs were the winners of the fight, nailing two CLs with torpedoes sinking them. And it only gets better... Well a bit worse first, then much, much better.

My ships broke into two TFs, one of 3 DDs and one with the damaged CL and DD in it. The three DDs got caught next near Prome. It is still night time and once more we got within knife fighting range before being detected...

Night Time Surface Combat, near Prome at 52,50, Range 1,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Asashio, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Oshio
DD Michishio

Allied Ships
CA Dorsetshire
CA Devonshire
CA Frobisher, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1
DD Van Galen
DD Tjerk Hiddes
DD Jupiter

Reduced visibility due to Thunderstorms with 35% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Thunderstorms and 35% moonlight: 2,000 yards

Another great night combat by the IJN. Vastly outpowered in the fight, the three DDs not only escape with minor damage, but put a torpedo into an enemy CA !!!

As the sun came up, the fleeing CL Natori and her escort are caught and sunk without much of a fight.

Day Time Surface Combat, near Ramree Island at 53,48, Range 7,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Natori, Shell hits 10, and is sunk
DD Natsugumo, Shell hits 17, and is sunk

Allied Ships
CA Dorsetshire
CA Devonshire
DD Van Galen
DD Tjerk Hiddes

Reduced visibility due to Thunderstorms
Maximum visibility in Thunderstorms: 7,000 yards

This is the worst part... the better part is still coming... Can you guess ?

While the British were having some morning tea and congratulating themselves over sinking the Natori the sound of aircraft came from above. It was not friendly. 36 Zeros and 99 Nells attacked during the morning phase and then another 36 Zeros and 77 Nells attacked in the afternoon phase. Our losses were light: 10 Nells were lost; 3 to ops and 7 to flak.

Morning Air attack on TF, near Akyab at 54,45

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 29 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 18
G3M3 Nell x 48

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M3 Nell: 16 damaged
G3M3 Nell: 2 destroyed by flak

Allied Ships
CL Hobart
CA Dorsetshire, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
CL Mauritius
CA Devonshire
CL Birmingham
CL Caradoc
CL Emerald, Torpedo hits 1
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Akyab at 54,45

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 70 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 26 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M3 Nell x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M3 Nell: 11 damaged

Allied Ships
CL Mauritius
CL Caradoc
DD Stronghold
CL Hobart
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Ramree Island at 52,48

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 30 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 18
G3M3 Nell x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M3 Nell: 2 damaged

Allied Ships
CA Frobisher, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
DD Jupiter, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Akyab at 54,45

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M3 Nell x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M3 Nell: 6 damaged

Allied Ships
CL Mauritius, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
CL Birmingham
CL Caradoc
CL Hobart, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Akyab at 54,45

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 64 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 18
G3M3 Nell x 28

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M3 Nell: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
CL Caradoc, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
CL Birmingham
CL Emerald, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Stronghold
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Akyab at 54,45

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 75 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 18
G3M3 Nell x 49

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M3 Nell: 25 damaged
G3M3 Nell: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied aircraft losses
Seagull V: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
CA Dorsetshire, heavy damage
CL Hobart, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk
CL Birmingham
CA Devonshire, Torpedo hits 1
CL Emerald, on fire, heavy damage
CL Mauritius, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
CL Caradoc, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

In total we sunk 1 CA and 5 CLs in exchange for 10 Nells, 1 CL and 1 DD. Multiple other cruisers were hit with torpedoes as well as a lone DD. Overall a wonderful day for the IJN surface and air. I am not sure if he didn't think I would have LR Torp Bombers in the area and thus didn't send any fighters up? Or maybe he put fighters over other units - I did recon some BBs last turn in the area but didn't see them at all this turn.


Marshall Islands:
Allied TF bombards Roi-Namur again during the night.
B-25s and a few B-24s bomb my troops at Kwajalein.
B-24s bomb my troops at Roi-Namur.


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Mine Warfare:
My lone DMS is still clearing mines from Rangoon.


Marshall Islands:
Allied TF bombards Roi-Namur again during the night.

PV-1s and SBD-3s bomb my troops at Kwajalein wiping out the naval fortress.
B-24s bomb my troops at Roi-Namur.



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Burma:
My lone DMS clears the last of the air dropped mines at Rangoon. At least the ones in the harbor.
The IJA had a horrible day in the air over Akyab. I ordered my 4 Sentai of Helens to bomb the port at Akyab after spotting several ships in port there. I had some A6M2 zeros at the same base set for escort, some A6M5cs at Prome set to LR CAP Akyab and 75 Franks from Toungoo set to sweep the skies of any enemy fighters... Good plan right ??? Well it should have been.

My Helens and escort go in first, link up with the LR CAP and run into roughly 100 enemy fighters in the air. My A6M2s get mauled and I lose 7 Helens from the first sentai. Then two sentais of helens come in unescorted and get butchered. But we did land a single 250kg bomb on the CA Dorsetshire. Then the last sentai of helens come in, linking up with the LR CAP again. The LR CAP gets beat up, and I lose another 10 helens but the rest bomb the port hitting CA Devonshire with a 250kg bomb this time, setting her on fire. Then as my bombers were done, the 75 Franks come zooming in at 31k altitude and maul the enemy cap If only the Franks had gone in first I would have save 80 or so helens that were lost and probably got much better bombing results.


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Marshall Islands:

PV-1s, SBD-3s and B-24s bomb my troops at Roi-Namur.
B-25s strafe the troops.



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Welcome to July !! The B2Na Jill came available today - so I have new DBs and TBs being produced. Now we just need to wait for the Sam and the trifecta will be complete.

Sub Warfare:
I-19, on a mine laying mission, spots an enemy AO and elects not to launch torpedoes !!! What ?? Are you kidding me? I am putting it down to their mine laying mission, but otherwise that captain can commit seppuku now and save everyone the trouble.


Burma:
My Franks swept the skies over Akyab again and ran into a horde of P-38s and P-47s flying cap at 42k. Unfortunately my Franks took a beating this time around.


Marshall Islands:
Allied TF bombards Roi-Namur again during the night.
PV-1s, SBD-3s and B-24s bomb my troops at Roi-Namur.
B-25s strafe the troops.


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Marshall Islands:
Allied TF bombards Roi-Namur again during the night.
PV-1s, SBD-3s and B-24s bomb my troops at Roi-Namur. B-25s strafe the troops.Not many squads left here. Any turn now he will wipe them out.



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Marshall Islands:
The allied air attack continues on Roi-Namur and after today's attacks there is exactly 1 disabled support squad left on the island...


SRA:
I have been unloading fuel at Saumlaki for a few turns now - it takes forever for AOs to unload, and the allies sent in four DDs to see what was up. The fight started at 2,000 yards and luckily it seems the allied ships did not have radar. We got off the first few shots and crippled one of the enemy DDs. Our DDs took one hit in return and the entire TF escaped.

Night Time Surface Combat, near Saumlaki at 78,117, Range 2,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Mochizuki, Shell hits 1
DD Yuzuki
AO Shiriya
AO Kyuko

Allied Ships
DD Anthony
DD Bennett
DD Converse, Shell hits 9, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Hutchins

Allied Ships Reported to be Approaching!
Japanese TF suspends unloading operations and begins to get underway
Reduced sighting due to 0% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 0% moonlight: 2,000 yards



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Sub Warfare:
SS Nautilus run across one of my picket xAKLs, surfaces and proceeds to blow the hell out of it with it's deck gun.


Marshall islands:
SBD-3s make the first air strike of the day at Roi-Namur wiping out the last disabled squad there. The base should auto flip to allies in the coming turn.



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China:
My tanks attack two Chinese Corps near Hami.
My ground troops attack a Chinese Corps near Nanning.



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Slow turn - nothing other than some ground combat in China.

Ground combat at 71,53 (near Nanning)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 19675 troops, 154 guns, 69 vehicles, Assault Value = 687

Defending force 5717 troops, 43 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 209

Japanese adjusted assault: 188

Allied adjusted defense: 319

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2

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

Japanese ground losses:
512 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 42 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled

Allied ground losses:
378 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 22 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)

Assaulting units:
36th Division
2nd Ind.Mixed Regiment
138th Infantry Regiment

Defending units:
2nd Prov Chinese Corps


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Another slow turn and a little combat in China...

Ground combat at 86,25 (near Dalan Dzadagad)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 8318 troops, 146 guns, 638 vehicles, Assault Value = 382

Defending force 10406 troops, 66 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 408

Japanese adjusted assault: 153

Allied adjusted defense: 350

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2

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

Japanese ground losses:
264 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 15 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled

Allied ground losses:
434 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 29 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 15 (1 destroyed, 14 disabled)

Assaulting units:
3rd Tank Division

Defending units:
19th Chinese Corps


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All caught up now.

Sub Warfare:
Some PBs spot SS Lapon near Satawal and attack, but fail to damage the sub. The sub turns around and fires a torpedo at on of the PBs but misses.


China:
More combat in Northern China as my Tank Division beats on the hapless Chinese.

Ground combat at 86,25 (near Dalan Dzadagad)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 8090 troops, 146 guns, 638 vehicles, Assault Value = 351

Defending force 9974 troops, 65 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 352

Japanese adjusted assault: 64

Allied adjusted defense: 99

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2

Combat modifiers
Defender: experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker: supply(-)

Japanese ground losses:
74 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled

Allied ground losses:
554 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 78 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 4 (2 destroyed, 2 disabled)

Assaulting units:
3rd Tank Division

Defending units:
19th Chinese Corps


Marshall Islands:
The USMC Raider Battalion finally comes ashore at Roi-Namur capturing the empty atoll.


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China:
My tanks shock attack the Chinese opposition mauling them. One or two more attacks and that corps will retreat and be combat ineffective.

My troops near Nanning attacked another Chinese Corps inflicting heavy losses. If we don't win this battle soon my troops there will become trapped and cut off.


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Sub Warfare:
SS Runner launches four torpedoes at DD Teruzuki but misses. In return my escorts report minor damage inflicted on the enemy sub. This TF is KB which is escorting a resupply TF to Truk to deliver some supplies. Truk is down to around 20k supplies so I want to drop off another 50k+ before it heats up here.


China:
My tank division in northern china smashes the opposing Chinese Corps forcing them to retreat to the west. That Chinese Corps is combat ineffective until it gets some R&R. I will chase it all the way back to Kiuchuan and try to destroy it.

Ground combat at 86,25 (near Dalan Dzadagad)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 7888 troops, 145 guns, 638 vehicles, Assault Value = 328

Defending force 7915 troops, 63 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 98

Japanese adjusted assault: 220

Allied adjusted defense: 24

Japanese assault odds: 9 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
52 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Allied ground losses:
3675 casualties reported
Squads: 141 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 102 destroyed, 32 disabled
Engineers: 11 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 13 (13 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 1

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
3rd Tank Division

Defending units:
19th Chinese Corps


Near Nanning my troops inflict some good losses on the Chinese unit but its not enough yet.

Ground combat at 71,53 (near Nanning)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 19183 troops, 154 guns, 69 vehicles, Assault Value = 637

Defending force 4657 troops, 42 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 90

Japanese adjusted assault: 542

Allied adjusted defense: 157

Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
93 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 17 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled

Allied ground losses:
227 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 26 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled

Assaulting units:
36th Division
2nd Ind.Mixed Regiment
138th Infantry Regiment

Defending units:
2nd Prov Chinese Corps


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