Sink 'Em All - Godefroy(A) vs Chicago227(J) - no Chicago227 please

[BBfanboy]

The damage to industry is assessed and posted the turn after the base changes hands, so you likely looked at it at the beginning of that turn before that step had completed. Damage done during the fighting was likely the small amount you saw at the end of the turn (beginning of next turn), and then the big damage you saw was the "withdrawal/partisan sabotage" amount.

[godefroycz]

February 14, 1942

Apart from the massive raids on Kukong, nothing is happening today. I see the situation in Palembang like this:


Air losses (J:A) - 6:1

[godefroycz]

February 15 - 16, 1942

Small reduction in combat activity. The Japanese will consolidate forces after taking Palembang. However, the pressure on Batavia continues to weaken my troops. Medan has been lost and Sumatra is in the hands of the enemy.
In China, they managed to destroy the remnants of the Japanese auxiliary division near Ichang. The enemy continues the massive bombardment of Kukong
Intelligence reports the first unit moving by sea to Moulmein. I fear that Burma will fall quickly and India will be next.

Air losses (J:A) - 18:5

[godefroycz]

February 17, 1942

I don't know if the Japanese had a planning failure or thought I had left Wake, but a small Japanese force landed today. The defenders coped with it without any problems and have been keeping up for two months over schedule.
Unfortunately, Nanyang has fallen and the Japanese have a clear path to Ankang and Sian. Chinese troops are entrenched in front of the cities.

Ground combat at Nanyang (85,45)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 29396 troops, 230 guns, 446 vehicles, Assault Value = 1116

Defending force 14487 troops, 93 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 458

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1

Japanese adjusted assault: 540

Allied adjusted defense: 106

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Nanyang !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
624 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 86 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled

Allied ground losses:
7778 casualties reported
Squads: 134 destroyed, 47 disabled
Non Combat: 257 destroyed, 49 disabled
Engineers: 19 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 42 (22 destroyed, 20 disabled)
Units retreated 5

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Air losses (J:A) - 8:2

[godefroycz]

February 18, 1942

Now the days are practically the same. There is no major action. Practically the entire Japanese Air Force bombards three targets. Batavia in Java, Kukong in southern China, and the Changsha region. The superiority of the Japanese air force is enormous. There is no fighter air force in Java anymore, but the flak is giving the Japanese a hard time. In China, I deploy AVG cautiously, but I manage to cause losses to the Japanese. I am currently saving one of the AVG squadrons in India. But the first Hurricanes are starting to come to me and it is possible that I will also move her to China as a fresh force. Aircraft losses are now 1134 Japanese to 530 Allied. I'm getting optimistic that I could exhaust the Japanese in the air. I don't think even production can work well enough yet to make up for the losses and it will be even worse with the pilots.

The Japanese again land on Wake, but are repulsed again. Either there was an error or KB is waiting nearby for my reaction. Of course, there will be no reaction, because I do not engage in risky operations. The only activity at Wake is three submarines bringing in supplies to keep the crew from starving. I try to read from the intelligence reports what the opponent is up to. So far the only information is that the convoys are heading for Moulmein and Port Blair. There I placed several Catalinas to see that the Japanese were approaching. I don't have any news about KB, bKB was boiling in Surabaya a week ago and then moving north around Palembang. It is possible that it will serve as support for operations in the Indian Ocean. All (both) submarines in the Indian Ocean are ready

Air losses (J:A) - 20:5

[godefroycz]

February 19, 1942

Today, the only thing worth mentioning is the meat grinder created by the Japanese at Clark Field...

Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 40108 troops, 461 guns, 379 vehicles, Assault Value = 1354

Defending force 49034 troops, 674 guns, 631 vehicles, Assault Value = 1767

Japanese adjusted assault: 313

Allied adjusted defense: 5032

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 16 (fort level 5)

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

Japanese ground losses:
10895 casualties reported
Squads: 113 destroyed, 599 disabled
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 133 disabled
Engineers: 87 destroyed, 73 disabled
Guns lost 98 (9 destroyed, 89 disabled)
Vehicles lost 103 (6 destroyed, 97 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
699 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 87 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled
Vehicles lost 8 (2 destroyed, 6 disabled)

Air losses (J:A) - 16:1

[Cheesesteak]

Your opponent seems to consistently rush land attacks with insufficient forces in place. Good job exploiting that tendency!

February 19, 1942

Today, the only thing worth mentioning is the meat grinder created by the Japanese at Clark Field...

Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 40108 troops, 461 guns, 379 vehicles, Assault Value = 1354

Defending force 49034 troops, 674 guns, 631 vehicles, Assault Value = 1767

Japanese adjusted assault: 313

Allied adjusted defense: 5032

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 16 (fort level 5)

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

Japanese ground losses:
10895 casualties reported
Squads: 113 destroyed, 599 disabled
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 133 disabled
Engineers: 87 destroyed, 73 disabled
Guns lost 98 (9 destroyed, 89 disabled)
Vehicles lost 103 (6 destroyed, 97 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
699 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 87 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled
Vehicles lost 8 (2 destroyed, 6 disabled)

Air losses (J:A) - 16:1

[godefroycz]

Your opponent seems to consistently rush land attacks with insufficient forces in place. Good job exploiting that tendency!

Well, there is a reason for it somewhere. For example, in China or Batavia, they attack every day regardless of losses. He has tank units here and causes me heavy losses even though he can't give a 1:1 ratio. But in the case of Clark Field, the attack was unnecessary. He probably didn't count on fortification 5. The Japanese don't need the Philippines, it can wait until May when I run out of supplies.
In addition, it makes good use of the air force for massive airstrikes. He forced me to withdraw from Kukong with most of my forces as I was losing 500+ men daily. It's just a postponement of the problem, because anywhere on clear terrain it will be the same. But I don't want to leave the territory without a fight.

I think he will have a bigger problem in the air. Previous day 16:1, today I will report 12:0. A few planes are shot down by flak or fighters, but about two-thirds are operational losses, and I think the main reason is fatigue. Already, the Japanese have more than doubled their losses, which is probably not entirely typical for February 1942.

[godefroycz]

February 20, 1942

No big fights. The Japanese landed in the abandoned Buna. Enemy reinforcements arrived in Changsha. There are now about 2500 AV on both sides. I do not mind it. I can continue to sit there. Besides, I will never leave Changsha. He must conquer it. Intelligence reports reinforcements arriving in Mersing. Singapore is probably next.

Air losses (J:A) - 12:0

[godefroycz]

February 21, 1942

The Japanese continue to land at Wake. Another 3 cargo ships are damaged. Unfortunately, losses also come today. I-159 torpedoed and sank the USS Grampus near Noumea. Unpleasantly.
Immediately after the arrival of reinforcements, the Japanese tested the strength of the defense at Changsha.

Ground combat at Changsha (82,52)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 87188 troops, 966 guns, 168 vehicles, Assault Value = 2498

Defending force 78211 troops, 407 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2232

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2

Japanese adjusted assault: 2134

Allied adjusted defense: 7773

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 3 (fort level 2)

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

Japanese ground losses:
7753 casualties reported
Squads: 104 destroyed, 508 disabled
Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 121 disabled
Engineers: 20 destroyed, 75 disabled
Guns lost 76 (36 destroyed, 40 disabled)
Vehicles lost 72 (9 destroyed, 63 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
2227 casualties reported
Squads: 12 destroyed, 243 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 47 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled
Guns lost 41 (4 destroyed, 37 disabled)

Air losses (J:A) - 11:1

February 22, 1942

As the Japanese land at Buna without cover, I call in the Devastators from Australia. Impudence is deservedly punished.

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Buna at 99,129

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Allied aircraft
TBD-1 Devastator x 11

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
xAK Tamahoko Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Eli Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Hokutai Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Utide Maru

The Japanese attack Changsha again and suffer losses again. I am calling up most of the 20th Army Group and will rotate the units in Changsha.

Ground combat at Changsha (82,52)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 80252 troops, 943 guns, 161 vehicles, Assault Value = 1988

Defending force 87296 troops, 478 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2320

Japanese adjusted assault: 1311

Allied adjusted defense: 3753

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

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

Japanese ground losses:
9349 casualties reported
Squads: 121 destroyed, 246 disabled
Non Combat: 181 destroyed, 85 disabled
Engineers: 10 destroyed, 91 disabled
Guns lost 53 (4 destroyed, 49 disabled)
Vehicles lost 18 (3 destroyed, 15 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
1792 casualties reported
Squads: 14 destroyed, 229 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 32 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled
Guns lost 13 (1 destroyed, 12 disabled)

Wake is lost
Air losses (J:A) - 6:1

[godefroycz]

February 23, 1942

Nothing new is happening. The Japanese are still attacking Batavia, they have reduced the fortifications and are giving over 1:1 when attacking. The fall of Batavia is coming. The survey of Burma and Akyab intensified. I leave both Akyab and Cox Bazar unoccupied. I want to tell the enemy that this is an ideal place to land.

Air losses (J:A) - 5:0

February 24, 1942

I don't know how it happened, but there was an unescorted small tanker sailing off Colombo. I-122 tracked him down and sank him. AVG is back in action and I immediately have new three air aces as 12 bombers are shot down in the Changsha region.

The Japanese somewhat underestimate their aircraft losses. The Japanese are advancing on Sian from several directions. Today they try to break through the mountain trails south of Kaoping, but are repulsed. Another large number of units advance even further north through open terrain. I need to find out how many units there are and if I should try to stop them or let them go to Sian.



I will try to cut off the advancing Japanese from their supplies and withdraw the rest of the troops around Yenan to Sian. Unfortunately, a solid defense cannot be built due to the problematic hex where the terrain is clear.

Air losses (J:A) - 18:3

[godefroycz]

February 25, 1942

The Japanese attack my supply convoy in Port Moresby, but without an escort. Plus points for me.

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 5

Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 5

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 3 destroyed

Air losses (J:A) - 12:1

February 26, 1942

There is Japanese retaliation today as Zero Squadron flies over Port Moresby and shoots down 3 P-40s. Unpleasantly.
Intelligence has been reporting to me for several days that the Japanese are sailing towards Port Blair. I prepared a small trap in the form of a British aircraft carrier and one surface TF. Unfortunately, Japanese minesweepers arrive first and I am betrayed. 1 DMS is sunk and one is damaged.

Morning Air attack on TF, near Port Blair at 47,61

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Allied aircraft
Albacore I x 18

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
DMS W-12, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DMS W-18, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
DMS W-11

Air losses (J:A) - 10:3

February 27, 1942

Fighting continues over Port Moresby. I place fighters as high as possible. First I shoot down 2 Zeros but several more groups fly in and the total score for the day is 6 Zeros down and 4 P-40s lost. I can't afford that yet, so I'll take the fighters to Australia. Fortunately, I didn't lose any pilots.

The Japanese make a surprise attack in the direction of Yenan, cross the river and continue north. My plan to cut off supplies is ruined and I will retreat all the way to Sian. I am calling in units of the 15th and 36th Army Groups to establish positions northeast of Sian.

Although I can't see very far, I took a bit of a risk and sent a surface party to Port Blair in case the Japanese wanted to clear the minefield. And indeed I found 3 minesweepers here, which I sunk and I am making a quick retreat. After dawn, a reconnaissance reports the approaching invasion fleet.

Day Time Surface Combat, near Port Blair at 46,58, Range 13,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DMS W-11, Shell hits 10, and is sunk
DMS W-12, Shell hits 9, and is sunk
DMS W-17, Shell hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage

Allied Ships
CL Danae
CL Dragon
CL Durban
CL Dauntless
CL Ceres
CL Caledon
CL Capetown
CL Colombo, Shell hits 1
DD Electra
DD Express

Ait losses (J:A) - 16:7

[godefroycz]

The same applies here as in the game with Deaniks. I don't have time to write a report now, so just a summary. The situation is as of March 31, 1942.
As I mentioned before, this game is completely different. The opponent is very aggressive in the air and on the ground. If we look at aircraft losses, he already has almost 1000 aircraft losses higher than me. Since I don't have much experience, I don't know if these are acceptable losses and he can replace them, or if he wants to use planes as long as he has the upper hand and "then it doesn't matter".





The Japanese appeared in Burma only relatively recently, and even the weakly defended Rangoon held out for about a week. Now my troops are retreating. I will not even defend central Burma. I suppose if he wants to go to India, the landing will come. The bKB had already raided Colombo and sunk several small ships there. The price for this was more than 100 downed carrier-based aircraft.



Malaya is all in Japan with the exception of Singapore. Sumatra is lost. In Java, I hold the last base in the mountains. The opponent systematically occupies even small islands, apparently he has a sense of order. The Philippines are practically occupied, leaving Clark Field.







The Pacific is calm. There are two lines of attack in China. To Changsha and Xian. Changsha faces a massive frontal attack. The enemy attacked at least 4 times and each time there were losses of more than 10,000 men. He uses the same tactics against Clark Field and Singapore. He destroys my supplies in a big way, but some of his units must be very weakened.

For example, this is what March 20 looked like.

Ground combat at Singapore (50,84)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 49971 troops, 617 guns, 474 vehicles, Assault Value = 1515

Defending force 48873 troops, 615 guns, 474 vehicles, Assault Value = 1254

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 3

Japanese adjusted assault: 1041

Allied adjusted defense: 4895

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

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

Japanese ground losses:
10043 casualties reported
Squads: 274 destroyed, 420 disabled
Non Combat: 13 destroyed, 168 disabled
Engineers: 25 destroyed, 62 disabled
Guns lost 71 (35 destroyed, 36 disabled)
Vehicles lost 65 (5 destroyed, 60 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Allied ground losses:
2015 casualties reported
Squads: 51 destroyed, 182 disabled
Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 36 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 26 disabled
Guns lost 31 (1 destroyed, 30 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Ground combat at 84,42 (near Sian)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 26599 troops, 228 guns, 368 vehicles, Assault Value = 859

Defending force 78902 troops, 421 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2802

Japanese adjusted assault: 269

Allied adjusted defense: 5083

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 18

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

Japanese ground losses:
5013 casualties reported
Squads: 134 destroyed, 321 disabled
Non Combat: 123 destroyed, 86 disabled
Engineers: 9 destroyed, 61 disabled
Guns lost 76 (29 destroyed, 47 disabled)
Vehicles lost 74 (8 destroyed, 66 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
449 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 54 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled

Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 51558 troops, 586 guns, 458 vehicles, Assault Value = 2013

Defending force 48481 troops, 672 guns, 625 vehicles, Assault Value = 1692

Japanese adjusted assault: 350

Allied adjusted defense: 6466

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 18 (fort level 5)

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

Japanese ground losses:
13749 casualties reported
Squads: 326 destroyed, 718 disabled
Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 192 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 94 disabled
Guns lost 135 (24 destroyed, 111 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
633 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 71 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled

Ground combat at Bandoeng (50,100)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 7656 troops, 136 guns, 231 vehicles, Assault Value = 251

Defending force 13201 troops, 184 guns, 127 vehicles, Assault Value = 319

Japanese adjusted assault: 128

Allied adjusted defense: 1126

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 8 (fort level 3)

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

Japanese ground losses:
701 casualties reported
Squads: 23 destroyed, 33 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 26 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 14 (5 destroyed, 9 disabled)
Vehicles lost 15 (1 destroyed, 14 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
402 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 35 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Vehicles lost 12 (3 destroyed, 9 disabled)

Ground combat at Changsha (82,52)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 85135 troops, 1173 guns, 220 vehicles, Assault Value = 1810

Defending force 101081 troops, 511 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2893

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2

Japanese adjusted assault: 1508

Allied adjusted defense: 11527

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 7 (fort level 2)

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

Japanese ground losses:
8402 casualties reported
Squads: 163 destroyed, 246 disabled
Non Combat: 56 destroyed, 128 disabled
Engineers: 29 destroyed, 77 disabled
Guns lost 72 (23 destroyed, 49 disabled)
Vehicles lost 107 (74 destroyed, 33 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
1030 casualties reported
Squads: 7 destroyed, 168 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 35 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled

Ground combat at 82,53 (near Changsha)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 23021 troops, 196 guns, 118 vehicles, Assault Value = 592

Defending force 31821 troops, 263 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1077

Japanese adjusted assault: 202

Allied adjusted defense: 1093

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 5

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

Japanese ground losses:
3440 casualties reported
Squads: 55 destroyed, 230 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 40 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 33 disabled

Allied ground losses:
541 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 66 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled

Ground combat at Liuchow (74,55)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 12832 troops, 122 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 369

Defending force 27959 troops, 187 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 814

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0

Japanese adjusted assault: 161

Allied adjusted defense: 220

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

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

Japanese ground losses:
1139 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 145 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 21 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 27 disabled

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

I'll hope he gets tired.

[godefroycz]

April 10, 1942

The game moved forward 10 days for us over the weekend. Fortunately, the Japanese did not advance in any way. In SRA I still defend SIngapur, Bandoeng and Clark Field. These three places are currently holding back most of the Japanese forces, but the situation is critical. I have information from intelligence that 3 more divisions are heading to Lingayen. Already the cf is out of supplies and all these forces will be freed up for further operations.

I am unable to tell what the enemy's plans are. Conducts intensive survey of northern coast of Australia, Dutch submarines report aircraft carriers off Mindanao. I think the forces in the Philippines will attack the north coast of Australia in the next phase.

I had a little success off the coast of New Guinea. Catalinas reported Japanese ships which I thought were sailing to Lae. So I moved the Devastator to Port Moresby. The ships sailed to Buna and on the very first day some of them were sunk or badly damaged. The next day Zera was patrolling over Buna and unfortunately my fighter escort was not flying. Of the 15 Devastators, 12 were shot down, but only one pilot was killed. Successful were the P-40Es, which in low flight strafed and bombed the other ships of the convoy.

Finally, I will mention the situation in China. It is practically unchanged, but the Japanese have brought in reinforcements and are trying to break through east of Sian. I'm holding off an enemy with about 3000 AV here and I'm afraid they'll break through. I begin to slowly withdraw the outermost units towards Sian. On the contrary, in Changsha the enemy is on the edge of strength. The combat strength of the units is reduced to a third after repeated attacks, and it seems that I might pull some of the units defending Changsha to the rear for replenishment. The suply situation is not good, but not critical.

Enemy aircraft losses exceeded 1750. My own are 700. I only enter air combat when I want to. Mostly in the Changsha or Sian area, but there were also air battles over Port Moresby. Here it ended in draw with 10 P-40s lost against 10 A6M2s. It is well. The enemy must know that I am willing to fight and I already have 130 P-40Es in the pool. I can afford some losses.

[godefroycz]

April 16, 1942

The Japanese continue to bring reinforcements to the most important places. Clark Field is under tremendous pressure, but the defenders, led by MacArthur, are holding out so far. I am attaching a list of Japanese units. 8 complete divisions, many brigades and regiments, including tank ones
Unfortunately, the enemy now knows I'm out of supplies.

Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 152629 troops, 1605 guns, 829 vehicles, Assault Value = 4462

Defending force 46356 troops, 640 guns, 611 vehicles, Assault Value = 1455

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 3

Japanese adjusted assault: 1760

Allied adjusted defense: 2383

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 3)

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

Japanese ground losses:
9277 casualties reported
Squads: 191 destroyed, 937 disabled
Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 187 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 157 disabled
Guns lost 223 (12 destroyed, 211 disabled)
Vehicles lost 67 (3 destroyed, 64 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
2099 casualties reported
Squads: 8 destroyed, 286 disabled
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 80 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 24 disabled
Guns lost 40 (1 destroyed, 39 disabled)
Vehicles lost 86 (8 destroyed, 78 disabled)

Assaulting units:
61st Infantry Group
II./124th Infantry Battalion
54th Division
Yokosuka Assault SNLF
64th Naval Guard Unit
53rd Division
4th Tank Regiment
23rd Nav Gd Unit
48th Division
17th Indpt Guards Regiment
16th Recon Regiment
16th Guards Regiment
1st Ind. Engineer Regiment
65th Brigade
24th Nav Gsn Unit
16th Infantry Regiment
5th Guards Cav Regiment
Imperial Guards Division
78th Infantry Regiment
21st Division
7th Tank Regiment
4th Guards Division
62nd Infantry Group
52nd Division
20th Infantry Regiment
63rd Naval Guard Unit
20th Ind. Engineer Regiment
16th Engineer Regiment
6th Guards Division
Miura Det
7th Ind.Tank Brigade
3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
19th Ind. Engineer Regiment
21st Ind. Engineer Regiment
III./4th Infantry Battalion
62nd Naval Guard Unit
20th Recon Regiment
9th Infantry Regiment
10th Garrison Unit
115th Infantry Regiment
Kimura Det /7
14th Army
38th Road Const Co
9th Field AF Construction Battalion
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Engineer Construction Battalion
36th Const Co
4th Naval Construction Battalion
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
48th JAAF AF Bn
30th Fld AA Gun Co
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
21st Army

[godefroycz]

After more than a month, we continue with AAR. Thanks to the opponent, we usually manage three turns a day, although there is about 8 hours between time zones. So, I will try to first view the current situation. We moved from April to early September 1942. Unsurprisingly, after a heroic resistance, they gave up the last Allied bases in the SRA. The enemy subsequently occupied northern Australia, which was not strongly defended, as it was clear that I would not defend it. The Japanese did not manage to take over Tennant Creek quickly, so they retreated, and both sides seem to be strengthening their positions.



In Burma, the enemy gradually pushed me north and the last base I hold is Myitkina, where there are about 400 AV, heavy terrain and fortifications. I was afraid to send more forces to Burma, lest they remain after the invasion of India. I don’t know if the invasion is still realistic in September 1942, but I’m still missing a large number of divisions. With the forces the enemy has paid off from Manchuria, it may be 15 divisions. Intelligence reported to me mostly transfers to Darwin or Rangoon. I’ll give it another month and then eventually push in more directions. Above all, air battles are taking place over Burma. My two squadrons of P-38s sweep Japanese fighters and bombers attack Lashio, Magwe. I also try to annoy Rangoon at night.



Several landings were attempted in the Pacific. The Japanese attempted to capture Noumea and Lugaville, but evacuated after finding that ground forces were insufficient. On the contrary, the Allies are building a base on Ndeni. The same situation was with Palmyra - Christmas Island. Even here, the Japanese did not have enough forces, so they were content with occupying Palmyra. They were driven out of there a few days ago by my first real invasion. I have no losses as the Japanese crew was completely decimated after a month of bombing by B-17s and shelling from the sea.

The third Japanese activity in the Pacific was the landings on the Aleuts. No infrastructure was built on the islands to be occupied by an Allied garrison. The operation began very ambitiously with landings at Amchitka and Adak, and other ships headed for Umnak and Dutch Harbor. As elsewhere, the Japanese found themselves short on strength and diverted everything to Atta and Amchitka. An almost two-month-long battle then broke out over Amchitka, when the enemy called KB. I had already decided to give up the fight, but eventually the Japanese evacuated. He thus holds only Atta. I have no plans in the north, so I’ll leave it at that. I am limited to importing supplies and my S boats operate in the area.



Unfortunately, of course, I also have losses. The battleship North Carolina, the aircraft carrier Wasp and many cargo ships were sunk. The enemy has written off several tankers and many ships are badly damaged, including two battleships and one aircraft carrier.

And finally China. We will not lie to ourselves. The Japanese Air Force is completely dominant. The remains of the three Chinese fighter squadrons are in Chengtu and Chunking. Everything else he trains and completes in India. The stock isn’t good, but I’m not starving yet. After heavy fighting, the enemy managed to capture Changsha by direct attack. We ran out of supplies. I was therefore compelled to retreat both with the forces around Changsha and those at Ichang to a new line. This is an important junction in the hills and so far I manage to fend off attempts to bypass it. The next fight is for Kweyiang, which I will not leave under any circumstances, because then there is only the plain and Chungking. From the west and south, the Japanese are also pushing into Kunming and Paoshan, but they will have a very difficult time in the mountains.

The situation on the approaches to Sian has been unchanged for half a year. The Japanese attack and bomb and I stand and hold. To the northeast of Sian, it was possible to completely surround the Japanese units of about 1000 AV. I hope they run out of supplies eventually. I have neither the strength nor the supplies to attack.



Overall, I can say that I am satisfied with the defense so far. Losses are also pleasant and I still keep a very good ratio in planes. The funniest thing is that the best allied fighter is the Chinese MAJ Shikai with 22 kills.



I regret the loss of CV Wasp, but it was my fault. I got caught by KB even though I didn’t have to sail south to PH from the Aleutians, but could easily retreat to the West Coast. BB North Carolina was sacrificed as she refueled the destroyers and her Ops were exhausted and would delay the TF with two more CVs. I didn’t want to lose you. A difficult decision.



Since I have no experience, I have to solve a few things.
Can the enemy still attack India or Australia?
Should I embark on a careful acquisition of territory in the Pacific?
I don’t want to fight KB yet. I only have 5 CVs and two CVEs.

During September I’ll let it go through my head or get some advice

[BBfanboy]

Yes, 12-15 Divisions with enough shipping and cover from KB means Japan could invade India or Australia - or the West Coast of North America to destroy industry! Garrison your industrial centers well with permanently restricted troops.

Until you hurt the IJN and the IJ LBA badly, pushing too fast in the central Pacific will suck in your carriers and possibly lead to a battle that goes badly for you. You should plan to push forward using LBA support. That means bombing the heck out of his airfields in the area of your next invasion before going in under LBA cover. Capture the forward base and start building it big for the next forward movement under LBA cover. Construction Engineers are the secret Allied advantage here.

In India and Australia keep a mobile reserve on the rail lines that can rush to any new invasion. Also have ships to evacuate Ceylon if he is spotted bringing amphibs that direction. Heavily garrison Bombay and Karachi.

Your carriers should now have F4F-4 fighters and Avenger TBs. All you need is some good pilot experience and skill levels. If he has places like Attu and Palmera that are dangling out of range of his air support, set up picket lines to detect KB and then bring your carriers for some training.

[godefroycz]

September 7 - 9

The Japanese repeatedly send Zero and Betty over Lugaville. I bring in 75 P-40Es and 14 Zeros are shot down in dogfights with 10 own losses. I have accumulated over 250 Warhawks in the pool, so I plan to use them. In the following days, the Japanese did not fly again.

The Japanese sail to Chittagong and bombard it. since I detected them in time and withdrew the planes, there are no losses. I see another TF approaching and the number of aircraft in Rangoon is increasing.

Japanese submarines sank AP off Karachi and TK off Sydney. Conversely, the SS Albacore sank the PB near Kwajalein. I'm trying to attack shipping off Sakhalin, but either everything is a miss or the torpedoes are faulty. It's frustrating.

[godefroycz]

September 10 - 13

There are no fights for the first two days. Only massive raids in China. Since the 13th, on the other hand, there have been no raids until it is suspicious. Rest? Moving to a new front? I don't know.

On September 12, the Japanese arrive in Calcutta and a naval battle takes place. British ships have just arrived and are unexpectedly attacked. The loss ratio is not favorable, but I was pleased with the heavy cruiser sunk.

Night Time Surface Combat, near Calcutta at 52,37, Range 1,000 Yards

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Walrus II: 1 destroyed

Japanese Ships
CA Ashigara, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
DD Murakumo
DD Asagiri
APD Fuji
APD Hagi
APD Tsuta
APD Yomogi
TB Kasasagi, Shell hits 2, heavy fires
TB Hiyodori
TB Hayabusa
TB Kari, Shell hits 1

Allied Ships
CL Enterprise, Shell hits 17, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
CL Danae, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
CL Durban, Shell hits 19, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk
CL Dauntless, Shell hits 6, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
DD Hotspur, Shell hits 13, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Inconstant, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
DD Napier

I-165 sunk near Brisbane

The USS Plunger had just arrived off the coast of Japan and immediately successfully torpedoed a Japanese tanker.

Submarine attack near Kobe at 107,61

Japanese Ships
TK Tatibana Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires

Allied Ships
SS Plunger

It appears that the encircled Japanese are running low on supplies..

Ground combat at 84,40 (near Sian)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 17940 troops, 246 guns, 108 vehicles, Assault Value = 355

Defending force 40146 troops, 116 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1030

Japanese adjusted assault: 35

Allied adjusted defense: 233

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 6

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

Japanese ground losses:
1971 casualties reported
Squads: 38 destroyed, 139 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 19 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 22 disabled

Allied ground losses:
618 casualties reported
Squads: 11 destroyed, 72 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)

Assaulting units:
15th Ind.Mixed Brigade
6th Ind.Mixed Brigade
7th Ind.Mixed Brigade
9th Ind.Mixed Brigade
Botanko Hvy Gun Regiment
1st Army
5th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
20th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
7th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
56th Field AA Battalion
56th JAAF AF Bn

Defending units:
9th Chinese Corps
4th Chinese Cavalry Corps
90th Chinese Corps
27th Chinese Corps
91st Chinese Corps
93rd Chinese Corps
7th Chinese/A Corps
15th Group Army
21st Group Army

[godefroycz]

September 14 - 18

After a few days of rest, Japanese bombers arrive again and attack the hex with surrounded Japanese troops. Apparently they want to prevent me from attacking. Unfortunately, it's flat terrain and I lose 500-1000 men every day. I don't know what I could do about it, but I don't want to leave the hex to the opponent. I'll try to call in some fighters from India, but I'm low on supplies.

The Japanese shell Chittagong again. I spotted the TF in time, but the bombers from the ground bases are unsuccessful. I'm trying to challenge TF when returning from CV Illustrious, but I'm running into trouble myself. Betty bombers arrive and the aircraft carrier is hit by a torpedo. It's not serious, but I better pull back quickly. I shot down 20 attacking planes.

After the conquest of Palmyra, I concentrate on Canton Island. It is bombed daily by B-17's and I have allocated two TFs to take turns shelling.
Submarines are also active. I sank one cargo ship off Canton Island and the first submarines patrolling off Japan claimed 3 cargo ships. The Japanese moves here without an escort, so I have to take advantage of that.