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The conquest of malaya is ongoing with the KB and a large transport group planning on cutting off 13 units of troops from Singapore next turn.

The road graphics are not accurate on this map and have created some issues along the west side of the peninsula.
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The SRA is also under assault with Palembang under Japanese control.
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Singapore January 1, 1942

The race for Singapore continues. Just landed a division plus 2 regiments at Malacca in an attempt to cut off 13 units from retreating to Singapore.

The map misrepresents the road network in this area. When I tried to move armored units from Ipoh to Batang Padang it was moving them 2 points per turn. I then thought maybe the road was just 1 hex over and when I tried to move Southeast to Temloh I was getting 4 movment points per turn.

Had to land paratroops into Batang Padang and then strat move worked into the hex.

There are 9 allied units at Kuala Lumpur and 4 units up in Temloh. Plan is to attack the 1 unit at Malacca and clear the hex and then move south to create a barrier. He will have to move out of the dense jungle or risk being completely isolated.
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Singapore - Jan 14, 1942

I have managed to eliminate all resistance outside of one unit that retreated from Kuantan in Malaya and isolated Singapore. It will take about 8 days for the troops to gather across the river from the city.

Will have 4 divisions assembled at that time plus other troops. Given the forces that I have already defeated in Malaya I am hoping this is a shorter fight and not a prolonged siege. Time will tell as always.
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Manila has fallen and troops are massing at Clark Field. May want to bomb and bombard these guys for a while before attack. Mindano has fallen with only 1 unit left stuck in the jungle.
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In the SRA, Ambon has fallen, the celebes and Borneo are mostly captured.
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Rabaul,

I got careless trying to invade Rabaul and an allied TF consisting of 2 light cruisers and a heavy cruiser slipped between my STF and my amphib force and deleted about 1/2 of the 33rd division. He lost both light cruisers and a bomb took out one of the 8" guns on the heavy cruiser but she got away.

Landed the remains of the 33rd division on Kavieng and there is a construction unit and engineer with AV at the base as well so I will build up the base while healing the 33rd division and follow up later on this area.
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I managed to take the island of Bangka and Billiton with troops from the Singkawang invasion. However, I withdrew the escorting KB too soon and he had plenty of bombers at Palembang so I lost a handful of transport ships.

The plan is to do a lighting strike up the strait of malacca with a number of units and take the northern half of Sumatra within the next 2 weeks. KB can escort to provide air cover in case of any surprises.

I dont want to invade Palembang until I have the north part of Java under control to prevent any possible bombing.

Need to see what happens with Singapore in about 2 weeks to determine future plan.
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Mike McCreery wrote: Mon Jul 07, 2025 1:48 pm I managed to take the island of Bangka and Billiton with troops from the Singkawang invasion. However, I withdrew the escorting KB too soon and he had plenty of bombers at Palembang so I lost a handful of transport ships.

The plan is to do a lighting strike up the strait of malacca with a number of units and take the northern half of Sumatra within the next 2 weeks. KB can escort to provide air cover in case of any surprises.

I dont want to invade Palembang until I have the north part of Java under control to prevent any possible bombing.

Need to see what happens with Singapore in about 2 weeks to determine future plan.

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You could land on Java now to keep his air units busy there.

I would concentrate on the airfields on the northern part of Sumatra first.

That unit in the jungle on the Malay peninsula could be parachuted on. Then the paratroopers could be evacuated by sea or by float plane.
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I will have 2-3 IR freed up and some other units so the plan is to take Bengkalis, and then Medan for sure, possibly the base to the south as those 2 are the only bases above level 1 on the north side. Hoping to be able to take all 5 bases in a short period of time. That gives the Singapore groups the ability to marshall and prepare for invasion. It also nets me a lot of oil which I want to start getting going fast. I know I am well ahead of schedule but the clock is ticking.
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Mike McCreery wrote: Mon Jul 07, 2025 4:07 pm I will have 2-3 IR freed up and some other units so the plan is to take Bengkalis, and then Medan for sure, possibly the base to the south as those 2 are the only bases above level 1 on the north side. Hoping to be able to take all 5 bases in a short period of time. That gives the Singapore groups the ability to marshall and prepare for invasion. It also nets me a lot of oil which I want to start getting going fast. I know I am well ahead of schedule but the clock is ticking.
Do you mean that the clock is ticking like hers?

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RangerJoe wrote: Mon Jul 07, 2025 4:50 pm
Mike McCreery wrote: Mon Jul 07, 2025 4:07 pm I will have 2-3 IR freed up and some other units so the plan is to take Bengkalis, and then Medan for sure, possibly the base to the south as those 2 are the only bases above level 1 on the north side. Hoping to be able to take all 5 bases in a short period of time. That gives the Singapore groups the ability to marshall and prepare for invasion. It also nets me a lot of oil which I want to start getting going fast. I know I am well ahead of schedule but the clock is ticking.
Do you mean that the clock is ticking like hers?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dh0210A-VZo
Nobody will be more surprised than me if a baby is the result :P
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Mike McCreery wrote: Mon Jul 07, 2025 6:37 pm
RangerJoe wrote: Mon Jul 07, 2025 4:50 pm
Mike McCreery wrote: Mon Jul 07, 2025 4:07 pm I will have 2-3 IR freed up and some other units so the plan is to take Bengkalis, and then Medan for sure, possibly the base to the south as those 2 are the only bases above level 1 on the north side. Hoping to be able to take all 5 bases in a short period of time. That gives the Singapore groups the ability to marshall and prepare for invasion. It also nets me a lot of oil which I want to start getting going fast. I know I am well ahead of schedule but the clock is ticking.
Do you mean that the clock is ticking like hers?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dh0210A-VZo
Nobody will be more surprised than me if a baby is the result :P
I guess that is a good thing! :lol:
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So, the plan was for me to surround and bombard/bomb the 24 unit stack in Chengchow but first I had to take the city to prevent any further supply from the factories in the base. Well, I overestimated the Chinese forces and during the initial attack all 24 units evaporated. Oops...

5 armor units sprinted west along the dirt trail south of Sian, there are unknown forces in the hex and we are going to find out just what they are with a direct attack this turn. If I win then I can send an armor unit south to prevent withdraw into the hex/rough terrain north of Nanyang.

We have stacking limits on and I am trying to prevent going grossly over the limits per hex so some units are waiting while the stack limit is heading for Nanyang. The rest will proceed west/southwest to capture Changsha and the cities to the west in the open plains.

Wenchow will be contested by amphibious assault within a day or two to stop resource production and eventually supply from this base.
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Mike McCreery wrote: Wed Jul 09, 2025 8:29 pm So, the plan was for me to surround and bombard/bomb the 24 unit stack in Chengchow but first I had to take the city to prevent any further supply from the factories in the base. Well, I overestimated the Chinese forces and during the initial attack all 24 units evaporated. Oops...
Sssshhh . . . . iiitttt happens!

5 armor units sprinted west along the dirt trail south of Sian, there are unknown forces in the hex and we are going to find out just what they are with a direct attack this turn. If I win then I can send an armor unit south to prevent withdraw into the hex/rough terrain north of Nanyang.
When you are attacking units that will cross a water hexside in their retreat (to Sian, Singapore . . . ) if you have your armoured units on Reserve (Pursuit) then they might follow the enemy into the next hex without forcing a shock attack. If you have a larger/stronger division following as well, they might make it there the next turn to greet the enemy in any counterattack.

We have stacking limits on and I am trying to prevent going grossly over the limits per hex so some units are waiting while the stack limit is heading for Nanyang. The rest will proceed west/southwest to capture Changsha and the cities to the west in the open plains.
If you can capture the other cities around Changsha first, then Changsha is easier. Don't forget to add additional units heading for Nanyang so you can have the "attack" stack stay together while the additional units can guard the supply lines.

Wenchow will be contested by amphibious assault within a day or two to stop resource production and eventually supply from this base.
If you use fast transport TFs to land additional forces/supplies, your ships will bombard the enemy and the enemy forces will automatically conduct a bombardment attack :evil: on your units. Thus your forces can be resupplied and the enemy forces will fire their supplies. As an added plus, your ships bombardments will be only on the enemy units :twisted: and none on the infrastructure like the industry.
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Mike McCreery wrote: Tue Jun 10, 2025 3:38 pm This is the type of fight that always bothered me when I was playing the allies because on paper the allies should have the upper hand. Better gunnery and naval tactics makes a big difference.
Hi Mike,
I'm fairly sure the Aussies used the same doctrine as the RN and should be equally as good at night fighting, or at least as good as the Japanese.
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Hi Mike,
I took one look at having to manage not only airplane production, but engine production as well and gave up on the idea of playing the Japanese.

Kudos to you for giving it a go, well done!

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dpt182 wrote: Sat Jul 12, 2025 8:15 pm Hi Mike,
I took one look at having to manage not only airplane production, but engine production as well and gave up on the idea of playing the Japanese.

Kudos to you for giving it a go, well done!

David
Engine production and research is not that hard, just decide on what aircraft that you want to concentrate on. PDU on makes it easier while PDU off is harder for this. If you don't want the Tonies until the Ki-100s, then don't research the engine. The same for the Judies unless you want the Judy recon version.
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