Fighting the imperialism - the war against Tom Hunter

[Blackwatch_it]

I'm beginning to reduce the effectivness of Java LBAs at last. Also the subs NW of Luzon are less dangerous, but Tom based some Hudsons and B25s in Clark and this is a problem for my transports.

New KB attack against Noumea
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 53
D3A Val x 102
B5N Kate x 89

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A Val: 2 destroyed, 13 damaged
B5N Kate: 4 destroyed, 20 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 5 destroyed
B-26B Marauder: 5 destroyed
B-18A Bolo: 1 destroyed
F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
Hudson I: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
AK Ohioan, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AK Elcano, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
TK H. M. Storey, Torpedo hits 1
AP U.S. Grant, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AS Fulton, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
MSW Tanager, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DM Preble, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Wollongong, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Magallanes, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AO Neches, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
PG Yarra, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Siaoe, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Arkansan, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Luzon, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP President Madison, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Lismore, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Finch, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
TK Admiral Chase, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AO Cuyama, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Allied ground losses:
222 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 2

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 56
Port hits 11
Port fuel hits 2
Port supply hits 1

and more useless attempts to hit the CVs

apanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 50

Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 14
Hudson I x 2
P-40B Tomahawk x 7
P-40E Warhawk x 4
B-26B Marauder x 9
B-17E Fortress x 10

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-3 Wildcat: 12 destroyed
Hudson I: 1 damaged
P-40B Tomahawk: 5 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 4 destroyed
B-26B Marauder: 1 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 3 damaged

Japanese Ships
CV Shokaku

In China Tom captured Kaifeng. I will deal with China in one of the next posts.

[Blackwatch_it]

One more attack against Noumea.

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 11
E7K2 Alf x 11

Japanese aircraft losses
E7K2 Alf: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged

Allied Ships
AK Arkansan, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage
AK Siaoe, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DM Preble, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP U.S. Grant, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AO Kanawha, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage
AK Elcano, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage
TK H. M. Storey, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage

Port hits 1
Port supply hits 1

I tried a deliberate attack at Kragen with a bad result

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 31047 troops, 210 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 13841 troops, 169 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
1419 casualties reported
Guns lost 28

Allied ground losses:
80 casualties reported
Guns lost 8

[Blackwatch_it]

Last attack against Noumea

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 11
E13A1 Jake x 12
E7K2 Alf x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
E13A1 Jake: 6 damaged
E7K2 Alf: 2 damaged

Allied Ships
AO Neches, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage
AK Siaoe, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage
AP President Madison, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage
AK Surigao, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AO Kanawha, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage
AP U.S. Grant, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage
TK H. M. Storey, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Anakan, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Port hits 1
Port supply hits 1

but Tom's CVs shows up near Kwajalein

Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 8
SBD Dauntless x 14
TBD Devastator x 11

Allied aircraft losses
SBD Dauntless: 2 damaged
TBD Devastator: 1 destroyed

Japanese Ships
ML Tsugaru
DD Asanagi, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
ML Okinoshima, Bomb hits 1, on fire
ML Tokiwa, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

SBD Dauntless x 67
TBD Devastator x 12

Allied aircraft losses
SBD Dauntless: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
AK Canton Maru, Bomb hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
AK Usa Maru, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
DD Yayoi, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Mochizuki, Bomb hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
AK Tenposan Maru, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage

I have two Nell and one Zero squadrons, but they are set to training.[:(]

[:(]Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 13
SBD Dauntless x 62
TBD Devastator x 10


Allied aircraft losses
SBD Dauntless: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
ML Tsugaru, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
ML Tokiwa, on fire, heavy damage
ML Okinoshima, Shell hits 4, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
DD Yunagi, Bomb hits 7, on fire, heavy damage
DD Asanagi, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Taung Gyi captured. Tom sends troops and captures again San Marcelino.

[AdmNelson]

I have two Nell and one Zero squadrons, but they are set to training.

Probably not any more. Thanks for sharing this information. It is always a reminder that the rear lines are sometimes the front lines.

[Blackwatch_it]

ORIGINAL: AdmNelson

I have two Nell and one Zero squadrons, but they are set to training.

Probably not any more. Thanks for sharing this information. It is always a reminder that the rear lines are sometimes the front lines.

Sure they are no more in training, but there is something interesting in the following report.

[sven6345789]

one question; how do you transfer combat reports into the AAR?

[Blackwatch_it]

ORIGINAL: sven6345789

one question; how do you transfer combat reports into the AAR?

I open the report and just copy and past the part that I wantin the AAR

[CapAndGown]

ORIGINAL: sven6345789

one question; how do you transfer combat reports into the AAR?

The combat reports are in a file under the save directory named combatreport.txt

[Blackwatch_it]

Tom planes are attacking Kwajalein, Maloelap and Jaluit, more ships hit. My planes are no more set to training, but don't show.....
Mandalay seems defended, maybe Tom is going to fight here?
Troops landing at Gasmata
More attacks on feb 6 against Jaluit and TFs in the area. My planes at last agreed to attack the CVs, but with no escort at all

Japanese aircraft
D3A Val x 8
G3M Nell x 32
E13A1 Jake x 5
E7K2 Alf x 4

Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 35
F4F-4 Wildcat x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A Val: 8 destroyed
G3M Nell: 23 destroyed
E13A1 Jake: 4 destroyed
E7K2 Alf: 3 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
CV Yorktown
CA New Orleans
CA Chicago

Medan captured. Batavia captured, no opposition.

[Blackwatch_it]

Troops unloading at Kuala.
Gasmata captured on Feb 8.
Very unlucky attack at Clark on Feb 9

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 122179 troops, 1413 guns, 137 vehicles

Defending force 77737 troops, 825 guns, 270 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 6)


Japanese ground losses:
2559 casualties reported
Guns lost 67
Vehicles lost 9

Allied ground losses:
155 casualties reported
Guns lost 6

Bandoeng captured.
Kuala captured on Feb 10

Troops landing at Benkolen on Feb 11
Benkolen captured on Feb 12
Menado captured on Feb 13

I'm slowly reducing the air attacks problem in Java area, but Tom moved some bombers to Luzon bases and these are a real danger for my convoys to home islands.

[Blackwatch_it]

I took control of san Marcelino again and 12 B25 were destroyed.
First attack against Mandalay defences.
Tjilitjap is resisting.

Air attack against Kongo TF near Kragen. Suzuya damaged, Kongo hit by torpedo, but still ready for action.
Tom evacuated Mandalay that was captured on Feb 16.
Tjilitjap forts reduced to 0.

[Blackwatch_it]

Fuso and DD Yugumo hit mines at Sabang while escorting a convoy unloading troops.
A British CV TF attacks the ships near Sabang, baby KB leaves Singapore to intercept. Torpedo hits Yamashiro.

Damaged Suzuya hit by Beufort torpedo and sunk on its way to Singapore.

[Blackwatch_it]

A TF with Hiei and Kirishima sunk two AKs and one AVD near Thursday Island.
Sabang captured, baby KB moving to this area.

Padang captured, Sumatra is secure.
The British CVs left Sabang area and baby KB is moving back to Singapore.

[Blackwatch_it]

The situation in China is confused, as always happens in my games as Japanese. When I play Allied I'm usually wiped out and it makes the situation very plain.
Tom is controlling Chansha and captured Kaifeng and Chengting. He has big armies in these bases and at the crossroar NW of Kaifeng.
I don't want to loose my troops in a bloody China campaign so, I'm trying a different strategy.
I'm moving small units, mostly Mongolian cavalry and NFSL to cut his supply lines. The units are circled on the map below. So far it seems working and Tom is no more on the offensive.If I succed in this strategy over 300000 chinese troops will be out of supply and possibly unable to retreat.

[Blackwatch_it]

-2Bombardment of Thursday Is. I don't believe that Tom has much there.

After some days of combat I finally destroyed an insulated Chinese unit NW of Shanghai

In Tjilitjap I'm still getting a bad ratio, but it seems that the situation could change.

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 49625 troops, 483 guns, 5 vehicles

Defending force 9317 troops, 104 guns, 8 vehicles

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


Japanese ground losses:
100 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Allied ground losses:
318 casualties reported
Guns lost 21
Vehicles lost 1

Lashio captured.

[Blackwatch_it]

Feb 21
Tjilitjap captured. Most Alied troops evacuated the base before the combat.

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 54704 troops, 480 guns, 5 vehicles

Defending force 631 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 877 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Tjilitjap base !!!

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
Catalina I: 3 destroyed

Allied ground losses:
1096 casualties reported

Enemy transport TFs sighted in both Lautern amd Koepang, surface TFs sent to attack.

Feb22
Heavy air attack against Rangoon with no CAP showing. I will set the CAP at 20000 feet.

Failed Allied attack in China at the crossroad NW of Kaifeng

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 219146 troops, 1512 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 145030 troops, 1597 guns, 165 vehicles

Allied assault odds: 1 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
1019 casualties reported
Guns lost 66
Vehicles lost 2

Allied ground losses:
8203 casualties reported
Guns lost 214

Feb 23
Myitkyina looks strongly defendedom wants to keep the Burma road open.

Feb 24
AVD in suicide mission at Wewak
Japanese Ships
CA Kinugasa
CA Kako
CL Abukuma
CL Kuma
DD Kagero
DD Hamakaze
DD Michishio
DD Arashio
DD Kasumi
DD Nagatsuki
DD Yuzuki
DD Asakaze
DD Matsukaze
DD Hatakaze

Allied Ships
AVD William B. Preston, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk

My CAP over Rangoon is doing better.
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 19

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 30
LB-30 Liberator x 32

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 3 destroyed
Ki-21 Sally: 3 destroyed
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 3 destroyed, 8 damaged
LB-30 Liberator: 2 destroyed, 7 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
134 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 16

Davao, Thursday Is and Clark airbases look closed now.
Unsuccesfull attack at Djokjakarta
Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 29498 troops, 291 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 16823 troops, 136 guns, 13 vehicles

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2

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

Japanese ground losses:
644 casualties reported
Guns lost 21

Allied ground losses:
234 casualties reported
Guns lost 15
Vehicles lost 1

[Blackwatch_it]

I've been controlling the production of A6M2 and Oscar for some turns and I believe that something is going wrong.

Here is the situation

A6M2
pool used production
34 363 284
35 363 285
35 365 286
32 369 287
32 373 288
32 373 289
33 374 290

Oscar
19 371 207
21 371 208
13 384 210
13 386 211
19 386 212
21 386 213
23 387 213

Even if I'm low with engines production (661 produced, 853 needed) I think that I should receive more planes production.
No CV sunk so far, so it's not the sunk CVs bug returning.

Anyone experiencing similar problems?

[CapAndGown]

ORIGINAL: Blackwatch_it

I've been controlling the production of A6M2 and Oscar for some turns and I believe that something is going wrong.

Here is the situation

A6M2
pool used production
34 363 284
35 363 285 1 produced, no draw
35 365 286 2 produced, draw of 2
32 369 287 3 produced, draw of 4
32 373 288 4 produced, draw of 4
32 373 289 0 produced, no draw
33 374 290 2 produced, draw of 1

Oscar
19 371 207
21 371 208 2 produced, no draw
13 384 210 8 produced, draw of 13
13 386 211 2 produced, draw of 2
19 386 212 6 produced, no draw
21 386 213 2 produced, no draw
23 387 213 3 produced, draw of 1

Even if I'm low with engines production (661 produced, 853 needed) I think that I should receive more planes production.
No CV sunk so far, so it's not the sunk CVs bug returning.

Anyone experiencing similar problems?

Not sure I see a problem yet. Depends one whether you can be sure that none of your sqdrns is set to accept replacements.

[Blackwatch_it]

ORIGINAL: cap_and_gown

ORIGINAL: Blackwatch_it

I've been controlling the production of A6M2 and Oscar for some turns and I believe that something is going wrong.

Here is the situation

A6M2
pool used production
34 363 284
35 363 285 1 produced, no draw
35 365 286 2 produced, draw of 2
32 369 287 3 produced, draw of 4
32 373 288 4 produced, draw of 4
32 373 289 0 produced, no draw
33 374 290 2 produced, draw of 1

Oscar
19 371 207
21 371 208 2 produced, no draw
13 384 210 8 produced, draw of 13
13 386 211 2 produced, draw of 2
19 386 212 6 produced, no draw
21 386 213 2 produced, no draw
23 387 213 3 produced, draw of 1

Even if I'm low with engines production (661 produced, 853 needed) I think that I should receive more planes production.
No CV sunk so far, so it's not the sunk CVs bug returning.

Anyone experiencing similar problems?

Not sure I see a problem yet. Depends one whether you can be sure that none of your sqdrns is set to accept replacements.

Even if They are set to accept replacements I still should see them as used

[CapAndGown]

ORIGINAL: Blackwatch_it

ORIGINAL: cap_and_gown

ORIGINAL: Blackwatch_it
A6M2
pool used production
34 363 284
35 363 285 1 produced, no draw
35 365 286 2 produced, draw of 2
32 369 287 3 produced, draw of 4
32 373 288 4 produced, draw of 4
32 373 289 0 produced, no draw
33 374 290 2 produced, draw of 1

Oscar
19 371 207
21 371 208 2 produced, no draw
13 384 210 8 produced, draw of 13
13 386 211 2 produced, draw of 2
19 386 212 6 produced, no draw
21 386 213 2 produced, no draw
23 387 213 3 produced, draw of 1

Not sure I see a problem yet. Depends one whether you can be sure that none of your sqdrns is set to accept replacements.

Even if They are set to accept replacements I still should see them as used

I count 11 Zeros used, 12 produced; 16 Oscars used, 23 produced.