Rob V miller . Allied game vs. Miller41

[Rob Brennan UK]

Your at it again ! .. go away .. spam your own thread [:D]

thx for the assesment nik .. ok i understand the need to punish mass allied low level attacks. fair enough. actually your idea of recucing the AA compliment in the PI is a good one imo.

Well the day stared badly with the heroic SS Trusy being consigned to the depths. she has been a great sub and will be missed .. confirmed one AO and 2 AP's and 1 MSW to her tally. so sad [8|]

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ASW attack at 26,47

Japanese Ships
PC Kyo Maru #12
DD Hatsushima
DD Nenohi

Allied Ships
SS Truant, hits 4, on fire, heavy damage

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Sub attack at 128,65

Japanese Ships
SS I-15

Allied Ships
TK Admiral Chase, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AO Cuyama
MSW Kingfisher

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Sub attack at 47,48

Allied Ships
SS S-37

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as you can see the japs caught an empty and lightly guarded convoy heading back to america. well its war i suppose and nowhere near enough escorts as i would like at this stage.

High level bombing of singapore and manilla again . and lots of damaged jap bombers . he really needs sallys for this job imo.

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Day Air attack on Singapore , at 23,50

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 14
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 9
Ki-15 Babs x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged


Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 20000 feet
5 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 20000 feet
2 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 20000 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 20000 feet
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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 13

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 1 destroyed, 10 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x G3M Nell bombing at 20000 feet
3 x G3M Nell bombing at 20000 feet

The chinses a/f is training in india (bombers) and the fighters are harassing japanese units

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Day Air attack on 12th Ind. Brigade, at 46,37


Allied aircraft
I-153c x 38
I-16c x 21


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
12 casualties reported

supply in China is as always pretty awful .. and i'd love to have a go at canton, i have the men but supply is only slowly accumulating.

This is the sneaky chappie who is trying to flank mandalay. might slow him a bit

Day Air attack on 33rd Division, at 32,30


Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 3
Hurricane II x 43
P-40B Tomahawk x 20


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
81 casualties reported
Guns lost 5


Japanese bombard jahore baru daily but totay was very ineffective .. long may this last. i am not bombarding back as it causes fatigue and i want 100% effective defensive units when he next attacks.

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Ground combat at Johore Bahru

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 82038 troops, 829 guns, 19 vehicles

Defending force 40940 troops, 293 guns, 9 vehicles



Allied ground losses:
42 casualties reported

The dutch O19 and O20 have been busy mining newly aquired japanese bases in malaya .. today saw the first tangible gain. they are based out of diamond harbour in india so its a long trip.

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/23/42


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TF 23 encounters mine field at Kuantan (24,47)

Japanese Ships
AK Oyashima Maru, Mine hits 1


The usual repeat attackes again hit singers and manilla .. not much damage .. BUT my latest AK's heading to the PI were clobbered by vals out of saigon. humm i didnt micro manage the route and they strayed too close .. one survived however and is still on course . 4 more are loading up at kendari for a southern approach . also has the benefit of taking supply from a base that is certainly soon to be captured.

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Day Air attack on TF at 33,51

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 4
D3A Val x 6

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AK Boelongan, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet
4 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 33,51

Japanese aircraft
D3A Val x 11

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AK Boelongan, Bomb hits 6, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet
4 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet
4 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet
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Both ships wont make the PI im pretty sure .. and the cargo is prety much destroyed anyway.

the dutch affinity for bombing minesweepers continues

Day Air attack on TF, near Balikpapan at 31,64


Allied aircraft
Martin 139 x 3


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
MSW Kyo Maru #5, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

all in all .. stalemated in the PI and malaya .. no jap shipping spotted in the DEI .. here has his carriers gone ? humm and next target for the imperial navy is not apparent whatsoever. im suspecting kendari. which is very weak and home to only a few torp bombers as the fleet was sunk a while back.

thats it for today. calm before the storm maybe.

as promised a piccie of china

[Rob Brennan UK]

ORIGINAL: Speedy

Rob i'm sorry for hijacking the thread but Nik needs to be told. He's a fanboy plain and simple. Watch out for him

Actually speedy i dont think he is, the modification to oscars and nates is a serious improvement for the japanese. and the cargo reduction has hurt me quite a lot actually. really slowed down my south pacific build up.

the only direct allied improvement is the range on the RAF fighters which actually makes sense and alot more use too.

[Nikademus]

Thx Rob...

Speedy ..... [:'(]

Ok back in serious mode. As is customary...recent documentation has surfaced to throw a small spanner in the works in regards the RAF warbirds. According to Shores, the Spitfire VIII's were vital in helping keep the JAAF from acheiving and maintaining air superiority during the U-Go offensives, however on the con side....the Spits had great difficulty hitting and downing the elusive and agile Oscars and thus couldn't establish air superiority on their own park (and suffered their share of losses at their hands) which made protecting their own bombers very tough.

The best 'solution' of course was to hit the JAAF at their "nesting places" in Burma. The only problem was that the Spitfire's short range basically hobbled it to being a Point defence fighter, countering it's high preformance so it couldn't do the task needed. Ironically, the Spit VIII in the stock scenario has the unaltered range. It would appear stock had a case for assigning point defense values to the Spits, or at least the Vc.

What i'll probably due in the next mod version is compromise and lower the Spit VIII range slightly so that it's less than that of the less flashy but durable Hurricane. Gives the Allied player a reason to keep them around I suppose. Not sure yet on the IX. Not far enough into Vol III yet. It may be that they'll have drop tanks. (assuming they are there at all......RAF was starting to get Thunderbolts at around the time of U-go)

[Rob Brennan UK]

OK [:@]... well far be it for me to contend such information. but the IX was used extensively in fighter sweeps over france, so im pretty sure that wasnt a point defence varient. also shouldn't the spit and hurricane have the same or very similar ranges as the battle of britain saw very little endurance diffeance between the 2 AFAIK. of course that was spit mk1 and mk2 and hurricane 1's . hurricane 2 was used medium range ish in the deserts of north africa iirc.

this isnt based on any recent data , just old memories of many past books/tv documentaries etc.

[Rob Brennan UK]

24th and 25th jan 42

Well it transpires that ken has upgraded to 1,79 beta ! in error i might add . BUT im having trouble getting the patch and waiting on his e-mail for it . i did run the turn though and its fine .. again the old sboats out of manilla are doing a damn fine job ! never ever seen them do so much before.

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Sub attack at 41,51

Japanese Ships
AP Heian Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage NO DUDS ! whats happening ?? [:)]
PC Shonan Maru #2
PC Kyo Maru #13
PC Kyo Maru #2
APD APD-2
DD Nagatsuki
DD Fumizuki
DD Minazuki

Allied Ships
SS S-41

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ASW attack at 41,52

Japanese Ships
AP Sanko Maru
PC Shonan Maru #2
PC Kyo Maru #13
PC Kyo Maru #2
APD APD-2
DD Nagatsuki
DD Fumizuki
DD Minazuki

Allied Ships
SS KXIV

looks like the yankee boat alerted the escorts who detected a dutch vessel 120 miles down the line !

He is starting to use sallys for hitting singapore .. much better option imo than nells and betties . and the results are much better for him.

Day Air attack on Singapore , at 23,50

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 11
Ki-21 Sally x 56
Ki-49 Helen x 22

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 9 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged

Allied aircraft losses

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 11

This is slowing singers fort building a bit .. rats !

Fighter training in the PI ???

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Day Air attack on San Marcelino , at 43,50

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 15
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 20

No Japanese losses

chinese fighters continue thier program of learning not to hit the ground while flying .. they are getting better !

Day Air attack on 11th Ind. Brigade, at 46,37


Allied aircraft
I-153c x 21
I-16c x 21


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
23 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

also in burma the aussies try a bit of ground attack ..

Day Air attack on 33rd Division, at 32,30


Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 5
Hurricane II x 25


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
58 casualties reported

for 5 bufalos thats a LOT of gound kills ! the hurricanes were escort

The japs also finished off 2 damaged AK's heading manilla bound . BUT one got through 2.5 k supply unloading at manilla harbour ! yippee .. a real bonus .. also have about 10k coming up from the south if luck holds.

last 'bastion' of PI troops die on some remote island [:)]

Ground combat at Roxas

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 5115 troops, 25 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 1657 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 27 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Roxas base !!!


Japanese ground losses:
31 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Allied ground losses:
3209 casualties reported

only 4 bases left now in the PI .. fingers crossed he's not getting any more soon. Clarke field might be able to puch out the single jap div thats bmbarding me .. lets try it .. supply is ok for now .. all troops set for deliberate attack .. just wish i had 1 armoured unit here. Meanwhile more japs invest manilla .. dont think its weak forts will hold if properly assaulted. so clearing clarke will allow them to retreat rather than surrender.

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Ground combat at Manila

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 43125 troops, 455 guns, 5 vehicles

Defending force 16885 troops, 149 guns, 4 vehicles



Allied ground losses:
62 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

25th dawned bright and clear unfortunately .. and more bombers hit singers .. the AA guns though did a fine job !

Day Air attack on Singapore , at 23,50

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 9
Ki-21 Sally x 52
Ki-49 Helen x 19

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 2 destroyed, 13 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Wirraway: 1 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 9

more of the usual ground attacks in china (rest tomorrow) ,.. and i will have a go at the oil in rangoon soon . no japanese fighters detected by dutch recom out of akyab.

One lasting though was .. how about i move avg/b + c 48 P40B's to china .. then to manilla/clarke as a real suprise for the unescorted jap bombers > yes supply will be impacted BUT if i can get the 10k up from the south it may be a realistic opportunity to kill some very experienced nell units. not to mention the training oscars and zeros. i will be careful to make sure they move to fields already flying cats so no flagging map icons with airfield symbols .. what do you all think ? they are getting bored in mandalay right now.

no pics yet i'll put one in when we have resolved the upgrade issue and i can run my turn.

bye

[Rob Brennan UK]

26th +27th Jan 1942

another quiet day .. however my minelaying along the malaysian coast is starting to pay off ..

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/26/42

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TF 3 encounters mine field at Khota Bharu (24,45)

Japanese Ships
AK Shinamogawa Maru, Mine hits 1, on fire
AK Hozan Maru #5, Mine hits 1, on fire

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TF 11 encounters mine field at Kuantan (24,47)

Japanese Ships
AP Yoshinogawa Maru, Mine hits 1

Japanese ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1


ooh hit a full one ! nice ..

2 us subs have been added to the patrols between malaysia and indo china. the transport capacity is now no longer needed as i think i have cadres from all the troops in malaysia .. in bombay fyi . May be considered a bit gamey but these units would have been re constituted anyway. I havnt moved a thing from the PI yet as that is gamey .. untill march imo ..


again bombers hit singapore .. got supply hits too ..

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Day Air attack on Singapore , at 23,50

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 27
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 9
Ki-21 Sally x 36
Ki-48 Lily x 40
Ki-15 Babs x 2

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 2 damaged
Ki-21 Sally: 5 damaged
Ki-48 Lily: 7 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Catalina I: 1 destroyed

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 7

and another nell dies over manilla

Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged


ah .. moved 24 warhawks back to the PI AVG/B .. may spring a suprise turn after tomorrow .. the troops in clarke are definately attacking today ( i chickened out yesterday) as manilla is teetering badly .. the 2.5k supply made all the differance ..

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Ground combat at Manila

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 52961 troops, 474 guns, 141 vehicles

Defending force 16846 troops, 145 guns, 4 vehicles

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0


Japanese ground losses:
2280 casualties reported
Guns lost 49
Vehicles lost 4

Allied ground losses:
278 casualties reported
Guns lost 8
Vehicles lost 1

following day !

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Ground combat at Manila

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 50239 troops, 423 guns, 138 vehicles

Defending force 16574 troops, 135 guns, 3 vehicles

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


Japanese ground losses:
1089 casualties reported
Guns lost 27
Vehicles lost 1

Allied ground losses:
320 casualties reported
Guns lost 11
Vehicles lost 2

HELD .. thank you god of timely supply ships .. i'll call him neptune from now on .. [:D]
[:D][:D][:D]


the regular round of bombards etc .. clock is ticking mind .. where next for the japanese juggernaut .

[Nikademus]

ORIGINAL: Rob Brennan UK

OK [:@]... well far be it for me to contend such information. but the IX was used extensively in fighter sweeps over france, so im pretty sure that wasnt a point defence varient. also shouldn't the spit and hurricane have the same or very similar ranges as the battle of britain saw very little endurance diffeance between the 2 AFAIK. this isnt based on any recent data , just old memories of many past books/tv documentaries etc

Dont sweat it about your memory. Even the data in front of one doesn't always help. I can understand better now why JC and company had so many discussions regarding UK fighter ranges for BTR. One of those cases where static data collides with real life situations. Part of the reason for the disperity may be due to how the Spits are being used. "Point defense Fighter" was probably a poor choice of words on my part too. It wasn't that the Spit couldn't stray far from their airfields, but apparantly the VIII's and Vc's didn't have the operational range to hit the JAAF airfields in central and Northeastern Burma. What i'll probably do is just reduce the Spit's a hex in range to limit their escort abilities a tad bit more vs. the Hurricanes. They'll actually still be able to reach Mandalay from Imphal at extended range.

[Rob Brennan UK]

ORIGINAL: Nikademus

ORIGINAL: Rob Brennan UK

OK [:@]... well far be it for me to contend such information. but the IX was used extensively in fighter sweeps over france, so im pretty sure that wasnt a point defence varient. also shouldn't the spit and hurricane have the same or very similar ranges as the battle of britain saw very little endurance diffeance between the 2 AFAIK. this isnt based on any recent data , just old memories of many past books/tv documentaries etc

Dont sweat it about your memory. Even the data in front of one doesn't always help. I can understand better now why JC and company had so many discussions regarding UK fighter ranges for BTR. One of those cases where static data collides with real life situations. Part of the reason for the disperity may be due to how the Spits are being used. "Point defense Fighter" was probably a poor choice of words on my part too. It wasn't that the Spit couldn't stray far from their airfields, but apparantly the VIII's and Vc's didn't have the operational range to hit the JAAF airfields in central and Northeastern Burma. What i'll probably do is just reduce the Spit's a hex in range to limit their escort abilities a tad bit more vs. the Hurricanes. They'll actually still be able to reach Mandalay from Imphal at extended range.

Dont sweat it about your memory. Even the data in front of one doesn't always help. I can understand better now why JC and company had so many discussions regarding UK fighter ranges for BTR. One of those cases where static data collides with real life situations. Part of the reason for the disperity may be due to how the Spits are being used. "Point defense Fighter" was probably a poor choice of words on my part too. It wasn't that the Spit couldn't stray far from their airfields, but apparantly the VIII's and Vc's didn't have the operational range to hit the JAAF airfields in central and Northeastern Burma. What i'll probably do is just reduce the Spit's a hex in range to limit their escort abilities a tad bit more vs. the Hurricanes. They'll actually still be able to reach Mandalay from Imphal at extended range.

That makes sense .. from a game perspective anyway. As no-one seems to read this bar about 4 people, it may be worth staring a discussion on the main forums .. sit back and wait for the flames !

[Nikademus]

lol....as long as it doesn't involve comparing a US object with a Japanese object....the flames should be minimual.

The former comparison always brings out the Trolls. [8|]

[Speedysteve]

It wouldn't surprise me if any Allied vs Axis comparisons bring out trolls [8|]

[aztez]

I

makes sense .. from a game perspective anyway. As no-one seems to read this bar about 4 people, it may be worth staring a discussion on the main forums .. sit back and wait for the flames !

I'am reading this one as always [:D] ...Hopefully you have more troops moving to Manila? ...I don't like 16 000 vs 50 000 odds at the moment [&:]

[Rob Brennan UK]

I cant ! .. clarke is a contested hex. thats why i need to clear clarke to either re-inforce or evac manilla ! .. timing is everything . next turn i hope he rests and i can boot him out of clarke . in hindsight i moved too much into san marcelano. oh well its more interesting than all in one hex strategy

[Rob Brennan UK]

ORIGINAL: Speedy

It wouldn't surprise me if any Allied vs Axis comparisons bring out trolls [8|]

there must be a lot of inhabited bridges by some of this community [:D][:D]

[aztez]

ORIGINAL: Rob Brennan UK

I cant ! .. clarke is a contested hex. thats why i need to clear clarke to either re-inforce or evac manilla ! .. timing is everything . next turn i hope he rests and i can boot him out of clarke . in hindsight i moved too much into san marcelano. oh well its more interesting than all in one hex strategy

Ouch... I would estimate that Manila would be the best hex to hold the final line of defense... City hex and all [:)] ... He propably can conquer PHI a little bit too fast if he can capture Manila... Let's just hope that you can stop Japanese Juggernauth [:-][:D]

[tiger111]

Hi Rob
Whats Spooks`s web address?Can`t find it on the forums.Also can I get Niks Mod there? if not where?
Thanks
J

[Nikademus]

Spooky's site is at http://mathubert.free.fr/

alternatively you can get it by emailing me at lansoar@hotmail.com

Version 4.5 (maybe 5.0) will be debuted soon. (been mainly waiting for the new patch to become official but also working on a few things too)

Will feature more changes and adjustments as well as some OOB corrections and tweaks.

Will also be debuting a new 42A version of the mod for those rather tired of starting at Go without collecting $200.00

[KDonovan]

actually there's lots of debate on whether defending Manila is better than Clark/Bataan defense. Clark has the advantage of 1) falling back to Bataan when your beaten, 2) having a level 8 airfeild whereby to sneak in B17 groups to interdict shipping every once in a while, 3) being in C47 range of the chinese bases so you can fly in supplies. While Manila has the advantage of 1) being a city hex, and 2) worth all those victory points, thereby less likely the end up as a bomber training hex for the japanese

[Rob Brennan UK]

ORIGINAL: KDonovan

actually there's lots of debate on whether defending Manila is better than Clark/Bataan defense. Clark has the advantage of 1) falling back to Bataan when your beaten, 2) having a level 8 airfeild whereby to sneak in B17 groups to interdict shipping every once in a while, 3) being in C47 range of the chinese bases so you can fly in supplies. While Manila has the advantage of 1) being a city hex, and 2) worth all those victory points, thereby less likely the end up as a bomber training hex for the japanese

Thnaks for the support guys .. yes KD .. im planning on a bataan defence for just those reasons (it is mountain hex too) as in all other games (i,e 2 ) i defended manilla. Frankly jap bombing is a lot less effective with the mod so training isn't an issue really. Thanks for reading me too ! the list grows [:)] [:)]


Anyway 28th +29th Jan 1952 Edit .. air war over korea intensifies or i made a typo [:D]


Well the Japanese have been evicted from Clarke field ! HUZZAH .. and at 6-1 too . cama as a nice suprise.

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Ground combat at Clark Field

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 27043 troops, 306 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 25029 troops, 196 guns, 7 vehicles

Allied assault odds: 6 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
767 casualties reported
Guns lost 18

Allied ground losses:
291 casualties reported
Guns lost 17


Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Quite good casualty figures too. Manilla troops odered back to clarke ASAP and the AS Otis is put to sea in a vain hope to reach Midway (the DEI is far too dangerous)

Maybe i'm getting greedy but i had a thought .. stop the troops moving san marcelano-bataan (v v slow) and rush in most clarke troops to san marc. then boot the japs out here too ! .. how about that for a morale softener. i recon i can do it too as im almost 2-1 in san marc already (hence the withdrawl) .. troops ordered but 2 turns before movement. guess he will shock manilla and try to hurt me before i leave. Also in the PI oscars and zero's have been training over San marcelano for 4-5 turns .. so tomorrow 24 AVG/A flying LR cap from bataan will say hello. !

Much more japanese ASW forces off malaysia .. [:D] guess my sub laid mines are really annoying him .. as another one hit home today.

F 44 encounters mine field at Kuantan (24,47)

Japanese Ships
PC Ch 8
PC Shonan Maru #7
PG Eiko Maru
AK Atutasan Maru, Mine hits 1, on fire

Jap subs have been active too

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Sub attack at 53,99

Japanese Ships
SS RO-60

Allied Ships
AK Surigao, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage EMPTY ..
AK Nisqually
AK Morazan
AK Neleus
AK Murada
PG Swan

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Sub attack at 129,54

Japanese Ships
SS I-5

Allied Ships
AK Columbian
DMS Zane
DD Hammann

PHEW .. not good troops on these puppies .. well spread out though.


Jap twice daily visit over singapore is starting to hurt a bit

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Day Air attack on Singapore , at 23,50

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 11
Ki-21 Sally x 21
Ki-49 Helen x 20

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 6 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Wirraway: 1 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 6

Lost a Dutch 2E bomber too later on. but shot down a nell in exchange. goes to show that im not immune just need to use more appropriate bombers ! .. ok nik i agree now

Jap training soon to be interrupted

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Day Air attack on San Marcelino , at 43,50

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 10
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 14

No Japanese losses


The last AK heading toward the PI died horribly today .. 10 dead 1 through .. not a good ratio

Day Air attack on TF at 37,61

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 18

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AK Bengalen, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

And after the poor trusty was sunk the truant was attacked today ! not fair ! british subs are endangered .. go for the useless yankee ones !

Sub attack at 27,47

Japanese Ships
MSW W.4
MSW W.3
MSW Ranzan Maru
MSW W.6
MSW W.5

Allied Ships
SS Truant, hits 1 ITS A LIE SHE IS FINE

Well the US ones were attacked but missed !

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/29/42


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Sub attack at 26,47

Japanese Ships
MSW W.3
MSW Ranzan Maru
MSW W.6
MSW W.5
MSW W.4

Allied Ships
SS Stingray


Come dawn the skies in china reverberated with the drone of japanese a/c engines .. the doughty chinese jumped into thier planes and rose (slowly) to the occasion .. a lot landed soon after much faster than they took off !

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Day Air attack on Changsha , at 47,36

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 17
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 25
Ki-21 Sally x 51

Allied aircraft
I-153c x 19
I-16c x 21

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-27 Nate: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged
Ki-21 Sally: 2 destroyed, 11 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
I-153c: 14 destroyed
I-16c: 4 destroyed, 10 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 3

BAH .. back to chungking.

I am sniping at japanese troops in Burma .. e.g below .. lots more went in from various places

Day Air attack on 55th/C Division, at 32,31


Allied aircraft
Hurricane II x 16


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Vehicles lost 1

Well thats it for today .. tomorrow i will try and remember to screen shot and will do an end month summary of losses/plans/hopes/expectations.

bye for now

[Rob Brennan UK]

30th + 31st Jan 1942.

good allied turn i might add.

The day started with active japanese minesweepers clearing the port of kuantn in malaysia. well the mines did a fine job. and hopefully rather irksome to him.

singapore is becoming too hot for a/c operations here. a few martins and wirraways were on anti ship duty but didnt fly because of heavy japanese CAP. lost a few on the runway too. back to java tomorrow


Day Air attack on Singapore , at 23,50

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 15
Ki-21 Sally x 27
Ki-49 Helen x 17

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Martin 139: 1 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
38 casualties reported

Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 6

The situation in mayalsia is actually pretty good for the allies, consolodated blocking force at johore baru threw back the japanese without even losing a fort level .. almost upto lvl 7 too !

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Ground combat at Johore Bahru

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 110909 troops, 1133 guns, 30 vehicles

Defending force 40342 troops, 306 guns, 7 vehicles

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


Japanese ground losses:
2869 casualties reported EXCELLENT !!!!
Guns lost 85
Vehicles lost 6

Allied ground losses:
607 casualties reported
Guns lost 21


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Supply is at 20k in johore and over 40k in singapore. also still 8k oil but very resource short for producing more supply. Can't say i have even been in this situation before. Lobster and gin for all the troops ! might try and sneak in an AK with more resources to keep the factories running.

In the Philipines japanese bombing intensifies over manilla

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 10
G4M1 Betty x 52
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 14
Ki-21 Sally x 26
Ki-49 Helen x 26

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed, 8 damaged
Ki-21 Sally: 2 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged


Allied ground losses:
32 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 1

The troops have left the city and are now in clarke. hopefully this will pull the excess supply to where it is needed. PICCE attached .

the clarke troops arrive in san marcelano for an assault tomorrow ! fingers crossed.

Ground combat at San Marcelino

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 27777 troops, 212 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 46359 troops, 443 guns, 165 vehicles IS THIS ENOUGH ?

if i can clear out the triangle SM-CLarke-bataan. i will be a happy bunny, Ken also said today that the PI is really messing up his plans ! .. now that has to be good news.

The P40 trap was not sprung as no japanese fighters flew.. not sure wether to keep them here as they are a supply drain .. maybe a few more turns. with clarke cleared the resources will produce more supply , albeit only a trickle.

there is another japanese invasion force coming , im guessing its heading for western borneo, and it was hit from the air repeatedly today. LR oscar cover was nasty on the escorts but the bombers made it through.

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Day Air attack on TF at 26,54

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 10

Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 7
Blenheim I x 12
Blenheim IV x 9
Hudson I x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Buffalo I: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged
Hudson I: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
AP Kasui Maru
DD Kiji
AP Kurohime Maru
AP Gosei Maru
AP Hokusho Maru
CL Isuzu
AP Hakutetsu Maru #13, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Japanese ground losses:
106 casualties reported

Day Air attack on TF at 25,56

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 13

Allied aircraft
Brewster 339D x 4
B-17C Fortress x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Brewster 339D: 2 destroyed
B-17C Fortress: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
AP Jusan Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Japanese ground losses:
42 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Day Air attack on TF at 25,56

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 8

Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 5
Blenheim I x 5
Blenheim IV x 12
Hudson I x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Buffalo I: 2 damaged
Blenheim I: 1 damaged
Blenheim IV: 1 damaged
Hudson I: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
CL Isuzu, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AP Fusemi Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
AP Kaishi Maru
DD Kiji

Japanese ground losses:
41 casualties reported

annoyingly the B17's flew to hit the well defended port of kuantan ! range reduced for tomorrow and maybe they can help finish off this convoy. The BB fleet at batavia will remain in port until i know the destinataion, but the units on board are going to be in an awful state when they unload.

CHINA

Heavy air raid marked the start of the turn

Day Air attack on Changsha , at 47,36

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 18
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 6
Ki-21 Sally x 50

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 3 damaged

Runway hits 1

annoying and definately stop chinese a/c being based here.

However in ground combat his siouthern flanking attack on Changsha was repulsed. its the hex SW of changsha.

Ground combat at 46,37

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 39032 troops, 320 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 14884 troops, 160 guns, 0 vehicles

Allied assault odds: 2 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
291 casualties reported
Guns lost 10

Allied ground losses:
117 casualties reported
Guns lost 8

2nd attack fared better

Ground combat at 46,37

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 38561 troops, 303 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 14496 troops, 147 guns, 0 vehicles

Allied assault odds: 4 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
129 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Allied ground losses:
361 casualties reported
Guns lost 6


Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!


Looks like i can counter his flanking attacks, i just hope im not putting too many troops in hexes without transport infrastructre as thier movement is slowed considerably.

The brits are training in ground attack duty in burma.

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Day Air attack on 33rd Division, at 32,30


Allied aircraft
Hurricane II x 18
Blenheim I x 12
Blenheim IV x 9
Wellington III x 11
P-26A x 16
P-40B Tomahawk x 18
P-40E Warhawk x 20


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
57 casualties reported

More importantly the fighters are on ground attack and will gain some valuabe experience.

The pacific .. all of it is quiet as the grave. this is good for me .. unmolested transport covoys is a real help.

[Rob Brennan UK]

More screens and an evaluataion of the pacific theatre.

Canton has recieved 64 michells for local defence and the runway is almost upto size 4, i will not fly them till then unless its an emergency. currently catalinas and dauntlesses are operating. Supply is no where as high as i would like, the reduced transport capacity means i just cant lift and move as much as i am used to. also cane leave transports lying around in strategic places as they are all needed for actual duty.

Passing well to the east of canton are 3 HUGE australian bound convoys carrying tons of planes and aviation support for the aussie mainland. brisbane and sydney initially. Probaly another month before they arrive. untill then eastern aussie is a all a bit useless.

North pacific is being totally ignore in this game so far. the useful eng assets will be sent to australia and the SW pacific instead. I suspect a rapid japanese grab maybe even as far as noumea in the very near future. If i cant be at least 50% sure i can hold on i will not waste troops trying to defend it. the 7th US division building slowly in San fran is being prepped for noumea and all being well will arrive at 100% in maybe 2 months. the 2nd USMC is almost at full strength. next stop canton as soon as the support squads are full up. south Pac HQ in PH is awaiting transports for being sent down there too. the additional support will be very welcome.

Screen is whats in Canton at the moment.