Rob V miller . Allied game vs. Miller41

[Rob Brennan UK]

another turn and some unexpected bad news .. all bit confusing really. [&:][&:]


first things first though.

Admiralty islands invaded , whoopdeodoo

and looks like he hasnt swept all my mines away from malaysia yet

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TF 44 encounters mine field at Khota Bharu (24,45)

Japanese Ships
PG Chosa Maru


He made a humerous comment about being able to walk from saigon to khota baru using allied mines as stepping stones.This is a bit Psycic on his part as i have hever mined saigon, but the minelayes are heading there as the next target. hehe

china has quietend down a bit. although he has cut the road leading out of ichang. BUT i have 2 corps here now and 3 more arriving soon.

This confused the heck out of me ???

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Ground combat at Johore Bahru

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 109127 troops, 894 guns, 96 vehicles

Defending force 27464 troops, 112 guns, 2 vehicles

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 4

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 4


Japanese ground losses:
1538 casualties reported
Guns lost 38
Vehicles lost 2

Allied ground losses:
591 casualties reported
Guns lost 14

UMM .. it was at level 7 last turn almost at 8. ??

2nd attack was more normal

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Ground combat at Johore Bahru

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 106763 troops, 835 guns, 95 vehicles

Defending force 26925 troops, 94 guns, 3 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 4)


Japanese ground losses:
1461 casualties reported
Guns lost 23
Vehicles lost 1

Allied ground losses:
617 casualties reported
Guns lost 11


Allied losses are becoming terrible. one HQ is comletely disabled/destroyed and most ombat units at best 1/3 combat ready .. mostly down to heavy air attack.

I have aordered the boys back to singapore for March ( lasting out well imo) . The amusing this is that they have been prepping for singers all the while holding johore baru. so singapore will be a complete mess for him i hope. Also put replacements on for a turn or 2 to try and get some more backbone here. singapore at 8 67% forts. Given the river crossing i may be able to get it to 9 ( have 37k supplies at singers)

Meanwhile the RAF train in burma

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


Allied aircraft
Lysander I x 10
Buffalo I x 21
Hurricane II x 32
P-40B Tomahawk x 15


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
124 casualties reported
Guns lost 4
Vehicles lost 1

Finally found a use for lysanders ! and 2 hurricane units at 87 av exp. (cool).. No japanese a/c at rangoon or pagan else i would have some escorts but cant see the point for now. The RAF bombers to hit pagan airfield to slow it down.

In the pacific 3 units of island hopping dakotas reach naumea .. hope they can fly to brisbane from here. and the big US reinforcements are almost in Brisbane too.

all for now !

[Nikademus]

A shock attack with ENG's present can reduce up to 3 fort levels in one turn if the attack is successful enough.

[Rob Brennan UK]

Yes but oddly enough it wasn't in the combat window or the combat report. Im not complaining mind you. IF i can hold johore for a month with units prepped for singapore. then singers will be a tough cookie i hope.

I also retired Force Z to derby in N australia. the jap cariers were a bit too close to timor for comfort. I'm thinking of sending the RN down from Colombo to patrol West of sumatra and java. one CV +1 CVL and 2BB's and support may be a suprise. also i am having no problems at all in loading up single tankers in batavia/soerbaja with oil and sending them to australia. Same with AK's hauling out fuel. I stopped the supply withdrawl as i was actully running low in java.

Perth is fast becoming the port of choice for damaged dutch vessels. anything over 20 sys is being sent back to safely. several cl's and DD's fit the bill.

also Nik , out of curiosity where are you actully from ?

well only the one turn today so nowt more to report.

[Nikademus]

My spacecraft often docks in Seattle Washington so that we can order Peppermint Mocha's from Starbucks.

-Combat reports/Fort levels. You might be experiencing an out of sync.

[Rob Brennan UK]

Peppermint coffee !! sounds vile .. [;)] or is that peppermint hot chockolate ?? either way give me a nice cup of tea any day [:D]

Well Ken has a new e-mail account that should hopefully be be more reliable.

so on with the next turn ..

bit of action on the high seas with the dutch out of soerbaja hitting an AP that wandered in range

Day Air attack on TF at 27,66


Allied aircraft
CW-21B Demon x 4
Brewster 339D x 2
Martin 139 x 17


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AP Asama Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AP Takunan Maru
DD Umikaze
PC Nichi Maru #1, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
CL Oi

and

Day Air attack on TF at 27,66


Allied aircraft
CW-21B Demon x 4
Martin 139 x 3


Allied aircraft losses
Martin 139: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
AP Asama Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire


hardly monumental but a nice bonus

the nmain action was ground based however with the allied withdrawl from johore baru completed succesfully ( i.e no attacks apart form the odd arty shell ). but clarke field went a bit wobbly

Ground combat at Clark Field

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 93257 troops, 955 guns, 382 vehicles

Defending force 46254 troops, 390 guns, 94 vehicles

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 4

Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 4)


Japanese ground losses:
1771 casualties reported
Guns lost 50
Vehicles lost 16

Allied ground losses:
2776 casualties reported
Guns lost 58
Vehicles lost 5
Ground combat at San Marcelino

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 65787 troops, 289 guns, 136 vehicles

Defending force 27573 troops, 184 guns, 80 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 3)


Japanese ground losses:
1440 casualties reported
Guns lost 30
Vehicles lost 8

Allied ground losses:
698 casualties reported
Guns lost 16
Vehicles lost 5
thats really nasty losses ! .. another 15-30 days till i evac san marc to bataan. I really was hopeing i could co-ordinate the withdrawls .. maybe not after all.

also some more attacks in china

Ground combat at Ichang

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 107891 troops, 949 guns, 152 vehicles

Defending force 43650 troops, 273 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 9)


Japanese ground losses:
2714 casualties reported
Guns lost 56
Vehicles lost 8

Allied ground losses:
482 casualties reported
Guns lost 11


Ground combat at Yenen

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 147103 troops, 1565 guns, 19 vehicles

Defending force 59891 troops, 393 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 9)


Japanese ground losses:
3000 casualties reported
Guns lost 81
Vehicles lost 2

Allied ground losses:
930 casualties reported
Guns lost 13

Ichang is surrounded ! .. there is one full jap div blocking the road and a chinese corps and one chinese div cant move that! .. but more chinese are on the way ( fortunately i sent a bunch of troops from chungking and overland from changsha which should be interesting .

SO overall a succesful evac from johore baru and reinforcements on has helped a lot with unit strenghts in only 2 days .. singapore will be tough i hope. although it shot down to 30k supply from 39k in 2 days .. more is loading at soerbaja and even some resources are heading there as oil storage is fine in singers.

another piece of good news .. we now have 4 x 16 dakotas moving to n australia .. might try to use them to pull out stuff from singapore once it becomes hopeless . else they will help support my timor defence . china is alone (mostly) in this game .. only a few loadstars and sundry rubbish flying from ledo to chungking.

worryingly i think i have pulled too much supply from java too early .. soerbaja only has 5k. ! but on the other hand north australia has never looked so good so early ! .. and timor had combined over 60k .
well thats it from todays jury .. more tomorrow i hope

bye and thank you for reading

[Nikademus]

Peppermint coffee !! sounds vile .. or is that peppermint hot chockolate ??

sigh.....The Olde Worlde is just so....so OLD sometimes.

Peppermint Mocha! Esspresso with chocolate and pepermint. Yummers!

[Rob Brennan UK]

I happen to like scones and creme and nice pot of tea at 4pm .. tiffin time [;)]

Still sounds horrible [:D].. like a liquid after 8 mint thats been on a radiator too long [;)]

March has arrived and winnie rang berating me for not sending back 2 DD's. He has withdrawn permission for the australian command to realease a brigade i need for some time to come. Stoopid politicians.

anyway the RAF even with good sxperienced pilot cant seem to find Pagan airfield very well.

Day Air attack on Pagan , at 31,31


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IF x 12
Blenheim I x 12
Blenheim IV x 31
Wellington III x 12


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
30 casualties reported

Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 11

the PI gets its daily dose of japanese bombers and artilley strikes. 2 weeks and i'll have most san marc stuff back in bataan.

Ichang still surrounded in china. a breaktrough will be sent in tomorrow. vs one jap div ( unless more arrive overnight) .. should work as i have 4-5 corps attacking with HQ's

Ground combat at Ichang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 81409 troops, 872 guns, 6 vehicles

Defending force 42832 troops, 268 guns, 0 vehicles


Japanese ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Allied ground losses:
98 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

2nd march rolls round and the RAF get even less accurate

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/02/42


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Day Air attack on Pagan , at 31,31


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IF x 12
Blenheim I x 12
Blenheim IV x 24
Wellington III x 9


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
36 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 4

well . its training i suppose.

the chinese have been actively hitting jap units away from cities ! .. this is just an e.g

Day Air attack on 110th Division, at 49,27


Allied aircraft
P-40B Tomahawk x 22
SB-2c x 46


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported

Day Air attack on 110th Division, at 49,27


Allied aircraft
IL-4c x 12


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
56 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

even the americans in Burma ( in an effort to embarass the brits ) try and hit some ground targets

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


Allied aircraft
Hurricane II x 8
P-26A x 19
P-40B Tomahawk x 21
P-40E Warhawk x 21


No Allied losses

And fail even more miserably than the RAF ..

come the end of an uneventful turn this happened !

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Ground combat at Mandalay

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 7713 troops, 88 guns, 7 vehicles

Defending force 39164 troops, 363 guns, 15 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 7)


Japanese ground losses:
1642 casualties reported
Guns lost 39
Vehicles lost 4

Allied ground losses:
17 casualties reported


EH WTF i thought .. It was the japanese hightailing it out of lashio [:D][:D][:D][:D][:D]

Lokks like the sight of 8 chinese units bearing down on them was a bit scary .. ROFL .. Tomorrow the suprised british commander has orderered an attack to clear the little yellow cowards out of the vicinity of mandalay ( should be easy) ooh i do like losses of 100-1 in my favour.

Overall

force Z back to Timor
5th US CV sailing pago-aukland to join the fleet.

Its so damn quiet in the pacific i am almost tempted to re-invade Tarawa soon ???


Well thats all for now folks

[Rob Brennan UK]

Detailed turn for 3rd and 4th of march 1942

kind of a blow by blow account, leaving out the really pedestrian stuff.

Day dawned to heavy brit raids on pagan again .. bit better today

Day Air attack on Pagan , at 31,31


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IF x 12
Blenheim I x 12
Blenheim IV x 35
Wellington III x 11


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
56 casualties reported

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 19

interestingly its still showing damage so i suspect not many engineer squads here , which is good

then the first of the japanese raids on singapore, unfortunately he remembered to set the altitude high (22k) . else the flak may have been devastating ! .. 4 days of reinforcements on have really beefed up the AA [:D]

Day Air attack on Singapore , at 23,50

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 56
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 7
Ki-21 Sally x 63

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed, 9 damaged
Ki-21 Sally: 2 destroyed, 22 damaged

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 5

excellent no casulaties too !

The chinese bombers hit my ground target div west of ichang ..


Allied aircraft
IL-4c x 9


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
39 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

hardly devastating but useful

meanwhile the medium chinese bombers hit his 4 units SW of homan
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Day Air attack on 110th Division, at 49,27


Allied aircraft
P-40B Tomahawk x 22
SB-2c x 39


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
54 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x SB-2c bombing at 15000 feet
12 x SB-2c bombing at 15000 feet
6 x SB-2c bombing at 15000 feet
4 x SB-2c bombing at 15000 feet
3 x SB-2c bombing at 15000 feet
3 x SB-2c bombing at 15000 feet
3 x SB-2c bombing at 15000 feet
4 x SB-2c bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on 4th Ind. Brigade, at 49,27


Allied aircraft
SB-2c x 9


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x SB-2c bombing at 15000 feet
3 x SB-2c bombing at 15000 feet
3 x SB-2c bombing at 15000 feet
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pretty usual results . However now that sian is a level 4 this a/f is in standdown while the BF's move to sian .. then i can hit both homan and ichang threatening forces.

Japs fly to ground attack singapore too

Day Air attack on 27th Australian Brigade, at 23,50

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 16
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 24
Ki-21 Sally x 56
Ki-49 Helen x 21

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 6 damaged
Ki-21 Sally: 2 destroyed, 10 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 5 damaged


Allied ground losses:
27 casualties reported

can live with this !

The brits from mandalay again hit some japs oozing round mandalay to the west

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


Allied aircraft
Lysander I x 12
Buffalo I x 19
Hurricane II x 17
P-40B Tomahawk x 18


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
20 casualties reported

Unfortunately 2 unit now spotted NW of mandalay and if heading east can cut the rail line. 3 brit brigades are sent north from mandaly to act as a defensive/repulsive force.

The chinese soon to arrive at Lashio will re capture. then all but one div will be sent to mandalay. I would prefer to have them in india rebuilding and will in all probability use transports from ledo to pull out one at a time for refit. then fly back into mandalay if possible.

An additional brigade and the caribiniers small armoured unit are marching from kohima to mandalay too. ( one hex south of kohima as of now ).. i do NEED more troops to garrison the imphal-ledo line though. any agressive para drops may be a nightmare.

Then the dutch a/f from soerbaja hit some jap AP's wandering up the west coast of borneo

Day Air attack on TF at 26,64


Allied aircraft
Martin 139 x 2


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
PC Showa Maru #5, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Martin 139 bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 26,64


Allied aircraft
CW-21B Demon x 3
Martin 139 x 10


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AP Heiyo Maru, Bomb hits 1

ay Air attack on TF at 28,65


Allied aircraft
CW-21B Demon x 3
Martin 139 x 12


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
CL Oi, Bomb hits 1
AP Atsuta Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Martin 139 bombing at 6000 feet
3 x Martin 139 bombing at 6000 feet
3 x Martin 139 bombing at 6000 feet
3 x Martin 139 bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 26,64


Allied aircraft
Martin 139 x 3


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AP Higashiyama Maru

The CL oi is a bonus !

MY minelaying subs are detected in saigon harbour ! damn .. fortunately the japanese ASW miss !

ASW attack near Saigon at 31,46

Japanese Ships
MSW W.20
APD APD-39
APD APD-38
APD APD-36

Allied Ships
SS O19

Then the death ride of the PI PT boats. out of torpedoes they were in lingayan harbour waiting for a japanese convoy .. not too bad really .. the damaged one had to be scuttled later on.

Day Time Surface Combat, near Lingayen at 44,50

Japanese Ships
PG Hayakafuku Maru, Shell hits 7, on fire
PG Nishho Maru, Shell hits 2, on fire
PG Shinko Maru #1, Shell hits 1
PG Shosei Maru, Shell hits 4, on fire
PG Tosho Maru, Shell hits 3, on fire
PG Unkai Maru #1
PC Kyo Maru #12
PC Shonan Maru #1
PC Shonan Maru #17
PC Takunan Maru #5, Shell hits 2
PC Ch 1
PC Ch 2
PC Ch 3
PC Ch 13
PC Ch 14
PC Ch 15
PC Ch 16, Shell hits 2
PC Ch 17
PC Ch 32
AP Anzan Maru
AP Ayo Maru
AP Burisuben Maru
AP Genkai Maru, Shell hits 4
AP Kumakawa Maru
AP Matsukawa Maru
AP Oigawa Maru
AP Ozan Maru
AP Shinko Maru
AP Shirogane Maru
AP Tenzan Maru
AP Tsuyama Maru
AP Ueizuru Maru
AP Unkai Maru #6
AP Kikuryu Maru

Allied Ships
PT PT-32, Shell hits 3, and is sunk
PT PT-33, Shell hits 5, and is sunk
PT PT-34
PT PT-35, Shell hits 1
PT PT-41, Shell hits 7, and is sunk

PT-34 has vanished ! .. may re-appear tomorrow in bataan .. but frankly i dont care

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Ground combat at Clark Field

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 79297 troops, 883 guns, 10 vehicles

Defending force 43156 troops, 299 guns, 96 vehicles



Allied ground losses:
92 casualties reported
Guns lost 3


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Ground combat at Admiralty Islands

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1458 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Admiralty Islands base !!!



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Ground combat at Ichang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 80587 troops, 872 guns, 6 vehicles

Defending force 42906 troops, 270 guns, 0 vehicles



Allied ground losses:
126 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


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Ground combat at 43,40

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2122 troops, 83 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 64213 troops, 342 guns, 0 vehicles



Allied ground losses:
29 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Yenen

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 138834 troops, 1414 guns, 13 vehicles

Defending force 59517 troops, 392 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 8)


Japanese ground losses:
4827 casualties reported
Guns lost 82
Vehicles lost 3

Allied ground losses:
506 casualties reported
Guns lost 13


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Ground combat at 51,23

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 4641 troops, 39 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 3057 troops, 22 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 5 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
37 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
27 casualties reported
Guns lost 5


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

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Ground combat at San Marcelino

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 32382 troops, 238 guns, 2 vehicles

Defending force 26548 troops, 148 guns, 74 vehicles



Allied ground losses:
18 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Wewak

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1462 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Wewak base !!!



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Ground combat at Madang

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1271 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Madang base !!!



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Ground combat at 46,33

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 26019 troops, 187 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 20483 troops, 263 guns, 0 vehicles

Allied assault odds: 0 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
144 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Allied ground losses:
500 casualties reported
Guns lost 20


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Ground combat at Mandalay

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 26986 troops, 283 guns, 2 vehicles

Defending force 4582 troops, 20 guns, 0 vehicles

Allied assault odds: 302 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
284 casualties reported
Guns lost 6

Allied ground losses:
2 casualties reported


Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Pretty heavy ground phase today. .. that 1/3 of a div was clobbered in mandalay. unfortunately the chinese assault to open the ichang road failed .. in 30 more days i will have 4 more corps here though.

The japanese victory was at the crossroads 3 hexes north of homan. I had sent the small unit just to see if i could 'liberate' some mongolian freebies .. makes him keep troops in out of the way places though.

4th March

My mines at kuching are comprehensively swept aside

TF 17 encounters mine field at Kuching (28,56)

Japanese Ships
MSW Rokko Maru
MSW Kyo Maru #3
MSW Hinode Maru #20
MSW Choun Maru #21
MSW Banshu Maru #56
MSW Aoi Maru
MSW Wa 9
MSW Wa 6

but a limping PG was hit west of Borneo ! good

Sub attack at 25,63

Japanese Ships
PC Showa Maru #5, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS O23

and my recently laid mines at saigon get a feww free hits ! .. better than i ever expected too

TF 96 encounters mine field at Saigon (31,46)

Japanese Ships
PC Showa Maru #5, and is sunk
MSW Atsu Maru
MSW Wa 1
AP Shinwa Maru, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP Kyuma Maru, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP Kaihei Maru, Mine hits 1, on fire

Japanese ground losses:
42 casualties reported

great 3 more AP's damaged and he will be forced to unload them too .. disrupted plans are always welcome.

Pagan hit again

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Day Air attack on Pagan , at 31,31


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IF x 12
Blenheim I x 12
Blenheim IV x 36
Wellington III x 11


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
44 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 7

More of the usual in china ..

and he is bombing san marc heavily too

Day Air attack on 31st PA Division, at 43,50

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 24
G4M1 Betty x 31
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 20
Ki-49 Helen x 15

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
73 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


Day Air attack on 1st PA Division, at 43,50

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3
G4M1 Betty x 9
Ki-49 Helen x 6

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
29 casualties reported

British attacks in burma were utterly innefective .. no point posting those [:@]

also the dutch failed to launch anything effective from java today too. oh well

Ground combat was the usual bombardements much as before ..

Well start of march overview !

PI .. supply is awful for starters , but i do have space. san marc troops if left unmolested will start to arrive in bataan in 15 days (ish) verey strung out though. Clarke is in trouble and even one more jap div could spell disaster here. the plan is to evac san marc to bataan ( sent another AK here 3 days ago) .. then when clarke forts weaken (4) .. retreat to bataan too. I may well send the HQ;s here soon to drag supply in from the front. Losing manilla was bad for the 'pt's but i think it gave me more room to manouver and was unexpected (no manilla massive stacking) and probably bought time , which is after all the entire point of the PI defence. lets hope it lasts till april. I am toying with pulling some troops from Battan now as its past march. is this gamey ?? i really don't know ? my oppenent is being very well behaved and i intend to reciprocate ( i will ask him )

Mayala

We are now down to singapore defence 23k supplies and a bit more sailing in tomorrow i hope. forts at 8 (87%) iirc. I may try and slip in 6 AP's i have in java for a final pull out of 1-2 decent combat units to Jave if i can. The rest have cadres in madras and a few in darwin.

DEI

Jave is a bit of a paper tiger imo .. i have withdrawn some stuff . 1/2 of abda HQ and the entire 2nd DAF aviation to N aussie. He doesnt know this however and the dutch and some brit torpedo planes menace shipping from sumatra to the southeren tip of java. Kragen is building up nicely ( 3 forts i think ) .. and all odds and sods are pulled back to timor and derby.

Timor has 2 operational hurricane units on point defence and 2 buffalos and 2 martins (units) on naval attack/escort ( 6 hexes so i dont hit kendari) .. Lautern has 8 TIV and 3 Do 24. Also koepnag had one Aus brigade .. with another heading up from perth . and another in derby awaiting release.

Darwin got 72 P40's and derby got 72 P39's railed up from brisbane today too. I also have the AV support ot accomodate them here too. .. the devastated P40 unit from soerbaja is upto 44 planes on darwin too. so 100 + P40's with admittedly average pilots is far better than i usually manage here.

another B18 unit converting to B26B's at darwin soon .. the lack of B17's is really showing. many many more 2E units getting created than usual. I am keeping track of numbers however so i can convert 2 x 64 and 1 x 16 units back to 4E if i have enough in pools later on.

SW pac

quiet on both sides .. the americal div is heading to Noumea ..

S pac ..

quiet .. considering re-inforcing baker with more AA,CD and arty. . also the 2nd USMC is boarding in san fran to head to canton.

PH is ok on supply but could use more .. the reduced AK capacity is really impacting in the pacific right now .. i am reduced to creating/sending tf's from sydney to the west coast. severely impacting the australians ability to re-deploy in the SW pac . AP's are being retained however just in case.

soon to have 5 CV's in aukland ! yahoo .. will transfer to sydney next and upgrade the F2's to F4F next month. then maybe to derby/timor. maybe cover some heavy troop runs to PM .. as i do like trying to hold this place if i can.

Japanese intentions

I suspect a concerted attack in sumatra soon , PT boats waiting in Palambang. Not sure if he plans on a timor first then java stategy .. as japan it's a good idea imo as it cuts off the retreat path to australia. however i seem to find japan ignores the small bases in North sumatra which allow the dutch air force at least to withdraw to india.

SW pac he is consolidating

central and south pac .. nothing at all ! ..

burma .. try and surround mandalay

china .. kill off ichang before i can open up the escape route . probaly try the same vs yenen. i am sort of prepared in yenen but need more forces near ichang .. however i have units crossing the river SE of ichang and may or may not prove to be decisive.

Well thats it for today .. night night .. too late for me ! 3AM !

Lamost forgot ..but the RN CV/CVL and 3 BB groups will be stationed about 9 hexes West of batavia next turn . should i send it into jave for replenisment/ambust options or head south to reinforce java defence ? .. really none too sure . India imo is safe while he is fighting for the DEI .. a surface group of 3 old R Class the POW and Repulse .. backed up with limited fighter cover (CV) and good anti shipping ( swordfish) might be rather interesting in timor ??? [;)].. in say 1 1/2 months 5 US CV's added too ( limited surface assets though) may realy help timor .. BUT if he sends the lot + kitchen sink i can never hope to hold timor .. BTW 3 more dakota groups in alice springs now. should i send to n AUS to support Timor or to india to support Mandalay and china ?? usually i send them to india . but with the massive allied efforts to help Timor would they be more useful down here ?

comments welcome please

[KDonovan]

"Timor has 2 operational hurricane units on point defence and 2 buffalos and 2 martins (units) on naval attack/escort ( 6 hexes so i dont hit kendari) .. Lautern has 8 TIV and 3 Do 24. Also koepnag had one Aus brigade .. with another heading up from perth . and another in derby awaiting release. "

Bring some Beuforts X-IV into action at Koepnag, level 4 airfield works nice for these babies.

[Rob Brennan UK]

Ah good idea .. i'd have to downgrade some hudsons though .. but may send some RAF ones on a slow flight down the DEI if possible.

I like hudsons because of the range so not many upgrading might be better.

Food for thought anf thanks for the ideas ..

p.s just edited the original post to include the RN movements .. what do you think ?5 BB defence of timor ?? might be fun [:)]

[KDonovan]

Downgrade the Hudsons from Signapore, they should have experience close to 70 about now. They are RAAF bombers anyways (despite the SEAC HQ attached to them) so it will be nice to bring the boys closer to home [:)] I believe you should have about 2 groups of 16 giving you 32 experienced TB. Along with the 8 Tiva's in Lautern..thats 40 TB with decent experience. That should make his KB nervous. You might need some better fighters than Buffalos for escorts. Zero's will swat them out of the sky pretty quickly, leaving your TB's to be massacred. I would move in a flight of P40E with at least 65 exp. They'll still get pretty much killed, but at least they'll hold off the zero's long enough for you to get some shots off with your TB's. Lastly, if you really want to make your fortress Timor, your gonna have to move in some SBD's from somewhere to the area. Torps and 1000lb bombs really will create a headache for Miller. I would suggest take a flight or two off one of you carriers down near auckland and transfer them in from sydney. You might as well use all those SBD replacements you have piling up. Of course all this air power might need some more BF, so you might need to move some forces around.

In regards to moving BB's to the area, i would advise against it, the Brit BB's are just too slow to do anything. Plus showing force down at Timor is just gonna invite a strong invasion with KB. You want to avoid that. You want him to think he can take the area with a moderate force (like mini-KB). Better to spring your trap that way. In terms of surface force's, I would make a fast cruiser force instead and base it in NW-australia. That way you can do quick hit and run raids.

Anyways, good luck with everything. I enjoy your AAR alot.

[aztez]

Looks like counter offensives in PHI resulted to "trap" for allied side [:(][:(] ...Can you gather your forces in this region or is impossible?

I think you should mount one serious stand here... Either in Bataan or Manila.

Hmpf, It would make an intresting operation if you could intervene with the Japanese DEI Invasion plans. If you are sure that he has no knowledge about RN's current location than I would seriously consider moving ahead with this plan... but if he has KB lurking nearby or is aware of your navy assets than calcel that intervention unless you are absolutely sure that you can make an hit and run operation [:)]

I like the idea that you had about reinforcing the Baker Island defenses... It's actually vital base and gives you an nice frontline from which to conduct future offensives.

China seems still going your way.... It seems that he will be unable to make significant progress here [:D]

[Nikademus]

and whatever you do....dont shock attack 100,000 disgruntled Chinese with a numerically inferior force.....less you suffer the embarrasment of getting ejected from Yennen by the AI. oh the shame.... [X(]

[Rob Brennan UK]

ORIGINAL: KDonovan

Downgrade the Hudsons from Signapore, they should have experience close to 70 about now. They are RAAF bombers anyways (despite the SEAC HQ attached to them) so it will be nice to bring the boys closer to home [:)] I believe you should have about 2 groups of 16 giving you 32 experienced TB. Along with the 8 Tiva's in Lautern..thats 40 TB with decent experience. That should make his KB nervous. You might need some better fighters than Buffalos for escorts. Zero's will swat them out of the sky pretty quickly, leaving your TB's to be massacred. I would move in a flight of P40E with at least 65 exp. They'll still get pretty much killed, but at least they'll hold off the zero's long enough for you to get some shots off with your TB's. Lastly, if you really want to make your fortress Timor, your gonna have to move in some SBD's from somewhere to the area. Torps and 1000lb bombs really will create a headache for Miller. I would suggest take a flight or two off one of you carriers down near auckland and transfer them in from sydney. You might as well use all those SBD replacements you have piling up. Of course all this air power might need some more BF, so you might need to move some forces around.

In regards to moving BB's to the area, i would advise against it, the Brit BB's are just too slow to do anything. Plus showing force down at Timor is just gonna invite a strong invasion with KB. You want to avoid that. You want him to think he can take the area with a moderate force (like mini-KB). Better to spring your trap that way. In terms of surface force's, I would make a fast cruiser force instead and base it in NW-australia. That way you can do quick hit and run raids.

Anyways, good luck with everything. I enjoy your AAR alot.

some very good ideas there KD .. yes the aussie hudsons are a good idea. i swopped out a lot of the small 8 plane groups in n australia to beauforts iirc 4 units at high 60's exp. I have just railed up 72 new P40's and 72 new P39's to N australia. also the hurricanes fly 4/5 with this mod so are great escorts for Torp bombers.

The BB's would get to timor hidden .. i.e along the map edge .. then dash in to port .. If as you say they are useless. then i might as well be creative with them .. frees up better ships to stay in derby in relative safety. Yes i may split off the CLAA's and a couple of DD's to Batavia as a decoy group at least.

Getting SBD will be tough as i dislike unloading carrier a/c (seems a bit gamey imo) and i doubt that Ken would do such a thing anyway, he seems a very honorable man so far. Having the US CV's in Perth ( in reserve ) all 5 of em ! .. with the brit CV too should be well hidden from view. afaik he has no idea where my CV's are .. last seen near pago a month ago.

Thank you for your comments.. much appreciated

Rob

[Rob Brennan UK]

ORIGINAL: aztez

Looks like counter offensives in PHI resulted to "trap" for allied side [:(][:(] ...Can you gather your forces in this region or is impossible?

I think you should mount one serious stand here... Either in Bataan or Manila.

Hmpf, It would make an intresting operation if you could intervene with the Japanese DEI Invasion plans. If you are sure that he has no knowledge about RN's current location than I would seriously consider moving ahead with this plan... but if he has KB lurking nearby or is aware of your navy assets than calcel that intervention unless you are absolutely sure that you can make an hit and run operation [:)]

I like the idea that you had about reinforcing the Baker Island defenses... It's actually vital base and gives you an nice frontline from which to conduct future offensives.

China seems still going your way.... It seems that he will be unable to make significant progress here [:D]

the PHI was a gamble and caught jim off guard at least. clarke is creaking and i really want it to last till at least most stuff from san marc is back in bataan. then withdraw for a final stand.

I am pretty sure my movments are hidden behind the DEI .. no sign of jap sub activity at all. they are sniping convoys off the US coast and several reports of glens in the south pacific

I'll try and not be suicidal but i may as well use the old brit BB's .. they have great night time experience. POW and Repulse are my most valuable non CV units but i don't run and hide .. the airfileds in aussie will be packed and will be a bit scary for KB to persue me after an engagement.

china confuses me completely .. [&:][&:][&:][&:][&:].. this is very differant from any of my other games. Ichang is the priority to relieve. sent the chinese tank unit on a recon mission behind enemy lines [;)]

thanks for the replies and comments ..

Rob

[Rob Brennan UK]

LOL .. i almost never shock attack with chinese , the losses are usualy too horrible to contemplate. china supply is improving daily mind you .. Transports now flying ledo-mandalay to build it up a bit. ( mandalay level 7 )

[Nikademus]

Actually it was Japanese.....i'd recently taken Yenen thx to AI blunder move but then moved 85% of the force out to assault Ichang. When i saw the 18 units re-enter the city hex, i figured, what the heck and set my 2 div's and 2 brigades to shock attack. well one 0:1 assault later followed immed by an Allied delib attack garnered a 6:1 odds and one routed Japanese army. Yennen's back in Red Chinese hands and the 27th division in particular is totally disabled with an assault value of 2.

Now i have to retake Yennen. I gotta explain this to Tojo now. Chinese forces simply DO NOT defeat the sons of Heaven. That teach me for not realizing those 18 units had over 100,000 pissed off Chinese in them

[Rob Brennan UK]

OK todays update .. given the nice replies and advice ( read this after i did the turn mind)

5th March 1942

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/05/42

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TF 21 encounters mine field at Saigon (31,46) MUHAHAHAHAH

Japanese Ships
PC Ch 9
PG Sozan Maru
AP Hakozake Maru, Mine hits 1, on fire

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Sub attack at 24,61

Japanese Ships
AP Higashiyama Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS O23

clobbered the starggler west of Borneo. Lots of subs now patrollong singapore to batavia .. like a big triangle of death.

Day Air attack on Pagan , at 31,31


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IF x 12


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Blenheim IF bombing at 2000 feet
2 x Blenheim IF bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Singapore , at 23,50

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 19
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 26
Ki-21 Sally x 75

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 5 destroyed, 9 damaged NICE


Allied ground losses:
25 casualties reported LOL
Guns lost 2

Port fuel hits 1

that equates to one air crew person dead for each land casualty .. like that !

any ideas about that brit night bomber unit ? its pathetic ! .. even upto sept 42 i have no good ideas how to exploit its night abilities ( we restrict non night units to city bombing only) its experience never seems to get any better.

Now this is GOOD ! .. RAF has teeth. hitting the 2 units sneaking round mandalay ..

Day Air attack on 33rd/A Division, at 32,29


Allied aircraft
Hurricane II x 12
Blenheim I x 9
Blenheim IV x 33
Wellington III x 7
P-26A x 24
P-40B Tomahawk x 23
P-40E Warhawk x 24
B-25C Mitchell x 14


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
103 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


Japs subs sniping between PH and the west coast

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Sub attack at 125,64

Japanese Ships
SS I-9

Allied Ships
AO Tippecanoe, Torpedo hits 1, on fire ON FIRE BADLY .. will sink in all likelyhood
PG Charleston
AO Kanawha
MSW Oriole
DMS Trevor
DD Kane

Realy dont care much frankly

Ground combat was interesting .. he made it to singapore in one big group and suffered far fewer losses than i hoped for

Ground combat at Singapore

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 112839 troops, 903 guns, 113 vehicles

Defending force 66101 troops, 385 guns, 20 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 8)


Japanese ground losses:
1725 casualties reported
Guns lost 51
Vehicles lost 4

Allied ground losses:
1409 casualties reported
Guns lost 45
Vehicles lost 1

OUCH .. at 92% level 8 ! .. come on guys


Ground combat at San Marcelino

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 67727 troops, 267 guns, 134 vehicles

Defending force 26294 troops, 150 guns, 75 vehicles

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2

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


Japanese ground losses:
1775 casualties reported
Guns lost 44
Vehicles lost 5

Allied ground losses:
440 casualties reported
Guns lost 18
Vehicles lost 1


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Ground combat at Clark Field

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 91396 troops, 911 guns, 374 vehicles

Defending force 43017 troops, 299 guns, 96 vehicles

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 3

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 3


Japanese ground losses:
1843 casualties reported
Guns lost 65
Vehicles lost 5

Allied ground losses:
1580 casualties reported
Guns lost 45
Vehicles lost 3

San Marc is fine .. clarke is creaking .. need to get them all back to bataan at the same time.

Ground combat at Ichang

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 107546 troops, 905 guns, 146 vehicles

Defending force 42873 troops, 269 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 9)


Japanese ground losses:
3283 casualties reported
Guns lost 129
Vehicles lost 2

Allied ground losses:
257 casualties reported
Guns lost 9

this was unexpected ! .. but very very welcome .. 2 jap divs now blocking west of ichang .. need more men ( bit of a wait )

6th March

Day Air attack on 33rd/A Division, at 32,29


Allied aircraft
Hurricane II x 16
Blenheim I x 9
Blenheim IV x 30
Wellington III x 9
P-26A x 24
P-40B Tomahawk x 24
P-40E Warhawk x 24
B-25C Mitchell x 23


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
158 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Vehicles lost 1

another great attack ! .. go RAF go ... i swopped out the depleted b17c to mitchells a few days ago and its making its presence felt rather well !

come ground phase . Clarke did hold (just)

Ground combat at Clark Field

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 95727 troops, 828 guns, 364 vehicles

Defending force 40648 troops, 236 guns, 86 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 3)


Japanese ground losses:
1656 casualties reported
Guns lost 45
Vehicles lost 9

Allied ground losses:
1145 casualties reported
Guns lost 21
Vehicles lost 2

so 4 days rest for him ? .. humm i may make a battan stand after all ! .. fingers crossed

I will start implementing KD's ideas next turn .. thank you .. [:D]

BB group to timor

Force Z back to Darby

Brit CV here too for the time being + CVL Hermes ?? humm might detach and send to western Java as a decoy ..

ok bye for now !

[Rob Brennan UK]

ORIGINAL: Nikademus

Actually it was Japanese.....i'd recently taken Yenen thx to AI blunder move but then moved 85% of the force out to assault Ichang. When i saw the 18 units re-enter the city hex, i figured, what the heck and set my 2 div's and 2 brigades to shock attack. well one 0:1 assault later followed immed by an Allied delib attack garnered a 6:1 odds and one routed Japanese army. Yennen's back in Red Chinese hands and the 27th division in particular is totally disabled with an assault value of 2.

Now i have to retake Yennen. I gotta explain this to Tojo now. Chinese forces simply DO NOT defeat the sons of Heaven. That teach me for not realizing those 18 units had over 100,000 pissed off Chinese in them

HAHA .. and vs the AI ! live and learn eh

[Nikademus]

shadup

or i'll implement Degree ABSOLUTE

(causing all your airplane stats to go to -3)

muwhahahahaha

[:'(]