Rob vs. 2ndACR .. Divine intervention needed NIK mod 5.2

[Rob Brennan UK]

Firstly. Thanks to 2ndACR for agreeing to a game and also to NIK who's mod we are using.

Now i feel priveliged to be fghting whom i consider to be ond of the 'Old timers' fo WitP. With a lot of experience under his belt 2ndACR (Scotty) will be a real handful for allied planners in the coming years ahead.

well it all tarted off on 7th Dec with a suprise raid on PH. And it was a suprise as i was expecting Manilla to be hit instead. NO Japanese torps were dropped at Pearl ( Mayeb the guy whi invented the wooden rudder was'nt listened to [;)]). Only one day of attacks saw no sinkings but the West Vriginia, California and Tenesee were very badly damaged. The rest are scratched to some degree or another but should be operational sooner rather than later.

Philipines

Nothing out of the ordinary . landings at aparri/Legaspi the usual stuff. Davao however was also invaded by a full brigade and will probably fall shortly. The dutch and US CL's were routed to interdict the landings here and are 60 miles away on 8th Dec .. However large concentrations of Kate bombers have hit the escaping merchants badly but missed the surface group ( we will skedaddle out ASAP )

Malaya

Invasion Kuantan rather than khota baru .. humm this does unhinge the british defence badly and i also for the first time sent in Force Z to deal with the Haruna and Kongo. Didnt go as planned. Multiple night engagements saw nil heavy fire landing from anyone .. and the brits lost 3 DD's but the CA Takao was heavily damaged.

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Kuantan at 24,47

Japanese Ships
BB Kongo, Shell hits 3
BB Haruna, Shell hits 2
CA Takao
CA Atago, Shell hits 3
CL Jintsu
DD Asashio
DD Oshio
DD Michishio
DD Arashio
DD Akatsuki
DD Hibiki

Allied Ships
BB Prince of Wales, Shell hits 2
BC Repulse
CL Danae, Shell hits 4, on fire
CL Mauritius
DD Vampire
DD Vendetta
DD Stronghold
DD Tenedos
DD Electra, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Encounter
DD Express
DD Isis
DD Jupiter

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Kuantan at 24,47

Japanese Ships
BB Kongo, Shell hits 3
BB Haruna, Shell hits 5
CA Takao, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, on fire
CA Atago, Shell hits 1
CL Jintsu, Shell hits 1
DD Asashio
DD Oshio, Shell hits 1
DD Michishio, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Arashio
DD Akatsuki
DD Hibiki, Shell hits 2, on fire

Allied Ships
BB Prince of Wales, Shell hits 2
BC Repulse, Shell hits 1
CL Danae, on fire
CL Mauritius
DD Vampire
DD Vendetta, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Stronghold, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Tenedos
DD Electra, on fire
DD Encounter
DD Express, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Isis
DD Jupiter

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Daylight and Force Z was back under air cover at singapore .. Didnt help much though

Day Air attack on TF, near Singapore at 23,50

Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 6

Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 23

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Buffalo I: 2 damaged

Allied Ships
CL Mauritius
BB Prince of Wales, Torpedo hits 1, on fire

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet

BLAST! Virtually no sys damage (5) but flood at 30 and fires at 14 are not good news .. she will remain in singapore till it goes down and hopefully wont get hurt from port attacks BUT no guarantee.

Piccie of night battle

[aztez]

First off good luck Rob. I think it will be a tough ride againts 2ndACR.

Ouch, How bad of a shape is Prince of Wales or is it a classified information? [:D]

The CAP cover at Singapore is lousy at best. Do you intend rescue your British Fleet towards India or Australia?

[Nikademus]

Kuantan is a preferred invasion site of mine as well....used it very successfully in current PBEM (now at 4/43) Allows the JAAF to dominate the entire pennisula more effectively. The con of course is the greater risk to the invasion force. (mainly from torpedo bombers moved close to it)

[Rob Brennan UK]

OK .. more

Submarine warfare has been the story of 2 boats I 162

Sub attack at 21,57

Japanese Ships
SS I-162

Allied Ships
TK Augustina, Shell hits 6, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Sub attack at 21,57

Japanese Ships
SS I-162

Allied Ships
AK Poelau Bras, Torpedo hits 1, on fire

and the Dutch super Sub O19

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Sub attack near Kuantan at 24,47

Japanese Ships
AK Atutasan Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
PC Ch 7
PG Tatsumiya Maru
MSW W.2, on fire, heavy damage
MSW W.1
PC Shimushu

Allied Ships
SS O19

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Sub attack near Kuantan at 24,47

Japanese Ships
AK Noto Maru, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS O19, hits 1

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Nice going ! .. wildebeest failed to hurt the landings much only one torp hit out of 18 planes ( i was hopeing they would go for the jap BB's but no luck)



CV's


Lexington was originally heading to wake ( as i expected a Manilla strike) BUT .. now turning round and heading south a full speed ! RUN baby RUN ..

Enterprise was sent south east to christmas is. ( just in case) but has been spotted by a jap sub and is heading toward canton too.

KB has disapeared from the radar ! ( stood down search planes in PH by mistake ! oops )

Baby KB definately operation south of Davao



OK Plans

I'll go one theatre at a time fro post to post ..

1st up NorPAC .. Well im planning on something more than the usual 'ignore the area' Basically long term i'll build up the aleutian islands one by one ( for mutual support) and send up some norpac troops ( who i usually hive off elsewhere) Nome is to be abandoned in favour of using the troops and BF to speed up the building process.

Not a major line of attack but by late 42 i'd like to have lots of size 4 fields dotted round here as a 'threat' to draw off japanese airpower.

Thats all for now .. plenty more to come in the next few years i hope

[Rob Brennan UK]

ORIGINAL: aztez

First off good luck Rob. I think it will be a tough ride againts 2ndACR.

Ouch, How bad of a shape is Prince of Wales or is it a classified information? [:D]

The CAP cover at Singapore is lousy at best. Do you intend rescue your British Fleet towards India or Australia?

SHE's at 5/31/14 .. and disbanded in port .. BC Repulse also in port too as i accidently re-fuelled her ! oops so tomorrow fast run to batavia.

I tend to use the RN in the DEI if at all possible.

NIK .. yup .. every single allied torpedo plane is now in range of heavy surface forces [:D].. Malaya and Borneo . fingers crossed.

Kuantan is the best place to land imo too. really annoying as allies. Ive ordered the troops at khota baru south to kuantan and another brigade from kuala lumpur in as as well. Northern forces will concentrate at malacca ?? < i think > as a first line before johore baru and singapore. Several single AK's loading in india heading to malacca/JB/singers. I really want to get oil to singapore so the loss of the TK was frustrating.

[Rob Brennan UK]

9th DEC 1942

the first of my mines takes its toll

TF 148 encounters mine field at Kuantan (24,47)

TF 148 troops unloading over beach at Kuantan, 24,47


Japanese Ships
AP Ryujo Maru, Mine hits 1, on fire

Japanese ground losses:
24 casualties reported

Coastal Guns at Kuantan, 24,47, firing at TF 148
8 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese ground losses:
70 casualties reported

retiring american DD's find a jap SS

Sub attack at 37,60

Japanese Ships
SS RO-33, hits 1

Allied Ships
DD Pillsbury
DD Pope
DD Peary
DD John D. Ford

all helps

also the dutch attcked


Allied aircraft
Brewster 339D x 5
T.IVa x 5


Allied aircraft losses
T.IVa: 5 damaged

Japanese Ships
DD Maikaze
CA Mikuma

2 more attacks faild to get any hits . all good xp though

the japs have pancaked the PI in LR anti shipping a/c

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Day Air attack on TF, near Roxas at 42,55

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 9

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AK Luzon, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AK Magallanes, Torpedo hits 1, on fire


first of many attacks .. my original plan was to send single AK's to the islands to scoop up supply for manilla


some might make it i hope

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Day Air attack on TF, near Iloilo at 42,56

Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 20

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
MSW Finch
AK Palawan
AK Corregidor

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x G3M Nell bombing at 15000 feet
5 x G3M Nell bombing at 15000 feet
9 x G3M Nell bombing at 15000 feet
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others won't

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Day Air attack on TF, near Roxas at 42,55

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 23
G3M Nell x 13

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
AK Bisayas, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Anakan, Torpedo hits 1, on fire


submarines have again been active

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Sub attack at 26,47

Japanese Ships
MSW W.2, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS KXIII

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Sub attack at 22,54

Japanese Ships
SS I-155

Allied Ships
TK Manvantara, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

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Sub attack at 26,45

Japanese Ships
AP Teia Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
PC Shonan Maru #7
PC Shonan Maru #6
MSW W.6
MSW W.5
MSW W.4
DD Kiji

Allied Ships
SS KXI, hits 3

Japanese ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

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Ground combat at Hong Kong

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 32591 troops, 299 guns, 15 vehicles

Defending force 13020 troops, 107 guns, 3 vehicles

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


Japanese ground losses:
183 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
116 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

damn i forgot to move the brit DD's again ! this is becoming a bad habit

and DAvao falls !

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Ground combat at Davao

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 8956 troops, 80 guns, 20 vehicles

Defending force 3311 troops, 17 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1

Japanese assault odds: 11 to 1 (fort level 1)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Davao base !!!


Japanese ground losses:
109 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Allied ground losses:
22 casualties reported


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

however kuantan holds ! the extra brigade from malacca helped a lot !

Ground combat at Kuantan

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 15189 troops, 242 guns, 14 vehicles

Defending force 5868 troops, 49 guns, 2 vehicles

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 3

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


Japanese ground losses:
94 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

hopefully time for khota baru forces to come down too

well thats it for now

[KDonovan]

damn i forgot to move the brit DD's again ! this is becoming a bad habit

haha...that sucks...did the same thing in my 1st PBEM against miller....and that was with the KB in the area attacking Manila too....luckly they all escaped despite my error....hope you have the same luck...as those worthless DD's are nice to send back to Britain when Churchill so requests...

[Rob Brennan UK]

ORIGINAL: KDonovan

damn i forgot to move the brit DD's again ! this is becoming a bad habit

haha...that sucks...did the same thing in my 1st PBEM against miller....and that was with the KB in the area attacking Manila too....luckly they all escaped despite my error....hope you have the same luck...as those worthless DD's are nice to send back to Britain when Churchill so requests...

finally remebered this turn ! . i actually lost all 3 in port to miller ! swore i'd never forget again and what happens , i forget for 3 days ! [:D][:D]

so what happens when an agressive sub skipper meets an agressive and incompitent DD captain? ..THIS :-

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Sub attack at 116,65

Japanese Ships
SS I-23

Allied Ships
DD Mugford
DD Shaw
DD Conyngham
DD Case
DD Cummings
DD Jarvis

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ASW attack at 116,65

Japanese Ships
SS I-23, hits 4

Allied Ships
DD Farragut
DD Phelps
DD Selfridge
DD Downes
DD Tucker
DD Reid

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Sub attack at 116,65

Japanese Ships
SS I-23, hits 2

Allied Ships
DD Tucker, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Farragut
DD Phelps
DD Selfridge
DD Downes
DD Reid


useless ! and to make matters worse KB re-appeared to the NE of pearl and hit the DD's too. although 3 B17's made a run on a BB in the formation. ( and missed)

Piccie shows location of KB and teh scattered remains of DD;s previously heading back to san fran.


ANyway the rest of the day can be said to be ' bloody' at best , mostly my blood with the japs sweeping the PI and a really unlucky mid ocean intercept of the ships escaping SE from the PI

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Day Time Surface Combat at 51,61

Japanese Ships
CL Kinu
DD Shiratsuyu
DD Wakaba
DD Yugure, Shell hits 2
DD Ariake

Allied Ships
TK Manatawny, Shell hits 10, on fire, heavy damage
AK Dos Hermanos, Shell hits 10, on fire, heavy damage
AK Elcano, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Escalante R, Shell hits 16, on fire, heavy damage
AK Governor Wright, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
AK Sarangami, Shell hits 6, and is sunk
AK Si Kiang, Shell hits 5, on fire
AK Taurus, Shell hits 9, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk


OOPS ! .. thought these had been undetected till now .. ran right into an ex bombardment group retiring to Palau .. now thats unlucky !

some limited good news though . i have moved the manilla PT's down to the south islands to hit legaspi and we caught 2 AV's .. unfortunately most torps missed

Day Time Surface Combat, near Legaspi at 44,55

Japanese Ships
AV Sanyo Maru
AV Sanuki Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire

Allied Ships
PT PT-31
PT PT-32
PT PT-33
PT PT-34
PT PT-35
PT PT-41

I am mobilising the PI troops for a counterattack at legaspi .. looks like a SNLF and base personell unloading .. hope its not a div or im in trouble.

Off malaysia anotehr invasion fleet is heading to khota baru .. should i keep the men there ??? or keep marching to kuantan .. really not sure

anyway multiple RAF flights from variious bases in the peninsula mostly failed miserably BUT

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Day Air attack on TF at 25,45


Allied aircraft
Swordfish x 7


Allied aircraft losses
Swordfish: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
CL Kashii, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP Miyako Maru

she was later attacked and confirmed to be burning no it's not a duff report.

P40's on anti naval duty out of manilla are doing well ! and the experience climbs a we bit higher

Day Air attack on TF, near Legaspi at 44,55


Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 21


Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
PC Nichi Maru #1
CS Mizuho
AP Kakyu Maru, Bomb hits 1
AP Meigen Maru, Bomb hits 2


only teeny wee bombs but it will damage ships none the less, and my main goal is the reduction of japanese transports especially AP's.

south china sea is not awash with subs .. good .. but this awsome ASW group is bad

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ASW attack at 44,48

Japanese Ships
PC Ch 3
PC Ch 2
PC Ch 1
PC Shonan Maru #2
PC Shonan Maru #1
PC Kyo Maru #13
PC Kyo Maru #12
PC Kyo Maru #11
PC Kyo Maru #2
MSW W.18
MSW W.17
MSW W.10
MSW W.9
MSW W.8
MSW W.7

Allied Ships
SS KXIV, hits 2, on fire


very badly damaged and heading to manilla 50/50 she'll make it.

well that the highlights for todays action. ( and i swept a LOT of japanese attacks under the rug as any good commander should do [;)])

EDIT

almost forgot china ! allied success . i normally ignore this place but decided to have a go this time round . changed ALL teh commanders and it really made a differance --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Nanning

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 30920 troops, 223 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 12460 troops, 151 guns, 0 vehicles

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

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 2


Japanese ground losses:
197 casualties reported
Guns lost 9

Allied ground losses:
803 casualties reported
Guns lost 38


excellent . i have another corp coming in from the east to prevent retreat and capture the coastal city. will starve them out then hunt them down !

[KDonovan]

Off malaysia anotehr invasion fleet is heading to khota baru .. should i keep the men there ??? or keep marching to kuantan .. really not sure

Tough call there. Maybe its best to keep troops at Khota Baru, inorder to deny Japanese a forward airfield there, even though you might not be able to recover those troops later for the defense of Signapore. The benefit would be more strikes on Japanese shipping without CAP from Mayla base's interferring...just a thought...good luck though..defense of Signapore is always tricky as you don't want to give up everything at once...but you don't want to get cut off.

[Rob Brennan UK]

ORIGINAL: KDonovan

Off malaysia anotehr invasion fleet is heading to khota baru .. should i keep the men there ??? or keep marching to kuantan .. really not sure

Tough call there. Maybe its best to keep troops at Khota Baru, inorder to deny Japanese a forward airfield there, even though you might not be able to recover those troops later for the defense of Signapore. The benefit would be more strikes on Japanese shipping without CAP from Mayla base's interferring...just a thought...good luck though..defense of Signapore is always tricky as you don't want to give up everything at once...but you don't want to get cut off.

on looking closer its a moot point as 1/2 have already moved one hex south .. so he will have an easy invasion .. but hopefully i wont get trapped up there which could easily have happened.

good point about denying him the fields .. humm might have made an error there but we will see. japs have not had any LR cap operating over thier fleets so maybe a few more days of good pickings ahead.

[2ndACR]

Have not read, did a fast scroll down..........How about that sneak shot with KB.................LOL.......................I just love ocean intercepts.

[Rob Brennan UK]

SPIES SPIES EVERYWHERE !!! ( must hide in chateau till the germans go away ! .. oh wait wrong front [;)])

Anyway .. we have had a few days of action since the last update. and we are now at:-

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/13/41

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Night Air attack on TF at 25,47


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IF x 10


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AP Tsunushima Maru
AP Chihaya Maru

my pet bugbear ! the night blenhiems .. cant hit squat ever. BAH .. come may they will get new DAYLIGHT welligtons.


The past few days have been dominated by submarines. Japs blockading singapore and the allies hitting the japanese trasports east of mayala. today however small british ASW groups hiot back and the dutch again take a toll on shipping

ASW attack at 22,51

Japanese Ships
SS I-121, hits 3

Allied Ships
MSW Bendigo
MSW Toowoomba
MSW Ballarat

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Sub attack at 25,47

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

Allied Ships
SS KXII

Japanese ground losses:
72 casualties reported

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Sub attack at 36,42

Japanese Ships
AK Nagara Maru
AP Mogamigawa Maru
PC Ch 7
PG Tatsumiya Maru
MSW W.1
PC Shimushu

Allied Ships
SS Sculpin, hits 1

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ASW attack at 22,51

Japanese Ships
SS I-121, hits 7, heavy damage

Allied Ships
MSW Bendigo
MSW Toowoomba
MSW Ballarat

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Sub attack at 45,48

Japanese Ships
AK Okitu Maru

Allied Ships
SS Sturgeon
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Sub attack at 26,47

Japanese Ships
AK Boston Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS KXIII

Japanese ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Good good ..

also the wildebeest took off and did rather well !

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Day Air attack on TF, near Kuantan at 24,47


Allied aircraft
Vildebeest IV x 22


Allied aircraft losses
Vildebeest IV: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
AP Meikai Maru
AP Kuroshio Maru
AP Tamatsu Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP Nojima Maru
AP Shoho Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP Chihaya Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Japanese ground losses:
98 casualties reported

all this jap shipping was heading to kuantan.

Malaysia overall is fine . almost all khota baru troops in kuantan ( 5 brigades). Backup at malacca. and engineers and reserve troops ( in case of para drop) in johore baru and Mersing.

Piccie attached

[Rob Brennan UK]

Philipines ..

Overall original plan 'operation scoop' very very bad idea .. and japan has 2 divs in legaspi ! oops RUN back to naga. Where an american tank unit may bolster it enough for a small holding action.

Quiet in N PI ..

[Rob Brennan UK]

One quick aside

the POW ! after eating a japanese torpedeo in singpore bay, the flooding (31) was reduced after 3 days and she only has 13 sys damage , so imo still operational. along with POW and DD escort she is now in batavia and the reast of the RN . (one BB 2-3 CA CVL hermes etc. ) on way the tjiljap. Hermes has a new loadout ! didnt notice it before but she now holds 2 flights of swordfish (2x6) a LOT more useful than fulmars. They will unload and opearate from gound bases and the Hermes will remain in tjiljap for fast evac if needed.

I have also decided to try for a Timor defence vs 2ndACR . it looked very good against miller and i 'think' i might have time to implement it. If nothing else it drastically improves australian defence even if Timor falls. Also has no impact on my northern 'creep' .

the Pacific is dangerous waters right now .. KB is still spotted NE of Pearl and she can dash down into the central Pac if lareg convoys spotted. BUT I have sent no larger convoys out at all. Just a few single AK's with supply to Canton and PH. Just in case i have moved saratoge to san fran where the LBA cover is a LOT better than San diago. I wouldn't put Scotty above doing a post strike on west coast this early. so i'd like to minimise losses.

Enterprise and Lexington. Refuelled at canton . heading to Pago to finish topping up . 2 CA's attached to transports diverted to rendesvous here (2-3 days). with these surface forces i can stop a sneak raid on the south pacific dead unless KB comes calling.

So what does anyone think ? timor defence like last time ?? or PM .. its one of the other ..

[Nikademus]

Landing Hermes airgoup to fight from land? Thats not Crickett old boy [;)] Hermes was meant to fight.......kind of like the little choo choo that thinks it can. (it can also screw up her squadron size hardcoding)

(PS....all the early/midway UK carriers have new plane loadouts)

Timor - Not sure what to recommend here....i've never tried a Timor defense and as Japan i've been fairly quick in securing it to flank Java..the primary target. Loss of the Kendari base usually will give Japan total air superiority around the area if G4M and G3M are deployed to control the sea lanes. KB there as well would make it dicier still.

[Rob Brennan UK]

ORIGINAL: Nikademus

Landing Hermes airgoup to fight from land? Thats not Crickett old boy [;)] Hermes was meant to fight.......kind of like the little choo choo that thinks it can. (it can also screw up her squadron size hardcoding)

(PS....all the early/midway UK carriers have new plane loadouts)

Timor - Not sure what to recommend here....i've never tried a Timor defense and as Japan i've been fairly quick in securing it to flank Java..the primary target. Loss of the Kendari base usually will give Japan total air superiority around the area if G4M and G3M are deployed to control the sea lanes. KB there as well would make it dicier still.

Fair enough on the Hermes .. not really in the spirit of the game i suppose. and i dont want them to become huge 72 plane swordfish units ( oh hang on ,, yes i DO !!!! ) [;)][;)]

Kendari is still allied .. no jap activity west of davao for now. so im relatively free to muck about here. agreed if he goes for timor early its not viable. BUT i have based lark and gull forces on dili and lautern as a bit more oomph in case of small nlf raids.

Japanese CA group sighted heading to batavia ?? was attacked heavily from the air TIV/hudon/beaufort/martins .. all falied to hit anything

Day Air attack on TF at 23,57


Allied aircraft
T.IVa x 8


Allied aircraft losses
T.IVa: 8 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Mogami

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x T.IVa launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x T.IVa launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 23,57


Allied aircraft
Martin 139 x 24


Allied aircraft losses
Martin 139: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Kumano
CA Suzuya
CA Mikuma
CA Chokai
CA Mogami


however allied effirts in malaysia improve even though a few japanese Zeros tried to cover the 2nd landings at kuantan.

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Day Air attack on TF, near Kuantan at 24,47

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 4

Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 14
Blenheim I x 11
Blenheim IV x 4
Hudson I x 7

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AP Huso Maru
AP Chihaya Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP Nojima Maru, Bomb hits 1
AP Yoshinogawa Maru, on fire, heavy damage
AP Kuroshio Maru


Day Air attack on TF, near Kuantan at 24,47

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 5

Allied aircraft
Wirraway x 5
Vildebeest IV x 18

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Wirraway: 1 destroyed
Vildebeest IV: 3 destroyed, 8 damaged

Japanese Ships
AP Tsunushima Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AP Kuroshio Maru
AP Tamatsu Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP Shoho Maru, heavy damage

good .. more AP's to davy jones locker or the repair yards for a long time [8D]

also more submarine attacks .. he must hate these

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Sub attack at 47,48

Japanese Ships
APD APD-32
APD APD-35
APD APD-34
APD APD-33

Allied Ships
SS Sargo YAH BOO SUCKS missed !

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Sub attack at 25,47

Japanese Ships
AK Boston Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS KXII

Japanese ground losses:
34 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Later sank and 56th Div had to be rescued ! ,, bet these guy land with awful morale and disruption.

A jap sub has been lurking SW of borneo in a very annoying hex ..

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Sub attack at 28,66

Japanese Ships
SS I-154, hits 8, on fire, heavy damage BOOM

Allied Ships
DD Pillsbury, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
DD Kortenaer
DD Witte de With
DD Peary
DD John D. Ford

all good news ..

Also a dutch sub surfaced in the south china sea and pumped 88mm shells then torps then raked it with mg fire !

Sub attack at 29,54

Japanese Ships
AK Tetsuzan Maru, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS KX

HONG KONG survives for one more day .. barely

Ground combat at Hong Kong

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 32555 troops, 299 guns, 16 vehicles

Defending force 11231 troops, 63 guns, 4 vehicles

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0


Japanese ground losses:
595 casualties reported
Guns lost 14
Vehicles lost 2

Allied ground losses:
160 casualties reported
Guns lost 6
Vehicles lost 1

Nice jap casualties there ..

unfortunately i was unable to take nanning before more japs came from vietnam..

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Ground combat at Nanning

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 29056 troops, 149 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 12072 troops, 121 guns, 0 vehicles

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


Japanese ground losses:
90 casualties reported
Guns lost 8

Allied ground losses:
393 casualties reported
Guns lost 10

well plan A .. cut the road to vietnam , take the port .. and starve the buggers ..

The numbers at kuantan are in my favour right now .. level 3 forts intact

Ground combat at Kuantan

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15216 troops, 243 guns, 13 vehicles

Defending force 17299 troops, 152 guns, 2 vehicles



Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Malacca is decently garissoned too .. not sure if i have enough to keep the road to kuantan open but time will tell , and i want more time in malaysia.

[Nikademus]

ouch..yes losing a loaded transport hurts...only the men get rescued....any equipment is lost.

[Rob Brennan UK]

That was the 2nd full one too . other was an AP ! hehehehe.. [8D][8D]

Well ive taken a risk and prepared force Z for a welcoming cmitee at batavia .. Kuantan in N borneo has fallen but no sign of enemy air activity ( only one unit registered and thats the brigade that got me).. POW captain sacked ! was truly awful and replaced with a very very inspirational chap (71) iirc. 4-5 Dutch DD's and a CL added in too. react range 4 under the best ( pretty bad) CAP i could arrange.

brit DD's 1 day from blaikpapan ( from HK) hoorah .. carrying some on the 108th BF too.

wildebeest stood down but the bloody TIV's will not get a rest till they hit soemthing !

No jap activity in burma whatsoever. diamond harbout BF and rangoon CD now happily on andaman is. forts and port building ( port because i want a size 3 to re-arm and hide Pt's).

Moulmein garissoned and an indian div heading to the hex east of the rail line ( over the river from the jap one in thailand). rangoon still has BF and 1 div to dicourage paras. all burmese rear area bases , kohima/imphal/ledo/jorhat emptied so the BF's can regrow in calcutta before heading back.

more updates later ..

p.s NIK .. no flak cities yet . looks like your tweak did the job .. PROPER JOB ( if you have ever seen scrapheap challenge)

[Nikademus]

Good to hear. (Flak cities)

[KDonovan]

I'm also the fan of the Timor defense strategy out of the 4 major DEI defense strategies (the other 3 being Signapore fortress, Java fortress, or Sir robin). So i say go with that. I would try to use as many dutch units your PP's allow though, as there are many units scattered around on those little islands, and the west coast of sumatra. They make good defensive units when concentrated. Then back them up with Aussie units that you can afford to lose. 30th Bde is always good, as its already a SWPAC force. Of course the one bad thing..is that this strategy really works best when you have lots of B17's operating out of Darwin...unfortunately (but rightly so)..they are hard to come by in Nik's mod. Good luck