All Ahead Flank - Reluctant Admiral 6.1: Mr Kane (J) vs NY59Giants (A)

[morejeffs]

Probably a bit too early to retreat. Agree with seeing what he lands at Vizagapatnam...Of course do cycle out the badly disrupted units for fresh units as available...But if you can hold him for a while you will only get stronger as new units get swapped in. And he has been taking some nasty disruption.

[ny59giants]

What would I do? Hard to say. I'd wait one day to see what forces he lands at Vizagapatnam.
IJA divs: where are the 2nd, 4th & 21st? He also has 2 1/2 divs in Luzon. What else can he muster?

Intel shows the 4 ID still on Java. The 21st is in Burma and just took Magwe. His invasion TFs were off Vizagapatnam with part of KB, but that was a decoy (or just empty transports). With RA, each of us get 60 PP/day. So, he could have another three divisions. My troops remain in Combat Mode, but they should move 15 miles per day.

[ny59giants]

March 17 & 18 1942: Calcutta still holding

Key: TT = Torpedo; bb = ground bombardment; c = casualties; b = base hits; s = supply hits; r = runway hits; p = port hits; f = fuel hits; AV = Assault Value; DC = Depth Charged; (*) = destroyed aircraft; If odds are underlined, they are the Allies; BG = Bomber Group of 48 planes (4 x 12 bomber squadrons); FG fighter group = 25 fighter planes if American

Landings: Mataram and Koepang

Subs:


CVs:
KB & company - MIA

India:
Calcutta - 27 Zero sweep before 11 Zero escort in 18 Lilys to hit the AF. 42 Lily hit AF on 18th.

Ground combat at Calcutta (52,37)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 126416 troops, 2588 guns, 871 vehicles, Assault Value = 2979

Defending force 53622 troops, 685 guns, 1532 vehicles, Assault Value = 1319

Japanese adjusted assault: 1646

Allied adjusted defense: 3245

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

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), preparation(-), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
3657 casualties reported
Squads: 23 destroyed, 263 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 51 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 40 disabled
Guns lost 32 (2 destroyed, 30 disabled)
Vehicles lost 22 (2 destroyed, 20 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
1234 casualties reported
Squads: 28 destroyed, 90 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 79 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 43 disabled
Guns lost 25 (6 destroyed, 19 disabled)
Vehicles lost 87 (12 destroyed, 75 disabled)

Assaulting units:
5th Division
18th Division
56th Division
1st Tank Regiment
53rd Division
Imperial Guards Division
38th Division
33rd Division
2nd Recon Regiment
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
35th Fld AA Gun Co
20th AA Regiment
26th Fld AA Gun Co
1st RF Gun Battalion
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
15th Army
25th Army
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
Southern Army
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
2nd Mortar Battalion
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
2nd Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
255th Armoured Brigade
6th Australian Division
20th Indian Division
7th Australian Division
254th Armoured Brigade
Fort William Fortress
36th Indian Brigade
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
223 Group RAF
2/11th Field Regiment
48th Light AA Regiment
Eastern Command
2/13th Field Regiment
RAF 223 Group Wing
1st Bengal Construction Battalion

Asansol - 1 SE of base sees 36 Hurricanes sweep before 15 B-17Ds and 18 Blenhein attack the 14th Tank Rgt on 17th.

Ground combat at 53,35 (near Asansol)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 469 troops, 0 guns, 78 vehicles, Assault Value = 27

Defending force 6368 troops, 84 guns, 645 vehicles, Assault Value = 402

Japanese adjusted assault: 0

Allied adjusted defense: 90

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 99

Combat modifiers
Defender: op mode(-), leaders(+), experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(+), leaders(-)

Japanese ground losses:
Vehicles lost 40 (24 destroyed, 16 disabled)

Assaulting units:
14th Tank Regiment

Defending units:
150th RAC Regiment
50th Tank Brigade
43rd Cavalry Regiment
7th Armoured Brigade
85th British AT Gun Regiment

Mr Kane sends in 22 Zeros on LRCAP on the 18th. My first sweep of 9 Hurricane get 2 for 1 while the second sweep of 10 Hurricanes get 1:1. 5 Zero are still left when 13 and then 9 Blenheim hit the Tank Rgt. 27 B-17s from Hyderabad then add to the carnage.

Ground combat at 53,35 (near Asansol)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 6368 troops, 84 guns, 645 vehicles, Assault Value = 403

Defending force 294 troops, 0 guns, 51 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Allied adjusted assault: 107

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 107 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: leaders(+), leaders(-), disruption(-), experience(-)
supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
Vehicles lost 30 (30 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1 [:D]

Assaulting units:
50th Tank Brigade
43rd Cavalry Regiment
150th RAC Regiment
7th Armoured Brigade
85th British AT Gun Regiment
6th Heavy AA Regiment

Defending units:
14th Tank Regiment

One less tank rgt in India to worry about.

Burma:

Ground combat at Meiktila (58,47)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 6096 troops, 48 guns, 20 vehicles, Assault Value = 202

Defending force 846 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 38

Japanese adjusted assault: 137

Allied adjusted defense: 2

Japanese assault odds: 68 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Meiktila !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: preparation(-), fatigue(-), morale(-), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
43 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Allied ground losses:
531 casualties reported
Squads: 27 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 18 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 2

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
RTA Division
21st/C Division

Defending units:
13th Burma Rifles Battalion
9th Burma Rifles Battalion

China:
Changsha - daily ground bb attacks. Results for 17th are 1494J:1755A

Philippines:
Manila - daily ground bb attacks are preceded by up to 40 bombers.

Sumatra:

Ground combat at Langsa (46,74)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 3167 troops, 26 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 98

Defending force 270 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 7

Japanese adjusted assault: 150

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 150 to 1 (fort level 1)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Langsa !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), preparation(-), fatigue(-)
morale(-), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker: shock(+)

Allied ground losses:
115 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 1

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
143rd Infantry Regiment

Defending units:
Tapanoeli Gsn Battalion

Borneo:

Eastern DEI:
Mataram - becomes Japan's on 18th

Koepang - My 8 Dutch bombers miss the transports that are now off shore.

South Pacific:

Other:

Engineering:
Addu - F2; Sydney F4; Howrah F2; Warangal AF2;

Notes/Plans:
My retreat out of Calcutta continues (30/46). I cannot spread out my losses amongst multiple units like Mr Kane can amongst 7 divisions. The code word in India is "Delay." [;)] My AV went from 1304 to 1102 after last attack. [:(]

[ny59giants]

March 19 & 20 1942: China heats up.

Key: TT = Torpedo; bb = ground bombardment; c = casualties; b = base hits; s = supply hits; r = runway hits; p = port hits; f = fuel hits; AV = Assault Value; DC = Depth Charged; (*) = destroyed aircraft; If odds are underlined, they are the Allies; BG = Bomber Group of 48 planes (4 x 12 bomber squadrons); FG fighter group = 25 fighter planes if American

Landings:

Subs:
I-2 is at Suva as my first re-supply TF reaches the base. They were out!!

I-8 is still at Savaii, but supplies are finally unloaded.

CVs:
KB & company - MIA

India:
Calcutta - Two days worth of ground bb attacks. However, the troops make it over to Howrah on 20th. It will fall on next attack.

Asansol - A total of 43 Lily attack the stack just to SE of base. Since I have AA there, casualties are very light.

Burma:

China:
Changsha - daily ground bb attacks.

Ground combat at Changsha (82,52)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1344 troops, 140 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1519

Defending force 59879 troops, 287 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1760

Allied ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
3rd Division
6th Division
13th Division
40th Division
1st Mortar Battalion
15th Ind.Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
51st Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion
11th Army
14th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
52nd Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion

Defending units:
4th Chinese Corps
74th Chinese Corps
99th Chinese Corps
73rd Chinese Corps
58th Chinese Corps
5th Construction Regiment
19th Group Army
29th Group Army
9th War Area
27th Group Army
17th Chinese Base Force
41st AA Regiment

All the Corp have now reached 50 experience or slightly higher which means full AV. Fort building is at F4 94% which means this base will be held.

Pingsiang (two south of Changsha) - OUCH!!

Ground combat at Pingsiang (82,54)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 76901 troops, 572 guns, 520 vehicles, Assault Value = 2839

Defending force 40368 troops, 152 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1441

Japanese adjusted assault: 486

Allied adjusted defense: 777

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 3)

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), leaders(+), experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+), supply(-)

Japanese ground losses:
8541 casualties reported
Squads: 182 destroyed, 538 disabled
Non Combat: 52 destroyed, 42 disabled
Engineers: 20 destroyed, 43 disabled
Guns lost 66 (15 destroyed, 51 disabled)
Vehicles lost 80 (58 destroyed, 22 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Allied ground losses:
1203 casualties reported
Squads: 7 destroyed, 197 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 6 disabled
Guns lost 15 (1 destroyed, 14 disabled)

Assaulting units:
9th Armored Car Co
39th Division
110th Division
23rd Tank Regiment
17th Division
11th Division
55th Infantry Brigade
12th Ind.Mixed Brigade
58th Division
13th Tank Regiment
1st Recon Regiment
11th Tank Regiment
1st Army
8th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion

Defending units:
87th Chinese Corps
53rd Chinese Corps
86th Chinese Corps
94th Chinese Corps
20th Group Army

That will leave a mark!! [:D] Stacking limits are 45k and a fourth Corp had just arrived from Changsha before the attack (43,500 troops). This is what can happen if you overstack a hex like Mr Kane just did. [:-] Base is 80% towards F4 which will help. Three more Corps are on their way. One just left Chungking while two more are just NE of Chungking from Sian. This area looks like it will be the main combat area in China.

Philippines:
Manila - daily ground bb attacks are preceded by up to 40 bombers.

Sumatra:

Borneo:

Eastern DEI:
Koepang - My 8 Dutch bombers miss the transports that are now off shore...again!

Ground combat at Koepang (68,116)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 3665 troops, 26 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 126

Defending force 1847 troops, 14 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 60

Japanese adjusted assault: 174

Allied adjusted defense: 29

Japanese assault odds: 6 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Koepang !!!

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
139WH-3: 6 destroyed
B-339D: 2 destroyed
PBY-5 Catalina: 1 destroyed

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), morale(-), experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+)

Japanese ground losses:
121 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 11 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Allied ground losses:
2678 casualties reported
Squads: 51 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 105 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 19 (19 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 3

Assaulting units:
41st Infantry Regiment

Defending units:
Timor Garrison Battalion
Dili Detachment
Koepang Base Force

South Pacific:

Other:

Engineering:
Midway P2; Port Stanley P4;

Notes/Plans:
Screenshot shows the three most damaged BBs finally arriving on the West Coast for complete repairs. Three more remain at Pearl and they will be done in less than 5 months.

Death Star - After re-fueling at Aukland, they are headed for Pearl for the massive 4/42 upgrades. CV Hornet is less than three days out from Pearl from Panama.

[ny59giants]

March 21 & 22 1942:
Christmas break is over....back to the war

An nearly empty Calcutta falls.

Key: TT = Torpedo; bb = ground bombardment; c = casualties; b = base hits; s = supply hits; r = runway hits; p = port hits; f = fuel hits; AV = Assault Value; DC = Depth Charged; (*) = destroyed aircraft; If odds are underlined, they are the Allies; BG = Bomber Group of 48 planes (4 x 12 bomber squadrons); FG fighter group = 25 fighter planes if American

Landings:

Subs:
I-1 is hit once by my DD at Noumea

CVs:
KB & company - MIA

India:
Calcutta - 21st

Ground combat at Calcutta (52,37)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 126093 troops, 2591 guns, 877 vehicles, Assault Value = 2942

Defending force 4880 troops, 28 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 9

Japanese adjusted assault: 3886

Allied adjusted defense: 25

Japanese assault odds: 155 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Calcutta !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), disruption(-), experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+)

Japanese ground losses:
33 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Allied ground losses:
4950 casualties reported
Squads: 45 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 446 destroyed, 24 disabled
Engineers: 31 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 28 (28 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 1
Units destroyed 1

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
Imperial Guards Division
33rd Division
1st Tank Regiment
38th Division
56th Division
5th Division
18th Division
53rd Division
2nd Recon Regiment
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Mortar Battalion
35th Fld AA Gun Co
15th Army
Southern Army
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
20th AA Regiment
26th Fld AA Gun Co
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
25th Army
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
1st RF Gun Battalion
2nd Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
Fort William Fortress
Eastern Command

1 of those 7 divisions will need to remain in place for garrison duty. I click "Y" (Stockpile) for both types of "Garrison Unit" devices so this HQ can remain mobile.

Asansol -

Dacca - 33 Zeros sweep the skies before 18 more escort in 53 Lily.

Rajshashi - 4th Tank Rgt takes base on 22nd.

Burma:
Mandalay -

Ground combat at Mandalay (59,46)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 7149 troops, 68 guns, 20 vehicles, Assault Value = 241

Defending force 1434 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 44

Japanese adjusted assault: 177

Allied adjusted defense: 3

Japanese assault odds: 59 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Mandalay !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: preparation(-), morale(-), experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+)

Japanese ground losses:
211 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 19 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled

Allied ground losses:
904 casualties reported
Squads: 64 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 39 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Units retreated 4
Units destroyed 1

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
21st/B Division
21st/C Division

Defending units:
Mandalay BMP Battalion
13th Burma Rifles Battalion
6th Burma Rifles Battalion
9th Burma Rifles Battalion
AVG Ground Echelon

Taung Gyi - empty base becomes Japan's

China:
Changsha - daily ground bb attacks.

Pingsiang (two south of Changsha) -

Philippines:
Manila - daily ground bb attacks are preceded by 18 Lily and 21 Ann.

Sumatra:

Borneo:

Eastern DEI:
Bima - empty base changes sides.

South Pacific:

Other:

Engineering:
Howrah F3; Wellington F4; Mdras AF5; Savaii F3; Wuchow F4; Dora Harbor AF3;

Bombay (F4 - 26%) and Karachi (F3 - 50%) each gain 1% each day until I can get more engineers into India.

Notes/Plans:
India - 41/B Div is now unloading and will move south to join 41/A. 41/C, 2x EAB, and 80 P-39s are 6 days from leaving Cape Town channel for Karachi. 255th Armor Bde will move to Bombay for refit.

[ny59giants]

March 23 thru 26 1942:
Slow retreat from Calcutta front. Like in Russia, trading space for time.

Key: TT = Torpedo; bb = ground bombardment; c = casualties; b = base hits; s = supply hits; r = runway hits; p = port hits; f = fuel hits; AV = Assault Value; DC = Depth Charged; (*) = destroyed aircraft; If odds are underlined, they are the Allies; BG = Bomber Group of 48 planes (4 x 12 bomber squadrons); FG fighter group = 25 fighter planes if American

Landings: Ruteng

Subs:
I-168 misses transports from Suva that end up at Vava'u.

I-158 is 1 due west of Colombo.

CVs:
KB & company - MIA

India:
Jamshedpur - 44 Zero sweep before bombers come in. 18 more escort in 29 Lily and I lose 7 of 15 Hurricanes that were set to 100% training to 4 Zero.

Asansol - two tank rgt move in and then out after finding some of my own armor in there. I now order everybody out of base as 6 LCUs are just SE of base - 58,540 trps/609 guns/190 AFVs

Burma:

China:
Changsha - daily ground bb attacks.

Pingsiang (two south of Changsha) - ground bb attack on 26th

Philippines:
Manila - daily ground bb attacks are preceded by 18 Lily and 21 Ann.
3 BB, 2 DD bb base on 26th.

Dumanquilas - base falls to 1st Kure Assault Div. I retreat to last remaining base on Mindanao, Zamboanga.

Sumatra:

Borneo:

Eastern DEI:
Ruteng - empty base changes sides.

South Pacific:
Allied "Death Star" of CVs and Force Z past to east of Pago Pago to head back to Pearl for 4/42 upgrades.

Other:

Engineering:
Kodiak F4; Asansol F1; Tennant Creek AF3; Kukong F4; Paoshan F3; Ranchi AF3; Jamshedpur F2; Changsha F5; Christmas Island F4; Diego Garcia AF2; Vancouver P9; Neikiang F3; Seattle P7; Wendover AF6; Kunming F3;

Notes/Plans:
Intel - Gds Mixed Bde loading for Diamond Harbour

India - Screenshot fails to show 1st Tank Rgt has crossed river and is headed west from Calcutta towards Cuttack. Remnants of Burma Army is at Imphal or beyond now.

[ny59giants]

March 27 thru 29 1942:
No air attacks on 27th....weird

Key: TT = Torpedo; bb = ground bombardment; c = casualties; b = base hits; s = supply hits; r = runway hits; p = port hits; f = fuel hits; AV = Assault Value; DC = Depth Charged; (*) = destroyed aircraft; If odds are underlined, they are the Allies; BG = Bomber Group of 48 planes (4 x 12 bomber squadrons); FG fighter group = 25 fighter planes if American

Landings: Morotai & Talaud-eilanden

Subs: [>:]

CVs:
KB & company - MIA

India:
Jamshedpur -

Asansol - 29th

Ground combat at Asansol (53,34)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 39896 troops, 559 guns, 128 vehicles, Assault Value = 931

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0

Japanese adjusted assault: 729

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 729 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Asansol !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker:

Assaulting units:
53rd Division
38th Division
15th Army
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion

The base is in clear terrain, so could not stand and fight.

Raipur - 44 Zeros sweep on 28th

at 55,34 , near Rajshashi - 42 Oscars with 36 Lily hit troops on 28th

Rangpur - empty base falls to 4th Tank Rgt on 28th. This cuts off my troops retreat route from Burma....for now.

Ground combat at 54,33 (near Asansol) 29th

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 4127 troops, 85 guns, 139 vehicles, Assault Value = 164

Defending force 1302 troops, 4 guns, 46 vehicles, Assault Value = 52

Allied adjusted assault: 67

Japanese adjusted defense: 30

Allied assault odds: 2 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: op mode(-), leaders(+)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
448 casualties reported
Squads: 13 destroyed, 25 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 17 (7 destroyed, 10 disabled)
Units retreated 1

Allied ground losses:
28 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
16th Light Cavalry Regiment
23rd Indian/B Division
1st Indian Light AA Regiment
20th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
77th Heavy AA Regiment

Defending units:
2nd Recon Regiment

This successful attack allows my troops to retreat north and not be cut off. I had ordered my bombers to attack but none flew.

Burma:

China:
Changsha - daily ground bb attacks.

Pingsiang (two south of Changsha) - daily ground bb attack

Tsiaotso - 27th

Ground combat at Tsiaotso (88,42)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 12135 troops, 94 guns, 32 vehicles, Assault Value = 444

Defending force 10368 troops, 70 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 231

Japanese adjusted assault: 382

Allied adjusted defense: 376

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), experience(-)
Attacker: leaders(+)

Japanese ground losses:
310 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 28 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled

Allied ground losses:
198 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
35th Division

Defending units:
40th Chinese Corps
2nd Chinese Cavalry Corps
5th New Chinese Corps
1st War Area
24th Group Army
36th Group Army

Ground combat at 86,49 (near Sinyang) - 27th

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 16823 troops, 144 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 451

Defending force 12835 troops, 71 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 326

Japanese adjusted assault: 201

Allied adjusted defense: 571

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
474 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 63 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
297 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 20 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled

Assaulting units:
61st Infantry Brigade
27th Division

Defending units:
7th Chinese Corps
84th Chinese Corps
21st Group Army

Ground combat at 86,38 (near Yenan) 27th

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 6024 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 211

Defending force 7907 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 225

Japanese adjusted assault: 165

Allied adjusted defense: 127

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), fatigue(-), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
363 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 46 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled

Allied ground losses:
173 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 18 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Assaulting units:
4th Ind.Mixed Brigade

Defending units:
42nd Chinese Corps

Philippines:
Manila - daily ground bb attacks.
BB Hyuga, Ise, Yamashira, 2 DD bb base on 28th.
Air attacks only on 29th with 20 Lily, 18 Sally, 21 Ann.

Sumatra:
Djambi - I had taken back this empty base, but it was taken again by Japan on 27th. However, 50 Oil were damaged. [:)]

Borneo:

Eastern DEI:

South Pacific:

Other:

Engineering:
Balboa AF6; Albany AF2; Suva AF5; Benares F2; Terrace AF1; Vancouver F2; Patna F2; Raipur AF4; Perth F5; Aukland P8;

Notes/Plans:
Intel -

Slowly pulling back In India. See screenshot.

[ny59giants]

March 30 and 31 1942:
Japan's battleline found at Manila

Key: TT = Torpedo; bb = ground bombardment; c = casualties; b = base hits; s = supply hits; r = runway hits; p = port hits; f = fuel hits; AV = Assault Value; DC = Depth Charged; (*) = destroyed aircraft; If odds are underlined, they are the Allies; BG = Bomber Group of 48 planes (4 x 12 bomber squadrons); FG fighter group = 25 fighter planes if American

Landings: Fast Transport at Saumlaki

Subs:
I'm trying to find his shipping lanes between Singapore and Calcutta without success yet.

CVs:
KB & company - MIA

India:
Jamshedpur -

Asansol -
30th - two hexes to east sees 42 Oscars with 47 Lily causing minimal casualties (I'm learning from my other game the need to keep AA with troops at or near front line).

Raipur -
30th - 44 Zeros at 18k

Howrah -
31st - the 6th & 7th Aussie ID are attacked by 72 Sally escorted by 127 Oscars in two waves. The troops vacate the base later in the turn and suffer very minor casualties.

Burma:
Shwebo - empty base falls to 21/B ID on 30th.

China:
Changsha - daily ground bb attacks.

Pingsiang (two south of Changsha) -
30th - ground bb attack
31st -

Ground combat at Pingsiang (82,54)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 82204 troops, 1175 guns, 203 vehicles, Assault Value = 2899

Defending force 40201 troops, 187 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1305

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2

Japanese adjusted assault: 1265

Allied adjusted defense: 2951

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

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
7442 casualties reported
Squads: 236 destroyed, 300 disabled
Non Combat: 29 destroyed, 28 disabled
Engineers: 20 destroyed, 20 disabled
Guns lost 51 (23 destroyed, 28 disabled)
Vehicles lost 78 (37 destroyed, 41 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
1061 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 125 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled

Assaulting units:
13th Tank Regiment
12th Ind.Mixed Brigade
17th Division
110th Division
39th Division
55th Infantry Brigade
58th Division
11th Division
1st Army
8th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion

Defending units:
87th Chinese Corps
86th Chinese Corps
53rd Chinese Corps
94th Chinese Corps
20th Group Army
56th AT Gun Regiment

The stacking limits for the base is 45k. I'm at over 44k. I think Mr Kane has vastly overstacked this base and it shows in the results. However, the forts go down to 2 before I was able to get to level 4 (I was at 87% before attack). Reinforcements are in route, if need. This base right now is the key to holding my southern MLR.

Tsiaotso -

Philippines:
Manila - two days of the battleline hitting the base. Ouch!! [:(]
30th -

Night Naval bombardment of Manila at 79,77

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
O-47A: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Hyuga
BB Ise
BB Yamashiro
BB Mutsu
BB Nagato
BB Kirishima
BB Haruna
BB Kongo
CA Mikuma
CA Mogami
CA Ashigara
CA Nachi
CA Myoko
CA Maya
CA Chikuma
CA Tone
DD Hatakaze
DD Matsukaze
DD Harukaze
DD Asakaze
DD Shiranui
DD Natsushio
DD Kagero

Allied Ships
xAKL Dona Nati, Shell hits 8, heavy fires, heavy damage

Allied ground losses:
1417 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 88 disabled
Non Combat: 21 destroyed, 99 disabled
Engineers: 5 destroyed, 6 disabled
Guns lost 18 (4 destroyed, 14 disabled)
Vehicles lost 25 (7 destroyed, 18 disabled)

Light Industry hits 3
Manpower hits 11
Resources hits 2
Fires 10760
Airbase hits 13
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 59
Port hits 15
Port supply hits 1

31st - 22 Lily, 20 Sally, and 21 Ann precede first deliberate attacks.

Ground combat at Manila (79,77)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 37310 troops, 420 guns, 280 vehicles, Assault Value = 1502

Defending force 59992 troops, 814 guns, 587 vehicles, Assault Value = 1980

Japanese adjusted assault: 820

Allied adjusted defense: 1919

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 3)

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
1521 casualties reported
Squads: 10 destroyed, 294 disabled
Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 48 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Guns lost 56 (12 destroyed, 44 disabled)
Vehicles lost 48 (13 destroyed, 35 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
437 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 59 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled
Guns lost 37 (2 destroyed, 35 disabled)
Vehicles lost 14 (1 destroyed, 13 disabled)

Assaulting units:
65th Brigade
16th Division
4th Ind.Mixed Regiment
21st Ind.Mixed Brigade
48th Division
2nd Tank Regiment
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
14th Army
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Construction Battalion

Defending units:
57th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team
3rd/45th PS Inf Battalion
192nd Tank Battalion
71st PA Infantry Division
194th Tank Battalion
26th PS Cavalry Regiment
1st PA Infantry Division
21st PA Infantry Division
51st PA Infantry Division
31st Infantry Regiment
31st PA Infantry Division
1st PA Constabulary Regiment
41st PA Infantry Division
11th PA Infantry Division
14th PS Engineer Regiment
91st PA Infantry Division
2nd PA Constabulary Regiment
Manila USAAF Base Force
USAFFE
200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment
Far East USAAF
II Philippine Corps Corps
Asiatic Fleet
Cavite USN Base Force
803rd Engineer Aviation Battalion

Sumatra:

Borneo:

Eastern DEI:
Saumlaki - empty base falls on 31st

South Pacific:

Other:

Engineering:
Zamboanga F1; Cawnpore AF2; Kalgoorlie F4; Maryborough AF2; Colombo F4; Brisbane AF5; Dora Harbor AF4; Ranchi F3; Wellington AF4;

Notes/Plans:
Intel -
Elements of 4 ID loading for India.
CV Soryu at Tokyo.

Allied "Death Star" one day out of Pearl. Most of the American warships and subs will spend April getting their first upgrades (radar!!).

41/C ID is three days out from Karachi along with two EABs.

[ny59giants]

April 1, 2, 3 1942:
Invasion bonus is over!![:)]
American warships and subs start their 4/42 upgrades

Key: TT = Torpedo; bb = ground bombardment; c = casualties; b = base hits; s = supply hits; r = runway hits; p = port hits; f = fuel hits; AV = Assault Value; DC = Depth Charged; (*) = destroyed aircraft; If odds are underlined, they are the Allies; BG = Bomber Group of 48 planes (4 x 12 bomber squadrons); FG fighter group = 25 fighter planes if American

Landings: Babar & Gorontalo

Subs:

CVs:
KB & company - MIA

India:
Jamshedpur - The base is hit all three days.
1st - Over 150 Oscars escort in over 70 Sally and over 35 Lily in four strikes. They come in at 10k, so only my heavy AA guns get any hits.
2nd - The numbers come down to just 78 Oscars and 41 Lily
3rd - More of the same as 7 Oscars and 34 Lily hit the AF. Despite three days worth of attacks, my forts go to 3.

Asansol -

Ground combat at 54,33 (near Asansol) 2 ENE of base on 1st

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 1599 troops, 4 guns, 132 vehicles, Assault Value = 85

Defending force 5279 troops, 145 guns, 243 vehicles, Assault Value = 156

Japanese adjusted assault: 70

Allied adjusted defense: 52

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+)

Japanese ground losses:
340 casualties reported
Squads: 9 destroyed, 23 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Vehicles lost 28 (1 destroyed, 27 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
24 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 24 (7 destroyed, 17 disabled)

Assaulting units:
2nd Recon Regiment
7th Tank Regiment

Defending units:
16th Light Cavalry Regiment
23rd Indian/B Division
20th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
1st Indian Light AA Regiment
77th Heavy AA Regiment

Tezpur - empty dot base falls to 4th Tank on 2nd.

Ranchi - on 3rd...

Ground combat at Ranchi (52,32)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 315 troops, 9 guns, 33 vehicles, Assault Value = 507

Defending force 25627 troops, 349 guns, 1166 vehicles, Assault Value = 905

Assaulting units:
38th Division
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion

Defending units:
7th Armoured Brigade
150th RAC Regiment
84th Indian Brigade
41st Infantry/A Division
1st Patiala Lancers
6/18th Royal Garwal Battalion
43rd Cavalry Regiment
50th Tank Brigade
41st Infantry/B Division
1st Peshawar Base Force
35th Light AA Regiment
1st RM Heavy AA Regiment
2/9th Field Regiment
1 ML-KNIL Aviation
85th British AT Gun Regiment
6th Heavy AA Regiment
1st Madras Construction Battalion

This is welcomed as many of my troops still have low experience levels (below 50). If Mr Kane follows his SOP, these attacks will continue.

Burma:

China:
Changsha - daily ground bb attacks.

Pingsiang (two south of Changsha) -

Philippines:
Manila - Almost 60 bombers hit the AF all three days. Daily ground bb attacks continue. The "Battleline" - 8 BB, 6 CA, 7 DD hit the base on 2nd & 3rd.

Sumatra:

Borneo:

Eastern DEI:
Makassar - first attack is on 1st and gets just 6:13 odds
Babar, Morotai, & Gorontalo - empty bases fall on 3rd.

South Pacific:

Other:

Engineering:
Colombo F4; Brisbane AF5; Dora Harbor AF4; Ranchi F3; Wellington AF4; Penrhyn Is P2; Canton F4; Aitutaki P2; Savaii P3; Jamshedpur F3;

Notes/Plans:
Intel - n/a

The war seems to be now just on land - India and China.

[ny59giants]

April 4, 5, 6 1942:

Key: TT = Torpedo; bb = ground bombardment; c = casualties; b = base hits; s = supply hits; r = runway hits; p = port hits; f = fuel hits; AV = Assault Value; DC = Depth Charged; (*) = destroyed aircraft; If odds are underlined, they are the Allies; BG = Bomber Group of 48 planes (4 x 12 bomber squadrons); FG fighter group = 25 fighter planes, if American

Landings: Babo

Subs: It looks like three subs are patrolling 4 hexes to west down to south of Pearl. Mr Kane probably saw my CV TFs enter port. ASW efforts have failed to hit them, yet.

CVs:
KB & company - MIA
Allied - At Pearl for 4/42 upgrades. Just in case Mt Kane tries something foolishly, I have the Army fighters on CAP while my USN fighters are still training up. Non-CV based fighters present is over 400.

India:
Jamshedpur - Daily ground bb attacks for all three days. An easy way to keep track of any LCU changes by me, but my troops gain experience slowly.

Ranchi - See Jamshedpur

Raipur -
4th - 30 Zero sweep before 116 Oscars escort in 72 Sally (9b, 9s, 42r). Due to my shortage of engineers in India still, this base will take some time to fully repair.
5th - The Zeros sweep again.

Jubbulpore - Roving bomber groups now find this base in mid-India on the 5th. 167 Oscars with 79 Sally his the size 1 AF. [X(] I lose 8 bombers on the ground. BFs and 2 American EABs are headed for this base as its central location is ideal for me. Dealing with this number of Oscars is an issue to be dealt with later.

Howrah - empty base changes hands on 6th

Burma:

China:
Changsha - daily ground bb attacks.

Pingsiang (two south of Changsha) -

Ground combat at 86,38 (near Yenan) In between Yenan and Sian on the trail

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 18451 troops, 113 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 475

Defending force 5466 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 149

Allied adjusted assault: 415

Japanese adjusted defense: 267

Allied assault odds: 1 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
458 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 39 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
198 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 31 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled

Assaulting units:
35th Chinese Corps
42nd Chinese Corps

Defending units:
4th Ind.Mixed Brigade

This Bde is now isolated as I move a Corp in behind it.

Philippines:
Manila - Almost 60 bombers hit the AF on 6th. Daily ground bb attacks continue.

Sumatra:

Borneo:

Eastern DEI:

South Pacific:

Other:

Engineering:
Dunedin P5; Benares F3; Sydney P9; Perth AF5;

Notes/Plans:
Intel - [>:]

Hawaii - Almost 100 warships and subs are under going upgrades.

[ny59giants]

April 7, 8, 9 1942:
Hurricanes not good enough vs Zeros
Chinese are a tough nut to crack.

Key: TT = Torpedo; bb = ground bombardment; c = casualties; b = base hits; s = supply hits; r = runway hits; p = port hits; f = fuel hits; AV = Assault Value; DC = Depth Charged; (*) = destroyed aircraft; If odds are underlined, they are the Allies; BG = Bomber Group of 48 planes (4 x 12 bomber squadrons); FG fighter group = 25 fighter planes, if American

Landings:Boela

Subs:
I-172 is able to dodge my DCs from 3 DDs on ASW patrol 4 SW of Pearl.

I-16 is now back off San Fran. She misses an empty transport TF. The next day, my 3 APDs on ASW duty cannot hit her.

CVs:
KB & company - MIA

India:
Jamshedpur - daily ground bb attacks.

Ranchi - daily ground bb attacks.
7th -

Morning Air attack on Ranchi , at 52,32

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 36,700 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 32

Allied aircraft
Hurricane I Trop x 14
Hurricane IIa Trop x 5
Hurricane IIb Trop x 19

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane I Trop: 3 destroyed
Hurricane IIa Trop: 1 destroyed
Hurricane IIb Trop: 3 destroyed

Followed up by 3 more Zeros. I lose 21 to 1 for the day, but only 3 pilots. Need better pilots and more planes before I try this again.

8th - 4 groups of 42 Oscars each sweep the empty skies. Some of my BFs and support troops are ordered north.
9th - 102 Oscars with 77 Sally hit AF.

Raipur -
8th - 34 Zeros sweep

Silchar - empty base falls to 4th Tank on 7th.


Burma:

China:
Changsha - daily ground bb attacks.

Pingsiang (two south of Changsha) - Over stacking can lead to these results on 9th.

Ground combat at Pingsiang (82,54)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 54956 troops, 855 guns, 186 vehicles, Assault Value = 1581

Defending force 39991 troops, 187 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1241

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1

Japanese adjusted assault: 450

Allied adjusted defense: 2157

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

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
3497 casualties reported
Squads: 46 destroyed, 242 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 69 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 32 disabled
Guns lost 47 (7 destroyed, 40 disabled)
Vehicles lost 94 (24 destroyed, 70 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
274 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 57 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Guns lost 12 (1 destroyed, 11 disabled)

Assaulting units:
13th Tank Regiment
39th Division
17th Division
11th Division
1st Army
8th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion

Defending units:
86th Chinese Corps
87th Chinese Corps
53rd Chinese Corps
94th Chinese Corps
20th Group Army
56th AT Gun Regiment

Philippines:
Manila - Almost 60 bombers hit the AF on 6th. Daily ground bb attacks continue.

Sumatra:

Borneo:

Eastern DEI:
Babo - empty base falls to a Naval Guard on 7th.

South Pacific:

Other:

Engineering:
Hilo AF3; Luchnow F3; Vancouver F3; Bakin AF7; Koadiak AF4; Chengtu AF6; Bangalore F4; Iman AF4;

Notes/Plans:
Intel - [>:]

India - Mr Kane has 7 LCUs in SE India that will try to capture the bases from Chittagong to Ledo. I'm trying to get my 1st Burma Div, a Chinese Corp, BFs, and an AA LCU to escape or a least cause some delays for him. I will need to spend my PPs for the rest of April and most of May for the 40th American ID at Cape Town, the 2x FA (155mm), and some more air groups. Then, I can focus on the rest of the map.

[ny59giants]

April 10, 11, 12 1942:
Another base lost in India

Key: TT = Torpedo; bb = ground bombardment; c = casualties; b = base hits; s = supply hits; r = runway hits; p = port hits; f = fuel hits; AV = Assault Value; DC = Depth Charged; (*) = destroyed aircraft; If odds are underlined, they are the Allies; BG = Bomber Group of 48 planes (4 x 12 bomber squadrons); FG fighter group = 25 fighter planes, if American

Landings:Bengkalis and Roti

Subs:
I-172 is sunk by my DDs off Pearl. 3 DCs followed by 3 shell hits when she was forced to surface. [:)]

I-16 is now 1 SW of San Fran. ASW efforts fail to hit her.

CVs:
KB & company - MIA

India:
Jamshedpur -

Ranchi -

Raipur -

Juddulpore - 33 Zero sweep on 12th

Gorakhpur - empty base falls to 7th Tank Rgt on 10th

Patna - 85 Oscars escort in 44 Sally and then another 21 Oscars with 21 Sally hit the troops before the base is attacked on 12th.

Ground combat at Patna (54,30)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 14071 troops, 338 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 561

Defending force 12962 troops, 240 guns, 242 vehicles, Assault Value = 447

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1

Japanese adjusted assault: 433

Allied adjusted defense: 94

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Patna !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: preparation(-), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
512 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 58 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled

Allied ground losses:
3954 casualties reported
Squads: 165 destroyed, 77 disabled
Non Combat: 360 destroyed, 16 disabled
Engineers: 72 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 191 (173 destroyed, 18 disabled)
Vehicles lost 236 (228 destroyed, 8 disabled)
Units retreated 9
Units destroyed 1

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
Imperial Guards Division

Defending units:
23rd Indian/B Division
3rd Burma Rifles Battalion
Railway BAF Battalion
23rd Indian/A Division
2nd Assam Rifles Battalion
23rd Indian/C Division
20th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
1st Indian Light AA Regiment
77th Heavy AA Regiment

This stack will now probably be beat up some more in the days to come as I'm out in clear terrain. The 23rd Indian Div is unable to re-combine due to some having different light AA guns. When I upgraded the rifle squads of the divided division, one of the AA did so too. Add in that most of the troops here also have sub-50 experience levels.

Burma:

China:
Changsha - daily ground bb attacks.

Pingsiang (two south of Changsha) -

Philippines:
Manila - Almost 60 bombers hit the AF on 6th. Daily ground bb attacks continue.

Sumatra:
Bengkalis - landings via fast transport TF on 12th

Borneo:

Eastern DEI:

South Pacific:

Other:

Engineering:
Pago Pago F4; Cape Town P8; Jodphur F3; Kalgoorlie AF3; Bundaberg AF3; Juddulpore AF2; Alice Springs AF3; Pingsiang F2; Portsea F3;

Notes/Plans:
Intel - 1st Raiding Rgt at Diamond Harbor

India - I have the 3 British Brigades with 80 experience levels up at Cawnpore & Luchnow to hopefully stop any further advances to north. I have the 17th Indian Div and 41/C Div (American) to cross over to attack tank rgt 2 to west of Patna to open up the escape of troops NE of Ranchi.

To those who read my AAR, I'm sorry to say that we have entered a very boring part of the war. Only limited land combat in India and China to share every few days.

[Walker84]

To those who read my AAR, I'm sorry to say that we have entered a very boring part of the war. Only limited land combat in India and China to share every few days.

I guess boring is better for the Allies than for Japan at this stage in the war, time being on your side. Great AAR, brings the campaign to life really well.

Now that you are into Apr '42 I'd be interested to hear your views as to how RA compares with stock Scen 1 / 2 in terms of gameplay and overall enjoyment having not tried the former so far.

[ny59giants]

While Scenario 2 is an enhancement of the IJA and economy, RA is an enhancement of the IJN based on scenario 1. We haven't done it yet, but one of us will take the time to convert the land OOB from stock to DBB at some point. This latest version of RA now has reduced cargo capacity which takes time to adjust to. John used some of the concepts learned from Midway IRL to make KB formed from a combination of multiple CarDiv (2 CV, CVL). I don't know how often Mr Kane has used these CarDiv together recently. He did so around the SRA/DEI with CarDiv 2.

I added some minor tweaks for the Allies, but many will not show up until later in '42 (increase in some fighter production). The old Omaha CLs are in various ports in USA being converted to CLAA. A few AVs are converting over to CVEs. I'm not converting some of the fast AOs over to CVEs. The Allies get dedicated "Training Groups" for the American Army (3), Navy (3), and Marines (2). These are close to finishing up their first graduating class. I had the recon groups for Allies come in closer to full strength and increased their production. I hate having so few groups in '43 not having enough recon planes to fly missions on multiple days due to op losses being more than production/replacement rates.

This is my first PBEM game in which India has been invaded. Like my other game vs Olorin (Nick), I've been short of having my troops protected by massive number of AA units. In India, I had a heavy AA unit (24 guns) destroyed. This hurts as Mr Kane is flying in above the ceiling of my medium AA (9000 ft) at 10 or 11k. Thankfully, 3 American AA units are on their way to Cape Town, but they will not be in India for close to two months.

[ny59giants]

April 13, 14, 15 1942:
More losses in India [:(]

Key: TT = Torpedo; bb = ground bombardment; c = casualties; b = base hits; s = supply hits; r = runway hits; p = port hits; f = fuel hits; AV = Assault Value; DC = Depth Charged; (*) = destroyed aircraft; If odds are underlined, they are the Allies; BG = Bomber Group of 48 planes (4 x 12 bomber squadrons); FG fighter group = 25 fighter planes, if American

Landings:

Subs:
I-16 is now 1 SW of San Fran. ASW efforts fail to hit her and she misses transports returning to port. Multiple failed attack happens during these three days before I finally get one DC to hit.

CVs:
KB & company - MIA

India:
Jamshedpur - Daily bb ground attacks. This does help raise up my experience levels slowly.

Ranchi -

Raipur -

Juddulpore -

Patna - 1 NW of base
13th - Retreating troops are attacked by two strikes with 102 Oscars and 64 Sally. The victorious Imp Gds Div is shown to be headed this way. [X(] I have troops with high disruption, still sub-50 experience, no built up bases close enough to base fighters to get LRCAP in place, and I still have too many fighter groups (British or American) with poorly trained pilots (75 P-39s up at Cawnpore training, but they lost about 2 months of training time in transit). Not a good sign!![:-]
14th - My troops are hit hard before the attack. 37 Zero escort in 32 Betty is followed by 102 Oscars with 52 Lily and 64 Sally.

Ground combat at 53,29 (near Patna)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 13760 troops, 338 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 523

Defending force 10494 troops, 111 guns, 132 vehicles, Assault Value = 369

Japanese adjusted assault: 248

Allied adjusted defense: 45

Japanese assault odds: 5 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-)

Japanese ground losses:
668 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 81 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled

Allied ground losses:
3522 casualties reported
Squads: 190 destroyed, 51 disabled
Non Combat: 157 destroyed, 31 disabled
Engineers: 7 destroyed, 6 disabled
Guns lost 18 (9 destroyed, 9 disabled)
Vehicles lost 61 (38 destroyed, 23 disabled)
Units retreated 8
Units destroyed 1

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
Imperial Guards Division

Defending units:
3rd Burma Rifles Battalion
23rd Indian/B Division
75th Indian Brigade
2nd Assam Rifles Battalion
Railway BAF Battalion
23rd Indian/A Division
23rd Indian/C Division
20th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
77th Heavy AA Regiment

The 1 LCU left behind is my heavy AA. [:(] [&:]The one I could least afford to lose with his local air superiority.

15th - The retreating troops are now 2 WWN of base or 2 due SE of Benares. The Japanese air force keeps up the pressure as 37 Zero with 31 Betty and 102 Oscars with 52 Lily and 64 Sally attack my troops that are now without AA units. [X(] The experienced 17th Indian Div suffers 327 casualties, but more importantly her disruption value is now at 90. This unit along with the last part of the American division at Ranchi (trying to get there to recombine) are caught up with the general retreat from Patna.

Dimapur - So much for this force sneaking north to join my other troops

Ground combat at 61,37 (near Dimapur) On 14th

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 60470 troops, 1198 guns, 638 vehicles, Assault Value = 1631

Defending force 24674 troops, 250 guns, 98 vehicles, Assault Value = 736

Japanese adjusted assault: 1305

Allied adjusted defense: 134

Japanese assault odds: 9 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: morale(-), experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+)

Japanese ground losses:
1170 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 87 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 15 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled

Allied ground losses:
9160 casualties reported
Squads: 367 destroyed, 90 disabled
Non Combat: 390 destroyed, 74 disabled
Engineers: 12 destroyed, 29 disabled
Guns lost 90 (45 destroyed, 45 disabled)
Vehicles lost 26 (14 destroyed, 12 disabled)
Units retreated 6
Units destroyed 2

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
5th Division
4th Division
18th Division
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
25th Army
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
BFF Brigade
4th Assam Rifles Battalion
1st Burma Division
3rd New Chinese Corps
104th RAF Base Force
103rd RAF Base Force
Burma Corps
1st Burma Auxiliary AA Regiment
106th RAF Base Force

Another lesson of not fighting in clear terrain at this stage of the game. I saw the increase in the number of LCUs a few turns ago, but couldn't get back into better terrain fast enough. Mr Kane has had recon flights covering this cut off section of India for some time. Three of his best divisions are down here now to wipe these troops out.

Ground combat at Imphal (60,40) On 14th

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 260 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 21

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0

Japanese adjusted assault: 20

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 20 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Imphal !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(+), leaders(-)

Assaulting units:
1st Raiding Rgt /1

Burma:
Katha -

Ground combat at 60,43 (near Katha)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 3759 troops, 34 guns, 10 vehicles, Assault Value = 136

Defending force 1386 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 49

Japanese adjusted assault: 56

Allied adjusted defense: 13

Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), fatigue(-), morale(-), experience(-)
Attacker: leaders(-)

Japanese ground losses:
126 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Allied ground losses:
246 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units retreated 3

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
21st/B Division

Defending units:
Rangoon BAF Battalion
Upper Burma BAF Battalion
6th Burma Rifles Battalion
Mandalay BMP Battalion
AVG Ground Echelon

China:
Changsha - daily ground bb attacks.

Pingsiang (two south of Changsha) -

Ground combat at 86,49 (near Sinyang) On 13th

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 12441 troops, 106 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 447

Defending force 13085 troops, 71 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 358

Japanese adjusted assault: 333

Allied adjusted defense: 991

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
264 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 38 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled

Allied ground losses:
388 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 41 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Assaulting units:
61st Infantry Brigade
27th Division

Defending units:
7th Chinese Corps
84th Chinese Corps
21st Group Army

Hami -

Ground combat at Hami (81,17) On 15th

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 2250 troops, 0 guns, 338 vehicles, Assault Value = 191

Defending force 666 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 28

Japanese adjusted assault: 254

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 254 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Hami !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: leaders(+), experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+)

Allied ground losses:
852 casualties reported
Squads: 36 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 26 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Assaulting units:
12th Tank Regiment
15th Tank Regiment
10th Tank Regiment

Defending units:
89th Chinese/A Corps

The far north of China is now under attack. Too bad I've not sent anybody up there. It will all eventually fall.

Philippines:
Manila - Almost 60 bombers hit the AF daily. However, 12 Val and 24 Kates are added on 14th to just attack troops. Daily ground bb attacks continue.

Sumatra:

Borneo:

Eastern DEI:

South Pacific:

Other:

Engineering:
Alameda - AF3; Cocanada - F4 (this helps secure the coastline in southern India); Cawnpore - AF3; Tennant Creek - AF4; Hobart F4; Bella bella AF1;

Notes/Plans:
Intel -

Southern China - The screenshot shows the battle area for the last few weeks and what will continue to be for the foreseeable future. A brief recap from north to south will follow.

Changsha - This base has forts at 5 and has troops all above 50 experience. She will hold.

Due south I have brought in another Corp and a Cav Corp as Mr Kane had moved troops out of Pingsiang and headed for here. He has not attacked here yet.

Pingsiang - This little dot base is close to her stacking limit of 45k. It was very close to getting forts to 4 a while back, but now gets them up to 2 before being knocked back down. Mr Kane tried to massively overstack this base and paid a steep price. It should hold.

Between Pingsiang and Kukong, there is the stack of 3 LCU in the WR headed west to what will soon be 3 Corp in the rough hex between Kukong and Henhyang. They haven't been there long enough to build up forts.

Kukong - I have over 1000AV fully prepped troops behind level 4 forts. However, all their experience is still around 40.

Kanhsein - I have a few leftover troops that retreated there from the east. Mr Kane has 9 LCU just to NW of base.

Overall, I think Mr Kane is steadily shifting forces to the southern part of this area. With India invaded, getting extra supplies in China is out of the question. My MLR is strong in the northern area. I'm steadily moving south some of my reserves from there.

[ny59giants]

April 16, 17, 18 1942:
India and southern China is where the action is.

Key: TT = Torpedo; bb = ground bombardment; c = casualties; b = base hits; s = supply hits; r = runway hits; p = port hits; f = fuel hits; AV = Assault Value; DC = Depth Charged; (*) = destroyed aircraft; If odds are underlined, they are the Allies; BG = Bomber Group of 48 planes (4 x 12 bomber squadrons); FG fighter group = 25 fighter planes, if American

Landings: Waingapoe (later captured) & Madang

Subs:
I-173 is hit twice about 4 SW of Pearl. Not by American DDs, but by 2 British DDs. [:D]

CVs:
KB & company - MIA

India:
Jamshedpur - Daily bb ground attacks.

Ranchi -
16th - 2 hexes due north in clear terrain the 2nd Recon Rgt is attacked by 35 Blenheim and 27 B-17Ds.

Ground combat at Ranchi (52,32)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 18019 troops, 268 guns, 97 vehicles, Assault Value = 459

Defending force 20542 troops, 277 guns, 1064 vehicles, Assault Value = 833

Japanese adjusted assault: 290

Allied adjusted defense: 987

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

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), preparation(-), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
1318 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 114 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 37 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 12 disabled
Guns lost 39 (4 destroyed, 35 disabled)
Vehicles lost 28 (6 destroyed, 22 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
34 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 7 (2 destroyed, 5 disabled)

Assaulting units:
38th Division
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
2nd Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
50th Tank Brigade
1st Patiala Lancers
43rd Cavalry Regiment
84th Indian Brigade
41st Infantry/A Division
150th RAC Regiment
7th Armoured Brigade
41st Infantry/B Division
2/9th Field Regiment
1st RM Heavy AA Regiment
85th British AT Gun Regiment
1st Madras Construction Battalion

I was tempted to launch a deliberate attack of my own, but I have enough troubles just to north of this base with troops with high disruption and/or low experience for now. Patience, its a long war. [:)]

Ground combat at 52,30 (near Ranchi) 2 hexes north

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 12679 troops, 164 guns, 180 vehicles, Assault Value = 530

Defending force 653 troops, 4 guns, 41 vehicles, Assault Value = 18

Allied adjusted assault: 122

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 122 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender:
Attacker: shock(+)

Japanese ground losses:
314 casualties reported
Squads: 32 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 25 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 47 (47 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Allied ground losses:
34 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Assaulting units:
6/18th Royal Garwal Battalion
17th Indian Division
41st Infantry/C Division
1 ML-KNIL Aviation
1st Peshawar Base Force
6th Heavy AA Regiment

Defending units:
2nd Recon Regiment

This clears the way to the west and into more defensible terrain. Now, to get there in one piece. [8|]

17th - My victorious troops come under attack again as 32 Betty are followed by 21 Oscars with 24 Lily. At least I now have 24 heavy AA guns to slow down the damage.
18th - Same as 17th.

Raipur -
17th - The home for my Blenheim IVs is hit by a 36 Zero sweep followed by 105 Oscars with 64 Sally
18th - A second day brings more of the same. I then move the damaged groups back to Bombay for rest, rebuilding, and more training.

Juddulpore - AF to 3.

Benares - 2 SE of base for all days. Empty base becomes Japanese on 18th.
16th - Sees 102 Oscars with 64 Sally hit my retreating troops.
17th - 28 Lily hit troops.
18th - 21 Oscars with 28 Lily. I'm able to send in 24 Blenheim & 27 B-17s to attempt to slow down the Imp Gds Div.

Ground combat at 52,29 (near Benares)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 13195 troops, 338 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 477

Defending force 3236 troops, 27 guns, 49 vehicles, Assault Value = 103

Japanese adjusted assault: 204

Allied adjusted defense: 3

Japanese assault odds: 68 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: disruption(-), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(+), disruption(-)

Japanese ground losses:
119 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Allied ground losses:
1044 casualties reported
Squads: 100 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 128 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 22 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 10 (10 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 44 (44 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 1
Units destroyed 1

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
Imperial Guards Division

Defending units:
75th Indian Brigade
23rd Indian/A Division

Dimapur - enemy troops arrive

Kohima - elements of 1st Raiding Rgt capture base on 18th

Dacca - changes sides.

Burma:
Katha -

China:
Changsha - daily ground bb attacks.

Pingsiang (two south of Changsha) -

Ground combat at Pingsiang (82,54) On 16th

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 56536 troops, 869 guns, 186 vehicles, Assault Value = 1580

Defending force 40165 troops, 186 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1220

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1

Japanese adjusted assault: 971

Allied adjusted defense: 1575

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

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
3543 casualties reported
Squads: 42 destroyed, 280 disabled
Non Combat: 12 destroyed, 34 disabled
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 25 disabled
Guns lost 31 (7 destroyed, 24 disabled)
Vehicles lost 53 (6 destroyed, 47 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
733 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 95 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 8 (2 destroyed, 6 disabled)

Assaulting units:
17th Division
13th Tank Regiment
39th Division
56th Infantry Brigade
11th Division
1st Army
8th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion

Defending units:
86th Chinese Corps
87th Chinese Corps
53rd Chinese Corps
94th Chinese Corps
20th Group Army
56th AT Gun Regiment

Still holding and I'll have the forts back to 2 in a few days.

Philippines:
Manila - Almost 60 bombers hit the AF daily. However, 12 Val, 24 Kates, and 18 Sonia are added on to just attack troops. Daily ground bb attacks continue.

Ground combat at Manila (79,77)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 44381 troops, 492 guns, 290 vehicles, Assault Value = 1433

Defending force 57849 troops, 787 guns, 565 vehicles, Assault Value = 1842

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2

Japanese adjusted assault: 679

Allied adjusted defense: 3441

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 5 (fort level 2)

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
4870 casualties reported
Squads: 27 destroyed, 212 disabled
Non Combat: 13 destroyed, 29 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 47 disabled
Guns lost 81 (21 destroyed, 60 disabled)
Vehicles lost 52 (16 destroyed, 36 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Allied ground losses:
964 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 101 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 30 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 11 disabled
Guns lost 37 (3 destroyed, 34 disabled)
Vehicles lost 28 (3 destroyed, 25 disabled)

Assaulting units:
4th Ind.Mixed Regiment
65th Brigade
16th Division
48th Division
21st Ind.Mixed Brigade
2nd Tank Regiment
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
14th Army
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
26th PS Cavalry Regiment
192nd Tank Battalion
31st PA Infantry Division
91st PA Infantry Division
21st PA Infantry Division
11th PA Infantry Division
41st PA Infantry Division
51st PA Infantry Division
31st Infantry Regiment
71st PA Infantry Division
194th Tank Battalion
3rd/45th PS Inf Battalion
1st PA Infantry Division
14th PS Engineer Regiment
1st PA Constabulary Regiment
57th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team
2nd PA Constabulary Regiment
Cavite USN Base Force
Manila USAAF Base Force
II Philippine Corps Corps
USAFFE
Asiatic Fleet
Far East USAAF
200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment

Sumatra:

Borneo:

Eastern DEI:

South Pacific:

Other:

Engineering:
Allahabad F1; Alliford Bay AF1; Esperance AF2; Invercargill F2; Suchan AF4; Kienko AF2; Jamshedpur F4; Jubbulpur AF3; Savaii AF4; Noumea F4; Pago Pago P3

Notes/Plans:
Intel -

India - The war has moved steadily north except for my isolated troops in SE corner.

Cawnpore - This urban base now has a highly experienced British Brigade and Recon with BFs build up the AF (forts at 3). AV is around 250. I found a Heavy AA Rgt at colombo and paid the PP to buy it out. Its being loaded and then will head here as the small BF don't have much in the way of heavy AA (only 4 guns each, if at all).

Allahabad - Two of those 80 experience British Brigades, a heavy AA, and 3 BFs are in this base with only forts at 1. I don't think the armor unit now in Benares will come across the river. From Bombay via Jubbulpore a Chinese Corp (355AV with sub-50 experience) will march to the JR hex 2 due west to block any moves in that direction.

Benares - Is now Japan's and the defeated units from Patna will march to the NW around the base. The highly disrupted 23rd Indian Div (still divided due to earlier error on my part with some light AA guns mixed), and other units (without any AA) may be safe for now from the ground. It looks like Imperial Gds Div is headed SW across the river.

2 North Ranchi - I now have a path to jungles to west, but the 17th Indian Div still has disruption at 88. With the IG Div headed this way and only a heavy AA unit (24 guns) to keep his bombers at bay, I don't think the outcome will be very good for me.

Ranchi - 2/3 of 41st American Div along with 4 armored units and a heavy AA are behind F3. This base is secure for now, but I would except a flanking attack to develop from the north if I cannot get 17 Indian into better terrain.

Jamshedpur - My strongest base in the front lines. Forts just went to 4 and I have my two Aussie divisions plus the 20th Indian which are all over 50 experience. My big AA Brigade is here. [8D]

Sambalpur (3 due west of Jamshedpur) - Only a small Rifle Battalion holds base form what may be a Tank Rgt coming in from west. However, 7th Indian div and 254 Armored Brigade are coming form Jamshedpur to smash it.

Dimapur - The remnants from Burma have retreated here (Chinese Corp and Burma Div). They face 3 divisions and will get pushed back to Ledo in a few weeks.

Notes: To any other Allied player, please don't overlook where you send you precious AA units early in the war. Especially those heavy AA. I have some in route from USA, but they will not get to Cape Town for at least 30 days. Another shortage in India is construction engineers. Some are in route from USA, but some SeaBees will be bought out and sent.

40/A Div begins loading at cape Town for Karachi. The rest to follow.