ORIGINAL: Cribtop
Great job. That map of China has the feel of the military situation in Berlin, circa late Spring 1945!
Let's hope Chan Kai Sheck will end up in Hitler's way[:D]
Hairy Asian Experiences - GreyJoy (J) vs. Q-Ball (A)
Moderators: wdolson, MOD_War-in-the-Pacific-Admirals-Edition
RE: ONE YEAR OF WAR
Let's hope Chan Kai Sheck will end up in Hitler's way[:D]
RE: ONE YEAR OF WAR
The defences of Kienko appear weak...only 16k men. If i manage to open that way, 2 armies, 8 divisions and 7 artillery units would be free to roam into the plains
RE: ONE YEAR OF WAR
Forget Chiang-Kai Shek - Mao is the dangerous one. Get rid of him and China will produce IPADs 30 years earlier for us!ORIGINAL: GreyJoy
ORIGINAL: Cribtop
Great job. That map of China has the feel of the military situation in Berlin, circa late Spring 1945!
Let's hope Chan Kai Sheck will end up in Hitler's way[:D]
No matter how bad a situation is, you can always make it worse. - Chris Hadfield : An Astronaut's Guide To Life On Earth
RE: ONE YEAR OF WAR
ORIGINAL: GreyJoy
ORIGINAL: crsutton
GJ, If he really digs in around Kumming and the Western Chinese cities, I would not worry too much about it. Quite frankly, clearing out the Central Chinese plain and killing the troops there with the taking of Chungking will cripple the Allied effort in China to the point that he really can't do much. If resources and supply are an issue I would not press the issue too hard in Western China. Viberpol took Kumming but I was able to stop him at Tsyung. It is now 1945 and without a major commitment of other Allied troops there is no way even my rebuilt Chinese units are going to make much of an impact. You as Japan can simply dig in and his poorly equipped Chinese units won't get very far.
Things got a lot better for me when I opened a supply line from Rangoon but the war has progressed to the point where China no longer matters for me as the Allied player.
If you have not done so, you should focus on taking Lanchow and all the northern points. It is not hard to do if you use tanks and you will need the oil found there later on in the war.
The whole Northern China (up untill the Russian border) is in my hands since September/October 1942.
The plains, now isolated from Kunming-Tsuyun and any possible air bridge, are more or less toasted in the long run. I want to have Kunming and Tsuyun in order to have a direct link to Burma. I need to get supplies flow from China to Northern Burma cause Singapore cannot resupply Burma due to the lack of supplies produced in the SRA-DEI area.
I'm still confident i can conquer Kienko, Cenghtu and Kunming. Not so sure for Chungking and Tsuyun...but i'll do my best anyway
Well anything you can take helps but if you don't take Kumming I don't think it is such a big deal. There will be no supply there until he retakes Burma.
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Sigismund of Luxemburg
RE: ONE YEAR OF WAR
Jan 01, 43
The day didn't go as planned (does in war it ever go as planned???). I sent a light cruiser TF at full speed from Taberfane to Darwin. The idea was to intercept the enemy cruiser force and engage in a night battle.
My cruiser didn't arrive in time for a night battle and, when the dawn came, we were in sight of a transport TF near Bathurst Island... we expended almost all our ammos to sink some useless old tiny xAPs, probably containing a base force[:o]
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Day Time Surface Combat, near Bathurst Island at 77,123, Range 20,000 Yards
Japanese Ships
CL Naka
CL Jintsu
CL Nagara
CL Natori
DD Mutsuki
DD Uzuki
DD Satsuki
DD Minazuki
DD Fumizuki
DD Kikuzuki
DD Nagatsuki
DD Hatakaze
DD Sawakaze
Allied Ships
AMC Monowai, Shell hits 47, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
xAP Hong Peng, Shell hits 6, on fire
xAP Cremer, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
xAP Mijer, Shell hits 13, and is sunk
xAP Van Cloon, Shell hits 20, and is sunk
xAP Van Imhoff, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
Allied ground losses:
2733 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 106 destroyed, 101 disabled
Engineers: 49 destroyed, 50 disabled
Guns lost 18 (7 destroyed, 11 disabled)
Vehicles lost 40 (20 destroyed, 20 disabled)
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Day Time Surface Combat, near Bathurst Island at 77,123, Range 18,000 Yards
Japanese Ships
CL Naka
CL Jintsu
CL Nagara
CL Natori
DD Mutsuki
DD Uzuki
DD Satsuki
DD Minazuki
DD Fumizuki
DD Kikuzuki
DD Nagatsuki
DD Hatakaze
DD Sawakaze
Allied Ships
xAP Hong Peng, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
Allied ground losses:
591 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 12 destroyed, 37 disabled
Engineers: 11 destroyed, 2 disabled
Vehicles lost 3 (3 destroyed, 0 disabled)
...and then, almost out of ammos, we found the enemy strong SAG....in daylight[8|]
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Day Time Surface Combat, near Darwin at 76,124, Range 23,000 Yards
Japanese Ships
CL Naka, Shell hits 3
CL Jintsu
CL Nagara, Shell hits 2, on fire
CL Natori, Shell hits 2
DD Mutsuki
DD Uzuki, Shell hits 2
DD Satsuki
DD Minazuki, Shell hits 2, heavy fires
DD Fumizuki, Shell hits 2, heavy fires
DD Kikuzuki, Shell hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Nagatsuki
DD Hatakaze
DD Sawakaze, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
Allied Ships
CA Louisville, Shell hits 9, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
CL Leander, Shell hits 2
CL Achilles, Shell hits 4
DD Monssen, Shell hits 1
DD Frazier
DD Sims, Shell hits 1
DD Mustin, Shell hits 2
DD O'Brien, Shell hits 1
Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions: 28,000 yards
The enemy was too strong for us... we lost 1 DD and 2 more will be sinking tomorrow ...for negligible damage to the enemy
Then, for the air phase, i had hoped to get a revenge... i had more than 120 Netties and 60 zeros ready to launch.... Guess what? BAd weather everywhere over the enemy TFs (several more TFs are spotted advancing to Darwin from the Gulf of Carpentaria)....[:@]
Only in the afternoon, after several messages concerning the inability for x betties to find the target due to weather, some of my guys sortied...but the results were horrible
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Bathurst Island at 76,123
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid detected at 70 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 24 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 12
G4M1 Betty x 13
Allied aircraft
P-38E Lightning x 7
P-40E Warhawk x 15
F4F-4 Wildcat x 10
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 5 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 5 destroyed, 5 damaged
No Allied losses
Allied Ships
DD Mustin
CA Louisville, heavy damage
CL Leander
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp
12 betties arrived unmolested over the enemy ships thanks to the sacrifice of the escort.... and ALL of them decided that it was wise to make a torpedo attack FRONTALLY!!!![:-][:-][:-][:-][:-][:-] not a single damned hit!
And then some unescorted Netties decided to immolate themself[:o]
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Bathurst Island at 76,123
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid detected at 57 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 21 minutes
Japanese aircraft
G3M3 Nell x 18
Allied aircraft
P-38E Lightning x 3
P-40E Warhawk x 13
F4F-4 Wildcat x 9
Japanese aircraft losses
G3M3 Nell: 11 destroyed, 1 damaged
No Allied losses
Allied Ships
CL Achilles
Aircraft Attacking:
1 x G3M3 Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp
So we lost 3 DDs and some 50 planes (with more than 30 crack bomber crews) for 4 xAPs, an AMC and a torpedo into the CA Luisville??? I'd say this is a marginal defeat....[:(]
But we won't give up now. More naval and air units are arriving at Ambon and Timor. He won't have an easy life down there.... the mini-KB is approaching, unseen, the Wingapoe sector
The only good news arrive from China, were we managed to enter at Kienko from the south and to dislodge a strong enemy corp right east of Kienko (south of the known stronghold NE of Kienko).
The battle for the strongpoint continues and, even if we achieved a 1-2 today, the odds are really becoming good. Now that garrison is, de facto, isolated and i think a couple of more attacks will be decisive me thinks.
But the important part is that now Kienko is ready to be attacked and i don't see how he could succesfully avoid its conquest now
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Ground combat at 78,42 (1 hex south of Kienko)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 14304 troops, 226 guns, 844 vehicles, Assault Value = 661
Defending force 1978 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4
Japanese adjusted assault: 629
Allied adjusted defense: 8
Japanese assault odds: 78 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: op mode(-), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
Units pursuing 1
Allied ground losses:
990 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 62 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units retreated 3
Units destroyed 1
Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
Assaulting units:
4th Tank Regiment
1st Tank Division
2nd Tank Division
Defending units:
35th Group Army
Jingcha War Area
26th Group Army
37th Group Army
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Ground combat at 79,41 (1 hex east of Kienko, right behind the river)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 36461 troops, 269 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 1148
Defending force 10835 troops, 83 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 326
Japanese adjusted assault: 901
Allied adjusted defense: 40
Japanese assault odds: 22 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), disruption(-), experience(-)
supply(-)
Attacker: leaders(+)
Japanese ground losses:
257 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 49 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Allied ground losses:
4295 casualties reported
Squads: 44 destroyed, 83 disabled
Non Combat: 146 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 14 (11 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Units retreated 2
Units destroyed 1
Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
Assaulting units:
70th Division
13th Division
110th Division
Defending units:
95th Chinese Corps
14th Group Army
33rd Group Army
The enemy retreated south, into the wilderness[8D]
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Ground combat at 80,40 (near Kienko)...this is the usual strongpoint
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 28932 troops, 422 guns, 207 vehicles, Assault Value = 798
Defending force 22732 troops, 149 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 316
Japanese adjusted assault: 528
Allied adjusted defense: 580
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), disruption(-), experience(-)
supply(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
575 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 22 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Guns lost 13 (1 destroyed, 12 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
903 casualties reported
Squads: 19 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 37 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 9 (7 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Assaulting units:
27th Division
26th Division
Botanko Hvy Gun Regiment
1st Army
1st Mortar Battalion
4th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
Mongol Garrison Army
Tonei Hvy Gun Regiment
9th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
14th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
5th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
Defending units:
41st Chinese Corps
40th Chinese Corps
14th Chinese Corps
64th Chinese Corps
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Brad decided to send another unit to cross the river near Akyab...[&:]
Ground combat at 56,44 (near Cox's Bazar)
Allied Shock attack
Attacking force 6311 troops, 54 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 680
Defending force 9416 troops, 83 guns, 27 vehicles, Assault Value = 303
Allied adjusted assault: 10
Japanese adjusted defense: 1927
Allied assault odds: 1 to 192
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+)
Attacker: shock(+)
Japanese ground losses:
76 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Allied ground losses:
1355 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 63 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled
Assaulting units:
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
20th Indian Division
6th Chinese/C Corps
Defending units:
18th/A Division
18th/B Division
The day didn't go as planned (does in war it ever go as planned???). I sent a light cruiser TF at full speed from Taberfane to Darwin. The idea was to intercept the enemy cruiser force and engage in a night battle.
My cruiser didn't arrive in time for a night battle and, when the dawn came, we were in sight of a transport TF near Bathurst Island... we expended almost all our ammos to sink some useless old tiny xAPs, probably containing a base force[:o]
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Day Time Surface Combat, near Bathurst Island at 77,123, Range 20,000 Yards
Japanese Ships
CL Naka
CL Jintsu
CL Nagara
CL Natori
DD Mutsuki
DD Uzuki
DD Satsuki
DD Minazuki
DD Fumizuki
DD Kikuzuki
DD Nagatsuki
DD Hatakaze
DD Sawakaze
Allied Ships
AMC Monowai, Shell hits 47, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
xAP Hong Peng, Shell hits 6, on fire
xAP Cremer, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
xAP Mijer, Shell hits 13, and is sunk
xAP Van Cloon, Shell hits 20, and is sunk
xAP Van Imhoff, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
Allied ground losses:
2733 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 106 destroyed, 101 disabled
Engineers: 49 destroyed, 50 disabled
Guns lost 18 (7 destroyed, 11 disabled)
Vehicles lost 40 (20 destroyed, 20 disabled)
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Day Time Surface Combat, near Bathurst Island at 77,123, Range 18,000 Yards
Japanese Ships
CL Naka
CL Jintsu
CL Nagara
CL Natori
DD Mutsuki
DD Uzuki
DD Satsuki
DD Minazuki
DD Fumizuki
DD Kikuzuki
DD Nagatsuki
DD Hatakaze
DD Sawakaze
Allied Ships
xAP Hong Peng, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
Allied ground losses:
591 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 12 destroyed, 37 disabled
Engineers: 11 destroyed, 2 disabled
Vehicles lost 3 (3 destroyed, 0 disabled)
...and then, almost out of ammos, we found the enemy strong SAG....in daylight[8|]
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Day Time Surface Combat, near Darwin at 76,124, Range 23,000 Yards
Japanese Ships
CL Naka, Shell hits 3
CL Jintsu
CL Nagara, Shell hits 2, on fire
CL Natori, Shell hits 2
DD Mutsuki
DD Uzuki, Shell hits 2
DD Satsuki
DD Minazuki, Shell hits 2, heavy fires
DD Fumizuki, Shell hits 2, heavy fires
DD Kikuzuki, Shell hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Nagatsuki
DD Hatakaze
DD Sawakaze, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
Allied Ships
CA Louisville, Shell hits 9, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
CL Leander, Shell hits 2
CL Achilles, Shell hits 4
DD Monssen, Shell hits 1
DD Frazier
DD Sims, Shell hits 1
DD Mustin, Shell hits 2
DD O'Brien, Shell hits 1
Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions: 28,000 yards
The enemy was too strong for us... we lost 1 DD and 2 more will be sinking tomorrow ...for negligible damage to the enemy
Then, for the air phase, i had hoped to get a revenge... i had more than 120 Netties and 60 zeros ready to launch.... Guess what? BAd weather everywhere over the enemy TFs (several more TFs are spotted advancing to Darwin from the Gulf of Carpentaria)....[:@]
Only in the afternoon, after several messages concerning the inability for x betties to find the target due to weather, some of my guys sortied...but the results were horrible
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Bathurst Island at 76,123
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid detected at 70 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 24 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 12
G4M1 Betty x 13
Allied aircraft
P-38E Lightning x 7
P-40E Warhawk x 15
F4F-4 Wildcat x 10
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 5 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 5 destroyed, 5 damaged
No Allied losses
Allied Ships
DD Mustin
CA Louisville, heavy damage
CL Leander
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp
12 betties arrived unmolested over the enemy ships thanks to the sacrifice of the escort.... and ALL of them decided that it was wise to make a torpedo attack FRONTALLY!!!![:-][:-][:-][:-][:-][:-] not a single damned hit!
And then some unescorted Netties decided to immolate themself[:o]
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Bathurst Island at 76,123
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid detected at 57 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 21 minutes
Japanese aircraft
G3M3 Nell x 18
Allied aircraft
P-38E Lightning x 3
P-40E Warhawk x 13
F4F-4 Wildcat x 9
Japanese aircraft losses
G3M3 Nell: 11 destroyed, 1 damaged
No Allied losses
Allied Ships
CL Achilles
Aircraft Attacking:
1 x G3M3 Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp
So we lost 3 DDs and some 50 planes (with more than 30 crack bomber crews) for 4 xAPs, an AMC and a torpedo into the CA Luisville??? I'd say this is a marginal defeat....[:(]
But we won't give up now. More naval and air units are arriving at Ambon and Timor. He won't have an easy life down there.... the mini-KB is approaching, unseen, the Wingapoe sector
The only good news arrive from China, were we managed to enter at Kienko from the south and to dislodge a strong enemy corp right east of Kienko (south of the known stronghold NE of Kienko).
The battle for the strongpoint continues and, even if we achieved a 1-2 today, the odds are really becoming good. Now that garrison is, de facto, isolated and i think a couple of more attacks will be decisive me thinks.
But the important part is that now Kienko is ready to be attacked and i don't see how he could succesfully avoid its conquest now
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Ground combat at 78,42 (1 hex south of Kienko)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 14304 troops, 226 guns, 844 vehicles, Assault Value = 661
Defending force 1978 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4
Japanese adjusted assault: 629
Allied adjusted defense: 8
Japanese assault odds: 78 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: op mode(-), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
Units pursuing 1
Allied ground losses:
990 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 62 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units retreated 3
Units destroyed 1
Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
Assaulting units:
4th Tank Regiment
1st Tank Division
2nd Tank Division
Defending units:
35th Group Army
Jingcha War Area
26th Group Army
37th Group Army
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Ground combat at 79,41 (1 hex east of Kienko, right behind the river)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 36461 troops, 269 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 1148
Defending force 10835 troops, 83 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 326
Japanese adjusted assault: 901
Allied adjusted defense: 40
Japanese assault odds: 22 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), disruption(-), experience(-)
supply(-)
Attacker: leaders(+)
Japanese ground losses:
257 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 49 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Allied ground losses:
4295 casualties reported
Squads: 44 destroyed, 83 disabled
Non Combat: 146 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 14 (11 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Units retreated 2
Units destroyed 1
Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
Assaulting units:
70th Division
13th Division
110th Division
Defending units:
95th Chinese Corps
14th Group Army
33rd Group Army
The enemy retreated south, into the wilderness[8D]
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Ground combat at 80,40 (near Kienko)...this is the usual strongpoint
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 28932 troops, 422 guns, 207 vehicles, Assault Value = 798
Defending force 22732 troops, 149 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 316
Japanese adjusted assault: 528
Allied adjusted defense: 580
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), disruption(-), experience(-)
supply(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
575 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 22 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Guns lost 13 (1 destroyed, 12 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
903 casualties reported
Squads: 19 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 37 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 9 (7 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Assaulting units:
27th Division
26th Division
Botanko Hvy Gun Regiment
1st Army
1st Mortar Battalion
4th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
Mongol Garrison Army
Tonei Hvy Gun Regiment
9th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
14th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
5th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
Defending units:
41st Chinese Corps
40th Chinese Corps
14th Chinese Corps
64th Chinese Corps
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Brad decided to send another unit to cross the river near Akyab...[&:]
Ground combat at 56,44 (near Cox's Bazar)
Allied Shock attack
Attacking force 6311 troops, 54 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 680
Defending force 9416 troops, 83 guns, 27 vehicles, Assault Value = 303
Allied adjusted assault: 10
Japanese adjusted defense: 1927
Allied assault odds: 1 to 192
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+)
Attacker: shock(+)
Japanese ground losses:
76 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Allied ground losses:
1355 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 63 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled
Assaulting units:
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
20th Indian Division
6th Chinese/C Corps
Defending units:
18th/A Division
18th/B Division
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RE: ONE YEAR OF WAR
Another BIG transport TF has been spotted leaving Brisbane today moving north along the coast. I'm pretty sure Brad is now sending forces to reinforce Darwin. I expect to see the enemy CVs anywhere in the nearby future in the Gulf of Carpentaria...so i'm keeping my engines warm.
The KB is split at the moment cause i'm trying to upgrade to Judys my DB groups as fast as i can...and only few bases are able to do that so we're trying to mimimize the timings
The KB is split at the moment cause i'm trying to upgrade to Judys my DB groups as fast as i can...and only few bases are able to do that so we're trying to mimimize the timings
RE: ONE YEAR OF WAR
ORIGINAL: GreyJoy
Another BIG transport TF has been spotted leaving Brisbane today moving north along the coast. I'm pretty sure Brad is now sending forces to reinforce Darwin. I expect to see the enemy CVs anywhere in the nearby future in the Gulf of Carpentaria...so i'm keeping my engines warm.
The KB is split at the moment cause i'm trying to upgrade to Judys my DB groups as fast as i can...and only few bases are able to do that so we're trying to mimimize the timings
Why are You splitting KB? Stay with ships together and fly with air units to ground AF, upgrade and fly back. Small risk of loosing pilot or plane by ops that way, but KB is together i if needed planes can fly in no time back on carriers
"Only the Dead Have Seen the End of War"
RE: ONE YEAR OF WAR
ORIGINAL: koniu
ORIGINAL: GreyJoy
Another BIG transport TF has been spotted leaving Brisbane today moving north along the coast. I'm pretty sure Brad is now sending forces to reinforce Darwin. I expect to see the enemy CVs anywhere in the nearby future in the Gulf of Carpentaria...so i'm keeping my engines warm.
The KB is split at the moment cause i'm trying to upgrade to Judys my DB groups as fast as i can...and only few bases are able to do that so we're trying to mimimize the timings
Why are You splitting KB? Stay with ships together and fly with air units to ground AF, upgrade and fly back. Small risk of loosing pilot or plane by ops that way, but KB is together.
Is split but, operationally, is still united. I'm doing that, in fact. I have moved part of it close to Truk to upgrade some squadrons and i'm now waiting in safe waters that those damned Judies become available again
Here's a map of China after the last day of battles
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RE: ONE YEAR OF WAR
That surface battle might be a marginal loss but it at least stalls something he was trying to do with those troops and lets him know you'll fight hard for this area. The more he has to cover his forces the more clear his intentions will become, and the more you can concentrate. Of course with a player like Q-Ball you have to always be aware of deception. The area of concern is a bit smaller than in previous instances where he would feint in the Aleutians and move in OZ, though.
The IJN CLs are mostly useless in a fighting role against Allied surface ships. They actually seem marginally better after losing some of their 14cm guns and getting a few 12.7cm dual purpose guns, probably from the rate of fire. The DDs almost fight better without them. They're great for fast transports though.
The IJN CLs are mostly useless in a fighting role against Allied surface ships. They actually seem marginally better after losing some of their 14cm guns and getting a few 12.7cm dual purpose guns, probably from the rate of fire. The DDs almost fight better without them. They're great for fast transports though.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm." - Winston Churchill
RE: ONE YEAR OF WAR
ORIGINAL: obvert
That surface battle might be a marginal loss but it at least stalls something he was trying to do with those troops and lets him know you'll fight hard for this area. The more he has to cover his forces the more clear his intentions will become, and the more you can concentrate. Of course with a player like Q-Ball you have to always be aware of deception. The area of concern is a bit smaller than in previous instances where he would feint in the Aleutians and move in OZ, though.
The IJN CLs are mostly useless in a fighting role against Allied surface ships. They actually seem marginally better after losing some of their 14cm guns and getting a few 12.7cm dual purpose guns, probably from the rate of fire. The DDs almost fight better without them. They're great for fast transports though.
Yes. Our surface battles, so far, hasn't been particularly succesfull for the IJN. Brad was good to avoid any major fight when i still had superiority in terms of quality and numbers...but now he seems to be willing to fight without problems (he has lost very few surface assets so far).
My IJN is very limited and the loss of 25 DDs hurts a lot. I'm trying to be very carefull with them but i know i have to lose them if i want to achieve something. To be honest i was hoping in a night fight... if we had engaged at night and without the previous fight against his transports, i think we could have had a chance of getting some deadly long lances into those cruisers... but, hey, it could have also gone a lot worse, so i don't complain much[:D]
Well, i don't believe this is a feint. He needs to build up Darwin in order to start his next stage of advance in the southern DEI. to do that, he needs to move supplies and fuel by sea cause the land route is not up to the task. But, to committ the big guys, i'm waiting for the appearance of the CVs. Untill i know where his CVs are, i won't move down here
RE: ONE YEAR OF WAR
Jan 2 1943
After the naval battle of Darwin, 2 of the 3 badly damaged DDs (one was sunk directly) got sunk by 2 different subs attacks while they were trying to fight the heavy fires aboard. The cruisers and the rest of the DD flottilla should be able to get back safely at Koepang to refuel and repair some sys damage.
A strong DD flottilla, along with a SAG composed of 3 BBs, 4 CAs and 10 DDs reached Ambon today. We will try to cover the arrival of several construction Bns at Babar. The Mini KB will reach Kendari tomorrow, while 150 Netties and 150 Oscars are waiting to strike.
Brad bombed again NG. This time the target was Buna, hit by 100 unopposed 4Es. He's heavily reconning Lae, Buna, Woodwark Is. and Milne Bay. From D/L i can tell he's using at least 2 dedicated recon groups, along with 2 or 3 non dedicated recon (probably catalinas or old B17D models).
It's interesting that his best recon assets are used over Lae, Woodwark and Mylne Bay (plus one more operating over Roti and one more from Cocos Island over Sumatra bases).
What about an heavy bombing followed by a massive para drop against Lae (which isn't heavily defended)? I'm sending some infantry there just in case and placed 70 Tojos and 30 Nicks on CAP.
In China we're ready to attack Kienko which is held only by a base force, a AT regiment and by several HQ units... should fall tomorrow against two reinforced tank divisions[8D]. In a couple of days we'll be then ready to attack again the - now completely isolated - strongpoint N-east of Kienko. I'm confident that that road will be open soon. Once Kienko falls into my hands and the eastern road to the plains gets open, we'll be free to siege Chengtu and Chungking.
BANZAI!
After the naval battle of Darwin, 2 of the 3 badly damaged DDs (one was sunk directly) got sunk by 2 different subs attacks while they were trying to fight the heavy fires aboard. The cruisers and the rest of the DD flottilla should be able to get back safely at Koepang to refuel and repair some sys damage.
A strong DD flottilla, along with a SAG composed of 3 BBs, 4 CAs and 10 DDs reached Ambon today. We will try to cover the arrival of several construction Bns at Babar. The Mini KB will reach Kendari tomorrow, while 150 Netties and 150 Oscars are waiting to strike.
Brad bombed again NG. This time the target was Buna, hit by 100 unopposed 4Es. He's heavily reconning Lae, Buna, Woodwark Is. and Milne Bay. From D/L i can tell he's using at least 2 dedicated recon groups, along with 2 or 3 non dedicated recon (probably catalinas or old B17D models).
It's interesting that his best recon assets are used over Lae, Woodwark and Mylne Bay (plus one more operating over Roti and one more from Cocos Island over Sumatra bases).
What about an heavy bombing followed by a massive para drop against Lae (which isn't heavily defended)? I'm sending some infantry there just in case and placed 70 Tojos and 30 Nicks on CAP.
In China we're ready to attack Kienko which is held only by a base force, a AT regiment and by several HQ units... should fall tomorrow against two reinforced tank divisions[8D]. In a couple of days we'll be then ready to attack again the - now completely isolated - strongpoint N-east of Kienko. I'm confident that that road will be open soon. Once Kienko falls into my hands and the eastern road to the plains gets open, we'll be free to siege Chengtu and Chungking.
BANZAI!
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RE: ONE YEAR OF WAR
Once you begin the sieges, make sure you have hexside control of all 6 hexsides to prevent escape or any supplies from flowing in.
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ORIGINAL: ny59giants
Once you begin the sieges, make sure you have hexside control of all 6 hexsides to prevent escape or any supplies from flowing in.
Not sure if you don't want the forces to escape. Maybe it's better if they get kicked out so they don't respawn and do get ejected out to the forest away from the action.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm." - Winston Churchill
RE: ONE YEAR OF WAR
I agree with Obvert here Micheal. I always let the enemy have a chance of retreat. Once they are out of the town i can control them. but if they remain in the town till the very last men, it could take years to kill them all.
For what concerns supplies, i can cut the supply routes in other ways and the plains are, de facto, already isolated. I think the only supplies getting there are those produced by the LI factories in Chungking and Chengtu and they will both stop working once we're in town
For what concerns supplies, i can cut the supply routes in other ways and the plains are, de facto, already isolated. I think the only supplies getting there are those produced by the LI factories in Chungking and Chengtu and they will both stop working once we're in town
RE: ONE YEAR OF WAR
If GJ takes all the bases in China, where would Chinese units respawn? Doesn't taking Chungking stop all unit replacement?ORIGINAL: obvert
ORIGINAL: ny59giants
Once you begin the sieges, make sure you have hexside control of all 6 hexsides to prevent escape or any supplies from flowing in.
Not sure if you don't want the forces to escape. Maybe it's better if they get kicked out so they don't respawn and do get ejected out to the forest away from the action.
No matter how bad a situation is, you can always make it worse. - Chris Hadfield : An Astronaut's Guide To Life On Earth
RE: ONE YEAR OF WAR
Don't know if i want to conquer Chungking too. Sure those HIs are interesting and tempting, but there are already 225k men in Chungking...i'd probably need too many units and too much time to conquer it and i'm not so sure it's wise at the point of the game where we are. Better to conquer Chengtu, conquer its HI (180 LI and 180 HIs...not bad) and then leave an army with 4 divisions at Chungking and move everything out. I need those units in the DEI and in the pacific. Cannot linger much more in China cause my time is running out.
Kunming and Tsuyun are much more a strategic priority than Chungking imho
Kunming and Tsuyun are much more a strategic priority than Chungking imho
RE: ONE YEAR OF WAR
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 03, 43
Kienko falls easily. Now we need to open the road from Sian to Kienko and we'll have a direct communication line to the plains. The tank divisions are already moving towards Chengtu!
Several enemy TFs approaching Darwin, which now has 40 fighters, 40 bombers and some 17 aux planes.
Sending some DDs back to Japan to upgrade and get their brand new Radars...[:)]
Burma is quiet and not a single bomb fell over my troops for over a month now...very strange. Did he had enough of it?[:-]
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Ground combat at Kienko (78,41)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 14688 troops, 226 guns, 910 vehicles, Assault Value = 661
Defending force 4384 troops, 30 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 27
Japanese adjusted assault: 323
Allied adjusted defense: 17
Japanese assault odds: 19 to 1 (fort level 2)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Kienko !!!
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker: fatigue(-)
Japanese ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Allied ground losses:
1752 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 86 destroyed, 23 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 5 (5 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 7
Units destroyed 1
Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
Assaulting units:
4th Tank Regiment
1st Tank Division
2nd Tank Division
Defending units:
6th Construction Regiment
Jingcha War Area
37th Group Army
56th AT Gun Regiment
7th Group Army
5th War Area
26th Group Army
4th Chinese Base Force
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Ground combat at 80,40 (near Kienko)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 2658 troops, 200 guns, 143 vehicles, Assault Value = 773
Defending force 22131 troops, 143 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 305
Allied ground losses:
88 casualties reported
Squads: 10 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
27th Division
26th Division
14th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
9th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
1st Army
6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
Tonei Hvy Gun Regiment
1st Mortar Battalion
Mongol Garrison Army
Botanko Hvy Gun Regiment
4th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
5th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
Defending units:
40th Chinese Corps
14th Chinese Corps
64th Chinese Corps
41st Chinese Corps
In a couple of days we'll be attacking these bastards once again!
Buna is plastered again by enemy's 4Es...
Kienko falls easily. Now we need to open the road from Sian to Kienko and we'll have a direct communication line to the plains. The tank divisions are already moving towards Chengtu!
Several enemy TFs approaching Darwin, which now has 40 fighters, 40 bombers and some 17 aux planes.
Sending some DDs back to Japan to upgrade and get their brand new Radars...[:)]
Burma is quiet and not a single bomb fell over my troops for over a month now...very strange. Did he had enough of it?[:-]
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Ground combat at Kienko (78,41)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 14688 troops, 226 guns, 910 vehicles, Assault Value = 661
Defending force 4384 troops, 30 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 27
Japanese adjusted assault: 323
Allied adjusted defense: 17
Japanese assault odds: 19 to 1 (fort level 2)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Kienko !!!
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker: fatigue(-)
Japanese ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Allied ground losses:
1752 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 86 destroyed, 23 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 5 (5 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 7
Units destroyed 1
Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
Assaulting units:
4th Tank Regiment
1st Tank Division
2nd Tank Division
Defending units:
6th Construction Regiment
Jingcha War Area
37th Group Army
56th AT Gun Regiment
7th Group Army
5th War Area
26th Group Army
4th Chinese Base Force
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Ground combat at 80,40 (near Kienko)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 2658 troops, 200 guns, 143 vehicles, Assault Value = 773
Defending force 22131 troops, 143 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 305
Allied ground losses:
88 casualties reported
Squads: 10 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
27th Division
26th Division
14th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
9th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
1st Army
6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
Tonei Hvy Gun Regiment
1st Mortar Battalion
Mongol Garrison Army
Botanko Hvy Gun Regiment
4th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
5th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
Defending units:
40th Chinese Corps
14th Chinese Corps
64th Chinese Corps
41st Chinese Corps
In a couple of days we'll be attacking these bastards once again!
Buna is plastered again by enemy's 4Es...
RE: ONE YEAR OF WAR
Well, if the APs had been empty I would cite it as a Japanese tactical loss but you drowned a lot of Allied troops. Propably a lot more than the combat report indicates. So, I think you really got what was important, if not what you needed...[;)]
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RE: ONE YEAR OF WAR
ORIGINAL: crsutton
Well, if the APs had been empty I would cite it as a Japanese tactical loss but you drowned a lot of Allied troops. Propably a lot more than the combat report indicates. So, I think you really got what was important, if not what you needed...[;)]
Think it was a base force... yes, it's cool to have destroyed it, but the allies get so many of them it doesn't really matter.
However the loss of 3 old crappy DDs won't hurt me much either...let's say a draw?[:)]
RE: ONE YEAR OF WAR
Getting back on the general strategy for a moment...
So we have Burma which is a precious statlemate for the moment.
I now need to reinforce northern Thailand and the Mariannas ASAP. the 8th Division is ready to be bought out (only one regiment left) and will be re-combined and then divided into A/B/C regiments. Would like to send these units to Tainan, Guam and Saipan.
But how much and how fast can i really reinforce my inner perimeter all depends on how fast China will fall. Brad is doing a great job slowing me down in good terrain. Just think on how much time did it take me to get to Kienko (and thank God for that tank penetration north of Kweiyang!!!!)...and the way it's still a long one!
We're doing our best in order to speed up the operations there, but land warfare in DBB takes a lot of time and, honestly, i think i couldn't be doing better than this.
The southern DEI are in a decent shape imho. With the recent garrisonings, QBall will have to risk a full-scale invasion to get a foothold here and, with only 6 CVs left and the Hellcats not yet arrived, i don't think he'll be moving anytime before April/MAy 43. So it means 4 full months... time that will be precious to dig in and to adjust my defences. Now Taberfane, Dobo, Saumlaki and Babar all have a regiment behind some 3 forts. Not enough to stop an army, but enough to slow it down the time needed for a counterattack by sea and by air.
The soft spot remains Sumatra and the isles west of it. I've garrisoned a couple of them, but there are simply too many and my forces are already thin everywhere.
Sebang and the Adamans need some more forces but are in a decent shape.
If i was Brad? i'd go ASAP for Tabiutea and from there start a campaign in CENTPAC (Ocean Island, Kusiae, Ponape etc)...
I also don't forget the Kuriles....Spring will arrive fast and i still need some more units up there. Etorofu is getting some more base forces at AA but i want at least a Bde there. Same for Onnekotan Jiima. Think i'll use some of the re-built SNLF units that are arriving in the next 30 days(those destroyed in northern Oz).
To succesfully advance from Darwin i think Brad will need first to estabilish air superiority over Timor...and that can be done only with 4Es....but, if i made correctly my calculations, by the time he will be ready to move, i'll have enough Georges to be able to counter
So we have Burma which is a precious statlemate for the moment.
I now need to reinforce northern Thailand and the Mariannas ASAP. the 8th Division is ready to be bought out (only one regiment left) and will be re-combined and then divided into A/B/C regiments. Would like to send these units to Tainan, Guam and Saipan.
But how much and how fast can i really reinforce my inner perimeter all depends on how fast China will fall. Brad is doing a great job slowing me down in good terrain. Just think on how much time did it take me to get to Kienko (and thank God for that tank penetration north of Kweiyang!!!!)...and the way it's still a long one!
We're doing our best in order to speed up the operations there, but land warfare in DBB takes a lot of time and, honestly, i think i couldn't be doing better than this.
The southern DEI are in a decent shape imho. With the recent garrisonings, QBall will have to risk a full-scale invasion to get a foothold here and, with only 6 CVs left and the Hellcats not yet arrived, i don't think he'll be moving anytime before April/MAy 43. So it means 4 full months... time that will be precious to dig in and to adjust my defences. Now Taberfane, Dobo, Saumlaki and Babar all have a regiment behind some 3 forts. Not enough to stop an army, but enough to slow it down the time needed for a counterattack by sea and by air.
The soft spot remains Sumatra and the isles west of it. I've garrisoned a couple of them, but there are simply too many and my forces are already thin everywhere.
Sebang and the Adamans need some more forces but are in a decent shape.
If i was Brad? i'd go ASAP for Tabiutea and from there start a campaign in CENTPAC (Ocean Island, Kusiae, Ponape etc)...
I also don't forget the Kuriles....Spring will arrive fast and i still need some more units up there. Etorofu is getting some more base forces at AA but i want at least a Bde there. Same for Onnekotan Jiima. Think i'll use some of the re-built SNLF units that are arriving in the next 30 days(those destroyed in northern Oz).
To succesfully advance from Darwin i think Brad will need first to estabilish air superiority over Timor...and that can be done only with 4Es....but, if i made correctly my calculations, by the time he will be ready to move, i'll have enough Georges to be able to counter