ENLIST TODAY (Docup (A) vs Koniu (J) No Koniu

[zuluhour]

I ran out of reserves in China in '42. GEEEZ what a bloodbath.

[DOCUP]

30th Jan 44
 
China:
Koniu didn't push to hard in China. I am in a good position if I can open up the Burma road.
 
Burma
Magwee see's 2 different sweeps by the new Frank r version.  Its a beast.  The first sweep is on the 28th  11 Franks are shot down with 65 of our own.  Mostly P40s but Spits took a beating also.  On the 30th another sweep comes in 28 Frank r's are lost for 31 of our own.  This time he faced better planes.  The problem was my guys were still on the ground with only 5 or so mins to get up into the air.  I do have radar 2 sets but they didn't help.  I am brining in another 2 sets.  The CL that hit a mine outside of Rangoon is listed as sunk, I don't believe it.
 
Pbang
We sink a small tanker.
 
Timor AO
I lose 2 subs. Koniu has now brought in some E's for ASW work around Ternate.  I am going to pull back my subs.  Something must be in this area.
 
Marshalls
We sink a PB.

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3rd Feb 44
 
China
Japs are bombing some of my troops.  No biggie
 
Burma
I bombed one of his AFs and he has tried to bomb some of my troops.
 
Timor AO
I decided to risk an invasion of Lautem.  So far I have the 5th Aussie ID with and NZ BDE, tank unit and a BF landed with 12k worth of supplies.  All ships will leave or are ordered to leave tonite. Japs have an IR and a BF present.  Japs didn't bombard my troops.  I wonder if they are out of supply or big guns.  I also bombed a few AFs in this area.
 
Marshalls
Bombed Roi Namur.
 
 

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6th Feb 44
 
China
Jap troops have withdrawn from Changsha.
 
Burma
Going to do a DA at Taung Gyi.  Only using half my AV capable units.  I am going to alternate my attacking units from rest to attack.  Frank Rs sweep Magwe again We lose 36 for his 34.
 
Timor AO
Lautem is captured.  I got this base on the cheap.  Koniu doesn't seem to happy with this.  His NavS never spotted my ships and we got away.  My subs did take some shots at his SAGs but no hits.  I count 3 BBs and 3 CAs with DDs as escorts.  Air ASW is slowly sinking my subs.  Lost one today.  I plan on taking Dili and building up these 2 bases and then moving up the islands under LBA.  Jap NavS is better now and that sucks.  I struck Ambon and another base both times putting a 500 LBer into an AK. I lose 9 4Es attacking one of these ports.
 
Wewak
We sink 4 xAKLs and 2 PBs.
 

[JocMeister]

Nice work getting Lautem! Now you have a level 9 AF in range of 90% of the Jap oil! [&o]

The Frank "R" is going to change the air war. He can now sweep you out from the skies. He has numbers you can only dream of. And the ONLY plane you have that you can put above it is the P47. Revert back to 42 tactics. Hit and run.

Put the P47s up just above his Franks (100 ft above is enough to get "the dive"). Put the Spit VIIs down at 20k. His Franks will dive on the lowest placed CAP so make sure its the Spits. Their MVR and speed will save many of them. I usually add another "layer" at around 25-30k. Sometimes this layer get a shot at the Franks after they have dived on the Spits. Not always though.

Forget about offensive Sweeps for now. Only do them when its absolutely critical. He will have his Frank CAP up over your sweepers and you will be mauled. Be very, very careful with your P47s. If you run out of them (only plane that you can put above the Frank) you will be in a bad, bad situation. Sadly all you can do now is to endure until the P47N arrives in 4/45. The P51D will be useless as you can only place it at 31k.

Sorry if sounding like a doomsday prophet but its the sad truth of it. [:(]

[zuluhour]

Now that is depressing.

[DOCUP]

Thanks Joc[:'(].  yes I know about this, but it has a weakness its SR of 3.  If you can catch it on the ground its toast.
 
9th Feb 44
 
China:
Quiet
 
Burma
We have done 2 DAs at Taung Gyi.  TG has 4 forts now.  It did have 5.  We are losing more troops but this is expected.  I have more troops to give.  I need to widdle him down.  We do a ground attack and destroy 24 planes.
 
Timor AO
Quiet
 
Everywhere quiet. For now.

[DOCUP]

I'm not dead.  Have been busy.  Had that Sweddish man cold, work, family in from out of town, and putting together baby stuff.
 
18th Feb 44
 
China
Hmmm  Japs have pulled out of Changsha.  Quiet
 
Burma
Frank Sweeps Magwe and Ramree Island.  Results not good.  Losess 76 Frank r's, We lose 39 P40s, 19 P38s, 19 Hurris, 11 Spits, 7 Corsairs, 7 Hellcats, and 5 P47s.  That's 107 AC lost for 76.  Not good.  he is basing these killer out of Rangoon.  He has a large CAP up so it will be hard to get bombers in.  I am moving troops to Taung Gyi and the hex south of it.  I am going to try and surround Taung Gyi.  I made Koniu move an ID away from Taung Gyi and got an ID behind Taung Gyi cutting off the yellow road.  I am moving small units from China towards the same yellow road to cut off the Jap IDs supply route.  The attacks on Taung Gyi have stopped due to supply consumption.  Still working on my amphib landings.
 
Timor AO
Lautem was bombarded no real damage done.  He did close the AF but I didn't need it at the time.  I am going to try and sneak in an IR, engs and some supply.  I have some ships 6 hexs away that haven't been spotted.   This might also be a trap!!!!
 
Horn Island
I haven't seen any Jap subs for awhile.  Well they popped up around Horn Island.  I had about 6 ASW attacks in one day.  We damaged  5 or so subs on that day.  The next day we sink one.
 
Marshalls
I think Koniu might of gave up on Roi Namur.  No AC present for a long time now.  I have been bombing it but my bombers have only been getting maybe 15 or so hits a day.  He did run some CLs into Maloelap and sunk 5 xAKs.  I was hoping to slow him down and have him in range of my bombers but no.  I did lose some bombers in this area though.
 
I need to write stuff down if I am going to post several days at one time.  We have sunk by sub a PB, 2 AKs, AMc, and a TK.    That's all I can remember right now.

[DOCUP]

Ok update.  Looks like koniu is pulling troops out of Koepang. 
 
DEI
I am getting lots of signit about IDs and tanks in this area. 
 
Ships sunk:
Japs also lose an AP while we lose 3 subs, some PT boats and an LST.

[BBfanboy]

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[zuluhour]

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Thanks BB! I'll use method #1 for now. [:)]

[zuluhour]

Time for a snap shot of the new addition?

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Kurt: No baby yet.  Anytime now. 
 
Been busy with RL.  Yea bulding baby stuff painting a room pink.  Now to the game.
 
10th Mar 44
 
China
I did a small Offensive in the south.  Then the Japs brought in reinforcements and stopped me.  Then they started bombing my troops and bases.
 
Burma
Japs have swept Magwe (a few times) Ramree Is, and Akyab with Frank r's.  Loses for the Frank r 200 Tojos 13.  Now for the Allies total P40s 30, P39 17, P51A 15, Hellcats 19, P38 20, P47 20, Hurr IIC 19, Spit VC 6, Spit III 6 and F4 35.  Around 190 total.  I hope Koniu has lost a lot of good pilots.  I have also bombed some of his ground troops.  I lost about 40 2 E bombers in these attacks.  I have also shot down some more Franks, and Tojos from my sweeps.  Japs withdraw from Taung Gyi.  They are camped out to the south of the base.  I did a DA 2 turns ago I suffered 7k worth of casualties to his 1k.  Almost all of mine were from a Chinese corp.  My troops will attack again today.  Other Jap troops are retreating down the yellow road from Taung Gyi.  They have crossed the river we crossed also with mod casualities.  I did get a commando unit behind this stack.  But Koniu got an IR to the hex and has been trying to dislodge my unit for 2 shock attacks now.  My commandos are holding strong despite the shock attacks and air bombings.  Japs tried a 6k attack on my troops, not a good idea, they lost 45 Helens to flak.
 
Timor AO
We capture Lautem and Dili. 
 
Solomons
I did something stupid and sent out a small SAG after a Jap SAG and got beat.  I lost 2 modern CLs and 2 DDs for 3 Jap DDs.  I hate Long Lance TTs.
 
Miline Bay
Frank r swept the base and chewed us a new one.  We lost P40 types 24, Hurri IIC 13, FMs 7, Spit VC 7, Spit III 1.  3 Jap DD stop by they sink 1 PT boat and my PT boat sinks one DD.
 
Ships that have been sunk:  Allied subs sink an 2 xAK, TK, E,  and a PB.  We also damage an AP and 2 CLs.  Both these CLs where damaged at base I can't remember the name.  Its around the Marshalls. We lose an xAK to a sub and a sub to naval ASW.
 
Can't remember anything else in the other area. I should proof read this but I need to get in the shower.

[crsutton]

ORIGINAL: JocMeister

How are your pools doing? You have to keep an close eye on those and don´t waste planes just for the sake of sweeping. You can never wear down the Japanese air force so when you do something offensively it has to have a purpose.

3/44 you get the P47-25. I think it is 175 per month but beware as it only runs for 4 months. You have to make that stretch until 11/44 when the P51D kicks in. Its an awesome plane though! [&o]. If you play by the 2nd MVR band HR you can stack that on top of everything the Japs have. But in the period between the P47-25 and P51D that you are stuck with only 80 P38s and 30 P51Bs USAAF planes. Only plane you get in that time in decent numbers are the Hellcat but against Franks and Sams its outdated.

I found that mid to late 44 my fighter pools where more critical then any other period of the game aside from the first 6 months. Especially late 44 everything was dry.

+1 on this. You have to plan ahead and save some P47s for a rainy day.

Also from the Allied side. Every American bomber unit expands on 1/45. This is not a bad thing but make sure you have plenty of trained bomber pilots in the pool. I missed it and got caught with not enough pilots. Took me some months to recover. However, it can be said that by this time Allied bombers are all over the place anyways so it is not the end of the world. You don't have to have the high skilled pilots. I find that bomber pilots trained up to about 50 bombing skill do just fine. You reach a point where you just want some average jocks to fill the seats.

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Crsutton: Thanks, I have 127 P 47D2, and 82 D25. Bomber pilots I am working on it.



15 Mar 44



Burma

Jap IR dislodges my Indian paratroopers. They put up a good fight. The road is now open for the ID and other units to retreat. Tomorrow I will have 3 IDs and several Inf BDEs with 2 armor units. Tomorrow I am sending in some fighters and bombers. We did a 2 more attacks on the stack south of Taung Gyi. One of my tank units got clobbered in this attack. The rest of my units are in pretty good shape. I think I have knocked his IDs down to the high 200 or low 300 AV. We lose 2.5k while the Japs lose 3.6. I have lost more vehicles though.



Timor AO

Quiet right now.



Lae

Franks sweep I lose 14 P 39s and 12 P40s for 16 Franks. I thought I did better than this as I watched the replay.



Got some things in the working. I am trying to think a big op to help shorten the war.

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Something Mar 44
 
Burma
Bad day to be a Brit 2E pilot.  I lose 51 Brit 2E planes and 11 Oz 2Es in one day attacking in Burma and a small dot base one hex north of Lautem.  My fighters do shoot down 18 Tojos, 10 Georges, and 23 Franks for 6 of each of the following planes, Corsair, P 47 and P 38s. We did a DA on the Jap ID and tank rgt to the east of Taung Gyi.  Not bad, will rest a day or 2 then try it again.  Koniu has sub planes and nav search way out into the Bay of Bengal.
 
Timor
Mentioned above.
 
Question:  When do the Kamis activate and Russians?  Also is it 15 hexs from the listed citys?

[BBfanboy]

Russian activation only occurs if the AV in Manchuria drops below 8000 (and I think a dice roll is also involved so that it is not automatic), or
when Japan violates Russian territory by overflight or invasion or naval forces in a Russian base hex.

I think Kamikazes are not available until Jan. 1944, but I forget the details of bases and distances. You could
probably find it on the War Room section using a search like "kamikaze activation".

[JocMeister]

Kamis are "Sea hexes" from the mentioned bases. You will have to manually count them. They changed the distance in some patch I believe. Can´t remember the actual number but its probably in my AAR somewhere. [:)]

Oh, hope the baby arrives soon. [:)]

[DOCUP]

BB: Thanks



Joc: Wife is due anyday now. Dialated to 2 cms 50% effaced lost her plug and having false labor.



19th Mar 44



China

Might be some combat coming soon.



Burma

We did 2 DA. One south of Taung Gyi and one to the east of Taung Gyi. I will post CR for those. Ground combat eludes me. My men are fried, so I figure his are too. But his keep fighting. I have 3 units I have to withdraw and 2 of them are tank units. The hex south of Taung Gyi is killing me. I am rotating my units from attacks and his units are taking it on the chin and keep standing tall. How? I try and pull off a CAP trap and sweep at the same hex. I find nothing but do get to see lots of Allied AC in one sweep.



Timor

Koepang gets paid a visit from my 4Es. 13 Georges are toasted on the ground for almost 200 runway hits.



NorPac

We find a sub and hit it 11 times


Ground combat at 58,49 (near Taung Gyi)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 41259 troops, 675 guns, 1117 vehicles, Assault Value = 4014

Defending force 46369 troops, 595 guns, 723 vehicles, Assault Value = 1322

Allied adjusted assault: 442

Japanese adjusted defense: 3799

Allied assault odds: 1 to 8

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

Japanese ground losses:
1183 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 103 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 23 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Guns lost 40 (3 destroyed, 37 disabled)
Vehicles lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
1025 casualties reported
Squads: 37 destroyed, 239 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 107 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 14 disabled
Guns lost 64 (20 destroyed, 44 disabled)
Vehicles lost 259 (32 destroyed, 227 disabled)[:@]

Assaulting units:
6th Chinese/A Corps
20th Indian/A Division
255th Armoured Brigade [:@]has to withdraw
Provisionl Tank Brigade
5th Indian Division
XV Corps Engineer Battalion
27th Infantry Division
XXXIII Corps Engineer Battalion
26th Indian Division
18th British Division
6th Australian Division
1st Cavalry (Spec) Cavalry Division
50th Tank Brigade
6th Chinese/C Corps
6th Chinese/B Corps
20th Indian/C Division
249th Field Artillery Battalion
77th Heavy AA Regiment
2/9th Field Regiment
8th Medium Regiment
6th Medium Regiment
14th Indian Light AA Regiment

Defending units:
20th Division
33rd Division
18th Division
2nd Tank/C Division
1st Art.Mortar Regiment
52nd Field AA Battalion
15th Army
3rd Mortar Battalion
57th Field AA Battalion
8th RF Gun Battalion


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Ground combat at 61,50 (near Taung Gyi)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 39039 troops, 676 guns, 954 vehicles, Assault Value = 2027

Defending force 14005 troops, 169 guns, 112 vehicles, Assault Value = 422

Allied adjusted assault: 744

Japanese adjusted defense: 565

Allied assault odds: 1 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
1008 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 89 disabled
Non Combat: 39 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Guns lost 19 (1 destroyed, 18 disabled)
Vehicles lost 41 (38 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Units destroyed 1 [:D]

Allied ground losses:
545 casualties reported
Squads: 7 destroyed, 169 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 22 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 22 disabled
Guns lost 17 (1 destroyed, 16 disabled)

Assaulting units:
11th (East African)/B Division
11th (East African)/A Division
14th Chindit Brigade
25th Indian Division
75th Indian Brigade
254th Armoured Brigade
7th Indian Division
2nd British Division
16th Light Cavalry Regiment
150th RAC Regiment
23rd Chindit Brigade
11th (East African)/C Division

Defending units:
2nd Division
14th Tank Regiment
23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
35th Fld AA Gun Co

[JocMeister]

ORIGINAL: DOCUP

BB: Thanks



Joc: Wife is due anyday now. Dialated to 2 cms 50% effaced lost her plug and having false labor.

Awesome! Good luck. Its going to suck during but once its over you will both quickly forget. [:)] I´ll keep my fingers crossed for the three of you!