ALLIED ONLY: aztez (A) vs erstad (J) ...2nd ROUND

[aztez]

July 11th 1945


Kamikazes visit Manado


Dave send some kamikaze squadrons towards Manado.

Unfortunately few of them got through but the good news is that they did not sunk any battleships.


Morning Air attack on TF, near Manado at 75,99

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 118 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 37 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 30
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 42
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 15



Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk III x 7
F-6D Mustang x 4
P-51D Mustang x 5
F4U-1A Corsair x 23
F4U-1D Corsair x 16
F6F-3 Hellcat x 1


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 4 destroyed
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 14 destroyed
Ki-49-IIb Helen: 6 destroyed
Ki-49-IIb Helen: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied aircraft losses
Kittyhawk III: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
BB New York, Kamikaze hits 3
CL Vincennes II
BB Texas, Kamikaze hits 5, on fire
DD Waldron
BB Arkansas

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Afternoon Air attack on Manado , at 75,99

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 34 NM, estimated altitude 37,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIIa Oscar x 38



Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk III x 6
F-6D Mustang x 4
P-51D Mustang x 5
F4U-1A Corsair x 23
F4U-1D Corsair x 29
F6F-3 Hellcat x 2


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-IIIa Oscar: 12 destroyed

No Allied losses

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Manado at 75,99

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 113 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 37 minutes

Japanese aircraft
D4Y3 Judy x 18



Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk III x 6
F-6D Mustang x 4
P-51D Mustang x 5
F4U-1A Corsair x 21
F4U-1D Corsair x 27
F6F-3 Hellcat x 2


Japanese aircraft losses
D4Y3 Judy: 1 destroyed

No Allied losses

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Manado at 75,99

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 117 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 37 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 18
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 4
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 6



Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk III x 4
F-6D Mustang x 4
P-51D Mustang x 5
F4U-1A Corsair x 19
F4U-1D Corsair x 25
F6F-3 Hellcat x 2


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 8 destroyed
Ki-49-IIb Helen: 3 destroyed

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
CL Vincennes II, Kamikaze hits 2

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Afternoon Air attack on Manado , at 75,99

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 101 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 25 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 27



Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk III x 3
F-6D Mustang x 3
P-51D Mustang x 5
F4U-1A Corsair x 16
F4U-1D Corsair x 22
F6F-3 Hellcat x 2


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 7 destroyed

No Allied losses

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Manado at 75,99

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 30,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 25 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 9



Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk III x 3
F-6D Mustang x 3
P-51D Mustang x 5
F4U-1A Corsair x 15
F4U-1D Corsair x 20
F6F-3 Hellcat x 2


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIb Helen: 5 destroyed

No Allied losses

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Manado at 75,99

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 116 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 38 minutes

Japanese aircraft
D4Y3 Judy x 18



Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk III x 5
F-6D Mustang x 5
P-51D Mustang x 5
F4U-1A Corsair x 20
F4U-1D Corsair x 13
F6F-3 Hellcat x 1


Japanese aircraft losses
D4Y3 Judy: 11 destroyed

No Allied losses

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Manado at 75,99

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 100 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 31 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 20



Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk III x 5
F-6D Mustang x 4
P-51D Mustang x 5
F4U-1A Corsair x 18
F4U-1D Corsair x 10
F6F-3 Hellcat x 1


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIb Helen: 9 destroyed

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
DD Newcomb

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Manado at 75,99

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 86 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 8
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 10



Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk III x 3
F-6D Mustang x 2
P-51D Mustang x 2
F4U-1A Corsair x 11
F4U-1D Corsair x 5
F6F-3 Hellcat x 1


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 2 destroyed
Ki-49-IIb Helen: 7 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Kittyhawk III: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
DD Wren
BB Texas
BB New York, Kamikaze hits 1
CL Pasadena

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Morning Air attack on Manado , at 75,99

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 42 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 18



Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk III x 2
F-6D Mustang x 1
P-51D Mustang x 2
F4U-1A Corsair x 11
F4U-1D Corsair x 4
F6F-3 Hellcat x 1


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 4 destroyed

No Allied losses

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Manado at 75,99

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B6N2 Jill x 34



Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk III x 5
F-6D Mustang x 4
P-51D Mustang x 4
F4U-1A Corsair x 19
F4U-1D Corsair x 12
F6F-3 Hellcat x 1


Japanese aircraft losses
B6N2 Jill: 18 destroyed
B6N2 Jill: 2 destroyed by flak

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
BB Texas, Kamikaze hits 8, heavy fires
BB New York, Kamikaze hits 3
BB Arkansas, Kamikaze hits 5, on fire

[aztez]

No screenshots in this update since at work. Things are progressing slowly ahead.


July 15th 1945


China


Chinese forces are moving forward. The recon indicates that Dave has moved substantial amount of firepower either towards CenPac or Manchuko.

The first spearhead arrives at Chihkiang. We also have troops north of this base...

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Ground combat at Chihkiang (78,50)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 10475 troops, 23 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3858

Defending force 31858 troops, 245 guns, 162 vehicles, Assault Value = 1164


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


Assaulting units:
100th Chinese Corps
62nd Chinese Corps
92nd Chinese Corps
59th Chinese Corps
74th Chinese Corps
68th Chinese Corps
52nd Chinese Corps
16th Chinese Corps
76th Chinese Corps
13th Chinese Corps
3rd New Chinese Corps
24th Group Army
36th Group Army
1st Group Army
17th Group Army
32nd Group Army
18th Group Army
28th Group Army
20th Chinese Base Force
2nd Group Army
56th AT Gun Regiment

Defending units:
5th Mongol Cavalry Division
41st Division
5th RGC Division
101st NCPC Route Brigade
37th Division
8th NCPC Infantry Brigade
13th Army


Burma


We have had few air to air skirmishes over the Bangkok. The losses have been around 1:1 thus the experience levels of his pilots must be pretty high.

Commonwealth forces took Ayuthia last turn. Intresting since two turns ago our recon indicated +30 enemy units at the base. Now, it seems we are soon set for big bloody mess at Bangkok since they must have around +60 units defending the city.

The good thing is that We do have air supremacy in this sector and will move bombers into action starting next turn. I have no idea what kind of av he has stacked at Bangkok.

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Ground combat at Ayuthia (56,61)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 118212 troops, 2198 guns, 2704 vehicles, Assault Value = 4790

Defending force 1521 troops, 19 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 61

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 0

Allied adjusted assault: 5128

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 5128 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied forces CAPTURE Ayuthia !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender:
Attacker: shock(+)

Japanese ground losses:
944 casualties reported
Squads: 87 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 76 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 23 (23 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1


Allied ground losses:
271 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 38 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled


Assaulting units:
3rd Carbiniers Regiment
11th (East African) Division
7th Indian Division
19th Motorised Division
6th Australian Division
255th Indian Tank Brigade
5th Indian Division
Provisionl Tank Brigade
82nd (West African) Division
150th RAC Regiment
50th Tank Brigade
254th Armoured Brigade
23rd Indian Division
20th Indian Division
9th Australian Division
28th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
88th Medium Regiment
6th Medium Regiment
2/11th Field Regiment
31st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
8th Medium Regiment
X' Force
III Indian Corps
IV Indian Corps
20th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
134th Medium Regiment

Defending units:
Sasebo 5th SNLF



CenPac and Philippines


Dave seems to hopping some bomber squadrons around since I have had to bypass few bases.

That is definately annoying since I cannot cover every single TF sailing these areas.

I'am still looking for his carriers and main battleship fleet. There is absolutely 0% intel where they are hidden.

This would be golden intel for me...

Japanese have very large ground forces at Luzon and Formosa. I thin I have spotted +150 units in total.

Allied are not ready yet to advance forward since we are a bit scattered here.

B29's have continued their raids on Home Islands flying at 9000 feet at night. The results are below mediocre so need to change this thing a bit I think.


Manchuko / Soviet Union


To summarize things.. We are ready for this clash. Two more weeks and the battle will commence unless Dave activates the front earlier.

[aztez]

Pacific (July 20th 1945)


Philippines


Japanese battleships bombard allied troops at Tacloban. Touche that our torpedo and divebombers refuse to fly againts these intruders.

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Tacloban at 81,85, Range 12,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
BB Yamato, Shell hits 1
BB Musashi, Shell hits 3
DD Teruzuki
DD Suzukaze, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk

Allied Ships
DD Wickes
DD Swanson
DD Gwin
DD Grayson
DD Monssen
DD Buchanan, Shell hits 2
DD Bancroft

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Night Naval bombardment of Tacloban at 81,85

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 78 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 7 destroyed on ground
F6F-3 Hellcat: 4 damaged
F6F-3 Hellcat: 2 destroyed on ground
B-29B Superfort: 36 damaged
B-29B Superfort: 7 destroyed on ground
F-7A Liberator: 14 damaged
F-7A Liberator: 3 destroyed on ground
P-38L Lightning: 14 damaged
P-38L Lightning: 3 destroyed on ground
P-51D Mustang: 1 damaged
P-51D Mustang: 1 destroyed on ground
SBD-5 Dauntless: 18 damaged
SBD-5 Dauntless: 2 destroyed on ground
F4U-4 Corsair: 9 damaged
F4U-4 Corsair: 3 destroyed on ground
B-24D1 Liberator: 27 damaged
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 destroyed on ground
TBM-3 Avenger: 3 damaged
TBM-3 Avenger: 2 destroyed on ground
B-29-25 Superfort: 10 damaged
B-29-25 Superfort: 1 destroyed on ground
SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 destroyed on ground
F4U-1A Corsair: 6 damaged
F4U-1A Corsair: 2 destroyed on ground

Japanese Ships
BB Musashi
BB Yamato
DD Teruzuki


Allied ground losses:
506 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 40 destroyed, 16 disabled
Engineers: 8 destroyed, 5 disabled
Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 7 (5 destroyed, 2 disabled)


Airbase hits 25
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 39

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Day Time Surface Combat, near Tacloban at 81,85, Range 30,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
BB Yamato, Shell hits 3
BB Musashi, Shell hits 7, on fire
DD Teruzuki, Shell hits 8, heavy fires

Allied Ships
DD Wickes, Shell hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Swanson, Shell hits 2
DD Gwin
DD Grayson
DD Monssen
DD Buchanan
DD Bancroft, Shell hits 1, heavy fires

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Tacloban at 81,85, Range 8,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
BB Kongo, Shell hits 2
BB Haruna, Shell hits 4
BB Kirishima, Shell hits 1
DD Minegumo
DD Asagumo, Shell hits 1
DD Arare, Shell hits 1

Allied Ships
DD Swanson, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Monssen, Shell hits 2

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Tacloban at 81,85, Range 12,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
BB Kongo
BB Haruna, Shell hits 2
BB Kirishima, Shell hits 2
DD Minegumo, Shell hits 11, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Asagumo
DD Arare

Allied Ships
DD Haraden
DD Healy
DD John Henley
DD Hickox, Shell hits 1
DD Hopewell
DD Howorth, Shell hits 1, heavy fires
DD Izard
DD Jenkins
DD Kidd
DD Killen

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Night Naval bombardment of Tacloban at 81,85

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 27 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 6 destroyed on ground
P-51D Mustang: 11 damaged
P-51D Mustang: 1 destroyed on ground
P-38L Lightning: 11 damaged
P-38L Lightning: 1 destroyed on ground
B-29B Superfort: 33 damaged
B-29B Superfort: 2 destroyed on ground
TBM-3 Avenger: 13 damaged
TBM-3 Avenger: 1 destroyed on ground
F6F-3 Hellcat: 1 destroyed on ground
F4U-4 Corsair: 4 damaged
F4U-4 Corsair: 4 destroyed on ground
SBD-5 Dauntless: 1 damaged
SBD-5 Dauntless: 2 destroyed on ground
B-24D1 Liberator: 9 damaged
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 destroyed on ground
F4U-1A Corsair: 1 damaged
SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 destroyed on ground
B-29-25 Superfort: 5 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Kirishima
BB Haruna
BB Kongo
DD Arare
DD Asagumo


Allied ground losses:
81 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)


Airbase hits 10
Runway hits 27


Dave told that BB Musashi did eat an torpedo. Whether it is true... well that is anyones guess.

I'am still a bit dazzled where did these ships came from. I have quite a few bombers and search aircraft flying patrols in the area.

These guys failed to pick up the origin of his battleships. Oh well.. he will strike out eventually here.

In the meantime allied bombers hit Takao after brief pause...

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Morning Air attack on Takao , at 84,65

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5c Zero x 38
N1K1-J George x 36
Ki-61-Id Tony x 52



Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 3
B-24D1 Liberator x 37
B-24J Liberator x 88


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5c Zero: 1 destroyed
N1K1-J George: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged
Ki-61-Id Tony: 3 destroyed, 8 damaged
Ki-61-Id Tony: 4 destroyed on ground
J1N1-S Irving: 4 destroyed on ground
H8K1 Emily: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-56 Thalia: 3 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 1 destroyed
B-24D1 Liberator: 6 destroyed, 23 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 4 destroyed, 19 damaged



Airbase hits 24
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 71

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Morning Air attack on Takao , at 84,65

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5c Zero x 35
N1K1-J George x 18
Ki-61-Id Tony x 37



Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 3
B-24D1 Liberator x 18
B-24J Liberator x 54


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5c Zero: 1 destroyed
N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed, 8 damaged
N1K1-J George: 2 destroyed on ground
Ki-61-Id Tony: 2 destroyed, 25 damaged
Ki-61-Id Tony: 2 destroyed on ground
Ki-56 Thalia: 1 destroyed on ground
J1N1-S Irving: 2 destroyed on ground
H8K1 Emily: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 1 destroyed
B-24D Liberator: 1 destroyed by flak
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 destroyed, 14 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 9 destroyed, 26 damaged



Airbase hits 7
Runway hits 13



China


The Chinese troops are given orders to start an full scale assault againts Japanese intruders.

First assault was done at Chihkiang.

We really took a hit here due to forts especially but the good thing is that we are not short on men.

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Ground combat at Chihkiang (78,50)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 95271 troops, 382 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3852

Defending force 41505 troops, 368 guns, 162 vehicles, Assault Value = 1503

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 7

Allied adjusted assault: 4274

Japanese adjusted defense: 16423

Allied assault odds: 1 to 3 (fort level 7)

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), leaders(+)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
1631 casualties reported
Squads: 13 destroyed, 187 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 19 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Guns lost 23 (5 destroyed, 18 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
10865 casualties reported
Squads: 104 destroyed, 566 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 84 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 69 disabled


Assaulting units:
59th Chinese Corps
62nd Chinese Corps
16th Chinese Corps
68th Chinese Corps
13th Chinese Corps
74th Chinese Corps
52nd Chinese Corps
100th Chinese Corps
76th Chinese Corps
92nd Chinese Corps
3rd New Chinese Corps
18th Group Army
32nd Group Army
20th Chinese Base Force
28th Group Army
17th Group Army
2nd Group Army
36th Group Army
1st Group Army
24th Group Army
56th AT Gun Regiment

Defending units:
101st NCPC Route Brigade
41st Division
5th RGC Division
5th Mongol Cavalry Division
37th Division
59th Division
8th NCPC Infantry Brigade
2nd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
13th Army
1st Mortar Battalion


Burma


Japanese troops are withdrawing towards Saigon. They have actually abandoned Bangkok alltogether and heading south.

Thus we should be able to liberate Bangkok and Tavoy next turn.

The full scale offensive is ongoing here as well...

[aztez]

Pacific (August 2nd 1945)


Here are some pics from the game dated in early august 1945.

The strategic bombing campaign is not going as strongly as I wanted. Than again we are forced into nightime 9000 feet strikes and our main bases are hotly contested near Luzon.

I would say that Marianas are somewhat better place to do this campaign but we are forced to work with what we got.

Just wondering whether nighttime 9000 feet is actually the most effective altitude... go figure...

We are definately using A-bombs as soon as they become available. Need level more of the home islands and take out some of the fighting spirits.

Despite the heavy air losses Dave definately still have fighting airforce left with good pilots and airplanes. Allthough the last few weeks cost him dearly. Not going take anything away from my esteemed opponent here.

Allied signit is still pretty much useless. By useless I mean that it still has not given out coordinates of his remain battle fleets or carriers. That is odd since I do fly extensive recon missions.

We actually had small naval skirmish near Manado few days back. The recon planes spotted BB Nagoto and some cruisers heading South West???... could that mean the fact that those ships are somewhere near Soerabaja / Batavia.

Anyways. those ships are hiding somewhere and would love to flush them out. Personally doubt that the KB is around Java.

I can also state that despite all the resources available you really do not have too much of fuel stocked in the frontlines. That is an fact to any allied allied players reaching the late months.

Dave also hit quite a few AO's in past months. That is somewhat annoying and definately has hindered my carrier operations lately.

In CenPac and Philippines have been stalemated. Japanese are trying occasional surface raids againts the forward bases and also launching some Kamikaze missions. We are doing our best to repulse them. The future options in this sector seem grinding affairs... so once I have few things sorted we need to hit somewhere. There are not many good options...

Burma / Thailand is also odd business. Allied forces marched into abandoned Bangkok and if the recon is correct those troops withdrew mostly towards Saigon??? That is odd in a sense that I was betting that he would be moving towards Singapore. Oh well.. need to adjust some of my operations to correspond to this maneuvere. The good thing is that Bangkok is ours and time to start moving support troops there.

We also launched small amphibitous landings at Kiska. It went as expected... well not exactly since that is stalemate situation currently. I need move some stronger troops there to finish those japanese off.

In China we are moving forward but it is not an picnic since japanese are putting up decent numbers on the defense. He is using terrain bonuses and forts in his favour and the Chinese aren't exactly modernized nor have the enermous amount of supplies nor engineers available. This offensive will continue however since we need support the Russian troops and other areas on the map.

That leaves us to the biggest news of the months. The "Sleeping giant" is on the move! I'am going into massive full scale offensive at Manchuko. After hundreds of clicks it became pretty obvious that this is an gigantic army with massive airforce to back things up. The troops are just moving forward so no battle action yet... but flying extensive recons here and large ground bombing campaings immediately. I don't know what Dave has here but he will need hell of an lot firepower to stop this juggernaught....

Here are few pics from the game dated 2nd of august 1945....

[aztez]

Chinese forces on the move...

[aztez]

Allied forces liberate Bangkok... the japanese army moving towards Saigon???

[aztez]

Philippines.. Japanese are putting up stiff resistance here...

[aztez]

The giant is looking for fresh meat.. All out offensive at Manchuko begins...

[aztez]

Air to air losses sorted by aircraft type...

[aztez]

IJN losses....

[aztez]

Allied naval losses.. add many CVE's to this list as well...

[JocMeister]

Great to see an update!

[crsutton]

Nice to see you are posting.

Ouch! How on earth did he activate the Soviets for you? I don't think anything else matters. This is the end of the war for him.

Have you managed to cut off his DEI oil sources? If not, he can still produce tons of aircraft.

[aztez]

Dave will on vacation next week. He does have his laptop with him but we shall see whether we get few turns done.

I'am also enjoying the summer vacation and have 3 weeks left. Just hoping that the weather would warm more! [:D]

JocMeister: Thanx. I try to keep this AAR posted more regularly until the end.

crsutton: Well.. I think we reached the Soviet activation date in the game. It seems it was august 1st 1945! [:D]

Yes, the Soviets have massive firepower stacked so intresting to see what kind of an resistance he can put up. Intresting days ahead.

Well.. he can still ship from Palempang and few other bases in the DEI if he routes his tankers accordingly. No doubt he is doing so as well.

I will try to stop this soon as possible. Eventhough that really doesn't matter that much since he most likely has already piled up engines and HI.

This has been an journey which is the most important factor and feels good to see the end screen moving closer.

[DRF99]

Aztez,

I've been following your AAR just about since I first started reading this forum.

I can't wait to see what the Soviets can do. Will they steamroller like what really happened or who knows? This is the first AAR I've read where they've activated on the historic date.

Cheers,
DRF

[aztez]

DRF99: Appreciated. I do hope that you have learned few things "not to do" at least! [:D]

As for Soviets.. wellI think it is 50/50 whether we can steamroll the whole place. I know Dave is moving units from China to defend the oncoming juggernaught.

I have better intel once the next turn arrives. Really need to check how his stacks are deployed here.

I think this was one of the first PBEM's to start once the game was released. Also there are very few AAR's that have entered to this late date.

Well.. the game deserves these and hopefully we have few new forum members that have bought the game due to AAR section.

I know I did bought the old Witp after reading Pzb's and Pauk's AAR few years back.

[crsutton]

Well, I think the Soviet units-especially the tank units have way much more firepower. Better squads and devices. Japanese can't stop shermans, I doubt they will do much vs T34s and SU122s. Plus Soviets get some full tank and mech divisions. Even if he can match you in numbers, you can just grind away. Not to mention the far superior artillery.

[aztez]

crsutton: True. The Soviet armour is massive! [:D] ...and a tons of artillery.

I do agree that the best way to get full out of them is to grind, grind and grind forward.

The airforce is quality as well only lacking legs with the fighters. Intresting to see whether Dave will even try to contest the skies here. I would love him to do so.

Your game is not that far from this date I gather??? ...or has it slowed down a bit.

[crsutton]

9/44. We get about 5 or 6 turns in a week. Viperpol does not make many mistakes so it has been a grind. We had our first big carrier battle since early 43 with the full KB vs the full American fleet. Of course half of my carriers reacted and I got the worst of it but can't complain. We both lost about an equal number of carriers with me having a lot more damaged. However, in the end I can't complain as I can afford the losses and he can't.

Most of my success has been in the DEI where a late 43 invasion of Sabang led to a tough long fight but I eventually gained the edge. He has evacuated the Malay Pennisula and I am about to take Singapore. Rangoon has fallen and I have knocked his oil facilities hard. It has been much tougher in the Pacific where I am having a time take Baledaob. Considering that it is scen 2, I am happy with my progress. I think the loss of his oil will hurt him the most.

The biggest factor is that for the first time in the game I feel like my airforce can beat his anywhere we meet. In scen 2 it takes a good while.

[aztez]

That sounds to me like you guys would have done fantastic AAR in that game. Intresting how diffrent outcomes play out.

You definately should be happy with your progress. I think you have done fantastic job.

Yeah. The better fighters and number bombers do play vital roles.

As for carrier clashes.. pretty much unlucky as you. This one definately has not gone my favour.

I have my other PBEM vs katsuragi entering summer 1944 and I think we have had 3 big battles in that one. Maybe 4.. anyways I have had better luck in that one there.