PAW 1941-45 larryfulkerson (Axis) vs warspite1 (Allies)

[warspite1]

Turn 1 - Axis Turn - China
7th December 1941

Chinese supply is err.... interesting.... Anyway I'll worry about that later. Firstly, here is the combat losses from the first turn. As said, I have absolutely no context to place these numbers in at this stage - I'll just assume its BAD!

Losses of 10:1 in infantry doesn't seem overly positive...

[MikeJ19]

Warspite,

This is going to be fun! Good luck

[warspite1]

Turn 1 - Axis Turn - The Philippines and the Pacific Islands
7th December 1941

Resistance at Wake and Guam ended quickly and the Philippines are well on the way to falling.

[Zorch]

Enough suspense - Did Danny and Rafe survive?

[warspite1]

Turn 1 - Axis Turn - The Philippines and the Pacific Islands
7th December 1941

I'm not sure if this is the right way to present the ships. The damaged no. is I presume the % damage. The sunk and engaged figures are nos. of individual ships.

[warspite1]

Turn 1 - Axis Turn - Indian Ocean and the Western Pacific
7th December 1941

[warspite1]

Turn 1 - Axis Turn - Indian Ocean and the Western Pacific
7th December 1941

[warspite1]

Turn 1
7th December 1941

Okay so this is a big game! As I haven't got a clue what to do I'll just try and play safe and try and avoid losses where possible - unless I can delay the Japanese by hanging on.

China
The first theatre I will look at is China.

As can be seen above, the Chinese have lost over 500 infantry squads and a cursory glance at the map shows there are many more about to be swallowed up. I will have to retreat into the hinterland me thinks.

I really should read up on this theatre - I'm going to struggle with immersion here. The units mean nothing to me, I have little to no idea what I'm supposed to be doing (other than not getting mullered).

I make immediate mistakes by moving forward and getting surprised by enemy units I never realised were there. I'm largely therefore resorting to digging-in where I am and seeing what the Japanese have....


When there's no good reason to move don't!! [8|] A Chinese Communist division is in a little trouble here....

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: Zorch

Enough suspense - Did Danny and Rafe survive?

warspite1

Ah that would be telling. You'll have to stay tooned if you want to know what happened to these two once World War II started.....

[Zorch]

ORIGINAL: warspite1

ORIGINAL: Zorch

Enough suspense - Did Danny and Rafe survive?

warspite1

Ah that would be telling. You'll have to stay tooned if you want to know what happened to these two once World War II started.....

You mean there's a sequel to that which-shall-not-be-mentioned? [X(]

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: Zorch

ORIGINAL: warspite1

ORIGINAL: Zorch

Enough suspense - Did Danny and Rafe survive?

warspite1

Ah that would be telling. You'll have to stay tooned if you want to know what happened to these two once World War II started.....

You mean there's a sequel to that which-shall-not-be-mentioned? [X(]

warspite1

I've been hoping for a sequel to that fine film since 2003.

[warspite1]

Turn 1
7th December 1941

Malaya

That's interesting. A bunch of Japanese have arrived adjacent to 11th Indian Division still on board trains. Now you'd think that they would be very vulnerable to attack here. The problem with attacking is that I am in danger of being cut-off by the units that landed at Singora. But surely an attack on units aboard a train must result in carnage for the defenders?

I decide to send 6th Indian Infantry Brigade south to hold the key towns of Jitra, Butterworth and Kroh. The 14th Infantry and 28th Gurkha Brigades head north with the divisional artillery.....

What the.....?? I've just realised that Japanese paratroopers have landed in central Malaya and a bomber group is now installed at the airfield at Jerantut....

I have no choice but to send 9th Division south to try and deal with this threat. Leaving just the 22nd Infantry Brigade south of Patani (where they've blown the bridge) the remaining two brigades head for Jerantut. I also order an Australian brigade from Singapore to the town.

[warspite1]

Turn 1
7th December 1941

NEI

The Japanese seem to have landed everywhere - that is crazy?!?!

- Sumatra - they've landed in four places and established an airfield at Padung (there are no Allied units on this island).

- Borneo - three landing spots in the north and one in the south. (I move the 1st Dutch Infantry into the mountains on their way to Tarakan. The 2nd Dutch Division remains fortified at Balikpapan. I try and move 4 US destroyers but after moving 1 hex three are destroyed by enemy aircraft).

- Celebes - two landing sites detected in the southeast of the island... (there are no Allied forces on this island).

- Java - no sign of the enemy yet

[warspite1]

Turn 1
7th December 1941

India/Burma/Australia

I don't intend doing too much here. I could spend ages going through all the units but I see little purpose at this stage.

Burma
Given what I've seen so far of Japanese capabilities I suspect that the Japanese will simply pile into the Indian Ocean. There seems little point in any kind of forward defence on the Thai border and so I pull the 22nd Indian Brigade back from Moulmein and blow the bridge over the Sittang.

I order an armoured brigade to watch the long Burmese coast and order the 7th Gurkha Regiment to cover Mandalay/Magwe. The 1st Burma Division is weak, the total forces small and the country large....

[Olorin]

You guys are crazy!

Playing several games and writing AARs, while I 'm suffering from severe wargaming fatigue. I've uninstalled TOAW, WitP, and HoI from my machines until normal life.
I'll keep an eye on this AAR though.
Keep it up!

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: Olorin

You guys are crazy!

warspite1

Yep! [:)] Hope the break from wargaming sees you refreshed in due course and you feel able to resume. Sensible decision if its not fun.

[warspite1]

Turn 1
7th December 1941

India/Burma/Australia

India

Again a big country and few defenders. I order the 17th Indian Division to Eastern India from Delhi, but given the size of the country and the paucity of troops I suspect I won't be able to stop any landing attempt.

There are literally no troops in Ceylon so that's a gonna. I am going to move the....ahem...fleet west out of the way. I don't seem to have Kilindini on the map or so I'll send the Eastern Fleet to Addu Atoll

[warspite1]

Turn 1
7th December 1941

The Philippines

There are absolutely no US/Filipino forces in the north of Luzon - just a couple of partisans that can't move. I have two Filipino militia divisions at Lingayen. I might as well keep them there as they are fortified. There is another militia division at Bataan as well as a regular army division and the US Marines of the 4th Marine Regiment. Again I will keep these in situ.

At Manila itself there is 2 militia and 1 regular division, 2 tank battalions and a cavalry regiment. The units cover the coast while a railroad battery projects its shells into Manila Bay.

In the south of Luzon the 31st Militia Division stays fortified at Legaspi. On Leyte the 51st Militia remains fortified at Ormoc, while on Mindanao there is just 1 militia division in Davo.

There is nothing left of the Asiatic Fleet in the PI. Four destroyers were sunk trying to move and so I am leaving the destroyers off Tarakan where they are. They may as well die trying to stop and invasion as just disappear beneath the waves trying to sail to the PI.

Not sure where all the US bombers have gone - I only lost 17 (apparently) during the Axis turn so I don't quite understand that.

[Zorch]

ORIGINAL: Olorin

You guys are crazy!

Playing several games and writing AARs, while I 'm suffering from severe wargaming fatigue. I've uninstalled TOAW, WitP, and HoI from my machines until normal life.
I'll keep an eye on this AAR though.
Keep it up!

You uninstalled wargames?! And you're calling us crazy? [X(]

What is this so-called 'normal life' of which you speak?

[Zorch]

ORIGINAL: warspite1

ORIGINAL: Zorch

ORIGINAL: warspite1


warspite1

Ah that would be telling. You'll have to stay tooned if you want to know what happened to these two once World War II started.....

You mean there's a sequel to that which-shall-not-be-mentioned? [X(]

warspite1

I've been hoping for a sequel to that fine film since 2003.

Masochist!

The sequel would see them in Hiroshima on August 5th. "Darling, do you think the bombing will ever come to us?"