Variants - Allied side - Xargun welcome

[Nomad]

This brings my up to date.

Pretty quiet turn. I think all of my merchants have exited the PI and Hong Kong area now.
In total I have lost 47 ships worth 639 points. Here is the sunk ship list for the Allies.

[Nomad]

Another quiet day

A British MTB was sunk today.

Vanimo and Madang in PNG were taken by Japan

Kudat on Borneo was taken by Japan

[Nomad]

I tried to engage an amphib TF at Kota Bharu with British CA and CLs, to no avail and they
were attacked by a large number of Netties, sinking CL Caledon and heavily damaging CL Enterprise

Such is life.

Brunei on Borneo was taken by Japan.

Puerto Princesa on Palawan was taken by Japan.

Wake Island was invaded, but not taken.

Another xAKL was sunk by a sub off Singkawang.

[Evoken]

Wow you guys are doing turns super fast

[Nomad]

About 2 per day.

[Nomad]

Wake fell today.

Bayombong on Luzon was taken by Japan

Lost 3 xAKLs off Toboali.

[Nomad]

Quiet turn

Georgetown fell today.

No ships lost.

I lost no aircraft today. No air battles. I have pulled back most of my aircraft, I was not able to
inflect any losses on my opponent, just losing aircraft and pilots for no real gain.

[Nomad]

A small bit of action today.

Sub attack near Kuching at 59,86

Japanese Ships
xAP Argentina Maru, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
DD Hakaze

Allied Ships
SS KXII, hits 1

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

Sinking sounds heard after the combat.

Considering my Variants, I have a few that have kicked in from the beginning of the game and
are making a difference:

1. Add 50 PBY-5 to pool - I have used all of these to fill and overfill all the PBY-5 squadrons at Pearl Harbor. They are now spread across bases in the South Pacific.

2. Add 50 SBD-3 to pool - I have use some of these so far to fill and overfill some CV based SBD squadrons. I am keeping a pool to provide some ability to refill depleted units in case of combat.

3. Add 25 PPs per day. This is allowing me to make many more unit Commander changes that I would normally do. I just changed out the 11th Indian Division commander this turn( cost 56 PPs .

4. Increase 25lb gun by 25. I am using these to fill out the 22nd and 27th Australian Brigades in Malaya and the Port Moresby Brigade at this time. This should give them some more staying power.

5. Change II Corps HQ to temp restricted and cancel withdrawal. This unit is still in the USA, I am planning on using for SoPac invasion support in the future.

6. Increase port potential of Vava'u to SPS(4) - I have units with engineers there and they are building. It will take a couple of months to finish, but I will be able to rearm everything I have there, nice and close to the battles that are sure to happen in the New Caledonia and New Hebrides in the future.

[Nomad]

Not too much happening, a bit though.

My Dutch 139WH-3 flew from Singkawang and hit an AMC.

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Kuching at 58,88

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Allied aircraft
139WH-3 x 5

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
xAK India Maru
AMC Saigon Maru, Bomb hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x 139WH-3 bombing from 1000 feet *
Naval Attack: 1 x 300 kg SAP Bomb

No troops lost, so all are probably unloaded.
I have a CA/CL TF at Singkawang that will try and intercept the TF.

Vigan fell:
round combat at Vigan (80,73)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 14905 troops, 86 guns, 200 vehicles, Assault Value = 558

Defending force 4144 troops, 59 guns, 202 vehicles, Assault Value = 175

Japanese adjusted assault: 279

Allied adjusted defense: 15

Japanese assault odds: 18 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
334 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 20 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 19 (2 destroyed, 17 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
1585 casualties reported
Squads: 106 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 42 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 17 (12 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Vehicles lost 89 (56 destroyed, 33 disabled)

He landed troops at Kuching, and Sandakan today


He is flying night bombing missions into the PI and daylight missions all over. I have few aircraft and not many places to base them if I did.

[Nomad]

It looks like his TF left Kuching before my SCTF got there. Darn.

Cabanatuan, Kuching, Sandakan, and Jesselton all were captured today

He flew a bunch of Netties on night bombing missions to Singapore and lost 6 to flak and ops.

[Nomad]

Mostly nothing happened. He made more night bombing runs on Singapore, he lost a few aircraft for no gain.

[CaptBeefheart]

Great to see the variant system in an AAR. Thanks for doing this. If I could make a suggestion, please put a turn date on your posts.

Good choices on the variants. Against the AI I usually boost production of F4F-4s, P-39s, SBDs, PBYs and photo recon (never seem to have enough of those) and fill the P-47 gap. Accelerating the P-47 and F6F should be very helpful, not to mention the CVs and extra divisions.

Did your opponent tell you his choices on the variants?

Good luck!

Cheers,
CB

[Nomad]

The turn date is in the header

We did not inform our opponents on what Variants we chose. Andy Mac made the changes. Adds some extra spice to the game.

[Nomad]

Dec 24, 1941 - I'll try and put the dates here also.

After some turns with little action, some today, Christmas Eve 1941

A sub hit:
ub attack near Patani at 52,72

Japanese Ships
xAK Yahiko Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
SC Ch 8

Allied Ships
SS KXVII, hits 2

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

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A surface action I was not happy about:
Night Time Surface Combat, near Tawi Tawi at 71,89, Range 12,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
APD Hagi
TB Otori
TB Hayabusa
xAK Atago Maru
xAK Meiyo Maru
xAK Santos Maru
xAK Zyuyo Maru
xAKL Hidaka Maru
xAKL Raizan Maru

Allied Ships
CL Java
CL Tromp
DD Evertsen
DD Van Ghent


Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions and 32% moonlight: 12,000 yards
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 11,000 yards
Japanese TF attempts to evade combat
Range increases to 12,000 yards...
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
CL Tromp engages TB Otori at 12,000 yards
CL Java engages TB Otori at 12,000 yards
DD Van Ghent engages TB Otori at 12,000 yards
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
Task forces break off...

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And then a return engagement:

Night Time Surface Combat, near Sandakan at 71,88, Range 12,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
APD Hagi
TB Otori
TB Hayabusa
xAK Atago Maru, Shell hits 3, heavy fires
xAK Meiyo Maru
xAK Santos Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
xAK Zyuyo Maru, Shell hits 1
xAKL Hidaka Maru
xAKL Raizan Maru, Shell hits 5, on fire

Allied Ships
CL Java, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
CL Tromp
DD Evertsen
DD Van Ghent

Japanese ground losses:
145 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

CL Java should be OK, she is returning to Soerabaja for repairs.


He took Tarawa today.

He also took San Fernando today.

China might be a problem, more discussion later.

[Nomad]

Dec 25, 1941

Very quiet turn, not much happening.

[RangerJoe]

ORIGINAL: Nomad

Dec 25, 1941

Very quiet turn, not much happening.

Christmas . . .

[Nomad]

Dec 26, 1941 - boxing day

An xAK took a torp just off San Diego, probably will not make it to SD.

Nauru Island fell

Lost a base in China, I do not like all the new dot bases Andy Mac has put
into this updated scenario. I will have to take a screenshot or two for show
and tell.

[Nomad]

Dec 26, 1941

Here is a picture of the Sian area in Andy Macs updated scenario 2

Notice the number of dot bases East and Southeast of Sian. I have to
maintain a garrison in each to prevent a paratroop landing.

I just lost the base with the crossed sabers. I really do not know if
I can hold him off. I have a few options.
1. Just don't worry about it and eventually lose China.
2. Evacuate many/most/all Chinese units to Burma/India.
3. Some combination of 1 and 2.

[RangerJoe]

Hold Paoshan to Kunmihg, they can receive some supplies by air. Start setting up your defenses.

[Nomad]

Dec 27, 1941

A fleet sub found a working MK-14

Sub attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 62,75

Japanese Ships
xAK Gosei Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Yugiri

Allied Ships
SS Stingray

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

Lost Tsiaotso, Ocean Island and Ipoh today

xargun is being quite methodical in his expansion. Unfortunately that means very well done also. I am being crushed slowly.