Godzilla {J: Andav} vs. Rodan {A: witpqs}

[witpqs]

ORIGINAL: obvert

ORIGINAL: witpqs

ORIGINAL: jwolf

I'm wondering how can Japan make a powerful invasion of India at this time when they have just barely started to take the DEI? [&:] Won't they run out of fuel or something else vital? I admit I haven't played Japan so I don't know how robust or brittle their economy is, in game, but naively I think they can't have a lot of leeway -- or can they?

I think you are quite right. I am talking about a bit later. When it comes to Japan invading Australia or India or Hawaii the Japan player has to walk a tightrope between the problem of too little force available to Japan and too much force available to the Allies at the objective.

I don't know what the Empire has planned for the forces that will be freed up when Philippines/Singapore/DEI/Burma are secured. I hope China will take longer, but I know DAW HQ is intent on capturing all of China. If so of course that will free up a frightening load of forces.

At the minimum the Japanese have to have Singapore, Palembang, and have secured air superiority over that area of Sumatra and Malaya. Then the KB can actually come around to the IO side of Java and Sumatra to close the door for the Allies. After Singapore enough troops are freed up to make a move on India.

The PI can wait, as can Java, but it makes sense to take Java with the troops usually located to fill in on the PI and get it out of the way.

The Japanese have decent fuel reserves for a few years. In my game against Lowpe I've prioritised destroying or taking oil/fuel centres in the DEI and elsewhere, but it'll still be a long while before he's hurting. The Japanese economy is fine for a few years, it's just 44-45 when things start to squeeze if you haven't taken care of business getting oil/fuel reserves and managing supply and HI savings.

A moe to India is a knockout blow anyway, so you're not worrying much about the future. You're trying to achieve AV.

Got it.

I've long been concerned about the lack of major units on Luzon. I would have to look but I think he eventually brought in a full division to help crack Clark Field's defenses. Presently there has been a long hiatus since the last assault at Singapore. The AV there with the 14th bombardment is 2,264 to 888. He's looking for the next assault to be a strong one. Not sure where the units from Mindanao are going, but those didn't form a major force anyway. Perhaps to break Bataan more quickly?

I have *not* built fortress Palembang and I am sure Walter knows that from recon. I take the lack of further advances into the DEI as a sign that he intends to secure the area around Palembang before taking it; so much for the notion of a fast carrier raid on the oil facilities there. I might have made my own bed with the successful (though small) air campaign against oil facilities on Borneo.

[dave sindel]

ORIGINAL: witpqs

ORIGINAL: AlessandroD

You are buying out Chinese troops for the India defence (interesting strategy btw) but how many American units are outside their country?

It's also a way to keep China relevant even if all of China is captured. Many patriots from the countryside in China will filter their way through mountain passes to form replacement squads for the Chinese units in India!

What US units are outside of the US? Both USMC regiments are at Pago Pago, as is one regiment of the Americal Division. Another regiment of Americal recently arrived at Melbourne. A USMC tank Bn is at Pago Pago and a USA tank Bn is at Suva. A USA regiment (of 24th or 25th Division, forget which) is also at Suva. There are smaller USN, USMC, and USA units at Pago Pago. There are 4 USA base forces and 1 air HQ in Australia. 1 USA base force and 1 USN base force at Kokoda, formerly at Port Moresby. There are base, defense, and Bn size units of USA, USN, and USMC at Midway, Palmyra, Christmas, Canton, Penrhyn, Bora Bora, Johnston. 1 USA base force in China, 1 USA base force in India.

I did not attempt to list Alaska and Hawaii. Also of course are many air units, a number of which had to be bought out.

Is there any chance that your opponent will skip the India area for the Australia/South Pacific ones? If so what about your plans?

Inquiring mind wants to know [:D]

Of course there is. I also wish to make clear I am not expecting an all-out attack on India, I simply must account for the possibility of one and be ready.

I am working to make Australia a very tough nut to crack. Even without much Allied action in the South Pacific Australia is a most major undertaking for Japan. I am fortifying everything I can in Australia in lieu of base building. In fact I am only building one base: Charter Towers, for B-17's. I realize it would become enemy in a substantial invasion but so be it. All the bases with aircraft in the northeast and others on the coast have been garrisoned against raider or paratroop capture. I am getting all the SWPac LCU and Sqn to Australia. Right now there is a backlog but that's being cleared with the availability of APD for ASW escort and more xAP arrived from points around the globe (about the last batch on the way from Panama to West Coast). Some fuel has already been delivered to Australia and the beginning of regular fuel and supply shipments are in transit, about halfway there.

The second component of Australia defense preparation is defense of the South Pacific SLOC to Australia. I am making Pago Pago and Fiji bastions that would require major efforts to capture. Noumea I will when I can but it might be a candidate for counter-invasion and/or isolation if seized in the meantime. The presence of Hawaii and the US fleet striking from there is a large part of defending the South Pacific. So far in fact the USN carriers have been stationed at Pago Pago both to better defend that place while its defenses are built up and to strike as opportunity might present.

New Zealand is not being afforded US troops but is being shipped fuel and supply from the US and - so far - resources from Noumea. All bases are fortifying. The presence of strong forces to support naval operations from Pago Pago and Fiji is meant to aid the defense of New Zealand.

Around the globe units are upgrading squads as possible, in lieu of adding numbers of squads as necessitated by availability. Many more months will be required for the first round of upgrades, most notably in New Zealand.

Did I cover what you were looking for?

Not sure if you covered what Alessandro was looking for - but I found your explanations / descriptions very informative. Your game is not quite a month ahead of mine - I am at Jan 22nd now - so this information is all very interesting for me. This is just my 2nd campaign game - both by PBEM.

[AlessandroD]

ORIGINAL: dave sindel

ORIGINAL: witpqs

ORIGINAL: AlessandroD

You are buying out Chinese troops for the India defence (interesting strategy btw) but how many American units are outside their country?

It's also a way to keep China relevant even if all of China is captured. Many patriots from the countryside in China will filter their way through mountain passes to form replacement squads for the Chinese units in India!

What US units are outside of the US? Both USMC regiments are at Pago Pago, as is one regiment of the Americal Division. Another regiment of Americal recently arrived at Melbourne. A USMC tank Bn is at Pago Pago and a USA tank Bn is at Suva. A USA regiment (of 24th or 25th Division, forget which) is also at Suva. There are smaller USN, USMC, and USA units at Pago Pago. There are 4 USA base forces and 1 air HQ in Australia. 1 USA base force and 1 USN base force at Kokoda, formerly at Port Moresby. There are base, defense, and Bn size units of USA, USN, and USMC at Midway, Palmyra, Christmas, Canton, Penrhyn, Bora Bora, Johnston. 1 USA base force in China, 1 USA base force in India.

I did not attempt to list Alaska and Hawaii. Also of course are many air units, a number of which had to be bought out.

Is there any chance that your opponent will skip the India area for the Australia/South Pacific ones? If so what about your plans?

Inquiring mind wants to know [:D]

Of course there is. I also wish to make clear I am not expecting an all-out attack on India, I simply must account for the possibility of one and be ready.

I am working to make Australia a very tough nut to crack. Even without much Allied action in the South Pacific Australia is a most major undertaking for Japan. I am fortifying everything I can in Australia in lieu of base building. In fact I am only building one base: Charter Towers, for B-17's. I realize it would become enemy in a substantial invasion but so be it. All the bases with aircraft in the northeast and others on the coast have been garrisoned against raider or paratroop capture. I am getting all the SWPac LCU and Sqn to Australia. Right now there is a backlog but that's being cleared with the availability of APD for ASW escort and more xAP arrived from points around the globe (about the last batch on the way from Panama to West Coast). Some fuel has already been delivered to Australia and the beginning of regular fuel and supply shipments are in transit, about halfway there.

The second component of Australia defense preparation is defense of the South Pacific SLOC to Australia. I am making Pago Pago and Fiji bastions that would require major efforts to capture. Noumea I will when I can but it might be a candidate for counter-invasion and/or isolation if seized in the meantime. The presence of Hawaii and the US fleet striking from there is a large part of defending the South Pacific. So far in fact the USN carriers have been stationed at Pago Pago both to better defend that place while its defenses are built up and to strike as opportunity might present.

New Zealand is not being afforded US troops but is being shipped fuel and supply from the US and - so far - resources from Noumea. All bases are fortifying. The presence of strong forces to support naval operations from Pago Pago and Fiji is meant to aid the defense of New Zealand.

Around the globe units are upgrading squads as possible, in lieu of adding numbers of squads as necessitated by availability. Many more months will be required for the first round of upgrades, most notably in New Zealand.

Did I cover what you were looking for?

Not sure if you covered what Alessandro was looking for - but I found your explanations / descriptions very informative. Your game is not quite a month ahead of mine - I am at Jan 22nd now - so this information is all very interesting for me. This is just my 2nd campaign game - both by PBEM.

Absolutely, lot of useful informations for my game too, thanks witpqs [:)]

[zuluhour]

I would think it is too early to ascertain the emperors plans. He will have problems moving the KB into the IO without Singers and Palembang. Even
if he has fuel he will have to move it, and that would be away from the HI. A raid, OK, an "incursion", I think not. I think April 30th is the day of reckoning
for IJ. The cards will be on the table then. DAMN! No turn for over three weeks.....

2cents: Everyone seems to want to kill China. It has "become" easier, just take all the armor from the northern garrison and apply where needed.
Australia: I only see it as a large time killing diversion and IJ is welcome to go for it. I "think" it
requires the south Pacific as far east as PagoPago to work. The counter to this is bringing the fight back
to the DEI and/or a push to the Marshalls and Aleutians. If IJ is going for AV (which I think they should)
OZ seems as good a place as any bleed J. Its a big place to defend.

[witpqs]

ORIGINAL: zuluhour

I would think it is too early to ascertain the emperors plans. He will have problems moving the KB into the IO without Singers and Palembang. Even
if he has fuel he will have to move it, and that would be away from the HI. A raid, OK, an "incursion", I think not. I think April 30th is the day of reckoning
for IJ. The cards will be on the table then. DAMN! No turn for over three weeks.....

You must be in withdrawal - hang in there, man! [:D]

I'm not worried about an Imperial invasion of India really soon, but after Singapore, Palembang, Java, Timor, the rest of Borneo. There still might be some cleanup left but the DEI must be considered secure enough. I'm looking ahead to that time and thinking about how to counter it. The combat assets available for the defense of India are just too little a combination of plentiful enough and experienced enough. The Australian units arriving are well equipped and experienced but few. Indian units arriving are more plentiful but very, very inexperienced. Elements of the British 18th Division and other units on Ceylon are likewise inexperienced.

Of course they lack the later power of Allied '43, '44, '45 weapons too but that's always a given this early. The real problem is the time it will take them to gain experience. Most are coming in with either 0% or 50% preparation which AFAIK means they will gain little or no experience until they make 100%. Air assets are all training to provide the best pilots and as many backup pilots as possible. I have not sent any extra US Sqns or base forces to India but the ones arriving for SEAsia have all been sent promptly. I'll rely on the Royal Navy to ruin any aspirations of landings on the western coast of India. Keeping Ceylon as a bastion is part of that strategy. There is nothing I can do to prevent invasions in the Bay of Bengal.

I also doubt I could do anything about the Empire taking Akyab, Cox's Bazar, and likely Chittagong overland, then shipping in more forces. That quite handily gets the Empire past the March 31 deadline: no need to tip me off via SigInt by preparing and no need to rely on the amphibious bonus.

[witpqs]

1942 February 14

INVADED
Amphibious TF 88 offshore of Rossel Island
Amphibious TF 298 offshore of Thousand Ships Bay
Kokoda, Bataan, Singapore, Changsha, Liuchow, Kweilin, Shaoyang, Siangtan, Toungoo are also invested.

CHANGED OWNERSHIP



Overall
• Where are the Empire's carriers?


West Coast USA, Alaska, Hawaii
• No subs seen today but presumed close to where they were yesterday.

• Midway will be fueled up for subs.

• Preparing to send aircraft to Australia.


Pacific
• Large tanker convoy leaving Pago Pago for Los Angeles. This consolidated more than one tanker convoy as the escorts were used for other duties. All the tankers have (finally!) unloaded.


New Zealand, Australia, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Solomons, Papua New Guinea, New Britain
• Subs off Brisbane.

• They brought in help.

Ground combat at Kokoda (98,129)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 9049 troops, 74 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 268

Defending force 4963 troops, 38 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 94

Japanese adjusted assault: 68

Allied adjusted defense: 64

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
249 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 27 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled

Allied ground losses:
136 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Assaulting units:
144th Infantry Regiment
4th/C Division

Defending units:
NG Vol Rifles Battalion
30th Australian Brigade
Lark Force
223 Group RAF
Papuan Inf Battalion
Moresby RAN Stn Base Force
2/1st Ind Coy
1st Port Maint Engineer Battalion
13th Fld RAA Regiment
Del Monte AAF Base Force
Rabaul Base Force

• Tomorrow the B-17's at Charter Towers will begin striking the airfield at Port Moresby. The field is not quite big enough for all the groups to operate so we will just take the ops penalties until the field expands. A couple of USA airfield engineer units arrive at Melbourne in 9 days and 15 days and they will be sent north immediately.


Philippines
• No news.

DEI, Dutch new Guinea, Borneo, Malaya
• Singapore base continues repairing. The bombers making strikes are not getting good runs, also it seems clear many have been called to other duties. We hope for continued bad weather.


China
• An Intel strike by the Imperials on the road on the Changsha plain.

Ground combat at 79,52 (near Shaoyang)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 10978 troops, 76 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 326

Defending force 81359 troops, 439 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2169

Japanese ground losses:
227 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 19 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

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

Assaulting units:
55th Infantry Brigade
102nd Infantry Regiment

Defending units:
46th Chinese Corps
65th Chinese Corps
2nd Chinese Corps
8th Chinese Corps
63rd Chinese Corps
49th Chinese Corps
25th Chinese Corps
79th Chinese Corps
3rd New Chinese Corps
7th War Area

There is another unit of unknown strength moving to their aid so we will continue moving and not attack. Our bombers will take practice tomorrow, though.

• Kweilin would fall and retreat our troops with another result like this so they are switching to movement mode.

Ground combat at Kweilin (76,54)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 42363 troops, 360 guns, 164 vehicles, Assault Value = 1303

Defending force 17460 troops, 74 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 473

Japanese adjusted assault: 965

Allied adjusted defense: 229

Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 3)

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 2

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), preparation(-), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
576 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 56 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 20 disabled
Guns lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
1813 casualties reported
Squads: 14 destroyed, 94 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 32 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Guns lost 27 (2 destroyed, 25 disabled)

Assaulting units:
12th Ind.Mixed Brigade
51st Engineer Regiment
104th Division
19th Ind.Mixed Brigade
27th Division
52nd Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion
13th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
Botanko Hvy Gun Regiment
12th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
Tonei Hvy Gun Regiment

Defending units:
87th Chinese Corps
62nd Chinese Corps
93rd Chinese Division
16th Group Army

• Our troops on the road from Nanyang to Sian slipped away. The speed bump on the road east of Sian does what speed bumps do.

Ground combat at 87,41 (near Tsiaotso)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 13866 troops, 76 guns, 71 vehicles, Assault Value = 457

Defending force 1898 troops, 18 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 58

Japanese adjusted assault: 211

Allied adjusted defense: 49

Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), morale(-), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
71 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 18 (1 destroyed, 17 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
490 casualties reported
Squads: 29 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 15 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 4 (2 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Units retreated 1

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
9th Tank Regiment
9th Ind.Mixed Brigade
59th Infantry Brigade

Defending units:
43rd Chinese Corps

India, Burma, Thailand, Indochina
• Preparing to meet the Imperial threat.

• Illinoian will be docking at Koggala tonight to unload the motorized support and sound detector from Port Blair.


Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Russia
• No contacts. Our subs are beginning to head back for fuel, which will be waiting for them at Midway.


Complete combat report attached.

[witpqs]

1942 February 14

Need driving lessons.

[witpqs]

1942 February 15

INVADED
Kokoda, Bataan, Singapore, Changsha, Shaoyang, Toungoo are also invested.

CHANGED OWNERSHIP
Thousand Ships Bay is occupied by the Japanese
Japanese forces CAPTURE Kweilin !!!
Japanese forces CAPTURE Rossel Island !!!
Japanese forces CAPTURE Siangtan !!!



Overall
• KB1 2 hexes south of Munda.


West Coast USA, Alaska, Hawaii
• Pearl Harbor port has reached maximum size of 8.


Pacific
• Sub(s) off Suva.

• Pago Pago airfield is now size 3.


New Zealand, Australia, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Solomons, Papua New Guinea, New Britain
• KB1 is 2 hexes south of Munda and is heading NW. Where were they and how did our search miss them? The surface combat ships at Brisbane will head for Sydney while the fighters training at Brisbane switch to 50% CAP + 50% training.

• Kokoda is being reduced.

Lark Force destroyed near Kokoda !!!

That last by air attack.

Ground combat at Kokoda (98,129)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 4628 troops, 42 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 246

Defending force 4740 troops, 38 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 78

Japanese adjusted assault: 5

Allied adjusted defense: 52

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 10 (fort level 0)

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), fatigue(-), morale(-)
experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker: supply(-)

Japanese ground losses:
111 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Allied ground losses:
77 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
144th Infantry Regiment
4th/C Division

Defending units:
30th Australian Brigade
NG Vol Rifles Battalion
223 Group RAF
13th Fld RAA Regiment
1st Port Maint Engineer Battalion
Del Monte AAF Base Force
2/1st Ind Coy
Papuan Inf Battalion
Moresby RAN Stn Base Force
Rabaul Base Force

• Our B-17's lost 2 B-17E against perhaps the same number of Zero's over Port Moresby but gained good hits on the airfield. Fighter opposition should lessen while the bomber crews' experience increases.

• USA 754 Tk Bn has arrived at Melbourne.


Philippines
• Our boys at Bataan are still giving hell to the Imperial artillery.

Ground combat at Bataan (78,77)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1491 troops, 103 guns, 99 vehicles, Assault Value = 941

Defending force 31043 troops, 376 guns, 65 vehicles, Assault Value = 604

Japanese ground losses:
Guns lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Vehicles lost 8 (4 destroyed, 4 disabled)

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

Assaulting units:
20th Infantry Regiment
65th Brigade
Tanaka
16th Engineer Regiment
48th Engineer Regiment
9th Infantry Regiment
1st Formosa Inf. Regiment
47th Infantry Regiment
Kimura Det
4th Tank Regiment
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
2nd Mortar Battalion
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
57th PS Infantry Regiment
301st Construction Battalion
51st PA Infantry Division
2nd Constabulary Regiment
21st PA Infantry Division
192nd Tank Battalion
4th Marine Regiment
1st Constabulary Regiment
31st Infantry Regiment
45th PS Infantry Regiment
803rd Aviation Engineer Battalion
31st PA Infantry Division
26th PS Cavalry Regiment
4th Constabulary Regiment
86th PS Field Artillery Battalion
Far East USAAF
24th PS FA Regiment
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment
US Forces Far East
III/Prov'nl SPM Grp
!/23rd PS FA Battalion
Bataan USN Base Force
I/43rd PS Inf Battalion
Clark Field AAF Base Force
I/Prov'nl SPM Grp
35th Avn Sup
I Corps
1st USMC AA Battalion
Manila Bay Defenses
II/Prov'nl SPM Grp
301st PA Field Artillery Regiment

DEI, Dutch new Guinea, Borneo, Malaya
• Singapore base damage increased a small amount today. There is still hope for luck + bad weather to allow us the remaining 27% construction required to make fortification level 3. Meanwhile, Singapore's shipyard continues to turn out small craft.


China
• One unit was caught still in Kweilin and destroyed.

Ground combat at Kweilin (76,54)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 41763 troops, 359 guns, 164 vehicles, Assault Value = 1239

Defending force 1336 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 19

Japanese adjusted assault: 1777

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 1777 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Kweilin !!!

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

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

Allied ground losses:
1816 casualties reported
Squads: 71 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 37 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 3 (3 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Assaulting units:
12th Ind.Mixed Brigade
51st Engineer Regiment
104th Division
19th Ind.Mixed Brigade
27th Division
52nd Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion
Botanko Hvy Gun Regiment
13th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
12th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
Tonei Hvy Gun Regiment

Defending units:
93rd Chinese Division

• Air battles over our troops retiring from the Changsha plain.

Afternoon Air attack on 2nd Chinese Corps, at 79,52 , near Shaoyang

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 27,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 26

Allied aircraft
H81-A3 x 13

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
H81-A3: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 23000 feet

CAP engaged:
AVG/1st Sqn with H81-A3 (8 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(13 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
8 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes

Afternoon Air attack on 46th Chinese Corps, at 79,52 , near Shaoyang

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 2,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 21

Allied aircraft
H81-A3 x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 4 damaged

No Allied losses

Allied ground losses:
149 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 1000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb
6 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 1000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
AVG/1st Sqn with H81-A3 (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 23000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 118 minutes

Also attacking 79th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 46th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 79th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 46th Chinese Corps ...

Afternoon Air attack on 46th Chinese Corps, at 79,52 , near Shaoyang

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 3 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 0 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-30 Ann x 6

Allied aircraft
H81-A3 x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-30 Ann: 1 destroyed by flak

No Allied losses

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

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Ki-30 Ann bombing from 1000 feet *
Ground Attack: 1 x 100 kg GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
AVG/1st Sqn with H81-A3 (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 5840.
Raid is overhead

Afternoon Air attack on 55th Infantry Brigade, at 79,52 , near Shaoyang

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Allied aircraft
SB-III x 38

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
336 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 15 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 26 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x SB-III bombing from 5000 feet *
Ground Attack: 3 x 100 kg GP Bomb
5 x SB-III bombing from 5000 feet *
Ground Attack: 3 x 100 kg GP Bomb
6 x SB-III bombing from 5000 feet *
Ground Attack: 3 x 100 kg GP Bomb
7 x SB-III bombing from 5000 feet *
Ground Attack: 3 x 100 kg GP Bomb
5 x SB-III bombing from 5000 feet *
Ground Attack: 3 x 100 kg GP Bomb
4 x SB-III bombing from 5000 feet *
Ground Attack: 3 x 100 kg GP Bomb
4 x SB-III bombing from 5000 feet *
Ground Attack: 3 x 100 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 102nd Infantry Regiment ...
Also attacking 55th Infantry Brigade ...
Also attacking 102nd Infantry Regiment ...
Also attacking 55th Infantry Brigade ...
Also attacking 102nd Infantry Regiment ...
Also attacking 55th Infantry Brigade ...

Afternoon Air attack on 55th Infantry Brigade, at 79,52 , near Shaoyang

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Allied aircraft
SB-III x 6

No Allied losses

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

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x SB-III bombing from 5000 feet *
Ground Attack: 3 x 100 kg GP Bomb

Afternoon Air attack on 55th Infantry Brigade, at 79,52 , near Shaoyang

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Allied aircraft
A-29A Hudson x 9
SB-III x 7

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
178 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x A-29A Hudson bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
7 x SB-III bombing from 5000 feet *
Ground Attack: 3 x 100 kg GP Bomb

Afternoon Air attack on 55th Infantry Brigade, at 79,52 , near Shaoyang

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 5 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes

Allied aircraft
SB-III x 8

No Allied losses

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

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x SB-III bombing from 5000 feet *
Ground Attack: 3 x 100 kg GP Bomb

A good day for our bomber crews!


India, Burma, Thailand, Indochina
• Our withdrawals is going smoothly at the moment. It seems the Empire will surround and reduce Toungoo before sending major forces onto the plain.

• BC Repulse has completed repairs at Cape Town and will head for Colombo.


Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Russia
• No contacts.


Complete combat report attached.

[witpqs]

1942 February 15

KB1

[witpqs]

So I have written the first cut of Sync Bug Detector. As you know sync bugs affect only the Allies side, so this would get run only by the Allies player. Right now it is standalone but I will incorporate it into Intel Monkey for those who use IM so they will not have to run it separately.

SBD identifies when a sync bug has occurred then makes certain Intel Monkey has the correct combat report to work with. If used for every turn it also leaves a trail of which turns had sync bugs.

Some time ago the developers added the combatreport.txt inside the game save file. When AE opens the game save file it automatically writes out that version (the official version) of the combatreport.txt file. If there was no sync bug it will be the same as the one which was written by the replay. If there was a sync bug it will be different than the one written by the replay.

If the player has been running AE with the -archive switch (which is necessary for using Intel Monkey) then copies of all the report files are saved in the archive folder, with the game date added to the name. For the Allies player they are put there by the replay. When AE opens the turn file and writes out the official version of the combatreport.txt file it does not also write a copy into the archive folder. So in the event of a sync bug, the official ('good') combatreport.txt file will be in the SAVE folder, and the incorrect ('bad') combatreport.txt file will be in the archive folder. SBD examines the two files to see if they are the same.

If they are the same = no sync bug.
If they are different = sync bug.

If there is no sync bug SBD does nothing more. If there is a sync bug SBD renames the 'bad' file by adding 'sync_' to the beginning of its name, and then copies the 'good' file into its place. That way Intel Monkey will find the good file. A player who looks into the archive folder will see files beginning with "sync_" for any turn which had a sync bug.

I plan to keep a standalone version for players who do not use Intel Monkey or who just want a standalone version. Here is what the standalone version looks like when it finds no sync bug.

[witpqs]

And here is what standalone SBD looks like when it finds and corrects a sync bug.

[witpqs]

Note that the turn file only holds a copy of the official combatreport.txt file. In the event of a sync bug the other files (operations report, etc) can not be corrected. We are stuck with any inaccuracies.

[witpqs]

Here is a link to test copy of Sync Bug Detector in case anyone wants to try it out.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1F44GO2kBA6_N0cTPLL0cbUTVfyOhiWcs/view?usp=sharing

You will get a .zip file with two files inside: a SBD.exe and SBD.ini. Extract the two files into the folder of your choice.

You should edit SBD.ini to put in the location of the SAVE folder of the game you wish to use it on. Then just click on SBD.exe and it will run. Of course you can create a shortcut if you like.

[dave sindel]

ORIGINAL: witpqs

Here is a link to test copy of Sync Bug Detector in case anyone wants to try it out.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1F44GO2kBA6_N0cTPLL0cbUTVfyOhiWcs/view?usp=sharing

You will get a .zip file with two files inside: a SBD.exe and SBD.ini. Extract the two files into the folder of your choice.

You should edit SBD.ini to put in the location of the SAVE folder of the game you wish to use it on. Then just click on SBD.exe and it will run. Of course you can create a shortcut if you like.

Thanks for all the work and dedication that you put into programming these utilities George !

[witpqs]

ORIGINAL: dave sindel

ORIGINAL: witpqs

Here is a link to test copy of Sync Bug Detector in case anyone wants to try it out.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1F44GO2kBA6_N0cTPLL0cbUTVfyOhiWcs/view?usp=sharing

You will get a .zip file with two files inside: a SBD.exe and SBD.ini. Extract the two files into the folder of your choice.

You should edit SBD.ini to put in the location of the SAVE folder of the game you wish to use it on. Then just click on SBD.exe and it will run. Of course you can create a shortcut if you like.

Thanks for all the work and dedication that you put into programming these utilities George !

A pleasure, Dave! [:)]

I am testing a version that will remind you if you have not opened the turn file yet.

[zuluhour]

Can I use the updated IM mid game? (still on original)

[witpqs]

ORIGINAL: zuluhour

Can I use the updated IM mid game? (still on original)

Totally. The first time you tell it to process new files it will catch up. The old one read all the files every time; the new one makes entries in a database so that processing a new turn is very quick.

I have a bug list to work on plus of course many planned enhancements but new IM is already much better than old IM.

You will have to live with the results of any sync bugs which happened before the latest turn. You could check all the turns (one turn at a time open each old turn and run SBD) but that would take lots of manual effort and I'm not sure anyone will bother.

Also, SBD is not on the website yet, only at the link given a few posts ago. When I get it prettied up a little more I will add it to the website and ultimately add the functionality to Intel Monkey.

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: witpqs

And here is what standalone SBD looks like when it finds and corrects a sync bug.

Intel Monkey ....

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: witpqs

ORIGINAL: dave sindel

ORIGINAL: witpqs

Here is a link to test copy of Sync Bug Detector in case anyone wants to try it out.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1F44GO2kBA6_N0cTPLL0cbUTVfyOhiWcs/view?usp=sharing

You will get a .zip file with two files inside: a SBD.exe and SBD.ini. Extract the two files into the folder of your choice.

You should edit SBD.ini to put in the location of the SAVE folder of the game you wish to use it on. Then just click on SBD.exe and it will run. Of course you can create a shortcut if you like.

Thanks for all the work and dedication that you put into programming these utilities George !

A pleasure, Dave! [:)]

I am testing a version that will remind you if you have not opened the turn file yet.

Intel Monkey Tech Support ....

[Zorch]

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

ORIGINAL: witpqs

ORIGINAL: dave sindel




Thanks for all the work and dedication that you put into programming these utilities George !

A pleasure, Dave! [:)]

I am testing a version that will remind you if you have not opened the turn file yet.

Intel Monkey Tech Support ....

I would like to protest on behalf on the Simian Tech Users Support Association.
We only recommend flinging feces at AMD computers running Linux.