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

[BBfanboy]

I was not aware of the devs statement about 8 manpower or more making for greater effects on industry. And I have not had much experience with strategic bombing anyway - played the Downfall scenario a long time ago when I knew nothing about the IJ economy and what it required. Perhaps some of the other players have noticed the relationship between manpower numbers and damage from firestorms ...

[witpqs]

1945 July 29

INVADED

INVESTED
Manila
Hangchow
Chengtu

CHANGED OWNERSHIP



Overall

• Strategic points: 17,428

• +/- VP today: +332

• Allies VP: 89,324

• Japan VP: 53,845

• VP ratio Allies/Japan: 1.659 : 1

• No sightings.


West Coast USA, Alaska, Hawaii


Pacific


New Zealand, Australia, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Solomons, Papua New Guinea, New Britain


DEI, Dutch New Guinea, Borneo, Malaya

• Down to about 81,000 enemy at Singapore according to recon.

000001 Night Naval bombardment 1945-07-29 Singapore 50,84

Night Naval bombardment of Singapore at 50,84

Allied Ships
BB Anson
DD L'Alcyon
DD Thatcher

Japanese ground losses:
86 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

BB Anson firing at 11th Division
DD L'Alcyon firing at 5th Division
DD Thatcher firing at 5th Division


000002 Night Naval bombardment 1945-07-29 Singapore 50,84

Night Naval bombardment of Singapore at 50,84

Allied Ships
CA Cumberland
CA Suffolk
CA Devonshire
CA London
CA Sussex
CA Norfolk
CA Canberra
DD Queensborough
DD Jupiter
DD Warramunga

Japanese ground losses:
220 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 17 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)

CA Cumberland firing at 5th Division
CA Suffolk firing at 1st Division
CA Devonshire firing at 5th Division
CA London firing at 5th Division
CA Sussex firing at 2nd Tank Division
CA Norfolk firing at 2nd Tank Division
CA Canberra firing at 2nd Tank Division
DD Queensborough firing at 1st Division
DD Jupiter firing at 1st Division
DD Warramunga firing at 21st Division


000085 Ground combat 1945-07-29 Singapore 50,84

Ground combat at Singapore (50,84)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 97195 troops, 2102 guns, 1488 vehicles, Assault Value = 2988

Defending force 44591 troops, 258 guns, 316 vehicles, Assault Value = 132

Allied adjusted assault: 902

Japanese adjusted defense: 19

Allied assault odds: 47 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
1793 casualties reported
Squads: 59 destroyed, 32 disabled
Non Combat: 52 destroyed, 134 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 11 (10 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 16 (7 destroyed, 9 disabled)
Units destroyed 3

Allied ground losses:
206 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 42 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled

Assaulting units:
18th British Division
17th Motorised/A Division
17th Motorised/C Division
11th (East African) Division
81st (West African)/C Division
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
81st (West African)/A Division
6th New Chinese/C Corps
Gardner's Horse Regiment
6th New Chinese/A Corps
XV Corps Engineer Battalion
82nd (West African) Division
150th RAC Regiment
7th Indian Division
6th New Chinese/B Corps
17th Motorised/B Division
25th Indian/A Division
39th Indian/B Division
9th Indian Division
22nd (East African) Brigade
28th (East African) Brigade
2nd British Division
81st (West African)/B Division
8th Indian Division
39th Indian/A Division
39th Indian/C Division
24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
85th British AT Gun Regiment
Southeast Asia
134th Medium Regiment
8th Mahratta AT Gun Regiment
21st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
55th Heavy Regiment
6th Mixed A/T Mtr Regiment
20th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
30th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
134th (East Ang) Regiment
208th Field Regiment
56th Heavy Regiment
1st Indian Medium Regiment
2nd Indian Medium Regiment
28th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
51st (East African) Construction Battalion

Defending units:
5th Division
21st Division
11th Division
2nd Tank Division
24th Air Flotilla
148th Infantry Regiment
3rd Air Army
7th Area Army
57th JNAF AF Unit
29th Army
38th Division
1st Division
Southern Fleet
33rd Division
Maraisha JNAF Base Force
2nd Ship Engineer Regiment
Southern Army
Kure 3rd SNLF
115th JAAF AF Bn


000086 Wiped Out 1945-07-29 Singapore 50,84

57th JNAF AF Unit Wiped Out at Singapore by attrition!!!
115th JAAF AF Bn Wiped Out at Singapore by attrition!!!
Japanese Unit(s) surrounded at Singapore

• There is a good chance that Singapore port will be completely repaired tomorrow.


Philippines

• 966 AV at Manila.

China

• Cleared.

000084 Ground combat 1945-07-29 Swatow 81,62

Ground combat at Swatow (81,62)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 3750 troops, 66 guns, 41 vehicles, Assault Value = 166

Defending force 358 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2

Allied adjusted assault: 108

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 108 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: leaders(+), disruption(-), supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
426 casualties reported
Squads: 8 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 38 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units destroyed 1

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

Assaulting units:
24th Australian Brigade
1st Somerset LI Battalion

Defending units:
30th RGC Division

• 1 enemy unit in the mountains near Kunming. Villagers destroyed the other unit.

• 9 enemy units off road west of Chengtu and Neikiang.

• 364 AV in Chengtu.

• We have many units streaming out of Chungking, but they are being ordered to move in waves so they don't have the same degree of over stacking problem on the roads.

• Enemy units east of Chihkiang are moving east, out of their defensive position and toward Changteh. Enemy units to the SE are not moving.

• The railroad west of Hengyang is clear (tac air finished the job before troops arrived).

• 54 AV at Pingsiang. Assault tomorrow.

• Enemy NE of Foochow and at Foochow still both moving west, cross country. Our Bde at Pucheng and our Bde at Tsinkiang are moving to thwart them.

• Our Bde will be in Wenchow tomorrow.

• 2,279 AV at Hangchow. Assault tomorrow.

• It appears an enemy unit has left Ningpo abandoned and there are now 2 enemy units at Shaohing. They might be planning to abandon Shaohing also in order to increase our garrison burden, thereby hindering our drive on Shanghai. Buggers!

• Allied units are leaving the Chungking plain as fast as possible by truck and will focus on aiding the drive on Shanghai.

• Experienced Chinese Army units marching from the Chungking plain will focus primarily on pushing through the Changsha area, cutting off as many enemy units as possible. Most of those experienced units are 4 hexes from the rail head at Tuyun, where they will board trains for the newly captured rail head at Hengyang.


India, Burma, Thailand, Indochina


Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Russia

• Fires at Tokyo: 7,263.

• Preparations continue.


Complete combat report attached.

[witpqs]

1945 July 30

INVADED

INVESTED
Manila
Hangchow
Chengtu
Wenchow

CHANGED OWNERSHIP
Allied forces CAPTURE Pingsiang !!!



Overall

• Strategic points: 17,760

• +/- VP today: +840

• Allies VP: 90,185

• Japan VP: 53,866

• VP ratio Allies/Japan: 1.674 : 1

• No sightings.


West Coast USA, Alaska, Hawaii


Pacific


New Zealand, Australia, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Solomons, Papua New Guinea, New Britain


DEI, Dutch New Guinea, Borneo, Malaya

• Perhaps a rapid collapse of resistance has begun.

000001 Night Naval bombardment 1945-07-30 Singapore 50,84

Night Naval bombardment of Singapore at 50,84

Allied Ships
CL Duguay Trouin
CL Georges Leygues
CL Ceylon
CL Perth
CL Gambia
DD Wizard
DD Wager
DD Vigilant
DD Tumult

Japanese ground losses:
60 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

CL Duguay Trouin firing at 21st Division
CL Georges Leygues firing at 21st Division
CL Ceylon firing at 11th Division
CL Perth firing at 38th Division
CL Gambia firing at 33rd Division
DD Wizard firing at 21st Division
DD Wager firing at 1st Division
DD Vigilant firing at 1st Division
DD Tumult firing at 38th Division


000092 Ground combat 1945-07-30 Singapore 50,84

Ground combat at Singapore (50,84)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 97286 troops, 2102 guns, 1488 vehicles, Assault Value = 3085

Defending force 36805 troops, 217 guns, 305 vehicles, Assault Value = 72

Allied adjusted assault: 825

Japanese adjusted defense: 13

Allied assault odds: 63 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
12253 casualties reported
Squads: 478 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 735 destroyed, 237 disabled
Engineers: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 91 (91 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 50 (49 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Units destroyed 6

Allied ground losses:
112 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 14 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Assaulting units:
17th Motorised/C Division
81st (West African)/B Division
7th Indian Division
8th Indian Division
6th New Chinese/C Corps
2nd British Division
6th New Chinese/A Corps
25th Indian/A Division
17th Motorised/A Division
81st (West African)/C Division
22nd (East African) Brigade
9th Indian Division
18th British Division
39th Indian/A Division
150th RAC Regiment
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
81st (West African)/A Division
17th Motorised/B Division
11th (East African) Division
Gardner's Horse Regiment
82nd (West African) Division
6th New Chinese/B Corps
XV Corps Engineer Battalion
39th Indian/B Division
28th (East African) Brigade
39th Indian/C Division
6th Mixed A/T Mtr Regiment
2nd Indian Medium Regiment
21st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
85th British AT Gun Regiment
55th Heavy Regiment
134th Medium Regiment
28th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
134th (East Ang) Regiment
1st Indian Medium Regiment
208th Field Regiment
Southeast Asia
24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
56th Heavy Regiment
8th Mahratta AT Gun Regiment
20th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
30th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
51st (East African) Construction Battalion
3rd (Special Force) Division

Defending units:
33rd Division
11th Division
2nd Tank Division
29th Army
7th Area Army
Southern Army
1st Division
21st Division
5th Division
148th Infantry Regiment
Southern Fleet
38th Division
Maraisha JNAF Base Force


000094 surrounded 1945-07-30 Singapore 50,84

Japanese Unit(s) surrounded at Singapore

• Recon shows 50,000 enemy at Singapore. 6 units destroyed today, only 7 remain.

• 2nd British Division has 97 experience.


Philippines

• 1,010 AV at Manila.

China

• Ready to fall!

000091 Ground combat 1945-07-30 Hangchow 90,55

Ground combat at Hangchow (90,55)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 70188 troops, 1396 guns, 1893 vehicles, Assault Value = 2299

Defending force 44986 troops, 404 guns, 95 vehicles, Assault Value = 1221

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 1

Allied adjusted assault: 1284

Japanese adjusted defense: 545

Allied assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 1)

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
2605 casualties reported
Squads: 48 destroyed, 162 disabled
Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 26 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 20 disabled
Guns lost 11 (3 destroyed, 8 disabled)
Vehicles lost 8 (2 destroyed, 6 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
975 casualties reported
Squads: 18 destroyed, 65 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 29 disabled
Engineers: 6 destroyed, 17 disabled
Vehicles lost 66 (1 destroyed, 65 disabled)

Assaulting units:
254th Armoured Brigade
18th Cavalry Regiment
23rd Indian Division
50th Tank Brigade
255th Indian Tank Brigade
19th Motorised Division
20th Indian Division
5th Indian Division
2/11th Fld RAA Regiment
88th Medium Regiment
2/13th Fld RAA Regiment
NCAC
31st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
2/9th Fld RAA Regiment
86th Medium Regiment
87th Medium Regiment
26th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
85th Medium Regiment
8th Belfast Heavy Regiment
33rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment

Defending units:
110th Division
112th Division
Kure 5th SNLF
8th Division
58th Division
19th Ind Engineer Regiment
41st Ind Engineer Regiment
7th Ind. Field Artillery Battalion
7th Mongol Cavalry Division


000093 Ground combat 1945-07-30 Pingsiang 82,54

Ground combat at Pingsiang (82,54)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 480 troops, 0 guns, 94 vehicles, Assault Value = 55

Defending force 386 troops, 6 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Allied adjusted assault: 27

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 27 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied forces CAPTURE Pingsiang !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
62 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Assaulting units:
Guides Cavalry Regiment

Defending units:
82nd JAAF AF Bn

• 1 enemy unit in the mountains near Kunming.

• 8 enemy units off road west of Chengtu and Neikiang.

• 4,087 AV at Chengtu. More on the way. Assault tomorrow.

• Troops at both enemy positions across from Chihkiang are pulling out.

• With the capture of Pingsiang, the primary road is open from the railhead at Hengyang to Pucheng and Chuhsien. The tanks newly railed in from the Chungking plain will set off in trucks tomorrow.

• Foolish enemy movements around Foochow continue.

• 126 AV at Wenchow. The Bde will wait for more units to arrive in the area to ensure the supply route remains open.

• 2,144 AV at Hangchow. The attack will continue tomorrow despite somewhat elevated disruption among the infantry units.


India, Burma, Thailand, Indochina


Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Russia

Nighttime Stuff
• Wear them down.

000002 Night Naval bombardment 1945-07-30 Kume-jima 94,65

Night Naval bombardment of Kume-jima at 94,65

Allied Ships
CA Oregon City
DD Gainard
DD Douglas Fox
DD Compton

Japanese ground losses:
71 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled

Port hits 8
Port supply hits 4

CA Oregon City firing at Kume-jima
DD Gainard firing at 10th Exped.Force
DD Douglas Fox firing at 10th Exped.Force
DD Compton firing at 10th Exped.Force

• Fires at Tokyo are 1,963. I didn't bother tracking industries this time, but I can tell that HI and LI have both suffered several hundreds damage.

• Preparations continue.


Complete combat report attached.

[witpqs]

I'm working on the turn now with the Soviets Active. The navy hasn't appeared but I can give orders to all land and air units. Any suggestions?

[BBfanboy]

Soviet subs are pretty effective. Flood the Sea of Japan.
Their aircraft are not great, but the IL-2 and IL-4s are good ground attack aircraft. Put them to good use. I hope you have been training the Soviet squadrons from day 1.
Your Soviet armour should be pretty effective against IJA tanks and troops. Drive for Korea and take it all - no garrisons required.
Soviet navy should have at least one heavy cruiser. Bombard where you can provide air cover. xAKs should go to Prince Rupert for supplies unless you need to convert some to xAPs for amphib ops. Soviet troops are generally unrestricted.

[witpqs]

Soviet subs are pretty effective. Flood the Sea of Japan.
Their aircraft are not great, but the IL-2 and IL-4s are good ground attack aircraft. Put them to good use. I hope you have been training the Soviet squadrons from day 1.
Your Soviet armour should be pretty effective against IJA tanks and troops. Drive for Korea and take it all - no garrisons required.
Soviet navy should have at least one heavy cruiser. Bombard where you can provide air cover. xAKs should go to Prince Rupert for supplies unless you need to convert some to xAPs for amphib ops. Soviet troops are generally unrestricted.

Training squadrons all along - Check!

But I'm looking at what seems like a shortage of base forces. Keeping the birds in the air will be tight. Maybe more will arrive before too long.

I have no recon yet, so take this with an entire salt mine.

I've ordered more than 6,000 AV at Tamsag to drive for Chinchow, the last road junction before the coast, with the aim of slicing the defense away from China.

From the east, say Vladivostok on north, I'm looking at just a wall of general mayhem moving west.

[witpqs]

1945 July 31

INVADED

INVESTED
Manila
Hangchow
Chengtu
Wenchow

CHANGED OWNERSHIP



Overall

• Strategic points: 17,962

• +/- VP today: +554

• Allies VP: 90,773

• Japan VP: 53,900

• VP ratio Allies/Japan: 1.684 : 1

• No sign of the IJN fleet.

• Soviets Active! No naval units have appeared so I suppose that will happen on the first turn as opposed to the orders phase.


West Coast USA, Alaska, Hawaii


Pacific


New Zealand, Australia, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Solomons, Papua New Guinea, New Britain


DEI, Dutch New Guinea, Borneo, Malaya

• Cleared!

000001 Night Naval bombardment 1945-07-31 Singapore 50,84

Night Naval bombardment of Singapore at 50,84

Allied Ships
BB Anson
DD L'Alcyon
DD Thatcher

Japanese ground losses:
140 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

BB Anson firing at 11th Division
DD L'Alcyon firing at 11th Division
DD Thatcher firing at 38th Division


000002 Night Naval bombardment 1945-07-31 Singapore 50,84

Night Naval bombardment of Singapore at 50,84

Allied Ships
CA Cornwall
CA Dorsetshire

Japanese ground losses:
73 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

CA Cornwall firing at 38th Division
CA Dorsetshire firing at 11th Division


000004 Night Naval bombardment 1945-07-31 Singapore 50,84

Night Naval bombardment of Singapore at 50,84

Allied Ships
CL Duguay Trouin
CL Georges Leygues
CL Belfast
CL Ceylon
CL Perth
CL Gambia
DD Wizard
DD Wager
DD Vigilant
DD Tumult

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

CL Duguay Trouin firing at 2nd Tank Division
CL Georges Leygues firing at 21st Division
CL Belfast firing at 11th Division
CL Ceylon firing at 11th Division
CL Perth firing at 11th Division
CL Gambia firing at 11th Division
DD Wizard firing at 33rd Division
DD Wager firing at 11th Division
DD Vigilant firing at 11th Division
DD Tumult firing at 5th Division


000005 Night Naval bombardment 1945-07-31 Singapore 50,84

Night Naval bombardment of Singapore at 50,84

Allied Ships
CA Cumberland
CA Suffolk
CA Devonshire
CA London
CA Sussex
CA Norfolk
CA Canberra
DD Queensborough
DD Jupiter
DD Warramunga

Japanese ground losses:
183 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

CA Cumberland firing at 38th Division
CA Suffolk firing at 5th Division
CA Devonshire firing at 11th Division
CA London firing at 5th Division
CA Sussex firing at 11th Division
CA Norfolk firing at 11th Division
CA Canberra firing at 2nd Tank Division
DD Queensborough firing at 11th Division
DD Jupiter firing at 2nd Tank Division
DD Warramunga firing at 11th Division



000098 Naval bombardment 1945-07-31 Singapore 50,84

Naval bombardment of Singapore at 50,84

Allied Ships
BB Queen Elizabeth
BB Valiant
DD Kempenfelt
DD Urania
DD Rotherham
DD Roebuck
DD Quality
DD Fullam

Japanese ground losses:
400 casualties reported
Squads: 11 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 22 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 4 (2 destroyed, 2 disabled)

BB Queen Elizabeth firing at 38th Division
BB Valiant firing at 11th Division
DD Kempenfelt firing at 2nd Tank Division
DD Urania firing at 21st Division
DD Rotherham firing at 11th Division
DD Roebuck firing at 11th Division
DD Quality firing at 2nd Tank Division
DD Fullam firing at 11th Division


000100 Ground combat 1945-07-31 Singapore 50,84

Ground combat at Singapore (50,84)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 97475 troops, 2102 guns, 1488 vehicles, Assault Value = 3159

Defending force 19496 troops, 124 guns, 224 vehicles, Assault Value = 34

Allied adjusted assault: 1273

Japanese adjusted defense: 3

Allied assault odds: 424 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
21929 casualties reported
Squads: 309 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 2524 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 8 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 108 (108 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 230 (230 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 6

Allied ground losses:
91 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled

Assaulting units:
7th Indian Division
18th British Division
8th Indian Division
22nd (East African) Brigade
Gardner's Horse Regiment
39th Indian/B Division
81st (West African)/C Division
6th New Chinese/C Corps
39th Indian/A Division
11th (East African) Division
17th Motorised/B Division
17th Motorised/C Division
82nd (West African) Division
6th New Chinese/A Corps
6th New Chinese/B Corps
2nd British Division
81st (West African)/A Division
9th Indian Division
28th (East African) Brigade
81st (West African)/B Division
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
17th Motorised/A Division
XV Corps Engineer Battalion
150th RAC Regiment
39th Indian/C Division
85th British AT Gun Regiment
28th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
51st (East African) Construction Battalion
134th (East Ang) Regiment
56th Heavy Regiment
21st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
134th Medium Regiment
Southeast Asia
6th Mixed A/T Mtr Regiment
2nd Indian Medium Regiment
8th Mahratta AT Gun Regiment
1st Indian Medium Regiment
30th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
55th Heavy Regiment
208th Field Regiment
24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
20th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
3rd (Special Force) Division

Defending units:
2nd Tank Division
21st Division
11th Division
Southern Army
5th Division
38th Division
33rd Division


000102 Wiped Out 1945-07-31 Singapore 50,84

21st Division Wiped Out at Singapore by attrition!!!

• In addition to ships and hundreds of thousands of ground troops, 848 aircraft now free for other operations.


Philippines

• 1,061 AV at Manila.

• Forces boarding ships at Singapore and Johore Bharu.

China

• Hangchow hangs tough. Chengtu fortifications remain intact.

000099 Ground combat 1945-07-31 Hangchow 90,55

Ground combat at Hangchow (90,55)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 69228 troops, 1396 guns, 1894 vehicles, Assault Value = 2164

Defending force 42472 troops, 401 guns, 93 vehicles, Assault Value = 1022

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 0

Allied adjusted assault: 1409

Japanese adjusted defense: 835

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

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 0

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

Japanese ground losses:
2227 casualties reported
Squads: 13 destroyed, 86 disabled
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 24 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 14 disabled
Guns lost 23 (1 destroyed, 22 disabled)
Vehicles lost 9 (1 destroyed, 8 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Allied ground losses:
911 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 129 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 26 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled
Guns lost 33 (1 destroyed, 32 disabled)

Assaulting units:
20th Indian Division
19th Motorised Division
254th Armoured Brigade
50th Tank Brigade
23rd Indian Division
255th Indian Tank Brigade
18th Cavalry Regiment
5th Indian Division
NCAC
2/11th Fld RAA Regiment
2/13th Fld RAA Regiment
26th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
88th Medium Regiment
87th Medium Regiment
8th Belfast Heavy Regiment
86th Medium Regiment
2/9th Fld RAA Regiment
85th Medium Regiment
31st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
33rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment

Defending units:
112th Division
58th Division
110th Division
19th Ind Engineer Regiment
8th Division
41st Ind Engineer Regiment
7th Ind. Field Artillery Battalion
7th Mongol Cavalry Division
Kure 5th SNLF


000101 Ground combat 1945-07-31 Chengtu 75,41

Ground combat at Chengtu (75,41)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 98731 troops, 88 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5340

Defending force 39815 troops, 332 guns, 152 vehicles, Assault Value = 1133

Allied adjusted assault: 1753

Japanese adjusted defense: 3819

Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 6)

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

Japanese ground losses:
2079 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 204 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 114 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 51 disabled

Allied ground losses:
3335 casualties reported
Squads: 16 destroyed, 477 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 43 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled

Assaulting units:
1st Chinese Corps
66th Chinese Corps Corps
75th Chinese Corps
2nd Prov Chinese Corps
9th Chinese Corps
25th Chinese Corps
95th Chinese Corps
46th Chinese Corps
34th Chinese Corps
70th Chinese Corps
60th Chinese Corps
28th Chinese Corps
44th Parachute Division
59th Chinese Corps
21st Chinese Corps
99th Chinese Corps
71st Chinese Corps
3rd Prov Chinese Corps
29th Group Army
23rd Group Army
1st Group Army
15th Group Army
9th War Area
16th Group Army
30th Group Army

Defending units:
104th Division
17th Ind.Mixed Brigade
17th Division
51st Engineer Regiment
RGC Army
22nd AA Regiment
88th Field AA Battalion
20th Army
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment

• 1 enemy unit in the mountains near Kunming.

• 9 enemy units off road west of Chengtu and Neikiang.

• 4,988 AV at Chengtu (but 364 is moving out). Assault tomorrow.

• Operations in the Changsha area continue.

• Foochow follies too.

• 2,059 AV at Hangchow. Attack continues tomorrow.


India, Burma, Thailand, Indochina


Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Russia

Nighttime Stuff
• Suppression and destruction.

000003 Night Naval bombardment 1945-07-31 Hengchun 84,67

Night Naval bombardment of Hengchun at 84,67

Allied Ships
CL Springfield
CL Vicksburg
CL Montpelier
CL St. Louis
CL Marblehead

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

Airbase hits 11
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 15
Port hits 4
Port fuel hits 2
Port supply hits 2

CL Springfield firing at 75th Ind.Mixed Brigade
CL Vicksburg firing at Hengchun
CL Montpelier firing at 75th Ind.Mixed Brigade
CL St. Louis firing at 75th Ind.Mixed Brigade
SOC-1 Seagull acting as spotter for CL Marblehead
CL Marblehead firing at Hengchun


000006 Night Naval bombardment 1945-07-31 Kume-jima 94,65

Night Naval bombardment of Kume-jima at 94,65

Allied Ships
CA Oregon City
DD Gainard
DD Douglas Fox
DD Compton

Japanese ground losses:
115 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Port hits 2

CA Oregon City firing at 10th Exped.Force
DD Gainard firing at Kume-jima
DD Douglas Fox firing at 1st Ind Engineer Regiment
DD Compton firing at 170th JAAF AF Bn

• Forces in Mongolia will generally head south to squeeze the Imperials to the coast and break their lines of communication away from China.

• Our forces at Choybalsan will cross into Manchuria to attack Hailar and Arsbaan. This is needed because our large army at Tamsag (near Arsbaan) will bypass nearby targets and head straight for the coast.

• Near Kuibyshevka we wait for recon.

• From Khabarovsk and Bikin we move to cross the river.

• From the pocket near Vladivostok our forces will move north, northwest, and west.

• Fires at Tokyo are 408.

• Preparation for HI invasions continues.


Complete combat report attached.

[BBfanboy]

Soviet air support is always less than the aircraft available - but their aircraft get plane fatigue very quickly even with little opposition so you need to put a % to rest mode during ops. I look at the plane fatigue in double digits and set that % to rest each turn. The rest of them carry on with the orders. That way the Air Support available balances itself with the number of aircraft it can keep in the air, and pilot fatigue is dealt with as well. Keep in mind that Soviet aircraft lacked hydraulic assist so their pilots had to physically use muscle to move their controls. Their pilots fatigue as fast as their aircraft do!

You forgot to mention that clearing Singers gives you a whole lot of bombardment ships and AEs/AKEs to play with. Where are you likely to target next for bombardment from the sea?

[Lowpe]

Lots of destroyed units.

[witpqs]

After Soviet activation, can Allied units enter Soviet bases without being interned? The obvious thoughts are air units, TFs, and ships, but I am also wondering about engineering units.

[witpqs]

1945 August 01

INVADED

INVESTED
Manila
Hangchow
Chengtu
Wenchow

CHANGED OWNERSHIP



Overall

• Strategic points: 17,962

• +/- VP today: +281

• Allies VP: 91,148

• Japan VP: 53,994

• VP ratio Allies/Japan: 1.688 : 1

• IJN fleet is 2 hexes SE of Olga, shooting down search planes!


West Coast USA, Alaska, Hawaii


Pacific


New Zealand, Australia, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Solomons, Papua New Guinea, New Britain


DEI, Dutch New Guinea, Borneo, Malaya


Philippines

• 1,099 AV at Manila.

China

• It looks like our troops tired a bit or the defenders at Hangchow found some luck.

000001 Night Naval bombardment 1945-08-01 Foochow 86,60

Night Naval bombardment of Foochow at 86,60

Allied Ships
CL Nigeria
CL Newfoundland
CL Kenya
CL Emerald
CL Hobart
DD John Rodgers
DD Ringgold
DD Daly
DD Bullard

Japanese ground losses:
523 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 11 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 36 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Manpower hits 2
Fires 248
Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 41
Port hits 11
Port fuel hits 5
Port supply hits 1

CL Nigeria firing at Amoy Special Base Force
CL Newfoundland firing at Foochow
CL Kenya firing at 115th Infantry Regiment
CL Emerald firing at Foochow
CL Hobart firing at 115th Infantry Regiment
DD John Rodgers firing at 115th Infantry Regiment
DD Ringgold firing at 115th Infantry Regiment
DD Daly firing at 115th Infantry Regiment
DD Bullard firing at Foochow



000084 Ground combat 1945-08-01 Hangchow 90,55

Ground combat at Hangchow (90,55)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 68620 troops, 1395 guns, 1895 vehicles, Assault Value = 2079

Defending force 40284 troops, 397 guns, 89 vehicles, Assault Value = 827

Allied adjusted assault: 693

Japanese adjusted defense: 697

Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 0)

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

Japanese ground losses:
2583 casualties reported
Squads: 35 destroyed, 226 disabled
Non Combat: 26 destroyed, 26 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 17 disabled
Guns lost 43 (7 destroyed, 36 disabled)
Vehicles lost 7 (2 destroyed, 5 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
602 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 69 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled
Guns lost 10 (2 destroyed, 8 disabled)

Assaulting units:
254th Armoured Brigade
19th Motorised Division
50th Tank Brigade
20th Indian Division
23rd Indian Division
255th Indian Tank Brigade
18th Cavalry Regiment
5th Indian Division
2/11th Fld RAA Regiment
85th Medium Regiment
2/9th Fld RAA Regiment
NCAC
2/13th Fld RAA Regiment
88th Medium Regiment
87th Medium Regiment
86th Medium Regiment
31st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
8th Belfast Heavy Regiment
26th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
33rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment

Defending units:
8th Division
Kure 5th SNLF
110th Division
58th Division
112th Division
41st Ind Engineer Regiment
7th Ind. Field Artillery Battalion
19th Ind Engineer Regiment

• 1 enemy unit in the mountains near Kunming.

• 9 enemy units off road west of Chengtu and Neikiang.

• 4,648 AV at Chengtu. Assault tomorrow. Experience among the units is quite low but is growing.

• Still moving troops out of Chungking in small groups so as not to overcrowd the roads.

• Movement of our forces into and through the Changsha area continues.

• Armored cars attack tomorrow NE of Pingsiang.

• Reinforcements on the way to Chuhsien.

• Near Foochow our Bde has gotten in front of the enemy leaving Foochow. Another Bde is racing to engage the enemy division NE of Foochow, with tac air assisting.

• 127 AV at Wenchow.

• 2,000 AV at Hangchow. Our troops will rest for 2 or 3 days to recover disruption. the 36th British Division will join them in a few days.


India, Burma, Thailand, Indochina


Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Russia

• Imperial fighter sweeps over and around Vladivostok were brutal. Still, we got some of them and some bombers too. Out fighters are pulling down to 5,000 feet. Flak coverage of Vladivostok is massive and the bombers were treated even worse from the ground than by our fighters.

• The naval fortress at Vladivostok has a large array of cruiser-sized and above guns. Hopefully the IJN battleships will not even try to bombard.

• Subs without mines are bring sent to sea to hunt and patrol against the enemy fleet.

• Subs with mines are being sent to mine Shikuka and Fusan.

• All subs are being home ported to Vladivostok where they should be able to get mines and run the inventory dry.

• Two destroyers from Nikolaevsk and one destroyer from Magadan are sailing to raid shipping at/near Shikuka. Fuel is a serious limiting factor for these ships.

• Surface ships at Vladivostok will remain there for the moment. All merchants, etc. will remain where they are now.

• Enemy carrier CAP savaged naval search out of Olga, which will stand down for the moment. Other naval search was too short-ranged to enter the danger zone.

• Armor has crossed the border SW of Tamsag.

• Other forces in Mongolia are on the move.

• Forces in the Khabarovsk/Bikin/Imam area will take a month of Sundays to cross the river through the swamp.

• Forces from bases in the area of Vladivostok are on the move.

• Noting various places in Manchuria which have garrison requirements, some significant. Bugger!

• B-29 target: Osaka/Kyoto Manpower, night, 5,000 feet.

• Fires at Tokyo are 110.

• Assault shipping is starting to move to pick up landing units for the first Home Islands invasion.


Complete combat report attached.

[BBfanboy]

After Soviet activation, can Allied units enter Soviet bases without being interned? The obvious thoughts are air units, TFs, and ships, but I am also wondering about engineering units.

Ships can enter Russian ports and get repairs there, but no fuel or ammo. But the Russians will accept donations of fuel and supply!

I don't think allied soldiers can enter hexes with the Soviet country code but if the Russians capture territory outside their home country, allies can co-exist there. I think Aircraft are handled the same as soldiers.

[BBfanboy]

witpqs: • Two destroyers from Nikolaevsk and one destroyer from Magadan are sailing to raid shipping at/near Shikuka. Fuel is a serious limiting factor for these ships.

That should sort itself out soon. Note that the Soviet on-map refinery is upriver from Nikolaevsk (Komsomolsk? - also has a repair shipyard) and that there is oil at the northern tip of Sakhalin (Okha - it doesn't look like it but the port is on the east side of the island). Starts at 10 or so and can be repaired to 80 oil wells. Shikuka also has about 30 oil points.
I get some of those small TKs and operate CS convoys to the refinery port, but Russia always seems to get enough fuel and supply from off-map if you can keep the rail lines open.

[BBfanboy]

PS: the base SW of Bikin is Iman, not Imam! Islam never got quite that far!

[witpqs]

PS: the base SW of Bikin is Iman, not Imam! Islam never got quite that far!

[witpqs]

witpqs: • Two destroyers from Nikolaevsk and one destroyer from Magadan are sailing to raid shipping at/near Shikuka. Fuel is a serious limiting factor for these ships.

That should sort itself out soon. Note that the Soviet on-map refinery is upriver from Nikolaevsk (Komsomolsk? - also has a repair shipyard) and that there is oil at the northern tip of Sakhalin (Okha - it doesn't look like it but the port is on the east side of the island). Starts at 10 or so and can be repaired to 80 oil wells. Shikuka also has about 30 oil points.
I get some of those small TKs and operate CS convoys to the refinery port, but Russia always seems to get enough fuel and supply from off-map if you can keep the rail lines open.

Didn't even think about fuel! That Oil resource is fully repaired. Now to sneak loaded tankers to the mainland...

[witpqs]

After Soviet activation, can Allied units enter Soviet bases without being interned? The obvious thoughts are air units, TFs, and ships, but I am also wondering about engineering units.

Ships can enter Russian ports and get repairs there, but no fuel or ammo. But the Russians will accept donations of fuel and supply!

I don't think allied soldiers can enter hexes with the Soviet country code but if the Russians capture territory outside their home country, allies can co-exist there. I think Aircraft are handled the same as soldiers.

Too bad I can't operate P-47's from Vladivostok!

[witpqs]

1945 August 02

INVADED

INVESTED
Manila
Hangchow
Chengtu
Wenchow

CHANGED OWNERSHIP



Overall

• Strategic points: 18,464

• +/- VP today: +511

• Allies VP: 91,846

• Japan VP: 54,181

• VP ratio Allies/Japan: 1.695 : 1

• IJN fleet is 2 hexes SE of Nakhodka.


West Coast USA, Alaska, Hawaii


Pacific


New Zealand, Australia, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Solomons, Papua New Guinea, New Britain


DEI, Dutch New Guinea, Borneo, Malaya


Philippines

• 1,112 AV at Manila.

China

• Very good progress at Chengtu, especially for such lesser experienced forces.

000094 Ground combat 1945-08-02 Chengtu 75,41

Ground combat at Chengtu (75,41)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 130950 troops, 102 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4674

Defending force 37287 troops, 331 guns, 152 vehicles, Assault Value = 933

Allied adjusted assault: 1952

Japanese adjusted defense: 1785

Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 6)

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 5

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

Japanese ground losses:
5048 casualties reported
Squads: 9 destroyed, 253 disabled
Non Combat: 47 destroyed, 131 disabled
Engineers: 37 destroyed, 5 disabled
Guns lost 81 (37 destroyed, 44 disabled)
Vehicles lost 30 (1 destroyed, 29 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Allied ground losses:
3198 casualties reported
Squads: 18 destroyed, 325 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled

Assaulting units:
34th Chinese Corps
71st Chinese Corps
59th Chinese Corps
70th Chinese Corps
99th Chinese Corps
60th Chinese Corps
21st Chinese Corps
75th Chinese Corps
46th Chinese Corps
66th Chinese Corps Corps
1st Chinese Corps
2nd Prov Chinese Corps
28th Chinese Corps
9th Chinese Corps
25th Chinese Corps
95th Chinese Corps
3rd Prov Chinese Corps
16th Group Army
30th Group Army
23rd Group Army
1st Group Army
15th Group Army
18th Group Army
9th War Area
29th Group Army
33rd Group Army

Defending units:
104th Division
17th Division
17th Ind.Mixed Brigade
51st Engineer Regiment
22nd AA Regiment
88th Field AA Battalion
RGC Army
20th Army
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment

• 1 enemy unit in the mountains near Kunming.

• 8 enemy units off road west of Chengtu and Neikiang.

• 1 enemy unit on the road just west of Chengtu. Presumably they will enter the city to aid the defense.

• 4,288 AV at Chengtu. Attack continues tomorrow.

• 2 enemy units with almost 6,900 troops have emerged into a clearing just west of Shaoyang (leaving positions near Chihkiang). A tac air extravaganza will be held in their honor.

• NE of Foochow our Bde has caught the enemy division fixing to move off road. Attack tomorrow, but will they slip off the road first?

• Enemy Bde (presumably a Bde) still moving out of Foochow directly into our Bde.

• 126 AV at Wenchow.

• 2,059 AV at Hangchow. All units recovered well but one division with 25 disruption. Assault tomorrow.


India, Burma, Thailand, Indochina


Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Russia

Nighttime Stuff
•

000016 Night Naval bombardment 1945-08-02 Olga 115,47

Night Naval bombardment of Olga at 115,47 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
Pe-2: 7 damaged
Pe-2: 1 destroyed on ground
IL-2m3: 2 damaged
Yak-9: 7 damaged
DB-3M: 5 damaged

201 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
BB Yamashiro, Shell hits 8
BB Fuso
DD Oshio
DD Asashio, Shell hits 1
DD Asashimo

Allied ground losses:
122 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 23 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 9
Port supply hits 1

BB Yamashiro firing at Vladimir-Olga Naval Fortress
Vladimir-Olga Naval Fortress firing at BB Yamashiro
BB Fuso firing at Vladimir-Olga Naval Fortress
Vladimir-Olga Naval Fortress firing at BB Fuso
DD Oshio firing at Vladimir-Olga Naval Fortress
Vladimir-Olga Naval Fortress firing at DD Oshio
DD Asashio firing at Vladimir-Olga Naval Fortress
Vladimir-Olga Naval Fortress firing at DD Asashio
DD Asashimo firing at Olga


000017 Night Naval bombardment 1945-08-02 Kagi 85,64

Night Naval bombardment of Kagi at 85,64

Allied Ships
CL Nigeria
CL Newfoundland
CL Kenya
CL Emerald
CL Hobart
DD John Rodgers
DD Ringgold
DD Daly
DD Bullard

Japanese ground losses:
286 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 17 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Guns lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Vehicles lost 6 (1 destroyed, 5 disabled)

Manpower hits 5
Fires 486
Airbase hits 15
Airbase supply hits 8
Runway hits 43
Port hits 9
Port supply hits 5

CL Nigeria firing at Kagi
CL Newfoundland firing at Kagi
CL Kenya firing at Kagi
CL Emerald firing at 100th Ind.Mixed Brigade
CL Hobart firing at 112th Ind.Mixed Brigade
DD John Rodgers firing at 112th Ind.Mixed Brigade
DD Ringgold firing at 112th Ind.Mixed Brigade
DD Daly firing at Kagi
DD Bullard firing at 112th Ind.Mixed Brigade


000018 Night Naval bombardment 1945-08-02 Kume-jima 94,65

Night Naval bombardment of Kume-jima at 94,65

Allied Ships
CA Oregon City
DD Gainard
DD Douglas Fox
DD Compton

Japanese ground losses:
72 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled

Port hits 12

CA Oregon City firing at 1st Ind Engineer Regiment
DD Gainard firing at 170th JAAF AF Bn
DD Douglas Fox firing at Kume-jima
DD Compton firing at 42nd Field Const Co

• Osaka/Kyoto:

Fires
8640
106002
110916
108756
122850
123201
136188
125766
149175
144738
171990
172341
175851

Daytime Stuff
• Enemy fleet located!

000092 ASW attack 1945-08-02 113,49 Nakhodka

ASW attack near Nakhodka at 113,49

Japanese Ships
DD Ume

Allied Ships
SS S-52

SS S-52 is located by DD Ume
S-52 diving deep ....
DD Ume fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Ume fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Ume fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Ume fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Ume fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

• Our infantry and supporting arms units have crossed thee border out of Tamsag, but the over stacking is so great that 7 of the infantry divisions are slowing their movement to spread out the column and prevent starvation. The armor is now 2 hexes into China proper and about to pass into Manchuria.

• All other ground movements also proceeding as previously noted.

• Fires at Tokyo are 22.

• Fire at Osaka/Kyoto are 40,640.

• We lost 46 B-29 today.

• Strikes on Osaka/Kyoto Manpower continue.


Complete combat report attached.

[BBfanboy]

After Soviet activation, can Allied units enter Soviet bases without being interned? The obvious thoughts are air units, TFs, and ships, but I am also wondering about engineering units.

Ships can enter Russian ports and get repairs there, but no fuel or ammo. But the Russians will accept donations of fuel and supply!

I don't think allied soldiers can enter hexes with the Soviet country code but if the Russians capture territory outside their home country, allies can co-exist there. I think Aircraft are handled the same as soldiers.

Too bad I can't operate P-47's from Vladivostok!

Get the Russians to capture Rashin, and fly from there!

EDIT to add: but BYOAS!

[witpqs]

Ships can enter Russian ports and get repairs there, but no fuel or ammo. But the Russians will accept donations of fuel and supply!

I don't think allied soldiers can enter hexes with the Soviet country code but if the Russians capture territory outside their home country, allies can co-exist there. I think Aircraft are handled the same as soldiers.

Too bad I can't operate P-47's from Vladivostok!

Get the Russians to capture Rashin, and fly from there!

EDIT to add: but BYOAS!