Tophat(GoodguyJap)vsADavidB(EvilAllies)

[Tophat]

7/11/42'

Operation Bleed the Allies of supply is in play..........

Day Air attack on Hengchow , at 45,37

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 27
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 26
Ki-21 Sally x 69

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 29

Hengchow and Homan are targets for my land forces as well as Airforce. Combined i'm trying to burn all the supply possible in china.
Last turn saw a less than optimum 0 to 1 attack at homan,though i did lower the fortification level down to 7.

As a prelude to my Bombers blasting his airbases and supplies my fighters need to defeat the RAF that replaced the decimated Chinese fighter squadrons.

Day Air attack on Sian , at 47,29

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 26

Allied aircraft
Mohawk IV x 14
Hurricane II x 10

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 3 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Mohawk IV: 5 destroyed, 1 damaged
Hurricane II: 2 destroyed

Also:
Day Air attack on Homan , at 49,30

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 23

Allied aircraft
Mohawk IV x 13
Hurricane II x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 3 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Mohawk IV: 5 destroyed, 2 damaged
Hurricane II: 3 destroyed

And also:

Day Air attack on Homan , at 49,30

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27

Allied aircraft
Mohawk IV x 8
Hurricane II x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Mohawk IV: 6 destroyed
Hurricane II: 2 destroyed

All in all a very reasonable day in the airwar for China. i'm hoping to force him to commit his AVG group here as well,but not just yet.

On the ground in china its back to bombardment while my losses sort themselves out;

Ground combat at Homan

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 5463 troops, 174 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 102290 troops, 247 guns, 0 vehicles



Allied ground losses:
391 casualties reported
Guns lost 8

And my less than effective attack in the North:

Ground combat at Kungchang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 688 troops, 22 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 128999 troops, 816 guns, 0 vehicles


My forces at hengchow are building backup their supplies for another deliberate attack.

In the DEI:

No air attack on Soerabaja due to weather!

On the ground:

Ground combat at Soerabaja

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 86547 troops, 1037 guns, 6 vehicles

Defending force 49704 troops, 337 guns, 43 vehicles



Allied ground losses:
229 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

I need to be doing Airbase or port supply hits! Damn!!

[Tophat1815]

Imperial HQ:

Abit of a setback in burma today:


Naval bombardment of Rangoon, at 29,34

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 6 destroyed
Ki-30 Ann: 6 destroyed
Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 9 destroyed
Ki-46-II Dinah: 3 destroyed
G3M Nell: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
CLAA Caledon
CL Glasgow
CL Mauritius
CA Cornwall
CA Dorsetshire
BC Repulse
BB Prince of Wales

Japanese ground losses:
1435 casualties reported
Guns lost 13

Airbase hits 19
Airbase supply hits 9
Runway hits 115
Port fuel hits 1

[8|] Granted my 4 naval bomber groups were rainedout yesterday or these ships should have been blownout of the water! He didn't use the DD's bombard also so he didn't get close enough for my minefield to hurt him. Atleast he didn't have 4E bombers hit the base as well,i'll count my blessings.

Just to the west of Rangoon is a nice little brit CV taskforce.......

Day Air attack on TF at 25,33

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 6
G3M Nell x 3

Allied aircraft
Seafire x 24

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed
G3M Nell: 2 damaged


Allied Ships
CV Illustrious

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 25,33

Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 13
G4M1 Betty x 4

Allied aircraft
Seafire x 24

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 8 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Seafire: 6 damaged

Allied Ships
CL Newcastle
CV Illustrious
CV Indomitable

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
1 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet


Will he close and attack rangoon,or disappear back toward Ceylon or Chandpur?


Ground combat in China went this way:


Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 7946 troops, 241 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 104067 troops, 240 guns, 0 vehicles



Allied ground losses:
316 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Wuchow

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 126221 troops, 1389 guns, 52 vehicles

Defending force 15383 troops, 69 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 8

Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 8)

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 8


Japanese ground losses:
795 casualties reported
Guns lost 13
Vehicles lost 2

Allied ground losses:
675 casualties reported
Guns lost 3


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Ground combat at Hengchow

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 240754 troops, 2013 guns, 144 vehicles

Defending force 95197 troops, 262 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 4)

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 3


Japanese ground losses:
4280 casualties reported
Guns lost 56
Vehicles lost 7

Allied ground losses:
2295 casualties reported
Guns lost 55


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Ground combat at Kungchang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 688 troops, 22 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 156299 troops, 847 guns, 0 vehicles



Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported



Ok the current situation............he has fallen back and been defending. I have been fortifying and getting ready for his McArthur like comeback. I made some errors with the routing of 2 divs.they missed their ships,which sailed empty.end result NO Noumea invasion in August as i'd intended and allowed for!
I'll do a better update after I run the next turn or so.......then use this to explain what and why i'm doing as i'm doing.
Goal right now is to get an auto-victory in 43' and take this puppy to the bank! My chance of success i'd rate at 33%.........Like the Cylon's "I HAVE A PLAN".

[Tophat1815]

October 31st 42'.................


Our Imperial campaign continues to force the ruthless western dogs to the peace table.

Today the Imperial navy has reappeared:

Day Air attack on TF at 27,32

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 9
D3A Val x 38
B5N Kate x 36

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A Val: 3 destroyed, 25 damaged
B5N Kate: 3 destroyed, 26 damaged

Allied Ships
BB Prince of Wales, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
BC Repulse, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
CA Cornwall, Bomb hits 3, on fire
CA Hawkins, Bomb hits 2, on fire
CA Exeter, Bomb hits 3
CA Devonshire

A carrier div. of the Imperial navy was sentout to support Rangoon and prevent an invasion by British scum or their lackys.
Simply because the British are able to call upon massive bomber formations of American aggressors,they have been shown the IJN still has teeth! BANZI! BANZI! BANZI!


Our landbased IJN airpower also spoke with some authority:

Day Air attack on TF at 25,33

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 21
G4M1 Betty x 21

Allied aircraft
Seafire x 34

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 5 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 4 destroyed, 13 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Seafire: 7 destroyed, 7 damaged

Allied Ships
CV Indomitable, Torpedo hits 1
CV Illustrious, Torpedo hits 1

The british in their arrogance have put themselves within our reach. The opportunity must now be put to good use,this was a start.

In China the IJA continues to advance,hold inplace and encircle the chinese forces. Hengchow will see the doom of some 14 chinese formations. Sian is still a meatgrinder,while Kungchow and the elite chinese forces are effectivly out of the battle for Chungking.
Air operations in china are about to start a new phase. City attacks on resources will commence tomorrow. Objective is to stop/consume as much chinese supply as possible.

[Tophat1815]

A note on production:

As japan i setout to increase my HI.........ending the first year of war i haven't done as much of this as i'd wanted.

I wanted to standardize my IJA aircraft on two types of fighters : 1)Tojo's,for air-to-aircombat. 2) Tony's for anti-bomber defence. This I have been able to do with virtually all my Fighters outside of manchuria and 2 groups in japan currently refitted.

I intend to produce the minimum numbers of OscarII's possible,then refit them soonest.

Naval production i have increased and also converted a small merchant shipyard to naval. currently I have 1349 naval points a turn.

I halted shinano on day one.....also halted a number of subs,even the 33pt Glen carrying subs! The 33 point subs i have been turning back on,while turning all RO-type subs off.
I am also turning off ASAP all the CL type ships as soon as its possible.

I have increased armament points and vehicles.

[Tophat1815]

Not real happy tonight.........this is the third time i have poured months into a campaign and for whatever reason had it end early. first time was with moses and was my fault,was ill then had an extended family obligation in Georgia that took me there for 3 months. He was sick of waiting,I was frustrated with the world.
number two........startedup with ADavidB,was going along well but issues at home caughgtup with me and i needed a break. the break was Witp or my marriage...I opted to stop Witp.
number three....dave and i got this one going and aside from some holiday slowdown we have been rolling along. Several things he'd said indicated he wasn't happy with the game system. Seems the system just drovehim nuts and he's had it untill bugs are fixed.
End result...........we made it through november 1st 1942 and here atleast for now is where it ends.

[Tophat1815]

first day with no Witp to look forward to and plan for.............i'm suffering withdrawl...