ORIGINAL: Capt. Harlock
................................., is Kitakami still a torpedo cruiser in this mod?
Yes
Banzais Don't Make Victories - Anachro (A) vs John 3rd (J) BTS 5.7
Moderators: wdolson, MOD_War-in-the-Pacific-Admirals-Edition
RE: April 3-April 6, 1942
Yes
"After eight years as President I have only two regrets: that I have not shot Henry Clay or hanged John C. Calhoun."--1837
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CaptBeefheart
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RE: April 3-April 6, 1942
If you manage to tangle with the Yamato with your old BBs and it's still in that amphib TF, I think you'll do pretty well. Now, if he creates a separate surface TF, all bets are off.
Cheers,
CB
Cheers,
CB
Beer, because barley makes lousy bread.
RE: April 3-April 6, 1942
Bump. Need updates.
RE: April 3-April 6, 1942
ORIGINAL: DOCUP
Bump. Need updates.
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ny59giants
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RE: April 3-April 6, 1942
Yes, both of your AARs need work.
P-38s are killers!! [&o][&o] John hates them and they do very good work at 33k. [:D]
P-38s are killers!! [&o][&o] John hates them and they do very good work at 33k. [:D]
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RE: April 3-April 6, 1942
I'll be posting an update and more in a few days. Sorry for the delay; real life has been a bit busy but the game is still going on. It's early-to-mid May, 1942. My two US Cruiser-CVL conversions are 50 days from being done. He is threatening Calcutta and I am pulling forces back to interior defensive lines. Very little action in the SoPac or Aleutians and he seems to be concentrating entirely on India. I have 5 carriers in India awaiting an opportunity for an ambush.
Maps and more to come later.
Maps and more to come later.
"Now excuse me while I go polish my balls ...
" - BBfanboy
" - BBfanboyRE: April 3-April 6, 1942
It's about dang time. Now you have a deadline by end of day today to have some updates.[:-]
May 12, 1942
May 12, 1942
Aleutians
The Aleutians have stabilized with the Allies holding everything from Umnak Island eastward and the Japanese controlling everything for the most part west of Umnak. While John still has a division and brigade on Umnak, they are slowly being whittled down by cruiser and battleship bombardments that happen pretty frequently from Kodiak, which I am building up as both a safer sub base and a resupply area. It has an AS and an AKE. Every couple of days, various cruiser and slow battleship task forces move out to bombard Umnak. The current AV situation there is roughly ~430 Allied AV to ~130 Japanese AV.
As for future endeavors, I really like Adak as a future staging base for potential operations against Hokkaido and the Kuriles. Given the damage John has suffered up here, I expect these island are not as well defended as they could be and I am already planning future amphibious operations. As for my supply situation, Umnak is well-covered by fighters now, but I made extensive use of APDs to keep her supplied in the more dangerous early months when my air power was minimal.
China
In China, I admit I haven't been very careful and I am paying the price for it. I am not as enamored with land combat and have spent more time with India than I have here and as a result am slowly being constricted and pushed back. I'll be happy if I make it to 1943 with something here at this rate. Little air power and I am not looking forward to defending the clear terrain around Chungking once he pushes me out of the Sian areas. John is also making a strong push from the south and there is danger of breakthrough there and quick roll-up to cutoff my forces in the Sian mountains.
India
John didn't push north from his landings, but west instead and while I relocated my troops, supply issues prevented quick fort buildup and he was able to make a breakthrough against my forces at Howrah north of Calcutta. Given the threat there and cognizant of the suggestions and advice from those on this forum, I did not want to be cutoff and have left a token force in Calcutta while most of my troops escape north. Currently, my bases surrounding his forces north of Calcutta have anywhere between ~800-1200 AV and 3-4 forts. A US Army division has just arrived at Karachi and is moving south.
Elsewhere in India, John has ~95 tanks south of Raipur and I will move to it with ~295 AV including an AT unit to try and destroy these. John also has a brigade north of my forces between Raipur and Howrah, but this will be contested with some strong AV moving in. While I await reinforcements, I have ~250 AV moving south from John's brigade to hit what appears to be some artillery or low vehicle units. Air battles are going on here and some bad moves on my part have led to strong attrition of my bombers. However, in fighter-on-fighter action my British and American fighters are actually getting the best of his zeroes, usually at a 2-1 advantage or better.
SoPac
Pretty static. There has been no movement from John south of Guadalcanal/Ndeni and he continued to only bomb Port Moresby. There have been no movements towards Northern Australia.
General Developments and Carrier Movements
Socotra
John has done two carrier raids up towards Karachi to try and hit my convoys up there, but while he has sunk some ships, he has not gotten any of my troop convoys or the troops carrying them. My reinforcements will continue to go through Karachi. To help support this, I am now building up Socotra as an additional staging and support base with from which to watch for his carriers and provide logistical support. Furthermore, with Socotra I have a base from I can pressure any Japanese movements along the eastern Indian coast.
I am moving most of the British naval fleet in the Indian theater to Socotra and I already have 2 British carriers, 2 US carriers and cruiser-carriers at Karachi with ~260 AC. Ranger is 8 days from Cape Town and will soon reinforce my carriers here. I will then exposre large decoy convoys to Japanese nav search and recon at Bombay and hope this eventually lures some of his carriers north again for an ambush.
Port Hedland
In Northern Australia, Port Hedland is being reinforced and built-up to become a submarine base from which to hit the DEI. I will also put some cruisers and destroyers there in a bit to do some cavalry-style recon & raiding into the DEI and to test his air recon and defenses.
Elsewhere
My other carriers are in Pearl Harbor and will soon be finishing up their refits. I mean to expose them somewhere in the Pacific to let John know they are there and make him feel safer about raiding with lesser forces in India. Perhaps I'll do a fun little raid on Tokyo with my Pacific carriers or something, my own little Doolittle Raid.
As for future targets, immediately I am concerned with taking Midway, Canton Island, etc not so much for their strategic value so much as for wanting to take away John's ability to have recon eyes on Pearl Harbor and my supply routes heading to the South Pacific. I already have troops preparing for these. Lastly, a second American division is on its way to India.
Aleutians
The Aleutians have stabilized with the Allies holding everything from Umnak Island eastward and the Japanese controlling everything for the most part west of Umnak. While John still has a division and brigade on Umnak, they are slowly being whittled down by cruiser and battleship bombardments that happen pretty frequently from Kodiak, which I am building up as both a safer sub base and a resupply area. It has an AS and an AKE. Every couple of days, various cruiser and slow battleship task forces move out to bombard Umnak. The current AV situation there is roughly ~430 Allied AV to ~130 Japanese AV.
As for future endeavors, I really like Adak as a future staging base for potential operations against Hokkaido and the Kuriles. Given the damage John has suffered up here, I expect these island are not as well defended as they could be and I am already planning future amphibious operations. As for my supply situation, Umnak is well-covered by fighters now, but I made extensive use of APDs to keep her supplied in the more dangerous early months when my air power was minimal.
China
In China, I admit I haven't been very careful and I am paying the price for it. I am not as enamored with land combat and have spent more time with India than I have here and as a result am slowly being constricted and pushed back. I'll be happy if I make it to 1943 with something here at this rate. Little air power and I am not looking forward to defending the clear terrain around Chungking once he pushes me out of the Sian areas. John is also making a strong push from the south and there is danger of breakthrough there and quick roll-up to cutoff my forces in the Sian mountains.
India
John didn't push north from his landings, but west instead and while I relocated my troops, supply issues prevented quick fort buildup and he was able to make a breakthrough against my forces at Howrah north of Calcutta. Given the threat there and cognizant of the suggestions and advice from those on this forum, I did not want to be cutoff and have left a token force in Calcutta while most of my troops escape north. Currently, my bases surrounding his forces north of Calcutta have anywhere between ~800-1200 AV and 3-4 forts. A US Army division has just arrived at Karachi and is moving south.
Elsewhere in India, John has ~95 tanks south of Raipur and I will move to it with ~295 AV including an AT unit to try and destroy these. John also has a brigade north of my forces between Raipur and Howrah, but this will be contested with some strong AV moving in. While I await reinforcements, I have ~250 AV moving south from John's brigade to hit what appears to be some artillery or low vehicle units. Air battles are going on here and some bad moves on my part have led to strong attrition of my bombers. However, in fighter-on-fighter action my British and American fighters are actually getting the best of his zeroes, usually at a 2-1 advantage or better.
SoPac
Pretty static. There has been no movement from John south of Guadalcanal/Ndeni and he continued to only bomb Port Moresby. There have been no movements towards Northern Australia.
General Developments and Carrier Movements
Socotra
John has done two carrier raids up towards Karachi to try and hit my convoys up there, but while he has sunk some ships, he has not gotten any of my troop convoys or the troops carrying them. My reinforcements will continue to go through Karachi. To help support this, I am now building up Socotra as an additional staging and support base with from which to watch for his carriers and provide logistical support. Furthermore, with Socotra I have a base from I can pressure any Japanese movements along the eastern Indian coast.
I am moving most of the British naval fleet in the Indian theater to Socotra and I already have 2 British carriers, 2 US carriers and cruiser-carriers at Karachi with ~260 AC. Ranger is 8 days from Cape Town and will soon reinforce my carriers here. I will then exposre large decoy convoys to Japanese nav search and recon at Bombay and hope this eventually lures some of his carriers north again for an ambush.
Port Hedland
In Northern Australia, Port Hedland is being reinforced and built-up to become a submarine base from which to hit the DEI. I will also put some cruisers and destroyers there in a bit to do some cavalry-style recon & raiding into the DEI and to test his air recon and defenses.
Elsewhere
My other carriers are in Pearl Harbor and will soon be finishing up their refits. I mean to expose them somewhere in the Pacific to let John know they are there and make him feel safer about raiding with lesser forces in India. Perhaps I'll do a fun little raid on Tokyo with my Pacific carriers or something, my own little Doolittle Raid.
As for future targets, immediately I am concerned with taking Midway, Canton Island, etc not so much for their strategic value so much as for wanting to take away John's ability to have recon eyes on Pearl Harbor and my supply routes heading to the South Pacific. I already have troops preparing for these. Lastly, a second American division is on its way to India.
"Now excuse me while I go polish my balls ..." - BBfanboy
" - BBfanboyRE: May 12, 1942
One potential opportunity is to hit John's "backside" in India. He is concentrating toward Calcutta. I could easily swing around using strat movement with heavy AV and take back Vizagapatnum where he has significant air forces, probably a decent amount of supply, and base units.
As for a potential ambush, previously John had ~400 a/v in 2 carrier TFs attacking Karachi. Both were last seen retiring to Ceylon from their last carrier raid. 1 or 2 days ago, Japanese carriers were were again spotted heading south from Ceylon, perhaps back to Singers for refit. However, it appeared to only be one of the TFs from the raid, with another spotted heading into the Bay of Bengal headings towards Calcutta.
John might be splitting his carriers in the Indian theater to strengthen himself elsewhere. Perhaps he expects my carrier threat to crop up again in the Pacific and so wants to be ready to react. He did say a couple emails ago how it "was bout time my carriers make a reappearance as they should be finishing up their refits."
I certainly hope he splits his carriers and exposes some to ambush. We'll see.
As for a potential ambush, previously John had ~400 a/v in 2 carrier TFs attacking Karachi. Both were last seen retiring to Ceylon from their last carrier raid. 1 or 2 days ago, Japanese carriers were were again spotted heading south from Ceylon, perhaps back to Singers for refit. However, it appeared to only be one of the TFs from the raid, with another spotted heading into the Bay of Bengal headings towards Calcutta.
John might be splitting his carriers in the Indian theater to strengthen himself elsewhere. Perhaps he expects my carrier threat to crop up again in the Pacific and so wants to be ready to react. He did say a couple emails ago how it "was bout time my carriers make a reappearance as they should be finishing up their refits."
I certainly hope he splits his carriers and exposes some to ambush. We'll see.
"Now excuse me while I go polish my balls ..." - BBfanboy
" - BBfanboyRE: May 12, 1942
I will be doing another update soon enough. Not much to report the last few days of turns, but we've had a bit of a break recently as I was gone for the weekend and then John has some family issues to deal with that is keeping him busy. The only thing I will report of note is this:
The last few days I finally noticed my northern Australian bases having Japanese recon levels of ~9/10 at places like Darwin, Port Hedland, Derby, etc. It could be that once John finally finishes taking Batavia he will opt to take these bases and secure his southern flank before consolidating the rest of the DEI. I already stated that I am building up Port Hedland. I will now reinforce these other areas with domestic Aussie troops and build up forts.
Additional American troops are on their way. I've been a bit lackadaisical about my troop/supply build-up so far, so it's a rush to secure this area. I'd really like to have Australia strong as a potential launching point for other operations.
The last few days I finally noticed my northern Australian bases having Japanese recon levels of ~9/10 at places like Darwin, Port Hedland, Derby, etc. It could be that once John finally finishes taking Batavia he will opt to take these bases and secure his southern flank before consolidating the rest of the DEI. I already stated that I am building up Port Hedland. I will now reinforce these other areas with domestic Aussie troops and build up forts.
Additional American troops are on their way. I've been a bit lackadaisical about my troop/supply build-up so far, so it's a rush to secure this area. I'd really like to have Australia strong as a potential launching point for other operations.
"Now excuse me while I go polish my balls ..." - BBfanboy
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GetAssista
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RE: May 12, 1942
Do you plan to lure John into some CV trap and then bugger out? Otherwise letting your troops be stranded on the Nothern coast welcomes their eventual siege and annihilation in 42 in my book. Contrary to the Aleuteans the distances are far larger here, and the coast is closer to Timor than Perth. The theatre itself is in a central location, so John will be much more willing to camp with KB to prevent your rescue efforts.ORIGINAL: Anachro
The last few days I finally noticed my northern Australian bases having Japanese recon levels of ~9/10 at places like Darwin, Port Hedland, Derby, etc. It could be that once John finally finishes taking Batavia he will opt to take these bases and secure his southern flank before consolidating the rest of the DEI. I already stated that I am building up Port Hedland. I will now reinforce these other areas with domestic Aussie troops and build up forts.
Additional American troops are on their way. I've been a bit lackadaisical about my troop/supply build-up so far, so it's a rush to secure this area. I'd really like to have Australia strong as a potential launching point for other operations.
May 16, 1942
@GetAssista - It's good to be aware of that danger, but I'm not yet convinced John will commit fully to Northern Australia. If he tries to do so, I will make the decision there and then. For now, I am thinking about reinforcing Port Moresby to help support the North from that angle. However, I do not think Perth is in danger and is well-defended, so resupply and support from there is also possible. The distances involved are long. John has ~1k in AV at Batavia and I think this would be the force he would use to hit Northern Australia if he does so. I think it's possible to defend against this and I would have time as that force is taking some attrition in its siege of Batavia. The rest of his troops are tied up in India.
May 16, 1942
A mini-KB appears once again in the Aleutians and I can only think this is either a relief force to extract his troops on Umnak Island or he might try to reinforce it. My carriers are still at Pearl Harbor where 2/4 carriers are still 4 and 6 days away from finishing refit, so it will be awhile before I can react. However, I do have a bunch of submarines in the area, so maybe I can get a lucky submarine torpedo hit.
For now, most of my ships are pulling back to safer ports and I will attempt a CAP trap with what I have. I have around 90 fighters in the area. Umnak is a 4(5) air base.
May 16, 1942
A mini-KB appears once again in the Aleutians and I can only think this is either a relief force to extract his troops on Umnak Island or he might try to reinforce it. My carriers are still at Pearl Harbor where 2/4 carriers are still 4 and 6 days away from finishing refit, so it will be awhile before I can react. However, I do have a bunch of submarines in the area, so maybe I can get a lucky submarine torpedo hit.
For now, most of my ships are pulling back to safer ports and I will attempt a CAP trap with what I have. I have around 90 fighters in the area. Umnak is a 4(5) air base.
"Now excuse me while I go polish my balls ..." - BBfanboy
" - BBfanboyRE: May 16, 1942
Ill give a more full update with pictures when I get back the next turn. So use this for now as an accompanying update to John's, as I notice he is updating more.
Carrier Update:
Currently, India has 3 US carriers and 2 British carriers in the vicinity looking for another raid from John to surprise. 3 US carriers and 1 British carrier just finished upgrades at PH and I am contemplating raids to hit some juicy targets either in SoPac, NoPac, or Japan proper. Need to know where his carriers are given the recent appearance of a CV fleet in the NoPac that appeared to have ~300 A/C. The two Commonwealth CVL-Convertible CA's are heading back to Cape Town to upgrade and convert. Th 2 American counterparts are due to finish their conversion to CVLs on the east coast in a month. CV Wasp arrives at the Panama Canal in ~20 days.
Australia
I am withdrawing from Port Moresby to preserve the Aussie brigades I have there. I have re-evaluated Northern Australia in light of recent comments and will not try to hold and potentially trap troops there. A troop convoy reinforcing Port Hedland was hit by a roving Japanese BB/CL fleet that didn't have detection on my ships, but randomly found them. Luckily, most of the troops were offloaded to Port Hedland before that happened. My new strategy now will be to heavily reinforce Port Hedland and hold it, rather than try to hold the rest. I can put a number of troops there and it isn't too far from Perth. It lets me keep a toe-hold in the North from which to observe the lower DEI and can be used for sub ops. I strongly suspect John moves south once he takes Batavia, especially since he has ships roaming off Northern Australia and is recon'ing the place.
India
Lots of troops maneuvering north of Calcutta and Japan troops are quickly moving up from the Burmese border to try and probably trap my troops from the southeast and southwest. John's Imperial Division was recently forced back, but other than that he is proving resilient against my lower quality troops even when I have a massive AV advantage. The question is should I fight here (a number of bases are at 3/4 forts) or retreat farther back towards Bombay/Karachi. Losing troops early here and I lose a lot. Would really like to get '42 upgrades for a lot of them. 1 US division is already in India, another (Sep) Infantry Regiment is on its way from Capetown, and another US division is a week away from Capetown.
Future Plans
Current ops planned for the Pacific are easy, achievable targets. I plan to take key ports in the NoPac to threaten Hokkaido and force him to reinforce/defend it. This includes Adak Island, Amchitka. The key here being they are far enough away that quick reinforcement by his carriers is improbable, if not impossible. Additionally, I plan to take islands along the periphery of his SoPac holdings to deny him recon eyes into my trade/supply lanes. Finally, I will take Midway to deny him a close-by sub base with recon potential. I view these as all readily achievable, especially if a large number of his troops are bogged down in Australia/India. Main benefits: denying him eyes of my ship movements and building up experience for some of my divisions.
Carrier Update:
Currently, India has 3 US carriers and 2 British carriers in the vicinity looking for another raid from John to surprise. 3 US carriers and 1 British carrier just finished upgrades at PH and I am contemplating raids to hit some juicy targets either in SoPac, NoPac, or Japan proper. Need to know where his carriers are given the recent appearance of a CV fleet in the NoPac that appeared to have ~300 A/C. The two Commonwealth CVL-Convertible CA's are heading back to Cape Town to upgrade and convert. Th 2 American counterparts are due to finish their conversion to CVLs on the east coast in a month. CV Wasp arrives at the Panama Canal in ~20 days.
Australia
I am withdrawing from Port Moresby to preserve the Aussie brigades I have there. I have re-evaluated Northern Australia in light of recent comments and will not try to hold and potentially trap troops there. A troop convoy reinforcing Port Hedland was hit by a roving Japanese BB/CL fleet that didn't have detection on my ships, but randomly found them. Luckily, most of the troops were offloaded to Port Hedland before that happened. My new strategy now will be to heavily reinforce Port Hedland and hold it, rather than try to hold the rest. I can put a number of troops there and it isn't too far from Perth. It lets me keep a toe-hold in the North from which to observe the lower DEI and can be used for sub ops. I strongly suspect John moves south once he takes Batavia, especially since he has ships roaming off Northern Australia and is recon'ing the place.
India
Lots of troops maneuvering north of Calcutta and Japan troops are quickly moving up from the Burmese border to try and probably trap my troops from the southeast and southwest. John's Imperial Division was recently forced back, but other than that he is proving resilient against my lower quality troops even when I have a massive AV advantage. The question is should I fight here (a number of bases are at 3/4 forts) or retreat farther back towards Bombay/Karachi. Losing troops early here and I lose a lot. Would really like to get '42 upgrades for a lot of them. 1 US division is already in India, another (Sep) Infantry Regiment is on its way from Capetown, and another US division is a week away from Capetown.
Future Plans
Current ops planned for the Pacific are easy, achievable targets. I plan to take key ports in the NoPac to threaten Hokkaido and force him to reinforce/defend it. This includes Adak Island, Amchitka. The key here being they are far enough away that quick reinforcement by his carriers is improbable, if not impossible. Additionally, I plan to take islands along the periphery of his SoPac holdings to deny him recon eyes into my trade/supply lanes. Finally, I will take Midway to deny him a close-by sub base with recon potential. I view these as all readily achievable, especially if a large number of his troops are bogged down in Australia/India. Main benefits: denying him eyes of my ship movements and building up experience for some of my divisions.
"Now excuse me while I go polish my balls ..." - BBfanboy
" - BBfanboyLate May
Late May
China
I do not wish to fight in bad territory nor do I want to be exploited through weak gaps from which he can cutoff and destroy divisions. Thus, I am retreating in the east and resettling in a new defensive line that starts with Chungking and then goes through very defensible, mountainous territory to Chungking's south and west. The hope here is to last as long as possible and hopefully get John to attack for some bad rolls that cause massive casualties...eventually. I've seen it before. Added advantage is it offers opportunity to preserve Chinese forces for awhile and narrows the front to hold even better.
India
John is pushing aggressively around Calcutta and also with the troops that overran the Burmese border. I suspect he will try and encircle my bases and I know more divisions are landing either at Calcutta, or Viza, or Chittagong. While I have good forts in the bases I hold, I think overall the AV favors him and get might try to encircle and bypass while pushing further north into the undefended, bad terrain areas above Calcutta. Contemplating retreating further north and preserving my AV until more US/British troops can arrive from overseas.
NoPac
I had retreated all my boats away from the Aleutians when John's carriers arrived. They moved around a bit north of Adak, towards Umnak, before retiring southwest of Adak. They haven't been spotted in about five to six days. However, as shown in the image above my transports coming back to the scene have gotten detection levels where they shouldn't have, southeast of Kodiak and far from John's bases. Either his long-range recon is doing well of his undetected carriers are in a hole where I don't have good recon and have spotted my transports. I have the transports moving speedily north while my surface vessels currently at Prince Rupert fleet to Seattle.
This could be a false alarm, but I do not want to take chances. John has a penchant for raiding with his forces, seemingly retiring with them, only for them to reappear again after a few days even deeper. This could be what's happening here. I have no doubt that the possibility exists John refueled his carriers in a gap in recon southwest of Umnak before moving aggressively east to see if he can catch anything. As such, my carriers are sallying forth from PH to keep abreast of the situation. They will not move in for a fight unless the enemy is absolutely spotted and his numbers are known.
China
I do not wish to fight in bad territory nor do I want to be exploited through weak gaps from which he can cutoff and destroy divisions. Thus, I am retreating in the east and resettling in a new defensive line that starts with Chungking and then goes through very defensible, mountainous territory to Chungking's south and west. The hope here is to last as long as possible and hopefully get John to attack for some bad rolls that cause massive casualties...eventually. I've seen it before. Added advantage is it offers opportunity to preserve Chinese forces for awhile and narrows the front to hold even better.
India
John is pushing aggressively around Calcutta and also with the troops that overran the Burmese border. I suspect he will try and encircle my bases and I know more divisions are landing either at Calcutta, or Viza, or Chittagong. While I have good forts in the bases I hold, I think overall the AV favors him and get might try to encircle and bypass while pushing further north into the undefended, bad terrain areas above Calcutta. Contemplating retreating further north and preserving my AV until more US/British troops can arrive from overseas.
NoPac
I had retreated all my boats away from the Aleutians when John's carriers arrived. They moved around a bit north of Adak, towards Umnak, before retiring southwest of Adak. They haven't been spotted in about five to six days. However, as shown in the image above my transports coming back to the scene have gotten detection levels where they shouldn't have, southeast of Kodiak and far from John's bases. Either his long-range recon is doing well of his undetected carriers are in a hole where I don't have good recon and have spotted my transports. I have the transports moving speedily north while my surface vessels currently at Prince Rupert fleet to Seattle.
This could be a false alarm, but I do not want to take chances. John has a penchant for raiding with his forces, seemingly retiring with them, only for them to reappear again after a few days even deeper. This could be what's happening here. I have no doubt that the possibility exists John refueled his carriers in a gap in recon southwest of Umnak before moving aggressively east to see if he can catch anything. As such, my carriers are sallying forth from PH to keep abreast of the situation. They will not move in for a fight unless the enemy is absolutely spotted and his numbers are known.
"Now excuse me while I go polish my balls ..." - BBfanboy
" - BBfanboyMay 27, 1942
May 27, 1942
No carrier action up in the NoPac and no sight of them. Suppose it might have been a false alarm. However, given what I wrote on Australia above, I decided not to reinforce the north just as John begins doing a quick grab of undefended northern coastal bases. What looks to be a brigade or regiment has landed at Broome. Luckily, Port Hedland is decently defended and he won't take it without a stronger effort than what he has shown here. Batavia still hasn't fallen but has 3-4 divisions and artillery sitting on it that can be used elsewhere once it falls.
No carrier action up in the NoPac and no sight of them. Suppose it might have been a false alarm. However, given what I wrote on Australia above, I decided not to reinforce the north just as John begins doing a quick grab of undefended northern coastal bases. What looks to be a brigade or regiment has landed at Broome. Luckily, Port Hedland is decently defended and he won't take it without a stronger effort than what he has shown here. Batavia still hasn't fallen but has 3-4 divisions and artillery sitting on it that can be used elsewhere once it falls.
"Now excuse me while I go polish my balls ..." - BBfanboy
" - BBfanboyMay 28, 1942
May 28, 1942
John continues to push up east of Calcutta, threatening encirclement, but I manage to evict (actually destroy because he tried attacking yesterday and significantly weakened his unit) the 8th Tank Regiment across the river between Ranchi and Asanol. So that's nice, a bunch of AFV's sent back to Japan that he'll have to rebuild. Nonetheless, he has a strong concentration of troops in the middle between Asanol, Ranchi, and Jamshedpur that can push in any direction. I'd imagine he is making a strong push for Jamshedpur, as he has perhaps an additional division moving south, as well as tanks moving south from Raipur. I have a British division and some brigade ~800AV chasing his tanks near Raipur but they are too fast. I am moving the British division up there down and a US ID over from Asanol to support my troops west of Jamshedpur.
What would you guys recommend here? Any suggestions? Any advice? Land combat is not my forte. Does the position look threatening and should I move north. Jamshedpur, Asanol, and Ranchi all have 3-4 forts.
John continues to push up east of Calcutta, threatening encirclement, but I manage to evict (actually destroy because he tried attacking yesterday and significantly weakened his unit) the 8th Tank Regiment across the river between Ranchi and Asanol. So that's nice, a bunch of AFV's sent back to Japan that he'll have to rebuild. Nonetheless, he has a strong concentration of troops in the middle between Asanol, Ranchi, and Jamshedpur that can push in any direction. I'd imagine he is making a strong push for Jamshedpur, as he has perhaps an additional division moving south, as well as tanks moving south from Raipur. I have a British division and some brigade ~800AV chasing his tanks near Raipur but they are too fast. I am moving the British division up there down and a US ID over from Asanol to support my troops west of Jamshedpur.
Ground combat at 52,33 (near Asansol)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 4714 troops, 66 guns, 157 vehicles, Assault Value = 196
Defending force 348 troops, 0 guns, 73 vehicles, Assault Value = 4
Allied adjusted assault: 57
Japanese adjusted defense: 3
Allied assault odds: 19 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), op mode(-), leaders(+), fatigue(-)
experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
Vehicles lost 77 (77 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1
Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
138th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
7th Armoured Brigade
Defending units:
8th Tank Regiment
What would you guys recommend here? Any suggestions? Any advice? Land combat is not my forte. Does the position look threatening and should I move north. Jamshedpur, Asanol, and Ranchi all have 3-4 forts.
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RE: May 28, 1942
I do not have strategic advice, but you can try play John's known weakness - aggressiveness - the same way Canoerebel did on numerous occasions in their land war. With just-in-time reinforcements against shock attacks. John seems to not be able to resist launching an attack if he sees weak forces in the hex [:)] Local road network is pretty developed to allow some unexpected moving in here and there.ORIGINAL: Anachro
What would you guys recommend here? Any suggestions? Any advice? Land combat is not my forte. Does the position look threatening and should I move north. Jamshedpur, Asanol, and Ranchi all have 3-4 forts.
Goes without saying that
1) Every base with heavy industry should go with at least a token fight, to trigger HI halving.
2) Every fighter and bomber in the western hemisphere should be active here, airfields permitting
RE: May 28, 1942
Allied tanks are generally superior and in 1942 the IJA has few anti-tank (rapid-fire) guns and very poor anti-hard numbers in their infantry formations. But any tank unit can be overwhelmed by large numbers of troops, so consolidate your good infantry with the tanks support and then smash his formations. Alternately, if you think you cannot take his infantry masses, use your tanks to cut off units like those retreating on the west side of that map. Mobility is your friend as long as you don't let him surround you.
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RE: May 28, 1942
ORIGINAL: GetAssista
I do not have strategic advice, but you can try play John's known weakness - aggressiveness - the same way Canoerebel did on numerous occasions in their land war. With just-in-time reinforcements against shock attacks. John seems to not be able to resist launching an attack if he sees weak forces in the hex [:)] Local road network is pretty developed to allow some unexpected moving in here and there.ORIGINAL: Anachro
What would you guys recommend here? Any suggestions? Any advice? Land combat is not my forte. Does the position look threatening and should I move north. Jamshedpur, Asanol, and Ranchi all have 3-4 forts.
Goes without saying that
1) Every base with heavy industry should go with at least a token fight, to trigger HI halving.
2) Every fighter and bomber in the western hemisphere should be active here, airfields permitting
1. I did somewhat in Calcutta but not to much effect it seems. Bombay and karachi are my two areas of absolute defense. I'll re-evaluate elsewhere. Based on John's movements so far I'd imagine he'll move north through the clear hexes rather than going through the mountainous regions in Indian's center. Sigint shows John landing more troops at Viza and he is starting to recon the paths to Madras. Madras has ~6 in forts and I would like to hold on to it until additional forces arrive there in October 42.
2. There has been a lot of attrition in the air war and currently John is sitting at ~3k airframes lost vs ~2k for me. Not sure if that's decent or subpar, but my airframe numbers can't keep up with the losses, especially for fighters. John seems to have the large majority of his fighters in India with paltry amounts elsewhere.
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