ORIGINAL: TheLoneGunman
In the meantime, I'd start deploying any additional assets you have to either naval search or ASW in those areas. You don't need to hit the subs, just detect them so they need to submerge and stop taking pot shots are your ships.
I'd also put together some ASW TFs if you have any spare DDs around and try to turn the hunters into the hunted.
Edit: 20 pages! Congrats GJ!
I'm doing that...and his subs, in the last 10 turns, have become a little bit less terrible...just a little bit, mind you!
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 27, 42
Another day of bloody noses....
A strong ducth Bde has conquered back Sebang, annihilating the base force i had airlifted there...[:(]
CL+DDs spotted west of Java...he's up to something there...my Betties, as always, refuse to fly[:-]
At Ambon the newly landed regiment turns the table and we achieve a 2-1....even if the bombers from menado refused to fly in support...2-1 and hopefully tomorrow we'll have the base.
Short of everything everywhere...not enough supplies at palembang (en route)...not enough air and naval cover for a further advance in the DEI...he's making every base a fortress...and every landing of mine a dice and roll.... QBall really knows his job!
In China we tried to attack and destroy the first pocket...i was so stupid to attack a mass that was reported only with 30,000 men....they were 80,000!!!!!! and they repulsed our shock attack, mauling a regiment so badly that now it's 30/90[X(]....hard to say if we'll manage to close the pockets...i don't have enough forces to keep them shut for a long time....and my infantry is slow...really slow....
In Burma his gurka bde smashed my paras at Pegu, killing them all....[:o]
overall, a bad turn
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Ground combat at Nanyang (85,45)
my tanks conquer an abbandoned Nanyang...
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 3742 troops, 8 guns, 439 vehicles, Assault Value = 270
Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0
Japanese adjusted assault: 211
Allied adjusted defense: 1
Japanese assault odds: 211 to 1 (fort level 2)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Nanyang !!!
Combat modifiers
Attacker:
Assaulting units:
5th Tank Regiment
3rd Tank Regiment
20th Recon Regiment
9th Tank Regiment
12th Tank Regiment
15th Tank Regiment
1st Recon Regiment
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Ground combat at 86,46 (near Nanyang)..
.i'm an idiot!!!!!!! a shock attack?! Stupid asshole!
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 12945 troops, 88 guns, 73 vehicles, Assault Value = 440
Defending force 42645 troops, 227 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 932
Japanese adjusted assault: 235
Allied adjusted defense: 321
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2
Combat modifiers
Defender: experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+)
Japanese ground losses:
2589 casualties reported
Squads: 84 destroyed, 115 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 14 disabled
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 6 disabled
Guns lost 14 (1 destroyed, 13 disabled)
Vehicles lost 9 (1 destroyed, 8 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
705 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 128 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 20 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Assaulting units:
116th/B Division
13th Tank Regiment
138th Infantry Regiment
116th/C Division
Defending units:
7th Chinese Corps
12th Chinese Corps
29th Chinese Corps
13th Chinese Corps
84th Chinese Corps
2nd Group Army
21st Group Army
3rd Group Army
31st Group Army
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Ground combat at Ambon (76,109)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 9660 troops, 87 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 301
Defending force 2163 troops, 30 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 48
Japanese adjusted assault: 178
Allied adjusted defense: 82
Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 2)
Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), morale(-), experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
86 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Allied ground losses:
334 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 16 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
Kure 1st SNLF
Kure 2nd SNLF
146th Infantry Regiment
Sasebo 2nd SNLF
Defending units:
Molukken Garrison Battalion
Ambon Defenses
Ambon Base Force
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Ground combat at Sabang (44,70)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 3107 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 103
Defending force 885 troops, 7 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 10
Allied adjusted assault: 95
Japanese adjusted defense: 3
Allied assault odds: 31 to 1 (fort level 0)
Allied forces CAPTURE Sabang !!!
Combat modifiers
Defender: leaders(+), leaders(-), preparation(-), fatigue(-)
experience(-)
Attacker: leaders(+)
Japanese ground losses:
189 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 11 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
NS KNIL Territory Regiment
Defending units:
82nd JAAF AF Bn
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Ground combat at Pegu (55,53)
Allied Shock attack
Attacking force 2605 troops, 26 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 94
Defending force 403 troops, 8 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 18
Allied adjusted assault: 166
Japanese adjusted defense: 1
Allied assault odds: 166 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: leaders(+), disruption(-), preparation(-), supply(-)
Attacker: shock(+)
Japanese ground losses:
395 casualties reported[:@][:@][:@][:@][:@][:@]
Squads: 43 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 11 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 9 (9 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1
Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
48th Gurkha Brigade
4th Burma Rifles Battalion
Defending units:
Yokosuka 1st SNLF /1
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82nd JAAF AF Bn Wiped Out at Sabang by attrition!!!
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