Stldiver (allied) vs BlackSunshine (Jpn) BigB Mod, The Sun will set early

[BlackSunshine]

Main IJN losses (DD Hibiki not shown [:(] )

[BlackSunshine]

Here is aircraft production. Hidden is my industry output.

[stldiver]

March 5th & 6th 1942

These two days are relatively quiet except in China Jesse has begun his attack on Puechang, achieving 1 to 1 then 2 to 1, reducing the forts to 4. I have plans for relief.

A Japanese submarine hits a mine at Singapore it should survive since its at Singapore, but at his other major bases he is sweeping like crazy. So my mine results have been much reduced with no hits for a while.

Naga in the Phillipines is receiving a lot of air attention and he has 3 divisions plus 4 SNLF's there. He should be attacking soon. These troops are battle vetrans and ready for the clash.

Elsewhere the pacific is quiet and the KB has disapeared for the moment, only if that moment would last a long time.[;)]

[stldiver]

March 7th and 8th 1942

Naga holds in the Phillipines as predicted by the Allied command, the allied forces had shifted some reinforcements to counter the Japanese 16th, 2nd and 56th divisions and they repulsed the first attack. As you can see we have build the fort levels to 5 from the previous 4. Unfortunatly daily bombings will not allow us to go further.

The japanese have over 25 units north of clark so we expect an attack there soon. As the case with Naga the troops are ready and eager.
This area is going to be a long fight for Jesse. But as always the case once an area cracks it will fall fast.

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Ground combat at Naga

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 75365 troops, 703 guns, 18 vehicles, Assault Value = 1417

Defending force 29612 troops, 221 guns, 218 vehicles, Assault Value = 840

Japanese max assault: 2602 - adjusted assault: 805

Allied max defense: 789 - adjusted defense: 2571

Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 5)

Japanese ground losses:
4268 casualties reported[:D]
Guns lost 99
Vehicles lost 12

Allied ground losses:
343 casualties reported
Guns lost 17
Vehicles lost 7

Medan falls allong with it some dutch units, the will be never more, he used the Imperial Guards to clean this area out, no stopping them.
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Ground combat at Medan

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 24144 troops, 275 guns, 121 vehicles, Assault Value = 537

Defending force 2827 troops, 12 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 24

Japanese max assault: 1028 - adjusted assault: 890

Allied max defense: 18 - adjusted defense: 19

Japanese assault odds: 46 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Medan base !!!


Japanese ground losses:
84 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
3916 casualties reported [:(]
Guns lost 5
Vehicles lost 1

In China Puecheng falls two more fort levels, here is the last day attack
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Ground combat at Pucheng

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 38014 troops, 412 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 699

Defending force 14339 troops, 18 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 381

Japanese max assault: 714 - adjusted assault: 184

Allied max defense: 374 - adjusted defense: 97

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 2 [:(]


Japanese ground losses:
831 casualties reported
Guns lost 18
Vehicles lost 2

Allied ground losses:
379 casualties reported

In the southern DEI, I tried to sneak two DD in to rescue the forces pushed out of Kendari, 1 DD may not make it home.
These Betty's flew from Ambonia
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Day Air attack on TF, near Pomala at 33,70

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 14
G4M1 Betty x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 2 damaged

Allied Ships
DD Pillsbury, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Whipple

All else is quiet except bombings of Mandalay, Port Morseby, Batavia.

[stldiver]

Puechang in china is reduced further and will fall in the next two days. My troops have an escape route, so the fight will continue. He is moving 2 units up the north trail, whether they attack or just bombard is illrelavant as the 4 units I have there are static.

The SS I-19 and a little DD Tomozuru both go down from previous wounds, aside from that just the usual bombings.

He has gone back to bombarding at Naga and bombing it heavily, obviously this is an obsession to have Naga [:-]

A small group of PT's raid out of Manila and get taught a lesson

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Night Time Surface Combat at 42,52

Japanese Ships
DD Yamagumo
DD Akatsuki
MSW W.15
MSW W.18
MSW W.19

Allied Ships
PT PT-41, Shell hits 8, and is sunk
PT PT-59, Shell hits 8, and is sunk
PT PT-60, Shell hits 8, and is sunk
PT PT-61

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Ground combat at Pucheng

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 36749 troops, 381 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 633

Defending force 13962 troops, 16 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 384

Japanese max assault: 538 - adjusted assault: 244

Allied max defense: 375 - adjusted defense: 151

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 1


Japanese ground losses:
1098 casualties reported
Guns lost 23

Allied ground losses:
302 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
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Ground combat at Pucheng

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 35366 troops, 351 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 562

Defending force 13576 troops, 14 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 383

Japanese max assault: 466 - adjusted assault: 264

Allied max defense: 374 - adjusted defense: 113

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0


Japanese ground losses:
356 casualties reported
Guns lost 9

Allied ground losses:
202 casualties reported

[stldiver]

Between vacations and work we have both slowed down a little, so here are the highlights of the last 6 days.

China Puechang falls, and my attack on his division west of Puechang barly fails, I went with 4 divisions and the magic bullet for chinese vs a Japanese division is 5 divisions, I knew I would be low but just missed by less then 100 AV. I also after reading several other AAR's and borrowing the suggestion offered the following to Jesse

"as to China, then other then bases we currently have contested or contested before, I will not attack further, except those you continue you to take. Thus the ones I believe I can push for are Puechang, and the bases that the gurerillas caputured ealier to the SE, Ichang, Hong Kong and Canton. This will not allow me to overun you early and it will prevent you from taking advantage and withdrawing because of no chance for attack. Jan 1st 44, all restrictions removed. I will also not fly any air attacks out of China more then 4 hex's until that time"

This is only fair as I also came to the conclusion as I moved my forces into attack position that he would be quickly pushed out of China, I also believe that with the increased supply and forces, something has to give, be it a combination reduction of forces in Big B mod or locking down at least 1/3 more, to give the japanese a chance to push a little. Even though he gained Puechang it was because I was thinking of assaulting Hanoi, I could have taken it easily but thought that would unbalance to early, so they are marching to Puechang to recapture the base.

Other then that the air war in China has disapeared.

Burma He bombs Mandalay and his division are 120 miles SW but he has only 2 there so he can ony sit and watch. I bomb the oil at Magwe occasionally and watch for an invasion, that cannot happen without the KB.

Phillipines Jesse continues to bomb Naga everthing else is static. No reinforcements spotted for his troops yet.

DEI Lilly's out of Palembang sank several AKs trying to take troops off the west side of the island, those efforts have stopped and on the 16th he began the invasion of Merak with 2 division plus support forces, the mini KB was spotted at Balikapapan, Kendari has a lot of transports so the invasion of Timor is imminent., He also bombed Darwin out of Ambonia but suffered AA losses and stopped after that.

South, Central, North Pacific all is quiet and I continue the build up.

The reason all is quiet is Jesse stated it had been a while since he played Japan and had not logistically moved up enough fuel to support his advance, he was rectifying this, unfortunatly he probably pulled the KB back to Truk or the Home Islands which means they could redeploy anywhere. We shall see.

[aztez]

Intresting proposal regarding China. Personally I would not be that confident there.
 
Japanese do carry a punch there and after all a lot of your Chinese troops are static. [:)]
Anyway, that is an genereous offer thouugh.
 
Our games will differ somewhat due to the diffrent map we are using.
 
Intresting. Keep it up.
 

[stldiver]

Hi Aztez,

My last AAR I won with China in stock and even though he has a large force there, I would rather keep China static, as in reality and let the war be fought elsewhere, as I believe would reflect actual events better. Its not over confidence, but just trying to be fair, if it is to my disadvantage I will accept the consequances obviously and big B mod does have a larger amount of troops then stock.

DEI, Merak falls with ease to the Japanese hoard and Batavia gets pounded from the Sea, not sure if Java can hold, are resistance is minimal at the moment.

all else quiet.

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Naval bombardment of Batavia, at 20,60

Japanese Ships
CL Kinu
CA Kumano
CA Suzuya
CA Mikuma
CA Mogami
CA Myoko
CA Chokai
BB Ise
BB Fuso


Allied ground losses:
2235 casualties reported
Guns lost 17
Vehicles lost 10

Airbase hits 6
Runway hits 35
Port hits 23
Port fuel hits 2
Port supply hits 6
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Ground combat at Merak

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 48025 troops, 575 guns, 21 vehicles, Assault Value = 923

Defending force 4280 troops, 48 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 104

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1

Japanese max assault: 1514 - adjusted assault: 2268

Allied max defense: 98 - adjusted defense: 7 This unit was 100percent prep for batavia, should have moved it.

Japanese assault odds: 324 to 1 (fort level 1)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Merak base !!!


Japanese ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Allied ground losses:
550 casualties reported
Guns lost 31


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

[stldiver]

Aside from occasional bombings, the world is really quiet, 2 Day turns are great for these slow times, and as an allied player I am very happy to advance out of March and Japanese landing bonus, another drop in zero bonus.

To clear things up with a picture I will post china with the bases that I have had troops in and contested or held prior to my offer to make no advances other then these. This does not eliminate the fact that I can bomb other bases, surround them, I just cannot capture bases besides the ones I circled or currently own., so I will still be busy, just a lower tempo version.

[stldiver]

Well its been a few days since the last update, Jesse has greater responsibilities and opportunities at work that has lead to a slow down in turns.
Since the last update we have advanced 6 days to March 26th. I will do theatre updates to catch up.

Burma Constant bombings of Mandalay have increased I am putting up no opposition at the moment.
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Day Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 45
G3M Nell x 36
G4M1 Betty x 9
Ki-21 Sally x 34
Ki-49 Helen x 52

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged

Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 12

China Part of AVG appeared for one day and achieved a little success other then that pretty stable.
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Day Air attack on 46th Regional Army Corps, at 43,41

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 10
Ki-48 Lily x 14
Ki-46-II Dinah x 2
Ki-15 Babs x 4

Allied aircraft
P-40E-1-CU Warhawk x 11

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 2 destroyed
Ki-48 Lily: 3 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E-1-CU Warhawk: 2 damaged


Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported

DEI Batavia falls easily to 2 divisions and Bde, I was hoping to hold but constant bombings had weakened forces. Next line is being setup. Timor is invaded at latuem, a dutch sub there is rudly treated, I have no ground forces there.
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Ground combat at Batavia

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 49772 troops, 592 guns, 22 vehicles, Assault Value = 1202

Defending force 14847 troops, 45 guns, 49 vehicles, Assault Value = 223

Japanese max assault: 905 - adjusted assault: 792

Allied max defense: 199 - adjusted defense: 87

Japanese assault odds: 9 to 1 (fort level 5)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Batavia base !!!


Japanese ground losses:
251 casualties reported
Guns lost 15

Allied ground losses:
2542 casualties reported [:(]
Guns lost 10
Vehicles lost 2

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
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ASW attack near Lautem at 33,77

Japanese Ships
PC Ch 11
PG Nanpo Maru
MSW Banshu Maru #56
MSW Banshu Maru #52

Allied Ships
SS KXII, hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
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TF 20 troops unloading over beach at Lautem, 33,77


Japanese ground losses:
29 casualties reported This appears to be just one unit

Phillipines Naga is getting plastered with daily heavy bombings but the troops are holding up well, he is bombarding with his troops.
I will attach a screenshot that shows troops involved. Clark is also under bombardment by troops but not the air. I have more troops at Clark,
but not at Naga, more are shifting as we speak.
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Ground combat at Naga

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 64889 troops, 586 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 1336

Defending force 27997 troops, 177 guns, 168 vehicles, Assault Value = 748

Japanese ground losses:
2 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
56 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
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Ground combat at Clark Field

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 20115 troops, 269 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 610

Defending force 34622 troops, 179 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 893

Allied ground losses:
127 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Central, Southern, North Pacific All quiet.

[stldiver]

March 27th and 28th.

The Timor falls, and I bag a MSW and AP, unfortunatly the KB shows up south of Noumea and bags much more then that.
I like it better when I didn't know where they were. Its been a while since I did a turn, but I definatly lost a lot of troops here.
Didn't look to closely. On a lighter note I have Jesse right where I want him, over confident with his success and victories!!!!
Well maybe he has me right where he wants me never the less, PI will soon be the main focus as he definatly has brought in
more troops.

Here are some clips.
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/27/42
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Day Air attack on TF, near Lautem at 33,77


Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 39
B-25C Mitchell x 21

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
PG Nanpo Maru
MSW Banshu Maru #52, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
AP Minryo Maru
AP Kyuma Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
AP Kisaragi Maru
AP Mikage Maru #20
AP Ryoyu Maru #21
AP Otake Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
MSW Banshu Maru #56
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Day Air attack on TF, near Lautem at 33,77

Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 22
B-25C Mitchell x 13

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
PG Nanpo Maru
AP Kisaragi Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AP Mikage Maru #20
AP Otake Maru, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AP Kyuma Maru, on fire
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Ground combat at Lautem

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 439 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 14

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

Japanese max assault: 11 - adjusted assault: 13

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 13 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Lautem base !!!
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/28/42
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Day Air attack on TF at 65,119 KB shows up, Transports where 1 day from Noumea, all but two will sink

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 38
D3A Val x 48
B5N Kate x 85

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A Val: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
AK Mahimahi, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Atlantic, Bomb hits 4, on fire
AK Mormachawk, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AK Mormacgull, Bomb hits 7, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Georgian, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Tern, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AK Andrea Luckenbach, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Allied ground losses:
911 casualties reported [:(]
Vehicles lost 1
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Day Air attack on TF at 65,119

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 24
D3A Val x 43
B5N Kate x 16

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AK Andrea Luckenbach, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Atlantic, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Georgian, on fire, heavy damage

Allied ground losses:
95 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1
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Day Air attack on TF at 65,119

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 6
D3A Val x 21

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AK Andrea Luckenbach, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage

Allied ground losses:
122 casualties reported