Troop Landings:
IJN Troops come ashore at Wewak
Luzon Air Attacks:
Airfield attacks at Bataan, Clark and Manila designed to stop or at least slow down the building of forts.
Sallies and Lillies hit enemy ground units at Clark in what will be a slow process of weakening them.
Malaya Air Attacks:
Sallies and Lillies attack ground units at Johore Bahru to no effect.
Sallies attack enemy ground units at Malacca doing some decent damage to the 11th Indian Division.
More Sallies attack the 8th Indian Brigade in the jungle between Temuloh and Kuantan.
Chinese Air Attacks:
Attacks against enemy troops at Chengchow, Wuchow
Various aircraft attack the airfield at Wuchow scoring some hits.
Ground Combat:
A simply artillery strike at Manila reveals how weak the defenders are - only 250 AS here.
An attack at Batangas clears the base and wipes out 2 PA Infantry Division and the Aviation unit. These troops will march for Manila.
The attack Davao goes successful and both enemy Battalions there surrender.
My Troops at Ternate capture the base without trouble destroying the small base force there.
Unfortunately my attack at Manado fails - looking over the troops they are very disrupted so I will give them a day or two to recover before attacking again.
The British 3rd Cavalry Rgt attacked my paratroopers at Johore Bahru trying to clear the escape route, but the paratroopers resist with no casualties !!
Xargun
More Variants - The End of Western Imperialism - No Nomad please (Feb 1944)
Moderators: wdolson, MOD_War-in-the-Pacific-Admirals-Edition
Dec 29th, 1941
Malaya Air Attacks:
Air attacks ordered to concentrate on enemy troops at Malacca to support the planned attack there.
The bulk of my air units (Sallies) did not fly due to Heavy rain at their airfield.
Luzon Air Attacks:
Air attacks ordered to concentrate on enemy troops at Manila to support the planned attack there.
China Air Attacks:
Air attacks against troops and airfield at Wuchow.
Ground Attacks:
My attack at Manila did not capture the base, but achieved 1:1 odds and surprisingly there are no forts there !! While I wait for the troops from Lucena to arrive in 2 days, I will continue to attack on the off chance I get a lucky die roll.
The attack at Malacca did not succeed, but the forces are fairly evenly matched. I have 2 more regiments arriving in the next turn which should allow me to kick the 11th Indian Division out.
My men at Temuloh crushed the defenders capturing the base and opening the other rail line. Now it looks like just a single enemy unit to the south.
Wewak is captured by my naval forces.
Surprising, the Indian Division attacked me at Malacca. As the defender I inflicted twice the casualties upon him as I took.
Xargun
Air attacks ordered to concentrate on enemy troops at Malacca to support the planned attack there.
The bulk of my air units (Sallies) did not fly due to Heavy rain at their airfield.
Luzon Air Attacks:
Air attacks ordered to concentrate on enemy troops at Manila to support the planned attack there.
China Air Attacks:
Air attacks against troops and airfield at Wuchow.
Ground Attacks:
My attack at Manila did not capture the base, but achieved 1:1 odds and surprisingly there are no forts there !! While I wait for the troops from Lucena to arrive in 2 days, I will continue to attack on the off chance I get a lucky die roll.
The attack at Malacca did not succeed, but the forces are fairly evenly matched. I have 2 more regiments arriving in the next turn which should allow me to kick the 11th Indian Division out.
My men at Temuloh crushed the defenders capturing the base and opening the other rail line. Now it looks like just a single enemy unit to the south.
Wewak is captured by my naval forces.
Surprising, the Indian Division attacked me at Malacca. As the defender I inflicted twice the casualties upon him as I took.
Xargun
Dec 30th, 1941
Malaya Air Attacks:
Bombers concentrated on the 11th Indian Division at Malacca this turn inflicting decent damage to the enemy squads there. More units arrive at Malacca and an attack is scheduled for tomorrow.
Ground Combats:
IJA Troops assaulted Manila with no air support and take the base destroying nearly 13,000 enemy troops !!
Manila:
The base facilities are beat to hell but the industry is not bad - only a few resources and industry are damaged. The repair yard is at half and I am going to repair it back to at least level 15 to support heavy cruisers.
The troops there are getting a day of rest while the artillery begins moving to Clark Field for the next major battle.
A bunch of new units showed up today - only one real combat unit, the rest are base forces all over the empire - several in the Marshalls.
Xargun
Bombers concentrated on the 11th Indian Division at Malacca this turn inflicting decent damage to the enemy squads there. More units arrive at Malacca and an attack is scheduled for tomorrow.
Ground Combats:
IJA Troops assaulted Manila with no air support and take the base destroying nearly 13,000 enemy troops !!
Manila:
The base facilities are beat to hell but the industry is not bad - only a few resources and industry are damaged. The repair yard is at half and I am going to repair it back to at least level 15 to support heavy cruisers.
The troops there are getting a day of rest while the artillery begins moving to Clark Field for the next major battle.
A bunch of new units showed up today - only one real combat unit, the rest are base forces all over the empire - several in the Marshalls.
Xargun
Dec 31st, 1941
Luzon Air Attacks:
My Naval bombers are hitting the Airfield at Bataan to prevent forts, but despite damage, the field there seems to be in good repair. Must be a bunch of engineers there building defenses I would guess.
Sallies and Lillies are plastering troops at Clark Field.
Malaya Air Attacks:
Sallies and Lillies here are concentrating on Malacca to support the attack there.
Ground Combats:
My troops at Manado fail again to take the base.
IJA Cavalry Troops take Mergui completing my occupation of the coastal bases.
IJA Troops and Tanks at Malacca capture an unoccupied base - the Indian division has fled southward.
Xargun
My Naval bombers are hitting the Airfield at Bataan to prevent forts, but despite damage, the field there seems to be in good repair. Must be a bunch of engineers there building defenses I would guess.
Sallies and Lillies are plastering troops at Clark Field.
Malaya Air Attacks:
Sallies and Lillies here are concentrating on Malacca to support the attack there.
Ground Combats:
My troops at Manado fail again to take the base.
IJA Cavalry Troops take Mergui completing my occupation of the coastal bases.
IJA Troops and Tanks at Malacca capture an unoccupied base - the Indian division has fled southward.
Xargun
Jan 1st, 1941
Malaya Air Attacks:
With the capture of Malacca, air strikes here are moved to Johore Bahru.
Not much else is happening as troops are moving everywhere.
Xargun
With the capture of Malacca, air strikes here are moved to Johore Bahru.
Not much else is happening as troops are moving everywhere.
Xargun
Jan 2nd, 1941
Air attacks are concentrating on Clark Field and Johore Bharu in anticipation of upcoming attacks.
Troops Landing:
Troops from Ternate have been picked up and are now coming ashore at Manado to reinforce the troops already there.
Xargun
Troops Landing:
Troops from Ternate have been picked up and are now coming ashore at Manado to reinforce the troops already there.
Xargun
Jan 3rd, 1941
Ground Combat:
In Tsiaotso China, my troops attack the Chinese troops and are repulsed. But we inflicted twice what we lost.
With the reinforcements, my men at Manado capture the base as the enemy flees into the jungle.
Luzon:
More air attacks at Clark, trying to weaken the defenders. I plan an assault as soon as all the troops arrive from Manila in a day or two.
Xargun
In Tsiaotso China, my troops attack the Chinese troops and are repulsed. But we inflicted twice what we lost.
With the reinforcements, my men at Manado capture the base as the enemy flees into the jungle.
Luzon:
More air attacks at Clark, trying to weaken the defenders. I plan an assault as soon as all the troops arrive from Manila in a day or two.
Xargun
Jan 4th, 1942
A very slow turn consisting of troops and ships moving as well as a few bombing runs in China and Luzon.
My garrisons in Kwangtung are all sorted and I am about half way down with China - probably here is that my bases are not connected yet so its hard to move troops from the Eastern half to the Western or Southern bases. Non-garrison troops are starting to move towards frontline bases to encounter the Chinese troops and destroy them.
Xargun
My garrisons in Kwangtung are all sorted and I am about half way down with China - probably here is that my bases are not connected yet so its hard to move troops from the Eastern half to the Western or Southern bases. Non-garrison troops are starting to move towards frontline bases to encounter the Chinese troops and destroy them.
Xargun
Jan 5th, 1942
Not a whole lot going on as this turn is concentrated on Clark Field in Luzon. Air attacks keep hitting worthless base units so we're not really lowering the effective combat strength of the enemy troops via air attacks.
Ground Combats:
Another attack by my tanks at Tsiaotso inflicted over double my own losses on the entrenched Chinese forces (level 3 forts). I have a division of troops on its way here, but it will be several days before they arrive.
The attack at Clark Field was repulsed but the forts were lowered to 0.
My attack in the jungles of Malaya failed to dislodge the 8th Indian Brigade despite getting 9:1 odds.
Xargun
Ground Combats:
Another attack by my tanks at Tsiaotso inflicted over double my own losses on the entrenched Chinese forces (level 3 forts). I have a division of troops on its way here, but it will be several days before they arrive.
The attack at Clark Field was repulsed but the forts were lowered to 0.
My attack in the jungles of Malaya failed to dislodge the 8th Indian Brigade despite getting 9:1 odds.
Xargun
Jan 6th, 1942
Air Attacks:
Air attacks continue against Clark Field troops.
Bombers in Malaya are given a couple days of R&R while mechanics repair up every bomber for the push into Singapore.
Bombers in China are stood down - the AVG keeps popping up and killing unescorted bombers - so I need to rethink the air war here. I don't have enough Nates to fully equip the units in China so air activities may just be suspended for a bit.
Ground Combats:
I was all psyched up for a big attack at Johore Bahru only to learn the cowardly 11th Indian Division ran away and into Singapore leaving my troops the capture an empty base.
My attack at Clark Field inflicted nearly even losses and was only a 1:2 odds. My troops are a bit fatigued and disrupted so I will give them the day off with plans for a followup attack on the next.
My two Regiments in the jungles south of Temuloh shocked attacked and destroyed the 8th Indian Brigade.
IJN Troops walked across the river and shock attacked into Cotabato. Losses were minimal on both sides. The III/66th Naval Guard unit will wait for reinforcements before attacking.
Xargun
Air attacks continue against Clark Field troops.
Bombers in Malaya are given a couple days of R&R while mechanics repair up every bomber for the push into Singapore.
Bombers in China are stood down - the AVG keeps popping up and killing unescorted bombers - so I need to rethink the air war here. I don't have enough Nates to fully equip the units in China so air activities may just be suspended for a bit.
Ground Combats:
I was all psyched up for a big attack at Johore Bahru only to learn the cowardly 11th Indian Division ran away and into Singapore leaving my troops the capture an empty base.
My attack at Clark Field inflicted nearly even losses and was only a 1:2 odds. My troops are a bit fatigued and disrupted so I will give them the day off with plans for a followup attack on the next.
My two Regiments in the jungles south of Temuloh shocked attacked and destroyed the 8th Indian Brigade.
IJN Troops walked across the river and shock attacked into Cotabato. Losses were minimal on both sides. The III/66th Naval Guard unit will wait for reinforcements before attacking.
Xargun
Jan 7th, 1942
Ground Attacks:
An artillery attack was scheduled at Clark Field to not allow the enemy troops any rest. The attack was lackluster.
IJN Troops captured Morotai.
IJA Troops captured Sidate driving the fleeing allies deeper into the jungle.
Not much else happened except air attacks against troops at Clark Field.
Overall I have a couple invasions in the works - one should land next turn and the second is just loading up now and will be 4-5 days away - but is the most important invasion of the game. At least from the Japanese side - if you have any experience playing the Japanese you will know the target I am talking about.
Xargun
An artillery attack was scheduled at Clark Field to not allow the enemy troops any rest. The attack was lackluster.
IJN Troops captured Morotai.
IJA Troops captured Sidate driving the fleeing allies deeper into the jungle.
Not much else happened except air attacks against troops at Clark Field.
Overall I have a couple invasions in the works - one should land next turn and the second is just loading up now and will be 4-5 days away - but is the most important invasion of the game. At least from the Japanese side - if you have any experience playing the Japanese you will know the target I am talking about.
Xargun
Jan 8th, 1942
Ground Combat:
My attack at Clark was repulsed again
But I am inflicting more losses than I am suffering. This will be a grind for a bit as I struggle against 17 enemy units holding Clark. My bombers don't seem to be doing much damage - mostly hitting noncombative units. But its a fight I will win in the end. The only difference is how long his engineers at Bataan have to build forts. Not that they will help much as I will simply starve them out before attacking. Manila harbor is nice, but not a necessity for future operations.
Troop Landings:
IJN troops come ashore at Tandjoengpinang (island base SE of Singapore) as well as at Kavieng. Once Tandjoengpinang falls the unit will stay there until Singapore falls most likely. As for Kavieng, I have a base force enroute to starting building up the airfield.
Car Division 1 is back at sea and will be escorting the invasion force to Palembang. Two regiments of infantry, a full base force and another regiment of tanks will be the invasion force. They are fully loaded and leaving CRB this turn. I have some DMS racing from Hong Kong to meet up with them on the off chance he has laid mines there.
The two invasion fleets have a heavy cruiser and multiple destroyers each to fend off the CD guns there and a BB-led combat TF is also escorting for the quick night time naval charge defense. I don't expect problems, but Nomad still has the Repulse (and Warspite if its in the area) as well as the Houston, Boise and several other Dutch CLs to throw away. So I am covering all my bases. I have a full sentai (45 aircraft) of Zeros waiting to land at Palembang and protect her from enemy bombers.
Once Kavieng is taken and the base force is landed I will possibly land more engineers there to build the AF up to level 2 faster. I am tempted to begin the Rabaul attack in a couple days, but I only have Car Div 2 to protect it and if his CVs are in the area that would be a fairly even fight - I have better fighters, but he has better bombs. I may wait until after Palembang falls and Car Div 1 can join the endeavor. Six vs 3 is much better than 3 vs 3.
Xargun
My attack at Clark was repulsed again
But I am inflicting more losses than I am suffering. This will be a grind for a bit as I struggle against 17 enemy units holding Clark. My bombers don't seem to be doing much damage - mostly hitting noncombative units. But its a fight I will win in the end. The only difference is how long his engineers at Bataan have to build forts. Not that they will help much as I will simply starve them out before attacking. Manila harbor is nice, but not a necessity for future operations.Troop Landings:
IJN troops come ashore at Tandjoengpinang (island base SE of Singapore) as well as at Kavieng. Once Tandjoengpinang falls the unit will stay there until Singapore falls most likely. As for Kavieng, I have a base force enroute to starting building up the airfield.
Car Division 1 is back at sea and will be escorting the invasion force to Palembang. Two regiments of infantry, a full base force and another regiment of tanks will be the invasion force. They are fully loaded and leaving CRB this turn. I have some DMS racing from Hong Kong to meet up with them on the off chance he has laid mines there.
The two invasion fleets have a heavy cruiser and multiple destroyers each to fend off the CD guns there and a BB-led combat TF is also escorting for the quick night time naval charge defense. I don't expect problems, but Nomad still has the Repulse (and Warspite if its in the area) as well as the Houston, Boise and several other Dutch CLs to throw away. So I am covering all my bases. I have a full sentai (45 aircraft) of Zeros waiting to land at Palembang and protect her from enemy bombers.
Once Kavieng is taken and the base force is landed I will possibly land more engineers there to build the AF up to level 2 faster. I am tempted to begin the Rabaul attack in a couple days, but I only have Car Div 2 to protect it and if his CVs are in the area that would be a fairly even fight - I have better fighters, but he has better bombs. I may wait until after Palembang falls and Car Div 1 can join the endeavor. Six vs 3 is much better than 3 vs 3.
Xargun
Jan 9th, 1942
Ground Combat:
My troops in china attacked the enemy at Kweisui inflicting heavy casualties and forcing most of them to retreat out of the base.
At Clark I am repulsed again. Going to rest my troops for a day and try to think of something else.
IJN Troops capture Kavieng.
IJN Troops capture Tandjoengpinang.
IJN Troops storm ashore at Jolo.
HDMLs out of Singapore attack my invasion TF at Tandjoengpinang during the night. They only close within 8,000 yards before the battles are over - they did not close within their weapon range. During the second encounter with the HDMLs, xAK Kinkasan landed a deck gun shot on one HDML leaving her adrift and fires burning brightly.
My bombers at Clark still cannot seem to target actual combat troops and keep disabling more non-combat squads.
Allied bombers from Palembang attack my invasion TF at Tandjoengpinag. In four separate attacks (6 139WH-3s each time) they only managed to land a single 300kg bomb on one xAK.
Xargun
My troops in china attacked the enemy at Kweisui inflicting heavy casualties and forcing most of them to retreat out of the base.
At Clark I am repulsed again. Going to rest my troops for a day and try to think of something else.
IJN Troops capture Kavieng.
IJN Troops capture Tandjoengpinang.
IJN Troops storm ashore at Jolo.
HDMLs out of Singapore attack my invasion TF at Tandjoengpinang during the night. They only close within 8,000 yards before the battles are over - they did not close within their weapon range. During the second encounter with the HDMLs, xAK Kinkasan landed a deck gun shot on one HDML leaving her adrift and fires burning brightly.
My bombers at Clark still cannot seem to target actual combat troops and keep disabling more non-combat squads.
Allied bombers from Palembang attack my invasion TF at Tandjoengpinag. In four separate attacks (6 139WH-3s each time) they only managed to land a single 300kg bomb on one xAK.
Xargun
Jan 10th, 1942
Ground Combat:
My troops at Kweisui smash the Chinese there forcing them to retreat.
Air Attacks:
Air attacks at Clark finally manage to target some enemy combat units inflicting half dozen squad losses on them.
I started the bombing campaign against Singapore with my bombers coming in at 12k. That was not a great choice as roughly 15 bombers were lost to flak over Singapore for minimal gain. Not sure if bombing from the air will really make much difference here.
My troops in Malaya are gathering at Johore Bahru and coming off the rails. I will attempt to build as many full divisions as possible before crossing into Singapore as they handle the attacks much better.
Xargun
My troops at Kweisui smash the Chinese there forcing them to retreat.
Air Attacks:
Air attacks at Clark finally manage to target some enemy combat units inflicting half dozen squad losses on them.
I started the bombing campaign against Singapore with my bombers coming in at 12k. That was not a great choice as roughly 15 bombers were lost to flak over Singapore for minimal gain. Not sure if bombing from the air will really make much difference here.
My troops in Malaya are gathering at Johore Bahru and coming off the rails. I will attempt to build as many full divisions as possible before crossing into Singapore as they handle the attacks much better.
Xargun
Jan 11th, 1942
Sub Warfare:
Dutch subs show up again putting a torpedo into an xAK and a PB without suffering any damage in return. The PB breaks apart and sinks afterwards.
Ground Combats:
My Infantry division arrives and helps in the attack at TSiaotso but the Chinese hold and repulse my attack. I only get 1:2 odds, but inflict nearly 50% more casualties on the Chinese than I take.
At Clark I achieve 1:1 odds with my shock attack but can't seem to quite get enough to take the base.
IJA Regiment makes short work on the PA Battalion at Catabato adding the base to the Empire.
Xargun
Dutch subs show up again putting a torpedo into an xAK and a PB without suffering any damage in return. The PB breaks apart and sinks afterwards.
Ground Combats:
My Infantry division arrives and helps in the attack at TSiaotso but the Chinese hold and repulse my attack. I only get 1:2 odds, but inflict nearly 50% more casualties on the Chinese than I take.
At Clark I achieve 1:1 odds with my shock attack but can't seem to quite get enough to take the base.
IJA Regiment makes short work on the PA Battalion at Catabato adding the base to the Empire.
Xargun
Jan 12th, 1942
Ground Combat:
Another failed attack at Clark. I get 1:1 odds again but just can't get enough to take the base Watching the combat I'm not sure where they are getting the strength to resist when the best AS they have is like 30 left. The adjusted assault strength is whats saving them.
Talking with Nomad to address his concerns that we may have a huge lull in the action between the time I get Sams and when he gets enough deckspace and Corsairs to challenge me so we have made a database change moving up the arrival dates for the F4U-4 Corsair and the F8F-1 Bearcat by 8 months each (to 4/44 and 6/44 respectively). Otherwise he feels - and I mostly agree with him - we will have a big lull in the action between mid/late 43 until 45 when these planes arrive normally.
We also both agreed to make changes to the Variant rules as we see how this game plays out.
The bulk of my factories reorganization is finally over and my daily supplies are now in the positive - hasn't been this way since day 2 of the war. My current aircraft factories as almost all built out and my engines are still expanding - and will be for some time - to reach the goals I think I will need. Armaments have been expanded to 720 and vehicles to 150.
Xargun
Another failed attack at Clark. I get 1:1 odds again but just can't get enough to take the base
Watching the combat I'm not sure where they are getting the strength to resist when the best AS they have is like 30 left. The adjusted assault strength is whats saving them.Talking with Nomad to address his concerns that we may have a huge lull in the action between the time I get Sams and when he gets enough deckspace and Corsairs to challenge me so we have made a database change moving up the arrival dates for the F4U-4 Corsair and the F8F-1 Bearcat by 8 months each (to 4/44 and 6/44 respectively). Otherwise he feels - and I mostly agree with him - we will have a big lull in the action between mid/late 43 until 45 when these planes arrive normally.
We also both agreed to make changes to the Variant rules as we see how this game plays out.
The bulk of my factories reorganization is finally over and my daily supplies are now in the positive - hasn't been this way since day 2 of the war. My current aircraft factories as almost all built out and my engines are still expanding - and will be for some time - to reach the goals I think I will need. Armaments have been expanded to 720 and vehicles to 150.
Xargun
Jan 13th, 1942
Ground Combat:
My attack at Clark is repulsed again with 1:1 odds. I am giving my troops the next day off to rest and reduce fatigue/disruption and then hopefully a shock attack will break the base. I did inflict twice the losses on the enemy as we took - with all of our losses being disables and most of theirs being destroyed.
IJN Troops attacked the fleeing allies in the jungle near Sidate routing them further into the jungle.
Troop Landings:
My TFs arrive at Palembang without issue - and there seems to be no mines !!! Troops come ashore with minimal losses, though in the afternoon an LSD and xAK-t take a few hits from shore batteries. All troops and tanks are ashore and have been ordered to attack. I have Car Div 1 nearby - avoiding sub infested waters - and all Vals have been ordered to support the ground attack.
IJN troops come ashore at Muntok as well and will take that base next turn.
After further discussions Nomad and I have come up with another Special Rule for our game - mostly to address what could possibly be a long 8-16 month lull in the action during late 43 til end of 44. This may not be the final verbiage of the rule but is has the gist of it.
Xargun
My attack at Clark is repulsed again with 1:1 odds. I am giving my troops the next day off to rest and reduce fatigue/disruption and then hopefully a shock attack will break the base. I did inflict twice the losses on the enemy as we took - with all of our losses being disables and most of theirs being destroyed.
IJN Troops attacked the fleeing allies in the jungle near Sidate routing them further into the jungle.
Troop Landings:
My TFs arrive at Palembang without issue - and there seems to be no mines !!! Troops come ashore with minimal losses, though in the afternoon an LSD and xAK-t take a few hits from shore batteries. All troops and tanks are ashore and have been ordered to attack. I have Car Div 1 nearby - avoiding sub infested waters - and all Vals have been ordered to support the ground attack.
IJN troops come ashore at Muntok as well and will take that base next turn.
After further discussions Nomad and I have come up with another Special Rule for our game - mostly to address what could possibly be a long 8-16 month lull in the action during late 43 til end of 44. This may not be the final verbiage of the rule but is has the gist of it.
As we get closer to the date in question Nomad will pick which aircraft he wants and adjust the date and set the other one back to its normal arrival date.Thinking about the allied airframe advance, If it is put in as a special then I would suggest something like the following:
If the Japanese player advanced an airframe from 1945 into 1943 by any means, in the month that it becomes available
the Allied player may advance a like airframe to arrive 6 months later, but that airframe must have been advanced
via Variant points to its maximum advancement. This would be most likely 6 months advancement. So if the Allied
player did not advance a jet fighter 6 months, then he would not be able to advance it now. The Allied player must
match CV to CV airframe, and non CV air frame to non CV airframe.
The idea is that the Allied player must spend Variant points to advance an aircraft for it to be available for this
rule. Otherwise an Allied player could just not advance anything banking on the Japanese player doing it for him.
Xargun
Jan 14th, 1942
Sub Warfare:
Many subs have been spotted in the waters around Palembang, but luckily none attempted an attack on Car Div 1. one did try to attack a DD that was part of the invasion TF but they missed. My DDs pounced on the dutch sub and damaged it. Whether it will head home or not is unknown.
Ground Combat:
My attack at Palembang failed. I may not have brought enough troops. I am loading up another regiment of troops at Saigon and they will move to Palembang but it will take a couple days. I am giving it one more attack before I decide to wait or not.
My attack at Muntok takes the unoccupied enemy base and the troops there begin the trek to the other end of the island to take that base.
Xargun
Many subs have been spotted in the waters around Palembang, but luckily none attempted an attack on Car Div 1. one did try to attack a DD that was part of the invasion TF but they missed. My DDs pounced on the dutch sub and damaged it. Whether it will head home or not is unknown.
Ground Combat:
My attack at Palembang failed. I may not have brought enough troops. I am loading up another regiment of troops at Saigon and they will move to Palembang but it will take a couple days. I am giving it one more attack before I decide to wait or not.
My attack at Muntok takes the unoccupied enemy base and the troops there begin the trek to the other end of the island to take that base.
Xargun
Jan 15th, 1942
Air Attacks:
Not sure how he did it, but Nomad got off several night air strikes against Car Div 1 with 0% moonlight - I can't even get my Betties to fly night strikes with 100% moonlight. In four attacks, total of 16 139WH-3s attack Car Div 1. Luckily they all missed - those 300kg bombs could have put a CV in the shop for a month easy.
Ground Combat:
My shock attack at Tsiaotso was repulsed but I inflicted 50% more losses on the Chinese units than I took.
My Shock attack at Palembang was a gamble - if the enemy held my troops could be slaughtered. But they did not and my troops took the base !!! All of the defending units fled SW but 90%+ of their fighting strength was lost at Palembang. Now I just need to chase them down and finish them off.
Taking Palembang is only half the fight - its the damage that is inflicted to the oil that really matters. So after the turn I quickly checked the base before I got too happy on taking it. And I was very happy !!!! A total of 9 refineries were damaged (won't repair them) and only 8 oil was damaged (I have enough supplies there now to repair them). This is probably one of the best Palembang captures I have had. With the base force already there, I quickly moved in two sentais of fighters before I forgot. 45 Zeros will fly day cap over the base, while 42 Nates will fly night cover.
Xargun
Not sure how he did it, but Nomad got off several night air strikes against Car Div 1 with 0% moonlight - I can't even get my Betties to fly night strikes with 100% moonlight. In four attacks, total of 16 139WH-3s attack Car Div 1. Luckily they all missed - those 300kg bombs could have put a CV in the shop for a month easy.
Ground Combat:
My shock attack at Tsiaotso was repulsed but I inflicted 50% more losses on the Chinese units than I took.
My Shock attack at Palembang was a gamble - if the enemy held my troops could be slaughtered. But they did not and my troops took the base !!! All of the defending units fled SW but 90%+ of their fighting strength was lost at Palembang. Now I just need to chase them down and finish them off.
Taking Palembang is only half the fight - its the damage that is inflicted to the oil that really matters. So after the turn I quickly checked the base before I got too happy on taking it. And I was very happy !!!! A total of 9 refineries were damaged (won't repair them) and only 8 oil was damaged (I have enough supplies there now to repair them). This is probably one of the best Palembang captures I have had. With the base force already there, I quickly moved in two sentais of fighters before I forgot. 45 Zeros will fly day cap over the base, while 42 Nates will fly night cover.
Xargun
Jan 16th, 1942
Air Attacks:
As expected, as night came so did the allied bombers. What I didn't expect was that no Nates would rise up to greet them
In multiple attacks against the Oil at Palembang with 139WH-3s and B-17s not a single IJA fighter was seen. I was not happy - weather was fine enough to bomb - so my Nates should have been up there causing confusion on the bombing runs. But nope.. No fighters and the allied bombers hammered the oil inflicting over 30 damage
After the turn I checked and the Nates were all set to fly 70% CAP, 0 range at night and they sat on their butts. Not sure what happened, but I adjusted the cap percentage a couple times to try to reset. If it happens again I don't know what to do.
Ground Combat:
The only combat this turn was at Clark Field - a Shock attack after two days of resting my troops. I wasn't expecting too much but I was surprised !! My troops achieved 3:1 odds capturing the base
Over 9000 enemy troops were lost crippling the 15 units that limped back to Bataan. Two units were destroyed - I believe they were both PA Infantry Divisions.
The base is thoroughly wrecked and it will take a while for my engineers to bring it back into workable shape, but they will.
Xargun
As expected, as night came so did the allied bombers. What I didn't expect was that no Nates would rise up to greet them
In multiple attacks against the Oil at Palembang with 139WH-3s and B-17s not a single IJA fighter was seen. I was not happy - weather was fine enough to bomb - so my Nates should have been up there causing confusion on the bombing runs. But nope.. No fighters and the allied bombers hammered the oil inflicting over 30 damage After the turn I checked and the Nates were all set to fly 70% CAP, 0 range at night and they sat on their butts. Not sure what happened, but I adjusted the cap percentage a couple times to try to reset. If it happens again I don't know what to do.
Ground Combat:
The only combat this turn was at Clark Field - a Shock attack after two days of resting my troops. I wasn't expecting too much but I was surprised !! My troops achieved 3:1 odds capturing the base
Over 9000 enemy troops were lost crippling the 15 units that limped back to Bataan. Two units were destroyed - I believe they were both PA Infantry Divisions.The base is thoroughly wrecked and it will take a while for my engineers to bring it back into workable shape, but they will.
Xargun