Spanking Lowpe (NJP72 vs Lowpe (A))

[Lowpe]

Feb 18th, 1944

Quiet day...

taking Formosa, Hong Kong, and Canton will free up c5000AV with which to:

1. Invade up the Yangtze River into the plains of China
2. Grab the remaining Chinese Ports with local pushes to cut rail line into China from Korea
3. Invade Korea and cut it in half
4. Take the Japanese Islands

Or some combination of the above and more troops are flowing in daily. I won't wait to start the next operation will push on ahead aggressively even though Formosa and Hong Kong aren't finished yet.

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[Lowpe]

Currently a long way from Ningpo....but cutting off supply lines into China is doable. As is a landing into Korea.

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[Lowpe]

Should be positing later today...

[Lowpe]

Feb 19, 1944

First attack on Canton:


Ground combat at Canton (77,59)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 65047 troops, 940 guns, 1087 vehicles, Assault Value = 2454

Defending force 52152 troops, 371 guns, 166 vehicles, Assault Value = 1233

Allied adjusted assault: 466

Japanese adjusted defense: 12461

Allied assault odds: 1 to 26 (fort level 6)

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), preparation(-), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
1972 casualties reported
Squads: 12 destroyed, 151 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 18 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 11 disabled
Guns lost 18 (6 destroyed, 12 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
2962 casualties reported
Squads: 21 destroyed, 381 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 101 disabled
Engineers: 15 destroyed, 42 disabled
Guns lost 72 (2 destroyed, 70 disabled)
Vehicles lost 210 (22 destroyed, 188 disabled)

Assaulting units:
2/4th Armoured Regiment
26th Indian Division
Gardner's Horse Regiment
11th Indian Division
2/8th Armoured Regiment
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
192nd Tank Battalion
Guides Cavalry Regiment
33rd Infantry Division
640th Tank Destroyer Battalion
5th Chinese Corps
13th Field Regiment
2nd RAA Jungle Regiment
205th Coast AA Regiment
113th Australian Lt AA Regiment
85th British AT Gun Regiment
10th Marine Defense Battalion
XIV US Corps /2

Defending units:
67th Ind.Infantry Battalion
8th Ind.Infantry Brigade
15th Division
63rd Infantry Brigade
60th Infantry Brigade
1st Ind.Inf.Group
30th RGC Division
Canton Special Base Force
66th JNAF AF Unit
4th Air Army
1st JAAF AF Coy
28th JNAF AF Unit
12th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
20th JAAF AF Bn
59th Construction Battalion
9th Ind. Field Artillery Battalion
10th Ind. Field Artillery Battalion
23rd Port Unit
15th JAAF AF Bn
4th Air Div /1

[Lowpe]

Follow up attack on Ponape


Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 4232 troops, 99 guns, 155 vehicles, Assault Value = 239

Defending force 10911 troops, 44 guns, 51 vehicles, Assault Value = 195

Allied adjusted assault: 130

Japanese adjusted defense: 53

Allied assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 5)

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 4

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), experience(-)
supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
762 casualties reported
Squads: 11 destroyed, 47 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 12 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 11 disabled
Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Vehicles lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
86 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)

Assaulting units:
22nd Marine Regiment
1st USMC Tank Battalion
1st AmphTrac Engineer Battalion
1st Marine Defense Battalion
249th Field Artillery Battalion
3rd NZ Division

Defending units:
47th Naval Guard Unit
65th Naval Guard Unit
18th Garrison Unit
5th Guards Cav Regiment
51st Construction Battalion
4th Field Construction Battalion
16th JNAF AF Unit
Ponape Naval Fortress
59th JNAF AF Unit

[Lowpe]

Feb 20, 1944

West of the Marshalls and South East from Truk we take Ponape. This frees up a reserve division for operations on Luzon I guess. Clears up the supply line a bit too.
Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 4153 troops, 107 guns, 154 vehicles, Assault Value = 229

Defending force 10203 troops, 42 guns, 50 vehicles, Assault Value = 155

Allied adjusted assault: 184

Japanese adjusted defense: 29

Allied assault odds: 6 to 1 (fort level 4)

Allied forces CAPTURE Ponape !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), experience(-)
supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
1086 casualties reported
Squads: 15 destroyed, 23 disabled
Non Combat: 26 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 46 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 11 (11 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 38 (38 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
81 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
22nd Marine Regiment
1st USMC Tank Battalion
249th Field Artillery Battalion
1st Marine Defense Battalion
1st AmphTrac Engineer Battalion
3rd NZ Division

Defending units:
18th Garrison Unit
47th Naval Guard Unit
65th Naval Guard Unit
5th Guards Cav Regiment
51st Construction Battalion
Ponape Naval Fortress
16th JNAF AF Unit
4th Field Construction Battalion
59th JNAF AF Unit

[Atman]

As a Japanese player this AAR reminds me to be afraid. Be very afraid.

[Lowpe]

Feb 24,1944

The war goes on, albeit a bit slow on my turns due to RL, but Formosa is all but taken, and all our troops are readying for their next wonderful adventure!

Canton's forts knocked down to 4, and we in process of surrounding it.

Ground combat at Takao (84,65)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 31704 troops, 654 guns, 330 vehicles, Assault Value = 784

Defending force 33441 troops, 282 guns, 91 vehicles, Assault Value = 535

Allied adjusted assault: 435

Japanese adjusted defense: 103

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

Allied forces CAPTURE Takao !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: disruption(-), preparation(-), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
11139 casualties reported
Squads: 231 destroyed, 18 disabled
Non Combat: 473 destroyed, 26 disabled
Engineers: 78 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 142 (139 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Vehicles lost 30 (28 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Units retreated 10

Allied ground losses:
716 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 111 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 18 disabled
Guns lost 35 (5 destroyed, 30 disabled)

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
27th Infantry Division
25th Infantry Division
25th Indian Division
6th Medium Regiment

Defending units:
32nd Ind.Mixed Brigade
52nd Division
64th Inf Group Brigade
Kaosing Fortress
Formosa Army
13th Air Flotilla
18th JAAF AF Bn
51st Air Defense AA Regiment
3rd Fleet
Takao Naval Base Force
88th Naval Guard Unit
17th JNAF AF Unit
14th JAAF AF Coy

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[Lowpe]

Feb 25, 1944

Thinking about grabbing a port on the Yangtze...plus getting the Wenchow invasion going, plus other deep strikes....

Formosa pretty much mine...

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[Lowpe]

Feb 25, 1944

A good first attack at Hong Kong, as forts are reduced and damage is very light. Not sure how the Japanese got such a high adjusted defense 500 to 10K!

Ground combat at Hong Kong (77,61)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 36239 troops, 769 guns, 642 vehicles, Assault Value = 1440

Defending force 24040 troops, 255 guns, 70 vehicles, Assault Value = 499

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 4

Allied adjusted assault: 1734

Japanese adjusted defense: 9837

Allied assault odds: 1 to 5 (fort level 4)

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), preparation(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
818 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 58 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 15 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled
Guns lost 20 (2 destroyed, 18 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
891 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 70 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Guns lost 24 (1 destroyed, 23 disabled)

Assaulting units:
7th Infantry Division
255th Armoured Brigade
18th British Division
5th Indian Division

Defending units:
3rd Division
32nd Port Unit
41st Air Defense AA Battalion
44th Ind.AA Gun Co
2nd JAAF AF Coy
25th Air Flotilla
41st Air Defense AA Regiment
Hong Kong Special Base Force
42nd Ind.AA Gun Co
26th Air Defense AA Regiment
45th Ind.AA Gun Co
79th JAAF AF Bn /1
47th JAAF AF Bn
65th JNAF AF Unit /1

[Lowpe]

A last minute move....invincible kamikazes that never miss. I was hoping the Lightnings would be able to destroy them....I am guessing that that recon planes are hard wired to take less damage than normal planes (from interceptors and AAA) to prevent excessive losses during recon runs. So there is really no way to prevent them from hitting....a battleship can take a lot of kamikaze hits but the kamis will generally target carriers first. It is a problem.



orning Air attack on TF, near Orchid Island at 87,69

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 74 NM, estimated altitude 31,480 feet.
Estimated time to target is 29 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J1N1-C Irving x 12

Allied aircraft
P-38J Lightning x 6
FM-1 Wildcat x 2
FM-2 Wildcat x 2

Japanese aircraft losses
J1N1-C Irving: 7 destroyed

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
DD Mullany, Kamikaze hits 6, and is sunk
DD Black, Kamikaze hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
DD Izard, Kamikaze hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x J1N1-C Irving flying as kamikaze

CAP engaged:
VC(F)-33 with FM-2 Wildcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 34000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 34000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes
VMF-114 with FM-1 Wildcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 5000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 5000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 10 minutes
347th FG/67th FS with P-38J Lightning (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 44000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 44000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 8 minutes

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Mullany

[BBfanboy]

So 12 Irvings attacked, seven were destroyed and 12 Kami hits were scored? Something is not adding up here ...

[DesertWolf101]

Well, what does the combat replay show? Did the fighters even engage and shoot at the Irvings at all? Note that your LRCAP appears to be completely out of position, with all "0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling" fighters for all squadrons.

As for the 7 destroyed, I believe a Kami is listed in the destroyed field when it crashes into its target, and given that the combat report always underestimates the losses...

[CaptBeefheart]

OK, Lowpe, it's been almost two months. I hope all is well with your family and other aspects of real life. Just a reminder that although you don't owe us anything, you have some fans out here in the ether eagerly awaiting the next update.

Cheers,
CB

[PaxMondo]

Any update? Is all well?

[Anthro03]

I remember during Covid I used to drive by my favorite pub and stare longingly at it.

Just like I check this site everyday.

[PaxMondo]

I have it on good authority that the game is still on and there is hope for updates in the NEAR future. Not clear on which player will update first though ...