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November 19th 1942

Air Losses: 2 Japanese, 0 Allied, 0 Pilots
Japanese occupy:
Allies occupy:
Japanese land at:
Allies land at:

Pacific

Quiet

Burma

Quiet

China

Attack at Chungking is bloody. Critically though, forts are reduced another level but is a close run thing:

Ground combat at Chungking (76,45)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 195466 troops, 2181 guns, 832 vehicles, Assault Value = 5842

Defending force 186030 troops, 409 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2121

Japanese adjusted assault: 1183

Allied adjusted defense: 1121

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 4

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

Japanese ground losses:
17827 casualties reported
Squads: 134 destroyed, 1203 disabled
Non Combat: 18 destroyed, 84 disabled
Engineers: 6 destroyed, 92 disabled
Guns lost 137 (8 destroyed, 129 disabled)
Vehicles lost 19 (2 destroyed, 17 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
22456 casualties reported
Squads: 548 destroyed, 537 disabled
Non Combat: 346 destroyed, 724 disabled
Engineers: 21 destroyed, 29 disabled
Guns lost 188 (131 destroyed, 57 disabled)
Units destroyed 13

After the attack, the best division is at 76 fatigue, 79 disruption. Experience gains for the divisions are high (one went from 53 to 63) but the artillery don't gain experience.

Australia

Lightnings sweep Darwin but nothing meets them.

Liberators finish off the oil at Boela and B-17s hit Saumlaki port where an unlucky APD has been trying to fight fires and is sunk.

Engineering

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R&D

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At Toyohara

Sometimes the Japanese can save a ship! The xAK Tonegawa Maru hit a mine at Toyohara and disbanded in port with 97 float damage and 11 fires and I assumed it was lost. Over the next two days fires slowly got worse but now they are out and only 84 days to fix the system and minor damage.

ORIGINAL: Feurer Krieg

Liberators destroy all the oil wells at Babo.

Do you know where they are flying from?

Daly Waters almost certainly but there is nothing much I can do about it. Have started dropping groups of Nicks at possible targets in the hope to give him a bloody nose. However, most of the fighters were at Darwin and are now recovering at Koepang.

Thanks, I mainly wanted to know so I could plan ahead in my own game. [:D]

November 20th 1942

Air Losses: 4 Japanese, 4 Allied, 3 Pilots
Japanese occupy:
Allies occupy:
Japanese land at:
Allies land at:

Pacific

Near Canton Island, I-27 finds a task force with the South Dakota but is unable to penetrate screens and misses a shot at DD Phelps.

Burma

Try a night attack against Silchar airfield with about 130 planes. 20 Mohawk IV are on CAP and the planes do poorly scoring a total of a single runway hit and doing no damage to any aircraft present (recce reports 92 fighters and 70 bombers present). 2 Mohawks are lost to ops and 2 helens to flak and 1 to ops.

Allied forces have withdrawn from one of the hexes they entered in the jungle.

China

At Chungking the damage to the Allies is visible, I now have a 3::1 raw AV Value.

Ground combat at Chungking (76,45)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8701 troops, 639 guns, 502 vehicles, Assault Value = 5443

Defending force 173446 troops, 308 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1776

Allied ground losses:
819 casualties reported
Squads: 50 destroyed, 23 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)

Will I be able to attack again before zombie units replace the Allied losses? The progress at Chungking is quite good. 4 weeks ago he had 3120 AV and 703 guns behind level 6 forts now he has less than 60% of the AV, 50% of the guns and level 4 forts.

Australia

B-17s are back hitting Darwin. Attacking from 15000 feet, flak scores no kills.

Engineering

Cebu to 3. Neikiang to 5. Allies expand Tassafarongo to 5.

R&D

Ki-43-IIIa to 2/44

Allied Plans

Sightings of Allied ships are few. I have no evidence where the carriers are and sub sightings are down.

For the subs, he could be sending them back to base and then out with the intention of attacking my convoys when he gets better torpedoes. Or, he could be re-locating them to his next planned area of operations.

For the carriers, the main worry I have is that he has sent them to the Indian Ocean and will either land on or raid Sumatra. He could also be heading for Moulmein or Ramiree Island to try and unhinge the Burma front.

Or, he could be anywhere else.

November 21st 1942

Air Losses: 61 Japanese[:(], 17 Allied, 15 Pilots
Japanese occupy:
Allies occupy:
Japanese land at:
Allies land at:

Pacific

Quiet

Burma

Night strike at Ledo breaks up but there is no CAP and manage to get 1 P-38G and 1 C-47 on the ground for 1 flak loss.

Blenheims strike at Magwe at night and score 1 hit while losing 3 to air-air and 3 to flak.

China

Finish off a lone Chinese unit near Chengtu. This seals the fate of the Chinese in that area.

Australia

Liberators hit Koepang at night. The fields are at 99% expansion towards size 8 and are quite full. In air-air he downs many fighters and then destroys 4 aircraft on the ground, 2 B-24D are lost to flak and ops. During the day, lightnings sweep and heavy losses are taken and only 3 P-38F and 1 P-38G shot down.

Darwin is hit again.

Allies try a bombardment of Darwin, I guess this was just for recce purposes:

Ground combat at Darwin (76,124)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 768 troops, 79 guns, 64 vehicles, Assault Value = 1332

Defending force 37848 troops, 459 guns, 386 vehicles, Assault Value = 1027

Japanese ground losses:
36 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Allied ground losses:
Guns lost 48 (31 destroyed, 17 disabled)
Vehicles lost 28 (10 destroyed, 18 disabled)

Assaulting units:
4th Aus Cav Brigade
5th Australian Division
2/10th Armoured Regiment
3rd Motor Brigade
2nd Australian Division
3rd Army Tank Brigade
641st Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion
24th Infantry Division
3rd Australian Brigade
2nd Australian Hvy AA Regiment
II Australian
108th Anti Tank Regiment
95th Coast AA Regiment
198th Field Artillery Battalion
208th Coast AA Regiment
1st Medium Regiment
94th Coast AA Regiment
13th Australian Hvy AA Regiment

Defending units:
16th Division
56th Engineer Regiment
14th Tank Regiment
48th Division
1st Ind Engineer Regiment
17th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
14th Army
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
88th JAAF AF Coy
31st Ind.AA Gun Co
12th Ind.AA Gun Co
110th Ship Eng Coy
310th Ship Eng Coy
205th Ship Eng Coy
21st Fld AA Gun Co
5th Air Defense AA Regiment
11th Ind.AA Gun Co
13th Ind.AA Gun Co
31st Field AA Battalion
21st Ind.AA Gun Co
47th Const Co /1
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
28th JNAF AF Unit /1

Home Isles

Minefields detected on the approach to Kagoshima and to Yokohama. No explosions.

Engineering

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R&D

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This happened:

Night Air attack on Shwebo , at 59,45

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Allied aircraft
Fulmar II x 9

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Fulmar II sweeping at 1000 feet *

When I tried setting night sweeps they didn't fly. Any ideas what the criteria are for flying night sweeps?

I don´t think you can fly sweeps at night?

ORIGINAL: JocMeister

I don´t think you can fly sweeps at night?

The manual lists it as an option and he does seem to have launched one.

I wonder if it is only possible for fighter-bombers? Or, may be it was an error in his settings and he left it on commanders decision?

No idea to be honest. I tried on a couple of occasions but never got them to fly. So I assumed it wasn´t possible! [:)]

Can't NF can fly sweeps at night? I seem to remember the option, but I would have to check again.

ORIGINAL: obvert

Can't NF can fly sweeps at night? I seem to remember the option, but I would have to check again.

Possibly, but I don't have night fighters yet.

November 22nd 1942

Air Losses: 17 Japanese, 7 Allied, 6 Pilots
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Japanese land at:
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Pacific

Quiet

Burma

Failed to cancel one group that went and attacked Ledo at night. Minor loss.

P-38G sweep Magwe looks like 17 Tojo IIa and Oscar IIb lost for 3 P-38G shot down.

China

Liberators set fire to Kungming.

At Chungking, a few planes attack and destroy some aircraft on the ground?

Afternoon Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-32 Mary x 6
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 23

Allied aircraft
no flights

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
A-29A Hudson: 1 damaged
A-29A Hudson: 1 destroyed on ground
SB-III: 3 damaged

Allied ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

The 2nd Tank has taken over the lead on the Paoshan road and looks good:

Ground combat at 67,45 (near Tsuyung)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 10242 troops, 310 guns, 792 vehicles, Assault Value = 445

Defending force 9591 troops, 51 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 198

Japanese adjusted assault: 361

Allied adjusted defense: 421

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
23 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Allied ground losses:
272 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 50 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled

Assaulting units:
3rd Tank Regiment
2nd Tank Division
23rd Tank Regiment
11th Tank Regiment
12th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
20th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
23rd Field AA Machinecannon Company
Tonei Hvy Gun Regiment
5th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
12th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
14th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
29th Field AA Machinecannon Company
10th Mortar Battalion
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
54th Chinese Corps

Australia

An Australian artillery unit commits suicide at Darwin:

Ground combat at Darwin (76,124)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 624 troops, 63 guns, 58 vehicles, Assault Value = 1338

Defending force 37842 troops, 459 guns, 386 vehicles, Assault Value = 1024

Allied ground losses:
Guns lost 22 (22 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 16 (16 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Home Isles

A minefield found by an AMc near Nagasaki. AMc are clearing minefields but only slowly.

Engineering

Sapporo to 6 (building for the future). Koepang to 8 (will stop there).

R&D

Quiet

November 23rd 1942

Air Losses: 3 Japanese, 5 Allied, 0 Pilots
Japanese occupy:
Allies occupy:
Japanese land at:
Allies land at:

It is quiet, too quiet, not a single Allied ship sighted anywhere.

Pacific

Quiet

Burma

Blenheims hit Magwe at night. One lost for no hits.

I hit Comilla at night but there are no planes there.

China

Liberators add to the fires at Kungming, some damage to LI.

Under fierce attack the Chinese collapse and are driven back another 70km on the road to Paoshan. The tanks will rush forward. Only 70km to the Mekong.

Divisions are recovering and starting to look for when the next attack at Chungking can be launched.

Australia

Allied 4E hit Darwin hard.

Home Isles

All three AMc tasked to minesweep fail to sweep any mines despite the minefields being marked. I've had this problem before with AMc and how to get them to sweep.

Engineering

Chengtu to 6 (useful VP).

R&D

Quiet

All three AMc tasked to minesweep fail to sweep any mines despite the minefields being marked. I've had this problem before with AMc and how to get them to sweep.

Not that I have a ton of experience with sweeping, but I always set mine to Home port and destination of the place with mines, with 'do not retire'. Haven't had any problems yet.

I don't have any problem with AMc sweeping either. They clear the mines, either by traditionally sweeping, or by hitting them.[:D]

ORIGINAL: Feurer Krieg

All three AMc tasked to minesweep fail to sweep any mines despite the minefields being marked. I've had this problem before with AMc and how to get them to sweep.

Not that I have a ton of experience with sweeping, but I always set mine to Home port and destination of the place with mines, with 'do not retire'. Haven't had any problems yet.

Okay, I had mine set to a 1 hex patrol zone. So in the interests of experimentation, I have one with home port of the place with mines, 1 with another home port and remain on station and 1 on patrol.

November 24th 1942

Air Losses: 18 Japanese, 11 Allied, 5 Pilots
Japanese occupy:
Allies occupy:
Japanese land at:
Allies land at:

Pacific

Quiet

Burma

Quiet

At 30,71, a PB on picket encounters a task force at night but no engagement happens and I don't know what it encountered. This is in a weak spot in my search so covered by Glen subs and pickets but I don't know what is out there. Could be something wicked coming.

China

Liberators add to the fires at Kungming, some damage to LI.

Australia

Lightnings sweep Koepang, 18 A6M5 lost for 6 P-38F and 3 P-38E shot down. Not the best of results but I can live with it.

Home Isles

The task forces all sweep mines but the one set to patrol only sweeps during one phase.

Engineering

Allies expand Silchar to 9.

R&D

Quiet

The task forces all sweep mines but the one set to patrol only sweeps during one phase.

So perhaps that mystery is solved?

November 25th 1942

Air Losses: 0 Japanese, 11 Allied, 0 Pilots
Japanese occupy:
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Japanese land at:
Allies land at:

Pacific

Quiet

Burma

A British unit has entered the Warazup hex.

Fulmars straf Magwe at night at 100 feet. They are shot down by flak.

China

Liberators add to the fires at Kungming.

Australia

Darwin is hit hard again.

Home Isles

Mine fields have been cleared.

Engineering

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R&D

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Reinforcements

2 Std-B xAK, for conversion to TK, and an AMC. Can start turning some merchant yards off.

November 26th 1942

Air Losses: 2 Japanese, 4 Allied, 1 Pilots
Japanese occupy:
Allies occupy:
Japanese land at:
Allies land at:

Pacific

Quiet

Burma area

An AMC has been spotted due West from Palembang, 600 nautical miles away. Is he probing for a gap to slip carriers in to hit Palembang? If so, will I have deterred him?

China

At Chungking, bombardments are hitting home hard:

Ground combat at Chungking (76,45)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8407 troops, 627 guns, 458 vehicles, Assault Value = 3855

Defending force 191199 troops, 257 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2340

Japanese ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Allied ground losses:
1931 casualties reported
Squads: 102 destroyed, 26 disabled
Non Combat: 11 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 6 (4 destroyed, 2 disabled)

Disruption recovery is nearly complete and divisions are ordered back into the hex, next attack in 3 (or 4 if it takes time to get the supply in to cover the over-stacking of about 25%) days.

On the road to Burma the defense looks shattered and should collapse under assault from the tanks:

Ground combat at 67,44 (near Tsuyung)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 7940 troops, 114 guns, 653 vehicles, Assault Value = 556

Defending force 18719 troops, 168 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 182

Japanese adjusted assault: 353

Allied adjusted defense: 346

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
188 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 15 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Vehicles lost 39 (4 destroyed, 35 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
541 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 45 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 35 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 11 disabled

Assaulting units:
2nd Tank Division
23rd Tank Regiment
3rd Tank Regiment
12th Tank Regiment
15th Tank Regiment
9th Tank Regiment
11th Tank Regiment

Defending units:
1st Chinese Corps
14th Chinese Corps
54th Chinese Corps
33rd Base Group

For some reason he keeps launching a bombardment attack, I don't see the point of this:

Ground combat at 70,45 (near Kunming)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 13861 troops, 113 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 971

Defending force 21338 troops, 297 guns, 432 vehicles, Assault Value = 713

Allied ground losses:
197 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 13 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Assaulting units:
8th Chinese Corps
10th Chinese Corps
61st Chinese Corps
43rd Chinese Corps
5th War Area
4th Group Army
8th War Area
3rd War Area
10th Group Army

Defending units:
1st Tank Division
24th Division
3rd Mortar Battalion

Australia

Darwin is hit hard again. He has moved to bombing from 15000 feet and flak is shooting down only 1 plane a day.

Engineering

Allies expand Rennell Island to 6.

R&D

D4Y4 to 4/44.

Reinforcements

A nice 11,600 capacity tanker arrives.