Variants - Allied side - Xargun welcome

[BBfanboy]

You know about breaking the Division into thirds and upgrading combat squads one chunk at a time? Much faster than accumulating enough squads in the pools to upgrade the whole division at the same time because the old squads go into the pools (which takes a day or two) and are instantly upgraded to the new squad type. Once the three sections are upgraded the Division can be recombined.

But you do have to set other devices to stockpile so you don't get an upgrade of something like an anti-tank gun when there aren't enough to go around the whole division (that would prevent the recombination of the division).

[Nomad]

Yes, that is what I did with the 9th. I am waiting for the 45th Ind Inf Bde to fully get its
squads ready, it still has 2 disabled. Even splitting the 11th, I do not have enough right now,
I only have 86 squads available.

[Nomad]

Feb 3, 1942

Nothing to talk about.

[RangerJoe]

ORIGINAL: Nomad

Feb 3, 1942

Nothing to talk about.

There is always something to talk about. Even post a picture of your snow to invite a discussion and drive your opponent crazy thinking that you are preparing a large operation against him.[;)]

[T Rav]

Nomad,

Just discovered this one today. Great pace and the AAR is well done.

Thanks,
T Rav

[Nomad]

Thinking about what my opponent might have
chosen for his options. I have done the options for
two other game and have looked at the possibilities
a lot. I do not know what my opponent did, but I do
have some ideas about what he might have done.
I will be picking what I think is the most damaging to me
and the major items. I am sure he picked some that will
help him, but not be a major influence.

1. A7M2 Sam R&D factory(s)
I would think that choosing 1 or 2 of these makes sense
since they come fully repaired so they are creating R&D
points from turn 1. For this discussion I am going to asume
he chose 2. Without any engine bonus he will get the aircraft
by about 3/1/1944. It uses the Mitusbishi Ha-43 engine, which is
used by some other useful aircraft, J7W1 Shinden, N1K5-J George,
Ki-74-1 Patsy, and the Ki-83. This engine is available 45/9 but
can be advanced fairly easily( if I understand correctly an
engine factory will repair 1 per day always ). So it is possible
that he can get the engine bonus and advance the aircraft
even quicker, also he might have chosen to have a size 30
factory from day one. Worst case scenario is that he will have
this aircraft in production by about 4/43.

2. Ki-84a Frank R&D factory(s)
I would think that choosing 1 or 2 of these makes sense.
Without any engine bonus he will get this aircraft about
1/1/44. It uses the Nakajima Ha-45 engine which is also
used by a number of aircraft he will probably also build.
The Ha-45 engine is available 43/9. He will certainly get
an engine bonus for this aircraft. I predict he will have them
about 3/1/43. Once he has these in production he can change
his R&D to the Ki-84r Frank it uses the same engine
so moving it up a lot will not be a problem.

3. New Naval construction
I would not build any new major ships, his shipbuilding is
already a bit stressed and adding more will only add more
stress. He might build 8-12 new DDs without too much
problem.

4. Changing ship classes.
I think this is where Japan can get the most bang for the
buck. Changing some of the existing ships to new classes
does not cost any shipbuilding points.
4a. Change the Soryu to a different CV Class I am not sure
which would be best, Akagi is the largest but is a gas hog,
Kaga is slow, Shokaku might be good-they are thrifty.
4b. Change CVLs and some or all of the CS-CVL conversions
to be class Ryujo. This makes a mini KB with a possibilty
of 192 aircraft.
4c. Change a lot of the inferior DDs to better classes, I
have not looked too closely at which would be best.
4d. Change the training Cls to better classes.

5. Some misc items
5a. Increase PPs
5b. Add a 50 oil
5c. Add some supply and/or fuel at outpost bases.
5d. add a size 30 ship repair yard, possibly splitting
it into 2 size 15 - we discussed this.

As a rough guess that is about 50-65 Variant points
so there is certainly more, I am just not sure what he might
have chosen, there are a number of possibilities.
He might have added 1 or 2 size 75 airgroup(s).
He might have increased the SPS of a base or 2.
He might have added some extra ground troops.
He could have accelerated a number of aircraft
or land devices.

[Nomad]

Feb 4, 1942

Another DA at Singapore:

Ground combat at Singapore (50,84)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 88901 troops, 1126 guns, 474 vehicles, Assault Value = 2724

Defending force 54484 troops, 714 guns, 550 vehicles, Assault Value = 953

Japanese adjusted assault: 2020

Allied adjusted defense: 2129

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 3)

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

Japanese ground losses:
5051 casualties reported
Squads: 51 destroyed, 406 disabled
Non Combat: 11 destroyed, 94 disabled
Engineers: 15 destroyed, 91 disabled
Guns lost 44 (5 destroyed, 39 disabled)
Vehicles lost 123 (38 destroyed, 85 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
2965 casualties reported
Squads: 30 destroyed, 278 disabled
Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 60 disabled
Engineers: 11 destroyed, 62 disabled
Guns lost 41 (4 destroyed, 37 disabled)
Vehicles lost 43 (2 destroyed, 41 disabled)
The 11th Ind Inf div was hit hard with disablements, 136 of them
were taken by this Div.
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More bombardments at Changsha. I am losing squads and guns every turn
but he still has a long way to go before he can take the Base.

[Nomad]

Feb 5, 1942

Not a lot to report for today
He was clearing mines at Georgetown and one of his DMSs hit a mine.

He is taking empty bases in Burma, the added small dot bases are slowing him down

More bombardments at Changsha. No attack at Singapore.

[Nomad]

Feb 6, 1942

A DA at Pingyao( a dot base East of Sian )
Ground combat at Pingyao (87,41)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 69464 troops, 617 guns, 175 vehicles, Assault Value = 2149

Defending force 58078 troops, 312 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1633

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1

Japanese adjusted assault: 1397

Allied adjusted defense: 2137

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

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

Japanese ground losses:
3648 casualties reported
Squads: 17 destroyed, 388 disabled
Non Combat: 12 destroyed, 12 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 28 disabled
Guns lost 20 (1 destroyed, 19 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Allied ground losses:
1228 casualties reported
Squads: 22 destroyed, 136 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 14 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 13 (1 destroyed, 12 disabled)
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More bombardment at Changsha
Ground combat at Changsha (82,52)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 46288 troops, 866 guns, 475 vehicles, Assault Value = 1414

Defending force 115089 troops, 560 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3037

Japanese ground losses:
118 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 11 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled

Allied ground losses:
106 casualties reported
Squads: 7 destroyed, 13 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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No attacks at Singapore

[Nomad]

Feb 7, 1942

Nothing exciting to tell.

[Nomad]

Feb 8, 1942

Nothing exciting to talk about.

[Nomad]

Feb 9, 1942

Still nothing exciting to talk about.

[Nomad]

Feb 10, 1942

Still nothing exciting to report.

[Nomad]

Feb 11, 1942

And again, nothing exciting to report on.

[Nomad]

Feb 12, 1942

Not much to report. He did make his first landing on Java. A small force landed and took Merak.
I had 86 mines left at Merak and he did not hit any of them.

In China bombardments continue at Changsha and this just Northwest of Nanyang:
Ground combat at 85,44 (near Nanyang)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 20316 troops, 180 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 418

Defending force 10563 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 335

Japanese adjusted assault: 156

Allied adjusted defense: 586

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 3

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

Japanese ground losses:
1696 casualties reported
Squads: 132 destroyed, 19 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 12 disabled

Allied ground losses:
213 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 28 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
13th Division
57th Infantry Brigade
61st Infantry Brigade

Defending units:
85th Chinese Corps
Lusu War Area

[Nomad]

Feb 13, 1942

A DA at Singapore today:

Ground combat at Singapore (50,84)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 89084 troops, 1100 guns, 546 vehicles, Assault Value = 3037

Defending force 55803 troops, 727 guns, 573 vehicles, Assault Value = 889

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2

Japanese adjusted assault: 2311

Allied adjusted defense: 2473

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

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

Japanese ground losses:
2752 casualties reported
Squads: 121 destroyed, 211 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 62 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 56 disabled
Guns lost 41 (7 destroyed, 34 disabled)
Vehicles lost 28 (4 destroyed, 24 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
1657 casualties reported
Squads: 110 destroyed, 169 disabled
Non Combat: 42 destroyed, 105 disabled
Engineers: 5 destroyed, 54 disabled
Guns lost 75 (8 destroyed, 67 disabled)
Vehicles lost 106 (66 destroyed, 40 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

The 3rd Cavalry Regiment was the destroyed unit.
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More bombardments at Changsha

[Nomad]

Looking at the in game database, I see that I was partly right about his R&D aircraft options.
I see that the A7M2 Sam has advanced a month but I was wrong about the Ki-84a, he opted to
buy a Ki-84r R&D factory. The Ki-84r has also advanced a month. This will make 1943 a very
tough year for the Allies. I wonder what other surprises he has in store for me? [:'(]

[Nomad]

Feb 14, 1942

No attacks on Singapore. I was able to upgrade the Inf squads in the 11th Indian Inf Div to 1942 units.
Also Singapore increased its forts to 3.

Bombardments continue at Changsha

[Nomad]

Feb 15, 1942

Some fun and mayhem this turn.

First, CL dishing out some shells to DDs.
Night Time Surface Combat, near Palembang at 48,91, Range 4,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Michishio, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Arashio, Shell hits 1
DD Ayanami
DD Asagiri, Shell hits 5, on fire

Allied Ships
CL Sumatra, Shell hits 2
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Then she finds some DMSs
Day Time Surface Combat, near Toboali at 50,93, Range 20,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DMS W-2, Shell hits 9, and is sunk
DMS W-3, Shell hits 11, and is sunk
DMS W-4, Shell hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage

Allied Ships
CL Sumatra, Shell hits 1
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And then in the ground phase, he crossed
the river NE of Sian:
Ground combat at 85,39 (near Linfan)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 6018 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 211

Defending force 32114 troops, 157 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 973

Japanese adjusted assault: 0

Allied adjusted defense: 1015

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 99

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

Japanese ground losses:
3100 casualties reported
Squads: 181 destroyed, 53 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 59 disabled
Engineers: 8 destroyed, 3 disabled
Guns lost 15 (4 destroyed, 11 disabled)

Assaulting units:
3rd Ind.Mixed Brigade

Defending units:
8th Route Army
42nd Chinese Corps
19th Chinese Corps
1st Construction Regiment
23rd Chinese Corps
4th Chinese Cavalry Corps
2nd Construction Regiment
2nd War Area
6th Group Army
18th Group Army

The way I see it, he almost nothing left, so I set everyone to a DA for
tomorrow. We will see what happens.
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[Nomad]

Feb 16, 1942

The Chinese fight back:
Ground combat at 85,39 (near Linfan)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 28560 troops, 157 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 977

Defending force 2688 troops, 33 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2

Allied adjusted assault: 558

Japanese adjusted defense: 5

Allied assault odds: 111 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), op mode(-), leaders(+), disruption(-)
supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
588 casualties reported
Squads: 45 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 51 destroyed, 19 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 25 (25 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 1

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!
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Bombardments at Changsha

No attacks at Singapore