Moses vs WITP_Dude--China AAR

[WiTP_Dude]

Here's a neat trick. Instead of attacking with everyone I put everything on bombardment except my armor and engineers. I reduce the fortification without the mass disruption and casualties. All the disruption goes to the attacking units but casualties still seem to be distributed evenly across the force. So my engineers are not decimated as I had feared might result from my experiment.

Yup, that's how you reduce fortifications in this game, not by wearing out your infantry.

[WiTP_Dude]

ORIGINAL: moses

I have now destroyed 131 resourse centers at very little cost. It begins to look like it will take the whole AVG in order to defend Kumming. But then what happens to his other resourse locations. I can't remember the last time I saw an I-15 or 16.

I think you know why you haven't seen those I planes too much:

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/05/42

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Day Air attack on Kunming , at 39,33

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 25
Ki-21 Sally x 38
Ki-15 Babs x 5

Allied aircraft
I-16c x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
I-16c: 24 destroyed

Resources hits 9

[moses]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/05/42

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Day Air attack on Kunming , at 39,33

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 25
Ki-21 Sally x 38
Ki-15 Babs x 5

Allied aircraft
I-16c x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
I-16c: 24 destroyed--As Dude comments above the I-16c's don't fare well against the zero's. Actual losses 1 zero, 12 I-16's.
Resources hits 9--Kumming has now lost half of its resourses

Aircraft Attacking:
17 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
14 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
4 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet

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Ground combat at Wuchow

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 159715 troops, 1894 guns, 22 vehicles

Defending force 93363 troops, 658 guns, 0 vehicles



Allied ground losses:
177 casualties reported
Guns lost 1




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Ground combat at Wuchow

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 68640 troops, 520 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 184063 troops, 1894 guns, 165 vehicles


Japanese ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/06/42


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Ground combat at 44,39

Japanese Deliberate attack--This is one of those units trying to surround me at Wuchow.

Attacking force 23287 troops, 261 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 2381 troops, 16 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 111 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
105 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Allied ground losses:
149 casualties reported
Guns lost 6


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

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Ground combat at Wuchow

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 160181 troops, 1905 guns, 24 vehicles

Defending force 93276 troops, 665 guns, 0 vehicles



Allied ground losses:
157 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


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Ground combat at Yenen

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 25931 troops, 368 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 16937 troops, 131 guns, 0 vehicles



Allied ground losses:
98 casualties reported
Guns lost 4


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Ground combat at Wuchow

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 83946 troops, 651 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 184547 troops, 1905 guns, 167 vehicles


Japanese ground losses:
88 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


All looks stable on my line and the battle in Wuchow appears to be going well. He has 11 corps and 3 divisions there now. With these fighting every day and Wuchow no longer producing he must be having to ship in a ton of supply.

Insurgent forces attacked my bases in Canton when I inadvertanly sent all the ground troops elsewhere. I went to reset my air units there and found 100% port damage and damage to my airfields and resourses as well. Crap.---Dude is losing a couple B-17's a day to operational losses??

[WiTP_Dude]

I used some B-17Es at Clark Field to resupply Wuchow. The situation is very bad for the Chinese.

[moses]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/07/42

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Day Air attack on Kunming , at 39,33

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 24
Ki-15 Babs x 1

Allied aircraft
I-16c x 15

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
I-16c: 20 destroyed, 1 damaged----1 zero to 8 I-16c's. The zero lost to ops.

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Day Air attack on Wuchow , at 42,39

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 49

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
28 casualties reported

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 6

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
9 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
8 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
9 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
5 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
2 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet

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Ground combat at Wuchow

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 172799 troops, 1902 guns, 170 vehicles

Defending force 93581 troops, 669 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2

Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 2)


Japanese ground losses:
577 casualties reported
Guns lost 19

Allied ground losses:
1268 casualties reported
Guns lost 30


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Ground combat at Yenen--The Chinese are retreating as 1 corps has left.

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 30947 troops, 408 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 8612 troops, 55 guns, 0 vehicles



Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

[moses]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/08/42


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Ground combat at Wuchow

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 165388 troops, 1880 guns, 27 vehicles

Defending force 92178 troops, 626 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 3)


Japanese ground losses:---This is what I get for being impatient. No need to attack two turns in a row.
Guns lost 53
1181 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 3

Allied ground losses:
716 casualties reported
Guns lost 17


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Ground combat at Wuchow

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 82835 troops, 592 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 188230 troops, 1799 guns, 164 vehicles


Japanese ground losses:
14 casualties reported

[WiTP_Dude]

Situation in Wuchow desperate. Chinese are the brink of losing yet another city. Although being forced to withdraw wouldn't be too bad as the two forces down there could combine into one force. That would too large of an army for the Japanese to push out of Kweiyang in 1942.

[moses]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/09/42


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Ground combat at Wuchow

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 159836 troops, 1843 guns, 20 vehicles

Defending force 91817 troops, 614 guns, 0 vehicles



Allied ground losses:
127 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


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Ground combat at Wuchow

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 83282 troops, 601 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 189236 troops, 1843 guns, 164 vehicles


Japanese ground losses:
45 casualties reported
Guns lost 2





AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/10/42



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Ground combat at Wuchow

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 177633 troops, 1861 guns, 165 vehicles

Defending force 92070 troops, 619 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2

Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 2)


Japanese ground losses:
463 casualties reported
Guns lost 35
Vehicles lost 3

Allied ground losses:
1132 casualties reported
Guns lost 29


AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/11/42

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Day Air attack on Chungking , at 43,32--This had to make WITP_Dude's day. My fighters get seperated from the bombers and I get creamed. 13 Sallies are lost. I was lucky that my second Sally group also got lost or my bombing offensive would have been shut down for a week or two. The good news is that despite the beating they took they still destroyed 12 resourse pts.
Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 23

Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 20

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 22 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 3 damaged

Resources hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet

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Ground combat at Wuchow

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 181015 troops, 2062 guns, 25 vehicles

Defending force 94779 troops, 599 guns, 0 vehicles



Allied ground losses:
90 casualties reported

[WiTP_Dude]

Chungking's rice fields only take minor damage from falling Sallies.

[moses]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/12/42


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Ground combat at Wuchow

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 181266 troops, 2069 guns, 26 vehicles

Defending force 95158 troops, 610 guns, 0 vehicles



Allied ground losses:
97 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


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Ground combat at Wuchow

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 86902 troops, 596 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 210596 troops, 2069 guns, 170 vehicles


Japanese ground losses:
77 casualties reported
Guns lost 4


AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/13/42


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Ground combat at Wuchow

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 204081 troops, 2082 guns, 169 vehicles

Defending force 95245 troops, 615 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 2)


Japanese ground losses:
728 casualties reported
Guns lost 26
Vehicles lost 1

Allied ground losses:
2115 casualties reported
Guns lost 81


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Ground combat at Wuchow

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 81150 troops, 480 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 209977 troops, 2045 guns, 166 vehicles



AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/14/42


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Ground combat at Wuchow

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 181204 troops, 2063 guns, 25 vehicles

Defending force 92495 troops, 502 guns, 0 vehicles



Allied ground losses:
194 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Wuchow

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 78436 troops, 489 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 210504 troops, 2063 guns, 168 vehicles


Japanese ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

The attrition continues.

[moses]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/15/42


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Ground combat at Wuchow

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 181621 troops, 2063 guns, 25 vehicles

Defending force 92558 troops, 515 guns, 0 vehicles



Allied ground losses:
193 casualties reported
Guns lost 4




AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/16/42


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Ground combat at Wuchow

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 204419 troops, 2082 guns, 166 vehicles

Defending force 92857 troops, 528 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2

Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 2)


Japanese ground losses:
1086 casualties reported
Guns lost 51
Vehicles lost 8

Allied ground losses:
2053 casualties reported
Guns lost 33

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/17/42

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Day Air attack on Lanchow , at 45,25

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 23
Ki-21 Sally x 20

No Japanese losses

Resources hits 2--actually 4. Not much but every little bit helps.
Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet

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Ground combat at Wuchow

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 181023 troops, 2035 guns, 19 vehicles

Defending force 89945 troops, 440 guns, 0 vehicles



Allied ground losses:
223 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


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Ground combat at Wuchow

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 79844 troops, 426 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 210327 troops, 2035 guns, 161 vehicles


Japanese ground losses:
75 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at 51,23--This little battle between one chinese division and various ash and trash JP units has been going on for a month north of Yenan. The chinese unit is virtually surrounded and I guess this is its equivilant of a bazei charge.
Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 2844 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 10023 troops, 146 guns, 0 vehicles

Allied assault odds: 0 to 1



Allied ground losses:
86 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


This long period of attrition in Wuchow is coming to a culminating point as the chinese forces are becoming depleted especially in artillery. Unless Dude brings in significant reinforcements the situation is going to get out of hand quickly.

In Chungking Dude is rebuilding the industry that I destroyed. At 1000 sp per resourse point this burns a lot of supply. I don't know how it is possible for him to do this. Perhaps his supply situation is much better than I imagine.

[WiTP_Dude]

The loss of Wuchow won't be the end of the world. I think the Japanese will be hard pressed to reach Chungking in 1942 at this point. Also Operation "Fortress Parcel Service" has ended as real transports have arrived in India.

[moses]

Really the city might as well be lost as it no longer is producing. What is does accomplish is to tie my troops down and prevent them from going elsewhere. When this battle ends the next operational phase begins. Until then we're just marking time.

[WiTP_Dude]

North China:

[WiTP_Dude]

South China:

[WiTP_Dude]

Ledo Airfield:

[moses]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/18/42


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Ground combat at Wuchow

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 181290 troops, 2052 guns, 19 vehicles

Defending force 90245 troops, 452 guns, 0 vehicles



Allied ground losses:
190 casualties reported




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Ground combat at Wuchow

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 80308 troops, 433 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 210634 troops, 2052 guns, 161 vehicles


Japanese ground losses:
37 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/19/42


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Ground combat at Wuchow

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 204065 troops, 2062 guns, 162 vehicles

Defending force 90575 troops, 460 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1

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


Japanese ground losses:
689 casualties reported
Guns lost 40
Vehicles lost 1

Allied ground losses:
1926 casualties reported
Guns lost 74




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Ground combat at Wuchow

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 75602 troops, 346 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 251250 troops, 2522 guns, 168 vehicles


AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/20/42

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Day Air attack on Sian , at 47,29--I lost 14 planes here in exchange for 28 resourse pts. Probably not worth it.
Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 36
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 6
Ki-30 Ann x 39
Ki-51 Sonia x 20
Ki-36 Ida x 7

Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 20

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-27 Nate: 22 destroyed
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 2 destroyed
Ki-30 Ann: 2 destroyed, 9 damaged
Ki-51 Sonia: 5 destroyed, 7 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 2 damaged

Resources hits 23

Aircraft Attacking:
23 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet
10 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet
9 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing at 2000 feet
7 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing at 2000 feet
3 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet
2 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet
2 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing at 2000 feet
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Ground combat at Wuchow

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 223572 troops, 2573 guns, 29 vehicles

Defending force 88317 troops, 372 guns, 0 vehicles



Allied ground losses:
269 casualties reported

[WiTP_Dude]

It won't take very long to destroy all the oil, resources, and industry there.

[moses]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/21/42

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Day Air attack on Kunming , at 39,33--Another bad attack. I lost 3 zero's and 9 Sallies to 3 I-16's and 1 P-40. I destroyed 15 more resourses but I don't like letting his fighters get experience like this.
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
Ki-21 Sally x 41
Ki-15 Babs x 5

Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 15
I-16c x 14

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 6 destroyed
Ki-21 Sally: 19 destroyed, 5 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 2 destroyed
I-16c: 6 destroyed, 2 damaged

Resources hits 6

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
14 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
6 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
6 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet


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Ground combat at Wuchow

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 224116 troops, 2596 guns, 30 vehicles

Defending force 59255 troops, 265 guns, 0 vehicles---The retreat has begun! The key question over the next week will be how much damage can be inflicted during this retreat.


Allied ground losses:
113 casualties reported
Guns lost 4


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Ground combat at 51,23--The little allied unit in the north was finally driven out. I assume it had no supply left as it had an assault value of zero.
Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 20415 troops, 320 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 2612 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 412 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
119 casualties reported


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

[WiTP_Dude]

I don't know if the resources can be protected unless the entire AVG is put on it. The Chinese fighters just don't do too much right now.