East Wind Rain - Pat vs Chuck - Jap side

[George Patton]

CHUCK YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO READ THIS AAR. [:-] [:-] [:-]

Hi guys. After the problems with US Pilots experience encountered duringthe first game, "Dai Toa Senzo", Chuck and me agreed to start again.

We've decided to play with AB's CHS extended map, scenario 140, Nik 5.02.

So this are the rules:

Realism Options

allied sub doctrine: off
jap sub doctrine: off
fog of war: on
advanced weather: on
allied damage: on
historical first turn: off
player def upgrade: on
vary setup: off
dec 7th surprise: on
reinforcement: fixed

Allied can't form new TF except Force Z during first turn.
Allied can't give order to any of his TF except Force Z, during first turn.
Allied can't give order to land units and air units during first turn.
I will not chase allied CVs during first turn.
No chinese units are allowed to enter Burma, apart those under Southeast Asia HQ (I think 9 units).
Additional chinese units can move in Burma only if they change HQ and they go under HQ Southeast Asia.
Anyway those units can enter in Burma only after the fall of Rangoon.
ASW TF can have a maximum of 6 ships.

This should be all.

[Ron Saueracker]

I had a board game called "East Wind Rain"...bad one at that!

When I play as Japan in the next game I'm going to only allow the submarines, the Pearl Harbor CVs and the Malaya invasion TFs the first turn movement bonus.

[George Patton]

ORIGINAL: Ron Saueracker

I had a board game called "East Wind Rain"...bad one at that!

When I play as Japan in the next game I'm going to only allow the submarines, the Pearl Harbor CVs and the Malaya invasion TFs the first turn movement bonus.

I took the name from a book about the Pacific War.

Uhm. But with those movement bonus is quite like the history. Isn't it?

[George Patton]

The planning of the attack to the western powers is taking long time than preview.

Rear-Admiral Onishi called Cmdr. Genda to write down the general rules of an attack against Pearl Harbor. Genda suggested then to invade the Hawaiian archipelago after attacking the US base.
But Onishi refused. Anyway Genda is planning both, the air attack and the invasion.
Unfortunately Genda falled sick last week and is only now resuming is role as brain of the entire operation.
But to elaborate the Genda's plane, admiral Yamamoto called captain Kameto Kuroshima, who is arriving today at Yokosuka, to cooperate with Genda.

[George Patton]

After two weeks of intense job, today I can finally start to plan seriously.

I've modified the production for aircraft and engines.

Aircraft

Claude production converted to Zero
Nate production converted to Oscar I
Lily production converted to Helen
Ida production converted to Ki-46-II Dinah
some Jake production converted to Alf
Topsy production converted to Tabby

Increased production of Val, Kate, Nell, Betty, H6K4 Mavis and H6K2-L Mavis
Increased researche of Judy, Grace and Tojo

Engines

Ishikawajima production converted to Mitsubishi
Nissan production converted to Mitsubishi and Nakajima

I leave Hitachi production untouched for a while. Just in case I'll want build some hitachi equipped aircraft.

Increased production of Mitsubishi and Nakajima plants.

[George Patton]

I made slight modify of vehicles and armament production:

Increased armament production in Osaka and Nagasaki

Increased vehicles production in Nagoya and Tokyo

Japan homeland's port are expanding. Not all, but I want to have a lot of big port to repair damaged ships.

[George Patton]

This are the operation planned for the China Northern Front

CHINA NORTH

On north, I’ll send the 1. Mongolian Cavalry Corp (with 5 mong cavalry divisions) to Lanchow.
Three division will form the first wave. Just behind those divisions, the 1. and 2. mongolian cavalry division will serve as reserve.
After the conquest of Lanchow, three division will march north towards Sining.
To cover the south flank and reinforce the garrison in Lanchow, the 2. Ind Inf Bde is ordered to march from Kaigan to Lanchow.

But the main effort, in the northern part of China, will take place against Yenan.
From Tatung the 5. and 10. Indep Inf Bde will march for 240 miles towards the target.
The 26. Inf Div, placed north of Kaigan, will also march towards Yenan.
But those three infantry units will not be the first to reach the target.
From Yangku, 36, 37 and 41. Inf Div, supported by the 6. FA Rgt, will move north.
In reserve, from Paotang, will arrive the 110. Inf Division. Her place in Paotang, as garrison, will be take by the 15. Tank Rgt, coming from Peking.
A total of 2250 AP will be transferred to conquer Yenan. I hope they will be enough.

Kaifeng will be garrisoned, with the addition of the 3. and the 16. Ind Inf Bde, that will reinforce the 35. Infantry Division already in the city. Those troops will have the goal to stop any chinese attempt to attack from Honan.
The Honan garrison, the biggest one in the north, will probably be scattered to help cities in the north. Maybe from Kaifeng it will be possible to scare the defenders and force them to remain at Honan.

[George Patton]

CHINA CENTER/SOUTH

The 4 LCU W of Syniang will be retreated and will be part of the garrison of this city.
The line Syninang-Hankow will be my main defense line in the area. 1000 AP at Syniang and XXX at Hankow should be enough to stop any chinese attemp to break through.
The 3. Inf Division will stay on place at the bridge S of Hankow, to guard the southern flank of Hankow and the northern flank of Kiukiang.
The third defense line will be at Nanchang. Now the garrison is not strong enough, only 400 AP, but after dividing some garrison units, I can send the 15. Inf Div and the 20. Mix Bde, with additional 638 AP.

To the south, the 51. Division will move to Canton to replace the 104. Inf Div that will participate, with the 38. to the attack against Hong Kong.
To serve as Swatow garrison, I’ll transfer there one brigade of the 116. Division from Foochow.

For the moment no offensive will take place against Wuchow.

I know that in the south the chinese have a lot of units and the situation could turn bad for me, but I hope to occupy Hong Kong asap so that I can send the 38. Division to Nanning/Pakhoi area and send the 104. back to Canton. So I’ll have one division free to try to stop the chinese if they’ll attack.

[George Patton]

BURMA

The strategy here, for the moment, is easy:
Victoria Point will be occupied by the 1. Tank Regiment, while the other troops will march towards Tavoy and Moulmein, starting from Battambang.
The 33. Division with one Base Force and one Construction Battalion, starting from Siem Reap, will march towards Taung Gyi and Meitkila.
When those objective will be reached I will decide future operations.

[George Patton]

BORNEO

I want to take northern Borneo asap.
Miri will be occupied by the 9. NLF and Jesselton by the 28. NLF.
From Jesselton the 28. NLF will march towards Sandakan.
At Brunei I will land the Yokosuka 2. SNLF, with the 8. AF Const Bn and the 9. Base Force.
The other northern base to be taken is Kuching. This is a very important base because there is a 4size AF, and it’s well defended.
I will send there the 35. Infantry Bde, so I should not have problem. When Kuching is conquered, I’ll send the 12. Base Force by air.
Singkawang will be attacked too. 11. and 12. NLF will land, coming from Saigon.
To complete the first phase of Borneo operation, Tarakan is also planned to be occupied.
15. and 16. Nav Guards Units will land coming from Samah (Taan). Due to the long distance, I suppose the troops will be able to land only on the second or third turn. Meanwhile aircraft from the occupied Jolo I. will assure air cover.

[George Patton]

MALAYA

For Malaya I’ll follow the normal plane. In the last game with Chuck, suspended, I gambled on surprise, landing in Johore Bahru close the road to Singapore, but the whole plane was a disaster. So, for this second I want to be careful.
I’ll transport to Singora the 5. Inf Division plus support units, (from Samah), the 119. B.F., the 5. and 7. Construction Bn from Kompong Som plus others support units from Saigon by air.
At Khota Bharu I’ll land the 18. Infantry Division plus support units coming from Samah and 4. and 21. Infantry Mixed Bde coming from Saigon.

[pauk]

ORIGINAL: George Patton
Engines
I leave Hitachi production untouched for a while. Just in case I'll want build some hitachi equipped aircraft.

Increased production of Mitsubishi and Nakajima plants.

are you playing with PDU. If the answer is yes then you don't need Hitachi engines. If you don't play with PDU i think that 50 or so engines is enough.

[George Patton]

ORIGINAL: pauk

ORIGINAL: George Patton
Engines
I leave Hitachi production untouched for a while. Just in case I'll want build some hitachi equipped aircraft.

Increased production of Mitsubishi and Nakajima plants.

are you playing with PDU. If the answer is yes then you don't need Hitachi engines. If you don't play with PDU i think that 50 or so engines is enough.


Yes I know what do you mean. Normally I stop immetiately Hitachi engines production. I want to leave a bit the production. A pair of week max. Just in case. I have enough Mitsu and Naka production by now.

[George Patton]

THE PHILIPPINES

Batan Is. will be occupied by the Sasebo 1. SNLF. On the second day, the 104. IJNAF B.F. will be transferred, by air, from Taichu.

Luzon

Shuzan Nav Gd will be landed at Laoag. Is a size 5 airfield so I want to take it immediately. The 21. Aviation Unit will arrive together from Takao.

At Vigan will land the 48. Infantry Division, with 4. & 6. Tank Regiment.

At Lingayen will land the 65. Infantry Brigade
At Aparri will land a small force, with Sasebo 3. SNLF and Ikaiei SNLF, coming from Samah. Because Aparri is a size 5 AF, from Takao will arrive immediately the 1. Base Force.
I know that is not a great force, but I need to retard the landing of another division. I will explain later why. In case of problems from Tugueguarao garrison, I will send there the 65. Brigade or the 48. Division. In the worst case I will retreat towards Laoag. Anyway this is the last option.

I won’t land to Legaspi. The 3. Kure it’s too small inmy opinion. If the allied will attack from Naga with two division they will kick my troops into the sea. I’ll divert the unit to Menado.


Palawan

The 1. Parachute Regiment will be airdropped over Puerto Princesa.


Jolo I.

The Kure 2. SNLF, from Palau, will land and occupy Jolo I. This is key 4 size AF and I need it immediately.

Mindanao

The 21. NLF will land in Zamboanga, the 22. NLF in Butuan, the 23. NLF in Dadjangas, Sasebo 2. SNLF in Cotabato and the 3. NLF to Cagayan. I have some doubts about the 3. NLF. I’m not sure if it will be strong enough but I have no other forces at disposal in Palau. As reinforcement I’ll send the Kainan Guard SNLF from Samah, but this unit will probably arrive only on day three.
Obviously the 56. Inf Bde will land in Davao.

Panay I.

The Sasebo 8. SNLF and Yokosuka 4. SNLF will land in Roxas.

Leyte I.

Landing are planned at Ormoc and Tacloban, with 1. & 2. NLF.

In addition, a lot of support units, artillery, engineering and AA bn, are sent everywhere in the Philippines.

[George Patton]

SOUTH WEST PACIFIC

Two objectives are important in the first phase, Kavieng and Lae.
Kavieng will be occupied by the 24. NLF coming from Truk. In addition, from Takao I will send the 9. AF Construction Bn to speed up the building and from Hiroshima the 14. Base Force.
To Lae I will send, from Truk, the 8. NLF and the 7. Nav Constr Bn.

The 66. Nav Gd Unit will land in Dagua and then will occupy all the northern bases of the Australian New Guinea.

From Hiroshima I’ve embarked the 14. NLF. I send this unit to Talasea, at the northern shore of New Britain.
To the southern shore, at Gasmata, I’ll land the 4. NLF, coming from Truk.
With those two landing operation, I want to block the retreat of australian troops from Rabaul, when the city will be attacked.

Last operation in the area will be conducted against Buna. The Maizuru 1. SNLF will land there.

The problem for that area is that Base Force units are not yet at disposal. I have to count on Kavieng and Lae quick building to assure the air cover for future operations.

[George Patton]

Here you can see a D3A Val taking-off for another training flight.
The crews of the glorious imperial japanese navy are traninig everyday to beat at best the US Fleet at Pearl Harbor. BANZAI

[George Patton]

CENTRAL PACIFIC

Ok. This is the biggest area of the war and it’s hard to keep all under control.
In the last past days I let Chuck knows that I had the idea to land in Pearl Harbor. I don’t know if he will believe that, but I want to.
I rejected the plan to land in Hawaii. It’s too risky and I can loose a lot of planes or, worst, carriers.
But to let Chuck to think I want to occupy PH, I will launch a couples of operations.

Guam

Anyway, the nearest battlefield will be, of course, Guam, that will be invaded by the 5. NLF, from Saipan. Togheter with this NLF I will also land som support units, like 105. IJN B.F., from Amami I.

Wake I.

Wake I. will be attacked by the 51. and 61. Nav Gds Units. They should be enough to occupy the atoll.
In addition the HQ of 4th Fleet will be transported from Truk and the 30. Special B.F. from Palau.

Midway I.

From Bonin I. instead storming the undefended Guam, the South Seas Detachment will land on Midway. This move will maybe convince Chuck that I have the intention to land also on Oahu.
To operate the airfield of Midway, from Tokyo will arrive the 5. Base Force.
From Kwajalein Maizru 2. SNLF and the 53. Nav Gd are ready to support the landing. The troops are already embarked but will remain on station west of Wake I. because the US Carriers are reported in the triangle between Midway-Johnston-Pearl Harbor so they could attack those ships near Midway before the KB come to cover the invasion.
In this way, those troops may help also the Wake invasion force if she will encounter difficulties.
Third possibility, if Midway and Wake operation will met an easy and quick success, they will be sent, under the cover of KB, to invade Johnston I. or Palmyra. I’m not sure about Johnston I. because the atoll is on range of 4E bombers of Pearl, so maybe the conquest could be useless.

Makin

Half of 52. Nav Gd will invade the atoll north of Tarawa, as usual. Since the TF is a fast one, will not receive movements bonus of the first turn.

Tarawa

At Tarawa I will land the other part of the 52. Nav Gd and the 6. Base Force to build and operate the airport.

[Mistmatz]

Why do you want him to believe you are invading PH. I'd say after 2 weeks in the combat (latest) he will know it was a fake and I'm not sure if it would make any difference in the allied moves for that time...

You on the other hand might place LCU's in areas where they might be vulnerable to strikes later on.

[George Patton]

I hope that he will keep the CV in the area.
For that reason I don't know yet how two use two infantry division in Japan, that I can embark immediately.
I can send them to Rabaul or Port Moresby or use them in Malaya to speed up the invasion. I have the whole day to think about.
Anyway the main reason about your question is to engage enemy carriers.

[George Patton]

OTHER UNITS

I have some units in Japan that I can embark during the first turn. But most don’t have the ships to embark.
I will send the 56. Infantry Division from Osaka to Kuantan. It’s a long trip so I suppose that my troops will be already in the area when this unit will arrive. Anyway the convoy will stop in Saigon to meet with the escort.
I have then the 16. Infantry Division at Amami I. I want to send this unit to Rabaul. When the base will be conquered she will be joined by the 8. Base Force from Kyoto.

With those moves I ended the land operation.