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RE: Ride to the sound of the guns! - 2/22/2008 1:19:54 PM

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Here we can see the stats for my three main taskforces. Another force of two BBs and some CAs and DDs are refueling at Palembang.

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RE: Ride to the sound of the guns! - 2/22/2008 1:46:42 PM

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Recon report of Trimcomalee:

When my recon-Betties arrived, the base was protected by a defensive CAP of 4 Hurricane IIb.
Enemy forces reported at the base are 3 units consisting of 4900 troops, 57 guns, 2 AFV.

Tomorrow I'll do a recon run of Colombo.

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RE: Ride to the sound of the guns! - 2/22/2008 2:21:28 PM

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Recon report just came in from Colombo. The recon Bettys were met by a CAP of 6 Mohawks and 18 Hurricane IIb's.
Reports on the ground indicate a single unit 3700 men, 42 guns and one AFV. Sweet mother...he has left Ceylon completely undefended.

I have a division right now at sea just off Andaman Island, together with the two parachute regiments that are also just off Andaman Island. Should I make an attempt on Ceylon instead of reinforcing Akyab? I have the KB in position, I have the entire Combined Fleet in position. Is one division enough?

He has nothing defending Ceylon. Perhaps there are mines there, perhaps he can fly in most of his bombers from India there...I will still have the 200 Zeros from the KB to defend my ships...I have almost my entire navy in this area right now. He cant have much...

Also, look at the sice of his defensive CAP. That is the only base with fighters, and the size of the CAP is pathetic. Maybe the RAF is in more dire straits than I thought.

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RE: Ride to the sound of the guns! - 2/22/2008 2:30:11 PM

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The unit in Colombo can only be the static baseforce that starts there. One of the units at Trimcomalee must also be the static base force.

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RE: Ride to the sound of the guns! - 2/22/2008 3:40:28 PM

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I am really considering this move.

I have the units in place, he is off-balance. Even if he dispatches reinforcements to Ceylon today they would not arrive before my invasion fleet.

I can launch the full might of the Japanese battleships on his bases. I have checked what sort of equipment the baseforces start with, and they do have two 9.2 inch guns each, but that should be no problem for my 8 BBs and 8 CAs. I also have the entire KB here. All CVs except Zuikaku, and 3 CVLs, that means I have 7 CVs and 3 CVLs right here (two hexes south of the Combined Fleet).

Avaliable landforces are the 5th Division and the 1nd and 2nd Parachute Regiments. Surely these units would be able to overcome a single base force?

I am sooo tempted to do this.

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RE: Ride to the sound of the guns! - 2/22/2008 3:59:00 PM

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This is what the base force at Trimcomalee looks like at the start of the war.

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RE: Ride to the sound of the guns! - 2/22/2008 4:31:32 PM

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Hey - if you're gonna do it - don't think about it too long - he probably knows something is up by this point - so he may be reacting already.

What about bombing the telephone pole? Will show you are still interested in that beast and maybe get him starting using his planes again.

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RE: Ride to the sound of the guns! - 2/22/2008 4:31:48 PM

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I would run a few more recons on Ceylon before hitting it. But it is a very tempting target of opportunity. I always keep a full brigade in each of those bases and 1-2 indian divisons in Madras with every transport plane I can scrape up there for fast re-inforcement of Ceylon.

But if he did leave the place basically stripped, then you just found a huge weakness in his front. If you go for it, I would be shifting my army level bombers to Tavoy for a fast shift to Ceylon. I would be thinking hard about loading up a 2nd division from the DEI area and ton of supply for either reinforcent, or rapid advance to secure a toehold on India proper after a base on Ceylon is secured. If you go for India proper or think you might, I would be shifting my armor forces to where I can grab them and ship them in for the rapid advance in India.

Oh and a few Betty groups to keep the Brit navy at bay too. I would not over stack ceylon with airpower though. Be prepared to grab some AA units for the first base you secure, because he is going to throw the kitchen sink at whatever base you grab.

A fast strike can be devestating, but you better think a little ahead and be looking for base forces, HQ's, supplies, fighters, bombers, AA units etc that can be rapidly shifted to Ceylon without much risk. Even just an aviation regiment will help tremendously. But be very cautious about landing a division, taking the base and then trying to find all the units you need. Look around and start loading and shifting the forces towards Ceylon the moment you decide to make the move. You can always turn them around if the invasion FUBAR's on you. Even KB will be vulnerable if trying to LRCAP your base and protect itself.

I would grab whatever base force is in Singapore or Palembang along with the AA units and have them started right behind the invasion force. Those bases are far enough from the front, that you can back fill them. But I would not want more than 3-4 days between the securing of a base and the arrival of my support units so that I can forward deploy my airforce and shift KB around.

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RE: Ride to the sound of the guns! - 2/22/2008 4:37:00 PM

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Getting a foot hold in Madras is what will really and truely get his attention and take pressure off Akyab. He might figure he can mostly ignore Ceylon and surpress it with aircraft. But regardless it will take focus off Akyab - and he really needs to continuously bring large AK supply convoys to the NE Indian ports so that his forces can drawn large amounts of supply down the trail to Akyab. As long as you sit on Ceylon he will be unable to do this.

Is it possibly worth a division to attack/take/hold Madras? Maybe, especially if it enables you to hold Akyab for at least another year. I would toss a division for that.

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RE: Ride to the sound of the guns! - 2/22/2008 4:39:46 PM

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Madras is very nice, but any base you take on the mainland will really grab his attention. What base was that recon report taken that shows 7 units? On Ceylon or Madras?

And I would start running recons of Madras, Mannagudi and every other Indian base down south to keep him guessing and give you a very clear idea of what he has where.

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RE: Ride to the sound of the guns! - 2/22/2008 4:44:51 PM

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Hey - if you're gonna do it - don't think about it too long - he probably knows something is up by this point - so he may be reacting already.

What about bombing the telephone pole? Will show you are still interested in that beast and maybe get him starting using his planes again.

Well, I tried to bomb the telephone pole, but I came limping back home minus 14 bombers for no apparent gain. I think I took out 150 men in the 225th RAF base force or something pointless like that.

My guess is that he has alot of baseforces with him in that stack to use at Akyab after capture...

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RE: Ride to the sound of the guns! - 2/22/2008 4:49:02 PM

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I would run a few more recons on Ceylon before hitting it. But it is a very tempting target of opportunity. I always keep a full brigade in each of those bases and 1-2 indian divisons in Madras with every transport plane I can scrape up there for fast re-inforcement of Ceylon.

But if he did leave the place basically stripped, then you just found a huge weakness in his front. If you go for it, I would be shifting my army level bombers to Tavoy for a fast shift to Ceylon. I would be thinking hard about loading up a 2nd division from the DEI area and ton of supply for either reinforcent, or rapid advance to secure a toehold on India proper after a base on Ceylon is secured. If you go for India proper or think you might, I would be shifting my armor forces to where I can grab them and ship them in for the rapid advance in India.

Oh and a few Betty groups to keep the Brit navy at bay too. I would not over stack ceylon with airpower though. Be prepared to grab some AA units for the first base you secure, because he is going to throw the kitchen sink at whatever base you grab.

A fast strike can be devestating, but you better think a little ahead and be looking for base forces, HQ's, supplies, fighters, bombers, AA units etc that can be rapidly shifted to Ceylon without much risk. Even just an aviation regiment will help tremendously. But be very cautious about landing a division, taking the base and then trying to find all the units you need. Look around and start loading and shifting the forces towards Ceylon the moment you decide to make the move. You can always turn them around if the invasion FUBAR's on you. Even KB will be vulnerable if trying to LRCAP your base and protect itself.

I would grab whatever base force is in Singapore or Palembang along with the AA units and have them started right behind the invasion force. Those bases are far enough from the front, that you can back fill them. But I would not want more than 3-4 days between the securing of a base and the arrival of my support units so that I can forward deploy my airforce and shift KB around.

Hey man, havent seen you in a while. How are things?

I hear what you are saying. I figure that I could fly in the support units after I have taken the base, that way I dont have to tie them up in ships for weeks. I have enough L3Y Tinas to lift an entire aviation regiment in a couple of days. Just look at how fast Im reinforcing Akyab, Im moving 1/3rd of a Division in just three days.

I am considering doing a paradrop on Trivandrum, that base is empty. I am also considering dropping on the base north of Madras, it is also empty. This guy is seriously underestimating how dangerous the Japs can be well into 43. Either that or he is a complete rookie. He seems to have the entire british and indian armies marching down the trail to Akyab and he has left nothing whatsoever behind to garrison India proper. I guess he is overconfident.

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RE: Ride to the sound of the guns! - 2/22/2008 4:51:28 PM

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Madras is very nice, but any base you take on the mainland will really grab his attention. What base was that recon report taken that shows 7 units? On Ceylon or Madras?

And I would start running recons of Madras, Mannagudi and every other Indian base down south to keep him guessing and give you a very clear idea of what he has where.

The 7 units are at Madras.

Im doing another recon run tomorrow, but Im looking at Bombay tomorrow, just to give the impression that Im just looking around.

I can bring in a couple of NFLs and some naval guards. Other than that the large combat units are tied up in Burma or defending Timor. Id rather not remove any of my Timor garrison... but I have the 4th coming in from Tarawa, they are just passing Truk however, so it will take a while for them to arrive.

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RE: Ride to the sound of the guns! - 2/22/2008 4:58:42 PM

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Family issues and work have kept me very busy and stressed, but things are improving. Thank God. LOL

He is not a rookie..........But some of your actions have made him a little cocky from what I have seen. I will be cautious, because I have read his AAR too but not commented there. Of course, I have played you and some of your actions made me wonder too. LOL. Not the Steve I know. LOL

Airlift is fine, but I would still be loading some on ships right now. The Para invasions worry me some, they are too weak at long range. It is one thing when I can use every Tabby in the inventory to lift a brigade in to backstop them once they grab the base, but Tina's carry crap for load. Tabby's are my workhorse transport. Did you convert to Tina's or maximize for Tabby as your primary transport a/c?

What airfield size is Trinvindum (I hate spelling those bases)?

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RE: Ride to the sound of the guns! - 2/22/2008 5:09:50 PM

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Okay........large units are scarce...........that could be a small problem. How about this...........

Burma, is he reconning all your bases? If not, I would think about pulling some units from the front there (not Akayab). I know you have a couple divisions in other bases there. Keep 1 division say at Rangoon with a slew of transport a/c for rapid deployment. Place trip wire forces in the forward bases, naval guard units or such. I would have recon a/c at every base in Burma flying non stop so that they will spot any and every move towards your lines. Anything you can free up will greatly help out.

Once you grab Ceylon or a base on mainland India, I would bet the farm that the 25 unit stack moving to Akyab will turn around and be the least of your worry's. If I went for Ceylon or a toehold on the mainland, Akyab would have a brigade in it and everything else would be shifting to the new front. Period.

He may be overconfident now, but if you make the move, he will be 2nd guessing every plan he had up till now. And I would be hitting that monster stack every turn I could with some sort of air power maybe 2 Helen groups to rack up the disruption/fatigue and slow down his re-deployment of forces. I bet he splits his spleen if you take a base on Ceylon or the mainland.

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RE: Ride to the sound of the guns! - 2/22/2008 5:50:15 PM

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Family issues and work have kept me very busy and stressed, but things are improving. Thank God. LOL

He is not a rookie..........But some of your actions have made him a little cocky from what I have seen. I will be cautious, because I have read his AAR too but not commented there. Of course, I have played you and some of your actions made me wonder too. LOL. Not the Steve I know. LOL

Airlift is fine, but I would still be loading some on ships right now. The Para invasions worry me some, they are too weak at long range. It is one thing when I can use every Tabby in the inventory to lift a brigade in to backstop them once they grab the base, but Tina's carry crap for load. Tabby's are my workhorse transport. Did you convert to Tina's or maximize for Tabby as your primary transport a/c?

What airfield size is Trinvindum (I hate spelling those bases)?

Good to hear things are improving. I was suspecting that work had claimed all of your time again.

Well, I hope he is judging my abilities from some of my earlier actions. I wanted to try a new strategy this game, and lets just say that I wont be doing some of the things I did again LOL

I have decided to go for this opportunity. Fidning Ceylon undefended is not too common really...especially not when you have all your forces in position.

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RE: Ride to the sound of the guns! - 2/22/2008 5:53:10 PM

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Now here is the beautiful part.

Both Bangalore and Trivandrum are not built at all. Recon tells me they are empty. I am shifting one airborne unit to andaman to fly from there using L3Ys and H6K2-Ls. I will try to take both those bases via coup de main.

I will land at Trimcomalee (with my division) and at Yanam with a naval guards unit. One of my subs was spotted by a B-26, so he has flown in some Marauders. But I should be able to overcome them with the KB.

There will be no more recon for a while now, and instead I will launch an air offensive in Burma to divert his attention again.

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RE: Ride to the sound of the guns! - 2/22/2008 5:55:31 PM

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Panajii is almost undefended too. Just a single baseforce.

This is amazing, there seems to be no troops whatsoever in all of southern India.

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RE: Ride to the sound of the guns! - 2/22/2008 6:02:17 PM

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Okay........large units are scarce...........that could be a small problem. How about this...........

Burma, is he reconning all your bases? If not, I would think about pulling some units from the front there (not Akayab). I know you have a couple divisions in other bases there. Keep 1 division say at Rangoon with a slew of transport a/c for rapid deployment. Place trip wire forces in the forward bases, naval guard units or such. I would have recon a/c at every base in Burma flying non stop so that they will spot any and every move towards your lines. Anything you can free up will greatly help out.

Once you grab Ceylon or a base on mainland India, I would bet the farm that the 25 unit stack moving to Akyab will turn around and be the least of your worry's. If I went for Ceylon or a toehold on the mainland, Akyab would have a brigade in it and everything else would be shifting to the new front. Period.

He may be overconfident now, but if you make the move, he will be 2nd guessing every plan he had up till now. And I would be hitting that monster stack every turn I could with some sort of air power maybe 2 Helen groups to rack up the disruption/fatigue and slow down his re-deployment of forces. I bet he splits his spleen if you take a base on Ceylon or the mainland.

Burma

I have almost all my combat units at akyab. At Mytchina I have the Imp Guards together with a Tank Rgt and some engineers. At Mandalay I have 1/3rd of the 33rd Division (the rest is at Akyab) further north on the railroad between Mandalay and Mytchina I have a tank regiment looking for surprise attacks coming down the trail. Rangoon is empty except for HQ and flak units.

There is not much to pull out from Burma.

At Andaman I have two naval guards units for a total of 200 AV, I am in the process of putting garrisons on all the small bases from Rangoon to Georgetown. Sabang has two Nav Guards too.

LOL that guy must be very confident of himself, he seems to have left India completely unguarded, and put everything including the kitchen sink on the trail to Akyab.

If I manage to get a foothold in India, I will move in more units from the NEI, but not yet. I want to know where he has his CVs first.

One more month until the P38s arrive...before that I should be safe

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RE: Ride to the sound of the guns! - 2/22/2008 7:13:29 PM

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Hey - if you're gonna do it - don't think about it too long - he probably knows something is up by this point - so he may be reacting already.

What about bombing the telephone pole? Will show you are still interested in that beast and maybe get him starting using his planes again.

Well, I tried to bomb the telephone pole, but I came limping back home minus 14 bombers for no apparent gain. I think I took out 150 men in the 225th RAF base force or something pointless like that.

My guess is that he has alot of baseforces with him in that stack to use at Akyab after capture...

Purpose of bombing the TP isn't so much to cause casualties as it is to try to break up the stack. Even a delay of 1 mile/per day for a day or two can cause the affected units to "fall out" and arrive late. Might increase your chance of having one lucky shot at attacking the early arrivals - but I wouldn't get my hopes up.

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RE: Ride to the sound of the guns! - 2/22/2008 7:35:28 PM

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Guys, what is "the telephone pole"? Do you mean the big stack of units?

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RE: Ride to the sound of the guns! - 2/22/2008 8:19:10 PM

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Hey we're workin' on building up our top secret code speak here in this thread - so no one - even PzH knows what anyone is talking about!

But darm, you guessed it - so back to the drawin' board!

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RE: Ride to the sound of the guns! - 2/22/2008 8:58:30 PM

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Today my taskforce was spotted.

I am sure he will fly in hundreds of aircraft now. We shall see if my 200 Zeros can protect my ships...

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RE: Ride to the sound of the guns! - 2/23/2008 1:16:24 AM

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Well if you're way out there I wouldn't be too worried.

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RE: Ride to the sound of the guns! - 2/23/2008 10:19:29 AM

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Well, its been one more day...Im closer now. 4 hexes out to be exact. Tomorrow, there will be two BB bomardment runs on Trimcomalee as well as an airstrike consisting of VALs only on Colombo. The Zeros on KB are on LRCAP, all except two wings that are on escort duty and one that is LRCAP over Trimcomalee.

Tomorrow I will also deploy the paratroopers. If all goes according to plan there will be simultaneous drops over Trivandrum, Bangalore, Yanam and Hyderabad. It is amazing to see that neither Trivandrum nor Bangalore has been built up, airfields are still at 1 (4) on both locations, and recon tells me they are empty.

How the heck can you not garrison the entire southern half of India by September 1942?

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RE: Ride to the sound of the guns! - 2/23/2008 10:41:41 AM

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RE: Ride to the sound of the guns! - 2/23/2008 1:58:14 PM

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West Wind, Clear - 2/23/2008 2:12:39 PM

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The invasion of India starts.

This is not a "real" invasion, mind you. It is a serious attempt at taking Ceylon, but the attacks in India is more of the nuiscance kind, I intend to wreak havoc in his supply lines and in his rear areas by using paratroopers and small units.

I figure that every day I force him to march his units into the soutern parts of India wins me five days peace and quiet on the Burma front.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 09/06/42

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TF 4 encounters mine field at Trimcomalee (15,25)

Japanese Ships
BB Haruna, Mine hits 2, on fire

Haruna suffers, but is not likely to sink. She retires south with 30 sys 30 float

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TF 79 encounters mine field at Trimcomalee (15,25)

Japanese Ships
DD Hatsukari, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Hiyodori, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

These two are not so fortunate however, they will likely both sink.

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Naval bombardment of Trimcomalee, at 15,25

Japanese Ships
BB Mutsu
BB Hiei

Allied ground losses:
139 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Vehicles lost 1

Runway hits 1
Port hits 1

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Naval bombardment of Trimcomalee, at 15,25 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

4 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
CA Mikuma
CA Haguro, Shell hits 1
CA Takao
BB Ise, Shell hits 1

Allied ground losses:
170 casualties reported
Guns lost 4
Vehicles lost 3

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 2
Port hits 5

Not too bad, not too good...a pretty average result. Tomorrow I have three more units arriving to bombard the target.

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Ground combat at Bangalore

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 250 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 15

Defending force 13456 troops, 120 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 352

Japanese max assault: 14 - adjusted assault: 0

Allied max defense: 348 - adjusted defense: 204

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

Japanese ground losses:
176 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

My recon flights must have tipped him off, an Indian division has moved into Bangalore. Unfortunate.

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Ground combat at Hyderabad

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 115 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 8

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0

Japanese max assault: 10 - adjusted assault: 12

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 12 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Hyderabad base !!!

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Ground combat at Trivandrum

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 112 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0

Japanese max assault: 6 - adjusted assault: 8

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 8 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Trivandrum base !!!

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Ground combat at Yanam

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 73 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0

Japanese max assault: 2 - adjusted assault: 4

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Yanam base !!!

And the invasion has begun. It is amazing that he is not defending his bases in southern India. Trivandum has both resources, heavy industry and manpower. Not even a baseforce as defence..

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In its place we are entering a period of consequences..

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RE: West Wind, Clear - 2/23/2008 3:20:06 PM

Hortlund

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I think I need to switch this from being an invasion to a raid. He managed to fly in two brigades to Trimcomalee, meaning that my division will not be able to take the base directly. I have halted the unloading of the troops, and will instead try to take Colombo.

I have managed to cut the supply from Karachi to the rest of India for a while, and I have disrupted some of his industry but that is probably the only outcome from this adventure. I will fly in some more troops to make the mopping-up operation somewhat more costly, but that is about it.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 09/07/42

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TF 133 troops unloading over beach at Mannargudi, 16,23

Japanese ground losses:
113 casualties reported

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TF 133 troops unloading over beach at Mannargudi, 16,23

Japanese ground losses:
25 casualties reported

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TF 13 encounters mine field at Trimcomalee (15,25)

Japanese Ships
DD Hasu
DD Samidare
CA Chokai, Mine hits 1
DD Shikinami

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TF 79 encounters mine field at Trimcomalee (15,25)

Japanese Ships
DD Tanikaze, Mine hits 1

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Naval bombardment of Trimcomalee, at 15,25 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

11 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
CL Sendai, Shell hits 10, on fire, heavy damage
CA Kako
CA Kumano
CA Chokai
BB Fuso
BB Nagato

Allied ground losses:
235 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Runway hits 2
Port hits 4
Port supply hits 1

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Naval bombardment of Trimcomalee, at 15,25

Japanese Ships
CA Mikuma
CA Haguro
CA Takao
BB Ise

Allied ground losses:
63 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 5
Port hits 6

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TF 163 encounters mine field at Trimcomalee (15,25)

TF 163 troops unloading over beach at Trimcomalee, 15,25

Japanese Ships
MSW Tama Maru
MSW Ataka Maru
MSW Asahi Maru #2
MSW Aoi Maru
PG Hashidate
DD Akizuki
AP Hakusan Maru, Mine hits 1
AP Kashiwara Maru, Mine hits 1, on fire

Japanese ground losses:
45 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Coastal Guns at Trimcomalee, 15,25, firing at TF 163
381 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
CA Ashigara, Shell hits 1
CA Suzuya, Shell hits 2
PG Hashidate, Shell hits 1
CA Aoba
CA Furutaka, Shell hits 2

Japanese ground losses:
1842 casualties reported
Guns lost 7

Allied ground losses:
41 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

The troops come ashore.

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Ground combat at Trimcomalee

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 11786 troops, 104 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 354

Defending force 9667 troops, 82 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 363

Japanese ground losses:
25 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

This was something of a shock, two brigades has been flown in from Madras. I have been intercepting transport planes for the past two days, but apparently I have not been able to stop them.

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Ground combat at Benares

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 80 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0

Japanese max assault: 0 - adjusted assault: 2

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Benares base !!!

another base in the interior of India taken without opposition.

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Ground combat at Ahmadabad

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 53 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0

Japanese max assault: 2 - adjusted assault: 3

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Ahmadabad base !!!

karachi is now cut off from the rest of India.

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The era of procrastination, of half-measures, of soothing and baffling expedients, of delays, is coming to a close.
In its place we are entering a period of consequences..

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Post #: 329

RE: West Wind, Clear - 2/23/2008 4:03:38 PM

jwilkerson

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Wow two brigades flown in already? He sure has a lot of troops!

As long as you're gonna have ships doing anything at Trincomalee, split out a few minesweepers into an MS taskforce. They will be much more efficient at preventing other ships from hitting minefields.

I'm surprised he can have 28 units approaching Akyab and have spare divisions and brigades all over South India. Maybe there aren't so many divisions and brigades in that big stack.

Well you've certainly distracted his airfarce. That should help cover one more reinforcement convoy to Akyab if you choose to send one in.

Hope you can pull out (by flying if nothing else) some of those airborne units eventually.

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