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RE: JonReb vs Marky - The Glory of Japan! - 5/6/2009 8:45:20 AM   
SierraJuliet


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Status: offline 		Only 47 planes lost (just 18 more than RL).  Not too bad with the possibility of a couple of more BBs on the way out or at least out for a long time.  Hmmm 5 battleships, you aim high JohReb.

Kaga as flagship.... I like as she is my favourite Japanese carrier.  Did anyone work out the identity of the lost US cruiser?

Looking forward to seeing you keep the cork in the bottle at the Philippines.




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RE: JonReb vs Marky - The Glory of Japan! - 5/6/2009 9:03:22 AM   
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Status: offline 		Enjoyable. I like the maps. After studying various AARs, it does seem to pay some dividends if the Japanese player expends some assets right from the beginning to defend the Northern route. It has more to do with the way the stock map works than anything else, but I do believe that some time spent aquiring a few bases, fortifying , maybe expanding a few ports and airfields will help slow down the Allies. At least give it some thought.

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RE: JonReb vs Marky - The Glory of Japan! - 5/6/2009 11:22:59 AM   
jonreb31


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Status: offline 		December 10th Combat Report

A fairly good and active turn with some more destruction.

Combat reports are STILL not being written??! All my settings are fine.. yet everytime the combat save is running no combat animations come through and no combat reports are being written. Due to this I've not been making maps, since I don't want to keep going in to watch the combat save over and over again or write my own report.

I'm starting to use Anti-Sub task forces of small gunboats (PG/PC) and they are already meeting some success with some hits against several allied subs.

China Theater




Here's a look at my first destination objectives as well as my longer-term objectives to push China into it's interior, as well as grab me some more industry and resources. No hexes also looks so much sexier! Will post the unit Assault Value being dedicated to these objectives once my units are more allocated, a lot are still marching around.

Troops are building up in Changsa with approx 70,000 on both sides. I've also been getting artillery here already. Started doing bombardment attacks, and caused 100 casualties today.

Hong Kong Falls! Lost 300 in the assault but bagged 17,000 POWs. The 2 divisions in Hong Kong will now move to Canton in prepartion to attack Wuchow.

Malaysia/East Indies front

Land

Deliberate attack at Khota Bharu, already 3-1 odds. Will shock attack next turn and most likely push them out so I can start moving southwards with this division.

Landings at Kuantuan were delayed, I think because of destroyers refueling.. arg. Both brigades moving to this base will now be arriving tomorrow to start their landings.

The 55th division arrives in Alor Star and will capture it then start attacking southwards. Base was apparently evacuated, and I think I trapped some planes here when I airfield attacked it a few turns ago--that's good.

Large numbers of support units, most importantly 2 tank regiments, will be arriving in Saigon soon originaly from Hainan

Light landings begin to take place in undefended places across Borneo and the far southern part of the East Indies. It should start heating up tomorrow as more units reach their destinations.

Air

Not much happened, much fewer British air naval attacks and all failed.

3 more Allied bombers were killed at Kuantan from my airfield attacks.

My planned airfield attack on Singapore was called off AGAIN due to MORE bad weather-- irritating.. I haven't been able to hit this airfield since December 7th because of this damned weather.

Naval

2 more BBs and escorts will arrive at Saigon tomorrow. I'll join them up with my CA Force 1 and dub it BB Force 2 consisting of 2 BBs, 3 CAs, 3 CLs, and 11 DDs. It'll provide bombardment support on Kuantan once formed and safeguard the transports.

For some clarity--Each BB Force has 2 battleships and 2-4 heavy cruisers as well as various light cruisers/destroyers. Here are my current BB forces and where they are located:

BB Force 1: Operating off North Borneo.

BB Force 2: To be formed in Saigon and will operate off the east coast of Malaysia

BB Force 3: Moving to the Phillipines to support any leftover missions.

BB Force 4: To be formed in Truk, still moving.

CVE Taiyo will be arriving on the north east coast of Borneo tomorrow. Her final destination is north west Borneo to work alongside BB Force 1 and provide fighter CAP.

My submarines that were concentrating on the west Malaysian coast are ordered to start dispering around the East Indies to locate allied ships and, of course, try to destroy them.

Phillipines Theater


Land:

Some landings on a few undefended Phillipine islands, with more to follow tomorrow.

Allied shock attack at Lingayen! Looks like some form of (understrength)US division tried to make an attack here, but my brigade that landed at Vigan was already there. They got slaughtered, 400 casualties for them 100 casualties for me. This is probably the worst place he could attempt a counter-attack.. I have 40-50k troops moving in to land within the next few days. Not exactly main combat brigade/division units but such a huge number of SNLF, combat engineer regiments, engineers, tank regiments, and artillery really adds up.

Another shock attack by the 1st parachute regiment at Cagayan fails with 23 casualties, despite 31 Assault value vs 1. Not looking too bright for them, I was hoping they'd be successful faster. I'll let them rest for now while I land in more troops and supplies.

Air:

Virtually no land-based air due to bad weather.. will hopefully attack clark field tomorrow.

Naval:

My Surface Combat TFs intercepted the fleeing allied ships and corked the exit. Following were some big naval battles (well, not really battles) sinking quite a few more allied ships and heavily damaging many many more. The allied ships are still trapped and I'll continue to pursue them while clogging the exit. Here's a look at one of the "battles":



BB Force 3 is also almost in the area, looks like they might make it in time to do some action..

More air naval strikes from Light Carrier Force putting torpedoes in more transports.

Here's a sum of allied ships sunk today at Phillipines:
1TK, 1PG, 3MSW, 2AK, 1AS
Once again, the majority of damage here was putting dozens of shells and torpedoes into a large number of ships therefore heavily damaging most of them, if they don't sink of their wounds they must be so very slow that I could catch them without even trying. Plus I pushed them away from the exit, none have escaped yet (if ever).

Central/East/South Pacific Theaters:

South Pacific starting to heat up with units beginning to reach their destinations. In the Solomons, units are isolating Rabaul and waiting for more support before assaulting Rabaul itself.

BB Force 4 will be arriving and forming at Truk within the next few days and will begin by providing bombardment on Rabaul to soften them up for the..

South Seas Department(seriously, what a cool name for a combat unit)-- who will arrive at Truk within two days. They'll spearheard the attack on Rabaul along with some other units.

I'm also dedicating 27 G3Ms to start knocking out bombers on the airfield at Rabaul, don't want them doing any damage to my transports.

Further east I'm starting to make landings at the Gilbert Islands as well as outlying islands. Makin Island becomes Japanese.

Aaand my sub picket line south west of Hawaii is already being useful. 3 allied ships were spotted by one of my subs, including a CA. This is more than likely the escorts for one of the Carriers, and who knows, maybe the carrier is still with them. I can't avoid a chance to kill a rather hopeless and lone US carrier so I'm moving to intercept and destroy it. If the carrier happens not to be among them, at least I'll bag some escorts-- and cruisers are always juicy.






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RE: JonReb vs Marky - The Glory of Japan! - 5/6/2009 12:12:56 PM   
jonreb31


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ORIGINAL: SierraJuliet

Only 47 planes lost (just 18 more than RL).  Not too bad with the possibility of a couple of more BBs on the way out or at least out for a long time.  Hmmm 5 battleships, you aim high JohReb.

Kaga as flagship.... I like as she is my favourite Japanese carrier.  Did anyone work out the identity of the lost US cruiser?

Looking forward to seeing you keep the cork in the bottle at the Philippines.



Yes, the losses weren't too bad at all for the exchange. Once I return to Tokyo I'll get back to full numbers and up any lost experience quickly against targets less formidable than Pearl Harbour. Also 5 Battleships is what was sunk historically at Pearl Harbour! Granted, many of them were raised from the dead and put back into service.. but still.

Indeed, I like the Kaga, plus it is the flagship for my current Kido Butai. The Cruiser sunk was confirmed by float planes and submarines as the CA Northhampton :).

As can be seen my cork is working quite well, I'm optimistic that no living allied ships will get out of the Phillipines (well, except for the submarines--arg.)


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ORIGINAL: stuman

Enjoyable. I like the maps. After studying various AARs, it does seem to pay some dividends if the Japanese player expends some assets right from the beginning to defend the Northern route. It has more to do with the way the stock map works than anything else, but I do believe that some time spent aquiring a few bases, fortifying , maybe expanding a few ports and airfields will help slow down the Allies. At least give it some thought.



Thanks for the sound advice. In light of all this new information on the North Pacific I'll do some surveying and draw up a plan.



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RE: JonReb vs Marky - The Glory of Japan! - 5/7/2009 9:32:41 AM   
jonreb31


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Another good and active turn. I'm really pushing Mikey while taking very few losses.

PG/PC ASW forces continue hunting for Allied submarines along Borneo. Malaysia and Phillipines-- even if they don't do much damage it's been working well to disrupting them from targeting any of my transports. Amazingly none of my ships have been hit from enemy submarines yet since the start of the war. In fact.. I haven't even lost any ships at all.

Burma & China Theaters

The nice sounds of soldiers marching and trains whistling as my units continue shifting to their positiong across China and Burma. Only current place of activity is in Changsa where my bombardments caused another 100 casualties. My planes also continue their ground attacks, causing light casualties across the front.

Malaysia/Northern East Indies Theater

Land:

One brigade finally lands in Kuantan, slightly heavy casualties at the landing. Second brigade to land tomorrow , then they can make their attack. BB Force 2 also moving in to bombard.

The 18th Division's attack on Khota Bharu, for some reason, reverted to a deliberate attack and only achieved 1-1 odds with 100 casualties on both sides-- and a fortification reduction. No matter.. I'll try a shock attack again tomorrow.

Alor Star fell to the 5th Division and 3 British planes were destroyed- nice. They'll continue southwards against the scurrying British soldiers.

Yet more landings made in north Borneo and two bases fall easily. The two bases of Kuching and Brunei are fairly defended but should fall in a few days, then I can turn them into nice Japanese airfields to base some planes in.

Several regiments of combat engineers and tanks arrive in Saigon today-- going to start moving them all to Malaysia where they'll be important for the final battle at Singapore.

Air:

Japanese airfield attack on Taiping was successful with 3 British planes destroyed, none for us. Tomorrow Japanese bombers will target the large concentration of British troops apparently retreating from Taiping.

Singapore strike was called off YET AGAIN. I'm going to keep trying until I can at least get one attack in to see what he has. For all I know he could have filtered in all fighters from the area by now, so I'm expecting the worst.

Several more allied air naval attacks, but all are completely ineffective. Interestingly he's even got a lot of his fighters running naval attacks from Singapore-- Buffalo's bombs don't even manage to do much scratching to my PG boats.

This will actually be very good for me--if a lot of his fighters are set to naval attacks and not much CAP then I'll easily do a lot of damage to Singapore and catch them on the ground. Not that I'm scared at all at Buffalos, especially with 50 or so zero escorts. IF this damn weather clears up.

Naval:

CVE Taiyo is now in position and should provide some fighter CAP tomorrow for my forces around Kuching.

BB Force 2 moving in to bombard Kuantan to support the offensive forming there.

Force Z continues to be a mystery. There are many posibilities, such as going around the west side of Sumatra to avoid attacks and detection, but my best bet is he is sitting in someplace like Batavia waiting to find a weak point or for me to make a mistake.

Southern East Indies Theater:

This part of the Pacific is starting to heat up as my units begin landing onto the islands. This area has several important (level 4) airfields that I want to plant some bombers and naval patrols on-- this will help prevent any evacuations to Australia from further north.

Here's a look at the situation and my main objectives:



Amboina:Level 4 airfield that can provision naval patrols and air naval attacks in the region. Will become a less priority field once Kendari is taken, but easier and faster to capture.

Kendari:Important Level 4 airfield that will be used primarily for airpower once taken due to it's position overlooking most of this region.

Menado:Not the best position and only a level 3 airfield but can be built up and be used as a back up.

This is a weaker and more vulnerable area for me with only 3 CAs, 2 CLs, and 11 DDs operating. I'll need to keep a watch out for any Allied naval attacks, especially from Force Z(who I still have not located).

Phillipine Theater:

Land:

Lingayen is becoming a major base of operations as I start building up an airfield and ferry in many tons of supplies for the upcoming battles. I chose this site because it has a railroad link to Clark Field, and therefore the rest of northern Phillipines, to quickly send supplies from. I have about 40,000 troops staged here at 600 Assault Value so far with more on the way.

I don't want to attack across the river to Clark Field so I'll be moving westwards to San Marcelino with my forces and then attack Clark Field from there. Importantly I also have 2 full and ferocious divisions from the home islands-- which will create the backbone of the offensive-- coming in by transport in a few days; they'll be landing directly into San Marcelino. The Allies have apparently evacuated San Marcelino so I'll be rushing it with two armored regiments to capture it before the divisions arrive-- this will avoid casualties and disruption. Then the rest of my army will march over and I can begin my massive attack.

I also have a division being transported to Naga, which is a bit further south of Clark Field/Manila. I lost Legaspi early to a quick allied counter offensive so I'm landing this powerful force behind them to surround them, if they are still there. I won't dedicate just one division to all this though-- I have one division mopping up in far northeast Phillipines which is moving to capture Tuguegarao. Once captured I have another transport force ready to move them down to Naga as well. They can then together push in to destroy whatever troops are surrounded at Legaspi and then make a thrust to Manila, which is in the rear of Clark Field.

I'll provide a map in 1-2 turns to display this whole strategy.

Meanwhile.. US Troops made ANOTHER attack on Lingayen. Not sure (still don't have combat animations..) but I think it's another understrength division from Clark Field. A slaughter of 600 allied troops to none of mine. They cross the river bordering Lingayen from Clark Field which automatically results in a shock attack against my huge army building up in Lingayen.. not sure why Mikey decided to send more troops after the previous attack, especially across a river, against such a huge force. I'm going to start bombarding the pathetic allied troops that are here in Lingayen to hell while more troops are unloading then I'll kick them away before jump starting my offensive.

A few small Phillipine islands were captured and more transports continue to other islands with virtually nothing opposing them.

Air:

Airfield attack on Clark Field was successful with 5 more US planes destroyed, none for me. It seems he's massed all his remaining planes into Clark Field and it is very likely he is evacuating squadrons. However I think I've trapped quite a few planes in Clark Field that can't repair so I'll continue to hammer it.

Once my main ground offensive begins my bombers will switch over to ground attacks, which should prove very useful. Also when my airfield in Lingayen is built up to level 4 I can stage very close support bombers.

Naval:

The rope tightens.. and the victim has almost choked to death.

14 more allied ships in the Phillipines fall prey to the huge mass of Japanese ships in the area -- and BB Force 3 finally makes it presence heard when it's big guns sink a poor allied gun boat.

The Phillipine sea has literaly become a Japanese lake with ships scurrying everywhere-- there are almost no allied ships remaining and I expect what's left of them to also join the bottom of the ocean. None shall escape...

Once my surface combat missions are done in the Phillipines I'll gather and reorganize all my ships, refuel and rearm, and start moving to operate in south Borneo for the coming offensive.

Solomons Theater

The Solomons are continuing to heat up with landings being made on undefended islands. One BB and 3 CAs as well as escorts are ready at Truk so I'm going to run a bombardment on Rabaul. One more BB coming to the region as well.

Several air naval attacks by Australian air forces but all ineffective, my DDs seem to be keeping them checked.

The G3M airfield attacks on Rabaul are proving ineffective and somewhat costly so I may call it off depending on next turn. Not many bombers are coming out of Rabaul anyways.

Central/South/East Pacific Theater

An AK unloading at Wake is almost sunk after taking some heavy damage to the coastal guns on Wake on Dec 7th. I expect it to sink next turn.. it'll be my first lost ship since the war started.

Campaign against the Gilbert Islands continues nicely-- I intend to continue down to Fiji, Noumea and Pago islands with these forces and capture all other islands along the way. Once I capture all these islands in the south pacific--and if I act fast to build them up-- they should prove to make it much harder for US ships and planes to make it to Australia.

I was able to catch the spotted ships near Pearl Harbour and send several formidable strikes against them-- Heavy Cruiser Northhampton took 45!bomb hits and sank shortly after. The DD Craven took I think about a dozen bomb hits from various strikes and also sank. DD Gridley also took some hits from several strikes, but is still floating heavily damaged.

I spotted yet another force of escorts further south, so I'm going to try and catch them as well. They might make it to Pearl Harbour before I can strike them-- don't want my planes attacking even outside the harbour since it's risky, i've lost enough pilots. No signs of US Carriers, they were either already fleeng or decided to flee when they saw I had not totally left. Not sure why he sent his ships forwards when he knew I wasn't completely gone from the area.

Aand.. *dum dum da dum* a new theater is planned to be opened

North Pacific Theater

I'm dedicating 1 Coastal Gun unit, 1 AA unit, 2 base force units, and 1 SNLF unit to capture and build up some outlyng bases on the Aleutian islands. Just need to organize the troops and transports. The initial targets will be Kiska and Attu islands, then I'll do some recon on the other American bases. If they aren't too heavily defended I'll bring up some more units and conquer and fortify them as well-- perhaps even as far as Dutch Harbour. For this purpose I'm also bringing up a few more engineer and SNLF units as reserves to exploit any of these opportunities.

Also, I switched up some things in my economy, most actively aircraft production. I'll show it off when I've organized an economic report for January.

Another turn just received, and there are more good results. Will report it later today.




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RE: JonReb vs Marky - The Glory of Japan! - 5/8/2009 11:09:46 AM   
jonreb31


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The war continues to go well and swiftly with virtually no bad news.

China/Burma Theaters

My offensive into Burma is getting close with several units 120 miles from Tavoy.

The battle of Changsa is getting big, and my latest bombardment causes 350 Chinese casualties. My heavy 150mm Howtizers and Mortars are showing their effect.

A division moving east from Hanoi to engage some nearby Chinese forces shock attacks an equally large force and comes to an unwelcome slaughter -- over 1,300 imperial soldiers becomes casualties with only a dozen Chinese casualties. My troops hunker down and wait for reinforcements.

Malaysia/Northern East Indies Theaters

Land:

The second Japanese brigade lands in Kuantan without a hitch. BB Force 2 will be providing a devastating bombardment on the British positions tomorrow and my two brigades will follow with a shock and pursue attack.

Japanese bombardments at Kuching and Brunei meet very little success. Nontheless shock attacks will commence tomorrow.

Shock attack on Khota Bharu comes to 2-1 odds but a breakthrough isn't made, we'll try again tomorrow. 500 Japanese casualties to 150 Allied casualties.

It seems he's building up his army in Taiping since they aren't moving down the rail. Doubt he'll keep with that strategy now that I'll most likely smash through Kuantan and start moving west--where I can cut off all his forces from Singapore.

Air:

Very large British air naval attack from Singapore on one of my ASW formations which landed some hits and heavily damaged one PC. Hopefully I can get an airfield in Khota Bharu established soon to provide more fighter CAP.

CVE Taiyo in northwest Borneo makes it's presence known as it's CAP begins shooting down enemy air naval attacks. 3 Blenheim bombers splash into the ocean.

An airfield attack on Singapore is FINALLY pulled off by 71 G3M Nells and over 50 escorts. There was absolutely no allied CAP.. as I expected (since the fighters were making pathetic naval attacks across Malaysia). I would have actually prefered a CAP.. my zeroes are getting itchy. 11 British planes were destroyed and some good damage was done to the airfield -- 24 airbase hits, 3 airbase supply hits, 45 runway hits. Absolutely no losses on my part, just some damaged planes from flak. Will try to get in even more airfield strikes to shut down this airfield and trap, as well as destroy, the allied squadrons there.

I've also noticed some airpower build up in Taiping and strikes from there, will try to run another strike on it to knock it out.

Naval:

BB Force 2 should do an effective night bombardment on Kuantan tomorrow.

Phillipines Theater

Land:

First landings of my brigade in Davao, south Phillipines. They'll bombard the allied presence here until Cagayan is secured.

The paratroopers on Cagayan, unfortuantely, aren't able to accomplish their objective. Two more deliberate attacks left dozens more dead Japanese with no progress-- a SNLF is routing to help finish the job. Sad for the paratroopers--hopefully they'll do better in the future when I can manage to supply them properly. Plus in the future I need to let them rest a few turns to tone down the disruption before attacking.

My huge bombardment on Lingayen comes up short with only 5 allied casualties. Too bad. I'll be shock attacking tomorrow to kick out these allied forces and then the offensive will start.

One division will be landing at Naga in 2 days. My second division will follow a few days after that.

More landings and successes on the outlying Phillipine Islands. Every islands, except Cebu and Illoilo(being avoided till later) should be secured in the next few days and then they can start organizing for an attack on southern Borneo.

Air:

7 US planes on Clark Field are destroyed from another strike, and over 100 ground casualties. Only 1 bomber lost on my part. Clark Field's airfield is in total ruins with 97 percent airfield damage.

Lingayen is building up nicely and will reach level 2 next turn. Flying in some recon and naval patrol planes for starters.

Naval:

Another 7 allied ships sunk. The naval pursuit in the Phillipines comes to an end as float planes from every task force, including over 30 from the Light Carrier Force, report no allied ships spotted. From what I've seen none of the US transports/auxiliary ships based on the Phillipines made it out, and a number of combat ships were also knocked out -- a great success. Now BB Force 3 and CA Force 1 return to Taiwan for ammunition and fuel before the campaign in south Borneo begins. The Light Carrier Force is still in good shape and will continue to watch over the transports in the area--mainly ASW patrol with planes-- until new operations begin.

My ASW formations continue to land hits on allied submarines and supress them. No unfavorable incidents from allied submarines yet..

Central/Southern/Eastern Pacific Theaters

More islands and connecting bases outlying Rabaul are being landed on and taken without problems. BB Force 4 will be bombarding Rabaul tomorrow and my large invasion force will follow in a few days.

Nell airfield attack on Rabaul meets zero success with 1 bomber shot down. Calling off these attacks since they are futile-- I'll have Rabaul conquedred in the very near future anyways.

The escorts south west of Pearl Harbour made it to safety with no damage unfortuantely. I finished off the DD Gridley from yesterday, and now I go home for sure.

The AK Kongo Maru goes down at Wake Island-- the first Japanese ship loss of the war.

North Pacific Theater

Transports almost in position to bring the first engineer base force, and CD guns to Attu island. 4 DDs for protection and a CS ship to recon other US bases are also moving to this theater.




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RE: JonReb vs Marky - The Glory of Japan! - 5/8/2009 4:06:32 PM   
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Status: offline 		Johnny, very good.  i like the idea of moving into the aleutians...

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RE: JonReb vs Marky - The Glory of Japan! - 5/8/2009 4:25:24 PM   
jonreb31


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Johnny, very good.  i like the idea of moving into the aleutians...


Yes, the more I thought about it the more I saw how it could become an important theater. At the least it is a necessary and strong defense point for my northern flank. The more I can grab the better.



Meanwhile another turn has come in, more good results. Will report soon.

And I've been thinking about India.. I'm becoming more interested in keeping up my momentum and prepare an early invasion of it. Burma is just a meatgrinder(and in fact a good diversion). Settings some things in motion to prepare for it, such as dedicating 8 armored regiments.. but I won't go into detail yet.


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RE: JonReb vs Marky - The Glory of Japan! - 5/8/2009 6:00:31 PM   
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Status: offline 		JonReb, you're off to a great start, which is gratifying since you are a Rebel!  If you're invading India, be sure to read two AARs:

1)  The First Team - this game is in July '42 with an ongoing and successful Japanese invasion.  You'll learn a great deal (and I suspect you've already been following this one, but I mention it "just in case.")
2)  Speedy vs. Admiral Dadman - this AAR shut down a year or more ago and it may be on page six or thererabouts.  This was a fairly late and very intense invasion with everything hanging in the balance when the two players had to quit; read this just because it'll entertain you and whet your appetite for engaging in something so bold and entertaining.

Good luck! 

Your new song:  "You fought all the way, Johnny Reb, Johnny Reb; you fought all the way, Johnny Reb!"

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RE: JonReb vs Marky - The Glory of Japan! - 5/9/2009 9:07:44 AM   
jonreb31


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Turns are getting so much longer and more active. Things continue to move smoothly.

Burma/China Theaters

- 150 Chinese casualties from another bombardment at Changsa-- and the numbers continue to grow. 150,000 Chinese forces to my 100,000. This could actually prove to be an excellent meatgrinder for the Chinese armies and reserves. I've got a lot of artillery guns moving from Manchuria just for this purpose--including some formidable 240mm bad boys. Meanwhile my other armies will secure the North and South China, and then all converge into Central China.

- North China will be a lot easier to capture, and the faster the better. Yenen will fall first against an overwhelming number of my troops. My army attacking Homan is a diversionary battle, for now, to pin down Chinese reinforcements while my other army mops up the other North China bases.

- Lotsa transports moving around to supply several heavy industry areas with resources and/or oil, particuarily the newly captured Hong Kong.

Malaysia/Northern East Indies Theater

About time we got another look at this theater:



Land:

- 250 casualties are caused by the bombardment of BB Force 2 on Kuantan which softens them up. My shock attack is a breakthrough--with 150 casualties on both sides-- and the Brits are retreating westwards--the exact direction I want to go. I'm pursuing, and if I can make it to the west coast fast enough I may catch some Brits in northern Malaysia.

- Khota Bharu is finally conquered as the Brits retreat to Taiping--200 casualties for me, 100 for him. We are pursuing. 5th Division is also moving there from Alor star and should arrive tomorrow to pin them down. Army HQ is also almost in the area and my two other divisions a few more days away on the railroad. The sweep will be down the west coast of Malaysia-- I'll try to kill off as many Brits as possible before the inevitable siege of Singapore.

- Brunei and Kuching went A LOT better than planned. Shock attacks capture both bases on the first try. Now gathering my forces back onto the transports, a little over 10,000 troops, to invade the last two bases in the north west corner of Borneo. It's getting awfully close to allied airpower and a potential counterattack by Force Z, but my BB Force 1 and CVE Taiyo Zeroes are ready.

Air:

- Kuching will be turned into a major forward airfield to operate around Borneo and Java for the upcoming battles. A base force is moving in as quickly as possible.

- Some of my Nells actually tried naval attacks as far as Soerabaja! Probably from my submarine recon. They didn't land any hits, probably because it was cloudly, but did confirm the CL Dragon(British) was there.

- Another good day for the CVE Taiyo. 5 Dutch planes shot down when attempting to attack my ships. No losses for me.

- Some ground attacks from my planes at Taiping, but only minor result.

- Singapore strike called off due to bad weather. Praying for tomorrow.

Naval:

- BB Force 2 returning to Saigon as a reserve STF to respond to threats or until needed for escort.

- BB Force 1 and CVE Taiyo escorting the invasion on NW Borneo.

- Submarine I-156 operating at Soerabaja makes contact with a lot of AKs and MSWs and also spotted a about a dozen other small task forces. No attacks successful, but good recon. I wonder what Mikey is doing here.. I'd put my money on Force Z also being here.

Southern East Indies

- Final stages on Amboina- bombardment causes 150 casualties and deliberate attack reaches 1-1 odds on first try. The Shock attack tomorrow should suceed, and I'll capture this base. I'm glad I was able to get to this important airfield so quickly. I'll be running planes out of it in no time.

- Still building up my forces in Menado before attempting an attack, should fall in a few days.

- Once Amboina falls Kendari will be the next target. With support from CA Force 2 it shouldn't be too difficult.

Phillipines Theater

Will have a map next turn.

Land:

- Shock attack on Lingayen pushes back the American incursion. Looks like he had 2 Tank Battalions and 2 US infantry regiments. 300 casualties on both sides, but more importantly, 20 US vehicles were destroyed! That's 20 less tanks to worry about. Time to move on San Marcelino and then the battle of Clark Field can begin.

- Invasion of Naga will be tomorrow, but it looks like all allied units have evacuated. Probably spotted me. No matter, I'll move straight to Manila with these two divisions and open up a second front.

- The rest of my island objectives in the Phillipines will fall by tomorrow. Then I can gather and start preparing for south Borneo.

Air:

- Lingayen reaches a level 2 airfield. I've based some recon planes and fighters. At this rate it should reach level 3 in 2 more days, I'll have bombers here very soon.

- Managed two airfield attacks on Clark Field. 9 US planes destroyed, and 140 ground casualties. 1 Nell lost for me.

Naval:

-Light Carrier Force and a new CA Force 1 babysit my transports until BB Force 3 refuels at Taiwan.

- Bringing in more supplies to Lingayen to increase it to 50k supplies. Should last for awhile for the upcoming battles in Clark Field-Bataan-Manila.

- Organizing about 10k supplies, 30k fuel and a base force to be dropped off at Balikpapan once captured. Will become a major forward base for my ships and planes with it's level 4 port and airfield.


The rest is A LOT of my ships moving for endless purposes. Picking up tens of thousands of supplies on some pointless islands around Japan to be used for my economic buildup and my offensives. Sending TKs to Pick up the first of my oil from northern Borneo. Moving base forces and naval patrols to Wake and Baker islands. Going to move a lot of the CD guns on my home islands to important bases, for example the Aleutians. On the US West coast my submarines have almost arrived to set up a picket line. Kido Butai continues it's journey home.



Thanks for the advice and encouragement Canoerebel

Yes, I am reading the First Team AAR and it's proving very educational. I'll check out that second one as well.

And my god that song always puts chills in my bones. Fighting all the way!

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RE: JonReb vs Marky - The Glory of Japan! - 5/9/2009 12:23:53 PM   
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Status: offline 		During the first week of the war, a nice way to speed up airsupport is fly in aviation units,
aviation support is flown in first, then the normal support, so you can operate at once.

(shipping in the rest of the unit later, since you'll want Kuching as a major airfield for the coming Java campaign i assume)

that way you can save yourself some CV(E/L) expense, since you can start capping invasions from Kuching.
Having a Mini KB around as an offensive weapon, instead of only being on escorting duty is worth the bit of trouble IMO


combining this with paratroopers is even more efficient, setting up an airbase within 3 days over a range of 10 hexes (in stock game, with Tabby's). In the first stage of the war, where the allies dont have assault value to repulse these landings this is extremely effective.
Used it to great succes in both Birma and the DEI.
(day 1; para-drop,
day 2; fly in aviation,
day 3; operational airfield!!)



Another small thing on flying in the aviation units, something i came across by accident
after i flew the AV sup from Taan into Bankhok i was left with; 
* 35 assault value 
* 200+ support

because my opponent invades Vietnam and is fighting in Nanning i shipped the unit over there for quick reinforcements.
Once it arrived i noticed that in this way it is acting like a HQ unit, supplying hard needed support and a little bit of AV.
Might be considered gamey in some way, as the unit is totally out of context this way, but it sure works well


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RE: JonReb vs Marky - The Glory of Japan! - 5/11/2009 5:51:05 PM   
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A week has passed since the war began. Has definitely been positive for me with virtually no setbacks or bad news.

Burma & China Theaters

- My Burma invasion force meets up with a British engineer unit south of Tavoy. Will shock attack and pursue towards Tavoy.

- Big bombardment at Changsa causes 600 Chinese casualties. I'm impressed by the damage, it should get even bigger in a few weeks once more guns arrive.

- First elements of my northern army arrive in Yenen and my first bombardment causes 300 Chinese casualties. I'll continue to bombard and disrupt them until my full army arrives to drive them back in force.

Malaysia & East Indies theaters


Land:

- The 5th Division arrives in Taiping against the mass of British forces that were positioned in northern Malaysia. Will begin bombardment until more reinforcements arrive and to try and slow them down from moving to Singapore.

- The 18th, 55th, and Imperial Guards divisions are several more days away from Taiping. Once they have arrived the sweep down Malaysia can begin.

- The 21st and 23rd Brigades continue their race to the west coast of Malaysia to cut off the Brits. Malacca is their objective.

- Amboina falls as expected and 1,500 allied troops are captured as well as 7 dutch aircraft destroyed. I send in several squadrons of fighters, naval patrols, and bombers to immediately start operating in the area.

- In the southern east indies Kendari becomes the next objective. CA Force 2 moves in to bombard with 2 naval guard units in transports behind them.

Air

- Another good airfield attack on Singapore with 6 Allied planes destroyed and 100 ground casualties. No losses for me.

- The F1 Saesbo Datai on the CVE Taiyo distinguishes itself after shooting down 28 planes from various allied naval attacks on BB Force 1 and transports. No significant damage was sustained to the ships as well as no air losses. The kills spread out across most of the squadron, so surprisingly no aces yet.

Naval

- Two PC Gunboats sink 120 miles west of Saigon after taking heavy damage from an earlier submarine attack. Three naval losses so far.

- Allied ships have disbanded in various ports in Java, but no good sighting on what ships they are. No sign of Force Z, still.

Phillipines Theater



Land:

- 1 Division lands in Naga as planned without opposition. They'll secure the base and then start moving directly to Manila, which appears to be only lightly defended.

- Tuguegarao falls with only sparse fighting and the division is immediately lifted by transports to start moving to Naga and join the other division, and then march on Manila.

- Jolo island falls and 1,400 allied soldiers are captured.

- A SNLF lands at Cagayan and the final assault will be tomorrow. Once taken Davao will be almost surrounded, and attacks on it can begin.

- First elements of my forces at Lingayen start arriving in San Marcelino without problems. Once gathered they'll start their move on Clark Field. My two divisions on transports will be arriving at San Marcelino in two days to become the backbone to the assault on Clark Field from the north. A third division from the Home Islands is also now on transports and heading to join the fights on the Phillipines.

- Interestingly it seems Bataan and Manila have only been very lightly defended. 1 Unit at Manila and 4 units at Bataan. Probably coastal guns and engineers. Maybe I could land my two divisions at both Bataan and Manila. They would be able to easily sweep away the few forces at these places and secure them. My biggest problem would be the coastal guns ripping up some of my ships, but I should still get my troops ashore. This way I deprive Mikey of both the fortress at Bataan, the urban hex at Manila, most likely a very large number of important supplies, and then the whole Phillipine army is trapped inland at Clark Field. He'll have much fewer supplies and it will not be an ideal location to defend as I swarm in on him with my land and air units. Thoughts?

Air

- Successful airfield attack on Clark Field with 7 US planes destroyed and 50 ground casualties. Only 1 plane lost for me.

- Lingayen almost level 3. Once it reaches level 4 I'll be switching just about all my airfield attacks to ground attacks.

Naval:

- 4 Destroyers returning for refuel intercept 3 US PT boats that have left Manila and sinks 1 of them. These same PT boats make it to one of my landing beaches and threaten my transports--but my ships avoid them. Close call. I'm moving in CA Force 1 to try and destroy them while my transports retire.

- Just about all my amphibious goals in the Phillipines have been accomplished and now my transports and marines move to gather at the major port at Davao, which should be captured soon, to prepare for the eventual invasion of southern Borneo.

Central & Southern Pacific Theaters

- Bombardment on Rabaul causes 200 allied casualties-- another one scheduled for tomorrow. My first ground units should be landing at Rabaul tomorrow.

- Moving engineers to set up Wake Island and Baker Island as air patrol bases. I doubt he will try any invasions this early. However it's important to set up quickly to be safe and so I can spot Allied shipping as well as warships moving to Australia.



Thanks for the excellent advice laggelant. I didn't think of any of this. It should be useful for the future.

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RE: JonReb vs Marky - The Glory of Japan! - 5/14/2009 3:28:10 PM   
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RE: JonReb vs Marky - The Glory of Japan! - 5/15/2009 6:14:26 PM   
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Internet was down.

We're rolling again.

Burma/Chinese Theaters:


- In Burma the 4th Mixed Regiment south of Tavoy smashes the British engineer unit and continues to pursue to Tavoy. The 4th Mixed Brigade has also arrivied and joins the offensive to Rangoon. My third force, the 33rd division, is still a few days behind.

- I now have almost 300 mixed aircraft of fighters, dive bombers, level bombers providing ground attacks across China. The primary concentration is in Canton with almost 200 aircraft providing assaults on Wuchow. About 150 casualties caused from ground attacks today with no loss to me.

- 400 Chinese casualties at Changsa from another bombardment. If I keep it up at this rate I would kill the whole Chinese Army here in 300 days.

- Wuchow is reached by the 104th and 34th divisions--with support units-- of my South China Army. My bombardment causes 250 Chinese casualties and I have almost twice the Assault Value of the defenders. Will start deliberate attacks to beat up the defenders while more reinforcements arrive, then I should be able to quickly take this base if Chinese reinforcements don't arrive.

- 120 miles east of Hanoi the 21st Division and 19th Mixed Brigade has bumped into two Chinese corps of 20,000 troops--part of a larger concentration of Chinese troops massing in the area. I suspected they were planning on moving east to Wuchow but I've blocked the railroad. My units here will simply do a holding action to prevent these Chinese units from flanking me, and start a northward offensive if there is a good opportunity.

- My bombardment at Yenen causes 40 Chinese Casualties. I have about 125,000 troops here at about 2100 AV. Still trying to build up my forces before attempting to attack.

Malaysia/East Indies Theaters

Land

- At Taiping amazingly the British try a shock attack--600 British casualties to 100 of mine. My bombardment caused 40 additional British casualties.

- At Singkawang, northwest coast of Borneo, my troops have largely landed and my first attack will begin tomorrow.

Air

- 108 level bombers Ground attack on Taiping causes 100 allied casualties, no loss for me. About 3 squadrons of my dive bombers are currently out of range, so I've based them at Khota Bharu. The airfield is still badly damaged, but they should start launching ground attacks on the Brits in Taiping in a few days.

- Singapore is still causing trouble as over 30 aircraft launch a naval attack on my transports unloading supplies at Khota Bharu. Some significant damage taken, although nothing heavy. My CAP is proving to be ineffective from Phnom Pehn. With the Khota Bharu airfield still inactive my Oscar squadron stationed there are still not providing CAP. Hopefully I'll teach those Brit planes a lesson soon..

- Fortuantely I got another strike on Singapore. 11 allied planes destroyed--5 of them pesky Torpedo Bombers--60 allied ground casualties, good damage to the airfield, and no losses for me. Unfortuantely due to the bad weather I'm not able to get a constant stream of attacks to shut down the Singapore airfield, hoping for another one tomorrow though.

- The F1 Saesbo Datai on the CVE Taiyo shot down 6 more Dutch planes today. This squadron has now totalled 39 overall kills! Their fatigue is starting to show as they shoot down less, but they are still driving away the bombers.



Phillipines Theater

Land

- I called off my idea of landing at Bataan or Manila, not worth it after testing against AI! --never knew coastal guns could be that effective. My troops continue to manuever to San Marcelino and my 2 divisions also begin unloading there. Once all units are prepared they can move in one formation to Clark Field.

- Naga falls to one of my divisions and a SNLF unit captured Legaspi. My second division for this area will be landing tomorrow, and together they will move to capture Manila. If Manila falls easily then these two divisions will coordinate to attack Clark Field with the forces in the north.

- Cagayan finally falls to a shock attack and I pursue to one of the last South Phillipine bases at Butuan. Now the first attack on Davao will be tomorrow, hopefully the US unit here will be destroyed. When Davao falls Butuan will be the last base to secure in the South Phillipines.

Air

- Airfield attack on Clark Field kills 4 US aircraft and causes 50 ground casualties. However I lost 4 bombers to flak--not a nice trade. I only killed some Catalania's and P-26s so I suspects he's pretty much pulled everything else out. Going to do 1 or 2 more airfield attacks to keep the airfield damage at 100--which prevents him from fort building-- and see if I can catch anymore p-40s. Then I can start large scale air ground attacks to start pounding the allied ground units.

Naval

US PT Boats have disappeared as fast as they appeared, most likely to Manila. Moving CA Force 1 to blockade these ships inside.

South Pacific Theater

- First of my troop landings at Rabaul. Will give it a few more days of landing reinforcements and bombarding before assaulting. Once Rabaul falls I'll be making it a large staging ground to take the rest of the islands and bases outlying Australia.

- Commiting a small NLF unit to capture the undefended north coast of Guinea. Most likely won't bring any garrison troops to these bases anytime soon since I'll be branching out from Rabaul to take Port Moresby, Guadalcanal, etc.











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RE: JonReb vs Marky - The Glory of Japan! - 5/15/2009 6:48:38 PM   
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Status: offline 		You may not have experianced it yet, but do not land at Bataan or Manila, there are large guns at Bataan, that fire if you move into the hex. Any landings will result in massive losses. Its essentially a no go.

Same goes for heading to Manila, you have to pass the guns at Bataan and again their fire is deadly!

But you may like to run into the wall to see if its there. But to test, just do a turn 1 vs AI and try to land at Bataan and Manila and you will see the results!

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RE: JonReb vs Marky - The Glory of Japan! - 5/16/2009 4:43:36 PM   
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Burma/China Theaters

- 200 Chinese casualties from my bombardment in Changsa.

- My first attack on Wuchow ends 0 to 1 odds and 400 casualties for me and 200 casualties for him. Not too bad for the first attack at all--especially for only 2 initial divisions--so will continue attacking.

- Made an attack meant to probe the Chinese defenses east of Hanoi. Surprisingly met 1-1 odds and 200 casualties for me, 100 casualties for him. Will attack again to see if I can push out these Chinese units from the railroad crossroad.

Malaysia/East Indies Theaters

Land:

- The offensive on Kendari begins. CA Force 2 bombards and causes 100 allied casualties, 1 destroyed naval plane--not as much as I expected, and more damage to the port/airfield facilities than I wanted--which I will have to repair. However the troops start landing in the day. The garrison is weaker than expected, once more troops land I'll begin my attack to seize this important airfield therefore pretty much securing the southern East Indies from allied ships.

- Troops at Menado have built up enough for me to begin my first attack. Once conquered, my units will rendezvous with my attack on Kendari. Additionaly this will shut down yet another naval recon base for the Allies in the area.

- Singkawang falls easily with 60 Allied casualties and 5 Dutch planes destroyed. Pontianak is now the last base on the North Borneo coast so my troops prepare to amphibiously assault it. From there I'll let my units rest and reinforce while I prepare for the invasion of airfields outlying Java and then the invasion of Java itself.

- The Brits at Taiping try yet another shock attack against the 5th Division. 160 casualties for him, 70 casualties for me. This shows that he isn't retreating to Singapore quite yet, and I'm content with letting him willingly grind his units against mine.

- Meanwhile my two brigades pursuing from Kuantan are making slow going to the west coast. Only one brigade has arrived halfway, but they will begin shock attacking the retreating British units. There's still a chance they can make it fast enough in order to cut off some Brits.

Air:

- A successful airfield attack on Singapore with 7 Allied planes destroyed, 1 loss for me, and even more good damage to the Singapore airfield itself.

- 12 more Dutch planes shot down by the F1 Saesbo Datai. This brings the kill count to 51 for this squadron. Amazingly no aces yet.

Phillipines Theater

- Airfield attack on Clark Field kills 4 Allied planes with 1 lost bomber for me. Looks like there are still some p-40s still trapped here--killed 2.

- Allied units are pushed out of Davao on the first attack. Very light casualties, and the allied units unexpectedly retreat to Butuan. Pursuing them with my brigade to destroy them.

- Davao becoming a major staging ground for my attack on South Borneo. Transports and troops routing to it and reorganizing, and BB Force 3 now on the way.

- The 16th Division moving to Manila makes quick progress and should arrive in Manila tomorrow. Still only 1 allied unit spotted in Manila.


Here's a look at the colorful strategic map. Red will grow larger.








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RE: JonReb vs Marky - The Glory of Japan! - 5/17/2009 3:26:20 AM   
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RE: JonReb vs Marky - The Glory of Japan! - 5/21/2009 11:09:54 PM   
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I didn't have the time to report each day, but here's an update on the situation as another week passes in the early stages of this war.

Overall everything continues smoothly and a lot faster than initially planned. My border expands without many problems at all, and nothing much has been accomplished by the Allies as of yet.

Burma Theater

My invasion force into Burma consisting of 1 Army HQ, the 5th Regiment, the 5th Brigade, the 33rd Division, and various engineer units add up to approx 700 Assault Value. Tavoy has been conquered as the steady advance to Rangoon continues. No airplane activity on both sides, except for recon / naval patrols. Allied ground units appear to be evacuating the area, so my first objective of Rangoon should fall easily. About 20k supplies are being ferried to Rangoon (most likely to arrive by the time it is captured) to create a major airfield and to supply the offensive to Mandalay once that stage arrives.

Burma will continue to be a diversionary front where I try to pin down Allied units before and during my planned invasion of India.

China Theater



China has grown into a roaring battle after the last two weeks. Yenen, Homan, and Changsa are major battle points in North and Central China. Yenen has almost crumbled as my huge army designated to conquer North China continues to gather. Homan is a successful diversionary attack which pins down a substantial number of Chinese troops.

Changsa is the major grinding point of the China war-- but with no real losses for me as my bombardments continue to cause heavy Chinese casualties every day. Ichang stays quiet and the Chinese units there stay put while two of my divisions watch it.

In South China the city of Wuchow has fallen, and amazingly the Chinese forces retreat northwards which leaves Kweilin and Hengchow almost completely open for my army to conquer. The Chinese Army near Hanoi has also been successfuly pushed back.

Malaysia Theater

The British units in Northern Malaysia were defeated but my units moving to cut them off at Malacca were too slow, and now all the British units are retreating towards Singapore for the final battle. I'm sweeping down the west coast to Johore Bharu where I'll prepare my large army before moving on Singapore.

The air war in Malaysia is virtually over as the Singapore airfield is shut down by my air strikes and as he appears to be evacuating the remaining squadrons. I have full air superiority so I've begun basing bombers in Malaysia where I am running effective ground attacks across the peninsula-- as well as keeping a close eye for any signs of any allied ships or submarines.

East Indies Theater

The East Indies invasion is working smoothly and largely uncontested as I conquer more territory, set up more bases, and tighten my grapple to surround the main area of resistance in Java. The Dutch air force has been hit hard and now seems to be standing down, either to evacuate, wait until I show a weak point, or maybe until I begin my invasion of Java. No signs of any significant Allied naval forces in the East Indies. It's very likely at this point that Force Z has retreated to India, or even Australia if he takes the sneakier route along it's west coast.

Resources and oil are already being extracted from my new lands in the East Indies to fuel my industry, mostly in Indochina.

Phillipines Theater

Manila fell with almost no Allied resistance and the battle of Clark Field begins. Two divisions of 750 AV have arrived so far from Manila while my major army from San Marcelino in the north with 3 divisions, 1 brigade, 3 tank regiments, 4 battery' of artillery and various other units adding up 2000 AV are 2-3 days away from arriving. My air units have begun effective ground attacks on the Allied ground units at Clark Field which will slowly grind them down for the rest of this campaign. Several air units are also bombing the airfield at Bataan to slow down any fortification building.

In the South Phillipines none of my units have quite made progress as they slowly march. My parachute regiment should arrive in Buatuan in 2 days and be able to conquer it. The ##th brigade will cross the river tomorrow north from Davao to engage the major US combat element surviving in this area, and hopefully destroy it.

Central / South Pacific Theaters

The battle for Rabaul has been raging -- the base is totally surrounded and my last two shock attacks have received 1-1 odds. Hopefully in the next few days I'll force a surrender. Once Rabaul has fallen I can rest my forces, bring in engineers, supplies, fuel, etc and then spread out to capture the rest of the Solomons and Port Moresby.

Further South East I've made it as far as Pago-Pago base. The last major bases to conquer in this area are in Fiji and Noumea and Canton Island. From there I can set up some strong bases to form this part of the outer perimeter. No doubt it will greatly hamper Allied shipping and warships from getting to Australia. Even if I don't destroy US ships that try to go through, at least I'll know what's coming.

Several islands such as Wake Island, Baker Island are already being built up and have naval patrols actively running. Repeating this sweet spot-- if the US tries anything at least I'll know about it.

North Pacific Theater

My first wave of troops will be landing at Attu Island in 2-3 days. This will become my first base in Aleutians to be built up and from there I'll be able to spring out to other US islands in this area, hopefully fast enough before he can build any of them up.


Meanwhile the KB has been repairing minor damage and refitting air wings in Tokyo. In the next few days they should start moving out to their next mission.


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RE: JonReb vs Marky - The Glory of Japan! - 5/23/2009 11:18:37 PM   
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Fairly uninteresting turn, at least to me. Most of my focus has been sorting out convoys of supplies, fuel, resources, oil, engineers, troops to what seems like thousands of destinations across the Pacific.

I hear a "I told you so" coming but my supplies on the homeland are growing lower faster than desired. But do not fear! -- I'm masterly scavenging approx 250k supplies from various bases across my possessions, and best of all it won't affect my front line units at all.

Land Operations:

- In Malaysia my army is hot on the tail of the retreating British units and arrives at Kuala Lumpur. There's one minor British unit here which I'll be shock attacking and pursuing, hopefully then I'll be able to catch up to the main retreating Brits.

- I make my first landings at Palembang with several marine units. Will be shock attacking and expect to take it tomorrow. This will be an important base for it's level 4 airfield which is only a little ways north of Batavia.

- In the southern East Indies I've started an early invasion of Timor, which is fairly lightly defended. My landing is only minorly resisted by some Hudson bombers from Darwin who score no hits. Taking Timor and the outlying islands will be fairly insignificant at first other than to simply get them out of Allied hands. Later on I'll be able to build up a few strong airfields to be a strongpoint for the defense of my to-be-Resource Area.

- Land bombardment at Changsa causes 300 Chinese Casualties. I now have 150k soldiers in Changsa while the Chinese have 120k soldiers. The Assault Value is starting to even out every day as I attrition his forces and reinforce mine.

- Bombardment at Homan causes 200 casualties. Not bad. I'm brining over 3 tank regiments and an infantry brigade from Manchuria to reinforce Homan, which will tip the battle in my favor. If I keep up these powerful bombardments in the meantime maybe I'll be able to attack and force a breakthrough.

- I try a deliberate attack on Yenen but achieve 0-1 odds. Nontheless the Chinese took more casualties than me. Another 2 divisions arrived today, so I'm going to keep up this attack. Shock attack and pursue for next turn.

- My bombardment at Clark Field is ineffective with minimal Allied casualties. However, even with only two of my divisions at Clark Field, the battle is practically even. Once my army from San Marcelino arrives it should be quite easy to beat the Allies back. From there I can rest, reinforce, and supply my units -- then the ultimate battle at Bataan can begin.

- My brigade crosses the river north of Davao and engages the US combat unit there. The shock attack was not a success and received 0-1 odds and 100 casualties. Will start bombarding to soften them up and let me brigade rest before I attack again.

- In the South Pacific Rabaul has finally fell to my efforts. 2,300 Allied troops surrender. Now I'm resting my troops and bringing in as many supplies, fuel, and engineers as possible to turn this base into a central hub of operations for the near future, much like the historical Japanese.

- One marine unit will act alone to liberate the rest of the undefended Solomons down to Guadalcanal.


Air Operations:

- An air ground attack on Clark Field causes 200 allied casualties. 1 Loss for me. I don't want the Allies sleeping for a single day, so from here on out I'll be ground attacking their units to continue diminishing their numbers, fighting power, and morale.

- Air ground attacks on the retreating British units in Malaysia cause 100 Allied casualties. No loss for me.

- I plaster the seemingly deserted airfield at Singapore only doing devastating damage to all facilities and minor allied ground casualties. 1 Loss for me. I'll be running one final airfield attack on Singapore tomorrow for the time. This'll keep it damaged for awhile and prevent fortification building (at least that is what I gather) so I can then switch my bombers to join the ground attacks on the retreating Brits.

- I now have naval patrols running all along my possessions east in the Pacific. From Wake Island to Pago Pago Island I'll hopefully spot any US moves made.

Naval Operations:

- The KB is almost ready for their next destination. I've been jumping back and forth on where to send them. I don't need the KB in the East Indies-- my light carriers, Land-based aircraft, and BB Forces operating there are sufficient. I don't really need them in the South Pacific, since LBA and BB Force 4 can handle anything the Australians throw at me. At this point the only offensive I believe I would truly need them is India, but that is several months away. The only other place I would need them is to counter any US carriers that enter any of my waters. Therefore I'm thinking I should either keep the KB put to keep Mikey guessing, or send the KB back to the Central Pacific to react to any moves made by the US carriers. Another idea is to make a feint into another theater, like the East Indies, to make it seem like my KB is there, and then quickly send them back east to see if Mikey decides to get trigger-happy with his carriers. Any thoughts?

- SS I-123 sank in the Phillipine sea after taking an unlucky 500lb bomb hit from Dutch aircraft a few days ago. Only one day away from Davao as well..

- Nothing else significant except lotsa transports and their escorts.


Also, just curious, do you like it better when I write the report into theaters or comprised into overall operations. I'm leaning on going back to theaters, but up for opinions.

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RE: JonReb vs Marky - The Glory of Japan! - 5/24/2009 12:34:28 PM   
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KB is a bit tricky in the east indies, 'cause its hard to hide, with the Dutch Do's flying around they usually have a good image of whats happening,
so i dont think you will be fooling him with that. Besides that it will also be one hell of a run from DEA to CenPac/SoPac, which will impact on systemdamage and loads of fuel spent.

Combining these i'd say have them cruising, or in port somewhere where you expect Allied forces to show up. The Triangle Kwajalijn / Tarawa / Shortlands (near guadal) is low on L4 airfields at the start of the game, so he can move over there and go raiding without any major intererence of your bombers (which could reach it, but not under escort)



Yenen is tricky, because of bad supply lines & low support.. if you have supply shortages consider flying it in from Manchuria (that way you'r manchuko's actually do something ). I've been besieging it with about 2700 vs 1500 AV and havent had a breaktrough, because of support & supply.
(will continue over there withing days, so i'll give you an update on support & supply up there)


happy hunting

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RE: JonReb vs Marky - The Glory of Japan! - 5/24/2009 10:17:46 PM   
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gratz on manilla's quick fall, thats a really nice thing going on for you


KB is a bit tricky in the east indies, 'cause its hard to hide, with the Dutch Do's flying around they usually have a good image of whats happening,
so i dont think you will be fooling him with that. Besides that it will also be one hell of a run from DEA to CenPac/SoPac, which will impact on systemdamage and loads of fuel spent.

Combining these i'd say have them cruising, or in port somewhere where you expect Allied forces to show up. The Triangle Kwajalijn / Tarawa / Shortlands (near guadal) is low on L4 airfields at the start of the game, so he can move over there and go raiding without any major intererence of your bombers (which could reach it, but not under escort)



Yenen is tricky, because of bad supply lines & low support.. if you have supply shortages consider flying it in from Manchuria (that way you'r manchuko's actually do something ). I've been besieging it with about 2700 vs 1500 AV and havent had a breaktrough, because of support & supply.
(will continue over there withing days, so i'll give you an update on support & supply up there)


happy hunting


Thanks for the tips. I believe I've decided move the KB to the Central Pacific, it's the best place for them. If I stay out of his radar I may even be able to catch something big.

I've actually been using my transports and level bombers from Manchu to jump forward supplies to my units moving to Yenen since this game began :) -- it's worked well and my units are in full supply. Support is also decent, largely from the North China Area Army HQ. Some units are only a few points off from full support.

Still, I've only tried one deliberate attack on Yenen and it was decent-- not a success, but not a bad beginning either. Maybe I'll get lucky and (with the dice God's blessing) this battle will end quickly--from Yenen it'll be a highway to secure the rest of North China and dramatically shorten the frontage of China.

Thanks again, and good luck in your endeavor as well

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RE: JonReb vs Marky - The Glory of Japan! - 6/2/2009 4:08:01 AM   
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RE: JonReb vs Marky - The Glory of Japan! - 6/6/2009 3:07:15 AM   
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RE: JonReb vs Marky - The Glory of Japan! - 6/28/2009 11:12:48 AM   
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RE: JonReb vs Marky - The Glory of Japan! - 7/2/2009 2:39:24 AM   
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As mentioned the game has been going slowly, but the action continues. I continue my charge across the Pacific, and in less than a month I've made surprising progress.

Starting with the seperate war theaters and then I'll move on to to a monthly summary and the economy later.

Burma Theater



The only thing stopping me in Burma have been the bad roads. Allied forces have apparently abandoned everything currently in front of me, including Rangoon. Once I take Rangoon, which should be tomorrow, I'll rest and reorganize my units for the offensive on Mandalay. If resistance continues to be low then I'll also attaack further at Imphal.

China Theater

In China the fighting is still in my favor, but not as steady as I wished. Yenen is still a battleground and proving harder to capture than I anticipated. Despite this the northern part of China is where I want to make my decisive gains while meatgrinding his forces in the south. The deadlocks at Homan and Changsa continue in their full glory. Big artillery support has almost reached Changsa, even though I'm still doing about 200 casualties a day from my current bombardments.

Further in the south I've captured Kweilin against light resistance and now I have Hengchow in my sights. From my recon it seems like this city is quite a bit more defended, but if I captured it then the Chinese defense of Changsa would very likely be doomed.

I continue air attacks across China to weaken their army and train my pilots. I'm also attacking the airfield at Changsa to slowdown any fortification buildup.

Malaysia Theater



In Malaysia I have been making excellent progress. Through a series of paratrooper and amphibious attacks I grabbed an undefended Johore Bharu. As a result the battered and surrounded British forces in Malacca have been engaged by my main army and are taking a beating. My assaults are already gaining 1-1 odds and inflicting heavy casualties to the British. Reinforcements continue to stream in. My airforce in the area has full air superiority and is also dedicated to ground attacks and is causing several hundred casualties every day. Even if this devastated British army manages to escape they won't have much fighting ability left by the time I get to Singapore.

Further north in Malaysia a British garrison at Georgetown has been targeted by one of my straggling brigades. There are also several batteries of artillery and more tank regiments coming down the railroad to participate in the inevitable siege of Singapore.

Naval action around Malaysia has continued to be non-existant apart from some unsuccessful Allied submarines. My dive bombers and ASW TFs have been scoring hits so even this minor Allied presence is being beaten away. BB Force 2 has been sitting idle in Saigon for some time now so I'm sending them to add to the battle of Malacca aby providing several bombardments.

East Indies Theater



In the East Indies I have also made some very good progress. Just about all of Borneo, Sulawesi, Timor, and bases across the Banda sea have fallen to my marines. My forces are now resting, reinforcing, and preparing for the battle of Java. I have three staging grounds at Balikpapan, Pontianak, and Palembang. I'll use a combination of paratrooper and amphibious attacks with support from BB Force 1 & 3. The Light Carrier TF will also be nearby to provide air cover and to raid any incoming/outgoing allied ships. There is already total air superiority around Java so I will also have some decent close air support-- although my main bomber forces in the region are still operating in Malaysia.

The light carrier Shoho has already been completed and will be moving to this theater once it's air wings are reinforced.

Phillipines Theater



My army continues to slowly trickle into Clark Field. I'm waiting until they are fully deployed before I begin attacking. Meanwhile my bombardments and air attacks cause several hundred casualties a day.

North of Davao the last of allied resistance in the area has beaten back several of my attacks. My battered brigade now needs to rest and reinforce before I can finish them off.

Nothing else. It's only a matter of time and attrition before the last pockets of resistance in the Phillipines are eliminated.

South Pacific Theater

Revolving around Rabaul, I'm building up more supplies and units to this theater. Most of New Guinea and the Solomons are conquered as I continue my amphibious assaults with little to no resistance. Port Moresby is my next major target, with it's fall this theater will pretty much be in my hands. BB Force 4 is making an early bombardment run to do some damage to Port Moresby.

After Port Moresby the idea of Australia and New Zealand crossed my mind, since they will be helpless and surrounded from any immediate support. I think I'll need to wait until I see how India goes before considering any intervention in Australia or NZ. I may raid a few of the isolated bases in Northern Australia, however.

South/East Pacific Theater



Above is a map showing where I have decided to put my planned bases across the East Pacific and parts of the South Pacific. This will be my outer perimiter against the Americans. It'll be a defense in depth with bases supporting each other as much as possible in order to slow down the Americans and cause as many losses as possible.

Major Bases: These bases fit the role of strongholds. Large airfields when required to support significant numbers of aircraft. Large amount of supplies and ground forces to make them hard to conquer. Large ports and fuel storage to accomodate any operating naval forces. They'll also be handy to support, resupply and reinforce beleaguered bases that are nearby.

Bases:These bases will man at least some sort of garrison and attempt to have a level 4 airfield to operate and harass the enemy. It will largely depend on where the Americans are most likely to threaten and which bases are more strategically important to determine their garrison size.

I have captured the majority of the places I want to start building up, except Fiji, Canton island, and Noumea. The battle of Fiji is currently raging as the island is split in two. I've only just started landing on Noumea, and it should fall quickly. I'll need to attack Canton quickly before Mikey decides to reinforce it.

This plan is mainly for the long-term, it could change a bit later especially if the Americans start being aggresive early. Any advice/suggestions on how to handle the defense of the outer perimeter are of course welcome. :)

North Pacific

My Recon has determined that most of the US Artic bases, except Dutch Harbour, are still undefended. It's slow going for more units to arrive, but I plan to take as many as these bases as possible and start building up the airfields.


The monthly summary and economy report will come a little later. I'm currently on the road a lot, so not as much time.

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