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Gentlemen in general, and specifically Alfred, as a matter of fact, my presently favored "standard" white wine (i.e. for everyday use in contrast to more expensive wines I keep for/drink at special occasions) is one based on one of the typical grapes usually used for reds, pinot noir. Leads to a very interesting white... Does anyone know whether the Allied were facing a lack of wine during WWII ? I'm not sure how big an output Californian wineyards provided back then, and it seems like a lot of the "classic" providers were either in the Axis camp or occupied anyway... Ok, back to the game - the lack of updates during the last week was due to the fact that I was in Straßburg, but we managed to do another turn or two (December 29, 1941 turn was executed, giving me some reason to whine but also some facts for updating the AAR): First of all, it looks like Haruna is still afloat after all . Morning Air attack on Ambon , at 76,109 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Allied aircraft Hudson I x 3 Allied aircraft losses Hudson I: 1 damaged Japanese Ships BB Haruna, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage CL Kiso, Bomb hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Hudson I bombing from 11000 feet Port Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb This ID makes a lot of sense, because I was really surprised to see that the ships that seemed to have been hurt during the battle of Ambon sort of disappeared from the map in spite of massive search efforts by subs and planes. If they were reurned to Ambon once the base was taken and disbanded, that would make a lot of sense. Then, IJN subs prove to be deadly once again. I lost one DD that was escorting a TF yesterday and today an AK from the same TF (even though I changed its course, I guess reaction range takes its toll) and another DD that was escorting a TF. Next, look at the losses of a 2-1 attack against the chinese... Ground combat at 87,48 Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 14525 troops, 112 guns, 69 vehicles, Assault Value = 428 Defending force 17191 troops, 81 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 488 Japanese adjusted assault: 414 Allied adjusted defense: 142 Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: leaders(-), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: leaders(+) Japanese ground losses: 280 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Guns lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled) Vehicles lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled) Allied ground losses: 8040 casualties reported Squads: 216 destroyed, 12 disabled Non Combat: 292 destroyed, 16 disabled Engineers: 6 destroyed, 5 disabled Guns lost 3 (3 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units retreated 2 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 15th Division Defending units: 12th Chinese Corps 85th Chinese Corps 3rd Group Army and compare to the results of a failed japanese attack with the same odds: Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 4519 troops, 40 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 137 Defending force 5357 troops, 43 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 173 Japanese adjusted assault: 49 Allied adjusted defense: 51 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 1) Combat modifiers Defender: leaders(+), preparation(-), experience(-) Attacker: fatigue(-) Japanese ground losses: 492 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 23 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 500 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 26 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 18 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Assaulting units: 21st Ind.Mixed Brigade Defending units: 64th Chinese Corps Furthermore, I am afraid fighting in Burma will start soon and may not last long. Imperial Guards were seen at Moulmein, along with at least one tank unit. I'll try to make the supply situation a bit difficult, but it appears quitel clear that I will not be able to hold against these foes at Pegu with the "great" troops I have at my disposal there. In yet another item of bad news, Rattovolante caught me off-guard with a nice surprise attack on Singapore, wrecking a lot of shipping in port... I got loads of AAA there, but it did not really help... The only good new is that he hit the repair shipyard, which he will probably want to use at some point of time... fine with me Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 43 Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 26 Allied aircraft Walrus II x 1 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 9 damaged Allied Ships SS O16, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk xAK Tai Sang, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage xAP Matang, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage xAP Sin Kheng Seng, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Demodocus, Bomb hits 2, on fire xAKL Bust, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage xAKL Marudu, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires Repair Shipyard hits 2 Port hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 11000 feet City Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 18 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 11000 feet Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 16 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 11000 feet Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 26 x Ki-43-Ia Oscar sweeping at 11000 feet Nice move by my opponent... To finish, however, let's look at a small victory. Rattovolante has started to hop towards the Gilberts, and I thought maybe I can stir up some trouble there by sending in a DD or two. I could Night Time Surface Combat, near Makin at 136,125, Range 7,000 Yards Japanese Ships PB Tama Maru #5, Shell hits 4, and is sunk PB Hirotama Maru, Shell hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage PB Fumi Maru #3, Shell hits 2, and is sunk PB Kyo Maru #7, Shell hits 10, and is sunk PB Aso Maru #7, Shell hits 7, heavy fires Allied Ships DD Blue Improved night sighting under 82% moonlight Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 82% moonlight: 7,000 yards Range closes to 7,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 7,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 7,000 yards DD Blue engages PB Aso Maru #7 at 7,000 yards Range closes to 4,000 yards DD Blue engages PB Kyo Maru #7 at 4,000 yards Range closes to 2,000 yards DD Blue engages PB Kyo Maru #7 at 2,000 yards DD Blue engages PB Hirotama Maru at 2,000 yards DD Blue engages PB Hirotama Maru at 2,000 yards PB Kyo Maru #7 sunk by DD Blue at 2,000 yards DD Blue engages PB Tama Maru #5 at 2,000 yards DD Blue engages PB Aso Maru #7 at 2,000 yards Range increases to 3,000 yards DD Blue engages PB Aso Maru #7 at 3,000 yards Range increases to 4,000 yards DD Blue engages PB Aso Maru #7 at 4,000 yards Range increases to 5,000 yards DD Blue engages PB Fumi Maru #3 at 5,000 yards Range closes to 4,000 yards DD Blue engages PB Aso Maru #7 at 4,000 yards Range closes to 2,000 yards DD Blue engages PB Aso Maru #7 at 2,000 yards DD Blue engages PB Tama Maru #5 at 2,000 yards Range increases to 3,000 yards DD Blue engages PB Tama Maru #5 at 3,000 yards DD Blue engages PB Hirotama Maru at 3,000 yards Range increases to 4,000 yards PB Tama Maru #5 sunk by DD Blue at 4,000 yards Range closes to 2,000 yards DD Blue engages PB Fumi Maru #3 at 2,000 yards Range increases to 3,000 yards DD Blue engages PB Aso Maru #7 at 3,000 yards PB Fumi Maru #3 sunk by DD Blue at 3,000 yards Williams, H. orders Allied TF to disengage Range closes to 2,000 yards DD Blue engages PB Aso Maru #7 at 2,000 yards DD Blue engages PB Hirotama Maru at 2,000 yards Fujita C. orders Japanese TF to disengage Range increases to 8,000 yards DD Blue engages PB Aso Maru #7 at 8,000 yards DD Blue engages PB Hirotama Maru at 8,000 yards Range increases to 12,000 yards DD Blue engages PB Aso Maru #7 at 12,000 yards DD Blue engages PB Hirotama Maru at 12,000 yards Task forces break off... Ok, that's my update for tonight. Thanks for your interest Hartwig
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