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RE: With the Wren Detachment - 3/2/2012 3:57:03 PM   
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Unfortunately taking even losses with the enemy at a 3:1 advantage is a losing proposition. It won't be long now before the allied forces are expelled from PH.


I agree. However, in fighting the superior IJA forces to a bloody standstill for many months, the Allies have effectively engaged in an attritional battle that they are better equipped to recover from. Provided, of course, that the Allied forces aren't liquidated in situ, that is.

So-how about that airdrop on Corruna Downs to open up that retreat route?

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RE: With the Wren Detachment - 3/2/2012 5:15:42 PM   
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Unfortunately taking even losses with the enemy at a 3:1 advantage is a losing proposition. It won't be long now before the allied forces are expelled from PH.


That is what I thought 3 and 2 weeks ago.

Unfortunately, you may be right. Furthermore, there will be no "expelling" as we still don't have an exit hexside. There will just be lots of surrendering.

We can have the air effort shift exclusively to PH today with about 90% of the bombers targeted on the ground troops. I was trying to avoid the disaster of the airfield becoming active again.


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RE: With the Wren Detachment - 3/2/2012 5:18:29 PM   
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Unfortunately taking even losses with the enemy at a 3:1 advantage is a losing proposition. It won't be long now before the allied forces are expelled from PH.


I agree. However, in fighting the superior IJA forces to a bloody standstill for many months, the Allies have effectively engaged in an attritional battle that they are better equipped to recover from. Provided, of course, that the Allied forces aren't liquidated in situ, that is.

So-how about that airdrop on Corruna Downs to open up that retreat route?


I concur on the air drop thingy. JJ has moved the SNLF and the troops there are getting beat up by the Beauforts from Carnarvon.

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RE: With the Wren Detachment - 3/2/2012 5:25:26 PM   
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RE: With the Wren Detachment - 3/2/2012 5:30:47 PM   
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Unfortunately taking even losses with the enemy at a 3:1 advantage is a losing proposition. It won't be long now before the allied forces are expelled from PH.


... Unfortunately, you may be right. Furthermore, there will be no "expelling" as we still don't have an exit hexside. There will just be lots of surrendering...



You only need a single squad to enter Port Hedland to give you control of that hexside. Therefore why don't you just create a really small amphibious or landing craft TF to carrying a small enough fragment which can only in a single phase directly land onto the land desert hex to the left of Port Hedland, and then march due east into Port Hedland. As you own Exmouth, that should allow you to trace a supply path from Port Hedland back to Exmouth, and allow you to get some small amount of overland supply into Port hedland but more importantly allow for a retreat rather than an outright surrender.

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RE: With the Wren Detachment - 3/2/2012 5:59:20 PM   
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Unfortunately taking even losses with the enemy at a 3:1 advantage is a losing proposition. It won't be long now before the allied forces are expelled from PH.


... Unfortunately, you may be right. Furthermore, there will be no "expelling" as we still don't have an exit hexside. There will just be lots of surrendering...



You only need a single squad to enter Port Hedland to give you control of that hexside. Therefore why don't you just create a really small amphibious or landing craft TF to carrying a small enough fragment which can only in a single phase directly land onto the land desert hex to the left of Port Hedland, and then march due east into Port Hedland. As you own Exmouth, that should allow you to trace a supply path from Port Hedland back to Exmouth, and allow you to get some small amount of overland supply into Port hedland but more importantly allow for a retreat rather than an outright surrender.

Alfred


Yes, this is an obvious solution, but I was afraid we may have had a house rule about that (non dot hex landings).

Admiral Lord Sprior, do you recall?


We have some up-armored sorghum harvesters driving up from Meekathara on the magic mushroom trail. We have a batallion or so of Br. 2nd Div marching overland from Exmouth and some Wolverines (the tank destroyers not the comic book characters) driving overland from Exmouth.

Everything is at least a week away.

I suspect Admiral Lord Sprior has the Aussie paras dedicated to the operation at Darwin, but I'm not sure.


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RE: With the Wren Detachment - 3/2/2012 6:06:10 PM   
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Admiral Lord Sprior, do you recall?


Yes, I think we said no non-dot base invasions

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RE: With the Wren Detachment - 3/2/2012 6:07:15 PM   
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Everything is at least a week away.


Yes but we do have LooBs for all the majot combat formations so if the worst comes to the worst we can rebuild them

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RE: With the Wren Detachment - 3/2/2012 6:07:47 PM   
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Admiral Lord Sprior has the Aussie paras dedicated to the operation at Darwin


Am I running that op too?

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RE: With the Wren Detachment - 3/2/2012 6:08:20 PM   
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Couldn't you just claim that the 3 squads you land to the left merely lost their way during the night and mistook that beach for the beach at Port Hedland? Its not as if you are landing a big enough force which can itself march in and capture Port Hedland.

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RE: With the Wren Detachment - 3/2/2012 6:23:20 PM   
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Well isn't the usual justification for outlawing a non base landing is to force the invaders to run the gamut of the enemy CD guns. You have already faced that problem of landing in the teeth of the enemy defences.

Couldn't you just claim that the 3 squads you land to the left merely lost their way during the night and mistook that beach for the beach at Port Hedland? Its not as if you are landing a big enough force which can itself march in and capture Port Hedland.

Alfred

It still sounds gamey to me. Having the HR not only forces you to brave the CD guns but you have to enter a lions' den where there is no exit - you prevail or else. It forces the attacker to consider whether he is risking losing the whole shooting match if he lands there.
And as the Lord Admiral has indicated, they kept back a couple of quartermasters to rebuild if the lions dine well.

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RE: With the Wren Detachment - 3/2/2012 6:27:08 PM   
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Bomb and bombard the snot out of them until the armor arrives.

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RE: With the Wren Detachment - 3/2/2012 6:53:00 PM   
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Admiral Lord Sprior has the Aussie paras dedicated to the operation at Darwin


Am I running that op too?




Well, the Plenary Committee isn't done deliberating yet?

Let's see...over half of the Darwin amphibious force is Aussie. The overland component is British and Aussie. The Marines and naval support are SouPac. Most of the ships are USN. It is another all-in thing.

Shall I do the amphib and you do the overland attack?

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RE: With the Wren Detachment - 3/2/2012 8:42:13 PM   
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Assaulting units:
4th Infantry Regiment
6th Guards Division
21st Ind. Engineer Regiment
4th Ind. Engineer Regiment
5th Division
56th Recon Regiment
65th Brigade
24th Infantry Regiment
56th Engineer Regiment
77th Infantry Regiment
66th Infantry Group
Yokosuka Assault SNLF /2
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
22nd Air Flotilla
30th Fld AA Gun Co
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
9th Field AF Construction Battalion
16th Army
51st JNAF AF Unit


Have I missed something or does this list keep growing?

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RE: With the Wren Detachment - 3/2/2012 8:43:28 PM   
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Shall I do the amphib and you do the overland attack?


Sounds like a good idea to me. Shall I take over driving the crabs, both domestic and foreign?

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RE: With the Wren Detachment - 3/2/2012 8:46:47 PM   
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Assaulting units:
4th Infantry Regiment
6th Guards Division
21st Ind. Engineer Regiment
4th Ind. Engineer Regiment
5th Division
56th Recon Regiment
65th Brigade
24th Infantry Regiment
56th Engineer Regiment
77th Infantry Regiment
66th Infantry Group
Yokosuka Assault SNLF /2
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
22nd Air Flotilla
30th Fld AA Gun Co
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
9th Field AF Construction Battalion
16th Army
51st JNAF AF Unit


Have I missed something or does this list keep growing?

It's likely. Yes. Two answers.

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RE: With the Wren Detachment - 3/2/2012 9:01:23 PM   
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RE: With the Wren Detachment - 3/2/2012 9:31:26 PM   
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Assaulting units:
4th Infantry Regiment
6th Guards Division
21st Ind. Engineer Regiment
4th Ind. Engineer Regiment
5th Division
56th Recon Regiment
65th Brigade
24th Infantry Regiment
56th Engineer Regiment
77th Infantry Regiment
66th Infantry Group
Yokosuka Assault SNLF /2
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
22nd Air Flotilla
30th Fld AA Gun Co
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
9th Field AF Construction Battalion
16th Army
51st JNAF AF Unit


Have I missed something or does this list keep growing?


66th Inf Group was present at the last attack but I think there is at least one more infantry regiment. There are now 3 full infantry division equivalents plus two brigade-sized infantry units plus Engineers, Recon and Arty.

I think the Little Yellow Bastards are marching in from Broome. Smaller units may have arrived from Corrunna

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RE: With the Wren Detachment - 3/3/2012 1:36:45 AM   
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Could they be airlifting troops in?

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RE: With the Wren Detachment - 3/3/2012 2:36:47 PM   
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RE: With the Wren Detachment - 3/3/2012 2:37:35 PM   
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RE: With the Wren Detachment - 3/3/2012 2:38:57 PM   
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RE: With the Wren Detachment - 3/3/2012 4:11:18 PM   
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The troops prepping at Sydney for Darwin:


Quite the collection of Aussies you've got there. Any idea of the entrenchment or enemy AVs at Darwin?

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RE: With the Wren Detachment - 3/3/2012 4:28:32 PM   
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RE: With the Wren Detachment - 3/3/2012 4:43:41 PM   
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****************Dec 4, 1942**************


Oz: The same Allied surface group (minus one DD and most of their torps but with 80% main gun ammo) is sent back to PH to guard the transports and are driven off after a rough draw in combat damage.

Night Time Surface Combat, near Port Hedland at 57,129, Range 7,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Atago, Shell hits 3, on fire
CA Haguro, Shell hits 4, on fire
DD Akizuki
DD Makinami
DD Oshio, Shell hits 1
DD Arashio
DD Natsugumo
DD Murasame
DD Yamakaze
DD Isonami
DD Fuyo, Shell hits 1

Allied Ships
CA San Francisco, Shell hits 2
CL Durban
CL Ceres, Shell hits 3, on fire
CL Caradoc, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Foxhound
DD Hotspur, Shell hits 3, on fire
DD Isis

But then there is this bit.

Night Time Surface Combat, near Port Hedland at 57,129, Range 2,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Atago, on fire
CA Haguro, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Akizuki
DD Makinami
DD Oshio
DD Arashio
DD Natsugumo
DD Murasame
DD Yamakaze
DD Isonami
DD Fuyo

Allied Ships
PT-153
PT-158

JJ also finds two SC's on ASW patrol.

Night Time Surface Combat, near Port Hedland at 57,129, Range 11,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Atago, on fire
CA Haguro
DD Akizuki
DD Makinami
DD Oshio
DD Arashio
DD Natsugumo
DD Murasame
DD Yamakaze
DD Isonami
DD Fuyo

Allied Ships
SC-519, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
SC-738, Shell hits 1

So CA Haguro takes 4 shell hits in the first clash, a single torp in the second one, and in the third clash she is not showing fire or heavy damage - then she shows up in the list of ships sunk? Unless those shell hits triggered "massive explosive damage" or "engine room hit" [which usually means flooding], I highly doubt she would sink from a single torp hit. Allied intel types have the "wishful thinking disease" again!

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RE: With the Wren Detachment - 3/3/2012 4:52:35 PM   
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Very light forces. Oughta be a pushover. Even for English / commonwealth troops.

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RE: With the Wren Detachment - 3/3/2012 6:38:42 PM   
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Colorado is in Perth and I think can be ready in time for a pre-Christmas landing. Repulse could use a short time in dry dock at Sydney as she is down to 27 kts., but we could take her as is.

That gives us 2 slow BB's for bombardment, Colorado and Maryland, which just arrived in Oz (or will soon) after being repaired from the Pearl Harbor attack.

The survivors from Force Z, Repulse and PoW

and Washington and Indiana.

I think we will be up against Yamato for sure which is likely in Timor or Java. Nagato seems likely to be in the shop somehwere. Not sure when Musashi is ready.




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RE: With the Wren Detachment - 3/3/2012 6:44:22 PM   
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RE: With the Wren Detachment - 3/3/2012 6:49:06 PM   
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CV:

Wasp, Yorktown and Irrustrious.

Wasp could use a short dry dock time to repair up but can be used as is if we dont have enough space at Sydney.

CVE:

Copahee, Nassau, Altamaha, Prince William and Long Island

We have two more modern CVE's arriving Panama next 3-7 d but they might not make it in time.

Hermes got sent out on a training exericise when the RN CV's left Ceylon. Her crew is quite proud as the Opfor has not spotted her for 2 months.






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RE: With the Wren Detachment - 3/3/2012 7:00:38 PM   
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Seems like we need at least 1 and maybe two CA's to support the PH forces (if they survive) and provide plausible evidence we have not given up there. There is one RN CA in Melbourne in drydock...Cornwall maybe? She may be ready.

We have 3 modern USN CLAA's for AAA for the carrier groups.




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