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RE: Wild Sheep Chase - 10/13/2013 10:08:07 AM   
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ORIGINAL: PaxMondo

Erik,

That's why I kick out key engines and ARM/VEH points like crazy. Once built and in pools, they are safe from bombing. Ha-45 and some others, you know you will use all you build, so I just build. Same with ARM/VEH, you can't have too many. If you assume the avg device is LoadCost=12, that means 12 ARM/VEH or 72 HI per device. You need a lot of ARM/VEH to fill up your losses in 45/46.


Yep. Luckily I heard you on the ARM/VEH when I was considering shutting them down, and I didn't. There was a brief period of a few months where I had both reduced, but almost the entire war they have been working at full potential. So this is nearly as good as I could get for those. I do have a good amount of HI now. I'm not really thinking anymore that 46 is the goal. Just fighting past August 45 would be a personal victory, and anything else will be icing.

Some new thoughts on recent events will be coming out in the next few posts. I must be an optimist.

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RE: Wild Sheep Chase - 10/13/2013 12:27:46 PM   
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SUBS: Another sub, the Springer is beaten to a pulp by DCs. Several more are listed hit from the air, and two more take a good number of direct hits and could be in trouble. I lose one E. (Two more are produced and show up in Tokyo). It's a field day here in the North China Sea, and the longer these subs stay the more vulnerable they will be. I know he still gets a lot late but it seems pretty cavalier to use them like this, but maybe it's part of a larger strategic plan. He is getting some good intel on my movements at least. he hasn't sent a mass toward the KB, which he just found. Now that would scare me.

STRAT BOMBING: Interesting. About the same number of B-29s that hit Tokyo hit Manila on the 13th and got almost as many fires going here. The damage was almost negligible though. Not sure why.

THAILAND: I've made a massive and crucial decision. I will leave the Bangkok troops in place to meet their fate. There are two reasons for this. One, it could take some time to reduce. It's got level 6 forts in Uban Light +2, I can supply by sea, and my air force can still protect the troops so bombing will be costly. Two, If these troops are destroyed they will simply be bought back and build in Tokyo over the next few months and could be air-lifted to places like Hokkaido, which will truly need a better garrison by then and has no more big troop units arriving. (It's in my mind stupid that so many units in the Home Islands are under different HQs, are restricted and can't even be flown to Hokkaido which is home territory. There is no way to buy out enough to defend it, so it leaves a real bind for solid defense of a critical area. A BIG oversight in the restriction of units set-up in game).

I hope to also wear down the Allied troops and tie down the 10th USAAF over there for some more time. If this also means the sea lanes stay open longer between the DEI and the North, then that is truly worth it. Sad to now be giving up TWO armies, but that is the way things go late with the Japanese.

The Southern Army HQ is here and I will try to save this by either flying out fragments or dragging it to the rail lines on the Malayan side by sea. I think this could work fairly early in fact, still keeping it in range for the battles, but giving an escape route to Singers. The entire Malayan rail system is evacuated except for small defensive units to keep the rail open. Or I may move it down to the Saigon area if that seems safer. Then on to support Formosa and Okinawa. I think the next base for it will be Taihoku.

I've done something risky which I'll detail next post.

CHINA/INDOCHINA: most of Saigon troops and air support will move to Haiphong now and on to China. About 500 AS will be left and another 300 AV of ground troops. Cam Rahn Bay still has about 800 AV and that will also begin to shift back, especially if the Allied moves over Thailand threaten the coastal rail or if an amphib looks likely moving toward this area.

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR December 13, 44
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Night Air attack on Manila , at 79,77

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 76 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 7

Allied aircraft losses
B-29-1 Superfort: 4 damaged

Manpower hits 10
Fires 5231

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 12000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
4 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 12000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Night Air attack on Manila , at 79,77

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 5

No Allied losses

Manpower hits 4
Fires 19126

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 12000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Sub attack near Hengchun at 84,68

Japanese Ships
xAP Kashima Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
SC Ch 51
SC Ch 5
AK Kosei Maru
AK Naruto Maru
xAP Katori Maru
DD Hatakaze
E W-38

Allied Ships
SS Segundo, hits 4

SS Segundo launches 4 torpedoes at xAP Kashima Maru
Segundo diving deep ....
DD Hatakaze attacking submerged sub ....
E W-38 fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Hatakaze is out of ASW ammo
DD Hatakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Morning Air attack on 33rd Division, at 55,59 , near Tavoy

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Allied aircraft
Liberator B.VI x 41
Liberator GR.VI x 11
B-17E Fortress x 3
B-24D Liberator x 5
B-24D1 Liberator x 8
B-24J Liberator x 100
B-25D1 Mitchell x 11
B-25G Mitchell x 4
B-25H Mitchell x 15
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 6
PBJ-1D Mitchell x 11

Allied aircraft losses
Liberator B.VI: 8 damaged
Liberator GR.VI: 2 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged
B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 11 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
125 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 32 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Vehicles lost 27 (1 destroyed, 26 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Sub attack near Haha-jima at 110,76

Japanese Ships
E No.31
E No.29

Allied Ships
SS Springer, hits 9, heavy damage

SS Springer launches 2 torpedoes at E No.31
Springer diving deep ....
E No.31 fails to find sub and abandons search
E No.29 attacking submerged sub ....
E No.29 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Ground combat at 55,59 (near Tavoy)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 112697 troops, 1957 guns, 1190 vehicles, Assault Value = 4848

Defending force 187689 troops, 2193 guns, 2979 vehicles, Assault Value = 5488

Japanese ground losses:
349 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 32 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR December 14, 44
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Sub attack near Miyako-jima at 92,68

Japanese Ships
E No.51
E No.21
E No.61

Allied Ships
SS Bonefish, hits 2

SS Bonefish launches 2 torpedoes at E No.51
Bonefish diving deep ....
E No.61 fails to find sub and abandons search
E No.51 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E No.51 attacking submerged sub ....
E No.51 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Sub attack near Hengchun at 81,67

Japanese Ships
E No.16, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
E No.24

Allied Ships
SS Pargo, hits 4

SS Pargo launches 2 torpedoes at E No.16
E No.24 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E No.24 attacking submerged sub ....
E No.24 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Sub attack near Hengchun at 81,67

Japanese Ships
E No.1
E No.24

Allied Ships
SS Pargo, hits 5

SS Pargo launches 2 torpedoes at E No.1
E No.24 attacking submerged sub ....
E No.24 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E No.24 attacking submerged sub ....
E No.24 is out of ASW ammo
Escort abandons search for sub

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Morning Air attack on 268th Motorised Brigade, at 57,63 , near Bangkok

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B7A2 Grace x 32
D4Y1 Judy x 34
D4Y4 Judy x 23

Japanese aircraft losses
B7A2 Grace: 1 destroyed by flak
D4Y1 Judy: 2 damaged

Allied ground losses:
119 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Vehicles lost 11 (1 destroyed, 10 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 2000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 800 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on 268th Motorised Brigade, at 57,63 , near Bangkok

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy x 12
Ki-100-I Tony x 91

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-100-I Tony: 3 damaged

Allied ground losses:
123 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 15 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 13 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Vehicles lost 30 (1 destroyed, 29 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

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Ground combat at 55,59 (near Tavoy)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 112807 troops, 1958 guns, 1190 vehicles, Assault Value = 3916

Defending force 187641 troops, 2167 guns, 2973 vehicles, Assault Value = 5487

Japanese ground losses:
313 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 30 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled

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Reinforcements: Um, some new things arrived.

This should shore up AA defenses. I will buy out the Manchurian ones as well if I can after about a month. My plan there is a very bare bones defense. The 3rd IJN Special Coastal Defense Battalion will be brought to either Okinawa or Formosa, I haven't yet decided.

11th Sentai arrives at Tokyo
1st Raiding Sentai arrives at Tokyo
2nd Tpt.Chutai arrives at Tokyo
6th Tpt.Chutai arrives at Tokyo
29th Air Flotilla arrives at Takao
53rd Air Flotilla arrives at Osaka/Kyoto
97th Field AA Battalion arrives at Nagoya
98th Field AA Battalion arrives at Nagoya
95th Field AA Battalion arrives at Tokyo
96th Field AA Battalion arrives at Tokyo
42nd Air Defense AA Battalion arrives at Keijo
46th Air Defense AA Battalion arrives at Keijo
8th Ind. Engineer Regiment arrives at Tokyo
28th RF Gun Battalion arrives at Shanghai
90th Field AA Battalion arrives at Changchun
91st Field AA Battalion arrives at Changchun
92nd Field AA Battalion arrives at Changchun
100th Field AA Battalion arrives at Changchun
71st Field AA Battalion arrives at Tokyo
94th Field AA Battalion arrives at Tokyo
63rd Field AA Battalion arrives at Tokyo
3rd IJN Special Coastal Gun Battalion arrives at Tokyo
13th Ind. AA Battalion arrives at Osaka/Kyoto
22nd Ind. AA Battalion arrives at Osaka/Kyoto
27th Ind. AA Battalion arrives at Naha
45th Ind. AA Battalion arrives at Osaka/Kyoto
67th Ind. AA Battalion arrives at Asahikawa
68th Ind. AA Battalion arrives at Asahikawa
901 Ku T-4 arrives at Tokyo
1022 Ku U-1 arrives at Tokyo
801 Ku T-1 arrives at Tokyo
S-303 Hikotai arrives at Tokyo
903 Ku T-1 arrives at Chiba
951 Ku T-4 arrives at Nagasaki/Sasebo
Kikusei-tai arrives at Hamamatsu
Tatebayashi- tai arrives at Singapore
23rd Tank Regiment arrives at Tokyo
58th Field AA Battalion arrives at Tokyo
I/19th Naval Guard Unit arrives at Tokyo
E No.81 arrives at Tokyo
DD Haruzuki arrives at Kobe
DD Keyaki arrives at Nagoya
E Shisaka arrives at Tokyo

Losses:

Loss of E No.16 on Dec 14, 1944 is admitted

Ships Sunk:

SS Scorpion is reported to have been sunk near Dinagat on Jul 25, 1944
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A few units with these 88mm guns should be very useful around the HI.
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RE: Wild Sheep Chase - 10/13/2013 3:32:58 PM   
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SUBS: All Alied subs decide to back off and retreat into the shadows. One more time though a sub moves into Bataan to maybe 'test' the mines there. No hits annoyingly.

STRAT BOMBING: So the fires at Tokyo burned for three days and took out 388 point of HI and another 133 points of LI. They also destroyed 10 Sam factories, a bunch on Ha-35 (I think about 27 in total) and some other random small losses. That is from 56 bombers.

THAILAND: The 14th really highlights some of the limitations of this game. With 650 fighters in Bangkok I sent out two brigades to draw enemy strikes over them. The first day I sent no LR CAP and the units were nearly destroyed by 4E and 2E attacks. On the 14th I put up a massive LR CAP from 1 hex away. In reality the Allies would have had to fly literally over the base they originated from , and be sighted by radar long before they arrived and by eyeballs quite far ahead of the strikes on their destinations. Well, as it turned out the 'detection time' was 5 minutes!!! So only a few planes made passes before th enemy bombed, and again no fighters made contact after the bombing runs. This is even more unbelievable than the first contact not being made. All of the fighters in the base are set to CAP 1 hex 40% and LR CAP 40% with 20% rest. ALL of them should have been able to arrive the 50 miles away to get there in at least 15 minutes, and this should in real terms be a massacre.

It doesn't work that way in this game. We got 28 2E and only 3 4E on the day! One hex from Bangkok. About 19 fighters went down there, but I had also loaded up a smaller force against the bombers that might hit the Burma Army and they got creamed. No problem for the P-51 to sweep away the Frank 'r' in this situation. We did get about even agains the P-38s though and then no other planes flew over there.

THAILAND: A complete shift here. Jocke has been moving out troops from the blocking force. I decided to stop my movement into th jungles and fight it out. I have only about half the necessary supply, but great experience in these troops. My feeling is that I have about a 10% chance of success, but I decided to SHOCK on the 17th!

This will do two things. One it has a very slight chance of success. If that happens, I jump around for a few minutes and get these on their way to Bangkok. Two, if it fails it will bring on the destruction of this force. It can't escape so it needs to go down fighting. A loss will decimate the troops and kill most of the supply which should mean these won't last much longer here. A lot of his troops moved back toward Moulmein anticipating my move, so it'll be interesting to see where he sends them next if this doesn't force a breakout.

I also sent in supply TFs and will begin pulling the Southern Army HQ tomorrow from Bangkok to Mayala.

PI: I really have a tingling sensation warning me about bombardments of these big bases with these sub incisions and the previous DD sortie into the area, and I know Manila is in range for his fast BBs. Well, I've got lots of mines now at both Bataan and Manila, min-subs at both, MTBs at both, and a small 3 ship destroyer flotilla at Manila plus another of 20 knot Es. Just speed bumps, but if they are bumps maybe it could slow something there.

I may also start playing with air placements. I have three big bases on Luzon now at Clark, Manila and Lingayen. only a level 5 at Lingayen, but enough for a one day stash and it's on the rail. That is key. I need to have my kamis turned on but with the endless stream of small craft nearby the silly targeting system doesn't really allow for that.

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR December 15, 44
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Morning Air attack on 268th Motorised Brigade, at 57,63 , near Bangkok

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B7A2 Grace x 3
D4Y1 Judy x 36
D4Y4 Judy x 23

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 13 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 11 (1 destroyed, 10 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
17 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 1000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 800 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on 268th Motorised Brigade, at 57,63 , near Bangkok

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 49
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 16
Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy x 58

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
39 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 7 (1 destroyed, 6 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
23 x Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on 268th Motorised Brigade, at 57,63 , near Bangkok

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy x 29

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Vehicles lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on 37th Ind.Mixed Brigade, at 56,63 , near Bangkok

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
Liberator B.VI x 19
Liberator GR.VI x 3
B-24J Liberator x 7
B-17E Fortress x 3
B-17F Fortress x 6
B-24D1 Liberator x 4
B-24J Liberator x 84
B-25D1 Mitchell x 12
B-25H Mitchell x 27
B-25J1 Mitchell x 3
B-25J11 Mitchell x 3
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 8
PBJ-1D Mitchell x 22

Allied aircraft losses
Liberator B.VI: 3 damaged
Liberator GR.VI: 1 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 11 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
1282 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 132 disabled
Non Combat: 17 destroyed, 183 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on 37th Ind.Mixed Brigade, at 56,63 , near Bangkok

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Allied aircraft
Liberator B.VI x 3
B-24D Liberator x 5
B-24J Liberator x 6
B-25G Mitchell x 4
B-25H Mitchell x 3
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 7

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
495 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 33 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 30 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 10 (1 destroyed, 9 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Ground combat at Mauban (80,78)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 8312 troops, 24 guns, 430 vehicles, Assault Value = 410

Defending force 3153 troops, 23 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 79

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 2

Allied adjusted assault: 207

Japanese adjusted defense: 73

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

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 2

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), fatigue(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
318 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 32 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled

Assaulting units:
754th Tank Battalion
I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment
192nd Tank Battalion

Defending units:
8th Exped. Force

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Ground combat at 55,59 (near Tavoy)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 112855 troops, 1958 guns, 1190 vehicles, Assault Value = 3920

Defending force 187732 troops, 2140 guns, 2970 vehicles, Assault Value = 5489

Japanese ground losses:
237 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 39 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 16 (1 destroyed, 15 disabled)
Vehicles lost 9 (1 destroyed, 8 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
38 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR December 15, 44
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Morning Air attack on Burma Area Army, at 55,59 , near Tavoy

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 19 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J2M3 Jack x 7
J2M5 Jack x 8
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 14
Ki-84r Frank x 14

Allied aircraft
P-51D Mustang x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
J2M3 Jack: 3 destroyed
Ki-43-IV Oscar: 4 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-51D Mustang: 1 destroyed

CAP engaged:
S-302 Kokutai with J2M5 Jack (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 8 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 31000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes
S-309 Hikotai with J2M3 Jack (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000
Raid is overhead
48th Sentai with Ki-84r Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 14 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 38270
Raid is overhead
203rd Sentai with Ki-43-IV Oscar (14 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
14 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 8000
Raid is overhead

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Morning Air attack on Burma Area Army, at 55,59 , near Tavoy

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 48 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J2M5 Jack x 7
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 3
Ki-84r Frank x 13

Allied aircraft
P-38L Lightning x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
J2M5 Jack: 1 destroyed
Ki-43-IV Oscar: 1 destroyed
Ki-84r Frank: 5 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38L Lightning: 4 destroyed

CAP engaged:
S-302 Kokutai with J2M5 Jack (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
7 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 31000 , scrambling fighters to 17000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes
48th Sentai with Ki-84r Frank (13 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
13 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 38270
Raid is overhead
203rd Sentai with Ki-43-IV Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 8000 , scrambling fighters to 17000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 87 minutes

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Morning Air attack on 268th Motorised Brigade, at 57,63 , near Bangkok

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 16
Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy x 60

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
77 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 15 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 15 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
22 x Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on 5th Garrison Unit , at 56,63 , near Bangkok

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J2M3 Jack x 11
J2M5 Jack x 11
N1K1-J George x 22
N1K2-J George x 6
Ki-84a Frank x 51
Ki-84r Frank x 22

Allied aircraft
Liberator B.VI x 27
Liberator GR.VI x 3
B-17E Fortress x 3
B-24D Liberator x 5
B-25D1 Mitchell x 12
B-25H Mitchell x 30
B-25J1 Mitchell x 3
B-25J11 Mitchell x 3
PBJ-1D Mitchell x 21

Japanese aircraft losses
N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Liberator B.VI: 9 damaged
Liberator GR.VI: 1 damaged
B-25H Mitchell: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged
PBJ-1D Mitchell: 3 destroyed

Japanese ground losses:
711 casualties reported
Squads: 33 destroyed, 53 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 5 (4 destroyed, 1 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Liberator B.VI bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb


CAP engaged:
S-305 Hikotai with N1K1-J George (12 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
12 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Raid is overhead
S-316 Hikotai with N1K2-J George (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
6 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Raid is overhead
S-402 Hikotai with N1K1-J George (10 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
10 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Raid is overhead
S-315 Hikotai with J2M5 Jack (11 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
11 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 31000
Raid is overhead
S-317 Hikotai with J2M3 Jack (11 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
11 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 12000
Raid is overhead
25th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (14 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
14 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 31000
Raid is overhead
30th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (10 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
10 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 31000
Raid is overhead
33rd Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (14 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
14 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 31000
Raid is overhead
47th Sentai with Ki-84r Frank (13 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
13 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 38270
Raid is overhead
66th Sentai with Ki-84r Frank (9 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
9 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 38270
Raid is overhead
87th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (13 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
13 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 31000
Raid is overhead

Banzai! - Hori D. in a N1K1-J George rams a PBJ-1D Mitchell for the Emperor

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Morning Air attack on 5th Garrison Unit , at 56,63 , near Bangkok

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J2M3 Jack x 14
J2M5 Jack x 14
N1K1-J George x 17
N1K2-J George x 8
Ki-84a Frank x 63
Ki-84r Frank x 28
Ki-100-I Tony x 31

Allied aircraft
Liberator B.III x 3
Liberator B.VI x 25
B-17E Fortress x 6
B-24D1 Liberator x 8
B-25H Mitchell x 7
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 7

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Liberator B.VI: 2 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged
B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged
B-25H Mitchell: 1 destroyed

Japanese ground losses:
175 casualties reported
Squads: 11 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on 33rd Division, at 55,59 , near Tavoy

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 74 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 25 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 113

Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 14 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 1 destroyed by flak

Japanese ground losses:
528 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 41 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 37 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on 37th Ind.Mixed Brigade, at 56,63 , near Bangkok

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J2M3 Jack x 23
J2M5 Jack x 23
N1K1-J George x 31
N1K2-J George x 12
Ki-84a Frank x 95
Ki-84r Frank x 46
Ki-100-I Tony x 39
Ki-102a Randy x 5

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 4
B-25J1 Mitchell x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
J2M3 Jack: 1 destroyed
N1K2-J George: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
B-25J1 Mitchell: 5 destroyed, 1 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x B-25J1 Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Ground combat at Mauban (80,78)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 8276 troops, 24 guns, 430 vehicles, Assault Value = 411

Defending force 2908 troops, 22 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 55

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 1

Allied adjusted assault: 303

Japanese adjusted defense: 69

Allied assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 1)

Allied forces CAPTURE Mauban !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), leaders(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
693 casualties reported
Squads: 34 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 30 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 8 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 10 (10 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 1

Allied ground losses:
69 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment
754th Tank Battalion
192nd Tank Battalion

Defending units:
8th Exped. Force

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Ground combat at Akutan Island (171,49)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1252 troops, 13 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 79

Defending force 718 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 25

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 0

Allied adjusted assault: 34

Japanese adjusted defense: 37

Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 0)

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), leaders(-), experience(-)
Attacker: leaders(+), fatigue(-)

Japanese ground losses:
73 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Allied ground losses:
52 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled

Assaulting units:
Rocky Mountain Rger Battalion

Defending units:
53rd Nav Gd /2


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Ground combat at 55,59 (near Tavoy)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 72232 troops, 1291 guns, 908 vehicles, Assault Value = 2371

Defending force 187084 troops, 2130 guns, 2962 vehicles, Assault Value = 5433

Japanese ground losses:
74 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Vehicles lost 11 (5 destroyed, 6 disabled)
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Reinforcements:

3rd Ind.AA Gun Co arrives at Tokyo
49th Ind.Mixed Brigade arrives at Tokyo
MTB G-1017 arrives at Shimizu
E Inagi arrives at Tokyo
SS I-13 arrives at Osaka/Kyoto
ML G-434 arrives at Sapporo
87th Infantry Brigade arrives at Tokyo
37th Const Co arrives at Tokyo
47th Naval Guard Unit arrives at Tokyo
25th Special Base Force arrives at Tokyo
2nd JNAF AF Unit arrives at Tokyo

Losses:

Ships Sunk:

Previous report of sinking of DD Abbot incorrect. Intelligence reports ship is still in service
Previous report of sinking of SS Roncador incorrect. Intelligence reports ship is still in service
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Well, the dice did not come up all sixes for this attack in the jungles of Thailand. This will spell the end of the Burma Army.

It'll be interesting to see what the Allies do now. Will they liquidate the stack or let it rot?

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Ground combat at 55,59 (near Tavoy)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 168715 troops, 2013 guns, 2438 vehicles, Assault Value = 5414

Defending force 79249 troops, 1291 guns, 968 vehicles, Assault Value = 2381

Japanese adjusted assault: 430

Allied adjusted defense: 5857

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 13

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Attacker: shock(+)

Japanese ground losses:
28212 casualties reported
Squads: 366 destroyed, 1920 disabled
Non Combat: 12 destroyed, 141 disabled
Engineers: 49 destroyed, 203 disabled
Guns lost 155 (21 destroyed, 134 disabled)
Vehicles lost 255 (81 destroyed, 174 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
664 casualties reported
Squads: 10 destroyed, 93 disabled
Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 63 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 11 disabled
Guns lost 96 (7 destroyed, 89 disabled)
Vehicles lost 68 (4 destroyed, 64 disabled)
Assaulting units:
14th Indian Division
11th (East African) Division
111th Chindit Brigade
26th Indian Division
9th Indian Division
77th Chindit Brigade
2nd New Chinese Corps
XXXIII Indian Corps
6th Mixed A/T Mtr Regiment
86th Medium Regiment
X' Force
8th Medium Regiment
28th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
87th Medium Regiment
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
8th Belfast Heavy Regiment
24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
NCAC
33rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
6th Medium Regiment
Provisional GMC Grp

Defending units:
22nd Tank Regiment
3rd Tank Division
55th Division
33rd Division
29th Ind.Mixed Brigade
24th Ind.Mixed Brigade
2nd Tank Division
39th Division
16th Division
79th Brigade
2nd Division
2nd Guards Division
21st Division
75th Infantry Brigade
5th Division
18th Division
38th Division
1st Ind.Mixed Regiment
11th Mortar Battalion
2nd Hvy.Artillery Regiment
1st Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
2nd Area Army
3rd Medium Mortar Battalion
14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
5th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion
52nd Field AA Battalion
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
2nd Army
17th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
39th Field AA Battalion
14th Mortar Battalion
40th Field AA Battalion
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
2nd Medium Mortar Battalion
43rd Const Co
68th Field AA Battalion
34th Field AA Battalion
10th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
11th RF Gun Battalion
1st Air Defense AA Regiment
25th Army
1st RF Gun Battalion
2nd RF Gun Battalion
4th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
8th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
49th AA Machinecannon Company
115th AA Regiment
69th Field AA Battalion
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
21st AA Regiment
1st Art.Mortar Regiment
28th Army
38th Field AA Battalion
32nd Field AA Battalion
3rd Mortar Battalion
33rd Road Const Co
5th Mortar Battalion
20th AA Regiment
19th Army
51st Field AA Battalion
15th Army
27th Fld AA Gun Co
70th Field AA Battalion
56th Field AA Battalion
50th Field AA Battalion
8th RF Gun Battalion
10th RF Gun Battalion
Burma Area Army
7th JAAF Base Force


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For all of the production I have, my pools are not so great. I've been trying to shepherd the IJN especially, only putting them in harms way when I feel I need the mass or the bomber-hitting canons of the George and Jack. Currently all of the frontline fighters are dwindling and I have plenty of A6M models. So for kami escorts I should be fine.

The Sam has filled out all but one of the KB fighter groups now, and that one should change over in days. Then I'll be able to start really working it into the LBA. So far it's only in two small LBA groups.

The George line is turned off and will only be restarted if I find I don't have the supply necessary to change them to another more advanced model. The Sam will replace them in all groups as soon as possible. I continue to make just a few A6M5b for escorts and since I have an abundance of Ha-35 engines.

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Although the production numbers look pretty good (which I'll show in depth soon, but which you can spot on the side of the replacements column) the only true frontline interceptor is the Frank, so 370 a month. The Ki-83 will be the other when it begins production in a few days. I may also shell out the 30k supply for one factory of Ki-84 'b' just to try it. I have the others still producing this much to continue building airframes for escort and kami roles, but I may need them as fighters as well if production is destroyed sufficiently.

The Randy 'a' is interesting as with our current HR it can get above even the P-47, although it is so much slower it might not do so well in that capacity. I haven't had a good trial of this yet. It's too expensive to make many, and I'm leaning toward changing the HR to 32k max. It could still be good as a bomber killer, and at 373 mph it's much quicker than the Nick at 340 mph with two 20mm Ho-5 canons on centerline (plus a semi-useless 58mm canon).

The Oscars will be kamis and escorts, plus CAP support when possible in their kami groups. I will gradually phase out all other airframes from fighter groups and go with the top models, keeping just a few dedicated escort groups with 45 exp 60 skill pilots. The nice thing with my current pools is that many fighter pilots were double trained in air and low naval, so they are around 45exp, 60 air skill and 60 low naval and can support a CAP as well as strike when the call comes. I had high hopes the centerline canons would make them at least serviceable as back line fighters, but the durability is still a problem and the speed is not great. At least the Ki-100 is more durable and can stand in against bombers longer, plus has the extra 12.7mm guns on the wings.

The Tojo is no longer in production, but a few groups still have it as I did find the climb to be still useful in the layered CAP of large bases.

The Ki-94 and Karyu aren't even close to moving ahead quickly, so this will be it for a long time.

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RE: Wild Sheep Chase - 10/14/2013 8:26:56 AM   
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I don't have any for the IJN worth building, so these will be the only fighter bombers during the rest of the war. The Randy 'b' is not a bad plane, and can be used in back line defense, but I also see it as a very good kami plane with it's decent speed (360 mph) and good durability (36). The 2 x 250kg is not ideal, but hits of any kind are best, and the speed and durability get planes though. I like building these for color mostly, but I might stop the line if the engines get destroyed.

I only have a few low ground trained pilots and with Allied flak being what it is I don't see this plane being used much in a low ground attack role it was designed for. The remaining Nicks will be phased out and used for a kami group.
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After the Thai plains massacre the pools are very slowly recovering. I will never have enough of these planes. The Judys are doing better than the Graces, and I will now stop using either to attack ground troops as the deal is done in Thailand now.

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The Grace is my main naval torpedo delivery frame now, but is of course listed as a DB. It have filled out all KB groups and these are dual trained for TB and DB attacks. The B6N2a is still important as many LBA bomber groups will not upgrade to the Grace, which I only found out once I'd changed over another Jill factory. So I have to watch it on these pools. I am building a few Kates still for insurance and also for the MAD used in ASW.

The Sieran are building out the Ha-60 engines and then the line will be stopped, but I'm just about to get the massive subs that use them so they'll see some action, most likely in a heroic but futile role!
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RE: Wild Sheep Chase - 10/14/2013 8:40:23 AM   
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My advice to anyone out there looking toward the endgame as Japan is to research these early and build pools long before you need them. I am still struggling to fill out the IJAAF groups as the Dinah KAI is the only viable option here. The nick is too slow against the B-29 and the Peggy is useless. Starting again I would actually dedicate 3 factories to the Randy 'c' R n D. It's that important.

For the IJN I'd also get a later version more heavily researched. The Irving is dead slow but has radar, so at least that keeps them viable. (They just downed 10-12 B-29s in the last turn during an attack on Nagoya!).

The Myrt is much faster but without radar and with lighter armament, I'd say the Irving is the best option until the Denko arrives. Mine is nearing active research, but I would again have more heavily invested. Instead of building so many A6M factious early, I'd put at least two right away into the Denko.

I'm just building the A6M5d-S for it's ease with the 1 service rating and the engine availability. Also it has a much better climb rate than the 2E NF so if he does ever change altitudes from the 9k that has been standard for B-29s in this game, that could be critical.
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RE: Wild Sheep Chase - 10/14/2013 9:17:58 AM   
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The arrival of the Peggy (T) was meant to change everything for the IJAAF in fighting off invasions. While it's a great plane I've found it hard to get them to fly en masse with the beta version of game, and also the necessarily low pilots exp. It's impossible to train TB pilots before the plane arrives, which is not ideal, and so none still are over 55 exp that have 65-70 TB skill. I've been training some 65-70 exp groups, which takes forever, but could be worth it even if they get to 60 TB skill, as they will be much more likely to fly and punch through.

So after considering the options carefully, I upgraded many factories to the Peggy Ib as this will be one of the best kami planes in the arsenal. It's fast, highly durable, with a decent bomb load, and I have a ton of experienced low naval trained pilots. I'll go about half kami and half (T) now for the IJAAF 2E groups.

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The Francs has proven itself time and again, and with the naval pilots and good escorts this airframe is invaluable in defense. Some groups are training as kamis now but most are still using torpedoes. I'm still training TB pilots, although to less high levels. Now the finish line is around 45 exp, 65 TB skill,and a bit of naval search, usually to about 50 skill, just enough to bring exp up. Once in groups these continue to train search as they fulfill search and ASW duties until put into use in strikes.

I'm scraping the G3M2 as I think they're too slow for kamis and not as useful for search as the G3M3 with it's great range.
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IJN losses have been light lately, but the loss of 21 subs in port hurt. A lot. Maybe. Maybe not. I'm really not sure once the massed Allied fleets get moving forward if my recent tactics will still be effective. If he comes now I'm pretty sure it'll be with everything.

A lot of new small E have been lost hunting subs as well, but their numbers are still increasing, and their losses have been useful as seen in the next post. Endless small ships. Wish they had built a LOT more of the fast 30 knot torpedo boat Es. Now those would be useful.
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Getting the Prince of Wales was good recently, and the Astoria recently showed up which I'm not aware of having sunk. Lots of subs on here and most of those are likely for real. Small victories at this point.
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Here is some info on the pilots we have ready to go. It seems like a good reserve, although most trained fighter pilots in reserve are in groups or WIA right now. A lot are returning each month though so that helps fill out the pools with those trained in groups. Most of the training groups will now have to transition into Home Islands defense, and this means training will be severely compromised. I have only one IJAAF dedicated fighter training group and now for the IJNAF. Float planes are being used to train some Navy pilots, but it's not keeping up with demand as it is now.

Quality will likely decrease, there will be more strain on those in groups to fly more missions, and with potential upcoming battles escort pilots will likely be exhausted and raw trainees will have to be put into this role. That will not be good. I've lowered standards to 45exp 60 air skill, but that is still not going to make the training go quickly enough. So in spite of the ability to train pilots throughout the war and my concern for fighting over my territory as much as possible, I'll still face severe experience and skill drop offs soon.
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As mentioned above the goal for pilots has been to train them to a high level and then try to retain them by flying over my own territory as much as possible. This seems to have reduced losses overall, and I do still have a good core of pilots in groups, but the losses will outstrip our ability to train soon enough.

There are a lot of WIA and MIA pilots, and these are filtering back in which helps. lately I'm getting a message every few days about a found pilot wandering out of the jungle.

I'd be curious to know whether this is about average or more or less pilots than are usually lost by this point in the war.

One pilot just did hit the 12 kill threshold, which is great!
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(They just downed 10-12 B-29s in the last turn during an attack on Nagoya!).

This is GREAT news. When I tested the last official patch, I couldn't get NF's to do anything except make aces out of the B29 pilots. With NF's working, now there is at least a method of deterence. As you note, night flak doesn't do diddly ...



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Here is the list of airframes and the corresponding engines. The airframe factories in blue are currently turned off to use the engines for other higher priority airframes. I'll consider whether I can change these to another airframe going forward.

The Ha-45 engines specifically are running low and the Ha-43 will be compromised by the arrival and production of the Ki-83 in January. A few just got destroyed, and from now on it'll be a battle to try to make sure there are engines to use for the various planes in production. The Jacks have a lot of Ha-32 engines to go through and there is a large pool of Ha-35 for the later kami planes and the currently producing night fighters. I won't repair the damaged Ha-35 factories in Tokyo from the last raid.
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Also, interesting that you find the Irving radar to helps as it is only a surface search radar (supposedly). The only air search plane bases radar IJ has is the FD-2 carried by the Denko and the Randy c.

Maybe the surface search radars have some air component?


I could be wrong, or maybe it is the slightly different armament. I think the Irving J1N1-Sa has a forward facing as well as the upward facing canons? Am I right on that? Maybe also the pilots were better or simply some other setting, but I could swear I noticed better results immediately when they had filled out the first group and were used at Palembang.

I had no idea those were surface search radars. Thanks for the head's up. I'll keep a lookout on how each functions.

Even more reason to invest in these two late models much more than I did i note beginning of this one.

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(They just downed 10-12 B-29s in the last turn during an attack on Nagoya!).

This is GREAT news. When I tested the last official patch, I couldn't get NF's to do anything except make aces out of the B29 pilots. With NF's working, now there is at least a method of deterence. As you note, night flak doesn't do diddly ...




I'll write it up soon, but I had just added another group to Nagoya anticipating an attack. I try to read the DL and also I am pretty sure he'll be going for bases with a lot of airframe factories. Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Gifu, Maebashi and a few others will have some protection. Only 1 was listed shot down by the combat report, but after the turn in the air losses screen 11 total were listed lost, 10 in air-to-air.

I haven't tried to use the NF on a CAP setting with a longer range than 0. Seems to me they'd be too slow to catch the B-29 if they had to travel, and if they can get up early due to radar they can outnumber the first wave and get a few kills. I'm not in an experimental mood in game right now and I don't have time for tests, but if anyone has any experience of this, let me know.

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The research and development phase of game is winding down. There are some decent additions I'd love to try out as they arrive, but the ones that could really make a difference are still far off and unlikely to arrive in time to change much. The one airframe still to arrive that will give an added punch to the IJAAF is the Ki-83. This is a plane I've heard a lot about. It's expensive with it's two engines, but the only Japanese airframe that can match Allied fighters for speed, armament and durability.

The night fighters would be incredibly helpful, but come very late and will probably only add a bit if their factories are not destroyed before they even start producing.

The jets? Well, they are so far off I can't imagine I'll even get to try them which is a bit sad. We'll see. Maybe a last hurrah CAP in late 45.

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I thought I'd show this version of the production numbers as well in order to see how it's distributed. Some airframes are spread over quite a few centers. Others not so much. This will be interesting as the individual factories become targeted.

I've only been changing out a few obsolete factories. I may try some more at some point, but right now I need to get supply back to safe levels.

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Engines are always in severe demand. I've just had to keep increasing as new factories came online and to get pools deep enough to avoid running out once these factories are nailed. The Ha-45 is pretty low still and there will be some crunch in a few weeks when the Ki-83 starts producing with the Ha-43 engines. It didn't help that 10 were hit in the Tokyo attack. Important enough to repair though right now.

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SUBS: The SS Kete is hit hard and most likely sunk near Indochina.

PI: The Allies hit Aparri hard. The strike takes out about half of the ASW planes that filled up the base, but only a few pilots. I have plenty of these pilots still as fewer groups are working ASW now. The Kate and Jill pools are not deep, but I don't use them for much either, so this is easily replaced. I can't really protect the whole island, so if he wants to bomb around, he'll be able to. So much of Luzon is clear it'll be hard to defend from aerial bombing.

STRAT BOMBING: Nagoya is targeted and this time we have NF in place. I'd just moved another group here after their transit from the DEI. These are Irving J1N1-Sa with radar. Pax above a few posts stated that their radar doesn't work for air search, but the report seems to indicate that it might. The 'some CAP have air radar' message makes me think they do work against air strike targets. They certainly seemed to find and stick in with several waves of attacks, and right up to the last there were NF present and damaging the beasts.

CHINA/INDOCHINA: Many troops now fleeing North to China.

THAILAND: In addition to the big stack shocking and failing to break out of the Allied lockdown, the Allies bombarded in Bangkok. They got a pretty bad result with slightly more troops in hex, so I'm sure this gave jocke pause about going for the base right away. This should lend some time for the next plan; selective evacuation.

Also, on the 18th the paratroops stationed in Malaya made use of their skills to interdict the transport and supply of Allied troops by taking back Ayuthia. It'll be short-lived I'm sure, but still fun. I was hoping to also catch some free supply here, but no go on that one.

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Morning Air attack on Aparri , at 82,73

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 18 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 15

Allied aircraft
F4U-1D Corsair x 24

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 6 destroyed

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x F4U-1D Corsair sweeping at 31000 feet

CAP engaged:
202 Ku S-1/C with A6M3a Zero (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 7 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes

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Morning Air attack on Aparri , at 82,73

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 27
B-25D1 Mitchell x 67
B-25G Mitchell x 6
B-25H Mitchell x 18
B-25J1 Mitchell x 15
B-25J11 Mitchell x 15
PBJ-1D Mitchell x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
E13A1 Jake: 4 destroyed on ground
B6N2a Jill: 7 destroyed on ground
A6M3a Zero: 1 destroyed on ground
B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 3 damaged
B-25D1 Mitchell: 2 damaged
B-25J1 Mitchell: 2 damaged
B-25J11 Mitchell: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
24 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled

Airbase hits 68
Airbase supply hits 15
Runway hits 83

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on 39th Division, at 55,59 , near Tavoy

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 75 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes

Allied aircraft
Liberator B.VI x 9
Liberator GR.VI x 3
B-17E Fortress x 6
B-24D Liberator x 5
B-24J Liberator x 65
B-25D1 Mitchell x 12
B-25H Mitchell x 29
B-25J1 Mitchell x 3
B-25J11 Mitchell x 3
PBJ-1D Mitchell x 14

Allied aircraft losses
Liberator GR.VI: 1 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 9 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
360 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 67 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Ground combat at 55,59 (near Tavoy)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 168715 troops, 2013 guns, 2438 vehicles, Assault Value = 5414

Defending force 79249 troops, 1291 guns, 968 vehicles, Assault Value = 2381

Japanese adjusted assault: 430

Allied adjusted defense: 5857

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 13

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+)
Attacker: shock(+)

Japanese ground losses:
28212 casualties reported
Squads: 366 destroyed, 1920 disabled
Non Combat: 12 destroyed, 141 disabled
Engineers: 49 destroyed, 203 disabled
Guns lost 155 (21 destroyed, 134 disabled)
Vehicles lost 255 (81 destroyed, 174 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
664 casualties reported
Squads: 10 destroyed, 93 disabled
Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 63 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 11 disabled
Guns lost 96 (7 destroyed, 89 disabled)
Vehicles lost 68 (4 destroyed, 64 disabled)

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Ground combat at Bangkok (56,62)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 70917 troops, 1319 guns, 943 vehicles, Assault Value = 3037

Defending force 80874 troops, 851 guns, 523 vehicles, Assault Value = 1933

Japanese ground losses:
72 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Allied ground losses:
303 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 29 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Guns lost 19 (4 destroyed, 15 disabled)
Vehicles lost 7 (1 destroyed, 6 disabled)

Assaulting units:
XXXIII Corps Engineer Battalion
XV Corps Engineer Battalion
209th Combat Engineer Battalion
41st Infantry Division
I Aus Corps Engineer Battalion
18th British Division
IV Corps Engineer Battalion
2nd British Division
36th British Division
6th Australian Division
9th Australian Division
Southeast Asia
2/9th Field Regiment
2/11th Field Regiment
XV Indian Corps
2/13th Field Regiment

Defending units:
34th Ind.Mixed Brigade
4th Ind.Mixed Regiment
6th Ind.Infantry Brigade
35th Ind.Mixed Brigade
9th Division
2nd INA Gandhi Regiment
48th Division
36th Ind.Mixed Brigade
4th Division
4th South Seas Det.
33rd Road Const Co /1
87th JAAF AF Bn
65th Construction Battalion
21st Field AF Construction Battalion
39th Army
33rd Army
17th JAAF AF Bn
61st Construction Battalion
14th Base Force
Southern Army
72nd JAAF AF Bn
21st Air Defense AA Battalion
13th JAAF Base Force
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
9th Air Division
54th Const Co
23rd JNAF AF Unit
21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion
30th JAAF Base Force
12th Field AF Construction Battalion
82nd JAAF AF Bn
11th Shipping Engineer Regiment
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
67th JNAF AF Unit
23rd AA Rgt /2

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ASW attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 65,71

Japanese Ships
AK Noto Maru
AK Yodogawa Maru
E Chiburi

Allied Ships
SS Kete, hits 9, heavy damage

SS Kete is sighted by escort
E Chiburi fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Chiburi attacking submerged sub ....
Large oil slick appears over area of attack!
Escort abandons search for sub

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Night Air attack on Nagoya , at 111,60

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 61 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 19 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J1N1-S Irving x 14
J1N1-Sa Irving x 23

Allied aircraft
B-29-25 Superfort x 17

Japanese aircraft losses
J1N1-S Irving: 1 destroyed
J1N1-Sa Irving: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-29-25 Superfort: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged

Manpower hits 4
Fires 2700

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 9000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
S-804 Hikotai with J1N1-Sa Irving (9 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
9 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Raid is overhead
S-812 Hikotai with J1N1-Sa Irving (3 airborne, 9 on standby, 2 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 9000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 53 minutes
S-851 Hikotai with J1N1-S Irving (4 airborne, 9 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 13000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 21 minutes

Some CAP have air radar This makes me think the radar works in the air

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Night Air attack on Nagoya , at 111,60

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 25 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J1N1-S Irving x 1
J1N1-Sa Irving x 15

Allied aircraft
B-29-25 Superfort x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
J1N1-Sa Irving: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-29-25 Superfort: 3 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 9000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
S-804 Hikotai with J1N1-Sa Irving (8 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
8 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Raid is overhead
S-812 Hikotai with J1N1-Sa Irving (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters to 9000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes
S-851 Hikotai with J1N1-S Irving (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Raid is overhead

Some CAP have air radar

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Night Air attack on Nagoya , at 111,60

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J1N1-S Irving x 6
J1N1-Sa Irving x 19

Allied aircraft
B-29-25 Superfort x 6

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-29-25 Superfort: 4 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 9000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Night Air attack on Takao , at 84,65

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 70 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 21 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 16

Allied aircraft losses
B-29-1 Superfort: 2 damaged

Manpower hits 72
Fires 19250

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 9000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Night Air attack on Takao , at 84,65

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 16 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 3

No Allied losses

Manpower hits 4
Fires 141480

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 9000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Ground combat at 55,59 (near Tavoy)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 4547 troops, 267 guns, 325 vehicles, Assault Value = 2287

Defending force 164329 troops, 2051 guns, 2884 vehicles, Assault Value = 3356

Japanese ground losses:
155 casualties reported
Squads: 8 destroyed, 18 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

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Ground combat at Ayuthia (56,61)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 366 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 26

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 25

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 25 to 1 (fort level 4)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Ayuthia !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(+), leaders(-)

Assaulting units:
2nd Raiding Rgt /1

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Reinforcements:

134th AA Regiment arrives at Tokyo
21st Ind.Mixed Brigade arrives at Tokyo
12th Ind.Mixed Regiment arrives at Tokyo

Losses: none.

Ships Sunk:

SS Kete is reported to have been sunk near Cam Ranh Bay on Dec 18, 1944
xAK Chios is reported to have been sunk near Darwin on Mar 10, 1944
Previous report of sinking of CVE Fanshaw Bay incorrect. Intelligence reports ship is still in service
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Before your own fire phase you will receive double ammount of the Allied fire phase as per shock attack rules. Every advantage in adjusted AV you might have gotten through shock attack bonus will crushed by the Allied guns before it ever can be factored into adjusted AV calculations. You might as well forget about that button.

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Shock attack against late war Allied firepower is destined to fail except when you for some weird reason have outnumber the enemy by a factor of 5 or 6.

Before your own fire phase you will receive double ammount of the Allied fire phase as per shock attack rules. Every advantage in adjusted AV you might have gotten through shock attack bonus will crushed by the Allied guns before it ever can be factored into adjusted AV calculations. You might as well forget about that button.


Good to know. In that situation if I had supply I might have been okay due to the huge amount of heavy arty units there. I was consistently winning the bombardment and counter only a few months ago against a much bigger stack. I thought there it was my only chance to break out, and if I didn't it would wreck the units at least putting it into his mind that he might want to reduce the stack, at least allowing me to buy a few back.

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For all I know the game does not distinquish between air and surface search radars.


Great news. I haven't tested but in game it really seems to make a difference using the Sa version of the Irving so I suspect it's the radar working.

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Only a one day update as I screwed up the turn run last night by copying the file into the wrong folder. I then thought Jocke had not finished the turn.

Then this morning I forgot to bring my power cord to work and can't now finish the turn. GRRRRR!

SUBS: An xAP heading to the Bonins gets nailed, but no troops on board. This will notify Jocke of my presence and intentions, which is not ideal though. I'm pulling from the Marianas and loading up the 30k max islands, then pulling more back as I need to to fill in further defenses on Okinawa, Daito and other small islands. So the loss of the xAP isn't huge, but the strategic implications could be difficult if he puts the various information together.

In an interesting combat the Icefish also tries for a convoy near Saigon and is forced to the surface where it guns down two small To'su PBs! They sink, contact is lost with the sub, and who knows if it's still going.

DEI: Macassar is invested. This is the first jump into range from Soerabaja, but the ships left before the day air phase. No he'll have a good base from which to sweep and bomb Soerabaja, plus to cover amphibs in the area. Time to bug out in other words. I'll again send more critical units back to Batavia to get off the island. Only a bare-bones operation will be left here.

CHINA/INDOCHINA: Armor has stopped and is not yet advancing into Indochina proper. Waiting for support units perhaps?

PI: A very strange thing happened at Luzon. Waves of Allied bombers came in right at Manila and bombed the troops!!! With no sweeps! I knew this was a case of settings mistakes. Jocke wrote later that he'd been aiming at Cebu but those troops had vanished after the previous turn and he didn't reset the groups.

It all turned out fairly well for the Japanese for several reasons. Firstly we shot down almost 50% of the bombers heading this way on the day!
Secondly the CAP had been severely reduced just the day before (sending units to cover rear bases on Luzon), but still performed really well. This could have two effects. One it lets Jocke now that we have teeth still. Two it tells him that the smaller CAP up that day is still strong and he'll notice a bigger CAP there tomorrow. Nice to get those kills and increased experience. He loses a lot of planes to flak as well, 14 4E in total. About 40 4E and another 10-12 2E are shot down in A to A for 16 fighters. Much better than usual due to the good ratio of defenders to attackers.

THAILAND: Just more bombing here. The troops in Bangkok aren' doing anything and I don't see anything moving toward Ayuthia. He doesn't bomb my paras which I'm sure he could vaporize, but probable doesn't want to get into a big shootout right now needing to support his troops in the field soon. Maybe he's also gearing up for a shot at Bangkok itself?

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Sub attack near Chichi-jima at 111,71

Japanese Ships
xAP Teibi Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Koryu Maru
AK Nitti Maru
xAP Tatsuta Maru
E Naryu

Allied Ships
SS Chub

SS Chub launches 4 torpedoes at xAP Teibi Maru
Chub diving deep ....
E Naryu attacking submerged sub ....
Escort abandons search for sub

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Pre-Invasion action off Makassar (65,106)
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

4 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
CL Phoenix
CL Ceylon
DD Hammann
DD Sims
DD Satterlee
APA Cambria

Japanese ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

CL Phoenix firing at 1st JNAF Coy
DD Satterlee fired at enemy troops

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Morning Air attack on 1st Tank Division, at 79,77 (Manila)

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 74 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 25 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J2M3 Jack x 33
J2M5 Jack x 25
N1K1-J George x 17
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 23
Ki-84r Frank x 15

Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 11
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 11

Japanese aircraft losses
J2M3 Jack: 1 destroyed
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 2 destroyed by flak
PB4Y-1 Liberator: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged
PB4Y-1 Liberator: 4 destroyed by flak

Japanese ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on 1st Tank Division, at 79,77 (Manila)

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J2M3 Jack x 26
J2M5 Jack x 21
N1K1-J George x 11
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 18
Ki-84r Frank x 12

Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 22
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
J2M3 Jack: 1 destroyed
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 9 destroyed, 2 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 2 destroyed by flak
PB4Y-1 Liberator: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged
PB4Y-1 Liberator: 1 destroyed by flak

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on 1st Tank Division, at 79,77 (Manila)

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 77 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 26 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J2M3 Jack x 14
J2M5 Jack x 13
N1K1-J George x 7
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 8
Ki-84r Frank x 5

Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 23

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 6 destroyed, 10 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 1 destroyed by flak

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on 1st Tank Division, at 79,77 (Manila)

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J2M3 Jack x 4
J2M5 Jack x 6
N1K1-J George x 1
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 1
Ki-84r Frank x 2

Allied aircraft
PBJ-1D Mitchell x 14

Japanese aircraft losses
J2M5 Jack: 1 destroyed
N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed
Ki-84r Frank: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
PBJ-1D Mitchell: 3 destroyed, 3 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Submarine attack near Saigon at 61,73

Japanese Ships
PB Noshiro Maru #2, Shell hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
SC Ch 41
xAK Daishin Maru
xAK Asukasan Maru
E No.42
PB Takunan Maru #3, Shell hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Icefish, hits 7, heavy damage

SS Icefish launches 2 torpedoes at PB Noshiro Maru #2
Icefish bottoming out ....
E No.42 attacking submerged sub ....
SS Icefish forced to surface!
PB Noshiro Maru #2 firing on surfaced sub ....
E No.42 firing on surfaced sub ....
PB Takunan Maru #3 firing on surfaced sub ....
PB Noshiro Maru #2 firing on surfaced sub ....
Contact with submarine is lost

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Reinforcements:

30th Field Artillery Regiment arrives at Tokyo
3rd South Seas Gsn arrives at Tokyo
E No.55 arrives at Tokyo
E No.69 arrives at Tokyo

Losses:

Loss of PB Noshiro Maru #2 on Dec 19, 1944 is admitted
Loss of LB-520 on Dec 08, 1944 is admitted
Loss of xAP Teibi Maru on Dec 19, 1944 is admitted

Ships Sunk:

Previous report of sinking of CL Cleveland incorrect. Intelligence reports ship is still in service
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Here's a shot of the PI a few days ago. It's pretty close quarters here, but his main bases are farther back at Illoilo and Cotabato. Wherever he has a 4E base he stacks up A LOT of fighters. The same is true in the Marianas now as well. Hard to imagine breaking through that to do any damage, but I'll look for opportunities should he lessen the CAP or after any big air battles when there might be a few days of slight rebuilding.

A bunch of pilots got multiple kills, two became aces.

2LT Matsu-ura, T. of 26th Sentai is credited with kill number 7 This guy is our most used pilot in game with more than 1000 missions in just over three years!!!
PO1 Hagiri A. of S-304 Hikotai is credited with kill number 7
WO Sonokawa B. of 26th Sentai is credited with kill number 5
WO Sonokawa B. of 26th Sentai attains ace status!!
PO2 Kasai C. of Akagi-1 is credited with kill number 5
PO2 Kasai C. of Akagi-1 attains ace status!!
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