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RE: ::Felix, Ferdinand and FRUPAC:: obvert (A) v Greyjo... - 10/20/2014 12:08:24 PM

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Western Australia - Don't repeat my mistake and land only at Esperance.

Land there and at Albany with strength and make sure you bring plenty of AA units to go with your spearheads. You should be able to march significant restricted Aussie units across the desert from Ceduna and Port Augusta to get close to the Esperance/Kalgoorlie area before your landings.

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RE: ::Felix, Ferdinand and FRUPAC:: obvert (A) v Greyjo... - 10/20/2014 12:27:28 PM

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Western Australia - Don't repeat my mistake and land only at Esperance. Land there and at Albany with strength and make sure you bring plenty of AA units to go with your spearheads. You should be able to march significant restricted Aussie units across the desert from Ceduna and Port Augusta to get close to the Esperance/Kalgoorlie area before your landings.

I remember that!

The plan is for both but also then to bring stuff around to Geraldton and Carnarvon. I haven't yet decided on this though. I don't think I'll have to walk much across. I'd like to land what I need and build those bases, let him sweat a bit, before doing anything else. Depends though on if the KB gets involved.

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RE: ::Felix, Ferdinand and FRUPAC:: obvert (A) v Greyjo... - 10/20/2014 3:13:39 PM

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I'd be interested in seeing screenshots/(known) force dispositions in SW Australia, and can compare to my action with Bullwinkle if you like.

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RE: ::Felix, Ferdinand and FRUPAC:: obvert (A) v Greyjo... - 10/20/2014 6:15:11 PM

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I'd be interested in seeing screenshots/(known) force dispositions in SW Australia, and can compare to my action with Bullwinkle if you like.

Here are my SIGINT notes, but things are changing fast down there as Nick is pulling some things back to Port Hedland for sure (including the Imperial Guards Division and the 56th division). He's probably using SIGINT deception sending the TF toward some other waypoint with a destination of Port Hedland. If it's India, wow, there is a lot of the free IJA there now. I'd sure like to land in Ceylon and see what happens!

But back to OZ, Esperance and Albany look ripe for the taking and even Perth may be poorly defended on the ground. I bet he's just looking to hit an invasion and not really stick around after that. I haven't seen the majority of the IJN in a while, and a lot of CAs could be lurking around Perth or Albany, waiting, with a horde of attack planes at Perth in it's level 9 field. Wish I could get some recon there, but not a chance for that right now.

SW OZ

PERTH

4th RF Gun Battalion is located at Perth(49,147). 09_19_42
6th RF Gun Battalion is located at Perth(49,147). 09_28_42

20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion is located at Perth(49,147). 09_19_42

8th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion is located at Perth(49,147). 06_23_42

16th Army is located at Perth(49,147). 10_03_42

Imperial Guards Division is located at Perth(49,147). 07_12_42

16/Imperial Guards Division is loaded on a Kyushu Cargo class xAK moving to Perth. 10_08_42
8/Imperial Guards Division is loaded on a Ansyu-C Cargo class xAK moving to Perth. 10_08_42

4th Air Division is located at Perth(49,147). 10_16_42

8th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion is located at Perth(49,147).

4th Division is located at Perth(49,147). ??

2nd Tank Regiment is located at Perth(49,147). 09_30_42
1/2nd Tank Regiment is loaded on xAK Yuri Maru at Perth (49,147). 10_10_42

56th Division is located at Perth(49,147). 10_02_42
32/56th Division is located at Perth(49,147). 10_10_42
32/56th Division is located at Perth(49,147). 10_21_42

1st JAAF Base Force is located at Perth(49,147). 10_13_42

KALGOORLIE

56th Division is located at Kalgoorlie(56,147). 08_23_42 later to Perth, and loading to leave
2nd Tank Regiment is located at Kalgoorlie(56,147). 09_02_42 later to Perth, and loading to leave
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment is located at Kalgoorlie(56,147). 09_13_42

ESPERANCE

5th Amphibious Brigade is located at Esperance(56,153). 06_19_42
13th JAAF Base Force is located at Esperance(56,153). 06_24_42

GERALDTON

6th Ship Engineer Regiment is located at Geraldton(49,141). 09_01_42
Kure 3rd SNLF is located at Geraldton(49,141). 09_19_42
10th JAAF Base Force is located at Geraldton(49,141). 09_21_42

EXMOUTH

20th JAAF AF Bn is located at Exmouth(50,129). 09_06_42

PORT HEDLAND

1st Ind Engineer Regiment is located at Port Hedland(57,129). 09_10_42

15/4th Division is loaded on a Aden Cargo class xAK moving to Port Hedland. 9_26_42

13/56th Division is loaded on a Japanese xAP moving to Port Hedland. 10_5_42
3/Imperial Guards Division is loaded on xAK Italy Maru moving to Port Hedland. 10_13_42

BROOME

LSD Shinshu Maru is moving to Broome (62,127). 10_21_42

DALY WATERS

26th Division is located at Daly Waters(76,131). 07_11_42
17th Medium Field Artillery Regiment is located at Daly Waters(76,131). 10_05_42
8th Tank Regiment is located at Daly Waters(76,131). 10_10_42
39th Field AA Battalion is located at Daly Waters(76,131). 10_13_42

CARNARVON

(nothing)

SYDNEY

Southeast Area Fleet is planning for an attack on Sydney. (!!!) 09_19_42

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RE: ::Felix, Ferdinand and FRUPAC:: obvert (A) v Greyjo... - 10/20/2014 6:39:41 PM

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Interesting he built Perth's shipyard that much. A good reason? Dunno. But he's going to leave you a nice asset by and by.

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RE: ::Felix, Ferdinand and FRUPAC:: obvert (A) v Greyjo... - 10/20/2014 6:40:48 PM

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If you can sneak into Kalgoorlie, the mega-railroad should keep you in supply and you can establish a foothold there if Perth is the only AF of note that you need to worry about. If that's the case, then he'll need to commit his navy if you make any noise on the oceans here. How are his eyes in the area? Would you be able to scout and protect an invasion at Albany/Esperance? Such a move would give you even more freedom in CENTPAC.

Dunno where your subs are, but if you were going to do that, you'd probably want a few here...

I made a mistake against Bullwinkle in letting him have Kalgoorlie back too early. I didn't see his troops coming in or I wouldn't have left it behind, and it had the effect of putting a lot of pressure on my retreat from the area. My not holding Kalgoorlie freed him up from needing to rely on ships to liberate the area. If GJ has abandoned K or left it lightly defended, you should walk right in and take it. I'd suggest marching a unit up pretty close before hitting the base with recon, so as to "surprise" him. If you have Av Supp and aircraft on standby at Port Augusta, you should be able to establish a strongpoint.

I would also consider strat bombing "your own" territory here, if you can stomach it. Think of it as ex post facto sabotage. I think I'm using that phrase correctly... Also has the advantage of denying him points should he choose to strat bomb you after you retake it.

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RE: ::Felix, Ferdinand and FRUPAC:: obvert (A) v Greyjo... - 10/20/2014 6:41:12 PM

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Interesting he built Perth's shipyard that much. A good reason? Dunno. But he's going to leave you a nice asset by and by.

My guess is it's a size 12 for CAs.

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RE: ::Felix, Ferdinand and FRUPAC:: obvert (A) v Greyjo... - 10/20/2014 7:53:08 PM

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Interesting he built Perth's shipyard that much. A good reason? Dunno. But he's going to leave you a nice asset by and by.

True. Didn't notice that. Very nice!

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RE: ::Felix, Ferdinand and FRUPAC:: obvert (A) v Greyjo... - 10/20/2014 7:56:58 PM

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If you can sneak into Kalgoorlie, the mega-railroad should keep you in supply and you can establish a foothold there if Perth is the only AF of note that you need to worry about. If that's the case, then he'll need to commit his navy if you make any noise on the oceans here. How are his eyes in the area? Would you be able to scout and protect an invasion at Albany/Esperance? Such a move would give you even more freedom in CENTPAC.

Dunno where your subs are, but if you were going to do that, you'd probably want a few here...

I made a mistake against Bullwinkle in letting him have Kalgoorlie back too early. I didn't see his troops coming in or I wouldn't have left it behind, and it had the effect of putting a lot of pressure on my retreat from the area. My not holding Kalgoorlie freed him up from needing to rely on ships to liberate the area. If GJ has abandoned K or left it lightly defended, you should walk right in and take it. I'd suggest marching a unit up pretty close before hitting the base with recon, so as to "surprise" him. If you have Av Supp and aircraft on standby at Port Augusta, you should be able to establish a strongpoint.

I would also consider strat bombing "your own" territory here, if you can stomach it. Think of it as ex post facto sabotage. I think I'm using that phrase correctly... Also has the advantage of denying him points should he choose to strat bomb you after you retake it.

Kalgoorlie is a size 4, and Geraldton is a size 5. Albany is a 1, and Esperance is a 2.

Just got another note to sat the 5th Amphibious Brigade is heading out from Perth to Broome. I'm thinking there's not much left over here.

I'm going to do some naval recon, using old DDs and DMS to bombard Esperance and Albany. If they'e empty, well, that will make this a lot easier. I'll start sending the USN that direction soon.

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RE: ::Felix, Ferdinand and FRUPAC:: obvert (A) v Greyjo... - 10/20/2014 10:31:54 PM

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If you can sneak into Kalgoorlie, the mega-railroad should keep you in supply and you can establish a foothold there if Perth is the only AF of note that you need to worry about. If that's the case, then he'll need to commit his navy if you make any noise on the oceans here. How are his eyes in the area? Would you be able to scout and protect an invasion at Albany/Esperance? Such a move would give you even more freedom in CENTPAC.

Dunno where your subs are, but if you were going to do that, you'd probably want a few here...

I made a mistake against Bullwinkle in letting him have Kalgoorlie back too early. I didn't see his troops coming in or I wouldn't have left it behind, and it had the effect of putting a lot of pressure on my retreat from the area. My not holding Kalgoorlie freed him up from needing to rely on ships to liberate the area. If GJ has abandoned K or left it lightly defended, you should walk right in and take it. I'd suggest marching a unit up pretty close before hitting the base with recon, so as to "surprise" him. If you have Av Supp and aircraft on standby at Port Augusta, you should be able to establish a strongpoint.

I would also consider strat bombing "your own" territory here, if you can stomach it. Think of it as ex post facto sabotage. I think I'm using that phrase correctly... Also has the advantage of denying him points should he choose to strat bomb you after you retake it.

Kalgoorlie is a size 4, and Geraldton is a size 5. Albany is a 1, and Esperance is a 2.

Just got another note to sat the 5th Amphibious Brigade is heading out from Perth to Broome. I'm thinking there's not much left over here.

I'm going to do some naval recon, using old DDs and DMS to bombard Esperance and Albany. If they'e empty, well, that will make this a lot easier. I'll start sending the USN that direction soon.

No chance of waiting for the Navy PB4Y recon planes? Recon planes may not get noticed, but a bombardment definitely will alert him...

What about using an expendable CL with float plane capacity? You could try float plane recon, if you're brave. It won't be super accurate, but should be able to tell you if any LCUs are present.

FYI, in stock there are no garrison requirements at any of these potential target bases. Perth may have one.

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RE: ::Felix, Ferdinand and FRUPAC:: obvert (A) v Greyjo... - 10/20/2014 10:51:55 PM

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Interesting he built Perth's shipyard that much. A good reason? Dunno. But he's going to leave you a nice asset by and by.

My guess is it's a size 12 for CAs.

True, but my point was more you don't do that unless you plan to be there long enough to fix CAs.

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RE: ::Felix, Ferdinand and FRUPAC:: obvert (A) v Greyjo... - 10/21/2014 6:33:15 AM

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If you can sneak into Kalgoorlie, the mega-railroad should keep you in supply and you can establish a foothold there if Perth is the only AF of note that you need to worry about. If that's the case, then he'll need to commit his navy if you make any noise on the oceans here. How are his eyes in the area? Would you be able to scout and protect an invasion at Albany/Esperance? Such a move would give you even more freedom in CENTPAC.

Dunno where your subs are, but if you were going to do that, you'd probably want a few here...

I made a mistake against Bullwinkle in letting him have Kalgoorlie back too early. I didn't see his troops coming in or I wouldn't have left it behind, and it had the effect of putting a lot of pressure on my retreat from the area. My not holding Kalgoorlie freed him up from needing to rely on ships to liberate the area. If GJ has abandoned K or left it lightly defended, you should walk right in and take it. I'd suggest marching a unit up pretty close before hitting the base with recon, so as to "surprise" him. If you have Av Supp and aircraft on standby at Port Augusta, you should be able to establish a strongpoint.

I would also consider strat bombing "your own" territory here, if you can stomach it. Think of it as ex post facto sabotage. I think I'm using that phrase correctly... Also has the advantage of denying him points should he choose to strat bomb you after you retake it.

Kalgoorlie is a size 4, and Geraldton is a size 5. Albany is a 1, and Esperance is a 2.

Just got another note to sat the 5th Amphibious Brigade is heading out from Perth to Broome. I'm thinking there's not much left over here.

I'm going to do some naval recon, using old DDs and DMS to bombard Esperance and Albany. If they'e empty, well, that will make this a lot easier. I'll start sending the USN that direction soon.

No chance of waiting for the Navy PB4Y recon planes? Recon planes may not get noticed, but a bombardment definitely will alert him...

What about using an expendable CL with float plane capacity? You could try float plane recon, if you're brave. It won't be super accurate, but should be able to tell you if any LCUs are present.

FYI, in stock there are no garrison requirements at any of these potential target bases. Perth may have one.

I haven't trained my PBY pilots, and I haven't found non-recon planes to do such a good job, but I'l give it a shot. I have a lot of those in So Pac right now. I'll fly one over and put some of the Wildcat recon pilots into it to see if they can find something.

The other benefit of naval bombardment is to see what is flying, where I get picked up, etc. I don't mind if he thinks I'm heading that way now, because I'm not quite yet. I've been inconsistent in how I follow up things like bombardments so he can't get a read on what my patterns are. And, well, I just don't have many patterns, but those i see myself creating I try to then break up to decrease his 'read' on my actions.

Interestingly, I haven't gotten a lot of 'prepping for' messages this game, but a lot of troop and ship movement. He could even be letting me in to then land behind me, but it doesn't seem there are enough available troops to do that considering what I can bring.

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RE: ::Felix, Ferdinand and FRUPAC:: obvert (A) v Greyjo... - 10/21/2014 6:53:13 AM

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How serious is GJ in defending the SW corner??

Can you get some forces out along both the rail and Nullabor track and threaten Kalgoorlie and Noreseman (where the E-W road intersects the N-S road/rail)He may rail in forces once your Invasion is spotted, these alternate attacks either pick up cheap territory or block his reaction.

I would however be wary about committing too much of a force into this "backwater" it isnt vital to your needs nor fatal to the empire's.

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RE: ::Felix, Ferdinand and FRUPAC:: obvert (A) v Greyjo... - 10/21/2014 9:18:05 AM

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How serious is GJ in defending the SW corner??

Can you get some forces out along both the rail and Nullabor track and threaten Kalgoorlie and Noreseman (where the E-W road intersects the N-S road/rail)He may rail in forces once your Invasion is spotted, these alternate attacks either pick up cheap territory or block his reaction.

I would however be wary about committing too much of a force into this "backwater" it isnt vital to your needs nor fatal to the empire's.

As shown above he appears to be moving troops out but I've not gotten messages to indicate anything is coming in to replace them. So the infantry units are leaving at least. Maybe he'll sacrifice base forces, engineers and an air HQ to see if he can hit an invasion force, and maybe the KB or a mini-kB is hanging out nearby.

Walking anywhere will take months, and I'd rather try to land with some force over here when the time is right. I can hopefully get a feeling for his naval and air strength through sub recon and small bombardments, maybe some recon. I just realized that from Ceduna it's 16 to Esperance and 19 to Kalgoorlie, so I don't need PBYs or to waste surface vessels yet. I have some F-4E still in So Pac and they can head over to have a look.

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RE: ::Felix, Ferdinand and FRUPAC:: obvert (A) v Greyjo... - 10/21/2014 10:07:12 AM

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Oct 22 - 24, 1942

SUBS: No more sightings out in the IO of the KB and company.

INDIA: I bombarded near Patna with my 3376AV army to find that the Japanese have only 2,845AV here. The bombardment though injured a lot more of our stuff than theirs. (Only troop numbers included below due to a sync issue).

I contemplated trying a DA here but decided to try and move my reserve up the road to Ranchi to see how he reacts and try to get that in better defensive territory, but he's also now showing movement out of the main stack back that way, which is probably a bluff, but I can't yet be sure. He's got six divisions in the main hex at 53,30 (near Patna) and another 3-4 on the Ranchi road.

CENT PAC: A bombardment of Makin goes well. Another will move in tomorrow night. Troops are still a few weeks away. I'll pick up intensity here and let it fall several times before actually landing.

SO PAC: Tulagi has made an airfield! I'm now sending in fuel and supply, the PTs in the area are based here, and 300 mines are moving in. I'm slowly working on troops at Lunga with B-25s, and keeping the fields shut with a few B-17Es. I'm starting to see indications of more naval units again near Rabaul. We'll see if he reacts here. In the next few weeks I'll start getting a hold of nearby bases like 1,000 ships Bay, auki and getting engineers to Tassafronga.

CHINA: He's working hard on Changhsa with 300+ bombers to kill supply. It's working. We're shooting but not hitting much with the Chinese base force AA. I'll turn them to reserve now to hopefully save supply. The IJA is marching as expected both SW and NW. It also looks like he may be moving to cross the river from Chinkhiang into the x3 terrain where I have 4 Corps of 1050AV digging in with 1 fort currently. I can't imagine this will go well for the IJA, but of course I could be wrong. Either way we now have several potential new front one hexes that he can use to bombard, thus expending our supply (but also using his).

OZ: Starting to get things in motion to make a move toward the SW. I've got invasion shipping, lots of prepped troops, a few CV/CVE and lots of CA/CL/DD. I might not need it though, as it appears through SIGINT that Esperance, and now Kalgoorlie have been nearly abandoned. I'll have to get confirmation, but it could be possible to get one base and paradrop Kalgoorlie, then rail everything else forward.

SIGINT: More movements in OZ. Note that the 26th division is hanging on in Daly Waters. This seems to be the first sighting of the 10th Special Base Force on Horn Island, another indicate that he's preparing a fortress there and even more reason to give it a pass.

32/56th Division is located at Perth(49,147).
LSD Shinshu Maru is moving to Broome (62,127).
26th Division is located at Daly Waters(76,131).
10th Special Base Force is located at Horn Island(91,128).
4th RF Gun Battalion is located at Port Hedland(57,129).
4th Air Division is located at Perth(49,147).
32/Imperial Guards Division is loaded on a Japanese CM moving to Broome.
38/Imperial Guards Division is loaded on xAK Midori Maru moving to Broome.
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment is located at Port Hedland(57,129).

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Oct 23, 42
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Ground combat at 53,30 (near Patna)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 77284 troops, 1106 guns, 1534 vehicles, Assault Value = 3376

Defending force 101289 troops, 1056 guns, 709 vehicles, Assault Value = 2845

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Oct 24, 42
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Night Naval bombardment of Makin at 136,125

Allied Ships
CA Louisville
CA Northampton
DD Worden
DD Downes
DD Lang
DD Wilson
DD Henley

Japanese ground losses:
246 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 21 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Port hits 5
Port supply hits 5

SOC-1 Seagull acting as spotter for CA Louisville
CA Louisville firing at 52nd Naval Guard Unit

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Ground combat at Salem (32,39)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 78 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4

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

Allied adjusted assault: 3

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 1)

Allied forces CAPTURE Salem !!!

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

Assaulting units:
2/7 Commando Bn /1

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Nice to start getting some Spits! These will help if I do get to SW OZ.

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RE: ::Felix, Ferdinand and FRUPAC:: obvert (A) v Greyjo... - 10/21/2014 4:04:34 PM

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Oct 25 - 28, 1942

SUBS: Lots of activity with ASW in the straits of Malaya now. Still need to have a presence here though in case Kaga has not made it through yet, or even if the KB wants to come this way.

INDIA: We've been doing the tango around 53,30 for a few weeks now, trading bombing runs and fighter sweeps, digging in and showing maneuver, feints and actual reinforcements. I've just received info from recon that Warangal, Hyderabad and Bezwada have been vacated. I am not trusting of this at all, even with 9/10 on Bezwada and Warangal. So...

I checked my pool of Aussie paratroops, which is quite good, and I'm going to get planes in place to fly one unit in three parts to each of these bases as fighting recon. It could go terribly wrong, but if so, I'll at least get good info on force placements currently. I also need to know if this stuff has been moved and will reinforce the Patna/Ranchi area. I'm thinking the big units have been moved since he's got at least 10 divisions in that area and at least a few more at Madras, (plus the ones in OZ, which is at least 3 more. How many are there is Scen 30?)

I'm going to have to start doing some real accounting. Get serious about this.

CENT PAC: Another bombardment goes in. The troops at Makin have to be hurting now and I know out here even disablements don't heal quickly. Troops for Mili and Makin are landing at Christmas Island and will be transferred to invasion quality amphibs. Two BBs will participate for the first time in the war here if it continues to look like the coast is clear. I'll only use LBA cover from Tarawa, so I may not be able to do Mili if there are bombers in the Marshalls I can spot. He did just move some into Nauru, so he's obviously not excited about things like my raid on the 28th with DMS Zane and Dempsey. They sank 2-3 MTBs and made it out just fine. In good moonlight I've found PT/MTB don't stand a chance against DD/DMS/E. I'll keep doing this but have to wait until a plucky IJN SCTF moves out of the way. It was spotted near Ontong Java but might be going for Tulagi, Ndeni or something in Cent Pac. We'll see.

SO PAC: Supply slips into Tulagi and Kirakira easily, as do the mines. Each base is a bit more p r i c k l y now with PTs and mines, plus the surrounding subs. I'll still refrain from setting up shop with lots of air groups at Tulagi until some other bases around it are also in Allied hands. Should be in a few weeks. In the meantime the ASW crews go on extra between Suva and Ndeni where at least 4-5 IJN subs are operating. The xAKLs do the bulk of the hauling, PBYs both search and throw troops around the area. The USN and RAN hang out and wait for opportunities.

CHINA: Now bombardments are happening all over the place. One on the South side of Kweiyang has the tank army that broke through over the river that's been doing nothing since we brought the air force into China. Another on the North side is the new block from the Chikhiang troops. Now the IJA is moving up the road behind Chikhiang and seems still to want to cross the river next to it. Is this a feint? No matter. Troops are there waiting.

OZ: Some recon starts flying over. Got another few interesting messages.

SIGINT: This is just another indication the SW OZ adventure is being transferred back to W OZ.

16th Army is located at Port Hedland(57,129).

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Night Naval bombardment of Makin at 136,125

Allied Ships
CL St. Louis
CL Detroit
DD King
DD Gilmer
DD Clark
DD Balch
DD Bailey

Japanese ground losses:
322 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 20 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)

Port hits 2

SOC-1 Seagull acting as spotter for CL St. Louis
CL St. Louis firing at 71st JAAF AF Bn

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Morning Air attack on 23rd Indian Division, at 53,30 , near Patna

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 115 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 43 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M3 Nell x 36
G4M1 Betty x 51
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 84
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 42

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
72 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
36 x G3M3 Nell bombing from 15000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on 3rd Carabiniers Regiment, at 53,30 , near Patna

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 102 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 29 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 72
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 61
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 2
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 54
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 42
Ki-48-IIa Lily x 28

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 3 damaged

Allied ground losses:
55 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 14 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Vehicles lost 14 (1 destroyed, 13 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 15000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on 53rd Naval Guard Unit, at 114,138 (Lunga)

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 19
Beaufighter Ic x 12

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
46 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 8000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Nauru Island at 127,128, Range 11,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
MGB G-4, Shell hits 6, and is sunk
MGB G-5, Shell hits 3, and is sunk

Allied Ships
DMS Zane
DMS Dorsey

Improved night sighting under 85% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions and 85% moonlight: 12,000 yards
Range closes to 17,000 yards...
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 11,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
Wirtz, P. crosses the 'T'

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Nauru Island at 127,128, Range 11,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
MTB G-7, Shell hits 1, heavy fires
MTB G-3

Allied Ships
DMS Zane
DMS Dorsey

Improved night sighting under 75% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions and 75% moonlight: 12,000 yards
Range closes to 17,000 yards...
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 11,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
DMS Dorsey engages MTB G-3 at 11,000 yards
Range closes to 5,000 yards

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Morning Air attack on 63rd Chinese Corps, at 78,48 , near Chihkiang

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 40

Allied aircraft
P-38F Lightning x 7
P-40K Warhawk x 5

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
P-38F Lightning: 2 destroyed
P-40K Warhawk: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
26 x A6M3 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet

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Ground combat at 73,49 (near Kweiyang)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 780 troops, 78 guns, 65 vehicles, Assault Value = 831

Defending force 37901 troops, 190 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1176

Assaulting units:
7th Ind.Tank Brigade
2nd Tank Division
4th Tank Regiment
Guards Tank Division
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
23rd Army
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
67th Chinese Corps
34th Chinese Corps
24th Chinese Corps
71st Chinese Corps
21st Group Army
11th Chinese Base Force

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My feint invasino seems to have been noticed, but now there is also a pesky sub around here. I'll send all back along the coast and hopefully avoid detection or worse.

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Oct 29 - 31, 1942

SUBS: Laying some good hits on IJN subs in So Pac. There is a lot of activity between Fiji and Tulagi, but no hits on transports yet. Operating mainly xAKLs here anyway.

INDIA: On the 30th we bomb and bombard the troops in 53,30 near Patna, and this goes fairly well. Only half of the 2E flew. I still think bombardments have something weird going on, and Nick's thread in the tech section outlines some of it, as one of my units that wasn't even bombarding was hit by counter fire and got a 'isolated with no supply' message and lost a ton of guns.

In spite of all of this I decided to try a DA since we have superior numbers, in a clear hex, with several tough armor units sporting brand new Lee tanks, and plenty of Valentine and Stuart tanks as well. The large majority of the units have acceptable exp now (50-55) with the Brits and Aussies in the 70-80 exp range. Every unit was rested, great morale and no fatigue or disruption. He can't have dug in more than 2 forts here, so we pulled the trigger.

Bad idea, apparently. After somewhat even air battles and good strikes on the armies, the Allies get stomped with 3x the losses including 250 destroyed squads and 50+vehicles lost.

Allied armor does not rule.

I'm not sure where the Japanese got all of the Panzerfausts, but they manage to wipe out half of a partially filled brigade of Lee tanks and put another one into jeopardy with 2/3 disablements. Is this happening with 47mm AT guns, or are the massive 24-30cm guns in the heavy arty units somehow training in on the tanks? I don't get it.

My theory is that the Brit/Indian leaders are simply SOO BAD that it doesn't matter at this point what's being used by the Allied side, it can't compete with 70-80 exp units sporting leaders that are 60-70 exp across the board. Still, you'd think a 1:1 would be possible here in clear territory, and especially since the bombers all got through and put some good damage for the second day in a row on the Japanese.

So now the only question is whether Nick will take the risk and push us back. He can, but will he do it?

The only positive on the day is that to assemble this army, the IJA pulled out of Hyderabad, Warangal and Bezwada. Our paras took all three with no battles, thus cutting the coastal rail between Calcutta and Madras and taking back some decent industry at Hyderabad.

CENT PAC: Our B-25 groups make a decent strike on Mili. The Fortress there loses some guns too which should be good for later.

CHINA: Nick is operating about 300 2E bombers and about 200 fighters in China now. It's a lot to take for troops, even dug in good terrain. Hopefully the supply drain will eventually get to him. In this mod I believe that refineries don't make supply, so it seems he should feel this in addition to supporting another big army and air force in India and beginning to use more in So Pac/Cent Pac.

The IJA walks around to the North of Chikhiang and attacks one of the hexes along the river. They get a 1:2 but the disablements are higher for the Chinese. This is a tank army, and they do lose 50 disabled vehicles, but who knows if they're all tanks. The movement across the river to the next hex seems to have stopped now.

OZ: The first recon goes in at Kalgoorlie. Looks like a base force and a partial recon unit, showing 3 aux planes. Now i'll look at Esperance.

SIGINT: This looks like the units moving out of Esperance and a smaller base force moving in. More good news.

6/5th Amphibious Brigade is loaded on a Japanese CM moving to Broome.
15/13th JAAF Base Force is loaded on a Japanese CM moving to Broome.
5/13th JAAF Base Force is loaded on a Japanese xAK moving to Broome.
16th JNAF AF Unit is located at Esperance(56,153).

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Morning Air attack on Mili Naval Fortress, at 136,121 (Mili)

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 30

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
119 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 13 (1 destroyed, 12 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 8000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
14 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 8000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Morning Air attack on 55th Division, at 53,30 , near Patna

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Allied aircraft
I-15-III x 4
Blenheim IV x 20
Hurricane IIa Trop x 5
Hurricane IIb Trop x 18
Mohawk IV x 9
Wellington Ic x 17
Kittyhawk IA x 7
B-25C Mitchell x 18
B-26 Marauder x 16

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 1 damaged
Blenheim IV: 1 destroyed by flak
Wellington Ic: 2 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 2 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed by flak
B-26 Marauder: 5 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
490 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 29 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Blenheim IV bombing from 9000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on 55th Division, at 53,30 , near Patna

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Allied aircraft
Hudson IIIa x 3
B-26 Marauder x 6

Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
154 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 14 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 9000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Ground combat at 78,49 (near Chihkiang)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 9210 troops, 117 guns, 693 vehicles, Assault Value = 492

Defending force 32402 troops, 138 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 821

Japanese adjusted assault: 396

Allied adjusted defense: 625

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2

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

Japanese ground losses:
199 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 18 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Vehicles lost 50 (1 destroyed, 49 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
1074 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 101 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 18 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Assaulting units:
9th Tank Regiment
3rd Tank Regiment
12th Tank Regiment
1st Tank Division
11th Tank Regiment

Defending units:
45th Chinese Corps
68th Chinese Corps
74th Chinese Corps
26th Group Army

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Ground combat at 53,30 (near Patna)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1689 troops, 148 guns, 120 vehicles, Assault Value = 3690

Defending force 116518 troops, 1184 guns, 819 vehicles, Assault Value = 3200

Japanese ground losses:
117 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
Guns lost 29 (15 destroyed, 14 disabled)
Vehicles lost 6 (1 destroyed, 5 disabled)

Assaulting units:
73rd Motorised Brigade
75th IAC Regiment
762nd Tank Battalion
14th Indian Division
19th Indian Division
63rd Indian Brigade
50th Tank Brigade
23rd Indian Division
24th (Sep) Infantry Regiment
70th British Division
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
267th Armoured Brigade
7th Australian Division
147th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
255th Armoured Brigade
22nd (East African) Brigade
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
150th RAC Regiment
20th Indian Division
75th Indian Brigade
26th Indian Division
251st Coast AA Regiment
2/11th Field Regiment
6th Medium Regiment
260th Coast AA Regiment
93rd Coast AA Regiment
2/9th Field Regiment
85th British AT Gun Regiment
1st Indian Light AA Regiment
1st USMC AA Battalion
1st USMC Field Artillery Battalion
26th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment

Defending units:
22nd Tank Regiment
33rd Division
48th Division
5th Division
21st Division
14th Tank Regiment
22nd Ind Engineer Regiment
55th Division
4th Ind Engineer Regiment
2nd Division
24th Ind Engineer Regiment
1st Division
29th Ind Engineer Regiment
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
15th Air Defense AA Regiment
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
2nd Ind.AA Gun Co
2nd Area Army
9th RF Gun Battalion
51st Air Defense AA Battalion
21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion
2nd RF Gun Battalion
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
54th Field AA Battalion
14th Army
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
6th Air Defense AA Regiment
1st Art.Mortar Regiment
12th Air Defense AA Regiment
41st Air Defense AA Battalion
1st RF Gun Battalion
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Ind.AA Gun Co
21st Army

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Ground combat at 53,30 (near Patna)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 110186 troops, 1410 guns, 2286 vehicles, Assault Value = 3684

Defending force 115744 troops, 1182 guns, 819 vehicles, Assault Value = 3162

Allied adjusted assault: 1456

Japanese adjusted defense: 3074

Allied assault odds: 1 to 2

Combat modifiers
Defender: experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
4526 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 272 disabled
Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 191 disabled
Engineers: 6 destroyed, 47 disabled
Guns lost 155 (24 destroyed, 131 disabled)
Vehicles lost 133 (11 destroyed, 122 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
11883 casualties reported
Squads: 250 destroyed, 798 disabled
Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 304 disabled
Engineers: 18 destroyed, 106 disabled
Guns lost 158 (20 destroyed, 138 disabled)
Vehicles lost 303 (52 destroyed, 251 disabled)

Assaulting units:
14th Indian Division
19th Indian Division
20th Indian Division
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
50th Tank Brigade
23rd Indian Division
762nd Tank Battalion
75th Indian Brigade
7th Australian Division
22nd (East African) Brigade
255th Armoured Brigade
267th Armoured Brigade
63rd Indian Brigade
24th (Sep) Infantry Regiment
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
150th RAC Regiment
147th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
73rd Motorised Brigade
75th IAC Regiment
70th British Division
26th Indian Division
6th Medium Regiment
251st Coast AA Regiment
1st USMC AA Battalion
2/11th Field Regiment
1st Indian Light AA Regiment
260th Coast AA Regiment
1st USMC Field Artillery Battalion
2/9th Field Regiment
85th British AT Gun Regiment
93rd Coast AA Regiment
26th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment

Defending units:
55th Division
24th Ind Engineer Regiment
21st Division
48th Division
14th Tank Regiment
5th Division
22nd Ind Engineer Regiment
33rd Division
22nd Tank Regiment
1st Division
2nd Division
4th Ind Engineer Regiment
29th Ind Engineer Regiment
12th Air Defense AA Regiment
2nd Area Army
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
1st Art.Mortar Regiment
3rd Ind.AA Gun Co
2nd RF Gun Battalion
15th Air Defense AA Regiment
14th Army
2nd Ind.AA Gun Co
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
51st Air Defense AA Battalion
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
6th Air Defense AA Regiment
21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion
41st Air Defense AA Battalion
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
54th Field AA Battalion
9th RF Gun Battalion
1st RF Gun Battalion
21st Army

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Here are the number for the air losses and the situation map. This time I tried a traditional sweep/escort tactic which worked much better than LR CAP for protecting bombers and getting them in to strike. Lost only a few to flak and virtually none to A to A. Got to a lot of Tojos, which is nice. I know that won't change the numbers, but he only has three groups, so harder to keep them going and active while replacing airframes. Fingers crossed we can either reinforce or fall back as both sides recover.

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WINTER IS COMING

At last the North is free of worry for a few months. After rushing to thwart early Japanese expansion in the area and to solidify strong positions at Adak and Dutch Harbor, now the Aleutians are fairly well built up, protected with some small infantry forces and they are expanding to provide a potential launching point for both air strikes and possible invasions later in the game.

The plan over the winter is to continue developing the most forward bases while slowly getting more aviation support and a small naval force into the area. I don't see this being a major area of action for some time, but I'd like to be able to challenge any IJN penetrations up here.

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SW AUSTRALIA

This shows recent recon of the area in SW OZ. It looks like very limited forces, but as I imagined, with the ability to strike at coming invasions. I bet some CVs are stationed at Perth and ready to move should anything be picked up by these plethora of search planes at Esperance.

The single DD at Ceduna was immediately picked up with a 10/10 DL!!

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Interesting he built Perth's shipyard that much. A good reason? Dunno. But he's going to leave you a nice asset by and by.

I'm a little late, but that doesn't make sense at all. Allies are really hurting in that part of the world for a decent shipyard, why build them one? IJN can always expand/use Singapore or Soerbaya. With the map edge pretty close to Perth, it's never completely safe for Japan....

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Start walking up that road, IMO

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Interesting he built Perth's shipyard that much. A good reason? Dunno. But he's going to leave you a nice asset by and by.

I'm a little late, but that doesn't make sense at all. Allies are really hurting in that part of the world for a decent shipyard, why build them one? IJN can always expand/use Singapore or Soerbaya. With the map edge pretty close to Perth, it's never completely safe for Japan....

Not sure. I'm sure he wanted to hold all of this longer. The plan was probably for all of China to collapse by around now and for India to hold on with the industry producing for much longer than it has. Not that the Allies are near to controlling India, but the Japanese have been falling back continually for 4-5 months now.

It seems by his occasional comments and what I see in game (and what I don't) that he's now thinning about consolidation. he hasn't seen the bulk of the US CVs in a good while, and he could be wondering what is in the works as well as realizing that if he got a lot of troops trapped in OZ the DEI would be pretty vulnerable too, making China and India also harder to deal with if he tun had to transfer strength from them.

From a Japanese perspective I'm not sure why he built the shipyard up, but I think the current pull-back is actually a good move. Especially if he can still catch my surge back into this area, so I have to be careful.

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Start walking up that road, IMO .

I think you're right. I have some still restricted divisions to use for that.

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In spite of all of this I decided to try a DA since we have superior numbers, in a clear hex, with several tough armor units sporting brand new Lee tanks, and plenty of Valentine and Stuart tanks as well. The large majority of the units have acceptable exp now (50-55) with the Brits and Aussies in the 70-80 exp range. Every unit was rested, great morale and no fatigue or disruption. He can't have dug in more than 2 forts here, so we pulled the trigger.

Bad idea, apparently. After somewhat even air battles and good strikes on the armies, the Allies get stomped with 3x the losses including 250 destroyed squads and 50+vehicles lost.

Allied armor does not rule.

I'm not sure where the Japanese got all of the Panzerfausts, but they manage to wipe out half of a partially filled brigade of Lee tanks and put another one into jeopardy with 2/3 disablements. Is this happening with 47mm AT guns, or are the massive 24-30cm guns in the heavy arty units somehow training in on the tanks? I don't get it.

My theory is that the Brit/Indian leaders are simply SOO BAD that it doesn't matter at this point what's being used by the Allied side, it can't compete with 70-80 exp units sporting leaders that are 60-70 exp across the board. Still, you'd think a 1:1 would be possible here in clear territory, and especially since the bombers all got through and put some good damage for the second day in a row on the Japanese.

Yep, pretty much supports your theory. Leaders asides Allied 1942 divisions are not up to 1-1 attacks in most cases. I try to avoid that. The odd thing is that with grant tanks (not stuarts) you can attack Japanese infantry at 1-5 odds and not come out with any losses. But if they are in a big mixed stack then that is different.

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In spite of all of this I decided to try a DA since we have superior numbers, in a clear hex, with several tough armor units sporting brand new Lee tanks, and plenty of Valentine and Stuart tanks as well. The large majority of the units have acceptable exp now (50-55) with the Brits and Aussies in the 70-80 exp range. Every unit was rested, great morale and no fatigue or disruption. He can't have dug in more than 2 forts here, so we pulled the trigger.

Bad idea, apparently. After somewhat even air battles and good strikes on the armies, the Allies get stomped with 3x the losses including 250 destroyed squads and 50+vehicles lost.

Allied armor does not rule.

I'm not sure where the Japanese got all of the Panzerfausts, but they manage to wipe out half of a partially filled brigade of Lee tanks and put another one into jeopardy with 2/3 disablements. Is this happening with 47mm AT guns, or are the massive 24-30cm guns in the heavy arty units somehow training in on the tanks? I don't get it.

My theory is that the Brit/Indian leaders are simply SOO BAD that it doesn't matter at this point what's being used by the Allied side, it can't compete with 70-80 exp units sporting leaders that are 60-70 exp across the board. Still, you'd think a 1:1 would be possible here in clear territory, and especially since the bombers all got through and put some good damage for the second day in a row on the Japanese.

Yep, pretty much supports your theory. Leaders asides Allied 1942 divisions are not up to 1-1 attacks in most cases. I try to avoid that. The odd thing is that with grant tanks (not stuarts) you can attack Japanese infantry at 1-5 odds and not come out with any losses. But if they are in a big mixed stack then that is different.

I had hoped that in clear territory having a slight edge in AV plus the firepower edge of the armor and quality of the Allied troops could at least avoid this kind of result. I was wrong.

I thought about attacking first just with tanks, but I thought this was a riskier proposition. Maybe when i'm more confident with my units and what they can do I'll try that. I did lose a lot of good tanks in this one, and I'm not sure it would have been different if they were on their own.

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RE: ::Felix, Ferdinand and FRUPAC:: obvert (A) v Greyjo... - 10/25/2014 12:54:41 PM

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Nov 1 - 4, 1942

SUBS: Greenling takes a pounding in the strait of Malaya. She'll head back to Bombay for a refit. The I-17 gets a few hard knocks in So Pac.

INDIA: All troops from the 53, 30 debacle near Patna retreat back and will now filter out the least combat ready back to Benares for recuperation. I'll leave a strong contingent here for the time being to make sure the Japanese do the same, but there are more Allied troops elsewhere that can hopefully cause some damage in the South.

This will be another short period of consolidation in India. I'll get a bunch of engineers and base forces to the South and build up the areas near Ceylon, eventually taking the rest of those bees out farther once I have sufficient strength in Banglaore and Mysore. I'll start scouting along the cost for Viz/Cocanda and See how much the Japanese have retreated. The USN is all getting upgrades so there will be no significant missions until that finishes, but then things will shift into a new gear and some larger ops will start ramping up, here and elsewhere.

I left a group of Vengences on ground attack stupidly and lost 15 for nothing.

CENT PAC: Things are looking up here. Another two bombardments go into Nauru, not completely closing the fields but putting good damage on the base. i want him to think this is the main focus. Then I'll land on Makin and potentially Mili just after if there is no big reaction. A few more MTBs sunk at Nauru. He's using them in TFs of 1 boat, which seems so far ineffective.

SO PAC: Rossel Island, Auki and Thousand Ships Bay are invaded. There is no Japanese presence here, and no reaction to the small TFs bringing troops, so I'm assuming he's given up on this area. I'l start getting more bold with my xAKLs and send in some engineers and supply to get things moving faster here. Lunga is now completely surrounded, but not abandoned, so I'l land there soon. I'd bet a bunch will be flown out soon. I'll start LR CAPing the base from Tulagi once that base gets to level 2 and I bring in another fighter group.

CHINA: The Japanese suffer a 1:3 on the South approaches to Kweiyang. That is great, as they lose nearly 300 infantry squads (17 destroyed) from two divisions that were already below full strength (793 AV between the two of them). They're already moving out and others loo to be on the way. Our Chinese troops managed to get two forts built each here, so it's a good defensive spot, and I've got two fresh 400AV units from up North that are the bulk of the troops here. This got their exp up above 50 as well. Some of the more experienced Corps are up around 60exp, but they're also a bit depleted from the fighting and will take up rear positions near Chungking to dig and eventually, if supply is ever flown in, start taking reinforcements.

On the other side of Kweiyang the units take a pounding from the air in spite of having 3-4 forts built now.

Finally managed to catch the Lilys hitting Wenchow. Knocked down about 12 of them with 9 Marine F4F-3.

SIGINT: Still getting a few ship movement reports. Not too interesting this time. This is probably escorting something, but also could be an ASW ship surrounding the KB. Never know.

E Kunashiri is moving to Cocos Islands (33,101).

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Nov 1, 42
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Morning Air attack on 71st JAAF AF Bn , at 136,125 (Makin)

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 18 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 25
A-20A Havoc x 3

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
297 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on Tarawa , at 136,128

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 34 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 24

Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 18

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra: 4 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Nov 2, 42
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Amphibious Assault at Rossel Island (105,137)

TF 440 troops unloading over beach at Rossel Island, 105,137

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Morning Air attack on 71st Chinese Corps, at 73,49 , near Kweiyang

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 4
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 57
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 36
Ki-49-Ia Helen x 24

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
357 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 27 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
23 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Nov 3, 42
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Night Naval bombardment of Nauru Island at 127,128 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
H8K1 Emily: 2 damaged

5 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
CL St. Louis
CL Detroit
DD King
DD Gilmer
DD Clark
DD Balch
DD Bailey

Japanese ground losses:
162 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 17 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 14
Runway hits 38
Port hits 15
Port supply hits 2

SOC-1 Seagull acting as spotter for CL St. Louis
CL St. Louis firing at Nauru Island

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Night Naval bombardment of Nauru Island at 127,128

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
H8K1 Emily: 2 damaged

Allied Ships
CA Louisville
CA Northampton
DD Worden
DD Downes
DD Lang
DD Wilson

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

Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 6
Port hits 2

CA Louisville firing at Nauru Island
CA Northampton firing at Nauru Island

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Morning Air attack on Wenchow , at 89,58

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 25

Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 5 destroyed, 2 damaged

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on 5th Division, at 53,30 , near Patna

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 12
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 1
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 5

Allied aircraft
Vengeance I x 16

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Vengeance I: 5 destroyed
Vengeance I: 1 destroyed by flak

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

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Vengeance I bombing from 9000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Nov 4, 42
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Amphibious Assault at Thousand Ships Bay (114,136)

TF 348 troops unloading over beach at Thousand Ships Bay, 114,136

Allied ground losses:
30 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 15 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 5 (0 destroyed, 5 disabled)

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Amphibious Assault at Auki (115,136)

TF 277 troops unloading over beach at Auki, 115,136

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Morning Air attack on Nauru Island , at 127,128

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 1

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 19

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 8

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 8000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 8000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Ground combat at 76,50 (near Kweiyang)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 30612 troops, 505 guns, 409 vehicles, Assault Value = 793

Defending force 36513 troops, 212 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1050

Japanese adjusted assault: 478

Allied adjusted defense: 1696

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 3

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

Japanese ground losses:
3678 casualties reported
Squads: 17 destroyed, 248 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 23 disabled

Allied ground losses:
526 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 36 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 15 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 7 (1 destroyed, 6 disabled)

Assaulting units:
6th Division
40th Division
2nd Hvy.Artillery Regiment
12th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
4th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
1st Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
9th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
13th Army
13th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
5th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion
Tonei Hvy Gun Regiment
6th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
4th Mortar Battalion
3rd Hvy.Artillery Regiment
4th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
14th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
15th Ind.Medium Field Artillery Regiment
7th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
11th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
20th Medium Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
58th Chinese Corps
62nd Chinese Corps
75th Chinese Corps
95th Chinese Corps
16th Group Army
7th Chinese Base Force
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This is one of the big Corps that just produced the 1:3 result for the IJA DA near Kweiyang. Even managed to scour up a good leader for this one. Wish I had some like this in India! Supply is poor after the attack here, but hopefully some will flow before the next one.

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SW OZ

I've got a division and a brigade with some AA and a few base forces marching on Kalgoorlie now. It'll be a long slog. Not much over here though as this shot of troop strength shows. He could rail from Perth of course, but not much there according to SIGINT either.

Ran this little DD around and got tacked with 10/10 all the way across the edge of OZ 10-12 hexes out from the coast. No strikes though. I'm sure he knows what I'm up to there.

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RE: ::Felix, Ferdinand and FRUPAC:: obvert (A) v Greyjo... - 10/25/2014 3:47:32 PM

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Looks like AF units only.

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RE: ::Felix, Ferdinand and FRUPAC:: obvert (A) v Greyjo... - 10/25/2014 4:48:16 PM

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Thats a nice Chinese unit there. If you ever get China in supply again GJ are in deep trouble.

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RE: ::Felix, Ferdinand and FRUPAC:: obvert (A) v Greyjo... - 10/25/2014 5:34:44 PM

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95th Chinese Corps is somewhat of an anomaly, since it starts the war with 18 additional mortars. Great to see this "artillery" corps in good shape at this point of the war. Full compliment of guns - impressive.

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