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RE: 1942 January 18 - 2/1/2018 10:55:01 PM   
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RE: 1942 January 18 - 2/1/2018 10:55:46 PM   
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RE: 1942 January 18 - 2/2/2018 12:38:20 AM   
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1942 January 19 - 2/2/2018 4:35:48 AM   
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INVADED
Amphibious TF 16 unloading at Loewoek
Amphibious TF 12 offshore of Milne Bay
Clark Field, Cagayan, Pontianak, Singapore, CHangsha are also invested.

CHANGED OWNERSHIP
Wau is occupied by the Japanese
Japanese forces CAPTURE Loewoek !!!



Overall
• It remains to be seen if we get enough ground combat power into Port Moresby quickly enough to prevent it being overwhelmed. Imperial troop ships are in the Coral Sea, probably bound for Terapo.


West Coast USA, Alaska, Hawaii
• Took long enough!
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Sub attack near Santa Catalina Is at 224,80

Japanese Ships
SS I-2, hits 8, and is sunk

Allied Ships
DD Hammann
DD Anderson

SS I-2 launches 4 torpedoes at DD Hammann
I-2 diving deep ....
DD Hammann attacking submerged sub ....
SS I-2 forced to surface!
DD Hammann firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Anderson firing on surfaced sub ....
Sub slips beneath the waves


• The convoy continues to be free of contacts (no DL). APD's that just brought BB's to San Francisco will head on an intercept course to join escort.

• BB's Maryland and Pennsylvania are in the shipyard at San Francisco for extensive repairs and scheduled upgrades.


Pacific
• Yorktown is moving a little faster than anticipated and is now 2 hexes past Malden Island.


New Zealand, Australia, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Solomons, Papua New Guinea, New Britain
• The position of KB1 is uncertain and likely accounted for a Catalina I lost today. Our subs in the Solomon Sea saw a lot of action.
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Sub attack near Buna at 100,128

Japanese Ships
xAK Nikki Maru
xAK Shofuku Maru
xAK Nishimi Maru
xAK Yokohama Maru
PB Shotoku Maru
PB Shoei Maru

Allied Ships
SS Gudgeon

SS Gudgeon launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Nikki Maru
Gudgeon diving deep ....
PB Shotoku Maru fails to find sub and abandons search
PB Shoei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shoei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shoei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shoei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shoei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shoei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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ASW attack near Rabaul at 106,127

Japanese Ships
DD Uzuki
DD Oboro

Allied Ships
SS Thresher

SS Thresher is sighted by escort
DD Oboro attacking submerged sub ....
DD Oboro fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Oboro fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Oboro fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Oboro attacking submerged sub ....
Escort abandons search for sub

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ASW attack near Buna at 100,129

Japanese Ships
ACM Shofuku Maru #2
CM Tsugaru

Allied Ships
SS Pollack, hits 1

SS Pollack is sighted by escort
Pollack diving deep ....
CM Tsugaru fails to find sub, continues to search...
CM Tsugaru fails to find sub, continues to search...
CM Tsugaru fails to find sub, continues to search...
CM Tsugaru fails to find sub, continues to search...
CM Tsugaru attacking submerged sub ....
Escort abandons search for sub

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Sub attack near Fergusson Island at 103,132

Japanese Ships
CA Kako

Allied Ships
SS Pompano

SS Pompano launches 4 torpedoes at CA Kako
Pompano diving deep ....
Sub escapes detection


• There is a convoy 2 hexes past Port Moresby - heading either for Terapo or Horn Island (less likely). We have flown in most of a squadron (10 of 12 planes were ready) of Vildebeest's to PM and set them and the fighters to 3 hexes range. If the convoy goes to Terapo we might get a good shot in.

• There is a cruiser TF (CA Kako encountered above) heading into the Coral Sea. Our supply convoy almost completely unloaded but will surely get destroyed tomorrow. So the Am and empty xAK have disbanded into the anchorage where they will be joined tonight by the xAKL when it finishes throwing cargo off the desk. The three large subs all unloaded and are heading back to Townsville for another load.

• The 223 Group RAF air HQ and the 1st Port Maint Eng Bn are fully airlifted in to PM (1 day ago). Beginning tomorrow the DelMonte Base Force will be airlifted in (with 4x PBY-4 squadrons flying that should take 1 or 2 days).

• Even though KB1 is known to be in or near the Solomon Sea there were "Heavy Volume of Radio transmissions" at Truk, so I presume more invasion operations for this area are getting underway.


Philippines
• Modest but good results for the enemy.
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Ground combat at Cagayan (79,89)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 384 troops, 0 guns, 71 vehicles, Assault Value = 144

Defending force 7240 troops, 26 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 201

Japanese adjusted assault: 31

Allied adjusted defense: 59

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

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

Allied ground losses:
67 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
Miura Det
8th Tank Regiment
16th Naval Guard Unit

Defending units:
101st PA Infantry Regiment
103rd PA Infantry Regiment
2nd PA Infantry Regiment
102nd PA Infantry Regiment
3rd Constabulary Regiment
Agusan Constab Battalion
Mindanao Force
Del Monte AAF Base Force /1


DEI, Dutch new Guinea, Borneo, Malaya
• Lots of air strikes against Imperial convoys in eastern DEI waters but no hits were had.


China
• 4 Imperial units at Changsha with two more seen on the way. Our troops did withdraw successfully into Hengyang. We should have some delay time here while other units get to other defensive positions.

• Units have been ordered to eventually get behind those Imperials heading west off the Ankang road. As other undead arrive they will be detailed to other areas.

• Beginning to garrison the road from Paoshan into Burma in anticipation of the Allies being driven out of Burma.


India, Burma, Thailand, Indochina
• The 143rd Infantry Regiment is the Imperial unit trying to cut the road behind Pegu.


Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Russia
• ...


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RE: 1942 January 19 - 2/2/2018 4:36:12 AM   
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IJN activity around the Solomon Sea. The convoy heading for Terapo scouts as 8 ships, 3x CM, 1x xAK. Near Fergusson island 4 ships, 2x CL, 2x CA, moving west. Near Gasmata a convoy heading east. Near Cape Gloucester a convoy heading northeast. A convoy at Dagua.

KB1 is either in the Solomon Sea of just outside it near Green Island.




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RE: 1942 January 19 - 2/2/2018 4:38:16 AM   
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Status: offline 		Hey zuluhour, do you by any chance have the text you can post (either insert or as a file doesn't matter)? If not the way you posted it is still great!

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RE: 1942 January 18 - 2/2/2018 4:20:02 PM   
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ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

Very nice, thank you for posting it.


Thanks zuluhour - most appreciated !

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1942 January 20 - 2/4/2018 1:31:33 AM   
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INVADED
Amphibious TF 107 offshore of Terapo
Clark Field, Cagayan, Pontianak, Singapore, CHangsha are also invested.

CHANGED OWNERSHIP
Milne Bay is occupied by the Japanese
Japanese forces CAPTURE Lolobato !!!
Japanese forces CAPTURE New Hanover Island !!!



Overall
• KB1 is in the Coral Sea.


West Coast USA, Alaska, Hawaii
• The IJN subs are still present but far toward the coast from our precious convoy. A sub near San Francisco has a search aircraft operating.


Pacific
• 3 days for Yorktown to reach Pago Pago.


New Zealand, Australia, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Solomons, Papua New Guinea, New Britain
• Our plans went awry. Not to worry, a team of navigators is looking for awry so we can locate our plans there.

Despite having two Catalina I groups searching over Terapo we do not have contact with the convoy there. Worse, as fate would have it KB1 passed through the Jomard Passage and is 3 hexes from Port Moresby, the same distance from Port Moresby to Terapo and corresponding to the maximum range orders given the Vildebeest group. Likely land based Zero's swept before other air action.

KB1's passage was not quiet.
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ASW attack near Woodlark Island at 104,132

Japanese Ships
DD Kagero
BB Kirishima
CA Chikuma
CL Abukuma
DD Urakaze
DD Shiranui
DD Kasumi
DD Arare
DD Tanikaze
DD Hamakaze

Allied Ships
SS Plunger, hits 2

SS Plunger launches 2 torpedoes at DD Kagero
Plunger diving deep ....
DD Kasumi attacking submerged sub ....
DD Arare fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tanikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hamakaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Kasumi attacking submerged sub ....
DD Kasumi is out of ASW ammo
DD Kasumi is out of ASW ammo
DD Arare fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Tanikaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Hamakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kasumi fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Hamakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hamakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hamakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hamakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

From the vicinity of Rabaul:
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 12

Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 12

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 5 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet

CAP engaged:
21st PS with P-40E Warhawk (4 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
12 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Raid is overhead

From carriers to the southeast:
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 14

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 15000 feet

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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 13

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 15000 feet

Attack runs were made on two carriers and a battleship.
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 99,133

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 31 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 20 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 34

Allied aircraft
Vildebeest III x 9

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Vildebeest III: 2 destroyed, 4 damaged

Japanese Ships
CV Shokaku
BB Kirishima
CV Hiryu

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Vildebeest III launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Mk XII Torpedo

CAP engaged:
Akagi-1 with A6M2 Zero (1 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Raid is overhead
Soryu-1 with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling)
6 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 6000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes
Hiryu-1 with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling)
6 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes
Shokaku-1 with A6M2 Zero (3 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling)
9 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 1000.
Raid is overhead
Zuikaku-1 with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 2 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 5000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes

The empty Yunnan lacked time to make the anchorage.
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 14
D3A1 Val x 16

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A1 Val: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
xAK Yunnan, Bomb hits 12, and is sunk

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x D3A1 Val releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
8 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
1 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Yunnan


• 4x B-26 squadrons and 3x P-39D squadrons (plus an HQ Sqn of each) have landed at Melbourne where they will make ready and continue their training. Of course they are now available for the Port Moresby meat grinder.


Philippines
• Another enemy unit headed for Cagayan.

DEI, Dutch new Guinea, Borneo, Malaya
• Again several air strikes on enemy convoys in the eastern DEI but no hits. No additional activity in the western DEI.

• The last Dutch warship, Sumatra, has arrived. With 20 sys damage it would take 17 days in shipyard for repairs so instead she joins the Dutch squadron and will sail for Melbourne. That leaves the British with combatants larger than PT boats in the DEI.


China
• An attack on Door #2 to Sian.
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Ground combat at 85,43 (near Loyang)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 8719 troops, 53 guns, 346 vehicles, Assault Value = 370

Defending force 36416 troops, 190 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 932

Japanese adjusted assault: 96

Allied adjusted defense: 2002

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 20

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

Japanese ground losses:
71 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 19 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 46 (4 destroyed, 42 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
753 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 67 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Assaulting units:
15th Ind.Mixed Brigade
13th Tank Regiment
3rd Tank Regiment
5th Tank Regiment
23rd Tank Regiment
1st Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
4th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion

Defending units:
38th Chinese Corps
15th Chinese Corps
40th Chinese Corps
9th Chinese Corps
96th Chinese Corps
98th Chinese Corps
24th Group Army
1st War Area
39th Group Army



India, Burma, Thailand, Indochina
• Our units so ordered have cleared the blocking hex between Pegu and Moulmein and are rushing north toward Toungoo before that road is cut.

• We are beginning to gather a little air force, although it isn't at the front in Burma.

• Prince of Wales has finished repairs and will head for Colombo.


Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Russia
• All of our subs are rotating to and from replenishing.


Complete combat report attached.

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RE: 1942 January 20 - 2/4/2018 1:32:09 AM   
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KB1.




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1942 January 21 - 2/4/2018 5:19:32 PM   
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Status: offline 		Have the replay but not the turn (transmission error! ).

IJA 4th Division is ashore at Port Moresby, which was also battered by a very effective CA bombardment. 13 Airbase Supply hits - how do cruisers even do that?!

At least the B-17D's with recent Philippines and DEI experience are ready to go but the B-17E's are still learning how to hit the runway. Maybe we'll have time to get the surviving P-40E's out?

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Night Naval bombardment of Port Moresby at 98,130

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 3 damaged
Catalina I: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Kako
CA Furutaka
CA Kinugasa
CA Aoba
DD Yuzuki
DD Kikuzuki
DD Uzuki
DD Oboro

Allied ground losses:
215 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 12 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 3 (2 destroyed, 1 disabled)

Airbase hits 18
Airbase supply hits 13
Runway hits 38

CA Kako firing at Port Moresby
CA Furutaka firing at 13th Fld RAA Regiment
CA Kinugasa firing at Port Moresby
CA Aoba firing at 30th Australian Brigade
DD Yuzuki firing at Port Moresby
DD Kikuzuki firing at Port Moresby
DD Uzuki firing at Port Moresby
DD Oboro firing at Port Moresby


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1942 January 21 - 2/4/2018 9:19:20 PM   
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INVADED
Amphibious TF 88 offshore of Sarmi
Amphibious TF 361 offshore of Port Moresby
Clark Field, Cagayan, Pontianak, Singapore, Changsha are also invested.

CHANGED OWNERSHIP
Togian-eilanden is occupied by the Japanese
Japanese forces CAPTURE Baybay !!!



Overall
• Big sync bug today, many small differences. Baybay held of the assault in the alternate universe.


West Coast USA, Alaska, Hawaii
• BB Idaho arrived at San Francisco.

• Two separate sub TF's visible near San Francisco.


Pacific
• A day and a half for Yorktown to Pago Pago.


New Zealand, Australia, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Solomons, Papua New Guinea, New Britain
• Port Moresby bombardment and day-end artillery duel showing forces present. The air raids and landings have been skipped (but can be seen in the full report attached).
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Night Naval bombardment of Port Moresby at 98,130

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 3 damaged
Catalina I: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Kako
CA Furutaka
CA Kinugasa
CA Aoba
DD Yuzuki
DD Kikuzuki
DD Uzuki
DD Oboro

Allied ground losses:
215 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 12 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 3 (2 destroyed, 1 disabled)

Airbase hits 18
Airbase supply hits 13
Runway hits 38

CA Kako firing at Port Moresby
CA Furutaka firing at 13th Fld RAA Regiment
CA Kinugasa firing at Port Moresby
CA Aoba firing at 30th Australian Brigade
DD Yuzuki firing at Port Moresby
DD Kikuzuki firing at Port Moresby
DD Uzuki firing at Port Moresby
DD Oboro firing at Port Moresby

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Ground combat at Port Moresby (98,130)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 5498 troops, 80 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 201

Defending force 9146 troops, 93 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 380

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

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

Assaulting units:
C Coy/NG Rifles
A Coy/NG Rifles
Lark Force
D Coy/NG Rifles
2/1st Ind Coy
30th Australian Brigade
Moresby RAN Stn Base Force
Del Monte AAF Base Force
13th Fld RAA Regiment
223 Group RAF
Papuan Inf Battalion
1st Port Maint Engineer Battalion
Rabaul Base Force

Defending units:
4th Div /5

Note that we have NO scouting on the LCU present at Port Moresby. The companies present have been combined into the NG Rifles Bn. Only 1x P-40E was left operational after the bombardment, sweeps, and raids and it has flown to Australia. There are 8 more to try and salvage. Our xAKl and AM in the anchorage were ignored in today's battles but their fate is pretty certain.

The B-17D's at Charter Towers (safe from Naval bombardment at least) will fly against the invaders at 5,000 ft tomorrow. The B-17E's will be brought up to the degree air support makes practical. Three USA Base Force units are 3 days out from Melbourne where they will entrain for points north.

Will the Empire attack tomorrow or will more of the division land before sending Orcs into the town?

We just got radar in place, too!
"Del Monte AAF Base Force - some devices have been upgraded at Port Moresby"

• Boise is at Sydney for minor repairs. The old DD's with her are converting to APD. At some point soon Boise and Marblehead will join up with the Allied cruisers at Brisbane.


Philippines
• Cagayan was bombarded by the IJN's rail gun equipped CA's.
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Night Naval bombardment of Cagayan at 79,89

Japanese Ships
CA Suzuya
CA Mikuma

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

Manpower hits 1
Fires 165
Airbase hits 6
Runway hits 23
Port hits 4
Port supply hits 1

CA Suzuya firing at Cagayan
CA Mikuma firing at Cagayan


DEI, Dutch new Guinea, Borneo, Malaya
• The Zero's are spoiling our air strikes on shipping in the eastern DEI. No further activity in the western DEI.


China
• Aside from air strikes and cleanup attacks there were several Imperial bombardments. Our troops are gaining experience from those, hopefully with the benefit exceeding the attrition.


India, Burma, Thailand, Indochina
• Steamroller.
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Ground combat at 56,54 (near Moulmein)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 12273 troops, 98 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 383

Defending force 1113 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 22

Japanese adjusted assault: 127

Allied adjusted defense: 3

Japanese assault odds: 42 to 1

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

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

Allied ground losses:
1602 casualties reported
Squads: 86 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 58 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units destroyed 2

Assaulting units:
33rd Division

Defending units:
11th Burma Rifles Battalion
2nd Burma Brigade

Both of the units destroyed were moving on the IJA 143rd Infantry Regiment which is trying to cut the road north of Pegu. There aim was to arrive and attack to spoil the regiment's movement.

• Pegu is being abandoned. The minimum (garrison requirement) forces left at Rangoon might do the same as I doubt they can damage industry to any material degree.

• CA Dorsetshire arrived at Cape Town, heading for Colombo.


Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Russia
• We can no reach them!


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RE: 1942 January 21 - 2/4/2018 9:19:59 PM   
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Here is the situation around Port Moresby as Allied scouting efforts see it.




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RE: 1942 January 21 - 2/4/2018 9:20:26 PM   
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Our aerial warriors will try to aid our forces on the ground at Port Moresby. I assume that the Base Administration display will update at the beginning of the turn.




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1942 January 22 - 2/5/2018 6:05:24 AM   
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INVADED
Amphibious TF 361 unloading at Port Moresby
Clark Field, Cagayan, Pontianak, Singapore, Changsha are also invested.

CHANGED OWNERSHIP
Abemama is occupied by the Japanese
Japanese forces CAPTURE Sarmi !!!
Japanese forces CAPTURE Terapo !!!



Overall
• It's pretty obvious that reinforcements will not reach Port Moresby in time, so what to do with that USA infantry regiment allocated for PM? Noumea/New Caledonia would probably just be a place to see it destroyed alone. I'm thinking Fiji to reinforce the New Zealand forces at Suva, and the USA tank Bn allocated for Fiji.


West Coast USA, Alaska, Hawaii
• IJN subs are feisty about attacking our destroyers.


Pacific
• Lots of ships moving.


New Zealand, Australia, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Solomons, Papua New Guinea, New Britain
• No ground assault on Port Moresby but continued landings, air raids, and naval bombardments. Our own air support efforts cost us 5x B-17's.
quote:


Night Naval bombardment of Port Moresby at 98,130

Japanese Ships
CA Kako
CA Furutaka
CA Kinugasa
CA Aoba
DD Yuzuki
DD Kikuzuki
DD Uzuki

Allied Ships
AM Whyalla, Shell hits 1

Allied ground losses:
45 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 2
Port hits 2
Port supply hits 1

CA Kako firing at Port Moresby
CA Furutaka firing at Port Moresby
CA Kinugasa firing at Port Moresby
CA Aoba firing at 13th Fld RAA Regiment
DD Yuzuki firing at 30th Australian Brigade
DD Kikuzuki firing at Port Moresby
DD Uzuki firing at 13th Fld RAA Regiment

Our two little ships will flee tonight.
quote:


Ground combat at Port Moresby (98,130)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 5516 troops, 80 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 200

Defending force 12619 troops, 100 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 395

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

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

Assaulting units:
NG Vol Rifles Battalion
Lark Force
2/1st Ind Coy
30th Australian Brigade
223 Group RAF
Papuan Inf Battalion
Del Monte AAF Base Force
1st Port Maint Engineer Battalion
Moresby RAN Stn Base Force
13th Fld RAA Regiment
Rabaul Base Force

Defending units:
4th Division

See the full combat report for the rest, including a massive carrier launched strike against our troops.


Philippines
• An update on the situation at Clark Field.
quote:


Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1977 troops, 130 guns, 168 vehicles, Assault Value = 863

Defending force 29800 troops, 351 guns, 144 vehicles, Assault Value = 573

Allied ground losses:
Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)

Assaulting units:
Kimura Det
Sasebo 1st SNLF
20th Infantry Regiment
1st Formosa Inf. Regiment
2nd Tank Regiment
7th Tank Regiment
Kure 1st SNLF
3rd Ind Engineer Regiment
16th Engineer Regiment
4th Tank Regiment
Tanaka
21st Ind Engineer Regiment
Kanno
48th Engineer Regiment
Yokosuka 1st SNLF
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
2nd Mortar Battalion
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
57th PS Infantry Regiment
21st PA Infantry Division
192nd Tank Battalion
51st PA Infantry Division
35th Avn Sup
4th Marine Regiment
I/43rd PS Inf Battalion
26th PS Cavalry Regiment
1st Constabulary Regiment
31st PA Infantry Division
194th Tank Battalion
2nd Constabulary Regiment
1st USMC AA Battalion
Clark Field AAF Base Force
86th PS Field Artillery Battalion
I Corps
I/Prov'nl SPM Grp
US Forces Far East
!/23rd PS FA Battalion
Far East USAAF
200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment
24th PS FA Regiment
II/Prov'nl SPM Grp
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
III/Prov'nl SPM Grp


DEI, Dutch new Guinea, Borneo, Malaya
• We hold at Singapore, for now.
quote:


Ground combat at Singapore (50,84)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 60969 troops, 597 guns, 201 vehicles, Assault Value = 1824

Defending force 50485 troops, 537 guns, 347 vehicles, Assault Value = 909

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2

Japanese adjusted assault: 799

Allied adjusted defense: 1339

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

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

Japanese ground losses:
7947 casualties reported
Squads: 177 destroyed, 469 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 86 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 55 disabled
Guns lost 71 (10 destroyed, 61 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
2707 casualties reported
Squads: 10 destroyed, 122 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 26 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 24 disabled
Guns lost 54 (2 destroyed, 52 disabled)
Vehicles lost 30 (2 destroyed, 28 disabled)

Assaulting units:
55th Infantry Regiment
148th Infantry Regiment
22nd Recon Regiment
41st Infantry Regiment
113th Infantry Regiment
12th Engineer Regiment
11th Infantry Regiment
114th Infantry Regiment
Imperial Guards Division
55th Engineer Regiment
1st Tank Regiment
5th Engineer Regiment
56th Infantry Regiment
2nd Division
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
18th Mountain Gun Regiment
5th Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
56th Field Artillery Regiment
34th Field AA Battalion

Defending units:
22nd Indian Brigade
27th Australian Brigade
2/17 Dogra Battalion
3rd Cavalry Regiment
3/16th Punjab Battalion
5/14th Punjab Battalion
2nd Gordons Battalion
SSVF Brigade
22nd Australian Brigade
1st Manchester Battalion
8th Indian Brigade
2nd Loyal Battalion
28th Gurkha Brigade
2nd Malay Battalion
2nd Argylls Battalion
15th Indian Brigade
5/2nd Punjab Battalion
22nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
2nd HK&S Heavy AA Regiment
111th RAF Adv Base Force
29 Battery/3 HAA
III Indian Corps
272/273rd Bty 80th AT Gun Regiment
11 Battery/3 HAA
1st ISF Base Force
110th RAF Adv Base Force
AHQ Far East
Malaya Army
3rd HK&S Light AA Regiment
30 Battery/3 HAA
109th RAF Adv Base Force
1st Indian Heavy AA Regiment
Singapore Fortress
Singapore Base Force
2/215th Bty 80th AT Gun Regiment
112th RAF Adv Base Force
1st HK&S Heavy AA Regiment
24th NZ Pioneer Coy
Malayan Air Wing
109th RN Base Force
137/155th Field Regiment
5th Field Regiment

Very nice casualties on the Empire's side.

• Same situation with Zero's in the eastern DEI.


China
• Clearly armour-only and I think we did alright.
quote:


Ground combat at 85,43 (near Loyang)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 8688 troops, 53 guns, 344 vehicles, Assault Value = 350

Defending force 35952 troops, 190 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 874

Japanese adjusted assault: 50

Allied adjusted defense: 1909

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 38

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

Japanese ground losses:
25 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 38 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 123 (17 destroyed, 106 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
285 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 28 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Assaulting units:
3rd Tank Regiment
13th Tank Regiment
15th Ind.Mixed Brigade
5th Tank Regiment
23rd Tank Regiment
1st Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
4th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion

Defending units:
96th Chinese Corps
15th Chinese Corps
40th Chinese Corps
38th Chinese Corps
9th Chinese Corps
98th Chinese Corps
1st War Area
24th Group Army
39th Group Army


• Here the experience gains are mounting.
quote:


Ground combat at 85,44 (near Nanyang)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2520 troops, 144 guns, 272 vehicles, Assault Value = 843

Defending force 37495 troops, 147 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 700

Allied ground losses:
102 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
10th Tank Regiment
41st Division
37th Division
11th Tank Regiment
2nd Hvy.Artillery Regiment
7th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
11th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
3rd Hvy.Artillery Regiment
6th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
5th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion
8th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
2nd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
15th Ind.Medium Field Artillery Regiment
10th Medium Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
41st Chinese Corps
85th Chinese Corps
29th Chinese Corps
92nd Chinese Corps
3rd Group Army


• Imperial artillery recon at Changsha.
quote:


Ground combat at Changsha (82,52)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 607 troops, 50 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1649

Defending force 54606 troops, 190 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1335

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

Assaulting units:
13th Division
19th Division
6th Division
40th Division
1st Mortar Battalion
51st Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion

Defending units:
20th Chinese Corps
10th Chinese Corps
26th Chinese Corps
53rd Chinese Corps
75th Chinese Corps
19th Group Army
9th War Area
27th Group Army
29th Group Army

• Two Imperial units are moving into Kweilin.


India, Burma, Thailand, Indochina
• The first Hurricane squadron has made it to Calcutta.


Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Russia
• ...


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RE: 1942 January 22 - 2/5/2018 1:56:09 PM   
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and pulling stuff off sticky notes and placing in word docs. I am posting from either
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RE: 1942 January 22 - 2/5/2018 3:39:32 PM   
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Maybe we'll have time to get the surviving P-40E's out?


You can send the pilots to the reserves, saving what little experience and training that they have.

quote:

China
• Aside from air strikes and cleanup attacks there were several Imperial bombardments. Our troops are gaining experience from those, hopefully with the benefit exceeding the attrition.


Kill off the stupid and unlucky ones and the survivors will be better. Darwinism at its finest!

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RE: 1942 January 22 - 2/5/2018 5:20:17 PM   
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ORIGINAL: zuluhour

Real nice "hold" at Singers! I am still working with my machine in regards to posting
and pulling stuff off sticky notes and placing in word docs. I am posting from either
my MAC or an off site machine still.

Thanks.

I just go with plain text files for those things. At any rate I have read through it, I was just thinking searching through it over the course of time would be easier in a text file. Soon I'll be getting more undead units and I plan to send them south to crawl around the Imperial LOCS.

Still mulling what to do with the troops that would have gone to PM. Samoa is another possibility.

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RE: 1942 January 22 - 2/5/2018 5:21:36 PM   
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quote:

Maybe we'll have time to get the surviving P-40E's out?


You can send the pilots to the reserves, saving what little experience and training that they have.

quote:

China
• Aside from air strikes and cleanup attacks there were several Imperial bombardments. Our troops are gaining experience from those, hopefully with the benefit exceeding the attrition.


Kill off the stupid and unlucky ones and the survivors will be better. Darwinism at its finest!

I might do that but first I want to see the first assault. Only one more made it out this past turn as the naval bombardment and air strikes churned up things.

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1942 January 23 - 2/6/2018 5:02:05 AM   
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INVADED
Amphibious TF 16 offshore of Talaud-eilanden
Amphibious TF 298 offshore of Tabar Island
Clark Field, Cagayan, Pontianak, Singapore, Changsha are also invested.

CHANGED OWNERSHIP
Sorong is occupied by the Japanese
Japanese forces CAPTURE Port Moresby !!!



Overall
• The loss of Port Moresby will allow the Empire to focus away from that point until/if we invade there later on. How far south will they go?


West Coast USA, Alaska, Hawaii
• A sub was engaged off of San Luis Obispo, which has been an alternate rally port for tankers. We'll adjust. Lots of sub encounters as usual.

• A supply convoy leaves San Francisco for Australia tonight. Another is loading for Hawaii.


Pacific
• Lots of supply on merchants and fuel on tankers at Pago Pago.

• Yorktown is in TF with Enterprise, while Lexington and Saratoga work together. With PM gone there will not be an early battle of the Coral Sea.


New Zealand, Australia, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Solomons, Papua New Guinea, New Britain
• Our two little ships each ran into KB1 and got a good look at it, but each then ran into cruisers intent on cutting off their radio transmissions.
quote:


Night Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 97,131, Range 10,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CV Hiryu
CV Soryu
CV Shokaku
CV Zuikaku
CV Akagi
BB Hiei
BB Kirishima
CA Tone
CA Chikuma
CL Abukuma
DD Akigumo
DD Kagero
DD Isokaze
DD Shiranui
DD Urakaze
DD Hamakaze
DD Tanikaze
DD Arare
DD Kasumi

Allied Ships
AM Whyalla


Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 39% moonlight: 11,000 yards
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 10,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
Both TF attempt to withdraw!
Range increases to 12,000 yards...
Both Task Forces evade combat

We know where more of the Emperor's battlewagons are.
quote:


Night Naval bombardment of Port Moresby at 98,130

Japanese Ships
BB Yamashiro
BB Mutsu
DD Hokaze
DD Yukaze
DD Sawakaze

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

E13A1 Jake acting as spotter for BB Yamashiro
BB Yamashiro firing at 13th Fld RAA Regiment
E13A1 Jake acting as spotter for BB Mutsu
BB Mutsu firing at 30th Australian Brigade
DD Hokaze firing at Port Moresby
DD Yukaze firing at 13th Fld RAA Regiment
DD Sawakaze firing at 30th Australian Brigade

4 more B-17's were lost over PM today. Now they get to recover.
quote:


Ground combat at Port Moresby (98,130)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 12593 troops, 100 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 393

Defending force 9396 troops, 101 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 195

Japanese adjusted assault: 318

Allied adjusted defense: 73

Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Port Moresby !!!

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 3 destroyed

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

Japanese ground losses:
299 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 19 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Allied ground losses:
3828 casualties reported
Squads: 55 destroyed, 42 disabled
Non Combat: 70 destroyed, 27 disabled
Engineers: 38 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 58 (37 destroyed, 21 disabled)
Vehicles lost 10 (10 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 11

Assaulting units:
4th Division

Defending units:
Lark Force
2/1st Ind Coy
NG Vol Rifles Battalion
30th Australian Brigade
Del Monte AAF Base Force
Papuan Inf Battalion
Moresby RAN Stn Base Force
13th Fld RAA Regiment
223 Group RAF
1st Port Maint Engineer Battalion
Rabaul Base Force

Almost 7,000 troops are holed up at Kokoda in the mountains.

• Is Horn Island next?


Philippines
• Our counter-battery fire at Clark Field was very good today. If only supplies were not finite.

DEI, Dutch new Guinea, Borneo, Malaya
• More of the same, but we landed one:
quote:


Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Sarmi at 91,114

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 8 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Allied aircraft
Do-24K-1 x 2

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AMC Kinryu Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire

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

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Do-24K-1 bombing from 1000 feet *
Naval Attack: 2 x 300 kg SAP Bomb



China
• Bombardments, cleanup, and maneuvering.


India, Burma, Thailand, Indochina
• Trying to clear Pegu before Godzilla arrives.


Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Russia
• Soon our subs will menace their shores...


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RE: 1942 January 23 - 2/6/2018 7:19:53 AM   
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Status: offline 		Hrm, so much for trying to defend port Moresby. Ah well, got to draw the line somewhere else

Btw, it's always hilarious when that happens against a small ship like that

Both Task Forces evade combat

KB + escort is really afraid of AM Whyalla!

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RE: 1942 January 23 - 2/6/2018 5:26:00 PM   
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Hrm, so much for trying to defend port Moresby. Ah well, got to draw the line somewhere else

Btw, it's always hilarious when that happens against a small ship like that

Both Task Forces evade combat

KB + escort is really afraid of AM Whyalla!

Yeah, but KB is a carrier TF and even stray 3 or 4 inch shells can destroy planes on a flight deck. Bug out and let the SCTF's deal with it!

There are lots of places like PM for the Allies in the early game. If Japan chooses to grab them early enough there is no way the Allied player can hold them. If the Japan player does not grab such a base early the Allied player can defend if the Japan player does not allocate sufficient power, and that equation changes as time goes on. I was hoping Japan's decision to grab Port Moresby would be just late enough to allow me to set up a stout defense and make it costly to grab.

Heck, except for the Philippines squadrons the B-17 pilots aren't even trained up yet. The problem I have with Pago Pago and Fiji is air power. At the moment they have to be defended by the USN carriers and those have upgrades coming in March and April.

Noumea has nothing and will probably be grabbed. Fiji might be a target, might not. If it is I have a decent shot at defending it. Air units for SoPac/PacAO (outside Hawaii) are just trickling in, but Australia has plenty and there are more SWPac air groups is the US that could be borrowed.

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1942 January 24 - 2/7/2018 5:43:42 AM   
witpqs


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INVADED
Amphibious TF 16 unloading at Talaud-eilanden
Amphibious TF 114 offshore of Tarakan
Cagayan, Pontianak, Singapore, Changsha are also invested.

CHANGED OWNERSHIP
Shortlands is occupied by the Japanese
Japanese forces CAPTURE Clark Field !!!
Japanese forces CAPTURE Talaud-eilanden !!!
Japanese forces CAPTURE Pegu !!!



Overall
• The Empire makes progress in two additional theaters today, smashing into Pegu and capturing Clark Field.


West Coast USA, Alaska, Hawaii
• The convoy has been rerouted to a more direct course to Pago Pago and also has 4x APD's merged in for added ASW support.

• A sub sank a merchant on the way to supply Kodiak. Replacement with escort sent. Subs still off the West Coast, but not seen for a while near Hawaii.

• Warspite, Colorado and several APD's have arrived at Pearl Harbor after dropping off USMC paratroopers at Midway Island.


Pacific
• Quiet. Too quiet.


New Zealand, Australia, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Solomons, Papua New Guinea, New Britain
• The survivors at Kokoda were treated to a massive carrier raid today. With luck KB1 will stay there day after day repeating that. Imperial forces are moving out of Buna toward Kokoda and Dobadura.


Philippines
• Clark Field did not hold as long as hoped.
quote:


Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 54500 troops, 494 guns, 423 vehicles, Assault Value = 1658

Defending force 29836 troops, 351 guns, 143 vehicles, Assault Value = 576

Japanese adjusted assault: 1784

Allied adjusted defense: 604

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Clark Field !!!

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
O-47A: 5 destroyed

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

Japanese ground losses:
6732 casualties reported
Squads: 79 destroyed, 174 disabled
Non Combat: 27 destroyed, 100 disabled
Engineers: 36 destroyed, 21 disabled
Guns lost 42 (23 destroyed, 19 disabled)
Vehicles lost 40 (17 destroyed, 23 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
10684 casualties reported
Squads: 213 destroyed, 93 disabled
Non Combat: 565 destroyed, 68 disabled
Engineers: 36 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 234 (219 destroyed, 15 disabled)
Vehicles lost 155 (155 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 24
Units destroyed 1

Assaulting units:
Sasebo 1st SNLF
3rd Ind Engineer Regiment
7th Tank Regiment
48th Engineer Regiment
9th Infantry Regiment
Kure 1st SNLF
47th Infantry Regiment
Tanaka
21st Ind Engineer Regiment
Kimura Det
2nd Tank Regiment
16th Engineer Regiment
1st Formosa Inf. Regiment
65th Brigade
Kanno
20th Infantry Regiment
4th Tank Regiment
38th Division
Yokosuka 1st SNLF
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
2nd Mortar Battalion
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
194th Tank Battalion
I/43rd PS Inf Battalion
51st PA Infantry Division
1st Constabulary Regiment
57th PS Infantry Regiment
4th Marine Regiment
35th Avn Sup
21st PA Infantry Division
192nd Tank Battalion
31st PA Infantry Division
26th PS Cavalry Regiment
2nd Constabulary Regiment
1st USMC AA Battalion
I/Prov'nl SPM Grp
I Corps
Clark Field AAF Base Force
Far East USAAF
200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment
II/Prov'nl SPM Grp
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
US Forces Far East
86th PS Field Artillery Battalion
24th PS FA Regiment
!/23rd PS FA Battalion
III/Prov'nl SPM Grp

Many supplies in place at Bataan and the hex is not over stacked.

DEI, Dutch new Guinea, Borneo, Malaya
• Fortifications at Singapore at back to 2 + 26%. Hopefully they will build back to 3 before re-commitment of additional air assets by the Empire.

• And still Zero's thwart our attacks on Imperial convoys.


China
• More undead arrive and are started south.


India, Burma, Thailand, Indochina
• Pegu was snatched on the run and our units all pushed back to Rangoon. The units retreated will run north while the rest remain to slow the enemy.
quote:


Ground combat at Pegu (55,53)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 12211 troops, 98 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 377

Defending force 3714 troops, 15 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 84

Japanese adjusted assault: 482

Allied adjusted defense: 21

Japanese assault odds: 22 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Pegu !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: disruption(-), preparation(-), experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+)

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

Allied ground losses:
1937 casualties reported
Squads: 21 destroyed, 9 disabled
Non Combat: 55 destroyed, 14 disabled
Engineers: 11 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 11 (7 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Vehicles lost 7 (7 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 3

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
33rd Division

Defending units:
9/11th Sikh Battalion
4/8th Gurkha Battalion
2nd King Own YLI Battalion



Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Russia
• Waves. Lots of waves.


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RE: 1942 January 24 - 2/7/2018 9:47:10 AM   
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Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Russia
• Waves. Lots of waves.



What are the WAVES doing over there at this point in the war. Some brave ladies.






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RE: 1942 January 24 - 2/7/2018 7:58:03 PM   
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ORIGINAL: witpqs

Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Russia
• Waves. Lots of waves.



What are the WAVES doing over there at this point in the war. Some brave ladies.






Apparently there are at least 8 others on board - "Mount 9". Just use your imagination!

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RE: 1942 January 24 - 2/7/2018 9:26:53 PM   
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ORIGINAL: witpqs

Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Russia
• Waves. Lots of waves.



What are the WAVES doing over there at this point in the war. Some brave ladies.






Apparently there are at least 8 others on board - "Mount 9". Just use your imagination!

"Climb Mount #9!"

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RE: 1942 January 24 - 2/8/2018 1:50:29 AM   
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1942 January 25 - 2/8/2018 9:27:42 PM   
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INVADED
Cagayan, Pontianak, Singapore, Changsha are also invested.

CHANGED OWNERSHIP
Nadzab is occupied by the Japanese
Japanese forces CAPTURE Tabar Island !!!



Overall
• KB1 stays put, KB2 is not seen.


West Coast USA, Alaska, Hawaii
• Daily sub battles.


Pacific
• No enemy activity lately.


New Zealand, Australia, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Solomons, Papua New Guinea, New Britain
• KB1 is still off of Port Moresby and made another large strike on Kokoda. There are now 2 units at PM with fighters at the airfield so we can assume a base forcehas unloaded.

• Still a sub parked near Brisbane.

• 5th Base Eng Group (rebuilt) has been airlifted to Cairns and will begin taking replacements and upgrading to radar.


Philippines
• No change here. Still one more unit moving on Cagayan (but cross-country not on a road); waiting for the siege of Bataan.

DEI, Dutch new Guinea, Borneo, Malaya
• Singapore is 2 + 49% fortifications.

• Tarakan held for a day.
quote:


Ground combat at Tarakan (67,91)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 11254 troops, 91 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 307

Defending force 2964 troops, 42 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 54

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1

Japanese adjusted assault: 274

Allied adjusted defense: 229

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
116 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Allied ground losses:
262 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
21st Division

Defending units:
VII KNIL Battalion
HQ TC Borneo
Tarakan Defenses
Tarakan MLD Base Force


• The same dance with Zero's as we attempt air strikes on shipping.


China
• Painful Zero's sweeps against an AVG squadron.

• Imperial units trying to flank us at Hengyang

• Near Ankang that appears to be 1 unit moved west off the road now heading north. 4 units remain across the river.


India, Burma, Thailand, Indochina
• The full division is heading into Rangoon while the regiment is now on the road to Toungoo. Movement direction not noted but toward Toungoo would make sense.


Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Russia
• Poistive waves.


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RE: 1942 January 25 - 2/8/2018 9:28:12 PM   
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AVG losses.




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1942 January 26 - 2/10/2018 12:51:55 AM   
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INVADED
Amphibious TF 88 offshore of Goodenough Island
Amphibious TF 109 offshore of Guiuan
Amphibious TF 298 offshore of Lihir
Bataan, Cagayan, Pontianak, Singapore, Changsha are also invested.

CHANGED OWNERSHIP
Feni Islands is occupied by the Japanese
Japanese forces CAPTURE Tarakan !!!



Overall
• KB1 vanished. Reasonable possibilities for KB1's current movement:
- Attack warships in the DEI.
- Replenish.
- Head south/southeast to rendezvous with New Caledonia, or New Hebrides, or Santa Cruz Islands invasion forces.
- Rendezvous with southern Solomon Islands invasion forces.
- Of course anything else is possible if the Empire decides to make a deep invasion to force the USN into an early battle.

• Possible sighting of KB2/KB3 just east of Hong Kong. One TF is 6 ships, PG, 2x CVL, 3x CV, 6x fighters, 16x bombers, 6x auxiliary; the other TF is 5 ships, 1x DD, 2x CVE, 1x BB, 1x CV, 9x fighters, 15x bombers.


West Coast USA, Alaska, Hawaii
• Three subs/sub TF's close off San Francisco. They are using search planes. With escorts scarce our xAK's are making their way up the coast from San Diego without any escort. That route takes them by the subs' known patrol zones but enemy scouting aircraft could spoil this for us. Ten of the fighter squadrons at San Francisco in training have been switched to 50% training/50% CAP with range 3. Let's see if wandering into dozens of fighters at a time reduces aerial sightings of our ships.

• Sub activity near San Diego.


Pacific
• An snemy sub parked off Suva.


New Zealand, Australia, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Solomons, Papua New Guinea, New Britain
• No carrier raid on our troops and no sign at all of KB1. No search planes shot down and it is impossible for KB to have moved beyond coverage in one go, so they must be shielded under overcast. The problem this raises is KB1 might well be anywhere within our search coverage. The RN CL TF at Darwin will stand well to the west. All of ships at Darwin have been formed into a TF and will make for Carnavon.

• We have two AVD just refueled at Pago Pago heading to their assigned station at Reef Islands to support a PBY squadron. It is now a little dicey if we will have any information on KB1's whereabouts when they arrive there. Instead I will send them to separate islands arriving on separate days. The PBY squadron will be divided with 1/3 at each island.
- The 1st base is Funafuti where an AVD is already anchored. The 1/3 PBY Sqn is transferring there now.
- The second base will be Aoba and will provide some Intel about the safety of sailing to Reef Islands.
- Reef Islands will be the 3rd base.


Philippines
• One enemy unit now at Bataan and more on the way.

DEI, Dutch new Guinea, Borneo, Malaya
• Lost a tanker to a sub off Tjilatjap so no more fuel will be siphoned out of Java.

• Tarakan fell.
quote:


Ground combat at Tarakan (67,91)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 11188 troops, 91 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 299

Defending force 2782 troops, 42 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 37

Japanese adjusted assault: 260

Allied adjusted defense: 55

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Tarakan !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
97 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Allied ground losses:
488 casualties reported
Squads: 9 destroyed, 12 disabled
Non Combat: 27 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 8 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 39 (37 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 7 (7 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 4

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
21st Division

Defending units:
VII KNIL Battalion
Tarakan Defenses
HQ TC Borneo
Tarakan MLD Base Force


• Pontianak did not.
quote:


Ground combat at Pontianak (56,90)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1254 troops, 7 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 83

Defending force 1748 troops, 12 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 44

Japanese adjusted assault: 17

Allied adjusted defense: 25

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

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

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

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

Assaulting units:
III/124th Infantry Battalion
6th Tank Regiment

Defending units:
W Borneo KNIL Battalion
2e-VLG-I Sup Afd
Singkawang ML Base Force
W Borneo Mil'ie Cdo
1e-VLG-V Sup Afd


• Singapore fortifications at 2 + 73%.


China
• A surprise crossing just west of Hengyang.
quote:


Ground combat at 79,53 (near Hengyang)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 4356 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 127

Defending force 3870 troops, 41 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 98

Japanese adjusted assault: 94

Allied adjusted defense: 123

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2

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

Japanese ground losses:
745 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 67 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Allied ground losses:
64 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
102nd Infantry Regiment

Defending units:
49th Chinese Corps

We are sending reinforcements to hold this hex for a while. Not sure of the full power that might be coming.

• A strong unit that was to rail to Kweilin from Hengyang can no longer do so. Kweilin will be invested shortly and has modest defense.


India, Burma, Thailand, Indochina
• The IJA Rgt is indeed moving on Toungoo while the IJA Div moves on Rangoon.


Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Russia
• Tomorrow our subs will begin arriving back on station.


Complete combat report attached.

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RE: 1942 January 26 - 2/10/2018 1:43:57 AM   
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quote:

The RN CL TF at Darwin will stand well to the west. All of ships at Darwin have been formed into a TF and will make for Carnarvon.


Darwin may well be untenable for any naval assets, either now or in the very near future.

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