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RE: AAR 1944 - 9/20/2020 1:11:36 PM   
castor troy


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we're still destroying lots of enemy aircraft at Diamond Harbour and I wonder if Mundy has enabled replacements... I wouldn't bring more aircraft here, they will die before having any chance to ever get airborne...




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RE: AAR 1944 - 9/20/2020 1:17:14 PM   
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 02, 44
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Night Naval bombardment of Diamond Harbour at 52,38 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
P-38H Lightning: 23 damaged
P-38H Lightning: 1 destroyed on ground
F4U-1 Corsair: 133 damaged
F4U-1 Corsair: 1 destroyed on ground
P-51A Mustang: 7 damaged
P-51A Mustang: 1 destroyed on ground
P-38G Lightning: 5 damaged
B-25G Mitchell: 4 damaged
F4U-1A Corsair: 16 damaged
P-38J Lightning: 3 damaged

29 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
CA Suzuya
CA Mikuma
CA Chokai
CA Maya
CA Chikuma
CL Jintsu
CL Naka
CL Oyodo
DD Ushio
DD Sazanami
DD Akebono
DD Oboro
DD Yugiri
DD Sagiri
DD Ayanami
DD Shirakumo
DD Natsugumo, Shell hits 1
DD Tokitsukaze
DD Natsushio
DD Hatsukaze

Allied Ships
xAK Jalayamuna, Shell hits 1
xAP Robert C. Grier, Shell hits 1
LCI-63, Shell hits 1, heavy damage
xAK Clan Mactavish, Shell hits 1, heavy damage
xAP William C. Claiborne, Shell hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
APD Gilmer, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
xAK La Pampa, Shell hits 1
xAK City of Yokohama, Shell hits 2
xAP Benledi, Shell hits 1
xAK Bhima, Shell hits 2, on fire
xAP Jacalope, Shell hits 1
APD Kennison, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
xAK Risaldar, Shell hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
AK Ganymede, Shell hits 1
xAP Derrymore, Shell hits 2
xAK Nora Moller, Shell hits 1
APA Warren, Shell hits 1, on fire
xAK Havildar, Shell hits 2
AK Bootes, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
APD Crosby, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
xAP Owen Summers, Shell hits 2, on fire
xAP Peter Donahue, Shell hits 2, on fire
LCI-446, Shell hits 1
xAP Nightingale, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
xAP Matsonia, Shell hits 1
xAP Samuel Adams, Shell hits 1
xAP William G. Fargo, Shell hits 1
APA Crescent City, Shell hits 1, heavy damage
xAK Uffington Court, Shell hits 1
xAP Benrinnes, Shell hits 1, on fire
xAP Duchess of Bedford, Shell hits 1
xAK City of Exeter, Shell hits 2, on fire
xAK Matiana, Shell hits 1
AKA Electra, Shell hits 3, on fire
xAP Hadleigh, Shell hits 1, on fire
xAK Jalaganga, Shell hits 2
xAP Aloe, Shell hits 1, on fire
xAP Lewis Cass, Shell hits 1, on fire
xAP Etolin, Shell hits 1
xAP Empress ' Asia, Shell hits 1
xAP Johilla, Shell hits 1, on fire
xAK Ozarda, Shell hits 1, on fire
xAP Wing Sang, Shell hits 2, on fire
APA Harris, Shell hits 2
xAK Shillong, Shell hits 1
xAP Kohistan, Shell hits 1
xAP Largs Bay, Shell hits 1, on fire
xAP Changte, Shell hits 1
xAP Esperance, Shell hits 1
xAP Daisy Moller, Shell hits 1
xAP Samuel Gompers, Shell hits 1
xAK Mahout, Shell hits 1
xAP Morton M. McCarver, Shell hits 1
xAK Empire Niger, Shell hits 1

Allied ground losses:
1021 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 13 destroyed, 81 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 14 disabled
Guns lost 15 (4 destroyed, 11 disabled)
Vehicles lost 14 (3 destroyed, 11 disabled)

Airbase hits 11
Airbase supply hits 9
Runway hits 32
Port hits 12
Port supply hits 2


most of the action is over for now, there are still some 100 ships at Diamond Harbour, many are hit by our naval bombardments, the IJAAF port attacks can't do any damage due to insane flak and 26,000ft attack alt (just flying those attacks to burn Allied supply as flak has quite a high supply consumption)...




CA Suzuya firing at Diamond Harbour
CA Mikuma firing at Diamond Harbour
E13A1 Jake acting as spotter for CA Chokai
CA Chokai firing at Diamond Harbour
CA Maya firing at Diamond Harbour
CA Chikuma firing at Diamond Harbour
CL Jintsu firing at Diamond Harbour
CL Naka firing at Diamond Harbour
CL Oyodo firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Ushio firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Sazanami firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Akebono firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Oboro firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Yugiri firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Sagiri firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Ayanami firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Shirakumo firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Natsugumo firing at 217th Coast AA Regiment
217th Coast AA Regiment firing at DD Natsugumo
DD Tokitsukaze firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Natsushio firing at Diamond Harbour
18th Marine Defense Battalion firing at DD Hatsukaze
DD Hatsukaze firing at 18th Marine Defense Battalion


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ASW attack near Addu at 12,49

Japanese Ships
SS I-30, hits 22, heavy damage

Allied Ships
BB Iowa
DD Bradford
AO Schuylkill
AO Suamico
AO Lackawanna
AO Kaskaskia
AGC Rocky Mount
APA Harry Lee
LSI(L) Empire Silver
LSD Belle Grove
LST 280
LST 239
LST 199
LST 161
LST 8
LST-456
LST-452
LCI-448
LCI-335
xAP Benjamin Ide Wheeler
xAK City of Manchester
DD Cowell
DD Claxton
DD Chevalier
DD Brownson


I-30 is heavily damaged and the chances aren't good to make port but she gathered some interesting intel as BB Iowa is also present in the Indian Ocean now... looks like more amphib capacity and surface combat assets coming in...



SS I-30 is sighted by escort
DD Cowell fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Claxton attacking submerged sub ....
DD Chevalier attacking submerged sub ....
DD Brownson attacking submerged sub ....
DD Claxton attacking submerged sub ....
DD Claxton is out of ASW ammo
DD Claxton is out of ASW ammo
DD Claxton is out of ASW ammo
DD Claxton is out of ASW ammo
DD Chevalier fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Brownson attacking submerged sub ....
DD Brownson is out of ASW ammo
DD Claxton fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Brownson attacking submerged sub ....
DD Brownson is out of ASW ammo
DD Brownson is out of ASW ammo
DD Brownson is out of ASW ammo
DD Brownson is out of ASW ammo
Escort abandons search for sub


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Morning Air attack on Diamond Harbour , at 52,38

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-84a Frank x 28

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
28 x Ki-84a Frank sweeping at 31000 feet



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Morning Air attack on Diamond Harbour , at 52,38

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 32 NM, estimated altitude 36,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-84a Frank x 37

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
APA Elmore, and is sunk
DE Parks, and is sunk

Aircraft Attacking:
37 x Ki-84a Frank sweeping at 31000 feet



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Morning Air attack on Diamond Harbour , at 52,38

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 199 NM, estimated altitude 27,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 63 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K2-J George x 114
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 75

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIb Helen: 30 damaged
Ki-49-IIb Helen: 2 destroyed by flak

Allied Ships
xAK Pardo, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage


lol, the first lucky hit from these attacks...



Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 26000 feet
Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
16 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 26000 feet
Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
19 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 26000 feet
Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
20 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 26000 feet
Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
3 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 26000 feet
Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Diamond Harbour , at 52,38

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 198 NM, estimated altitude 30,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 62 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K2-J George x 57
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 34

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIb Helen: 10 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
26 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 26000 feet
Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
8 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 26000 feet
Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Ground combat at Calcutta (52,37)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2490 troops, 227 guns, 156 vehicles, Assault Value = 5406

Defending force 119569 troops, 1376 guns, 1569 vehicles, Assault Value = 3559

Allied ground losses:
Guns lost 27 (13 destroyed, 14 disabled)
Vehicles lost 21 (13 destroyed, 8 disabled)
Units destroyed 1


next Allied bombardment, next stupid result... this time an Allied arty unit was even destroyed... IJ casualties: ZERO...




Assaulting units:
159th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
7th Infantry Division
33rd Infantry Division
627th Tank Destroyer Battalion
1st USMC Tank Battalion
767th Tank Battalion
111th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
4th Marine Division
29th British Brigade
131st Cmbt Engineer Regiment
35th Cmbt Engineer Regiment
110th Cmbt Engineer Battalion
43rd Infantry Division
193rd Tank Battalion
2nd British Division
40th Infantry Division
158th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
22nd Marine Regiment
762nd Tank Battalion
3rd USMC Tank Battalion
Americal Infantry Division
1st Arm Amphib Battalion
640th Tank Destroyer Battalion
4th USMC Tank Battalion
50th Cmbt Engineer Regiment
766th Tank Battalion
2/3rd Pioneer Battalion
Guides Cavalry Regiment
27th Infantry Division
24th Infantry Division
2nd USMC Tank Battalion
763rd Tank Battalion
138th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
298th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
Provisionl Tank Brigade
53rd (Sep) Infantry Regiment
6th Infantry Division
112th Cavalry Regiment
6th Indian Division
41st Infantry Division
1st (Spec) Cavalry Division
3rd Marine Division
10th Indian Division
25th Infantry Division
8th Indian Division
205th Field Artillery Battalion
30th Field Artillery Regiment
I Marine Amphib Corps
2nd Pioneer Battalion
3rd Pioneer Battalion
134th Field Artillery Battalion
55th Coastal Artillery Battalion
841st Aviation Engineer Battalion
352nd Construction Regiment
181st Field Artillery Battalion
839th Aviation Engineer Battalion
V Amphib Corps
82nd Mortar Battalion
98th Field Artillery Battalion
XIV US Corps
330th Construction Regiment
7th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
4th Pioneer Battalion
I US Corps
198th Field Artillery Battalion
339th Construction Regiment
168th Field Artillery Battalion
249th Field Artillery Battalion
226th Field Artillery Battalion
XI US Corps
19th USN Naval Const Rgt /7

Defending units:
48th Division
12th Tank Regiment
8th Tank Regiment
24th Ind.Mixed Brigade
21st Ind.Mixed Brigade
9th Tank Regiment
19th Tank Regiment
19th Division
2nd Tank Regiment
18th Tank Regiment
14th Tank Regiment
23rd Tank Regiment
2nd Division
33rd Division
15th Tank Regiment
3rd Tank Regiment
4th Division
4th Tank Regiment
22nd Tank Regiment
18th Division
11th Tank Regiment
5th Mortar Battalion
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
2nd Mortar Battalion
82nd JAAF AF Bn
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
23rd AA Regiment
21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion
22nd JNAF AF Unit
3rd Mortar Battalion
11th JNAF AF Unit
30th JNAF AF Unit
31st JNAF AF Unit
15th Army
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
20th AA Regiment
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
31st Field AA Battalion
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
94th JAAF AF Bn
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
35th JAAF AF Bn
1st RF Gun Battalion
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
101st JAAF AF Bn


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Ground combat at Bellary (34,33)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 9432 troops, 54 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 408

Defending force 1830 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 61

Allied adjusted assault: 295

Japanese adjusted defense: 46

Allied assault odds: 6 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied forces CAPTURE Bellary !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
791 casualties reported
Squads: 13 destroyed, 22 disabled
Non Combat: 14 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 5 (2 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Units retreated 1

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

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
16th LRP Brigade
14th LRP Brigade
23rd LRP Brigade

Defending units:
47th Naval Guard Unit


wasn't happy about that one as it's clearly my fault, just didn't notice these units showing up at Bellary (NW of Madras)... enemy takes another railroad junction...




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RE: AAR 1944 - 9/20/2020 1:22:38 PM   
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 03, 44
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Night Naval bombardment of Diamond Harbour at 52,38 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
F4U-1 Corsair: 41 damaged
F4U-1 Corsair: 1 destroyed on ground
F4U-1A Corsair: 14 damaged
F4U-1A Corsair: 1 destroyed on ground
B-25G Mitchell: 11 damaged
B-25G Mitchell: 1 destroyed on ground
P-38H Lightning: 13 damaged
P-51A Mustang: 2 damaged
P-38J Lightning: 1 damaged

33 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
CA Suzuya, Shell hits 1
CA Mikuma
CA Chokai
CA Maya
CA Chikuma
CL Jintsu
CL Naka
CL Oyodo, Shell hits 1
DD Ushio
DD Sazanami
DD Akebono
DD Oboro
DD Yugiri
DD Sagiri
DD Ayanami
DD Shirakumo
DD Natsugumo
DD Tokitsukaze
DD Natsushio
DD Hatsukaze

Allied Ships
xAK Nora Moller, Shell hits 2
xAK Itria, Shell hits 1
AK Adhara, Shell hits 1
xAP Chilka, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
xAP Peter V. Daniel, Shell hits 1, on fire
APA Warren, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
xAP Empress ' Asia, Shell hits 2, on fire
xAP Aloe, Shell hits 2, on fire
xAP William G. Fargo, Shell hits 1, on fire
xAK Lavington Court, Shell hits 1
xAP Empress ' Australia, Shell hits 1
xAP Jacalope, Shell hits 1
APA La Salle, Shell hits 3
xAK Jalaganga, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
LCI-83, Shell hits 1, heavy damage
xAP Historian, Shell hits 2
APD King, Shell hits 2, heavy damage
xAP Lewis Cass, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
xAK Salamaua, Shell hits 1, heavy damage
APD Kane, Shell hits 1
xAP Esperance, Shell hits 2, on fire
xAK Mendoza, Shell hits 1
APA Crescent City, Shell hits 2, heavy damage
xAK Uffington Court, Shell hits 1
xAP Etolin, Shell hits 1
APA Arthur Middleton, Shell hits 1, heavy damage
xAP Peter Silvester, Shell hits 1
xAK St Essylt, Shell hits 1, on fire
xAK City of Yokohama, Shell hits 1, on fire
xAP Clan Macpherson, Shell hits 1
xAP Athlone Castle, Shell hits 4
xAP Rizwani, Shell hits 2, on fire
xAP Peter Donahue, Shell hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP Leslie M. Shaw, Shell hits 2
xAP Daisy Moller, Shell hits 1
xAK Masula, Shell hits 1
xAK Havildar, Shell hits 1, on fire
xAK City of Hankow, Shell hits 1, on fire
LCI-446, Shell hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
AKA Electra, Shell hits 1, heavy damage
xAK Ettrickbank, Shell hits 1
xAK Elysia, Shell hits 1, on fire
xAK Elmdale, Shell hits 1
xAK Mahout, Shell hits 1

Allied ground losses:
820 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 69 disabled
Engineers: 5 destroyed, 19 disabled
Guns lost 38 (4 destroyed, 34 disabled)
Vehicles lost 14 (2 destroyed, 12 disabled)

Airbase hits 10
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 37
Port hits 15
Port supply hits 3


the enemy would have had more chances to save some ships if he had evacuated all at once, those ships staying at Diamond Harbour will all die sooner or later to our naval gunnery...




CA Suzuya firing at 217th Coast AA Regiment
217th Coast AA Regiment firing at CA Suzuya
CA Mikuma firing at Diamond Harbour
E13A1 Jake acting as spotter for CA Chokai
217th Coast AA Regiment firing at CA Chokai
CA Chokai firing at 217th Coast AA Regiment
CA Maya firing at Diamond Harbour
CA Chikuma firing at Diamond Harbour
CL Jintsu firing at Diamond Harbour
CL Naka firing at Diamond Harbour
CL Oyodo firing at 259th Coastal Artillery Battalion
259th Coastal Artillery Battalion firing at CL Oyodo
DD Ushio firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Sazanami firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Akebono firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Oboro firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Yugiri firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Sagiri firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Ayanami firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Shirakumo firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Natsugumo firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Tokitsukaze firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Natsushio firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Hatsukaze firing at Diamond Harbour


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Morning Air attack on Diamond Harbour , at 52,38

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-84a Frank x 29

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
xAK Pardo, and is sunk

Aircraft Attacking:
29 x Ki-84a Frank sweeping at 31000 feet



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Morning Air attack on Diamond Harbour , at 52,38

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 36,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-84a Frank x 37

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
37 x Ki-84a Frank sweeping at 31000 feet



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Morning Air attack on Diamond Harbour , at 52,38

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 199 NM, estimated altitude 28,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 63 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K2-J George x 114
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 73

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIb Helen: 26 damaged
Ki-49-IIb Helen: 1 destroyed by flak

Aircraft Attacking:
17 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 26000 feet
Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
15 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 26000 feet
Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
23 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 26000 feet
Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
11 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 26000 feet
Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
5 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 26000 feet
Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Diamond Harbour , at 52,38

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 193 NM, estimated altitude 29,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 61 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K2-J George x 57
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 32

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIb Helen: 17 damaged

Allied Ships
xAK Tweedbank, and is sunk

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 26000 feet
Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
21 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 26000 feet
Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Ground combat at Calcutta (52,37)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 225767 troops, 4424 guns, 3903 vehicles, Assault Value = 5531

Defending force 106330 troops, 1274 guns, 1555 vehicles, Assault Value = 3145

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 6

Allied adjusted assault: 1976

Japanese adjusted defense: 42605

Allied assault odds: 1 to 21 (fort level 6)

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

Japanese ground losses:
1630 casualties reported
Squads: 7 destroyed, 143 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 48 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 23 disabled
Vehicles lost 67 (10 destroyed, 57 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
14565 casualties reported
Squads: 354 destroyed, 1169 disabled
Non Combat: 243 destroyed, 562 disabled
Engineers: 45 destroyed, 145 disabled
Guns lost 411 (93 destroyed, 318 disabled)
Vehicles lost 657 (111 destroyed, 546 disabled)



the enemy attacks Calcutta for the third time and again suffers horrendous losses... we only have a tank regiment hit hard (mostly disabled) and that's it... downside is again a fort level dropped... as soon as our forts are destroyed we will start to suffer some more casualties too but that won't change the fact that Calcutta will still be a tough nut to crack...




Assaulting units:
158th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
40th Infantry Division
41st Infantry Division
2/3rd Pioneer Battalion
4th USMC Tank Battalion
7th Infantry Division
43rd Infantry Division
25th Infantry Division
1st USMC Tank Battalion
131st Cmbt Engineer Regiment
3rd Marine Division
2nd USMC Tank Battalion
1st (Spec) Cavalry Division
35th Cmbt Engineer Regiment
767th Tank Battalion
24th Infantry Division
111th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
27th Infantry Division
298th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
640th Tank Destroyer Battalion
110th Cmbt Engineer Battalion
763rd Tank Battalion
33rd Infantry Division
Guides Cavalry Regiment
6th Infantry Division
1st Arm Amphib Battalion
3rd USMC Tank Battalion
193rd Tank Battalion
10th Indian Division
Provisionl Tank Brigade
6th Indian Division
4th Marine Division
112th Cavalry Regiment
22nd Marine Regiment
2nd British Division
138th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
159th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
762nd Tank Battalion
50th Cmbt Engineer Regiment
29th British Brigade
Americal Infantry Division
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
53rd (Sep) Infantry Regiment
627th Tank Destroyer Battalion
766th Tank Battalion
8th Indian Division
98th Field Artillery Battalion
168th Field Artillery Battalion
181st Field Artillery Battalion
82nd Mortar Battalion
7th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
839th Aviation Engineer Battalion
I Marine Amphib Corps
55th Coastal Artillery Battalion
30th Field Artillery Regiment
I US Corps
V Amphib Corps
XIV US Corps
330th Construction Regiment
198th Field Artillery Battalion
2nd Pioneer Battalion
339th Construction Regiment
3rd Pioneer Battalion
249th Field Artillery Battalion
134th Field Artillery Battalion
XI US Corps
4th Pioneer Battalion
226th Field Artillery Battalion
352nd Construction Regiment
841st Aviation Engineer Battalion
19th USN Naval Const Rgt /7

Defending units:
24th Ind.Mixed Brigade
15th Tank Regiment
2nd Division
19th Division
18th Division
21st Ind.Mixed Brigade
9th Tank Regiment
19th Tank Regiment
23rd Tank Regiment
14th Tank Regiment
8th Tank Regiment
18th Tank Regiment
3rd Tank Regiment
4th Tank Regiment
2nd Tank Regiment
22nd Tank Regiment
12th Tank Regiment
48th Division
33rd Division
11th Tank Regiment
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
11th JNAF AF Unit
82nd JAAF AF Bn
94th JAAF AF Bn
31st JNAF AF Unit
35th JAAF AF Bn
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
31st Field AA Battalion
30th JNAF AF Unit
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion
2nd Mortar Battalion
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
23rd AA Regiment
15th Army
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
1st RF Gun Battalion
5th Mortar Battalion
20th AA Regiment
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
3rd Mortar Battalion
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
22nd JNAF AF Unit
101st JAAF AF Bn




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RE: AAR 1944 - 9/20/2020 7:52:30 PM   
RangerJoe


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The enemy loses more than an infantry division in squads, he is losing ships when your fighters sweep, and you occasionally hit a ship from 5 miles or 8 kilometers altitude. His supplies are being destroyed and used at a high rate. He may not be able to keep it up while you can. You may have enough engineers in Calcutta to keep at least a few levels of forts available.

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RE: AAR 1944 - 9/20/2020 9:25:08 PM   
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+1

He's lost more than 2 ID's of troops already. You should be able to keep your forts at 2, maybe 3 if you can get enough engr's there.

But, yes you are really wearing him down ... keep the flights going overhead to burn that supply. I think you have him myself, I really do. Yes, a lot of work to get there yet, but I can't see him able to reinforce or resupply. If not, irregardless of his starting strength, he won't win this ...



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RE: AAR 1944 - 9/20/2020 10:31:29 PM   
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I means losing the strength of one division in just that one attack. If he keeps attacking and uses up his supplies, his disabled squads won't repair and he will take even heavier losses. Keep an eye on the destroyed/disabled ratio.

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RE: AAR 1944 - 9/20/2020 10:47:39 PM   
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Perhaps naval bombardment in Calcutta, to prevent fatigue and organization from decreasing

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RE: AAR 1944 - 9/20/2020 10:52:15 PM   
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Perhaps naval bombardment in Calcutta, to prevent fatigue and organization from decreasing


He would have to sail past Diamond Harbor which may have CD guns and mines. Keep pounding Diamond Harbor to aid Calcutta.

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RE: AAR 1944 - 9/20/2020 10:52:33 PM   
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Looks like the allies have the equivalent of 5-6 Divs disabled too.
How many to go, 10-15?!

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RE: AAR 1944 - 9/21/2020 3:55:14 PM   
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we had some success today but were far from what one would expect... it's just the numbers, I will never ever understand why you only get 10-20% of your bombers airborne when you meet every of those so called "conditions" except the one where you have to sacrifice your pet... and it just pisses me off again and again, no matter how many years, no matter how many turns and no matter how many discussions... it's just BS, that's not the way how war is waged, you can't just tell your officer to stay at home because there is a magic routine telling you not to fly...


It's tied to detection levels, as is nearly everything to do with the naval routine. The higher the DL, the more appropriate the strike package.

In this specific case, it seems an appropriate strike. Expecting a full sentai of 27 Frances to sortie for 3 ships in a target rich environment would be somewhat absurd.




Numbers game... totally overwhelmed routine in the Bay of Bengal and perfectly working in the Gilberts?


Or almost as if it's substantially easier in real life (as in game) to co-ordinate smaller scale operations over a smaller distance than it is to co-ordinate thousands of planes across the entire Bay of Bengal...

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But it was totally wonky what the game launched in the Bay of Bengal, even though it still turns out as a disaster for the Allied, guess how it looked like if we had an average of 50% of the bombers airborne when they had a chance to strike a target?


The game is doing you a favour here. Imagine your dream scenario - everything on the KB flies, there's a massacre of Allied merchant marine. Nothing is held back, bombs, sorties and torpedoes are expended en-masse till there's none left.

Next turn an Allied CV TF zips in at high speed and the KB has nothing in the offensive arsenal.

While there would be an element of poetic justice, it would be detrimental in that the optimum way of winning a carrier clash would be wasting your opponents munitions with large fleets of sacrificial xAKs. That would be a step backwards from where we are now.

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RE: AAR 1944 - 9/21/2020 5:27:38 PM   
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The enemy loses more than an infantry division in squads, he is losing ships when your fighters sweep, and you occasionally hit a ship from 5 miles or 8 kilometers altitude. His supplies are being destroyed and used at a high rate. He may not be able to keep it up while you can. You may have enough engineers in Calcutta to keep at least a few levels of forts available.



At the moment we are only at a WWII Gallipoli. The Allied landed in force, got stalled and there is nothing we can do to throw them back into the Sea at the moment. Yes, a couple of forts shouldn't be much of a problem, should not go below 3 or even 4 if we are lucky as he has no supporting airfield in range to keep us from building forts.

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RE: AAR 1944 - 9/21/2020 5:31:21 PM   
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+1

He's lost more than 2 ID's of troops already. You should be able to keep your forts at 2, maybe 3 if you can get enough engr's there.

But, yes you are really wearing him down ... keep the flights going overhead to burn that supply. I think you have him myself, I really do. Yes, a lot of work to get there yet, but I can't see him able to reinforce or resupply. If not, irregardless of his starting strength, he won't win this ...




Worth 2 ID yes, but the losses are spread out. I'm not as confident at the moment, we got the initiative and killed an insane number of ships and aircraft but to kill his troops, we're talking about several hundred thousand troops in the pocket. Not all that easy and impossible as long as they are supplied. The Bay of Bengal is ours though, a resupply move would result in another massacre and I'm sure he knows this. If he wants to risk the previously spotted Iowa or his carriers to resupply his troops then be it, but in that case I expect to sink a big bunch of his ships then. And then he still has to break the defenses at Calcutta.

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RE: AAR 1944 - 9/21/2020 5:35:33 PM   
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Perhaps naval bombardment in Calcutta, to prevent fatigue and organization from decreasing


He would have to sail past Diamond Harbor which may have CD guns and mines. Keep pounding Diamond Harbor to aid Calcutta.


My cruisers are coming from Calcutta!

Mundy told me he has three or four CD units at Diamond Harbour and needless to say is very disappointed about their performance. CD units (can) work against invasions if you get super lucky die rolls but against naval bombardments they literally do nothing. I had games where either me or my opponent has bombarded Singapore, early on or other big calibre CD and not much happened. I've seen Hawaii being bombarded daily, bases with heavy CD in Japan or Corregidor.

The only target can be Diamond Harbour as that's where his supply sits. Bombarding Calcutta only hits his LCUs in an urban hex, total waste of shells as the damage done is minimal then.

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RE: AAR 1944 - 9/21/2020 5:38:04 PM   
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Looks like the allies have the equivalent of 5-6 Divs disabled too.
How many to go, 10-15?!



How many more? 25?

I was counting them when everything was landing and it was 28 or 29 full sized divisions. But that's not all! There is still a total number of 158 units, uncountable numbers of Rgts, tank units and all the other stuff.

I'd say if we talk assault value then it's like 40 divisions...

Like I've mentioned before, have never faced or seen an invasion that was coming close to what Mundy has been throwing in here. If I wouldn't have dedicated Calcutta as my stronghold North of Burma that should act as a staging base for reinforcements for the expected battles further West he would have punched right through. What I still don't get is why he landed at Calcutta though as he had recon over my base already long before he even landed so he could have figured that there are not only a couple of low value units with the troop count alone. Guess he was just convinced nothing could stop an Army like his. The battle for Chungking could have been a lesson as it was a tough nut to crack and that's an urban light hex and "only" had lvl 6 forts. Of course he couldn't really expect to see lvl 9 forts but I have been building forts with the troops there since we took the city. Have never moved in any additional engineers though, the long time did the trick.

So instead of waging a ground war in India we are pretty much fighting at Calcutta now, which was the fight I was expecting to be the end of the Allied India campaign. Now it's the start actually.

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RE: AAR 1944 - 9/21/2020 5:57:37 PM   
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 04, 44
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Night Naval bombardment of Diamond Harbour at 52,38 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
P-38H Lightning: 20 damaged
P-38H Lightning: 1 destroyed on ground
P-38J Lightning: 71 damaged
P-38J Lightning: 4 destroyed on ground
F4U-1 Corsair: 26 damaged
F4U-1 Corsair: 1 destroyed on ground
F4U-1A Corsair: 6 damaged
P-51A Mustang: 2 damaged
B-25G Mitchell: 8 damaged
P-38G Lightning: 2 damaged

15 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
CA Suzuya
CA Mikuma
CA Chokai
CA Maya
CA Chikuma
CL Jintsu
CL Naka
DD Ushio
DD Sazanami
DD Akebono
DD Oboro
DD Yugiri
DD Sagiri
DD Ayanami
DD Shirakumo
DD Natsugumo
DD Tokitsukaze
DD Natsushio
DD Hatsukaze

Allied Ships
xAP Empress ' Australia, Shell hits 3
xAP Hadleigh, Shell hits 2
xAK Itria, Shell hits 1
xAK Clan Mactavish, Shell hits 1, heavy damage
xAP Etolin, Shell hits 2, on fire
xAK La Pampa, Shell hits 2
xAP Varela, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
xAP Peter Silvester, Shell hits 3, on fire
xAK City of Yokohama, Shell hits 2, on fire
xAP Clan Macpherson, Shell hits 2, on fire
xAP Historian, Shell hits 1, on fire
xAK Empire Niger, Shell hits 1
APA McCawley, Shell hits 1
xAP Samuel Gompers, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
APA Arthur Middleton, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
APA President Adams, Shell hits 1
APA Harris, Shell hits 1
xAP Esperance, Shell hits 2, on fire
xAK Mendoza, Shell hits 1
xAP Matsonia, Shell hits 1
APA La Salle, Shell hits 3
xAP Rangitata, Shell hits 2, on fire
xAK Lavington Court, Shell hits 5, heavy damage
xAP Robert C. Grier, Shell hits 2
xAP Sheldon Jackson, Shell hits 1
APD King, Shell hits 3, heavy damage
xAK Maldive, Shell hits 2, on fire
xAP Johilla, Shell hits 3, heavy damage
APD Kane, Shell hits 1
xAP Daisy Moller, Shell hits 1
xAP Leslie M. Shaw, Shell hits 1, on fire
xAP Samuel Adams, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
xAP Empress ' Asia, Shell hits 1, on fire
xAP Derrymore, Shell hits 1, heavy damage
xAK Masula, Shell hits 2
xAP William G. Fargo, Shell hits 1
xAK Elysia, Shell hits 2
xAP Jacalope, Shell hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Nora Moller, Shell hits 1
xAK Karoa, Shell hits 1
xAK Trevilley, Shell hits 1
APA Warren, Shell hits 1, heavy damage
APA Crescent City, Shell hits 1, heavy damage
xAK Ettrickbank, Shell hits 3, on fire
xAP Changte, Shell hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK City of Hankow, Shell hits 1
LCI-85, Shell hits 1
xAK City of Canterbury, Shell hits 1

Allied ground losses:
945 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 89 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 22 disabled
Vehicles lost 42 (4 destroyed, 38 disabled)

Airbase hits 11
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 40
Port hits 9
Port supply hits 5


when the Allied Navy left Diamond Harbour it became a deathtrap for the airforce... without controlling the Sea you can't control the air in an isolated region...




CA Suzuya firing at Diamond Harbour
CA Mikuma firing at Diamond Harbour
E13A1 Jake acting as spotter for CA Chokai
CA Chokai firing at Diamond Harbour
CA Maya firing at Diamond Harbour
CA Chikuma firing at Diamond Harbour
CL Jintsu firing at Diamond Harbour
CL Naka firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Ushio firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Sazanami firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Akebono firing at 217th Coast AA Regiment
217th Coast AA Regiment firing at DD Akebono
DD Oboro firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Yugiri firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Sagiri firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Ayanami firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Shirakumo firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Natsugumo firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Tokitsukaze firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Natsushio firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Hatsukaze firing at Diamond Harbour


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Night Naval bombardment of Diamond Harbour at 52,38

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
P-38J Lightning: 43 damaged
P-38J Lightning: 4 destroyed on ground
F4U-1A Corsair: 26 damaged
F4U-1A Corsair: 2 destroyed on ground
F4U-1 Corsair: 29 damaged
F4U-1 Corsair: 2 destroyed on ground
P-38H Lightning: 7 damaged
P-38H Lightning: 1 destroyed on ground
B-25G Mitchell: 9 damaged
B-25G Mitchell: 1 destroyed on ground
P-51A Mustang: 3 damaged
P-51A Mustang: 2 destroyed on ground
P-38G Lightning: 1 damaged
P-38G Lightning: 1 destroyed on ground

Japanese Ships
BB Musashi
BB Yamato
BB Nagato
CLAA Tatsuta
CLAA Tenryu
DD Suzukaze
DD Umikaze
DD Kawakaze
DD Yamakaze
DD Samidare
DD Yudachi
DD Harusame
DD Murasame
DD Shigure

Allied Ships
xAP Athlone Castle, Shell hits 3
xAP Robert C. Grier, Shell hits 4, on fire
AKA Jupiter, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
xAP Benrinnes, Shell hits 2, on fire
APA McCawley, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
xAK Nora Moller, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
xAK St Essylt, Shell hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP Peter Silvester, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
xAP Arundel Castle, Shell hits 2, on fire
xAP Samuel Adams, Shell hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
APA Crescent City, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
xAP Duchess of Bedford, Shell hits 3
xAP Johilla, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
xAP Kohistan, Shell hits 3, on fire
xAK Shillong, Shell hits 1
xAP Sheldon Jackson, Shell hits 1
xAK Itria, Shell hits 2, heavy fires
xAP Jacalope, Shell hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP Morton M. McCarver, Shell hits 1
xAP Matsonia, Shell hits 1
xAK Mahsud, Shell hits 2, on fire
AK Ganymede, Shell hits 1, on fire
xAK City of Canterbury, Shell hits 1
xAK Maldive, Shell hits 1, on fire
xAK Elysia, Shell hits 1, on fire
APA President Adams, Shell hits 2, on fire
xAP Rangitata, Shell hits 2, on fire
APA Warren, Shell hits 1, heavy damage
xAP Daisy Moller, Shell hits 2, on fire
xAK Uffington Court, Shell hits 1
xAK Mendoza, Shell hits 1, on fire
AK Adhara, Shell hits 1
xAK Empire Rani, Shell hits 1, on fire
xAP Hadleigh, Shell hits 1, on fire
xAP City of Durban, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
APA La Salle, Shell hits 1
xAK La Pampa, Shell hits 1
AKA Electra, Shell hits 1, heavy damage

Allied ground losses:
644 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 26 destroyed, 67 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 7 disabled
Vehicles lost 26 (4 destroyed, 22 disabled)

Airbase hits 16
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 53
Port hits 9
Port supply hits 1

BB Musashi firing at Diamond Harbour
BB Yamato firing at Diamond Harbour
BB Nagato firing at Diamond Harbour
Massive explosion on xAP Kohistan
CLAA Tatsuta firing at Diamond Harbour
CLAA Tenryu firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Suzukaze firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Umikaze firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Kawakaze firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Yamakaze firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Samidare firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Yudachi firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Harusame firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Murasame firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Shigure firing at Diamond Harbour




not much else happening anymore... thought this tracker screenshot would be interesting though... just look at the victory points, skyrocketed by 10,000 while the enemy has scored 800 since the hostilities around Calcutta began... the enemy lost no less than 1,746 aircraft in the last two and a halve weeks, mostly on the ground at Diamond Harbour or on ships, roughly 300 carrier based aircraft were shot down the first two days... in return we've lost 632 aircraft which at the first moment was really striking me (thought it would have been way less) but there were these days where my LBA suizided into CAP plus KB and LBA losing aircraft to all causes... in the end the Allied paid a high price for our air losses as we have sunk no less than 240 ships and that's only what tracker says at the moment, I'm sure the actual losses are way higher, might be somewhere around 350 when the battle is over, including two USN BBs (prewar), a dozen Allied CA/CL and two dozen DDs... let's not forget all those APA/AKA he has lost... downside is the loss of one CA/CL and two or three DDs so far as we can replace aircraft and even pilots but we can't replace ships...

to sum it up, if the end result is an orderly IJ retreat out of India then it's still a huge success... at the moment I don't even want to think about what it would mean to clear the pocket at Diamond Harbour, that would surpass insanity I guess...







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RE: AAR 1944 - 9/22/2020 8:36:36 AM   
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your ship exp is going to insane soon ... you'll have 50% of your surface fleet with +80 exp soon!

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RE: AAR 1944 - 9/22/2020 9:18:48 AM   
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Will be interesting to see if the allied attacks start to crumble at Calcutta in coming weeks.
They probably dropped a few brazilian supplies with all those troops though.
What now for the allies? Surely they can’t just leave that much force there to waste away without trying to reinforce.
What do you think they will try to reinforce with and when?

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RE: AAR 1944 - 9/22/2020 1:34:29 PM   
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I wonder what the Allied "strategy" was in this game ? Sometimes it seems he thinks to having too many ships and planes and wants to reduce their number on purpose, feeding them to the enemy with "strange" moves...

@castor troy: You reported the ASW issues in this thread and I believe this is not a thing only in this mod, I have the same in a scen2 game. All these patrols are useless except the small subchasers when they eat up enemy torpedoes. Air ASW sometimes reports hits, these seem not to sink subs but damage them, they may be withdrawn then by the enemy. But later will arrive again, so subs needs to be sunk I also do not buy into the "mission kill" thing. However it is true that a good asw/search network protects your convois. I have not lost a bigger tanker or even one of the big fast AKs to subs for quite a while. However Allied subs can sit arrogantly even in mined port hexes...

Btw. I moved some of my own subs near to bigger Allied bases, I got 2 subs hit by air both the smaller ro-class they got hit by smaller bombs from Hudsons, both received quite some damage but no danger to sink. I believe 3 hits by Hudson sized bombs will outright sink the IJN subs. 2 may be enough depending on luck of course. 1 seems to do serious enough damage for back to port. Can Allied players not report on their subs whan hit by IJ air asw?


I believe you also talked about bigger numbers of IJN mines not doing anything - I opened a thread in the main forum, 600 Japanese mines not hitting...

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RE: AAR 1944 - 9/22/2020 1:46:15 PM   
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Well, they are also at Madras, right? .. clearly he hopes a pinzer movement. but such a long distance, and if so, why the attacks? not sure at all of the tactics or strategy here ...

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RE: AAR 1944 - 9/22/2020 1:48:15 PM   
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CT, can you share a screenie of the India area for us to see what's up?

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RE: AAR 1944 - 9/22/2020 2:15:21 PM   
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A private getting orders to go to a replacement unit at Diamond Harbor: "I have just received a Death Sentence!"


Check this video, quite devastating:

"Breakout from Stalingrad: German radio exchanges during Operation Winter Storm"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmiNtVTF1Z4

And here 2 comments:

"Imagine you received orders you are flying into the Stalingrad Cauldron as reinforcements for 6th Army. You just received your death warrant."

"After Winterstorm failed and the relief fronts retreated, the focus came on the Luftwaffe to fly in fresh troops for defense. Can you imagine being one of these troops? Being told that you’re to be flown into the hopeless unimaginable misery that is the Stalingrad kessel? This is why, I think at least, small decisions were made at the tactical level to delay this action as much as possible. Crew chiefs claiming junkers aren’t airworthy, quartermasters claiming supplies weren’t ready for the transfers, and captains and colonels delaying this as much as possible to avoid senselessly sending fresh terrified troops to their certain slow miserable deaths. It’s it’s own story.

In all, it paints a very dark but interesting picture of what was possible after late November/early December. Great video."

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RE: AAR 1944 - 9/22/2020 5:12:24 PM   
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Worst statistic ever? Looks like 80% of the modern US fighters, Corsair and Lightnings, never got in the air to fight? But destroyed on the ground or loaded into ships?

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RE: AAR 1944 - 9/22/2020 10:42:23 PM   
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your ship exp is going to insane soon ... you'll have 50% of your surface fleet with +80 exp soon!


In my experience even 80+ exp does not negate the radar advantage of the Allied ships along with high speed vessels (Fletchers / PTs). In 44 also their ships come with better exp than the few IJN combat ships..But my opponent puts up a way better fight anyway...

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RE: AAR 1944 - 9/22/2020 11:02:25 PM   
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I wonder if the Allied theme song is the one from the show MASH.

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RE: AAR 1944 - 9/22/2020 11:23:34 PM   
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So, looking at the units shown ... it appears to most, if not all, of the deployable US land forces available in early '44. And he is losing prodigious numbers of them.

Run this forward, even if CT were to lose Calcutta, by no means do I think that, but let's just conjecture a bit ... even if the allies take back all of India. Unless CT allows large portions of his armies to be encircled and destroyed in the process, he has already won the war here. The US reinforcements are still coming, but they start to taper off as '44 wears on. And replacement devices simply don't exist to rebuild his current losses.

A very bold move to land so aggressively at Calcutta, but this same landing near Madras using LBA cover from Ceylon would have been far more favorable. His troops would have landed cleanly, or mostly so, and then he is in a strong position to rock India hard. He cannot entrap CT unless CT makes an error as long as IJ controls the Indian ocean, but he can certainly push him completely out and into Burma/Malaysia.

Still, really worth watching, and maybe the allied replacement/reiforcement pool is bigger than I think ... I've never seen or tried such a huge gambit as the allies at this point.



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RE: AAR 1944 - 9/23/2020 12:05:03 AM   
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I think that the only way that he could have trapped the Japanese Army in India would have been to quickly capture all of Burma and somehow put an effective blockade of the sea lanes into place. With his previous losses and the Japanese strength, I don't think that it would be possible no completely do so. A painful withdrawl maybe, but complete destruction.

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RE: AAR 1944 - 9/23/2020 12:52:36 AM   
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I think that the only way that he could have trapped the Japanese Army in India would have been to quickly capture all of Burma and somehow put an effective blockade of the sea lanes into place. With his previous losses and the Japanese strength, I don't think that it would be possible no completely do so. A painful withdrawl maybe, but complete destruction.


He should have landed nearer to his own bases (as I understand Ceylon is a fortress in his hands), and let loose a horde of armor units the Allies by now have. Cutting rail lines, isolating garrisons etc. India territory is huge and IJ can not defend everything.

I also have a small portion of India in my hands, Calcutta and the neighbouring bases. This is defendable better I think, all bases except one are on rail lines. But I did not chose to go further into India, especially the problem how to protect the units in the countryside from the bomber menace. LR CAP is not so effective and also tires pilots fast,

Then sweep sweep sweep he has the fine fighters now, even if the sweeps would be 1:2 in Japanese favour he accomplished more than the planes sank at see and shot to pieces at their fields (I have never seen 4E bombers transported in invasion fleets btw. one can easily fly them in IF a safe bridgehead with good airfields is established).

But maybe the Allied has some cunning plan I do not understand..

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RE: AAR 1944 - 9/23/2020 1:56:13 AM   
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I think that the only way that he could have trapped the Japanese Army in India would have been to quickly capture all of Burma and somehow put an effective blockade of the sea lanes into place. With his previous losses and the Japanese strength, I don't think that it would be possible no completely do so. A painful withdrawl maybe, but complete destruction.

Well, that is the missing piece; ability to effect a naval blockade. The IJN owns the Indian Ocean yet. However, given a few more months, then maybe. As it is ...

That also is the issue with a landing in Burma, although to be fair, they would not have run into a fortress like Calcutta, so they likely would have taken Burma fairly quickly. However, I think the naval losses would have been even worse as the KB would have been between them and safety, but the land losses would have been less and with the IJA cut-off, conceivably they could exact a huge toll. Of course the IJ still had the sea lane option open for at least a few months.

Anyway, about as interesting an allied move as I have seen since Greyjoy's Hokkaido move...



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RE: AAR 1944 - 9/23/2020 12:53:16 PM   
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Greyjoy's move was so much better since the Japanese were way out of position for that!

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RE: AAR 1944 - 9/23/2020 4:10:44 PM   
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your ship exp is going to insane soon ... you'll have 50% of your surface fleet with +80 exp soon!



Not really skyrocketing. I've got some ships that are above 80 now (including Musashi) but most haven't gained any experience. Found out that only dealing and RECEIVING damage leads to real gains. Why? No idea.

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