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Rob Brennan UK -> RE: How to mess up japan, course 101 (3/29/2007 9:20:15 PM)
Allied top losses so far .. plenty of surface combat kills. [image]local://upfiles/7467/06F061A26E104288AF5D75D898C73639.jpg[/image]

Rob Brennan UK -> RE: How to mess up japan, course 101 (3/30/2007 7:24:29 PM)
quick update .. As december comes to a close KB finally launched on the annoying ships both in and out of manilla harbour . :- Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 50 B5N Kate x 89 Allied aircraft P-35A x 2 P-40E-1-CU Warhawk x 5 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed B5N Kate: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged Allied aircraft losses P-35A: 1 destroyed P-40E-1-CU Warhawk: 5 destroyed Allied Ships AP President Madison, Bomb hits 2, on fire AK Capillo, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage AK Corregidor, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage AK Sagoland, Bomb hits 1, on fire AS Otus, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage MSW Finch, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage AK Bisayas, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage AK Compagnia Filipinas, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage AK Anakan, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage Allied ground losses: 867 casualties reported Guns lost 8 Vehicles lost 7 Port hits 5 lets hope the AS sinks, I'll try and hit it from a differant position tomorrow .. Fighter sweeps with both Oscars and zeroes killed off about 14 more P40's and the vals that flew unecorted faced no oposition. Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 25 Allied aircraft P-26A x 1 P-35A x 3 P-40E-1-CU Warhawk x 14 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-26A: 1 destroyed P-35A: 1 destroyed P-40E-1-CU Warhawk: 8 destroyed Val attacks sink all targets so far for no loss. Day Air attack on TF, near Manila at 43,52 Japanese aircraft D3A Val x 22 Allied aircraft P-35A x 1 P-40E-1-CU Warhawk x 1 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Allied Ships AK Don Jose, Bomb hits 9, on fire, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 2 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet 4 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet 4 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet 4 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet 4 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet 4 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Manila at 43,52 Japanese aircraft D3A Val x 19 Allied aircraft P-35A x 1 P-40E-1-CU Warhawk x 1 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Allied Ships AK Paz, Bomb hits 14, on fire, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 3 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet 4 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet 4 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet 4 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet 4 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Manila at 43,52 Japanese aircraft D3A Val x 12 Allied aircraft P-35A x 1 P-40E-1-CU Warhawk x 1 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Allied Ships AK Kanlaon II, Bomb hits 6, on fire, heavy damage AK Latouche, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 4 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet 4 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet 4 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 38 Ki-15 Babs x 1 Allied aircraft P-35A x 1 P-40E-1-CU Warhawk x 8 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-35A: 1 destroyed P-40E-1-CU Warhawk: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged In china a second gueriila brigade surrenders near Peking ! hoorah these annoyances can be stamped out, although its taking a lots of units to do it. the tank units in particular have been excellent operation on the open plains. Ground combat at 54,30 Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 4859 troops, 81 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 94 Defending force 279 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 10 Japanese max assault: 122 - adjusted assault: 114 Allied max defense: 7 - adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 114 to 1 Allied ground losses: 592 casualties reported SURRENDERED We'll go for another attack on johore baru tomorrow as a full division arrived and it appears Aztez is pulling back from here. Gerogetown days are numbered too. He's been trying to recaptur and block the north malayan bases. 2 NLF started the clearance and 2 tank units will ensure that no more allied units try and recapture resources etc. 1/2 ing them over and over . so far only alor star has been retaken and that doesn't have any to lose. Piccie of malaya for clarification. [image]local://upfiles/7467/0413DFB909944C34B84871B1F70B07C0.jpg[/image]

Rob Brennan UK -> RE: How to mess up japan, course 101 (4/1/2007 4:33:11 PM)
Start of january has seem the fall of george town , now its a race between the new jap div that reduced georgetown and the escapees from khota baru to kuala lumpur. to impede the allies 4 jap BB's will shell kuantan to kill off as much supply as possible. Japanese are persuing the allies toward rangoon while 2 jap subs and several nells have sank over 6 TK's trying to evacuate oil and fuel from rangoon .. I boats in particular have been out standing. Sub attack at 28,34 Japanese Ships SS I-122 Allied Ships TK Empire Onyx, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage Meanwhile in malaya the japanese sallies have been putting both johore baru and singapore under heavy air attack in an attempt to impede supply and in johore barus case to start hurting the allied infantry based there. reduced forts by one so far, really do need the extra 2 divs to reduce the forts and take singers. HK gets bombed weakly but the allied levels are slowly going down .. now canton has been opened up to roads from the east the clearing div will definately stop any chinese attempts to take canton. HK is taking much longer than expected.(no matter though). another CCP guerilla unit surrenders near shanghai. and 3 more routed by tanks back to chinese lines. the guerillas it seems have been dealt with rather well imo. some extra support has been sent to china from manchuria , tanks and artillery mainly, the armour is v v useful vs partisans and the arty will help any attempts to try and drive into china. although i have no idea if thats even possible with the mod .. advice here would be appreciated. Ground combat at Georgetown Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 21923 troops, 255 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 499 Defending force 3912 troops, 27 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 61 Japanese max assault: 990 - adjusted assault: 455 Allied max defense: 55 - adjusted defense: 73 Japanese assault odds: 6 to 1 (fort level 5) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0 Japanese ground losses: 10 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Allied ground losses: 278 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Ground combat at Georgetown Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 21887 troops, 252 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 499 Defending force 3581 troops, 23 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 53 Japanese max assault: 990 - adjusted assault: 1772 Allied max defense: 46 - adjusted defense: 85 Japanese assault odds: 20 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Georgetown base !!! Japanese ground losses: 72 casualties reported Guns lost 3 Allied ground losses: 5122 casualties reported Guns lost 17 In the PI .. NLF units hoovering up the northern bases while 2 divs hold back from manills for now. more men and material arriving at san marcelano .. will move into clarke soon (hopefully all in one go) .. just a quick update today .. next ops Timor (div +CV's) Rangoon then invest mandalay. Singapore then ? maybe ceylon ? definately some to sumatra then squeeze java from 3 sides. I'll have to start working on the SW Pacific and to that end engineers and BF's are unloading at truk , just need MEN ! .. When HK falls one div is freed up .. PI or Rabaul (maybe even port moresby as a fast slash and grab). bye bye

ny59giants -> RE: How to mess up japan, course 101 (4/1/2007 5:03:40 PM)
Rob, Do you have any idea of how far you want to expand the Japanese Empire before you dig in and prepare for the Allied counter attacks?? India?? Northern Australia?? All of New Guinea?? Eastern Pacific Islands?? New Zealand?? Hawaii?? Russia??

Rob Brennan UK -> RE: How to mess up japan, course 101 (4/1/2007 6:52:03 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: ny59giants Rob, Do you have any idea of how far you want to expand the Japanese Empire before you dig in and prepare for the Allied counter attacks?? India?? Northern Australia?? All of New Guinea?? Eastern Pacific Islands?? New Zealand?? Hawaii?? Russia?? I'm so new to japan i hadnt thought about 'limits' yet [;)] India - possible if singers falls in jan/early feb . will almost certainly at least take ceylon. I know the mod adds in a lot of 'india only' units but no idea as to thier size. north aussie . not worth it imo on standard map with the rail road and the australia command units. as allies i look forward to japan attacking the mainland . all of NG .. definately on the radar . will be doing it backwards though .. (as an experiment) i.e PM 1st then gili/lae etc. might leave rabaul to rot till NG is secure. will go for lunga too. NZ -nope Hawaii - nope .. I'm in no position to go into the pac yet .. I had toyed with ignoring the PI and hitting midway early on (aka nemos game). but im just not aware of what the allies have anywhere as i have never loaded up the mod as allies (added FOW or stupidity ? take your pick [;)]) Russis is a definate no go zone , with china being a LOT bigger i think my hands will be full trying to hold there rather than a russia adventure that i dont have enough troops to do. Thanks for the comments . Rob

pauk -> RE: How to mess up japan, course 101 (4/1/2007 7:19:09 PM)
hm Rob, i'm happy to have Northern Oz in my hands... the truth is, enemy can try to counter attack you via railroad but you have plenty of time to bring reinforcements - all you have to do is to keep an eye on railroad (infamous hiting ZOC key)... also, didn't tested yet but i'm not sure that supplying units far away from the bases are so easy? As Amiral well put it - Northern Australia has to be considered as island... and if Allies want to retake it they must use his CVs otherwise they are without air support...

Rob Brennan UK -> RE: How to mess up japan, course 101 (4/2/2007 6:39:03 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: pauk hm Rob, i'm happy to have Northern Oz in my hands... the truth is, enemy can try to counter attack you via railroad but you have plenty of time to bring reinforcements - all you have to do is to keep an eye on railroad (infamous hiting ZOC key)... also, didn't tested yet but i'm not sure that supplying units far away from the bases are so easy? As Amiral well put it - Northern Australia has to be considered as island... and if Allies want to retake it they must use his CVs otherwise they are without air support... True about the air support part bar some 4E that i think can reach from alice springs ( i always build this base as allies just in case).. australia might be an option once i have timor and have good recon on the 3 main bases there , darwin is sure to be well guarded but can be cut along the rail line and reduced . wyndam would make a good 1st call imo. so would thingybob . the one closest to Koepang if its badly garrisoned .. albeit unit numbers could be decieving as he might evac dutch bits and bobs here .. we will see. I still have to take sumatra and java 1st .. and i dont think thats as easy as it sounds .. [;)] AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/06/42 anyhoo new day .. exactly one month we have been at war and i'm happy to report the brits are running , suprisingly he left johore baru ? im sure thats a level 4 fort and he could have delayed here for a few days. also he's legging it in burma. rangoon is down to the fort unit by the looks of it and hes withdrawing back to mandalay . banzai. FYI he abandoned north phillipines so i have been hoovering up the bases with an NFL unit. However ive been carful about not atacking the ones with resources as they change sides without a fight and i believe are NOT halved by capture .. wonder if JB will do the same. I'll attack anyway so if im lucky it'll fall before the ground attack phase and i get all the goodies at 100% .. sneaky [;)] singapore also drops 2 fort levels to a 4 but the 2nd day attack did nothig bar hurt japan. rest bombard and repeat. sallies stop the forts rebuilding . Ground combat at Hong Kong Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 27373 troops, 223 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 454 Defending force 12346 troops, 74 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 213 Japanese max assault: 892 - adjusted assault: 939 Allied max defense: 195 - adjusted defense: 377 Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 6) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 4 Japanese ground losses: 637 casualties reported Guns lost 11 Vehicles lost 4 Allied ground losses: 213 casualties reported Guns lost 6 Ground combat at Hong Kong Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 26630 troops, 206 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 416 Defending force 12208 troops, 68 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 210 Japanese max assault: 648 - adjusted assault: 183 Allied max defense: 159 - adjusted defense: 343 Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 4) Japanese ground losses: 406 casualties reported Guns lost 4 Allied ground losses: 244 casualties reported Guns lost 6 Oscars encoutered 1/3 of the AVG in china and did rather well considering [;)] Day Air attack on Changsha , at 47,36 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 10 Allied aircraft Curtis H81-3A x 14 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Curtis H81-3A: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged I am fighter short in china , the 1st claude home defence unit has recieved Zeroes and will be transferred to china as i need to tame the AVG as oscar production still needs 2 more months to really ramp up . Heres the usual daylight air raids , obviously the jhore baru missions will be switched to singapore with 2 chutai on ground attack and 4 on airfield attacks. oscar escort provided. once the base force reaches johore baru the sallies can be sent to much closer airfields. Day Air attack on Hong Kong , at 43,42 Japanese aircraft Ki-21 Sally x 34 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21 Sally: 1 damaged Runway hits 9 Aircraft Attacking: 4 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 16000 feet 6 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 16000 feet 10 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 16000 feet 3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 16000 feet 3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 16000 feet 3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 16000 feet 3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 16000 feet 2 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 16000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Johore Bahru , at 22,49 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 18 Ki-21 Sally x 90 Ki-46-II Dinah x 5 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 70 Aircraft Attacking: 24 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet 18 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet 13 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet 3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet 3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet 15 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet 3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet 3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet 3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet 3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet 2 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Singapore , at 23,50 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 21 Ki-21 Sally x 17 Ki-15 Babs x 1 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 24 casualties reported Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 4 Aircraft Attacking: 11 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 21000 feet 6 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 21000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 12th CCP Guerilla Brigade, at 49,38 Japanese aircraft C5M Babs x 1 Ki-49 Helen x 8 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 37 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 8 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 10000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 16th CCP Guerilla Brigade, at 48,42 Japanese aircraft D3A Val x 8 Ki-27 Nate x 20 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 27 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 20 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet 8 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet I consider it important to try and train up as many ASW units as fast as possible . many have been operating 6 ship TF's around the north philipines and experienced sallies have hit several. 2 more today ! .. sub tally is definately in japan favour [image]local://upfiles/7467/4311FD6DE86B408FA74512E246393567.jpg[/image]

LittleJoe -> RE: How to mess up japan, course 101 (4/3/2007 12:38:16 AM)
Java can be a very tough nut, so can Timor but the speed your taking Malaya at Aztez shouldnt have much time to build up fortresses here. Good job so far :).

Rob Brennan UK -> RE: How to mess up japan, course 101 (4/4/2007 6:25:47 PM)
Thanks Joe , full division heading to koepang for an early grab .. covered by baby KB and some heavy surface combat shipping too in case the allies have scraped a surface force together somehow down here. Made a typo in the last post it was hong Kong that was cracking not singapore .. sorry .. Even so, Kuantan fell today and we have trapped 3 units between here and malacca . 3 more allied units made it to malacca but its not undefeneded, 2 tank units will hopefully repel any unsupported allied attack . Ground combat at Kuantan Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 20759 troops, 220 guns, 9 vehicles, Assault Value = 422 Defending force 1097 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 8 Japanese max assault: 764 - adjusted assault: 384 Allied max defense: 6 - adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 384 to 1 (fort level 4) Japanese forces CAPTURE Kuantan base !!! Allied ground losses: 1619 casualties reported FMSV brigade surrenders capture 10k supply here too, now thats useful. I will await all combat troops for singapore before crossing that darn river , is that the best thing to do ? certainly will prevent multiple shock attacks. Sally hammer i now hitting the fields at singapore , will do better with more recon attached (i hope ) Day Air attack on Singapore , at 23,50 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 21 Ki-21 Sally x 86 Ki-46-II Dinah x 5 Allied aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21 Sally: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged Allied aircraft losses Catalina I: 1 destroyed Allied ground losses: 89 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Airbase hits 20 Airbase supply hits 5 Runway hits 51 Hopefully bagged another sub near san marcelano . ADP-1 did the dirty :- ASW attack at 42,49 Japanese Ships MSW W.9 MSW W.8 MSW W.7 APD APD-39 APD APD-2 APD APD-1 Allied Ships SS S-36, hits 3, on fire, heavy damage HK will get another shock attack tomorrow , fall ? doubt it but should tear a few fort levels down. it'll fall soon i hope . Japanese forces are now marching on clarke field in strength ( also hopefully in one lump) should arrive next turn . Both tuagretaro and begulia have fallen intact in the north PI as i'd hoped , both have 100 resources which i believe are the standard levels and not 1/2'd from being attacked. so thats the north PI secured . In the south PI 2 full divs and engineer and tank unit advance on manilla to siege the place and prevent a withdrawl from clarke to here, also should stop all free supply production with the hex contested. Several invasions forces launched in the SW Pac and new guinea . shortlands and lunga are targetted by 'expendable' SNLF units while the north NG oil centeres should fall to NFL units. Well they do in stock and recon shows nothing. I am collecting air droppable paras and the air capable SNLF units at victoria point for a potential massed air attack on akyab ? if its weakly held . i havnt sent in recon yet so no idea but also not tipping my hand yet either. IF its well held then they can all be used to secure north sumatra and i will be building up sabang as a forward air base (its too useful imo) and allies can build it anyway later on so no loss. should be a great betty base to intercept aussie bound convoys. japanese bombers harass the retreating allied troops in burma Day Air attack on 2nd Burma Brigade, at 31,32 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 8 Ki-21 Sally x 20 Ki-46-II Dinah x 1 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21 Sally: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 42 casualties reported Guns lost 1 I made a error with KB and it went to a base with no bloody fuel ! situation sorted out and she'll sail to truk to hunt in the S and SW Pac. [8\|] also many many AVG planes spoeed in china, 2 zero datai now tasked with heading here to try a wrest air control back. Aztez commented that the guerilla brigades i have killed off will return ? can anyone confirm if they will come back in chungking ? (good) or behind my lines (bad). should hopefully kill 3 more i have trapped and surrounded tomorrow. i love the wee jap tank units in china for anti-partisan duty , they rock ! (pinched 2 more from kuantan army to help) for some odd reason the burmese army stalled at the river line and despite 2 attempts at follow the leader i gave up and have sent them over independantly , dont have much luck with ground movement [:D] Piccie of malaya [image]local://upfiles/7467/F39F7ED2F87A441D88800C86C6B22660.jpg[/image]

Big B -> RE: How to mess up japan, course 101 (4/4/2007 6:42:43 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Rob Brennan UK Aztez commented that the guerilla brigades i have killed off will return ? can anyone confirm if they will come back in chungking ? (good) or behind my lines (bad). Hi Rob, YES - the destroyed Gurerilla units will come back. I don't think it would be right for me to say where they come back (Aztez may not want me to say)...so you'll just have to see. But the destroyed Chinese units come back. B

Rob Brennan UK -> RE: How to mess up japan, course 101 (4/4/2007 9:13:26 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Big B quote: ORIGINAL: Rob Brennan UK Aztez commented that the guerilla brigades i have killed off will return ? can anyone confirm if they will come back in chungking ? (good) or behind my lines (bad). Hi Rob, YES - the destroyed Gurerilla units will come back. I don't think it would be right for me to say where they come back (Aztez may not want me to say)...so you'll just have to see. But the destroyed Chinese units come back. B fair enough , i havnt asked him .. might make a lot of differance to china , although i've now got a 'good' anti patrisan theory that seems to work well so far . should be 'fun' to find out [:D]

Rob Brennan UK -> RE: How to mess up japan, course 101 (4/7/2007 5:17:55 PM)
been rather busy of late .. sorry anyhoo AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/14/42 Humm well what can i say , after the initial wave its gone all a bit flat. HK stubbornly refuses to fall while china piles in corps at canton ( 2 divs behind level 6 (and building) forts). Elsewhere in China its going well and the last partisans have been slaughtered in a nice 'box' trap. also chinese coastal city fell on the 12th (see piccie). I am keeping Rabaul from being built too much and killing off a few wirracoffins as a bonus Naval bombardment of Rabaul, at 61,88 Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses Wirraway: 1 destroyed Japanese Ships DD Okikaze DD Kamikaze DD Yuzuki DD Kikuzuki DD Uzuki DD Asagiri CL Tama CL Naka CL Kashima CA Furutaka BB Nagato Allied ground losses: 125 casualties reported Guns lost 3 Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 21 Port hits 3 Port supply hits 2 Lunga,shortlands,medan,hollandia and sarong have all been invaded and will fall next turn. also Kuantan in Timor takes the full weight of a japanese combat division (only 2 allied units so he had no time to prepare here it seems) . 1st attempt to try and cull the AVG was no entirely succesful .. nates told to go fly well away from enemy planes for now . Day Air attack on Changsha , at 47,36 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 27 Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 12 Ki-27 Nate x 28 Allied aircraft Curtis H81-3A x 13 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-27 Nate: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses Curtis H81-3A: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged Keeping singapore's heads down (and stopping /slowing fort building) Day Air attack on Singapore , at 23,50 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 2 Ki-21 Sally x 79 Ki-46-II Dinah x 4 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21 Sally: 4 damaged Allied ground losses: 76 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Airbase hits 7 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 31 the remaining brits from the north are trapped at mersing with 2 divs closing and 3 tank units preventing them from entering the city. should be a walk over then massed move to singapore to reduce the river shock attack rules. Also rangoon will be assaulted tomorrow (only looks like the rangoon BF there ) as i took andaman early he wasnt able to move it out and the brit tankers found out the hard way hauling oil out of rangoon. In the Phillipines ! Well plan B seems to be working after plan A failed miserably . 2 jap divs and a supporting NLF entered manilla hex and the allies came howling out of the city only to be horribly repulsed. [:D] Ground combat at Manila Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 40655 troops, 372 guns, 108 vehicles, Assault Value = 1079 Defending force 43607 troops, 520 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 921 Allied max assault: 1170 - adjusted assault: 989 Japanese max defense: 875 - adjusted defense: 2473 Allied assault odds: 0 to 1 Japanese ground losses: 285 casualties reported Guns lost 12 Vehicles lost 1 Allied ground losses: 1678 casualties reported [:D] Guns lost 28 Vehicles lost 3 I am NOT being suckered into attacking back ! way too risky. 20 units in manilla ! also 18 in clarke are now stuck as the japanese move in en-masse ! .. just to top it off a brigade and a guards batallion will advance along the coast to bataan and seal the allies in place. Japanese Navy land based planes however are proving utterly useless in the ground attack role ! Day Air attack on 11th DAF Base Force, at 25,57 Japanese aircraft G3M Nell x 30 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 15 x G3M Nell bombing at 10000 feet 15 x G3M Nell bombing at 10000 feet heavy recon , men landing over the beach (singkawang , west borneo). are they dropping torpedoes ? happened 2 days running .. maybe the leader is bad ground skill ? welll both were c.18 on ground skill ! pretty rubbish . however trying to find anyone over about 30 is proving impossible [;)] They probably arent needed anyway and have been switched back to ship strikes although the DEI look like an allied desert right now. has he been scared off ? .. dunno. Menado in NE sulawesi has been invaded too, might get some recon planes tomorrow if i get lucky with the cruiser shelling next turn. 5TH ! attack on the s36 and she refuses to go down permanently ! ASW attack at 42,49 Japanese Ships PC Ch 22 PC Ch 21 Allied Ships SS S-36, hits 2, on fire, heavy damage sink damn you ! [:D] ground in canton .. looking bad for japan, very glad i got the extra division here ! Ground combat at Canton Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 46598 troops, 551 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 938 Defending force 76680 troops, 196 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2263 eek ! Allied ground losses: 71 casualties reported Quick question for the experinced japanese players here , is it worth switching over some merchant yards to naval as merchant points have built upto 5000+ while naval is languishing at 5 ! ..? or expand some of the naval yards instead ? (and yes i halted the shinano). Todays picie is China , now guerilla free ! at least for the moment [image]local://upfiles/7467/9A74DB6C40BC4152AAE261583AA13A91.jpg[/image]

Rob Brennan UK -> RE: How to mess up japan, course 101 (4/9/2007 2:28:18 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/20/42 Phillipines seems to be a stalemate right now , i have the upper hand at mainilla and aztez has the better troops at clarke,but not enough to cause a retreat anywhere .. [&:] Ground combat at Clark Field Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 1768 troops, 62 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1049 Defending force 55829 troops, 412 guns, 256 vehicles, Assault Value = 1486 Allied ground losses: 66 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Ground combat at Manila Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 5250 troops, 49 guns, 100 vehicles, Assault Value = 957 Defending force 45871 troops, 516 guns, 147 vehicles, Assault Value = 993 Japanese ground losses: 39 casualties reported Guns lost 4 he is using supply for these attacks so i am happy to see them :) Canton gets more worrying by the day ! Ground combat at Canton Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 73217 troops, 203 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2289 Defending force 66234 troops, 557 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 951 thats scary ! how it'll fare vs forts though is unknowable meanwhile the last allied ships at manilla get hammered Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 38 G3M Nell x 9 Ki-21 Sally x 24 Ki-49 Helen x 24 Japanese aircraft losses G3M Nell: 1 damaged Ki-21 Sally: 2 damaged Allied Ships MSW Finch, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage AP President Madison, Bomb hits 2, heavy damage AK Sagoland, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage AK Bisayas, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage AK Anakan, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage Allied ground losses: 209 casualties reported Vehicles lost 1 Port hits 4 Port supply hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 15 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet 18 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 15000 feet 6 x G3M Nell bombing at 15000 feet 3 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 15000 feet 3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet 3 x G3M Nell bombing at 15000 feet 6 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet 3 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 15000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 21 Ki-27 Nate x 16 Ki-21 Sally x 34 Ki-46-II Dinah x 3 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21 Sally: 1 damaged Allied Ships AK Bisayas, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage AK Anakan, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage AK Sagoland, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage MSW Finch, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage AP President Madison, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Allied ground losses: 135 casualties reported Guns lost 4 Port hits 7 Port fuel hits 1 Port supply hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 31 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet 3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet day 2 attacks had no targets and MSW was confirmed sunk , i suspect the rest are too. hong kong at last reduces ! phew Ground combat at Hong Kong Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 26984 troops, 228 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 423 Defending force 11707 troops, 50 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 198 Japanese max assault: 417 - adjusted assault: 697 Allied max defense: 140 - adjusted defense: 391 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 4) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 3 Japanese ground losses: 190 casualties reported Guns lost 7 Vehicles lost 2 Allied ground losses: 253 casualties reported Guns lost 6 Vehicles lost 1 Ground combat at Hong Kong Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 26819 troops, 220 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 417 Defending force 11371 troops, 38 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 191 Japanese max assault: 396 - adjusted assault: 362 Allied max defense: 129 - adjusted defense: 151 Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 3) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 2 Japanese ground losses: 144 casualties reported Guns lost 3 Allied ground losses: 178 casualties reported Guns lost 3 appears that conventional attacks work better than shock vs here bye bye for now EDIT .. added picture of the forces at manilla .. tomorrow i'll do clarke [image]local://upfiles/7467/1CF449BFA0494727A3E7F066B2AAB295.jpg[/image]

Rob Brennan UK -> RE: How to mess up japan, course 101 (4/10/2007 7:18:09 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/22/42 Hong kong has finally succumbed to relentless conventional attacks and air power. the forts have been reduced. shock attack tomorrow to try and force a surrender. hopefully . Ground combat at Hong Kong Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 26750 troops, 218 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 411 Defending force 11013 troops, 30 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 181 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0 Japanese max assault: 404 - adjusted assault: 176 Allied max defense: 117 - adjusted defense: 91 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0 Japanese ground losses: 64 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Allied ground losses: 152 casualties reported Guns lost 5 there isnt much to report really .. japan is taking some undefended bases around new guinea and is landing at the 2 remaining timor bases. Lunga will get some CD guns and base forces + engineers to try and build up asap. as well as having some punch should the aussie navy show up .. KB is escorting these convoys and accompanied by an oiler have a cruise round the SW pacific for allied shipping. my subs have detected very little round here but any convoys sent from america should be arriving around about now in aussie waters . lets hope so [:D] Well there is one major event .. China has invaded indo china ! 3 vietnamese divisions at 30% strength have been mobilised and the defenders at saigon and haiphong are getting engineer units flown in from saigon to help building up the forts. lets see how this progresses. only 3 chinese units detected so far . no enough for saigon but could be a problem for haiphong .. piccie of the invasion .. manilla tomorrow (next turn). [image]local://upfiles/7467/95A0F7C643CB4D8FBB738E11971779F6.jpg[/image]

Rob Brennan UK -> RE: How to mess up japan, course 101 (4/11/2007 3:40:20 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/24/42 Honk Kong falls ! finally Ground combat at Hong Kong Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 26734 troops, 216 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 408 Defending force 10876 troops, 23 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 178 Japanese max assault: 800 - adjusted assault: 193 Allied max defense: 105 - adjusted defense: 45 Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Hong Kong base !!! Japanese ground losses: 87 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Vehicles lost 1 Allied ground losses: 13155 casualties reported Guns lost 40 that frees up some more men to defend canton .. although i'd have prefered them else where we also cleared the bulla /amboina island .. :) Ground combat at Bulla Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 633 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 22 Defending force 1220 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 22 Japanese max assault: 19 - adjusted assault: 19 Allied max defense: 18 - adjusted defense: 3 Japanese assault odds: 6 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Bulla base !!! Allied ground losses: 2032 casualties reported Guns lost 1 helps a bit :) elsewhere we are advancing on singapore .. en masse hoefully . not much else

Cathartes -> RE: How to mess up japan, course 101 (4/11/2007 8:26:00 AM)
Rob, Enjoying this one and following it closely. Question for you: If you could start over on Hong Kong, what would you do differently?

pauk -> RE: How to mess up japan, course 101 (4/12/2007 12:06:45 PM)
hi, i converted few merchant shipyards to naval but if you want to keep merchies production in the late 43 (when hordes of transports are waiting to be produced) that might be not a best idea...still few merchY won't make difference (and if you convert small merch Y to naval you can always expand them) keep up the good work

Rob Brennan UK -> RE: How to mess up japan, course 101 (4/12/2007 3:43:50 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Cathartes Rob, Enjoying this one and following it closely. Question for you: If you could start over on Hong Kong, what would you do differently? more than happy to please readers [8D] I'd send in the second combat engineer unit asap. Basically i'd almost sent in the canton base force by mistake and come turn 2 china had decided to march on canton and the 2nd combat engineers never made it to HK [:-], whoops .. also never do shock attacks if you have comber engineers (not needed imo). save a lot on disruption and fatigue. I should have done regular attack , rest rinse repeat. the sally raids on HK supplies must have helped a lot too. hope that helps, always best to learn from others failures [;)]

Rob Brennan UK -> RE: How to mess up japan, course 101 (4/12/2007 3:46:54 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: pauk hi, i converted few merchant shipyards to naval but if you want to keep merchies production in the late 43 (when hordes of transports are waiting to be produced) that might be not a best idea...still few merchY won't make difference (and if you convert small merch Y to naval you can always expand them) keep up the good work Hi Pauk, i did switch over a couple of small (size 2-4) merchant to naval and expanded them to 4-8. shouldn't make much of an impact on japanese supply levels at this stage and i'd like to have naval points growing a tiny bit. Thanks for confirming my suspicions , if and when merchant points ramp up i might turn them off for a few months.

Rob Brennan UK -> RE: How to mess up japan, course 101 (4/12/2007 4:40:05 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/26/42 26th dawns with a rare jap sub attack near moumea that glens had spotted last turn .. Sub attack at 70,114 Japanese Ships SS I-8 Allied Ships AK Steel Ranger, Torpedo hits 1, on fire DD Kilty DD Crane DD Kennison DD Crosby DD Dent I-8 will move ASAP [;)] Day 1 raid on singapore fields kill off some supply , day 2 did even better with 10 supply hits. I suspect that the brits might be running a bit low. also time to send in the army in one BIG wodge . but leave enough back to fend off any opportunisitic allied landing on the malay coast. One Regiment should do that job efectively. Day Air attack on Singapore , at 23,50 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 23 Ki-27 Nate x 23 Ki-21 Sally x 111 Ki-46-II Dinah x 8 Ki-15 Babs x 2 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21 Sally: 2 damaged Allied ground losses: 273 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Airbase hits 11 Airbase supply hits 6 Runway hits 45 Finishing off the last ships at manilla port. and we will send in the sallies freed up from the hong kong attack to help out in the PI .. cant seem to hit the supply depots at clarke. Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 20 Ki-27 Nate x 14 Ki-21 Sally x 13 Ki-46-II Dinah x 3 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21 Sally: 5 damaged Allied Ships AK Sagoland, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage AK Anakan, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage AP President Madison, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage AK Compagnia Filipinas, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Allied ground losses: 59 casualties reported Vehicles lost 1 Port hits 1 Day Air attack on Clark Field , at 43,51 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 37 G3M Nell x 35 Ki-21 Sally x 23 Ki-49 Helen x 24 Japanese aircraft losses G3M Nell: 1 damaged Ki-21 Sally: 3 damaged Ki-49 Helen: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 57 casualties reported Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 1 Rubbish Runway hits 19 Japanese ground troops do better at clarke however.. Ground combat at Clark Field Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 1970 troops, 67 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1078 Defending force 55454 troops, 404 guns, 255 vehicles, Assault Value = 1481 Allied ground losses: 190 casualties reported Guns lost 11 and the allies are welcome to fire shells at the troops besieging manilla. Ground combat at Manila Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 5254 troops, 59 guns, 95 vehicles, Assault Value = 1003 Defending force 51487 troops, 524 guns, 147 vehicles, Assault Value = 1065 Japanese ground losses: 4 casualties reported [:'(] Guns lost 1 Day 2 was a repeat of day one . Japanese troops should arrive at singapore next turn, all in one go by the looks of it too. In burma brit troops are trapped in tuang-gui while tanks are ordered into pagan. Japan secures dili , lautern should get hit tomorrow. (timor) Maumere also falls. North NG coast is almost under full japanese control. Reinforcments are now unloading at Lunga and shortlands. KB will patrol 150 miles East of Lunga till the oiler arrives (2 days). then according to that sub attack there might be goodies worth raiding near noumea. piccie of clarke field .. lots more men than usual. [image]local://upfiles/7467/8313B665B3824B68B725F133FE1FF30C.jpg[/image]

Rob Brennan UK -> RE: How to mess up japan, course 101 (4/12/2007 7:50:51 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/28/42 2 turns in 2 hours , allies must be bored [;)] action 1st up then a bit more detail on future plans. I boat in trouble after torpedoing a merchantman 180 miles west of noumea. Sub attack at 63,113 Japanese Ships SS I-173, hits 3 Allied Ships AK Adelong, Torpedo hits 1 MSW Whippoorwill MSW Lark I 173 is only slighly damaged but lost fuel . back to truk for repairs. RO-34 was hit by a bomb from a blenhiem off akyab .. quite severe but she should get back home before sinking (i hope). japanese ASW gets revenge on the swordfish 120 miles east of formosa. 2 real hits scored ASW attack at 51,44 Japanese Ships PG Yachiyo Maru PG Oi Maru MSW W.15 MSW W.10 DD Fumizuki DD Nagatsuki Allied Ships SS Spearfish, hits 4, on fire At singapore the troops arrive and the supplies are barely hit on todays 2 raids almost identical results . Day Air attack on Singapore , at 23,50 Japanese aircraft Ki-27 Nate x 23 Ki-21 Sally x 61 Ki-46-II Dinah x 8 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21 Sally: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged Allied ground losses: 51 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 28 the men arriving was another matter entirely ! .. high allied losses though. Ground combat at Singapore Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 148546 troops, 1563 guns, 314 vehicles, Assault Value = 2865 Defending force 64942 troops, 423 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 901 Japanese max assault: 2644 - adjusted assault: 784 Allied max defense: 941 - adjusted defense: 2069 Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 6) Japanese ground losses: 3168 casualties reported Guns lost 72 Vehicles lost 4 Allied ground losses: 5748 casualties reported Guns lost 97 Vehicles lost 1 Ouch , but expected. at least there will not be any successive shock attacks as everyone arrived at once (for a change . pleasing change at that). artillery to start a bombardment while the troops and engineers recover from the river crossing. Japan needs oil at sometime so brunei has been invaded as there should be a nice store here after 1 and 1/2 months . BF awaits airlift from saigon for fighter cover. Coastal Guns at Brunei, 32,57, firing at TF 113 TF 113 troops unloading over beach at Brunei, 32,57 19 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships PC Kyo Maru #11, Shell hits 1, on fire PC Ch 6 Japanese ground losses: 84 casualties reported Japanese air from borneo caught what appears as an allied supply convoy heading to singapore they turned back after 2 sank and a surface raid is scheduled for next turn to catch the survivors. Day Air attack on TF, near Muntok at 21,55 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 8 G3M Nell x 19 No Japanese losses Allied Ships AK Tjikarang AK Silindoeng, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage SUNK AK Elout, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage SUNK Japanese troops (2 divs) arrive at pecheng in china (its a wierd new city in the arse end of nowhere that might be the re spawn ground for the commie guerillas as the number of units here has increased to 7 ) .. more men on the way + heavy artillery in the form of 150 mm mortars. At least 1 full chinese corps is here as we bounced off this place early on. bombardment will reveal the truth tomorrow. As i seem to be under using the japanese surface forces , new bases have been formed at kutching in borneo and kendari in sulawesi for japanese surface forces to harass enemy shippin if it eludes the all conquoring betty. BB Ise and Hyuga for Kendari and BB Kirishima is at Kutching ( all with CA/CL and DD escorts). As the Kirishima needs a new paint job (sys 8) she will remain in port for the balikpapan SC skirmish sent out today. Shortlands is to recieve fuel and also in time will be a forward SC base. needs AF1 though. China - 2 more zero datai (54 a/c) sent in to sweep the AVG from the skies above yenen while the south concentrates on the HI and resources at wuuchow and changsha . Day Air attack on Changsha , at 47,36 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 26 Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 12 Ki-21 Sally x 9 Ki-15 Babs x 2 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21 Sally: 1 damaged Heavy Industry hits 5 its a start. clarke should start showing strains as 60 more sallies will start bombingthe airfields and supply dumps (hopefully) commanders as about as good as i can find right now. the IJA pilot pool is ok at 213 the IJN has been empty for quite some time . question ? is it 'safe' to unload the carrier groups for china training ? as doing this as allies royally screwed up the air components, but i see japan does it all the time . is this an allied problem or just that japan has more CV capable units and wont miss the odd growth spurt some units seem to have . Up in burma 20 zeros will sweep mandalay at 25k feet (range6) as buffs have been spotted here might as well use the zero bonus as aztez has been very reluctant to commit any allied air in this theatre at all. Akyab --humm .. appears to have only one base force in it . I have concentrated the 2 jap para and 2 air droppable snlf units at victoria point with both tabby and tina transport planes. the best ones in the jap inventory imo. should we maybe do a mass drop on akyab and try a suprise take of it ? It's really ramping up the burma theatre timewise and i have zero reserve in and nowt in saigon to help too ( bar base forces ) . both pagan and tuang gui will fall tomorrow too. allied BF will get a shock when a whole jap div arrives with attitude [;)] LRCAP over singapore also indicates no allied transport planes flying in supply . i'd like to prevent aztez from using transports to mandalay too but need bases a bit closer to minimise fatigue. KB will do a run into new caledonia (she hasnt refuelled yet ,the AO was 1 hex away)fuel levels are ok for now , 6 hexes from noumea is the target point. AO will follow (slowly) and probaly refuel KB when it goes back to Truk . Thats it for today definately .. time to do some serious thinking about buying a new PC as mine is falling apart at the seams ..[:D] [image]local://upfiles/7467/23E10BCAB3CA4634BD03895BA2DD79D8.jpg[/image]

Rob Brennan UK -> RE: How to mess up japan, course 101 (4/13/2007 4:54:19 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/30/42 Allied SS Swordfish was reported sunk with all hands today (one more for the bag) AK Kinkai maru has a lucky escape as even dutch torpedoes seem to be duds [;)] Sub attack near Singkawang at 25,57 Japanese Ships AK Kinkai Maru PG Sozan Maru PG Muro Maru PG Chosa Maru Allied Ships SS O16 The fighter sweep over mandalay wasn't as good as expected. the hurricanes hurt ! although the buffs were fodder . Day Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 21 Allied aircraft Buffalo I x 11 Hurricane IIb x 14 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Buffalo I: 4 destroyed, 1 damaged Hurricane IIb: 1 damaged day 2 Day Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 19 Allied aircraft Buffalo I x 7 Hurricane IIb x 11 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Buffalo I: 5 destroyed bit better. Scrub that mission for now , although sweeps over china were a LOT more fun [:D] Day Air attack on Changsha , at 47,36 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 22 Allied aircraft I-153c x 9 I-16c x 12 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses I-153c: 6 destroyed I-16c: 11 destroyed day 2 Day Air attack on Changsha , at 47,36 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 24 Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 12 Ki-21 Sally x 9 Ki-15 Babs x 2 Allied aircraft I-153c x 7 I-16c x 9 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses I-153c: 3 destroyed, 1 damaged I-16c: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged Heavy Industry hits 2 22 dead for no loss , i like those odds. [:)] And even giant raids on clarke fail to hit much in the way of supply , the singapore attacks were of similar quality too .. come on boys . more hitting less missing Day Air attack on Clark Field , at 43,51 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 36 G3M Nell x 34 Ki-21 Sally x 80 Ki-49 Helen x 24 Ki-15 Babs x 4 Japanese aircraft losses G3M Nell: 1 destroyed Ki-21 Sally: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 49 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Airbase hits 9 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 76 Banzai . and brunei falls as expected . Ground combat at Brunei Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 2641 troops, 15 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 83 Defending force 974 troops, 9 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 1 Japanese max assault: 78 - adjusted assault: 38 Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 5 Japanese assault odds: 7 to 1 (fort level 2) Japanese forces CAPTURE Brunei base !!! Japanese ground losses: 8 casualties reported Allied ground losses: 52 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Vehicles lost 1 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! interesting sub attack near noumea :- Sub attack at 73,114 Japanese Ships SS I-171 Allied Ships AK Vincent, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage DD Talbot DD Waters Allied ground losses: 41 casualties reported should be in range of KB raid tomorrow too ! . lets go convoy raiding with the carriers [image]local://upfiles/7467/836C6C690B494B6F88141F524C08BA79.jpg[/image]

Rob Brennan UK -> RE: How to mess up japan, course 101 (4/13/2007 9:11:26 PM)
Well KB certainly did some action today ! 1st up we were attacked by the perfidious americans .. how dare they stoop so low as to attack the emperors elite , shame on them.. the shame was on our zero pilots who shot down 2 bombers. BigB mod being felt quite scarily as waves of dive bombers aimed for the CV's (and missed). Flak took a toll though. Day Air attack on TF at 71,110 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 48 F1M2 Pete x 16 Allied aircraft SBD Dauntless x 6 Beaufort V-IX x 3 P-40E-1-CU Warhawk x 4 A-24 Banshee x 10 B-25C Mitchell x 3 P-40B Tomahawk x 12 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 4 destroyed, 2 damaged F1M2 Pete: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged Allied aircraft losses SBD Dauntless: 4 destroyed Beaufort V-IX: 1 damaged P-40E-1-CU Warhawk: 2 destroyed A-24 Banshee: 2 destroyed, 6 damaged B-25C Mitchell: 2 damaged P-40B Tomahawk: 9 destroyed I-171 again hit another loaded merchantman nearing noumea the day before and i was expecting KB to ravage the rest, allies might have had one turn to unload but KB decided differantly. A second unspotted convoy carrying the 3rd NZ brigade was clobbered instead ! Day Air attack on TF at 72,112 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 41 D3A Val x 63 B5N Kate x 69 Japanese aircraft losses D3A Val: 1 damaged B5N Kate: 4 damaged Allied Ships AK Dakotan, Bomb hits 6, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage AK Puerto Rican, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 1, on fire AK Arizonan, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage AK Atlanta City, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire PG Tui, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage AK Santa Rita, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, on fire AK Georgian, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage AK Iowan, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage AK Andrea Luckenbach, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage AK Kohala, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage AK Atlantic, Bomb hits 1, on fire Allied ground losses: 788 casualties reported [X(] Guns lost 3 KB will linger ( a bit further from noumea though) for one more turn and 3 more subs closing on the original convoy will hopefully slaughter a few cripples during the night. Over in china our fighter sweeps killed off 38 AVG elite planes for the loss of 6 zeros and 3 Oscars. e.g Day Air attack on Yenen , at 50,26 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 81 Ki-15 Babs x 1 Allied aircraft Curtis H81-3A x 16 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Curtis H81-3A: 8 destroyed allies had moved some AVG down to protect hengchow from the bombers and the resulting fatigue showed when even lowly oscars picked a few off. Day Air attack on Changsha , at 47,36 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 24 Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 12 Ki-21 Sally x 40 Ki-49 Helen x 12 Ki-15 Babs x 4 Allied aircraft Curtis H81-3A x 34 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged Ki-21 Sally: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged Ki-49 Helen: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses Curtis H81-3A: 10 destroyed, 9 damaged Japan can now start a heavy industrial attack on china (which in bigB's mod looks like its an essential part of japanese ops in china and not the somewhat gamey move it can be in stock) Burma front .. AKyab collapses under a swarm of japanese paratroopers ( worked out a treat). Ground combat at Akyab Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 1711 troops, 18 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 85 Defending force 774 troops, 6 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 1 Japanese max assault: 106 - adjusted assault: 67 Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 67 to 1 (fort level 2) Japanese forces CAPTURE Akyab base !!! Allied ground losses: 42 casualties reported Guns lost 1 I'm keeping it brief for times sake . next turn could be interesting if allies have any CV's they want to commit near noumea . [image]local://upfiles/7467/E15D93C482444CE389D7A81146D95DC9.jpg[/image]

Rob Brennan UK -> RE: How to mess up japan, course 101 (4/14/2007 5:37:37 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/03/42 In a turn that promised much, it was all a bit of a damp squib, allies lost 3 merchants near noumea to KB and one to subs. allied air attacks still concern me as 90% of the bombers get through. Fuel is becoming an issue for now so back to the oiler. Day Air attack on TF at 73,113 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 44 F1M2 Pete x 13 Allied aircraft SBD Dauntless x 6 P-40E-1-CU Warhawk x 6 A-24 Banshee x 11 P-40B Tomahawk x 17 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 6 destroyed, 1 damaged F1M2 Pete: 3 destroyed Allied aircraft losses SBD Dauntless: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged P-40E-1-CU Warhawk: 4 destroyed A-24 Banshee: 1 destroyed, 8 damaged P-40B Tomahawk: 6 destroyed, 5 damaged Japanese Ships CV Hiryu CV Akagi BB Nagato, Bomb hits 1 CV Soryu Starting to lose a few pilots too. Oh well we gutted a NZ brigade for no real loss. More importantly singapore started to creak under the 1st 2 attacks :- Ground combat at Singapore Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 142388 troops, 1426 guns, 325 vehicles, Assault Value = 2765 Defending force 57599 troops, 341 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 841 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 5 Japanese max assault: 2597 - adjusted assault: 2080 Allied max defense: 858 - adjusted defense: 1385 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 5) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 5 Japanese ground losses: 2405 casualties reported Guns lost 78 Vehicles lost 4 Allied ground losses: 3417 casualties reported Guns lost 68 Vehicles lost 1 Ground combat at Singapore Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 139768 troops, 1336 guns, 322 vehicles, Assault Value = 2629 Defending force 52154 troops, 263 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 739 Japanese max assault: 2258 - adjusted assault: 3015 Allied max defense: 731 - adjusted defense: 2628 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 5) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 4 Japanese ground losses: 2980 casualties reported Guns lost 59 Vehicles lost 4 Allied ground losses: 3572 casualties reported Guns lost 66 Japan will rest for 2 days while the many 150mm arty guns prevent the allies from doing the same. then we'll come in again in 2 days time. Meanwhile piccie of Malaya. [image]local://upfiles/7467/A9344D3B30D34A0C8B7F3BF858E38BB8.jpg[/image]

LittleJoe -> RE: How to mess up japan, course 101 (4/14/2007 7:19:14 PM)
You'll soon find that massed LBA in the form of medium and heavy bombers are the Allies silver bullet against the KB. Don't hang around Noumea for too long...

Rob Brennan UK -> RE: How to mess up japan, course 101 (4/15/2007 5:34:20 PM)
Thanks Joe I retired the next turn .. and 3 SBD's came at me at range 6 ? thats new . Fighters missed them all Flak killed one and one of them got a penetrating hit of the Hiryu's deck (15/3/12). BAH .. singapore is down to level 3 forts .. and thats about it , really not much happening to be honest.

Rob Brennan UK -> RE: How to mess up japan, course 101 (4/16/2007 5:24:55 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/09/42 Aztez and myself were concered about resource boming vs the chinese as in stock this can reduce china to impotence rapidly and unrealistically imo. In consultation with Big B we have decided on an historical and interim solution . the IJN will not fly in china i/e no Zeros and the theatre till 10/43 will be the province of the army 100%. This will make attacks more costly (to me) and in return aztez wont dump the RAF in china (AVG allowed ) in an unrealistic air war. Allies allowed to add one more figher unit too as an aside agreement as japanese Tony/tojo will make life hard for just the AVG. Going to make naval pilot training a tad more tricky but i'll live with that so long as the allies don't swamp chine with fighters. Okay dokay .. 9th Feb crept up quickly as not a lot happened of note in the past few turns . The AVG is holding it's own in china vs the last zero attack before we withdraw :- Day Air attack on Changsha , at 47,36 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 41 Allied aircraft Curtis H81-3A x 26 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses Curtis H81-3A: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged Allied fighter sweeps over AKyab are bit late to stop the base being taken [;)] Day Air attack on Akyab , at 30,29 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIb x 8 No Allied losses PI still getting bombed mercilessly .. no forts going up and supply slowly dwindleing Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52 Japanese aircraft Ki-27 Nate x 15 Ki-21 Sally x 51 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21 Sally: 3 damaged Allied ground losses: 291 casualties reported Guns lost 5 Vehicles lost 1 Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 25 Aircraft Attacking: 16 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 14000 feet 16 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 14000 feet 4 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 14000 feet 6 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 14000 feet 6 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 14000 feet 3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 14000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Clark Field , at 43,51 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 40 G3M Nell x 36 Ki-21 Sally x 52 Ki-49 Helen x 27 Ki-15 Babs x 4 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21 Sally: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged Ki-49 Helen: 3 damaged Allied ground losses: 67 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Vehicles lost 1 Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 62 Raba / Wingtapau and admiralty islands fell on the 9th And on the 10th ! singapore fell ! Ground combat at Singapore Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 132797 troops, 1165 guns, 323 vehicles, Assault Value = 2264 Defending force 41089 troops, 127 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 498 Japanese max assault: 1997 - adjusted assault: 2012 Allied max defense: 457 - adjusted defense: 467 Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 1) Japanese forces CAPTURE Singapore base !!! Japanese ground losses: 581 casualties reported Guns lost 24 Vehicles lost 3 Allied ground losses: 61489 casualties reported [8D] Guns lost 144 Vehicles lost 2 Great , now the way is open to sumatra and Java , With Timor in japanese hands the DEI looks to be doomed ! Now shall i have a go at Sri lanka too ? with burma looking good for now (mandalay will be a bitch as per usual, although i am sneaking a tank unit behind him ) . 2 more divs would make mandalay fall IMO, but 3-4 will get srilanka .. and make him definatly NOT reinforce burma. with the newly available Zeros from china the burma areay army can bomb mandalay into the ground from rangoon /pagan areas. maybe it can wait will the DEI is over with 1st.

ctangus -> RE: How to mess up japan, course 101 (4/21/2007 2:52:23 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Rob Brennan UK Now shall i have a go at Sri lanka too ? maybe it can wait will the DEI is over with 1st. From one Japanese newb to another, I'd say wait until the DEI is over with. Sri Lanka would certainly be nice to have, but you must have the DEI. Someone like pauk or PzB could probably pull it off easily, but the Japanese have less margin for error from what I've seen. I'd play conservative until you have a better feel for the strengths & weaknesses of the Japanese. At least that's what I'm doing. I'll add: Rob-sama BANZAI!!! [;)]

castor troy -> RE: How to mess up japan, course 101 (4/21/2007 12:56:16 PM)
I don�t think Colombo and Trimcomale (sp?) will do you any good. It�s the place where you will lose more in the end than your opponent. It will be bombed into oblivion out of Madras. First the Allied will take some serious losses but once he�s able to close the airfield it will stay closed. And it�s a perfect place to attack with bombardment TFs. After enough recon those two bases will be nuked, with the home base of those BBs (the British get a lot of BBs early on) also Madras. I would prefer New Caledonia or the Fidjis. Canton Island perhaps? While you will lose those places sooner or later also, at least it�s harder for your opponent to take them back IMO.

Big B -> RE: How to mess up japan, course 101 (4/21/2007 5:34:04 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Rob Brennan UK Thanks Joe I retired the next turn .. and 3 SBD's came at me at range 6 ? thats new . Fighters missed them all Flak killed one and one of them got a penetrating hit of the Hiryu's deck (15/3/12). BAH .. singapore is down to level 3 forts .. and thats about it , really not much happening to be honest. Hi Rob, Yes the SBD's DO have that range - but the Wildcats Don't - something for everyone to keep in mind and be careful.[;)]

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