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aztez -> RE: Japanese advance in china and land at Pago Pago... (10/11/2009 8:56:30 AM)
This is an four day update. We managed to do some "quick turns" last night. Thankfully I didn't invade Tokyo since I had few beers alongside. Oh, I have checked, doublechecked and than some on the WC situation. The proposed strike againts Iwo Jima area is not looking that good. I managed to buy out an infantry unit which has 120av of troops. However as said the problem is transports. We don't have enough docked at the moment. So, it looks like this operation is no go due to logistic reasons. The time window is closing down too since Pago Pago affair seems to be all but over now. We shall see what happens. I'am moving some +100 additional transports into west coast. LoBaron: I actually used them both. The fighters stationed in the hex have CAP orders. Those fighters placed now at Ankang are on LRCAP orders protecting Sian. This is done because chinese lack aviation support units. The Oscars are still coming at 35 000 feet but they might be a bit fatigued since we managed down a few. No! He has a lot of bombers placed near Sian. This is an desperate struggle to counter wave after wave. I think we have shot +30 aircraft down though in past 4 days. I could do those sweeps the only problem is that than skies near Sian are unprotected. Another problem is that he seems to be flying out from diffrent airfields so I don't have the number of fighters available to conduct these sweep missions. Pago Pago is still holding out but I think it will fall on the next turn. Btw, have you already encountered those sleepless nights you visioned?

aztez -> RE: Japanese advance in china and land at Pago Pago... (10/11/2009 8:57:44 AM)
Burma (april 18th - 21st 1942) The long awaited river crossing towards Schwebo was done 21st of april. It was an bloody affair too as expected. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Shwebo (59,45) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 5951 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 484 Defending force 24220 troops, 237 guns, 106 vehicles, Assault Value = 457 Japanese adjusted assault: 3 Allied adjusted defense: 626 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 208 (fort level 3) Combat modifiers Defender: forts(+), preparation(-), experience(-) Attacker: shock(+) Japanese ground losses: 3429 casualties reported Squads: 39 destroyed, 164 disabled Non Combat: 13 destroyed, 145 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled) Allied ground losses: 299 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 19 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Vehicles lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled) Assaulting units: 2nd Engineer Regiment 41st Infantry Regiment 55th Cavalry Regiment 55th Engineer Regiment 12th Engineer Regiment 24th Infantry Regiment 16th Naval Guard Unit Defending units: BFF Brigade 1st Burma Division Upper Burma BAF Battalion 16th Indian Brigade 1st Burma Auxiliary AA Regiment 103rd RAF Base Force Burma Corps 108th RAF Base Force 107th RAF Base Force 104th RAF Base Force 221 Group RAF 106th RAF Base Force 109th RAF Base Force Dave has some additional 20 units currently at Mandalay. Thus I have given orders to start withdrawing towards Myithkina. Japanese conducted another airborne operation and landed some troops between Schwebo and Myithkina. The idea here is to cut off supply routes. The bombing campaign is also more intense now and my recon units indicate quite heavy traffic ongoing at Rangoon. [image]local://upfiles/15617/7FE252EBC57242C0B05A9D04E091784C.jpg[/image]

aztez -> RE: Japanese advance in china and land at Pago Pago... (10/11/2009 8:58:58 AM)
Java (april 18th - 21st 1942) There has not been any shock/delibarate ground assaults againts Batavia. Instead the enemy is using his artillerry units to wipe out defenders. We started with 750av worth of troops and are now down 595av worth of troops. That is not very promising at all. I have level 4 forts here so maybe these bombardments become more vicious. I think he might assault soon since he has already in place more than 1500av worth of infantry here. Otherwise just minor operations ongoing around this region. Those units that were reportedly prepping for Darwin offensive and now on ships heading into Kendari. The invasion is close by judging this piece of intel. [image]local://upfiles/15617/59DE8DB1D6BD4267B63E6DA03076BEA4.jpg[/image]

aztez -> RE: Japanese advance in china and land at Pago Pago... (10/11/2009 9:00:46 AM)
Samoa Islands (april 18th - 21st 1942) The battle is still ongoing allthough I think it will be over when the next turn arrives. KB is still supporting his advance here. We wondered what he was doing with those Kate squadrons. Well, they came in play past 4 days and took part in the ground bombardment runs. The few last strikes had +20 Zeros (escort), +140 Kates and +100 Vals per raid. That is massive to say at least. Dave has also brought in BB Yamashiro which has now joined BB Hiei and BB Kirishima. The battleships are conducting daily naval bombardments. The infantry battles have been meat grinders. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Pago Pago (148,161) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 43210 troops, 293 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 1361 Defending force 17037 troops, 271 guns, 283 vehicles, Assault Value = 294 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2 Japanese adjusted assault: 705 Allied adjusted defense: 235 Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 2) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), preparation(-), experience(-) Attacker: shock(+), disruption(-) Japanese ground losses: 4803 casualties reported Squads: 58 destroyed, 179 disabled Non Combat: 17 destroyed, 152 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 10 disabled Guns lost 4 (0 destroyed, 4 disabled) Allied ground losses: 1408 casualties reported Squads: 24 destroyed, 39 disabled Non Combat: 26 destroyed, 122 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 21 disabled Vehicles lost 50 (2 destroyed, 48 disabled) Assaulting units: 41st Naval Guard Unit 43rd Naval Guard Unit 144th Infantry Regiment 46th Naval Guard Unit 62nd Naval Guard Unit 52nd Naval Guard Unit 48th Naval Guard Unit Maizuru 1st SNLF /1 42nd Naval Guard Unit 65th Brigade 47th Naval Guard Unit 67th Naval Guard Unit 4th Division 44th Naval Guard Unit 83rd Nav Gd /2 Defending units: 1st/102nd Infantry Battalion 182nd Infantry Regiment 132nd Infantry Rgt /4 46th Construction Regiment 2nd Marine Defense Battalion 104th USN Base Force 2nd USMC Field Artillery Battalion 428th Coast AA Battalion 110th USA Base Force 8th Marine Defense Battalion 30th Aviation Base Force 811th Engineer Aviation Battalion 43rd Const Rgt /3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Pago Pago (148,161) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 40007 troops, 292 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 1178 Defending force 15198 troops, 272 guns, 282 vehicles, Assault Value = 216 Japanese adjusted assault: 236 Allied adjusted defense: 121 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), experience(-) Attacker: shock(+), disruption(-) Japanese ground losses: 1593 casualties reported Squads: 19 destroyed, 93 disabled Non Combat: 13 destroyed, 63 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled) Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) Allied ground losses: 2485 casualties reported Squads: 35 destroyed, 34 disabled Non Combat: 54 destroyed, 211 disabled Engineers: 10 destroyed, 44 disabled Vehicles lost 108 (13 destroyed, 95 disabled) Assaulting units: 62nd Naval Guard Unit 43rd Naval Guard Unit 144th Infantry Regiment 67th Naval Guard Unit 65th Brigade 48th Naval Guard Unit 42nd Naval Guard Unit 46th Naval Guard Unit 44th Naval Guard Unit 52nd Naval Guard Unit 41st Naval Guard Unit Maizuru 1st SNLF /1 47th Naval Guard Unit 4th Division 83rd Nav Gd /2 Defending units: 182nd Infantry Regiment 1st/102nd Infantry Battalion 132nd Infantry Rgt /4 46th Construction Regiment 811th Engineer Aviation Battalion 30th Aviation Base Force 428th Coast AA Battalion 2nd Marine Defense Battalion 2nd USMC Field Artillery Battalion 104th USN Base Force 110th USA Base Force 8th Marine Defense Battalion 43rd Const Rgt /3 The battle here is propably over when the next turn arrives. At least we fought and lflicted severe casualties to those troops that landed here. Notice that Dave is still using "shock" assault command. I have very rarely seen any other type of ground assaults made by him in this PBEM. China is an exception but than again we have an houserule in place there. [image]local://upfiles/15617/C5EA95D029034707982A191BD6DD90E4.jpg[/image]

aztez -> RE: Japanese advance in china and land at Pago Pago... (10/11/2009 9:01:48 AM)
China (april 18th - 21st 1942) AVG has been in constant action at Sian area. The kill ratio is around 1:1 now but still we would need better odds. At least we doing some damage to his operations here now. Japanese are busy launching assaults againts those encircled chinese units. So far we have held our own and fought back. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 85,42 Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 30084 troops, 183 guns, 213 vehicles, Assault Value = 931 Defending force 42497 troops, 252 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 641 Japanese adjusted assault: 493 Allied adjusted defense: 487 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 1375 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 75 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 52 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled Vehicles lost 7 (0 destroyed, 7 disabled) Allied ground losses: 1796 casualties reported Squads: 38 destroyed, 56 disabled Non Combat: 15 destroyed, 125 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Assaulting units: 15th Division 138th Infantry Regiment 13th Ind.Mixed Brigade 28th Engineer Regiment 12th Tank Regiment 3rd NCPC Infantry Brigade Defending units: 9th Chinese Corps 16th Chinese Corps 36th Chinese Corps 80th Chinese Corps 96th Chinese Corps 61st Chinese Corps 27th Chinese Corps 93rd Chinese Corps 38th Chinese Corps 47th Chinese Corps 90th Chinese/C Corps 4th Chinese Base Force Jingcha War Area 14th Group Army 8th Group Army 36th Group Army 1st War Area 10th Chinese Base Force -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 85,42 Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 30020 troops, 195 guns, 273 vehicles, Assault Value = 1653 Defending force 40612 troops, 249 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 568 Japanese adjusted assault: 176 Allied adjusted defense: 427 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 818 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 59 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 35 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled Vehicles lost 8 (0 destroyed, 8 disabled) Allied ground losses: 2130 casualties reported Squads: 74 destroyed, 37 disabled Non Combat: 28 destroyed, 67 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) Assaulting units: 15th Division 13th Ind.Mixed Brigade 59th Infantry Division 12th Tank Regiment 138th Infantry Regiment 13th Indpt Infantry Regiment 110th Division 28th Engineer Regiment 3rd NCPC Infantry Brigade 8th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 5th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion Defending units: 9th Chinese Corps 47th Chinese Corps 80th Chinese Corps 16th Chinese Corps 38th Chinese Corps 27th Chinese Corps 36th Chinese Corps 93rd Chinese Corps 61st Chinese Corps 96th Chinese Corps 90th Chinese/C Corps 14th Group Army 36th Group Army 4th Chinese Base Force Jingcha War Area 1st War Area 8th Group Army 10th Chinese Base Force Not bad when you judge these results againts the situation these men are. Also goes to show that maybe opening an blockade here would be an mistake. The losses are more moderate this way. Japanese troops are readying for somekind of an ground offensive south of Changhsa. Chinese counterstrike is ordered near Nanning. Hopefully we can push the enemy out. [image]local://upfiles/15617/6A2F84E5D93E4D51A16599F843CDA776.jpg[/image]

Swenslim -> RE: Japanese advance in china and land at Pago Pago... (10/11/2009 10:12:48 AM)
Its vey good idea to attack at Nanning, japan player could have very weak forces there and you can march to Hanoi !

aztez -> RE: Japanese advance in china and land at Pago Pago... (10/11/2009 12:30:14 PM)
Swenslim: That is most likely so. Unfortunately I'am running low on supplies so anykind of assault seems quite impossible at the moment. Hanoi area is very tempting though even with those low experienced Vietnamese divisions activated. If/Once the situation gets stabilized we will move forward towards Vietnam.

aztez -> RE: Japanese advance in china and land at Pago Pago... (10/11/2009 12:32:02 PM)
Pacific map (april 22nd -23rd 1942) The last turn was not action packed. To give an idea what was ongoing I decieded to post the pacific map with few comments. [image]local://upfiles/15617/5E3421CD5B6D4F3BBBD33C0A33B9CA58.jpg[/image]

aztez -> RE: Japanese advance in china and land at Pago Pago... (10/11/2009 12:33:03 PM)
Java (april 22nd - 23rd 1942) It seems Dave is either landing supplies or reinforcements at Semarang. My guess is that he brought in supplies since he wants his troops to refit fast once this campaign is over. The regular zero and bomber raids continued againts our positions. These pilots propably aren't experienced ones since the damage compared to other areas is mild. On 22nd of April IJA conducted the 1st ground assault againts Batavia. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Batavia (49,98) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 47080 troops, 487 guns, 199 vehicles, Assault Value = 1324 Defending force 27764 troops, 301 guns, 173 vehicles, Assault Value = 641 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2 Japanese adjusted assault: 297 Allied adjusted defense: 959 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 3 (fort level 2) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), leaders(+), leaders(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 1992 casualties reported Squads: 3 destroyed, 75 disabled Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 60 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 21 disabled Guns lost 4 (0 destroyed, 4 disabled) Vehicles lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled) Allied ground losses: 1335 casualties reported Squads: 75 destroyed, 29 disabled Non Combat: 28 destroyed, 159 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Guns lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled) Vehicles lost 48 (11 destroyed, 37 disabled) Assaulting units: 21st Division Imperial Guards Division 113th Infantry Regiment 3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment 21st Infantry Regiment 5th Engineer Regiment 56th Engineer Regiment Sasebo 8th SNLF 8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 1st RF Gun Battalion 56th Field Artillery Regiment 5th Mortar Battalion 3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment 14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion Defending units: 4th KNIL Landstorm Battalion 1st KNIL Landstorm Battalion 1st Regt Cavalerie Roodenburg Battalion Mobiele Eenheid Battalion Lijfwacht Cav Sqn 2nd KNIL Regiment Batavia Coastal Gun Battalion 4th KNIL Regiment 1st KNIL Regiment Padang Garrison Battalion 1st KNIL AA Battalion KNIL Army Command ML-KNIL 1 ML-KNIL Aviation Merak Base Force Batavia Base Force ABDA 3rd KNIL AA Battalion Bandoeng Base Force Ouch but at least we held on. If you look at top of the stack though these numbers make a lot more sense. This spearhead was orchestrated by the 21st division and Imperial Guards Division. The really bad news is that our forts fell even with 1:3 odds. I do expect an shock assault to be launched here next turn. [image]local://upfiles/15617/E6DDF6E5DBBC41289FE6E1C0EC92D38A.jpg[/image]

aztez -> RE: Japanese advance in china and land at Pago Pago... (10/11/2009 12:34:00 PM)
China (april 22nd - 23rd 1942) The counterstrike was halted near Nanning. This was mainly due to lack of supplies available. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 73,55 Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 15156 troops, 83 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 508 Defending force 8656 troops, 72 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 247 Allied adjusted assault: 212 Japanese adjusted defense: 691 Allied assault odds: 1 to 3 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), experience(-) Attacker: supply(-) Japanese ground losses: 263 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Allied ground losses: 855 casualties reported Squads: 3 destroyed, 86 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 41 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Assaulting units: 31st Chinese Corps 86th Chinese Corps Defending units: 21st Ind.Mixed Brigade 4th Ind.Mixed Regiment We will fight another day here once our troops gain more supplies. The intresting note was that these japanese troops seem to lack experience. Further up in the north Dave continued his assaults againts our troops trapped south of Sian. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 85,42 Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 54892 troops, 361 guns, 273 vehicles, Assault Value = 1614 Defending force 39254 troops, 247 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 527 Japanese adjusted assault: 374 Allied adjusted defense: 370 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 1448 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 57 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 49 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled Vehicles lost 8 (0 destroyed, 8 disabled) Allied ground losses: 4044 casualties reported Squads: 75 destroyed, 75 disabled Non Combat: 142 destroyed, 59 disabled Engineers: 3 destroyed, 5 disabled Guns lost 3 (0 destroyed, 3 disabled) Assaulting units: 138th Infantry Regiment 110th Division 13th Indpt Infantry Regiment 15th Division 59th Infantry Division 12th Tank Regiment 13th Ind.Mixed Brigade 28th Engineer Regiment 3rd NCPC Infantry Brigade 8th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 5th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion Defending units: 47th Chinese Corps 38th Chinese Corps 93rd Chinese Corps 9th Chinese Corps 36th Chinese Corps 27th Chinese Corps 16th Chinese Corps 61st Chinese Corps 96th Chinese Corps 80th Chinese Corps 90th Chinese/C Corps 36th Group Army Jingcha War Area 4th Chinese Base Force 8th Group Army 14th Group Army 1st War Area 10th Chinese Base Force -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 85,42 Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 54059 troops, 361 guns, 273 vehicles, Assault Value = 1562 Defending force 35848 troops, 244 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 455 Japanese adjusted assault: 243 Allied adjusted defense: 136 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-), experience(-) supply(-) Attacker: disruption(-) Japanese ground losses: 1274 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 64 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 58 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 19 disabled Vehicles lost 3 (0 destroyed, 3 disabled) Allied ground losses: 4125 casualties reported Squads: 54 destroyed, 100 disabled Non Combat: 103 destroyed, 100 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled Guns lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled) Assaulting units: 28th Engineer Regiment 13th Ind.Mixed Brigade 15th Division 59th Infantry Division 138th Infantry Regiment 110th Division 12th Tank Regiment 13th Indpt Infantry Regiment 3rd NCPC Infantry Brigade 8th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 5th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion Defending units: 27th Chinese Corps 47th Chinese Corps 80th Chinese Corps 16th Chinese Corps 38th Chinese Corps 93rd Chinese Corps 61st Chinese Corps 36th Chinese Corps 96th Chinese Corps 9th Chinese Corps 90th Chinese/C Corps 8th Group Army 4th Chinese Base Force Jingcha War Area 1st War Area 36th Group Army 14th Group Army 10th Chinese Base Force The main thing was that our troops did not surrender. If these had been shock assaults than... well these troops would already have squashed earlier. The main lba bombings were targeted againts Changhsa and Kweilin. Japanese rested their squadrons up in the north. Maybe AVG did some good here in previous days. [image]local://upfiles/15617/7575F3F1E80443AAB914E0821ADF949D.jpg[/image]

cfulbright -> RE: Japanese advance in china and land at Pago Pago... (10/11/2009 4:46:21 PM)
quote: Dave has also brought in BB Yamashiro which has now joined BB Hiei and BB Kirishima. The battleships are conducting daily naval bombardments. Aztez - how is he reloading the BB's with ammo? Don't they need a big port to replenish their ammo?

aztez -> RE: Japanese advance in china and land at Pago Pago... (10/11/2009 5:22:40 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: cfulbright quote: Dave has also brought in BB Yamashiro which has now joined BB Hiei and BB Kirishima. The battleships are conducting daily naval bombardments. Aztez - how is he reloading the BB's with ammo? Don't they need a big port to replenish their ammo? Yes. I think level 7 ports can handle most of the big guns. So, these battlewagons need to replenish either at Noumea or Truk. Due to the fact that I hold Noumea that only leaves Truk. (I do not have the manual with me so I cannot confirm this) The same goes for KB too since I think that they will retire to Truk for refit once this is over.

aztez -> RE: Japanese advance in china and land at Pago Pago... (10/11/2009 5:24:18 PM)
This is first of many allied initial offensive plans. Keep in mind that these can be disregarded or abandoned due to the developments in forthcoming months. However I feel it is important to see what is ahead and what can be expected. Marshall Islands offensive (late summer 1942 --> ) Timetable = late summer 1942 onwards. Primary targets Kwajalein Island Port :Max. level 5 Airfield : Max level 3 Hex : Atoll Maxium garrison : 6000 General: One of key bases here in the area due to port size. Roi-Namur Port :Max. level 3 Airfield : Max level 4 Hex : Atoll Maxium garrison : 6000 General: The key airfield here and thus needs to seized quickly. Mili Port :Max. level 4 Airfield : Max level 5 Hex : Atoll Maxium garrison : 30 000 General: The key base at Marshalls. This airfield can support heavy bombers and can sustain significant number of troops. Most likely to have enemy air HQ unit present. Secondary targets Wotje Port :Max. level 4 Airfield : Max level 3 Hex : Atoll Maxium garrison : 6000 General: The large port in this are and operational level 3 airfield. Maloelap Port :Max. level 4 Airfield : Max level 4 Hex : Atoll Maxium garrison : 6000 General: The base has operational level 4 airfield. Eniwetok Port :Max. level 5 Airfield : Max level 3 Hex : Atoll Maxium garrison : 6000 General: The largest port in this island chain alongside Kwaleijin. Targets D-day + 14 Jaluit Port :Max. level 4 Airfield : Max level 3 Hex : Atoll Maxium garrison : 6000 General: The atoll has large enough airfield which needs to be seized quickly. Overview - Requires allied carrier cover and has an high risk to see KB intervene. - All the bases are atolls thus resulting to instant shock assaults. - Preparation points are important due to the atoll nature. - Requires a lot of transports since the landings needs to simultaneous in order seize up chain of islands quickly. - It is very hard to judge on how much troops are needed. - We need to have floating reserve of lba fighters and reserves ready to jump in immediately. - The island opens up good patrol routes towards Solomons and cuts off the southern islands. ie. Tarawa. - Requires a lot of transports ships since troops need to unloaded very quickly. I'am not that familiar yet with the unloading process so this needs to figured out. Those are the general thoughts regarding this operational area. One thing for sure these landings needs to be swift and decisive. The whole operation should be over at the lates D-day +20 meaning all of these bases are occupied and in allied hands. [image]local://upfiles/15617/EE1BC8B6344F40A797A1281C0777C31D.jpg[/image]

aztez -> April 1942 - disaster at Schwebo... (10/11/2009 8:03:37 PM)
Burma (april 24th and 25th 1942) The 25th of april became the day when british defense collapsed at Burma. Dave launched two assaults againts our forces here. The first was devastating and second delivered the knock out punch. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Shwebo (59,45) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 48852 troops, 520 guns, 214 vehicles, Assault Value = 1405 Defending force 24313 troops, 238 guns, 107 vehicles, Assault Value = 454 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2 Japanese adjusted assault: 631 Allied adjusted defense: 213 Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 2) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 2 Combat modifiers Defender: forts(+), leaders(+), preparation(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 462 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 26 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 17 disabled Vehicles lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled) Allied ground losses: 5080 casualties reported Squads: 36 destroyed, 224 disabled Non Combat: 35 destroyed, 137 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 25 disabled Guns lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled) Vehicles lost 28 (4 destroyed, 24 disabled) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Shwebo (59,45) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 48528 troops, 520 guns, 214 vehicles, Assault Value = 1400 Defending force 20799 troops, 241 guns, 109 vehicles, Assault Value = 267 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1 Japanese adjusted assault: 580 Allied adjusted defense: 85 Japanese assault odds: 6 to 1 (fort level 1) Japanese forces CAPTURE Shwebo !!! Combat modifiers Defender: preparation(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 505 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 17 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 28 disabled Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled) Allied ground losses: 4567 casualties reported Squads: 167 destroyed, 10 disabled Non Combat: 589 destroyed, 36 disabled Engineers: 125 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 120 (112 destroyed, 8 disabled) Vehicles lost 88 (88 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units retreated 12 Units destroyed 1 I must say that new ground combat system in AE is brutal. We lost 200 squads of infantry and yes, the japanese lost 0! That is amazing how the game handles low experienced troops. These guys were well supplied though. As to even further add insult to injury those units retreated towards Lashio! I know that it is the closest base for these units but I had the rear hexes in my control. This ZOC retreat fiasco is the good old feature from the classic witp. I was hoping this would have been fixes for AE since the potential retreat paths should be left for the player to deciede. This kind of is an key issue/feature and even more important now with this brutal ground combat model. I actually kind of guess it before this happened. I had set those troops moving towards Myithkina and they were some 20 miles off the hex when this disaster happened. What this basically means is that these troops are doomed for good. I might try air evac some fragments but it will be long time before they see the light of the day. There are no allied defense at Burma and the road to India is now open. I will withdraw an base force and chinese division from Myithkina and send them towards India. No need to keep them there anymore. [image]local://upfiles/15617/8593BE30036C4814A3CF5B96939ABC2D.jpg[/image]

aztez -> RE: April 1942 - disaster at Schwebo... (10/11/2009 8:06:18 PM)
Java (april 24th and 25th 1942) The turn was not much better at Batavia either. We did held the city but it is about to fall like an stone. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Batavia (49,98) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 47324 troops, 487 guns, 292 vehicles, Assault Value = 1349 Defending force 25362 troops, 301 guns, 163 vehicles, Assault Value = 563 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1 Japanese adjusted assault: 458 Allied adjusted defense: 499 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 1) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), leaders(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 1165 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 57 disabled Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 62 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 35 disabled Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled) Vehicles lost 18 (2 destroyed, 16 disabled) Allied ground losses: 4359 casualties reported Squads: 21 destroyed, 63 disabled Non Combat: 39 destroyed, 208 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Guns lost 5 (0 destroyed, 5 disabled) Vehicles lost 30 (11 destroyed, 19 disabled) Assaulting units: 3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment 113th Infantry Regiment 56th Engineer Regiment 21st Division 21st Infantry Regiment 2nd Tank Regiment 5th Engineer Regiment Imperial Guards Division Sasebo 8th SNLF 2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 56th Field Artillery Regiment 1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment 1st RF Gun Battalion 5th Mortar Battalion 8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion Defending units: 1st KNIL Regiment 4th KNIL Regiment Batavia Coastal Gun Battalion 1st KNIL Landstorm Battalion Mobiele Eenheid Battalion Lijfwacht Cav Sqn Roodenburg Battalion 2nd KNIL Regiment 1st Regt Cavalerie Padang Garrison Battalion Batavia Base Force 3rd KNIL AA Battalion ML-KNIL ABDA KNIL Army Command Merak Base Force 1 ML-KNIL Aviation 1st KNIL AA Battalion Bandoeng Base Force As you can see 1:2 odds reduced yet another fortfication level. The losses are a bit better than what happened at Burma but we only destroyed 2 squads of the assaulting enemy. That is not much and since our losses were multiple times that it kind of spells disaster within a week or so. I know the ABDA forces were not up to standard but hoped to see more from them since they are well supplied and rested. All in all not an good turn by any means. [image]local://upfiles/15617/0A492A79FF584E92AFFB3D394A73534F.jpg[/image]

Yamato_Blitzer -> RE: April 1942 - disaster at Schwebo... (10/11/2009 9:44:57 PM)
I agree, the holding action that occured in Southern China is a minor victory, good to see. I just thought "things are looking up a bit" then you mentioned it being a minor victory and it is. I'm not sure if it's wise to counter-attack in the south though? It seems Chinese units are virtually incapable of effective counter-attacks, at all, it's lose-lose. Usually the supply situation combined with the general poorness of the units doesn't allow at all for a favorable outcome to one....Ahhh nevermind it already went ahead. Based on AE experience so far, i've found it absolutely futile to attack at all in China. At least in WITP you could do that to some extent, or at least have reasonable counter-attacks, but in AE you don't really have a chance. Not even minor attacking actions. While Dave is pursuing to knock China out for years. I think he's doing more than just neutralizing that front, he's doing an all-out push by the looks of it. Which must be having some consequence on his resources. and yes. I agree with staying on favourable terrain hexes, I was just trying to state the general defensive strategy the Chinese need to adopt. Terrain and city hexes, it's about all you can do. It's a really hair tearing situation sometimes. But that's the winning and only hope strategy in China. If you can raid behind Japanese lines that's good too. It looks like alot of players have been doing that too and it does have some effect.

Sardaukar -> RE: April 1942 - disaster at Schwebo... (10/11/2009 9:49:42 PM)
BTW, in Marshalls, do not forget Ailinglaplap. It's dot base at start, but has 30k troop capacity and potential for AF size 5. This makes it in my books better than Kwajalein or Roi-Namur. Both it and Mili can be then mutually supportive and very hard to take back. Even your short-range fighters can support it from Mili.

SuluSea -> RE: Japanese advance in china and land at Pago Pago... (10/11/2009 11:20:22 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: aztez This is first of many allied initial offensive plans. Keep in mind that these can be disregarded or abandoned due to the developments in forthcoming months. However I feel it is important to see what is ahead and what can be expected. Marshall Islands offensive (late summer 1942 --> ) Timetable = late summer 1942 onwards. Primary targets Kwajalein Island Port :Max. level 5 Airfield : Max level 3 Hex : Atoll Maxium garrison : 6000 General: One of key bases here in the area due to port size. Roi-Namur Port :Max. level 3 Airfield : Max level 4 Hex : Atoll Maxium garrison : 6000 General: The key airfield here and thus needs to seized quickly. Mili Port :Max. level 4 Airfield : Max level 5 Hex : Atoll Maxium garrison : 30 000 General: The key base at Marshalls. This airfield can support heavy bombers and can sustain significant number of troops. Most likely to have enemy air HQ unit present. Secondary targets Wotje Port :Max. level 4 Airfield : Max level 3 Hex : Atoll Maxium garrison : 6000 General: The large port in this are and operational level 3 airfield. Maloelap Port :Max. level 4 Airfield : Max level 4 Hex : Atoll Maxium garrison : 6000 General: The base has operational level 4 airfield. Eniwetok Port :Max. level 5 Airfield : Max level 3 Hex : Atoll Maxium garrison : 6000 General: The largest port in this island chain alongside Kwaleijin. Targets D-day + 14 Jaluit Port :Max. level 4 Airfield : Max level 3 Hex : Atoll Maxium garrison : 6000 General: The atoll has large enough airfield which needs to be seized quickly. Overview - Requires allied carrier cover and has an high risk to see KB intervene. - All the bases are atolls thus resulting to instant shock assaults. - Preparation points are important due to the atoll nature. - Requires a lot of transports since the landings needs to simultaneous in order seize up chain of islands quickly. - It is very hard to judge on how much troops are needed. - We need to have floating reserve of lba fighters and reserves ready to jump in immediately. - The island opens up good patrol routes towards Solomons and cuts off the southern islands. ie. Tarawa. - Requires a lot of transports ships since troops need to unloaded very quickly. I'am not that familiar yet with the unloading process so this needs to figured out. Those are the general thoughts regarding this operational area. One thing for sure these landings needs to be swift and decisive. The whole operation should be over at the lates D-day +20 meaning all of these bases are occupied and in allied hands. [image]local://upfiles/15617/EE1BC8B6344F40A797A1281C0777C31D.jpg[/image] I love your plan here, I'm just wondering if a feint somewhere else before you do it would give you an even better chance of success. The KB steaming after some empty 1 point AKLs would be brilliant if you could pull it off. [:D]

jrcar -> RE: April 1942 - disaster at Schwebo... (10/12/2009 12:23:30 AM)
aztez. I have had this happen to me in a game I'm PBEMing as well... I have actually managed to walk the guys out. The nice thing about the new model is unless he garrisons every road hex you get a trickle of supply, and you can (slowly) march out. So take it easy and start walking... (just like in real life!) Cheers Rob quote: ORIGINAL: aztez Burma (april 24th and 25th 1942) The 25th of april became the day when british defense collapsed at Burma. Dave launched two assaults againts our forces here. The first was devastating and second delivered the knock out punch. I must say that new ground combat system in AE is brutal. We lost 200 squads of infantry and yes, the japanese lost 0! That is amazing how the game handles low experienced troops. These guys were well supplied though. As to even further add insult to injury those units retreated towards Lashio! I know that it is the closest base for these units but I had the rear hexes in my control. This ZOC retreat fiasco is the good old feature from the classic witp. I was hoping this would have been fixes for AE since the potential retreat paths should be left for the player to deciede. This kind of is an key issue/feature and even more important now with this brutal ground combat model. I actually kind of guess it before this happened. I had set those troops moving towards Myithkina and they were some 20 miles off the hex when this disaster happened. What this basically means is that these troops are doomed for good. I might try air evac some fragments but it will be long time before they see the light of the day. There are no allied defense at Burma and the road to India is now open. I will withdraw an base force and chinese division from Myithkina and send them towards India. No need to keep them there anymore.

skrewball -> RE: April 1942 - disaster at Schwebo... (10/12/2009 7:13:33 AM)
Aztez, Did you edit the screenie to show the "0/0 0/0" over the bases or is there a key that displays that?

Smeulders -> RE: April 1942 - disaster at Schwebo... (10/12/2009 8:20:14 AM)
It's one of the planning maps, there is a thread (I think it's stickied) for them in the main forum. Aztez: Good that you're thinking offensively again, but how do you plan to pull off 6 simultaneous landings. Won't you be short on AP's ? Of course the troop limits mean you won't have to drop huge forces for every island, but it still seems a bit much.

Sardaukar -> RE: April 1942 - disaster at Schwebo... (10/12/2009 8:39:53 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: skrewball Aztez, Did you edit the screenie to show the "0/0 0/0" over the bases or is there a key that displays that? That is from edited strategic planning map, it's available for download. Unfortunately we don't have key like that in game. I'd hit Mili and Ailinglaplap simultaneously, Allied carriers can probably cover max 2 landings...and those bases are near each other for mutual support of CVs too. .

aztez -> RE: April 1942 - disaster at Schwebo... (10/12/2009 8:25:10 PM)
Yamato_Blitzer: Even minor victories have some sweet taste to it when things are going downhill. Chinese don't carry much of an offensive punch so the counter attacking option is out of the picture at the moment maybe if the supply situation would be better but not with these numbers we have at the moment. I wonder about the resource thing too but I read in one of the open threads (don't remember which one though) that his plane pools and industry are fairing ok so that wasn't nice piece of intel. Well, good intel but not what I wanted to hear. I haven't been able to activate 2nd wave of guerilla warfare yet since he really is rampaging through the country and those troops that were initially send out to do this are destroyed. We shall keep on fighting though and maybe we can deplete the juice out of his assaults. I have read that pretty much every allied player is having troubles in China. Things actually are a bit better now due to the fact that shock assaults were forbidden. Sardaukar: Oh, thanks. That is useful information. I don't know how I missed that island. That is basically major target here for sure. I think that is about correct maybe 3 major landings simultaneously unless we can deal with KB before these offensives. The timetable for Marshalls offensive is as said late summer at the earliest but propably later though since we cannot afford to get stalled once we get going. That is if we hit Marshalls... this was the 1st option and I will post more possible target areas in future updates. We cannot conduct more than one area at a time due to lack of airpower. SuluSea: Thanks. That is the scale we got if we choose to assault here. Too early to make final judgements just yet. I have been thinking about "feint" operations kind of what allied did before normandy invasion. That kind of bate should ease up the pressure elsewhere. How is your PBEM going btw? I read that you had a game on active mode againts loricas? skrewball: What others said. You can find these maps on the sticky thread on the main forum. Absolutely fantastic job and very useful. I will be using these when showing possible offensive plans in future updates. Smeulders: It might be too much but that is scale we are looking for when/if we hit Marshalls. It needs to swift ordeal so he cannot get organized. Maybe a simultaneous operation is a bit too much but the main bases needs to seized on D-day + 10 scale. We shall see. There are other viable offensive areas that will be discussed a bit later on when I get time post them. The schedule though is more likely late 1942 or early 1943. We shall see when things settle down a bit. At the moment though I do not have the troops nor ships to conduct the operations in such scale. jrcar: Thanks for the cheer. We might do just that or airlift these troops out which is propably even better idea considering the terrain types at Burma. I have also played propably thousands of PBEM turns so you have a lot of things done to yoy but you never get used to getting your butt kicked all over the map. Dave actually asked whether I was having fun. To be honest yes I'am allthough we could use a bit of good fortune rather soon.

aztez -> RE: April 1942 - disaster at Schwebo... (10/12/2009 8:26:03 PM)
China (april 26th - 27th 1942) Those chinese trapped were finally pushed out of hex. I think these guys deserve medals since they held out for weeks without any chance of proper help. These were the "final" battles fought there... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 85,42 Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 53977 troops, 365 guns, 273 vehicles, Assault Value = 1574 Defending force 30784 troops, 231 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 364 Japanese adjusted assault: 317 Allied adjusted defense: 706 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-), experience(-) supply(-) Attacker: disruption(-) Japanese ground losses: 351 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 52 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 54 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 10 disabled Vehicles lost 18 (1 destroyed, 17 disabled) Allied ground losses: 3081 casualties reported Squads: 104 destroyed, 20 disabled Non Combat: 163 destroyed, 30 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled Guns lost 5 (3 destroyed, 2 disabled) Assaulting units: 12th Tank Regiment 59th Infantry Division 8th RGC Route Brigade 13th Indpt Infantry Regiment 110th Division 28th Engineer Regiment 138th Infantry Regiment 13th Ind.Mixed Brigade 15th Division 3rd NCPC Infantry Brigade 8th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 5th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion Defending units: 61st Chinese Corps 80th Chinese Corps 27th Chinese Corps 96th Chinese Corps 93rd Chinese Corps 16th Chinese Corps 36th Chinese Corps 47th Chinese Corps 9th Chinese Corps 38th Chinese Corps 90th Chinese/C Corps 4th Chinese Base Force 8th Group Army 1st War Area 36th Group Army 14th Group Army Jingcha War Area 10th Chinese Base Force ...the odds are propably a FOW since these troops are now out of the hex. We still have +300av worth of troops in that battered stack. The enemy bombers are still conducting raids againts Kweilin and Changhsa. Only nightime raids are launched againts Sian. There are 3 enemy units that have entered the city now and I have given orders to all out ground assault in order to push them out. We might reveal out troop strenghts but at least we shall knock out few units out of the battle. [image]local://upfiles/15617/C796A2B0015A4006B315D0A5C8755B62.jpg[/image]

aztez -> RE: April 1942 - disaster at Schwebo... (10/12/2009 8:27:10 PM)
Java (april 26th - 27th 1942) As expected ABDA troops are beginning to find it tough ongoing at Batavia. The last two strikes almost captured the base and we are lucky if the base will hold out for two more strikes. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Batavia (49,98) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 46782 troops, 487 guns, 291 vehicles, Assault Value = 1325 Defending force 22593 troops, 301 guns, 153 vehicles, Assault Value = 440 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 559 Allied adjusted defense: 529 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 576 casualties reported Squads: 3 destroyed, 85 disabled Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 58 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 19 disabled Vehicles lost 7 (0 destroyed, 7 disabled) Allied ground losses: 2372 casualties reported Squads: 40 destroyed, 55 disabled Non Combat: 41 destroyed, 119 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Guns lost 3 (0 destroyed, 3 disabled) Vehicles lost 36 (7 destroyed, 29 disabled) Assaulting units: 21st Infantry Regiment 5th Engineer Regiment 21st Division 113th Infantry Regiment 3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment 2nd Tank Regiment Imperial Guards Division 56th Engineer Regiment Sasebo 8th SNLF 8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 5th Mortar Battalion 1st RF Gun Battalion 3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment 56th Field Artillery Regiment 2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion Defending units: Roodenburg Battalion 2nd KNIL Regiment Batavia Coastal Gun Battalion 1st KNIL Regiment Mobiele Eenheid Battalion 1st Regt Cavalerie 4th KNIL Regiment Lijfwacht Cav Sqn Padang Garrison Battalion KNIL Army Command ABDA 3rd KNIL AA Battalion Batavia Base Force Merak Base Force 1 ML-KNIL Aviation ML-KNIL 1st KNIL AA Battalion Bandoeng Base Force -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Batavia (49,98) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 45941 troops, 487 guns, 292 vehicles, Assault Value = 1269 Defending force 20571 troops, 301 guns, 147 vehicles, Assault Value = 363 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 417 Allied adjusted defense: 347 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), leaders(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 968 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 47 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 49 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 25 disabled Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled) Vehicles lost 7 (1 destroyed, 6 disabled) Allied ground losses: 3035 casualties reported Squads: 35 destroyed, 87 disabled Non Combat: 58 destroyed, 69 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Guns lost 8 (0 destroyed, 8 disabled) Vehicles lost 53 (48 destroyed, 5 disabled) Assaulting units: 113th Infantry Regiment 21st Division 21st Infantry Regiment 2nd Tank Regiment 5th Engineer Regiment 56th Engineer Regiment 3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment Imperial Guards Division Sasebo 8th SNLF 2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 5th Mortar Battalion 3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 1st RF Gun Battalion 56th Field Artillery Regiment 8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment 14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion Defending units: 1st KNIL Regiment Mobiele Eenheid Battalion 1st Regt Cavalerie 2nd KNIL Regiment 4th KNIL Regiment Batavia Coastal Gun Battalion Padang Garrison Battalion ML-KNIL ABDA 3rd KNIL AA Battalion Merak Base Force 1 ML-KNIL Aviation Batavia Base Force 1st KNIL AA Battalion KNIL Army Command Bandoeng Base Force The forts are back up into level 1 but I think that is small consolation. All in all I think we put an the best fight we could with troops available here. The dutch are not better than the chinese ones in AE. [image]local://upfiles/15617/2EF53B2D9B334014802A8130A59E14F3.jpg[/image]

aztez -> RE: April 1942 - disaster at Schwebo... (10/12/2009 8:28:04 PM)
Samoa Islands (april 26th - 27th 1942) The final assault againts Pago Pago was made on 27th of april 1942. These were the last two strikes that simply were too much for US troops to handle. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Pago Pago (148,161) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 39688 troops, 292 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1197 Defending force 13140 troops, 271 guns, 272 vehicles, Assault Value = 180 Japanese adjusted assault: 342 Allied adjusted defense: 199 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), experience(-) Attacker: shock(+), disruption(-) Japanese ground losses: 1281 casualties reported Squads: 35 destroyed, 155 disabled Non Combat: 37 destroyed, 101 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled Guns lost 5 (2 destroyed, 3 disabled) Allied ground losses: 1529 casualties reported Squads: 35 destroyed, 24 disabled Non Combat: 86 destroyed, 97 disabled Engineers: 4 destroyed, 25 disabled Guns lost 4 (0 destroyed, 4 disabled) Vehicles lost 86 (44 destroyed, 42 disabled) Assaulting units: 43rd Naval Guard Unit 48th Naval Guard Unit 47th Naval Guard Unit 46th Naval Guard Unit 44th Naval Guard Unit 52nd Naval Guard Unit Maizuru 1st SNLF /1 144th Infantry Regiment 4th Division 42nd Naval Guard Unit 67th Naval Guard Unit 41st Naval Guard Unit 65th Brigade 62nd Naval Guard Unit 83rd Nav Gd /2 Defending units: 182nd Infantry Regiment 1st/102nd Infantry Battalion 132nd Infantry Rgt /4 110th USA Base Force 428th Coast AA Battalion 8th Marine Defense Battalion 30th Aviation Base Force 2nd USMC Field Artillery Battalion 46th Construction Regiment 811th Engineer Aviation Battalion 2nd Marine Defense Battalion 104th USN Base Force 43rd Const Rgt /3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Pago Pago (148,161) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 37191 troops, 290 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1054 Defending force 11238 troops, 271 guns, 231 vehicles, Assault Value = 149 Japanese adjusted assault: 784 Allied adjusted defense: 385 Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Pago Pago !!! Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses No Allied losses Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), experience(-) Attacker: shock(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-) Japanese ground losses: 1466 casualties reported Squads: 27 destroyed, 61 disabled Non Combat: 21 destroyed, 39 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Allied ground losses: 9778 casualties reported Squads: 439 destroyed, 94 disabled Non Combat: 1625 destroyed, 292 disabled Engineers: 142 destroyed, 26 disabled Guns lost 326 (309 destroyed, 17 disabled) Vehicles lost 195 (139 destroyed, 56 disabled) Units destroyed 13 Assaulting units: 52nd Naval Guard Unit 65th Brigade 4th Division 44th Naval Guard Unit 48th Naval Guard Unit 62nd Naval Guard Unit 43rd Naval Guard Unit 144th Infantry Regiment 46th Naval Guard Unit Maizuru 1st SNLF /1 67th Naval Guard Unit 41st Naval Guard Unit 42nd Naval Guard Unit 47th Naval Guard Unit 83rd Nav Gd /2 Defending units: 182nd Infantry Regiment 1st/102nd Infantry Battalion 132nd Infantry Rgt /4 2nd Marine Defense Battalion 8th Marine Defense Battalion 104th USN Base Force 46th Construction Regiment 811th Engineer Aviation Battalion 30th Aviation Base Force 428th Coast AA Battalion 110th USA Base Force 2nd USMC Field Artillery Battalion 43rd Const Rgt /3 At least we went out with an bang there I must admit though that we lost large stack here. Many of these units were solid quality troops. The KB is now freed up for refit and new operations. I think the next stop will be Fijis. I did lose some 50 000 units of supplies here too so I wonder how is actually available for him now that the base is fallen. [image]local://upfiles/15617/B285DE0B658845F1B22A92FC3F8600ED.jpg[/image]

aztez -> RE: April 1942 - disaster at Schwebo... (10/12/2009 9:52:26 PM)
China (april 28th - 29th 1942) All in all very quiet turn around the map. There were some action in china however. The counterstrike I talked about last turn was succesfull one and we managed to hammer 3 japanese brigades that entered the hex at Sian. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Sian (83,41) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 122589 troops, 880 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3635 Defending force 9522 troops, 54 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 316 Allied adjusted assault: 1118 Japanese adjusted defense: 24 Allied assault odds: 46 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: leaders(-), preparation(-), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: supply(-) Japanese ground losses: 7651 casualties reported Squads: 103 destroyed, 136 disabled Non Combat: 141 destroyed, 117 disabled Engineers: 5 destroyed, 5 disabled Guns lost 3 (2 destroyed, 1 disabled) Units retreated 3 Allied ground losses: 2044 casualties reported Squads: 4 destroyed, 144 disabled Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 81 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 18 disabled Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) Defeated Japanese Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 40th Chinese Corps 76th Chinese Corps 53rd Chinese Corps 95th Chinese/B Corps 30th Chinese/B Corps 30th Chinese/A Corps 14th Chinese Corps 33rd Chinese Corps 29th Chinese Corps 3rd Prov Chinese Corps 15th Chinese Corps 95th Chinese/C Corps 57th Chinese Corps 94th Chinese Corps 85th Chinese Corps 42nd Chinese Corps 2nd Construction Regiment 1st Chinese Corps 2nd Chinese Cavalry Corps 13th Chinese Corps 77th Chinese/C Corps 4th Construction Regiment 48th Chinese Corps 92nd Chinese Corps 1st Construction Regiment 60th Chinese/A Corps 3rd Group Army 20th Artillery Regiment 15th Chinese Base Force 1st Artillery Regiment 34th Group Army 39th Group Army Red Chinese Army 2nd War Area 2nd Group Army 24th Group Army 18th Group Army 31st Group Army 4th Group Army 7th Group Army 15th Group Army 56th AT Gun Regiment Defending units: 6th RGC Division 7th Ind.Mixed Brigade 8th NCPC Infantry Brigade These enemy troops are out of picture for significant amount of time. Those losses are around 90% of their combat strenght. As you can see I have some 3600av worth infantry and ground units around the base. It actually is around 5000-6000av if you count all the units in 120 miles radius of Sian. I did actually count all of his units advancing towards Sian. The total after this mathematic exercise is 40. That is one hell of an army coming forward. Otherwise no major developments in this part of the map. [image]local://upfiles/15617/F5BDCDC83D0940A29CCFEB136E2CC9D2.jpg[/image]

aztez -> RE: April 1942 - disaster at Schwebo... (10/12/2009 9:53:15 PM)
Java (april 28th - 29th 1942) It was an suprise that our dutch friends did not surrender at Batavia. Dave managed to launch two assaults here and both recieved 1:1 odds. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Batavia (49,98) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 45311 troops, 487 guns, 292 vehicles, Assault Value = 1234 Defending force 18092 troops, 301 guns, 109 vehicles, Assault Value = 256 Japanese adjusted assault: 496 Allied adjusted defense: 337 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 1) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), experience(-) Attacker: disruption(-) Japanese ground losses: 776 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 18 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 35 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 29 disabled Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled) Vehicles lost 18 (1 destroyed, 17 disabled) Allied ground losses: 2269 casualties reported Squads: 86 destroyed, 28 disabled Non Combat: 93 destroyed, 116 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 4 disabled Guns lost 9 (1 destroyed, 8 disabled) Vehicles lost 51 (51 destroyed, 0 disabled) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Batavia (49,98) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 44849 troops, 487 guns, 291 vehicles, Assault Value = 1213 Defending force 15971 troops, 300 guns, 74 vehicles, Assault Value = 205 Japanese adjusted assault: 452 Allied adjusted defense: 245 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 1) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 703 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 40 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 31 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 10 disabled Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled) Vehicles lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled) Allied ground losses: 2502 casualties reported Squads: 31 destroyed, 28 disabled Non Combat: 79 destroyed, 95 disabled Engineers: 4 destroyed, 5 disabled Guns lost 6 (1 destroyed, 5) Vehicles lost 21 (19 destroyed, 2 disabled) Not bad but now I do expect him to launch an shock assault here which will seal the deal. Oh, well than there will just be unlucky forces trapped at Soerabaja. Even if it doesn't seem much we just bought extra 4 days before he can move in his transports and start hauling supplies into Home Islands. That is something if you look things at positive light. [image]local://upfiles/15617/12D00FCB224A4916A033D45F812DEF62.jpg[/image]

Astarix -> RE: April 1942 - disaster at Schwebo... (10/13/2009 5:45:07 AM)
quote: Defending units: 6th RGC Division 7th Ind.Mixed Brigade 8th NCPC Infantry Brigade These enemy troops are out of picture for significant amount of time. Those losses are around 90% of their combat strenght. As you can see I have some 3600av worth infantry and ground units around the base. It actually is around 5000-6000av if you count all the units in 120 miles radius of Sian. I did actually count all of his units advancing towards Sian. The total after this mathematic exercise is 40. That is one hell of an army coming forward. Otherwise no major developments in this part of the map. Um... no. The 6th RGC Division and 8th NCPC Brigade are pretty well permanently destroyed. He has effectively given your troops at Sian some free experience for absolutely no return. As I pointed out previously, these units get 1 squad of reinforcements per month. He could be using these troops to garrison his rear areas and set them to Train/Rest, while freeing up better troops to fight on the front line. Over time they would get their training up into the 40's or so and actually be useful later down the road. Now they are worthless. With all the reinforcements he gets in China, I suppose he feels these guys are throwaway. I still say he is making a mistake using these troops this way. Your troops in Batavia are completely surrounded and a lot of your losses to date have been the poorly trained and under prepared troops. The guys that remain are the well prepared and better trained forces. While I don't think they will last much longer, I'm also not surprised that they have survived this long. If you get a chance anywhere, rest/train your troops, they will recover faster and even a few points of additional experience from this can make a major difference in how well they fight. Also, keep replacing crappy leaders everywhere you can, even in China, it may not feel like its doing much, but every little bit helps. You can see the difference decent leaders make in your combat reports. You are very close to May at this point. You have some major reinforcements in the pipeline and a lot of your troops in India are starting to undergo Indianization of their combat formations. The combat power you will have in India is only going to increase rapidly. You've delayed him in Burma, at this point try to evacuate what you can and start planning where you will fight/counterattack. If he tries to invade India overland, smash him. If you look around there is a tremendous amount of combat power already on the map. From my own experience, albeit against the Computer and my son, Kalemyo and Akyab can make good places to try and grind him down or to start fighting him. India is a completely different beast than China. You can stand toe to toe with him in India. You have more/better armor, more artillery and the Indian/British divisions here are more than a match for the Japanese troops. Attacking into India at this late date is a disaster waiting to happen for him. You will actually have better supply along the border than he will. India produces a tremendous surplus of supply and you can augment this from all the off map bases. You WANT him to attack overland from Burma. Even if he invades along the coast, he is going to have to move 15-20 divisions plus supporting troops into India, minimum, to have any hope of success. It's way too late for this. Jason

Sardaukar -> RE: April 1942 - disaster at Schwebo... (10/13/2009 1:22:12 PM)
To note, he is over month behind "schedule" in Java...which is very good for you. And you should have listened me about Burma. [:D] I'd have immediately withdraw to Akyab - Cox Bazaar - Chittagong -Imphal - Ledo -line. Let him come through the jungle first.

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