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aztez -> April 1944 (10/24/2010 3:07:45 PM)
Marshall Island (march 8th - april 4th 1944) Allied forces have finally conquered the important base at Kusaie Island. It took almost 3 weeks to get it done but I feel this is definately worth the effort. This base has level 4 port and most importantly it is an island without any stacking limits. I have already moved in some LBA fighters and started sweep missions againts Ponape. It seems japanese have some 150 fighters defending it. Maloelap and Wotje still remain in japanese hand. This is now an stalemate in these atolls and I will deal with them once I get the real important stuff done. We had goog predictions on the IJN losses on our carrier clash. Well, it seem couple of more IJN ships have now appeared on then sunken list. How accurate that is anyones guess though. I'am preparing for next objectives so the gun smoke shall continue across the pacific. [image]local://upfiles/15617/7EA90B858B0649EFB8CDE5FC3EC19FC9.jpg[/image]

aztez -> RE: April 1944 (10/24/2010 3:08:36 PM)
Burma (march 7th - april 4th 1944) The commonwealth forces are making progress here. We have now seized Lashio so basically I can open the burma road if needed. This however will mean that the ceasefire in china will end. Undecieded on this issue and will think it through a bit later. The main goal is to get an coastal base in burma in order to get supply convoys in. I can manage with the airlifts but that is much steadier income of supplies. We shall see what Dave has in Toungoo. My initial recon indicates that at least IJA division is defending this base. [image]local://upfiles/15617/80A20A90E7944B99B41DBB85F3065A6D.jpg[/image]

aztez -> RE: April 1944 (10/24/2010 3:09:26 PM)
The intelligence screen... [image]local://upfiles/15617/7D73F1EA19BD42F287FD5C38CA46D9A3.jpg[/image]

aztez -> RE: April 1944 (10/24/2010 3:10:27 PM)
The IJN losses... [image]local://upfiles/15617/E4FE758795EE4538AB6643C236C9621E.jpg[/image]

aztez -> RE: April 1944 (10/24/2010 3:11:30 PM)
The Pacific map... [image]local://upfiles/15617/BCA974EA4CFC46EEA10CB11ECE9EF29F.jpg[/image]

aztez -> RE: April 1944 (10/29/2010 12:48:45 PM)
Marshall Islands (april 5th - 14th 1944) Last turn japanese lba fighters took off from Ponape and Truk. There were several heavy air to air battles... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Ponape at 120,115 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 26 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 32 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 18 Allied aircraft Seafire IIC x 11 FM-2 Wildcat x 20 F4U-1A Corsair x 18 F6F-3 Hellcat x 281 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 2 destroyed Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 2 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F6F-3 Hellcat: 2 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Ponape at 120,115 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 24 NM, estimated altitude 29,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 18 Allied aircraft Seafire IIC x 10 FM-2 Wildcat x 15 F4U-1A Corsair x 17 F6F-3 Hellcat x 237 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 7 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F6F-3 Hellcat: 1 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Ponape at 120,115 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 160 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 56 minutes Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 20 Ki-61-Ib Tony x 15 Ki-84a Frank x 12 Allied aircraft Seafire IIC x 10 FM-2 Wildcat x 15 F4U-1A Corsair x 16 F6F-3 Hellcat x 214 Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty: 11 destroyed Ki-61-Ib Tony: 5 destroyed Ki-84a Frank: 4 destroyed Allied aircraft losses FM-2 Wildcat: 1 destroyed F6F-3 Hellcat: 1 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Ponape , at 119,113 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 28,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 5 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 43 Ki-61-Ib Tony x 18 Ki-84a Frank x 14 Allied aircraft Corsair II x 12 Martlet II x 3 FM-2 Wildcat x 27 F4U-1A Corsair x 9 F6F-3 Hellcat x 258 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 2 destroyed Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 7 destroyed Ki-61-Ib Tony: 8 destroyed Ki-84a Frank: 2 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F6F-3 Hellcat: 3 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Ponape , at 119,113 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 26,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 19 Ki-61-Ib Tony x 2 Ki-84a Frank x 5 Allied aircraft Corsair II x 12 Martlet II x 3 F-7A Liberator x 1 FM-2 Wildcat x 27 F4U-1A Corsair x 9 F6F-3 Hellcat x 172 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 4 destroyed Ki-61-Ib Tony: 1 destroyed Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses FM-2 Wildcat: 1 destroyed F6F-3 Hellcat: 1 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Ponape at 119,113 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 1 Allied aircraft Corsair II x 12 Martlet II x 3 FM-2 Wildcat x 26 F4U-1A Corsair x 9 F6F-3 Hellcat x 189 SB2C-1C Helldiver x 23 TBM-1C Avenger x 17 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 1 destroyed Japanese Ships xAK Hiyama Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage xAKL Malacca Maru, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk xAK Teisen Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage SC CHa-14, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk SC CHa-4, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Ponape at 120,115 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 20 NM, estimated altitude 25,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 10 Allied aircraft Seafire IIC x 5 FM-2 Wildcat x 10 F4U-1A Corsair x 11 F6F-3 Hellcat x 274 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F6F-3 Hellcat: 2 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Ponape at 120,115 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 160 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 56 minutes Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 10 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 4 Ki-61-Ib Tony x 4 Allied aircraft Seafire IIC x 5 FM-2 Wildcat x 7 F4U-1A Corsair x 10 F6F-3 Hellcat x 255 Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty: 2 destroyed Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 1 destroyed Ki-61-Ib Tony: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses FM-2 Wildcat: 1 destroyed F6F-3 Hellcat: 1 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Ponape , at 119,113 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 29,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 4 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 22 Ki-61-Ib Tony x 6 Ki-84a Frank x 8 Allied aircraft F6F-3 Hellcat x 26 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 4 destroyed Ki-61-Ib Tony: 3 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F6F-3 Hellcat: 1 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Ponape , at 119,113 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 29,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 19 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 1 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 4 Ki-61-Ib Tony x 1 Ki-84a Frank x 3 Allied aircraft F6F-3 Hellcat x 31 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 1 destroyed Ki-61-Ib Tony: 1 destroyed Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed That is some 100-150 aircraft downed in 2 days. Not bad results at all here. The main dilemma is now the next offensive target. I have +70 0000 men ready for Ponape. The downside is that recon indicates 21 units present at Ponape. What is that in terms of av value... don't know. Truk & Rabaul have 3 units garrisoning the base. The bad thing is that troops prep points are for Ponape. ..so bit of an dilemma currently. [image]local://upfiles/15617/163DF628BC8143C69A4EC654E2A153A9.jpg[/image]

aztez -> RE: April 1944 (10/29/2010 12:50:00 PM)
Burma (april 5th - 14th 1944) The push towards Rangoon continues. Allied forces have now seized Toungoo which is vital base in central burma. Japanese forces withdrew from the base after few rounds of ground combats. There are 2 IJA divisions withdrawing south and hopefully I can catch them before they are in "safety". Commonwealth forces are also nearing the base at Prome. The 1st B29 bomber raid is scheduled for the next turn. We will target refinery facilities at Bangkok. Nice to see these monsters entering the theatre. [image]local://upfiles/15617/95318C2E70A249A4835FC6E707ABF637.jpg[/image]

crsutton -> RE: April 1944 (10/29/2010 5:07:01 PM)
Nice to see you are posting again. I would think you absolutely would want the truce to end in China. Many of the pro-Japan issues in China were patched out and you definitely want to be fighting the Japanese there. It does not matter that you won't make much progress. The problem is the truce might actually be helping your oppoennt more than you. If he does not have to fight in China, then the drain on his resources and troops is very low. This allows him more to use in other theaters. Your Chinese units must be pretty well rebuilt by now. By all means open up the supply route to China and then start moving some air units there and building up airbases. You should have plenty of air resources to use by now. Start moving some bombers to China and look to start hammering his industry. This will force him to move air unit there to defend. In my game of scen #2 there was no truce and I thought for sure I was going to lose China. Well, I lost a lot but Japanese forces have been bleeding and sucking up supplies in China from day one. China is still isolated and fighting for her life, but I don't think there is any risk of total defeat there-what with the fixes that they have done.

Rob Brennan UK -> RE: April 1944 (10/29/2010 11:28:57 PM)
As Crsutton says +1 .. and Truk 3 units 21 ponape ? forget ponape , invade truk NOW ! .. one must be the CD guns and iirc theres a BF there that cannot be moved so thats at most one combat unit. And i serioulsly doubt its a full Div .. invade and pound ponape as target practise from now till 45. but thats just me being over agressive [;)] as ever good fortune

aztez -> RE: April 1944 (10/30/2010 10:46:23 PM)
crsutton: We still got 2 years of battles ahead of us�[:)] Just been very busy lately (again). Hmmm, point taken regarding his pools. The downside is that my chinese troops are quite an bad shape at the moment so offensive actions are somewhat out of the picture. First I need to deploy my units there better since if I lift the ceasefire than he will come in guns blazing. That organization will take couple of weeks in gametime. Now the dilemma's are in the southern pacific. Rob: I kind of knew it you would be flagging in total warfare in china.. win or lose... point taken mate!�[:D] The Truk intel is a bit vague already... the amount of units there is gone. Ponape definately has those 21 units.... and you know me I cannot bypass that place. Dave is looking for an fight and we shall bring it to him there. I mean those 21 units destroyed means well.. 21 units less to worry to about. I know one of the unit is IJA 10th division other than that... no idea.. except some nasty CD guns for sure. I'am going to land initially some 100 000 men there... and we shall see how that one goes. Once we have Kusaie and Ponape the road towards Tokyo is open and Truk loses it's importance. We might need that fortune with this Ponape thing very soon! [:D] ...the landings will begin within an week or so.

aztez -> RE: April 1944 (11/2/2010 7:08:11 PM)
Ponape (april 15th - 25th 1944) I talked about invading Truk in previous update. However this idea got cancelled since my intense recon flights showed now 31 units present on that atoll. Not an good idea to hit and even worse leaving Ponape operational in the rear. Thus the invasion of Ponape will begin next turn. There are some 130 000 allied troops on ships just outside of Ponape. Only confirmed thing is that he has 18 units present there and the bombardment run I made with couple of battleships few days earlier showed heavy CD gun installments. So, I do believe this will be bloody as ever but once we gain this island things are looking good. I guess it is no news that allied carriers are supporting this operation. LBA threat is big since Dave has +300 fighters and +120 bombers at Truk. There will US division landing at Maloelap in day or two. Hoping to wrap up things there as well. Once that is done we take out Wotje. Other operations are being prepared simultaneously but no go signals are given before we see this Ponape thing through. [image]local://upfiles/15617/460EF714237B4C67AE27DE1BE5BB0DCB.jpg[/image]

aztez -> RE: April 1944 (11/2/2010 7:08:52 PM)
Burma (april 15th - 25th 1944) Allied troops are now just 40 miles north of Pegu. The recon flights indicate 36 enemy untis present in that base. I haven't got an clue how much that is in terms of av value yet. British troops also captured Prome. Japanese had just an artillery unit there so this was not an fight at all. This spearhead will continue to move towards Rangoon area immediately. I have also substantial reserves ready at Diamond Harbour. Japanese seem to have moved some fighters and bombers back into this region. I guess he is forced to do that. [image]local://upfiles/15617/EC488C852E02479C880D06A9AE9E4F11.jpg[/image]

CaptBeefheart -> RE: April 1944 (11/3/2010 4:42:29 AM)
Good luck with that Ponape battle. It's going to be bloody, but since he has the Solomons, Northern Oz, New Guinea, etc., I don't see any way around it if you want to threaten Japan before too long. Also, I'm sure he's got the Marianas well fortified. Cheers, CC

aztez -> RE: April 1944 (11/8/2010 7:01:33 PM)
Commander Cody: Thanks. The battle has now begun and so far we are making steady progress. I think Dave is withdrawing troops from Solomons and most like deploying them near Marianas. We will find that out a bit later but definately the Kusaie and Ponape are must have for the allied side. These two bases open wide range of possibilities for later months.

aztez -> May 1944 (11/8/2010 7:02:25 PM)
Burma (april 26th - may 1st 1944) Commonwealth troops are now just 80 miles north of Rangoon. I do expect to seize the capital of Burma without an fight. Allied recon shows nearly 40 units gathered at Pegu which suits me fine. This is an open terrain hex so it makes things a bit easier. I have plenty of bombers still training and haven't unleashed them yet. We have had some fighter to fighter battles near Pegu. The losses have been around 1:1 odds which I can live with easily. The chinese units are now in their designated positions near Paoshan. So, I can start this offense when I have moved my units around in china. [image]local://upfiles/15617/D8CB3A5689E64DEABE6E1AE6A4D166CC.jpg[/image]

aztez -> RE: May 1944 (11/8/2010 7:03:38 PM)
Ponape (april 26th - may 1st 1944) The invasion of Ponape has begun. As expected japanese had nasty CD guns in place there but eventhough the losses were high I was expecting much worse. We have now landed some +2000 av worth of infantry into the island and these troops are well supplied. Japanese had an garrison around 900av in the beginning and this has now dropped down a bit. Here are the latest two rounds of combats at Ponape (next turn I'am resting my units)... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Ponape (119,113) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 42440 troops, 1178 guns, 1291 vehicles, Assault Value = 2000 Defending force 20999 troops, 194 guns, 227 vehicles, Assault Value = 656 Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 5 Allied adjusted assault: 1014 Japanese adjusted defense: 1009 Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 5) Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 5 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), preparation(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 1149 casualties reported Squads: 28 destroyed, 24 disabled Non Combat: 99 destroyed, 59 disabled Engineers: 5 destroyed, 14 disabled Vehicles lost 99 (84 destroyed, 15 disabled) Allied ground losses: 682 casualties reported Squads: 4 destroyed, 55 disabled Non Combat: 15 destroyed, 208 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled Vehicles lost 165 (33 destroyed, 132 disabled) Assaulting units: 5th USMC Tank Battalion 4th USMC Tank Battalion 670th Tank Destroyer Battalion 767th Tank Battalion 641st Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion 1st Cavalry (Spec) Cavalry Division 706th Tank Battalion 33rd Infantry Division 164th Infantry Regiment 24th Marine Regiment 711th Tank Battalion 102nd Combat Engineer Regiment 21st Marine Regiment 93rd Infantry Division 3rd Marine Regiment 31st Infantry Div /8 XXIV US Corps 77th Coast AA Regiment 134th Field Artillery Battalion III US Amphib Corps V US Amphib Corps V US Amphib Force 7th USMC Field Artillery Battalion Defending units: 1st Tank Regiment 5th South Seas Det. 10th Division 28th Engineer Regiment 42nd Naval Guard Unit Ponape Naval Fortress 3rd Naval Construction Battalion 56th Construction Battalion 27th Electric Engineer Regiment 35th JNAF AF Unit 24th Field AF Construction Battalion 64th JNAF AF Unit /1 115th JAAF AF Bn 2nd JNAF AF Unit /1 38th JNAF AF Unit /1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Ponape (119,113) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 40578 troops, 1178 guns, 1262 vehicles, Assault Value = 1912 Defending force 18903 troops, 185 guns, 130 vehicles, Assault Value = 543 Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 4 Allied adjusted assault: 1075 Japanese adjusted defense: 1313 Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 4) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 2292 casualties reported Squads: 51 destroyed, 40 disabled Non Combat: 48 destroyed, 93 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 21 disabled Vehicles lost 18 (9 destroyed, 9 disabled) Allied ground losses: 898 casualties reported Squads: 3 destroyed, 80 disabled Non Combat: 36 destroyed, 111 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Vehicles lost 119 (47 destroyed, 72 disabled) Assaulting units: 24th Marine Regiment 33rd Infantry Division 641st Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion 670th Tank Destroyer Battalion 4th USMC Tank Battalion 164th Infantry Regiment 767th Tank Battalion 21st Marine Regiment 3rd Marine Regiment 5th USMC Tank Battalion 1st Cavalry (Spec) Cavalry Division 706th Tank Battalion 93rd Infantry Division 711th Tank Battalion 102nd Combat Engineer Regiment 31st Infantry Div /8 134th Field Artillery Battalion V US Amphib Force III US Amphib Corps XXIV US Corps 77th Coast AA Regiment V US Amphib Corps 7th USMC Field Artillery Battalion Defending units: 42nd Naval Guard Unit 10th Division 28th Engineer Regiment 1st Tank Regiment 5th South Seas Det. Ponape Naval Fortress 3rd Naval Construction Battalion 64th JNAF AF Unit /1 35th JNAF AF Unit 27th Electric Engineer Regiment 2nd JNAF AF Unit /1 24th Field AF Construction Battalion 115th JAAF AF Bn 38th JNAF AF Unit /1 Hopefully this base is overrun within the next 2 weeks. At the moment that timetable seems quite realistic. [image]local://upfiles/15617/8D9D24C167224C0399FC5AFFD2C213EE.jpg[/image]

aztez -> RE: May 1944 (11/22/2010 8:33:40 PM)
Burma (may 2nd - 19th 1944) The commonwealth troops have now seized the burmese capital Rangoon. Dave had withdrawn most of his units from there but he did have 1 IJA division plus some supporting troops defending the capital. However that was not enough and the battle was over in just 4 days. Now the focus has shifted into Pegu just east of Rangoon. Japanese had initial success when they routed an allied tank division which arrived a bit ahead of the rest. Next turn however he launched an shock assault there which 11 000 japanese were either dead or wounded. After the initial skirmishes the real battle begun... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Pegu (55,53) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 104035 troops, 2025 guns, 2240 vehicles, Assault Value = 3971 Defending force 77819 troops, 1061 guns, 696 vehicles, Assault Value = 1966 Allied adjusted assault: 758 Japanese adjusted defense: 1289 Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 6) Combat modifiers Defender: forts(+), preparation(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 4155 casualties reported Squads: 11 destroyed, 172 disabled Non Combat: 109 destroyed, 379 disabled Engineers: 8 destroyed, 30 disabled Vehicles lost 296 (217 destroyed, 79 disabled) Units destroyed 1 Allied ground losses: 8046 casualties reported Squads: 23 destroyed, 527 disabled Non Combat: 89 destroyed, 883 disabled Engineers: 13 destroyed, 169 disabled Guns lost 7 (1 destroyed, 6 disabled) Vehicles lost 397 (34 destroyed, 363 disabled) Assaulting units: 11th (East African) Division 150th RAC Regiment 50th Tank Brigade 4th British Brigade Provisionl Tank Brigade 7th Indian Division 19th Indian Division 209th Combat Engineer Battalion 20th Indian Division XXXIII Corps Engineer Battalion 6th Australian Division 254th Armoured Brigade 81st (West African) Division 26th Indian Division 5th Indian Division 85th British AT Gun Regiment 2/11th Field Regiment 6th Medium Regiment 20th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment 23rd Indian Engineer Battalion Defending units: 11th Tank Regiment 55th Engineer Regiment 14th Division 2nd Guards Division 53rd Division 24th Infantry Regimental Combat Team 33rd Division 19th Division 4th Ind.Mixed Regiment 112th Infantry Regiment 21st Ind.Mixed Bde /1 18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 7th JAAF Base Force 36th Field AA Battalion 25th JNAF AF Unit 21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion 15th JAAF AF Bn 31st Field AA Battalion 38th Field AA Battalion 47th Field AA Battalion 40th Field AA Battalion 25th JAAF AF Bn 62nd JNAF AF Unit 10th RF Gun Battalion 5th Air Defense AA Regiment 62nd JAAF AF Bn 21st Fld AA Gun Co 23rd AA Regiment 15th Army 11th RF Gun Battalion 22nd JAAF AF Bn 35th Field AA Battalion 48th Field AA Battalion 9th RF Gun Battalion 8th Area Army 108th JAAF AF Bn ... quite an gathering here I must say. Japanese aiforce became heavily involved here as well. The net result around 100 planes downed compared to 50 allied ones. I'am still keeping fresh squadrons in reserve and haven't deployed the full force of my bombers yet. [image]local://upfiles/15617/3087FB56BDD34CFBAC4BCA85128F9530.jpg[/image]

aztez -> RE: May 1944 (11/22/2010 8:34:32 PM)
Ponape (may 2nd - 19th 1944) We are still fighting it out at Ponape. Japanese are putting up stubborn resistance there. In past few days I wondered how is he doing that. Well I think he has something like 500-600 transport aircraft flying in supplies and troops. In order to deal with this I have put up an LRCAP over Ponape and hopefully it reduces the effectiviness of such operations. Here is the last combat results from Ponape... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Ponape (119,113) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 36021 troops, 1140 guns, 994 vehicles, Assault Value = 1750 Defending force 19828 troops, 334 guns, 123 vehicles, Assault Value = 677 Allied adjusted assault: 604 Japanese adjusted defense: 1031 Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 3) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), preparation(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 691 casualties reported Squads: 39 destroyed, 64 disabled Non Combat: 37 destroyed, 58 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 7 disabled Vehicles lost 12 (1 destroyed, 11 disabled) Allied ground losses: 889 casualties reported Squads: 4 destroyed, 75 disabled Non Combat: 28 destroyed, 102 disabled Engineers: 5 destroyed, 28 disabled Vehicles lost 55 (33 destroyed, 22 disabled) Assaulting units: 102nd Combat Engineer Regiment 33rd Infantry Division 670th Tank Destroyer Battalion 641st Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion 21st Marine Regiment 24th Marine Regiment 3rd Marine Regiment 93rd Infantry Division 1st Cavalry (Spec) Cavalry Division 4th USMC Tank Battalion 164th Infantry Regiment 711th Tank Battalion 706th Tank Battalion 5th USMC Tank Battalion 767th Tank Battalion 31st Infantry Div /8 III US Amphib Corps V US Amphib Force 134th Field Artillery Battalion 77th Coast AA Regiment V US Amphib Corps XXIV US Corps 7th USMC Field Artillery Battalion Defending units: 42nd Naval Guard Unit Ponape Naval Fortress 86th Nav Gd /1 5th South Seas Det. I./90th Infantry Battalion 13th Ind.Mixed Rgt /1 43rd Ind.Mixed Bde /1 4th Div /1 Combined 8th SNLF /1 14th Garrison Unit /2 10th Division 52nd/C Div /1 21st Div /1 115th JAAF AF Bn 35th JNAF AF Unit /4 24th Field AF Construction Battalion 27th Electric Engineer Regiment 2nd JNAF AF Unit /1 38th JNAF AF Unit /1 We are having tough fight here as well. I'am moving in additional US division which will arrive soon. [image]local://upfiles/15617/B12DD81B0BDC4AD486E50627F26F7745.jpg[/image]

aztez -> RE: May 1944 (11/28/2010 6:39:52 PM)
Intelligence screen (may 23rd 1944) Here is the summary of points so far. We are not playing for them but I guess they do show something. The air to air losses have been mounting but for that is good now since I have quality pilots now and better aircraft. There are a lot of bombers gathered in SEAC. I'am still keeping them at bay but will unleash them soon. Army losses are heavily in favour to the japanese but hopefully things will change soon. Overall Dave has played fantastic game so far. Also I would like thank michaelm who sorted our little mess at Ponape. The turns are ongoing again normally. However I wasn't able to do much in the weekend due to company's christmas party etc. Here are few more screens from the game. I will do an turn update once I got it back... [image]local://upfiles/15617/F52C74B0C6E34132833BDD27712C487F.jpg[/image]

aztez -> RE: May 1944 (11/28/2010 6:40:32 PM)
Aircraft losses (may 23rd 1944) [image]local://upfiles/15617/1051DDEC5EC34302A1AC5CA6B37FC02E.jpg[/image]

aztez -> RE: May 1944 (11/28/2010 6:41:27 PM)
Top pilots (may 23rd 1944) [image]local://upfiles/15617/2832FC2AEDC3410BA9493B8AF7B4F2B1.jpg[/image]

aztez -> RE: May 1944 (11/28/2010 6:42:23 PM)
Allied ships sunk (may 23rd 1944) [image]local://upfiles/15617/6EB1B7EDEF2D404497769A0982C6C163.jpg[/image]

aztez -> RE: May 1944 (11/28/2010 6:43:26 PM)
IJN ships sunk (may 23rd 1944) [image]local://upfiles/15617/9901FFD0A90A4A4DA348F0BC3014D453.jpg[/image]

LoBaron -> RE: May 1944 (11/29/2010 6:01:25 PM)
Interesting thing is that there is still every single CA in the game, ther will be some fierce night battles with the Japanese night experience used right. Looks you have to cover every move with good surface assets. Great to see your game is still continuing aztez.

aztez -> RE: May 1944 (1/1/2011 6:34:49 PM)
LoBaron: Yeah. We are still moving forward with this game and there has never been any talk of abandoning it. Well, if you take out that unfortunately game mechanics thing at Ponape. He definately still has the fleet to inflict major damage all around so we shall how that plays out. After few weeks off from the forums it is now time to do an update on how things stand. First I would like thank Matrix games for their support and customer service. I mean this game could easily have been all over in that unfortunate Ponape incident. Thankfully that did not happen and definetaly A grade support we got. Secondly... I was amazed to see +100 000 hits on this thread. OMG, never thought that when we started this "episode". So thank you and each one of you Happy New Year 2011! Here is the intel screen information to start things with... [image]local://upfiles/15617/2D11187B9C304B628FA832B84994F0FC.jpg[/image]

aztez -> June 1944 (1/1/2011 6:38:10 PM)
Burma (june 20th 1944) Allied infantry units have captured also Pegu now. The battle there was swift and bloody. Both sides lost few thousand men either killed or wounded. It took some 2 weeks to overrun the base itself. Japanese could have hold out further but Dave opted to do organized withdrawal towards Moulmein. The recon already indicates 48 enemy at Moulmein which is behind nasty river crossing. The main goal for now is to bring support troops into Rangoon area. There are plenty of infantry and assault units but we definately need aviation support from our rear lines. When these troops are deployed into position than we shall a) move our aircraft forward and b) start the journey towards Bangkok. The assault itself needs to have 2 spearheads. One is heading directly into Moulmein and one will bypass the base and try to reach the raillines north of Bangkok. Definately hard to tell ETA's on how fast the above can accomplished but I'am to have the full assault ongoing aroud mid july 1944. We are also fighting at Paoshan in order to open Burma road into China. This is an stalemate at the moment due to poor equipment of the chinese infantry units. I think he is flying supplies into Paoshan via air. This base will be dealt with in due course though. At the moment japanese have brought in new aircraft into region. I hope these planes stay here since what to have attrition battles here soon. [image]local://upfiles/15617/B5A80294E7AA494D9EFE54108F7687E7.jpg[/image]

aztez -> RE: June 1944 (1/1/2011 6:40:18 PM)
South & Central Pacific (june 20th 1944) The fighting at Ponape has now seized and allied troops have captured the base there. It took a lot of doing though and many of my units are in need of rest and replenishment. The main thing here now is to consolidate the front here and bring in more supplies, fuel and support ground units. Japanese still have few bases in their hands at Marshall Islands and occupy ie. Tarawa. These bases will also need to dealt with since don't want these in my rear routes as scout bases. Truk still has some 50 enemy units occupying it so that base will either have massive invasion coming up or I will simply bypass the whole atoll. Currently we are conducting landings at Lunga and Tulagi. These bases will be overrun in next few days. I have my carriers in the solomon region in order to deal with any IJN threat that might arise. After these two bases are done we will move into northern Solomons and into Rabaul. I hope to have these operations done july or august 1944. When we control Rabaul area we have basically combined the CenPac and Aussie/NZ/South Pacific troops and frontlines. That is an key objective here. Bulk of japanese troops seem to have been withdrawn from Solomons and Rabaul area. [image]local://upfiles/15617/AC3B3E9B797A4B91977C47BE429DB4A9.jpg[/image]

aztez -> RE: June 1944 (1/1/2011 6:42:15 PM)
Pacific (june 20th 1944) China is basically now fair game again since I have assaulted Paoshan. However I haven't noticed any troop movement there from IJA. The chinese units are now deployed into defensive positions so any advance towards Chungking will be an costly one. In Aleutians I will start opertions soon to liberate Dutch Harbour and Umnak Island. The supply convoys and some carrier support are already in way. Once these ships arrive we start our advance here and hopefully knock out those japanese easily. In Australia I'am slowly moving towards norther part of the country and hope to have few cities liberated soon as well. The submarine campaign is not going as well as expected due japanese laser guided ASW. Dave is using aggressive TF's and I think hundreds of bombers in these ASW operations. Thus allied losses are mounting up. [image]local://upfiles/15617/061BE1A7AFB44A6487639314505D425C.jpg[/image]

aztez -> July 1944 (1/29/2011 6:57:25 PM)
Here is the intel screen information in mid July... [image]local://upfiles/15617/DEE94FC33721456496FC6A508D94F404.jpg[/image]

aztez -> RE: July 1944 (1/29/2011 6:58:38 PM)
Burma (July 14th 1944) The push towards Bangkok and Malaya peninsula has now started. A two weeks earlier we did have quite an substantial air to air battles. This was triggered by the supply and reinforcements convoys I did send into Rangoon. The events took place 4th and 5th of July 1944... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Rangoon at 54,54 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 160 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 56 minutes Japanese aircraft B6N1 Jill x 26 G3M3 Nell x 26 P1Y1 Frances x 23 Allied aircraft Corsair II x 4 Mosquito FB.VI x 3 Spitfire VIII x 7 P-38H Lightning x 6 P-38J Lightning x 6 P-51B Mustang x 3 Japanese aircraft losses B6N1 Jill: 6 destroyed, 7 damaged G3M3 Nell: 4 destroyed, 6 damaged P1Y1 Frances: 4 destroyed, 5 damaged Allied aircraft losses Allied Ships CVE Battler, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk CA Cumberland CVE Begum, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk DE Narbada BB Queen Elizabeth, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage CL Caradoc CL Hobart -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Rangoon at 54,54 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 45 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 12 G3M3 Nell x 48 Allied aircraft Corsair II x 2 Mosquito FB.VI x 1 Spitfire VIII x 5 P-38H Lightning x 4 P-38J Lightning x 5 P-51B Mustang x 2 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed G3M3 Nell: 7 destroyed, 19 damaged Allied aircraft losses Mosquito FB.VI: 1 destroyed P-38H Lightning: 1 destroyed P-51B Mustang: 1 destroyed Allied Ships CL Hobart BB Queen Elizabeth, on fire, heavy damage CLAA Van Heemskerck CA Cumberland DE Electra DE Sutlej -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 27 Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 24 Allied aircraft Corsair II x 6 Mosquito FB.VI x 9 Spitfire VIII x 29 P-38H Lightning x 19 P-38J Lightning x 17 P-51B Mustang x 22 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 8 destroyed Ki-45 KAIc Nick: 7 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Corsair II: 1 destroyed P-38H Lightning: 1 destroyed P-38J Lightning: 1 destroyed P-51B Mustang: 1 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 21 NM, estimated altitude 28,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 4 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 49 Allied aircraft Corsair II x 4 Mosquito FB.VI x 5 Spitfire VIII x 22 P-38H Lightning x 17 P-38J Lightning x 14 P-51B Mustang x 17 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 7 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Corsair II: 1 destroyed Mosquito FB.VI: 2 destroyed P-38H Lightning: 1 destroyed P-38J Lightning: 1 destroyed P-51B Mustang: 2 destroyed I did lose CVE and few other surface combat ships. Also Dave nailed some xAK's but paid an price for all of this. If the combat reports are to believed japanese did lose around 120-200 aircraft in this offensive operation. The main thing though is that the supplies and troops did unload and now I'am set to go towards Bangkok and Malaya. In the ground we did cross river at Moulmein. As expected this this was costly maneuver and we did lose around 20 000 men either dead or wounded. Last turn we did launch our first assault againts the base. These troops are supported by very large and yet somewhat ineffective bomber squadrons. Including B29's. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Moulmein (55,55) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 111445 troops, 2530 guns, 2251 vehicles, Assault Value = 4038 Defending force 73022 troops, 898 guns, 806 vehicles, Assault Value = 1769 Allied adjusted assault: 2084 Japanese adjusted defense: 3579 Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 6) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), preparation(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 2450 casualties reported Squads: 8 destroyed, 235 disabled Non Combat: 22 destroyed, 185 disabled Engineers: 6 destroyed, 22 disabled Vehicles lost 70 (6 destroyed, 64 disabled) Allied ground losses: 3521 casualties reported Squads: 31 destroyed, 217 disabled Non Combat: 45 destroyed, 397 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 28 disabled Vehicles lost 114 (58 destroyed, 56 disabled) Assaulting units: Provisionl Tank Brigade 29th British Brigade 6th Australian Division 19th Indian Division 6th New Chinese Corps 254th Armoured Brigade 23rd Indian Division 5th Indian Division 26th Indian Division 77th Chindit Brigade 150th RAC Regiment 255th Indian Tank Brigade 81st (West African) Division 7th Indian Division 20th Indian Division 11th (East African) Division 18th British Div /1 28th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment 85th British AT Gun Regiment 25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment 6th Medium Regiment 2/11th Field Regiment 209th Combat Engineer Battalion 8th Medium Regiment XV Indian Corps 31st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment Defending units: 33rd Division 14th Division 29th Div /1 4th Ind.Mixed Regiment 24th Infantry Regimental Combat Team 2nd Guards Division 112th Infantry Regiment 53rd Division 1st Recon Regiment 21st Ind.Mixed Bde /1 Southern Army /1 40th Field AA Battalion Burma Area Army 25th JAAF AF Bn 2nd Area Army 11th RF Gun Battalion 18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 23rd AA Regiment 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment 8th Area Army 15th JAAF AF Bn 45th JNAF AF Unit 20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion 62nd JNAF AF Unit 28th Army 5th Air Defense AA Regiment 48th Field AA Battalion 7th JAAF Base Force 35th Field AA Battalion 38th Field AA Battalion 10th RF Gun Battalion 62nd JAAF AF Bn /1 15th Army 36th Field AA Battalion 21st Fld AA Gun Co 51st Field AA Battalion 25th JNAF AF Unit 9th RF Gun Battalion 21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion 9th Field AF Const Bn /1 It might take a bit undoing to dislodge these enemy troops but that will happen eventually. [image]local://upfiles/15617/69A03D328BD94A1190EF3E416D0CFB90.jpg[/image]

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