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aztez -> RE: July 1944 (1/29/2011 6:59:34 PM)
Solomon Islands (July 14th 1944) Allied troops have been building up at Guadalcanal area. The latest landings were made at Munda and the base was overrun on 13th of July 1944. There was not much in terms of enemy forces. IJA did conduct some raids againts our carriers. Most likely these planes did take off around Rabaul area. That "offensive" was short lived and japanese pilots were shot down in numbers. Personal estimate is that he lost 100-200 aircraft and shot down only few allied fighters. In next few days we will land troops at Shortlands. I expect our forces to overrun any enemy opposition swiftly. I need to take Rabaul out and have troops already trained for the mission so that is definately happening soon. All in all I'am moving forward and shipping resources to the area. We need these in future offensives for sure and now we have almost connected CenPac and South Pacific fronts. [image]local://upfiles/15617/8B41AEC5AECF496EB494724DBE76FD65.jpg[/image]

aztez -> RE: July 1944 (1/29/2011 7:00:31 PM)
Aleutians (14th july 1944) This area has been quiet after those "carnage" carrier duels which stopped the japanese advance in this region. Now it has become the time to invade Dutch Harbour and few surrounding bases here. The invasion has actually started on 13th July 1944 and it seems that the base will fall within days. I have send some allied carriers and surface combat ships here in order to gain these objectives. We will take another strategic look around here once Umnak Island and Dutch Harbour are retaken. [image]local://upfiles/15617/08C09779A0694FA09059EBDD6D945899.jpg[/image]

aztez -> RE: July 1944 (2/28/2011 10:17:39 PM)
The intel screen dated 17th september 1944 [image]local://upfiles/15617/F6E2ED4D7AAE46308B5C577F0F9C2EDB.jpg[/image]

aztez -> September 1944 (2/28/2011 10:18:49 PM)
Burma (september 17th 1944) The RAF and US bombers have been deployed into action and they made the surrender of Moulmein a bit faster than expected. There are some B29's operating from India involved along with heavy numbers of 4E bombers. I must say that the supply situation definately is important here since the roads etc make it hard to keep enough resources within troops. The Commonwealth troops clashed with enemy forces at Moulmein and it really was bloody mess. This ordeal took around 2 weeks to complete due japanese heavy lvl 5 forts. Here are last two combat reports when the base was overrun... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Moulmein (55,55) Allied Shock attack Attacking force 86257 troops, 2523 guns, 1910 vehicles, Assault Value = 2544 Defending force 26667 troops, 488 guns, 184 vehicles, Assault Value = 337 Allied adjusted assault: 1919 Japanese adjusted defense: 557 Allied assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 0) Allied forces CAPTURE Moulmein !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), preparation(-) Attacker: shock(+), disruption(-) Japanese ground losses: 11246 casualties reported Squads: 372 destroyed, 14 disabled Non Combat: 914 destroyed, 13 disabled Engineers: 176 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 248 (238 destroyed, 10 disabled) Vehicles lost 75 (75 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units retreated 11 Allied ground losses: 1822 casualties reported Squads: 13 destroyed, 119 disabled Non Combat: 28 destroyed, 179 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 11 disabled Vehicles lost 50 (9 destroyed, 41 disabled) Defeated Japanese Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 20th Indian Division 254th Armoured Brigade 19th Indian Division 77th Chindit Brigade 7th Indian Division 29th British Brigade 5th Indian Division Provisionl Tank Brigade 6th New Chinese Corps 150th RAC Regiment 255th Indian Tank Brigade 23rd Indian Division 81st (West African) Division 6th Australian Division 11th (East African) Division 26th Indian Division 18th British /1 85th British AT Gun Regiment XV Indian Corps 6th Medium Regiment 28th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment 8th Medium Regiment 2/11th Field Regiment 25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment 31st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment Defending units: 2nd Guards Division 53rd Division 38th/A Division 33rd Division 21st Ind.Mixed Bde /1 47th Field AA Battalion 11th RF Gun Battalion 51st Field AA Battalion 45th JNAF AF Unit 2nd Area Army Southern Army /1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Moulmein (55,55) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 41720 troops, 997 guns, 767 vehicles, Assault Value = 2553 Defending force 7193 troops, 72 guns, 22 vehicles, Assault Value = 270 Allied adjusted assault: 1007 Japanese adjusted defense: 143 Allied assault odds: 7 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), fatigue(-), experience(-) supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 3614 casualties reported Squads: 69 destroyed, 88 disabled Non Combat: 50 destroyed, 68 disabled Engineers: 7 destroyed, 11 disabled Guns lost 6 (3 destroyed, 3 disabled) Vehicles lost 10 (3 destroyed, 7 disabled) Units retreated 2 Allied ground losses: 483 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 23 disabled Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 31 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Defeated Japanese Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 6th New Chinese Corps 11th (East African) Division 20th Indian Division 77th Chindit Brigade 81st (West African) Division 254th Armoured Brigade 29th British Brigade Provisionl Tank Brigade 6th Australian Division 150th RAC Regiment 7th Indian Division 255th Indian Tank Brigade 26th Indian Division 23rd Indian Division 19th Indian Division 5th Indian Division 18th British /1 6th Medium Regiment 2/11th Field Regiment 25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment 28th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment 8th Medium Regiment 85th British AT Gun Regiment XV Indian Corps 31st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment Defending units: 14th Ind.Mixed Regiment 38th/B Division That was just the last 3 days worth of fighting. Plenty of those before that. I will continue to push further south towards Malaya and Bangkok. The blue arrows show intended routes forward. [image]local://upfiles/15617/590AC7D01B1D4703AA1E555D3A6EF907.jpg[/image]

aztez -> RE: September 1944 (2/28/2011 10:19:44 PM)
Nothern Pacific (September 17th 1944) The liberation of Aleutians is slowly going forward. We have now have control of Umnak Island & Dutch Harbour which we lost earlier in the war. The recon flights indicate small or medium resistance in the nearby bases. I'am keeping allied carrier TF's here just in case some enemy shipping do show up. There is an paratrooper action scheduled within next few days once I get those transport ac's into area. [image]local://upfiles/15617/5901E7B5000E4C5483067E60565089E9.jpg[/image]

aztez -> RE: September 1944 (2/28/2011 10:20:38 PM)
Southern Pacific (September 17th 1944) Allied forces have invaded Munda and Shortlands and are closing into Rabaul area. I think most of the enemy heavy infantry units are gone since Port Moresby seems to be almost abandoned. There are reported 9 units at Rabaul which most likely some of them are elements of withdrawn unit. We will know this soon enough since the invasion armada is closing in. There enemy airfields with bombers a bit further up the island chain. This why the operation is covered with major allied carrier TF's. I also intend to launch heavy bombing campaign againts those bases with B29's which are now deployed. Last few days I have severeal sweep missions againts Truk. Dave seems to be evacing some of his forces there and want get my lba fighters into action as well. The losses in just couple of days fighting have been 100 for the allied side and 200 enemies downed. A lot more action heating up here as expected. [image]local://upfiles/15617/4DDF2BEDEA714BC4B3DDDE85BBB03080.jpg[/image]

aztez -> August 1944 (3/5/2011 7:25:10 PM)
Burma (August 29th 1944) I have kept the airstrikes againts Bangkok ongoing for last days. Here are the sweep missions made againts that base from past 4 days... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Bangkok , at 56,62 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 19 Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 3 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 36 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 36 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 18 Ki-45 KAId Nick x 4 Ki-61-Id Tony x 29 Allied aircraft P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 9 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses P-47D25 Thunderbolt: 2 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Bangkok , at 56,62 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 33 NM, estimated altitude 26,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 18 Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 3 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 33 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 36 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 17 Ki-45 KAId Nick x 4 Ki-61-Id Tony x 25 Allied aircraft P-38H Lightning x 13 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses P-38H Lightning: 3 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Bangkok , at 56,62 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 42 NM, estimated altitude 28,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 16 Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 2 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 31 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 31 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 14 Ki-45 KAId Nick x 3 Ki-61-Id Tony x 22 Allied aircraft P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 11 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses P-47D2 Thunderbolt: 1 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Bangkok , at 56,62 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 29,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 45 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 15 Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 2 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 29 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 25 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 12 Ki-45 KAId Nick x 3 Ki-61-Id Tony x 20 Allied aircraft Corsair II x 4 P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 2 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 1 destroyed Ki-61-Id Tony: 1 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Bangkok , at 56,62 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 26,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 25 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 13 Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 2 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 25 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 22 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 12 Ki-45 KAId Nick x 3 Ki-61-Id Tony x 17 Allied aircraft Spitfire VIII x 46 P-38H Lightning x 2 P-38J Lightning x 2 P-38L Lightning x 9 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 2 destroyed Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 1 destroyed Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 1 destroyed Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed Ki-45 KAId Nick: 1 destroyed Ki-61-Id Tony: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Spitfire VIII: 2 destroyed P-38J Lightning: 1 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Bangkok , at 56,62 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 29,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 17 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 7 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 20 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 14 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 6 Ki-45 KAId Nick x 2 Ki-61-Id Tony x 10 Allied aircraft Spitfire VIII x 4 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed Ki-45 KAId Nick: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Spitfire VIII: 1 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Bangkok , at 56,62 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 31,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 37 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 7 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 18 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 12 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 5 Ki-45 KAId Nick x 1 Ki-61-Id Tony x 8 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 38 P-38J Lightning x 15 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 1 damaged A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed on ground Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 1 destroyed Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 damaged Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed on ground Ki-45 KAId Nick: 1 damaged Ki-45 KAId Nick: 3 destroyed on ground Ki-61-Id Tony: 5 damaged Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-29-1 Superfort: 12 damaged Japanese ground losses: 5 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 9 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Truk , at 112,108 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 30,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 35 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 18 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 7 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 11 Ki-61-Id Tony x 57 Ki-84a Frank x 27 Allied aircraft P-38L Lightning x 17 P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 74 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 1 destroyed Ki-61-Id Tony: 5 destroyed Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-38L Lightning: 1 destroyed P-47D25 Thunderbolt: 2 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Bangkok , at 56,62 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 24 NM, estimated altitude 28,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 16 Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 2 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 29 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 27 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 17 Ki-45 KAId Nick x 4 Ki-61-Id Tony x 21 Allied aircraft P-38L Lightning x 12 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-61-Id Tony: 1 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Bangkok , at 56,62 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 29,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 25 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 13 Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 2 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 18 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 17 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 13 Ki-45 KAId Nick x 3 Ki-61-Id Tony x 12 Allied aircraft Spitfire VIII x 46 P-38H Lightning x 7 P-38L Lightning x 2 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 2 destroyed Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 1 destroyed Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 4 destroyed Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed Ki-61-Id Tony: 2 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Spitfire VIII: 1 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Bangkok , at 56,62 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 28,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 25 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 8 Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 1 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 12 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 6 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 9 Ki-45 KAId Nick x 2 Ki-61-Id Tony x 5 Allied aircraft Spitfire VIII x 8 P-38J Lightning x 2 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 3 destroyed Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed Ki-45 KAId Nick: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Spitfire VIII: 2 destroyed P-38J Lightning: 1 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Bangkok , at 56,62 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 28,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 37 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 1 Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 1 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 5 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 3 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 7 Ki-45 KAId Nick x 1 Ki-61-Id Tony x 1 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 39 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 1 destroyed on ground Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed Ki-45 KAId Nick: 1 damaged Ki-45 KAId Nick: 1 destroyed on ground Ki-61-Id Tony: 1 damaged Ki-61-Id Tony: 1 destroyed on ground Ki-56 Thalia: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-29-1 Superfort: 11 damaged Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Bangkok , at 56,62 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 46 NM, estimated altitude 30,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 8 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 21 Ki-45 KAId Nick x 46 Ki-61-Id Tony x 39 Allied aircraft Spitfire VIII x 10 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed Ki-45 KAId Nick: 2 destroyed Ki-61-Id Tony: 2 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Spitfire VIII: 1 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Bangkok , at 56,62 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 29,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 25 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 8 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 19 Ki-45 KAId Nick x 35 Ki-61-Id Tony x 35 Allied aircraft Spitfire VIII x 40 P-38H Lightning x 7 P-38J Lightning x 4 P-38L Lightning x 9 P-51B Mustang x 20 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 1 destroyed Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed Ki-45 KAId Nick: 1 destroyed Ki-61-Id Tony: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Spitfire VIII: 1 destroyed P-51B Mustang: 1 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Bangkok , at 56,62 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 27,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 37 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 2 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 14 Ki-45 KAId Nick x 26 Ki-61-Id Tony x 32 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 42 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-45 KAId Nick: 1 destroyed Ki-61-Id Tony: 1 damaged Ki-56 Thalia: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-29-1 Superfort: 15 damaged Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 12 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Bangkok , at 56,62 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 31,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 23 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 1 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 12 Ki-45 KAId Nick x 17 Ki-61-Id Tony x 21 Allied aircraft P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 7 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 2 destroyed Ki-45 KAId Nick: 2 destroyed Ki-61-Id Tony: 3 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Bangkok , at 56,62 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 28,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 23 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 1 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 8 Ki-45 KAId Nick x 11 Ki-61-Id Tony x 7 Allied aircraft P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 5 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed Ki-61-Id Tony: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-47D2 Thunderbolt: 1 destroyed This battle over the skies will continue next turn. The recon indicated some 100 fighters still at Bangkok. There was over 200 before these raids started happening so I gather more than 50% of his fighters there have been wiped out. I'am still resting my ground units couple of days before pushing forward. The battle of Moulmein took toll on our forces eventhough they were victorious. [image]local://upfiles/15617/F01F0827749A4E02BD6D48156A411D84.jpg[/image]

aztez -> RE: August 1944 (3/5/2011 7:26:26 PM)
Southern Pacific (29th of August 1944) Allied invasion fleet has arrived at Rabaul and started unloading troop into beaches. The japanese garrison av was around 200 and I do expect the base to fall next turn. Resistance has been moderate there but japanese submarine managed to put 2 torpedoes into BB Colorado. The battleship sunk beneath the waves taking all the sailors with her. The Manus airfield north of Rabaul was hit by B29's and we torched some aircraft in the fields. The main thing though was IJA's bomber efforts were distrupted. My recon flights spotted possible japanese carriers west of Truk but so far they haven't intervened. Here are the first 2 rounds of battles at Rabaul... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Rabaul (106,125) Allied Shock attack Attacking force 24481 troops, 598 guns, 614 vehicles, Assault Value = 1019 Defending force 6537 troops, 100 guns, 24 vehicles, Assault Value = 165 Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 6 Allied adjusted assault: 448 Japanese adjusted defense: 229 Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 6) Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 6 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), preparation(-) Attacker: shock(+) Japanese ground losses: 891 casualties reported Squads: 20 destroyed, 52 disabled Non Combat: 24 destroyed, 58 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Guns lost 3 (2 destroyed, 1 disabled) Vehicles lost 11 (1 destroyed, 10 disabled) Allied ground losses: 645 casualties reported Squads: 5 destroyed, 56 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 87 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 37 disabled Vehicles lost 34 (3 destroyed, 31 disabled) Assaulting units: 1st Marine Regiment 131st Combat Engineer Regiment 762nd Tank Battalion 637th Tank Destroyer Battalion 25th Infantry Division 32nd Infantry Division 112th Cavalry Regiment 2nd USMC Engineer Regiment 177th USAAF Base Force 181st USAAF Base Force 9th Marine Defense Battalion 226th USN Base Force USN AirSoPac Defending units: I/66th Naval Guard Unit Sasebo 6th SNLF 88th Naval Guard Unit II/81st Naval Guard Unit 32nd Air Defense AA Battalion 7th Base Force 4th JAAF AF Bn 7th JNAF AF Unit 23rd Fld AA Gun Co 27th Fld AA Machinecannon Company 24th Fld AA Machinecannon Company 12th Ind.Hvy.Art Bn /2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Rabaul (106,125) Allied Shock attack Attacking force 25450 troops, 616 guns, 632 vehicles, Assault Value = 972 Defending force 5517 troops, 98 guns, 24 vehicles, Assault Value = 105 Allied adjusted assault: 302 Japanese adjusted defense: 93 Allied assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 6) Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 3 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), preparation(-), experience(-) Attacker: shock(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-) Japanese ground losses: 1620 casualties reported Squads: 66 destroyed, 23 disabled Non Combat: 41 destroyed, 89 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Guns lost 6 (3 destroyed, 3 disabled) Vehicles lost 7 (4 destroyed, 3 disabled) Units destroyed 1 Allied ground losses: 405 casualties reported Squads: 5 destroyed, 18 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 50 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled Vehicles lost 34 (2 destroyed, 32 disabled) Assaulting units: 637th Tank Destroyer Battalion 25th Infantry Division 762nd Tank Battalion 32nd Infantry Division 1st Marine Regiment 131st Combat Engineer Regiment 112th Cavalry Regiment 2nd USMC Engineer Regiment 177th USAAF Base Force 9th Marine Defense Battalion 181st USAAF Base Force 226th USN Base Force USN AirSoPac Defending units: Sasebo 6th SNLF I/66th Naval Guard Unit 88th Naval Guard Unit II/81st Nav Gd /1 32nd Air Defense AA Battalion 23rd Fld AA Gun Co 24th Fld AA Machinecannon Company 7th Base Force /1 27th Fld AA Machinecannon Company 7th JNAF AF Unit 4th JAAF AF Bn 12th Ind.Hvy.Art Bn /2 The next shock assaults should finish the job here and we have solid base which to use south of Truk. At Truk we have been dueling with air to air combats for weeks now. Here is an glimpse of what is happening... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Truk , at 112,108 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 27,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 51 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 29 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 13 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 13 Ki-61-Id Tony x 98 Ki-84a Frank x 36 Allied aircraft F4U-1 Corsair x 48 F4U-1A Corsair x 2 F6F-3 Hellcat x 45 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 1 destroyed Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 1 destroyed Ki-61-Id Tony: 8 destroyed Ki-84a Frank: 2 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F4U-1 Corsair: 2 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Truk , at 112,108 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 31,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 45 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 20 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 7 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 12 Ki-61-Id Tony x 62 Ki-84a Frank x 27 Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 4 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-61-Id Tony: 1 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Truk , at 112,108 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 30,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 35 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 18 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 7 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 11 Ki-61-Id Tony x 57 Ki-84a Frank x 27 Allied aircraft P-38L Lightning x 17 P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 74 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 1 destroyed Ki-61-Id Tony: 5 destroyed Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-38L Lightning: 1 destroyed P-47D25 Thunderbolt: 2 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Truk , at 112,108 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 26,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 35 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 13 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 7 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 9 Ki-61-Id Tony x 33 Ki-84a Frank x 20 Allied aircraft P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 57 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 2 destroyed Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 2 destroyed Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 1 destroyed Ki-61-Id Tony: 6 destroyed Ki-84a Frank: 2 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-47D25 Thunderbolt: 1 destroyed Dave is definately pulling troops out via air transports here. There are now 23 units left and we started up with 36 units. So far I have kept my 4E bombers away from action but will launch them soon againts this base. I have moved +100 of them in the region. The airwar has been very intense in past weeks. Intel screen shows +17 000 enemy planes destroyed. [image]local://upfiles/15617/6DA1FC328B404B64B9E7112AE74DB537.jpg[/image]

aztez -> RE: August 1944 (3/5/2011 7:27:16 PM)
Aleutians (August 29th 1944) Here is an glimpse of the 1st Paratrooper activity of this campaign. Allied troops secured Adak Island and the base east of it. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Adak Island (162,52) Allied Shock attack Attacking force 200 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 19 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Allied adjusted assault: 18 Japanese adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 18 to 1 (fort level 0) Allied forces CAPTURE Adak Island !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: shock(+), leaders(+), leaders(-) Assaulting units: 503rd Parachute Rgt /2 [image]local://upfiles/15617/BB6B83B7C78A4493AB11EDF64EDE5583.jpg[/image]

aztez -> RE: August 1944 (3/6/2011 12:07:45 PM)
Rabaul (August 31st 1944) As expected the Rabaul defenders were overrun last turn. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Rabaul (106,125) Allied Shock attack Attacking force 26672 troops, 616 guns, 631 vehicles, Assault Value = 945 Defending force 3847 troops, 90 guns, 22 vehicles, Assault Value = 35 Allied adjusted assault: 300 Japanese adjusted defense: 69 Allied assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 3) Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 0 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), preparation(-), experience(-) Attacker: shock(+), disruption(-) Japanese ground losses: 1138 casualties reported Squads: 76 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 54 destroyed, 34 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 13 (13 destroyed, 0 disabled) Vehicles lost 11 (6 destroyed, 5 disabled) Units destroyed 2 Allied ground losses: 376 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 32 disabled Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 13 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled Vehicles lost 11 (3 destroyed, 8 disabled) Assaulting units: 112th Cavalry Regiment 25th Infantry Division 131st Combat Engineer Regiment 32nd Infantry Division 1st Marine Regiment 637th Tank Destroyer Battalion 762nd Tank Battalion 2nd USMC Engineer Regiment 9th Marine Defense Battalion 177th USAAF Base Force 181st USAAF Base Force 226th USN Base Force USN AirSoPac Defending units: 88th Naval Guard Unit Sasebo 6th SNLF II/81st Nav Gd /1 4th JAAF AF Bn 7th Base Force /1 7th JNAF AF Unit 32nd Air Defense AA Battalion 27th Fld AA Machinecannon Company 23rd Fld AA Gun Co 24th Fld AA Machinecannon Company 12th Ind.Hvy.Art Bn /2 This gives me an nice forward base with big port and airfield. Initially I was going to bypass this whole area but changed my mind and I think it was the correct the decision. Elsewhere Bangkok and Truk carnage continued. In total +400 aircraft was lost last turn. I'am going to keep at it since have plenty in reserves. However Dave might not since first time I spotted below 100 fighters at those bases. [image]local://upfiles/15617/811752800C1D46FF975F768CDE7CBC97.jpg[/image]

aztez -> RE: August 1944 (3/6/2011 12:08:31 PM)
The air to air losses from previous turn... [image]local://upfiles/15617/67B8CDD50FF54DF293457ED958D84B4F.jpg[/image]

zzodr -> RE: August 1944 (5/4/2011 10:21:05 AM)
Is this still goin Aztez? Hope you are ok!

aztez -> RE: August 1944 (5/22/2011 12:38:10 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: zzodr Is this still goin Aztez? Hope you are ok! Hello! This is still ongoing. I have just been busy with RL stuff and haven't had much time to visit these boards. Thanks for asking! [:)]

aztez -> November 1944 (5/22/2011 12:39:00 PM)
The intelligence screen (Noverber 1st 1944) Here you can see overall "point system". I'am still lacking behind more than 10 000 points but trying to do an catch up. [image]local://upfiles/15617/084FB37414A1463D919EAFFE7F1B93E1.jpg[/image]

aztez -> RE: November 1944 (5/22/2011 12:40:12 PM)
The Pacific (November 1st 1944) The map shows japanese bases around the map. Dave still holds a lot of ground allthough it has shrunken a bit. [image]local://upfiles/15617/4C435B407DB64CAA9297EEDB305C42CE.jpg[/image]

aztez -> RE: November 1944 (5/22/2011 12:41:58 PM)
Burma (November 1st 1944) This has been bloody in terms of airwar. In past few turns I have bombed Bangkok and japanese have launched againts Rangoon. All in all I think combined losses have been 700-800 aircraft. It still seems japanese airforce is in good shape despite losing almost 20 000 aircraft. I'am having hard time of getting 2:1 or 3:1 odds. Most are now maybe around 1,5:1 in favour of allies. The problem with that is the production. Dave can choose what aircraft to produce while I'am stuck on what I get on the map. I have shipped a lot of supplies and units into Burma and soon we will start marching towards the valleys near Bangkok. [image]local://upfiles/15617/3ED794D8D0EA4B4EB0808B4A614E40C8.jpg[/image]

aztez -> RE: November 1944 (5/22/2011 12:43:28 PM)
Marianas (November 1st 1944) I have flown extensive recon missions in this area. The map below shows what kind of enemy forces are garrisoning these bases. Also there are some 40 000 enemy units at Truk which is an Atoll and I wohn't hit it. Instead will bypass that base. Allied invasion fleet is already in motion and will arrive at Marianas in next few days. I will land at Saipan and Tinian. Each of the bases will be hit by +100 000 men. The allied navy is fully supporting these landings which need to be succesfull. The amount of enemy LBA aircraft is 300-350 planes if recon is to be expected. No doubt he can fly in extra from nearby areas and I'am expecting KB to show up here as well. However this goes it definately will be bloody... [image]local://upfiles/15617/A6B328E2D88346FC8B06E73F659BC69D.jpg[/image]

witpqs -> RE: November 1944 (5/22/2011 6:22:21 PM)
Truk is not an atoll in game terms. Truk is (IIRC) jungle terrain, and size 3 (60,000 capacity). The automatic landing shock attacks are for 1) all Atoll terrain, and 2) size 1 (6,000 capacity) and 2 (30,000 capacity) islands regardless of terrain. I'm glad you reactivated your AAR - Your fans missed you! [:)]

aztez -> RE: November 1944 (5/23/2011 6:22:26 PM)
witpqs: Thanks and appreciated the comment. The RL has kept me busy and I will keep this AAR running to the bitter end. Last turn did not have much action itself allthough my invasion fleets got discovered. That was not good but well what can you do. I will push ahead with the invasions since I need to do something now.. not months ahead. Also spotted again 1-2 ships TF's around Saipan where he has 200 fighters placed. Well, that is an game mechanic ambush to me so told Dave that the TF's of such kind should have 6 ship minium. He is trying to juice my bombers into strikes againts non-essential targets which I hate to see still in the game. This happened in Truk region and now it needs to be stopped. Anyone starting an PBEM or WITPAE game I would say these two things. 1) Don't agree to have the option where you can adjust changing of aircraft type. 2) The pilot training is definately burden in this game and I suggest that only general training option should be used. Those two things can adjust/break the game into fantasy land. I will do an update once our fleets near the Marianas. (Allthough it came into mind maybe divert them towards Iwo Jima region. The problem being though that he holds Marcus and Wake Island. Hard to get LBA fighters into the base)

crsutton -> RE: November 1944 (5/23/2011 8:05:09 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: aztez [1) Don't agree to have the option where you can adjust changing of aircraft type. 2) The pilot training is definately burden in this game and I suggest that only general training option should be used. Those two things can adjust/break the game into fantasy land. I will do an update once our fleets near the Marianas. (Allthough it came into mind maybe divert them towards Iwo Jima region. The problem being though that he holds Marcus and Wake Island. Hard to get LBA fighters into the base) Try doing this while playing scen#2 where the Japanese resources are extreme. I am facing hundreds of Japanese land based fighters and bombers-not to mention more trained Japanese pilots than he will ever need...It is quite a challenge. If you have not updated to the latest beta patch (very nice stuff there) then you might want to try it out. The Allies get some help as you can now (for a big PP cost) assign navy fighters to a marine unit. This really helps as the marine fighter units are always short of planes and you can now give some of them hellcats which are usually in plentiful supply.

roymartin -> RE: November 1944 (5/28/2011 1:35:50 PM)
Thanks Aztez for all the hard work you've put into this AAR. Just read it right from the beginning - great read.

aztez -> RE: November 1944 (5/28/2011 5:47:33 PM)
crsutton: Good to see you! I gather you have been fine? No! I have such desires to do this with scenario 2! As for the patch! We are still running the last official one. Most likely will upgrade when the Beta phase ends. rtrm: Welcome to the forums! Also, appreciated the kind words. You can keep on following until the 1946's since this is definately not ending before that date.

aztez -> RE: November 1944 (5/28/2011 5:48:29 PM)
Marianas (November 2nd 1944) As expected our carriers became involved when closed in towards Marianas. Touche that we cannot prevent those aircraft from taking off for non-existant / unimportant targets. Here is the summary of things from the combat.txt file. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Saipan at 112,97 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Allied aircraft FM-2 Wildcat x 21 F4U-1A Corsair x 14 F4U-1D Corsair x 7 F6F-3 Hellcat x 85 No Allied losses -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Saipan at 112,97 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 20 minutes Allied aircraft FM-2 Wildcat x 28 F4U-1A Corsair x 6 F6F-3 Hellcat x 50 No Allied losses -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Saipan at 112,97 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 12 F6F-3 Hellcat x 33 F6F-5 Hellcat x 17 SB2C-3 Helldiver x 29 No Allied losses Japanese Ships xAKL Shun Yuan, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Pagan at 110,89 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 52 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 11 A6M5 Zero x 6 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 19 Allied aircraft FM-2 Wildcat x 21 F4U-1A Corsair x 18 F6F-3 Hellcat x 76 F6F-5 Hellcat x 6 SB2C-3 Helldiver x 29 TBM-1C Avenger x 36 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 3 destroyed Allied aircraft losses FM-2 Wildcat: 1 destroyed F4U-1A Corsair: 1 destroyed F6F-3 Hellcat: 5 destroyed F6F-5 Hellcat: 1 destroyed SB2C-3 Helldiver: 1 damaged Japanese Ships CMc Ashizaki xAK Dakar Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire SC Ch 25, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires CMc Kuroshima, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk xAK Syoan Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire AM Wa 104, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk AG Muroto, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Agrihan at 111,88 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 17 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 1 Allied aircraft FM-2 Wildcat x 14 F4U-1A Corsair x 12 F6F-3 Hellcat x 14 SB2C-3 Helldiver x 24 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses SB2C-3 Helldiver: 3 damaged Japanese Ships xAK Chojun Maru, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Kyokusei Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage SC CHa-36, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk xAK Morioka Maru, Bomb hits 11, and is sunk -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Saipan at 108,93 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 160 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 69 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 16 A6M5 Zero x 46 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 6 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 6 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 23 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 17 Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 16 Ki-61-Id Tony x 40 Ki-84a Frank x 35 Allied aircraft FM-2 Wildcat x 7 F4U-1A Corsair x 14 F4U-1D Corsair x 7 F6F-3 Hellcat x 85 F6F-5 Hellcat x 16 SB2C-3 Helldiver x 24 TBM-1C Avenger x 18 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed A6M5 Zero: 2 destroyed Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 2 destroyed Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed Ki-45 KAIc Nick: 1 destroyed Ki-61-Id Tony: 2 destroyed Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses FM-2 Wildcat: 3 destroyed F4U-1A Corsair: 1 destroyed F6F-3 Hellcat: 20 destroyed F6F-5 Hellcat: 2 destroyed SB2C-3 Helldiver: 9 destroyed, 1 damaged TBM-1C Avenger: 12 destroyed Japanese Ships xAK Jinsai Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage SC Ch 7 xAK Kirisima Maru -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Saipan at 108,93 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 52 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 1 A6M5 Zero x 20 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 1 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 2 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 4 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 8 Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 8 Ki-61-Id Tony x 16 Ki-84a Frank x 17 Allied aircraft F6F-3 Hellcat x 40 SB2C-1C Helldiver x 28 SB2C-3 Helldiver x 24 TBM-1C Avenger x 18 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-61-Id Tony: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F6F-3 Hellcat: 3 destroyed SB2C-1C Helldiver: 10 destroyed, 2 damaged SB2C-3 Helldiver: 8 destroyed, 10 damaged TBM-1C Avenger: 7 destroyed, 2 damaged Japanese Ships LST T-138 LST T-117, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk SC CHa-15, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk LST T-143, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk LST T-110 SC CHa-25 SC CHa-54 SC CHa-51 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Pagan at 110,89 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 34 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 2 A6M5 Zero x 2 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 1 Allied aircraft SB2C-1C Helldiver x 24 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses SB2C-1C Helldiver: 2 destroyed, 5 damaged Japanese Ships AG Muroto, heavy fires, heavy damage SC Ch 25, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Saipan at 108,93 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 54 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 1 A6M5 Zero x 10 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 1 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 1 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 4 Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 3 Ki-61-Id Tony x 9 Ki-84a Frank x 7 Allied aircraft TBM-1C Avenger x 18 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses TBM-1C Avenger: 5 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Agrihan at 111,88 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 33 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Allied aircraft FM-2 Wildcat x 7 F6F-3 Hellcat x 20 TBM-1C Avenger x 18 Allied aircraft losses TBM-1C Avenger: 1 damaged Japanese Ships xAK Kyokusei Maru, Bomb hits 5, and is sunk xAK Chojun Maru, and is sunk -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Saipan at 108,93 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 52 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 39 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 6 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 6 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 15 Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 12 Ki-61-Id Tony x 33 Ki-84a Frank x 33 Allied aircraft FM-2 Wildcat x 45 F4U-1A Corsair x 37 F4U-1D Corsair x 6 F6F-3 Hellcat x 161 F6F-5 Hellcat x 29 SB2C-3 Helldiver x 27 TBM-1C Avenger x 35 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed Ki-45 KAIc Nick: 1 destroyed Ki-61-Id Tony: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses FM-2 Wildcat: 4 destroyed F4U-1A Corsair: 3 destroyed F4U-1D Corsair: 1 destroyed F6F-3 Hellcat: 13 destroyed F6F-5 Hellcat: 3 destroyed SB2C-3 Helldiver: 2 destroyed, 5 damaged TBM-1C Avenger: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged Japanese Ships E Yaeyama, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires xAK Kirisima Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage LST T-110, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage E Hatsutaka, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage E Kurahashi, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk xAKL Hinode Maru, Bomb hits 8, and is sunk SC Ch 63 SC Ch 7, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Saipan at 108,93 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 52 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 22 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 2 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 4 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 7 Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 7 Ki-61-Id Tony x 26 Ki-84a Frank x 17 Allied aircraft F6F-3 Hellcat x 26 SB2C-3 Helldiver x 20 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-45 KAIc Nick: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F6F-3 Hellcat: 3 destroyed SB2C-3 Helldiver: 10 destroyed, 3 damaged Japanese Ships LST T-138 Damn.. lost way too many aircraft on non-existant ships. Also, it seems that Pagan also has around 20 units stacked in the beaches at Marianas. After looking at the strenght, fatigue and our losses it has left me no other option but to cancel those landings at Tinian + Saipan. Instead I will divert these troops towards Truk and invade base without the troops being prepped for it. This really well truly sucks but if look at the losses on the aircraft screen you will get the picture why this has to be done. Eventhough I really don't need the base in terms of ports I need the base for advance airfield. Another bump on the comeback journeys. The odds shifted at Marianas last turn. [image]local://upfiles/15617/DBDF5558AB4C47F8BE651AE9399DD153.jpg[/image]

aztez -> RE: November 1944 (5/28/2011 5:49:39 PM)
The aircraft losses from the previous turn... [image]local://upfiles/15617/4D26E0BF38AA47C8B0FF0BF7DD322093.jpg[/image]

aztez -> RE: November 1944 (5/30/2011 8:28:47 PM)
Burma (November 11th 1944) Commonwealth forces have now entered the hex at Chiang Mai. Only thing sure is that the base has 11 enemy units defending it. I should have 1300-1600av there within next few days and I think that will more than enough to dislodge those japanese. RAF and US airforces will provide bombing support from interior Burma. Once Chiang Mai is secured I will start advancing towards the plains near Bangkok. The airwar over Bangkok has been extremely fierce. I have lost the count of how many planes both sides have lost there. It is definately 4 digit numbers and no sign of japanese giving up the skies above Bangkok. Instead they have made raids towards Rangoon. [image]local://upfiles/15617/695C74580B844846A7A4339BE411CDCE.jpg[/image]

aztez -> RE: November 1944 (5/30/2011 8:29:38 PM)
Truk (November 11th 1944) As stated earlier we had to postpone the Marianas offensive and instead we diverted those troops towards Truk. The invasion begun on november 10th 1944 and the first 40 000 are now in the beaches.'' The losses regarding transport ships were less than expected on the 1st wave of the ships. I have plenty of surface combat ships and carriers providing cover for the operations. There are also LBA bombers flying into Truk from Rabaul and Marshalls. Next turn I will land extra 40 000 men into the base and start soon hammering those defenders. I have quite a few troops in the reserve just incase the defenders try to be too stubborn. Here is the ground combat situation after the initial landings... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Truk (112,108) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 25094 troops, 361 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 959 Defending force 30194 troops, 533 guns, 1124 vehicles, Assault Value = 836 Assaulting units: 13th Garrison Unit Truk Naval Fortress 1st Guards Division Yokosuka 3rd SNLF 72nd Div /4 64th Field AA Battalion 31st Army 4th Fleet /1 4th Base Force /2 26th Fld AA Machinecannon Company 2nd Medium Mortar Battalion 171st AA Rgt /1 20th Fld AA Machinecannon Company 77th Field AA Battalion 68th Field AA Battalion 38th JNAF AF Unit /1 Defending units: 81st Infantry Division 1st Filipino Inf Regiment 775th Tank Battalion 6th Infantry Division 44th Tank Battalion I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment 716th Tank Battalion 4th Eng Amph Bde 49th Aviation Base Force X Corps Artillery 3rd Eng Amph Bde /6 [image]local://upfiles/15617/D5D52F103134476EB975EFE77E678EE4.jpg[/image]

CaptBeefheart -> RE: November 1944 (5/31/2011 1:01:02 AM)
Aztez: Good to see you are still going here. I hope you've got other ground units on those ships there or it could be a tough slog for Truk. Good luck! Cheers, CC

aztez -> RE: November 1944 (6/12/2011 3:37:41 PM)
Thanks Cody! Appreciated! Well, the luck factor is something I do not have in this game. I don't have the actual turn file so this update goes without the pictures. We will run the latest news theatre by theatre. Pacific reports (November 12th - 25th 1944) South Pacific The landings at Truk have come to an grinding halt for the allied side. Japanese defenders have upgraded their fort levels to 9 there. The initial assaults showed adjusted defensive value of +20 000 for the enemy. As if this was not bad enough game mechanics game into play. I have +40 000 units of supply currently there for the troops but somehow it is not divided. Thus one single infantry division holds 95% of teh supplies landed on the beaches. I have already withdrawn few units out of Truk and unless I can get those supplies working as intended than will forfeit this landing and remove rest of the units as well. This ofcourse is costly endevour since the coastal guns are taking toll on the transports. I could summarize the above: "Sometimes I really hate this damn game..." We have started invasion north of Rabaul at Manus. It seems allied troops are gaining upper hand here and expect that base to fall within next couple of turns. Burma / India There have been ground combat fought at Chiang Mai and the forts have been reduced to lvl 1 now. The resistance is still very stubborn so hard to say how long the enemy can hold out here. Japanese have landed paratroopers into vicinity of Lashio and we are working hard to dislodge those intruders. This "drop" is an annoyance more than anything else. At Colombo RN carriers and warships were ambushed by IJN. The results were not pretty at all as you can expect. I cannot confirm the actual status of these ships but it seems that many of them are sunk or either very badly hit. Considering the date of things that means they are out of the war for good. The combat.txt raid copy and pasted below: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Colombo , at 29,48 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 41 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft �� A6M2 Zero x 12 Allied aircraft �� Corsair II x 18 �� Corsair IV x 8 �� Seafire IIC x 10 �� Seafire L.III x 14 Japanese aircraft losses �� A6M2 Zero: 4 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Colombo , at 29,48 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 160 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 53 minutes Japanese aircraft �� A6M2 Zero x 12 Allied aircraft �� Corsair II x 17 �� Corsair IV x 8 �� Seafire IIC x 10 �� Seafire L.III x 12 Japanese aircraft losses �� A6M2 Zero: 4 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Colombo , at 29,48 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 160 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 41 minutes Japanese aircraft �� A6M2 Zero x 15 �� A6M5 Zero x 61 �� A6M5b Zero x 38 �� A6M5c Zero x 16 �� D4Y1 Judy x 28 �� D4Y3 Judy x 54 Allied aircraft �� Corsair II x 10 �� Corsair IV x 7 �� Seafire L.III x 14 Japanese aircraft losses �� A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed �� A6M5 Zero: 2 destroyed �� A6M5c Zero: 2 destroyed �� D4Y1 Judy: 8 destroyed, 8 damaged �� D4Y3 Judy: 10 destroyed, 13 damaged Allied aircraft losses �� Corsair II: 2 destroyed �� Corsair IV: 1 destroyed �� Seafire L.III: 3 destroyed Allied Ships �� BB Queen Elizabeth, Bomb hits 5,� on fire,� heavy damage -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Colombo , at 29,48 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 160 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 41 minutes Japanese aircraft �� A6M5 Zero x 14 �� B6N2 Jill x 12 �� D4Y2 Judy x 26 �� D4Y3 Judy x 41 Allied aircraft �� Corsair II x 4 �� Corsair IV x 4 �� Seafire L.III x 1 Japanese aircraft losses �� A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed �� B6N2 Jill: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged �� D4Y2 Judy: 8 destroyed, 8 damaged -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Colombo , at 29,48 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 160 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 53 minutes Japanese aircraft �� A6M5 Zero x 11 �� B6N2 Jill x 27 �� D4Y3 Judy x 15 Allied aircraft �� Corsair II x 1 �� Corsair IV x 2 Japanese aircraft losses �� A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed �� B6N2 Jill: 2 destroyed, 15 damaged �� D4Y3 Judy: 6 destroyed, 3 damaged Allied Ships �� BB Queen Elizabeth, Bomb hits 2,� heavy fires,� heavy damage �� AR Artifex, Bomb hits 1,� heavy fires,� heavy damage -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Colombo at 29,48 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 160 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 41 minutes Japanese aircraft �� A6M2 Zero x 15 �� A6M5 Zero x 85 �� A6M5b Zero x 37 �� A6M5c Zero x 15 �� B6N2 Jill x 181 �� D4Y1 Judy x 9 �� D4Y2 Judy x 4 �� D4Y3 Judy x 40 Allied aircraft �� Corsair II x 7 �� Corsair IV x 20 �� Seafire IIC x 32 �� Seafire L.III x 25 Japanese aircraft losses �� A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed �� A6M5 Zero: 6 destroyed �� A6M5b Zero: 1 destroyed �� A6M5c Zero: 1 destroyed �� B6N2 Jill: 8 destroyed, 22 damaged �� D4Y1 Judy: 2 damaged �� D4Y2 Judy: 1 damaged �� D4Y3 Judy: 3 destroyed, 16 damaged Allied aircraft losses �� Corsair II: 1 destroyed �� Corsair IV: 1 destroyed �� Seafire L.III: 2 destroyed Allied Ships �� CV Indefatigable, Bomb hits 7, Torpedo hits 1,� heavy fires,� heavy damage �� CVE Activity, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk �� BB Howe, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 3,� on fire,� heavy damage �� BB Valiant, Bomb hits 5, Torpedo hits 2,� on fire �� CVL Unicorn, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1,� on fire,� heavy damage �� BB King George V, Torpedo hits 1 �� TK Sunadmiral �� CVE Rajah, Torpedo hits 2,� on fire,� heavy damage �� DD Ulster �� TK William Sunoco, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk �� DD Tenedos �� CLAA Euryalus �� D4Y3 Judy: 9 destroyed, 10 damaged Allied Ships �� AR Artifex, Bomb hits 1 �� BB Queen Elizabeth, Bomb hits 5,� on fire,� heavy damage �� AS Adamant, Bomb hits 1,� heavy fires -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Koggala at 30,51 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 54 minutes Japanese aircraft �� A6M5 Zero x 57 �� A6M5b Zero x 16 �� A6M5c Zero x 6 Allied aircraft �� Avenger II x 17 �� Seafire L.III x 5 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses �� Avenger II: 6 destroyed, 1 damaged �� Seafire L.III: 2 destroyed Japanese Ships �� BB Fuso -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Colombo at 29,48 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 160 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 41 minutes Japanese aircraft �� A6M5 Zero x 16 �� A6M5b Zero x 37 �� A6M5c Zero x 13 �� B6N2 Jill x 128 �� D4Y1 Judy x 8 �� D4Y2 Judy x 5 �� D4Y3 Judy x 31 Allied aircraft �� Corsair II x 1 �� Seafire IIC x 7 �� Seafire L.III x 6 Japanese aircraft losses �� A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed �� A6M5b Zero: 2 destroyed �� B6N2 Jill: 4 destroyed, 57 damaged �� D4Y1 Judy: 5 damaged �� D4Y2 Judy: 2 damaged �� D4Y3 Judy: 2 destroyed, 10 damaged Allied aircraft losses �� Seafire IIC: 2 destroyed �� Seafire L.III: 1 destroyed Allied Ships �� CVL Unicorn, Bomb hits 2,� on fire,� heavy damage �� BB King George V, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk �� DD Warramunga �� CVE Rajah, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk �� BB Valiant, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 2,� on fire,� heavy damage �� CLAA Argonaut �� DD Redoubt �� DD Urchin �� CLAA Black Prince, Torpedo hits 1,� on fire �� CL Swiftsure, Torpedo hits 1,� on fire �� CLAA Euryalus �� CV Indefatigable, Bomb hits 4,� heavy fires,� heavy damage �� DD Rocket �� BB Howe, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk �� DD Undine, Bomb hits 1,� on fire �� DD Ursa �� DD Tenedos �� DD Ulster So that is that.. I could be happy about the aircraft / pilot losses for the japanese but since the game really does not model how hard it is maintain quality pilots it comes next to nothing. Thus far I have shot down over +20 000 enemy aircraft and have not seen any diffrence on their numbers around the map whatsoever. Few more ships not to worry about at least. China Not much happening. I still thinking about launching an offensive here even with poor supply situations. Basically don't have much to lose in this game. Aleutians At the moment building up and garrisoning the bases I have recaptured from Dave. The weather most likely prevents any major operations in this region.

crsutton -> RE: November 1944 (6/12/2011 8:58:46 PM)
Ouch! That hurt. It just goes to show that with Japanese carriers still afloat you can never relax. Got to give it to your opponent that was a brilliant raid. I just wish Allied AA was not so useless. At this stage of the game you should have at least splashed a lot more attackers. It has been a while since you reported. What are your carrier losses vs your opponents to date in your game?

zzodr -> RE: November 1944 (6/15/2011 3:58:51 AM)
Things are looking up for scuba diving off Colombo... bad luck Aztez!

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