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aztez -> RE: January 1945 (7/17/2011 10:35:11 AM)
New Guinea / South Pacific (January 14th 1945) The invasion at Sorong went as expected and we routed the defending enemies there. Now we are busy building up this and other bases in the region. Japanese did try to intervene there but we downed 150 enemy aircraft and suffered very moderate losses in return. CA Tone along with couple of destroyers made an quick an run bombardment at Sorong last turn. Those ships were lucky since they survived 15 Avenger strike due to the fact that escorts did not fly. These ships are around Namlea and I think this was an decoy operation where he tried to get my carriers to react further south. That is not happening though since carriers are covering our landings at Morotai. The troops have mostly landed and shock attack is ordered next turn. Dave is gathering his isolated troops into Hollandia and that base will be bombed heavily next turn. Allied paratroopers are capturing isoltated bases around Port Moresby and Lae. There is smaller invasion ongoing at Madang. Also, we are fighting it out at Wevak and Vanomo region. Allied B29's will make their first contribution in large scale next turn too. There is 150 of them bombing the enemy airfields at Guam. I have no intel what he has there BUT most likely reserves / depleted squadrons. [image]local://upfiles/15617/96E5B4F7E9464F89BFE821ECC10926E9.jpg[/image]

aztez -> RE: January 1945 (7/17/2011 10:36:28 AM)
China (January 14th 1945) Dave has sweeped the airfield at Chungking in past turn. His George fighters did short work of chinese P40N's. I think the ratios were about 20:1 in his favour. Last turn he bombed the airfield there with his Helen's. I will deal with this situation in due course but at the moment it is not first priority. We had few small skirsmish ground battles in central china. Those were his "recon" units moving into their kamikaze faiths. [image]local://upfiles/15617/9085C18AF9D24BF3A1C30535EAAD95AA.jpg[/image]

aztez -> RE: January 1945 (7/17/2011 7:12:33 PM)
Definately an good turn for allied side. Pacific (January 15th 1945) Burma Allied fighters and bombers took off in numbers and blasted the airfields at Bangkok. Here is an summary from those bombing runs: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Bangkok , at 56,62 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 27 NM, estimated altitude 29,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K1-J George x 5 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 26 Ki-61-Id Tony x 16 Ki-84a Frank x 23 Allied aircraft Thunderbolt II x 16 F-6D Mustang x 14 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 2 destroyed Ki-84a Frank: 2 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Thunderbolt II: 5 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Bangkok , at 56,62 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K1-J George x 4 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 15 Ki-61-Id Tony x 9 Ki-84a Frank x 19 Allied aircraft Thunderbolt II x 2 P-51D Mustang x 22 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-51D Mustang: 3 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Bangkok , at 56,62 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 160 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 44 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K1-J George x 3 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 12 Ki-61-Id Tony x 5 Ki-84a Frank x 12 Allied aircraft P-51D Mustang x 11 P-38J Lightning x 14 P-38L Lightning x 79 P-51D Mustang x 54 Japanese aircraft losses N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 3 destroyed Ki-61-Id Tony: 3 destroyed Ki-84a Frank: 3 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Bangkok , at 56,62 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 160 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 55 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 2 Ki-84a Frank x 1 Allied aircraft B-24D1 Liberator x 12 B-24J Liberator x 39 B-25C Mitchell x 32 B-25G Mitchell x 15 B-25H Mitchell x 15 B-25J1 Mitchell x 3 B-25J11 Mitchell x 36 P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 24 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 2 damaged Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 2 destroyed on ground Ki-84a Frank: 1 damaged Ki-84a Frank: 4 destroyed on ground Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 12 destroyed on ground A6M5 Zero: 7 destroyed on ground P1Y1 Frances: 12 destroyed on ground Ki-61-Id Tony: 5 destroyed on ground Ki-49-IIb Helen: 2 destroyed on ground Ki-56 Thalia: 3 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged B-25H Mitchell: 3 damaged B-25J11 Mitchell: 2 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 7 Airbase supply hits 7 Runway hits 61 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Bangkok , at 56,62 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 160 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 55 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft Thunderbolt II x 14 B-24J Liberator x 14 B-25J11 Mitchell x 12 P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 15 Japanese aircraft losses P1Y1 Frances: 2 destroyed on ground Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 destroyed on ground Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed on ground Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 3 destroyed on ground A6M5 Zero: 3 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged B-25J11 Mitchell: 1 damaged Airbase hits 4 Runway hits 14 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Bangkok , at 56,62 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 160 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 47 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 3 Ki-61-Id Tony x 3 Allied aircraft B-25C Mitchell x 12 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed on ground Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 2 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged Runway hits 4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Bangkok , at 56,62 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 33 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 1 Ki-61-Id Tony x 1 Allied aircraft B-25D1 Mitchell x 11 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 2 destroyed on ground A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed on ground Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 damaged Runway hits 8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Bangkok , at 56,62 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 24 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-25J11 Mitchell x 12 Japanese aircraft losses P1Y1 Frances: 1 destroyed on ground Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 1 destroyed on ground A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-25J11 Mitchell: 1 damaged Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Bangkok , at 56,62 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 160 NM, estimated altitude 31,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 50 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K1-J George x 4 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 9 Ki-61-Id Tony x 4 Ki-84a Frank x 21 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 39 P-38J Lightning x 14 P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 20 P-51D Mustang x 71 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged Ki-61-Id Tony: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 1 destroyed on ground Ki-49-IIb Helen: 1 destroyed on ground P1Y1 Frances: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-29-1 Superfort: 1 damaged P-38J Lightning: 1 destroyed P-47D25 Thunderbolt: 1 destroyed P-51D Mustang: 1 destroyed Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Bangkok , at 56,62 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 160 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 44 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K1-J George x 4 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 13 Ki-61-Id Tony x 9 Ki-84a Frank x 12 Allied aircraft P-51D Mustang x 11 Thunderbolt II x 3 P-38J Lightning x 2 P-38L Lightning x 10 P-51D Mustang x 51 Japanese aircraft losses N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 2 destroyed Ki-61-Id Tony: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-51D Mustang: 4 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Bangkok , at 56,62 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 160 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 48 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K1-J George x 1 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 1 Ki-61-Id Tony x 3 Ki-84a Frank x 2 Allied aircraft Thunderbolt II x 2 B-25C Mitchell x 20 B-25D1 Mitchell x 11 B-25G Mitchell x 15 B-25H Mitchell x 3 B-25J1 Mitchell x 12 B-25J11 Mitchell x 47 P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 44 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 damaged Ki-61-Id Tony: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged Ki-84a Frank: 2 damaged Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed on ground Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 2 destroyed on ground P1Y1 Frances: 2 destroyed on ground A6M5 Zero: 2 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed B-25G Mitchell: 1 damaged B-25H Mitchell: 1 damaged B-25J11 Mitchell: 5 damaged P-47D25 Thunderbolt: 1 destroyed Airbase hits 7 Runway hits 36 Not bad, not bad at all. I do not have the exact numbers what the losses since don't have the turn yet. Overall though very pleased how that raid played out. New Guinea / Southern Pacific Allied troops captured the Morotai base just north of New Guinea. Now I can move in some patrol planes and LBA aircarts. The poor japanese souls did not have an chance againts allied shock assaults: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Morotai (80,101) Allied Shock attack Attacking force 18563 troops, 488 guns, 183 vehicles, Assault Value = 733 Defending force 4937 troops, 51 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 158 Allied adjusted assault: 552 Japanese adjusted defense: 103 Allied assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 3) Allied forces CAPTURE Morotai !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), experience(-) Attacker: shock(+) Japanese ground losses: 1168 casualties reported Squads: 4 destroyed, 83 disabled Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 76 disabled Engineers: 4 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 425 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 31 disabled Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 34 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Vehicles lost 13 (1 destroyed, 12 disabled) Assaulting units: 2nd USMC Engineer Regiment 25th Infantry Division 637th Tank Destroyer Battalion 43rd Infantry Division 5th Australian Division 193rd Tank Bn /2 39th Aviation Base Force 1st Marine Defense Battalion 26th USN Naval Construction Battalion VII US Fighter Cmnd Defending units: 10th Exped.Force 51st Naval Guard Unit 60th JNAF AF Unit -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Morotai (80,101) Allied Shock attack Attacking force 18675 troops, 532 guns, 210 vehicles, Assault Value = 715 Defending force 3863 troops, 48 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 99 Allied adjusted assault: 467 Japanese adjusted defense: 13 Allied assault odds: 35 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-), experience(-) supply(-) Attacker: shock(+) Japanese ground losses: 1413 casualties reported Squads: 59 destroyed, 18 disabled Non Combat: 35 destroyed, 46 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Allied ground losses: 16 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 193rd Tank Battalion 637th Tank Destroyer Battalion 25th Infantry Division 2nd USMC Engineer Regiment 43rd Infantry Division 5th Australian Division 26th USN Naval Construction Battalion 39th Aviation Base Force 1st Marine Defense Battalion VII US Fighter Cmnd Defending units: 10th Exped.Force 51st Naval Guard Unit 60th JNAF AF Unit This is good news also and gives us more tactical options. Allied troops did seize couple of minor bases too at Dague and Umboi Island. At Wevak and Madang japanese troops pushed off allied assaults. Dave also tried an "ambush" at Marshall Islands. He had moved some Oscars and Judy's into Eniwetok. These raiders sunk 2-3 AK's but in return he lost maybe around 30-40 aircraft. The first B29 at Guam did not succeed too well. We only scored minor hits there and "suprise" the waves got dispersed a bit. The poor hit ratio was down to recon and high alltitude. [image]local://upfiles/15617/166FC62E725F4486B3E5BCD2260AA0DB.jpg[/image]

Jzanes -> RE: January 1945 (7/17/2011 10:22:33 PM)
Interesting to see another game in 1945. I'm in March 1945 vs. Rader. My advice is to keep the pressure on the japanese. P51s, Spitfires VIIIs, Thunderbolts, and Hellcats are significantly superior to the japanese front line fighters. Here's my AAR if you wanta compare notes; http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=2347310&mpage=8�

aztez -> RE: January 1945 (7/18/2011 7:48:07 AM)
Thankx Jzanes. I will catch up with your saga this week. I had an quick glimpse and already can say that you are doing much much better in China. I made some heavy and costly mistakes there early on paying for them everyday. Also in points wise you are doing better. I have still around 15k deficit to catch up there. I would have loved to get this offensive started 6-12 months ago but KUDOS to Dave. He did play excellent forced the "delay".... simple as that. Now I'am forced to go forward with less organized fashion than I would love to. Thus it is grind, assault and grind some more. The good thing is that I never play for points and the aim is to get into 1946 end screen. I will keep fighting and give him best possible opposition. How things turn out well that remains to be seen [:)]

crsutton -> RE: January 1945 (7/18/2011 10:01:03 PM)
Looks like he had Bankok overstacked. That was a nice raid. Don't feel so bad about your position in China. It is actually not too bad. In my game with Viperpol, he has pretty much taken all of China by 1/44. I don't think it can be avoided if the Japanese commits all out. I am in better position that you were in the Pacific but China is history.

aztez -> RE: January 1945 (7/19/2011 5:50:51 AM)
Yeah. I'am not feeling bad.. you never will when you play your hardest! [:)] I had an quick glimpse of ac casualties and I think we destroyed around 300 enemy aircraft in total. Not bad turn ratio/sum at all. I will update later when I get home on this issue... also have the japanese game to worry about too! [:D]

aztez -> RE: January 1945 (7/23/2011 9:52:10 PM)
Burma (january 19th 1945) It has been slaughter here for 4 days (2 turns). Both sides exchaging blows one after another. Allied bombers have hit the following airfields: Bangkog, Chiang Mai, Pisanuloke, Rahaeng and few other airfields. Fighters sweeps conducted as well and very hard to tell how many planes actually have been destroyed due to FOW. An wild estimate 200-400 aircarft by japanese side. As for allied losses 100-200... more to expected next turn. At ground we launched another assault last turn and reduced forts but the odds are still in their favours. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Chiang Mai (58,53) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 53399 troops, 1154 guns, 921 vehicles, Assault Value = 2188 Defending force 39141 troops, 435 guns, 117 vehicles, Assault Value = 1218 Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 2 Allied adjusted assault: 1526 Japanese adjusted defense: 3823 Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 2) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), leaders(+), preparation(-) fatigue(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 2302 casualties reported Squads: 9 destroyed, 205 disabled Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 241 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 13 disabled Vehicles lost 13 (1 destroyed, 12 disabled) Allied ground losses: 3441 casualties reported Squads: 17 destroyed, 271 disabled Non Combat: 40 destroyed, 229 disabled Engineers: 4 destroyed, 62 disabled Vehicles lost 160 (8 destroyed, 152 disabled) Assaulting units: 25th Australian Brigade 4th British Brigade 18th British Division 18th Australian Brigade 3rd Carbiniers Regiment 111th Chindit Brigade 7th Indian Division 16th Chindit Brigade 50th Tank Brigade 150th RAC Regiment 82nd (West African) Division 9th Australian Division IV Indian Corps 20th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment Defending units: 101st Garrison Unit 29th Division 124th Infantry Regiment 21st Ind.Mixed Brigade 68th Brigade 12th Garrison Unit 18th Garrison Unit 16th Naval Guard Unit 4th INA Nehru Rgt /1 89th Field AA Battalion 104th AA Regiment 34th Road Const Co 101st Machine Canno AA Battalion 22nd Ind.AA Gun Co 45th JNAF AF Unit 32nd Ind.AA Gun Co 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment 34th Field AA Battalion 6th Field AF Construction Battalion 8th Field AF Construction Battalion 5th Field AF Construction Battalion 7th Field AF Construction Battalion 20th RF Gun Battalion 2nd Naval Const Bn /1 He can keep hold off that base as long as he holds the air thus you can only expect this airwar intensive since we are not giving that. There has been some japanese success as well in this region. IJA sunk some RN cruisers and destroyers in Rangoon. I did not put up proper CAP in place. I thought I had but in reality forgot. My mistake and KUDOS to Dave. He took immediate advantage. The IJN cruisers are also back. Large surface combat TF bombarded the Rangoon last turn and "nuked" the airfield. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Rangoon at 54,53 Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses P-47D25 Thunderbolt: 1 destroyed on ground P-51D Mustang: 2 destroyed on ground P-38L Lightning: 2 destroyed on ground B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 destroyed on ground Japanese Ships CA Nachi CA Haguro CA Myoko CA Chokai CA Maya CA Atago CA Takao CA Chikuma CA Tone CL Abukuma CL Natori CL Isuzu CL Nagara CL Jintsu CL Naka CL Sendai DD Satsuki DD Mutsuki DD Yamakaze DD Shigure DD Asagumo DD Minegumo Allied ground losses: 227 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 58 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Airbase hits 53 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 250 I will take appropriate measures end of this Tokyo express in due time! I wonder if these guys are coming all the way down from Singapore? I'am moving additional troops into this theatre since have now properly closed off India. [image]local://upfiles/15617/4CB18D8EB6FA4E43A4C5641A1990FE1B.jpg[/image]

aztez -> RE: January 1945 (7/23/2011 9:53:29 PM)
CenPac / Southern Pacific (January 19th 1945) This also has been heavily contested area and it will continue be so. The beacheads in northern New Guinea and Morotai are now secured. A bit of an suprise that KB has not shown itself here but I can remain certain that it is not far off. I would assume that it could be at Manila. No intel on this guess though. We are conducting sweep up operations in New Guinea. Japanese still hold Hollandia, Wewak and few other places. These bases will be overrun when we see fit do so. Paratroopers are capturing enemy bases around the region so he cannot transport "kamikaze" troops into area. Our recon spotted that Dave moved some japanese fighters Babeldaob. The icons showed 150 of them and when the dust settled last turn only +50 was reported. Allied P51D fighters and B29 heavy bombers closed that airstrip and to finish it off we strike it again in forthcoming turn. Plenty of stuff happening and I can guarantee that it is not going to be peaceful 1945 and 1946 so keep you can't enjoy your martini drinks in this sunny sector. I have many variable options what to do next and we also strong reserves in CenPac region waiting their orders. [image]local://upfiles/15617/BEBABF4C1F43459A9CB1BEC455029D9D.jpg[/image]

aztez -> RE: January 1945 (7/25/2011 9:42:50 AM)
Random thoughts of this PBEM game now that we have reached january 1945 * It is vital to keep your CV's unharmed at the begiining. If you lose even 1 of them it can give japanese player sealane domination. * China. As many pointed out you need to make terrains work for you whenver possible. If you commit forces than do it 100% not 50% aggression,. I made some blunders here. * You really need to start your manual training of the pilots from day 1. I did not pay attention to that part of the game for months. It became very evident that this was an mistake. * You really need to start haul fuel and supplies to main strategical theatre early. The allied offensives consume tons of it and I can say you never have too much of them. * Make full use of your 4E bombers when you have enough of them. Hit and run.. than hit again. These planes cause a lot damage with trained pilots. * Fight KB at earliest possible time when you feel you have 50/50% delivering blows. I did commit them twice once in Aleutians and once in Southern area. Both times draws but with some luck could have taken out more of them. If yoy achieve this than japanese advance via sea will be halted. * Submarines. Use them wisely however on this game Dave is killing them for fun! I don't know how he does but that is laser guided ASW. This is one of the main problems in the game in my opinion. I think he most likely flying tons of bombers trained on ASW on low alltitude. * Eventhough you are on the recieving end commit to battles. When you do than do it in strong force! I halted the enemy at the gates on Fiji's. IF I had lost that battle when things would be much worse. * Really start shipping fuel into Oz. I thought I had decent amounts convoying there but to be honest I was wrong. * Plan your DEI (Sumatra, Borneo and Java) defense well. The more you delay your opponent there the better it will be for you in all areas. * Force surface combat engaments whenever there is possibility. Even with equal losses you will win. I should have used my naval assets more aggressively in couple of occasions. * Personally think that you should replace any lousy leaders in your ground combats. Especially in china. It will cost some PP but in my mind worth it. * Never invade atolls unless you are prepped +50% at least. Those battles with poorly prepped troops can give out odd results. * Change your fighters + bombers (training squadrons) into obsolete aircraft. That gives you extra decent aircraft from early on. * Once you halt the enemy than choose a grand plan with backup and stick to it. If you do not general idea what and where you want than you will make the game harder for you. * Burma! If possible try get into Rangoon as soon as possible! If not than the battles there will be a grinding affairs. * Russia! Setup the trainings for your aircraft there from day 1. It might sound like not worth the investment but believe me it will pay off. The Russia is not active yet but I have tons of good pilots just waiting to get show started. In general respect your PBEM opponent too. If he feels there is something wrong in the game than discuss things. You will find solutions to bugs etc. I guess this is the most imporatant thing "in the game". We have worked few glitches and both sides are enjoying the battles that now rage on. KUDOS to Dave for being such an damn good opponent and plus he is nice guy to play againts. Not to say anything less about katsuragi (ex Warspite) either. That game is definately diffrent than this and we now in late summer of 1943. I might update that AAR when I get around it. These are random ramblings so take them as they are. You can pick some general tips how to handle your allied forces from between the lines.

GreyJoy -> RE: January 1945 (7/25/2011 11:28:53 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: aztez Random thoughts of this PBEM game now that we have reached january 1945 * It is vital to keep your CV's unharmed at the begiining. If you lose even 1 of them it can give japanese player sealane domination. * China. As many pointed out you need to make terrains work for you whenver possible. If you commit forces than do it 100% not 50% aggression,. I made some blunders here. * You really need to start your manual training of the pilots from day 1. I did not pay attention to that part of the game for months. It became very evident that this was an mistake. * You really need to start haul fuel and supplies to main strategical theatre early. The allied offensives consume tons of it and I can say you never have too much of them. * Make full use of your 4E bombers when you have enough of them. Hit and run.. than hit again. These planes cause a lot damage with trained pilots. * Fight KB at earliest possible time when you feel you have 50/50% delivering blows. I did commit them twice once in Aleutians and once in Southern area. Both times draws but with some luck could have taken out more of them. If yoy achieve this than japanese advance via sea will be halted. * Submarines. Use them wisely however on this game Dave is killing them for fun! I don't know how he does but that is laser guided ASW. This is one of the main problems in the game in my opinion. I think he most likely flying tons of bombers trained on ASW on low alltitude. * Eventhough you are on the recieving end commit to battles.� When you do than do it in strong force! I halted the enemy at the gates on Fiji's. IF I had lost that battle when things would be much worse. * Really start shipping fuel into Oz. I thought I had decent amounts convoying there but to be honest I was wrong. * Plan your DEI (Sumatra, Borneo and Java) defense well. The more you delay your opponent there the better it will be for you in all areas. * Force surface combat engaments whenever there is possibility. Even with equal losses you will win. I should have used my naval assets more aggressively in couple of occasions. * Personally think that you should replace any lousy leaders in your ground combats. Especially in china. It will cost some PP but in my mind worth it. * Never invade atolls unless you are prepped +50% at least. Those battles with poorly prepped troops can give out odd results. * Change your fighters + bombers (training squadrons) into obsolete aircraft. That gives you extra decent aircraft from early on. * Once you halt the enemy than choose a grand plan with backup and stick to it. If you do not general idea what and where you want than you will make the game harder for you. * Burma! If possible try get into Rangoon as soon as possible! If not than the battles there will be a grinding affairs. * Russia! Setup the trainings for your aircraft there from day 1. It might sound like not worth the investment but believe me it will pay off. The Russia is not active yet but I have tons of good pilots just waiting to get show started. In general respect your PBEM opponent too. If he feels there is something wrong in the game than discuss things. You will find solutions to bugs etc. I guess this is the most imporatant thing "in the game". We have worked few glitches and both sides are enjoying the battles that now rage on. KUDOS to Dave for being such an damn good opponent and plus he is nice guy to play againts. Not to say anything less about katsuragi (ex Warspite) either. That game is definately diffrent than this and we now in late summer of 1943. I might update that AAR when I get around it. These are random ramblings so take them as they are. You can pick some general tips how to handle your allied forces from between the lines. [&o] Thanks mate. Great AAR

aztez -> RE: January 1945 (7/25/2011 12:18:55 PM)
Thanx Greyjoy! Much appreciated. The general idea is to increase the pressure as much as possible from now on. As for the allied next plans.. well would not want spoil the suprise! [:D][:D][:D] I will update the developments from past two turns later tonight. Those have been a bit more peaceful but yielded some intresting intel regarding Dave's naval assets etc. Oh.. and really would love to unleash the Russian sleeping Bear already! [:D]

crsutton -> RE: January 1945 (7/25/2011 6:45:45 PM)
Thanks, your advice and AAR has helped me map my game out. scen #2 (1/44 now) and avoid many mistakes.

aztez -> RE: January 1945 (7/25/2011 8:12:45 PM)
crsutton: Thanx. There have been many wise man visiting this thread from the start! A joint effort! [:D] Dave also needs to give me an rematch once we end at 1946! Well, maybe not to think that now since there is plenty of war to get done! Pacific (January 24th 1945) The battles rage on. The monster battleship Yamamoto showed up and made night bombardment run at Morotai. This was not unexpected though. I just wonder whether it sailed down all the way from Singapore or where does he has his capital ships? Looking at the map the best bet in my opionion is Singapore... but he also could have assets in Manila or Soerabaja! I'am moving in more recon planes to scan what is ahead of me. Really wondering whether he actually has his fleets all the way up in Singapore! B29's visit Woleai and destroy nice amount of enemy transport aircraft there. The bases airfield is now showing 100% damage levels. The newly arrived P59D's make sweep missions againts Tarakan and Baloebab killing 15-20 enemy aircraft. We are still fighting hard in several rear area bases but Madang was overrun finally. In Burma allied make heavy sweep and bombing runs againts several airfields. The main hammer was hit againts Tavoy where we burned quite a few enemy aircraft on the ground. The recon shows that enemy has 50 000 men garrisoning that base. Thus making his Burma army having most likely 250-300 000 worth of troops. At Lashio we finally wiped out those pesky paratroopers. We still need to clear the hex 40 miles east of that base. Once that is done than we have clear supply routes into China! The Chinese are still organizing their troops and waiting extra supplies. Next turn more of the same is ordered. I did move some additional divebombers into Northern New Guinea. [image]local://upfiles/15617/90C6EDFCEE1C48809400F72DD6A2E7B9.jpg[/image]

aztez -> RE: January 1945 (7/28/2011 9:52:15 AM)
An slow day at work so time for an small general update. No pics or such since don't have access to the game here. Pacific (January 27th 1945) The additional allied recon planes have now reached the frontlines. I'am hoping that our naval search and recon capabilities improves in forthcoming turns. Allied B29's visited Saipan last turn. We send them out in numbers but due to flight ranges could not provide CAP yet. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Saipan , at 108,93 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 37 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 36 J2M2 Jack x 26 Ki-84a Frank x 49 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 9 B-29-25 Superfort x 72 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed on ground J2M2 Jack: 3 destroyed, 1 damaged Ki-84a Frank: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged Allied aircraft losses B-29-1 Superfort: 6 damaged B-29-25 Superfort: 1 destroyed, 24 damaged Airbase hits 6 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 26 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Saipan , at 108,93 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 37 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 24 J2M2 Jack x 13 Ki-84a Frank x 35 Allied aircraft B-29-25 Superfort x 19 Japanese aircraft losses J2M2 Jack: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-29-25 Superfort: 3 damaged Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Saipan , at 108,93 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 37 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 21 J2M2 Jack x 19 Ki-84a Frank x 30 Allied aircraft B-29-25 Superfort x 14 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-29-25 Superfort: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged Runway hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Saipan , at 108,93 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 37 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 19 J2M2 Jack x 15 Ki-84a Frank x 28 Allied aircraft B-29-25 Superfort x 6 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Runway hits 4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Saipan , at 108,93 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 37 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 36 J2M2 Jack x 17 Ki-84a Frank x 21 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 3 B-29-25 Superfort x 91 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed on ground J2M2 Jack: 1 destroyed, 10 damaged Ki-84a Frank: 2 destroyed, 14 damaged Ki-84a Frank: 2 destroyed on ground L3Y2 Tina: 3 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-29-25 Superfort: 35 damaged Japanese ground losses: 9 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 13 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 86 Not bad results considering what those bombers flew againts. We did destroy quite a few aircraft there and increased their fatigue/morale levels. Allied submarines hit 2 x AK's near Iwo Jima. Those ships had combat troops in them so he must be strenghtening islands there. At Burma Dave had relative success last turn. Allied bombers flew on their ground bombard missions at Chiang Mai. The only problem being that escorts did not take off. I need increase the pressure in front in forthcoming turns. The operational plans and resources are gathering for out next operations. More on these once they start to become an reality.

aztez -> February 1945 (8/3/2011 8:46:53 AM)
Quick update. At work so no pics available my apoligies for that. Pacific (February 8th 1945) Burma In Burma the ground combat slaughter has continued in Chiang Mai. Also allied troops entered Rahaeng last turn. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Chiang Mai (58,53) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 46254 troops, 1160 guns, 948 vehicles, Assault Value = 1745 Defending force 26360 troops, 521 guns, 206 vehicles, Assault Value = 629 Allied adjusted assault: 1382 Japanese adjusted defense: 997 Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 1) Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 0 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), fatigue(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 1474 casualties reported Squads: 125 destroyed, 54 disabled Non Combat: 83 destroyed, 69 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 19 disabled Vehicles lost 10 (2 destroyed, 8 disabled) Allied ground losses: 1475 casualties reported Squads: 7 destroyed, 117 disabled Non Combat: 18 destroyed, 100 disabled Engineers: 4 destroyed, 13 disabled Vehicles lost 49 (14 destroyed, 35 disabled) Assaulting units: 3rd Carbiniers Regiment 4th British Brigade 7th Indian Division 18th Australian Brigade 82nd (West African) Division 16th Chindit Brigade 111th Chindit Brigade 150th RAC Regiment 50th Tank Brigade 25th Australian Brigade 18th British Division 9th Australian Division IV Indian Corps 20th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment 88th Medium Regiment 134th Medium Regiment Defending units: 18th Garrison Unit 41st Ind.Garrison Battalion 12th Garrison Unit 13th Ind.Mixed Regiment 5th INA Rgt /1 4th INA Nehru Rgt /1 14th Div /1 16th Naval Guard Unit 29th Division 124th Infantry Regiment 33rd Div /1 7th Field AF Construction Battalion 32nd Ind.AA Gun Co 45th JNAF AF Unit 2nd Naval Const Bn /1 20th RF Gun Battalion 5th Field AF Construction Battalion 21st Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 101st Machine Canno AA Battalion 22nd Ind.AA Gun Co 34th Field AA Battalion 34th Road Const Co 104th AA Regiment 6th Field AF Construction Battalion 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment 8th Field AF Construction Battalion 89th Field AA Battalion 23rd Ind. Engr Rgt /1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Chiang Mai (58,53) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 45666 troops, 1160 guns, 943 vehicles, Assault Value = 1667 Defending force 25406 troops, 543 guns, 206 vehicles, Assault Value = 613 Allied adjusted assault: 924 Japanese adjusted defense: 1552 Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 1) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-) Attacker: fatigue(-) Japanese ground losses: 2005 casualties reported Squads: 80 destroyed, 30 disabled Non Combat: 84 destroyed, 39 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 15 disabled Guns lost 11 (4 destroyed, 7 disabled) Vehicles lost 9 (4 destroyed, 5 disabled) Allied ground losses: 911 casualties reported Squads: 9 destroyed, 69 disabled Non Combat: 45 destroyed, 49 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 13 disabled Vehicles lost 33 (15 destroyed, 18 disabled) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Rahaeng (58,56) Allied Shock attack Attacking force 83267 troops, 1510 guns, 1969 vehicles, Assault Value = 3180 Defending force 41708 troops, 553 guns, 318 vehicles, Assault Value = 1411 Allied adjusted assault: 2080 Japanese adjusted defense: 2465 Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 6) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), preparation(-) Attacker: shock(+), disruption(-) Japanese ground losses: 1596 casualties reported Squads: 3 destroyed, 72 disabled Non Combat: 46 destroyed, 210 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Vehicles lost 172 (47 destroyed, 125 disabled) Allied ground losses: 2871 casualties reported Squads: 63 destroyed, 362 disabled Non Combat: 128 destroyed, 656 disabled Engineers: 12 destroyed, 77 disabled Vehicles lost 485 (152 destroyed, 333 disabled) Assaulting units: 255th Indian Tank Brigade 23rd Indian Division XXXIII Corps Engineer Battalion 6th Australian Division 254th Armoured Brigade 20th Indian Division Provisionl Tank Brigade 19th Motorised Division 11th (East African) Division 5th Indian Division 6th Medium Regiment XV Indian Corps 28th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment 8th Medium Regiment III Indian Corps 31st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment Defending units: 27th Tank Regiment 20th Recon Regiment 34th Ind.Mixed Brigade 48th Division 78th Infantry Regiment 107th Division Yokosuka 4th SNLF 47th Field AA Battalion 20th AA Regiment 25th Ind. Field Artillery Battalion 21st Fld AA Gun Co 40th Field AA Battalion 36th Field AA Battalion 3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 51st Field AA Battalion 19th RF Gun Battalion 36th JAAF AF Bn The battle of attrition is slowly turning into our favour at Chiang Mai. The japanese av value is now a bit over 600av. That is nearly 1/2 what it was couple of weeks ago. The shock assault at Rahaeng went ok but was hoping to knock out few fort levels. In terms of airwar. Well, it has been ongoing and a lot of planes has been lost here. IJA has conducted few of their bombing raids also. There are still significant japanese naval assets in this region. Last turn BB Fuso, BB Nagato and destroyers bombarded Moulmein. That was not an nuke bombardment though so I gather his recon levels are dropping a bit due to heavy aircampaigns. I'am hoping to penetrate the japanese defensive perimeter in next couple of weeks here. South Pacific / Central Pacific Japanese have made couple naval runs againts Morotai. One of those runs did not go as planned for them though... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Manado at 75,99 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 47 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 4 A6M5b Zero x 8 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 2 Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 18 SBD-3 Dauntless x 22 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5b Zero: 1 destroyed Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F4U-1A Corsair: 1 destroyed SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged Japanese Ships CL Naka, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires CL Sendai, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage CL Jintsu DD Shikinami Good to catch few cruisers and those ships should be either sunk or out of war for months. US Submarines are deployed also and have hit some troop transports near Luzon, Iwo Jima and Okinawa. The recon indicates that Japanese are moving troops into Luzon in numbers. Last turn showed +40 units at Manila. Allied B29's visit Pelileu, Saipan and Guam regularly.

aztez -> RE: February 1945 (8/7/2011 8:18:41 AM)
The update pics are turn old since only had the combat replay file with me. Here is the intel screen on mid February 1945. [image]local://upfiles/15617/0FEC4283D4384B278AE7AE4F5AD56AA3.jpg[/image]

aztez -> RE: February 1945 (8/7/2011 8:21:03 AM)
Burma (February 16th 1945) The whole area has been in full blaze since last update. Both sides exchaging blows after another. Japanese have conducted large scale airstrikes againts Rangoon where 3 damaged RN cruisers were sunk. The IJN cruiser TF have visited Rangoon and Moulmein. In the air allied have conducted major ground bombing missions at Chiang Mai and Rahaeng. The P51D's have made severeal sweep runs againts Japanese airbases in Thailand. Allied have launched several ground assaults againts Rahaeng and last time we got twice 1:1 odds... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Rahaeng (58,56) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 71256 troops, 1509 guns, 1777 vehicles, Assault Value = 2605 Defending force 35427 troops, 549 guns, 128 vehicles, Assault Value = 1033 Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 3 Allied adjusted assault: 2673 Japanese adjusted defense: 2189 Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 3) Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 3 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), preparation(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 3377 casualties reported Squads: 9 destroyed, 144 disabled Non Combat: 34 destroyed, 200 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 21 disabled Vehicles lost 31 (16 destroyed, 15 disabled) Allied ground losses: 1837 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 147 disabled Non Combat: 76 destroyed, 191 disabled Engineers: 74 destroyed, 11 disabled Vehicles lost 108 (22 destroyed, 86 disabled) Assaulting units: XXXIII Corps Engineer Battalion 20th Indian Division 11th (East African) Division 254th Armoured Brigade 19th Motorised Division 23rd Indian Division Provisionl Tank Brigade 255th Indian Tank Brigade 6th Australian Division 5th Indian Division 8th Medium Regiment III Indian Corps 6th Medium Regiment 28th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment XV Indian Corps 31st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment Defending units: 107th Division 78th Infantry Regiment 34th Ind.Mixed Brigade 48th Division Yokosuka 4th SNLF 36th Field AA Battalion 21st Fld AA Gun Co 19th RF Gun Battalion 51st Field AA Battalion 20th AA Regiment 3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 47th Field AA Battalion 40th Field AA Battalion 25th Ind. Field Artillery Battalion 36th JAAF AF Bn -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Rahaeng (58,56) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 69079 troops, 1509 guns, 1755 vehicles, Assault Value = 2495 Defending force 33095 troops, 549 guns, 120 vehicles, Assault Value = 887 Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 2 Allied adjusted assault: 1276 Japanese adjusted defense: 809 Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 2) Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 2 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), preparation(-) Attacker: disruption(-) Japanese ground losses: 2284 casualties reported Squads: 7 destroyed, 125 disabled Non Combat: 26 destroyed, 152 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Vehicles lost 15 (8 destroyed, 7 disabled) Allied ground losses: 1523 casualties reported Squads: 4 destroyed, 124 disabled Non Combat: 24 destroyed, 184 disabled Engineers: 3 destroyed, 14 disabled Vehicles lost 81 (26 destroyed, 55 disabled) Assaulting units: 20th Indian Division 23rd Indian Division 11th (East African) Division 6th Australian Division Provisionl Tank Brigade 255th Indian Tank Brigade 19th Motorised Division 254th Armoured Brigade 5th Indian Division 6th Medium Regiment 31st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment 8th Medium Regiment 28th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment III Indian Corps XV Indian Corps XXXIII Corps Engineer Battalion Defending units: 107th Division 48th Division 78th Infantry Regiment 34th Ind.Mixed Brigade Yokosuka 4th SNLF 19th RF Gun Battalion 51st Field AA Battalion 3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 36th Field AA Battalion 40th Field AA Battalion 47th Field AA Battalion 20th AA Regiment 21st Fld AA Gun Co 25th Ind. Field Artillery Battalion 36th JAAF AF Bn The forts at Rahaeng are now down to lvl2. I don't what the distrubtion or fatigue levels are but if they are sustainable we will launch another one next turn. Happy to report that the battle of Chiang Mai is finally over. Last turn the allied troops seized the base. This is good news since this gives me another solid airfield near the frontlines and don't need to worry about naval bombardments. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Chiang Mai (58,53) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 44378 troops, 1202 guns, 925 vehicles, Assault Value = 1541 Defending force 17873 troops, 503 guns, 162 vehicles, Assault Value = 415 Allied adjusted assault: 751 Japanese adjusted defense: 298 Allied assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 0) Allied forces CAPTURE Chiang Mai !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), preparation(-), fatigue(-) experience(-) Attacker: disruption(-) Japanese ground losses: 6081 casualties reported Squads: 181 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 393 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 204 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 228 (223 destroyed, 5 disabled) Vehicles lost 121 (121 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units retreated 23 Allied ground losses: 1737 casualties reported Squads: 24 destroyed, 79 disabled Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 122 disabled Engineers: 10 destroyed, 20 disabled Vehicles lost 33 (2 destroyed, 31 disabled) Defeated Japanese Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 18th Australian Brigade 111th Chindit Brigade 18th British Division 16th Chindit Brigade 82nd (West African) Division 7th Indian Division 150th RAC Regiment 25th Australian Brigade 3rd Carbiniers Regiment 4th British Brigade 50th Tank Brigade 9th Australian Division 88th Medium Regiment IV Indian Corps X' Force 20th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment 134th Medium Regiment Defending units: 29th Division 5th INA Regiment 13th Ind.Mixed Regiment 18th Garrison Unit 14th Div /1 33rd Div /1 5th Field AF Construction Battalion 34th Road Const Co 34th Field AA Battalion 104th AA Regiment 101st Machine Canno AA Battalion 8th Field AF Construction Battalion 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment 6th Field AF Construction Battalion 20th RF Gun Battalion 7th Field AF Construction Battalion 32nd Ind.AA Gun Co 21st Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 22nd Ind.AA Gun Co 89th Field AA Battalion 45th JNAF AF Unit 2nd Naval Const Bn /1 23rd Ind. Engr Rgt /1 I don't know how many casualties both sides took here fighting for this hex but it was an awful mess for sure. [image]local://upfiles/15617/0B8F06D8889945E2B4F1D76EBBFB845C.jpg[/image]

aztez -> RE: February 1945 (8/7/2011 8:22:50 AM)
South Pacific / Philippines (February 16th 1945) IJN did make few attempts to close the airfield down at Menado. These objectives failed. In return allied troops have now landed and seized Manado just west of Morotai. This base had already lvl 7 airfield ready thus it was worth the efforts... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Manado (75,99) Allied Shock attack Attacking force 13779 troops, 330 guns, 713 vehicles, Assault Value = 720 Defending force 7671 troops, 167 guns, 19 vehicles, Assault Value = 257 Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 1 Allied adjusted assault: 587 Japanese adjusted defense: 91 Allied assault odds: 6 to 1 (fort level 1) Allied forces CAPTURE Manado !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), experience(-) Attacker: shock(+) Japanese ground losses: 5545 casualties reported Squads: 200 destroyed, 119 disabled Non Combat: 79 destroyed, 33 disabled Engineers: 47 destroyed, 2 disabled Guns lost 35 (35 destroyed, 0 disabled) Vehicles lost 10 (10 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units retreated 9 Units destroyed 1 Allied ground losses: 393 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 23 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 29 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Defeated Japanese Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 5th Australian Brigade CenPac Amphib Tank Brigade 131st Combat Engineer Regiment 763rd Tank Battalion 3rd Motor Brigade 24th (Sep) Infantry Regiment 145th Infantry Rgt /4 23rd Marine Rgt /4 76th Coast AA Regiment 1st USMC Engineer Aviation Battalion 1st USMC Field Artillery Battalion Thirteenth USAAF 25th USN Naval Construction Battalion 35th Aviation Base Force 43rd Construction Regiment XI US Corps 26th USN SeaBees /6 Defending units: 11th Div /1 Sasebo 7th SNLF /1 Sasebo 8th SNLF /1 47th Nav Gd /1 553rd Ind.Infantry Bn /1 Yokosuka 2nd SNLF /1 48th Naval Guard Unit 53rd Nav Gd /1 Gohoku JNAF Base Force 112th JAAF AF Bn Japanese tried to intervene with some LBA Betty/Nell and Judy's. Allied LBA fighters did good job intervening with these strikes. The allied CV TF's headed just north of Jolo in case IJN had strong forces there. We did find some shipping here but I think these were his ASW elite TF's. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Sangihe at 76,97 Japanese Ships SS RO-113, hits 32, and is sunk Allied Ships CV Hancock, Torpedo hits 1, on fire BB Alabama DD Daly DD Hopewell DD Paul Hamilton DD Hale -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Jolo at 74,88 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 52 minutes Allied aircraft F4U-1D Corsair x 16 F6F-5 Hellcat x 13 SB2C-3 Helldiver x 21 SB2C-4 Helldiver x 29 Allied aircraft losses SB2C-3 Helldiver: 3 damaged SB2C-4 Helldiver: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged Japanese Ships xAKL Aiyo Maru, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage DD Shirayuki, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires DD Usugumo DD Shirakumo DD Isonami DD Momi, Bomb hits 2, on fire DD Fujinami DD Sugi -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Tawi Tawi at 71,89 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 42 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 19 minutes Allied aircraft F6F-3 Hellcat x 14 F6F-5 Hellcat x 15 TBM-3 Avenger x 17 No Allied losses Japanese Ships PB Kinsyo Maru #2, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage PB Yamahagi Maru #3, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage PB Tonon Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire PB Okiyu Maru -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Jolo at 74,88 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 48 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 22 minutes Allied aircraft F4U-1D Corsair x 7 F6F-5 Hellcat x 14 TBM-3 Avenger x 14 Allied aircraft losses TBM-3 Avenger: 1 damaged Japanese Ships xAKL Aiyo Maru, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk DD Fujinami DD Isonami DD Shirayuki, heavy fires -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Manado at 75,99 Japanese Ships SS RO-41, hits 42, and is sunk Allied Ships DD Wren BB Texas BB Arkansas CL Wilkes-Barre DD Watts DD McCalla -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Puerto Princesa at 72,86 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 52 minutes Allied aircraft F4U-1D Corsair x 16 F6F-5 Hellcat x 14 SB2C-3 Helldiver x 46 Allied aircraft losses SB2C-3 Helldiver: 1 destroyed, 8 damaged Japanese Ships DD Sugi, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires DD Isonami, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires DD Momi, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage DD Shirayuki, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage DD Usugumo DD Fujinami -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Zamboanga at 74,87 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 56 minutes Allied aircraft F4U-1D Corsair x 21 F6F-3 Hellcat x 21 F6F-5 Hellcat x 13 TBM-3 Avenger x 34 Allied aircraft losses TBM-3 Avenger: 4 damaged Japanese Ships DD Shiokaze, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk E W-18, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk E Iki, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk E W-25, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Puerto Princesa at 72,86 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 52 minutes Allied aircraft Corsair II x 6 F4U-1D Corsair x 14 F6F-5 Hellcat x 16 SB2C-3 Helldiver x 21 Allied aircraft losses SB2C-3 Helldiver: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged Japanese Ships DD Shirakumo DD Sugi, heavy fires DD Isonami, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage DD Fujinami -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Puerto Princesa at 72,86 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 52 minutes Allied aircraft F4U-1D Corsair x 7 F6F-3 Hellcat x 14 F6F-5 Hellcat x 47 SB2C-4 Helldiver x 27 TBM-3 Avenger x 16 Allied aircraft losses SB2C-4 Helldiver: 6 damaged Japanese Ships DD Fujinami DD Shirakumo, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires DD Usugumo DD Isonami, heavy fires, heavy damage -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Jolo at 73,89 Japanese Ships SS I-29, hits 18, heavy damage Allied Ships DD Hall BB Iowa CA Boston DD LaVallette DD Knapp DD Kimberly DD Kidd -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Taytay at 75,82 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 52 minutes Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 11 F4U-1D Corsair x 16 F6F-5 Hellcat x 7 SB2C-3 Helldiver x 20 Allied aircraft losses SB2C-3 Helldiver: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged Japanese Ships CM Okinoshima, Bomb hits 1, on fire APD T-13 APD T-9, Bomb hits 1, on fire APD T-4, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Puerto Princesa at 73,83 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 37 minutes Allied aircraft F4U-1D Corsair x 7 TBM-3 Avenger x 3 No Allied losses Japanese Ships DD Shirakumo, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Taytay at 75,82 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 56 minutes Allied aircraft F6F-3 Hellcat x 21 F6F-5 Hellcat x 54 SB2C-3 Helldiver x 21 TBM-3 Avenger x 28 Allied aircraft losses SB2C-3 Helldiver: 4 damaged Japanese Ships APD T-9, on fire APD T-4, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage APD T-13, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires CM Okinoshima, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Taytay at 75,82 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 34 minutes Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 17 F4U-1D Corsair x 24 F6F-3 Hellcat x 7 F6F-5 Hellcat x 18 SB2C-3 Helldiver x 43 No Allied losses Japanese Ships APD T-9, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage APD T-13, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk CM Okinoshima, Bomb hits 10, and is sunk -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Culion at 76,80 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 18 minutes Allied aircraft TBM-3 Avenger x 16 No Allied losses Japanese Ships PB Shotoku Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage SC Ch 8, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk ACM Wa 2 PB Fukui Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Zamboanga at 74,87 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 43 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 18 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 4 A6M3a Zero x 8 A6M5 Zero x 12 J2M2 Jack x 5 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 17 Ki-61-Id Tony x 11 Ki-84a Frank x 7 Allied aircraft F6F-3 Hellcat x 28 F6F-5 Hellcat x 13 SB2C-4 Helldiver x 25 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F6F-3 Hellcat: 8 destroyed F6F-5 Hellcat: 4 destroyed SB2C-4 Helldiver: 6 destroyed, 6 damaged Japanese Ships xAKL Tatsushiro Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage xAKL Jogu Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires xAKL Awaji Maru xAKL Nikki Maru -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on TF, near Puerto Princesa at 74,85 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Japanese aircraft D4Y1 Judy x 24 Japanese aircraft losses D4Y1 Judy: 6 destroyed, 14 damaged Allied Ships CVE Marcus Island CVE Shah CVE Tulagi CL Columbia CV Wasp II -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on TF, near Puerto Princesa at 74,85 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Japanese aircraft G3M3 Nell x 10 Japanese aircraft losses G3M3 Nell: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged Allied Ships CVE Sitkoh Bay CVE Makassar Strait CV Indomitable -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on TF, near Puerto Princesa at 74,85 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Japanese aircraft G4M2a Betty x 27 Japanese aircraft losses G4M2a Betty: 2 destroyed, 11 damaged Allied Ships BB Missouri CVE Makassar Strait CV Indomitable CVE Sitkoh Bay CVE Takanis Bay CV Victorious, Torpedo hits 1 CVE Thetis Bay -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on TF, near Puerto Princesa at 74,85 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Japanese aircraft G3M2 Nell x 16 Japanese aircraft losses G3M2 Nell: 2 damaged Allied Ships CVE Takanis Bay CV Indomitable, Bomb hits 1 CVE Rudyerd Bay BB Wisconsin -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on TF, near Puerto Princesa at 74,85 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Japanese aircraft B6N2 Jill x 15 Japanese aircraft losses B6N2 Jill: 3 destroyed, 9 damaged Allied Ships CVE Thetis Bay BB Wisconsin CVE Shipley Bay -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on TF, near Puerto Princesa at 74,85 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Japanese aircraft B6N1 Jill x 15 Japanese aircraft losses B6N1 Jill: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged Allied Ships CVE Thetis Bay, Torpedo hits 1 CV Victorious, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage BB Missouri -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Puerto Princesa at 73,82 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 17 minutes Allied aircraft F4U-1D Corsair x 29 F6F-5 Hellcat x 14 SB2C-3 Helldiver x 19 No Allied losses Japanese Ships PB Shoei Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk AO Shiretoko, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage PB Saiko Maru, Bomb hits 8, heavy fires, heavy damage -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Jolo at 74,90 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 37 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 4 A6M3a Zero x 5 A6M5 Zero x 8 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 23 Ki-61-Id Tony x 14 Ki-84a Frank x 8 Allied aircraft F6F-3 Hellcat x 12 TBM-3 Avenger x 16 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses F6F-3 Hellcat: 4 destroyed TBM-3 Avenger: 8 destroyed, 1 damaged Japanese Ships xAKL Nikki Maru -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Jolo at 74,90 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 44 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 4 A6M3a Zero x 5 A6M5 Zero x 8 J2M2 Jack x 3 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 23 Ki-61-Id Tony x 14 Ki-84a Frank x 8 Allied aircraft Corsair II x 4 F4U-1A Corsair x 22 F4U-1D Corsair x 29 F6F-3 Hellcat x 55 F6F-5 Hellcat x 82 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed A6M3a Zero: 1 destroyed Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 3 destroyed Ki-61-Id Tony: 1 destroyed Ki-84a Frank: 3 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Corsair II: 1 destroyed F4U-1D Corsair: 1 destroyed F6F-3 Hellcat: 4 destroyed F6F-5 Hellcat: 7 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Jolo at 74,90 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 15 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 1 A6M5 Zero x 2 J2M2 Jack x 1 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 9 Ki-61-Id Tony x 3 Ki-84a Frank x 2 Allied aircraft F4U-1D Corsair x 21 F6F-3 Hellcat x 21 F6F-5 Hellcat x 44 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed Ki-61-Id Tony: 1 destroyed Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F6F-3 Hellcat: 1 destroyed F6F-5 Hellcat: 1 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Jolo at 74,90 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 34 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 1 Allied aircraft F4U-1D Corsair x 16 F6F-3 Hellcat x 8 F6F-5 Hellcat x 13 SB2C-3 Helldiver x 19 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Japanese Ships xAKL Nikki Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk xAKL Daiei Maru, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk xAKL Awaji Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires PB Akitsui Maru, Bomb hits 5, and is sunk That concludes the carrier based reports from past 4 days. The japanese subs did torpedo 2 US CV's. The damage is very moderate though and they are at 95% combat readiness. Last turns night air attacks were good move from Dave. It seems that CV Victorious might be in trouble but cannot confirm that. The lack of allied AA kills is a bit troubling thing to see as well. LBA bombers hit Dadjanga, Kendari, Talud Island and Davao in support of landings at Madano. D4Judy's hit some allied shipping near Lae. Dave had send those in "kamikaze" mission. We need to close the New Guinea area as soon as possible. All in all action packed few days and we are not about to stop... [image]local://upfiles/15617/E14311511FCE4FDCA97DBEBB246A9232.jpg[/image]

zzodr -> RE: February 1945 (8/9/2011 8:26:03 AM)
Japanese Ships SS RO-41, hits 42, and is sunk. -- Fookin 'ell.... that hull would have popped like an egg. Whats the plan to attack Jap oil supply in Borneo?

aztez -> RE: February 1945 (8/9/2011 11:11:16 AM)
zzodr: Hi! Yeah, SS RO-41 got a bit overkilled so to speak! [:D] The japanese submarines have been a menace. CV Intrepid is actually sunk and CV Victorious is likely to be sunk after that night airstrike. I haven't seen the next combat replay so hard to comment what he is up to but he did move some LBA fighters into region. Naturally I have ordered those airfields to be bombed hard immediately. As for next phase of operations now that Manado is secured. I do have couple of diffrent plans and one will include htting Borneo. To be honest haven't decieded on that one just yet... I will deciede that in next couple of turns. I want to find where BB Yamamoto and his carriers are operating from. No intel on that one just and that is quite important piece of information. We will continue to push forward at Burma. That I can say for 100% certainty. Well.. the plans will become clear soon... yoi don't have to wait long! [;)]

aztez -> RE: February 1945 (8/18/2011 6:27:00 PM)
A little heads up. I have been somewhat busy with work lately but the game is ongoing and will do proper update on the weekend. Another thing that I think after playing this game for what 5 years now counting the classic witp. Well, I feel after my PBEM's are done I'am done with this game for good. It is a good game in it's scale but it still has way too many annoying "features"... ie. the ground combat system, random air to air results and occasional bugs. This has nothing to do with the PBEM guys I'am up againts. They are all very respectable persons. Maybe feeling the game fatigue a bit or such... at least that how I feel now. It might change but seriously doubt that fact. Oh.. enough of that I guess... also will update the Hartwig game monthly (game date wise) as promised. A fair heads up to all the people that have been following my campaigns starting from the classic witp.

zzodr -> RE: February 1945 (10/11/2011 11:22:41 AM)
Patiently waiting next to 'puter for next update... [:)]

aztez -> April 1945 (11/20/2011 9:44:16 AM)
It has been a while since this AAR got updated. We are now closing into summer of 1945 and making slow progress to reach the end of this game. Here is an short recap of things and few pics from the game. The Pacific (April 21st 1945) China All quiet except few minor skirmishes in southern China. I'am ready to make an push here though when green light is given. Russia Troops are preparing for the upcoming slugfest againts Manchuko garrison. The pilot experience levels are looking quite nice here. Also training the bomber crews to succeed on navalstrike missions. Australia Conducting small scale city liberation raids in Northern Oz. The japanese have moved out of the continent for good. Southern Pacific / Philippines This has been the main theatre of actions lately. Allied troops did land Tacloban and surrounding bases. Thus we did initially bypass the main base at Davao. The initial landings went ok but ever since we did capture the bases the japanese airforce and navy have been very active here. In response allied have launched few large scale sweep missions againts Manila. It is quite nice to be in the range for the Philippine capital. There has been no major CV vs CV action but KB did pull off an sneak attack further south while my carriers were operation further north. Allied carriers tried to engage the enemy but unfortunately they slipped away. All in all both sides have lost several hundred aircraft in this region. Last turn allied DD TF engaged the enemy and if the battle reports are worth their weight than we did hit BB Nagato and BB Fuso near Tacloban. Burma Japanese troops are pulling into Bangkok. The recon shows 61 units in the city. This ofcourse means that we have dislodged the enemy resistance further up north. I have almost done the logistic part here so we will start heading further down ibto Burma very soon. [image]local://upfiles/15617/1206407F6C0F4298856EE48C1B02B039.jpg[/image]

aztez -> RE: April 1945 (11/20/2011 9:45:26 AM)
Aircraft losses in april 1945.... [image]local://upfiles/15617/B9ADB54F94A5485A84270C13AB4D8D28.jpg[/image]

aztez -> RE: April 1945 (11/20/2011 9:46:17 AM)
Burma in april 1945... [image]local://upfiles/15617/638A47FEA48E4269878735D67DB42B4C.jpg[/image]

aztez -> RE: April 1945 (11/20/2011 9:47:14 AM)
Philippines in April 1945... [image]local://upfiles/15617/11494557399444E0ADF3FA358CD3B1E3.jpg[/image]

CaptBeefheart -> RE: April 1945 (11/21/2011 3:25:37 AM)
Good to see an update. This helps us better understand the late game. Thanks, CC

zzodr -> RE: April 1945 (11/22/2011 5:57:25 AM)
7.6 million Allied sorties... thats a lot of Avgas.

Rob Brennan UK -> RE: April 1945 (11/22/2011 12:03:11 PM)
Hi Aztez, just caught up and 1945 is really interesting esp as Japan sill look to be in great shape at the moment. With regards to your 'to do' summary i can only second the Fuel to OZ asap its critical. My favoured route is abadan-socotra-Cape town-Perth. The US sends the odd one but i dont have control over that side of the war. anyhoo , have fun and take care. Rob

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