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aztez -> RE: October 1945 (11/19/2012 12:54:24 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: crsutton Just got caught up. Did not realize that you were still posting. It must be fun to run amok with the Soviets. I can wait for mine to get release. Viberpol and I are just about to enter 1945. I am doing well but he is a tough opponent. I "have" cut off his DEI oil but am having a hard time getting in range of the homeland with my bombers. Biggest success has been in CBI where I hold Bangkok and am trying to cut the SE Asia landmass in half. In the PI I am just starting to take some based to build up my air power for the attack. He still have a very strong air force and navy but I am hoping that his lack of oil will soon be felt. Yup, I'am still alive with this one! [:D] Well.. "running amok with the soviets".. that makes things sound easy! [:D] It actually is not that "easy". At least Dave has substantial forces and high level of forts in the region. The movement is not that fast either at least not initially. The more you move ahead the harder it will become. Knowing Viberbol don't expect an victory parade there and if you have lost in China even less so. It is one of those things that will keep your mind on the game late wars though. No doubt you will like running wild with the Russians but word of caution it is definately possible to get bogged down or even lose the momentum completely if you make mistakes. Also don't expect much from the Russian airforces. They are doing poor job indeed! If you have cut his oil supply you are doing fine! I would recommend you check out Leyte Gulf region for potential airbasss and do bring the stuff I did not in the first run. You will also never have enough supplies there either.

aztez -> RE: October 1945 (11/19/2012 1:05:57 PM)
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crsutton -> RE: October 1945 (11/20/2012 6:20:49 PM)
Thanks for the tips. I thought I had plenty of shipping but am amazed at the oil and supply needed to keep my war machine working. Seems like I am constantly pumping supply into Rangoon and to the South Pacific. Fuel, is another issue. I wish I had captured some more oil and refineries intact. Holding Singapore is nice. The shipyard there is invaluable. Got my eye on Manila now.

aztez -> RE: October 1945 (11/20/2012 6:37:37 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: crsutton Thanks for the tips. I thought I had plenty of shipping but am amazed at the oil and supply needed to keep my war machine working. Seems like I am constantly pumping supply into Rangoon and to the South Pacific. Fuel, is another issue. I wish I had captured some more oil and refineries intact. Holding Singapore is nice. The shipyard there is invaluable. Got my eye on Manila now. Yeah. You never will have enough supplies and fuel.. no matter what you think. Oh, Singapore definately is nice to have and congrats of seizing the place. You might need to take Marianas if you are gunning for Manila though. That ain't easy to do and to be honest don't expect anything from your flak crews nor carrier CAP. It is leaking more than Titanic in his maiden voyage.

aztez -> RE: October 1945 (12/4/2012 7:39:44 AM)
Pacific (October 30th 1945) Japan Nothing major to report. There has been small scale industry/manpower airstrikes but nothing significant just yet. We are building / expanding more airfields before the larger scale bombing campaign will start. Philippines Japan has launched few large scale bombing and kamikaze strikes in the region. Few allied CVE's, cruisers, destroyers and transports were hit. In return the japanese side lost anywhere between 500-1000 aircraft conducting these operations. We are mopping up the bases here and the days at Cagayan are pretty much numbered for the japanese defenders. Once this is done we will move forward... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Cagayan (79,89) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 10653 troops, 309 guns, 265 vehicles, Assault Value = 559 Defending force 8251 troops, 176 guns, 23 vehicles, Assault Value = 60 Allied adjusted assault: 127 Japanese adjusted defense: 119 Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 1) Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 0 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+) Attacker: fatigue(-) Japanese ground losses: 565 casualties reported Squads: 40 destroyed, 9 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 13 disabled Engineers: 7 destroyed, 4 disabled Guns lost 17 (8 destroyed, 9 disabled) Allied ground losses: 238 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 37 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Guns lost 6 (1 destroyed, 5 disabled) Assaulting units: 31st Infantry Division 775th Tank Battalion 182nd Infantry Regiment 15th Australian Brigade Defending units: 10th Div /1 64th Naval Guard Unit 11th Div /1 65th JNAF AF Unit 3rd Mortar Battalion China Nothing to report... just building up supply levels. Burma Allied troops have now marched into Nakhon Ratchasima. The base should be overrun within next couple of days... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Nakhon Ratchasima (58,61) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 27478 troops, 538 guns, 899 vehicles, Assault Value = 822 Defending force 9814 troops, 223 guns, 65 vehicles, Assault Value = 219 Allied adjusted assault: 73 Japanese adjusted defense: 48 Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 0) Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 0 Combat modifiers Defender: preparation(-), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: disruption(-), fatigue(-) Japanese ground losses: 1225 casualties reported Squads: 39 destroyed, 14 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 10 disabled Engineers: 3 destroyed, 9 disabled Guns lost 19 (11 destroyed, 8 disabled) Vehicles lost 20 (20 destroyed, 0 disabled) Allied ground losses: 166 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 23 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled Assaulting units: 20th Indian Division 254th Armoured Brigade 255th Indian Tank Brigade 18th British Division 72nd British Brigade Defending units: 22nd Ind.Mixed Bde /2 49th Tank Battalion 14th Div /1 101st Garrison Unit Sasebo 3rd SNLF 16th Nav Gd /1 4th Ind.Mixed Rgt /1 15th Nav Gd /1 28th Ind.Mixed Bde /1 68th Brigade 3rd South Seas Det. /2 89th JAAF AF Bn 55th Const Co 61st JAAF AF Bn 26th Ind.Mixed Rgt /2 103rd AA Rgt /1 51st Base Force 15th JAAF Base Force /1 Russia Dave launched airstrikes againts the Russian naval forces stationed at Vladivostok. The abysmal performance by the russian airforce resulted the destruction of cruisers and some destroyers. I have to say that the russian airforce cannot compete againts the japanese fighters nor bombers... here is an example of the "Star Wars" effect on how the game handles air to air combat... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vladivostok , at 112,46 Weather in hex: Extreme overcast Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 40,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft J2M5 Jack x 35 Allied aircraft La-5FN x 10 La-7 x 22 LaGG-3 x 27 P-63A x 7 Yak-7B x 10 Yak-9D x 23 Yak-9T x 5 Yak-9U x 8 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses La-5FN: 2 destroyed La-7: 2 destroyed LaGG-3: 4 destroyed P-63A: 2 destroyed Yak-7B: 1 destroyed Yak-9D: 8 destroyed Yak-9U: 2 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 10 x J2M5 Jack sweeping at 36000 feet CAP engaged: 83 SAD/3 IAP with La-5FN (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 0 scrambling) 7 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 32800 , scrambling fighters to 32000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes 7 IABr-TOF/6 IAP with P-63A (0 airborne, 5 on standby, 0 scrambling) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes 5 SABr/13 IAP with La-7 (4 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling) 12 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 34000 , scrambling fighters to 34000. Raid is overhead 10 BABr-TOF/19 IAP with Yak-9D (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes 83 SAD/32 IAP with La-7 (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 0 scrambling) 7 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 21000 , scrambling fighters to 21000. Raid is overhead 12 ShAD-TOF/38 IAP with LaGG-3 (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 22000 , scrambling fighters to 22000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes 41 OIAP-STOF with LaGG-3 (0 airborne, 10 on standby, 0 scrambling) 10 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 9 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 20000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes 29 IAD/60 IAP with Yak-9D (1 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 29860 , scrambling fighters to 29000. Raid is overhead 69 SAD/301 IAP with Yak-9T (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes 29 IAD/304 IAP with Yak-9D (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 22000 , scrambling fighters to 22000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes 70 IAD/305 IAP with Yak-9D (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 22000 , scrambling fighters to 22000. Raid is overhead 70 IAD/306 IAP with Yak-9D (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 22000 Raid is overhead 29 IAD/307 IAP with Yak-9D (0 airborne, 2 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters to 27000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes 70 IAD/308 IAP with Yak-9D (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 22000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes 147 IAD-PVO/429 IAP with Yak-9U (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 22000 , scrambling fighters to 22000. Raid is overhead 297 IAD-PVO/938 IAP with Yak-7B (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 0 scrambling) 7 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters to 25000. Raid is overhead 42 SAP-TOF IAE with Yak-9D (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 11000 Raid is overhead ...just an one example what I mean by this. The enemy fighters sweeping high and rest is history. Thus anyone expecting to have an fighting airforce.. well you will be disappointed. Well I will return the favour elsewhere with higher sweeps so what comes around goes around. The aircombat model does leave a lot be desired for... no matter what anyone says. and that is just one example of many combats reported. There is also one of the most stubborn Border Defense Fortress near Yenki... I have been hitting this place for an month now and it wohn't go away... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 111,44 (near Yenki) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 15933 troops, 265 guns, 49 vehicles, Assault Value = 592 Defending force 694 troops, 27 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 10 Allied adjusted assault: 340 Japanese adjusted defense: 4 Allied assault odds: 85 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 199 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 17 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled) Allied ground losses: 27 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 39th Rifle Division 339th Guards SU Regiment 29th Rifle Brigade 393rd Rifle Brigade Defending units: 1st Border Defense Fortress ..these defenders "respawn" turn after turn despite being cut off. Elsewhere the intial ground assault againts Yenki was repulsed. There are high forts and large forces defending that base. Overall the japanese seem to have large ground forces in central manchuko despite the allied early victories. This place definately wohn't be easy to overrun so do not expect historical advances in this region. Deve has also continued his advance towards norther Russia via deserts. I have units arriving and this threat is under control. He will be waisting his time and assets with those operations. CenPac / South Pacific Few operataions brewing.. more about these later...

bigred -> RE: October 1945 (12/5/2012 3:22:52 AM)
Hi aztez, great aar. one question on your sub losses.. did you use zone combat patrol command or specific hex order for your sub patrols?

aztez -> RE: October 1945 (12/5/2012 5:51:11 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: bigred Hi aztez, great aar. one question on your sub losses.. did you use zone combat patrol command or specific hex order for your sub patrols? Thanks bigred! I will keep this AAR ongoing to the end. I think less than year left in gametime now.Just been a bit more busy RL thus can't update as often and detailed. As for your question. I use "patrol zone command" option with the subs. Too much work to detail their routes manually for each submarine but I do check that these boats keep out the shallow waters though.

aztez -> November 1945 (12/24/2012 4:57:29 AM)
Pacific (November 12th 1945) Japan� Bombing some cities but keeping the major bomber forces at bay currently since the airfields are not ready yet. Philippines The japanese stubborn resistance continues at Cagayan. Dave has flown extra reinforcements there and those troops are putting up an fight. That base is key here since it is pretty much the only major base before Luzon. I do hope to have that wrapped up soon though. In the meantime Japanese launched heavy airstrikes againts our ships in Leyte Gulf... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Guiuan , at 82,85 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 13 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 49 Allied aircraft F-6D Mustang x 11 P-38J Lightning x 8 P-38L Lightning x 10 P-51D Mustang x 11 P-51H Mustang x 10 F4U-1A Corsair x 10 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 12 destroyed No Allied losses -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Guiuan at 82,85 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 117 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 38 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 53 A6M3a Zero x 69 A6M5c Zero x 42 B6N2a Jill x 124 N1K2-J George x 35 Allied aircraft F-6D Mustang x 12 P-38J Lightning x 8 P-38L Lightning x 11 P-51D Mustang x 12 P-51H Mustang x 12 F4U-1A Corsair x 22 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 5 destroyed A6M3a Zero: 9 destroyed A6M5c Zero: 6 destroyed B6N2a Jill: 12 destroyed, 8 damaged B6N2a Jill: 1 destroyed by flak N1K2-J George: 2 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F4U-1A Corsair: 1 destroyed Allied Ships BB Maryland, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk DD Claxton DE Lake, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk DE Foreman CA Chicago DD Albert Grant DD Foote DE LeHardy, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage xAK George Ross, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk xAK Clan Macneil DD Evans xAK George Taylor, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk DD Converse xAK George S. Boutwell -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Guiuan at 82,85 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 116 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 38 minutes Japanese aircraft B6N2a Jill x 16 N1K2-J George x 34 Allied aircraft F-6D Mustang x 10 P-38J Lightning x 7 P-38L Lightning x 11 P-51D Mustang x 12 P-51H Mustang x 12 F4U-1A Corsair x 19 Japanese aircraft losses B6N2a Jill: 8 destroyed N1K2-J George: 8 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F-6D Mustang: 1 destroyed P-38L Lightning: 1 destroyed Allied Ships DD Knapp -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Tacloban at 81,85 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 111 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 36 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 10 A6M3a Zero x 28 A6M5c Zero x 31 B6N2a Jill x 48 N1K2-J George x 67 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 49 Allied aircraft Hellcat I x 10 F-6D Mustang x 11 P-38J Lightning x 7 P-38L Lightning x 30 P-47N Thunderbolt x 12 P-51D Mustang x 23 P-51H Mustang x 24 F4U-1A Corsair x 34 F4U-4 Corsair x 49 F8F-1 Bearcat x 17 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed A6M5c Zero: 3 destroyed B6N2a Jill: 20 destroyed, 4 damaged B6N2a Jill: 1 destroyed by flak N1K2-J George: 7 destroyed Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 9 destroyed No Allied losses Allied Ships BB Arkansas DD Hunt xAK Fort Duquesne DE Wileman, Bomb hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Guiuan at 82,85 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 119 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 39 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 29 A6M3a Zero x 17 B6N2a Jill x 53 Allied aircraft Hellcat I x 5 F-6D Mustang x 5 P-38J Lightning x 1 P-38L Lightning x 11 P-47N Thunderbolt x 9 P-51D Mustang x 6 P-51H Mustang x 10 F4U-1A Corsair x 15 F4U-4 Corsair x 24 F8F-1 Bearcat x 4 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 11 destroyed A6M3a Zero: 5 destroyed B6N2a Jill: 30 destroyed, 1 damaged No Allied losses Allied Ships DD Paul Hamilton -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Guiuan at 82,85 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 98 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 32 minutes Japanese aircraft B6N2 Jill x 18 B6N2a Jill x 14 Allied aircraft Hellcat I x 4 F-6D Mustang x 3 P-38J Lightning x 1 P-38L Lightning x 9 P-47N Thunderbolt x 8 P-51D Mustang x 5 P-51H Mustang x 8 F4U-1A Corsair x 12 F4U-4 Corsair x 20 F8F-1 Bearcat x 3 Japanese aircraft losses B6N2 Jill: 5 destroyed B6N2a Jill: 6 destroyed No Allied losses -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Guiuan at 82,85 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 167 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 55 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 9 A6M3a Zero x 30 A6M5c Zero x 37 B6N2a Jill x 27 N1K2-J George x 65 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 38 Allied aircraft F-6D Mustang x 11 P-38J Lightning x 8 P-38L Lightning x 10 P-51D Mustang x 11 P-51H Mustang x 12 F4U-1A Corsair x 19 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5c Zero: 7 destroyed B6N2a Jill: 5 destroyed N1K2-J George: 4 destroyed Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 4 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F-6D Mustang: 1 destroyed P-38L Lightning: 1 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Guiuan at 82,85 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 118 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 39 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 18 A6M3a Zero x 38 B6N2a Jill x 33 N1K2-J George x 43 Allied aircraft F-6D Mustang x 10 P-38J Lightning x 7 P-38L Lightning x 8 P-51D Mustang x 10 P-51H Mustang x 10 F4U-1A Corsair x 17 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 9 destroyed A6M3a Zero: 14 destroyed B6N2a Jill: 6 destroyed, 10 damaged B6N2a Jill: 1 destroyed by flak N1K2-J George: 9 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F4U-1A Corsair: 1 destroyed Allied Ships CA Chicago DD Hazelwood DD Evans xAK Clan Macnair, Torpedo hits 1, on fire DD Luce DE Foreman CL Concord ...and that is an example why we just cannot move forward before securing the area. Japanese still do carry some punch for sure. Nice to see so many aircraft toasted though. China Japanese forces have launched few ground offensives at Tienshui. Thus far the we have repulsed them. Burma We have now secured Nakhon Ratchasima and also Udan Thani in the plains east of Bangkok. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Udon Thani (61,59) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 8801 troops, 170 guns, 194 vehicles, Assault Value = 299 Defending force 2032 troops, 34 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 58 Allied adjusted assault: 166 Japanese adjusted defense: 5 Allied assault odds: 33 to 1 (fort level 4) Allied forces CAPTURE Udon Thani !!! Combat modifiers Defender: forts(+), disruption(-), preparation(-), morale(-) experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: fatigue(-) Japanese ground losses: 1088 casualties reported Squads: 17 destroyed, 22 disabled Non Combat: 15 destroyed, 14 disabled Engineers: 8 destroyed, 0 disabled Units retreated 3 Allied ground losses: 66 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 12 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Guns lost 6 (1 destroyed, 5 disabled) Assaulting units: 18th Australian Brigade 25th Australian Brigade Defending units: 5th INA Regiment 15th JAAF AF Bn 55th Const Co /1 Nice since wanted to have both of these done before moving forward! Russia Dave continues to sweep Vladivostok area and the Russian fighters cannot compete againts the Japanese ones. Sad but true.. Japanese continue to push futher in north but we have that threat under control since have substantial troops there just waiting for them. Meantime we have now moved some additional forces into Yenki! Whether we can actually strom -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Yenki (110,44) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 8126 troops, 172 guns, 499 vehicles, Assault Value = 5210 Defending force 100781 troops, 1293 guns, 776 vehicles, Assault Value = 3120 Japanese ground losses: 8 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 165 casualties reported Squads: 9 destroyed, 19 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Vehicles lost 16 (6 destroyed, 10 disabled) Assaulting units: 42nd Mechanized Brigade 208th Tank Brigade 105th Rifle Division 72nd Tank Brigade 76th Tank Brigade 72nd Mechanized Brigade 22nd Rifle Division 77th Tank Brigade 1st Ussurii Tank Brigade 371st Rifle Division 231st Rifle Division 159th Rifle Division 259th Tank Brigade 40th Rifle Division 215th Rifle Division 300th Rifle Division 210th Tank Brigade 75th Tank Brigade 59th Rifle Division 1207th SU Regiment 184th Rifle Division 46th Engr-Sapper Brigade 2nd Far East Front 2nd/307th Gd.Mortar Regiment 60th Anti-Tank Brigade 53rd Mortar Brigade 283rd Guards Mortar Regiment 1634th AA Regiment 26th/42nd Gd.Mortar Regiment 61st Anti-Tank Brigade Defending units: 12th/B Division 4th Brigade 120th Division 1st SP Gun Battalion 9th/B Division 7th SP Gun Battalion 148th/A Division 12th/A Division 12th/C Division 148th/B Division 1st Ind.Tank Co 136th Division 9th/C Division 111th Division Manchukuo Guards Brigade 9th/A Division 124th Division 148th/C Division 34th Const Co 12th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 6th Ind. Field Artillery Regiment 23rd Field AA Machinecannon Company 30th Mortar Battalion 9th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 2nd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 5th Army 6th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 22nd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 4th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 13th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion Botanko Hvy Gun Regiment 4th Machine Cannon AA Battalion 117th AA Regiment 28th Field AA Machinecannon Company 3rd Hvy.Artillery Regiment 11th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 22nd Field AA Machinecannon Company 32nd RF Gun Battalion 10th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 57th Field AA Battalion 100th Field AA Battalion 1st Area Army 31st RF Gun Battalion 4th RF Gun Battalion 4th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 7th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 26th AA Regiment 2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 13th JAAF Base Force ...this is not the only major thrust we have brewing so don't mind him sending extra troops here either. More on these developments later... now MERRY CHRISTMAS to all those following this little epsisode! 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crsutton -> RE: November 1945 (12/24/2012 4:46:58 PM)
I just rolled into 1945 in our game. The best thing is the amazing jump in the quality of Allied replacement pilots-especially Navy pilots. They come in with an average experience of about 50. Makes building up the pilot pool much easier. Have you dropped any A-bombs? And would you post a screen shot of you Russian front?

aztez -> RE: November 1945 (1/1/2013 10:31:48 AM)
crsutton: The pilots are not an issue as you said. Than again Japanese counterparts seems equal to the task mostly. Oh, I have dropped all of the A-bombs available. It seems to damage manpower but does not do much other damage. I think the count is now at 5 A-bombs dropped. As requested the pic from russia below... Pacific (November 14th 1945) Japan Allied aircraft cause minor industrial damage at Toyohara and Matsuyama. Philippines Pretty quiet turn in this region. Just an little air to air show above Catbalogan where allied aces shot down severeal Ki-84a Frank fighters. China Quiet turn... ZzzzZzzzzz! Burma Allied forces capture Chanthaburi in Thailand. Russia The battle at Yekin begins with Soviet troops storming the base... happy to see fort levels drop down a bit. Another offensive is ordered here next turn... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Yenki (110,44) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 131699 troops, 2496 guns, 2612 vehicles, Assault Value = 5224 Defending force 100780 troops, 1293 guns, 776 vehicles, Assault Value = 3120 Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 7 Allied adjusted assault: 2485 Japanese adjusted defense: 8161 Allied assault odds: 1 to 3 (fort level 7) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), leaders(+) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 4284 casualties reported Squads: 33 destroyed, 316 disabled Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 97 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 31 disabled Guns lost 204 (28 destroyed, 176 disabled) Vehicles lost 56 (7 destroyed, 49 disabled) Allied ground losses: 6020 casualties reported Squads: 48 destroyed, 1047 disabled Non Combat: 11 destroyed, 263 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 38 disabled Guns lost 230 (37 destroyed, 193 disabled) Vehicles lost 303 (91 destroyed, 212 disabled) Assaulting units: 259th Tank Brigade 300th Rifle Division 40th Rifle Division 210th Tank Brigade 231st Rifle Division 76th Tank Brigade 1207th SU Regiment 77th Tank Brigade 184th Rifle Division 208th Tank Brigade 42nd Mechanized Brigade 72nd Mechanized Brigade 22nd Rifle Division 72nd Tank Brigade 75th Tank Brigade 159th Rifle Division 215th Rifle Division 59th Rifle Division 105th Rifle Division 371st Rifle Division 1st Ussurii Tank Brigade 46th Engr-Sapper Brigade 53rd Mortar Brigade 2nd/307th Gd.Mortar Regiment 2nd Far East Front 283rd Guards Mortar Regiment 60th Anti-Tank Brigade 1634th AA Regiment 26th/42nd Gd.Mortar Regiment 61st Anti-Tank Brigade Defending units: 111th Division 12th/A Division 4th Brigade 1st SP Gun Battalion 120th Division 9th Division 12th/B Division 136th Division 148th Division Manchukuo Guards Brigade 124th Division 7th SP Gun Battalion 1st Ind.Tank Co 12th/C Division 117th AA Regiment 6th Ind. Field Artillery Regiment 57th Field AA Battalion 4th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 7th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 13th JAAF Base Force 2nd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 11th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 12th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 26th AA Regiment 4th Machine Cannon AA Battalion 22nd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 31st RF Gun Battalion 22nd Field AA Machinecannon Company 9th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 28th Field AA Machinecannon Company 23rd Field AA Machinecannon Company 3rd Hvy.Artillery Regiment 10th Medium Field Artillery Regiment Botanko Hvy Gun Regiment 4th RF Gun Battalion 13th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 32nd RF Gun Battalion 4th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 30th Mortar Battalion 34th Const Co 1st Area Army 5th Army 6th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 100th Field AA Battalion 56th JNAF AF Unit /1 Japanese paratroopers capture Kyaktah in northern Russia... and soviet troops defend Tamsag in central russia... Japanese contie their fighter sweeps and Soviet aircraft are absolutely no match to them. Happy New Year 2013 to all readers! [image]local://upfiles/15617/53D3B21DCF5D45139B2AF13C3AC921AB.jpg[/image]

BBfanboy -> RE: November 1945 (1/1/2013 5:25:22 PM)
Looks like you have Tamsag cut off from most roads to the south. He can't last long now. Amazing battle in Yenki - I have never seen forts drop to level 7! WTH were they before? 9? 10? Or merely 8?[X(] I thought you might be in trouble when the previous bombardment attack showed he had over 1000 guns, but then you brought twice as much. Now if your engineers can just last long enough to grind down those forts ... Do your marching forces have enough AAA to keep his bombers off their backs?

aztez -> RE: November 1945 (1/1/2013 6:40:32 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: BBfanboy Looks like you have Tamsag cut off from most roads to the south. He can't last long now. Amazing battle in Yenki - I have never seen forts drop to level 7! WTH were they before? 9? 10? Or merely 8?[X(] I thought you might be in trouble when the previous bombardment attack showed he had over 1000 guns, but then you brought twice as much. Now if your engineers can just last long enough to grind down those forts ... Do your marching forces have enough AAA to keep his bombers off their backs? Thanks for the comments. Yeah. Tamsag will be seized back next turn and that is not his "main" thrust towards north. His main forces are actually moving up past Linshi and some elements are closing in Ulan Udde region. I have infantry waiting for him and his supplies lines are very long so really cannot see this being anything other than annoyance. That was the first assault on Yenki.. so safe bet would be more than level 7! [:D] Actually ordered another immediate assault there next turn since the troops are ready for it. Also I need to bring those AV numbers down.. this battle here will be battle of an attrition and I think we can handle it out somewhat easily. I know he can send in extra reinforcements from either Kirin or Harbin.. well Harbin unlikely since he needs his units there. I really need to get better intel about Mukden and Changchun... not detailed enough but sizeable garrisons reported. Despite soviet airforce flying paper aircraft I haven't been bombed extensively here. He is busy battling it out near Luzon mainly. As for AAA units.. yeah, have more than enough few miles out of Yenki and some of those units moving into the city itself.

aztez -> RE: November 1945 (1/17/2013 5:48:46 PM)
Pacific (November 24th 1945) Japan I have been bombing few cities Toyohara, Wakkanai, Matsuyama and Nagoya. The bigger aircampaign againts the home islands is scheduled to start in december 1945 or january 1946. Japanese E boats keep hammering the US submarines patrolling the deep waters around the home islands. I really cannot describe how absurd the ASW actually is in the game... it is beyond an joke though. Philippines We have been grinding againts some stubborn japanese soldiers defending Cagayan... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Cagayan (79,89) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 9511 troops, 309 guns, 265 vehicles, Assault Value = 416 Defending force 12562 troops, 217 guns, 22 vehicles, Assault Value = 216 Allied adjusted assault: 122 Japanese adjusted defense: 163 Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 1) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-) Attacker: fatigue(-) Japanese ground losses: 886 casualties reported Squads: 37 destroyed, 27 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 17 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 7 (5 destroyed, 2 disabled) Allied ground losses: 553 casualties reported Squads: 13 destroyed, 27 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 15 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Vehicles lost 20 (2 destroyed, 18 disabled) Assaulting units: 775th Tank Battalion 182nd Infantry Regiment 31st Infantry Division 15th Australian Brigade Defending units: 4th South Seas Gsn 5th South Seas Det. 11th Div /3 63rd Naval Guard Unit 774th Ind.Infantry Battalion Bandasan SNLF 455th Ind.Infantry Battalion Ankei SNLF 1st South Seas Det. /1 10th Div /1 24th Fld AA Machinecannon Company 15th JAAF Base Force /1 171st AA Rgt /2 3rd South Seas Gsn /1 65th JNAF AF Unit 64th Naval Guard Unit 3rd Mortar Battalion 51st Base Force 103rd AA Rgt /1 Sasebo 6th SNLF /1 ...and hopefully this will be wrapped up soon. There has been minor ground battles happening at Talaud Island and few other smaller bases. No large scale air to air battles to report in this region. Japanese main power has moved into Russian frontlines at least for now. China Quiet times still.... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz Burma I had some units ordered to move into Battambang. Instead of entering the city all of the units reset their movement into 0. New orders have been given and hopefully this time around we actually arrive there. I have been experiencing some of the same issues in my other PBEM (early novermber 1945) as well.. those problems have been with russian forces. At least the allied spearhead arrived Chumphon... ------------------------------------------------ Ground combat at Chumphon (52,66) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 14988 troops, 255 guns, 347 vehicles, Assault Value = 591 Defending force 17615 troops, 239 guns, 157 vehicles, Assault Value = 564 Allied adjusted assault: 111 Japanese adjusted defense: 919 Allied assault odds: 1 to 8 (fort level 4) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), preparation(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 1627 casualties reported Squads: 6 destroyed, 121 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 13 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 15 disabled Guns lost 31 (1 destroyed, 30 disabled) Vehicles lost 9 (1 destroyed, 8 disabled) Allied ground losses: 484 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 41 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 17 disabled Engineers: 4 destroyed, 44 disabled Guns lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled) Vehicles lost 13 (3 destroyed, 10 disabled) Assaulting units: I Aus Corps Engineer Battalion Provisionl Tank Brigade 26th Indian Division XXXIII Indian Corps Defending units: 105th Ind.Mixed Brigade 3rd INA Azad Regiment 25th Ind.Mixed Regiment 15th Naval Guard Unit Yokosuka 1st SNLF 19th Tank Regiment 2nd INA Gandhi Regiment 79th Garrison Battalion 13th Ind.Hvy.Art. Regiment 22nd Ind.Mixed Bde /1 1st Ind.AA Gun Co 9th Field AF Const Bn /1 42nd JNAF AF Unit 3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 26th Ind.Mixed Rgt /1 21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion 26th Special Base Force 4th JAAF AF Coy 7th Field AF Construction Battalion 34th Road Const Co 5th Ind.Hvy.Art Bn /2 ...needless to say more troops are enroute here and we should overrun the base soon. Russia Japanese have moved large amount of fighters and bombers into this frontline. I can't blame him since the Russian are having hard times in the air. The current main targets for japanese bombers have been Voroshilov, Vladivostok, Harbin and few other bases. Some combat reports from Vladivostok region below... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vladivostok , at 112,46 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIb Sally x 21 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 1 Ki-49-IIb Helen x 33 Ki-61-Id Tony x 31 Allied aircraft La-7 x 7 P-63A x 59 Yak-7B x 19 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIb Sally: 6 destroyed, 2 damaged Ki-21-IIb Sally: 1 destroyed by flak Ki-49-IIb Helen: 9 destroyed, 1 damaged Ki-61-Id Tony: 2 destroyed Allied aircraft losses La-7: 7 damaged La-7: 1 destroyed on ground P-63A: 6 damaged P-63A: 4 destroyed on ground Yak-7B: 2 damaged IL-2m3: 2 destroyed on ground IL-2: 7 destroyed on ground Pe-2: 1 destroyed on ground Tu-2S: 2 destroyed on ground MBR-2: 2 destroyed on ground A-20H: 5 destroyed on ground Pe-2R: 2 destroyed on ground SB-2: 3 destroyed on ground -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vladivostok , at 112,46 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIb Sally x 13 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 11 Ki-67-Ia Peggy x 14 Allied aircraft La-7 x 4 P-63A x 63 Yak-7B x 14 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIb Sally: 4 destroyed, 2 damaged Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 5 destroyed Ki-67-Ia Peggy: 8 destroyed, 2 damaged Allied aircraft losses La-7: 1 destroyed on ground P-63A: 6 damaged P-63A: 1 destroyed on ground Yak-7B: 1 damaged Yak-7B: 1 destroyed on ground Tu-2S: 3 destroyed on ground Pe-2R: 3 destroyed on ground B-29B Superfort: 1 destroyed on ground MBR-2: 5 destroyed on ground Pe-2: 1 destroyed on ground Allied ground losses: 5 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 4 Runway hits 10 ...those are the best results thus far and most are way poorer than that. I did swap fresh pilots and planes in order achieve those odds. Oh well.. I will continue to fight back even with russians being more and more like kamikaze's themselves. The follow up assault at Yenki did not went as good either... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Yenki (110,44) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 141285 troops, 2751 guns, 2568 vehicles, Assault Value = 5001 Defending force 98131 troops, 1290 guns, 775 vehicles, Assault Value = 2887 Allied adjusted assault: 2789 Japanese adjusted defense: 9946 Allied assault odds: 1 to 3 (fort level 7) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), leaders(+) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 4674 casualties reported Squads: 11 destroyed, 360 disabled Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 44 disabled Engineers: 5 destroyed, 37 disabled Guns lost 85 (24 destroyed, 61 disabled) Vehicles lost 50 (5 destroyed, 45 disabled) Allied ground losses: 8049 casualties reported Squads: 303 destroyed, 619 disabled Non Combat: 36 destroyed, 278 disabled Engineers: 23 destroyed, 119 disabled Guns lost 176 (72 destroyed, 104 disabled) Vehicles lost 204 (45 destroyed, 159 disabled) Assaulting units: 393rd Rifle Brigade 231st Rifle Division 1207th SU Regiment 259th Tank Brigade 300th Rifle Division 75th Tank Brigade 40th Rifle Division 22nd Rifle Division 210th Tank Brigade 1st Ussurii Tank Brigade 72nd Tank Brigade 371st Rifle Division 215th Rifle Division 77th Tank Brigade 105th Rifle Division 39th Rifle Division 29th Rifle Brigade 76th Tank Brigade 42nd Mechanized Brigade 159th Rifle Division 72nd Mechanized Brigade 184th Rifle Division 208th Tank Brigade 59th Rifle Division 46th Engr-Sapper Brigade 1634th AA Regiment 60th Anti-Tank Brigade 26th/42nd Gd.Mortar Regiment 283rd Guards Mortar Regiment 53rd Mortar Brigade 2nd Far East Front 2nd/307th Gd.Mortar Regiment 61st Anti-Tank Brigade Defending units: 12th Division 1st SP Gun Battalion 4th Brigade 111th Division 124th Division 7th SP Gun Battalion 1st Ind.Tank Co 120th Division 148th/A Division Manchukuo Guards Brigade 136th Division 148th/B Division 9th Division 148th/C Division 117th AA Regiment Botanko Hvy Gun Regiment 4th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 7th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 11th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 4th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 32nd RF Gun Battalion 3rd Hvy.Artillery Regiment 22nd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 9th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 31st RF Gun Battalion 22nd Field AA Machinecannon Company 4th RF Gun Battalion 57th Field AA Battalion 28th Field AA Machinecannon Company 13th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 23rd Field AA Machinecannon Company 2nd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 5th Army 6th Ind. Field Artillery Regiment 13th JAAF Base Force 6th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 10th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 4th Machine Cannon AA Battalion 100th Field AA Battalion 34th Const Co 30th Mortar Battalion 26th AA Regiment 1st Area Army 12th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 56th JNAF AF Unit /1 ... I will grind him to dust but it is not that easy for sure. The japanese also continue their operations in nothern russia. I have fresh units arriving there within next couple of days so it will take a lot to achieve anything. We shall see what Dave has in mind there... don't mind him moving units upwards though. Here is the "score" from previous turn.... [image]local://upfiles/15617/CF03F93FFE1F48B4835C0E8ABB6B2069.jpg[/image]

aztez -> December 1945 (1/27/2013 7:06:11 PM)
Pacific (December 6th 1945) Japan We have continued with the moderate city bombing runs... not ready for the full scale assault yet. However we have dropped an A-bomb into Tokyo and another is scheduled for Yokohama. Philippines Nothing major to report. A few air to air battles have occured. We will soon have 4 level 9 airfields in this region. That will be what we have been aiming for... pleased to achieve this. China ZzzzZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz......... only one failed Chinese assault to report... talk about poor performance! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Chihkiang (78,50) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 130123 troops, 623 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4829 Defending force 27234 troops, 245 guns, 162 vehicles, Assault Value = 927 Allied adjusted assault: 5097 Japanese adjusted defense: 11113 Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 7) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), leaders(+) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 1069 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 58 disabled Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 35 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 19 disabled Vehicles lost 13 (1 destroyed, 12 disabled) Allied ground losses: 9317 casualties reported Squads: 75 destroyed, 1702 disabled Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 67 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 40 disabled Guns lost 51 (4 destroyed, 47 disabled) Assaulting units: 74th Chinese Corps 16th Chinese Corps 8th Chinese Corps 92nd Chinese Corps 31st Chinese Corps 52nd Chinese Corps 13th Chinese Corps 4th Chinese Corps 30th Chinese Corps 59th Chinese Corps 35th Chinese Corps 68th Chinese Corps 76th Chinese Corps 100th Chinese Corps 62nd Chinese Corps 3rd New Chinese Corps 11th War Area 36th Group Army 18th Group Army 1st War Area 18th Artillery Regiment 3rd Front 1st Group Army 17th Group Army 24th Group Army 2nd Group Army 12th War Area 32nd Group Army 28th Group Army 20th Chinese Base Force 56th AT Gun Regiment Defending units: 37th Division 41st Division 13th Army 2nd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment Burma Additional allied troops moving towards Chumpton. The road towards Singapore should be open soon. Another allied offensive is slowly moving ahead towards Saigon as well... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Battambang (58,65) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 85179 troops, 1656 guns, 1664 vehicles, Assault Value = 3157 Defending force 16458 troops, 128 guns, 149 vehicles, Assault Value = 388 Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 3 Allied adjusted assault: 1979 Japanese adjusted defense: 419 Allied assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 3) Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 3 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), leaders(+), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 5086 casualties reported Squads: 19 destroyed, 239 disabled Non Combat: 24 destroyed, 284 disabled Engineers: 5 destroyed, 28 disabled Guns lost 57 (6 destroyed, 51 disabled) Vehicles lost 84 (10 destroyed, 74 disabled) Units destroyed 1 Allied ground losses: 425 casualties reported Squads: 3 destroyed, 54 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled Vehicles lost 12 (2 destroyed, 10 disabled) Assaulting units: 3rd Carbiniers Regiment 23rd Indian Division 50th Tank Brigade 82nd (West African) Division 19th Motorised Division 5th Indian Division 6th Australian Division 150th RAC Regiment 11th (East African) Division 9th Australian Division 6th Medium Regiment 2/11th Field Regiment 31st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment III Indian Corps X' Force 20th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment 28th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment IV Indian Corps 88th Medium Regiment 8th Medium Regiment 134th Medium Regiment Defending units: 29th Division 42nd Naval Guard Unit 2nd Area Army 28th Army 14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion CenPac / South Pacific The invasion at Guam has begun and the base should fall hopefully within a day or two... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Guam (106,95) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 12029 troops, 185 guns, 62 vehicles, Assault Value = 391 Defending force 67551 troops, 1538 guns, 1033 vehicles, Assault Value = 2600 Japanese ground losses: 42 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: Vehicles lost 3 (2 destroyed, 1 disabled) Assaulting units: 24th Div /1 43rd Division Yokosuka 8th SNLF /1 9th Air Division 22nd Special Base Force 102nd Div /2 6th Shipping Engineer Regiment 35th JNAF AF Unit 38th JNAF AF Unit 31st Air Defense AA Battalion 12th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion 6th Base Force 111th AA Regiment 116th AA Regiment 11th Ind.Mixed Rgt /1 61st Div /2 Defending units: 1st USMC Amphb Tank Battalion 710th Tank Battalion 1st NZ Brigade XI Corps Combat Engineer Regiment 93rd Infantry Division 11th NZ Brigade 5th Marine Division 2nd Marine Regiment 706th Tank Battalion 1st Cavalry (Spec) Cavalry Division 33rd Infantry Division 11th Airborne Division 14th NZ Brigade 25th Infantry Division 43rd Infantry Division XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment 124th Cavalry Rgt /6 XIII US Bomber Cmnd 11th RAAF M/W Sqn 78th RAAF Wing 808th Engineer Aviation Battalion I US Corps 1st Medium Regiment 2/198th Coast AA Battalion I have kept B29's flying againts other airfields in this island chain. Japanese have committed around 150-200 in to the defense of the Guam. Thus far no marjor carrier or battleship have been hit. The only war ships spotted at Marianas have CA Chikuma and few destroyers... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Agrihan at 112,88 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 34 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-61-Id Tony x 1 Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 11 F4U-1D Corsair x 6 F6F-3 Hellcat x 14 F6F-5 Hellcat x 32 SB2C-3 Helldiver x 16 SB2C-4 Helldiver x 24 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses SB2C-3 Helldiver: 4 damaged SB2C-4 Helldiver: 5 damaged Japanese Ships CA Chikuma, Bomb hits 11, heavy fires, heavy damage DD Hanazuki, Bomb hits 2, on fire DD Haruzuki Allied submarines spotted some elements of KB near Iwo Jima couple of days ago. No sign of them since than... well that is the first sighting or intel regarding carriers for months. Russia There are just minor skirmishes to report if you take out Yenki in central Manchuko... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Yenki (110,44) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 133583 troops, 2810 guns, 2500 vehicles, Assault Value = 4327 Defending force 69199 troops, 864 guns, 622 vehicles, Assault Value = 1919 Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 5 Allied adjusted assault: 2792 Japanese adjusted defense: 17473 Allied assault odds: 1 to 6 (fort level 5) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), leaders(+) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 3118 casualties reported Squads: 7 destroyed, 258 disabled Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 38 disabled Engineers: 4 destroyed, 29 disabled Guns lost 90 (3 destroyed, 87 disabled) Vehicles lost 67 (14 destroyed, 53 disabled) Allied ground losses: 5585 casualties reported Squads: 441 destroyed, 592 disabled Non Combat: 56 destroyed, 235 disabled Engineers: 19 destroyed, 126 disabled Guns lost 200 (54 destroyed, 146 disabled) Vehicles lost 219 (99 destroyed, 120 disabled) Units destroyed 1 Assaulting units: 59th Rifle Division 1207th SU Regiment 1st Ussurii Tank Brigade 22nd Rifle Division 184th Rifle Division 208th Tank Brigade 29th Rifle Brigade 259th Tank Brigade 371st Rifle Division 215th Rifle Division 40th Rifle Division 231st Rifle Division 76th Tank Brigade 210th Tank Brigade 75th Tank Brigade 159th Rifle Division 105th Rifle Division 42nd Mechanized Brigade 300th Rifle Division 72nd Tank Brigade 39th Rifle Division 72nd Mechanized Brigade 393rd Rifle Brigade 77th Tank Brigade 46th Engr-Sapper Brigade 53rd Mortar Brigade 1634th AA Regiment 60th Anti-Tank Brigade 61st Anti-Tank Brigade 87th Howitzer Regiment 2nd Far East Front 283rd Guards Mortar Regiment 26th/42nd Gd.Mortar Regiment 182nd Howitzer Regiment 2nd/307th Gd.Mortar Regiment 386th Howitzer Regiment Defending units: 136th Division 9th Division 148th Division 7th SP Gun Battalion 1st SP Gun Battalion 120th Division 124th Division Manchukuo Guards Brigade 6th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 22nd Field AA Machinecannon Company 3rd Engineer Construction Battalion 31st RF Gun Battalion 34th Const Co 13th JAAF Base Force 7th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 23rd Field AA Machinecannon Company 28th Field AA Machinecannon Company 6th Ind. Field Artillery Regiment 2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 4th RF Gun Battalion 4th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 2nd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 22nd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 1st Area Army 4th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 4th Machine Cannon AA Battalion 100th Field AA Battalion Botanko Hvy Gun Regiment 10th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 3rd Hvy.Artillery Regiment 38th Ind. Engineer Regiment 39th Field AA Battalion 9th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 5th Army 56th JNAF AF Unit /1 [image]local://upfiles/15617/E93F3DA591D243FD8F371A2725412C6C.jpg[/image]

aztez -> RE: December 1945 (2/11/2013 3:09:07 PM)
Pacific (December 16th 1945) Japan The bombing campaign is still on "waiting" mode but we have scored some manpower hits in few cities. Philippines The airfields in this region are almost ready which is good news. Japanese still hold some bases around Leyte Gulf and we are grinding on... No major raids/attacks to report but we have had some air to air battles at Manado where couple of allied cruisers were hit. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Manado , at 75,99 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 14 D4Y1 Judy x 55 P1Y1 Frances x 24 Allied aircraft Kittyhawk III x 5 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed D4Y1 Judy: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged D4Y1 Judy: 1 destroyed by flak P1Y1 Frances: 4 damaged No Allied losses Allied Ships CL Houston II, Bomb hits 1 CA Canberra II, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage Port hits 6 China ZzzzZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz .... Burma Allied troops have conquered Chumpton and have now entered Victoria point which is expected to fall quite swiftly. CenPac / South Pacific First the good news which is that Guam is now occupied by allied forces. That is key base in this region. The bad news is the leaky carrier CAP againts Japanese LBA bombers. The below should serve as an warning to any allied player in later months.. AA, Radar and CAP still is VERY leaky!!!!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Guam at 103,90 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 40 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 16 A6M3a Zero x 34 A6M5c Zero x 18 B6N2a Jill x 46 Allied aircraft Corsair II x 27 Seafire L.III x 15 Wildcat V x 8 F4U-1A Corsair x 68 F4U-1D Corsair x 188 F6F-3 Hellcat x 188 F6F-5 Hellcat x 419 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed A6M3a Zero: 5 destroyed A6M5c Zero: 3 destroyed B6N2a Jill: 21 destroyed, 2 damaged B6N2a Jill: 2 destroyed by flak No Allied losses Allied Ships CV Hornet II CV Saratoga CVE Prince William CVE Ranee, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage BB Iowa Aircraft Attacking: 2 x B6N2a Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo 4 x B6N2a Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo CAP engaged: VC(F)-10 with F4U-1D Corsair (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 5 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 17000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes VF-1 with F4U-1D Corsair (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 17 scrambling) (4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes VF-7 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 16 scrambling) (3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 16000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes VF-9 with F6F-5 Hellcat (0 airborne, 9 on standby, 13 scrambling) (4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 16000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes VF-12 with F6F-5 Hellcat (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 15 scrambling) (3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 18000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes 3 planes vectored on to bombers VF-13 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 16 scrambling) (4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 17000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes VF-14 with F6F-5 Hellcat (3 airborne, 8 on standby, 15 scrambling) (3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 19000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes VF-16 with F6F-5 Hellcat (1 airborne, 11 on standby, 16 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 18000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes VF-18 with F4U-1A Corsair (0 airborne, 12 on standby, 19 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 17000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes VF-80 with F6F-5 Hellcat (0 airborne, 9 on standby, 19 scrambling) (4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 17000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes VF-82 with F6F-3 Hellcat (2 airborne, 6 on standby, 10 scrambling) (2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 18000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes VBF-82 with F4U-1D Corsair (2 airborne, 6 on standby, 11 scrambling) (2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes VF-22 with F6F-5 Hellcat (3 airborne, 7 on standby, 11 scrambling) (3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes VF-26 with F6F-5 Hellcat (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 12 scrambling) (3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 17000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes VF-29 with F6F-5 Hellcat (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling) (2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes VF-30 with F6F-5 Hellcat (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 11 scrambling) (2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes No.851 Sqn-FF FAA with Corsair II (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 7 scrambling) (2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 16000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes VC(F)-76 with F6F-5 Hellcat (1 airborne, 4 on standby, 6 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes VC(F)-10 with F4U-1D Corsair (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 8000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 11 minutes VF-3 with F6F-5 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 5 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Guam at 103,90 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 36 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 11 A6M3a Zero x 24 A6M5c Zero x 27 B6N2a Jill x 7 P1Y1 Frances x 47 P1Y2 Frances x 30 Allied aircraft Corsair II x 27 Seafire L.III x 15 Wildcat V x 7 F4U-1A Corsair x 67 F4U-1D Corsair x 181 F6F-3 Hellcat x 188 F6F-5 Hellcat x 423 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed A6M3a Zero: 1 destroyed A6M5c Zero: 2 destroyed B6N2a Jill: 2 destroyed P1Y1 Frances: 8 destroyed, 5 damaged P1Y1 Frances: 2 destroyed by flak P1Y2 Frances: 8 destroyed, 15 damaged P1Y2 Frances: 1 destroyed by flak No Allied losses Allied Ships CVE Rudyerd Bay, Torpedo hits 1, on fire CVE Cape Esperance, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage CV Franklin CVE Wake Island CVE Hoggatt Bay, Kamikaze hits 1 CVE Salamaua CVE Roi CVE Kadashan Bay CVE Saginaw Bay, Kamikaze hits 2, on fire, heavy damage BB North Carolina, Torpedo hits 1 CVL Bataan CVE Ommaney Bay CV Bunker Hill, Torpedo hits 3 Aircraft Attacking: 18 x P1Y2 Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo 20 x P1Y1 Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo 9 x P1Y1 Frances bombing from 12000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb 6 x P1Y1 Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo CAP engaged: VC(F)-76 with F6F-5 Hellcat (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 2 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 13000 and 17000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes VC(F)-10 with F4U-1D Corsair (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes VC(F)-10 with F4U-1D Corsair (1 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 11000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes VF-1 with F4U-1D Corsair (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 5 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 16000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes VF-3 with F6F-5 Hellcat (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 15000 Raid is overhead VF-7 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 16 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 16000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes VF-9 with F6F-5 Hellcat (0 airborne, 9 on standby, 13 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 17000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes VF-11 with F4U-1D Corsair (0 airborne, 9 on standby, 19 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes VF-12 with F6F-5 Hellcat (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 15 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes VF-13 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 16 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 18000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes VF-14 with F6F-5 Hellcat (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 15 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes VF-16 with F6F-5 Hellcat (0 airborne, 11 on standby, 16 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 18000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes VF-18 with F4U-1A Corsair (0 airborne, 12 on standby, 19 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 19000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes VF-80 with F6F-5 Hellcat (4 airborne, 9 on standby, 19 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 19000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes VF-82 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 10 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 17000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes VBF-82 with F4U-1D Corsair (2 airborne, 6 on standby, 11 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 16000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 45 minutes VF-83 with F6F-5 Hellcat (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 10 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 18000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes VBF-83 with F4U-1D Corsair (2 airborne, 4 on standby, 7 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 14000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes VF-85 with F6F-5 Hellcat (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 10 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 17000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes 2 planes vectored on to bombers VBF-85 with F4U-1D Corsair (0 airborne, 5 on standby, 9 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 16000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes Banzai! - Kawato K. in a P1Y1 Frances is willing to die for the Emperor Banzai! - Nagano H. in a P1Y1 Frances is willing to die for the Emperor Banzai! - Shibata O. in a P1Y2 Frances is willing to die for the Emperor Shibata O. gives his life for the Emperor by ramming CVE Saginaw Bay -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Guam at 103,90 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 36 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 10 A6M3a Zero x 25 A6M5c Zero x 30 B6N2a Jill x 9 P1Y1 Frances x 25 P1Y2 Frances x 24 Allied aircraft Corsair II x 28 Seafire L.III x 14 Wildcat V x 8 F4U-1A Corsair x 32 F4U-1D Corsair x 183 F6F-3 Hellcat x 164 F6F-5 Hellcat x 427 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed A6M3a Zero: 2 destroyed A6M5c Zero: 2 destroyed B6N2a Jill: 4 destroyed, 1 damaged P1Y1 Frances: 8 destroyed, 5 damaged P1Y1 Frances: 1 destroyed by flak P1Y2 Frances: 8 destroyed, 5 damaged P1Y2 Frances: 1 destroyed by flak No Allied losses Allied Ships CV Illustrious CV Wasp CVE Altamaha, Torpedo hits 1 CV Hornet II, Torpedo hits 1 CVL Hermes CVE Prince William Aircraft Attacking: 4 x P1Y2 Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo 8 x P1Y1 Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo 2 x B6N2a Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo 5 x P1Y1 Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo CAP engaged: VC(F)-10 with F4U-1D Corsair (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 1 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 14000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes VF-1 with F4U-1D Corsair (4 airborne, 8 on standby, 6 scrambling) (4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes VF-7 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 15 scrambling) (3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 16000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes VF-9 with F6F-5 Hellcat (0 airborne, 9 on standby, 13 scrambling) (4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 17000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes VF-12 with F6F-5 Hellcat (3 airborne, 8 on standby, 15 scrambling) (3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes VF-13 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 16 scrambling) (4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes VF-14 with F6F-5 Hellcat (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 16 scrambling) (3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes VF-16 with F6F-5 Hellcat (0 airborne, 11 on standby, 16 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes VF-80 with F6F-5 Hellcat (0 airborne, 9 on standby, 19 scrambling) (4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 18000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 46 minutes VF-82 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 10 scrambling) (2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 13000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes VBF-82 with F4U-1D Corsair (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 11 scrambling) (2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 16000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes VF-22 with F6F-5 Hellcat (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 10 scrambling) (3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 18000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes VF-26 with F6F-5 Hellcat (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 12 scrambling) (3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 17000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes VC(F)-76 with F6F-5 Hellcat (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 2 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes VC(F)-10 with F4U-1D Corsair (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 6 minutes VF-3 with F6F-5 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 10 minutes VF-11 with F4U-1D Corsair (0 airborne, 9 on standby, 19 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 16000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes VF-83 with F6F-5 Hellcat (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 10 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 17000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes VBF-83 with F4U-1D Corsair (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 7 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes VF-85 with F6F-5 Hellcat (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 10 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes Banzai! - Nagahama A. in a P1Y2 Frances is willing to die for the Emperor Banzai! - Sakai A. in a B6N2a Jill is willing to die for the Emperor Banzai! - Nikaido C. in a P1Y1 Frances is willing to die for the Emperor -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Guam at 103,90 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 36 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 7 A6M3a Zero x 16 A6M5c Zero x 24 B6N2a Jill x 5 P1Y1 Frances x 3 P1Y2 Frances x 3 Allied aircraft Corsair II x 20 Seafire L.III x 8 Wildcat V x 8 F4U-1A Corsair x 33 F4U-1D Corsair x 143 F6F-3 Hellcat x 119 F6F-5 Hellcat x 350 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed A6M3a Zero: 2 destroyed A6M5c Zero: 8 destroyed B6N2a Jill: 2 destroyed P1Y1 Frances: 2 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F6F-5 Hellcat: 1 destroyed CAP engaged: VC(F)-76 with F6F-5 Hellcat (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 6 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 16000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes VC(F)-10 with F4U-1D Corsair (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes 2 planes vectored on to bombers VC(F)-10 with F4U-1D Corsair (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 4 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes 9 planes vectored on to bombers VF-1 with F4U-1D Corsair (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 16 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 18000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes 8 planes vectored on to bombers VF-3 with F6F-5 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 15 minutes 6 planes vectored on to bombers VF-7 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 15 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes 14 planes vectored on to bombers VF-9 with F6F-5 Hellcat (0 airborne, 9 on standby, 13 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes 10 planes vectored on to bombers VF-12 with F6F-5 Hellcat (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 15 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes 7 planes vectored on to bombers VF-13 with F6F-3 Hellcat (3 airborne, 8 on standby, 16 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 19000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 25 minutes 8 planes vectored on to bombers VF-14 with F6F-5 Hellcat (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 16 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 16000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes 16 planes vectored on to bombers VF-16 with F6F-5 Hellcat (0 airborne, 11 on standby, 16 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes 18 planes vectored on to bombers VF-80 with F6F-5 Hellcat (0 airborne, 9 on standby, 19 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 17000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes 12 planes vectored on to bombers VF-82 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 13000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes 2 planes vectored on to bombers VBF-82 with F4U-1D Corsair (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 13000 and 18000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes 4 planes vectored on to bombers VF-83 with F6F-5 Hellcat (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 10 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 16000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes 9 planes vectored on to bombers VBF-83 with F4U-1D Corsair (2 airborne, 4 on standby, 7 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes 8 planes vectored on to bombers VF-85 with F6F-5 Hellcat (2 airborne, 6 on standby, 10 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 17000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes 12 planes vectored on to bombers VBF-85 with F4U-1D Corsair (0 airborne, 5 on standby, 9 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 17000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes 4 planes vectored on to bombers VF-86 with F6F-5 Hellcat (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 10 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes 13 planes vectored on to bombers VBF-86 with F4U-1D Corsair (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 10 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 19000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes 8 planes vectored on to bombers ...safe to say that there wohn't be any "Marianas Turkey shoots" on the menu for allied player here. Oh well, we will capture the island chain and don't mind if he wants to make an stand there. I have B29's hitting airfields in the region and plenty of firepower available. Russia The main battles rage at Yenki. This is the latest ground offensive launched by the russians... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Yenki (110,44) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 137343 troops, 3100 guns, 2434 vehicles, Assault Value = 4100 Defending force 64147 troops, 872 guns, 643 vehicles, Assault Value = 1636 Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 2 Allied adjusted assault: 3877 Japanese adjusted defense: 5605 Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 2) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), preparation(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 3970 casualties reported Squads: 35 destroyed, 337 disabled Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 95 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 41 disabled Guns lost 77 (7 destroyed, 70 disabled) Vehicles lost 70 (14 destroyed, 56 disabled) Allied ground losses: 7848 casualties reported Squads: 401 destroyed, 615 disabled Non Combat: 44 destroyed, 187 disabled Engineers: 37 destroyed, 111 disabled Guns lost 269 (49 destroyed, 220 disabled) Vehicles lost 176 (52 destroyed, 124 disabled) Assaulting units: 300th Rifle Division 259th Tank Brigade 39th Rifle Division 231st Rifle Division 105th Rifle Division 144th Rifle Division 208th Tank Brigade 371st Rifle Division 184th Rifle Division 72nd Mechanized Brigade 159th Rifle Division 215th Rifle Division 76th Tank Brigade 75th Tank Brigade 210th Tank Brigade 59th Rifle Division 1st Ussurii Tank Brigade 22nd Rifle Division 393rd Rifle Brigade 40th Rifle Division 42nd Mechanized Brigade 29th Rifle Brigade 77th Tank Brigade 72nd Tank Brigade 46th Engr-Sapper Brigade 283rd Guards Mortar Regiment 60th Anti-Tank Brigade 2nd Far East Front 1634th AA Regiment 26th/42nd Gd.Mortar Regiment 2nd/307th Gd.Mortar Regiment 53rd Mortar Brigade 61st Anti-Tank Brigade 87th Howitzer Regiment 182nd Howitzer Regiment 386th Howitzer Regiment Defending units: 124th Division 230th Division 1st SP Gun Battalion 120th Division 126th Division 128th Division 123rd Ind.Mixed Bde /1 13th JAAF Base Force 22nd Field AA Machinecannon Company 57th Field AA Battalion 38th Ind. Engineer Regiment 34th Const Co 5th Army 9th Medium Field Artillery Regiment Botanko Hvy Gun Regiment 6th Ind. Field Artillery Regiment 30th Mortar Battalion 4th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 4th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 23rd Field AA Machinecannon Company 7th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 1st Area Army 3rd Hvy.Artillery Regiment 12th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 6th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 39th Field AA Battalion 4th RF Gun Battalion 22nd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 4th Machine Cannon AA Battalion 31st RF Gun Battalion 2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 28th Field AA Machinecannon Company 2nd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 3rd Engineer Construction Battalion 27th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 10th Medium Field Artillery Regiment Hopefully we can wrap up this city soon... Elsewhere things have been somewhat quiet. Just small skirmishes not worthy of going into details... [image]local://upfiles/15617/FCD776844CF146789BC46FCCFE2D821B.jpg[/image]

aztez -> January 1946 (2/27/2013 7:01:45 AM)
Pacific (January 1st 1946) Japan We should be able to start large scale bombing runs in late january or february. In the meantime we keep the moderate campaign ongoing... Philippines No major naval nor air battles to report. I have kept sweeping Manila and few other bases in this region but Dave has not committed his fighters / bombers. On the ground the siege of Cagayan should soon be over which is good news. China ZzzzzZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzz........ Burma Victoria Point is now liberated. Very happy to get this sorted out since it has large airfield and decent port facilities. Allied troops are now fighting at Surat Thani in northern Malaya peninsula. Overall the forces are making steady progress... CenPac / South Pacific The operations at Marianas continue. Now that the allied have seized Guam the focus has shifted towards Saipan. We have landed the initial troops and the battle will commence next turn... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Saipan (108,93) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 12874 troops, 147 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 492 Defending force 31822 troops, 658 guns, 940 vehicles, Assault Value = 1095 Japanese ground losses: 23 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 49th Division 133rd AA Regiment Saipan Naval Fortress 5th Base Force Defending units: 3rd USMC Tank Battalion 41st Infantry Div /7 1st Regiment 96th Infantry Div /6 193rd Tank Battalion 112th Cavalry Regiment 19th Infantry Regiment 4th USMC Tank Bn /3 422nd Rocket Field Artillery Battalion 18th Marine Defense Battalion 421st Rocket Field Artillery Battalion 201st USAAF Base Force Sixth US Army V US Amphib Corps 251st USN Base Force /4 ..we shall see how many days / weeks these stubborn Japanese can hold their lines. The japanese airforce has made few runs againts our shipping conducting these operations but have not hit any major vessels in the area. No sign off any Japanese naval assets either... it seems Dave has them parked somewhere around the home islands. Russia The intel indicates that Japanese are moving fresh troops towards Yenki. Currently 69 enemy units present. I have ordered bombardment assault next turn to evaluate the situation there. Japanese have also launched major airstrikes towards Vladivostok port/airfield. There has been hundreds of bombers in action and japanese are slowly gaining upper hand here. We will make this costly as possible though... [image]local://upfiles/15617/75400A52E1724E43A48D7F61499DB189.jpg[/image]

aztez -> RE: January 1946 (3/6/2013 5:06:56 PM)
Pacific (January 7th 1946) Japan Nothing major to report yet... Philippines We have finally conquered Cagayan. Those were some stubborn japanese soldiers defending the base. Now time to clear out the rest of the enemy forces in Mindanado... China ZzzzzZzzzZzzzzz.... Burma The allied reinforcements have now arrived into Surat Thani and assault is ordered. I don't expect this base to hold on for long. Allied forces have also moved further south into Thailand. We should arrive into Kompong Chhnang within next couple of days... CenPac / South Pacific The japanese have hold off few allied assaults at Saipan. However these defenders are doomed... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Saipan (108,93) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 27103 troops, 656 guns, 722 vehicles, Assault Value = 955 Defending force 15095 troops, 225 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 296 Allied adjusted assault: 621 Japanese adjusted defense: 1289 Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 8) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), preparation(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 1159 casualties reported Squads: 40 destroyed, 31 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled Guns lost 10 (3 destroyed, 7 disabled) Allied ground losses: 521 casualties reported Squads: 11 destroyed, 102 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 27 disabled Engineers: 5 destroyed, 3 disabled Guns lost 32 (3 destroyed, 29 disabled) Vehicles lost 34 (2 destroyed, 32 disabled) Assaulting units: 19th Infantry Regiment 193rd Tank Battalion 96th Infantry Division 112th Cavalry Regiment 41st Infantry Division 3rd USMC Tank Battalion 1st Regiment 4th USMC Tank Bn /3 201st USAAF Base Force Sixth US Army 421st Rocket Field Artillery Battalion V US Amphib Corps 422nd Rocket Field Artillery Battalion 18th Marine Defense Battalion 251st USN Base Force Defending units: 142nd Div /1 49th Division 11th Ind.Mixed Rgt /2 5th Base Force 133rd AA Regiment Saipan Naval Fortress 14th Nav Gd /2 ...as you can see Dave is flying in some extra infantry units and to be honest I don't mind that at all. Allied will arrive at Tinian also shortly so I'am expecting to have all of three bases occupied by end of january 1946. The landings at Tinian will commence within next few days. Russia Nothing major to report. Dave have actually done very good job here since I need to rest some of my russian troops. Just few minor ground battles in northern Russia where we are clearing out some nuisance units... Japanese airforce have continued their large scale airstrikes againts Vladivostok. [image]local://upfiles/15617/1AAB2DCBF4ED4C87AF2BB6D44C6B4806.jpg[/image]

aztez -> March 1946 (4/30/2013 9:54:59 PM)
Pacific (March 14th 1946) Japan The first waves of B29's have been hitting japanese industrial targets. These bomber squadrons are flying out of Marianas. There has been additional A-bomb dropped into Tokyo. The capital is reportedly severely damaged. Philippines This theatre of operations has been losing some steam lately. The allied side have now secured Mindanado and there are no significant Japanese forces reported outside of Luzon. At the moment things remain calm... China ZzzzzzzzzzzzZzzzzzzzzz... simply not enough supplies to do large scale offensives. Dave seems to have moved a lot of troops into Manchuko area. Burma The allied forces have made significant progress here. Thailand is now 90% liberated with british troops holding Saigon. The advance towards Singapore is temporarily halted Nakhon Si Thammarat. This will be temporary and additional troops are enroute towards the area. Overall we are making good progress here. CenPac / South Pacific The main Marianas islands are now seized and fully operational. (Saipan, Tinian and Guam) Ground battles rage at Rota and there few operational enemy bases further up the island chain. The B29's have already made their first visits from this area. Russia The additional Japanese reinforcements from Chinese theatre have halted the Russian bear. Actually both sides have lost some steam and only minor ground battles are raging in deserts. We shall see whether we are able to make progress here. It wohn't definately be easy. [image]local://upfiles/15617/EFA8CDD998894B32B2BC4A617E86A4F1.jpg[/image]

aztez -> May 1946 (6/30/2013 7:36:24 AM)
Pacific (April 11th 1946) Japan Allied forces have dropped A-bombs into Tokyo and Osaka. The B29 squadrons are at full swing but are taking casualties due not having fighter escorts. Overall the Japanese homeland are taking a beating... Russia I have tried to push through the japanese perimeter at Yenki and Harbin. Unfortunately the japanese have held their line and repulsed the efforts. Dave made an good move by moving divisions in northern russia and thus hampering the supply routes. Also japanese airforce have been too much for the russians to handle... Philippines There has not been much action here. Occasional large scale air to air combats at Leyte Gulf and over Manila. I have 4-5 solid airfields in this region so life for the japanese is not easy. The last operation in this theatre is on it's way and it is called "battleaxe". Lets see how that one goes... China I really haven't been able to launch the major offensive here as I wanted. Simply because there are not enough supplies to sustain such a big push forward and japanese forces are well fortified. On the same note I doubt Dave have the supplies or forces to do anything major in last weeks either. Burma Allied forces continue their push into Malaya peninsula and have now reached and liberated Singora. The goal to liberate Singapore is not going to happen with the closing towards an end. Japanese repulsed allied forces out of Cam Rahn Bay by unloading additional forces there. Bulk of Thailand is on allied hads though... CenPac / South Pacific / Aleutians Not much happening in either of these places. Mostly supply convoys moving supplies and fuel forward to feed the allied armies in the frontlines. No active operations scheduled here for last couple of weeks. [image]local://upfiles/15617/721437DF73854136AEF9C3B80B5B46E5.jpg[/image]

witpqs -> RE: May 1946 (6/30/2013 3:05:37 PM)
Very cool! But I always thought the game went through March '46 only?? How long does it let you continue?

Sardaukar -> RE: May 1946 (6/30/2013 3:52:15 PM)
Wasn't it August 1946? Seems to be scenario-specific. E.g. Scen 1 has 1634 day-turns.

witpqs -> RE: May 1946 (6/30/2013 4:39:52 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Sardaukar Wasn't it August 1946? Seems to be scenario-specific. E.g. Scen 1 has 1634 day-turns. I don't know, but obviously my prior impression was wrong.

BBfanboy -> RE: May 1946 (6/30/2013 6:56:43 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: witpqs quote: ORIGINAL: Sardaukar Wasn't it August 1946? Seems to be scenario-specific. E.g. Scen 1 has 1634 day-turns. I don't know, but obviously my prior impression was wrong. I believe they are playing Scenario 14 Downfall, which goes to Sept. 1, 1946. NOT Edit: Correction, I looked at page 1 and they are playing Scenario 1 GC. Got them mixed up with another AAR doing Downfall that has been absent for some time now. Might have been AcePylut?

aztez -> RE: May 1946 (6/30/2013 8:57:06 PM)
Hi guys! I think this game will finish in "3 weeks time"... meaning that june 1st is the THE END day! Just enough time to land at Luzon and establish frontline there. Hopefully Dave will move his naval assets forward so we shall see one big "BOOM" before the end. This is scenario 1 PBEM game so no mods or anything else in that matter.

Sardaukar -> RE: May 1946 (7/1/2013 4:02:06 PM)
It's great to see PBEM game going to so late date! [&o]

aztez -> RE: May 1946 (7/9/2013 7:15:43 AM)
Sardaukar: Thanks! It has been a long journey and pretty pleased that this will be my 2nd PBEM to actually finish in AE. How is life at Malta? Pacific (May 25th 1946) Japan Allied B29 bombers have hit several cities around the japanese mainland. (Kobe, Gifu, Tokyo etc) Despite the stubborn resistance and heavy losses we are taking the economy out piece by piece. Russia The russian troops are still trying to push through at Yenki. Elsewhere the frontlines are on stalemate status... Philippines Allied 4E bombers have shutdown the airfield at Manila. The last big naval invasion has occured when troops landed at Legaspi. We now have firm foothold in Luzon and are moving ahead towards Naga. Oddly the japanese did not commit naval assets here to defend the main island. There just some motorboats and couple of destroyers. No sign of KB either.. it has not been seen in months. Whether they are out fuel of just hiding is anyones guess... China ZzzzzzzzzZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.... Burma Japanese BB TF visited Singora and bombarded the town. This TF was lead by BB Yamamoto. Also there seems to be some sort of an japanese counterstrike brewing south of Singora. That suits me just fine since my mainforce is just entering Malaya peninsula and are itching for an fight. CenPac / South Pacific / Aleutians ZZzzzzzzzzzzzzZZzzzZZZZZZZZZzzz... [image]local://upfiles/15617/076B42871D5F4E998646D237764B8C1B.jpg[/image]

aztez -> The END 1946 (7/10/2013 6:22:31 AM)
The end date has arrived in this PBEM! Nothing really to report from the final days. We did push with city bombings, seized Naga and were looking for one final CV duel. Unfortunately I went towards Iwo Jima / Okinawa when the carriers were near Brunei. It actually feels good to have completed two PBEM games with this AE monster. First off thanks again to Dave. This is not the first encounter we did finish off. It takes a lot from your PBEM partner to stick around until the end! Also it does require somewhat similar personalities to talk some things through when the issues arise. As said hats off to him an true gentleman! I will be open for an rematch if Dave wants to go around the 2nd time... Really big thanks to all the readers. My apologies that I did not have the time to update the AAR as much as I would in later years but I did receive a lot of soid tips. Thus thank you all.... How do I feel the game went... The submarine warfare is way off. I don't know whether they have made adjustments in later patches to it but really they should since ASW is brutal. China is an mess.. truly is but thankfully did not lose the whole country despite starting on early. You always need luck with dice rolls and I feel a bit unlucky with CV encounters we had in this game. I did manage to push further into Malaya / Thailand than in our previous encounters. Also managed to gain solid foothold in CenPac. I could have bombed the oilfields in this at DEI but chose not to do so. That was 50/50 call an might to otherwise in rematch. I did not land at japanese home islands. (Last time around I did manage to capture couple of cities).. so that did not deliver. The bombing campaign was taking its toll and doubt japanese economy could have hold out much longer before completely crumbling into dust. I did not play as well with the Soviets as I would have liked to. Lessons learned here... but I did put up an fight as did my opponent. Overall though I would grade my game vs Dave with 8- number. Most importantly though this was an journey with it's up and downs. I do not play for points.. never have and never will.. the journey is the most important factor. I do hope the people following the encouter enjoyed the ride... now I will post few screenshots from last day of the war. As said thank you Dave.. and I'am definately up for an REMATCH if you want to go another round...! [:)] You sir are one tough oppponent to crack! [image]local://upfiles/15617/F094C69DD06E40F2A0DDB677D692EC8A.jpg[/image]

aztez -> RE: The END 1946 (7/10/2013 6:23:23 AM)
The map... [image]local://upfiles/15617/71A9D6B78D124FFBACF4B18587366E66.jpg[/image]

aztez -> RE: The END 1946 (7/10/2013 6:24:41 AM)
Allied ships sunk... [image]local://upfiles/15617/C68590CD2FAD48418FAF2A5F80DE1DC0.jpg[/image]

aztez -> RE: The END 1946 (7/10/2013 6:25:15 AM)
Alied ships sunk.. [image]local://upfiles/15617/933FDF2245AF44E790CEB83777921B93.jpg[/image]

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