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seydlitz_slith -> RE: The battle of Luzon about to begin! (8/28/2009 1:40:20 AM)
I would consider that he may move the KB along the path of your orange arrow, but instead move it on the south coast of Java, not along the north coast. This would do several things: 1. Give him sea room to retreat if he is surprised by something unexpected. 2. Avoids the submarines and potential PT boat or surface combat TF that you could have waiting in the Java Sea. 3. Good chance that you wouldn't even have search arcs on the south side of Java which would help him maintain surprise. 4. Enables him to engage your obsolete Dutch aircraft on his terms. If spotted, only the Java Based planes would attack him and the zeroes of the KB would take care of that. 5. He would be in a good position to strike merchant ships fleeing to Australia and also surface ships in the Java Sea. Just trying to look at all of the options that you might want to consider. I normally like sea room when using carriers especially given the intercept capabilities now in the game, and that means south of Java.

aztez -> RE: The battle of Luzon about to begin! (8/28/2009 6:15:01 PM)
We did apply the public beta patch. However the turn I recieved was still showing up as an date of 14th of january when it should have been 16th. So, either Dave send me the wrong files or did the wrong turn. I sent in an inquiry. If I recieve the turn soon I have time to do it but if not than next update will be tomorrow night. This is because I have my daughters with me this weekend and I'am going enjoy every minute of this. Sardaukar: Yeah. I will check what is available once the next turn arrives. Definately need to do some downgrading but there really is not much yet in pools. That withdrawal of aircraft is quite intresting. Some squadrons do give you those PP than again some of them don't. I think it is somehow hard coded into the AE. Also, some withdrawals don't give pilots or anything. Go figure but I guess this is intended. jrlans: Experience levels are awful that kind of setup is what I have in mind too. Allthough a lot of squadrons are set on ASW effort and some squadrons move into frontlines temporarily. seydlitz: That is an real possibility and not much I could in that scenario either. Allthough only downside I see is that his tankers/replenish ships would be somewhat vulnerable to attack since these ships must be lacking behind. If Koepang falls or is invaded that this route seems 100% certain to me. Hmmm.. he could actually blockade the whole Java area and bottleneck my surface fleet there and yes ABDA bombers lack seriously in terms of range. I think I will set 2 squadrons of B17's into naval search to gain more intel. Thanfully I do have Koepang too which is nice recon place to have. I must say that your points/remarks kind of fit into Dave's playing style. Not much risks and this move gains vital advatanges. Thankfully ABDA reinforcements in terms of bombers and fighters are clear of danger now. The forthcoming month is going to be intresting in many ways.

Sardaukar -> RE: The battle of Luzon about to begin! (8/28/2009 8:03:35 PM)
B-17 is really nice search plane. I used them for that in my game almost exclusively during first months. And you get nice bomb hits to merchants and even warships now and then.

aztez -> RE: The battle of Luzon about to begin! (8/28/2009 10:33:39 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Sardaukar B-17 is really nice search plane. I used them for that in my game almost exclusively during first months. And you get nice bomb hits to merchants and even warships now and then. This is now done. Lets hope they can gather intel to us. With the range of 22 hexes one can always hope for early warnings! [:)]

aztez -> RE: The battle of Luzon about to begin! (8/28/2009 10:35:36 PM)
Borneo (january 14th and 15th 1942) Things are developing faster than expected here. Firstly as you can see it was definately an trap planned at Singkawang. The invasion TF retreat towards Miri (Blue arrow) but the carrier TF remained in the area. So, it was definately good decision not to engage here. There were however landings at Jesselton and Tawau. These bases are overrun quickly and I would assume the vigorous building up airfields starts. As you can see an carrier supported invasion is about to begin againts Tarakan. This was unexpected since it happened so soon. This invasion operation is definately well planned. Dave has lba support from Davao, Miri and Menado for this operation. Add around 50 carrier based ac's plus couple surface combat TF's and you can all put congratulete him. Damn, I was hoping for an mistake of some sort. By looking at the map it ain't happening at least not now. Personally I think that Japanese are able to land faster than in the old witp. No I do not mean unloading routines BUT I base this on the fact that troops do not need as many ships to board. [image]local://upfiles/15617/4CF001F35AEA4042B63E386A02E66D3B.jpg[/image]

aztez -> RE: The battle of Luzon about to begin! (8/28/2009 10:37:09 PM)
Situation at Clark Field (january 14th 1942) Hmmm. I seem to be missing something here or again I might have misunderstood some game mechanic rules. I have +25 000 supplies stockpiled here but take a look at one of the ground combat units. Notice the low amount of supplies given to these soldiers. Dave has bombed the airfields here daily. So, the airfield is +95% damaged. Is this eating up my ground unit supply levels or...? I don't have any need to repair the airfield here since I have withdrawn my key ac units here days ago. Eventhough I do not have much left at Bataan the main focus for the bombings were there! I do not know what is the logic on these raids since I doubt he is going to invade the base via sea. [image]local://upfiles/15617/2517EE891C984666A74CF8667E3D2D26.jpg[/image]

jrlans -> RE: The battle of Luzon about to begin! (8/28/2009 11:22:32 PM)
The only thing i can think of is that the base supply is in the red and therefor will not distribute supplies to LCUs

aztez -> RE: The battle of Luzon about to begin! (8/29/2009 3:17:51 PM)
jrlans: Unfortunately the base seemed pretty well supplied. Even now units are refusing to take in supplies. Armoured units have now only 0 supplies left. The pic is from previous turn and there are still + 21 000 supply units available. Luzon (january 16th and 17th 1942) There is no news like bad news and we got plenty of it coming from Clark Field. As expected Japanese infantry lauched two shock assauts againts our fortifications here. Yes, there really seems to be no delibirate attacks ongoing anywhere! I guess that is somewhat useless feature or shock assaults are way over powered from the get go. Here is losses summary from the combat reports: Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 99773 troops, 934 guns, 659 vehicles, Assault Value = 2844 Defending force 35174 troops, 552 guns, 532 vehicles, Assault Value = 1104 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2 Japanese adjusted assault: 1531 Allied adjusted defense: 1240 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 2) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 2 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), preparation(-), experience(-) Attacker: shock(+) Japanese ground losses: 4816 casualties reported Squads: 23 destroyed, 235 disabled Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 325 disabled Engineers: 5 destroyed, 43 disabled Vehicles lost 102 (5 destroyed, 97 disabled) Allied ground losses: 3752 casualties reported Squads: 16 destroyed, 240 disabled Non Combat: 61 destroyed, 232 disabled Engineers: 5 destroyed, 16 disabled Guns lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled) Vehicles lost 77 (43 destroyed, 34 disabled) Assaulting units: 56th Recon Regiment 7th Tank Regiment 148th Infantry Regiment Sasebo 3rd SNLF 113th Infantry Regiment 3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment 48th Recon Regiment 33rd Division Tanaka Detachment 16th Infantry Regiment 24th Infantry Regiment 4th Division 47th Infantry Regiment 21st Ind. Engineer Regiment I./33rd Inf Regt 48th Engineer Regiment 4th Tank Regiment 21st Division 22nd Recon Regiment 65th Brigade 2nd Tank Regiment Kanno Detachment 1st Formosa Inf. Regiment I./4th Infantry Bn /4 48th Field Artillery Regiment 18th Mountain Gun Regiment 1st RF Gun Battalion 56th Field Artillery Regiment 3rd Naval Construction Battalion 3rd Mortar Battalion 14th Army 6th Naval Construction Battalion 1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment 2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 26th Fld AA Gun Co 48th Field AA Battalion 5th Mortar Battalion 8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 2nd Field Artillery Regiment 12th JAAF Base Force 31st Fld AA Bn /1 Defending units: 192nd Tank Battalion 51st PA Infantry Division 194th Tank Battalion 41st PA Infantry Division 2nd PA Constabulary Regiment 21st PA Infantry Division 4th Marine Regiment 57th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team 26th PS Cavalry Regiment 71st PA Infantry Division 4th PA Constabulary Regiment Subic Bay Defenses 14th PS Engineer Regiment 45th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team 2nd PA Constblry HW Regiment 200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment 1st USMC AA Battalion I Philippine Corps 201st PA Construction Battalion 803rd Engineer Aviation Battalion Far East USAAF 202nd PA Construction Battalion Provisional Field Artillery Regiment Clark Field USAAF Base Force 88th PS Field Artillery Regiment 301st PA Field Artillery Regiment -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 95534 troops, 934 guns, 652 vehicles, Assault Value = 2616 Defending force 31369 troops, 548 guns, 473 vehicles, Assault Value = 848 Japanese adjusted assault: 1218 Allied adjusted defense: 382 Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 2) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), preparation(-), experience(-) Attacker: shock(+) Japanese ground losses: 4430 casualties reported Squads: 6 destroyed, 278 disabled Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 253 disabled Engineers: 3 destroyed, 43 disabled Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled) Vehicles lost 96 (6 destroyed, 90 disabled) Allied ground losses: 4343 casualties reported Squads: 64 destroyed, 240 disabled Non Combat: 29 destroyed, 153 disabled Engineers: 16 destroyed, 31 disabled Guns lost 10 (3 destroyed, 7 disabled) Vehicles lost 40 (6 destroyed, 34 disabled) Assaulting units: 24th Infantry Regiment 1st Formosa Inf. Regiment 4th Tank Regiment 21st Ind. Engineer Regiment Kanno Detachment 21st Division 48th Recon Regiment 2nd Tank Regiment 7th Tank Regiment Sasebo 3rd SNLF 4th Division 47th Infantry Regiment 56th Recon Regiment Tanaka Detachment 148th Infantry Regiment 33rd Division 22nd Recon Regiment I./33rd Inf Regt 48th Engineer Regiment 113th Infantry Regiment 65th Brigade 3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment 16th Infantry Regiment I./4th Infantry Bn /4 48th Field AA Battalion 1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment 14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 1st RF Gun Battalion 14th Army 26th Fld AA Gun Co 56th Field Artillery Regiment 2nd Field Artillery Regiment 2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 3rd Naval Construction Battalion 3rd Mortar Battalion 5th Mortar Battalion 12th JAAF Base Force 6th Naval Construction Battalion 18th Mountain Gun Regiment 48th Field Artillery Regimentnk 8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 31st Fld AA Bn /1 Defending units: 2nd PA Constabulary Regiment 41st PA Infantry Division 21st PA Infantry Division 4th Marine Regiment 26th PS Cavalry Regiment 45th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team 51st PA Infantry Division 71st PA Infantry Division 192nd Tank Battalion 57th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team 14th PS Engineer Regiment Subic Bay Defenses 4th PA Constabulary Regiment 194th Tank Battalion 2nd PA Constblry HW Regiment Far East USAAF 200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment 202nd PA Construction Battalion 1st USMC AA Battalion 201st PA Construction Battalion 803rd Engineer Aviation Battalion Provisional Field Artillery Regiment 88th PS Field Artillery Regiment Clark Field USAAF Base Force 301st PA Field Artillery Regiment ...hmmm, not good! Notice near total of collapse of our defensive av value on day 2. I think this is closely tied up to the supply factor I posted on earlier! There were +21 000 supplies piled up but for some reason or another these were not distributed to the troops! (I noticed similar thing on an base in China too) Basically the Clark Field is toasted and done for. Yet, the shock ground assaults seems devastating! I think shock assaults vs allied poor exp levels are formula for disaster after disaster. Another intresting note is the combat modifiers here. If look at the first assault level 3 forts gave (+ forts) ..the next turn with level 2 forts (none given) so It seems that level 2 forts are just waste of time and resources. Is this just FOW or what? Since there are level 3 forts? BUT units have not drawn supplies and there are plenty to go around! These were the best leaders I have available in this theatre but where they worth the PP spent remains the issue. I have looked at the earlier turn and to me it is obvious that airfield bombardments caused the supplies to "freeze", I really do hope that there will be an option NOT to waste supplies into airfield repairs and such when situation is critical. There are so many bombers flying missions here that I have lost account on them, Basically all the airfields are done for. Actually noticed that there is similar situation brewing on Manila. Around 25 000 supplies but combat units are short of them. Level 3 forts and building up but really should this have any affect on supply levels of ground troops? Personal opinion is definately no. Airfield and Port is damaged just as it was in Clark Field. Well.. really bad omen and feeling about this, I think the Manila will be captured at early february latest! It is quite impossible figure out how much supply you need if the required supply needed levels do not cover repairs + infantry and forts building. I think this battle would have been over on the 1st battle had I not used PP to change leaders. [image]local://upfiles/15617/F58E26DAF77348B1B8F4F2FF58821F9D.jpg[/image]

aztez -> RE: The battle of Luzon about to begin! (8/29/2009 3:21:44 PM)
China (january 16th and 17th 1942) Another ground combat defeat here. There are plenty of enemy units moving towards northern china, Here is the ground combat report from january 16th 1942. I did not get penalized for leaders nor supplies. Keep in mind that I changed propably 85% of combat leaders. Another shock assault too! Ground combat at 86,47 Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 46006 troops, 336 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 1410 Defending force 54624 troops, 308 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1308 Japanese adjusted assault: 1225 Allied adjusted defense: 533 Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: experience(-) Attacker: shock(+) Japanese ground losses: 3530 casualties reported Squads: 10 destroyed, 200 disabled Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 176 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 15 disabled Allied ground losses: 11514 casualties reported Squads: 860 destroyed, 31 disabled Non Combat: 824 destroyed, 102 disabled Engineers: 17 destroyed, 32 disabled Guns lost 5 (5 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units retreated 9 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 1st Ind.Mixed Brigade 12th RGC Temp. Division 20th Ind.Mixed Brigade 14th RGC Temp. Division 6th Division 3rd Division 13th/A Division Defending units: 12th Chinese Corps 13th Chinese Corps 48th Chinese Corps 7th Chinese Corps 84th Chinese Corps 85th Chinese Corps 3rd Group Army 31st Group Army ..the worse thing about this is my units retreat north which really was not the way I wanted. I did include and map and you can see he is threatening quite a few cities! Blue arrow = Chinese retreat Red arrow = Japanese advance Red X = Possible enemy targets [image]local://upfiles/15617/5D8C8DD198434FA891CA3F6E7CD7FCF6.jpg[/image]

Smeulders -> RE: The battle of Luzon about to begin! (8/29/2009 3:26:06 PM)
Maybe and it's a big maybe, the problem is that you put "supplies required" higher then the supplies you have. The system might be trying to get up to that 30000+ supply, but can't find any supply from other bases to pull in so the base saves supply the only way it can, by not giving out any to the units present.

Rob Brennan UK -> RE: The battle of Luzon about to begin! (8/29/2009 4:45:27 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Smeulders Maybe and it's a big maybe, the problem is that you put "supplies required" higher then the supplies you have. The system might be trying to get up to that 30000+ supply, but can't find any supply from other bases to pull in so the base saves supply the only way it can, by not giving out any to the units present. beat me to it ! .. only conclusion i could draw too

aztez -> RE: The battle of Luzon about to begin! (8/29/2009 5:23:36 PM)
Smeulders & Rob: Hmmm. Ok, I will start doing the turn as soon as the kids are at sleep. However that really doesn't make much sense since I don't see what harm could extra supplies do in any situation! Really odd and if it down to this than this feature really is not working correctly and with common sense

seydlitz_slith -> RE: The battle of Luzon about to begin! (8/29/2009 5:34:17 PM)
The supply issue is interesting and concerning. I wonder like Smeulders if the base is holding the supplies instead of passing them out because you have the required number high. I would do the following: 1. Reduce the supplies requested targets to minimum for Clark, Manila, and Bataan. 2. Make sure that you have manually set the industry and resources in Manila to "do not repair". Double check in case patch reset. As an alternative, it might be time to fall back on Manila. In that case, leave your supplies requested high for Manila and drop it at Clark so tht any supplies not issued to the units will hopefully flow back to Manila and not be lost when Clark falls. On the plus side, supply cost factor is only 10 in light urban against 25 in the jungle + rough of Clark. Of course, your defensive bonus is only X2 in Manila instead of the X3 in Clark, but it looks like Clark is about to fall anyways. Keep in mind that that the supply movement phase does not occur until after the combat phase of the turn. That means that you can set the supply requested triggers to move the supply back to Manila but if you lose Clark during the next turn you will also lose all of the supply being held there. Sequence of play is on page 31 of the manual.

Sardaukar -> RE: The battle of Luzon about to begin! (8/29/2009 5:48:49 PM)
Might be useful to post that on Tech support forum too, so they could check if it's an issue for next patch. edited for spelling

aztez -> RE: The battle of Luzon about to begin! (8/29/2009 7:01:06 PM)
seydlitz: Definately odd thing and really didn't help that the current situation is not good anyway. It could be just as you reasoned and it actually would make a lot "sense". I have already reduced the supply needs to minium at Bataan. Now I did the same thing in Clark Field and Manila. I guess we shall see whether or not it did any good. Another thing I did was that I turned the replacements ON in most of infantry/armour units there. I always set industry repairs off from the beginning. Something I learned the hard way in the old Witp. The withdraw towards Manila is close but decieded againts it. It only has low level 3 fort and it seems to be suffering from the same kind of supply draw problem as did Clark Field. Also the forts are still up at Clark Field so the reduction was 100% FOW. I think I can hold it for few more days and than withdraw supplies/infantry into Manila. Currently building up forts 40 miles south of Manila too. It is closing into level 3 now. Lets just say that if he does not capture the base within next 2 days than time to start organized withdrawal. I like those supply cost "odds". Sardaukar: Yeah, that might not be an bad idea. At least I can't figure out what is happening here.

aztez -> RE: The battle of Luzon about to begin! (8/29/2009 10:12:44 PM)
This is combat replay summary of events of 18th and 19th of January 1942. A lot of bad things took place in past two days. It really is japanese blitzkrieg all the way at the moment. I don't have the actual turn yet but these are not FOW reports. That is almost 100% certain. It is only january 20th and IJN/IJA have seized following "objectives": - Tarawa, Noumea, Luganville and most of the solomons islands in the southern pacific. - IJA is advancing with is shock assaults + armoured units in lightning speed at northern china. - Northern part of the borneo is lost. - Celebes is lost since Davao was overrun swiftly. This includes Menado and Ambona too. - In Malaya Johore Baru forts could not resist the enemy and our troops were routed. Now only Singapore stands. - Bulk of US BB's are done. Only BB Colorado operational. - US fleet have 2 operational carriers. 3rd one is coming into service too. - The merchant fleet was slaughtered near Balikpapan early on fleeing from Manila. - KB is at full strenght are yet to be committed. No doubt it will enter DEI within couple weeks at most. - At Luzon only Manila holds and I'am in no doubt it will toasted within an week or two. - IJA has gained total airsuperiority in China since I really do not have anything in terms of fighters to contest it. - The first enemy units are reaching into Burma. No doubt it will be overrun swiftly just as Luzon was and Johore Baru was. Overall, I'am amazed!!! I haven't given anything for free. Nope, I have fought all the way with troops and tools I got available. The poor ground unit commanders have been sacked and replaced. These haven't helped that much againts those shock ground offensives. I'am beginning to think that these were waste of PP and that only level 7+ forts make any diffrence at all. Things are looking very bad. It seems he might be able to focus his full hammer on DEI as early as february 1942 and with those forces available there I think allied are done within an months time. Eventhough I intend to fight it out with everything I got there. ...shock assaults + blitzkrieg = doomed. That the mental feeling right now. Things have developed way faster than it would have been in the old Witp. In my opinion largely due to the new ground combat model and the japanese "loading" bonus which stands last for the first 4 months. A lot have been talked about the japanese airpower. Well, allies really don't have much againts determined assaults. IJA has control over the skies above Luzon, China, Malaya, Burma and Borneo. Once these focus againts DEI it will be swift affair no doubt. Here is an reports from all over the map. I'am not going into too much details since the above explains and summarizes it all quite nicely. Luzon (18th and 19th of january 1942) We did resist the onslaught at Clark Field last turn but not this time around. IJA launched yet another 2 shock assaults here and not many were left to tell the tale. Here is the combat summary of 2 x shock assaults againts our depleted units behind lvl 3 forts. Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 94251 troops, 915 guns, 649 vehicles, Assault Value = 2639 Defending force 30407 troops, 543 guns, 510 vehicles, Assault Value = 847 Japanese adjusted assault: 1814 Allied adjusted defense: 877 Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 3) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), experience(-) Attacker: shock(+) Japanese ground losses: 3791 casualties reported Squads: 10 destroyed, 256 disabled Non Combat: 12 destroyed, 225 disabled Engineers: 3 destroyed, 29 disabled Guns lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled) Vehicles lost 126 (14 destroyed, 112 disabled) Allied ground losses: 1266 casualties reported Squads: 33 destroyed, 157 disabled Non Combat: 97 destroyed, 93 disabled Engineers: 15 destroyed, 21 disabled Guns lost 4 (2 destroyed, 2 disabled) Vehicles lost 68 (41 destroyed, 27 disabled) Assaulting units: 4th Tank Regiment 56th Recon Regiment 24th Infantry Regiment 1st Formosa Inf. Regiment Sasebo 3rd SNLF I./33rd Inf Regt 113th Infantry Regiment 16th Infantry Regiment 47th Infantry Regiment 21st Ind. Engineer Regiment Kanno Detachment 3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment 33rd Division 148th Infantry Regiment 48th Engineer Regiment Tanaka Detachment 22nd Recon Regiment 65th Brigade 21st Division 2nd Tank Regiment 48th Recon Regiment 4th Division 7th Tank Regiment I./4th Infantry Bn /4 56th Field Artillery Regiment 48th Field Artillery Regiment 3rd Mortar Battalion 12th JAAF Base Force 26th Fld AA Gun Co 3rd Naval Construction Battalion 9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 5th Mortar Battalion 1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment 48th Field AA Battalion 18th Mountain Gun Regiment 2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 1st RF Gun Battalion 2nd Field Artillery Regiment 14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 14th Army 6th Naval Construction Battalion 31st Fld AA Bn /1 Defending units: Subic Bay Defenses 4th Marine Regiment 26th PS Cavalry Regiment 57th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team 192nd Tank Battalion 4th PA Constabulary Regiment 21st PA Infantry Division 51st PA Infantry Division 194th Tank Battalion 41st PA Infantry Division 14th PS Engineer Regiment 45th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team 2nd PA Constabulary Regiment 71st PA Infantry Division 2nd PA Constblry HW Regiment 200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment Clark Field USAAF Base Force Far East USAAF I Philippine Corps 201st PA Construction Battalion 88th PS Field Artillery Regiment 202nd PA Construction Battalion Provisional Field Artillery Regiment 803rd Engineer Aviation Battalion 1st USMC AA Battalion 301st PA Field Artillery Regiment -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 90416 troops, 915 guns, 635 vehicles, Assault Value = 2434 Defending force 27629 troops, 544 guns, 467 vehicles, Assault Value = 707 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 1272 Allied adjusted defense: 502 Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Clark Field !!! Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses No Allied losses Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), preparation(-), experience(-) Attacker: shock(+) Japanese ground losses: 3676 casualties reported Squads: 7 destroyed, 222 disabled Non Combat: 25 destroyed, 78 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 23 disabled Vehicles lost 93 (15 destroyed, 78 disabled) Allied ground losses: 14436 casualties reported Squads: 555 destroyed, 24 disabled Non Combat: 429 destroyed, 12 disabled Engineers: 169 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 262 (257 destroyed, 5 disabled) Vehicles lost 357 (357 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units retreated 24 Units destroyed 1 Assaulting units: 2nd Tank Regiment 47th Infantry Regiment 24th Infantry Regiment 7th Tank Regiment 113th Infantry Regiment I./33rd Inf Regt 4th Tank Regiment 48th Engineer Regiment 56th Recon Regiment 21st Ind. Engineer Regiment Kanno Detachment 65th Brigade 22nd Recon Regiment 3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment 1st Formosa Inf. Regiment 33rd Division 21st Division 4th Division Sasebo 3rd SNLF 16th Infantry Regiment 148th Infantry Regiment 48th Recon Regiment Tanaka Detachment I./4th Infantry Bn /4 12th JAAF Base Force 14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment 48th Field AA Battalion 3rd Mortar Battalion 48th Field Artillery Regiment 14th Army 6th Naval Construction Battalion 8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 3rd Naval Construction Battalion 9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 26th Fld AA Gun Co 56th Field Artillery Regiment 2nd Field Artillery Regiment 1st RF Gun Battalion 18th Mountain Gun Regiment 5th Mortar Battalion 31st Fld AA Bn /1 Defending units: 41st PA Infantry Division 4th PA Constabulary Regiment 71st PA Infantry Division 2nd PA Constabulary Regiment 194th Tank Battalion 51st PA Infantry Division 45th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team 57th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team 4th Marine Regiment 21st PA Infantry Division Subic Bay Defenses 26th PS Cavalry Regiment 14th PS Engineer Regiment 192nd Tank Battalion 2nd PA Constblry HW Regiment Provisional Field Artillery Regiment 1st USMC AA Battalion 88th PS Field Artillery Regiment Clark Field USAAF Base Force 201st PA Construction Battalion 202nd PA Construction Battalion 803rd Engineer Aviation Battalion 200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment Far East USAAF 301st PA Field Artillery Regiment ..that was that. I could not have withdrawn in time anyways since he made 4 x shock assaults here so Manila is going to be next. It has level 3 forts at the moment since with AE you seem to be starting from 0 which in some cases is diffrent approach what I had in mind. [image]local://upfiles/15617/D891667ADE63457893876CCDB071E4F5.jpg[/image]

aztez -> IJA advance.. Clark Field, Johore Baru captured (8/29/2009 10:14:44 PM)
Malaya (january 18th and 19th 1942) IJA troops entered the Johore Baru forts last turn. There were immediate 2 x shock ground assaults made. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Johore Bahru (50,83) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 58071 troops, 449 guns, 99 vehicles, Assault Value = 1819 Defending force 15947 troops, 118 guns, 62 vehicles, Assault Value = 545 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2 Japanese adjusted assault: 1486 Allied adjusted defense: 759 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 2) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 2 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), experience(-) Attacker: shock(+) Japanese ground losses: 3365 casualties reported Squads: 6 destroyed, 206 disabled Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 149 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 44 disabled Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled) Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) Allied ground losses: 1483 casualties reported Squads: 42 destroyed, 111 disabled Non Combat: 78 destroyed, 83 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled) Vehicles lost 20 (3 destroyed, 17 disabled) Assaulting units: 55th Infantry Regiment 11th Infantry Regiment II./143rd Infantry Battalion 15th Ind. Engineer Regiment I./4th Infantry Battalion 41st Guard Battalion 12th Engineer Regiment II./4th Infantry Battalion 41st Infantry Regiment 21st Infantry Regiment 5th Recon Regiment 2nd Recon Regiment 114th Infantry Regiment 2nd Engineer Regiment 1st Tank Regiment Imperial Guards Division 42nd Infantry Regiment 5th Engineer Regiment 14th Tank Regiment 23rd Ind. Engineer Regiment 91st Naval Guard Unit 34th Field AA Battalion 93rd JAAF AF Bn 35th Field AA Battalion 18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 21st Fld AA Gun Co 32nd Field AA Battalion 17th JAAF AF Bn 3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 22nd Air Flotilla 5th Field Artillery Regiment Southern Army 3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 51st Field AA Battalion 25th Army 5th JAAF AF Coy Defending units: 1st Hyderabad Battalion 1st Mysore Battalion 5/14th Punjab Battalion 27th Australian Brigade 22nd Australian Brigade 6th Indian Brigade 15th Indian Brigade 111th RAF Base Force 5th Field Regiment -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Johore Bahru (50,83) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 55214 troops, 449 guns, 98 vehicles, Assault Value = 1777 Defending force 13357 troops, 117 guns, 60 vehicles, Assault Value = 421 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1 Japanese adjusted assault: 1148 Allied adjusted defense: 265 Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 1) Japanese forces CAPTURE Johore Bahru !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), preparation(-), experience(-) Attacker: shock(+) Japanese ground losses: 3358 casualties reported Squads: 5 destroyed, 138 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 84 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 36 disabled Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled) Vehicles lost 3 (0 destroyed, 3 disabled) Allied ground losses: 6023 casualties reported Squads: 88 destroyed, 63 disabled Non Combat: 220 destroyed, 59 disabled Engineers: 96 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 49 (47 destroyed, 2 disabled) Vehicles lost 55 (55 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units retreated 7 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 114th Infantry Regiment 1st Tank Regiment 56th Infantry Regiment 14th Tank Regiment 21st Infantry Regiment I./4th Infantry Battalion 41st Infantry Regiment 2nd Engineer Regiment II./143rd Infantry Battalion Imperial Guards Division 12th Engineer Regiment 55th Infantry Regiment II./4th Infantry Battalion 2nd Recon Regiment 23rd Ind. Engineer Regiment 5th Engineer Regiment 42nd Infantry Regiment 5th Recon Regiment 15th Ind. Engineer Regiment 11th Infantry Regiment 41st Guard Battalion 91st Naval Guard Unit 34th Field AA Battalion 3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 32nd Field AA Battalion 51st Field AA Battalion 17th JAAF AF Bn Southern Army 21st Fld AA Gun Co 35th Field AA Battalion 5th Field Artillery Regiment 93rd JAAF AF Bn 25th Army 22nd Air Flotilla 3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 5th JAAF AF Coy Defending units: 5/14th Punjab Battalion 27th Australian Brigade 22nd Australian Brigade 6th Indian Brigade 15th Indian Brigade 111th RAF Base Force 5th Field Regiment ..and that was that. We last only 2 days here and now it is time for the Singapore to fall. I had 520av points behind lvl 3 (40%) forts here. The lacked a bit of support but were well supplied. I have supplies there and have upgraded leaders. By looking at the above this will be over within 2 weeks time for sure. The city only has +3 level forts in place. [image]local://upfiles/15617/C4DC1620342A4219942341D5A3E5ACFE.jpg[/image]

aztez -> RE: IJA advance.. Clark Field, Johore Baru captured (8/29/2009 10:16:47 PM)
Borneo (january 18th and 19th 1942) There were several landings and bases seized here. Next to fall will be Tarakan since he has a lot of troops on the beaches already. I expect the landings to start againts Java by early February 1942. [image]local://upfiles/15617/F96EEC1394FB4F5E9D2101F8BA4BD448.jpg[/image]

aztez -> RE: IJA advance.. Clark Field, Johore Baru captured (8/29/2009 10:18:10 PM)
Southern Pacific (20th january 1942) IJN has conducted several unopposed landings in this region. There is no chance of contesting these when you consider our losses so far in the game. [image]local://upfiles/15617/064E13B2ED6743F8A59BF1794240A59B.jpg[/image]

aztez -> RE: IJA advance.. Clark Field, Johore Baru captured (8/29/2009 10:19:49 PM)
China (18th and 19th january 1942) There were several ground combats here. I have marked them on the map. Ground combat at 85,55 Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 360 troops, 0 guns, 32 vehicles, Assault Value = 18 Defending force 1237 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 11 Japanese adjusted assault: 34 Allied adjusted defense: 2 Japanese assault odds: 17 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: leaders(+), disruption(-), morale(-), experience(-) Attacker: shock(+), leaders(+) Japanese ground losses: Vehicles lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled) Allied ground losses: 572 casualties reported Squads: 24 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 39 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 5 destroyed, 2 disabled Guns lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units retreated 1 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 8th Armored Car Co Defending units: 21st Chinese Corps -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 87,32 Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 1452 troops, 0 guns, 144 vehicles, Assault Value = 162 Defending force 1867 troops, 53 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 26 Japanese adjusted assault: 67 Allied adjusted defense: 5 Japanese assault odds: 13 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: morale(-), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: shock(+) Japanese ground losses: Vehicles lost 8 (1 destroyed, 7 disabled) Units pursuing 1 Allied ground losses: 1198 casualties reported Squads: 34 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 52 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 9 destroyed, 6 disabled Units retreated 2 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 23rd Tank Regiment 11th Tank Regiment Defending units: 11th Chinese Corps 81st Chinese/C Corps -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 87,45 Allied Shock attack Attacking force 4280 troops, 39 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 132 Defending force 4747 troops, 32 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 147 Allied adjusted assault: 0 Japanese adjusted defense: 166 Allied assault odds: 1 to 99 Combat modifiers Defender: leaders(+), experience(-) Attacker: shock(+), leaders(+), leaders(-), disruption(-), morale(-) supply(-) Allied ground losses: 2060 casualties reported Squads: 4 destroyed, 158 disabled Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 105 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 27 disabled Assaulting units: 55th Chinese Corps Defending units: 35th/A Division -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 87,45 Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 4747 troops, 32 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 147 Defending force 2424 troops, 39 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 7 Japanese adjusted assault: 142 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 142 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: leaders(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-), morale(-) experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: shock(+), leaders(+), leaders(-) Allied ground losses: 929 casualties reported Squads: 71 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 41 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 7 destroyed, 0 disabled Units retreated 1 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 35th/A Division Defending units: 55th Chinese Corps ... I really do need to put an stop to this. The problem here is that forts do build up slowly, infantry have bad exp and not much in terms of armour. IJA also totally controls the skies above china. Even AVG has made no diffrence at all. [image]local://upfiles/15617/B0890CFCC65C4D72AB284BD948B6AFD2.jpg[/image]

seydlitz_slith -> RE: IJA advance.. Clark Field, Johore Baru captured (8/30/2009 3:12:14 AM)
My guess is that he is going after Sian and Lanchow in North China. That is where the Chinese oil is located. Knock them out and you shut down China's heavy industry. 1. He doesn't have large enough air fields and base units in northern china to bomb your oil at this phase of the game. Otherwise he would probably be bombing it to shut off your oil. 2. He has obviously went all out to take Luzon as quickly as possible. For him to get on with the next phase of the war he will have to move the troops off Luzon. The only port to do this will be Manila as all of the other ports are too small and will take too long. You can make this work to your advantage. 3. His repeated shock attacks are causing additional unnecessary casualties for him and he is taking a huge gamble that he can get all his conquering done before the units get so understrength that they can no longer advance. I would move my Dutch subs up to patrol just south of Bataan (but not in the hex due to the mines). That way you can hit the transports while they are at sea, loaded with troops. In China, his garrison requirements are going to limit his movements somewhat. You can fight delaying actions in the rough, mountain, and wooded areas. Try to hit multiple hexes and make him spread his troops. By interdicting multiple points along the rail lines but not in the city, you will slow him down. If he is foolish enough to keep shock attacking you, then you will bleed him down to your level.

Sardaukar -> RE: IJA advance.. Clark Field, Johore Baru captured (8/30/2009 7:08:51 AM)
Well...I don't wonder about the results in Clark. Or in Malaya. He is coming in with quite massive amount of troops, 100k and 60k is LOT. With no real way to replace your casualties there quickly or reinforce, resistance will be quite difficult.

aztez -> RE: IJA advance.. Clark Field, Johore Baru captured (8/30/2009 5:24:36 PM)
It was an bug that caused those supply points to freeze up. Damn, that cost me a lot of valuable units and most importantly move his timetable ahead quite a lot. Those bases were "competing" for those supplies at Clark Field causing it not to be distributed into ground combat units. Argh, the penalty for under supplied troops is severe. As manual states it is -25% of defensive av value and it has caused my troops not to fire againts the enemy!!! Oh, well this was bad as it gets. Now I have reset all the "supply needed" orders at bases and seen immediate increase on the supplies given to ground combat units! This really is not happening just in Luzon either. Basically, increase the supply needed... once supplies arrive than RESET this function or you are going to be in world of trouble just as I was. Dave offered an redo. That shows that he really is gentleman and good lad. I declined the offer eventhough this basically destroyed my defense setup at Luzon. Instead I asked that his troops at Clark Field rest and than he will give me an extra turn to gain some strenght before moving them into Manila. That is the agreement. seydlitz: Those armoured units are definately moving towards Lanchow and without an doubt there is infantry units following them. As Sian. That is definately target too and I'am already reacting to at least put and dent to these plans. I will post an pic from china later on showing the current av values on the map. I think he could bomb my resources without too much opposition. Thankfully we have an houserule which forbids anykind of an resource bombing runs for either side. If this wasn't agreed I will be in world of trouble due to the lack of fighters. Yeah. There will be a lot of transports coming into Luzon soon. I know he has huge amount of them placed at Takao. I just wish my subs would actually hit something worth to report. They are firing dud torpedoes and most of them are missing the targets all together. I might place some mines into manila harbour in order to do some damage there. The problem with this is that I need those dutch subs elsewhere. At the moment they are trying to sink the mini KB lurking just outside of Tarakan. My infantry units are still on motion but I agree that you are correct. The only downside to this is that he really haven't given me any easy pickings here either so engaging the enemy is not going to be easy if I want to do it in my terms. We shall see what the next few weeks brings here. Dave really is an careful opponent. Very few mistakes... only the BB episode at Bataan can be labeled as such. Sardaukar: Yeah, I concur but without the supply episode I doubt he would have seized Clark Field yet. At least those casualty levels would have been up a notch. The battles for Manila and Singapore are going to start soon. My estimate is that it is going happen before february 1942 begins. Only way to do any harm is to wish for some good dice rolls.

aztez -> RE: IJA advance.. Clark Field, Johore Baru captured (8/30/2009 5:54:33 PM)
Chinese army positions on 20th of January 1942 Here is an pic from china. It shows the assault values on some key hexes and also what the fortification levels are currently. Keep in mind that there are quite a few infantry units still on motion but this should give you an overview on what's to be expected here. [image]local://upfiles/15617/A45797E109004EE9BF12EF9557E16A37.jpg[/image]

aztez -> RE: IJA advance.. Clark Field, Johore Baru captured (8/30/2009 7:00:16 PM)
China (january 20th and 21st 1942) Overall terms it was an quiet turn. Most action was reported happening in china. I used the pic posted earlier since it summarizes our positions best. So, I just added few "remarks" there. IJA has been conducting regular bombing of chenchow, Last turn maybe 40 bombers paid their visits. Notice the unit just south of the city, It is basically blocking the road there and if he wants he could slip pass and start heading towards Nanyang. (Green arrow) This would be bold move indeed and I have an feeling he is just trying to encircle our troops here so he could concentrate his main units againts Sian. That really seems to be the key base in many ways. The armoured units continued their push towards Lanchow. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 86,33 Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 1512 troops, 0 guns, 143 vehicles, Assault Value = 81 Defending force 813 troops, 53 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2 Japanese adjusted assault: 68 Allied adjusted defense: 5 Japanese assault odds: 13 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), fatigue(-), morale(-) experience(-) Attacker: shock(+), leaders(+), leaders(-) Japanese ground losses: Vehicles lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled) Allied ground losses: 195 casualties reported Squads: 27 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 20 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 4 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units retreated 2 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 23rd Tank Regiment Defending units: 11th Chinese Corps 81st Chinese/C Corps The good thing is that the road into Lanchow is long and it takes a lot of time to reach it. This should also put an strain to anykind supply routes towards it. Thus I think that this will be an secondary target in the north while Sian really needs to be the main target taking all into consideration. Oh, and we actually recieved the first ground combat victory last turn!!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 85,56 Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 19608 troops, 146 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 506 Defending force 20221 troops, 127 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 464 Japanese adjusted assault: 468 Allied adjusted defense: 604 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), experience(-) Attacker: shock(+), leaders(+), disruption(-), supply(-) Japanese ground losses: 1853 casualties reported Squads: 11 destroyed, 68 disabled Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 80 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled) Allied ground losses: 827 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 15 disabled Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 55 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 20 disabled Assaulting units: 11th Ind.Mixed Brigade 39th Division 1st RGC Route Brigade Defending units: 16th Construction Regiment 88th Chinese/A Corps 88th Chinese/B Corps 28th Chinese/A Corps 50th Chinese Corps 28th Chinese/B Corps 100th Chinese/A Corps 100th Chinese/B Corps 25th Group Army This happened near Pucheng where he is trying to cut off several Chinese infantry units. It kind of feels nice to see this kind of an effort after all the hard times we have gone through. This should mean that he is low on supplies or such and thus hopefully these brave remnants can reach the friendly base, I would love to counterstrike but he has "vehicles" here so propably not worth it since it would propably fail miserably anyways. [image]local://upfiles/15617/79CE5DC2F3D9411BBCF5F4B91A0E9D77.jpg[/image]

sval062 -> RE: IJA advance.. Clark Field, Johore Baru captured (8/30/2009 8:06:58 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: aztez It kind of feels nice to see this kind of an effort after all the hard times we have gone through. This should mean that he is low on supplies or such and thus hopefully these brave remnants can reach the friendly base, I don't think that low ammo is the explanation. Jap AV was 506 adjusted to 468 --> He maybe does not have all supply required, but he is still far away from starving IMHO What are your Lvl here? Does these jap units already fight before this one? According to your combat report, these units suffered disruption --> Maybe a too fast advance and not enough time to recover could be the main reason.

jrlans -> RE: IJA advance.. Clark Field, Johore Baru captured (8/30/2009 8:10:42 PM)
It realy looks like Dave is intent on capturing both Manilia and Singapore as quickly as possilble this may mean he diverted forces from java/burma to acomplish this it could also be why you have not seen an invasion of midway and jhonston already.

seydlitz_slith -> RE: IJA advance.. Clark Field, Johore Baru captured (8/30/2009 8:34:11 PM)
My suggestions for China: East of Lanchow: He is probably using the two Mongolian Cavalry units that start up there in the lead. They have good experience (about 60) and morale (~70). If fresh, they are 36 AV each. The trail units would probably be 3 foot infantry units of about 20 AV each with very low experience and morale (20 ex & 25 morale). The road is gretaly helping his supply path. Tracing supply from Paotow to the red dot hex (84,83) would be 50 points. If he continues to Lanchow along the road he will have no trouble with supply. I would defend in hex 84,34, the rough+desert hex just southeast of the red dot hex. Good defensible terrain plus the river hexside to cause further disruption....As he approaches, use your Chinese air force on ground attack and fighters on strafe to hit his lead units. Odds are he won't have any fighters with the range to provide LRCAP over his units. You should be able to slow him and probably stop him there. East of Sian: Your unit in 87,41 needs to sidestep up to 87,40 and hold up. He will probably keep going west and bypass it. If he does, then you can recross the river and cut his supply. If not, he has to attack you in wooded rough (x3 defense) and across a water hexside. Your Sian defense line should be along the road/rail line in hexes 84,42 85,42 86,42 & 85,41. He will probably try to cross at 85,42 as he wants your rail line. If he doesn't and continues up the clear valley to Sian, you can threaten and crush his flank. He won't have enough units to cover all the hexes. I would leave a partial defence in Nanyang and pull most of the units back into the woods in 85,44 (woods+rough). Your defense will be better there. Nanyang is clear (x1) and the wooded rough areas are (x3). If he his going for Sian he will be attacking up the road through the woods. You should be able to stall him out and make him pay, especially if you are able to spread even light units into the adjacent wood hexes (85,43 & 84,44) to force him to spread his front. For what it's worth, Sian is also not very defensible as it is also clear. Your key will be to spread your weak units to interlock zones of control and threaten him. Focus your good units in the key defensible hexes. You can stop him. You have to make too many targets for him to be able to hit. He still has to garrison every objective that he takes and he does have a limited number of units. Use the "1" key to check terrain for the hexes and the "R & Y" keys to see the road/rail networks. They will tell you a lot about how and where he will be attacking. Good luck.

medicff -> RE: IJA advance.. Clark Field, Johore Baru captured (8/31/2009 12:49:16 AM)
wow nice AAR and much learned from your "supply" lesson. I have found very similiar to witp vs determined jap you must fall back to one base, build forts and hold out as long as possible in Phil and Malaya. You cannot affort to be retreated as you take extreme losses even when attempting to combat move out of hex. Once you decide you need to retreat, it is too late. I really like reading your posts against a very competent human player. Interesting insights and sorry for you to have taken such early losses. Really puts you behind the eight ball.[:(] You have had several good surprises for him though. AFAIK those mines work (FOW doesn't let you know), however per the manual once the field is discovered then the ships attempt to avoid and you get less successes. I have learned this vs AI and these boards so far. A whole new game really vs witp. China is all about supply. You must retreat, secure inner perimeter with very hi AV (1000+) bases, rest while awaiting their attack esp in rear areas, turn off replacements and base bldg except where needed. Cant make many attacks with such bad supply, however, if he blunders into a high AV base without much quickly attack to drive him out and cause him the massive loss from retreat. If you get to 100 prep points, slowly your inept chinese, australian and indian forces will train up to their country minimum experience. realize of course that will take 3-6 months or more depending on starting prep and supply/hq at those bases. The other thing in ground as allies is to wait for the replacement squads namely Aus 42, and Ind 42 and fill out those militia units to create a fighting force. Better squads (firepower) and trained to country minimum. However this requires patience and to avoid fighting at disadvantage before your ready.

traskott -> RE: IJA advance.. Clark Field, Johore Baru captured (8/31/2009 10:21:27 AM)
Very interesting !! I'm about to begin a Campaign against a human, so the trouble with supplies is a very important date. Thanks. I'll use the supplies button VERY carefully.

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