RE: IJA advance.. Clark Field, Johore Baru captured

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aztez -> RE: IJA advance.. Clark Field, Johore Baru captured (8/31/2009 5:50:30 PM)
sval: I did not order an ground assault. Instead my troops are moving out of the battle in combat mode. I don't mind if he tries to assault these troops since I think he get slapped once more. This battle took place near Pucheng which is an wooded + rough terrain. The fortification level is 2 here but as said this is not an base hex. jrlans: Definately. Now that I reset my supply needed options troops are getting their share at Manila. I think the ground assault is still a week or so away. He hasn't stopped bombing my troops from air though but than again this was not agreed. Currently some 1000av points here with about 50% of them resting after the disaster at Clark Field. He has not made any moves towards Midway or Johnston. Instead his carriers or part of it showed up near Fiji. More about that situation shortly. seydlitz: Ok. I see what you are getting at and I have adjusted my defensive plan / perimeter in China. I actually spend nearly 2 hours looking at the situation and decieded on a new strategy. To be honest I would hate be againts you in anykind of an land combat situation since I think I would get my arse kicked around a lot! The Chinese bombers have been quiet so far but now I have moved quite a few of them in frontline and given them ground bombing missions at 5000 feet. I will post an pic regarding the new Chinese defensive positions shortly. It is total revamp of things here and hopefully we are now much better off! I really appreciate your thoughts and insights. An good debate is always more than welcomed and it can open your eyes into new possibilities. I actually think that I have avoided the disaster here for time being and he has tough times moving forward, medicff: Thank you! Yeah, the supply lesson was harsh but that is what this forum is about! They have acklowed the issue and hopefully this fix will be on the 1st patch. There is nowhere to go in Malaya since Singapore is the only base left standing there. Than again the battle is not over before he captures it and I'am hoping for much better results there. I changed quite a few leaders there too last turn. So fingers crossed and maybe we can stop him cold due to river crossings etc. I would actually love know what kind of damage those mines have done. Than again I doubt Dave is going to share this info with me at least not yet anyways! I actually have now completely revamped my defensive perimeter at China. As said more about this shortly. The prep points seem more important now and every units has its target set accordingly! I would never overlook such a thing! Yes, some of the units seem to be having "crossbows" and only time will heal this. I'am not that familiar with new replacement rates though. ..oh and welcome aboard ofcourse! traskott: Glad to help out eventhough it was an harsh bug to discover. You should be ok with the supply required option if you use it as I described. Good luck with the forthcoming PBEM. It is really going to be diffrent journey than AI games. Lets hope you found reliable opponent which is the most important thing in PBEM. I have been lucky on that "department" mostly.

aztez -> RE: IJA advance.. Clark Field, Johore Baru captured (8/31/2009 6:33:15 PM)
Chinese defensive plan launched 20th january 1942 I took 2 pics from china. The maps show roads and terrain types here. This plan was inspired by the reader comments made. Especially seydlitz kind of stated the obvious but sometimes you are too involved to see things clearly. I will be moving forces out of Nanyang, Chenchow and Loyang in order to obtain better defenseive positions using the terrain instead. Intresting to see whether this actually works as planned since I haven't done much out of the base defenses in my campaign games. The way I see those cities above would be killing zones due their terrain types which do not give much bonuses and by loosing all these troops the road to north is open. I pretty much will do what was suggested. Leave around 800av points into each of them and start moving rest of the troops out of harms way. I don't think Yenen should be defended from base up and so I have moved 2/3av points out the city. These guys will be using the terrains in order to inflict maxium casualty levels into the advancing enemy. Chinese bombers are moved into position at Lanchow, Sian and Kweilin. The squadrons will start bombing enemy ground units at 5000 feet immediately. [image]local://upfiles/15617/BB4F8B4DB9524FA4A2083535CDED50D8.jpg[/image]

aztez -> RE: IJA advance.. Clark Field, Johore Baru captured (8/31/2009 6:34:32 PM)
...and the 2nd pic from china! [image]local://upfiles/15617/1F64BC56E4B64C628624A58F578C5C82.jpg[/image]

aztez -> RE: IJA advance.. Clark Field, Johore Baru captured (8/31/2009 6:35:24 PM)
Fiji's (january 20th 1942) Allied recon planes spotted what appears to be some remnants of the japanese carrier power. I have some 80 fighters now 80% CAP and 20% LRCAP. There are significant troop reinforcements just south of Suva moving 3 hexes at a time. Now lets just hope we can put an real dent to his carrier aviators if these are carriers indeed! Basically we need all the luck and good dice rolls here and now! [image]local://upfiles/15617/E1FD9D354E3F4D4AA5C9DF4094054A8A.jpg[/image]

Graymane -> RE: IJA advance.. Clark Field, Johore Baru captured (8/31/2009 10:26:27 PM)
Great AAR and great style! I like your overviews quite a bit. Helps us all learn the game that much faster!

seydlitz_slith -> RE: IJA advance.. Clark Field, Johore Baru captured (9/1/2009 1:45:48 AM)
Be careful with the high cap percentages. It ties your pilots to the cockpits and you will run a very high fatigue. If he doesn't attack this turn you will probably have to go to 40% cap and 40% rest to get the fatigue down. Also, set your altitude higher than you think he will be flying. Getting the bounce from higher altitude seems to make all the difference in the new combat model. Remember, he starts with zero Kate production and only 62 in the pool (total between both variants). He has 24 Vals in pool and a build of 12 per month at start, and Zeroes have 26 in pool and 56 per month build. Even if he has expanded industry it will be every bit as tough for him to quickly replace some of his losses. Granted, he can increase production and build replacements, but this will take time. Assuming that you are playing with PDU on, he can scrape together about 30-50 more Kates by downgrading some landbased Kate Units to jeans. However, he has no option regarding Vals, and in all likelihood he has spent his initial zero pool upgrading Claudes on the Ryjuho, at Soc Trang, and at Kwaj into Zeros. If he has, Zero losses will hurt also. Good luck with China. Hopefully you will give him all kinds of fits there. I am currently playing a PBEM (scenario 1) as Japan but we are only up to December 21st. Most of my analysis comes from me thinking how I would like to attack my opponent and what I would not want him to do. From the Japanese side, you can either totally ignore China initially or you can try to push hard there. Either way, the need for heavy garrison requirements in most of the places slowly sap you down. Unlike your opponent, I elected to land strong forces in southern China around Pakhoi with the trade off being greater delay in the Phillippines. I am still finding that the Chinese can delay you and even tie you up if they play the terrain game correctly. I am in the process of invading Soviet territory (been moving troops, air units, and naval units since turn 0). The first troops should cross the border on the next turn, after which I will have a good fight on my hands. However, if I can win this fight in less than 6 months (hopefully half that) I can free up all of the Kwangtung army to join the fight in China. These are highly experienced troops and should make a huge difference in the fight there. The Soviets won't be a pushover, but they will never be weaker than at the start of the game. It also gives me the chance to capture the soviet oil centers on Sakhalin Island which would greatly assist the Japanese oil situation without the need for long transport routes. This will help greatly until I take Palembang. [Hint: as the allied player, you need to go through the Soviet bases and set them to train/rest as appropriate and also to build fortifications. If you fail to do this and your opponent attacks there you will be in a much worse position than you could have been if you had taken the time to check the units early on. Granted, he may well leave the Soviets alone, but do you want to take that chance? This will be the first time that I have done this type of attack in either witp or AE, but historically it was only a miracle that Japan didn't go to war with Russia in 1941-42 based on what had been transpiring in that theater for the past few years.

Smeulders -> RE: IJA advance.. Clark Field, Johore Baru captured (9/1/2009 9:06:19 AM)
Any chance you will be doing an AAR as well ? I'd love to see an attack on the Soviets play out. @ Aztez: Your opponent is certainly being very aggressive if he is now even going after Fiji, hope you manage to put some hurt on his carrier forces.

aztez -> RE: IJA advance.. Clark Field, Johore Baru captured (9/1/2009 5:36:56 PM)
Graymane: Thank you! I still remember when I first was introduced to the game by reading wobbly vs PzB AAR. To be honest I'am learning too. You get so used to the old habits that it a fresh feeling to get new ideas from fellow gamers. You really do get so blind that many times you will miss the obvious part and flaws of your own thinking! seydlitz: Yeah. I will definately keep an eye on fatigue levels. As allies the pools are almost dry anyways. I was actually trying to achieve the bouncing bonus by higher alltitudes but AVG pilots performed even worse! I think it is down to the fact that some aircraft do not perform well in high alltitudes even with good pilots! We are actually playing with pdu on option! I think I have downed something like 120 zeros at the moment. Last turn there was an bloody engagement at Fiji's. More about this on a bit. But by taking into consideration those figures I think that this battle hurt his offensive capabilities eventhough I was unable to hit any carriers. Thanks! I need all the luck I can get! It is becoming quite obvious that Nanykiang is the 1st major objective for him! Than he will start advancing towards Sian for sure. Your opinions game me fresh ideas and as said earlier it is hard to get your mind working out of the box. That is an very intresting strategy you got ongoing there! I did look at the soviets and decieded that it would be quite massive task to undertake. I actually have once played as an japan in the old witp vs ctangus. I did invade soviet union but made some rookie mistakes! I completely agree with your reasoning on the benefits! That was actually pretty much my own goal there too. I have wondered many times why on earth many opponents let the "bear" gain strenght silently. The power unleashed in 1945 is massive and looks to be even greater with AE. All I can say that good luck with the operation! I wouldn't mind reading about it either if you have spare on your hands. These AAR's can demand quite a lot of time to do. As for Dave attacking soviets. Well, I have ruled that option out but I will definately doublecheck that I have set all the key areas building up forts and set the CAP levels. Actually I would love to fight it out there and the russians seem to be recieving nice amount of subs if activated! Smeulders: He is aggressive and the last turn cost us both. As expected he showed up knocking at Fiji's.

aztez -> The battle of Fiji islands... (9/1/2009 5:38:45 PM)
The battle of Fiji (january 22nd and 23rd 1942) Allied recon was correct but I wasn't expecting this much carrier firepower to pop up here due the fact that DEI is yet to be conquered. Here is the battle report regarding combat: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Suva at 132,160 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 11 Allied aircraft P-36A Mohawk x 15 P-39D Airacobra x 11 P-40E Warhawk x 17 Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty: 4 destroyed CAP engaged: 50th PG/11th PS with P-40E Warhawk (11 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (10 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 11 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 16000 Raid is overhead 51st PG/16th PS with P-40E Warhawk (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 16000 Raid is overhead 35th PG/39th PS with P-39D Airacobra (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (10 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 7 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 20 minutes 35th PG/70th PS with P-36A Mohawk (15 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (14 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 15 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 16000 Raid is overhead -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Suva at 132,160 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 12 B5N2 Kate x 53 D3A1 Val x 66 Allied aircraft P-36A Mohawk x 15 P-39D Airacobra x 11 P-40E Warhawk x 16 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 6 destroyed B5N2 Kate: 3 destroyed, 9 damaged D3A1 Val: 3 destroyed, 11 damaged Allied aircraft losses P-36A Mohawk: 1 destroyed Allied Ships xAK Suva, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk AP U.S. Grant, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 5, and is sunk DD Fox xAP President Tyler, Bomb hits 2 xAK Horace Luckenbach, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage xAP Matsonia DD Brooks xAK Utahan xAP Monterey, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire xAK Eldorado xAP President Fillmore, Bomb hits 2, on fire xAK Chatanooga City, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk xAP President Buchanan, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires Allied ground losses: 303 casualties reported Squads: 5 destroyed, 18 disabled Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 20 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 3 disabled Guns lost 17 (6 destroyed, 11 disabled) Vehicles lost 8 (2 destroyed, 6 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 22 x D3A1 Val diving from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 22 x D3A1 Val diving from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 25 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo 18 x D3A1 Val diving from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 24 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo CAP engaged: 50th PG/11th PS with P-40E Warhawk (9 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 9 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 13 minutes 5 planes vectored on to bombers 51st PG/16th PS with P-40E Warhawk (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 16000 Raid is overhead 4 planes vectored on to bombers 35th PG/39th PS with P-39D Airacobra (8 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 8 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes 4 planes vectored on to bombers 35th PG/70th PS with P-36A Mohawk (15 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 15 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 16000 Raid is overhead 2 planes vectored on to bombers Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Suva Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAP President Buchanan -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Kandavu Island at 132,162 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 17 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 11 B5N2 Kate x 27 Allied aircraft P-36A Mohawk x 11 P-39D Airacobra x 9 P-40E Warhawk x 8 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed B5N2 Kate: 5 destroyed, 4 damaged Allied aircraft losses P-36A Mohawk: 1 destroyed P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed Allied Ships xAK Liloa, Torpedo hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 20 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo CAP engaged: 35th PG/39th PS with P-39D Airacobra (7 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (9 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 7 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes 2 planes vectored on to bombers 35th PG/70th PS with P-36A Mohawk (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (12 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 8 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes 5 planes vectored on to bombers 50th PG/11th PS with P-40E Warhawk (7 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (7 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 7 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 16000 Raid is overhead 3 planes vectored on to bombers 51st PG/16th PS with P-40E Warhawk (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 16000 Raid is overhead Liloa caught transferring cargo ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Suva at 132,160 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 20 B5N2 Kate x 56 D3A1 Val x 39 Allied aircraft P-36A Mohawk x 10 P-39D Airacobra x 7 P-40E Warhawk x 13 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 4 destroyed B5N2 Kate: 15 damaged D3A1 Val: 4 damaged Allied aircraft losses P-36A Mohawk: 2 destroyed P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed Allied Ships xAP President Buchanan, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Tuscaloosa City, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk DD Fox, Bomb hits 1, on fire DD Brooks xAK Eldorado, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk xAK Henry S Grove, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk xAK K.I. Luckenbach, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk xAP Monterey, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage xAP President Tyler, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage xAP Matsonia, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Dorothy Luckenbach xAP President Fillmore, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage xAK Utahan, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk xAK Horace Luckenbach, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk DD Lawrence Allied ground losses: 325 casualties reported Squads: 3 destroyed, 11 disabled Non Combat: 23 destroyed, 29 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 11 (4 destroyed, 7 disabled) Vehicles lost 40 (9 destroyed, 31 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 20 x D3A1 Val diving from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 18 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo 19 x D3A1 Val diving from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 18 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo 20 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo CAP engaged: 50th PG/11th PS with P-40E Warhawk (9 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (8 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 9 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 16000 Raid is overhead 2 planes vectored on to bombers 51st PG/16th PS with P-40E Warhawk (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 16000 Raid is overhead 35th PG/39th PS with P-39D Airacobra (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (6 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 25 minutes 4 planes vectored on to bombers 35th PG/70th PS with P-36A Mohawk (10 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (9 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 10 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 16000 Raid is overhead 2 planes vectored on to bombers Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAP President Buchanan Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAP Monterey Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Fox Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAP President Fillmore Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Horace Luckenbach Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAP Matsonia -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Kandavu Island at 132,162 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 5 D3A1 Val x 20 Allied aircraft P-36A Mohawk x 1 P-39D Airacobra x 1 P-40E Warhawk x 4 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed D3A1 Val: 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed Allied Ships xAK Liloa, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk Aircraft Attacking: 20 x D3A1 Val diving from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb CAP engaged: 50th PG/11th PS with P-40E Warhawk (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 16000 Raid is overhead 35th PG/39th PS with P-39D Airacobra (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 16000 Raid is overhead 35th PG/70th PS with P-36A Mohawk (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 16000 Raid is overhead 51st PG/16th PS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes Liloa caught transferring cargo ... Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Liloa -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Suva at 132,160 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 21 B5N2 Kate x 63 D3A1 Val x 64 Allied aircraft P-36A Mohawk x 5 P-39D Airacobra x 18 P-40E Warhawk x 25 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed B5N2 Kate: 3 destroyed, 11 damaged D3A1 Val: 5 damaged Allied aircraft losses P-36A Mohawk: 1 destroyed P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed P-40E Warhawk: 4 destroyed Allied Ships xAP President Tyler, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk DD Lawrence, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires xAK Diamond head, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk xAK Ensley City, Bomb hits 5, and is sunk DD Fox DD Brooks xAK Dorothy Luckenbach, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk xAP President Fillmore, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk Allied ground losses: 627 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 15 disabled Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 67 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled) Vehicles lost 5 (3 destroyed, 2 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 22 x D3A1 Val diving from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 22 x D3A1 Val diving from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 1 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo 25 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 17000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 17 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 17000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 8 x D3A1 Val diving from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 18 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 17000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 12 x D3A1 Val diving from 10000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb CAP engaged: 50th PG/11th PS with P-40E Warhawk (15 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (14 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 15 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 16000 Raid is overhead 4 planes vectored on to bombers 51st PG/16th PS with P-40E Warhawk (6 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling) (5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters to 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 13 minutes 35th PG/39th PS with P-39D Airacobra (10 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling) (9 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 10 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 16000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes 8 planes vectored on to bombers 35th PG/70th PS with P-36A Mohawk (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 16000 Raid is overhead Heavy smoke from fires obscuring a Wakefield class xAP Diamond head caught transferring cargo ... Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Diamond head Ensley City caught transferring cargo ... Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Ensley City Dorothy Luckenbach caught transferring cargo ... Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Dorothy Luckenbach Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Lawrence Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAP President Fillmore -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Suva at 132,160 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 18 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 11 B5N2 Kate x 25 D3A1 Val x 20 Allied aircraft P-36A Mohawk x 1 P-39D Airacobra x 13 P-40E Warhawk x 15 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses P-36A Mohawk: 1 destroyed P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed Allied Ships DD Fox, Bomb hits 5, and is sunk DD Lawrence, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk Aircraft Attacking: 25 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 17000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 16 x D3A1 Val diving from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 4 x D3A1 Val diving from 10000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb CAP engaged: 50th PG/11th PS with P-40E Warhawk (7 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (8 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 7 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes 6 planes vectored on to bombers 51st PG/16th PS with P-40E Warhawk (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 16000 Raid is overhead 35th PG/39th PS with P-39D Airacobra (9 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (12 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 9 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 25 minutes 8 planes vectored on to bombers 35th PG/70th PS with P-36A Mohawk (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 16000 Raid is overhead Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Fox Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Lawrence ...and that is how two days of air to air dogfights ended. We lost the transport TF carrying US 41st division into Suva. All in all around 70% of the troops were killed in this slaughter. The rest are safely in Fiji and preparing for possible invasion of the island. You might ask why I didn't divert the TF out of Suva? Well, simply because they would have been slaughtered completely if not done so. This is quite obvious if you look at the position of the enemy carriers. That TF was low on fuel and moving just 3 hexes per turn. This battle really is an mixed bag. I lost valuable infantry and he lost valuable carrier pilots and we did shoot down quite a few of them! Those carriers need replenish their crews soon! We still have operational fighters on 90% CAP, I counted there to be around 30 of them so the losses were around 50! I did move an bomber unit there and it was set on 6000 feet naval strikes. There are two TF's that are unknown. Maybe it is an invasion fleet or than again it might be tankers or another carrier TF, I guess we shall see soon enough. Oh..another thing to note is that IJN invaded Canton Island, This was to be expected though. [image]local://upfiles/15617/5EF2C3C568FE441D9316D84DEB1D132F.jpg[/image]

aztez -> RE: The battle of Fiji islands... (9/1/2009 5:39:50 PM)
China (january 22nd and 23rd 1942) It became quite obvious that he is moving towards Nanyang. There extra 19 units heading towards the area. This just shows that Dave has taken those prep points seriously as I stated earlier allied signit indicated that the city would be an target for quite an many units. The good thing is that we actually achieve another ground combat "victory" near Nanyang. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 86,46 Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 22877 troops, 172 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1114 Defending force 37433 troops, 303 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 874 Japanese adjusted assault: 209 Allied adjusted defense: 492 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 Combat modifiers Defender: op mode(-), experience(-) Attacker: shock(+), disruption(-) Japanese ground losses: 2265 casualties reported Squads: 4 destroyed, 176 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 135 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled) Allied ground losses: 874 casualties reported Squads: 59 destroyed, 42 disabled Non Combat: 74 destroyed, 31 disabled Engineers: 9 destroyed, 1 disabled Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled) Assaulting units: 20th Ind.Mixed Brigade 6th Division 3rd Division 12th RGC Temp. Division Defending units: 12th Chinese Corps 48th Chinese Corps 13th Chinese Corps 84th Chinese Corps 29th Chinese Corps 7th Chinese Corps 85th Chinese Corps 31st Group Army ...the chinese forces continue their march towards Nanyang. [image]local://upfiles/15617/4A2DD7E4D4E948FDAA8E9D2BF2456ED2.jpg[/image]

Rob Brennan UK -> RE: The battle of Fiji islands... (9/1/2009 7:05:48 PM)
When those shock attacks fail his losses are huge ! and all dead experienced japanese troops can only help your cause ... bravo !

aztez -> RE: The battle of Fiji islands... (9/1/2009 7:15:39 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Rob Brennan UK When those shock attacks fail his losses are huge ! and all dead experienced japanese troops can only help your cause ... bravo ! What's up with new avatar? A new girlfriend or are you dreaming about things after few beers? [:D] Bravo indeed! Allthough it might be a bit early to launch anykind of party's at least not regarding this issue!

Smeulders -> RE: The battle of Fiji islands... (9/1/2009 11:04:47 PM)
Losses for the Japanese do seem to be primarily disablements, while you are actually losing a lot of squads, still that number of disabled won't be recovered any time soon.

seydlitz_slith -> RE: The battle of Fiji islands... (9/2/2009 12:18:18 AM)
Good decision on dumping the survivors on Suva. Much better than losing the whole unit. Good job in China at fending off his first attack. Since he was shocking, he had a lot of disabled squads. That is pretty good because it will take a while for them to get undisrupted and they will still be consuming his supply. For him to be moving 19 units into attack that could mean that he has pulled some units out of Korea. Japan has over 3,000 excess AV at game start that can be marched out without triggering Soviet activation.

offenseman -> RE: The battle of Fiji islands... (9/2/2009 4:55:32 AM)
re: The action around Suva. I like the blitzkrieg assault on Noumea and Suva because of the delays it will cause in subduing Rabaul later, BUT KB has to be getting a little weak right now and sys damage from running all over the ocean could be piling up. If you can hold onto Suva somehow, it could make those daring moves of his moot. [:)]

Rob Brennan UK -> RE: The battle of Fiji islands... (9/2/2009 5:36:06 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: aztez quote: ORIGINAL: Rob Brennan UK When those shock attacks fail his losses are huge ! and all dead experienced japanese troops can only help your cause ... bravo ! What's up with new avatar? A new girlfriend or are you dreaming about things after few beers? [:D] Bravo indeed! Allthough it might be a bit early to launch anykind of party's at least not regarding this issue! Better eye candy than a hanging frog [:D], and most definately on my 'wish list' not likely mind you.

aztez -> RE: The battle of Fiji islands... (9/2/2009 9:13:36 PM)
Thanks again for the comments. I had one of those days that you really want to forget. Well, managed to do the turn though. Smeulders: Yeah, I noticed the same thing.You really have to be lucky that Chinese are inflicting even those disablements at this point of the war. seydlitz: Definately. It actually saved the division for future use and build the av values nicely at Fiji's. It seems that he is moving more bombers into china. My guess is that he is using this as an training ground and definately Dave has cranked up his bomber production. I do expect some ground combats to start soon. Meanwhile my troops are moving into their designated defensive positions so this suits me very well. Hmmm, additional 3000av points. Dave plays "safe" so I would assume that he would take out maxium of 2500av from Manchuko, Even that spells blood in forthcoming weeks. offenseman: Welcome. Yes, that is one hell of an blitzkrieg he has done. As for KB well it actually did withdrew towards Noumea and no signs of those 2 unknown TF's either. It is very hard to tell how much damage we did to the carrier pilots due to the new FOW system. It must have been something or otherwise he would have parked his carriers near Fiji's. As for daring moves... well I got on glimpse of 10 ships nearing Palmyra and Christmas Island. This was done by submarines so whether this was true remains to be seen. Rob: What can I say! [:D]

aztez -> RE: The battle of Fiji islands... (9/2/2009 9:14:27 PM)
Burma (january 24th and 25th 1942) All in all very quiet turn. KB withdrew towards Noumea, No significant developments on Luzon nor in China. Lets take a look at the burmese front. This has been secondary to those more important ones but it doesn't mean it has been all quiet. As discussed the really was no point in fighting it out in southern Burma. I pulled bulk of my units out and enemy have had no problems seizing Rangoon area. This country is basically complete wasteland since Dave moved into this area very late. It seems he doesn't value this area too much. At the moment my army is grouped near Mandalay. We have level 3 forts there but really I might even abandon this area too since the terrain does not give any bonuses for us. It is clear hexes and with the poor experience levels might not be worth defending this either. So basically I'am thinking whether to regroup near Myithkina. It has natural bonus defenses due to terrain and It might be the toughest nut to crack here. This issue is yet to be decieded. I have significant reinforcement into Chittadong so there is no easy passes towars India! Here is an pic from magnificent Burmese frontlines... [image]local://upfiles/15617/B0968A57092B475B9A45ADA06097C8B7.jpg[/image]

Q-Ball -> RE: The battle of Fiji islands... (9/2/2009 11:06:37 PM)
Late start in Burma may not indicate a lack of interest on his part, but rather the difficulty in just getting there. It takes a good 2 weeks just to get to Moulmein from the railhead at Pisanoluke, and equally long from Chian Mai to Pegu. That army HQ also only starts with one division attached, with another in Japan.

medicff -> RE: The battle of Fiji islands... (9/3/2009 1:39:04 AM)
Looking at Burma, I still see chinese units at Paoshan. Did you move the chinese corps (6 divisons) from china to burma? you can use pp's to buy them out and move to burma (historically they fought there). Once you march to burma you can use the bigger supply factor to fill them out to a helpful fighting force 400-600 av.

aztez -> RE: The battle of Fiji islands... (9/3/2009 5:27:46 PM)
Q-Ball: You are most like correct. The battle of Burma is about to begin next turn since he has entered on our 1st defensive perimeter. I'am still not convinced I should try to hold on to Mandalay area due to the clear hexes. medicff: I have spent so much PP on leaders and such that those units are not yet released. Well, I did relase the first chinese unit last turn and it will be heading towards Myithkina. These were not neglected though. It is simply because I did not have the PP available. Borneo (january 26th and 27th 1942) The invasion TF showed up at Samarinda last turn. Somewhat disappointed that dutch submarines were unable to get any hits on enemy transports. This invasion is supported by enemy carriers. Dave did an mistake here though since he was not careful with the aircraft ranges. Instead of just trying to cover the landings these banzai crazy pilots hit Soerebaja. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Soerabaja at 56,104 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 52 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 5 B5N1 Kate x 15 Allied aircraft B-339D x 9 75A-7 Hawk x 6 P-40E Warhawk x 15 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed B5N1 Kate: 9 destroyed, 2 damaged Allied aircraft losses B-339D: 1 destroyed P-40E Warhawk: 2 destroyed Allied Ships CL Dragon xAK Doryssa xAK Bengalen Aircraft Attacking: 1 x B5N1 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo 1 x B5N1 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo CAP engaged: 1-Vl.G.IV with 75A-7 Hawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (6 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 6 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes 6 planes vectored on to bombers 3-Vl.G.IV with B-339D (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 18000 , scrambling fighters to 18000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 46 minutes 1 planes vectored on to bombers 3e-1-VI.G.V Groep with B-339D (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 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 17000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes 1 planes vectored on to bombers 3-VI.G.V with B-339D (1 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 18000 , scrambling fighters to 11000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes 3 planes vectored on to bombers 20th PS (P) with P-40E Warhawk (4 airborne, 10 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 14000 and 17000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes 7 planes vectored on to bombers -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Soerabaja at 56,104 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 52 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 5 B4Y1 Jean x 3 B5N1 Kate x 3 Allied aircraft B-339D x 7 75A-7 Hawk x 7 P-40E Warhawk x 11 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed B4Y1 Jean: 2 destroyed B5N1 Kate: 2 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-339D: 2 destroyed 75A-7 Hawk: 1 destroyed Allied Ships CL Marblehead CAP engaged: 1-Vl.G.IV with 75A-7 Hawk (0 airborne, 5 on standby, 0 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 15000 and 18000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes 1 planes vectored on to bombers 3-Vl.G.IV with B-339D (1 airborne, 2 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 18000 , scrambling fighters to 17000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes 3e-1-VI.G.V Groep with B-339D (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 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 17000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes 3-VI.G.V with B-339D (0 airborne, 2 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 18000 , scrambling fighters to 19000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 52 minutes 2 planes vectored on to bombers 20th PS (P) with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 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 16000 , scrambling fighters between 16000 and 19000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 52 minutes 7 planes vectored on to bombers ...that is nice! Another 20 skilled carrier pilots shot down. Add this to the Fiji losses and we killed quite a few of them in past week or so. Here is an pic from the Borneo area. Green arrow = Carrier strike againts Soerebaja. Blue arrows = Dive bombers moved into frontline bases. There are around 40 Banshee ready for action along with couple of torpedo planes. Lets see whether we can actually get some results in the forthcoming turn. These planes are stationed at Macassar and Balikpapan. There is an somewhat damaged PT TF in Balikpapan which is ordered to intercept the invasion TF's. I haven't issued any moving orders to the ABDA surface fleet. I think it is too risky at the moment to do so. Fingers crossed that the next turn will be good. I doubt he can supress the airfields in the region due to the Soerebaja raids. 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aztez -> RE: The battle of Fiji islands... (9/3/2009 5:28:57 PM)
China (january 26th and 27th 1942) The first big ground battle about to begin at Chenchow. This base have been bombarded for several days now. There are 20 enemy units entering the city and I would estimate that he has brought in 100 000 men with armour. So, this might be an swift encounter. I have left around 780av behind level 3 forts. These untis have adequate supplies and support so just maybe we can inflict nice amount of damage. I have kept moving forces around and those blue arrows indicate the headings. Actually it feels much better to have natural level 3 forts on every hex than just wait behind build up forts. I'am quite hopeful that his offensive will encounter serious resistance and will be eventually halted here. The whole country has become the training ground for enemy pilots. I have no idea how any squadrons he has all over the place but it is an big number. Things are getting quite intresting. [image]local://upfiles/15617/1147338B022B4BAB9FF90954EEC0C028.jpg[/image]

aztez -> RE: The battle of Fiji islands... (9/3/2009 8:04:30 PM)
Borneo (january 28th and 29th 1942) Sometimes you can feel good when a plan works out. That can be said on the ABDA fightback in Samarinda. As described earlier I did move divebombers into area and they struck quite nicely. Only downside is that Dave managed to land in 10 000 men but he really needs to bring in new vessels in order to take them out again. This is just an summary based on the combat replay record. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Samarinda at 65,96, Range 8,000 Yards Japanese Ships CA Haguro DD Yukikaze DD Tokitsukaze DD Kawakaze DD Suzukaze DMS W-7 DMS W-8 Allied Ships PT TM-10, Shell hits 1, and is sunk PT TM-11 PT TM-12, Shell hits 1, and is sunk PT TM-13, Shell hits 2, and is sunk PT TM-14 PT TM-15, Shell hits 1, and is sunk Improved night sighting under 85% moonlight Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions and 85% moonlight: 12,000 yards Range closes to 8,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 8,000 yards Japanese open fire on surprised Allied ships at 8,000 yards DMS W-8 fires at PT TM-15 at 8,000 yards DMS W-8 fires at PT TM-14 at 8,000 yards DMS W-8 fires at PT TM-13 at 8,000 yards DMS W-7 fires at PT TM-14 at 8,000 yards Range closes to 2,000 yards PT TM-14 engages DD Suzukaze at 2,000 yards PT TM-15 engages DD Kawakaze at 2,000 yards PT TM-11 engages DMS W-7 at 2,000 yards PT TM-10 engages DMS W-8 at 2,000 yards DMS W-7 engages PT TM-10 at 2,000 yards Naoi, Toshio orders Japanese TF to disengage PT TM-15 engages CA Haguro at 2,000 yards DD Suzukaze engages PT TM-15 at 2,000 yards DD Kawakaze engages PT TM-14 at 2,000 yards PT TM-15 sunk by DD Tokitsukaze at 2,000 yards DMS W-8 engages PT TM-14 at 2,000 yards DMS W-7 engages PT TM-10 at 2,000 yards DMS W-7 engages PT TM-14 at 2,000 yards DD Suzukaze engages PT TM-14 at 2,000 yards DD Kawakaze engages PT TM-14 at 2,000 yards DMS W-7 engages PT TM-11 at 2,000 yards DMS W-7 engages PT TM-10 at 2,000 yards PT TM-13 sunk by DMS W-8 at 2,000 yards PT TM-10 engages DMS W-7 at 2,000 yards Range increases to 4,000 yards DMS W-8 engages PT TM-14 at 4,000 yards DD Kawakaze engages PT TM-11 at 4,000 yards DMS W-8 engages PT TM-14 at 4,000 yards Range increases to 6,000 yards PT TM-14 engages DMS W-7 at 6,000 yards DD Suzukaze engages PT TM-12 at 6,000 yards PT TM-12 sunk by DD Yukikaze at 6,000 yards DMS W-8 engages PT TM-14 at 6,000 yards DMS W-7 engages PT TM-14 at 6,000 yards Range increases to 8,000 yards CA Haguro engages PT TM-14 at 8,000 yards DMS W-7 engages PT TM-11 at 8,000 yards DD Kawakaze engages PT TM-10 at 8,000 yards DD Yukikaze engages PT TM-14 at 8,000 yards DMS W-7 engages PT TM-14 at 8,000 yards Range increases to 11,000 yards DMS W-8 engages PT TM-14 at 11,000 yards DD Suzukaze engages PT TM-14 at 11,000 yards DD Kawakaze engages PT TM-11 at 11,000 yards DMS W-8 engages PT TM-14 at 11,000 yards DD Suzukaze engages PT TM-14 at 11,000 yards DD Kawakaze engages PT TM-11 at 11,000 yards DD Yukikaze engages PT TM-14 at 11,000 yards Range closes to 7,000 yards CA Haguro engages PT TM-14 at 7,000 yards DD Suzukaze engages PT TM-11 at 7,000 yards DMS W-8 engages PT TM-14 at 7,000 yards DMS W-7 engages PT TM-14 at 7,000 yards Range increases to 10,000 yards PT TM-14 engages DMS W-7 at 10,000 yards DMS W-8 engages PT TM-11 at 10,000 yards DMS W-8 engages PT TM-14 at 10,000 yards Range closes to 9,000 yards DMS W-8 engages PT TM-14 at 9,000 yards DMS W-8 engages PT TM-11 at 9,000 yards DMS W-8 engages PT TM-10 at 9,000 yards DMS W-8 engages PT TM-14 at 9,000 yards DMS W-7 engages PT TM-14 at 9,000 yards Range increases to 11,000 yards PT TM-11 engages DMS W-8 at 11,000 yards DMS W-7 engages PT TM-10 at 11,000 yards DD Yukikaze engages PT TM-14 at 11,000 yards DMS W-7 engages PT TM-14 at 11,000 yards Range closes to 10,000 yards DD Suzukaze engages PT TM-14 at 10,000 yards DMS W-7 engages PT TM-14 at 10,000 yards Range closes to 8,000 yards DD Suzukaze engages PT TM-11 at 8,000 yards DMS W-7 engages PT TM-10 at 8,000 yards PT TM-10 sunk by DD Yukikaze at 8,000 yards DMS W-7 engages PT TM-14 at 8,000 yards Range increases to 10,000 yards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Samarinda at 65,96 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 19 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 2 Allied aircraft A-24 Banshee x 10 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses A-24 Banshee: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged Japanese Ships xAP Haruna Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire xAK Tenryu Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire Aircraft Attacking: 8 x A-24 Banshee diving from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb CAP engaged: 87th Sentai/B with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 Raid is overhead -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Samarinda at 65,96 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Allied aircraft A-24 Banshee x 11 Allied aircraft losses A-24 Banshee: 1 damaged Japanese Ships xAK Shikano Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires xAK Konan Maru xAK Nanrei Maru xAK Nittai Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire Aircraft Attacking: 11 x A-24 Banshee diving from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Nittai Maru -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Samarinda at 65,96 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 25,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 18 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 2 Allied aircraft A-24 Banshee x 8 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses A-24 Banshee: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged Japanese Ships xAK Keisho Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire xAK Minryo Maru Aircraft Attacking: 6 x A-24 Banshee diving from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb CAP engaged: 87th Sentai/B with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 Raid is overhead -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Samarinda at 65,96 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft A-24 Banshee x 11 Allied aircraft losses A-24 Banshee: 1 damaged Japanese Ships xAK Tenryu Maru, heavy fires, heavy damage xAKL Kidokawa Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Yamafuku Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Kanko Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 11 x A-24 Banshee diving from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Tenryu Maru Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Yamafuku Maru -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Samarinda (65,96) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 721 troops, 13 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 22 Defending force 10425 troops, 106 guns, 144 vehicles, Assault Value = 301 Japanese ground losses: 17 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 86 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled) Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) Assaulting units: Samarinda KNIL Battalion Samarinda Base Force Defending units: III/66th Naval Guard Unit 9th Infantry Rgt /1 Kure 2nd SNLF 1st Engineer Co 4th Engineer Co 1st Ind. Engineer Regiment Miura Det 8th Tank Regiment 16th Recon Rgt /1 17th Medium Field Artillery Regiment -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Donggala at 67,97 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 1 Allied aircraft A-24 Banshee x 17 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses A-24 Banshee: 4 damaged Japanese Ships xAK Nanrei Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires xAK Macassar Maru xAP Hakone Maru xAK Shoho Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires xAK Kikukawa Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire xAK Tofuku Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires Aircraft Attacking: 6 x A-24 Banshee diving from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 11 x A-24 Banshee diving from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb CAP engaged: 87th Sentai/B with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 11 minutes Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Kikukawa Maru Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Tofuku Maru -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Balikpapan at 65,97 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 16 minutes Japanese aircraft F1M2 Pete x 1 Allied aircraft A-24 Banshee x 2 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses A-24 Banshee: 1 damaged Japanese Ships BB Haruna Aircraft Attacking: 2 x A-24 Banshee diving from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb CAP engaged: Kongo-1 with F1M2 Pete (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 6000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Balikpapan at 65,97 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft F1M2 Pete x 1 Allied aircraft A-24 Banshee x 11 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses A-24 Banshee: 11 damaged Japanese Ships BB Haruna BB Kongo Aircraft Attacking: 11 x A-24 Banshee diving from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb CAP engaged: Kongo-1 with F1M2 Pete (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Raid is overhead Nice! Quite a few transports reported hit! Too bad we did not hit those 2 battleships out there nor did we launch any raids againts his carriers withdrawing towards Celebes. Than again the issue of FOW comes into play. We might have caused more damage or less damage... sometimes you just hate FOW feature. At least Dave commented this: "Nothing too major happened, but this was not a good turn for me.." Here is the pic from previous turn with descriptions added into it. [image]local://upfiles/15617/8C5623A8754E4D00A07374901A17C7BB.jpg[/image]

Q-Ball -> RE: The battle of Fiji islands... (9/3/2009 8:12:03 PM)
It's just about Feb 1, and your opponent is landing at Samarinda, and has Singkawang. He isn't particularly close, then, to invading Java. You've put up a good fight, but the Japs can move quicker than that if they choose to. I haven't played yet so easier said than done, but it appears he is behind a bit in the DEI. I feel the Empire needs to move fast, because the KNIL forces on Java get alot better given time. How are your troops on Java looking? 2 months in they should be pretty rested, fairly high morale, digging in, and maybe even training a bit.

aztez -> RE: The battle of Fiji islands... (9/3/2009 8:25:27 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Q-Ball It's just about Feb 1, and your opponent is landing at Samarinda, and has Singkawang. He isn't particularly close, then, to invading Java. You've put up a good fight, but the Japs can move quicker than that if they choose to. I haven't played yet so easier said than done, but it appears he is behind a bit in the DEI. I feel the Empire needs to move fast, because the KNIL forces on Java get alot better given time. How are your troops on Java looking? 2 months in they should be pretty rested, fairly high morale, digging in, and maybe even training a bit. The timetable is actually very hard to judge. It kind of depends what his aims are. At least he has been very active in souther pacific and the massive juggernaught he landed in Luzon will buy him time. There are already landings at Naga and Bataan was captured. So basically next stop will be Manila. To my mind the "timetable" is quite an subjective matter. Yes, my troops are resting and training in Java. The morale levels are raising day by day and I still have substantial airforce there. I haven't moved any British ground troops there though. As for fortifications they are building up but it is agonazingly slow project with AE. Quite diffrent than in the old witp. I will go into greater detail regarding Java once it becomes relevant. Lets just say that I give myself an grade of 8+ (scale 4-10). I'am happy with the results here for now and Fiji battle was an allied victory on my count. Than again I really blundered quite a few things at Noumea, CenPac and China. Not to mention Clark Field which will cost me dearly. The most important thing is that this will be an journey with an opponent that I really do have respect for. I'am just trying my best to give him an game that will cause him few grey hairs at least.

devoncop -> Continuing Stiffening resistance..... (9/4/2009 2:04:23 PM)
Hi, I am still following this epic AAR and love the details of the Chinese theatre which often seems to get neglected. Every Japanese soldier and airman tied up there, (even if they seem to be using it to gain experience) is one that cannot hurt you in the DEI or even further South. I believe the campaign cant be lost by an Allied player very easily in China, but certainly can around Australia and India. It would seem the inactivity in Burma has something at least to do with the large forces being committed by the Japanese in China.The important thing in China is to be phlegmatic about losses......the Chinese can afford them while the Japanese cant........ Hitting China is like "boxing a Jelly[:D]" In case you thought I had disappeared I am fighting as the Allies V the AI in Guadalcanal scenario at the moment and have become SO engrossed in the ebb and flow that Ive been glued to it ! Dangerously addictive isnt it!! Keep up the resistance.... Ian

aztez -> RE: Continuing Stiffening resistance..... (9/5/2009 9:32:36 AM)
devoncop: I don't know how epic this is but it is an struggle for sure. That is pretty much way I look at the things. The new ground combat model really doesn't favour chinese though since it is so much brutal. I don't how important Burma will be in the forthcoming months since it is an wasteland so I would assume that the focus might bypass the area somewhat. I did realese another chinese infantry division last turn and it will be heading towards Myithkina. Oh, you are just one jump away from the GC! Hopefully you are putting up an good fight in guadacanal. China (january 30th and 31st 1942) The new ground combat system is very brutal indeed. IJA launched an ground assault againts Chengchow and the city was overrun within just two days. Yes, this yet another shock assault and the losses were horrible.. not for the japanese but chinese. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Chengchow (88,44) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 77966 troops, 515 guns, 141 vehicles, Assault Value = 2465 Defending force 31251 troops, 135 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 766 Japanese adjusted assault: 1780 Allied adjusted defense: 368 Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 3) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0 Combat modifiers Defender: forts(+), leaders(+), experience(-) Attacker: shock(+) Japanese ground losses: 4175 casualties reported Squads: 6 destroyed, 134 disabled Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 220 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled) Vehicles lost 27 (1 destroyed, 26 disabled) Allied ground losses: 3733 casualties reported Squads: 5 destroyed, 52 disabled Non Combat: 73 destroyed, 121 disabled Engineers: 22 destroyed, 26 disabled Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled) Assaulting units: 4th Cavalry Brigade 3rd Ching An Tui Brigade 35th/A Division 7th Mongol Cavalry Division 37th Division 12th Indpt Infantry Regiment 16th RGC Temp. Division 6th Mongol Cavalry Division 8th Ind.Mixed Brigade 11th Indpt Infantry Regiment 3rd NCPC Infantry Brigade 2nd Ching An Tui Brigade 1st Ching An Tui Brigade 110th Division 17th RGC Temp. Division 3rd Ind.Mixed Brigade 5th Mongol Cavalry Division 15th Ind.Mixed Brigade 35th/C Division North China Area Army Defending units: 7th Construction Regiment 40th Chinese Corps 3rd Construction Regiment 98th Chinese Corps 80th Chinese Corps 15th Chinese Corps 90th Chinese/C Corps 24th Group Army 1st War Area 39th Group Army 10th Chinese Base Force -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Chengchow (88,44) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 76604 troops, 518 guns, 140 vehicles, Assault Value = 2728 Defending force 28116 troops, 135 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 655 Japanese adjusted assault: 1399 Allied adjusted defense: 129 Japanese assault odds: 10 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Chengchow !!! Combat modifiers Defender: experience(-) Attacker: shock(+), disruption(-) Japanese ground losses: 1555 casualties reported Squads: 7 destroyed, 125 disabled Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 120 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Vehicles lost 9 (0 destroyed, 9 disabled) Allied ground losses: 11939 casualties reported Squads: 223 destroyed, 89 disabled Non Combat: 414 destroyed, 137 disabled Engineers: 60 destroyed, 4 disabled Guns lost 13 (13 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units retreated 9 Units destroyed 1 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 17th RGC Temp. Division 35th/A Division 37th Division 3rd NCPC Infantry Brigade 6th Mongol Cavalry Division 15th Ind.Mixed Brigade 2nd Ching An Tui Brigade 5th Mongol Cavalry Division 41st Division 3rd Ind.Mixed Brigade 8th Ind.Mixed Brigade 26th Engineer Regiment 4th Cavalry Brigade 12th Indpt Infantry Regiment 110th Division 7th Mongol Cavalry Division 11th Indpt Infantry Regiment 16th RGC Temp. Division 1st Ching An Tui Brigade 3rd Ching An Tui Brigade 35th/C Division North China Area Army Defending units: 3rd Construction Regiment 98th Chinese Corps 40th Chinese Corps 80th Chinese Corps 15th Chinese Corps 90th Chinese/C Corps 39th Group Army 1st War Area 24th Group Army 10th Chinese Base Force If you look at the first assault we got + modifiers on leaders and forts. I had +750av value behind level forts and they did not mount to much yet again. Somewhat suprised to see the adjusted av value since I had adequate amount of supplies and support. Add those forts to it and it still got -50%. Go figure. We talked about how awful an failed shock assault would be but at this rate there is not going to be many of those! Also eventhough we inflicted casualties those were disablements mostly. Not good eventhough it might slow him down a bit. At least to me it seems that japanese player can move quite freely here! Shock assault vs level 3-4 forts are piece of cake unless you have somekind of terrain bonuses. Even with them I wonder whether the ground combat model have boosted up armoured units too much in AE. That remains to be seen. I will post few pics on overall losses, aces, pools in a bit. [image]local://upfiles/15617/B8C9B064265640E3A95A8BD1FB6DB9F9.jpg[/image]

aztez -> RE: Continuing Stiffening resistance..... (9/5/2009 9:34:00 AM)
Luzon (january 30th and 31st 1942) As we encountered the "supply bug" in Clark Field this area has been somewhat stalemate. He has his huge army waiting to move into Manila. In the meantime he has made couple of additional landings here in the southern coast. Bataan was seized easily with minium amount of infantry commitment. The overall situation is kind of pinzer movement trap. Nowhere to go so just wait for the final blow here. By looking at the chinese campaign it will take maybe 2-4 shock assaults to capture the base. I don't he will even check losses.. just blast away and this city will fall. We only have +3 forts builded up so I doubt it will amount to anything usefull. IJA has massive amount of bombers here supporting this operation. [image]local://upfiles/15617/0906BC918461402180AB3BFD8B224CCA.jpg[/image]

aztez -> February 1942 begins... (9/5/2009 9:47:00 AM)
These next pics dont require much of explaining. These are monthly stats dated 1st of february 1942. [image]local://upfiles/15617/EAAA0F400E5D4FE288920009C4ED4F1D.jpg[/image]

aztez -> RE: February 1942 begins... (9/5/2009 9:48:32 AM)
Aircraft losses by model so far. I don't think Dave is hurting too much here though. [image]local://upfiles/15617/8DFB2E0DDACE4802A4D742032F05357A.jpg[/image]

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