RE: Aussies vs Amis - World Defence(no Joe or Nik)

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khyberbill -> RE: Aussies vs Amis - World Defence(no Joe or Nik) (11/21/2009 12:38:25 AM)
thanks jcar and bart, i learn something every day!

jrcar -> RE: Aussies vs Amis - World Defence(no Joe or Nik) (11/21/2009 7:19:05 AM)
Ok here are the forces preparing for Onnekotan, the undefended base. One assualt div with a west coast Div in reserve. Plenty of engineers but need more CD guns... [image]local://upfiles/6237/1976691E4AFC45839999106C5CCFDD32.jpg[/image]

jrcar -> RE: Aussies vs Amis - World Defence(no Joe or Nik) (11/21/2009 7:21:05 AM)
And here are the forces for Paramushiro. Should have enough AV, and some more forces are arriving shortly. [image]local://upfiles/6237/AD3BFAFC3DB247788DE3BB5E853425AD.jpg[/image]

castor troy -> RE: Aussies vs Amis - World Defence(no Joe or Nik) (11/21/2009 9:32:55 AM)
why are your troops on Pearl already set to combat?

jrcar -> RE: Aussies vs Amis - World Defence(no Joe or Nik) (11/21/2009 10:09:59 AM)
Good point well made, will change to rest! cheers Rob

castor troy -> RE: Aussies vs Amis - World Defence(no Joe or Nik) (11/21/2009 10:51:59 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: jrcar Good point well made, will change to rest! cheers Rob and I thought there would have been a reason I wasn´t aware of... [;)] ciao

jrcar -> RE: Aussies vs Amis - World Defence(no Joe or Nik) (11/21/2009 7:00:09 PM)
13-14 Apr 1942 Another good turn :) Subs Several attacks at Selaroe (nth Darwin), Kendari and in Paramushiro-jima. Only success is the later, looks like the ship was either unloaded or just moving supply as no troops reported lost. [image]local://upfiles/6237/7E3F66893E254D4391B5BD39708FADE0.jpg[/image]

jrcar -> RE: Aussies vs Amis - World Defence(no Joe or Nik) (11/21/2009 7:17:04 PM)
13-14 Apr 1942 Burma Lots of action. Japanese forces are moving nth of Shwebo now and are in range of Tony's airforce finally. Blenheims launch after several sweeps and hit the 15th Army HQ several times for light damage. Then finally after several turns the B-17 launch: Morning Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 28 Allied aircraft B-17D Fortress x 8 B-17E Fortress x 20 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 7 damaged Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 2 destroyed on ground Ki-46-I Dinah: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-17D Fortress: 5 damaged B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 36 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled) Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 32 Tony has priority call on B-17 and we have freed up another group (which is on its way to the IO area) and will have priority call on B-17 replacements. Java Artillery attacks increasing at Bandoeng but they still don't have enough force. We manage to damage about 30 bombers this turn and shoot at least one down as well: Ground combat at Bandoeng (50,100) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 31873 troops, 410 guns, 142 vehicles, Assault Value = 1323 Defending force 18398 troops, 208 guns, 81 vehicles, Assault Value = 454 Japanese ground losses: 10 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 286 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 12 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled) Vehicles lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled) Assaulting units: 21st Division Imperial Guards Division 5th Division 3rd Mortar Battalion 25th Army 2nd Mortar Battalion 1st Mortar Regiment 3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 5th Mortar Battalion Defending units: 2nd KNIL Regiment 1st Regt Cavalerie 4th KNIL Landstorm Battalion 1st KNIL Regiment 1st KNIL Landstorm Battalion Batavia Coastal Gun Battalion West Borneo KNIL Battalion MLD Madion Base Force Batavia Base Force Merak Base Force 1st KNIL AA Battalion Tjilitap Base Force Bandoeng Base Force Malang is left alone, maybe they have supply problems. Our supply is low at Malang but OK at Bandoeng. Philippines Big air attack at Cabanatuan which cases light to moderate damage. The noose around Manila continues to tighten. Rest DEI The very interesting fight at Selaroe continues! First two unescourted CA's hit the place causing moderate damage... but a real sign of their forces when they send in CA's like that! Our subs attack the DD Ariake but get depthcharged for their efforts. We then sweep with F4F-3 Wildcats against the ZERO LRCAP and get a zero for no loss. The Vindicators then come in escourted by P-40E and put a bomb on target of the DD Ariake... nice :) But we loose a P-40. 14 B-26, 3 Hudosn escorted by 6 P-39D Airacobra then bomb the ground troops mostly evading the Zero LRCAP. Dameg is good. This is folowed by two more Marauder attacks as fragments of 6-9 aircraft. we loose a couple of Marauders but put more bombs on target. Finally in the combat phase our efforts pay off: Ground combat at Selaroe (78,118) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 1416 troops, 18 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 39 Defending force 493 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 23 Japanese adjusted assault: 4 Allied adjusted defense: 5 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 0) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), experience(-) Attacker: leaders(-), disruption(-) Japanese ground losses: 10 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 83 casualties reported Squads: 3 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: Kure 2nd SNLF Defending units: 55th British Bde /1 Makassar Garrison Bn /2 Sparrow Bn /1 2/4 MG Bn /1 Prajoda Garrison Bn /2 Makassar Base Force /1 [image]local://upfiles/6237/8AD0367130FF435C9D642BC1561EBDD9.jpg[/image]

jrcar -> RE: Aussies vs Amis - World Defence(no Joe or Nik) (11/21/2009 7:22:31 PM)
13-14 Apr 1942 Selaroe con't Day two of the battle for Selaroe is a bit quieter and not as succesful for us. Our Wildcat sweep sees us loose 2 aircraft :) Our bombers launch for good effect though: Morning Air attack on Kure 2nd SNLF , at 78,118 (Selaroe) Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 6 Allied aircraft Hudson I x 3 B-26 Marauder x 25 P-39D Airacobra x 8 P-40E Warhawk x 6 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-26 Marauder: 1 damaged P-40E Warhawk: 2 destroyed Japanese ground losses: 133 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 5 (0 destroyed, 5 disabled But unescorted Vindicators, hitting ground targets as there are no ships, don't do so well :( Morning Air attack on Kure 2nd SNLF , at 78,118 (Selaroe) Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 7 Allied aircraft SB2U-3 Vindicator x 11 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses SB2U-3 Vindicator: 5 destroyed Overall I'm very happy with this battle. Our losses are acceptable and we are slolw attriting his ships and aircraft. Our supply is OK, suspect his is bad (I have a about 500 supply that I had built up in preperation, although now I wish I'd flown in a Battalion earlier...). Expect Mini KB to come back knocking shortly.

jrcar -> RE: Aussies vs Amis - World Defence(no Joe or Nik) (11/21/2009 7:26:47 PM)
13-14 Apr 1942 SWPAC The experianced bombers from Port Moresby again show their dominance of the area: Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Lae at 99,126 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Allied aircraft F4F-3 Wildcat x 14 SBD-3 Dauntless x 14 Allied aircraft losses SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 damaged Japanese Ships CM Tokiwa, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 14 x SBD-3 Dauntless diving from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CM Tokiwa A real pity, I love these old Russo-Japanese war era ships. My only concern that I've been sinking ships, and with that and the weather being bad at times the airfields may be recovering. The good news is the PM is now level 4 airfield so I can bring in more aircraft! [image]local://upfiles/6237/4F075D07BD8F40C3AE8E4B6B14A7261C.jpg[/image]

jrcar -> RE: Aussies vs Amis - World Defence(no Joe or Nik) (11/21/2009 7:41:51 PM)
13-14 Apr 1942 China At Hankow we continue to hold on. At Nanyang Tony has sent in a unit to cause delay, they shock attack and have a number of units on reserve... which purseu. Will be interesting to see where they pursue to! Over Haiphong: Afternoon Air attack on Haiphong , at 68,57 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 14 Ki-44 Tojo x 4 Allied aircraft P-40E Warhawk x 24 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed Ki-44 Tojo: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-40E Warhawk: 3 destroyed Afternoon Air attack on Haiphong , at 68,57 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 16 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 9 Ki-44 Tojo x 3 Allied aircraft P-40E Warhawk x 13 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed It would be nice to clear the Tojo's and Oscars so our bombers kit hit ships... Other News Suva reaches a level 5 airfield, will build to 6 then move the engineers to Nadi. A single B-17 sqn will arriver here next turn. They will eventually convert to LB-30. CLAA Atlanta along with a number of AP's arrives at Balboa. Sigint Southern Army is loaded on xAK Hakonesan Maru moving to San Fernando. 144th Infantry Regiment is planning for an attack on Port Moresby Coastwatcher Report: harbor at Rabaul is reported empty Coastwatcher Report: CA Atago reported in port at Rabaul Analysis An Attack on PM still appears to be likley, but is increasinging unlikely to succeed, and will need forces from the Philippines or Java. Recent ground, air and importantly ship reinforcements is indicating the Kuriles operation is technically feasible. But are they building up in that area... which could be good (by killing ground troops) or bad! Really happy in Burma, the DEI and in the SWPAC.

jrcar -> RE: Aussies vs Amis - World Defence(no Joe or Nik) (11/23/2009 12:30:32 AM)
15-16 Apr. Quick report as I'm waiting at the airport to catch a plane from Melbourne to LA, I'm invading the USA for the next two weeks :) Burma not much happening. Weather closes us down. Japanese forces are advancing... Sumatra A couple of Japanes units have been slowly cleaning the place up, we stop one outside Padang... Java Bandoeng holds again and the forts stay up. Japanese aircraft are slowly attriting. East DEI The battle for Selaroe continues mostly in our favour. We hit another DD, and Beufighters get some Zero's but we loose Marauders and Vindicators, but our AV is slowly climbing. Have started laying mines and sent in some PT boats which interfered with the DD run. Our airpower is wearing down, but so is his... Philippines No assaulkts yet, supply is getting worse and resources are almost gone... SWPAC We hit another CM that was unlaoding cargo at Buna with 6 1000pd bombs... Our subs make repeated attacks on a damaged DD but don't hit. SOPAC Quiet, planes should arrive at Suva soon. Airfield almost lvl6 at Suva. Luganville lvl 3 forts 80 AV. Unloading supply. NORPAC We hit a PB twice of Parashimo-jima with 2 torps. Reinforcements are arriving, and stuff is leaving Seattle to make Adak Secure. She is almost a lvl 5 port. The aiur HQ is on the way as well. Gotta go and board a plane :) See you iin 18 hours! Cheers Rob

jrcar -> RE: Aussies vs Amis - World Defence(no Joe or Nik) (11/23/2009 9:01:59 PM)
17-18 Apr. Another generally good turn. Burma Katha falls (dot base nth of Shwebo). Our fighters sweep and bombers hit the advancing troops to moderate effect, 60+ Blenheims! The B-17 sortie and do good work: Morning Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 33 Allied aircraft B-17D Fortress x 4 B-17E Fortress x 27 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed, 14 damaged Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 4 destroyed on ground Ki-46-I Dinah: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-17E Fortress: 13 damaged Japanese ground losses: 8 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 7 Airbase supply hits 5 Runway hits 41 Java Air bombardments continue, we hurt a lot of Sally, they don't do much damage. A deliberate attack at Bandoeng again fails, but our casualties are higher. East DEI The Battle for Selaroe continues, a PT boat sqn does good work :) Night Time Surface Combat, near Selaroe at 78,118, Range 1,000 Yards Japanese aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses No Japanese losses Japanese Ships CA Myoko, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk CA Kinugasa DD Yukikaze DD Nowaki DD Arashi Allied Ships PT-47 PT-48 PT-59 PT-60 PT-61 They again attack and fail to take the place. An xAP is noted near Kendari, maybe a real invasion force is on the way... I continue to fly in troops and maintain just enough AV to continue. Philippines Lots of air attacks, mostly focussed at Clark. It looks like I underestimated though the force ratios, or the air attacks have done their job, as they managed to get two 1:1 attacks dropping the forts each time. I dobt Clark will last... bugger was hoping for a few more days delay. At Cabuatan they bombard, I have 50% more AV... should I shock attack... that is the question... SWPAC Quiet. I continue to put holes in the airfields at Buna and Lae. Two different CA's are identified at Rabaul though (Mogami,Maya). SOPAC Suva reaches level 6 airfield. NORPAC SS Trigger gets a torp hit (1 from 10!) that goes band on the xAK Sinko Maru. She then surfaces to finish her off. I lay mines at Paramushiro-Jima as well. But it is reported that Paramushiro-jima now has a level 1 airfield. Way out to sea one of our piquet subs engages but misses one of their PB's on piquet duty. China Lots of air attacks but mostly quiet Analysis The Battle for Selaroe has been an outstanding success and has achieved the intent of tying troops up and forcing the Japanese to play within Allied aircover range. I don't think Nik is very happy, something about air transporting in troops... In NORPAC It looks like actions in the Kuriles will now have to be called off. Even then while our raid cost a CV we have diverted forces and attention and managed to bag some ships as well... The question is now what to do... looks like I need to wait until 1943. Ah well I'll secure Adak and build NORPAC for an offensive option later. May move forces to support the DEI campaign. The big question is where is KB.... Cheers Rob [image]local://upfiles/6237/8A7AF404B27247DD8A9D22A09BEFA507.jpg[/image]

jrcar -> RE: Aussies vs Amis - World Defence(no Joe or Nik) (11/24/2009 4:48:36 PM)
19 Apr Key asset locations. While I wait for a turn here are the locations of key assets. The CV strength is concentrating at Pearl. Lexington is doing an upgrade at the moment at Pearl, ready in 24 days. In 50 days the Wasp arrives [image]local://upfiles/6237/C603538479AE4189A33EE1039787444D.jpg[/image]

jrcar -> RE: Aussies vs Amis - World Defence(no Joe or Nik) (11/24/2009 4:51:41 PM)
The battlefleet is strong, Two more UK BB will be sent to the Pacific. [image]local://upfiles/6237/D6334ED9C7C64CA6B6C29955E9A7830C.jpg[/image]

jrcar -> RE: Aussies vs Amis - World Defence(no Joe or Nik) (11/24/2009 4:53:54 PM)
We still have a large number of BB damaged. [image]local://upfiles/6237/F38F46DC188042CBB561DED29188037A.jpg[/image]

jrcar -> RE: Aussies vs Amis - World Defence(no Joe or Nik) (11/24/2009 4:57:54 PM)
The CA fleet is largely intact, 1 more is doing an upgrade at Seattle. [image]local://upfiles/6237/DF8BF36D0F5F491D881434BDA66286DF.jpg[/image]

jrcar -> RE: Aussies vs Amis - World Defence(no Joe or Nik) (11/24/2009 5:00:22 PM)
The non UK/Dutch CL's. The UK and Dutch ones are nicely concentrated with a few CA's to provide a counter invasion punch at Calcutta and Bombay. [image]local://upfiles/6237/90867A1853864B7081009B8BC566C17C.jpg[/image]

jrcar -> RE: Aussies vs Amis - World Defence(no Joe or Nik) (11/24/2009 5:14:51 PM)
The turn has just come in, will watch and report. But back to assets, would really love more DD's... And the ships sunk was interesting last turn, would love to know if it is true! But compare with the previous one, looks like most of the CA's were only damaged, not sunk... but the two CA listed I'm pretty sure are sunk! As are all the CL's. [image]local://upfiles/6237/B1EF5C418F3E48DCA69AC238F3DA5501.jpg[/image]

Smeulders -> RE: Aussies vs Amis - World Defence(no Joe or Nik) (11/24/2009 5:17:41 PM)
Akagi sunk by collision and taking a CL with it, sounds too good to be true.

jrcar -> RE: Aussies vs Amis - World Defence(no Joe or Nik) (11/24/2009 5:32:19 PM)
Yep I agree, one can always hope though!

jrcar -> RE: Aussies vs Amis - World Defence(no Joe or Nik) (11/24/2009 5:55:24 PM)
19-20 April 1942 Burma Our air sweeps the skies... against no opposition, in Northern Burma. The bombers come in but the troops are dispersed in the Jungle, and little damage is done :( The B-17 fly both days and do good: Morning Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 24 Allied aircraft B-17D Fortress x 4 B-17E Fortress x 21 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 6 damaged Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 4 destroyed on ground Ki-46-I Dinah: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-17E Fortress: 8 damaged Japanese ground losses: 5 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled) Airbase hits 6 Airbase supply hits 6 Runway hits 23 Morning Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 13 Allied aircraft B-17D Fortress x 4 B-17E Fortress x 18 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 2 damaged Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed on ground Ki-46-I Dinah: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-17D Fortress: 2 damaged B-17E Fortress: 5 damaged Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 9 Japanese forces bombard and then land at Port Blair in the Andaman Islands against no opposition. Sumatra the blocking position outside Padang holds on day one but falls on day two :( Java Air attacks continue. Bandoeng is given a rest while attention moves to Malang where: Ground combat at Malang (55,105) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 27852 troops, 198 guns, 147 vehicles, Assault Value = 908 Defending force 22517 troops, 193 guns, 134 vehicles, Assault Value = 412 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2 Japanese adjusted assault: 487 Allied adjusted defense: 1522 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 3 (fort level 2) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), experience(-) Attacker: fatigue(-) Japanese ground losses: 2036 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 92 disabled Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 83 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled Allied ground losses: 1208 casualties reported Squads: 19 destroyed, 38 disabled Non Combat: 19 destroyed, 80 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled) Vehicles lost 12 (1 destroyed, 11 disabled) Assaulting units: 16th Infantry Regiment 4th/B Division 24th Infantry Regiment 2nd Engineer Regiment 146th Infantry Regiment 4th/A Division 8th Tank Regiment 4th/C Division 16th Army Defending units: 5th Coastal Gun Battalion 4th KNIL Regiment Artilleriecommando Coastal Gun Battalion Tjilatjap KNIL Battalion Barisan KNIL Regiment Mobiele Eenheid Battalion Afdeling Ritman Semarang Base Force Banjoewangi Base Force 3rd KNIL AA Battalion Djojakarta Base Force Bandjermasin Base Force KNIL Army Command Commandement Marine Malang Base Force Kalidjati Base Force Loemafjang Base Force Soerabaja Base Force ML-KNIL Manila USAAF Base Force /2 East DEI Again lots of air combat, we get at least two zero, but loose 3-5 aircraft. Both sides bomb the ground troops and finally in a shock attack Selaroe falls. This is not the end of the battle though, as now they have to extract the forces... from a level 0 port :) That is mined and under air attack... should be interesting... Philipppines This turn the focus of the attacks is Cabuantan. Supply here is a big issue, and the forts drop. Hopefully the forces have moved back to Manila... Clark is bombarded, my forces are also pulling back here as well. I was lucky to get a turns reprieve... but will it be enough... I doubt it. It looks like the war here will wrap up quicker than I anticipated a few days ago. Supply is the big culprit. SWPAC All quiet. We put holes in the fields at Lae and Buna. NORPAC Adak becomes a level 5 port. More troops are on the way. China Is mostly quiet, although one of our forces is knocked back with heavy casualties in the wilderness between Sian and Loyang. A fighter sweep of Oscar gets some AVG :( Analysis The Philippines is going bad at the moment. Not much I can do. Java is still doing well. I expect that the Japanese forces in the Philippines will be available in 2-3 weeks... so that is when the next leap forward is possible. the question is where. I'm trying to cram as much into PM as possible and it will be a tough nut (now 450 AV and almost lvl 5 afld, 2 port, plenty of supply). Do we send forces back to fight a Coral sea... or do we go ahead with the Kuriles operation.... More forces have arrived on the West Coast. Cheers Rob

jrcar -> RE: Aussies vs Amis - World Defence(no Joe or Nik) (11/26/2009 6:58:07 PM)
21-22 Apr 1942 Burma A series of sweeps by Hurricanes against Magwe (ie extended range) aren't that successful we loose at least 8 Hurricane for 3 Oscars... even the B-17 don't do as much damage this turn... Elsewhere the attacks of the forward troops do an OK job against no opposition. After another bombardment Port Blair falls. The place must be fairly damaged. Sumatra We hold a Japanese attack on one turn then are forced back the next. Padang reaches level3 forts, so should hold for a few days. We will try to get some troops out to Medan which has lots of supply, but lacks engineers. Java 3.5 Japanese divisions attack at Bandoeng, drooping the forts on day one and then slaughtering the defenders on day 2. These troops had been battered from the air and were getting low on supply... they have delayed well though. We expect Malang to fall soon, releasing 4-5 divisions for action. This is probably a week earlier than i would have liked, we need to review our plans. East DEI Evacuating troops using Dutch flying boats and bombing the forces at Selaroe, beginning to get destruction there, not just disruption. Am moving some forces to Merake (sth coast of PNG from Darwin and from the east coast. Would like to use that as a jump off point against Ambon at some stage. Philippines At Clark the troops almost March out before they are thrown out :( At least they fall back on Manila, but casualties will be heavy. At Cabuantan we hold on day one, but the forts are dropped to nothing, and all march out to Manila by day two except for the coast defence arty unit, which acting as rearguard is overrun after firing at hordes of infantry over open sights... The bombing on Manila commences... the airgroups are unescorted, so will send out the last few fighters to try and get some last kills. Supply here is a big problem, icecream is again low. SWPAC A rare Japanese sub attack sees a torp put into an xAK 1 hex from PM. The ship hasn't sunk so the forces (8th Marines I think) should get ashore. PM makes a level 5 Airfield, and a USA aviation Baseforce is being transported in by air. This should give us enough Air support to hold the base, even against KB. We continue to hit Buna and Lae, but I don't have any recon to tell me how badly damaged the fields are... Rabaul expands to a level 4 port, it is already a 6 airfield. A ship is detected at Tulagi port, probably has seaplanes based there. SOPAC Moving a USA arty unit via ship to Luganville and preparing some NZ forces (basefore and others) to move forward at som stage. AV at Luganville is now 80 with level 3 forts. I've shipped in a fair bit of supply. The Japanese are quiet here, that will change shortly I think... Fiji, Suva becomes a level 7 airfield. There are now 3 Marine Fighter units there, a sqn of B-17 and the NZ Hudson’s. With over 400 AV at Nadi and Suva it should be a tough nut... 7 Japanese ships are detected near Palmyra, could be a false report. Norpac Forces continue to arrive in the area. I've moved up a lot of coastal minelayers/tenders, to mine and maintain Adak and Dutch harbour with defensive minefields. Adak needs more combat troops, which are en-route, but otherwise is pretty secure. An S boat sinks a PB piquet SE of the Kuriles, and at Paramushimo-jima a sub surfaces and shoots up an xAK, but is fairly badly damaged in return. China Lots of bombardments causing casualties but no major action. I really need Tony to post here on his intentions (hint, hint) but I think they are "try to keep dancing as long as possible".... but he isn't "Dancing with the Stars material"... but doing better than I could. Analysis Java and the Philippines won't last long now. That is going to free up at least 6 divisions and up to 9 of troops for use... but where. PM is still in danger... but I think can hold, even against a 4 division invasion. Fiji can also probably hold. NORPAC is Ok but not great. Darwin can hold. North Burma is fairly secure (lvl 6 forts 1000 AV). And at the moment everything else is expendable and won't be defended. But Joe and Nik can launch at least one 4 division attack somewhere... it will probably be the last action they can safely take... or will they just dig in happy with what they have.... And where is KB. It hasn't been seen for a long time now. Probably resting and refitting. But it could be out raiding.

jrcar -> RE: Aussies vs Amis - World Defence(no Joe or Nik) (11/27/2009 4:13:52 PM)
23-24 Apr 1942 Reasonable sub action and combat in SWPAC. Burma Day one sees the B-17 hit Magwe for light damage, and day 2 causes light to moderate damage. At Port Blair the SS KXVIII (say THAT quickly) hits the DD Ikazuchi with a torp, and later engages a CA led TF to no effect. She does take some damage in return though. Sumatra Padang falls far too easily :( Java Malang survives the assault but only just. Forts drop. It should fall next turn. A Dutch armoured unit has headed off to try and recapture some bases and provide an escape route. East DEI At Selaroe the bombers from Darwin hit the ground troops to good effect against no opposition Philippines No action as the japanese forces move on Manila for the final battles... They rested their aircraft as well. SWPAC Day one is as usual at Buna and Lae, but Mitchells launch against the Shortlands hit the supply dumps. Day two however sees a TF off Finschhafen... Morning Air attack on TF, near Finschhafen at 100,126 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 7 Allied aircraft F4F-3 Wildcat x 14 SBD-3 Dauntless x 15 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 destroyed SBD-3 Dauntless: 4 damaged Japanese Ships DD Hayate, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires DD Yugao DD Oite DD Kuretake Japanese ground losses: 34 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 1 Allied aircraft B-25C Mitchell x 6 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Japanese Ships DD Kuretake DD Yugao Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 1 Allied aircraft A-24 Banshee x 10 P-40E Warhawk x 9 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses A-24 Banshee: 1 damaged Japanese Ships DD Yugao, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk DD Kuretake, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 5 Allied aircraft F4F-3 Wildcat x 7 SBD-3 Dauntless x 14 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses SBD-3 Dauntless: 5 damaged Japanese Ships DD Oite, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage DD Kuretake, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk DD Hayate, heavy fires Allied aircraft B-25C Mitchell x 6 B-26 Marauder x 3 No Allied losses Japanese Ships DD Oite, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage DD Hayate, heavy fires, heavy damage Allied aircraft A-24 Banshee x 10 P-40E Warhawk x 17 Allied aircraft losses A-24 Banshee: 1 damaged Japanese Ships DD Hayate, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage DD Oite, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk All DD's were carrying troops, I doubt the last DD will get home... a good outcome :) Off Truk one of our subs surfaces and engages an xAK several times, damage is light to moderate. SOPAC Quiet NORPAC Quiet. Forces should be unloading at Adak, a USN BF and another infantry regt. This should bring the AV up to around 300. China Just bombardments Analysis Java is almost finished, as is the Philippines. SWPAC and Burma are going badly for them so far. The loss of 4 DD's will hurt a bit. Where of where has KB gone.... I'm not looking forward to its reappearance!

anthonykevinluke -> RE: Aussies vs Amis - World Defence(no Joe or Nik) (11/28/2009 12:23:21 AM)
Greetings, Rob, does this count as the post I promised? :) Tony

jrcar -> RE: Aussies vs Amis - World Defence(no Joe or Nik) (11/28/2009 3:50:07 AM)
I will let the masses decide... what do you think? :) Rob

Smeulders -> RE: Aussies vs Amis - World Defence(no Joe or Nik) (11/28/2009 1:20:06 PM)
It's interesting to see the differences in reporting between the two AAR, especially the propaganda by omission. The attacks on the DD weren't even mentioned and I don't think the FOW is so strong that it tells one player he sunk 2-3 DD while there hasn't even been a battle.

jrcar -> RE: Aussies vs Amis - World Defence(no Joe or Nik) (11/28/2009 8:08:10 PM)
Interesting, it is a mater of perspective, as the Allies at this stage even small victories are important... but I know later as Allies (and when playing Japanese early) if it isn't a CA/CL then it hardly counts... until all those little losses stack up. Plus Joe and Nik probably think we will mention it anyway :) It goes the other way too, not much reporting here in China because I don't see it as important, and Tony isn't literate enough (I have it on good authority that his wonderful wife wrote the message above...) Cheers Rob quote: ORIGINAL: Smeulders It's interesting to see the differences in reporting between the two AAR, especially the propaganda by omission. The attacks on the DD weren't even mentioned and I don't think the FOW is so strong that it tells one player he sunk 2-3 DD while there hasn't even been a battle.

jrcar -> RE: Aussies vs Amis - World Defence(no Joe or Nik) (11/28/2009 8:21:42 PM)
25-26 April Burma B-17 hit Magwe for reasonable effect. The CAP is done to about 9 Oscars, and we get one on the ground, but we don't get many airfield hits. We continue to hit the advancing Columns. Chiang Mai expands its airfield. A Brit sub attacks a convoy heading north towards Burma from Singapore to no effect. Several large convoys are detected. They could be going towards Sumatra though... Java Malang is bombed from the ground and air. They are probably waiting for the forces that took Bandoeng to come and guarantee victory. East DEI We continue to hit Selaroe, this turn lots of troops are identified as destroyed, which is good. SWPAC We hit a DD FT TF going into Madang, sinking 1 DD and damaging another. We also hit Lae and Buna and again hit the Shortlands, the later is a good strike. [image]local://upfiles/6237/B215E067D1324A2A996A2364FC156C39.jpg[/image]

jrcar -> RE: Aussies vs Amis - World Defence(no Joe or Nik) (11/28/2009 8:50:09 PM)
Analysis Some interesting intel this turn. Previous report of sinking of CA Maya incorrect. Intelligence reports ship is still in service Previous report of sinking of DD Amatsukaze incorrect. Intelligence reports ship is still in service Bugger looks like we have only sunk one CA now :( Coastwatcher Report: 3 ships in port at Lae Coastwatcher Report: 1 ship in port at Gasmata Coastwatcher Report: 1 ship in port at Buna The 3 ships at Lae are probably the DD's that we hit, so we will port attack next turn. The one at Buna may also be a ship we have badly damaged. DD Yayoi is reported to have been sunk near Madang on Apr 25, 1942 xAKL Takegawa Maru is reported to have been sunk near Paramushiro-jima on Apr 25, 1942 CL Nagara is reported to have been sunk near Madjene on Mar 15, 1942 I think these are confirmed kills. Still no sign of KB, both good and bad, bad in that we have to be cautious everywhere (KB can just about be anywhere on the map now), good in that the convoys at Adak should now be fully unloaded and the base secure. Likewise for troops at Luganville and Fiji. Hitting the ships at Paramushiron has been good. No reports of troops lost (so they are probably supply ships) although it has occurred to me that they may be using these as bait, and that KB is sitting behind there somewhere... The lack of ground reinforcements is good, but we really need to find KB before offensive action can be considered. Cheers Rob

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