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ny59giants -> RE: Rob - Look I posted! (no AOFFEN or Mark) (12/18/2011 5:52:39 AM)
I'm about a month ahead of you. It is interesting to see the difference on the India/Burma border. I expect mine to heat up considerably after my opponents mis-adventure off the coast of Honshu and the resulting carnage that KB inflicted from NE Midway to almost the doorstep of Pearl. He is down to 2 CVs and 2 CVEs that are undamaged. [8D] I have 90 George coming on line in two days (just moved 90 forward to keep the R&D efforts moving along). I have only 180 Frank being R&D. Your numbers give me pause on how many more I should try to produce. I would suggest that you bump up your Topsy production as you can lose a lot of transports in one turn if things go wrong.

jrcar -> RE: Rob - Look I posted! (no AOFFEN or Mark) (12/18/2011 11:32:14 PM)
Thanks NY59giants, always interested in comments! The loss of CV's does force the Allies into a land campaign, or short hops. Therefore Burma and Nth Oz/SWPAC become very attractive. Although Andrew I think always planned this, there is at least a US Div and the 6th Oz div in Burma. These are critical to withstand casulties, which otherwise the UK forces can't sustain. With aircraft I think we have about the right number of factories, however they should have been a bit smaller, in particular for the Franks, 10-15 factories of 20, rather than the 20 of 30 would have been better. george though is about right, it allows us to release about 200 factories to research the next typr, and about 200 to produce. Agree with you on transports, we need to produce more, but with our supply situation I'm not keen to increase any further. We have plenty of Navy transport aircraft :( as stuff up on our part I think. Cheers Rob

jrcar -> RE: Rob - Look I posted! (no AOFFEN or Mark) (12/18/2011 11:45:25 PM)
10 Feb 1943 Air Battles in Burma. Tuyun cleared! Indicators and Warnings Subs ASW attack near Mergui at 51,61 Japanese Ships DD Asagiri PB Choko Maru #2 PB Chitose Maru DD Akebono DD Yugiri PB Marei Maru Allied Ships SS Sailfish, hits 4 Burma The air war resumes. We got a good haul of B-25 and some 4E as well. Morning Air attack on 8th Division, at 60,44 , near Shwebo Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 9 A6M5 Zero x 13 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 31 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 6 Allied aircraft P-38G Lightning x 12 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-38G Lightning: 1 destroyed Morning Air attack on 8th Division, at 60,44 , near Shwebo Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 9 A6M5 Zero x 10 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 30 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 2 Allied aircraft Beaufighter VIc x 14 Liberator II x 15 Wellington Ic x 27 DB-7B x 9 B-17E Fortress x 3 B-24D Liberator x 14 B-25C Mitchell x 90 P-40E Warhawk x 12 P-40K Warhawk x 97 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Liberator II: 1 damaged Wellington Ic: 2 damaged B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged P-40K Warhawk: 3 destroyed Japanese ground losses: 518 casualties reported Squads: 4 destroyed, 22 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 30 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled Morning Air attack on 8th Division, at 60,44 , near Shwebo Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 9 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 1 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 6 A6M5 Zero x 14 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 47 Allied aircraft P-38E Lightning x 4 P-38G Lightning x 10 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-38E Lightning: 1 destroyed Morning Air attack on 8th Division, at 60,44 , near Shwebo Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 6 A6M5 Zero x 12 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 39 Allied aircraft B-24D Liberator x 8 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-24D Liberator: 3 damaged Morning Air attack on 8th Division, at 60,44 , near Shwebo Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 6 A6M5 Zero x 11 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 35 Allied aircraft B-25C Mitchell x 12 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-25C Mitchell: 4 destroyed, 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 16 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Morning Air attack on 8th Division, at 60,44 , near Shwebo Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 7 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 2 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 1 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 7 Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 7 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 43 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled At Bhamo the Chindits shouldn't last long. Ground combat at Bhamo (63,44) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 1604 troops, 21 guns, 103 vehicles, Assault Value = 155 Defending force 1267 troops, 39 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 76 Japanese adjusted assault: 35 Allied adjusted defense: 4 Japanese assault odds: 8 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), preparation(-), fatigue(-) supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 19 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Vehicles lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled) Allied ground losses: 91 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 1st Tank Regiment 23rd Ind. Engr Rgt /1 20th Recon Regiment 4th Div /1 46th Road Const Co 92nd JAAF AF Bn /1 Defending units: 111th Chindit Bde /1 77th Chindit Bde /1 DEI OZ Pacific China We attack and rout the enemy at Tuyun. We will rest and recover a bit before proceeding forward. Kweiyang is fairly secure and doesn't need resuing yet... in fact it would be good to see the Chinese attack again. Ground combat at Tuyun (74,51) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 22388 troops, 205 guns, 219 vehicles, Assault Value = 736 Defending force 15547 troops, 168 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 431 Japanese adjusted assault: 488 Allied adjusted defense: 184 Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 947 casualties reported Squads: 4 destroyed, 77 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled Allied ground losses: 5118 casualties reported Squads: 207 destroyed, 40 disabled Non Combat: 144 destroyed, 25 disabled Engineers: 26 destroyed, 10 disabled Guns lost 22 (12 destroyed, 10 disabled) Units retreated 4 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 104th/A Division 15th Naval Guard Unit 6th/A Division 3rd Recon Battalion 4th Ind.Mixed Regiment 2nd Ind.Mixed Regiment 3rd Mobile Infantry Regiment 6th/B Division 15th Const Co Defending units: 5th Chinese Cavalry Corps 88th Chinese Corps 50th Chinese Corps 3rd New Chinese Corps Jill comes forward a month. The situation inwestern China is improving for us all the time. Reinforcements are arriving nicely and supply is slowly increasing. The Chinese have suffered huge losses and don't have the supply to recover them. Burma is still a concern. We need to fight battles favourable to us in the air and on the ground. To do that we have to accept that the Allies will get and may hold, a foothold and that we probably can't clear them out.

jrcar -> RE: Rob - Look I posted! (no AOFFEN or Mark) (12/18/2011 11:52:16 PM)
11 Feb 1943 Chindits destroyed! Indicators and Warnings Subs Burma Air War continues. We have concentrated a fair number of fighters. They are being rotatedas soon as fatigue is over 20. We are loosing about 1 pilot in 3. We get a few B-24 this turn. The 130 odd P-40 largely keep us away from the main attack, but we do get to hit the stragglers! Morning Air attack on 8th Division, at 60,44 , near Shwebo Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 14 A6M3a Zero x 48 A6M5 Zero x 58 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 66 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 10 Allied aircraft Beaufighter VIc x 12 Liberator II x 13 Wellington Ic x 16 DB-7B x 9 B-17E Fortress x 12 B-24D Liberator x 6 B-25C Mitchell x 82 P-40E Warhawk x 12 P-40K Warhawk x 120 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3 Zero: 1 destroyed A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Beaufighter VIc: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged Wellington Ic: 4 damaged DB-7B: 1 damaged B-25C Mitchell: 3 damaged P-40K Warhawk: 1 destroyed Japanese ground losses: 162 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Morning Air attack on 8th Division, at 60,44 , near Shwebo Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 10 A6M3a Zero x 47 A6M5 Zero x 57 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 87 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 8 Allied aircraft Beaufighter VIc x 2 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Beaufighter VIc: 1 destroyed Morning Air attack on 8th Division, at 60,44 , near Shwebo Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 10 A6M3a Zero x 47 A6M5 Zero x 56 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 81 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 8 Allied aircraft B-24D Liberator x 7 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-24D Liberator: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged Morning Air attack on 8th Division, at 60,44 , near Shwebo Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 10 A6M3a Zero x 47 A6M5 Zero x 55 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 69 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 8 Allied aircraft B-25C Mitchell x 10 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged Morning Air attack on 8th Division, at 60,44 , near Shwebo Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 1 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 0 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 10 A6M3a Zero x 47 A6M5 Zero x 54 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 61 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 8 Allied aircraft B-24D Liberator x 8 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-24D Liberator: 2 damaged At Bhamo we destriy the Chindits. I think they have low replacements so this has kocked a big hole in two bdes... a bit like real life! Ground combat at Bhamo (63,44) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 2596 troops, 25 guns, 145 vehicles, Assault Value = 151 Defending force 1186 troops, 39 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 63 Japanese adjusted assault: 59 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 59 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), preparation(-), fatigue(-) supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 105 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 10 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 1636 casualties reported Squads: 99 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 39 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 51 (51 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units destroyed 2 Assaulting units: 20th Recon Regiment 1st Tank Regiment 23rd Ind. Engr Rgt /1 4th Div /1 46th Road Const Co 92nd JAAF AF Bn /1 Defending units: 111th Chindit Bde /1 77th Chindit Bde /1 DEI OZ Continue to harass the retreating units. However it looks like he inteneds defending at Katherine. Pacific China

jrcar -> RE: Rob - Look I posted! (no AOFFEN or Mark) (12/20/2011 3:08:57 AM)
12 Feb Both sides stood down in the air war in Burma. Chinese punished at Kweiyang! Indicators and Warnings Subs Burma Both sides rest in the air. Our bombers harass his units north of Shwebo. Our Nells get the balls up to make a long distance strike... h'mm didn't do so great :( The low CAP is interesting though... Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Colombo at 29,48 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 30 minutes Japanese aircraft G3M3 Nell x 13 Allied aircraft Sea Hurricane Ib x 6 Martlet II x 9 Japanese aircraft losses G3M3 Nell: 6 destroyed, 4 damaged No Allied losses Allied Ships CA Devonshire CA Cornwall We fight for information against the troops advancing on Katha... then we die :( Ground combat at 60,43 (near Katha) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 658 troops, 6 guns, 71 vehicles, Assault Value = 28 Defending force 40840 troops, 793 guns, 822 vehicles, Assault Value = 1379 Assault collapses, attacking force wiped out Japanese ground losses: 147 casualties reported Squads: 11 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 44 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 6 (6 destroyed, 0 disabled) Vehicles lost 96 (96 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units destroyed 1 Assaulting units: 1st Recon Battalion Defending units: 2nd British Division 27th Infantry Division 84th Indian Brigade 9th Indian Division 26th Indian Brigade XXXIII Indian Corps 2/13th Field Regiment IV Indian Corps 24th Indian Engineer Battalion We now have detected over 3000 AV of allied troops in central Burma. Our challange is to try to bite off bits of them we can chew, without being routed ourselves... while hoping the supply situation hurts him... We have about 2500 in AV gathering in central Burma, with more on the way. DEI OZ Darwin makes level 6 airfield, we will now switch back to forts, they should be 6 soon too. Pacific China At Kweiyang we cause a large number of casulties from air attack, followed by crushing the enemy shock attack Morning Air attack on 74th Chinese Corps, at 74,49 (Kweiyang) Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 27 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 6 Ki-49-IIa Helen x 23 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 330 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 17 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 19 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Ground combat at Kweiyang (74,49) Allied Shock attack Attacking force 66637 troops, 447 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1914 Defending force 15781 troops, 189 guns, 1094 vehicles, Assault Value = 690 Allied adjusted assault: 567 Japanese adjusted defense: 1211 Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 2) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), preparation(-), experience(-) Attacker: shock(+), disruption(-), supply(-) Japanese ground losses: 349 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 24 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 17 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled Vehicles lost 47 (1 destroyed, 46 disabled) Allied ground losses: 5178 casualties reported Squads: 323 destroyed, 275 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 32 disabled Engineers: 19 destroyed, 23 disabled Guns lost 48 (4 destroyed, 44 disabled) Assaulting units: 7th Chinese Corps 59th Chinese Corps 14th Chinese Corps 84th Chinese Corps 74th Chinese Corps 86th Chinese Corps 15th Chinese Corps 49th Chinese Corps 87th Chinese Corps Defending units: 2nd Tank Division 18th Tank Regiment 12th Tank Regiment 13th Tank Regiment 51st Engineer Regiment 19th Div /1 23rd Army Andrew will probably dig in now and force us to attack him... We have 4 more divs closing on the west China AO. we should be able to crack through and then aim for Kunming and give a back door to Burma. We aim to turn Burma into a stalemate, just have to not loose, while we finishe offChina, then we can free more divs.

jrcar -> RE: Rob - Look I posted! (no AOFFEN or Mark) (12/20/2011 3:18:08 AM)
13 Feb 1943 Indicators and Warnings The US 25th Div is confirmed at Daly Waters in Nth OZ advancing north... This is great for us and again makes it highly unlikely that the DEI will be threatened by direct invasion. Subs Sub attack near Toyohara at 125,47 Japanese Ships xAK Dainiti Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage[SINKS] xAK Tokusima Maru xAK Tempei Maru xAKL Shoan Maru xAKL Malacca Maru xAKL Kuwayama Maru xAKL Kinkasan Maru xAKL Kokuyo Maru SC CHa-19 Allied Ships SS Snook Burma The allied airforce stays away. We lightly hit the enemy with our bombers, while the bulk of our fighters also rest and recover. He bombards at Katha to see what he can see... Ground combat at Katha (61,43) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 6424 troops, 69 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1176 Defending force 13218 troops, 151 guns, 107 vehicles, Assault Value = 387 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: 108 casualties reported Squads: 3 destroyed, 8 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Assaulting units: 6th Australian Division 40th Infantry Division 17th Indian Division Defending units: 55th Cavalry Regiment 65th Brigade 74th Infantry Regiment 1st Mobile AA Battalion 1st Mobile Field Artillery Regiment 10th RF Gun Battalion 3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 5th Field AF Construction Battalion 29th JNAF AF Unit DEI OZ We hit Portland Roads just to keep him honest, and to give our ships some practice. Night Naval bombardment of Portland Roads at 91,132 Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses F-4 Lightning: 5 damaged F-4 Lightning: 1 destroyed on ground Japanese Ships BB Hyuga BB Ise BB Yamashiro CA Kako CA Furutaka DD Hatsuyuki DD Shirayuki DD Shirakumo DD Usugumo DD Shinonome Allied ground losses: 486 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 19 destroyed, 45 disabled Engineers: 13 destroyed, 6 disabled Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled) Vehicles lost 10 (6 destroyed, 4 disabled) Airbase hits 21 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 86 Port hits 6 Port fuel hits 3 Port supply hits 3 Our aircraft are striking where they can. Morning Air attack on 25th Infantry Division, at 76,131 (Daly Waters) Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 23 Ki-49-IIa Helen x 44 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 156 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 11 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 9 (1 destroyed, 8 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 20 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 24 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 13th Australian Brigade ... Also attacking 25th Infantry Division ... Pacific A lack of fuel is heavily restricting our ops. This should improve within a week. China We bomb his troops. 1.3 extra div have arrived at Tuyun for the next push. More supply is on the way from Japan and the Philippines.

jrcar -> RE: Rob - Look I posted! (no AOFFEN or Mark) (12/21/2011 7:33:01 PM)
14 Feb 1943 Mostly Quite. George advances a month to March 1943. Indicators and Warnings Subs Sub attack near Hakodate at 118,50 Japanese Ships xAK Nitimei Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage xAKL Shino Maru xAKL Yuki Maru SC CHa-1 Allied Ships SS Gurnard These northern attacks are annoying, we may have to minimise exposure here by landing at one end of Hokkaido, then re-loading at the other. Burma We sweeps Katha agains no opposition. We both then bomb the troops in the jungle at Katha, waving at each other as we take turns to bomb. We now have 3 Div at Shwebo who are now advancing north towards Katha. Another 3 are on the way. DEI OZ We hit the 2nd Australian Army HQ hard. Morning Air attack on 2nd Australian Army, at 76,131 (Daly Waters) Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 24 Ki-49-IIa Helen x 44 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 305 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 41 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled) Also attacking 13th Australian Brigade ... Also attacking 25th Infantry Division ... Also attacking 2nd Australian Army ... Also attacking 13th Australian Brigade ... Also attacking 2nd Australian Army ... Pacific China We bomb stuff and begin to advance out of Tuyun. We switch about 200 factories to the next version of George, the other 200 will be allowed to move into production.

jrcar -> RE: Rob - Look I posted! (no AOFFEN or Mark) (12/22/2011 11:00:06 AM)
15 Feb 1943 Mostly quiet except in Burma Indicators and Warnings Subs Submarine attack near Colombo at 28,48 Japanese Ships SS I-32 Allied Ships xAKL Sarpen, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Burma Air battle in Burma starts off well... but doesn't last :( Morning Air attack on Katha , at 61,43 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 13 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 2 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 53 A6M5 Zero x 43 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 39 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIc Trop x 7 P-38G Lightning x 13 P-40K Warhawk x 12 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 3 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Hurricane IIc Trop: 2 destroyed P-38G Lightning: 1 destroyed P-40K Warhawk: 4 destroyed Morning Air attack on Katha , at 61,43 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 52 A6M5 Zero x 35 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 28 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIc Trop x 30 P-38G Lightning x 15 P-40K Warhawk x 13 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 6 destroyed Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 5 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Hurricane IIc Trop: 2 destroyed P-38G Lightning: 1 destroyed Morning Air attack on Katha , at 61,43 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 4 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 0 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 52 A6M5 Zero x 13 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 8 Allied aircraft P-38E Lightning x 6 P-40K Warhawk x 12 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3a Zero: 3 destroyed Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 2 destroyed No Allied losses Morning Air attack on 74th Infantry Regiment, at 61,43 (Katha) Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 38 A6M5 Zero x 13 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 2 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIc Trop x 38 Liberator II x 15 Wellington Ic x 15 P-40E Warhawk x 12 DB-7B x 9 Kittyhawk III x 12 B-17E Fortress x 12 B-24D Liberator x 24 B-25C Mitchell x 87 P-40E Warhawk x 25 P-40K Warhawk x 7 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3a Zero: 1 destroyed A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Wellington Ic: 1 destroyed P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed B-25C Mitchell: 5 damaged Japanese ground losses: 44 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Morning Air attack on 65th Brigade, at 61,43 (Katha) Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 20 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 22 A6M5 Zero x 4 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIc Trop x 4 Wellington Ic x 12 P-40K Warhawk x 7 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Wellington Ic: 4 destroyed, 2 damaged Morning Air attack on 5th Field AF Construction Battalion, at 61,43 (Katha) Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 3 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 0 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 8 A6M5 Zero x 2 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIc Trop x 2 B-25C Mitchell x 12 P-40K Warhawk x 18 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3a Zero: 4 destroyed A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed No Allied losses We loose a lot of aircraft, but not as many pilots. We get a resonable number of Wellingtons. Next turn we will go on the attack and try and catch the enemy on the ground... Our forces are going to start marching out of Shwebo. DEI OZ Pacific China

jrcar -> RE: Rob - Look I posted! (no AOFFEN or Mark) (12/22/2011 7:45:58 PM)
16 Feb 1943 Huge air battles in Burma Indicators and Warnings Subs Burma We had concentrated our bombers forward, about 100, at Mandalay, fighters from Myitkynia to sweep in the morning, then a heavy escort to support the bombers flying in the afternoon after the morning raid against the main base a Silchar.Well that was the plan. Insted Andrew switches his bombers to Mandalay, our bombers get caught on the ground and we loose 39, however we do quite well in the air and claim 120 odd aircraft for the day. The sweeps do well against Silchar. We have 7 pilots KIA and 6 MIA, so losses overall are actually light. Morning Air attack on Mandalay , at 59,46 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 16 A6M5 Zero x 28 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 139 Allied aircraft P-38G Lightning x 9 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses P-38G Lightning: 1 destroyed Morning Air attack on Silchar , at 59,39 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 35 Allied aircraft Sea Hurricane Ib x 40 Hurricane XIIb x 8 Kittyhawk I x 5 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 5 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Sea Hurricane Ib: 3 destroyed Kittyhawk I: 1 destroyed Morning Air attack on Mandalay , at 59,46 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 15 A6M5 Zero x 25 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 132 Allied aircraft P-38E Lightning x 6 P-38G Lightning x 7 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-38E Lightning: 1 destroyed P-38G Lightning: 1 destroyed Morning Air attack on Silchar , at 59,39 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 37,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 70 Allied aircraft Sea Hurricane Ib x 18 Hurricane XIIb x 7 Kittyhawk I x 1 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Sea Hurricane Ib: 4 destroyed Hurricane XIIb: 2 destroyed Kittyhawk I: 1 destroyed Morning Air attack on Mandalay , at 59,46 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 75 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 18 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 12 A6M5 Zero x 23 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 122 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIc Trop x 32 DB-7B x 9 B-17E Fortress x 12 B-24D Liberator x 14 B-25C Mitchell x 72 P-40K Warhawk x 97 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49-IIa Helen: 20 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses Hurricane IIc Trop: 7 destroyed DB-7B: 1 destroyed B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged P-40K Warhawk: 14 destroyed Japanese ground losses: 10 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 22 Airbase supply hits 10 Runway hits 80 Morning Air attack on Mandalay , at 59,46 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 3,100 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 9 A6M5 Zero x 14 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 70 Allied aircraft Beaufighter VIc x 12 Hurricane IIb Trop x 11 P-39D Airacobra x 21 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Beaufighter VIc: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged Beaufighter VIc: 1 destroyed by flak Hurricane IIb Trop: 2 destroyed Hurricane IIb Trop: 1 destroyed by flak P-39D Airacobra: 4 destroyed, 1 damaged P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed by flak Morning Air attack on Mandalay , at 59,46 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 65 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 24 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 9 A6M5 Zero x 9 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 57 Allied aircraft Liberator II x 15 Wellington Ic x 9 P-40K Warhawk x 16 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Liberator II: 4 damaged Wellington Ic: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged P-40K Warhawk: 1 destroyed Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 4 Morning Air attack on Mandalay , at 59,46 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 8 A6M5 Zero x 7 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 39 Allied aircraft B-24D Liberator x 8 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-24D Liberator: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged Morning Air attack on Mandalay , at 59,46 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 51 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 4 A6M5 Zero x 3 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 15 Allied aircraft B-25C Mitchell x 12 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed Ki-49-IIa Helen: 3 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 2 Morning Air attack on Silchar , at 59,39 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 24 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 38 Allied aircraft Sea Hurricane Ib x 5 Hurricane XIIb x 2 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Sea Hurricane Ib: 1 destroyed Hurricane XIIb: 1 destroyed See the picture below for total losses DEI OZ We continue to harass the forces coming up the centre, and bombing Katherine. Pacific China Desite reinforcing the city, and our Pars being fragments and low on supplies, we still hold at Tsuyung. Ground combat at Tsuyung (68,46) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 8240 troops, 48 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 230 Defending force 478 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 27 Allied adjusted assault: 19 Japanese adjusted defense: 16 Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), supply(-) Attacker: supply(-) Japanese ground losses: 83 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 58 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Assaulting units: 10th Construction Regiment 54th Chinese/A Corps 71st Chinese Corps 54th Chinese/C Corps NCAC Defending units: 2nd Raiding Rgt /1 Yokosuka 3rd SNLF /1 [image]local://upfiles/6237/FC16303D225847A7AB43F0EF6DA9BF72.jpg[/image]

jrcar -> RE: Rob - Look I posted! (no AOFFEN or Mark) (12/23/2011 8:46:48 AM)
17 Feb 1943 Quiet Indicators and Warnings Subs Enemy subs are lined up trying to get our convoys heading into Rangoon. ASW attack near Mergui at 51,61 Japanese Ships DMS W-22 AK Amagisan Maru AK Sakito Maru E W-24 Allied Ships SS Sailfish, hits 4 Burma Not much action. The unit count is going down, there were 4 units last turn, so will try an attack next turn. Ground combat at 60,44 (near Shwebo) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 12642 troops, 151 guns, 52 vehicles, Assault Value = 394 Defending force 5588 troops, 101 guns, 161 vehicles, Assault Value = 205 Japanese ground losses: 13 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 11 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 8th Division Defending units: 7th Hussars Regiment 22nd (East African) Brigade DEI OZ Pacific China We prep the breach point for where our forces will come out of Tuyun next turn. We have over 1000 AV making the crossing. Should be fun :) Our forces are getting stronger in Burma, the last of the divs that pushed into China is now back on the rail line. We really hurt the Allied airforce, they will rest for a couple of days, gives us a bit of time to replenish as well. Supply and troops are flowing into Burma nicely. China is about to get real interesting agin too :)

jrcar -> RE: Rob - Look I posted! (no AOFFEN or Mark) (12/23/2011 7:47:35 PM)
18 Feb 1943 Quiet apart from China Indicators and Warnings Subs An AP carrying troops to Rangoon safely survived a sub attack. Burma Bad weather stopped aircraft from flying. We try a deliberate attack and got some bad rolls. Ground combat at 60,44 (near Shwebo) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 12690 troops, 151 guns, 52 vehicles, Assault Value = 442 Defending force 5600 troops, 101 guns, 161 vehicles, Assault Value = 205 Japanese adjusted assault: 74 Allied adjusted defense: 144 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 Combat modifiers Defender: disruption(-), fatigue(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 886 casualties reported Squads: 3 destroyed, 57 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled) Allied ground losses: 72 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 14 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 8th Division 14th Tank Regiment Defending units: 7th Hussars Regiment 22nd (East African) Brigade DEI OZ Pacific China We cross the river nth of Tuyun on teh way to reliving Kweiyang. Almost there guys! Ground combat at 75,50 (near Kweiyang) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 39878 troops, 348 guns, 227 vehicles, Assault Value = 1462 Defending force 12141 troops, 152 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 291 Japanese adjusted assault: 1431 Allied adjusted defense: 58 Japanese assault odds: 24 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: shock(+) Japanese ground losses: 1081 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 88 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 5 disabled Guns lost 9 (1 destroyed, 8 disabled) Allied ground losses: 3253 casualties reported Squads: 128 destroyed, 48 disabled Non Combat: 223 destroyed, 13 disabled Engineers: 30 destroyed, 6 disabled Guns lost 53 (43 destroyed, 10 disabled) Units retreated 4 Units destroyed 1 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 6th/A Division 2nd Ind.Mixed Regiment 104th/A Division 9th Division 3rd Mobile Infantry Regiment 3rd Recon Battalion 6th/B Division 4th Ind.Mixed Regiment 6th/C Division Defending units: 50th Chinese Corps 5th Chinese Cavalry Corps 88th Chinese Corps 3rd New Chinese Corps 29th Group Army On the trail from Burma to China our Paras continue to hold out against a bunch of ragged Chinese forces. This is good as we would like to stop these reinforcements getting to Kunming. Ground combat at Tsuyung (68,46) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 8205 troops, 48 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 229 Defending force 597 troops, 11 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 29 Allied adjusted assault: 31 Japanese adjusted defense: 13 Allied assault odds: 2 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), preparation(-), supply(-) Attacker: supply(-) Japanese ground losses: 58 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 121 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Assaulting units: 54th Chinese/A Corps 10th Construction Regiment 71st Chinese Corps 54th Chinese/C Corps NCAC Defending units: 2nd Raiding Rgt /1 Yokosuka 3rd SNLF /1 The first of our units should get into Kweiyang, opening up the direct supply route tomorrow. The Chinese can't stop us now...

jrcar -> RE: Rob - Look I posted! (no AOFFEN or Mark) (12/23/2011 10:23:39 PM)
19 Feb 1943 Indicators and Warnings More US forces detected in Burma, looks like he has moved a fair bit here. This is always an interesting "What-if"... and actually what would have probably shortened the real war if it weren't for national politics and pig headedness. Helps to explain the lack of movement in Centpac and SWPAC. Subs Sub attack near Toyohara at 125,48 Japanese Ships xAKL Nagaragawa Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage [SUNK] xAKL Shinshui Maru xAKL Ina Maru xAKL Shinrei Maru PB Teshio Maru Allied Ships SS Halibut Sub attack near Wakkanai at 123,48 Japanese Ships xAK Sansei Maru PB Menado Maru Allied Ships SS Steelhead, hits 4 Burma Sweep and bombing of Katha does little damage, the attack though drops the forts a level. Note the USMC Tk Bn, one less unit in the Pacific... there have been a number of US units detcetd in Burma... Ground combat at Katha (61,43) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 40018 troops, 692 guns, 837 vehicles, Assault Value = 1713 Defending force 12354 troops, 139 guns, 107 vehicles, Assault Value = 373 Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 3 Allied adjusted assault: 1556 Japanese adjusted defense: 557 Allied assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 3) Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 3 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), preparation(-), fatigue(-) experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 1401 casualties reported Squads: 4 destroyed, 133 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 32 disabled Engineers: 3 destroyed, 8 disabled Guns lost 45 (5 destroyed, 40 disabled) Vehicles lost 19 (13 destroyed, 6 disabled) Allied ground losses: 1554 casualties reported Squads: 10 destroyed, 170 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 22 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 19 disabled Guns lost 28 (2 destroyed, 26 disabled) Vehicles lost 28 (2 destroyed, 26 disabled) Assaulting units: 40th Infantry Division 3rd USMC Tank Battalion 268th Motorised Brigade 9th Indian Division 6th Australian Division 3rd Carabiniers Regiment 17th Indian Division IV Indian Corps Defending units: 65th Brigade 74th Infantry Regiment 3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 10th RF Gun Battalion 1st Mobile AA Battalion 1st Mobile Field Artillery Regiment 5th Field AF Construction Battalion 29th JNAF AF Unit He attacks in the hex nth of Shwebo, as one of our armd units and an extra div move in. We will rout them next turn, excellent. Ground combat at 60,44 (near Shwebo) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 1177 troops, 13 guns, 112 vehicles, Assault Value = 60 Defending force 26098 troops, 276 guns, 174 vehicles, Assault Value = 844 Allied adjusted assault: 1 Japanese adjusted defense: 1322 Allied assault odds: 1 to 1322 Combat modifiers Defender: op mode(-), leaders(+), fatigue(-) Attacker: leaders(+), disruption(-), supply(-) Japanese ground losses: 31 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 196 casualties reported Squads: 20 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 42 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 7 (7 destroyed, 0 disabled) Vehicles lost 104 (9 destroyed, 95 disabled) Assaulting units: 7th Hussars Regiment Defending units: 8th Division 18th Division 14th Tank Regiment DEI OZ Pacific China The first of the relief forces arrive at Kweiyang and the seige is lifted (it was never in force as we were able to get supply in through the hex to the SW). Our forces are cutting in laterally behind the Chinese Central front... I wonder if Andrew will abandon it... Our paras continue to hold, just. Ground combat at Tsuyung (68,46) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 8062 troops, 48 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 215 Defending force 541 troops, 10 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 21 Allied adjusted assault: 35 Japanese adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 35 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), preparation(-), fatigue(-) supply(-) Attacker: supply(-) Japanese ground losses: 64 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 35 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 71st Chinese Corps 54th Chinese/A Corps 10th Construction Regiment 54th Chinese/C Corps NCAC Defending units: 2nd Raiding Rgt /1 Yokosuka 3rd SNLF /1

jrcar -> RE: Rob - Look I posted! (no AOFFEN or Mark) (12/24/2011 5:40:31 AM)
Here is the situation in China. We need to try and take the circled portion in the map... and clear the route to Burma. [image]local://upfiles/6237/7A98A984CB5E49DAB045874134517068.jpg[/image]

Cribtop -> RE: Rob - Look I posted! (no AOFFEN or Mark) (12/24/2011 5:48:15 AM)
Wow, you really have them on the ropes in this theater. Clear the route to Burma and IMHO you create a new and much more defensible LoC that avoids the awkward "how can I defend the open ground near Mandalay" problem. Well done. [&o]

jrcar -> RE: Rob - Look I posted! (no AOFFEN or Mark) (12/25/2011 10:23:56 PM)
20 Feb 1942 Quiet due to weather Indicators and Warnings Subs Burma Weather closes most air ops. We rout the unit nth of Shwebo. Ground combat at 60,44 (near Shwebo) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 26110 troops, 276 guns, 174 vehicles, Assault Value = 845 Defending force 594 troops, 4 guns, 101 vehicles, Assault Value = 6 Japanese adjusted assault: 809 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 809 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: leaders(+), disruption(-), supply(-) Attacker: leaders(+) Japanese ground losses: 6 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 82 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 40 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) Vehicles lost 98 (98 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units retreated 1 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 18th Division 8th Division 14th Tank Regiment Defending units: 7th Hussars Regiment But Katha won't hold long. Ground combat at Katha (61,43) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 38948 troops, 692 guns, 837 vehicles, Assault Value = 1681 Defending force 10938 troops, 138 guns, 101 vehicles, Assault Value = 250 Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 2 Allied adjusted assault: 1010 Japanese adjusted defense: 463 Allied assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 2) Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 2 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), preparation(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 1545 casualties reported Squads: 5 destroyed, 136 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 28 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled Guns lost 32 (1 destroyed, 31 disabled) Allied ground losses: 543 casualties reported Squads: 4 destroyed, 65 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 17 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Guns lost 13 (1 destroyed, 12 disabled) Assaulting units: 40th Infantry Division 3rd USMC Tank Battalion 268th Motorised Brigade 6th Australian Division 84th Indian Brigade 9th Indian Division 3rd Carabiniers Regiment 17th Indian Division IV Indian Corps Defending units: 65th Brigade 74th Infantry Regiment 1st Mobile AA Battalion 3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 5th Field AF Construction Battalion 10th RF Gun Battalion 1st Mobile Field Artillery Regiment 29th JNAF AF Unit DEI OZ Pacific China Our air is bombing Chunking and causing mass casulties at turn at Kweiyang, here is an example: Morning Air attack on 74th Chinese Corps, at 74,49 (Kweiyang) Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 37 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 6 Ki-49-IIa Helen x 76 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 564 casualties reported Squads: 4 destroyed, 14 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 44 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled He still can't clear the Paras: Ground combat at Tsuyung (68,46) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 8019 troops, 48 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 211 Defending force 475 troops, 10 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 13 Allied adjusted assault: 27 Japanese adjusted defense: 22 Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), disruption(-), preparation(-) fatigue(-), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: supply(-) Japanese ground losses: 82 casualties reported Squads: 7 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 23 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 54th Chinese/A Corps 10th Construction Regiment 71st Chinese Corps 54th Chinese/C Corps NCAC Defending units: Yokosuka 3rd SNLF 2nd Raiding Rgt /1

jrcar -> RE: Rob - Look I posted! (no AOFFEN or Mark) (12/25/2011 10:33:25 PM)
21 Feb 1943 Indicators and Warnings Mass movements out of central China. Subs We find a tanker way up north on the India side of the map. She should sink.. Submarine attack near Karachi at 38,7 Japanese Ships SS I-32 Allied Ships TK Fenris, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires TK Fenris is sighted by SS I-32 SS I-32 launches 4 torpedoes His subs appear to be concentrating against our northern resource convoys. Burma Bad weather cancels lots of missions, including the escort for these guys. 20 are lost, with their crews :( Morning Air attack on 44th Cavalry Regiment, at 59,43 , near Kalemyo Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-49-IIa Helen x 40 Allied aircraft P-40K Warhawk x 16 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49-IIa Helen: 12 destroyed, 1 damaged No Allied losses No attack at Katha, supply is probably the reason. DEI OZ We continue to hammer the enemy in central OZ. Morning Air attack on 2/9th Armoured Regiment, at 76,128 (Katherine) Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 113 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 35 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-49-IIa Helen x 41 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49-IIa Helen: 3 damaged Allied ground losses: 143 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 27 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Vehicles lost 38 (2 destroyed, 36 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 21 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 20 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 22nd Australian Brigade ... Also attacking Sparrow Battalion ... Also attacking 2/6th Armoured Regiment ... Also attacking 2/9th Armoured Regiment ... Also attacking 22nd Australian Brigade ... Also attacking Sparrow Battalion ... Pacific We have been hunting a convoy way down south with subs, it is being escorted by CVE/CV. This one will get through... China We push east north of Tuyun routing the units from Tuyun again. Ground combat at 76,50 (near Kweiyang) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 20413 troops, 190 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 720 Defending force 7692 troops, 108 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 137 Japanese adjusted assault: 510 Allied adjusted defense: 22 Japanese assault odds: 23 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: fatigue(-) Japanese ground losses: 132 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 11 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 3404 casualties reported Squads: 118 destroyed, 10 disabled Non Combat: 144 destroyed, 26 disabled Engineers: 11 destroyed, 3 disabled Guns lost 29 (22 destroyed, 7 disabled) Units retreated 4 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 4th Ind.Mixed Regiment 9th Division 104th/A Division Defending units: 88th Chinese Corps 3rd New Chinese Corps 29th Group Army 5th Chinese Cavalry Corps Despite the odds our paras are still fighting, and holding up his ability to reinforce Kunming. Ground combat at Tsuyung (68,46) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 8000 troops, 48 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 210 Defending force 408 troops, 10 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 10 Allied adjusted assault: 22 Japanese adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 22 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), preparation(-), fatigue(-) supply(-) Attacker: supply(-) Japanese ground losses: 40 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 37 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Assaulting units: 10th Construction Regiment 71st Chinese Corps 54th Chinese/A Corps 54th Chinese/C Corps NCAC Defending units: Yokosuka 3rd SNLF 2nd Raiding Rgt /1 It looks like he is starting to pull forces out of central front before we close the gates. A large enemy corps has appeared sth of Chungking. A6M5b and the second George come forward a month to 9/43 and 10/44. Supply is starting to get better in the Home Islands. Resources are great, fuel is building again but oil is down. Lots of fuel and il is on the way. Stopping all the resource convoys in the DEI/Pacific as China is supplying us with lots. Using the hub at Saigon/Cam Ranh Bay the railing to the Haiphong hub is working well.

jrcar -> RE: Rob - Look I posted! (no AOFFEN or Mark) (12/26/2011 2:58:13 AM)
22 Feb 1943 Katha Falls :( Indicators and Warnings Subs We get some hits: Sub attack near Toyohara at 125,48 Japanese Ships DD Shimakaze DD Oyashio Allied Ships SS Steelhead, hits 2 But loose a ship: Sub attack near Toyohara at 125,48 Japanese Ships xAK Yamamiya Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage xAK Nanrei Maru PB Menado Maru Allied Ships SS Snook Motre air assets are being bought in. Burma Katha falls (see below) and our troops are hammered in the open. See a post soon about the detail in Burma. Ground combat at Katha (61,43) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 41854 troops, 697 guns, 882 vehicles, Assault Value = 1662 Defending force 9747 troops, 138 guns, 101 vehicles, Assault Value = 157 Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 1 Allied adjusted assault: 1327 Japanese adjusted defense: 65 Allied assault odds: 20 to 1 (fort level 1) Allied forces CAPTURE Katha !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), preparation(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 2610 casualties reported Squads: 193 destroyed, 9 disabled Non Combat: 164 destroyed, 37 disabled Engineers: 28 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 76 (75 destroyed, 1 disabled) Vehicles lost 101 (100 destroyed, 1 disabled) Units retreated 8 Allied ground losses: 288 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 43 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Guns lost 10 (2 destroyed, 8 disabled) Defeated Japanese Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 268th Motorised Brigade 6th Australian Division 84th Indian Brigade 3rd Carabiniers Regiment 9th Indian Division 40th Infantry Division 3rd USMC Tank Battalion 17th Indian Division IV Indian Corps Defending units: 65th Brigade 74th Infantry Regiment 1st Mobile AA Battalion 10th RF Gun Battalion 3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 5th Field AF Construction Battalion 1st Mobile Field Artillery Regiment 29th JNAF AF Unit We can't sustain the following. Our Cap gets called in after the first attack and gets stronger as the morning goes on. Morning Air attack on 8th Division, at 60,44 , near Shwebo Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 2 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 4 Allied aircraft Liberator II x 15 Vengeance I x 32 P-40E Warhawk x 14 DB-7B x 6 Kittyhawk III x 12 A-24 Banshee x 16 B-17E Fortress x 3 B-24D Liberator x 12 B-25C Mitchell x 78 P-40E Warhawk x 25 P-40K Warhawk x 36 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Kittyhawk III: 1 destroyed Japanese ground losses: 1034 casualties reported Squads: 3 destroyed, 49 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 49 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled Guns lost 20 (1 destroyed, 19 disabled) Vehicles lost 31 (3 destroyed, 28 disabled) Morning Air attack on 8th Division, at 60,44 , near Shwebo Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 18 A6M3a Zero x 12 A6M5 Zero x 7 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 37 Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 9 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 99 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Morning Air attack on 8th Division, at 60,44 , near Shwebo Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 18 A6M3a Zero x 12 A6M5 Zero x 11 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 49 Allied aircraft B-25C Mitchell x 12 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-25C Mitchell: 2 destroyed Morning Air attack on 8th Division, at 60,44 , near Shwebo Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 18 A6M3a Zero x 11 A6M5 Zero x 13 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 40 Allied aircraft B-25C Mitchell x 12 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed DEI OZ It looks like he is pulling back. Pacific Still tracking a large convoy with CV/CVE coverage. China We sweep Chengtu and discover some recently arrived Chinese air force units! Morning Air attack on Chengtu , at 75,41 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 74 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 18 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 33 Allied aircraft P-40E Warhawk x 24 P-43A-1 Lancer x 5 P-66 Vanguard x 8 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 5 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-40E Warhawk: 3 destroyed P-43A-1 Lancer: 1 destroyed P-66 Vanguard: 1 destroyed Morning Air attack on Chengtu , at 75,41 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 49 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 27 Allied aircraft P-40E Warhawk x 7 P-43A-1 Lancer x 2 P-66 Vanguard x 1 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed P-43A-1 Lancer: 1 destroyed P-66 Vanguard: 1 destroyed We will have to put a stop to that! D4Y3 Judy comes forward to 5/44.

jrcar -> RE: Rob - Look I posted! (no AOFFEN or Mark) (12/26/2011 3:27:49 AM)
Burma Situation 23 Feb 1943 Burma is the Allies main effort at the moment with an extra Aussie div, 2 US Div and US Tk bns committed, plus a large part of the Allied air force. Recently Katha was seized by the enemy. We were trying to create a dilemma for Andrew by advancing north out of Shwebo, over the open ground, and into the jungle hex (circled). After routing one enemy Tk regiment (7th Hussars) we have been stopped by the allied airpower, and are now pulling back. At Shwebo we currently have about 3 div, with two more on the way, plus the two to the north. They are prepping for Mandalay, which will be our main fight, however by standing at Shwebo he will have to prep his forces for there. We are sending a force towards Kalemo (red arrows) to try and get behind him. Don't expect it to work, but you don't know until you try. In the far north we are facing a large force in the jungle, but have moved out 1/3rd of the Imperial Guard to see if we can rout some pinning/support units.... We are starting to move engineering units into the main defensive line (dashed) along the jungle facing the open central Burmese plain to start digging defences. All the immediate reinforcements we have are now committed. We have a strong air force and plentiful supply. Our aim now is to delay the inevitable as long as possible. We have reinforced our line of Communications down the Malay coast in case he goes for an amphib attack. But we are stretched very thin... We now need to create delay (about a year�s worth!) without becoming smashed by the Allied air and ground power. [image]local://upfiles/6237/F3B69225EC2A48B184E5C71546A84B13.jpg[/image]

Cribtop -> RE: Rob - Look I posted! (no AOFFEN or Mark) (12/26/2011 5:28:48 PM)
If China was the unsolvable Japanese strategic problem that led to the war, Burma in AE is the unsolvable operational problem that leads to retreat to Prome. IRL, Allied efforts in Burma foundered on terrain and supply issues for a long time.

jrcar -> RE: Rob - Look I posted! (no AOFFEN or Mark) (12/26/2011 7:32:27 PM)
Cribtop you are right. Yes like in China you can "unbalance" the theatre through the application of additional forces, so far it looks like around 3 additional divisions. I like exploring the "land route" through SEASIA. Militarily I think it is probably the better option than the "Pacific" route. It was real life politics and dogma that stopped it being undertaken during the war. Andrew is suffering supply problems and always will until Rangoon is taken; maybe not as much as real life, however in the game you can't build/upgrade roads. We have got ourselves in this "mess" because we sent forces to China, so this is the consequence we need to face for those actions.

jrcar -> RE: Rob - Look I posted! (no AOFFEN or Mark) (12/26/2011 7:43:05 PM)
23 Feb 1943 A good day in the air over Burma and China. Indicators and Warnings Subs ASW attack near Tsushima at 102,56 Japanese Ships E Hayabusa E Manazuru E Sagi Allied Ships SS Blackfish, hits 1 Burma We sweep Katha. Morning Air attack on Katha , at 61,43 Weather in hex: Extreme overcast Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 54 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIc Trop x 6 P-40K Warhawk x 20 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Hurricane IIc Trop: 2 destroyed P-40K Warhawk: 3 destroyed He attacks our divisions tht are retreating. Morning Air attack on 18th Division, at 60,44 , near Shwebo Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 17 A6M3a Zero x 10 A6M5 Zero x 20 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 55 Allied aircraft Liberator II x 3 Vengeance I x 32 P-40E Warhawk x 14 DB-7B x 6 Kittyhawk III x 11 A-24 Banshee x 2 B-17E Fortress x 12 B-24D Liberator x 11 B-25C Mitchell x 73 P-40E Warhawk x 24 P-40K Warhawk x 14 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed Japanese ground losses: 757 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 48 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 24 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 7 disabled -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 8th Division, at 60,44 , near Shwebo Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 17 A6M3a Zero x 12 A6M5 Zero x 19 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 55 Allied aircraft P-38E Lightning x 3 P-38F Lightning x 3 P-38G Lightning x 4 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses P-38G Lightning: 1 destroyed Morning Air attack on 18th Division, at 60,44 , near Shwebo Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 17 A6M3a Zero x 10 A6M5 Zero x 19 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 51 Allied aircraft Liberator II x 11 A-24 Banshee x 14 B-25C Mitchell x 11 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-25C Mitchell: 3 destroyed, 5 damaged Japanese ground losses: 14 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Morning Air attack on 8th Division, at 60,44 , near Shwebo Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 14 A6M3a Zero x 9 A6M5 Zero x 12 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 28 Allied aircraft B-25C Mitchell x 12 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-25C Mitchell: 2 destroyed, 9 damaged Japanese ground losses: 7 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Morning Air attack on 8th Division, at 60,44 , near Shwebo Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 2 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 2 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 13 Allied aircraft P-38G Lightning x 8 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3 Zero: 1 destroyed Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 6 destroyed No Allied losses We deny the use of the road to Myitkynia for at least a day. Ground combat at 62,42 (near Katha) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 1238 troops, 13 guns, 112 vehicles, Assault Value = 74 Defending force 462 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 17 Allied adjusted assault: 29 Japanese adjusted defense: 15 Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), leaders(-), experience(-) Attacker: leaders(+), leaders(-) Japanese ground losses: 72 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 18 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Assaulting units: 2nd Royal Tank Regiment Defending units: 55th Cavalry Regiment DEI OZ Darwin is mined, which are immediately cleared up by the AMc that is there. Pacific China Over Chengtu was trah the Chinese airforce. Morning Air attack on Chengtu , at 75,41 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 23 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 26 Allied aircraft P-40E Warhawk x 5 P-43A-1 Lancer x 3 P-66 Vanguard x 5 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-40E Warhawk: 2 destroyed P-43A-1 Lancer: 1 destroyed P-66 Vanguard: 1 destroyed Morning Air attack on Chengtu , at 75,41 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 101 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 32 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 26 Ki-49-IIa Helen x 75 Allied aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses P-40E Warhawk: 1 damaged P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed on ground SB-III: 2 damaged SB-III: 1 destroyed on ground A-29A Hudson: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 31 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Airbase hits 11 Airbase supply hits 6 Runway hits 35 Our paras continue to hold. We will reinforce them. Ground combat at Tsuyung (68,46) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 7852 troops, 48 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 196 Defending force 378 troops, 9 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 10 Allied adjusted assault: 15 Japanese adjusted defense: 7 Allied assault odds: 2 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-), supply(-) Attacker: supply(-) Japanese ground losses: 50 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 14 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 10th Construction Regiment 71st Chinese Corps 54th Chinese/A Corps 54th Chinese/C Corps NCAC Defending units: Yokosuka 3rd SNLF 2nd Raiding Rgt /1 Chinese units are pulling back along the central front, trying to get to the back door before we can close it... The Allied fighter units in Burma are becoming very tattered. We may not be stopping the 4E but we are getting a nice toll on the 2E. Come on george, it will be interesting to see what it does in mass...

Olorin -> RE: Rob - Look I posted! (no AOFFEN or Mark) (12/26/2011 7:56:07 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: jrcar Cribtop you are right. Yes like in China you can "unbalance" the theatre through the application of additional forces, so far it looks like around 3 additional divisions. I like exploring the "land route" through SEASIA. Militarily I think it is probably the better option than the "Pacific" route. It was real life politics and dogma that stopped it being undertaken during the war. jrcar, I tend to agree about SEASIA and China. Your comment seems at odds with your initial strategy of investing most of your assets in SoPac. After all the game months that have passed, do you think it was worth it going down that route? I am curious for your thoughts in the matter, as I am only a few months behind you in my game and invested most of my assets in offensive operations in Burma/India. As a new player, I wonder which is better.

jrcar -> RE: Rob - Look I posted! (no AOFFEN or Mark) (12/26/2011 8:17:06 PM)
G'Day Olorin, yes we invested heavily in SWPAC and cleared out the SOPAC, it is the most logical/easiest route for the Allies early on. A consquence of this is that we sank a good part of the US fleet... so yes it was worth it :) Now we are moving some of those assets west to Burma (2 Div's have been moved) and to the DEI (BF and engineers). We can afford to do that now as our defensive line in the SWPAC is very very strong, all level 6 forts (including Port Moresby), good interlocking airfields and reserves of supply and fuel. We are currently building the third line of Defence in this area, so while quiet we are taking the opportunity to dig in as hard as we can. Where the real choice was made though was either sit with divs in Burma (which would have encouraged Andrew to try something bold, like Sumatra/Malaya) or strip that theatre to collapse China, and risk Allied forces in Burma. That has worked better than we expected, and now I think we can hold Burma far enough north so that the 4E can't destroy to much when strat bombing begins in a few months. The extra industry and resources we have captured in China should more than compensate for the loss of some stuff to heavy bombing. While we have lost territory in Burma, we are attriting his air force at a time when it still isn't really ready to sustain heavy losses. Of course comitting as much as he has to Burma means India is tempting for a counter attack... Our main concern though is the 4-6 US divs that are currently undetected. Having them rampage in Java or Sumatra woud not be nice for us! IMHO as Japanese you need the SWPAC solidly in your hands as there are too many places for the Allies to land and "quickly" hop thier way to the Philippines and there goes your fuel/oil. SOPAC is a nice to have, we mainly did it to smash ground units and give us an opportunity to raid the Allied convoys to OZ. You need to deny Burma as long as you can. India is possible in Scenario 2, but not viable in 1. Cheers Rob quote: ORIGINAL: Olorin quote: ORIGINAL: jrcar Cribtop you are right. Yes like in China you can "unbalance" the theatre through the application of additional forces, so far it looks like around 3 additional divisions. I like exploring the "land route" through SEASIA. Militarily I think it is probably the better option than the "Pacific" route. It was real life politics and dogma that stopped it being undertaken during the war. jrcar, I tend to agree about SEASIA and China. Your comment seems at odds with your initial strategy of investing most of your assets in SoPac. After all this game months have passed, do you think it was worth it going down that route? I am curious for your thoughts in the matter, as I am only a few months behind you in my game and invested most of my assets in offensive operations in Burma/India. As a new player, I wonder which is better.

Cribtop -> RE: Rob - Look I posted! (no AOFFEN or Mark) (12/26/2011 8:25:31 PM)
Indeed, massing in one place always creates the opportunity to get hit in another. I concur that you have gained more in SOPAC and China than you will lose in Burma. IRL had the Allies committed to an amphib to get past the nasty border terrain then they probably get to vital industry more quickly than the path through SWPAC, but that choice was mostly politics as you point out. The initial amphib would have been riskier than WATCHTOWER and CARTWHEEL, but the payoff greater as well.

Olorin -> RE: Rob - Look I posted! (no AOFFEN or Mark) (12/26/2011 10:01:35 PM)
Hi Rob, thanks for the reply. It seems that we both made the choice to be aggressive in China and use most assets to one area of the map, at the expense of the DEI. We both invaded N.Australia as a security measure against an early counterattack in the DEI. Our only fear is a deep allied strike, using Perth or Colombo as a base. Disregarding any carrier battles (since they are different from game to game, too many variables), the basic question is whether it's better to destroy American ground troops or British ones. You obviously went with the first choice. Another question is whether you are able to end the war with China in the near future and then move over 10.000 AV to Burma and Malaya and secure that theater for the rest of the game. As for the counterattack in India: are you seriously contemplating it? Is it even possible with the current troops dispositions? And if yes, where? Chittagong perhaps? Cheers Nick quote: ORIGINAL: jrcar G'Day Olorin, yes we invested heavily in SWPAC and cleared out the SOPAC, it is the most logical/easiest route for the Allies early on. A consquence of this is that we sank a good part of the US fleet... so yes it was worth it :) Now we are moving some of those assets west to Burma (2 Div's have been moved) and to the DEI (BF and engineers). We can afford to do that now as our defensive line in the SWPAC is very very strong, all level 6 forts (including Port Moresby), good interlocking airfields and reserves of supply and fuel. We are currently building the third line of Defence in this area, so while quiet we are taking the opportunity to dig in as hard as we can. Where the real choice was made though was either sit with divs in Burma (which would have encouraged Andrew to try something bold, like Sumatra/Malaya) or strip that theatre to collapse China, and risk Allied forces in Burma. That has worked better than we expected, and now I think we can hold Burma far enough north so that the 4E can't destroy to much when strat bombing begins in a few months. The extra industry and resources we have captured in China should more than compensate for the loss of some stuff to heavy bombing. While we have lost territory in Burma, we are attriting his air force at a time when it still isn't really ready to sustain heavy losses. Of course comitting as much as he has to Burma means India is tempting for a counter attack... Our main concern though is the 4-6 US divs that are currently undetected. Having them rampage in Java or Sumatra woud not be nice for us! IMHO as Japanese you need the SWPAC solidly in your hands as there are too many places for the Allies to land and "quickly" hop thier way to the Philippines and there goes your fuel/oil. SOPAC is a nice to have, we mainly did it to smash ground units and give us an opportunity to raid the Allied convoys to OZ. You need to deny Burma as long as you can. India is possible in Scenario 2, but not viable in 1. Cheers Rob quote: ORIGINAL: Olorin quote: ORIGINAL: jrcar Cribtop you are right. Yes like in China you can "unbalance" the theatre through the application of additional forces, so far it looks like around 3 additional divisions. I like exploring the "land route" through SEASIA. Militarily I think it is probably the better option than the "Pacific" route. It was real life politics and dogma that stopped it being undertaken during the war. jrcar, I tend to agree about SEASIA and China. Your comment seems at odds with your initial strategy of investing most of your assets in SoPac. After all this game months have passed, do you think it was worth it going down that route? I am curious for your thoughts in the matter, as I am only a few months behind you in my game and invested most of my assets in offensive operations in Burma/India. As a new player, I wonder which is better.

jrcar -> RE: Rob - Look I posted! (no AOFFEN or Mark) (12/26/2011 10:07:30 PM)
24 Feb 1943 Indicators and Warnings Lots of rearward movement in China :) Subs We find an unescorted ship at Canton Is: Submarine attack near Canton Island at 153,143 Japanese Ships SS I-8, hits 1 Allied Ships xAKL Susana, Shell hits 4, on fire Burma That bastard Andrew has mined Rangoon... fortunately our minesweeper was alert and it helped to open a way for a convoy that included DD's with paravanes, so no harm done... bastard! The air battle over Katha continues. We get good hits on the airfield. Despite multiple sweeps that encounter no opposition some CAP emerges when our bombers arrive, however it hardly intercepts, as we have LRCAP flying (which engages but doesn't show up on the report below). Morning Air attack on Katha , at 61,43 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 36,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 11 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 20 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIc Trop x 5 P-40K Warhawk x 22 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 3 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-40K Warhawk: 1 destroyed Morning Air attack on Katha , at 61,43 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 31,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 38 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 20 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIc Trop x 4 P-40K Warhawk x 14 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Hurricane IIc Trop: 1 destroyed P-40K Warhawk: 3 destroyed Afternoon Air attack on Katha , at 61,43 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-49-IIa Helen x 29 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIc Trop x 5 P-40K Warhawk x 19 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Hurricane IIc Trop: 1 destroyed P-40K Warhawk: 2 destroyed Airbase hits 13 Airbase supply hits 5 Runway hits 31 Andrew triesto kick in our screen. Note the supply issue he has. Ground combat at 62,42 (near Katha) Allied Shock attack Attacking force 1192 troops, 13 guns, 112 vehicles, Assault Value = 63 Defending force 446 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 15 Allied adjusted assault: 10 Japanese adjusted defense: 35 Allied assault odds: 1 to 3 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+) Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-), supply(-) Japanese ground losses: 112 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 15 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 2nd Royal Tank Regiment Defending units: 55th Cavalry Regiment We try to get to the arty units, but the enemy tanks in the jungle kick us back... Ground combat at 64,40 (near Warazup) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 4229 troops, 35 guns, 13 vehicles, Assault Value = 152 Defending force 1335 troops, 88 guns, 84 vehicles, Assault Value = 56 Japanese adjusted assault: 20 Allied adjusted defense: 115 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 5 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), experience(-) Attacker: leaders(+), supply(-) Japanese ground losses: 560 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 47 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled) Allied ground losses: 5 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: Imperial Guards/C Division Defending units: 150th RAC Regiment 25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment 23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment 24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment 28th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment DEI More BF and engineers arrive. OZ He appears to be pulling back, we are bombing to cause as many casulties as we can while we can. Pacific Lost track of the convoy. Otherwise warm in the sun. China The race is on for the back door to the central Chinese front. we kick in the shattered units who retreat into the city. Ground combat at 77,50 (near Chihkiang) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 20514 troops, 190 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 729 Defending force 5391 troops, 87 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 87 Japanese adjusted assault: 681 Allied adjusted defense: 16 Japanese assault odds: 42 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 72 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Allied ground losses: 1061 casualties reported Squads: 91 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 102 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 18 (16 destroyed, 2 disabled) Units retreated 4 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 4th Ind.Mixed Regiment 9th Division 104th/A Division Defending units: 5th Chinese Cavalry Corps 3rd New Chinese Corps 29th Group Army 88th Chinese Corps The paras continue to hold. Ground combat at Tsuyung (68,46) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 7835 troops, 48 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 193 Defending force 615 troops, 11 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 26 Allied adjusted assault: 24 Japanese adjusted defense: 28 Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-), experience(-) Attacker: disruption(-), supply(-) Japanese ground losses: 14 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 28 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Assaulting units: 10th Construction Regiment 71st Chinese Corps 54th Chinese/A Corps 54th Chinese/C Corps NCAC Defending units: Yokosuka 3rd SNLF 2nd Raiding Rgt /1 George should enter production any day now, it is showing 98%.

jrcar -> RE: Rob - Look I posted! (no AOFFEN or Mark) (12/26/2011 10:25:22 PM)
Thanks Nick, more comments below. quote: Hi Rob, thanks for the reply. It seems that we both made the choice to be aggressive in China and use most assets to one area of the map, at the expense of the DEI. We both invaded N.Australia as a security measure against an early counterattack in the DEI. Our only fear is a deep allied strike, using Perth or Colombo as a base. Yes we have a similar fear. We are currently reconing Perth, which is empty. Interestingly the area around Adelaide has been built up... I suspect that is his main "import" area for convoys from the East and West. Columbo we know houses a number of UK fleet units. He sends raids out from here, which we usually detect and send back... although he has been very quiet recently... If the US CV's came this way it could get intersting fast. quote: Disregarding any carrier battles (since they are different from game to game, too many variables), the basic question is whether it's better to destroy American ground troops or British ones. You obviously went with the first choice. We wanted both :) Basically apart from a few key locations, Rabaul, Port Moresby, the rest was "adhoc" and largely unplanned... we "planned" to do something, somewhere, and let a recon pull approach guide us. In the end we were able to maul US stuff, the Brits largely got away. quote: Another question is whether you are able to end the war with China in the near future and then move over 10.000 AV to Burma and Malaya and secure that theater for the rest of the game. Yes it will be intersting to see, and why we decided to reinforce our recon pull successes, at the expense of Burma... If we hadn't of had the success we did in China then Burma would have been stronger, and Andrew wouldn't be in there. quote: As for the counterattack in India: are you seriously contemplating it? Is it even possible with the current troops dispositions? And if yes, where? Chittagong perhaps? We are seriously contemplating lots of things :) It depends on what the end state is that you are after to define "posible"... are we out to conquer India? No. As we did with Nick and Joe on the other foot (although with the advantage of higher supply levels than this BETA allows) Win a couple of battles and the Allied tide can quickly overcome Japanese defence if the UK divs are reinforced (we used 2 Oz and 1 US div). With 2 US div and an Oz div in Burma Andrew can afford and can sustain some losses (and one reason we are keen to maul Australian units in Oz). He has the ground force but without air supperiority he can't advance that far... and that is why we have been focused on changing air parity in Burma into air dominance for our side... we are getting close. What we need to do is slow Burma down. One way to do that is through direct action on that front (in fact regardless we need to do some of that). Other ways include indirect action in a related area... but where :) quote: Cheers Nick

jrcar -> The Great Race! (no AOFFEN or Mark) (12/26/2011 10:36:17 PM)
Here is the inaugural Great Chinese Race. The goal to get to Chihkiang and the road junction. The contenders are 750 AV of the Japanese army vs a stack of Chinese "stuff". At the moment it looks like a draw, we will take the city, but he will probably get enough AV into the road junction to stop our rush. We are sending more forces this way, however we have also started a general advance to get the real target, the cities with industry in the centre. We just about have all the units in Kweiyang to form the 3rd Tank Div, those forces can then head west to take the heavy industry of Kunming and open the back door to Burma. Cheers Rob [image]local://upfiles/6237/2A18AF4B76A34480A257DF627BB314F8.jpg[/image]

jrcar -> RE: The Great Race! (no AOFFEN or Mark) (12/30/2011 11:05:34 PM)
25 Feb 1943 George enters production! Indicators and Warnings Subs Submarine attack near Enderbury Island at 154,143 Japanese Ships SS I-8 Allied Ships xAKL Susana, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage xAKL Susana is sighted by SS I-8 SS I-8 launches 2 torpedoes Burma We sweep Katha against light opposition, then hit it with Helens from two different bases Morning Air attack on Katha , at 61,43 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 3 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 0 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 7 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 18 Ki-49-IIa Helen x 31 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 20 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Airbase hits 5 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 16 Afternoon Air attack on Katha , at 61,43 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 8 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 2 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 16 Ki-49-IIa Helen x 47 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIc Trop x 4 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Allied ground losses: 7 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Airbase hits 15 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 20 Our rear guard is hit hard. Ground combat at 62,42 (near Katha) Allied Shock attack Attacking force 1169 troops, 13 guns, 112 vehicles, Assault Value = 324 Defending force 376 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 9 Allied adjusted assault: 68 Japanese adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 68 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), fatigue(-), experience(-) Attacker: shock(+) Japanese ground losses: 234 casualties reported Squads: 5 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Units retreated 1 Allied ground losses: 10 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Defeated Japanese Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 3rd USMC Tank Battalion 2nd Royal Tank Regiment 3rd Carabiniers Regiment 268th Motorised Brigade Defending units: 55th Cavalry Regiment DEI OZ Bomb enemy units to good effect. Not sure what he is up to, units are being re-aranged. We will send some armour out to flank Katherine and see what we can see. Pacific Our Emily operating out of Marcus Is detect and attack a raiding force. Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Marcus Island at 129,81 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 22 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft H8K1 Emily x 8 Japanese aircraft losses H8K1 Emily: 4 damaged H8K1 Emily: 1 destroyed by flak Allied Ships DD Helm CL Montpelier China Our air causes good casulties to enemy units pulling back from the centre. George is in production at 8 airframes a day. We will wait and mass several hundred before committing. We are building the airbases in Burma bigger to support these new and unreliable, fighters.

jrcar -> RE: The Great Race! (no AOFFEN or Mark) (12/30/2011 11:48:29 PM)
26 Feb 1942 Indicators and Warnings Subs Sub attack near Kushiro at 122,55 Japanese Ships xAKL Shinmei Maru, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage SC CHa-25 Allied Ships SS Seadragon Sub attack near Toyohara at 126,46 Japanese Ships xAKL Takegawa Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage xAKL Shinshui Maru xAKL Ina Maru PB Teshio Maru Allied Ships SS Halibut Burma No opposition over Katha, and we bomb causing light tomoderate damage. We only have about 70 Helen IIa bombers in Burma, as we focus on China and ASW efforts. DEI OZ Again good hits on enemy troops. Morning Air attack on 2nd Australian Army, at 76,131 (Daly Waters) Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 15 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 24 Ki-49-IIa Helen x 42 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 362 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 24 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Afternoon Air attack on 2/6th Armoured Regiment, at 76,128 (Katherine) Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 62 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 19 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-49-IIa Helen x 24 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: Vehicles lost 20 (1 destroyed, 19 disabled) Pacific No sight of the raiding enemy TF. Maybe has gone home. A lone PBY attacks a convoy taking troops from Suva. Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Ambrym at 126,152 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Allied aircraft PBY-5 Catalina x 1 No Allied losses Japanese Ships xAP Hoten Maru China H'm the enemy are back in supply. Only about half our force was attacking. More troops are on the way. Ground combat at Kweiyang (74,49) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 14964 troops, 209 guns, 1186 vehicles, Assault Value = 1369 Defending force 61958 troops, 441 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1593 Japanese adjusted assault: 1099 Allied adjusted defense: 2211 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 951 casualties reported Squads: 10 destroyed, 67 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 44 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Guns lost 15 (7 destroyed, 8 disabled) Vehicles lost 66 (5 destroyed, 61 disabled) Allied ground losses: 756 casualties reported Squads: 18 destroyed, 78 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 17 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled Assaulting units: 17th Tank Regiment 3rd Recon Battalion 51st Engineer Regiment 18th Tank Regiment 6th Division 3rd Mobile Infantry Regiment 2nd Tank Division 13th Tank Regiment 3rd Mobile Engineer Regiment 19th Div /1 3rd Mobile Field Artillery Regiment 23rd Army 3rd Mobile AA Battalion Defending units: 14th Chinese Corps 49th Chinese Corps 15th Chinese Corps 59th Chinese Corps 74th Chinese Corps 86th Chinese Corps 84th Chinese Corps 7th Chinese Corps 87th Chinese Corps We have now cut the road north of Kweiyang with an armoured unit, who will cross back over the hex side to stop any supplies, reinforcements (a large enemy Corps is coming) and limit supply. The great race is a draw. Not sure we have the combat power needed, and don't want to wreck our forces deep in China...

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