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Olorin -> Western Australia counter-invaded! (6/26/2013 5:32:57 PM)
Aug 31 *Western Oz (D-Day +2):* I would call that a very successful day, but not perfect. First the imperfections: Albany cannot replenish battleships, so they have to make the trip to Perth and then bombard again. An amphibious TF stops unloading and tries to return to Albany and I had to order it back to Esperance so the 6th Guards Div can finish landing. And lastly, the allied coastal artillery and PT boats performed much better this turn, sinking an xAP, an AMC and 4 AMcs and damaging 3 APDs, 8 AKs, 1 AP, 1 AMC and 1 E. Now the good news: My beachhead almost doubled in size (now at 2750 AV). The artillery barrage revealed only two Australian brigades (300 effective AV, along with LOTS of support troops). The airfield is torched by a combination of naval bombardments during the night and mass air raids during the day. 270 allied aircraft were destroyed on the ground and runway damage is at 78%. 10 PT boats were sunk. The naval bombardments: quote: Night Naval bombardment of Esperance at 56,153 Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses Mitchell II: 18 damaged Mitchell II: 3 destroyed on ground SBD-3 Dauntless: 12 damaged SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 destroyed on ground PV-1 Ventura: 31 damaged PV-1 Ventura: 13 destroyed on ground PBY-5 Catalina: 15 damaged PBY-5 Catalina: 3 destroyed on ground P-47D2 Thunderbolt: 6 damaged P-47D2 Thunderbolt: 3 destroyed on ground F-5A Lightning: 2 damaged F-5A Lightning: 2 destroyed on ground P-39N1 Airacobra: 14 damaged P-39N1 Airacobra: 1 destroyed on ground Beaufort VIII: 9 damaged Beaufort VIII: 4 destroyed on ground P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed on ground F6F-3 Hellcat: 5 damaged F6F-3 Hellcat: 3 destroyed on ground SBD-5 Dauntless: 10 damaged SBD-5 Dauntless: 4 destroyed on ground F4U-1 Corsair: 10 damaged F4U-1 Corsair: 3 destroyed on ground P-40K Warhawk: 19 damaged P-40K Warhawk: 4 destroyed on ground Hudson III (LR): 2 damaged Spitfire Vc Trop: 1 damaged Japanese Ships BB Hyuga BB Ise CL Yura CL Isuzu Allied ground losses: 311 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 23 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled) Airbase hits 20 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 35 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Esperance at 56,153 Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses Mitchell II: 33 damaged Mitchell II: 2 destroyed on ground PV-1 Ventura: 18 damaged PV-1 Ventura: 6 destroyed on ground P-40K Warhawk: 26 damaged P-40K Warhawk: 7 destroyed on ground F4U-1 Corsair: 24 damaged F4U-1 Corsair: 5 destroyed on ground PBY-5 Catalina: 9 damaged PBY-5 Catalina: 2 destroyed on ground P-47D2 Thunderbolt: 34 damaged P-47D2 Thunderbolt: 6 destroyed on ground Beaufort VIII: 34 damaged Beaufort VIII: 5 destroyed on ground SBD-3 Dauntless: 25 damaged SBD-3 Dauntless: 4 destroyed on ground P-39N1 Airacobra: 9 damaged P-39N1 Airacobra: 2 destroyed on ground Hudson III (LR): 2 damaged Hudson III (LR): 1 destroyed on ground PBY-5 Catalina: 1 damaged F-5A Lightning: 7 damaged F-5A Lightning: 1 destroyed on ground Spitfire Vc Trop: 15 damaged Spitfire Vc Trop: 3 destroyed on ground F6F-3 Hellcat: 12 damaged F6F-3 Hellcat: 3 destroyed on ground SBD-5 Dauntless: 17 damaged SBD-5 Dauntless: 6 destroyed on ground P-40E Warhawk: 8 damaged P-40E Warhawk: 2 destroyed on ground Japanese Ships BB Yamato BB Mutsu BB Nagato CL Oi CL Kitakami Allied ground losses: 265 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 11 destroyed, 27 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 5 disabled Guns lost 7 (2 destroyed, 5 disabled) Airbase hits 21 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 31 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Esperance at 56,153 Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses F4U-1 Corsair: 6 damaged F4U-1 Corsair: 1 destroyed on ground PV-1 Ventura: 4 damaged SBD-3 Dauntless: 25 damaged SBD-3 Dauntless: 3 destroyed on ground P-39N1 Airacobra: 2 damaged P-39N1 Airacobra: 2 destroyed on ground P-47D2 Thunderbolt: 14 damaged P-47D2 Thunderbolt: 2 destroyed on ground P-40K Warhawk: 12 damaged P-40K Warhawk: 2 destroyed on ground SBD-5 Dauntless: 5 damaged SBD-5 Dauntless: 1 destroyed on ground Spitfire Vc Trop: 7 damaged Spitfire Vc Trop: 1 destroyed on ground Beaufort VIII: 8 damaged Beaufort VIII: 1 destroyed on ground PBY-5 Catalina: 6 damaged PBY-5 Catalina: 1 destroyed on ground F6F-3 Hellcat: 20 damaged F6F-3 Hellcat: 2 destroyed on ground Mitchell II: 6 damaged Mitchell II: 1 destroyed on ground P-40E Warhawk: 2 damaged P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed on ground Japanese Ships CA Kinugasa CA Aoba CA Maya Allied ground losses: 52 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 10 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled Guns lost 4 (2 destroyed, 2 disabled) Airbase hits 7 Runway hits 19 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Esperance at 56,153 Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses P-47D2 Thunderbolt: 10 damaged P-47D2 Thunderbolt: 2 destroyed on ground P-39N1 Airacobra: 3 damaged P-39N1 Airacobra: 1 destroyed on ground F6F-3 Hellcat: 2 damaged F6F-3 Hellcat: 1 destroyed on ground P-40K Warhawk: 6 damaged P-40K Warhawk: 4 destroyed on ground PV-1 Ventura: 12 damaged PV-1 Ventura: 3 destroyed on ground SBD-3 Dauntless: 7 damaged SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 destroyed on ground Hudson III (LR): 3 damaged Hudson III (LR): 1 destroyed on ground Beaufort VIII: 6 damaged Beaufort VIII: 3 destroyed on ground SBD-5 Dauntless: 1 damaged SBD-5 Dauntless: 1 destroyed on ground F4U-1 Corsair: 5 damaged F4U-1 Corsair: 1 destroyed on ground P-40E Warhawk: 3 damaged P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed on ground PBY-5 Catalina: 1 damaged Mitchell II: 6 damaged Japanese Ships BB Haruna BB Kongo Allied ground losses: 170 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 6 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Vehicles lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled) Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 7 Air raids- The lack of any opposition negated the fact that my LBA was scattered: quote: Morning Air attack on Esperance , at 56,153 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 45 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 6 A6M5b Zero x 77 E13A1 Jake x 2 G3M3 Nell x 53 N1K1 Rex x 7 N1K1-J George x 36 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 11 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 11 Allied aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses G3M3 Nell: 6 damaged G3M3 Nell: 1 destroyed by flak Allied aircraft losses P-40E Warhawk: 9 damaged P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed on ground F4U-1 Corsair: 14 damaged F4U-1 Corsair: 1 destroyed on ground SBD-5 Dauntless: 11 damaged SBD-5 Dauntless: 1 destroyed on ground SBD-3 Dauntless: 8 damaged SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 destroyed on ground P-47D2 Thunderbolt: 14 damaged P-40K Warhawk: 12 damaged P-39N1 Airacobra: 6 damaged P-39N1 Airacobra: 1 destroyed on ground F-5A Lightning: 1 damaged F-5A Lightning: 1 destroyed on ground PV-1 Ventura: 2 damaged Spitfire Vc Trop: 4 damaged Spitfire Vc Trop: 1 destroyed on ground F6F-3 Hellcat: 2 damaged F6F-3 Hellcat: 1 destroyed on ground Airbase hits 5 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 27 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Esperance , at 56,153 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 154 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 65 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 4 A6M5b Zero x 73 B5N2 Kate x 27 E13A1 Jake x 2 N1K1 Rex x 7 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 11 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 12 Japanese aircraft losses B5N2 Kate: 6 damaged B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed by flak Allied aircraft losses Mitchell II: 9 damaged SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 damaged P-40K Warhawk: 2 damaged P-47D2 Thunderbolt: 4 damaged P-47D2 Thunderbolt: 1 destroyed on ground P-40E Warhawk: 1 damaged P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed on ground Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Esperance , at 56,153 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 150 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 64 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5b Zero x 28 B5N2 Kate x 43 E13A1 Jake x 1 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 48 Japanese aircraft losses B5N2 Kate: 5 damaged B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed by flak Allied aircraft losses P-40E Warhawk: 3 damaged P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed on ground Mitchell II: 3 damaged P-40K Warhawk: 8 damaged P-40K Warhawk: 1 destroyed on ground F6F-3 Hellcat: 1 damaged P-47D2 Thunderbolt: 1 damaged SBD-5 Dauntless: 2 damaged F4U-1 Corsair: 2 damaged Airbase hits 4 Runway hits 5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Esperance , at 56,153 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 158 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 40 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 2 A6M5b Zero x 28 D4Y1 Judy x 40 E13A1 Jake x 1 N1K1 Rex x 9 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 11 Japanese aircraft losses D4Y1 Judy: 11 damaged D4Y1 Judy: 3 destroyed by flak Allied Ships APA Hunter Liggett, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage PT-183, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk PT-82, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk Port hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Esperance , at 56,153 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 155 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 66 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 4 A6M5b Zero x 64 B5N2 Kate x 8 E13A1 Jake x 1 N1K1 Rex x 7 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 11 Japanese aircraft losses B5N2 Kate: 1 damaged B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed by flak Allied aircraft losses F4U-1 Corsair: 1 damaged F4U-1 Corsair: 1 destroyed on ground Airbase hits 1 ----------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Esperance , at 56,153 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 131 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 55 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 4 A6M5b Zero x 68 B5N2 Kate x 9 E13A1 Jake x 1 Japanese aircraft losses B5N2 Kate: 3 damaged Allied aircraft losses P-40K Warhawk: 1 damaged P-40K Warhawk: 1 destroyed on ground P-47D2 Thunderbolt: 1 damaged Runway hits 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Esperance , at 56,153 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 38 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 8 A6M5b Zero x 37 E13A1 Jake x 2 Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 36 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 11 Ki-49-IIb Helen x 112 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49-IIb Helen: 3 damaged Ki-49-IIb Helen: 1 destroyed by flak Allied aircraft losses F4U-1 Corsair: 17 damaged F4U-1 Corsair: 1 destroyed on ground P-40E Warhawk: 6 damaged P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed on ground SBD-5 Dauntless: 2 damaged SBD-5 Dauntless: 1 destroyed on ground SBD-3 Dauntless: 14 damaged SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 destroyed on ground Beaufort VIII: 1 destroyed on ground P-47D2 Thunderbolt: 14 damaged P-47D2 Thunderbolt: 1 destroyed on ground Mitchell II: 3 damaged P-40K Warhawk: 19 damaged P-40K Warhawk: 1 destroyed on ground P-39N1 Airacobra: 2 damaged F6F-3 Hellcat: 7 damaged F6F-3 Hellcat: 1 destroyed on ground F-5A Lightning: 7 damaged PBY-5 Catalina: 1 damaged PV-1 Ventura: 1 damaged PV-1 Ventura: 1 destroyed on ground Allied ground losses: 10 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 4 Runway hits 29 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Esperance , at 56,153 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 114 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 36 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 8 A6M5b Zero x 37 E13A1 Jake x 1 N1K1 Rex x 7 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 11 Ki-49-IIb Helen x 31 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49-IIb Helen: 8 damaged Ki-49-IIb Helen: 1 destroyed by flak Allied aircraft losses F4U-1 Corsair: 15 damaged F4U-1 Corsair: 1 destroyed on ground P-47D2 Thunderbolt: 3 damaged Spitfire Vc Trop: 4 damaged Mitchell II: 12 damaged P-40K Warhawk: 1 damaged P-40E Warhawk: 2 damaged F-5A Lightning: 1 damaged Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 5 Artillery barrages in 4 hexes were conducted, the most important being at Esperance, the second one at Kalgorrlie and the other two in the two hexes west of Kalgoorlie, in order to slow their movement rate: quote: Ground combat at Esperance (56,153) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 39411 troops, 487 guns, 886 vehicles, Assault Value = 2750 Defending force 38760 troops, 424 guns, 482 vehicles, Assault Value = 298 Allied ground losses: 73 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled) Assaulting units: 2nd Tank Division 5th Amphibious Brigade 1st Engineer Co 20th Ind Engr Rgt /1 4th Guards Division 1st Tank Division 6th Guards Div /4 37th Division 5th Guards Division 56th Div /2 2nd Area Army 13th Field Construction Battalion 23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 1st Ind.AA Gun Co 5th RF Gun Battalion 206th Ship Eng Coy 21st Army Defending units: 30th Australian Brigade 632nd Tank Destroyer Battalion 1st Australian/A Div /1 Southwest Pacific 1/542nd Boat&Shore Engineer Battalion 49th Base Group 32nd MAG 871st Aviation Engineer Battalion 21st Base Maint Engineer Battalion 19th Base Maint Engineer Battalion 30th USN Special Construction Battalion 603rd Coast AA Regiment 15th Marine Defense Battalion 3/542nd Boat&Shore Engineer Battalion 2/542nd Boat&Shore Engineer Battalion 30th Base Group 43rd Base Group 29th USN Special Construction Battalion 86th Coast AA Regiment 3rd RAN Base Force 31st MAG 73rd RAAF Supt Wing 81st RAAF Supt Wing 863rd Aviation Engineer Battalion 93rd Coast AA Regiment 7th RAAF M/W Sqn 7th USN Naval Construction Regiment The allied response so far is to attack Kalgoorlie with heavy bombers based at Ceduna. Damage was very light. Tomorrow, my fighters will provide mass LRCAP over Esperance. Land based Kates and Judies will attack allied ground troops (which btw are now trying to extricate themselves from the forming pocket). Helens will attack ground troops defending Esperance. Nells will raid the airfield again, as will Kido Buttai. Finally, a deliberate attack will be launched, despite some units being fatigued. Burma: The situation steadily deteriorates. My forces two hexes NE of Ramree are finally pushed back towards Magwe. One hex east of Ramree the allies launch a deliberate attack which fails, but causes many disablements. I will soon lose this hex also. SE Fleet: Only two allied CVs are spotted. There are many TFs heading back to Pago-Pago(?), without any CVs in them, but they are on the outer limit of my naval search patterns. I ordered 27 Nells to rebase to Numea, in order to watch any movement to the west. [image]http://i43.tinypic.com/nn0jkx.jpg[/image]

MrBlizzard -> RE: Western Australia counter-invaded! (6/26/2013 6:53:51 PM)
This is a real masterwork! [&o] Congratulations to the greek STRATEGOS [;)] Allied West Australian Army is gonna to be completely annihilated. Whith complete air control and with allied troops out of supplies it will be an easy slaughter! bombing his troops you'll halve their movements and you can try to envelope them [X(] there are very little defences in Esperance, do you think you'll need all the troops you've brought to complete the work? Maybe you'll soon be able to pcll back something as strategic reserve to more menaced placed... Poor NYGiants, this is a real blow, any comment from him?

Olorin -> RE: Western Australia counter-invaded! (6/26/2013 7:01:38 PM)
Cheers! [sm=00000436.gif] Annihilating the allied army in Western Australia (6+ divisions, plus the bulk of the allied tank force) was the primary goal of this operation. I need to cut off the rail connection to Port Augusta. I think I brought enough combat power to do the job. I haven't thought of redeploying any divisions yet, it's too early. First comment from NY59Giants was to express doubts that the operation would work, but I think this turn will change his mind! [sm=fighting0043.gif]

Olorin -> RE: Western Australia counter-invaded! (6/29/2013 10:56:40 PM)
Sep 1, 1943 *Western Oz (D-Day +3):* Esperance falls!!! [sm=00000289.gif] 40.000 allied troops are made POWs! 520 guns and 430 AFVs captured, 235 aircraft destroyed on the ground! The turn opened with the two remaining amphibious TFs unloading more soldiers and supplies. The minefield was encountered for the first time and 45 mines were cleared, but two AMs were sunk by coastal artillery. Two AKs, one APD and one CM were also sunk. In return, we got an SS, an APA and two PTs. A bombardment of Esperance by a cruiser TF followed, destroying more aircraft. quote: Night Naval bombardment of Esperance at 56,153 Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses SBD-3 Dauntless: 12 damaged SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 destroyed on ground P-39N1 Airacobra: 2 damaged SBD-5 Dauntless: 8 damaged P-40K Warhawk: 2 damaged P-47D2 Thunderbolt: 5 damaged P-47D2 Thunderbolt: 1 destroyed on ground PBY-5 Catalina: 1 damaged Mitchell II: 6 damaged F4U-1 Corsair: 11 damaged Beaufort VIII: 7 damaged Beaufort VIII: 1 destroyed on ground PBY-5 Catalina: 2 damaged P-40E Warhawk: 2 damaged F-5A Lightning: 2 damaged F6F-3 Hellcat: 1 damaged Japanese Ships CA Atago CA Takao CL Jintsu CL Naka Allied ground losses: 77 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 18 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Guns lost 3 (2 destroyed, 1 disabled) Airbase hits 3 Runway hits 8 Port hits 2 During the day, the enemy airfield was attacked by KB and all available Nells. The Helens went after the ground troops. I won't quote the exact results, as it would make this a very long post. Suffice to say, all enemy divisions were attacked, which ensured putting them on combat mode, slowing down their retreat into the desert. quote: Ground combat at Esperance (56,153) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 80261 troops, 808 guns, 1000 vehicles, Assault Value = 2891 Defending force 39069 troops, 430 guns, 481 vehicles, Assault Value = 302 Japanese adjusted assault: 4289 ([:)]100% preparation by all units, plus a proper chain of command HQs fully prepared) Allied adjusted defense: 180 Japanese assault odds: 23 to 1 (fort level 6) Japanese forces CAPTURE Esperance !!! Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses Mitchell II: 9 destroyed Hudson III (LR): 2 destroyed SBD-3 Dauntless: 17 destroyed F4U-1 Corsair: 21 destroyed F6F-3 Hellcat: 11 destroyed P-39N1 Airacobra: 8 destroyed P-40E Warhawk: 5 destroyed PBY-5 Catalina: 1 destroyed PV-1 Ventura: 8 destroyed P-40K Warhawk: 24 destroyed SBD-5 Dauntless: 10 destroyed Spitfire Vc Trop: 7 destroyed P-47D2 Thunderbolt: 9 destroyed PBY-5 Catalina: 3 destroyed Beaufort VIII: 5 destroyed F-5A Lightning: 4 destroyed Combat modifiers Defender: forts(+), disruption(-), preparation(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 2878 casualties reported Squads: 9 destroyed, 251 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 41 disabled Engineers: 11 destroyed, 77 disabled Guns lost 34 (5 destroyed, 29 disabled) Vehicles lost 20 (1 destroyed, 19 disabled) Allied ground losses: 40622 casualties reported Squads: 191 destroyed, 18 disabled Non Combat: 1205 destroyed, 40 disabled Engineers: 420 destroyed, 1 disabled Guns lost 537 (527 destroyed, 10 disabled) Vehicles lost 468 (463 destroyed, 5 disabled) Units retreated 3 Units destroyed 24 Assaulting units: 5th Guards Division 56th Division 1st Tank Division 37th Division 4th Guards Division 5th Amphibious Brigade 20th Ind Engineer Regiment 1st Engineer Co 2nd Tank Division 6th Guards Div /4 5th RF Gun Battalion 2nd Area Army 23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 13th Field Construction Battalion 206th Ship Eng Coy 1st Ind.AA Gun Co 21st Army Defending units: 30th Australian Brigade 632nd Tank Destroyer Battalion 1st Australian/A Div /1 2/542nd Boat&Shore Engineer Battalion 81st RAAF Supt Wing 15th Marine Defense Battalion 3/542nd Boat&Shore Engineer Battalion 49th Base Group 93rd Coast AA Regiment 3rd RAN Base Force 29th USN Special Construction Battalion 32nd MAG 7th RAAF M/W Sqn 73rd RAAF Supt Wing 31st MAG 43rd Base Group 19th Base Maint Engineer Battalion 21st Base Maint Engineer Battalion 863rd Aviation Engineer Battalion Southwest Pacific 30th USN Special Construction Battalion 871st Aviation Engineer Battalion 1/542nd Boat&Shore Engineer Battalion 86th Coast AA Regiment 603rd Coast AA Regiment 30th Base Group 7th USN Naval Construction Regiment My forces are disrupted and fatigued and need resting for a day. The 2nd Tank division however will begin exploiting this victory immediately. It has fatigue and disruption in the 20s (the lowest of all). Guards Tank Division is ordered to a NE direction (the road junction north of Esperance). The facilities were captured completely destroyed (airbase and port damage at 100). It will take time to repair the damage, so fighter cover has to be provided by Albany and Kalgoorlie, as allied heavy bombers can slow down my tanks. Meanwhile, the artillery barrage by the 14th Army in Kalgoorlie and environs continued today: quote: Ground combat at Kalgoorlie (56,147) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 27451 troops, 262 guns, 154 vehicles, Assault Value = 889 Defending force 35251 troops, 633 guns, 754 vehicles, Assault Value = 1020 Japanese ground losses: 107 casualties reported Squads: 4 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Vehicles lost 3 (2 destroyed, 1 disabled) Allied ground losses: Vehicles lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled) Assaulting units: 3rd Ind Engineer Regiment 21st Ind Engineer Regiment 48th Division 18th Division 14th Army 2nd Hvy.Artillery Regiment 3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 8th JAAF AF Bn 25th JNAF AF Unit 45th Field AA Battalion 21st Ind.AA Gun Co 14th JAAF AF Bn Defending units: 2/9th Armoured Regiment 6th Australian Division 2/6th Armoured Regiment 2/7th Armoured Regiment 32nd Infantry Division 34th Cmbt Engineer Regiment II Aus Corps Engineer Battalion 1st Medium Regiment 2nd RAA Jungle Regiment 70th Coast AA Regiment 168th Field Artillery Battalion II Australian Corps 181st Field Artillery Battalion 2nd Medium Regiment 134th Field Artillery Battalion 1st RAA Jungle Regiment ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ground combat at 55,147 (near Kalgoorlie) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 28661 troops, 285 guns, 190 vehicles, Assault Value = 951 Defending force 30770 troops, 585 guns, 884 vehicles, Assault Value = 1107 Allied ground losses: 46 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled) Vehicles lost 4 (2 destroyed, 2 disabled) Assaulting units: 2nd Guards Division 3rd Tank Regiment 5th Division 1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment 40th Field AA Battalion 39th Field Const Co 2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 8th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 4th Field Construction Battalion 30th Fld AA Gun Co 19th Field AA Machinecannon Company Defending units: 763rd Tank Battalion 1st Marine Division 754th Tank Battalion 4th Australian Division 637th Tank Destroyer Battalion 193rd Tank Battalion 762nd Tank Battalion 3rd NZ Armoured Sqn 97th Coast AA Regiment 216th Coast AA Regiment 217th Coast AA Regiment -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 54,147 (near Kalgoorlie) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 14686 troops, 123 guns, 26 vehicles, Assault Value = 522 Defending force 16124 troops, 424 guns, 250 vehicles, Assault Value = 410 Allied ground losses: 25 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Assaulting units: 65th Brigade 20th Infantry Regiment 9th Infantry Regiment 7th Ind.Tank Brigade 9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 23rd AA Regiment 31st Fld AA Gun Co Defending units: Americal Infantry Division 102nd Cmbt Engineer Regiment 64th Coast AA Regiment 98th Coast AA Regiment 251st Coast AA Regiment Orders for tomorrow: The majority of the IJN will retire, including KB. The Southern Army begins planning for an offensive in Burma. The 1st and 3rd raiding regiments cannot be dropped in non-base hexes (bug?) and so begin loading onto transport ships heading to Burma, along with a few other support units. The 5th Air Div and 21st Air Flotilla will continue pounding the allied troops. Burma: All units in Mandalay and Magwe are on trains, ready to receive the order to head south (Toungo). Ramree is swept by 34 Tojos, I lose 2:1. SE Fleet: The enemy CVs appear to be near the Elice islands. A partial withdrawal from Tulagi and Lunga has begun. A new division (47th) arrives in theater.

Schlemiel -> RE: Western Australia counter-invaded! (6/30/2013 4:55:28 AM)
That's quite the coup at this point in the war.

MrBlizzard -> RE: Western Australia counter-invaded! (6/30/2013 7:29:07 PM)
That's a crushing victory, if you can manage to bag his fleeding army it would be an ipoteque on the war, it could pass a looong time before he can recover from these losses and mount again an offensive.[8D] Do you plan to keep west australia indefinitevely or you think to retreat after mopping? PS para can't no more jump in non hexes bases, it was changed in one of the last patches

Olorin -> RE: Western Australia counter-invaded! (6/30/2013 9:30:46 PM)
I WAS planning to leave Australia virtually defenseless after this battle. A division or two would still be required to delay a possible second Allied landing here. The plan WAS to take 6000 AV from Australia and redeploy them to Burma, which together with the AV already present there (4000 AV), would give me 10.000 AV available for an offensive operation. The current Burma Area Army would retreat back to Rangoon and Mulmein, creating two strong points, the former being much stronger, which would necessitate the splitting of the Allied army in two. I would then introduce the 6000 from Australia and crush the two allied Armies piece meal.

Schlemiel -> RE: Western Australia counter-invaded! (6/30/2013 10:08:33 PM)
You've certainly done a lot to guarantee the accuracy of the thread title :)

Olorin -> RE: Western Australia counter-invaded! (6/30/2013 10:24:11 PM)
[:D] Well, evidently yes. Most of the fighting on the ground has taken place in Australia... so far. Regarding the Burma offensive, I wanted to delay the eventually withdrawal to Rangoon for another month or more, because ground operations in Western Australia will take another 2-4 weeks to finish. Add another 3 weeks for the massive army redeployment to Burma and you get the picture.

JocMeister -> RE: Western Australia counter-invaded! (7/1/2013 3:21:07 PM)
Had to read about what happened here as Michael hasn�t updated his AAR. Fantastic move! Wow! [X(]

Olorin -> RE: Western Australia counter-invaded! (7/1/2013 6:49:53 PM)
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JocMeister -> RE: Western Australia counter-invaded! (7/1/2013 7:10:59 PM)
Yeah, motivation have a tendency to take a nose dive from time to time! Usually when bad stuff happens! [:)] I�m sure he will bounce back eventually. He has still only gotten a fragment of the allied toys to play with! While losing a few divs is certainly distressing I doubt its a killer for the allied side. [:)]

Olorin -> RE: Western Australia counter-invaded! (7/1/2013 7:15:14 PM)
It's not a killer, but it certainly delays things, no? I'm not an AFB, so I don't know how long it will take to reconstitute the lost divisions. I suspect the tank units will take the longest to rebuild (if destroyed), followed by the marines. How long exactly, even the wisest JFB cannot tell. 6 months perhaps?

obvert -> RE: Western Australia counter-invaded! (7/1/2013 11:33:12 PM)
Great move, well played and fantastic finish on the destruction of ALL of those units. The Southwest Pacific HQ as well? Wow. [&o] Dos this mean MacArthur isn't going to make it back to the PI? [:D] Regardless this makes the Central Pacific and the North the main targets now. How are you doing there? Your Burma plan sounds interesting, but without a real knowledge of the dispositions, maps and air supremacy there I can't really comment. If I were in the Allied position I would prep everything I have for the Marianas and Carolines plus Marcus now. Then the Bonins and the Ryukyus and forget about anything below New Guinea. Let you have the rest of OZ too. So how are your defensive preparations up in the mid-Pacific?

Olorin -> RE: Western Australia counter-invaded! (7/2/2013 11:26:39 AM)
Obvert, General McArthur will definitely WON'T make it back to the PI. He is well fed, he must strong enough to sign the surrender documents of his SW Pac HQ. [:D] Interesting questions and I concur that the Pacific is now the main threat in the mid and long term. Michael asked for a few days of rest to recover from this debacle. This is not good, he will start analysing the situation andd will undoubtedly come up with a good plan. I think he will abandon his previous, conservative (imho) advance and begin thinking about making major leaps forward, which means the Marianas, the Kurilles and perhaps the Andamans as well. However, with the eventual loss of 6+ divisions and the commitment of another 3 in the New Hebrides, he will be hard pressed to find enough good units for another invasion. I may be wrong, but I think he needs to do major redeployments, start prepping for new targets and laying the logistical ground, in order to be able to invade so deep. All this will take at least TWO months, maybe more. In any case, here is a brief report on my Pacific defenses: Carolines: Very well defended, at least as much as stacking limits allow. 1250 AV between Truk, Ponape, Kusaie. The atolls (Wake, Eniwetok, Marcus) are all maxed, but will fall if Michael is serious about taking them. Marianas: 520 AV. I 've stripped most of my Pacific strategic reserves to reinforce Esperance. I have good LBA coverage and the KB will soon be stationed here. Bonins: Only 70 AV at Chichi-jima, behind lvl 4 forts. I will reinforce with engineers immediately to start building them up. By the end of '43, they will be strong enough to prevent an easy capture, but no more. Kurilles: By '43 standards, they look OKish, but I 'll soon have to start thinking about reinforcing them as well. There are 950 AV at the front with a full division in reserve at Wakkanai. Every island has at least a naval guard behind lvl 3 forts. My 3 major bases in the region are Paramushiro, Shimushiri and Etorofu. Meanwhile, Burma is a more pressing concern. His army commitment is just huge, over 6500 AV by my last count (which was 4-5 months ago) against 4300 of mine (a large portion of which are Thai militia). He reinforced further since then, but the exact strength of the reinforcements will remain unknown, until he moves forward in strength. I'm scared. No defensive line looks strong enough to contain this force. The Mulmein-Chiang Mai line is the most promising, but even that will be eventually broken...and then...it becomes a simple matter of walking to Bangkok, Singapore, Saigon and even Hong Kong. So, by my reckoning, a huge army investment will be required eventually anyway. It's better to commit in '43 offensively, rather than trying to contain the enemy in '44. This is just a theoretical intent at the moment, nothing concrete. Here is a map of Burma. The info on enemy dispositions is somewhat outdated. Burma can be divided in three parts. (1) The coastal area (Ramree/Akyab), (2) the central plains (III Indian Corps, Shwebo/Mandalay/Magwe) and (3) the jungle (Burma Corps, Lashio/Taung Gyi). The enemy has 1300, 3000+ and 2300 AV respectively. I'm in the middle of a complete disengagement from the central plains. [image]http://i42.tinypic.com/5ej390.jpg[/image]

obvert -> RE: Western Australia counter-invaded! (7/2/2013 3:24:16 PM)
Yeah, if he did know what you had in the marinas you'd be in trouble! [:)] Really, Burma is a place you can hold him for a while, and that good terrain should do it for you. Sending 6k AV there to bash the Allied advance would for me depend on the state of your air forces. The 4E and 2E should be able to hurt you there if he employs them en masse. His depression can easily turn to a kind of reckless abandon in which he'll take chances and move with a speed you haven't seen yet. If he has sigint on your displacements, then you could see more than you bargain for sooner than you'd like. If he does have a bunch of US units you can wipe out in OZ, do it by al means, but make sure the deep threats are covered.

Olorin -> RE: Western Australia counter-invaded! (7/2/2013 4:13:12 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: obvert Yeah, if he did know what you had in the marinas you'd be in trouble! [:)] Imho, Japan has to risk something in order to gain something else. I don't see how I could defend everything, while maintaining an effective strategic reserve. At the moment, my weaknesses are the Marianas, the Andamans and the eastern DEI. I 'll soon have the PPs to buy out a division from China and send it to the Marianas. Also, I'll leave Western Australia almost entirely empty. Some of that AV will go to the Pacific. A substantial part of the IJA is in a perpetual state of redeployment, which hopefully floods the Allied SigInt with conflicting reports. [:)] quote: ORIGINAL: obvert Really, Burma is a place you can hold him for a while, and that good terrain should do it for you. Sending 6k AV there to bash the Allied advance would for me depend on the state of your air forces. The 4E and 2E should be able to hurt you there if he employs them en masse. I hope you are right about the terrain. We currently have air parity, which means he can bomb my troops and I can bomb his. quote: ORIGINAL: obvert His depression can easily turn to a kind of reckless abandon in which he'll take chances and move with a speed you haven't seen yet. I can see what you mean! If that happens I'll be in trouble. At any rate, Michael just sent a turn, so it looks like the war is on again!

Olorin -> RE: Western Australia counter-invaded! (7/3/2013 6:53:38 PM)
Sep 2-4, 1943 Western Oz: - 1st Tank Div entered the hex north of Esperance on the 3rd, but failed to shock attack (I messed the orders somehow). It will do so tomorrow. - 2nd Tank Div entered the same hex today and it's put in reserve mode. - All the infantry divs, except the 6th Guards, are marching north also. The amphibious brigade will remain at Esperance. The 6th Guards will engage the 2nd Marine Div, which is currently cut off between Albany and Esperance. - Guards Tank Division is 3 hexes NW of Esperance and it looks like it wil be the first unit to reach the railroad. - The 14th Army in and around Kalgoorlie continues to bombard the retreating 4 allied divs. No enemy units has managed to move to the east yet. - One tank brigade and one tank regiment moved into Kalgoorlie and will try to close the ring from the north. - My LBA continues to attack ground troops. Enemy flak is still lethal, no matter the altitude. This will end when the rail connection to Port Augusta is cut. Burma: The withdrawal from Mandalay/Magwe went as expected. The only units that remain behind are the ones that retreated from the recent attack northeast of Ramree island. They were bombed en mass by enemy bombers and one tank regiment is completely destroyed, an infantry regiment about to be destroyed and an infantry brigade in a terrible state (but will make it south). SE Fleet: The recent capture of Esperance had consequences here too. Michael's naval search seized, as did the PT raids and sweeps in Horn Island. A resupply TF delivered 14k tons of supply, bringing the total to 18.5k tons. The Allied carriers remain in theater.

MrBlizzard -> RE: Western Australia counter-invaded! (7/3/2013 10:18:18 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Olorin I WAS planning to leave Australia virtually defenseless after this battle. A division or two would still be required to delay a possible second Allied landing here. The plan WAS to take 6000 AV from Australia and redeploy them to Burma, which together with the AV already present there (4000 AV), would give me 10.000 AV available for an offensive operation. The current Burma Area Army would retreat back to Rangoon and Mulmein, creating two strong points, the former being much stronger, which would necessitate the splitting of the Allied army in two. I would then introduce the 6000 from Australia and crush the two allied Armies piece meal. That sounds like a very good plan! you don't have to prepare for a strange target 'cause you're already in Burma so your opponent won't probably have any intelligence about this operation and that's good for achieving surprise; putting myself in your shoes I thought I had counter-invaded in India but your plan actually is simpler and much more effective. I'm curious to see if you can manage to bag him twice...[8\|]

Olorin -> RE: Western Australia counter-invaded! (7/4/2013 4:21:37 PM)
Mr Blizzard, I agree, the operation is not too risky, because it doesn't require an amphibious landing and I have air parity and control of the Andaman Sea. On the other hand, the AV numbers I quoted above are a bit inflated I'm afraid. First, from the 4.500 AV of the Burma Area Army, about 900 are Thai militia, 900 are stack in the jungle and will be defending the jungle passes into Thailand and another 200 are left behind as roadblocks and will be destroyed. Second, from the 6.500 AV in Western Australia, 200 will left there as roadblocks, 1000 will go to the DEI and 400 to the Pacific. In total, I'll have at most 6.500 AV available for an autumn offensive in Burma, not 10.000 as I previously stated. The situation could change until then though. Michael could land in the Marinanas or the DEI or the Kurilles...who knows? In that level, I will be without a large strategic reserve for months to come [sm=00000117.gif]

Olorin -> RE: Western Australia counter-invaded! (7/4/2013 4:39:17 PM)
Sep 5, 1943 Wester Oz: - More air attacks are launched against the soon to be trapped allied divisions, more losses to flak despite the higher altitude. The enemy units still haven't managed to move at all. - The two tank divisions can now operate in unison. They are split in 6 brigades. One brigade attacked the two allied units north of Espernce. One of them retreated to the east, the other to the north. My 5 tank brigades in reserve mode wisely chose to pursuit the latter and I gained one hex "for free". At this pace, I will be occupying the railhexes in 3 days, assuming the enemy unit doesn't evaporate. The GTD may beat them though. Burma: - My new defensive line now runs from Prome to Toungoo to Taung Gyi and eastward. There are still 250 AV forwardly deployed and it remains to be seen whether I can save them or not. - Massive allied air raids against the 4th Independent Rgt and a tank rgt west of Magwe. Both units are destroyed [:(] - My airforce is resting and upgrading to the Ki-44-IIc. Bad timing. SE Fleet: - The air and sea blockade of Horn Island is resumed and 1000 tons of supply are destroyed. - Setting up a second defense line along the coastlines of New Britain and New Guinea. Manus is being developed to a major rear area base. 4th Fleet: Guam, Ponape, Kusaie and Truk are built to the max. Truk is a level 7 fort now. I 'll built Guam to lvl 9 if I can (currently 5,7). Within the next 3 months, substantial reinforcements will arrive (over 400 AV in the production que). The next division to be bought from Manchukuo will go to the Marianas. Another 400 AV will reinforce the Marianas when operations in Western Oz come to an end.

Olorin -> RE: Western Australia counter-invaded! (7/9/2013 1:42:01 PM)
Sep 6-12, 1943 Western Oz: 2 of the 3 tank divisions destroyed the 30th AusBde and rapidly advanced northward, entered Kalgoorlie and the hex directly west of it and cut off 4 allied divisions (1st Mar, 32nd Inf, 4th & 6th Aus). A tank regiment occupied the railway hex directly SE of Kalgoorlie and managed to hold it against 300 enemy AFVs, with the help of massed bomber raids. Americal Div still controls one hexside and 1st MarDiv is still trying to make its way east, which won't work because 1st Tank Div and 6th Guards will block the way and surround it soon. 2 infantry divisions are marching north and will enter Kalgoorlie in 12 days. Another infantry div will enter it in two days, because it remained at Esperance on strat mode. In hindsight, it would have been much faster if all infantry divs did the same. [image]http://i42.tinypic.com/jrd8b7.jpg[/image] The following battle is occurring in the hex SE of Kalgoorlie: quote: Ground combat at 57,148 (near Kalgoorlie), on Sep 11 Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 1260 troops, 0 guns, 304 vehicles, Assault Value = 127 Defending force 384 troops, 0 guns, 71 vehicles, Assault Value = 40 Allied adjusted assault: 18 Japanese adjusted defense: 16 Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: op mode(-), leaders(+), experience(-) Attacker: disruption(-), supply(-) Japanese ground losses: Vehicles lost 19 (2 destroyed, 17 disabled) Allied ground losses: Vehicles lost 15 (2 destroyed, 13 disabled) Assaulting units: 2/7th Armoured Regiment 2/6th Armoured Regiment 2/9th Armoured Regiment Defending units: 3rd Tank Regiment -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 57,148 (near Kalgoorlie), on Sep 12 Allied Shock attack Attacking force 942 troops, 0 guns, 297 vehicles, Assault Value = 80 Defending force 5298 troops, 72 guns, 341 vehicles, Assault Value = 268 Allied adjusted assault: 0 Japanese adjusted defense: 297 Allied assault odds: 1 to 99 Combat modifiers Defender: op mode(-), leaders(+), experience(-) Attacker: shock(+), disruption(-), supply(-) Japanese ground losses: 23 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: Vehicles lost 64 (40 destroyed, 24 disabled) Assaulting units: 2/7th Armoured Regiment 2/6th Armoured Regiment 2/9th Armoured Regiment Defending units: 2nd Tank/B Division 3rd Tank Regiment 2nd Tank/C Division I'll shock attack tomorrow, wipe out the enemy tanks and then enter Kalgoorlie. quote: Ground combat at Kalgoorlie (56,147) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 27663 troops, 260 guns, 147 vehicles, Assault Value = 1118 Defending force 33324 troops, 630 guns, 434 vehicles, Assault Value = 830 Japanese ground losses: 88 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled) Vehicles lost 7 (2 destroyed, 5 disabled) Allied ground losses: 59 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled Guns lost 9 (5 destroyed, 4 disabled) Assaulting units: 21st Ind Engineer Regiment 7th Ind.Tank Brigade 48th Division 18th Division 3rd Ind Engineer Regiment Guards Tank/C Division 8th JAAF AF Bn 14th Army 45th Field AA Battalion 21st Ind.AA Gun Co 25th JNAF AF Unit 3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 2nd Hvy.Artillery Regiment 14th JAAF AF Bn Defending units: 6th Australian Division 34th Cmbt Engineer Regiment 32nd Infantry Division II Aus Corps Engineer Battalion 168th Field Artillery Battalion 2nd Medium Regiment 181st Field Artillery Battalion II Australian Corps 1st Medium Regiment 134th Field Artillery Battalion 70th Coast AA Regiment 2nd RAA Jungle Regiment 1st RAA Jungle Regiment In 4-5 days, I will have an additional 800 AV in the base. Until then, I hope artillery bombardments and intense air attacks will deplete enemy supply. Burma: The British-Indian-Chinese army is currently advancing to my next defensive line, Toungoo-Prome. I'm launching hit and run ground attacks to slow the enemy down. Forts are at level 3 in both bases. Not enough, but I plan to fall back to Rangoon-Mulmein-Chiang Mai, once significant pressure is applied. The 15th Army is still trying to extricate itself from Taung Gyi and environs. An engineering unit and an artillery unit were left behind in the jungle, were shock attacked and lost half their equipment. Other than that, the withdrawal was uneventful. [image]http://i40.tinypic.com/2w3uefp.jpg[/image] Meanwhile, preparations have begun in order to launch the planned offensive. Airfields are expanding,grounds units are preparing, air units are upgrading (the first Frank air group among them). I secured an additional two Thai divisions that were garrisoning insignificant bases in Thailand. Another Jap infantry division is on its way to Tavoy, to act as a reserve. Most importantly, I'm forming an ad hoc air mobile division, with all my available para units and other support units. Its composition (AV in parenthesis): 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th Raiding Rgts (160) 1st & 3rd Yokosuka SNFL (60) Yokosuka Assault SNFL (90) 26th Ind.Mixed Bde (160) 20th Ind. Engr Rgt (9) 13rd JAAF AF Coy (3) 20th Ind.Mtn Gun Bn 2nd Mortar Bn In total, 480 AV, of which 310 can be air dropped. If my calculations are correct, it will need 80% of my air transport force to be dropped in a single turn. SE Fleet: The enemy is about to land at Kirakira and/or Guadalcanal! Fortunately, most army units were extricated from Tulagi and Lunga. I ordered a fast cruiser TF and 6 subs to intercept the landings, but my fighters at Tulagi are butchered by massed sweeps and won't be able to contribute. Rabaul is hit by 4EBs. I pulled back most fighter groups. In the meantime, Efate was lost and I concentrated every unit in New Caledonia at Koumac (SNFL and base forces, worth some 130 AV, with 7k tons of supplies). 33 Emilies are transporting them to Lunga.

veji1 -> RE: Western Australia counter-invaded! (7/9/2013 3:10:09 PM)
what are the different units on the road east of Esperance and Kalgoorlie ? Baggable with your extra mobility or not ? IN the end how many men are you expecting to bag, close to 150K ?

Olorin -> RE: Western Australia counter-invaded! (7/9/2013 3:18:18 PM)
I've bagged 40.000 already and will bag another 100.000. What units are you referring to? There is one hex east of Kalgoorlie controlled by the Allies, but I can't see any units yet.

veji1 -> RE: Western Australia counter-invaded! (7/9/2013 8:55:00 PM)
O sh** I got mixed up between your thread and your opponent's. Sorry, my mistake, you should probably tel NYgiants that I said something dumb that means you now know there are some units east of Esperance and Kalgoorlie. My bad, I really apologize for the mistake.

Olorin -> RE: Western Australia counter-invaded! (7/29/2013 6:12:45 PM)
Sorry...again for the lack of updates. I realise it's hard to maintain readership this way. I hope I'll have more time to update this AAR after summer is over. Regarding the minor OpSec breach... it seems it's of no real consequence. In any case I will try to pretend that this information never reached me.. So...it's October 11th and I will try to cover the most important events of the last month. Western Australia: To summarise it briefly, 5 of the 6 allied divisions are destroyed. 1st MarDiv didn't go down without a good fight. More than 300 infantry squads were disabled, while trying to subdue them. 2nd MarDiv is still active and in supply (!), on the trails between Albany and Esperance. I committed 2 tank and 2 inf divs to deal with them. The other 12 divs are on their way to Perth and from there, back to Java. I decided that this redeployment warrants the commitment of the Kido Buttai. Burma: The Prome-Toungo line was short lived, as I withdrew even further back , without giving a fight. A few strugglers were left behind and were destroyed as result. The line Rangoon-Pengu-Chiang Mai will do for now. The Pegu garrison will retreat to Mulmein if pressured. The decision to stay at Rangoon is final, whether my offensive actually takes place or not. 1850 AV behind level 6 forts and urban terrain will prove a tough nut to crack. I 'm quite prepared to lose them all. Giving up Rangoon without a fight is equivalent to permanently giving up control of the Andaman Sea, thereby bringing the Malayan coast, from Singapore to Mulmein, under threat of Allied invasion. My ad-hoc air mobile division is in place (480 AV at Tavoy). Two low quality Thai divisions were gathered from rear areas and are now defending the jungles between Mulmein and Chiang Mai. 38th Div was pulled out of Port Blair (along with a tank regiment) and is now my reserve for the entire SW Fleet theater. Port Blair and the rest of the Andaman island chain is now defended by two inf regiments, recently redeployed from China. SE Fleet: Remember when I said that I will try to contest the allied landings at Kirakira with 6 subs, 4 fast cruisers and 6 DDs? Well, all that survived was 3 subs! An entire TF was lost in a single night. Its commitment under unfavorable terms was ill-advised to begin with -and counter to my general defensive strategy- but I give credit to Michael for getting his TF composition, orders and commander selection just right. My TF was chased all the way back to Tulagi. None survived to tell the story. The Allies now control the 3 southernmost islands in the Solomons and are landing at Thousands Isl bay, circumventing Guadalcanal. Fortunately, I evacuated almost every unit by air. Horn Island: supply is critically low. The airfield is closed and my air transports were busy evacuating Guadalcanal. A series of night engagements between light cruisers and destroyers were inconclusive. 4th Fleet: The Marianas are reinforced with 550 AV, bringing the total to 1100. In addition, 4th Div will be redeployed from the Northeast Area Fleet to Guam.

Olorin -> RE: Western Australia counter-invaded! (8/5/2013 12:10:00 AM)
Oct 12-16, 1943 Burma: The siege of Rangoon begins! Pegu was abandoned and the Allies now control land access to Rangoon. Intense air battles result in Rangoon's airfield almost closed (but still good enough for CAP) and the air belonging to the IJAAF 3rd Air Division, thanks to the sudden and massed introduction of Mr Frank. On the ground the Allies have 2750 AV in Rangoon and 2900 in Pegu. What will they do? I hope they go for Mulmein, which is defended by 1040 AV. Not enough to hold against a serious attack, but I can bring another 550 AV by sea. Meanwhile, 4 divisions have just left Perth heading for Singapore. More will follow soon. On the ground: quote: Ground combat at Rangoon (54,53) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 76202 troops, 1179 guns, 1282 vehicles, Assault Value = 2790 Defending force 77443 troops, 742 guns, 790 vehicles, Assault Value = 1872 Japanese ground losses: 44 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 431 casualties reported Squads: 16 destroyed, 16 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 3 destroyed, 2 disabled Guns lost 11 (6 destroyed, 5 disabled) Vehicles lost 17 (7 destroyed, 10 disabled) Assaulting units: XV Corps Engineer Battalion 255th Armoured Brigade 5th Chinese Corps 25th Indian Division I Aus Corps Engineer Battalion 254th Armoured Brigade 22nd (East African) Brigade 26th Indian Division 5th Indian Division 2/9th Field Regiment 95th Heavy AA Regiment 2/11th Field Regiment 2/1st Med Regiment 14th Indian Light AA Regiment III Indian Corps 21st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment IV Indian Corps 3rd West African AA Regiment Defending units: 3rd Tank Division 35th Division 21st Ind.Mixed Brigade 14th Division 13th Division 39th Ind Engineer Regiment 3rd Air Division 22nd Field AA Machinecannon Company 27th Fld AA Machinecannon Company 5th Field Construction Battalion 51st JNAF AF Unit Botanko Hvy Gun Regiment 3rd Air Defense AA Regiment 211th Ship Eng Coy 3rd Ind.AA Gun Co 111th Ship Eng Coy Tonei Hvy Gun Regiment 80th JAAF AF Bn 4th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 1st Machine Cannon AA Battalion 311th Ship Eng Coy 67th JAAF AF Bn 13th Ind.AA Gun Co Burma Area Army 3rd JAAF AF Bn 7th Field Construction Battalion 306th Ship Eng Coy 56th Field AA Battalion 7th JAAF Base Force 15th JAAF AF Bn 52nd JNAF AF Unit 6th RF Gun Battalion 1st Provisional Base Force -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Pegu (55,53) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 73110 troops, 824 guns, 1075 vehicles, Assault Value = 2916 Defending force 979 troops, 8 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 10 Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 2 Allied adjusted assault: 1619 Japanese adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 1619 to 1 (fort level 2) Allied forces CAPTURE Pegu !!! Combat modifiers Defender: forts(+), leaders(+), preparation(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 1224 casualties reported Squads: 11 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 51 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 4 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 8 (8 destroyed, 0 disabled) Vehicles lost 7 (7 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units destroyed 1 Allied ground losses: 26 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Assaulting units: Gardner's Horse Regiment 20th Indian Division 39th Indian Division 50th Tank Brigade 16th Light Cavalry Regiment 2nd British Division 17th Indian Division 150th RAC Regiment 268th Motorised Brigade 6th Chinese Corps X' Force 23rd AA Bde XXXIII Indian Corps 16th Indian Heavy AA Regiment 6th Mixed A/T Mtr Regiment 85th British AT Gun Regiment 17th Indian Light AA Regiment 3rd (Special Force) Division Defending units: 40th JAAF AF Bn The 3-day air battle: quote: Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 77 NM, estimated altitude 31,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 32 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 42 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 24 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIc Trop x 24 P-51A Mustang x 25 F6F-3 Hellcat x 36 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 3 destroyed Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 4 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Hurricane IIc Trop: 3 destroyed P-51A Mustang: 1 destroyed F6F-3 Hellcat: 1 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 66 NM, estimated altitude 31,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 22 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 8 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIc Trop x 13 P-38H Lightning x 50 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 3 destroyed Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 2 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-38H Lightning: 1 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 76 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 11 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 3 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIc Trop x 29 P-38H Lightning x 28 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 3 destroyed Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 2 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Hurricane IIc Trop: 1 destroyed The first day belongs to the Allies, but fortunately no bombers showed up. 2nd day: quote: Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 18 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 57 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 6 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIc Trop x 30 P-38H Lightning x 20 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Hurricane IIc Trop: 3 destroyed P-38H Lightning: 3 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 46 NM, estimated altitude 25,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 37 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 3 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIc Trop x 22 P-40N1 Warhawk x 15 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 6 destroyed Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Hurricane IIc Trop: 4 destroyed P-40N1 Warhawk: 1 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 29 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 14 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 1 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIc Trop x 6 Liberator II x 27 B-24D1 Liberator x 51 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 damaged Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 2 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses Liberator II: 1 damaged B-24D1 Liberator: 6 damaged B-24D1 Liberator: 1 destroyed by flak Airbase hits 32 Airbase supply hits 6 Runway hits 54 5 more raids of 9 Liberators each do additional damage to the airfield. At this point, I decided to throw Mr Frank into the meatgrinder, in order to avoid losing the airfield. In addition, 90 Georges rebase to Rangoon, which is still good enough for CAP in the 3rd day: quote: Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 34 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K1-J George x 73 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 18 Ki-84a Frank x 69 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIc Trop x 15 P-40N1 Warhawk x 9 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses P-40N1 Warhawk: 3 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 33 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K1-J George x 72 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 16 Ki-84a Frank x 66 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIc Trop x 16 P-38H Lightning x 50 P-51A Mustang x 3 F6F-3 Hellcat x 34 Japanese aircraft losses N1K1-J George: 3 destroyed Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 3 destroyed Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Hurricane IIc Trop: 5 destroyed P-38H Lightning: 3 destroyed F6F-3 Hellcat: 2 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 77 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 22 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K1-J George x 54 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 7 Ki-84a Frank x 60 Allied aircraft Blenheim IV x 3 Blenheim VD x 3 Hurricane IIc Trop x 13 B-25C Mitchell x 9 B-25G Mitchell x 24 P-40N5 Warhawk x 25 Japanese aircraft losses N1K1-J George: 3 damaged N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed on ground Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 7 damaged Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed on ground Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Blenheim VD: 1 damaged Hurricane IIc Trop: 5 destroyed B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged B-25G Mitchell: 1 destroyed by flak P-40N5 Warhawk: 9 destroyed Airbase hits 8 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K1-J George x 48 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 3 Ki-84a Frank x 50 Allied aircraft Blenheim IV x 3 Blenheim VD x 11 Liberator II x 29 Wellington Ic x 3 Japanese aircraft losses N1K1-J George: 1 damaged N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed on ground Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 damaged Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses Blenheim IV: 2 destroyed Blenheim VD: 5 destroyed, 2 damaged Liberator II: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged Liberator II: 1 destroyed by flak Wellington Ic: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 26 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K1-J George x 24 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 2 Ki-84a Frank x 27 Allied aircraft Blenheim IV x 12 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Blenheim IV: 6 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 26 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K1-J George x 21 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 2 Ki-84a Frank x 18 Allied aircraft Blenheim IV x 12 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Blenheim IV: 3 destroyed, 1 damaged -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 75 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 28 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K1-J George x 18 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 2 Ki-84a Frank x 10 Allied aircraft Wellington Ic x 11 B-24D1 Liberator x 12 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Wellington Ic: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 23 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K1-J George x 17 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 2 Ki-84a Frank x 6 Allied aircraft B-24D1 Liberator x 24 B-25G Mitchell x 12 P-40N5 Warhawk x 25 Japanese aircraft losses N1K1-J George: 1 damaged Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 2 damaged Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed on ground Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-24D1 Liberator: 10 damaged B-25G Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged Airbase hits 5 Runway hits 7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 76 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 26 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K1-J George x 4 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 1 Ki-84a Frank x 2 Allied aircraft B-24D1 Liberator x 24 Japanese aircraft losses N1K1-J George: 2 damaged Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses B-24D1 Liberator: 1 destroyed, 11 damaged B-24D1 Liberator: 1 destroyed by flak Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 4 At this point my CAP was exhausted and 46 Liberators and 12 Mitchels arrive in 6 separate groups to further damage the airfield, which is finally closed. In terms of losses, I lost 130 aircraft vs 200 allied (rough estimates) in all 3 days. On Oct 16th, no allied planes flew, which is a sign that 3rd IJAAF Division won this round. The allied airforce in this theater will need resting before its next attack. Its bomber force is seriously damaged. Rangoon is operational and I have air superiority over Rangoon and control of the Andaman Sea, temporarily at least. SE Fleet: The struggle to keep Horn Island supplied continues. 1500 tons of supplies are barely enough. More cruisers and destroyers are needed. The Allied bombers keep the airfield fully closed. In the Solomons, Guadalcanal is isolated, but its garrison evacuated, except a light tank company. Light air battles over Shortlands, with acceptable results for Japan. West Australia: Only a matter of time before 2nd Marine Div surrenders. It's out of supplies, but still causes enough squad disablements to my divisions. Redeployments: 4 divisions have left Perth, 6 more to follow shortly.

obvert -> RE: Western Australia counter-invaded! (8/5/2013 10:03:20 AM)
You'll hold Rangoon for a good while unless he has a lot of troops to add in. He needs roughly 5k AV to get it I'd say. You've got the heavy arty which as shown in the one attack listed will do wonders in a siege. He won't be able to bombard without seriously whittling away his own forces. In the air he doesn't have enough bombers based on those reports, and if he's still sending P-40s and hurries, then you will win out. He needs to be sweeping with Corsairs and P-47s.

Olorin -> RE: Western Australia counter-invaded! (8/6/2013 11:41:33 AM)
The good thing about the air battle is that weather is just awful. Thunderstorms prevented flying for three days, which allowed Rangoon airfield to be repaired. I keep praying for more bad weather.

obvert -> RE: Western Australia counter-invaded! (8/14/2013 3:06:34 PM)
Any updates?

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