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GreyJoy -> RE: India again??...why always me?!!? (7/7/2013 9:57:36 AM)
Ground combat at Bombay (36,24) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 87270 troops, 1271 guns, 723 vehicles, Assault Value = 2892 Defending force 106645 troops, 1156 guns, 1831 vehicles, Assault Value = 2650 Japanese ground losses: 143 casualties reported Squads: 4 destroyed, 17 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Guns lost 7 (1 destroyed, 6 disabled) Allied ground losses: 75 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled) Vehicles lost 3 (2 destroyed, 1 disabled) Assaulting units: 6th Guards Division 48th Division 2nd Division 18th Division 38th Division 23rd Ind Engineer Regiment Imperial Guards Division 5th Guards Engineer Regiment 8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 9th RF Gun Battalion 1st RF Gun Battalion 23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 2nd Mortar Battalion 2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 5th Mortar Battalion Southern Army 10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 10th RF Gun Battalion 2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 6th Field Construction Battalion 18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment 9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 3rd Mortar Battalion 15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment 3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion 8th RF Gun Battalion 21st Army Defending units: 255th Armoured Brigade Bombay Fortress 150th RAC Regiment 7th Australian Division 84th Indian Brigade 26th Indian Division 7th Indian Division 23rd Indian/A Division 42nd Cavalry Regiment 20th Indian Division 50th Tank Brigade 23rd Indian/B Division 16th Light Cavalry Regiment Waziristan Division 23rd Indian/C Division 102nd RN Base Force 6th Medium Regiment 1st Madras Construction Battalion 21st Light AA Regiment 222 Group Base Force 3rd Hyderabad Base Force 24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment 2/9th Field Regiment 1st Bombay Construction Battalion 308th Base Group 2nd Indian Coastal Artillery Regiment 2nd Hyderabad Base Force 1st South India Base Force 225 Group RAF 43rd Construction Regiment 1st Indian Coastal Artillery Regiment 1st Hyderabad Base Force Pathan Construction Battalion India Command 25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment 2/11th Field Regiment 6th Heavy AA Regiment 221 Group Base Force Southern Command 2/1st Med Regiment 2/2 AIF Pioneer Battalion 208th RAF Adv Base Force IV Indian Corps 20th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment 223 RAF Base Force 46th Construction Regiment Sikh Construction Battalion The bombings at Bombay continue, which is actually a good thing for me. My Indian divisions need some experience and the best way to get it is through bombardments (which are causing more distruption to him than to me). I really think he won't be able to conquer Bombay. With Stacking limits Bombay has room only for 160,000 men and he already has 120,000 there... he can possibly get to 3,500/4,000 AVs...which, however, won't be enough. Things look far less ugly than expected

GreyJoy -> RE: India again??...why always me?!!? (7/7/2013 10:07:04 AM)
In China we may have stabilized the situation, even though the supply level still looks horrible. After the sudden retreats caused by the latest beta, we're now downgrading to the "K" version...and i hope i can statle mate him. I'm still holding the North so a bit of fuel is still flowing to Chungking and Sian. the real dangers are around Chikkiang, but i'm creating a series of line of defence that i hope can hold him long enough to help me save the situation in India [image]local://upfiles/37890/099073BBD443407183E7050266DA401A.jpg[/image]

MrBlizzard -> RE: India again??...why always me?!!? (7/7/2013 4:34:29 PM)
Da leggere con voce enfatica e nasale: "Capomanipolo GJ-Barbagli, il fante italiano non si perde d'animo di fronte ad un nemico superiore in mezzi, ma getta il cuore oltre all'ostacolo" [:D] it's referred to GJ avatar picture (it's one of the best italian comedians, in a tv-series joking about fascist propaganda) traslation: to be read with empahtic and nasal voice: "squad-leader GJ-Barbagli, italian infantryman doesn't loose his temper in front of a superior armed enemy, but he throwns his heart behind the obstacle"

GreyJoy -> RE: India again??...why always me?!!? (7/7/2013 8:01:31 PM)
AHAHAHAHAHAH[:D][:D] Well said MrBlizzard! No, i won't lose my temper!...in fact, actually, i'm ready to counterattack! May 22 1942 The allies have accomplished something great today. 4 Allied Divisions managed to exit Soocodra channell in a 150 ship mega cargo, escorted by 3 American CVs and a strong SAG. Tomorrow we'll be unloading at Karachi. Many more units need to be taken out of Aden, but now i think i can do it. With the arrival of this Indian Corp (3 experienced 1943 squad divisions plus a strong armoured division) we'll try to counterattack on his flank and set Bombay free. He now may be in trouble. The KB should be somewhere west of Sumatra, possibly trying to ambush my convoys at Diego. I've so ordered everybody at Diego to get away and move to Cape Town (Diego has already 320,000 supplies...more than enough[;)] The RN has another great secret task to accomplish... and the IJN CVEs are supporting the invasion (late!) of Timor... i have a british TF composed of 3 CVs and 1 CVL... may think about it...[:D] The other 2 US CVs are supporting a convoy at Noumea. bringing in 60,000 supplies and a regiment of the Americal ID (so to recombine it). Then they'll move back to PH in order to join with the upcoming WASP and to support some more operations in the pacific. Have i ever told you how good is to play the allies???[:D][:D][:D]

GreyJoy -> RE: India again??...why always me?!!? (7/7/2013 10:41:09 PM)
May 23, 42 While the 1st AUS Corp (1st Aus Division and the Americal Division, plus some support troops) is unloading at Noumea, fighting against 5/6 enemy's subs (we sunk the I-159 today), covered by 2 US CVs and by a strong SAG (3 Brookling Class CLs and 8 DDs), the XII Indian Corp is unloading at Karachi unmolested. The japs are Landing at Dili (Timor) and i'm really thinking about ambushing it with the unseen RN CVs... but i have yet to decide...some fuel issues here and i have to be carefull... The KB should be near Sebang but i cannot be 100% positive... no finally an AVD has arrived at Cocos and so 12 Catalinas have immediately transfered there...i need some eyes... hope to spot the KB At Bombay the Tojos arrived and scored 3 kills, losing 2 for ops losses...nothing major -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Isle of Pines at 116,162 Japanese Ships SS I-159, hits 20, and is sunk Allied Ships CL Honolulu CL Helena CL St. Louis DD Henley DD Ralph Talbot DD Blue DD Ellet DD Maury DD McCall DD Craven -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Bombay , at 36,24 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 114 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 31 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 116 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIa Trop x 11 Hurricane IIb Trop x 26 Spitfire VIII x 24 Kittyhawk IA x 7 Kittyhawk I x 14 P-38E Lightning x 16 P-39D Airacobra x 31 P-40E Warhawk x 57 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Kittyhawk I: 1 destroyed P-38E Lightning: 1 destroyed P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 41 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 31000 feet 28 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 31000 feet In China, in the last week, we've won not less than 6 battles, Always inflicting 3x casualities to the Japs. Today they attacked on the upper road that leads to Sian... another victory! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 86,41 (near Loyang) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 48445 troops, 401 guns, 203 vehicles, Assault Value = 1452 Defending force 54817 troops, 238 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1633 Japanese adjusted assault: 737 Allied adjusted defense: 1511 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 6546 casualties reported Squads: 22 destroyed, 627 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 37 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 27 disabled Allied ground losses: 1666 casualties reported Squads: 9 destroyed, 146 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 23 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled Guns lost 21 (2 destroyed, 19 disabled) Assaulting units: 41st Division 59th Infantry Brigade 110th Division 4th Ind.Mixed Brigade 9th Ind.Mixed Brigade 101st NCPC Route Brigade 6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 1st Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 7th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 1st Army Botanko Hvy Gun Regiment 3rd Hvy.Artillery Regiment Tonei Hvy Gun Regiment Defending units: 57th Chinese Corps 55th Chinese Corps 1st Chinese Corps 76th Chinese Corps 80th Chinese Corps 18th Group Army 4th Heavy Mortar Regiment -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Patung (81,46) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 17061 troops, 136 guns, 36 vehicles, Assault Value = 491 Defending force 23478 troops, 157 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 669 Japanese adjusted assault: 141 Allied adjusted defense: 1303 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 9 (fort level 3) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), preparation(-), experience(-) supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 763 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 84 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Allied ground losses: 162 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 33 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 32nd Division 138th Infantry Regiment 14th RGC Temp. Division Defending units: 23rd Chinese Corps 56th Chinese Corps 87th Chinese Corps 1st Chinese Cavalry Corps 6th War Area Lusu War Area If i can statle mate him in China (despite the problems we have with the latest patch - see tech support forum)... well... I have great plans for China.

obvert -> RE: India again??...why always me?!!? (7/7/2013 10:42:09 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: GreyJoy AHAHAHAHAHAH[:D][:D] Well said MrBlizzard! No, i won't lose my temper!...in fact, actually, i'm ready to counterattack! May 22 1942 The allies have accomplished something great today. 4 Allied Divisions managed to exit Soocodra channell in a 150 ship mega cargo, escorted by 3 American CVs and a strong SAG. Tomorrow we'll be unloading at Karachi. Many more units need to be taken out of Aden, but now i think i can do it. With the arrival of this Indian Corp (3 experienced 1943 squad divisions plus a strong armoured division) we'll try to counterattack on his flank and set Bombay free. He now may be in trouble. The KB should be somewhere west of Sumatra, possibly trying to ambush my convoys at Diego. I've so ordered everybody at Diego to get away and move to Cape Town (Diego has already 320,000 supplies...more than enough[;)] The RN has another great secret task to accomplish... and the IJN CVEs are supporting the invasion (late!) of Timor... i have a british TF composed of 3 CVs and 1 CVL... may think about it...[:D] The other 2 US CVs are supporting a convoy at Noumea. bringing in 60,000 supplies and a regiment of the Americal ID (so to recombine it). Then they'll move back to PH in order to join with the upcoming WASP and to support some more operations in the pacific. Have i ever told you how good is to play the allies???[:D][:D][:D] From the man who a while back mentioned he 'was never going back' after playing a game as Japan! [:D] Yes, you have mentioned this and I am really itching to play the good guys soon. Sounds like you have things in hand. With stacking limits it's really hard to make these big moves like India stick. You obviously have some experience there though and you're using it well, making sure you have options well planed in advance. I also think if your units don't do the retreats you've been seeing you have a very good defensive position there, and you haven't lost Sian. That's major. Those rough areas around Chikhiang will be tough to break through. Looking forward to the rout of the overextended IJA soon.

GreyJoy -> RE: India again??...why always me?!!? (7/7/2013 10:46:28 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: obvert quote: ORIGINAL: GreyJoy AHAHAHAHAHAH[:D][:D] Well said MrBlizzard! No, i won't lose my temper!...in fact, actually, i'm ready to counterattack! May 22 1942 The allies have accomplished something great today. 4 Allied Divisions managed to exit Soocodra channell in a 150 ship mega cargo, escorted by 3 American CVs and a strong SAG. Tomorrow we'll be unloading at Karachi. Many more units need to be taken out of Aden, but now i think i can do it. With the arrival of this Indian Corp (3 experienced 1943 squad divisions plus a strong armoured division) we'll try to counterattack on his flank and set Bombay free. He now may be in trouble. The KB should be somewhere west of Sumatra, possibly trying to ambush my convoys at Diego. I've so ordered everybody at Diego to get away and move to Cape Town (Diego has already 320,000 supplies...more than enough[;)] The RN has another great secret task to accomplish... and the IJN CVEs are supporting the invasion (late!) of Timor... i have a british TF composed of 3 CVs and 1 CVL... may think about it...[:D] The other 2 US CVs are supporting a convoy at Noumea. bringing in 60,000 supplies and a regiment of the Americal ID (so to recombine it). Then they'll move back to PH in order to join with the upcoming WASP and to support some more operations in the pacific. Have i ever told you how good is to play the allies???[:D][:D][:D] From the man who a while back mentioned he 'was never going back' after playing a game as Japan! [:D] Yes, you have mentioned this and I am really itching to play the good guys soon. Sounds like you have things in hand. With stacking limits it's really hard to make these big moves like India stick. You obviously have some experience there though and you're using it well, making sure you have options well planed in advance. I also think if your units don't do the retreats you've been seeing you have a very good defensive position there, and you haven't lost Sian. That's major. Those rough areas around Chikhiang will be tough to break through. Looking forward to the rout of the overextended IJA soon. You know what? Japan is great to be played and it gives you great rewarns when you win a CV battle for example or you can give a bloody nose to the bad guys... but, as you know, playing Japan is REALLY stressfull... and sometimes playing the allies is really like a glass of fresh water in the desert... lots of supplies, unlimited fuel, lots of room to commit mistakes and to risk something bold... you're gonna love it! Yes SL is a MUST imho... and i can tell you that the reduced cargo capabilities is cool too! Even for the allies it's impossible to move HUGE armadas and supplies in a single moves

GreyJoy -> RE: India again??...why always me?!!? (7/7/2013 10:56:36 PM)
I probably haven't told you about Horn Island. I've managed to evacuate Rabaul, PM, Darwin and the Whole NG garrisons during the first 2 months. The Japs have been slow here so i managed to recombine the AUS division at Horn Is. Moved there a couple of AA units, 2 Eng units, base forces and some artillery. Now i have 25,000 men behind 5 forts with 30,000 supplies...PM his japanese but with Horn Island in my hands i can threaten the way to Mereuake and to the Western NG (just like Brad did against me) Having India is great for Japan...but if you don't conquer China (so freeing up lots of Divisions to be used for garrisoning), then that HUGE Empire cannot be really defended. Simply too few units and too many bases

obvert -> RE: India again??...why always me?!!? (7/7/2013 11:01:35 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: GreyJoy I probably haven't told you about Horn Island. I've managed to evacuate Rabaul, PM, Darwin and the Whole NG garrisons during the first 2 months. The Japs have been slow here so i managed to recombine the AUS division at Horn Is. Moved there a couple of AA units, 2 Eng units, base forces and some artillery. Now i have 25,000 men behind 5 forts with 30,000 supplies...PM his japanese but with Horn Island in my hands i can threaten the way to Mereuake and to the Western NG (just like Brad did against me) Having India is great for Japan...but if you don't conquer China (so freeing up lots of Divisions to be used for garrisoning), then that HUGE Empire cannot be really defended. Simply too few units and too many bases Also, if you have an HR about paying for unit to move from restricted commands, even conquering China will not free all of those divisions. I still have a massive army there I would have liked to remove more of, but the PPs are just not there to do it. It's good for balance, as the Japanese should have to keep some things in China.

Sangeli -> RE: India again??...why always me?!!? (7/8/2013 12:36:13 AM)
If the KB is staying in the Indian Ocean then I think you need to go for the Gilbert and Marshall Islands. You don't have to worry nearly as much about Betties as you would in the DEI so it makes it a low hanging fruit, especially if you can get bombers running out of Tabiteau. A campaign there angled west would really threaten his positions in Fiji and eventually make them untenable. And lastly, its quite some distance from India making his response time very slow.

crsutton -> RE: India again??...why always me?!!? (7/8/2013 5:12:30 AM)
Yep, a bit scary in India. Bold and aggressive on his behalf but it binds him to India until it is taken. That means you will have opportunity elsewhere. He is overextended and sooner or later it will catch him. I don't know if the extra captured fuel is that much of a bonus for him. His ships are burning up a lot in his operations, so I don't think it will effect the strategic balance too much. Keep your cool, keep your carriers and you will win. You know the drill....

GreyJoy -> RE: India again??...why always me?!!? (7/8/2013 7:53:05 AM)
May 24, 1942 The enemy is failing in gaining the air superiority over Bombay. The Tojos are achieving just a 1-1 kill ratio and the battles aren't bloody enough in order to drain my pools at any sufficient level. The KB is finally spotted: COLOMBO! So he's probably bringing everything to the Bombay party. Naval bombardments and KB sweep. The Force Z and the American CVs will get back in the shades. We have at least 2/3 days in advance in order to clear the indian waters. The XII Indian Corp is now fully unloaded at Karachi and the 70th British Division already left the town by rail and is estabilishing the advanced positions from where to start the counterattack. No more ground bombings by the Japs in the last 3 days...he may be waiting for the BBs to come in in order to suppress my artillery before resuming them. The RN is remaining in the shades, waiting for a chance... Meanwhile a strong enemy SAG is spotted in the Gilberts, while our two southern CVs (York and Hornet) are still close to Noumea, ready to move to Pago Pago. More air units are unloading at Karachi as we speak (American bomber units - B-25s and B-26s). At Calcutta we've finally managed to put togheder and recombine the 17th Indian Division, which will bring the AV up to 1800 (with 6 forts).

GreyJoy -> RE: India again??...why always me?!!? (7/8/2013 9:27:30 AM)
How much time for a counterattack in India? Well, hard to say. At first we need to see what will he do with Bombay. He hasn't committed his full force yet. We have to see how the KB and the Yamato's group (4BBs+4CAs) will perform there. Secondly we need more units, especially minor ones. In India every potential counterattack needs to consolidate the supply lines first, and to do that you need a lot of garrisoning units (possibly at least battalion strong) in order to prevent any pesky para landing at your back. The idea is to assemble an advancing army of 2000 AVs, composed of 4 Full Infantry Division and a Tank Division and to start advancing south from Karachi. I don't think the Japs can stand in clear terrain against this kind of forces (consider that we're talking about emergency reinforcement IDs, so equipped with 1943 tanks and squads). Another key factor will be the air superiority. I need to keep my Air Force alive in order to be able to do anything (need to cover my advancing units). That would be the hardest task...but I think it's doable. The other, indirect, factor will be to keep high pressure on the other parts of the map. With the KB fully committed in India, the Pacific and the DEI should be undefended enough in order to let me gain local superiority even using small CVTFs

GreyJoy -> RE: India again??...why always me?!!? (7/8/2013 1:22:32 PM)
May 26, 42 The land battle for Bombay has begun. While the KB sprints from Colombo towards Scoodra, clearly trying to interdict my retreat to Cape Town, the enemy sends a series of big sweeps of Tojos over Bombay, achieving a good result (50 of my fighters for 18 of his own), and while the IJA divisions launched their first assault to my defences. 1-10 in terms of Odds, but forts are down to 5... I'm however still confident. This battle can be won IMHO. In China we repulsed another enemy attack South of Chikkiang -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 78,51 (near Chihkiang) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 52977 troops, 667 guns, 285 vehicles, Assault Value = 980 Defending force 38909 troops, 199 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 794 Japanese adjusted assault: 513 Allied adjusted defense: 1462 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 3476 casualties reported Squads: 54 destroyed, 271 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 22 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 17 disabled Guns lost 23 (2 destroyed, 21 disabled) Allied ground losses: 914 casualties reported Squads: 3 destroyed, 95 disabled Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 11 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 10 (1 destroyed, 9 disabled) Assaulting units: 58th Division 35th Division 21st Division 28th Mountain Gun Regiment 13th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 4th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 6th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 22nd Medium Field Artillery Regiment RGC Army 12th Medium Field Artillery Regiment Defending units: 68th Chinese Corps 18th Chinese Corps 44th Chinese Corps 5th Chinese Cavalry Corps 26th Group Army -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Bombay (36,24) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 115302 troops, 2376 guns, 789 vehicles, Assault Value = 2794 Defending force 107394 troops, 1164 guns, 1843 vehicles, Assault Value = 2667 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 5 Japanese adjusted assault: 1668 Allied adjusted defense: 16989 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 10 (fort level 5) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), leaders(+), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 7303 casualties reported Squads: 17 destroyed, 346 disabled Non Combat: 34 destroyed, 62 disabled Engineers: 58 destroyed, 59 disabled Guns lost 115 (5 destroyed, 110 disabled) Vehicles lost 26 (4 destroyed, 22 disabled) Allied ground losses: 925 casualties reported Squads: 9 destroyed, 41 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 30 disabled Engineers: 3 destroyed, 30 disabled Vehicles lost 17 (1 destroyed, 16 disabled) Assaulting units: 23rd Ind Engineer Regiment 2nd Division Imperial Guards Division 5th Guards Engineer Regiment 38th Division 18th Division 6th Guards Division 48th Div /1 8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 9th RF Gun Battalion 6th Field Construction Battalion 23rd AA Regiment 10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 3rd Mortar Battalion 3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment 3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 8th RF Gun Battalion 20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion 3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 10th RF Gun Battalion 1st RF Gun Battalion 9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion Southern Army 2nd Mortar Battalion 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment 5th Mortar Battalion 21st Army Defending units: 23rd Indian/B Division 7th Australian Division 23rd Indian/A Division Waziristan Division 20th Indian Division 16th Light Cavalry Regiment 7th Indian Division 84th Indian Brigade 150th RAC Regiment 26th Indian Division 42nd Cavalry Regiment 50th Tank Brigade 255th Armoured Brigade Bombay Fortress 23rd Indian/C Division 24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment 21st Light AA Regiment 2/9th Field Regiment 43rd Construction Regiment 225 Group RAF 222 Group Base Force 25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment 1st South India Base Force 2/2 AIF Pioneer Battalion 1st Indian Coastal Artillery Regiment 1st Bombay Construction Battalion 3rd Hyderabad Base Force India Command 2/11th Field Regiment 20th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment 1st Hyderabad Base Force Pathan Construction Battalion 46th Construction Regiment IV Indian Corps Southern Command 221 Group Base Force 2nd Hyderabad Base Force 102nd RN Base Force 6th Medium Regiment 223 RAF Base Force 2nd Indian Coastal Artillery Regiment 1st Madras Construction Battalion 308th Base Group 6th Heavy AA Regiment 208th RAF Adv Base Force 2/1st Med Regiment Sikh Construction Battalion My Infantry units are still in great shape. only the base forces suffered some distruption...nothing terrible. It's a long way in front of him to achieve anything close to 1-1

ny59giants -> RE: India again??...why always me?!!? (7/8/2013 1:27:42 PM)
How many AA units do you have at Bombay and Karachi?? One of many lessons I've learned the hard way is to have plenty of these in your spearheads once they get to the limit and beyond of LRCAP (4 or more hexes away from a base). Were you able to get the big AA Bde from Colombo safely back to India??

BBfanboy -> RE: India again??...why always me?!!? (7/8/2013 1:47:20 PM)
His two attacks at Bombay gave his force 20% casualties. He will have to rest for a while or bring in fresh troops. Do you have engineers enough to rebuild the fort level in a few days? Bullwinkle did that at Singapore and drove his opponent crazy for a long time!

GreyJoy -> RE: India again??...why always me?!!? (7/8/2013 4:21:46 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: ny59giants How many AA units do you have at Bombay and Karachi?? One of many lessons I've learned the hard way is to have plenty of these in your spearheads once they get to the limit and beyond of LRCAP (4 or more hexes away from a base). Were you able to get the big AA Bde from Colombo safely back to India?? I know Micheal. Calcutta and Bombay are filled with AA guns... at Karachi I don't have that many, but I think I can bring them in in the next months. I got one big 72 guns AA regiment from Colombo...the rest was left there. BBFanboy: I have more than 500 engineers at Bombay. I'll need 9 days to rebuild the forts up to 6.... think I can do it[;)]

GreyJoy -> RE: India again??...why always me?!!? (7/8/2013 4:43:42 PM)
May 27, 1942 The KB keeps on pushing NW (now west of Bombay) and the O20 (dutch sub) misses a shot at Shokaku[:@] The Mini-KB is back near Java. Our convoys finished their unloading and are now getting back into the Aden Channell...just in time. We've just delivered 4 divisions, 300k supplies and 150k fuel at Karachi...not bad. 35 Betties sortie from Suva and sink 10 transports near Pago (no air cover)... empty thanks God 50,000 supplies are unloading at Cocos Is. while we speak. No air battles or land battles at Bombay today, with both opponents licking their wounds Another 1-2 for the Japs in China

GreyJoy -> RE: India again??...why always me?!!? (7/8/2013 5:36:45 PM)
The KB is surely drinking up lots of fuel. She started at Truk, sprinted towards Java, refuelled and then sprinted again towards Colombo, refuelled and then towards Socodra. Judging from the pace she's keeping, I guess not less than 2 of these sprints have been done on full speed mode. This means a lot, cause the KB can easily drink 100k supplies in a week when moved around a lot, especially with full speed run. The good part is that this may have been done for nothing... the KB hasn't caught my CVs, nor my other SAG and didn't arrive in time to stop the arrival of the XII Indian Corp from Aden. Those ships are fragile...man, I know it,...and full speed runs can easily end up in 5/10 sys dmg. Also the more I have the KB under control, the more I can move around in other areas. I wanna keep the KB busy. Now I think she'll remain in India...for the time being at least... but she'll cast shadows... while the Americans are ready to counterattack on the other side of the ocean. As soon as the KB will leave to get to the Pacific once again, the 3 American CVs will get back, escorting more 100,00 men to India.

GreyJoy -> RE: India again??...why always me?!!? (7/8/2013 9:26:39 PM)
May 28-29 The japs achieved, on the 28th, another good day in the air over Bombay. 3-1 in his favour and we're starting to suffer... On the 29th the japs attacked again...and dropped the forts to 4...damn! Ground combat at Bombay (36,24) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 119932 troops, 2832 guns, 939 vehicles, Assault Value = 2670 Defending force 107380 troops, 1166 guns, 1848 vehicles, Assault Value = 2646 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 4 Japanese adjusted assault: 1843 Allied adjusted defense: 20361 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 11 (fort level 4) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), leaders(+), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 6556 casualties reported Squads: 13 destroyed, 335 disabled Non Combat: 105 destroyed, 68 disabled Engineers: 88 destroyed, 94 disabled Guns lost 93 (8 destroyed, 85 disabled) Vehicles lost 24 (1 destroyed, 23 disabled) Units destroyed 1 Allied ground losses: 946 casualties reported Squads: 3 destroyed, 73 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 45 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled Guns lost 35 (4 destroyed, 31 disabled) Vehicles lost 54 (19 destroyed, 35 disabled) Assaulting units: 23rd Ind Engineer Regiment 5th Guards Engineer Regiment 2nd Division 18th Division 6th Guards Division Imperial Guards Division 38th Division 48th Div /1 9th RF Gun Battalion 23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 1st RF Gun Battalion 20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion Southern Army 3rd Mortar Battalion 2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 5th Mortar Battalion 8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 10th RF Gun Battalion 14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment 9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 2nd Mortar Battalion 23rd AA Regiment 10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 6th Field Construction Battalion 18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment 8th RF Gun Battalion 21st Army Defending units: 50th Tank Brigade 150th RAC Regiment 26th Indian Division Bombay Fortress 42nd Cavalry Regiment 7th Australian Division 255th Armoured Brigade 20th Indian Division 7th Indian Division 84th Indian Brigade 23rd Indian Division 16th Light Cavalry Regiment Waziristan Division 43rd Construction Regiment 24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment Southern Command 1st South India Base Force 1st Indian Coastal Artillery Regiment 208th RAF Adv Base Force 102nd RN Base Force 223 RAF Base Force 221 Group Base Force India Command 2/1st Med Regiment 2nd Indian Coastal Artillery Regiment 2/2 AIF Pioneer Battalion 6th Heavy AA Regiment 308th Base Group IV Indian Corps 1st Bombay Construction Battalion 1st Madras Construction Battalion 222 Group Base Force 46th Construction Regiment 3rd Hyderabad Base Force 25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment 2/9th Field Regiment 20th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment 1st Hyderabad Base Force 2/11th Field Regiment 6th Medium Regiment 21st Light AA Regiment 2nd Hyderabad Base Force 225 Group RAF Pathan Construction Battalion Sikh Construction Battalion However Tomorrow should be an interesting day. Time for the RN to proove herself... Finger crossed!!![&o]

GreyJoy -> RE: India again??...why always me?!!? (7/8/2013 9:28:04 PM)
In china we made them bleed once again... 3 more winning battles with heavy losses on his side. He cannot keep these losses foreever... But if Tomorrow the RN gets lucky...the war may change....

GreyJoy -> RE: India again??...why always me?!!? (7/8/2013 9:50:00 PM)
As you know a Big convoy with supplies was unloading at Cocos...right under his eyes... i knew the KB was away and at Java he had the mini-KB and some warships... wanted to lure him into a trap... The RN is waiting west of Cocos...hidden...no detection... on the 29th i saw his CVLs coming from Batavia...so i moved in my 3 RN CVs, supported by the Hermes and by some CA/CLs.... Now i'm waiting for the turn...thrilling....

GreyJoy -> RE: India again??...why always me?!!? (7/8/2013 11:40:15 PM)
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GreyJoy -> RE: India again??...why always me?!!? (7/8/2013 11:40:47 PM)
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GreyJoy -> RE: India again??...why always me?!!? (7/8/2013 11:41:20 PM)
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GreyJoy -> RE: India again??...why always me?!!? (7/8/2013 11:41:55 PM)
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GreyJoy -> RE: India again??...why always me?!!? (7/8/2013 11:47:15 PM)
May 31 1942 The ambush worked pretty well. At night a CL TF intercepted the Japanese CVTF (2 Junyos + 1 CS and the Yamato!) but didn't manage to get close enough with the Yamato screening from 30,000 yards... When the day arrived, the morning was hazy...and the japanese carriers managed to strike a couple of bombs on my CLs...without any real effetc... then, in the afternoon, the japanese attacked my RNCVs, while the weather got better.... our Martlets and SeaHurricanes did well and distruped the raid enough to prevent any bomb to fall on my CVs... then it was our turn... 52 torpedo bombers, escorted by 20 Fulmars... 4 torps on the Junyo, with 2 Ammo Storage explosions...and two more hits on the Yamato (hopefully enough to send her to the yards for a long time). I think the Junyo is a gooner... now it's subs time...let's hope the can score some hits as the enemy retreats... GOOD! Over Bombay we did achieve a 1-1, Downing 40 Tojos...and keeping the skies open for another day. In China two more victories....hope to hold the right flank of Chikkiang

GreyJoy -> RE: India again??...why always me?!!? (7/8/2013 11:51:45 PM)
May 30, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat, near Cocos Islands at 34,98, Range 26,000 Yards Japanese Ships CV Junyo CV Hiyo CS Nisshin BB Yamato CL Sendai CL Isuzu CL Natori CL Yura DD Kazegumo DD Makigumo DD Tokitsukaze DD Hamakaze DD Tanikaze DD Arare Allied Ships CL Danae CL Dragon CL Durban DD Express DD Griffin DD Inconstant DD Isis Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions: 30,000 yards CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 25,000 yards Japanese TF attempts to evade combat Range increases to 26,000 yards... CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 26,000 yards CV Hiyo , CV Junyo , CS Nisshin screened from combat - escorted by DD Hamakaze BB Yamato engages CL Durban at 26,000 yards BB Yamato engages CL Danae at 26,000 yards Range increases to 29,000 yards CV Hiyo , CV Junyo screened from combat - escorted by DD Tanikaze , DD Makigumo BB Yamato engages CL Durban at 29,000 yards BB Yamato engages CL Danae at 29,000 yards BB Yamato engages DD Griffin at 29,000 yards CV Hiyo , CV Junyo screened from combat - escorted by DD Tokitsukaze , DD Makigumo BB Yamato engages CL Danae at 29,000 yards BB Yamato engages CL Danae at 29,000 yards BB Yamato engages DD Isis at 29,000 yards BB Yamato engages DD Griffin at 29,000 yards BB Yamato engages DD Express at 29,000 yards Task forces break off... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Cocos Islands at 35,99 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 54 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 20 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 18 D3A1 Val x 27 No Japanese losses Allied Ships CL Durban, Bomb hits 3, on fire CL Danae, Bomb hits 1 CL Dragon DD Express Carrier support unable to supply air cover.. Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CL Durban -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Bombay , at 36,24 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 17 NM, estimated altitude 37,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 32 Allied aircraft Hurricane I Trop x 10 Hurricane IIa Trop x 10 Hurricane IIb Trop x 24 Spitfire VIII x 25 Kittyhawk IA x 7 Kittyhawk I x 10 P-38E Lightning x 13 P-39D Airacobra x 28 P-40E Warhawk x 46 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 4 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Hurricane I Trop: 1 destroyed Hurricane IIb Trop: 1 destroyed Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed P-40E Warhawk: 2 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Bombay , at 36,24 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 26 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 32 Allied aircraft Hurricane I Trop x 7 Hurricane IIa Trop x 9 Hurricane IIb Trop x 18 Spitfire VIII x 22 Kittyhawk IA x 6 Kittyhawk I x 8 P-38E Lightning x 10 P-39D Airacobra x 24 P-40E Warhawk x 39 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 6 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-38E Lightning: 1 destroyed P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Cocos Islands at 36,99 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 29 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 18 D3A1 Val x 27 Allied aircraft Sea Hurricane Ib x 9 Martlet II x 43 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 4 destroyed D3A1 Val: 9 destroyed, 2 damaged D3A1 Val: 3 destroyed by flak Allied aircraft losses Sea Hurricane Ib: 1 destroyed Martlet II: 3 destroyed Allied Ships CV Indomitable CV Formidable Aircraft Attacking: 1 x D3A1 Val releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 4 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb CAP engaged: No.880 Sqn FAA with Sea Hurricane Ib (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 12 minutes 4 planes vectored on to bombers No.881 Sqn FAA with Martlet II (0 airborne, 16 on standby, 0 scrambling) 8 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 10 minutes 8 planes vectored on to bombers No.888 Sqn FAA with Martlet II (0 airborne, 13 on standby, 0 scrambling) 6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 8000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 16000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes 2 planes vectored on to bombers -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Cocos Islands at 35,98 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 26 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 18 Allied aircraft Albacore I x 30 Fulmar II x 20 Swordfish I x 22 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Albacore I: 5 damaged Fulmar II: 5 destroyed Swordfish I: 2 destroyed by flak Japanese Ships CV Junyo, Torpedo hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage CL Yura CV Hiyo BB Yamato, Torpedo hits 2 CL Isuzu Aircraft Attacking: 10 x Swordfish I launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Mk XII Torpedo 9 x Swordfish I launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Mk XII Torpedo 5 x Albacore I launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Mk XII Torpedo 8 x Albacore I launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Mk XII Torpedo 17 x Albacore I launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Mk XII Torpedo CAP engaged: Junyo-1 with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 13000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 6 minutes Hiyo-1 with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 9000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 6 minutes Ammo storage explosion on CV Junyo Ammo storage explosion on CV Junyo -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 79,48 (near Chihkiang) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 35087 troops, 279 guns, 28 vehicles, Assault Value = 751 Defending force 24931 troops, 137 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 312 Japanese adjusted assault: 246 Allied adjusted defense: 593 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), experience(-) Attacker: fatigue(-) Japanese ground losses: 672 casualties reported Squads: 5 destroyed, 170 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 11 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled Allied ground losses: 532 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 39 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled Assaulting units: 34th Division 116th Division 57th Infantry Brigade 61st Infantry Brigade 11th Army Defending units: 75th Chinese Corps 58th Chinese Corps 63rd Chinese Corps 79th Chinese Corps 23rd Group Army -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 78,49 (near Chihkiang) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 49271 troops, 434 guns, 114 vehicles, Assault Value = 1060 Defending force 41037 troops, 154 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 843 Japanese adjusted assault: 266 Allied adjusted defense: 1690 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 6 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 4631 casualties reported Squads: 8 destroyed, 378 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 44 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 57 disabled Guns lost 36 (1 destroyed, 35 disabled) Allied ground losses: 323 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 59 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Assaulting units: 26th Division 36th Division 27th Ind Engineer Regiment 39th Division 24th Ind Engineer Regiment Defending units: 46th Chinese Corps 20th Chinese Corps 37th Chinese Corps 7th Chinese Corps 3rd New Chinese Corps 13th Group Army -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Lautem (72,115) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 12707 troops, 123 guns, 65 vehicles, Assault Value = 336 Defending force 480 troops, 34 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2 Japanese adjusted assault: 281 Allied adjusted defense: 3 Japanese assault odds: 93 to 1 (fort level 1) Japanese forces CAPTURE Lautem !!! Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses Hudson I: 1 destroyed PBY-5 Catalina: 1 destroyed Do-24K-1: 1 destroyed Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), leaders(+), morale(-), experience(-) Attacker: shock(+), leaders(+), leaders(-) Allied ground losses: 576 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 22 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 24 (24 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units retreated 1 Units destroyed 1 Assaulting units: 5th Division Defending units: 2nd KNIL AA Battalion 1/10th Avn Sup Afd

Saros -> RE: India again??...why always me?!!? (7/9/2013 12:25:39 AM)
Junyo is down, i'm shocked you didn't see her sink outright with that sort of damage. Also taking Fulmars into battle... you're a brave man!

chaussej -> RE: India again??...why always me?!!? (7/9/2013 1:01:41 AM)
I am playing MrKane as the Japanese against his allies and he definitely is beating me ... I havent crashed the Japanese economy yet and I do have some things going for me. But its almost July 1942 and I am behind on the conquests by far. I do have the advantage of having caught him napping in Ceylon where I sank a carrier in port (game claims it was an American CV but I am pretty sure it was British) and I caught all of the British reinforcement battleships at sea with the KB but have no confirmation of them sinking (45 hits on one and no sinking stupid Val bombs) and I just got a US carrier for the loss of one of the mini KB light carriers. He will forget to check some things (dont we all) but he does get turns around extremely fast. I feel like I am the slow one and we usually can get at minimum 2 turns a day. Good luck GJ and I will be following this to try to get even more feel of his play style.

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