RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please

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Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (4/1/2014 9:47:17 AM)
August 19th 1942 Air Losses: 28 Japanese, 7 Allied, 19 Pilots Japanese occupy: Trinkat(air drop) Allies occupy: Lakatoro(auto) Japanese land at: Allies land at: Sub Wars Quiet China I try to hit Chungking airfield on the hope that there will be Lightnings still there and damaged. Flak is murderous and I lose 14 bombers to flak and another 7 to ops losses. A few lightnings are damaged and base damage is minor. Mitchell bombers strike at troops at Neikiang. Some Nicks on LRCAP over Chungking engage but are too high to attack. Signs of more Chinese withdrawals to the centre. Burma Vildebeest escorted by hurricanes sink an xAK unloading supplies at Akyab. Zeroes shoot 2 hurricanes down and get through to the bombers only long enough to get 1 Vildebeest. Australia Quiet Pacific Quiet Engineering Quiet R&D Quiet China Status Next key battle is the battle for Chengtu. Last report is 4 units, 20000 troops, 109 guns there. I have a division, 4 tank regiments and some artillery that can get there before he can reinforce. One concern I have in China is that Chungking has gone back into supply. It seems supply was stockpiled at a base and just released; that is why he could suddenly support fighters. It means he may have troops with supply around that can counter-attack. [image]local://upfiles/43194/38103FDDB1F34F76A6CFE21AFC9DF1E8.jpg[/image]

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (4/1/2014 4:10:44 PM)
August 20th 1942 Air Losses: 6 Japanese, 4 Allied, 5 Pilots Japanese occupy: Car Nicobar(air drop) Allies occupy: Japanese land at: Allies land at: [>:]

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (4/2/2014 7:13:58 AM)
August 21st 1942 Air Losses: 1 Japanese, 1 Allied, 0 Pilots Japanese occupy: Allies occupy: Santa Maria(auto) Japanese land at: Allies land at: Sub Wars APD Tade attacks SS KXI near Phuket and gets 1 good hit with a Type 95 DC. Enough to send it back for repairs but not to sink it. China Lighter air attacks as aircraft rest before supporting the Chengtu attack. VP suggests that Chungking is out of supply again as a large mass of retreating forces arrive there. Now reports as 96 LCU located at Chungking. Burma Quiet Australia Australian forces seem to have stopped at Fenton and are not advancing on Darwin. Pacific All of the AF Unit at Koumac has been evacuated except for a single searchlight. One of the larger subs is heading over to pick it up. Allies still use the base for practice bombing. Engineering Quiet R&D Ki-43-IV to 11/44.

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (4/2/2014 3:28:10 PM)
August 22nd 1942 Air Losses: 24 Japanese, 9 Allied, 8 Pilots Japanese occupy: Allies occupy: Aoba Island(auto) Japanese land at: Allies land at: Sub Wars Quiet China Signs of troops moving West from Chungking and threatening the river crossing. In three days I will have two tank divisions to add to the 1 2/3 infantry divisions there. However, he may be able to attack in 2 days. He is moving from Chungking, where he must be over-stacked, but it is likely his forces will have drawn supply so are, probably, over-supplied. He could therefore over-stack in the attack which means he could easily throw 5000 AV at the defense. The best bet is to fall back into Neikiang, fortify, and allow air attacks time to weaken his forces and burn supply. The armour reinforcements should be able to make it through the rough to Neikiang and I can fly some engineers into Neikiang to help. Losing the river crossing will be a nuisance but he can't hold it for long in the open and if I can capture Chengtu that will be a major result. Burma Quiet Australia A convoy is sent in with supplies for Darwin, it ends up 1 hex short. Hudsons strike it but Tojos on LRCAP down 4 and only 1 gets through to put 1 bomb into a freighter for marginal damage. Lightnings sweep Darwin. I had hoped that with only Tojos and A6M5 on CAP they would do better. 13 Tojo and 5 A6M5 lost for 1 P-38E shot down[:(]. Pacific Quiet Engineering Waingapoe to 2, Rossel Island to 4. Allies expand Ledo to 8. R&D D4Y4 to 1/45.

offenseman -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (4/2/2014 3:34:57 PM)
Not sure how high you are flying the CAP, but if you are flying over 25k you may have better luck flying the Tojo and Zero in an altitude band where it outmaneuvers the P38. That is the only advantage you have to play against the 38. If the Opponent wants to get the bounce he will, it is faster, more durable, and better guns. Since you will get the bounced anyway, may as well do it where the Tojo and Zero maneuver better than the 38. Just one opinion of course. [:)]

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (4/2/2014 4:20:25 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: offenseman Not sure how high you are flying the CAP, but if you are flying over 25k you may have better luck flying the Tojo and Zero in an altitude band where it outmaneuvers the P38. That is the only advantage you have to play against the 38. If the Opponent wants to get the bounce he will, it is faster, more durable, and better guns. Since you will get the bounced anyway, may as well do it where the Tojo and Zero maneuver better than the 38. Just one opinion of course. [:)] Typically at 18K. However, the planes then seem to try and climb to meet the Lightnings. Looking at the combat animation, he doesn't seem to get much out of the dive and it fairly quickly degenerates to a free for all. The problem is simply, my guns damage his planes but his guns destroy my planes. Typical sort of combat goes like Tojo attacking from behind, Lightning damaged, Lightning attacking from front, Tojo destroyed. It won't help that by now his pilots must be very skilled and experienced. Mine are averaging about 65 experience, 70 skill and 65 defense. Although, there are some with rather worse defense so I may try moving some pilots around. The simple answer is to not contest and generally I have been doing that. However, I wanted the cover for a re-supply convoy and that part worked.

offenseman -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (4/2/2014 4:28:33 PM)
Gotcha, nothing wrong with what you are doing there. I wish I had had a solution for you. [:(] You are using the latest DBB air data right?

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (4/2/2014 6:37:53 PM)
Sub Operations Any advice on how best to use Japanese subs? I tried sending out a Glen equipped sub with a group of 3 or 4 other subs along likely shipping lanes. When the Glen spotted a convoy I tried to move the other subs to intercept and use the Glen to track the convoy. However, that hasn't worked well - I suspect he sees the Glen spotting his task force and institutes evasion measures. I could use the Glens to fill gaps in Naval search and use the other subs on patrols in likely areas. Is it best to run a number of subs in a single area or to spread them around? I run 1 sub per task force. I have been replacing leaders so the I-boats have 70+ Naval, 70+ Aggression and the RO boats are 65+. At the moment I am not finding convoys. Any suggestions of likely hunting grounds?

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (4/2/2014 8:34:48 PM)
August 23rd 1942 Air Losses: 0 Japanese, 1 Allied, 0 Pilots Japanese occupy: Allies occupy: Japanese land at: Allies land at: Sub Wars Quiet China Only two minor air strikes intended to slow movement. More Chinese troops heading West from Kienko towards Chengtu. However, I have control of the minor road by a couple of tank regiments and should be able to reinforce that hex to block that move. Latest recce of Chungking shows: 99 units, 403620 troops and 1068 guns. Recce overestimates so that could be only 320000 troops (about 25 divisions worth!). Recce shows another 200,000 troops retreating to Chungking. Burma Quiet Australia Quiet. Pacific Quiet Engineering Quiet R&D B6N2 to 9/43

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (4/3/2014 2:36:10 PM)
August 24th 1942 Air Losses: 12 Japanese, 9 Allied, 6 Pilots Japanese occupy: Allies occupy: Japanese land at: Allies land at: Sub Wars Quiet China Air strikes at Chengtu are disappointing: scoring a total of 16 disablements. Probably indicates quite a high fort level present. Troops have entered the outskirts and I will bombard this turn whilst keeping up the air strikes. He may have made a mistake; I have a chance to trap 10 units East of the Wei. Will see shortly. A cut off Chinese unit near Patung seems to have been disbanded. The Allies are taking 9 LCU loss VPs each day despite losing only 40 to 50 devices in combat. Must mean he is losing 60 devices a day from unsupplied units. I have 17 units certainly surrounded. Chinese advancing from Chungking are moving slowly (could be a feint). I could contest the river hex but Neikiang looks a better defensive position. Burma Quiet Australia Lightnings sweep Darwin but this time the result is okay. 10 Tojo lost but 7 Lightning shot down. Main difference from before was that I replaced all pilots with less than 65 defense by ones of 68+. Average defense skill is now about 68. A Glen provides an unconfirmed report of 8 Allied ships hugging the coast near Carnarvon. Pacific At Koumac there is only a single searchlight left, all other troops having been evacuated. One searchlight was evacuated on a sub but this one seems not to fit. Every day the Allies bomb the airfield for target practice. Engineering Quiet R&D Ki-43-IIb to 9/42. That will be a useful upgrade next month as it gets armour.

Lowpe -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (4/3/2014 3:55:47 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Spidery Lightnings sweep Darwin but this time the result is okay. 10 Tojo lost but 7 Lightning shot down. Main difference from before was that I replaced all pilots with less than 65 defense by ones of 68+. Average defense skill is now about 68. The triangle approach to the air war: fighter pilots need excellent exp, air, and defense. Lack any of those and you suffer - better off not flying unless you absolutely must. Good intelligence/observation.

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (4/3/2014 6:24:51 PM)
August 25th 1942 Air Losses: 2 Japanese, 4 Allied, 1 Pilots Japanese occupy: Allies occupy: Japanese land at: Allies land at: Sub Wars Quiet China Air strikes and bombardment at Chengtu: quote: Ground combat at Chengtu (75,41) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 1080 troops, 64 guns, 88 vehicles, Assault Value = 307 Defending force 14592 troops, 97 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 442 Allied ground losses: 112 casualties reported Squads: 3 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Assaulting units: 12th Tank Regiment 8th Tank Regiment 15th Tank Regiment 2nd Recon Regiment 36th/A Division Botanko Hvy Gun Regiment 4th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 11th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 28th Field AA Machinecannon Company North China Area Army 5th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion Defending units: 24th Chinese/A Corps 24th Chinese/B Corps 3rd Chinese Base Force 12th Chinese Base Force I have both army and command HQ 100% prepped and in range but I still think an attack may be risky. At point "Y" (see below) he has sallied in force from Chungking and there is an arrow suggesting more troops on the way. I have 1100 AV there including both tank divisions. However, it is not enough so will fall back into Neikiang where I will have level 2 forts soon and may have 3 by the time he arrives. I have another 450 AV there. I might abandon there and send everything to take Chengtu. Meanwhile, I can bomb his troops in the open. I guess he has about 5000 AV. If he moves South he could attack across the river and overwhelm the defenders. At point "X", he vacated the hex and I immediately got a division across the Wei. His 10 units SE from there will now have to risk a river crossing to get anywhere. Burma Quiet Australia Quiet Pacific Ineffective BB bombardment of Ndeni. Engineering Quiet R&D Mitsubishi Ha-44 to 12/44 Ki-44-IIc to 4/43 [image]local://upfiles/43194/E38C27D81E42476A9143A2F50CBD1D3B.jpg[/image]

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (4/3/2014 10:24:06 PM)
August 25th 1942 Air Losses: 7 Japanese, 15 Allied, 0 Pilots Japanese occupy: Allies occupy: Koumac Japanese land at: Allies land at: Sub Wars Allies launch a couple of attacks, one dud and one miss. China Allies raid with mitchells. All 12 attackers are shot down. Multiple strikes against the large Chinese force, about 300 aircraft in total attack. Thunderstorms in the morning and severe storms in the afternoon. The very first attack sees bursting flak but after that there are no flak animations. quote: Allied ground losses: 193 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 15 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 21 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled) 652 casualties reported Squads: 4 destroyed, 11 disabled Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 67 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled Guns lost 11 (1 destroyed, 10 disabled) 753 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 31 disabled Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 33 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Guns lost 10 (3 destroyed, 7 disabled) 148 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled 129 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 14 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled 105 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled 105 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 10 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled So that is 74 squads disabled and 11 destroyed. Just a start. Burma Quiet Australia Quiet Pacific Quiet Reinforcements CVL Ryuho Engineering Manila airfield to 8. Allies expand Katnerine to 5, Coal Harbour to 3. R&D Nakajima Ha-44 to 1/43

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (4/4/2014 12:31:38 PM)
August 27th 1942 Air Losses: 1 Japanese, 1 Allied, 0 Pilots Japanese occupy: Allies occupy: Japanese land at: Allies land at: Sub Wars Quiet China Weather grounds air strikes. Movement arrows show the large stack is splitting and crossing the Yangtze and not heading for Neikiang. I'm not sure what he is planning. He could be trying to isolate my forces in the plains by taking the South side of the Yangtze, he could be evacuating to India, or planning to reinforce or counter-attack in Kunming area. I have crossed the Yangtze East of Chungking in force and this should free my forces from the Patung area to occupy the plains and attack to get the forces from Kienko area. The ground combat in China is becoming tricky. Burma Quiet Australia Quiet Pacific Quiet Engineering Quiet R&D Quiet

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (4/4/2014 3:23:10 PM)
August 28th 1942 Air Losses: 2 Japanese, 1 Allied, 0 Pilots Japanese occupy: Allies occupy: Japanese land at: Allies land at: Sub Wars A claimed hit by an aircraft near Rabaul. 2 claimed hits by an SC near Japan. China All air strikes go in well. Claim 194 devices disabled and 33 destroyed. Mostly damage is to non-combat devices. I suspect that mostly these are badly damaged units retreating to India and not the intact ones. Burma Quiet Australia Quiet Pacific Quiet Engineering Allies have airfield and port at Ndeni now. Taiping to level 7, will build to 8 to cover the Malacca straits. R&D A6M5b to 1/44

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (4/4/2014 3:47:24 PM)
China Options I need to decide what to do in China after I take Chengtu. Options are: 1. Isolate Chungking, destroy forces outside of Chungking, keep Chungking under siege and allow reformed corps to starve. 2. Hold down forces outside Chungking, capture Chungking as soon as possible, then destroy forces outside Chungking. 3. Destroy forces outside Chungking, allow them to reform, and then attack Chungking. 4. Attack at Chungking to reduce forts to level 1 or 2 then follow as #3. With a side question to all of this as to whether to divert a couple of divisions to assist the drive to Burma. Option 3 takes longer but nets the most VP. Option 1 frees up forces soonest but keeps some tied down long term. It may get almost as many VP on the long haul but does risk a Chinese break-out supported by Allied air power in 43 or 44. Option 4 is interesting as it may get more VP without increased costs or time.

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (4/4/2014 8:34:00 PM)
August 29th 1942 Air Losses: 3 Japanese, 2 Allied, 0 Pilots Japanese occupy: Allies occupy: Japanese land at: Allies land at: Sub Wars I-3 finds a convoy near Los Angeles and misses[:(]. China Air strikes continue to punish the Chinese and again most damage is to non-combat and is mostly disablements. It looks more likely that all the corps damaged by retreats have had their disablements fixed and are retreating having not gained any more squads. Attack will be launched at Chengtu this turn. Have advanced 45 miles down the road to Kienko and will start bombardments again. Signs of troops leaving Chungking to the North East to interfere with my attempts to cut the route between Kienko and Chungking. Burma Quiet Australia Quiet Pacific Quiet Engineering Kushiro to 3. Sian to 8 (probably surplus to need now). R&D Quiet

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (4/4/2014 8:42:24 PM)
This may of be interest. It shows oil freely flows from Urumchi twice a week but fuel and resources don't. Supply is slowly building because I decided it is worthwhile fixing the oil wells but supply is slow to get there. I am shipping oil from Fusan and do get occasional oil shortages at Port Arthur so that, probably, creates demand. [image]local://upfiles/43194/3BEFC4E6CD22400D8A8085983C74A331.jpg[/image]

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (4/5/2014 1:30:16 PM)
August 30th 1942 Air Losses: 60 Japanese[:@], 6 Allied, 46 Pilots[:@] Japanese occupy: Allies occupy: Japanese land at: Allies land at: Sub Wars I-122 puts a torpedo into the BB Idaho near Fiji[:'(]. It is counter-attacked heavily by two escorts but damage is light (10 system and 2 float)[:)]. quote: Japanese Ships SS I-122, hits 4 Allied Ships BB Idaho, Torpedo hits 1 DE Edsall DE Bulmer DE Barker DE Alden DE Kane DE Lawrence DE Litchfield DE John D. Edwards SS I-122 launches 4 torpedoes at BB Idaho I-122 diving deep .... DE Kane fails to find sub and abandons search DE Lawrence attacking submerged sub .... DE Litchfield fails to find sub and abandons search DE John D. Edwards attacking submerged sub .... DE Lawrence attacking submerged sub .... DE John D. Edwards attacking submerged sub .... DE John D. Edwards is out of ASW ammo DE Lawrence fails to find sub, continues to search... DE John D. Edwards attacking submerged sub .... DE John D. Edwards is out of ASW ammo DE John D. Edwards is out of ASW ammo DE Lawrence fails to find sub and abandons search DE John D. Edwards fails to find sub, continues to search... DE John D. Edwards fails to find sub, continues to search... DE John D. Edwards fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub China He flies fighters into Chungking again and although I have some fighters protecting the bombers it goes badly. Not only are a lot of aircraft lost but many of the pilots. Included in the losses are 26 Nicks[:(]. Allied VP leaps again, somehow he has got more supply to Chungking[&:]. At Chengtu the defenders are behind forts 5 and hold[:(]. Will attack again the next day. quote: Ground combat at Chengtu (75,41) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 18686 troops, 393 guns, 953 vehicles, Assault Value = 1183 Defending force 14732 troops, 95 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 444 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 4 Japanese adjusted assault: 621 Allied adjusted defense: 1523 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 4) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), leaders(+), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 318 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 28 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Vehicles lost 34 (1 destroyed, 33 disabled) Allied ground losses: 235 casualties reported Squads: 5 destroyed, 56 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Assaulting units: 3rd Ind Engineer Regiment 36th/B Division 15th Tank Regiment 22nd Ind Engr Rgt /1 1st Tank Division 2nd Raiding Regiment 36th/A Division 36th/C Division 2nd Tank Division 1st Ind.Inf.Group 29th Ind Engr Rgt /1 3rd Army 5th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion 4th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 28th Field AA Machinecannon Company 1st JAAF AF Coy 11th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment Botanko Hvy Gun Regiment 13th Mortar Battalion North China Area Army 2nd JAAF AF Coy Defending units: 24th Chinese/A Corps 24th Chinese/B Corps 3rd Chinese Base Force 12th Chinese Base Force Burma Quiet Australia Quiet Pacific Quiet Engineering Katha to 4. R&D Quie

Lowpe -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (4/5/2014 2:22:47 PM)
You were using the Nicks as fighters or bomber? If I recall correctly bombers.

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (4/5/2014 2:41:55 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Lowpe You were using the Nicks as fighters or bomber? If I recall correctly bombers. Strafing at 100 feet so it is not surprising they took losses. Also they were in the first groups to engage so met the worst CAP. I don't know if the game includes fighter-bombers jettisoning their stores when engaged in Air-Air.

Lowpe -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (4/5/2014 3:34:53 PM)
quote: I don't know if the game includes fighter-bombers jettisoning their stores when engaged in Air-Air. I think it does, at least I seem to remember seeing that somewhere...but they are still at a disadvantage.

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (4/5/2014 5:33:41 PM)
August 31st 1942 Air Losses: 20 Japanese, 19 Allied, 7 Pilots Japanese occupy: Allies occupy: Japanese land at: Allies land at: Sub Wars I-157 has an exciting day West of Fiji. First she encounters a convoy 5 xAP and 9 xAK accompanied by 8 escorts and fails to penetrate the screen. Next she is driven off by the escorts around the BB Idaho group (confirming that also has BB New Mexico and West Virginia) and takes 1 small hit. Undeterred she attacks again and plants a torpedo in the side of BB Idaho - this one gets a belt penetration and listing counter-flooding message[:)]. Then she makes another attempt at the screen and takes a shot at DE Edsall but misses. With only 6 of the 8 tubes loaded and no reloads left she is going to head for base. (The Captain has aggression 69.) Meanwhile, I-18 puts a torpedo in the side of CLAA Juneau near Pearl Harbour[:)]. Getting an "on fire, heavy damage" result. China Aircraft are grounded apart from a few sweeps that fail to locate any targets. At Chengtu the defense weakens: quote: Ground combat at Chengtu (75,41) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 32068 troops, 478 guns, 904 vehicles, Assault Value = 1177 Defending force 14372 troops, 95 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 399 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 3 Japanese adjusted assault: 840 Allied adjusted defense: 523 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 3) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 3 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 513 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 40 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled Vehicles lost 10 (1 destroyed, 9 disabled) Allied ground losses: 548 casualties reported Squads: 8 destroyed, 68 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 17 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Guns lost 10 (1 destroyed, 9 disabled) Other Allied moves in China don't make much sense to me. Will show a picture soon. Burma Quiet Australia P-39D and P-38E sweep Darwin. 12 P-39D and 4 P-38E are shot down for the loss of 19 Tojo. Pacific B-17E strike at Rossel Island at night for limited effect. Engineering Koepang to 7. R&D Ki-43-IIb enters production at the rate of 90 per month. H6K4-L enters production. An extra 2 hexes of range, is it worth it to complicate the replacement situation?

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (4/5/2014 9:42:33 PM)
August in Review Mostly a satisfactory month. Kunming and Niekiang taken and Chengtu under threat plus major breakthrough in China is a good result for the IJA. In Australia, have retreated to Darwin but managed a useful counter action that destroyed three Australian armoured units. Very quiet for the Navy. A couple of bad air days in China and one in Australia. Magwe, and all other industry, remains operational. Useful R&D progress. VP Ratio is 2.453::1 but is heavily influenced by the Allied supply situation at Chungking. Overall VP: Allied +648, Japanese +1146 Base points: Allied + 246, Japanese +432 VP for enemy air destroyed: Allied +376, Japanese +226 VP for enemy LCU destroyed: Allied +18, Japanese +445 [image]local://upfiles/43194/FB78488A66E14EA7B83B114ADE215454.jpg[/image]

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (4/5/2014 9:44:26 PM)
Ships Sunk These are all the ships claimed as sunk or lost in the month. The BB Idaho is wishful thinking but the other two are probably true. Do not think anything else was sunk. [image]local://upfiles/43194/DEEF0E7991524B99A2C03A309C6DD136.jpg[/image]

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (4/5/2014 9:54:58 PM)
September Economy +16,785 Fuel -53,298 Oil +115,519 Supply +50,942 HI +21,533 Armaments +4,233 Vehicles Not sure what is happening with fuel, the global tab in tracker shows a gain of about 76,000 on the month. I suspect, the August summary was incorrect. A useful gain on supply. HI gain is less than would like but made up for the armament and vehicle stock piles growing fast. I am concerned that I do not have enough vehicles. Oil wells at Urumchi remain unrepaired. Refineries reflect that Port Arthur failed to produce this turn. [image]local://upfiles/43194/0CDF305FC7CF4F17B9D70F241338819D.jpg[/image]

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (4/5/2014 10:11:48 PM)
China Situation Numbers are the numbers of Allied units in hex. However, actual strength varies. Not sure what he is doing with the 30 units SW from Chungking; they may be heading for India. One thing he has done is pull units out of Chungking so that it is back in supply. I suspect he has kept only the best units in Chungking and at a level below the supply generation (400 intrinsic + 65 LI) so he keeps supply available for air. Most everything North of the central road should be screened from reaching Chungking. The group of 10 East of the Wei should be destroyed once I have occupied across the river West of it. I have 2 tank and 2 infantry divisions in the plains to the West of the river. I have 2, soon to be 3, infantry divisions East of the river. There are numerous tank regiments in the plains. There are 5 infantry divisions pushing down the road to Kienko from Ankang/Sian. There are 3 infantry divisions in Kweiyang area and 1 at Kunming. There are 5 divisions engaged with the group East of the Wei. Other divisions are scattered or in the woods/mountains and will take time to be of use. [image]local://upfiles/43194/F9F21CBDDD8C4A9BA97EEF169E98FA36.jpg[/image]

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (4/6/2014 10:19:55 AM)
September 1st 1942 Air Losses: 2 Japanese, 2 Allied, 1 Pilots Japanese occupy: Allies occupy: Japanese land at: Allies land at: Sub Wars Quiet China Sweeps come up empty. Chengtu forts reduced to 2 and defenders continue to hold. Some troops need withdrawing from the attack to recover a bit. Attack on the Kienko road has a mixed result doing quite good damage but suffering a bit. Burma Allies bomb Katha. Australia Quiet Pacific B-17E strike at Rossel Island at night for limited effect. Engineering Allies expand Ledo airfield to 9. R&D Quiet Economy The odd fuel state in tracker yesterday seems fixed as it shows another 43,000 fuel in the summary picture.

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (4/6/2014 11:12:02 AM)
Engine Status Expanded Ha-35 because I decided to build more Nicks. Expanded Ha-34 to build more Helens. [image]local://upfiles/43194/FCD254CC783F423FB7A48F22F405E609.jpg[/image]

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (4/6/2014 11:14:24 AM)
R&D Status [image]local://upfiles/43194/59F33A977AC24AD09535DDC3FE1C171B.jpg[/image]

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