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Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (6/30/2014 6:39:20 AM)

January 19th 1943

Air Losses: 0 Japanese, 10 Allied, 0 Pilots
Japanese occupy:
Allies occupy:
Japanese land at:
Allies land at:

Subs

Quiet

Pacific

Quiet

Burma area

There are supply shortages all over the place. Partly this is caused by reinforcements moving through bases and upping their supply draws for a few days but there also seems a general shortage across the Asian land mass.

China

Quiet

Australia

4E hit Darwin airfield. Flak does very well shooting down 4 planes with another lost to ops. 4 planes are lost to ops supplying this offensive, I assume.

Engineering

Quiet

R&D

Quiet




Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (6/30/2014 2:42:29 PM)

January 20th 1943

Air Losses: 3 Japanese, 6 Allied, 2 Pilots
Japanese occupy:
Allies occupy:
Japanese land at:
Allies land at:

Subs

Quiet

Pacific

Quiet

Burma area

Quiet

China

Quiet

Australia

4E hit Darwin airfield. Flak only gets one plane today. 2 new units look like they are reinforcing the attack.

Engineering

Quiet

R&D

Quiet




Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (6/30/2014 7:44:33 PM)

January 21st 1943

Air Losses: 6 Japanese, 6 Allied, 2 Pilots
Japanese occupy:
Allies occupy:
Japanese land at:
Allies land at:

Subs

I-5 finds a large tanker convoy near Karachi but is driven off with minor damage.

Pacific

At night, reports of large number of ships at Munda. Some Mavis try an ineffective attack. By day, nothing is reported.

Some Nells try to bomb Lunga port at night from 10000 feet. Despite over 130 ships in port they are unable to hit a thing and 4 are lost, 2 to flak and 2 to ops.

MrKane seems to have decided Japanese night attacks are ineffective and no longer flies night CAP!

Burma area

Allies bomb Myitkyna airfield heavily. A small group of Oscars had been moved there and providing LRCAP over Warazup. They are flying too high and too far away to manage to engage most of the bombers. 1 Oscar is lost on the ground and one Wellington downed by flak.

Some Fulmars straf a regiment in the Jungle in the South.

I send some Tojos from Katha to sweep over an Allied force. 30 Ki-44-IIc find 3 B-339D and down two.

China

Two cut off Chinese corps surrender, a useful 50 VP.

Australia

Quiet

Engineering

Allies have built Warazup to level 1.

R&D

Quiet




Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (7/1/2014 6:33:36 AM)

January 22nd 1943

Air Losses: 1 Japanese, 5 Allied, 0 Pilots
Japanese occupy:
Allies occupy:
Japanese land at:
Allies land at:

Subs

Quiet

Pacific

Quiet

Burma area

Allies bomb Myitkyna airfield again, unescorted. I had guessed he wouldn't do that so had decided against flying LRCAP, bad guess[:(].

China

Still bashing away at isolated forces.

Australia

Darwin bombed

Engineering

Taihoku to 7, I am sure it will eventually be useful at 8 and that would allow extra basing so carry on.

R&D

Quiet




Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (7/1/2014 11:54:50 AM)

January 23rd 1943

Air Losses: 19 Japanese, 32 Allied, 9 Pilots
Japanese occupy:
Allies occupy:
Japanese land at:
Allies land at:

Subs

DMS W-4 is lost to a sub attack near Sakhalin[:(].

Pacific

4E bomb Rossel Island

Burma area

Allies sweep Myitkyna with Hurricanes that meet a few Tojo on LRCAP, 1 Hurricane is shot down.

Allies straf with Fulmars again and a couple of Oscars engage.

I launch a daylight raid on Ledo. The sweeps fail to materialise, although the LRCAP from the same base is present. Of the 81 Helens tasked only 15 arrive[:@]. Only 4 Allied plains are on CAP and cannot prevent the bombers getting through. 7 C-47 are destroyed on the ground along with 1 Martlet but 6 Helens are lost to flak or ops. What a missed opportunity[:@]!

China

Allies strike at Lanchow oil fields in the day. They knock out 10 points of production for the loss of 15 B-24D[:)]: 13 in air-air, 1 to flak and 1 to ops.

Australia

Darwin attacked and forts reduced, this does not look good[:(]:
quote:


Ground combat at Darwin (76,124)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 71200 troops, 1151 guns, 997 vehicles, Assault Value = 1960

Defending force 37036 troops, 452 guns, 370 vehicles, Assault Value = 960

Allied adjusted assault: 3742

Japanese adjusted defense: 2037

Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 5)

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 4

Combat modifiers
Defender: forts(+), leaders(+)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
2566 casualties reported
Squads: 15 destroyed, 114 disabled
Non Combat: 22 destroyed, 97 disabled
Engineers: 7 destroyed, 31 disabled
Guns lost 74 (16 destroyed, 58 disabled)
Vehicles lost 22 (2 destroyed, 20 disabled)
Units destroyed 1 A tiny fragment left behind

Allied ground losses:
3767 casualties reported
Squads: 21 destroyed, 382 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 62 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 29 disabled
Guns lost 112 (25 destroyed, 87 disabled)
Vehicles lost 18 (1 destroyed, 17 disabled)

Assaulting units:
641st Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion
2nd Australian Division
24th Infantry Division
3rd Army Tank Brigade
5th Australian Division
25th Infantry Division
2/10th Armoured Regiment
4th Armoured Brigade
32nd Infantry Division
3rd Motor Brigade
3rd Australian Brigade
Northern Territory
95th Coast AA Regiment
2nd Medium Regiment
2nd Australian Hvy AA Regiment
1st Medium Regiment
III Australian
13th Field Regiment
21/22 Field Regiment
109th Anti Tank Regiment
II Australian
108th Anti Tank Regiment
94th Coast AA Regiment
2/16th Field Regiment
208th Coast AA Regiment
13th Australian Hvy AA Regiment

Defending units:
48th Division
56th Engineer Regiment
16th Division
14th Tank Regiment
1st Ind Engineer Regiment
12th Ind.AA Gun Co
31st Ind.AA Gun Co
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
31st Field AA Battalion
17th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
205th Ship Eng Coy
5th Air Defense AA Regiment
88th JAAF AF Coy
47th Const Co /1
13th Ind.AA Gun Co
11th Ind.AA Gun Co
21st Ind.AA Gun Co
110th Ship Eng Coy
14th Army
21st Fld AA Gun Co
310th Ship Eng Coy
28th JNAF AF Unit /1


Engineering

Quiet

R&D

Ki-84a to 12/43 (nice!)[:)]

Reinforcements

SO RO-103




Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (7/2/2014 6:37:08 AM)

January 24th 1943

Air Losses: 6 Japanese, 22 Allied, 4 Pilots
Japanese occupy:
Allies occupy:
Japanese land at:
Allies land at:

Subs

DD Nowaki drops a Type 2 DC onto SS Snapper near Truk with a full hit but it is not enough to sink her. However, she should be limping back to base.

The mystery of Allied subs continues. I begin to suspect that the forces I saw South of Formosa pulled back.

Pacific

4E bomb Rossel Island.

Allied naval search over New Britain is very good. I have a BB group and a CA group and they have to pull way back to avoid being spotted. It is going to be difficult to interfere with his next leap forward. On the other hand he may be attacking places where I can use Vals and Kates and not just the Nells and Betties (or if he delays long enough, Judies and Jills but the carriers have priority for the new aircraft).

Burma area

Hurricane sweeps run into Ki-44-IIc and fair badly. Fulmar straffing attack is hit by a motly force of A6M2, Ki-43-IIa and Ki-44-IIc. Overall, Brits lose 4 Hurricane IIc, 5 Hurricane IIb and 5 Fulmar in Air-Air for a loss of 2 A6M2, 3 Ki-44-IIc and 1 Ki-43-IIa with the Allies losing another 5 planes to ops. A nice day in the air over Burma[8D].

Recce shows the bombers have mostly left Ledo for a safer airbase but the auxiliaries are still there. Does that mean he is flying supply from Ledo? If so to where, or does he have the Chindits there and is readying for a dastardly air drop? I think I have all bases in Burma adaquately protected against a Chindit strike.

Allied fighters seem to be based at Kalemyo mostly. May try a night strike followed by sweeps.

China

Another isolated Chinese Corps succumbs to repeated attacks[:)].

Just decided, I'll send two divisions from China to Manchuko/Korea and change all the prep targets for the divisions in Manchuko/Korea to different bases of mine. This way, I should be able to mount a quick counter-invasion if opportunity presents (and have the PP available).

Australia

Quiet.

I am sending some cruisers and battleships to near Saumlaki. I will try and bombard Darwin with these. If I get lucky and hit him at the same time he launches an attack it could cause enough disruption for an attack to fail. I have some fighters that should be able to give some protection.

Engineering

Quiet

R&D

Quiet




Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (7/2/2014 10:24:03 AM)

January 25th 1943

Air Losses: 9 Japanese, 13 Allied, 4 Pilots
Japanese occupy:
Allies occupy:
Japanese land at:
Allies land at:

Subs

I-26 finds a big xAP off Ceylon, decides to only fire two torpedoes, and misses.

Pacific

4E bomb Rossel Island.

Burma area

Quiet

China

Quiet

Australia

Quiet.

Engineering

Quiet

R&D

D4Y4 to 10/43 (due April)
A6M5b to 7/43 (due May)




Lowpe -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (7/2/2014 12:29:01 PM)


quote:

ORIGINAL: Spidery

I am sending some cruisers and battleships to near Saumlaki. I will try and bombard Darwin with these. If I get lucky and hit him at the same time he launches an attack it could cause enough disruption for an attack to fail. I have some fighters that should be able to give some protection.


Drive those ships up onto the beaches to bombard when you do....but those guys are doomed, unfortunately.[:(]

Holding Darwin is tough!




Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (7/2/2014 3:43:44 PM)


quote:

ORIGINAL: Lowpe


quote:

ORIGINAL: Spidery

I am sending some cruisers and battleships to near Saumlaki. I will try and bombard Darwin with these. If I get lucky and hit him at the same time he launches an attack it could cause enough disruption for an attack to fail. I have some fighters that should be able to give some protection.


Drive those ships up onto the beaches to bombard when you do....but those guys are doomed, unfortunately.[:(]

Holding Darwin is tough!



Holding is impossible, it is just about delay and using his assets.

The C-47s he has lost supplying the attack and the 4E downed amount to quite a lot of VP.




Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (7/2/2014 3:45:39 PM)

January 26th 1943

Air Losses: 29 Japanese, 23 Allied, 13 Pilots
Japanese occupy:
Allies occupy:
Japanese land at:
Allies land at:

Subs

Quiet

Pacific

4E bomb Rossel Island.

Burma area

A night strike at Kalemyo fails to materialise.

I sweep Kalemyo, he sweeps Myitkyna. In both cases the defender seems to come off better. Day air losses here, 13 Ki-44-IIc, 8 A6M5, 5 Ki-43-IIb for 9 Hurricane IIb and 9 Hurricane IIc about 3::2 in his favour so not good but better than 2::1.

China

A big Chinese Corps is destroyed netting 70 VP in land combat for the day, this has cleared a hex allowing to move on to the next cut off force.

Australia

Quiet. He continues to take C-47 losses. I expect he is conserving supply to get supply to the troops for the next attack. I have three bombardment task forces to hit him at Darwin, he has only low levels of DL on them so may not be clear what is going on. Still will be the risk of 4E low-level attacks.

Engineering

Quiet

R&D

N1K1-J to 2/43 and enters production in 5 days. Two factories will move to work on the N1K2-J and the other two will start expanding now to increase production when they come on line and avoid wasting HI on engine bonus.




Lowpe -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (7/2/2014 3:50:20 PM)

I am so envious of your well thought out R&D plans.[&o]




Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (7/3/2014 3:04:47 PM)

January 27th 1943

Air Losses: 1 Japanese, 7 Allied, 4 Pilots
Japanese occupy:
Allies occupy:
Japanese land at:
Allies land at:

Subs

I-170 finds a nice big xAK near Pearl Harbour and hits it, with a dud[:@]!

Pacific

4E bomb Rossel Island.

Burma area

A perfectly co-ordinated set of attacks are launched against the airfield at Kalemyo[:)]. Aircraft provide LRCAP, large sweeps come in first, and then the bombers, with escorts, all arrive as a single strike of 69 Helens. Unfortunately, there are no Allied planes in the air and the bombers score only damage on Hurricanes on the ground and no destroyed planes[:(]. 6 Helens are lost to flak or ops[:@].

China

A little British base force is destroyed[8D].

Australia

The bombardments hit the Darwin besiegers flawlessly. Total damage inflicted is okay, 16 devices destroyed and 149 disabled[:)]. With the disruption applied this should give the defenders a few days respite and allow them to recover their own disablements.

Allies expect something is happening and limit themselves to sweeping Darwin. First sighting of the Spitfire VC.

Engineering

Quiet

R&D

Quiet




Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (7/6/2014 7:00:58 PM)

January 28th 1943

Air Losses: 1 Japanese, 4 Allied, 0 Pilots
Japanese occupy:
Allies occupy:
Japanese land at:
Allies land at:

Subs

Allies score a dud on an xAK near Iwo Jima.

Pacific

[>:]

Burma area

[>:]

China

[>:]

Australia

[>:]Allies sweep Darwin.

Engineering

[>:]

R&D

[>:]




Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (7/6/2014 7:03:36 PM)


quote:

ORIGINAL: Lowpe

I am so envious of your well thought out R&D plans.[&o]


Umm, in comparison yes but there are lots of things I would do differently in retrospect.

R&D, the economy, China I am happy with. The rest is not so good...




Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (7/6/2014 8:08:41 PM)

January 29th 1943

Air Losses: 2 Japanese, 5 Allied, 1 Pilots
Japanese occupy:
Allies occupy:
Japanese land at:
Allies land at:

[>:]

Subs

Various claimed hits by aircraft on Allied subs, no way of knowing if any are any effect.

Pacific

4E hit Rossel Island

Burma area

Quiet

China

Small attacks.

Australia

Quiet

Engineering

Allies have developed Munda airfield to 4.

R&D

Quiet




Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (7/7/2014 10:42:20 AM)

January 30th 1943

Air Losses: 8 Japanese, 7 Allied, 2 Pilots
Japanese occupy: Nabire(air drop)
Allies occupy:
Japanese land at:
Allies land at:

Subs

I-170 is damaged near Pearl after failing to attack a TK convoy.

Allies score a dud near Davao, first sub sighted in that area.

Allies miss a shot at CA Haguro near Rabaul

Pacific

4E hit Rossel Island and are met by some A6M5 on LRCAP from Milne Bay. 4 B-24D for 4 A6M5, a fair swap[:)].

Burma area

An Indian Brigade near Myitkyina is attacked and collapses[8D]. Interesting that it has a supply(-). Allies must be having difficulty getting supply through the Jungle. I bombarded last turn so would have increased supply demand.
quote:


Ground combat at 65,42 (near Myitkyina)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 13875 troops, 130 guns, 77 vehicles, Assault Value = 492

Defending force 3125 troops, 6 guns, 44 vehicles, Assault Value = 121

Japanese adjusted assault: 410

Allied adjusted defense: 22

Japanese assault odds: 18 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), leaders(-), experience(-)
supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Allied ground losses:
1322 casualties reported
Squads: 36 destroyed, 50 disabled
Non Combat: 22 destroyed, 15 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 7 disabled
Guns lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Vehicles lost 16 (6 destroyed, 10 disabled)
Units retreated 1

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
104th Division
46th Naval Guard Unit
Tonei Hvy Gun Regiment
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
84th Indian Brigade


China

Small attacks.

Australia

Allies reduce forts at Darwin to 3[:(]
quote:


Ground combat at Darwin (76,124)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 69257 troops, 1130 guns, 995 vehicles, Assault Value = 1735

Defending force 36520 troops, 444 guns, 370 vehicles, Assault Value = 939

Allied adjusted assault: 2956

Japanese adjusted defense: 2391

Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 4)

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 3

Combat modifiers
Defender: forts(+), leaders(+), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
2214 casualties reported
Squads: 7 destroyed, 42 disabled
Non Combat: 52 destroyed, 35 disabled
Engineers: 24 destroyed, 20 disabled
Guns lost 80 (15 destroyed, 65 disabled)
Vehicles lost 27 (11 destroyed, 16 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Allied ground losses:
5093 casualties reported
Squads: 38 destroyed, 475 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 110 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 35 disabled
Guns lost 92 (3 destroyed, 89 disabled)
Vehicles lost 42 (2 destroyed, 40 disabled)


Engineering

Port Blair forts reach 5.

R&D

A6M5c to 10/43




setloz -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (7/7/2014 10:50:17 AM)

quote:

Allies reduce forts at Darwin to 3


Yes, but at what costs? The equivalent of a division is trashed...and unless he supplies Darwin by sea, he will take a long time to recover this losses.
I'd say this goes well towards your goal of delaying Darwin as much as possible.




Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (7/7/2014 11:45:24 AM)


quote:

ORIGINAL: setloz

quote:

Allies reduce forts at Darwin to 3


Yes, but at what costs? The equivalent of a division is trashed...and unless he supplies Darwin by sea, he will take a long time to recover this losses.
I'd say this goes well towards your goal of delaying Darwin as much as possible.


I'm not so optimistic.

He seems to be having some problems getting supply in but not that much. I think he is running a massive air-lift.

He lost about a quarter of his AV disabled. If that is spread around then he will recover quicker, if it is concentrated on one Division then he can pull that one and attack again as soon as he has supply for the others.

It will get interesting when he reduces forts to 2. If he bombs the airfields he will have difficulty getting the supply to continue the attacks. If he doesn't then I may be able to rebuild to 3 between attacks.

If they can hold for a couple of weeks then I should have N1K1-J available to base at Saumlaki which should be enough to protect that and then I can set up a regular bombardment run against his forces.




Lowpe -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (7/7/2014 1:29:50 PM)

How is the morale of your troops at Darwin?

He attacked three days after your bombardment;7 days from his last attack. You might have 7 days...depends as you rightly point out the dispersal of damage done to Allied troops.

I would definitely try to get another bombardment in if you can.




Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (7/7/2014 3:10:52 PM)

January 31st 1943

Air Losses: 62 Japanese, 30 Allied, 14 Pilots
Japanese occupy:
Allies occupy:
Japanese land at:
Allies land at:

Subs

Quiet

Pacific

Quiet

Burma area

Massed Lightning sweeps hit Magwe with Hurricanes on LRCAP. Loss ratio is not good but there are still enough fighters on CAP at the end of the day's battles that he couldn't have risked bombing. Will move fighters from night to day and re-organise to have a good CAP up for the next day. Looked like sweeps were coming from Silchar and the LRCAP from Kalemyo, is it worth trying to hit either?

Seem to have shot down 20 Hurricane IIc, 3 Hurricane IIb, 2 P-38F, 1 P-38G for a loss of 23 A6M2, 12 Ki-43-IIb, 12 Ki-44-IIc, 6 A6M5, 4 Ki-43-1c a ratio below the 2::1 needed so not so good[:(].

China

Quiet

Australia

Darwin is bombed, flak is on good form and downs 3 planes.

2 more units seen approaching Darwin.

Engineering

Sapporo airfield to 8. Katha to 7. Buka forts to 4.

R&D

February brings the N1K1-J into production, initially have 71 but will expand this to 131. In about a week should be able to upgrade the first small unit.[:)]

Get a TOE upgrade for the tank regiments.[:)]

Kawasaki Ha-60 enters production but have no use for it.

Upgrades available for the Wakatake, Hashidate, and Kamikaze classes and the Chikuma can be fitted with radar.




Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (7/7/2014 3:16:54 PM)


quote:

ORIGINAL: Lowpe

How is the morale of your troops at Darwin?

He attacked three days after your bombardment;7 days from his last attack. You might have 7 days...depends as you rightly point out the dispersal of damage done to Allied troops.

I would definitely try to get another bombardment in if you can.


Morale is 97+ except for one AA unit and a couple of shipping engineering companies.

Trying to think what he could do to counter bombardments. He could run lots of subs in, possibly with mines. However, the greater risk I could see would be night dropping mines from his 4E just before I came in for an attack and hoping some ships get hung up that he can then attack in the day.

Currently, I have a support force at Ambon that means I have a cycle time of 6 days.




Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (7/7/2014 3:17:28 PM)

Just noticed that he dropped his bombing of Darwin down to 10000 feet.




Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (7/7/2014 3:36:54 PM)

January in Review

Warazup was lost and the rest of North Australia except Darwin. Otherwise, pretty quiet.

            Japan  Allies
Overall VP:  +868   +530
Base:        -139    +57
Air:         +277   +319
Land:        +529    +86
Ship:        +201    +72

Land losses reflect the reduction of isolated Chinese forces and the VP advantage for destroying Indian, British and Australian troops.

The Japanese ship points come mostly from a sub sinking the BB Colorado(?) on New Year's day.

Base VP in part reflects that Kweiyang just went into the red for supply because a division is moving through it.

I have 22,859 VP not counting base VP, these are VP that can't be taken away.



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Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (7/7/2014 3:47:58 PM)

Economy

Lost 10 oil production at Lanchow over the month so production remains above expectations.

I have tankers sitting idle because they have no oil or fuel to move so everything is moving well.

Armaments took a drop from all the upgrades and vehicles took a big boost from recycling obsolete devices. Good boost to supply and fuel, following much reduced need for activity. That is about 10 days worth of available supply saved for the month.

Oil:      -112,131
Fuel:     +184,983
Supply:   +170,601
HI:        +61,588
Vehicles:   +4,865
Armaments:  -2,283



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Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (7/8/2014 8:21:26 PM)

February 1st 1943

Air Losses: 1 Japanese, 2 Allied, 0 Pilots
Japanese occupy:
Allies occupy:
Japanese land at:
Allies land at:

Subs

Quiet

Pacific

Quiet

Burma area

Try to move the Chinese Corps on the road between Paoshan and Lashio. This is going to be difficult:
quote:


Ground combat at 63,45 (near Bhamo)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 19899 troops, 340 guns, 114 vehicles, Assault Value = 578

Defending force 13326 troops, 50 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 446

Japanese adjusted assault: 277

Allied adjusted defense: 457

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), morale(-), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
730 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 76 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled

Allied ground losses:
173 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
39th Division
38th/A Division
26th Field Artillery Regiment
12th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
10th Mortar Battalion
4th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
14th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
11th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
5th Medium Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
60th Chinese Corps
5th Burma Battalion


China

Quiet

Australia

Darwin is bombed.

Engineering

Allies expand many airfields but nowhere important.

R&D

Quiet




Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (7/10/2014 6:28:16 AM)

February 2nd 1943

Air Losses: 22 Japanese, 16 Allied, 5 Pilots
Japanese occupy:
Allies occupy:
Japanese land at:
Allies land at:

Subs

Quiet

Pacific

Quiet

Burma area

Lightnings sweep Magwe, 5 P-38G are downed. 9 Ki-44-IIc lost. 10 Ki-43-IIb lost but not sure how many here and how many over Darwin.

China

Bomb the troops on the Burma road, minor damage but may have added some disruption.

Australia

Bombardment task forces hit Darwin, Hiei hits a mine at Bathurst Island, damage is minor 6/13/2.

A few Oscar IIb are on LRCAP over Darwin and mess with his bombers and some fighters. Flak and ops get 3 B-24D and a B-17F.

Some of his bombers hit the ground troops, pushing disruption up to 41 for one of the infantry divisions.

Engineering

Allies expand Warazup to 2.

R&D

Quiet

Reinforcements

One of the bigger tankers




Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (7/10/2014 5:32:48 PM)

February 3rd 1943

Air Losses: 14 Japanese, 9 Allied, 3 Pilots
Japanese occupy:
Allies occupy:
Japanese land at:
Allies land at:

Subs

Quiet

Pacific

Lightnings sweep Rabaul. 6 P-38G swapped for 5 A6M5, 3 Ki-44-IIc, 3 Ki-45 KAIa, 2 Ki-44-IIa, 1 Ki-45 KAIb. Not a good return in general but okay against Lightnings[;)]. 5 Type 2 and 4 Ta-Chi 7 radars are located at Rabaul but only get 4 minutes warning[:(].
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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 25 NM, estimated altitude 41,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 53
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 18
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 23
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 37
Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 2

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 25

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 3 destroyed
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38G Lightning: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet

CAP engaged:
204 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 15 on standby, 0 scrambling)
7 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters between 13000 and 38500.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 25 minutes
26th Sentai/C with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 14000 and 36740.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 22 minutes
5th Sentai/C with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 11000 , scrambling fighters to 35200.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 21 minutes
Zuikaku-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 12 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 38500.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes
Hosho-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 9 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 38500.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes
13th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (0 airborne, 18 on standby, 0 scrambling)
9 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 35200.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 21 minutes
54th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (0 airborne, 10 on standby, 0 scrambling)
5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 36740.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes
246th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling)
6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 36740.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes
Spc.Attck.Unit with Ki-45 KAIb Nick (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 6 minutes


Get a useful sigint and will try an intercept.

I have some subs chasing TK task forces heading back to the West Coast but they keep failing to attack despite being in the path of the task forces. Looks like he is running from San Diego to Pearl Harbour.

Burma area

Deploy the first N1K1-J into theatre. However, the time to fix after the upgrade is huge with an average repair time of 5 days and one plane needing 15 days.

China

Trying to shift some of the out-of-supply Chinese in the mountains, it is hard going:
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Ground combat at 63,45 (near Bhamo)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 17323 troops, 423 guns, 164 vehicles, Assault Value = 544

Defending force 13084 troops, 50 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 424

Japanese adjusted assault: 321

Allied adjusted defense: 742

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), morale(-), supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
688 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 48 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled

Allied ground losses:
136 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
39th Division
38th/A Division
12th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
14th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
4th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
6th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
26th Field Artillery Regiment
5th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
11th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
1st Mortar Battalion
4th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
4th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
13th Mortar Battalion
10th Mortar Battalion
14th JNAF AF Unit

Defending units:
60th Chinese Corps
5th Burma Battalion

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Ground combat at 70,45 (near Kunming)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 33350 troops, 439 guns, 192 vehicles, Assault Value = 929

Defending force 19263 troops, 121 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 629

Japanese adjusted assault: 754

Allied adjusted defense: 1561

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-), experience(-)
supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
1896 casualties reported
Squads: 7 destroyed, 168 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 18 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled
Guns lost 12 (1 destroyed, 11 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
392 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 41 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled

Assaulting units:
24th Division
8th Division
15th Ind.Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Hvy.Artillery Regiment
2nd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
3rd Hvy.Artillery Regiment
28th Mountain Gun Regiment
3rd Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
21st Chinese Corps
61st Chinese Corps


Australia

His 4E hit ground troops at Darwin again but damage is minor and disruption is mostly recovered. Flak continues to inflict losses downing 2 4E bombers.

Engineering

Quiet

R&D

Ki-43-IV to 1/44, Ki-43-IIa to 11/43.




Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (7/10/2014 6:58:38 PM)

A graph of resource movements at Urumchi (about half-a-year).

Supply has been trying to get there to fix the oil wells but stopped flowing about when I finished securing the area around Lanchow and no longer had big supply stocks at Lanchow and Sian.

Oil was doing well until I cut back the oil draw at Fusan and has been restored since I set up a small draw there.

Fuel just drifts slowly down.



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Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (7/10/2014 8:23:14 PM)

February 4th 1943

Air Losses: 3 Japanese, 5 Allied, 2 Pilots
Japanese occupy:
Allies occupy:
Japanese land at:
Allies land at:

Subs

Quiet

Pacific

Quiet

Burma area

Quiet

China

Quiet

Australia

More bombing of troops. Flak gets another 3 4E bombers.

Engineering

Soreng to 2, Ruteng to 4, building defenses for the next line of defense.

R&D

D4Y4 to 9/43




Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (7/11/2014 9:01:48 AM)

February 5th 1943

Air Losses: 1 Japanese, 3 Allied, 0 Pilots
Japanese occupy:
Allies occupy:
Japanese land at:
Allies land at:

Subs

DD Ariake scores a proper hit on SS Pollack, not enough to sink her but should force her back for repairs[:)].

Pacific

I have my subs put perfectly on his two tanker forces near San Francisco (see below) but they fail to attack, curses[:@]!

Burma area

Quiet

China

Quiet

Australia

Quiet

Engineering

Benkoelen airfield to 6.

R&D

Quiet



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