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Lowpe -> RE: Disaster! (9/10/2016 11:57:22 PM)

No attack at Maizuru...and reinforcements really flow into that base.

But at Nagoya, the Yanks are coming, the Yanks deliberate attack...[X(]

Bloodbath ensues and forts are dropped to 0 with a 1-2 attack.[X(]

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Lowpe -> RE: Disaster! (9/11/2016 12:17:29 AM)

Supply is extremely problematic now on Honshu...

Troops getting chewed up at a tremendous clip...

Beaches stripped of a lot of their garrison...disrupted and disabled troops headed there for recovery but will most likely stay in SR mode.

Only three weeks to go, but I don't see how I can hold Shanghai and Maizuru. Once Maizuru falls it seems Osaka will fall shortly after.

Set up a cap trap over Maizuru today, Jacks and Frank and Georges fly once more.[;)]




Lowpe -> RE: Disaster! (9/11/2016 12:55:25 AM)

VP Ratio 2.509 to 1.

3 Weeks to go!




Lowpe -> RE: Disaster! (9/11/2016 3:04:23 AM)

Dec 8th 1944

No attacks at either Maizuru or Nagoya. Troop movements continue...I think I can survive another attack at either city.

I have now moved most transports and bombers to fly supplies into Honshu from Manchuko. Quiet times has allowed some stockpiling of supplies in Manchuko.

Some Tabbies are flying troops into Shanghai hoping to build the defenses there.

3 weeks to go...is it doable?[&:]

I have a Nate CAP trap up and running![X(][X(][X(][:D]




Lowpe -> RE: Disaster! (9/11/2016 3:12:15 AM)

16 Battleships are pounding me at Maizuru and Nagoya daily.

This is simply tough, not to mention the 100's of planes daily too.

Plus the 100s of artillery tubes.

How in the world am I holding.[&:]

Night Naval bombardment of Maizuru at 110,58

Allied Ships
BB Richelieu
BB Queen Elizabeth
BB Valiant
BC Renown
CA London
CA Baltimore
CA San Francisco
CA Minneapolis
CA Astoria
CA Salt Lake City
CA Chicago
CL Pasadena
DD Morris
DD Terry
DD Smalley
DD Prichett
DD Jenkins
DD John Hood
DD Harrison
DD Halligan
DD Franks
DD Brush
DD Allen M. Sumner
DE Fieberling
DE Damon M. Cummings

Japanese ground losses:
504 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 39 disabled
Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 59 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Guns lost 35 (8 destroyed, 27 disabled)
Vehicles lost 18 (2 destroyed, 16 disabled)

Manpower hits 3
Fires 429
Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 17




Walker84 -> RE: Disaster! (9/11/2016 6:57:41 AM)


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ORIGINAL: Lowpe


I have a Nate CAP trap up and running![X(][X(][X(][:D]


Sheesh - is that what we have to look forward to as Japan players in '45?

Seriously, have never got as far as defending the Japanese mainland in a game yet. Do you have a sense as to the best places to reinforce, or is it a case of building the 'Tojo line' in every coastal base?




Lowpe -> RE: Disaster! (9/11/2016 4:13:57 PM)

Dec 9th, 1944

Nates don't get a chance, but will try with them again today.

Maizuru and Nagoya are not attacked. Rotating troops nicely now.

Nanking is attacked and holds versus the lousy British tanks. [:)]

Still making great strides at supplying the Empire. Rashin has 200 transports and bombers flying in supplies to Honshu.

Formosa garrisons are flying into Shanghai.

Between Hong Kong and Formosa convoy ships still arrive bringing precious supplies.

Yu sub transports continue being the unsung hero ferrying supplies to China. Other Iboats plant a few mines and some are patrolling deep in Allied waters without much success.

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Lowpe -> RE: Disaster! (9/11/2016 4:16:47 PM)


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ORIGINAL: Walker84


quote:

ORIGINAL: Lowpe


I have a Nate CAP trap up and running![X(][X(][X(][:D]


Sheesh - is that what we have to look forward to as Japan players in '45?

Seriously, have never got as far as defending the Japanese mainland in a game yet. Do you have a sense as to the best places to reinforce, or is it a case of building the 'Tojo line' in every coastal base?


Everything must be used![;)]

I don't really understand your Tojo Line...Allies will in general go where you are the weakest. I am reinforcing where I must...where I have to or where I can reasonably delay the Allies. Terrain is very important.




Lowpe -> RE: Disaster! (9/11/2016 6:19:21 PM)

Dec 10, 1944

Quiet day, that is for late 44 and getting pummeled.

IJN is preparing to strike back...2BB, 3CL, DD and one Fleet Carrier. WooHoo!




Lowpe -> RE: Disaster! (9/11/2016 8:19:53 PM)

Dec 11, 1944

Another Day...still fighting.

Nates get chewed up by Spitfires and Jugs, but Tonies, Jacks and George get into the bombers and do some damage....

Still holding everywhere. 5000 IJA AV at Maizuru and 3000 in Nagoya. Japanese troops flowing into Ankang, and for some odd reason Fusan is now being pounded by the Allied air forces. I wonder why.

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Lowpe -> RE: Disaster! (9/11/2016 8:35:07 PM)

VP 2.510 to 1.

Hanging in...




Lowpe -> RE: Disaster! (9/12/2016 12:39:29 AM)

Dec 12, 1944

The fighting is brutal. Brutal.[X(]

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Lowpe -> RE: Disaster! (9/12/2016 12:40:06 AM)

Did I say Brutal?

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Lowpe -> RE: Disaster! (9/12/2016 1:15:10 AM)

Both attacks were 1-1.

Freeing up the last city of supplies on Honshu. Moving some sub transports to deliver supplies, but it won't do much.

Rotating troops in and out, and I have pretty much abandoned defending most other locations on Honshu. Well, I will be moving really beat up troops there, but anything with supply and soldiers are going to Maizuru or Nagoya.

Troops have to move out of those two cities to replenish supplies and then move back in.

Amazing carnage, but I need only hold for a few weeks.




Lowpe -> RE: Disaster! (9/12/2016 1:40:50 PM)

Still fighting in China...



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Lowpe -> RE: Disaster! (9/12/2016 11:52:42 PM)

Dec 13th, 1944

Troop movement on Honshu...hoping I can survive the next attack at Maizuru and Nagoya. Lots of fresh troops moving this next day but almost all in reserve no pursuit mode.

Nanking holds off an attack. I have more troops moving here, but the troops are awfully pounded by air and naval attacks. Hoping to delay losing Nanking long enough for Shanghai to hold out till game end.

Ground combat at Nanking (91,52)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 42740 troops, 742 guns, 705 vehicles, Assault Value = 1570

Defending force 23464 troops, 227 guns, 105 vehicles, Assault Value = 679

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 3

Allied adjusted assault: 1086

Japanese adjusted defense: 417

Allied assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 3)

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 3

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), op mode(-), disruption(-)
preparation(-), fatigue(-), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
1134 casualties reported
Squads: 13 destroyed, 116 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 15 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Guns lost 21 (5 destroyed, 16 disabled)
Vehicles lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
662 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 122 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 24 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 20 disabled

Assaulting units:
254th Armoured Brigade
11th Indian Division
2nd British Division
36th British Division

Defending units:
63rd Division
2nd RGC Capital Division
73rd Ind.Mixed Brigade
Shanghai SNLF
34th Tank Regiment
30th Recon Regiment
68th JAAF AF Bn
1st Base Force
171st AA Regiment
90th JAAF AF Bn




Lowpe -> RE: Disaster! (9/13/2016 5:25:56 PM)

Dec 14, 1944

Bombardment attacks at Nagoya and Maizuru allows the rotation of fresher units into the bases while retreating shattered units out.

Close to 5000 IJA AV at Maizuru and 3300 at Nagoya.

Hankow and Nanking hold...more troops on the way. The first Allied troops are 45 miles away from Shanghai...which is weakly held but has lots of units present. Flying in about 50 AV a day to bolster the defense there, but so far Allies seem focused on taking low VP bases like Nanking which has 3 divisions present.

Allies have started to do shock attacks in the mountain passes near Chunkging, and we are still holding our ground.

Game is rapidly winding down...my hope is we can finish it off by this weekend as I reach 1945.




mind_messing -> RE: Disaster! (9/14/2016 1:31:20 PM)

I'm actually glad to see the slaughter on Honshu that you're having to endure, it makes me feel justified in my decision to spend supplies copiously in digging forts on Honshu.




Lowpe -> RE: Disaster! (9/14/2016 1:36:43 PM)

Dec 15, 1944

No major attacks on Honshu...still rotating and resting troops.

Set up a CAP trap at Fusan...

I now have 300 planes flying supplies into Honshu and it seems to be really helping. Gotta love Tabbies.

IJA troopers held in Nanking, with more troops on the way. the Allied attack at Nanking has 1 armored brigade, 3 divisions, and 1 regiment so having them there rather than taking Shanghai is great.

Still flying in troops to Shanghai and the first Allied troops will most likely arrive tomorrow.

Half way done December, maybe I can make it!!!

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Lowpe -> RE: Disaster! (9/14/2016 1:38:13 PM)


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ORIGINAL: mind_messing

I'm actually glad to see the slaughter on Honshu that you're having to endure, it makes me feel justified in my decision to spend supplies copiously in digging forts on Honshu.



Don't forget that the forts will most likely reduce supply stockpile hits from aerial bombardments.[:)]




Lokasenna -> RE: Disaster! (9/15/2016 8:03:37 AM)


quote:

ORIGINAL: Lowpe


quote:

ORIGINAL: mind_messing

I'm actually glad to see the slaughter on Honshu that you're having to endure, it makes me feel justified in my decision to spend supplies copiously in digging forts on Honshu.



Don't forget that the forts will most likely reduce supply stockpile hits from aerial bombardments.[:)]


Uh, I don't think they do that, do they?




njp72 -> RE: Disaster! (9/15/2016 10:50:44 AM)


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ORIGINAL: Lokasenna


quote:

ORIGINAL: Lowpe


quote:

ORIGINAL: mind_messing

I'm actually glad to see the slaughter on Honshu that you're having to endure, it makes me feel justified in my decision to spend supplies copiously in digging forts on Honshu.



Don't forget that the forts will most likely reduce supply stockpile hits from aerial bombardments.[:)]


Uh, I don't think they do that, do they?


I would love to know the answer to that question as well [:)]




Lowpe -> RE: Disaster! (9/15/2016 2:02:07 PM)

Dec 16, 1944

Over 20 units arrive on train cars into rail yards at Nagoya...

they arrives into a maelstrom of destruction and death![X(]

They are joined by every able bodied pixel man from Hamamatsu, they arrived yesterday, and were in battle positions.

The attack comes![X(]

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Lowpe -> RE: Disaster! (9/15/2016 2:05:31 PM)

Oh my!

Ground combat at Nagoya (111,60)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 172121 troops, 2679 guns, 4713 vehicles, Assault Value = 5877

Defending force 177004 troops, 2658 guns, 459 vehicles, Assault Value = 3487

Allied adjusted assault: 1491

Japanese adjusted defense: 2673

Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 0)

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), op mode(-), leaders(+), disruption(-)
preparation(-), supply(-)
Attacker: disruption(-)

Japanese ground losses:
10960 casualties reported
Squads: 230 destroyed, 558 disabled
Non Combat: 47 destroyed, 145 disabled
Engineers: 16 destroyed, 111 disabled
Guns lost 186 (59 destroyed, 127 disabled)
Vehicles lost 37 (8 destroyed, 29 disabled)
Units destroyed 2

Allied ground losses:
3139 casualties reported
Squads: 21 destroyed, 342 disabled
Non Combat: 14 destroyed, 133 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 54 disabled
Guns lost 90 (8 destroyed, 82 disabled)
Vehicles lost 322 (22 destroyed, 300 disabled)

Assaulting units:
44th Tank Battalion
4th Marine Division
640th Tank Destroyer Battalion
1st USMC Tank Battalion
706th Tank Battalion
193rd Tank Battalion
632nd Tank Destroyer Battalion
766th Tank Battalion
762nd Tank Battalion
3rd USMC Tank Battalion
775th Tank Battalion
711th Tank Battalion
671th Tank Destroyer Battalion
1st Marine Division
25th Infantry Division
XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
3rd Marine Division
33rd Infantry Division
763rd Tank Battalion
37th Infantry Division
2nd Marine Division
43rd Infantry Division
I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment
1st Cavalry (Spec) Cavalry Division
40th Infantry Division
713th Flame Tank Battalion
2nd USMC Tank Battalion
710th Tank Battalion
41st Infantry Division
7th Infantry Division
XXIV CorpsArtillery
XIV Corps Artillery
XI Corps Artillery
168th Field Artillery Regiment
X Corps Artillery
225th Field Artillery Battalion
1 USMC Seacoast Art

Defending units:
Yokosuka 3rd SNLF
2nd Glider Inf. Regiment
65th Brigade
69th Ind.Mixed Brigade
38th Ind.Mixed Brigade
2nd Sasebo SNLF Coy
73rd/A Division
60th Ind.Mixed Brigade
14th Ind.Mixed Regiment
5th Indpt SNLF Coy
57th Depot Division
84th Division
1st Tank Division
73rd/B Division
1st Ind.Tank Brigade
57th Ind.Mixed Brigade
3rd Guards/B Division
66th Ind.Mixed Brigade
48th Division
16th Ind.Mixed Regiment
34th Ind.Mixed Brigade
4th Tank Division
78th Infantry Brigade
46th Division
81st Division
71st Ind.Mixed Brigade
17th Ind.Mixed Regiment
1st Raiding Tank Battalion
31st Engineer Regiment
56th Naval Guard Unit
3rd Guards/A Division
1st Glider Inf. Regiment
6th Depot Division
35th Ind.Mixed Brigade
54th Ind.Mixed Brigade
56th Depot Division
73rd/C Division
58th Ind.Mixed Brigade
91st Division
2nd Depot Division
3rd Guards/C Division
21th JNAF AF Unit
56th JNAF AF Unit
54th Field AA Battalion
7th JNAF Coy
206th Naval Construction Battalion
11th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion
246th JAAF AF Bn
31st Air Defense AA Regiment
7th Base Force
28th Field AA Machinecannon Company
23rd AA Regiment
87th JAAF AF Bn
102nd AA Regiment
78th Field AA Machinecannon Company
Nanyo Cho JNAF Base Force
7th Medium Mortar Battalion
111th AA Regiment
1st RF Gun Battalion
50th Field AA Battalion
89th JAAF AF Bn
3rd Special Base Force
57th Construction Battalion
121st AA Regiment
94th Field AA Battalion
Nampo Shoto JNAF Base Force
43rd JAAF AF Bn
140th JAAF AF Bn
94th JAAF AF Bn
1st Ind.AA Gun Co
65th JAAF AF Bn
11th JNAF AF Unit
31st JAAF AF Bn
Hokuto JNAF Base Force
141st JAAF AF Bn
9th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
32nd Special Base Force
163rd JAAF AF Bn
5th Mortar Battalion
2nd Base Force
227th Naval Construction Battalion
77th Field AA Battalion
176th JAAF AF Bn
190th JAAF AF Bn
131st Naval Construction Battalion
37th Ind. Engineer Regiment
9th Field AF Construction Battalion
248th JAAF AF Bn
94th Engineer Regiment
62nd Special AA Machinecannon Company
61st Field AA Battalion
107th JAAF AF Bn
56th Construction Battalion
65th Construction Battalion
1st Naval Construction Battalion
39th Const Co
29th Field AF Construction Battalion
175th JAAF AF Bn
Kanto JNAF Base Force
12th RF Gun Battalion
29th Ind. Engineer Regiment
20th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
19th JAAF Base Force
49th JAAF AF Bn
64th Construction Battalion
Maraisha JNAF Base Force
189th JAAF AF Bn
10th RF Gun Battalion
13th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
79th Field AA Machinecannon Company
11th Special Base Force
3rd Machine Cannon AA Battalion
146th JAAF AF Bn
96th Field AA Battalion
23rd Special Base Force
2nd Ind. Engineer Regiment
8th JNAF AF Unit
26th RF Gun Battalion
Suzuka JNAF Base Force




Lowpe -> RE: Disaster! (9/15/2016 2:08:16 PM)

China...

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Lowpe -> RE: Disaster! (9/15/2016 2:21:07 PM)

Lots of VP at Shanghai, and it isn't heavily defended, but more and more troops arrive each day.

Only need to hold for 14 more days and the rail line from Nanking to Manchuko is still intact.



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Lowpe -> RE: Disaster! (9/15/2016 2:24:13 PM)

quote:

ORIGINAL: njp72


quote:

ORIGINAL: Lokasenna


quote:

ORIGINAL: Lowpe


quote:

ORIGINAL: mind_messing

I'm actually glad to see the slaughter on Honshu that you're having to endure, it makes me feel justified in my decision to spend supplies copiously in digging forts on Honshu.



Don't forget that the forts will most likely reduce supply stockpile hits from aerial bombardments.[:)]


Uh, I don't think they do that, do they?


I would love to know the answer to that question as well [:)]


I have mentioned this before, and read the rules quite closely and have evidence of my games to firmly believe this is the case.

I don't know the mechanics, and there could even be more than one benefit: i.e. reducing the number of supply hits and a percent reduction in the effectiveness of the bombs at destroying supplies formula for those that do hit.






BBfanboy -> RE: Disaster! (9/15/2016 8:13:32 PM)

+1 on the forts protecting supply as well as troops/devices.




Lowpe -> RE: Disaster! (9/15/2016 8:45:42 PM)

I just wanted to point out the Allied disruption malus in the attack on Nagoya...

I think the 4th Marine has been knocked down to near 200 AV...so even though my troops are shot and falling like flies, I just need to hold on for two more weeks.




mind_messing -> RE: Disaster! (9/15/2016 8:59:20 PM)

Did you ever get CD guns to fire on enemy shipping on the Yangste?




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