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GreyJoy -> RE: Calcutta is sieged! (5/11/2014 10:59:15 PM)
Feb 04, 42 Quite a turn. CALCUTTA FALLS and the Whole British army surrenders!!! Unfortunately, every single HI, LI, Res or whatever present there is destroyed [:@] Not lucky here... The allies sent the B17s against Palembang...and they hit, despite the huge defence put there...:-( -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Calcutta at 52,37 Japanese Ships CA Nachi CA Haguro CA Myoko CA Chokai CL Kiso CL Kinu CL Naka CL Sendai DD Harukaze DD Hatsuharu DD Suzukaze DD Samidare DD Murasame DD Hatsukaze DD Oyashio DD Kuroshio Allied Ships xAK Testbank, Shell hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage Allied ground losses: 426 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 49 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled Guns lost 21 (5 destroyed, 16 disabled) Vehicles lost 17 (4 destroyed, 13 disabled) Manpower hits 5 Light Industry hits 1 Resources hits 1 Fires 694 Airbase hits 7 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 17 Port hits 8 Port fuel hits 2 Port supply hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Palembang , at 48,91 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 52 Ki-27b Nate x 44 Allied aircraft B-339D x 2 B-17E Fortress x 21 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-27b Nate: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-339D: 1 destroyed B-17E Fortress: 1 destroyed, 13 damaged Manpower hits 1 Fires 369 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet * City Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet * City Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet * City Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb 2 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet * City Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: Yamada Det S-1 with A6M2 Zero (3 airborne, 7 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 8000 , scrambling fighters to 8000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 8 minutes 3 planes vectored on to bombers Ryujo-1 with A6M2 Zero (7 airborne, 15 on standby, 0 scrambling) 7 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 10 minutes 4 planes vectored on to bombers 50th Sentai with Ki-27b Nate (8 airborne, 18 on standby, 0 scrambling) 8 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 8 minutes 14 planes vectored on to bombers 77th Sentai with Ki-27b Nate (6 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters to 5000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 6 minutes 4 planes vectored on to bombers Taiyo-1 with A6M2 Zero (6 airborne, 14 on standby, 0 scrambling) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 20000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 12 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Calcutta (52,37) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 83776 troops, 930 guns, 479 vehicles, Assault Value = 2377 Defending force 34102 troops, 269 guns, 436 vehicles, Assault Value = 696 Japanese adjusted assault: 1452 Allied adjusted defense: 697 Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Calcutta !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), disruption(-), preparation(-) experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 2306 casualties reported Squads: 11 destroyed, 117 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 30 disabled Engineers: 3 destroyed, 37 disabled Guns lost 6 (1 destroyed, 5 disabled) Vehicles lost 13 (2 destroyed, 11 disabled) Allied ground losses: 42053 casualties reported Squads: 1070 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1277 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 225 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 336 (336 destroyed, 0 disabled) Vehicles lost 649 (649 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units destroyed 15 Assaulting units: 55th Engineer Regiment 23rd Ind Engineer Regiment 9th Ind Engineer Regiment 21st Division 22nd Ind Engineer Regiment 1st Tank Regiment 2nd Division 24th Ind Engineer Regiment 33rd Division 38th Division 7th Ind Engineer Regiment 5th Division 18th Division 27th Ind Engineer Regiment 4th Ind Engineer Regiment 14th Guards Regiment 21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion 18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 20th AA Regiment 3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment Southern Army 30th Fld AA Gun Co 3rd Mortar Battalion 3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 1st RF Gun Battalion 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment 3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 2nd Mortar Battalion 25th Army 36th Field AA Battalion 15th Ind Engineer Regiment 31st Fld AA Gun Co 2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 26th Fld AA Gun Co 55th Mountain Gun Regiment 16th AA Regiment Defending units: 255th Armoured Brigade 44th Indian Brigade Fort William 254th Armoured Brigade 18th British Division 45th Indian Brigade 50th Tank Brigade 1st Patiala Lancers Regiment 43rd Cavalry Regiment 36th Indian Brigade Eastern Command 23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment India Command 6th Heavy AA Regiment 35th Light AA Regiment Now need to decide what to do...i'll sleep over tonight and will decide Tomorrow... [image]local://upfiles/37890/9FBABC3783B54519B614F45DD069BDF2.jpg[/image]

Lokasenna -> RE: Calcutta is sieged! (5/11/2014 11:08:37 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: GreyJoy Feb 04, 42 Quite a turn. CALCUTTA FALLS and the Whole British army surrenders!!! Unfortunately, every single HI, LI, Res or whatever present there is destroyed [:@] Not lucky here... The allies sent the B17s against Palembang...and they hit, despite the huge defence put there...:-( -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Calcutta at 52,37 Japanese Ships CA Nachi CA Haguro CA Myoko CA Chokai CL Kiso CL Kinu CL Naka CL Sendai DD Harukaze DD Hatsuharu DD Suzukaze DD Samidare DD Murasame DD Hatsukaze DD Oyashio DD Kuroshio Allied Ships xAK Testbank, Shell hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage Allied ground losses: 426 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 49 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled Guns lost 21 (5 destroyed, 16 disabled) Vehicles lost 17 (4 destroyed, 13 disabled) Manpower hits 5 Light Industry hits 1 Resources hits 1 Fires 694 Airbase hits 7 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 17 Port hits 8 Port fuel hits 2 Port supply hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Palembang , at 48,91 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 52 Ki-27b Nate x 44 Allied aircraft B-339D x 2 B-17E Fortress x 21 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-27b Nate: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-339D: 1 destroyed B-17E Fortress: 1 destroyed, 13 damaged Manpower hits 1 Fires 369 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet * City Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet * City Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet * City Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb 2 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet * City Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: Yamada Det S-1 with A6M2 Zero (3 airborne, 7 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 8000 , scrambling fighters to 8000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 8 minutes 3 planes vectored on to bombers Ryujo-1 with A6M2 Zero (7 airborne, 15 on standby, 0 scrambling) 7 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 10 minutes 4 planes vectored on to bombers 50th Sentai with Ki-27b Nate (8 airborne, 18 on standby, 0 scrambling) 8 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 8 minutes 14 planes vectored on to bombers 77th Sentai with Ki-27b Nate (6 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters to 5000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 6 minutes 4 planes vectored on to bombers Taiyo-1 with A6M2 Zero (6 airborne, 14 on standby, 0 scrambling) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 20000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 12 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Calcutta (52,37) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 83776 troops, 930 guns, 479 vehicles, Assault Value = 2377 Defending force 34102 troops, 269 guns, 436 vehicles, Assault Value = 696 Japanese adjusted assault: 1452 Allied adjusted defense: 697 Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Calcutta !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), disruption(-), preparation(-) experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 2306 casualties reported Squads: 11 destroyed, 117 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 30 disabled Engineers: 3 destroyed, 37 disabled Guns lost 6 (1 destroyed, 5 disabled) Vehicles lost 13 (2 destroyed, 11 disabled) Allied ground losses: 42053 casualties reported Squads: 1070 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1277 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 225 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 336 (336 destroyed, 0 disabled) Vehicles lost 649 (649 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units destroyed 15 Assaulting units: 55th Engineer Regiment 23rd Ind Engineer Regiment 9th Ind Engineer Regiment 21st Division 22nd Ind Engineer Regiment 1st Tank Regiment 2nd Division 24th Ind Engineer Regiment 33rd Division 38th Division 7th Ind Engineer Regiment 5th Division 18th Division 27th Ind Engineer Regiment 4th Ind Engineer Regiment 14th Guards Regiment 21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion 18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 20th AA Regiment 3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment Southern Army 30th Fld AA Gun Co 3rd Mortar Battalion 3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 1st RF Gun Battalion 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment 3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 2nd Mortar Battalion 25th Army 36th Field AA Battalion 15th Ind Engineer Regiment 31st Fld AA Gun Co 2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 26th Fld AA Gun Co 55th Mountain Gun Regiment 16th AA Regiment Defending units: 255th Armoured Brigade 44th Indian Brigade Fort William 254th Armoured Brigade 18th British Division 45th Indian Brigade 50th Tank Brigade 1st Patiala Lancers Regiment 43rd Cavalry Regiment 36th Indian Brigade Eastern Command 23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment India Command 6th Heavy AA Regiment 35th Light AA Regiment Now need to decide what to do...i'll sleep over tonight and will decide Tomorrow... [image]local://upfiles/37890/9FBABC3783B54519B614F45DD069BDF2.jpg[/image] Tough luck on the industry, but did you get a stockpile of booty from the capture at least?

GreyJoy -> RE: Calcutta is sieged! (5/11/2014 11:13:13 PM)
1750 fuel, 69 oil and not a single supply point.... can't say i'm happy

GreyJoy -> RE: Calcutta is sieged! (5/11/2014 11:14:35 PM)
Now i have 7 divisions at Calcutta... free to go...where??? The idea is to split this huge army: send immediately 2 IDs to Colombo, 2 to Madras, 2 North towards central India and 1 with 2 regiments to conquer Assam and close on Burma... What do you think?

JohnDillworth -> RE: Calcutta is sieged! (5/12/2014 12:35:46 AM)
quote: Now i have 7 divisions at Calcutta... free to go...where??? The idea is to split this huge army: send immediately 2 IDs to Colombo, 2 to Madras, 2 North towards central India and 1 with 2 regiments to conquer Assam and close on Burma... What do you think? Colombo and the rest of Sri Lanka will give you the best return on investment. This will be the outer crust of the empire that will delay supply to China. Build and hold. good bases here

Encircled -> RE: Calcutta is sieged! (5/12/2014 7:10:24 AM)
Chase him back to Karachi or Bombay, bottle him in and harvest the rich bounty of the sub-continent for the glory of Nippon. He made a mistake trying to hold there, make him pay for it.

GreyJoy -> RE: Calcutta is sieged! (5/12/2014 8:14:23 AM)
Ok guys, the strategy is decided: - the 25th Army, composed around the 18th and the 5th IDs (the ones that suffered the less during the siege of Calcutta) will load on transports and will immediately head to Ceylon. 4 Artillery units and 2 Eng Regiments will be in support. Will follow an Air HQ and 3 base forces. - The 15th Army, composed of the 2nd and the 55th IDs will advance north, towards Patna. - Part of the 25th Army (33rd and 38th IDs, along with tanks and artillery) will move down the coast towards Madras - The 21st ID, 2 tank Rgts and some engineers will close on the Assam towards Ledo, thus eliminating every resistance in Burma. - the 5th Guards ID (well, 2 regiments of it for the moment) and a mixed Bde, will remain at Calcutta, providing garrison duties. The idea is to conquer Ceylon, Madras and the whole Assam by the end of Feb 1942 The 26th ID, just bought from China, will be moving towards Singapore, waiting for its new assignement In the while, the 16th Army (4th and the Imperial IDs) is closing on Sosarbaja. The 56th ID will move towards Batavia in the next week. The idea is to have all of them free to move out of Java by the end of Feb 1942. Hopefully, by 1st March 1942, I may have at least 5 divisions able to move for one last big push. Now I really hope to gather some decent resources in india... having found Calcutta completely destroyed and without a single sip of fuel was just disappointing

veji1 -> RE: Calcutta is sieged! (5/12/2014 8:45:49 AM)
You might want to use some of your good ground forces in China as well later in 42, to ensure that you bottle it up properly after your earlier setback... Well done on Calcutta. And tough luck on Palembang, you are discovering the hardship of PDU off : with PDU you can often defend well enough your keybases with you CAP, but with PDU off the only solution is to deny him all the bases in range of your vital points !

GreyJoy -> RE: Calcutta is sieged! (5/12/2014 4:06:10 PM)
Feb 5-6, 1942 INDIA: After the fall of Calcutta, my armies are spreading around, while the allies are running back everywhere. Paras took the bases with rail road junction in them, so cutting any further retreat from Assam. 2 Rgts of the 5th Guards ID are already moving down towards Ledo and Dacca. The 18th and 5th IDs are loading on transports, while the 55th ID is already moving to Ansalon. Car Div 1 is finding only empty oceans near Scoodra... that is normal cause he saw me coming, but I hope I am delaying the arrival of reinforcements from CT and Aden. Every day gained here is gold for my advances. JAVA: Recon bombardment at Sosabaja shows only pitfull garrison there. We'll attack tomorrow with the 16th Army and 2 Divisions. The base should fall at the first attempt I guess, depending on forts (but clear terrain should help!) PI: here we just had an interesting situation. 3 PI Divisions came out of Manila, trying to flank my 14th Army sieging Clark. The 65th Bde and 2 tank rgts were waiting for them. Just in case I called back one of my 2 divisions from Clark... Ordered my air army to bomb the hell out of them but they didn't fly for two days in a row... They didn't attack on the 5th and on the 6th the Japanese delivered their hammer, squandering completely the poor filippinos in clear terrain... Then the allies launched a counterattack at Clark, held just by one division...but got repulsed and hopefully expended some precious supply! Ground combat at Cabanatuan (80,76) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 26908 troops, 247 guns, 218 vehicles, Assault Value = 867 Defending force 11718 troops, 148 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 417 Japanese adjusted assault: 706 Allied adjusted defense: 87 Japanese assault odds: 8 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: preparation(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 207 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 16 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Allied ground losses: 3810 casualties reported Squads: 114 destroyed, 99 disabled Non Combat: 67 destroyed, 16 disabled Engineers: 4 destroyed, 4 disabled Guns lost 32 (15 destroyed, 17 disabled) Units retreated 3 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 4th Tank Regiment Kure 1st SNLF 48th Division 7th Tank Regiment 65th Brigade Sasebo 1st SNLF 1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment 15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion Defending units: 41st PA Infantry Division 51st PA Infantry Division 71st PA Infantry Division round combat at Clark Field (79,76) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 21523 troops, 237 guns, 249 vehicles, Assault Value = 675 Defending force 18966 troops, 173 guns, 184 vehicles, Assault Value = 336 Allied adjusted assault: 454 Japanese adjusted defense: 1228 Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), fatigue(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 352 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 15 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 25 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 18 disabled Allied ground losses: 641 casualties reported Squads: 12 destroyed, 35 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 17 disabled Engineers: 6 destroyed, 10 disabled Guns lost 17 (1 destroyed, 16 disabled) Vehicles lost 55 (1 destroyed, 54 disabled) Assaulting units: 26th PS Cavalry Regiment 192nd Tank Battalion 45th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team 14th PS Engineer Regiment 194th Tank Battalion 4th Marine Regiment 31st PA Infantry Division 2nd PA Constabulary Division 21st PA Infantry Division 200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment Clark Field AAF Base Force 202nd PA Construction Battalion 88th PS Field Artillery Regiment 301st Construction Battalion 201st PA Construction Battalion I Philippine Corps 803rd Aviation Engineer Battalion Far East USAAF 1st PI Base Force 301st PA Field Artillery Regiment Defending units: 16th Division 3rd Ind Engineer Regiment 21st Ind Engineer Regiment 8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 14th Army 2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion SOPAC: we're massing a big number of SNLF units at Rabaul. The idea is to be ready to land at Suva by the end of the amphib bonus... i will need the KB there, so it all depends on how proceed the operations against India. CHINA: nothing new, except for the fact the my BBs are approaching HK and the 26th ID is ready to be loaded at Shangaii. [image]local://upfiles/37890/AEFC97BEDF8345929D011204145DA6C1.jpg[/image]

GreyJoy -> RE: Calcutta is sieged! (5/12/2014 4:37:49 PM)
I now badly need to finish with Mindanao. I brought with me too little forces and now am paying the price of my stupidity with a huge delay... I need those units to be sent to India for garrison purposes and I need them asap! Tomorrow will be 2 months since the war started... we've done pretty well I'd say. Java is about to fall. Assam too. Timor already fallen. NG completely in my hands along with Horn Island. Balikapan is still missing, along with Luzon...but things look better than what I had hoped. China is a mess, but isn't that strategical as long as I hold Assam and Burma strongly.

GreyJoy -> RE: Calcutta is sieged! (5/12/2014 4:39:40 PM)
CVL Soho arrived today. Will now wait a week in order to fill her with zeros and to gather enough escort to move her out. Her first trip will probably be escorting invasion of Cebu and later on Balikapan-Samarinda (once Java is finished)

GreyJoy -> RE: Calcutta is sieged! (5/13/2014 5:17:20 AM)
Feb 7, 1942 Sosarbaja fell easily. Now we'll clear Southern Java while the 56th ID will close on Batavia. Ground combat at Soerabaja (56,104) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 26546 troops, 245 guns, 68 vehicles, Assault Value = 831 Defending force 9163 troops, 74 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 116 Japanese adjusted assault: 494 Allied adjusted defense: 45 Japanese assault odds: 10 to 1 (fort level 2) Japanese forces CAPTURE Soerabaja !!! Combat modifiers Defender: experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 304 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 38 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Allied ground losses: 3647 casualties reported Squads: 72 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 119 destroyed, 40 disabled Engineers: 9 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 68 (60 destroyed, 8 disabled) Units retreated 14 Units destroyed 1 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 4th Division Imperial Guards Division 16th Army 5th Mortar Battalion Defending units: Marinier Battalion 2nd KNIL Landstorm Battalion 3rd KNIL Landstorm Battalion Prajoda Garrison Bn /1 2/12th Avn Sup Afd NI-MLD 224 Group RAF Soerabaja Defenses 112th RAF Adv Base Force 2/2nd Avn Sup Afd Madoeng Defenses Soerabaja KM Base Force 1/12th Avn Sup Afd 2/9th Avn Sup Afd 106th RN Base Force The base is lightly damaged with only 3 oil and 10 ref damaged. speaking of industrial damages.... the single 500lb bomb hit from the B17s of the last week... you know what happened at Palembang?? 17 Fires started to burn... 17. Seventeen. After two days, they were still burning. Then i got this message in the op report: fire causes damages to Palembang! Result? 45 oil gone. Com'on!!!!![:@][:@][:@][:@] In India we're advancing fast with tanks and paras. Cuttack, Viza, Ranchi, Jamesedpur... all fallen empty. Some intact industry finally gets into my hands... but very few oil or fuel[:o] The 18th ID starts loading. The 5th will begin Tomorrow. The 15th Army is on the move towards Madras. Not a sign of opposition in the air. CarDiv 1 keeps on finding empty seas east of Scoodra.

GreyJoy -> RE: Calcutta is sieged! (5/13/2014 5:35:24 AM)
in India Obvert seems to be moving everything back, not contesting anything. This suits me well. I can advance faster. The only problem will be garrisoning...gotta think where to draw a line and stop

GreyJoy -> RE: Calcutta is sieged! (5/13/2014 7:12:21 AM)
Forces present in India: 25th Army: 18th Division 5th Division 21st Division 33rd Division 15th Army: 38th Division 55th Division 2nd Division 5th Guards Division Forces arriving in theatre in the next month: 26th Division Forces freeing up in the next 30 days or so: 16th Army: Imperial Guards Division 4th Division 56th Division The question is simple: what to do with these forces before the amphib bonus expires?

GreyJoy -> RE: Calcutta is sieged! (5/13/2014 7:25:07 AM)
The minimum goals for the end of Feb 42 are the following: Assam: complete the conquest of Assam (Dacca, Comilla, Chittagong, Imphal etc...) Ceylon: complete the conquest of Ceylon (Colombo and Tricomalae at least) Madras: siege and conquer Madras Java: end the resistance at Java, with the conquest of Batavia PI: clear Mindanao once for good and possibly conquer Cebu Borneo: by march 42 I need to have finished the conquest of Balikapan and Samarinda Then, what's next? For sure I wanna get Diego Garcia, Addu and Male. Mavis placed there would be very handy. Northern Oz is more than an option. Already have Horn Island, I wanna get on Darwin. I should have plenty of forces to get there and to estabilish a decent defence for the upcoming counteroffensive What else should I do?

Mike McCreery -> RE: Calcutta is sieged! (5/13/2014 8:21:34 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: GreyJoy The minimum goals for the end of Feb 42 are the following: Assam: complete the conquest of Assam (Dacca, Comilla, Chittagong, Imphal etc...) Ceylon: complete the conquest of Ceylon (Colombo and Tricomalae at least) Madras: siege and conquer Madras Java: end the resistance at Java, with the conquest of Batavia PI: clear Mindanao once for good and possibly conquer Cebu Borneo: by march 42 I need to have finished the conquest of Balikapan and Samarinda Then, what's next? For sure I wanna get Diego Garcia, Addu and Male. Mavis placed there would be very handy. Northern Oz is more than an option. Already have Horn Island, I wanna get on Darwin. I should have plenty of forces to get there and to estabilish a decent defence for the upcoming counteroffensive What else should I do? I hear San Diego is nice this time of year :p

castor troy -> RE: Calcutta is sieged! (5/13/2014 10:48:55 AM)
if your opponent abandons Ledo then don't shock attack across the river but just keep a unit within 2 hexes and the base will auto switch without taking damage. Even an empty base takes damage if you shock attack into it and the 70 oil/ref there is a nice catch for the Empire. If he leaves it lightly garissoned, just bomb them to death, it's a clear hex.

GreyJoy -> RE: Calcutta is sieged! (5/13/2014 1:10:54 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: castor troy if your opponent abandons Ledo then don't shock attack across the river but just keep a unit within 2 hexes and the base will auto switch without taking damage. Even an empty base takes damage if you shock attack into it and the 70 oil/ref there is a nice catch for the Empire. If he leaves it lightly garissoned, just bomb them to death, it's a clear hex. Ledo is jungle terrain, and he's already massing there at least 8 units. Possibly some Chinese too. Won't be that easy to conquer... I will need to shock attack there I'm afraid...

princep01 -> RE: Calcutta is sieged! (5/13/2014 3:23:39 PM)
What to do now, indeed??? A very rapid and largely successful blitz thru the DEI/Indian Ocean. However, it seems you have stopped attending your Chinese language lessons. Will you just try and contain the Chinese while you digest the DEI/Malay/Burmese and Indians? One suspects they can do little offensively for some time to come. Eventually, they will have to be dealt with. And those pest, the Americans? The paper Tiger will sprout real teeth by late 1942. Whatever will you do to hamper their offensives beginning in the latter half of the year? decisions, decisions....so many decisions.

GreyJoy -> RE: Calcutta is sieged! (5/13/2014 10:17:28 PM)
Feb 9, 10 India: The KB on the 9th moves towards Karachi. We haven't found anything so far. Nothing at Ceylon. Nothing at Scoodra, not in the middle of IO. We've looked near the usual approaches from CT and Aden...nothing. On the 9th we finally spot the first ships at Karachi. a 7-ships-TF. An AMC and a AM are spotted. We ordered Tanaka to engag� with 4 CAs and DDs. On the night of the 10 we engaged at karachi. Task Force 6 encounters enemy Task Force at 40 , 8 Japanese Ships Reported to be Approaching! Allied TF begins to get underway CA Kako hits Mk XVII Mine at Karachi F***... the allied TFs slips away and we hit a damned mine[:@] Luckly we had also sent a small DD TF towards the northern approaches... While Tanaka engages some stupid PCs... When the day comes my small DDs suprise the enemy and sink 2 big liners...full of troops!! Day Time Surface Combat, near Karachi at 38,4, Range 6,000 Yards Japanese Ships DD Hasu DD Tsuga DD Susuki, Shell hits 1 DD Tsuta Allied Ships xAP Devonshire, Shell hits 22, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk xAP Lancashire, Shell hits 28, and is sunk Allied ground losses: 3441 casualties reported Squads: 112 destroyed, 104 disabled Non Combat: 136 destroyed, 142 disabled Engineers: 20 destroyed, 9 disabled Guns lost 75 (65 destroyed, 10 disabled) Vehicles lost 10 (8 destroyed, 2 disabled) Poor visibility due to Thunderstorms Maximum visibility in Thunderstorms: 6,000 yards Range closes to 16,000 yards... Range closes to 14,000 yards... Range closes to 12,000 yards... Range closes to 11,000 yards... Range closes to 10,000 yards... Range closes to 9,000 yards... Range closes to 8,000 yards... Range closes to 7,000 yards... Range closes to 6,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 6,000 yards Japanese open fire on surprised Allied ships at 6,000 yards DD Tsuta launches Torpedoes at xAP Devonshire at 6,000 yards DD Tsuga launches Torpedoes at xAP Lancashire at 6,000 yards Range closes to 3,000 yards Don't know what these troops where doing on ships. They didn't come from Aden, nor from CT (i have placed 2 CL+3DDs TFs next to the approaches, with subs all around them and the KB right in the middle... those troops must have been loaded at Karachi...but in front of the KB?!?!?! pretty strange! Anyway, a good day finally... except for the mine hit... In Southern India we keep on expanding our perimeter. Reconned Madras...only 3 units? [X(] He must have abbandoned everything! GOOD!!!! In China we finally bombed seriously Wenchow -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Wenchow at 89,58 Japanese Ships BB Mutsu BB Nagato CL Tama CL Isuzu DD Kuri DD Fuyo DD Asagao DD Sanae DD Kuretake DD Wakatake DD Shigure Allied ground losses: 245 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 24 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled Manpower hits 3 Fires 2053 Airbase hits 5 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 13 Port hits 8 Port fuel hits 1 Port supply hits 1 Won't let this base operative. At Luzon the usual bombings. Nothing new. 26th ID is at sea...moving South. A CV is spotted near Christmas Is. probably the CV (reported moving 3 knots!) moving to PH... 8 subs are dispatched to hunt her down [image]local://upfiles/37890/596C3F2D495545E8890C5FC594F45F60.jpg[/image]

GreyJoy -> RE: Calcutta is sieged! (5/13/2014 10:21:22 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: princep01 What to do now, indeed??? A very rapid and largely successful blitz thru the DEI/Indian Ocean. However, it seems you have stopped attending your Chinese language lessons. Will you just try and contain the Chinese while you digest the DEI/Malay/Burmese and Indians? One suspects they can do little offensively for some time to come. Eventually, they will have to be dealt with. And those pest, the Americans? The paper Tiger will sprout real teeth by late 1942. Whatever will you do to hamper their offensives beginning in the latter half of the year? decisions, decisions....so many decisions. My master, the americans aren't showing themselves, just like the craggnomen of the swamps in the Neck...damned frogmen! I'm basically trying to look for strategic goals rather than sinking ships in this match. No matter how many you sink of theirs, they will Always have more. if India goes as i want, they will eventually have to give their british cousins an hand sooner or later

Lowpe -> RE: Calcutta is sieged! (5/13/2014 10:47:27 PM)
There is no one to fight in India! Wow! Great work.[&o]

String -> RE: Calcutta is sieged! (5/14/2014 7:07:18 AM)
Aside from securing the approaches to your empire (northern OZ, solomons, perhaps NoPac?) there should be nothing more that you should do. Take the additional time to set your perimiter and dig in. Then, until mid-late 1942 you can use at least a part of your strategic reserve to bash the chinese around.

GreyJoy -> RE: Calcutta is sieged! (5/14/2014 9:17:22 AM)
Yes String, probably time is too short to do anything else. Northern Oz is still missing and will need to take care of it ASAP

GreyJoy -> RE: Calcutta is sieged! (5/14/2014 9:25:43 AM)
Feb 11, 1942 Nothing much happens. CarDiv 1, after the raid in northern IO, is now trying to get back...but not less than 10/15 subs are hunting her down!...no attacks today, but we're surrounded by those pesky bastards!... We're between Karachi and Bombay... almost in the middle of nowhere... long trip back will be! The Ceylon invasion is advancing. Car Div 2 is spotted in its cover position SE of Tricomale... We keep on advancing in India. Tanks are approaching Dacca and Comilla. A couple of indian Brigades should be imprisoned at Chittagong now that the road to Ledo is closed by paras. Ledo keeps on piling men...won't be easy there. Lost contact with the American CV (probably Yorktown) near Christmas Island [:@] Mutsu and Nagato pay another visit at Wenchow, while the first 36 Helens are operating out of Shangai, pounding the damned base and keeping it closed (hopefully). The 26th ID is leaving Shangai harbour

castor troy -> RE: Calcutta is sieged! (5/14/2014 10:59:14 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: GreyJoy quote: ORIGINAL: castor troy if your opponent abandons Ledo then don't shock attack across the river but just keep a unit within 2 hexes and the base will auto switch without taking damage. Even an empty base takes damage if you shock attack into it and the 70 oil/ref there is a nice catch for the Empire. If he leaves it lightly garissoned, just bomb them to death, it's a clear hex. Ledo is jungle terrain, and he's already massing there at least 8 units. Possibly some Chinese too. Won't be that easy to conquer... I will need to shock attack there I'm afraid... hmm, do we have a different map? [&:] edit: ah, nvm, silly me. I mixed up Ledo with another base

ny59giants -> RE: Calcutta is sieged! (5/14/2014 11:22:32 AM)
quote: CarDiv 1, after the raid in northern IO, is now trying to get back...but not less than 10/15 subs are hunting her down!...no attacks today, but we're surrounded by those pesky bastards!... We're between Karachi and Bombay... almost in the middle of nowhere... long trip back will be! When Mr Kane landed at Diamond Harbor with KB in support, he placed all his Vals and Kates on ASW patrols. I lost over 6 subs to that many planes. [:(] So, if you don't think CarDiv1 is going to find any shipping, then try to kill his subs. [sm=00000028.gif]

GreyJoy -> RE: Calcutta is sieged! (5/14/2014 3:00:59 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: ny59giants quote: CarDiv 1, after the raid in northern IO, is now trying to get back...but not less than 10/15 subs are hunting her down!...no attacks today, but we're surrounded by those pesky bastards!... We're between Karachi and Bombay... almost in the middle of nowhere... long trip back will be! When Mr Kane landed at Diamond Harbor with KB in support, he placed all his Vals and Kates on ASW patrols. I lost over 6 subs to that many planes. [:(] So, if you don't think CarDiv1 is going to find any shipping, then try to kill his subs. [sm=00000028.gif] Already doing that...not many hits so far tough

GreyJoy -> RE: Calcutta is sieged! (5/14/2014 3:07:55 PM)
Feb 12-13, 1942 INDIA: we are advancing to Madras. Recon confirms: only 3 units present. Less than 10,000 men [X(]. The Ceylon invasion force is 2 days from landing. So far nothing big to report. Kaga and Akagi are supporting the operation with CVL Zuiho and 4 BBs CarDiv 1 keeps on dancing against what seem to be a 20 subs group! very risky here...sweating The 55th ID proceeds to advance north, while the 33 and the 2nd are moving to Ledo now. Java: the 16th Army is now closing on Batavia. Tomorrow will begin the preparation bombings. China: we ambushed a couple of bombing missions in Central China. 22 Blenheims and Lisander shot down for no loss [:D] The BBs paid another visit to Wenchow. Luzon: more bombers are transferred here from Malaya. So far the AVG seems to have moved away. Spotted at least 50 fighters in China and 30 more at Ledo. PACIFIC: We keep on chasing down the Yorktown north of Christmas Island...without success so far but we track her down every day. More subs are gathering...let's hope for a lucky hit

MrKane -> RE: Calcutta is sieged! (5/14/2014 3:07:56 PM)
My setup was: Val - 30% asw, 30% search alt 10k with range 4 Kate - 60% asw, 20% search alt 1k with range 5 However I did not know it works so well until now ;)

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