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ny59giants -> RE: The war has started (4/26/2014 1:50:46 PM)
Rabaul - I usually focus on getting the AF to size 7 to enable airframe upgrades, but with PDU "Off" that may not be a priority. Hate having to base hop all the way back to Formosa or Japan otherwise. Singapore - What are the HQ prep levels here?? 25th Army and Southern Command??

GreyJoy -> RE: The war has started (4/26/2014 3:07:35 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: ny59giants Rabaul - I usually focus on getting the AF to size 7 to enable airframe upgrades, but with PDU "Off" that may not be a priority. Hate having to base hop all the way back to Formosa or Japan otherwise. Singapore - What are the HQ prep levels here?? 25th Army and Southern Command?? I know. Already working on this. But it will take some time...very few eng available in sopac right now. Snga? Levels of prep are low, below 50%.. That's the price to pay for being fast. I think it won't matter much anyway here. 1600 experienced AVs against 350 with 1 fort and +2 terrain...should get there

Cribtop -> RE: The war has started (4/26/2014 4:14:07 PM)
Hey, you spelled "Dutch" correctly! Banzai! [:D] Don't sweat using KB for PM - as you say there really isn't a choice if you want to grab it quickly. You can make them disappear in one of several directions from there. Other than NOPAC (cough, told you so, cough [:D]) any hints as to overall enemy war plans yet? I share your Cocos fears and would recon as soon as you're in range. Could be bad but again could present an opportunity to force an early CV battle.

GreyJoy -> RE: The war has started (4/26/2014 5:44:45 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Cribtop Other than NOPAC (cough, told you so, cough [:D]) any hints as to overall enemy war plans yet? I share your Cocos fears and would recon as soon as you're in range. Could be bad but again could present an opportunity to force an early CV battle. Not at all. The only detected enemy activity is in the Aleutians. Not a single ship spotted between Oz and US or between US and PH. Some ships are at Perth but i'm sure those who escaped from the DEI. Nothing big. All my subs are in place so i guess we'll soon discover where his CVs went. If i won't see them in the next month it might mean they took the off-map road to CT and then to Perth or India. We'll soon see. I am not looking for an early CV battle. If they arrive now, the better, but i won't force it and Erik is too smart to fall into that trap. I'll recon Cocos ASAP. If i see anything more than 5,000 men, i'll send a full division. BANZAI!!!! Now i really need Singa. With singa in my dirty hands, i will have a full operational base right in the middle of the fight, able to reload torps, to repair sys and flt damage and to start mininng the straits. ACMs are already on the way, along with several CMs.

GreyJoy -> RE: The war has started (4/27/2014 12:10:58 PM)
Dec 30, 1941 SINGAPORE FALLS!!!!![:D][:D][:D] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Singapore (50,84) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 53360 troops, 520 guns, 234 vehicles, Assault Value = 1954 Defending force 30236 troops, 367 guns, 241 vehicles, Assault Value = 353 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 1274 Allied adjusted defense: 499 Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Singapore !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 1625 casualties reported Squads: 7 destroyed, 112 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled Guns lost 11 (1 destroyed, 10 disabled) Allied ground losses: 22072 casualties reported Squads: 541 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 2630 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 90 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 400 (400 destroyed, 0 disabled) Vehicles lost 296 (296 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units destroyed 25 Assaulting units: 21st Division 38th/A Division 1st Tank Regiment 15th Ind Engineer Regiment 33rd Division 38th/B Division 18th Division 5th Division 38th/C Division 25th Army 3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 34th Field AA Battalion 18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 36th Field AA Battalion Defending units: 2nd Loyal Battalion 2nd Gordons Battalion 22nd Australian Brigade SSVF Brigade 2/17 Dogra Battalion 1st Malay Battalion 1st Manchester Battalion 3rd Cavalry Regiment 27th Australian Brigade 1st HK&S Heavy AA Regiment III Indian Corps 113th RAF Adv Base Force 22nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment 1st Indian Heavy AA Regiment Singapore Base Force AHQ Far East Malaya Army 3rd Heavy AA Regiment Singapore Fortress 112th RAF Adv Base Force 111th RAF Adv Base Force 2nd HK&S Heavy AA Regiment Malayan Air Wing 24th NZ Pioneer Coy 5th Field Regiment Losses are light. In 4 days we'll be able to sail again!!! On the 31st 10 minesweepers are already working at Singapore Harbour, while a mighty fleet is waiting just outside it. Port Moresby falls too on the 30th. The KB did its wonder and my two tiny units put an end to the australian defence of NG. On Jan 1st we'll be moving again! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Port Moresby (98,130) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 6297 troops, 60 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 173 Defending force 4331 troops, 52 guns, 51 vehicles, Assault Value = 78 Japanese adjusted assault: 104 Allied adjusted defense: 17 Japanese assault odds: 6 to 1 (fort level 1) Japanese forces CAPTURE Port Moresby !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), preparation(-), experience(-) Attacker: shock(+) Japanese ground losses: 259 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 27 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 1648 casualties reported Squads: 28 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 104 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 16 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 35 (26 destroyed, 9 disabled) Vehicles lost 38 (38 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units retreated 7 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 144th Infantry Regiment Maizuru 1st SNLF Defending units: Lark Battalion 49th Australian Battalion Papuan Inf Battalion 15th RAN Base Force 13th Field Regiment Rabaul Base Force A Coy/NG Rifles / In China two days of heavy fightings in northern China -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 87,41 (near Tsiaotso) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 37484 troops, 402 guns, 422 vehicles, Assault Value = 1138 Defending force 28223 troops, 166 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 409 Japanese adjusted assault: 824 Allied adjusted defense: 442 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 588 casualties reported Squads: 7 destroyed, 83 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 20 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled Allied ground losses: 1326 casualties reported Squads: 11 destroyed, 212 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 54 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 11 disabled Guns lost 16 (2 destroyed, 14 disabled) Assaulting units: 41st Division 15th Tank Regiment 37th Division 5th Tank Regiment 9th Tank Regiment 3rd Tank Regiment 12th Tank Regiment 110th Division 5th Armored Car Co 12th Army Botanko Hvy Gun Regiment 15th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 1st Army 11th Field Artillery Regiment Defending units: 1st Chinese Corps 33rd Chinese Corps 61st Chinese Corps 98th Chinese Corps 5th New Chinese Corps 7th Group Army 8th Group Army Medan falls. Pegu falls. We're moving! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 200 encounters mine field at Singapore (50,84) Japanese Ships DMS W-20 DMS W-18 DMS W-17 DMS W-16 DMS W-15 DMS W-14 DMS W-13 DMS W-12 DMS W-3 DMS W-2 264 mines cleared -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 87,41 (near Tsiaotso) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 36699 troops, 402 guns, 422 vehicles, Assault Value = 1046 Defending force 26519 troops, 164 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 235 Japanese adjusted assault: 588 Allied adjusted defense: 424 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 153 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Vehicles lost 36 (2 destroyed, 34 disabled) Allied ground losses: 1701 casualties reported Squads: 123 destroyed, 103 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 35 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled Guns lost 26 (3 destroyed, 23 disabled) Assaulting units: 9th Tank Regiment 5th Tank Regiment 12th Tank Regiment 41st Division 110th Division 3rd Tank Regiment 37th Division 5th Armored Car Co 6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 15th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 1st Army 12th Army Botanko Hvy Gun Regiment 11th Field Artillery Regiment Defending units: 61st Chinese Corps 33rd Chinese Corps 98th Chinese Corps 1st Chinese Corps 5th New Chinese Corps 7th Group Army 8th Group Army -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Medan (46,76) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 3141 troops, 10 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 89 Defending force 2970 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 95 Japanese adjusted assault: 23 Allied adjusted defense: 5 Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 1) Japanese forces CAPTURE Medan !!! Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses DC-2: 1 destroyed Combat modifiers Defender: leaders(-), disruption(-), preparation(-), fatigue(-) experience(-) Attacker: op mode(-), leaders(-) Japanese ground losses: 28 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 1021 casualties reported Squads: 40 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 26 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Units retreated 2 Assaulting units: 41st Infantry Regiment Defending units: NS KNIL Territory Regiment 8th Indian Bde /1 Tawi Tawi is conquered on the 31st, along with Rossel Island (Solomons). Still no sign of allied CVs... ...and now, Java!

GreyJoy -> RE: The war has started (4/27/2014 1:15:32 PM)
Took a look at what i did against QBall in Malaya: in that game Singapore fell on Feb 14... not bad to have done it on Dec 30! I gotta give all credits to Micheal (NY59Giants) for this. He was the one who pointed me out how to do it! Thanks!!![&o][&o][&o]

Cribtop -> RE: The war has started (4/27/2014 2:55:08 PM)
Very well done and it opens many options. Will you need to dedicate any troops from Singapore to finish the enemy trapped at Kuala Lumpur? If not you can power through Java, Timor and NW Oz very quickly.

Lowpe -> RE: The war has started (4/27/2014 3:04:42 PM)
How come I couldn't have inherited your game? I am stuck in Java in Oct 1942, Manila fell in Aug 42, and Allies still have Rangoon. Leadership counts! Well done.[sm=happy0065.gif]

witpqs -> RE: The war has started (4/27/2014 3:13:18 PM)
Very early - good show!

ny59giants -> RE: The war has started (4/27/2014 3:36:09 PM)
Thanks Nic!![:)] I did it on 31st, so you beat me by one day. [&o] The question will now be what can an Allied player do to prevent this from happening in their next game?? IMO, not much. I was able to get elements of the 11th Indian Division at Alor Star recombined at Taiping. Then, I was able to recapture Port Dickson from the para as Big Bad Wolf (BBW) did not reinforce it quickly enough. Thus, i was able to get the whole division into Singapore before the march from Mersing cut them off. Thankfully, I had talked with John 3rd about this before (he did similar in his current game of RA) multiple emails with Nic. John 3rd did a few things different that I saw was correctable with Nic. The multiple invasions at Kota Bharu and Kauntan put Japan within easy range of Singapore and lower the need for CVs to cover Mersing in a few days. Now, for the next part of GJ's evil plan I am part of...... [sm=fighting0056.gif]

Cribtop -> RE: The war has started (4/27/2014 6:01:17 PM)
We have noticed he's holding out on that next phase of the Evil Plan. Looking forward to it. [:D]

GreyJoy -> RE: The war has started (4/27/2014 7:59:24 PM)
Jan 1, 1942 The new year has come. Singapore is now a mine-free port. Tomorrow hundreds of thousands of supplies will start unloading, along with several support units, two fleet HQs, a Command HQ, AA units, base forces etc etc...a Whole army. In China we've made some progresses on the road to Sian Ground combat at 87,41 (near Tsiaotso) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 36550 troops, 403 guns, 423 vehicles, Assault Value = 1018 Defending force 20024 troops, 122 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 140 Japanese adjusted assault: 585 Allied adjusted defense: 178 Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), morale(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 120 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 17 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Allied ground losses: 9315 casualties reported Squads: 224 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 262 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 11 destroyed, 6 disabled Guns lost 22 (20 destroyed, 2 disabled) Units retreated 5 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 110th Division 12th Tank Regiment 5th Tank Regiment 9th Tank Regiment 37th Division 41st Division 3rd Tank Regiment 5th Armored Car Co Botanko Hvy Gun Regiment 12th Army 15th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 1st Army 6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 11th Field Artillery Regiment Defending units: 1st Chinese Corps 33rd Chinese Corps 98th Chinese Corps 7th Group Army 8th Group Army in the South, the invasion of Horn Island is scheldued in two days. The Guards Mixed bde will unload at Rabaul Tomorrow. In Burma the allies in full retreat mode. my Thai Divisions are moving towards Mandalay easily... strange! Allied Subs are everywhere near Indochina coast... no Attacks lately. Always short on zeros... forced to place 27 Claudes on the KB :-( Zuiho&friends are approaching Java...sweeping through the seas undisturbed. Batavia is being reconned. 36,000 men... not much. Should be not that difficult. In few days we'll start to move. Moving more base forces to Palembang in order to be moved to Oosthaven as soon as it's conquered. The air war is really slow. The allies are avoiding the fight everywhere. good because i couldn't efford to lose any front line fighter at the moment (Zero and Oscar productions are way behind)

GreyJoy -> RE: The war has started (4/27/2014 8:33:55 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Cribtop Very well done and it opens many options. Will you need to dedicate any troops from Singapore to finish the enemy trapped at Kuala Lumpur? If not you can power through Java, Timor and NW Oz very quickly. Hopefully the Imperial Guards Division (which is moving down from Alor Star)can be enough to conquer Kuala and to set free the RR line.

GreyJoy -> RE: The war has started (4/27/2014 8:41:42 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Lowpe How come I couldn't have inherited your game? I am stuck in Java in Oct 1942, Manila fell in Aug 42, and Allies still have Rangoon. Leadership counts! Well done.[sm=happy0065.gif] Well, i don't plan to conquer Manila anytime soon. Just want to get done with Clark and then i'll move one ID (the 16th) out and wait untill they have finished their supplies. I've wasted too much time being over conservative in my previous game. Won't do that mistake again!

GreyJoy -> RE: The war has started (4/28/2014 5:18:17 AM)
Jan 2-3, 1942 At Padang recon shows 40 aux planes and 8 units for 3000 men. Probably he's Flying out some units from somewhere. The Zuiho&friends are joining the Kaga&Ryuho at Singa, then they will sail towards Batavia. The latter has only 30 fighters. None of them took off to face my 30 zero sweeping from Palembang. Sending 4 more SNLF units to Rabaul, along with a SAG composed of 2 CAs, 2 CLs and 8 DDs. Will try to raid a bit the ocean. Still no sign of any allied ship in CENTPAC... i'm leaning towards the idea that he is using OFF-MAP routes Quite days for the rest

GreyJoy -> RE: The war has started (4/28/2014 10:09:19 AM)
A mixed Bde and mix Rgt are already moving towards Medan, in order to proceed fast to put an end on any resistance in Northern Sumatra. The same TF will then load 2 SNLF units at GeorgeTown and will head for Cocos Is. The 56th ID is loading, heading for Merak, along with the 21st ID. 2 more Rgts are already operating in Sumatra, closing on Bankoleng and Oosthaven. The 4th ID won't be needed for Horn Island (only 2 small units detected there). Will be used against Ambon, along with 2 BBs in support. Then it will move to Koepang and finally to Northern Oz.

veji1 -> RE: The war has started (4/28/2014 10:36:36 AM)
Although the games are very different and with PDU off as a consequence of your experience in that other game, I have a question to ask as to the lessons you have learnt against MrKane and how you intend to apply them in your current game. How does the beating you suffered influence the way you will play as the japanese player ?

GreyJoy -> RE: The war has started (4/28/2014 11:07:34 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: veji1 Although the games are very different and with PDU off as a consequence of your experience in that other game, I have a question to ask as to the lessons you have learnt against MrKane and how you intend to apply them in your current game. How does the beating you suffered influence the way you will play as the japanese player ? Good question! These are my observations: 1) Allied superior firepower with their LCUs late in the game is way overrated. If not backed up by naval bombing and heavy ground bombing (both needing the total conquest of air and naval space), can be easily countered by Japan with the use of forts. 2) There's no need to defend everything. Strategic strongpoints cannot be simply bypassed and are very difficult to overcome. 3) Mines and CD guns. If used correctly can really create un-attackable fortesses. 4) Japan can keep on attacking even when the amphib bonus expires. You just need some preparation, but if the KB remains strong, the IJA army is a great tool even in 1943 PDU OFF will clearly mean that i won't be able to obtain that controll of the airspace mr.Kane managed to achieve against me, but i am quite positive that, focusing the RnD on very few models, i can contest the airspace till 1944 (not everywhere, mind you, but in given spots).

GreyJoy -> RE: The war has started (4/28/2014 3:00:04 PM)
Just watched what happened on Lokaseanna's match where he raided Sapporo in April 1942...[X(][X(][X(][X(] Immediately ordered AA and base forces to move to Hokkaido, along with engineers to build a couple of bases. 50 betties and 60 Kates (all higly trained) are transferred to Ominato, along with 80 Nates and 30 Claudes. Hope to be able to upgrade at least the Claudes by the end of Jan 42. More picket TFs are ordered and a little sub flotilla will be assembled in Northern Onshu. 2 Sentais of Mavis are moved to Hokkaido and Tokyo, while Jakes are being shipped to Marcus and Paramushiro. A naval base force and some engineers are being transferred to Guam. Wanna start the engineering works in the Mariannas ASAP

GreyJoy -> RE: The war has started (4/28/2014 11:07:52 PM)
Jan 03, 42 Padang is plastered. Enemy aux planes no longer there unfortunately. Conquered Horn Island easily. Next stop: Ambon. Gasmata and Milne Bay are conquered. Next stop Gasmata. Fightings at Pingsiang. Forts reduced. heavy losses. landings at Tandjoengbalai. Next stop Sebang, then Padang. In 2 days we'll reach Oosthaven. 4 base forces unloaded at Palembang, ready to rail down and give cover to the Merak landings. 56th Div almost loaded. 200K supplies unloading at Singapore. Mini KB re-united at Singapore. Kaga+Ryuho+Zuiho+Hosho. First minefields placed in the straits. Enemy subs won't have anymore an easy access to the DEI. Mare Nostrum. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Pingsiang (82,54) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 38551 troops, 390 guns, 102 vehicles, Assault Value = 1153 Defending force 32070 troops, 221 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 911 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2 Japanese adjusted assault: 668 Allied adjusted defense: 1023 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 2) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), preparation(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 1581 casualties reported Squads: 3 destroyed, 127 disabled Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 12 disabled Engineers: 11 destroyed, 22 disabled Guns lost 13 (1 destroyed, 12 disabled) Vehicles lost 6 (1 destroyed, 5 disabled) Allied ground losses: 417 casualties reported Squads: 5 destroyed, 97 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Assaulting units: 2nd Ind Engineer Regiment 39th Division 116th Division 22nd Division 8th Armored Car Co 15th Ind.Medium Field Artillery Regiment 14th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 13th Army 4th Mortar Battalion Defending units: 72nd Chinese Corps 63rd Chinese Corps 9th Prov Chinese Corps 26th Chinese Corps 3rd New Chinese Corps -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Horn Island (91,128) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 1721 troops, 19 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 48 Defending force 948 troops, 4 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 18 Japanese adjusted assault: 54 Allied adjusted defense: 5 Japanese assault odds: 10 to 1 (fort level 1) Japanese forces CAPTURE Horn Island !!! Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses S.23 Empire: 1 destroyed Combat modifiers Defender: preparation(-), experience(-) Attacker: shock(+) Japanese ground losses: 32 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 1238 casualties reported Squads: 18 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 39 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled) Vehicles lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units destroyed 2 Assaulting units: Maizuru 1st SNLF Defending units: Torres Strait Battalion Horn Isl Base Force -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Tandjoengbalai (47,78) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 300 troops, 7 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 75 Defending force 8886 troops, 80 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 253 Assaulting units: NS KNIL Territory Regiment 6th Indian Bde /1 8th Indian Bde /1 109th RAF Adv Base Force mmm...looks like he tried to airlift out some units trapped in Malaya. Good Defending units: Yokosuka 3rd SNLF 4th Ind.Mixed Regiment 21st Ind.Mixed Bde /1

GreyJoy -> RE: The war has started (4/29/2014 5:41:50 AM)
Jan 4, 1942. We reached oosthaven. Tomorrow the planned attack. Conquered Tandjo, pushing the survivors to the interior of Sumatra. benkoleng sieged. Mini KB leaves Singa, supporting the operations against Java. Kendari invasion TFs are assembling at Menado. KB approaching Ambon. Allied CVs completely undetected.

GreyJoy -> RE: The war has started (4/29/2014 11:39:46 AM)
Some pics Conquering Burma for free... [image]local://upfiles/37890/E0473253984544C7BC631D32545C2BFD.jpg[/image]

GreyJoy -> RE: The war has started (4/29/2014 11:40:29 AM)
Malaya and Northern Sumatra [image]local://upfiles/37890/3BD30558A3014F66A045DCA775BB7121.jpg[/image]

GreyJoy -> RE: The war has started (4/29/2014 11:41:09 AM)
Planned operation against Northern Java [image]local://upfiles/37890/B791D2236BCF4A6FAA33B44CCD6429F0.jpg[/image]

GreyJoy -> RE: The war has started (4/29/2014 11:45:45 AM)
The tide [image]local://upfiles/37890/042C28C6A17F496DABC55619484C6D5F.jpg[/image]

GreyJoy -> RE: The war has started (4/30/2014 5:46:43 AM)
Jan 06, 42 A bad day in the air. Several ambushes caught my unescorted bombers with their pants down. In china and over Manila the AVG and the american P40Es shot down 30 Sally/Anns for no loss on their part. My bad, i was overconfident and Obvert made me pay for it. Lesson learnt (hopefully). The KB is approaching Ambon and sees what seems to be a cruiser SAG near Kendari (probably trying to intercept my shippings near Menado). Will try to make a run here and see if we can reap something. In the meanwhile the invasion of Java is taking place. The first of a series of big convoys is reaching Merak, while paratroops are ready to grab Kalidati. Benkoleng falls easily and at Oosthaven Zeros and Oscars are already in place after the easy conquest of Yesterday. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 27 Ki-30 Ann x 27 Allied aircraft P-40E Warhawk x 12 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-Ic Sally: 6 destroyed, 3 damaged Ki-30 Ann: 5 destroyed, 1 damaged No Allied losses Runway hits 10 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 48th Chinese Corps, at 84,46 , near Ichang Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-30 Ann x 12 Allied aircraft H81-A3 x 5 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-30 Ann: 6 destroyed No Allied losses -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kuala Lumpur (49,79) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 2392 troops, 58 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 125 Defending force 10347 troops, 52 guns, 45 vehicles, Assault Value = 347 Allied ground losses: 7 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Assaulting units: 14th Tank Regiment 4th Ind Engineer Regiment Sasebo 3rd SNLF 5th Mortar Battalion Defending units: 5/14th Punjab Battalion 15th Indian Brigade 3rd SSVF Battalion 1st Mysore Battalion 6th Indian Brigade 28th Gurkha Brigade 137/155th Field Regiment 2nd ISF Base Force /2 110th RAF Adv Base Force /2 109th RAF Adv Base Force /1 109th RN Base Force 223 Group RAF /1 At Kuala Lumpur the enemy forces are more consistent than what i thought. The equivalent of a division in terms of AVs. Anyway, with the arrival of the Imperial (ETA 3 days) and with the help of the IJAAF, i think we should be able to overcome them easily.

John 3rd -> RE: The war has started (4/30/2014 5:59:37 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: GreyJoy Took a look at what i did against QBall in Malaya: in that game Singapore fell on Feb 14... not bad to have done it on Dec 30! I gotta give all credits to Micheal (NY59Giants) for this. He was the one who pointed me out how to do it! Thanks!!![&o][&o][&o] Michael and I had fun bouncing ideas around on Malaya and am glad my esteemed Economics Minister revealed this juicy tidbit. The KEY is the Para drop and holding that base to keep the Allies from retreating fully into Singers. Glad it worked for you Sir.

John 3rd -> RE: The war has started (4/30/2014 6:03:03 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: ny59giants Thanks Nic!![:)] I did it on 31st, so you beat me by one day. [&o] The question will now be what can an Allied player do to prevent this from happening in their next game?? IMO, not much. I was able to get elements of the 11th Indian Division at Alor Star recombined at Taiping. Then, I was able to recapture Port Dickson from the para as Big Bad Wolf (BBW) did not reinforce it quickly enough. Thus, i was able to get the whole division into Singapore before the march from Mersing cut them off. Thankfully, I had talked with John 3rd about this before (he did similar in his current game of RA) multiple emails with Nic. John 3rd did a few things different that I saw was correctable with Nic. The multiple invasions at Kota Bharu and Kauntan put Japan within easy range of Singapore and lower the need for CVs to cover Mersing in a few days. Now, for the next part of GJ's evil plan I am part of...... [sm=fighting0056.gif] EXCUSE me. I did not read past you Posting before tossing out my above comment. [sm=00000030.gif] See Michael does Footnote here. We have spent SOOOO much time on the phone bouncing ideas around I sometimes forget all the various options and thoughts created during those BULL sessions. Much BS flows at these times... [:D][sm=character0267.gif][sm=Evil-210.gif]

John 3rd -> RE: The war has started (4/30/2014 6:04:31 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: GreyJoy The tide [image]local://upfiles/37890/042C28C6A17F496DABC55619484C6D5F.jpg[/image] quote: GreyJoy Matrix Legion of Merit Posts: 5805 Joined: 3/18/2011 Status: online Jan 06, 42 Damn. You are truly rolling them up. Excellent and FAST work Sir. WELL DONE!

GreyJoy -> RE: The war has started (4/30/2014 8:09:04 AM)
Thanks John! Yes, we're moving fast, even if less force concentration in the DEI has given the allied dogs the ability to inflict me some bloody noses (2 CAs, 1 CL and 5 DDs sunk, with 2 more CA and 1 BB in yards for quite some time). Don't know if this is the right receipt, but this time I wanna try to "close my eyes" and keep on pushing and see where it goes. PDU OFF quite changes the situation, but I'm not that convinced that in 1942 it's all bad for Japan. The allies will be stuck with a lot of crappy planes too and the zeros will remain competitive probably longer than in a PDU ON game.

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