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JocMeister -> RE: Japanese land in OZ!! (8/7/2014 3:39:41 PM)
Here is a good example of what I´m facing. Remember the rivercrossing with the Panzer Armee 5-6 days ago. This is what the stack looks like now. quote: Ground combat at 81,39 (near Tienshui) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 1380 troops, 94 guns, 147 vehicles, Assault Value = 1771 Defending force 31992 troops, 285 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 850 Japanese ground losses: Guns lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled) Vehicles lost 10 (8 destroyed, 2 disabled) Allied ground losses: Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) Assaulting units: 12th Tank Regiment 110th Division 10th Tank Regiment 9th Tank Regiment 3rd Tank Regiment 17th Division 32nd Division 15th Tank Regiment 11th Tank Regiment 4th Medium Field Artillery Regiment Botanko Hvy Gun Regiment 22nd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 2nd Hvy.Artillery Regiment Defending units: 56th Chinese Corps 68th Chinese Corps 75th Chinese Corps 22nd Artillery Regiment 4th Heavy Mortar Regiment 3rd Heavy Mortar Regiment 18th Artillery Regiment Jingcha War Area 41st AA Regiment He has almost 100k troops in the hex. SL limit is 40k. I have 38200 SL value. I can´t overstack. Not even for a minute because my supply is already in red. But he can... now add to that the armor which I am absolutely defenseless against, the constant bombing from the air which I am also defenseless against. The ground bombardments turn after turn eating up the supply and slowly causing disablements from which I will never recover. Now add that on 3-4 more locations on the map and you get the picture of how China looks right now. [:)]

witpqs -> RE: Japanese land in OZ!! (8/7/2014 4:04:01 PM)
Remember that once your supply is gone in the region you can over stack as you like and it will cost you nothing, because you have nothing! But it will cost him because he has supply to be taken. [:)]

ny59giants -> RE: Japanese land in OZ!! (8/7/2014 4:11:09 PM)
Severely overstacking will add extra disruption in combat.

JocMeister -> RE: Japanese land in OZ!! (8/7/2014 4:14:37 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: witpqs Remember that once your supply is gone in the region you can over stack as you like and it will cost you nothing, because you have nothing! But it will cost him because he has supply to be taken. [:)] Haha, yeah. There is always something optimistic to be found! [:D]

witpqs -> RE: Japanese land in OZ!! (8/7/2014 4:22:38 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: ny59giants Severely overstacking will add extra disruption in combat. Yes, but when one has lemons... [:D]

JocMeister -> RE: Japanese land in OZ!! (8/7/2014 4:26:49 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: witpqs quote: ORIGINAL: ny59giants Severely overstacking will add extra disruption in combat. Yes, but when one has lemons... [:D] [:D]

JocMeister -> RE: Japanese land in OZ!! (8/7/2014 6:09:50 PM)
6st of March! ______________________________________________________________________________ Very little to report actually. ------------------------ China ------------------------ Bombardments continue all over the map while the airforce pound away. I think the calm will last only a day or two more. ------------------------ OZ ------------------------ Finally manage to cause some damage to the KB air wings. A newly arrived heavy AA unit arrive at Sydney. Results are quite good. On the 5th we blast away the Betties flying from the North shooting down 8 of them. Results are even better on the 6th when the KB strike. [image]local://upfiles/32406/62B7BCDBF3C5465ABBD67EBC963E56B7.jpg[/image]

Bullwinkle58 -> RE: Japanese land in OZ!! (8/7/2014 6:20:44 PM)
Ouch. After also recently experiencing the KB doing firebombing on Oz targets I have to say I question the tactic, at least with pre-war pilots. Three points of LI gone which can be repaired in three days for a dozen carrier planes is a bad trade to me. And you did better than that.

BBfanboy -> RE: Japanese land in OZ!! (8/7/2014 6:21:50 PM)
I've noticed that the Kates seem to be much less vulnerable to flak than Vals. I find this strange since it is a bigger aircraft and has to fly a straight line to deliver its torpedo. I don't think it was armoured or had self-sealing fuel tanks, so what's its secret?

JocMeister -> RE: Japanese land in OZ!! (8/7/2014 6:36:41 PM)
State of the Chinese military ______________________________________________________________________________ First of all, thanks Loka! Worked perfectly! [&o] I crunched some numbers and its a interesting read...and unexpected. I started out by comparing the AV from the last turn with the 1st turn. Here are the numbers. ------------------------ Raw AV ------------------------ Starting: 20322 Now: 20849 +527 ------------------------ EXP ------------------------ Starting: 37,82805 Now: 35,50385 -2,3242 This one I can´t explain. Could be because of respawns? Or possibly because a lot of Corps are broken down into 3rds? ------------------------ Supply ------------------------ This one would have been the really interesting one. But the way the numbers are presented in Excel makes this beyond my skill. Instead of reporting only the actual number it reports both the actual number and the units max. So it looks like 981/718. No idea how to work with that. I also wanted to check the supply in bases in China but you can only filter by region and not by nationality. And the only region for the allies is the entire map. [:D] Pretty amazed I actually have increased the raw AV despite all the fighting. But in reality lack of supply have more then halved the strength. With Lanchow about to fall supply will shortly plummet and I will be getting a -90% AV reduction dooming the Chinese to annihilation.

JocMeister -> RE: Japanese land in OZ!! (8/7/2014 6:43:32 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Bullwinkle58 Ouch. After also recently experiencing the KB doing firebombing on Oz targets I have to say I question the tactic, at least with pre-war pilots. Three points of LI gone which can be repaired in three days for a dozen carrier planes is a bad trade to me. And you did better than that. 3 points? I wish! [:D] [image]local://upfiles/32406/42E3A4AA0D7245F0A1E8463CC7D043E7.jpg[/image]

offenseman -> RE: Japanese land in OZ!! (8/7/2014 6:46:41 PM)
I've never looked at Tracker for Allies but I suspect you can get it into regions. Try this: In Tracker: Go to File Import Base Region Definitions That will open a window. In that window, double click on regions-mappings. Select the one you wish to use. If you choose a multiple part file, you will have to rinse and repeat until they are all done. Like Nomad files for example

JocMeister -> RE: Japanese land in OZ!! (8/7/2014 7:05:56 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: offenseman I've never looked at Tracker for Allies but I suspect you can get it into regions. Try this: In Tracker: Go to File Import Base Region Definitions That will open a window. In that window, double click on regions-mappings. Select the one you wish to use. If you choose a multiple part file, you will have to rinse and repeat until they are all done. Like Nomad files for example Thats awesome! Completely missed that. Thank you! [:)] I´ll get going on the supply situation tomorrow.

Lokasenna -> RE: Japanese land in OZ!! (8/7/2014 7:42:22 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: JocMeister quote: ORIGINAL: offenseman I've never looked at Tracker for Allies but I suspect you can get it into regions. Try this: In Tracker: Go to File Import Base Region Definitions That will open a window. In that window, double click on regions-mappings. Select the one you wish to use. If you choose a multiple part file, you will have to rinse and repeat until they are all done. Like Nomad files for example Thats awesome! Completely missed that. Thank you! [:)] I´ll get going on the supply situation tomorrow. I use Kull's definitions. quote: ORIGINAL: BBfanboy I've noticed that the Kates seem to be much less vulnerable to flak than Vals. I find this strange since it is a bigger aircraft and has to fly a straight line to deliver its torpedo. I don't think it was armoured or had self-sealing fuel tanks, so what's its secret? Dive bombers suffer more from flak, I think. They'll drop their bomb and get chewed up by the AA at 2000 or 4000 where they release, whereas the Kates will be flying straight and level, sure - but they'll be doing it at 9000 feet. Everything can shoot at the diving Vals, but the devices have to be able to reach 9000 to hit the Kates. It's why I've been bombing from 16,000 against Bullwinkle... It's also why my results aren't as good, but on the other hand I haven't lost diddly to flak, so... yeah. If it were earlier in the war, I'd be doing what MrKane is doing. I would gladly trade even 1/3 of KB's prewar pilots for 3000 permanent VPs.

ny59giants -> RE: Japanese land in OZ!! (8/7/2014 8:24:00 PM)
Can you safely get one and later the second big NZ AA brigades over to Australia?? That will take some starch out of his attacks. EDIT: Sorry, the first doesn't come in until May 1st. Oops!! [:D]

obvert -> RE: Japanese land in OZ!! (8/7/2014 8:45:06 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: JocMeister Here is a good example of what I´m facing. Remember the rivercrossing with the Panzer Armee 5-6 days ago. This is what the stack looks like now. quote: Japanese ground losses: Guns lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled) Vehicles lost 10 (8 destroyed, 2 disabled) Allied ground losses: Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) Huh? This looks pretty good to me! I wish my counter bombardments looked like that! [:D] It looks like he has about 60-70k for stacking purposes here, still quite far over, and I wonder if that is what is causing the interesting results fro bombardments. I've never seen the Chinese get a positive against Japanese heavy arty. I think you should stick tight and see what happens. Not that you have a choice, but if he is overstacked the next DA could be a bad day for the IJA based on this result.

obvert -> RE: Japanese land in OZ!! (8/7/2014 8:49:16 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Lokasenna Dive bombers suffer more from flak, I think. They'll drop their bomb and get chewed up by the AA at 2000 or 4000 where they release, whereas the Kates will be flying straight and level, sure - but they'll be doing it at 9000 feet. Everything can shoot at the diving Vals, but the devices have to be able to reach 9000 to hit the Kates. It's why I've been bombing from 16,000 against Bullwinkle... It's also why my results aren't as good, but on the other hand I haven't lost diddly to flak, so... yeah. If it were earlier in the war, I'd be doing what MrKane is doing. I would gladly trade even 1/3 of KB's prewar pilots for 3000 permanent VPs. At 9k the DBs will go in as level bombers too, between 6-9k. Used to glide, but not anymore. I've used this a lot in port strikes. I think the Kates are more durable than the Vals.

BBfanboy -> RE: Japanese land in OZ!! (8/7/2014 9:37:49 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: obvert quote: ORIGINAL: Lokasenna Dive bombers suffer more from flak, I think. They'll drop their bomb and get chewed up by the AA at 2000 or 4000 where they release, whereas the Kates will be flying straight and level, sure - but they'll be doing it at 9000 feet. Everything can shoot at the diving Vals, but the devices have to be able to reach 9000 to hit the Kates. It's why I've been bombing from 16,000 against Bullwinkle... It's also why my results aren't as good, but on the other hand I haven't lost diddly to flak, so... yeah. If it were earlier in the war, I'd be doing what MrKane is doing. I would gladly trade even 1/3 of KB's prewar pilots for 3000 permanent VPs. At 9k the DBs will go in as level bombers too, between 6-9k. Used to glide, but not anymore. I've used this a lot in port strikes. I think the Kates are more durable than the Vals. More durable - yeah, but not sure they should be. My reference to them being easy targets goes to observations during their torpedo attacks on ships, when Vals are also in the attack. The Vals always suffer more flak losses and damage while the Kate motors along with usually only one or two damaged. Like a one-engine B-17, but not realistic IMO. Another game-play balancing skew I suppose.

obvert -> RE: Japanese land in OZ!! (8/7/2014 10:27:22 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: BBfanboy quote: ORIGINAL: obvert quote: ORIGINAL: Lokasenna Dive bombers suffer more from flak, I think. They'll drop their bomb and get chewed up by the AA at 2000 or 4000 where they release, whereas the Kates will be flying straight and level, sure - but they'll be doing it at 9000 feet. Everything can shoot at the diving Vals, but the devices have to be able to reach 9000 to hit the Kates. It's why I've been bombing from 16,000 against Bullwinkle... It's also why my results aren't as good, but on the other hand I haven't lost diddly to flak, so... yeah. If it were earlier in the war, I'd be doing what MrKane is doing. I would gladly trade even 1/3 of KB's prewar pilots for 3000 permanent VPs. At 9k the DBs will go in as level bombers too, between 6-9k. Used to glide, but not anymore. I've used this a lot in port strikes. I think the Kates are more durable than the Vals. More durable - yeah, but not sure they should be. My reference to them being easy targets goes to observations during their torpedo attacks on ships, when Vals are also in the attack. The Vals always suffer more flak losses and damage while the Kate motors along with usually only one or two damaged. Like a one-engine B-17, but not realistic IMO. Another game-play balancing skew I suppose. Actually, I just checked. The Val is durability 28, the Kate 26. So it's probably just the mission type, settings, or even pilot quality.

Bullwinkle58 -> RE: Japanese land in OZ!! (8/7/2014 10:54:41 PM)
You've only sunk 14 Japanese ships? [&:]

Lokasenna -> RE: Japanese land in OZ!! (8/7/2014 11:14:12 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Bullwinkle58 You've only sunk 14 Japanese ships? [&:] Ouch. With FOW, this could be off, but....usually it's off in the direction of too many on the list. Usually the CD guns at Ambon and such places will take care of at least a couple of xAKs - has he not invaded those places yet?

JocMeister -> RE: Japanese land in OZ!! (8/8/2014 3:10:25 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Lokasenna quote: ORIGINAL: Bullwinkle58 You've only sunk 14 Japanese ships? [&:] Ouch. With FOW, this could be off, but....usually it's off in the direction of too many on the list. Usually the CD guns at Ambon and such places will take care of at least a couple of xAKs - has he not invaded those places yet? Its probably only 8-10 or so. [:)] Yes Ambon is invaded and he probably lost a xAK there if I´m lucky. I´m still getting 1-3 sub attacks each turn but have only sunk a tanker. Nothing more. Rest is sunk by mines and collisions. [:D] I hope to change this in the coming months but it doesn´t look good. Having KB in the DEI early on eliminated any chances to hit anything. After that he has only expanded under KB cover. He still have loads and loads of bases to capture but he can now do that in peace and quiet a month after the last allied ships and air planes pulled out. I can still pull the trigger on Java once more but I lack targets. For now I´m prioritizing escort duty for TFs moving to SOPAC/OZ and don´t have many combat ships to spare for something fun. That being said I have some things going on I havn´t mentioned here...yet. [:)]

JocMeister -> RE: Japanese land in OZ!! (8/8/2014 6:13:06 PM)
9th of March -42 ______________________________________________________________________________ Some significant event happens on the 9th. ------------------------ Philippines ------------------------ Clark field finally succumbs to the Japanese attackers. All better combat formations had evacuated Manila prior to this attack. quote: Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 36359 troops, 649 guns, 711 vehicles, Assault Value = 1023 Defending force 19095 troops, 262 guns, 60 vehicles, Assault Value = 317 Japanese adjusted assault: 1507 Allied adjusted defense: 307 Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Clark Field !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), preparation(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 1008 casualties reported Squads: 9 destroyed, 97 disabled Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 33 disabled Engineers: 9 destroyed, 36 disabled Vehicles lost 23 (2 destroyed, 21 disabled) Allied ground losses: 9641 casualties reported Squads: 253 destroyed, 34 disabled Non Combat: 232 destroyed, 39 disabled Engineers: 100 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 153 (147 destroyed, 6 disabled) Vehicles lost 37 (35 destroyed, 2 disabled) Units retreated 11 Units destroyed 1 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 16th Division 3rd Ind Engineer Regiment 48th Division 4th Tank Regiment 21st Ind Engineer Regiment 2nd Tank Regiment 7th Tank Regiment 15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment 14th Army 10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment 2nd Mortar Battalion 3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion 2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion Defending units: 45th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team 31st PA Infantry Division 21st PA Infantry Division 11th PA Infantry Division 51st PA Infantry Division 26th PS Cavalry Regiment Far East USAAF Clark Field AAF Base Force 202nd PA Construction Battalion 301st Construction Battalion 201st PA Construction Battalion 301st PA Field Artillery Regiment ------------------------ Burma ------------------------ An empty Rangoon is captured by the empire. This causes a significant dip in allied VPs. ------------------------ KB ------------------------ After replenishing at Brisbane the KB disappears outside allied search. Either due East or somewhere to the North. I wonder if its time for another Japanese major landing? Allied shipping is placed on high alert... ------------------------ China ------------------------ The first allied offensive sweeps hit Japanese LRCAP south of Ankang. Results are good with 7 Zeroes and 5 Nates shot down for only two H81-A3s. Another Japanese deliberate attack on the roadblock to Ankang. Its another 1-2 but I´m slowly being worn down. I have no troops close enough to reinforce in time. Two more attacks and he will break through. quote: Ground combat at 83,44 (near Ankang) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 36847 troops, 665 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 764 Defending force 30521 troops, 176 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 693 Japanese adjusted assault: 575 Allied adjusted defense: 1270 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 1357 casualties reported Squads: 13 destroyed, 137 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled Allied ground losses: 550 casualties reported Squads: 7 destroyed, 47 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled) Assaulting units: 13th Division 40th Division 14th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 11th Army 51st Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion 15th Ind.Medium Field Artillery Regiment 1st Mortar Battalion 2nd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 52nd Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion Defending units: 92nd Chinese Corps 94th Chinese Corps 95th Chinese Corps 26th Group Army 5th War Area 33rd Group Army Don´t remember if I mentioned it but Lanchow fell as expected a couple of days back. I´m trying to evacuate troops south that had defended the road. I think I can get them out. [image]local://upfiles/32406/036692C666224A96998DF847BB83B75C.jpg[/image]

Sangeli -> RE: Japanese land in OZ!! (8/8/2014 7:18:27 PM)
Sian is going to fall. If you pull back from the Ankang road and and the Sian region you should have enough to stop him in the 3x terrain somewhere along the dirt road towards Kienko. Just don't let him bypass you by moving slowly around your flanks. Also be sure to occupy the end of that dirt road that leads from Chungking to Ankang but doesn't get all the way there. There are only 3 avenues attack he can take and 2 of them have road gaps and all are in 3x terrain so this is about as an ideal of a defensive situation as you can get (although the strategic situation is admittedly not great). As I said previously I'd be surprised if you don't salvage the situation in the north insofar as you immediately start moving towards those new strong defensive positions.

JocMeister -> RE: Japanese land in OZ!! (8/9/2014 8:24:13 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Sangeli Sian is going to fall. If you pull back from the Ankang road and and the Sian region you should have enough to stop him in the 3x terrain somewhere along the dirt road towards Kienko. Just don't let him bypass you by moving slowly around your flanks. Also be sure to occupy the end of that dirt road that leads from Chungking to Ankang but doesn't get all the way there. There are only 3 avenues attack he can take and 2 of them have road gaps and all are in 3x terrain so this is about as an ideal of a defensive situation as you can get (although the strategic situation is admittedly not great). As I said previously I'd be surprised if you don't salvage the situation in the north insofar as you immediately start moving towards those new strong defensive positions. I´m already digging in at the southern approaches. But admittedly I´m more pessimistic about the situation then you are. [:)] Hopefully you are right and I can stop him. Not looking good right now though. ------------------------ China ------------------------ I can´t remember who it was but someone suggested Sian should be defended in strength earlier. Here is why doing that is a very bad idea and shouldn´t be attempted Level 4 forts. quote: Ground combat at Sian (83,41) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 3477 troops, 227 guns, 414 vehicles, Assault Value = 1075 Defending force 85485 troops, 511 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1529 Allied ground losses: 1099 casualties reported Squads: 51 destroyed, 58 disabled Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 6 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled Guns lost 13 (3 destroyed, 10 disabled) Assaulting units: 116th Division 6th Division 35th Division 8th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 9th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 15th Medium Field Artillery Regiment China Expeditionary Army North China Area Army 5th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion 5th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 1st Field Artillery Regiment 20th Medium Field Artillery Regiment Defending units: 90th Chinese Corps 27th Chinese Corps 12th Chinese Corps 77th Chinese Corps 47th Chinese Corps 84th Chinese Corps 8th Route Army 55th Chinese Corps 80th Chinese Corps 42nd Chinese Corps 96th Chinese Corps 3rd Chinese Corps 93rd Chinese Corps 40th Chinese Corps 2nd Chinese Cavalry Corps Red Chinese Army 31st Group Army 14th Group Army 3rd Group Army 1st War Area 7th Group Army 15th Chinese Base Force Then add another 1500 casualties PER turn from the air. That is why I abandoned Sian. The roadblock at the rivercrossing (where the Panzer Armee crossed) is crumbling faster then I would have liked. quote: Ground combat at 81,39 (near Tienshui) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 5944 troops, 423 guns, 527 vehicles, Assault Value = 1095 Defending force 30933 troops, 281 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 720 Japanese ground losses: Vehicles lost 5 (2 destroyed, 3 disabled) Allied ground losses: 271 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 17 disabled Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 12th Tank Regiment 17th Division 110th Division 22nd Medium Field Artillery Regiment Botanko Hvy Gun Regiment 8th Mountain Gun Regiment 4th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 2nd Hvy.Artillery Regiment 3rd Hvy.Artillery Regiment 6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 10th Medium Field Artillery Regiment Defending units: 56th Chinese Corps 68th Chinese Corps 75th Chinese Corps Jingcha War Area 3rd Heavy Mortar Regiment 22nd Artillery Regiment 4th Heavy Mortar Regiment 18th Artillery Regiment 41st AA Regiment Disruption is approaching dangerous levels. I´m trying to reinforce but I don´t know if I´ll make it in time.

JocMeister -> RE: Japanese land in OZ!! (8/9/2014 8:35:11 AM)
SOPAC ______________________________________________________________________________ After disappearing from Brisbane on the 9th KB appears at Noumea on the 10th. This indicates a move towards my shipping around Pago Pago or an invasion at Suva/Nadi. [image]local://upfiles/32406/080EF173B3F24E67874BFC01459B8031.jpg[/image]

JocMeister -> RE: Japanese land in OZ!! (8/9/2014 8:41:48 AM)
Allied buildup ______________________________________________________________________________ On the 10th a a big convoy lands at a secret location in Australia. The convoy is covered by 2 CVs and 4 BBs bringing in much needed troops, supply and planes. Its the first of 3 big convoys due to arrive within 60 days. This first one carries: - 6th OZ ID. - 4 AA units - A full medium US BG. - A full US FG. - 32 British Hurricanes. I hope in about two months time to counter attack the Japanese with 3 US and 3 OZ IDs. Tom will have to decide on whether to fight or bug out.

JocMeister -> RE: Japanese land in OZ!! (8/9/2014 10:51:50 AM)
13th of March -42 ______________________________________________________________________________ Moving forward with lightning speed! ------------------------ Philippines ------------------------ The last remaining fighters sortie for the last time. They will have to put their planes to the torch after this raid as supply will have to be conserved. They put up a good fight shooting down 30 Japanese planes for 1 own loss. [&o] ------------------------ Burma ------------------------ Tom shows his cards here at Port Blair. Good thing as I had a 2 CA TF on its way. Turning them around! quote: Night Naval bombardment of Port Blair at 46,58 Japanese Ships CA Kumano CA Suzuya CA Mikuma CA Mogami DD Kasumi DD Arare DD Asagumo DD Minegumo DD Tanikaze DD Hagikaze Allied ground losses: 70 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 4 (2 destroyed, 2 disabled) ------------------------ KB ------------------------ Still off the radar. Getting loads of radio traffic from Rabaul. Is he coming? [image]local://upfiles/32406/09A94CD48F824749892F9F6D3BF9D3A9.jpg[/image]

JocMeister -> RE: Japanese land in OZ!! (8/9/2014 1:04:35 PM)
14th of March -42 ______________________________________________________________________________ Some worrying developments in China...as usual! ------------------------ China ------------------------ Somehow my recon managed to miss that Toms 3 unit stack not only started moving towards the West but I didn´t find out until they actually shifted hex. Ouch. This could turn out nasty if he gets shifts to the last wooden hex before the plains before me. See map for details. A small success again on the road to Ankang. quote: Ground combat at 83,44 (near Ankang) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 37184 troops, 664 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 809 Defending force 30121 troops, 175 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 651 Japanese adjusted assault: 361 Allied adjusted defense: 1729 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 4 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 2323 casualties reported Squads: 8 destroyed, 163 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 36 disabled Engineers: 4 destroyed, 15 disabled Allied ground losses: 286 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 31 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled We manage to hold on for another attack at the river crossing. quote: Ground combat at 81,39 (near Tienshui) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 44219 troops, 727 guns, 763 vehicles, Assault Value = 1108 Defending force 30696 troops, 280 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 703 Japanese adjusted assault: 698 Allied adjusted defense: 1564 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 949 casualties reported Squads: 14 destroyed, 45 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 15 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 11 disabled Guns lost 6 (1 destroyed, 5 disabled) Vehicles lost 36 (6 destroyed, 30 disabled) Allied ground losses: 492 casualties reported Squads: 12 destroyed, 93 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Guns lost 38 (4 destroyed, 34 disabled) Assaulting units: 12th Tank Regiment 17th Division 110th Division 8th Mountain Gun Regiment 4th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 22nd Medium Field Artillery Regiment Botanko Hvy Gun Regiment 2nd Hvy.Artillery Regiment 6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 3rd Hvy.Artillery Regiment 10th Medium Field Artillery Regiment Defending units: 68th Chinese Corps 56th Chinese Corps 75th Chinese Corps 4th Heavy Mortar Regiment 18th Artillery Regiment 22nd Artillery Regiment Jingcha War Area 3rd Heavy Mortar Regiment 41st AA Regiment I feel a little bit more hopeful that I can get reinforcements in. Only 2 days away. Now I only need to avoid outflanking in the south... [image]local://upfiles/32406/D52FB959C5C1409F84DD872C2B2171BD.jpg[/image]

JocMeister -> RE: Japanese land in OZ!! (8/9/2014 1:11:02 PM)
SOPAC and musings ______________________________________________________________________________ I wonder what Tom is up to. He REALLY doesn´t want me to have NavS over Noumea. He even turned off the Strategic LBA to turn them loose on Norfolk Island. Why does he place such big importance on this? I´m guessing the CA TF have troops on board and will land tomorrow. Why? And why hasn´t he landed on Suva/Nadi? Why hasn´t he landed on Pago Pago? Why hasn´t anything landed in the Gilberts? Why is he keeping the KB deep, deep in SOPAC all the time? I´m definitively missing something big. [image]local://upfiles/32406/A0CB503BE297480D8DB07C227A3E1C60.jpg[/image]

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