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JocMeister -> RE: Japanese land in OZ!! (8/11/2014 5:57:31 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Lowpe quote: ORIGINAL: JocMeister But I´m starting to suspect you and Lowpe are right. He may be done with his expansion and settling in for a defensive war with counter attacks instead of overreaching and opening up for allied attacks along an extended LOC and too many positions to defend. I think he will fill in and finish off the basic conquering, but he certainly can still launch offensives, and major ones. You may or may not get sigint warnings depending upon how crafty he wants to be. Watch out for his paratroopers and fast transport amphib operations, it is a way for him to gain access to a base without prep and thus sigint warnings. Then the follow on divisions can be quite nasty.[:)] Good advice! [:)]

JocMeister -> RE: Japanese land in OZ!! (8/11/2014 6:21:24 PM)
China ______________________________________________________________________________ Things are starting to avalanche out of control. While it looks like I contained the southern advance Tom makes another flanking move. If he is successful here there is nothing between him and Chunking but a few shattered Corps and some BFs. I have more troops moving in on the hex but they will be at least 4-5 days out depending on bombings. This is/was my first major mistake in China. I turned two Corps around 2 weeks ago to help contain the southern advance. Those were first destined to help shore up things in the North. If I hadn´t I would have 3 good Corps blocking his two IDs instead of a lone one. I´ll be kicking myself for that in the coming months I´m sure. Even more alarming is that I´m starting to see the first units with 0 supply. [:(] I started 2 weeks ago among Arty, AA, BF and HQ units. Last turn I saw my first Corps with a 0 supply. Experience tells me that is beginning of the end. Once most units drop to 0 you simply cannot defend any longer. The 90% AV reduction makes it impossible. If I can hold the 2 ID incursion I´m still looking at best at a 2-4 week stand in the treeline. Then things will start collapsing and we will see a full route. [image]local://upfiles/32406/F8D4ABC341574074ADA451143B36BB91.jpg[/image]

Lokasenna -> RE: Japanese land in OZ!! (8/11/2014 6:22:55 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: JocMeister quote: ORIGINAL: Lowpe quote: ORIGINAL: JocMeister But I´m starting to suspect you and Lowpe are right. He may be done with his expansion and settling in for a defensive war with counter attacks instead of overreaching and opening up for allied attacks along an extended LOC and too many positions to defend. I think he will fill in and finish off the basic conquering, but he certainly can still launch offensives, and major ones. You may or may not get sigint warnings depending upon how crafty he wants to be. Watch out for his paratroopers and fast transport amphib operations, it is a way for him to gain access to a base without prep and thus sigint warnings. Then the follow on divisions can be quite nasty.[:)] Good advice! [:)] You can still get sig int on the units loading on the Fast Transport, and I believe that even though Fast Transport may avoid CD gunfire it can still suffer disruption upon landing? Also, they are typically transported with little or no supply, which can be really rough. FT TFs have their uses, but the initial wave of a truly contested landing isn't really one of them, IMO. Or even the second wave. FWIW, in my game against Arto he had 2 or 3 divisions prepped to retake Tabiteuea, which I had only lightly garrisoned and in the midst of a bunch of other, larger garrisons in the Gilberts. I never got a sig int hit on them, or at least not one that I noticed. If I had, I would have distributed my forces differently. Well, that's not true. I did get a sig int hit on one of the divisions...the day after the base fell. 29th Division is located at Tabiteuea - thanks boys, I knew that already!

JocMeister -> RE: Japanese land in OZ!! (8/11/2014 6:38:09 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Lokasenna quote: ORIGINAL: JocMeister quote: ORIGINAL: Lowpe quote: ORIGINAL: JocMeister But I´m starting to suspect you and Lowpe are right. He may be done with his expansion and settling in for a defensive war with counter attacks instead of overreaching and opening up for allied attacks along an extended LOC and too many positions to defend. I think he will fill in and finish off the basic conquering, but he certainly can still launch offensives, and major ones. You may or may not get sigint warnings depending upon how crafty he wants to be. Watch out for his paratroopers and fast transport amphib operations, it is a way for him to gain access to a base without prep and thus sigint warnings. Then the follow on divisions can be quite nasty.[:)] Good advice! [:)] You can still get sig int on the units loading on the Fast Transport, and I believe that even though Fast Transport may avoid CD gunfire it can still suffer disruption upon landing? Also, they are typically transported with little or no supply, which can be really rough. FT TFs have their uses, but the initial wave of a truly contested landing isn't really one of them, IMO. Or even the second wave. FWIW, in my game against Arto he had 2 or 3 divisions prepped to retake Tabiteuea, which I had only lightly garrisoned and in the midst of a bunch of other, larger garrisons in the Gilberts. I never got a sig int hit on them, or at least not one that I noticed. If I had, I would have distributed my forces differently. Well, that's not true. I did get a sig int hit on one of the divisions...the day after the base fell. 29th Division is located at Tabiteuea - thanks boys, I knew that already! [:D]

JocMeister -> RE: Japanese land in OZ!! (8/11/2014 7:56:02 PM)
31st of March -42 ______________________________________________________________________________ Last day of Amphib bonus! [&o] ------------------------ China ------------------------ Okay, I got a small miracle here. The small Chinese air force sortied with excellent results. quote: Morning Air attack on 15th Division, at 81,40 , near Ankang Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft SB-III x 15 Hudson I x 3 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 160 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled quote: Morning Air attack on 37th Division, at 81,40 , near Ankang Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 8 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 2 minutes Allied aircraft Hudson I x 9 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 158 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Not sure how much it contributed but the Japanese anticipated attack doesn´t do nearly as well as I thought. quote: Ground combat at 81,40 (near Ankang) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 43987 troops, 470 guns, 361 vehicles, Assault Value = 1217 Defending force 17240 troops, 125 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 333 Japanese adjusted assault: 158 [X(][X(][X(] Allied adjusted defense: 565 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 3 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), fatigue(-), experience(-) supply(-) Attacker: supply(-) [X(] Japanese ground losses: 935 casualties reported Squads: 12 destroyed, 37 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 4 disabled Guns lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled) Allied ground losses: 795 casualties reported Squads: 15 destroyed, 33 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 18 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Guns lost 33 (7 destroyed, 26 disabled) Assaulting units: 37th Division 15th Division 3rd Ind.Mixed Brigade Defending units: 18th Chinese Corps 84th Chinese Corps 3rd Heavy Mortar Regiment A small glimmer of hope. 3-5 more days before another Corps arrive. ------------------------ OZ/SOPAC ------------------------ Tom abandon the attempt on Townesville. His lone Tank RGT was unable to expel the defenders. Now he is moving towards my small armor unit that recaptured Bowen behind his back. Not sure I can hold against a tank RGT with only 12 Stuarts though... at least they got his attention. ------------------------ Sub War ------------------------ O20 becomes the hero of the day not only hitting one AK but TWO! [&o] quote: Submarine attack near Miri at 65,84 Japanese Ships AK Sakito Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships SS O20 Japanese ground losses: 17 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) AK Sakito Maru is sighted by SS O20 SS O20 launches 2 torpedoes at AK Sakito Maru quote: Submarine attack near Miri at 65,84 Japanese Ships AK Yamasimo Maru, Torpedo hits 1 Allied Ships SS O20 Japanese ground losses: 17 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled AK Yamasimo Maru is sighted by SS O20 SS O20 launches 2 torpedoes at AK Yamasimo Maru ------------------------ SIGINT ------------------------ Continue to get heavy radio traffic at Truk. At least once every turn. Lots of BFs being shipped to Batavia. No sign of any invasion or prepp for something. Its too quiet! ------------------------ Fleet upgrades ------------------------ The very important 4/42 upgrade will be available next turn. I need to decide on when to upgrade the CVs. With the exception of Hornet they all need upgrades, repair and replenishment of airgroups. I´m inclined to get this done ASAP. [image]local://upfiles/32406/427C2E613B7A434FB703E6C71E56B20B.jpg[/image]

JocMeister -> RE: Japanese land in OZ!! (8/11/2014 8:03:40 PM)
Maria is having surgery done to her hand tomorrow. Updates and turns might be a little bit sporadic in the coming days. While I´m off work while she recovers I still have to do everything at home and take care of the kids. Maria won´t even be able to change a diaper for 2 weeks at least...I think I would rather be at work TBH...[:D]

aztez -> RE: Japanese land in OZ!! (8/11/2014 8:13:08 PM)
I have never played with stacking limits nor know the full situation at China. ...but it seems that you are still holding out at Changhsa region and I assume there are substantial AV values there just sitting around. Maybe to consider pulling out from there and make a new perimeter closer to Chungking. What's that base behind the river in central region. You most likely can pull out substantial force and still have strong new defensive line there. Also his supply routes would become longer and tougher to maintain the push. Just an thought since Changhsa is lost cause anyways if the northern flank falls...

offenseman -> RE: Japanese land in OZ!! (8/11/2014 8:36:00 PM)
He got a supply (-) on that attack. Very nice news there. He is building up BFs in Batavia? I've lost track of the map, has he taken Christmas Island IO yet? If not he may be aiming to do so soon.

Lokasenna -> RE: Japanese land in OZ!! (8/11/2014 8:56:34 PM)
I would guess that the supply(-) did not apply to every unit. I would do the CV upgrades ASAP. They are important AA upgrades for your Yorktowns. The 3/42 Lexington upgrades...have you not done those yet? They may not appear to be an upgrade by the numbers, but if you compare the devices you'll see that it's a pretty clear upgrade. More important than that...upgrading them will preclude you from wanting to use them in some move of folly, as they will be unavailable [:D].

Lowpe -> RE: Japanese land in OZ!! (8/11/2014 9:15:30 PM)
Your two air attacks drained his supply enough to give him some malus -- probably more than you think.[:)] In that area of China, it is awful difficult and slow to keep IJA supplied for offensive actions, especially if he is bombing a lot. Do what you can to target his supplies in this area...that is his weak link here.

Lowpe -> RE: Japanese land in OZ!! (8/11/2014 9:19:29 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Lokasenna You can still get sig int on the units loading on the Fast Transport, and I believe that even though Fast Transport may avoid CD gunfire it can still suffer disruption upon landing? Also, they are typically transported with little or no supply, which can be really rough. FT TFs have their uses, but the initial wave of a truly contested landing isn't really one of them, IMO. Or even the second wave. Not to be used as the first wave of a contested landing, but rather a small neglected base. IJA paratroops are only 30 AV...but can be really useful if you don't want to wait 100 days for an offensive.

offenseman -> RE: Japanese land in OZ!! (8/11/2014 9:42:04 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Lowpe Your two air attacks drained his supply enough to give him some malus -- probably more than you think.[:)] In that area of China, it is awful difficult and slow to keep IJA supplied for offensive actions, especially if he is bombing a lot. Do what you can to target his supplies in this area...that is his weak link here. Agreed. He has been pushing very hard and the movement along with the near constant combat has used a lot of supply. And remember the upside of a retreat, every hex nearer Chungking tends to be another hex that is hard to route supply through. So his supply situation gets worse as he advances (up there anyway). That terrain and offensive tempo will help him get units in the red. The more he moves and shoots, the worse it may become. He can only move SO many supplies a turn through some of those hexes. As lowpe said, finds ways to make him use supply. As I said earlier, that supply(-) even if only one unit in the attack can be an indicator of a supply problem. That possibility is a possible bright spot anyway!! [:)]

JocMeister -> RE: Japanese land in OZ!! (8/12/2014 9:14:57 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: aztez ...but it seems that you are still holding out at Changhsa region and I assume there are substantial AV values there just sitting around. Maybe to consider pulling out from there and make a new perimeter closer to Chungking. What's that base behind the river in central region. You most likely can pull out substantial force and still have strong new defensive line there. Also his supply routes would become longer and tougher to maintain the push. Just an thought since Changhsa is lost cause anyways if the northern flank falls... Hi aztez. [:)] Already did that about 2 months ago. Its just a skeleton crew down there right now. Less then 1000 AV now for everything south of Chunking! [X(] quote: ORIGINAL: offenseman He got a supply (-) on that attack. Very nice news there. He is building up BFs in Batavia? I've lost track of the map, has he taken Christmas Island IO yet? If not he may be aiming to do so soon. Yupp! He landed about 2 weeks ago. I think he may be dumping the BFs intended for Soerabaja once that falls. It will very shortly! I would do the CV upgrades ASAP. They are important AA upgrades for your Yorktowns. The 3/42 Lexington upgrades...have you not done those yet? They may not appear to be an upgrade by the numbers, but if you compare the devices you'll see that it's a pretty clear upgrade. More important than that...upgrading them will preclude you from wanting to use them in some move of folly, as they will be unavailable [:D]. Yeah, I´m actually considering pulling the entire fleet back for the 4/42 upgrades. It pretty much means leaving everything on its own for a while but there are not much left to be done right now. No major troops convoys are moving besides 2 BFs + 1 AA unit for OZ. Also want to make the 4/42 upgrade on the merchant fleet. The extra AA might mean something. [:)] quote: ORIGINAL: Lowpe Your two air attacks drained his supply enough to give him some malus -- probably more than you think.[:)] In that area of China, it is awful difficult and slow to keep IJA supplied for offensive actions, especially if he is bombing a lot. Do what you can to target his supplies in this area...that is his weak link here. I hope you are right about supply. I could REALLY need a breather in China... 2-10 bombardments/attacks every day now since the first week.

JocMeister -> RE: Japanese land in OZ!! (8/12/2014 11:11:53 AM)
Allied Planning for 1942 ______________________________________________________________________________ With the end of the Japanese Amphib bonus and possibly the end of Japanese expansion its time to set some goals to strive for. I have found that it helps me get organized and more focused rather then to have just s vague idea on what to do. So I usually put the goals down on print and I then use them as a bible for what I do during the time. This will not be something ambitious. As Loka so kindly reminds me ([;)]) its still 1942. Its not the best time for the allies for a grand offensive. We have seen players try that but it usually fizzles due to lack of planes, ships and replacements. This is my "bible" for 1942. Its not set in stone of course and will depend a lot on what Tom does and doesn´t do. If he goes all in for SOPAC I will possibly shift priority from the Pacific to the IO instead. ------------------------ Number 1 priority ------------------------ Dont loose the Navy! Clear Eastern OZ of Japanese forces. I don´t think this will be much of a problem because I doubt Tom will fight for it. He has harvested 3500 VPs already and this will grow to possible 4000 or even 5000 before I can counter attack. He has gotten what he came for and I don´t think he will fight to retain a foothold. ------------------------ Number 2 priority ------------------------ Recapture Noumea This may very well turn out to be impossible if Tom decides to put up a fight here. All he needs is to park the KB in the area and I can do very little but look on from afar. But if he does other opportunities will open up... ------------------------ Lower priority ------------------------ Recapture the Ellice islands (Invaded on the 1st of April) Recapture the Gilberts Establish a presence in NOPAC Build up the necessary infrastructure in Southern India to support an offensive in early 43. Hold on to the Andamans

obvert -> RE: Japanese land in OZ!! (8/12/2014 11:42:38 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: JockMeister Recapture Noumea This may very well turn out to be impossible if Tom decides to put up a fight here. All he needs is to park the KB in the area and I can do very little but look on from afar. But if he does other opportunities will open up... One thing you can do in this case is bring every US sub, especially the S-boats, into the region. Although they may not hit much, it can cause a considerable amount of anxiety to see twenty subs in range to the KB, especially if they get an attack or tow against something important. One hit down here and it's a long road back to the Home Islands.

Encircled -> RE: Japanese land in OZ!! (8/12/2014 12:06:11 PM)
Remember that your opponent will know the upgrade dates for your carriers as well. If he's going for Samoa, then he might be waiting for that.

Lokasenna -> RE: Japanese land in OZ!! (8/12/2014 2:09:13 PM)
Best of luck holding the Andamans. Unless you can get Blair's AF built up, it's pretty much impossible to hold with 1 AF against several capable of bombing you out. And if he sees you building up Blair's AF, he should come for you hard and fast.

JocMeister -> RE: Japanese land in OZ!! (8/12/2014 2:13:43 PM)
2nd of April -42 ______________________________________________________________________________ Small success on Java and good news from China! ------------------------ China ------------------------ Lets start here. The 2 IDs that caused me so much headache impaled themselves in a desperate last attack on the 1st of April. [&o] quote: Ground combat at 81,40 (near Ankang) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 36133 troops, 431 guns, 361 vehicles, Assault Value = 1072 Defending force 16736 troops, 118 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 297 Japanese adjusted assault: 574 Allied adjusted defense: 589 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), morale(-), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 2749 casualties reported Squads: 25 destroyed, 143 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled Engineers: 9 destroyed, 22 disabled Guns lost 27 (5 destroyed, 22 disabled) Vehicles lost 9 (1 destroyed, 8 disabled) Allied ground losses: 285 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 23 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Guns lost 10 (5 destroyed, 5 disabled) Assaulting units: 15th Division 37th Division 3rd Ind.Mixed Brigade Defending units: 18th Chinese Corps 84th Chinese Corps 3rd Heavy Mortar Regiment I should be safe here for a couple of days as I managed to insert 4 small shattered Corps behind his back actually completely cutting the troops off. Tom already have units moving to clear the way but it will take a couple of days. The roadblock toward Ankang will have to make an attempt to withdraw. Supply is almost completely out and I can´t get any there. ------------------------ Java ------------------------ More good news here as the Japanese assault is once again repulsed! He will wear me down but he will need more time. quote: Ground combat at Soerabaja (56,104) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 5172 troops, 50 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 154 Defending force 8338 troops, 59 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 175 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2 Japanese adjusted assault: 67 Allied adjusted defense: 90 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 2) Combat modifiers Defender: forts(+), leaders(-), experience(-) Attacker: leaders(+), disruption(-) Japanese ground losses: 439 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 25 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Allied ground losses: 56 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 2nd/A Division Defending units: Roodenburg Battalion Marinier Battalion 2nd KNIL Landstorm Battalion 3rd KNIL Landstorm Battalion Afdeling Ritman Van Altena Battalion Soerabaja Defenses NI-MLD Soerabaja KM Base Force Madoeng Defenses quote: Ground combat at Madioen (54,104) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 12443 troops, 285 guns, 101 vehicles, Assault Value = 916 Defending force 10408 troops, 86 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 235 Japanese adjusted assault: 163 Allied adjusted defense: 145 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 1) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), preparation(-), morale(-) experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 1003 casualties reported Squads: 5 destroyed, 57 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Allied ground losses: 124 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 15 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 2nd/B Division 56th Division 2nd/C Division 1st RF Gun Battalion 3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 3rd Mortar Battalion 25th Army 3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 5th Mortar Battalion 18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion Defending units: 4th KNIL Regiment Lijfwacht Cav Sqn Barisan KNIL Regiment Tjilatjap KNIL Battalion 6th KNIL Regiment 3/2nd Avn Sup Afd 2/4th Avn Sup Afd 1/4th Avn Sup Afd Semarang Base Force 3/4th Avn Sup Afd Mobiele Eenheid Battalion Tjilitap KM Base Force Andir ML Base Force 7th Avn Sup Afd ------------------------ SOPAC ------------------------ Tom lands on Vaitupu on the Ellice islands on the very last day of the bonus. So he now have a foothold there and in the Gilberts. Both were taken by a lone NavGuard unit. Question is will he reinforce with more or just leave them as a delaying action. MKB shows up NW of NZ heading East. For now no Allied shipping is in danger. I have a big convoy heading for Tahiti as well as an empty supply TF leaving NZ. I may turn them around depending on what course he keeps. This leads to the big question: Where is the KB? Did he use them to cover the landing in the Gilberts/Ellice or have they moved elsewhere. I want to know as it will tell me his next move. [image]local://upfiles/32406/E3434772BAC540789B303694B29A270B.jpg[/image]

JocMeister -> RE: Japanese land in OZ!! (8/12/2014 2:17:14 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: obvert One thing you can do in this case is bring every US sub, especially the S-boats, into the region. Although they may not hit much, it can cause a considerable amount of anxiety to see twenty subs in range to the KB, especially if they get an attack or tow against something important. One hit down here and it's a long road back to the Home Islands. I already have the bulk of Allied subs here including most of the Dutch and the S-Boats. [:)] quote: ORIGINAL: Encircled Remember that your opponent will know the upgrade dates for your carriers as well. If he's going for Samoa, then he might be waiting for that. Yeah, but he will need to bring the full KB for that. And if he does my navy will have to stand aside and watch anyway. quote: ORIGINAL: Lokasenna Best of luck holding the Andamans. Unless you can get Blair's AF built up, it's pretty much impossible to hold with 1 AF against several capable of bombing you out. And if he sees you building up Blair's AF, he should come for you hard and fast. Yupp, not much chance of that happening. But I may drop some BDEs and engineers and start working on the forts if I´m given the opportunity.

Encircled -> RE: Japanese land in OZ!! (8/12/2014 3:31:17 PM)
quote: Yeah, but he will need to bring the full KB for that. And if he does my navy will have to stand aside and watch anyway. I thought that it was your "line in the sand" Carriers + LBA + SCTF gives you your best chance of inflicting damage on him

JocMeister -> RE: Japanese land in OZ!! (8/12/2014 4:40:28 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Encircled I thought that it was your "line in the sand" Carriers + LBA + SCTF gives you your best chance of inflicting damage on him Yes but I will avoid a direct confrontation with the KB. For now... [:)]

JocMeister -> RE: Japanese land in OZ!! (8/12/2014 6:35:22 PM)
4th of April -42 ______________________________________________________________________________ The success on Java was short lived! ------------------------ China ------------------------ Both the river crossing roadblock and the Ankang roadblock is crumbling fast. Both of them can fall any day now. ------------------------ Java ------------------------ A second Japanese ID roll in at Madioen and crushes the defenders. I wasn´t prepared and lost a bunch of planes on the ground. Not that I can use them anywhere else but its unnecessary VPs to lose. quote: Ground combat at Madioen (54,104) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 31568 troops, 478 guns, 176 vehicles, Assault Value = 858 Defending force 10240 troops, 86 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 219 Japanese adjusted assault: 402 Allied adjusted defense: 178 Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Madioen !!! Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses 75A-7 Hawk: 8 destroyed CW-21B Demon: 8 destroyed B-339D: 7 destroyed L-18 Lodestar: 12 destroyed Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), preparation(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 295 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 51 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Allied ground losses: 7801 casualties reported Squads: 205 destroyed, 26 disabled Non Combat: 274 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 23 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 25 (15 destroyed, 10 disabled) Units retreated 10 Units destroyed 3 ------------------------ MKB ------------------------ Still heading due East towards the Fijis. Could be an interesting day tomorrow as it will pass straight through a blobb of 9 subs. Only 2 of which has a low DL...fingers crossed for a lucky day! No screen today. Forgot to take one and I´m to lazy to download the turn again. [:)]

Sangeli -> RE: Japanese land in OZ!! (8/12/2014 7:40:33 PM)
That flanking maneuver in China that the IJA is attempting is likely not going to accomplish much. Because he has no roads he lacks the ability to change the focal point of his attack without giving you time to react. The Japanese movement along the dirt road to the north leading to the Chungking basin is more of a concern. Why have your units lingered so long on the Ankang road south of that junction? Had they pulled back earlier they could be defending along the main axis leading toward the Chungking basin rather than out of supply and nearly cut off.

JocMeister -> RE: Japanese land in OZ!! (8/13/2014 4:53:26 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Sangeli That flanking maneuver in China that the IJA is attempting is likely not going to accomplish much. Because he has no roads he lacks the ability to change the focal point of his attack without giving you time to react. The Japanese movement along the dirt road to the north leading to the Chungking basin is more of a concern. Why have your units lingered so long on the Ankang road south of that junction? Had they pulled back earlier they could be defending along the main axis leading toward the Chungking basin rather than out of supply and nearly cut off. Because trying to move out means leaving the forts. [:)] They would be wiped out before they could shift hex. EDIT: Explained in the China post below this one. [:)]

JocMeister -> RE: Japanese land in OZ!! (8/13/2014 5:13:23 AM)
Invasion Fleet spotted! ______________________________________________________________________________ So he is coming after all! [image]local://upfiles/32406/1B76371A772E4B7B8DC8D4C19EF96308.jpg[/image]

JocMeister -> RE: Japanese land in OZ!! (8/13/2014 6:53:09 AM)
China ______________________________________________________________________________ As of the 6th of April allied positions are crumbling. The roadblock towards Ankang is finally overcome. This was mainly due to a mistake on my part. I tried pulling them back towards Ankang. This meant leaving their forts and Tom immediately spotted this when his bombardments went from 10-30 casualties to 2-300. He quickly turned his airforce on the stack and then two DAs did the trick. Half the units in this stack had 0 supply. This seems to the standard from now on. [:(] quote: Ground combat at 83,44 (near Ankang) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 42615 troops, 919 guns, 580 vehicles, Assault Value = 901 Defending force 25595 troops, 168 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 442 Japanese adjusted assault: 725 Allied adjusted defense: 259 Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-), experience(-) supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 758 casualties reported Squads: 14 destroyed, 30 disabled Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 23 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 2 disabled Vehicles lost 43 (10 destroyed, 33 disabled) Units pursuing 1 Allied ground losses: 8499 casualties reported Squads: 124 destroyed, 12 disabled Non Combat: 141 destroyed, 15 disabled Engineers: 14 destroyed, 7 disabled Guns lost 27 (21 destroyed, 6 disabled) Units retreated 6 I have been able to insert units in the woods to the West but most of the units have been unable to draw supply. The river crossing roadblock is also crumbling fast. After this attack all units are left with 0 supply. The next DA will dislodge them. They will then retreat into the next hex causing overstack there which will burn what little supply I have there. Can´t do anything about that. [:(] quote: Ground combat at 81,39 (near Tienshui) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 41230 troops, 782 guns, 629 vehicles, Assault Value = 866 Defending force 31173 troops, 182 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 503 Japanese adjusted assault: 511 Allied adjusted defense: 274 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 857 casualties reported Squads: 11 destroyed, 69 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled Guns lost 11 (1 destroyed, 10 disabled) Allied ground losses: 427 casualties reported Squads: 5 destroyed, 36 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Guns lost 4 (3 destroyed, 1 disabled) Assaulting units: 17th Division 110th Division 6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 20th Medium Field Artillery Regiment Botanko Hvy Gun Regiment 22nd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 8th Mountain Gun Regiment 3rd Hvy.Artillery Regiment 2nd Hvy.Artillery Regiment 4th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 5th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 10th Medium Field Artillery Regiment Defending units: 75th Chinese Corps 68th Chinese Corps 82nd Chinese Corps 84th Chinese Corps 4th Heavy Mortar Regiment Jingcha War Area 41st AA Regiment Interesting to note here is how the adjusted AV has went from over 2200 down to 250 in just 3 weeks. The constant pressure is wearing them down. Tom has 18 units behind the river and can easily rotate troops in and out. This is pretty identical to my other PBEMs. You can hold for a while but supply is dwindling from day 1 and once it runs out its pretty much game over. [image]local://upfiles/32406/9EFCC8BE6E584D67AAAB46CCB11265F7.jpg[/image]

JocMeister -> RE: Japanese land in OZ!! (8/13/2014 7:02:57 AM)
Strategic bombing of OZ ______________________________________________________________________________ After Toms run in with the allied AA he moves his bombers up to 18k. This almost completely eliminates losses from AA without any noticeable effect on results. [:(] But we have some success nonetheless...Probably believing the Allied air force have been broken in Oz Tom switches from Sweep to Escort with his Zeroes. He then starts bombing the Sydney industry for two days straight. After the second day the allies move in. quote: Morning Air attack on Sydney , at 90,167 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 76 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 30 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 28 G3M2 Nell x 69 Allied aircraft Kittyhawk IA x 16 P-39D Airacobra x 44 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed G3M2 Nell: 14 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed Resources hits 6 Fires 793 quote: [size=1]Morning Air attack on Sydney , at 90,167 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 34 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 44 G3M2 Nell x 36 Allied aircraft Kittyhawk IA x 8 P-39D Airacobra x 19 Japanese aircraft losses G3M2 Nell: 6 destroyed, 4 damaged G3M2 Nell: 1 destroyed by flak No Allied losses Fires 723 [image]local://upfiles/32406/BA93FE273A304EE3B4D2D26DCA9EDE3F.jpg[/image]

JocMeister -> RE: Japanese land in OZ!! (8/13/2014 7:27:18 AM)
Invasion of the Samoans ______________________________________________________________________________ Tom is going in completely blind here. He doesn´t know what I have in terms of LCUs as not a single recon mission has flown over any base. So either he is taking a gamble or he is bringing A LOT of troops. I find it hard to believe he is bringing only the MKB. I´m pretty certain the full KB has to be lurking in the shadows. So far I can only see one invasion TF so it doesn´t look a full blown invasion. Yet... ------------------------ Allied response ------------------------ ...will be limited for now. At least until I get a clearer picture of how earnest he is. I´ve stopped the CVs for now and they are just 2-3 days out. I´ve also readied reinforcements. The 6th and 7th Marine RGT together with the 24th Infantry RGT are all being loaded on +20 knot transports. I´ll not dispatch them yet though. The 25th ID is also being readied. I rather not use this ID though as I have other things in mind for them. 75 Fighters and 32 DBs are also ready to be flown in. All subs in the vicinity have been recalled towards Pago Pago. Now I´ll just have to wait and see. But I´m cautiously optimistic for now. This TF has been on its way for a long time (SIGINT 2-3 weeks ago). Its quite possible the troops have low prepp. I also got some positive SIGINT this turn. quote: 33rd/B Division is located at Noumea(115,160). 38th Division is located at Rockhampton(95,152) This means that unless he has moved some IDs from Java to SOPAC the maximum he can bring is 1 full ID + 2/3rds of an ID. That I can deal with. My best hope right now is that he hasn´t brought enough. That will force him to commit more forces but with the Amphib bonus gone he will have to wait for prepp. This will give me good amount of time to dig in, reinforce, train and plan for the interception of the next landing.

obvert -> RE: Japanese land in OZ!! (8/13/2014 8:59:31 AM)
Nice trap at Sydney. That is a lot of Netties (and pilots) plus kills for your guys. The equation will change quickly with those kinds of kill numbers going to one side's pilots. Suddenly you'll have a very good defensive air force there.

JocMeister -> RE: Japanese land in OZ!! (8/13/2014 9:27:25 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: obvert Nice trap at Sydney. That is a lot of Netties (and pilots) plus kills for your guys. The equation will change quickly with those kinds of kill numbers going to one side's pilots. Suddenly you'll have a very good defensive air force there. Yeah, it went better then expected! I really need to get the EXP up for my fighter pilots. I had forgotten those nasty Japanese prewar pilots! On 32k sweeps his Zeroes just chew through anything I throw at them. I´m eagerly awaiting the arrival of the first P38s...

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