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Mundy -> RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder (9/27/2014 2:53:48 PM)

16 March 1942

I'm enduring bombardments at Cochin and Port Moresby. Figures... Cochin gets hit when I plan to strike Colombo. I think I'll be moving the air away from the coast at this point.

The 7th Australian, 43drd Cav Armored and the 23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment are now at Ranchi. At least one base force is on the way, so I'll be introducing air there too. Ranchi and Patna are where I intend to set up more air.

I've pulled in more fighters from Suva to Noumea, so the Cobras and Dauntlesses there will hit the Japanese brigade sitting there. I've got four squadrons of CAP there now.

I've noticed some of the Australian xAKLs can be converted to PCs, amongst other things. I'll take the escorts at this point. A USN xAK at Brisbane is converting to an AKE for use at Townsville, where New Mexico will live.

Ed-



Mundy -> RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder (9/27/2014 5:01:26 PM)

17 March 1943

I've lost Ramillies. She was enroute to Bombay from Cape Town. She got caught about half way over roughly even with Ahmedabad. His CVLs are starting to rove north a bit. I'm hoping he doesn't interfere with my Aden route.

He's got Noumea CAPped, sucking the effectiveness from my strike. My F2A-3 CAP roved over Koumac, bagging a Zeke for no loss. All the Cobras are converting to CAP for now. I've lost S-34 near Koumac. She got badly depth charged and sub RO-67 finished her off next turn. KXV bags DMS W-9 to the east.

The 1st Burma Division and 16th Indian Brigade are out of Burma and at Akyab. They're off to Chittagong to help deal with the Calcutta Front.

Other than that, he's been preoccupied taking small bases. All the little islands between Timor and Celebes, the Central Philippines and even the islands off of Milne Bay.

Ed-



Mundy -> RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder (9/27/2014 11:30:25 PM)

19 March 1942

Landing at Efate. It's awful nice of him to build up all these bases for me before I retake them.

His assault at Noumea didn't go too well:

quote:

Ground combat at Noumea (115,160)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 19843 troops, 131 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 603

Defending force 21416 troops, 365 guns, 217 vehicles, Assault Value = 397

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1

Japanese adjusted assault: 179

Allied adjusted defense: 1267

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 7 (fort level 1)

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
2597 casualties reported
Squads: 7 destroyed, 297 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 11 disabled

Allied ground losses:
373 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 27 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Guns lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)

Assaulting units:
65th Brigade
33rd Division

Defending units:
Fanning Island Det.
2nd Marine Regiment
8th Marine Regiment
34th Cmbt Engineer Regiment
New Caledonia Det
168th Field Artillery Battalion
4th Marine Defense Battalion
43rd Base Group
19th Base Group
98th Coast AA Regiment
97th Coast AA Regiment
64th Coast AA Regiment
35th Base Group
3rd Port Maint Engineer Battalion
142nd USN Stn Base Force
21st NZ Pioneer Coy


USMC morale is pretty high. I'm not sure he'll be able to take it without more help. There's probably more on the way. KB's slowly orbiting Noumea, currently two hexes to the SW.

I'm still shoveling more troops of various types to Suva, so whatever Noumea is, I'll make Suva worse.

He assaulted Soerbaja the previous day.

quote:


Ground combat at Soerabaja (56,104)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 9230 troops, 89 guns, 71 vehicles, Assault Value = 295

Defending force 17010 troops, 112 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 160

Japanese adjusted assault: 155

Allied adjusted defense: 64

Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: preparation(-), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
822 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 44 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 13 (2 destroyed, 11 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
635 casualties reported
Squads: 33 destroyed, 65 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Guns lost 26 (5 destroyed, 21 disabled)

Assaulting units:
4th Infantry Regiment
24th Infantry Regiment
7th Tank Regiment
2nd Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
Marinier Battalion
1st KNIL Regiment
3rd KNIL Landstorm Battalion
2nd KNIL Landstorm Battalion
Roodenburg Battalion
Madoeng Defenses
NI-MLD
Soerabaja KM Base Force
4th Avn Sup Groep
6th Avn Sup Afd
KNI Zeemacht
2nd Avn Sup Groep
KNI Leger
Soerbaja Defenses
7th Avn Sup Afd


I doubt they'll last much longer.

Bataan, has been only bombardments. I'm not sure he'll summon the courage to hit them yet. Once he reaches the tipping point, they'll probably fall quickly.

Ed-



witpqs -> RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder (9/28/2014 12:19:40 AM)


quote:

ORIGINAL: Mundy

19 March 1942

Landing at Efate. It's awful nice of him to build up all these bases for me before I retake them.

His assault at Noumea didn't go too well:

quote:

Ground combat at Noumea (115,160)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 19843 troops, 131 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 603

Defending force 21416 troops, 365 guns, 217 vehicles, Assault Value = 397

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1

Japanese adjusted assault: 179

Allied adjusted defense: 1267

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 7 (fort level 1)

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
2597 casualties reported
Squads: 7 destroyed, 297 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 11 disabled

Allied ground losses:
373 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 27 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Guns lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)

Assaulting units:
65th Brigade
33rd Division

Defending units:
Fanning Island Det.
2nd Marine Regiment
8th Marine Regiment
34th Cmbt Engineer Regiment
New Caledonia Det
168th Field Artillery Battalion
4th Marine Defense Battalion
43rd Base Group
19th Base Group
98th Coast AA Regiment
97th Coast AA Regiment
64th Coast AA Regiment
35th Base Group
3rd Port Maint Engineer Battalion
142nd USN Stn Base Force
21st NZ Pioneer Coy


USMC morale is pretty high. I'm not sure he'll be able to take it without more help. There's probably more on the way. KB's slowly orbiting Noumea, currently two hexes to the SW.

I'm still shoveling more troops of various types to Suva, so whatever Noumea is, I'll make Suva worse.


That's the understatement of the day! Looking at the casualties, that battle reversed the AV equation and now defender probably has more than attacker.



Mundy -> RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder (9/28/2014 2:42:49 AM)

The Marines are giving me some hope I haven't had up 'til now. I've been burned on counterattack before, but I may give this a go.

Ed-



Sangeli -> RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder (9/28/2014 4:10:32 AM)

I'd definitely go for the counterattack. Anytime you lose 1/2 your squads as disabled you're going to have extremely high disruption. And subsequent attacks are far more likely to cause destroyed squads in his units while yours are going to be mostly disables.



Mundy -> RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder (9/28/2014 2:10:03 PM)

Thanks, guys. I tend to have problems reading the ground war -- especially estimating real strength sole from air recon.

20 March 1944

Lots of Japanese landings this turn.

Rossel Island
Tanna
Molu
Mangole
Baker Island
Tockangbesi-eilanden

Efate also falls.

My lead armor crossed the river to Cuttack, and got thrust into a shock attack.

quote:

Ground combat at Cuttack (48,37)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 2954 troops, 26 guns, 310 vehicles, Assault Value = 206

Defending force 4386 troops, 34 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 140

Allied adjusted assault: 186

Japanese adjusted defense: 90

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

Allied forces CAPTURE Cuttack !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: leaders(+), preparation(-)
Attacker: shock(+)

Japanese ground losses:
1486 casualties reported
Squads: 24 destroyed, 55 disabled
Non Combat: 28 destroyed, 16 disabled
Engineers: 10 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 27 (17 destroyed, 10 disabled)
Vehicles lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 1

Allied ground losses:
33 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 14 (1 destroyed, 13 disabled)

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
44th Cavalry Regiment
7th Armoured Brigade

Defending units:
4th/B Division


The 4th/B must be a fairly weakling division. These were just the lead element of my guys, with a few others a day or two behind. I'll probably camp them here for now. I don't think anything serious will make it up the delta to bombard them.

Ed-



JocMeister -> RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder (9/28/2014 3:46:00 PM)

Watch is so he doesnīt simply bypass Noumea and land behind you at Suva/Nadi. He can then deal with Noumea at his leisure. Personally I wouldnīt defend Noumea at this stage as he can just land on Koumac and walk south and you canīt cover both places. Once the 8th and the rest of the 33rd arrives your forces will be lost.

I would not counter attack. He lost about 300 AV to disablements. His RAW AV will still be around 300 and he will benefit from the terrain bonus (x2?). Instead I would be looking at pulling out before he can reinforce and use the troops in less exposed position. Those Marines will be worth 10 times as much when you can recombine them into the 2nd Marines behind solid forts and good terrain. Iīm a cautious guy though. [:)]



Mundy -> RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder (9/28/2014 3:57:27 PM)

21 March 1942

Joc's on the money with this one. The attack didn't do much.

quote:

Ground combat at Noumea (115,160)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 11609 troops, 162 guns, 68 vehicles, Assault Value = 384

Defending force 17828 troops, 131 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 392

Allied adjusted assault: 138

Japanese adjusted defense: 1687

Allied assault odds: 1 to 12

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
227 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 22 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Allied ground losses:
577 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 33 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 6 destroyed, 41 disabled
Vehicles lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)

Assaulting units:
34th Cmbt Engineer Regiment
2nd Marine Regiment
8th Marine Regiment
Fanning Island Det.
New Caledonia Det
43rd Base Group
35th Base Group
3rd Port Maint Engineer Battalion
97th Coast AA Regiment
142nd USN Stn Base Force
4th Marine Defense Battalion
168th Field Artillery Battalion
98th Coast AA Regiment
19th Base Group
64th Coast AA Regiment
21st NZ Pioneer Coy

Defending units:
65th Brigade
33rd Division


At this point, I have no choice but to defend Noumea, since there's no way of getting them out. We're stalemated right now, and I think he'll have to bring a lot to get the job done. Long term supplies are my main concern. I'm at about 20,000 right now. I have APDs enroute to Suva now, but with KB two hexes from Noumea, that would be dangerous. Sub supply probably isn't worth the effort.

Suva's probably a little lighter on infantry, but has lots of artillery and two USMC armored battalions. Lots of air search out of there and lots of planes for defense. I don't know what KB's sortie level is at right now, but I'm not sure they can support a second invasion without resupply.

I have a squadron of B-26s at Umnak set to hit Adak. Being level one, they'd be at reduced load. Weather hasn't been cooperating.

About 5 days, and I can flip the USA division at Cape Town. That should put some backbone in the defenses in India.

Hornet is now on-map, and combined with an escort for Pearl. Probably a 5.5 day trip, just in time as most of the others get out of drydock. New Mexico's about a day from Townsville. An AKE should arrive within a week.

Ed-



Richard III -> RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder (9/28/2014 5:01:39 PM)


quote:

ORIGINAL: JocMeister

. Iīm a cautious guy though. [:)]




LOL ! That must be why Boise & Houston are prowling around after innocent Japanese Cruise Ships filled with friendly tourists..[:-]



JocMeister -> RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder (9/28/2014 6:12:46 PM)


quote:

ORIGINAL: Richard III


quote:

ORIGINAL: JocMeister

. Iīm a cautious guy though. [:)]




LOL ! That must be why Boise & Houston are prowling around after innocent Japanese Cruise Ships filled with friendly tourists..[:-]


You mean the Hospital ships Boise and Houston...? [;)]

Mundy, didnīt realize he had the KB that close by. Have you considered a massed Catalina evaq? I lifted out the entire 1st Marines in my game vs Erik from Noumea to Nadi. Took only 3-4 days. I think I even got the big guns out with me. Only motorized support left.



Capt. Harlock -> RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder (9/28/2014 6:53:56 PM)

quote:

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 11609 troops, 162 guns, 68 vehicles, Assault Value = 384

Defending force 17828 troops, 131 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 392


It looks like you might still do Bombardment Attacks to advantage, though.



Mundy -> RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder (9/28/2014 8:13:22 PM)

Yeah, I'm keeping the gunnery up.

22 March 1942

A chink in his air armor:

quote:

Morning Air attack on Calcutta , at 52,37

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 29

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIa Trop x 10

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 7 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIa Trop: 1 destroyed

CAP engaged:
59th Sentai with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (4 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
12 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Raid is overhead
64th Sentai with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (0 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling)
12 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 5 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes



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Morning Air attack on Calcutta , at 52,37

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 22 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 17

Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 11

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Buffalo I: 2 destroyed

CAP engaged:
59th Sentai with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 14000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes
64th Sentai with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
10 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 16000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes



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Morning Air attack on Calcutta , at 52,37

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 34 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 11

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIa Trop x 2

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed

No Allied losses

CAP engaged:
59th Sentai with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 13000 and 17000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes
64th Sentai with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
8 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 24000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 54 minutes



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Morning Air attack on Calcutta , at 52,37

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 26 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 8

Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 2

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

CAP engaged:
59th Sentai with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 19000 and 24000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 21 minutes
64th Sentai with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 11000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 46 minutes


The rickety old biplane bombers at Chittagong have been doing airfield strikes at Dacca, just for something to do. Looks like nobody's there.

Mutsu and Nagato hit Moresby again.

Otherwise quiet.

Ed-



Sangeli -> RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder (9/29/2014 6:29:12 AM)

By this time you should have enough Hurricanes to replace Buffaloes. Too late for them to fly I think. You can see the difference in the sweep results.



Mundy -> RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder (9/29/2014 1:21:04 PM)

Hurricanes, have been rolling in pretty regularly.  The UK P-40 pool has been filling up, and I just need to get the Buffalo squadrons moved to a legit base to get them converted.

I still have my rail network intact in the north, and I'm getting enough troops up there to block.  Outside of Calcutta itself, I think he's using weaker troops to take the bases surrounding it.

Calcutta's going to become an enclave.  The problem is that I still have to be wary of landings elsewhere.  I have about 4 days until the US division starts boarding the ships.  They'll be at the pointy edge.

Once they're moved, I have one regiment of Americal at Cape Town.  I have to decide whether to flip them over or instead do it on the cheap with the units under Hawaiian command at Pearl.

I'm still waiting for the Marauders at Umnak to finally hit the port at Adak.  Constant thunderstorms lately.

Ed-



Richard III -> RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder (9/29/2014 2:46:25 PM)

quote:

ORIGINAL: Mundy


Once they're moved, I have one regiment of Americal at Cape Town.  I have to decide whether to flip them over or instead do it on the cheap with the units under Hawaiian command at Pearl.

Ed-


Don`t you have to use PP for those restricted 24 & 25 Div. Rgts. to get them shipped off map to CT ?

Just asking because I`m at the same point in my Allied game VS JS, didn`t even try to move those Rgts..[&:]



Mundy -> RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder (9/29/2014 3:26:57 PM)

No, oddly enough, the restricted units can ship there.

Come to think of it, I'm not sure if I'm violating the house rule on this or not.  Whether I flip them before going to Cape Town or after, the time waiting before real use is exactly the same.  They'll never meet the Japanese at CT.

Ed-



BBfanboy -> RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder (9/29/2014 7:50:33 PM)


quote:

ORIGINAL: Mundy

No, oddly enough, the restricted units can ship there.

Come to think of it, I'm not sure if I'm violating the house rule on this or not.  Whether I flip them before going to Cape Town or after, the time waiting before real use is exactly the same.  They'll never meet the Japanese at CT.

Ed-

I'm not sure if you can load a restricted unit on a ship to go from EC USA to CT, but if you used simple Strat Move, Richard III may not know about that feature so I will mention it here.
Instead of using ships, you can get the unit to CT by just putting it in Strat Move mode and designating CT as the destination. The game will ask if you want to do this, just click yes, and the unit will disappear for about a month and reappear at Cape Town.
Essentially the AI is assuming transatlantic convoys would be available to move the unit. You can do this with air units too, just by choosing transfer and CT destination.

Transhipment is a bit faster by using fast transport ships like the two Queens, but it takes time to get them to EC anyway, so you might as well use the Strat Move feature.



Mundy -> RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder (9/29/2014 10:19:26 PM)

Forgot about that. It was a straight transfer, not on a ship. Rather handy.

24 March 1942

Landings at Damar and Ruteng. The Monkey gave me a warning about the Damar landing -- one day ago. Rochefort needs to pick up his game.

I've been getting raids at Wuchow, with him hitting my buildup there. I decided to LRCAP from Liuchow and got decent results. This was practically the entire Chinese fighter command.

quote:

orning Air attack on 3rd Chinese Cavalry Corps, at 76,56 , near Wuchow

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27b Nate x 7
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 6
Ki-44 Tojo x 4
Ki-51 Sonia x 28

Allied aircraft
I-16-III x 7
I-15-III x 10
Hawk 75M x 5

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-27b Nate: 1 destroyed
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 1 destroyed
Ki-51 Sonia: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged

No Allied losses

Allied ground losses:
40 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 50 kg GP Bomb
7 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 50 kg GP Bomb


The Umnak boys finally flew their missions to Adak and Amchitka. No damage. Continuous thunderstorms must be a factor.

Cannonfodder took Comilla this turn. I finally have real targets for the Chittagong biplanes. Hurricanes will escort.

About it for now.

Ed





Mundy -> RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder (9/30/2014 6:16:57 PM)

25 March 1942

The sub density around Noumea is finally starting to catch up.

quote:

ASW attack near Noumea at 115,159

Japanese Ships
CL Naka, Torpedo hits 1
DD Nagatsuki

Allied Ships
SS KIX

SS KIX launches 4 torpedoes at CL Naka
Sub escapes detection

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Sub attack near La Foa at 113,159

Japanese Ships
AO Ken'yo Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires
AO Toho Maru
AO Toei Maru
AO Nippon Maru
E Ishinui

Allied Ships
SS S-41

SS S-41 launches 4 torpedoes at AO Ken'yo Maru
S-41 diving deep ....
E Ishinui fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Ishinui fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Ishinui fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Ishinui fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Ishinui fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


Another division has showed up at Noumea, but this didn't help much for him.

quote:


Ground combat at Noumea (115,160)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 27698 troops, 246 guns, 56 vehicles, Assault Value = 858

Defending force 21009 troops, 365 guns, 224 vehicles, Assault Value = 342

Japanese adjusted assault: 267

Allied adjusted defense: 676

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 1)

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), preparation(-), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
1983 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 213 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 18 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 35 disabled
Guns lost 20 (1 destroyed, 19 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
316 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 33 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 11 disabled
Guns lost 8 (1 destroyed, 7 disabled)

Assaulting units:
65th Brigade
8th Division
33rd Division

Defending units:
8th Marine Regiment
34th Cmbt Engineer Regiment
Fanning Island Det.
2nd Marine Regiment
New Caledonia Det
4th Marine Defense Battalion
19th Base Group
35th Base Group
97th Coast AA Regiment
168th Field Artillery Battalion
64th Coast AA Regiment
3rd Port Maint Engineer Battalion
142nd USN Stn Base Force
43rd Base Group
98th Coast AA Regiment
21st NZ Pioneer Coy


It's probably only a matter of time, but I'll probably bleed him pretty good. If KB would only depart, I could send more aid in. Those two armored batallions at Suva might make a difference. If he comes for Suva, it won't be as easy, as I have lots and lots of air there -- especially fighters.

Cannonfodder's resorted to sweeps over Wuchow. It started good, but then the Tojos showed up.

quote:

Morning Air attack on Wuchow , at 76,57

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 11

Allied aircraft
I-16-III x 1
I-15-III x 5
Hawk 75M x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 1 destroyed

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar sweeping at 15000 feet

CAP engaged:
11th FG/41st FS CAF with I-16-III (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 15000.
Raid is overhead
5th FG/17th FS CAF with I-15-III (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes
5th FG/29th FS CAF with I-15-III (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 15000.
Raid is overhead
3rd FG/32nd FS CAF with I-15-III (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes
11th FG/43rd FS CAF with I-15-III (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes
11th FG/44th FS CAF with Hawk 75M (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes



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Morning Air attack on Wuchow , at 76,57

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44 Tojo x 6

Allied aircraft
I-16-III x 1
I-15-III x 1

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
I-16-III: 1 destroyed
I-15-III: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Ki-44 Tojo sweeping at 20000 feet

CAP engaged:
3rd FG/32nd FS CAF with I-15-III (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 20 minutes
11th FG/41st FS CAF with I-16-III (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes


All my bombers at Liuchow are going to hit Hong Kong's port tomorrow. I like the occasional random attack, especially if he decides to overload the sweeps over Wuchow. My fighters LRCAPping there are resting tomorrow.

I'm moving some heavy bombers into Cloncurry -- Early Forts and Liberators. I'm going to start hitting troops at Katherine... just because. I'm also hitting the port and airfield (seaplanes) at Adak, if they choose to fly, that is. Nothing but constant thunderstorms in the far north, it seems.

Other than that, he's landing at Munda. CF seems to be landing everywhere. In my short game as the Japanese, it seemed to me that the Japanese base forces are a bit on the puny side overall. I'm not sure he can concentrate a lot of air at any one point, if those bases are even built up to be worth anything.

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Capt. Harlock -> RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder (9/30/2014 7:25:13 PM)

quote:

It's probably only a matter of time, but I'll probably bleed him pretty good. If KB would only depart, I could send more aid in.


On the other hand, it's always a good thing for the Allies to know where the KB is.



BBfanboy -> RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder (9/30/2014 7:34:19 PM)

March 1942 seems a bit early to have enough supply at Cloncurry to support air ops. You will soon have to curtail or move your ops elsewhere (Alice?).
You may already know this but your plan to hit Katherine did not say whether you wanted to sustain bombing or just hit him to let him know you were still in Oz.



Mundy -> RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder (9/30/2014 8:19:31 PM)

I haven't surveyed all the Oz bases, but I'm over 20k at Cloncurry. I've had reasonably regular fuel shipments into Australia, from Cape Town and the States. They didn't fly today, for whatever reason. I'm now resting them to let all the damaged planes get fixed. Some of them were on the 10+ day list.

26 March 1942

I sent the B-17s at Suva to hit the troops at Noumea. I didn't get any hits, but the Zeros got roughed up.

quote:

Afternoon Air attack on 65th Brigade, at 115,160 (Noumea)

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 25,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 17

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 7 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 20000 feet *
Ground Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb
4 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 20000 feet *
Ground Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb
4 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 20000 feet *
Ground Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 20000 feet *
Ground Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb


The Intel screen shows 10 total Zekes lost with 8 by air-to-air. Some of these were from Koumac, but plenty more were from KB.

Now a landing at Tanahdjampea, south of Makassar.

My bombardments continue at Noumea, while he's just resting. I noticed this on the report:

quote:


Ground combat at Noumea (115,160)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1116 troops, 59 guns, 19 vehicles, Assault Value = 322

Defending force 25898 troops, 245 guns, 56 vehicles, Assault Value = 601

Japanese ground losses:
39 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
34th Cmbt Engineer Regiment
8th Marine Regiment
Fanning Island Det.
2nd Marine Regiment
New Caledonia Det
97th Coast AA Regiment
64th Coast AA Regiment
43rd Base Group
142nd USN Stn Base Force
19th Base Group
3rd Port Maint Engineer Battalion
98th Coast AA Regiment
35th Base Group
4th Marine Defense Battalion
168th Field Artillery Battalion
21st NZ Pioneer Coy

Defending units:
8th/C Division
8th/A Division
33rd/A Division
8th/B Division
33rd/B Division
33rd/C Division


Any ideas on why he would break up his two divisions. Would the pieces recover faster than the whole? There's two more units incoming in the next hex, so I expect another assault within the next few days.

I've now got the PPs to buy out the 27th USA Division. A good chunk is on the Queen Mary, bound for Karachi, while the rest will follow up in a 15 kt convoy. Their final destination will probably be Ranchi and, combined with the Oz division, I'll start moving south. One weak armored unit from Ranchi is a hex from Jamshedpur. I don't see anybody there, so they'll probably grab it without incident. It looks like his paras grabbed the surrounding bases and high-tailed it back to Calcutta. I'll try to coordinate my move south with the guys at Cuttack. I've had troops arrive at Akyab from Burma, and they're enroute to Chittagong. I'm hoping I can beat the Japanese unit to the northwest at Dacca, which is incoming. If my bipes keep pounding him, it'll force him out of move mode. As usual, weather hasn't been cooperating...

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Mundy -> RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder (9/30/2014 10:40:28 PM)

27 March 1942

A little goodness once in a while. I had a feeling I would draw the Tojos out of reach.

quote:

Morning Air attack on Hong Kong , at 77,61

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
SB-III x 10

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
xAK Tokiwa Maru, Bomb hits 1
xAK Sinkyo Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
xAK Yoneyama Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAK Arizona Maru, Bomb hits 2

Port hits 1


Otherwise fairly non-eventful. SARA's the only carrier in the yard at Pearl, due in about 10 days. I noticed YORK still had Buffalos and flipped them to dash-4 Wildcats, but there were only 4 in the pool. It will take some time to fill the squadron out.

My tanks reached Jamshedpur. There's one unit there of unknown strength, and I'm attacking. My unit has roughly 45 Stuarts, so we'll see.

I bought out a big effing flak unit at Aden which was under Ceylon command, I think. A restricted command. A ton of Bofors and a ton of big flak. I'll get them to India and then to a spot where I'm enduring air attack. The IJA has a buttload of twin engine land based air. I've been long suffering under these in East China, and now they've been at work in India. My fighters in India have been busy escorting my strike, but I'll probably retask them to LRCAP. I have one unit of 5 38Es, which may cause pain.

Ed-



BBfanboy -> RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder (10/1/2014 3:02:45 AM)

Yes, some players split units so that they will recover faster. I think it has to do with the limit on the number of replacement squads/equipment pieces per unit.
Splitting allows each sub-unit to draw replacements if there is lots of supply.



Mundy -> RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder (10/1/2014 11:50:31 AM)

Figured it was something like that.  Thanks.

I left work early yesterday, so was able to squeeze in three turns, which was nice.

I'm stuck here late today. [:(]

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Mundy -> RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder (10/2/2014 11:43:29 AM)

28 March 1942

Quickie update.

My little armored unit assaults Jamshedpur.  All that was there was a little IJA base unit, which was quickly driven out.

Two weak Indian regiments have been harassed by air and then by land about 2-3 hexes NW of Rangpur.  The bombers have been unescorted, so we'll see how they cope with a full squadron of P-40s LRCAPping over it.  I've been getting my punches in with air now and then.  The trick is never to do it two turns in a row.

The Oz division at Ranchi is moving south with artillery and combat engineers towards Asansol.  Troops at Cuttack are moving east.

The ex-Burma forces at Akyab are in a race with the Japanese to get to Chittagong.  They're a hex away right now, as is his.  I'm hoping the biplanes will keep him out of move mode.  India's been a far more mobile war than China has been.

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Mundy -> RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder (10/2/2014 7:46:17 PM)

29 March 1942

70th British Division arrives at Karachi -- all some 300+ AP of them. At this rate, I'll actually have a credible army in India.

I've been guessing wrong on the "where to CAP" checkers match in India. All his air hit newly captured Jamshedpur this turn. Warhawks, Lightings and Hurricanes will overfly there next turn.

Chittagong is now cut off with troops next door. Supply's about nil there. Should've stockpiled.

Endured more bombardments. Kirishima and Hiei at Noumea and Hyuga, Ise, Yamashiro and Fuso hit Chittagong. I guess a good part of his battlefleet is accounted for.

Another assault on Bataan:

quote:

Ground combat at Bataan (78,77)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 34171 troops, 408 guns, 280 vehicles, Assault Value = 911

Defending force 27094 troops, 417 guns, 184 vehicles, Assault Value = 746

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1

Japanese adjusted assault: 768

Allied adjusted defense: 473

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 1)

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
2690 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 83 disabled
Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 43 disabled
Engineers: 18 destroyed, 43 disabled
Guns lost 23 (1 destroyed, 22 disabled)
Vehicles lost 18 (3 destroyed, 15 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
671 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 51 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 12 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled
Guns lost 14 (4 destroyed, 10 disabled)

Assaulting units:
48th Division
3rd Ind Engineer Regiment
16th Division
19th Ind Engineer Regiment
20th Ind Engineer Regiment
21st Ind Engineer Regiment
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
14th Army
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Mortar Battalion
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
45th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team
26th PS Cavalry Regiment
41st PA Infantry Division
Manila Bay Defenses
31st PA Infantry Division
2nd PA Constabulary Division
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
Far East USAAF
Bataan USN Base Force
Provisional GMC Grp
194th Tank Battalion
200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment
192nd Tank Battalion
I Philippine Corps
14th PS Engineer Regiment
201st PA Construction Battalion
301st Construction Battalion
3rd/12th PA Inf Battalion
202nd PA Construction Battalion
301st PA Field Artillery Regiment


Another attack, also, at Soerabaja. He's got 2-1 odds there, so it shouldn't be long. Bataan's clock is ticking, too.

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Mundy -> RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder (10/3/2014 7:24:03 PM)

30 March 1942

Another day of sieges.

This is probably the best bombardment I've ever seen.

quote:

Ground combat at Noumea (115,160)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1102 troops, 59 guns, 19 vehicles, Assault Value = 351

Defending force 30029 troops, 244 guns, 122 vehicles, Assault Value = 707

Japanese ground losses:
204 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 17 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled

Assaulting units:
Fanning Island Det.
2nd Marine Regiment
34th Cmbt Engineer Regiment
8th Marine Regiment
New Caledonia Det
98th Coast AA Regiment
64th Coast AA Regiment
168th Field Artillery Battalion
35th Base Group
19th Base Group
97th Coast AA Regiment
142nd USN Stn Base Force
4th Marine Defense Battalion
43rd Base Group
3rd Port Maint Engineer Battalion
21st NZ Pioneer Coy

Defending units:
8th/A Division
8th/C Division
8th/B Division
33rd/B Division
33rd/A Division
33rd/C Division
16th Army


Casualties from bombardments at Soerabaja and Wuchang were also somewhat above average.

My flipping of air to Jamshedpur:

quote:

Afternoon Air attack on 43rd Cavalry Regiment, at 51,34 (Jamshedpur)

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 26
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 8

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIa Trop x 8
Hurricane IIb Trop x 8
P-38E Lightning x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 8 destroyed, 5 damaged
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 4 destroyed

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on 43rd Cavalry Regiment, at 51,34 (Jamshedpur)

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 36

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIa Trop x 3
Hurricane IIb Trop x 3
P-38E Lightning x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 4 destroyed, 10 damaged

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
30 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on Jamshedpur , at 51,34

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 21

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIa Trop x 1
Hurricane IIb Trop x 2

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIa Trop: 1 destroyed
Hurricane IIb Trop: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 20000 feet



There some Japanese shipping about SE of Rabaul and W of Lunga. I'm not quite sure of their destinations yet, or what they're fully composed of. New Mexico and friends are going to position about 7 hexes SSW of Moresby, in case he wants to play. I want to stay out of air range, but also want to be able to dart in overnight, if necessary.

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Sangeli -> RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder (10/3/2014 7:58:55 PM)

Nicely done shooting down all those IJAAF planes with your CAP. Whats the situation right now in India?



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