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BBfanboy -> RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe (J) (8/12/2017 4:31:09 PM)
Chinese bombers use 250 lb bombs which have little effect on tanks. But having fighters with small bombs and 12.7mm MGs attacking at 1000 feet seems to knock out IJA tanks pretty good.

obvert -> RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe (J) (8/12/2017 10:41:48 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: BBfanboy Chinese bombers use 250 lb bombs which have little effect on tanks. But having fighters with small bombs and 12.7mm MGs attacking at 1000 feet seems to knock out IJA tanks pretty good. Thanks. Made me look up some stuff here. I never considered that the bombs weren't big enough! [X(] As it turns out both the 250lb GP bomb and the 100kg GP bomb should work against two of the likely IJA tank models currently in use, but not against the other two (or future models). The 1000lb SAP/GP bombs used by the Banshees will work just fine. Last turn a Blenheim did get a hit and destroyed a "vehicle" outright. This could just be a motorised support, but that's fine too. Motorised support have no armor value and destroying or disabling them will still hurt the unit and raise disruption. Killing tanks is better, but I'll take anything here. There are no fighters with 50cal guns with the available range to hit these guys right now, so it'll have to be what's there. Hopefully no thunderstorms tomorrow. [image]local://upfiles/37283/EBB0DB6604AF4714AC0E19644860DF00.jpg[/image]

GetAssista -> RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe (J) (8/12/2017 10:43:22 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: obvert Also, there is fuel unloading at Petropavlovsk that I may need after a flank run. [:)] You won't be able to refuel US TF directly from Soviet port. Do it either via replenishment TFs or ship bunkers.

obvert -> RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe (J) (8/12/2017 10:48:21 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: GetAssista quote: ORIGINAL: obvert Also, there is fuel unloading at Petropavlovsk that I may need after a flank run. [:)] You won't be able to refuel US TF directly from Soviet port. Do it either via replenishment TFs or ship bunkers. I wasn't sure but thanks, I'll use the ships delivering it then. That should still work.

BBfanboy -> RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe (J) (8/13/2017 5:13:22 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: obvert quote: ORIGINAL: BBfanboy Chinese bombers use 250 lb bombs which have little effect on tanks. But having fighters with small bombs and 12.7mm MGs attacking at 1000 feet seems to knock out IJA tanks pretty good. Thanks. Made me look up some stuff here. I never considered that the bombs weren't big enough! [X(] As it turns out both the 250lb GP bomb and the 100kg GP bomb should work against two of the likely IJA tank models currently in use, but not against the other two (or future models). The 1000lb SAP/GP bombs used by the Banshees will work just fine. Last turn a Blenheim did get a hit and destroyed a "vehicle" outright. This could just be a motorised support, but that's fine too. Motorised support have no armor value and destroying or disabling them will still hurt the unit and raise disruption. Killing tanks is better, but I'll take anything here. There are no fighters with 50cal guns with the available range to hit these guys right now, so it'll have to be what's there. Hopefully no thunderstorms tomorrow. [image]local://upfiles/37283/EBB0DB6604AF4714AC0E19644860DF00.jpg[/image] I always took it as the improbability of a direct hit on a tank + the small size of the bomb that made them ineffective. 500 lb bombs seem to cause more disablements and 1000 lb bombs get the occasional kill. At least that is what I seem to have seen - bearing in mind that confirmation bias is a thing! [;)]

obvert -> RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe (J) (8/14/2017 10:21:37 PM)
Feb 1, 1942 SUBS: Soviet sub was sighted by escorts of BB Hyuga and CA Myoko near the HI. More subs restoring in. DEI: Lightnings take out another 6-8 zeros and open the door for the 4Es to bomb Djambi. Only 8 4Es fly and we lose one B-17D. They get 2 oil hits though, so it's worth it. Everything will stand down tomorrow. PACIFIC: CHINA: Hurris keep on at Hong Kong. They get a 2:1 sweep against Oscars, zeros and Nates. I'll have to rest them for a few now. SOVIETS: The CVs get most of the way up the Kuriles after the Soviets plastered Bihoro. No strikes. This is a big turn where the Soviet tanks cut the rail at Mishan. Another several divisions and lots of arty are coming in the next few days. I'll bombard to see what we have here. I see movement arrows from Koutou so I'm guessing he's trying to rail back, which means I have to both be careful until I know what's coming and also want to hit them while they're in strat mode if the do move. [;)] Got a few more fires going at Mukden. No recon so I can't see if they're doing anything though. SIGINT: This is interesting. A piece of a bare bones garrison unit at Seisin, the base next to Rashin. Not much to deal with. I'll have to see what others are there. 1st Manchukuo Distr/ Division is located at Seishin(109,46). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 1, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Hong Kong , at 77,61 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 25,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 5 Ki-27b Nate x 7 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 13 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIa Trop x 10 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed Ki-27b Nate: 1 destroyed Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Hurricane IIa Trop sweeping at 22000 feet * -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Djambi , at 48,88 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 31,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 11 Allied aircraft P-38E Lightning x 9 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 5 x P-38E Lightning sweeping at 27000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Djambi , at 48,88 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 2 Allied aircraft LB-30 Liberator x 3 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses LB-30 Liberator: 2 damaged Oil hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x LB-30 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet * City Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Another decent day in the air, but quiet. [image]local://upfiles/37283/2C7E0CD4E5FE4A488FEB21B878B87736.jpg[/image]

obvert -> RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe (J) (8/15/2017 5:27:42 PM)
Itching to get this turn and get moving to the next replay. Jeff hasn't sent it back yet. This will be a true test of the Soviet troops at Mishan. There is a good IJA division there and possibly more on the way. We'll know more when we see the recon results. The Soviets will attack either way, and there will be massive bombing raids beforehand. This is the time to use them. Went through the opponents there. Nothing too surprising. The AA is weak so I might drop bombers to 6k. Only 12 x 75mm/40 T88. The Soviets are all less experienced by about 15-20 points, so that could be trouble if a lot more rails in. The mode should make it difficult for him though if that happens. [image]local://upfiles/37283/D368E7909E4B4B9899A70EB4A9A4BDEC.jpg[/image]

obvert -> RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe (J) (8/15/2017 10:14:36 PM)
Also ... just looked up the units in the Western deserts of China. Those two tank units both have the Type 95 light and Type 89A mediums. So they will all be vulnerable to both 100kg GP and 250lb GP bombs. [:)] He also bought out one of those units to send to China rather than keeping it in Manchuria. Probably before Soviet activation. Curious what else was sent out early. [image]local://upfiles/37283/062C6041669B40FC9E9C59FA69167CB0.jpg[/image]

GetAssista -> RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe (J) (8/15/2017 11:08:29 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: obvert Curious what else was sent out early. What are the chances for anything else other than first all available Kwantung tanks, then all available arty starting with the heaviest? Japan did not have PPs to complete stage 2 and start buyig out infantry or engineers I guess.

obvert -> RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe (J) (8/16/2017 2:12:19 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: GetAssista quote: ORIGINAL: obvert Curious what else was sent out early. What are the chances for anything else other than first all available Kwantung tanks, then all available arty starting with the heaviest? Japan did not have PPs to complete stage 2 and start buyig out infantry or engineers I guess. Some heavy arty are incredibly cheap so those are what I move almost immediately. Same with combat engineers. Those and the recon regiments,combat engineers and tanks. If he moved any pars of uncombined divisions it could be a problem for him.

obvert -> RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe (J) (8/17/2017 6:54:24 AM)
Still waiting on the turn ...

obvert -> RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe (J) (8/19/2017 8:37:55 AM)
Feb 2, 1942 SUBS: The Gar contacted a CS cruiser TF near Formosa. I've vectored in a few more, so hopefully we get an attack. DEI: Mostly quiet. No sweeps or bombing runs. PACIFIC: The CVs continue toward the Aleutians with no molestation fro subs yet, but I'm sure they're coming. CHINA: We hit the tanks. The 250lb bombs do the trick and 28 vehicles are destroyed or disabled. These two units will now be crushed as two corps are walking into Kushan and the bombing will continue. I've spotted a few other units marching toward Lanchow, but a long way off in the desert. I'll try to bomb them as well to see what he's got there. SOVIETS: A bombardment shows the Soviets vastly outnumber the IJ at Mishan, so unless reinforcements rail in tomorrow, we should eject them from the base after a turn or two. Might be better if it takes longer, wrecks more squads be a retreat. The armor took a hit in the bombardments, but hopefully won't be so brittle when attacking. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 2, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Hengchun at 84,67 Japanese Ships CS Chiyoda DD Hokaze DD Yunagi DD Yugao DD Fuyo DD Sanae DD Kuretake Allied Ships SS Gar, hits 8 SS Gar is sighted by escort Gar bottoming out .... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 15th Tank Regiment, at 82,26 (Kiuchuan) Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft SB-III x 5 Blenheim I x 10 Blenheim IV x 16 Hudson IIIa x 6 Hudson I x 12 Allied aircraft losses Hudson I: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: Vehicles lost 21 (2 destroyed, 19 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 5 x SB-III bombing from 6000 feet * Ground Attack: 3 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 15th Tank Regiment, at 82,26 (Kiuchuan) Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft Blenheim IV x 7 Hudson I x 6 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: Vehicles lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Hudson I bombing from 6000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 15th Tank Regiment, at 82,26 (Kiuchuan) Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft A-24 Banshee x 6 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: Vehicles lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 3 x A-24 Banshee releasing from 3000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Mishan (114,42) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 8250 troops, 244 guns, 904 vehicles, Assault Value = 1278 Defending force 19996 troops, 212 guns, 132 vehicles, Assault Value = 476 Japanese ground losses: 247 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 10 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 4 (2 destroyed, 2 disabled) Allied ground losses: 38 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Vehicles lost 30 (17 destroyed, 13 disabled) Assaulting units: 22nd Rifle Division 3rd Ussurii Tank Brigade 2nd Ussurii Tank Brigade 8th Cavalry Division 39th Rifle Division 5th Ussurii Tank Brigade 362nd/367th OM Gun Battalion 22nd/24th AA Battalion 110th/355th AA Battalion 227th Cannon Brigade 177th Howitzer Regiment 181st Hvy Howitzer Regiment 35th Army 1121st Cannon Regiment 28th/70th AA Battalion 215th Cannon Brigade 1138th Cannon Regiment 155th PVO AA Battalion Defending units: 19th Division 12th Border Defense Fortress 5th Army 53rd Field AA Battalion 4th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 36th Const Co -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wenchow is invested. I'll be interested to see how much he brought here. The base is in x3 with 3 forts so far, and has about 5k supply and 500-600 AV. [image]local://upfiles/37283/72409D8FDBFE45FCBA0DC826136CC631.jpg[/image]

Bif1961 -> RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe (J) (8/19/2017 10:29:50 PM)
My Wenchow held out until late Dec 42, but I had about 900 AV there. BB TF bombardment helps reduce that time though.

obvert -> RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe (J) (8/20/2017 8:18:44 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Bif1961 My Wenchow held out until late Dec 42, but I had about 900 AV there. BB TF bombardment helps reduce that time though. I might send some minelaying subs over since I thin the bombardments will hit soon!

obvert -> RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe (J) (9/1/2017 11:55:20 AM)
Feb 3-4, 1942 UPDATE: Been a while since my last update. Work started again, so time has been hard to find with two games going and a little daughter to manage at home. I think I'll have some time now to catch up in the last few days. Things aren't what I'd usually call quiet, but it's not quite as intense as this games been for the first month and a half. SUBS: The Seadragon finds a big TF with some injured ships in it. He's been shielding the damaged BBs and CA with xAK and lots of PBs. The subs find them, but often shoot for escorts or transports. Grrrrrrr. DEI: The 4Es are resting up for a big move! [;)] No major happenings. Trying to get better search to see BB bombardments coming here. They've been very sneaky. Singers approaching 1300AV ready and waiting. Got to forts 4 and still growing. PACIFIC: The USN CVs continue to make their way to safety. All good there in avoiding subs and other hazards so far. CHINA: Definitely getting to the tanks in the Western deserts of China now. They don't seem to like the attention. They're turning around and heading back through the rough to the SE. [:)] SOVIETS: The Soviet air force is hitting pretty good now in the Eastern bulge that is developing from Mishan to Koutou. We're tightening the hold and also moving to contain these 50-60k IJA troops. It'd be nice to wipe them out, but even wearing them down is good. Mishan was taken o the 3rd and the fort still stood into the attack on the 4th. I'll be happy to wipe out a few more of these forts. They do slow down movement here. Troops will move in all direction N, E and SW to solidify and extend this position. More will fill in from the rear. We're also planning an encircling of Northern Japanese outposts including Hailar. Troops are just getting into position for that move. There are a LOT of Russian troops, and a LOT of tanks and guns. [8D] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 3, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Swatow at 79,63 Japanese Ships CL Nagara BB Ise PB Choun Maru #18 DMS W-19 DMS W-18 xAP Atsuta Maru xAP Katori Maru xAP Hakone Maru xAK Ueizuru Maru xAK Kotoku Maru xAK Kinugawa Maru xAKL Juyo Maru PB Konsan Maru PB Yodozo Maru PB Taiko Maru Allied Ships SS Seadragon SS Seadragon launches 4 torpedoes at CL Nagara PB Konsan Maru fails to find sub, continues to search -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 15th Tank Regiment, at 82,26 (Kiuchuan) Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Allied aircraft SB-III x 5 Blenheim I x 10 Blenheim IV x 8 Hudson I x 13 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: Vehicles lost 23 (2 destroyed, 21 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 19th Division, at 114,42 (Mishan) Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft DB-3M x 35 SB-2 x 40 Allied aircraft losses DB-3M: 1 damaged SB-2: 1 damaged SB-2: 1 destroyed by flak Japanese ground losses: 385 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 17 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 44 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 17 x SB-2 bombing from 8000 feet * Ground Attack: 3 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 5th Army, at 114,42 (Mishan) Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft TB-3 x 36 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 156 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 37 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Vehicles lost 19 (1 destroyed, 18 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 24 x TB-3 bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 8 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Mishan (114,42) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 34996 troops, 678 guns, 1213 vehicles, Assault Value = 1528 Defending force 19193 troops, 214 guns, 132 vehicles, Assault Value = 451 Allied adjusted assault: 880 Japanese adjusted defense: 57 Allied assault odds: 15 to 1 (fort level 1) Allied forces CAPTURE Mishan !!! Combat modifiers Defender: preparation(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 5300 casualties reported Squads: 95 destroyed, 109 disabled Non Combat: 97 destroyed, 24 disabled Engineers: 48 destroyed, 2 disabled Guns lost 127 (120 destroyed, 7 disabled) Vehicles lost 57 (57 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units retreated 4 Allied ground losses: 236 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 20 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Vehicles lost 16 (3 destroyed, 13 disabled) Defeated Japanese Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 6th Ussurii Tank Brigade 8th Cavalry Division 4th Ussurii Tank Brigade 39th Rifle Division 22nd Rifle Division 2nd Ussurii Tank Brigade 3rd Ussurii Tank Brigade 5th Ussurii Tank Brigade 45th Howitzer Regiment 362nd/367th OM Gun Battalion 227th Cannon Brigade 1138th Cannon Regiment 181st Hvy Howitzer Regiment 1125th Cannon Regiment 177th Howitzer Regiment 1121st Cannon Regiment 4th/152nd PVO AA Battalion 110th/355th AA Battalion 35th Army 215th Cannon Brigade 22nd/24th AA Battalion 28th/70th AA Battalion 155th PVO AA Battalion Defending units: 19th Division 12th Border Defense Fortress 53rd Field AA Battalion 4th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 5th Army 36th Const Co -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 4, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 15th Tank Regiment, at 82,26 (Kiuchuan) Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft Blenheim IV x 16 Hudson IIIa x 8 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: Vehicles lost 12 (4 destroyed, 8 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 11 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Namlea at 76,108 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 2,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 1 Allied aircraft Do-24K-1 x 2 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Do-24K-1: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged Japanese Ships APD Tade, Bomb hits 1, on fire Aircraft Attacking: 1 x Do-24K-1 bombing from 1000 feet Naval Attack: 4 x 300 kg SAP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 1002 troops, 92 guns, 90 vehicles, Assault Value = 470 Defending force 25195 troops, 375 guns, 184 vehicles, Assault Value = 810 Japanese ground losses: Guns lost 12 (4 destroyed, 8 disabled) Vehicles lost 4 (3 destroyed, 1 disabled) Assaulting units: 48th Division 15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment 9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion Defending units: 21st PA Infantry Division 26th PS Cavalry Regiment 45th PS Infantry Regiment 11th PA Infantry Division 31st Infantry Regiment 194th Tank Battalion 31st PA Infantry Division 192nd Tank Battalion 301st Construction Battalion 1st Constabulary Regiment III/Prov'nl SPM Grp I/Prov'nl SPM Grp I Corps 86th PS Field Artillery Battalion 24th PS FA Regiment 200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment 88th PS Field Artillery Regiment Far East USAAF II/Prov'nl SPM Grp !/23rd PS FA Battalion 301st PA Field Artillery Regiment -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Mishan (114,42) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 26892 troops, 616 guns, 727 vehicles, Assault Value = 1497 Defending force 1402 troops, 25 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 20 Allied adjusted assault: 570 Japanese adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 570 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: leaders(+), disruption(-), preparation(-), experience(-) supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 1744 casualties reported Squads: 56 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 77 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 3 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 28 (28 destroyed, 0 disabled) Vehicles lost 3 (2 destroyed, 1 disabled) Units retreated 1 Units destroyed 1 Allied ground losses: 18 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Units pursuing 10 Defeated Japanese Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 4th Ussurii Tank Brigade 8th Cavalry Division 2nd Ussurii Tank Brigade 6th Ussurii Tank Brigade 22nd Rifle Division 39th Rifle Division 3rd Ussurii Tank Brigade 5th Ussurii Tank Brigade 22nd/24th AA Battalion 1133rd Howitzer Regiment 181st Hvy Howitzer Regiment 35th Army 227th Cannon Brigade 215th Cannon Brigade 1139th Cannon Regiment 362nd/367th OM Gun Battalion 1138th Cannon Regiment 4th/152nd PVO AA Battalion 1125th Cannon Regiment 45th Howitzer Regiment 110th/355th AA Battalion 177th Howitzer Regiment 1121st Cannon Regiment 28th/70th AA Battalion 155th PVO AA Battalion Defending units: 12th Border Defense Fortress 4th Medium Field Artillery Regiment -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This shows a little of what's happening in this neck of the woods. [image]local://upfiles/37283/B5D62BD34FB949458D5F51BE661F2328.jpg[/image]

obvert -> RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe (J) (9/3/2017 8:08:55 AM)
Feb 5, 1942 SUBS: Japanese subs are beginning to swarm in the Aleutians. They haven't yet had much success, luckily. DEI: More hits on Djambi after Lightnings clear out the several early model Tojos at the base. We did lose an LB-30 to flak. Only one group is using these planes, the best bombers online currently. The 6 total hits on the oil is well worth it, getting Djambi into a position of having more wells destroyed than there are operational. IJA naval guards try again at Tarakana and again are rudely repulsed. [:)] SOVIETS: Some night strikes continue to pile on the damage at Harbin. I'll keep hitting various bases in range of the DB-3M and see what we get, usually at night, but occasionally in the day with MiG sweeps. We have maybe 8-10 weeks of good hunting before Japanese airframe production catches up and new models come online to take supremacy. Bombing of the retreated 19th division continues. The pursuing tank brigades also get to work quickly and pile on the hurt one hex out of Koutou. Another 82 infantry squads destroyed and retreat forced. This one'll be pretty smashed by the time the rest of our troops arrive to push it back further at Koutou. Also sending units toward Mutankiang to hit the next border fort along that road. The IJA wipes out our day too late para-assault on Mutankiang. That's 1/3 of the 202nd para brigade wiped out and only 1 new squad/month, so that's it. SIGINT: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 1, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Harbin , at 109,39 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft DB-3M x 7 No Allied losses Manpower hits 16 Fires 2039 Aircraft Attacking: 7 x DB-3M bombing from 8000 feet City Attack: 10 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Djambi , at 48,88 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 31,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44 Tojo x 3 Allied aircraft P-38E Lightning x 16 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44 Tojo: 1 destroyed No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 16 x P-38E Lightning sweeping at 27000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 19th Division, at 115,42 , near Mishan Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft I-15bis x 20 SB-2 x 51 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 246 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 11 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 28 x SB-2 bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Djambi , at 48,88 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Allied aircraft B-17D Fortress x 3 No Allied losses Oil hits 3 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 10000 feet * City Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Djambi , at 48,88 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft LB-30 Liberator x 4 Allied aircraft losses LB-30 Liberator: 1 damaged LB-30 Liberator: 1 destroyed by flak Oil hits 3 Aircraft Attacking: 4 x LB-30 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet * City Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Tarakan (67,91) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 4966 troops, 57 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 164 Defending force 5207 troops, 59 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 116 Japanese adjusted assault: 74 Allied adjusted defense: 220 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 1) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), preparation(-), morale(-) experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 708 casualties reported Squads: 4 destroyed, 63 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 12 (1 destroyed, 11 disabled) Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled) Allied ground losses: 123 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 8 (1 destroyed, 7 disabled) Assaulting units: Sasebo 3rd SNLF Sasebo 8th SNLF Yokosuka 4th SNLF 51st Air Defense AA Regiment Defending units: II Samarinda Cdo I Samarinda Cdo I/43rd PS Inf Battalion VII KNIL Battalion Makassar KNIL Cdo 35th Avn Sup Tarakan Defenses HQ TC Borneo Tarakan MLD Base Force -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 115,42 (near Mishan) Allied Shock attack Attacking force 5910 troops, 54 guns, 690 vehicles, Assault Value = 379 Defending force 16211 troops, 166 guns, 54 vehicles, Assault Value = 336 Allied adjusted assault: 488 Japanese adjusted defense: 66 Allied assault odds: 7 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: disruption(-), fatigue(-), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: shock(+), leaders(+) Japanese ground losses: 4980 casualties reported Squads: 82 destroyed, 73 disabled Non Combat: 95 destroyed, 15 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 3 disabled Guns lost 43 (23 destroyed, 20 disabled) Vehicles lost 7 (3 destroyed, 4 disabled) Units retreated 5 Allied ground losses: 89 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 14 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 8 (1 destroyed, 7 disabled) Vehicles lost 39 (1 destroyed, 38 disabled) Defeated Japanese Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 2nd Ussurii Tank Brigade 3rd Ussurii Tank Brigade 5th Ussurii Tank Brigade Defending units: 19th Division 11th Border Defense Fortress 5th Army 53rd Field AA Battalion 4th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 36th Const Co -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We've just found a sneaky attempt to block the rail near Heiho in the middle of the long and sparsely defended line. Luckily I've been keeping a good 4-5 divisions here until I can neutralise these kinds of threats, and a few units are also railing by that might stop and deal with this. I've got two divisions walking now to meet the crossing point, and hopefully they arrive in time. Not sure when this all starts here. The white arrows all over the place are places where we are trying to encircle and also cut forward rail lines for the IJA. I don't want to get locked down and then have 3k AV rail to the edge of the map North or NE and get caught out. So I'd like to cut his forward rail posts off and then was back and hopefully destroy those units. It'll force an interesting problem for him. This is all good defensive territory around Heiho and Koutou, but I think we have more troops until the summer at least when more IJA units could be released. I'd like to take advantage. Near Hailar the Soviet tanks and cavalry should have a big advantage n the clear and open territory with all those zig-zagging roads. I think he's got at least a division there, but we're bringing a LOT more, and of course the plentiful Soviet arty units. [image]local://upfiles/37283/44FDC8A48DC544D18F5D40BA7290B1D3.jpg[/image]

obvert -> RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe (J) (9/3/2017 10:15:59 AM)
Feb 6, 1942 SUBS: Permit manages to land three working fish on an xAK near Saigon. Damn. Missuse of valuable resources!! How about a CV or BB for those? [:(] DEI: The IJN sends in a TF with Haruna, Fuso and Mutsu. Of course this means they all ate a mine! There were some DMS here too which seemed to finally prompt the CD guns into actions. Scratch two DMS. No shots hit the BBs od DDs though, sadly. The IJN bombardment does get through, but the cost vs benefit here has to have him a bit worried. About 15 planes are destroyed on the ground, including 2 precious P-38Es, but these BBs will likely have to go to the yard, so that's 3 of the 10 out of action for a bit, plus a few more destroyers at least in serious danger if not sunk. Nice! Another 150 USA and RAAF fighters are approaching the DEI. I plan to make a big move soon. It'll take a lot of prep, but I'd like to put Palembang in some danger. This means I'll have to get a base to sweep from in range. A tall order. It's 7 hexes from Singers, max range for P-38Es, and 7 hexes from Batavia. I might need to shut it down another way, which could mean reintroducing some RN naval ships. The means air cover on the approaches. That means a lot more fighters moving in now. A strike at Balikpapan gets 2 oil hits and a few downed fighters for some damaged B-17Es. The Nates do better than expected, but I feel like we should get more hits here too. PACIFIC: CHINA: Had some SB-III Chinese bomers jumped. Lost 5 of them. SOVIETS: The three divisions moving to Rashin arrive and bombard. I should have probably trusted recon and just DAed. It's 900 vs 200 AV here and our units are much stronger. There are movement arrows next door, and I hope we have one turn to start in here before they arrive. Tense! The Japanese defend the air at Koutou and get some Soviets, but other bombing is effective nearby. I'll make sure to sweep better in the next few turns around here. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 6, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 19 encounters mine field at Singapore (50,84) - Coastal Guns Fire Back! 29 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships DMS W-11, Shell hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage DMS W-5, Shell hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage BB Fuso, Mine hits 1 BB Mutsu, Mine hits 1 BB Haruna, Mine hits 1 DD Ayanami, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage DD Yugumo, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Singapore Fortress firing at DMS W-11 Singapore Fortress firing at DMS W-5 Singapore Fortress firing at DMS W-11 Singapore Fortress firing at DMS W-5 32 mines cleared -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Harbin , at 109,39 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Allied aircraft DB-3M x 6 No Allied losses Manpower hits 20 Fires 4159 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x DB-3M bombing from 8000 feet City Attack: 10 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Singapore at 50,84 Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses Vildebeest III: 6 damaged Vildebeest III: 2 destroyed on ground P-38E Lightning: 10 damaged P-38E Lightning: 2 destroyed on ground P-40E Warhawk: 9 damaged P-40E Warhawk: 2 destroyed on ground PBY-5 Catalina: 4 damaged Albacore I: 1 destroyed on ground P-39D Airacobra: 3 damaged P-39D Airacobra: 4 destroyed on ground S.19 Singapore III: 1 damaged Hurricane IIb Trop: 1 damaged Hurricane IIb Trop: 1 destroyed on ground OS2U-3 Kingfisher: 2 damaged Japanese Ships BB Mutsu BB Haruna Allied ground losses: 248 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 15 destroyed, 17 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled Guns lost 18 (4 destroyed, 14 disabled) Vehicles lost 6 (3 destroyed, 3 disabled) Airbase hits 7 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 17 BB Mutsu firing at 9th Indian Division BB Haruna firing at Singapore -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Saigon at 61,74 Japanese Ships xAK Kimishima Maru, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Permit xAK Kimishima Maru is sighted by SS Permit SS Permit attacking on the surface -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kotou , at 116,42 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 13 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 7 Allied aircraft I-15bis x 20 I-153 x 33 SB-2 x 22 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses I-15bis: 1 destroyed I-153: 1 destroyed SB-2: 2 destroyed, 5 damaged Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 5 Aircraft Attacking: 18 x SB-2 bombing from 12000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 100 kg GP Bomb 12 x I-15bis sweeping at 10000 feet 3 x I-153 sweeping at 12000 feet 22 x I-153 sweeping at 12000 feet * CAP engaged: Tainan Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (13 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 13 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000. Raid is overhead 87th Sentai with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (7 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 7 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000. Raid is overhead -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Balikpapan , at 64,97 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 16 Ki-27b Nate x 9 Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 13 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed Ki-27b Nate: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged Oil hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 7 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 12000 feet * City Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 12000 feet * City Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Balikpapan , at 64,97 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 4 Ki-27b Nate x 1 Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 8 P-40E Warhawk x 5 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-17E Fortress: 4 damaged Oil hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Djambi , at 48,88 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Allied aircraft LB-30 Liberator x 2 No Allied losses Oil hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 2 x LB-30 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet * City Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Rashin (110,46) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 19508 troops, 294 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 923 Defending force 10253 troops, 128 guns, 69 vehicles, Assault Value = 201 Allied ground losses: 6 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 126th Rifle Division 105th Rifle Division 190th Rifle Division Defending units: 90th Infantry Regiment Rashin Fortress 4th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 12th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 45th Ind.AA Gun Co 13th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 35th Const Co 11th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion Rashin Special Base Force -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 115,42 (near Mishan) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 6903 troops, 149 guns, 749 vehicles, Assault Value = 592 Defending force 4412 troops, 48 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 120 Allied adjusted assault: 281 Japanese adjusted defense: 50 Allied assault odds: 5 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: leaders(+), disruption(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 1038 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 47 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled Guns lost 10 (1 destroyed, 9 disabled) Allied ground losses: 75 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Vehicles lost 15 (1 destroyed, 14 disabled) Assaulting units: 2nd Ussurii Tank Brigade 8th Cavalry Division 3rd Ussurii Tank Brigade 5th Ussurii Tank Brigade 1139th Cannon Regiment 4th/152nd PVO AA Battalion 1133rd Howitzer Regiment 1121st Cannon Regiment 177th Howitzer Regiment 155th PVO AA Battalion Defending units: 11th Border Defense Fortress -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Still doing well here, and there have been no attempts to sweep or bomb for over a month .[:)] [image]local://upfiles/37283/6D61797C561F4984A9AC84267B3E7F6B.jpg[/image]

obvert -> RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe (J) (9/9/2017 1:02:14 PM)
Feb 7, 1942 DEI: P-40E sweep Balikpapan to prep for HB coming in and do pretty well. I've been getting more groups into the area dn soon there will be enough to challenge Palembang and hopefully Balikpapan. The issue is bases in range. I'm secretly preparing a few more, but I may have to rely on basic escorts and LR CAP too. Nice to note that the ground defending there is Akagi_1. Wow. No KB for a while then, and possibly no 80 exp pilots left considering my 50exp guys did pretty well. [8D] PACIFIC: The Aleutians just got a few loads of new troops, supply and fuel. The CVs are slowly inching back to the Seattle area to repair. I need a jumping off base for paras into the Kuriles to transport troops to Russia. Sending them to a dot near Attu. CHINA: Wechow bombarded. SOVIETS:Lots going on! The best is that Shikuka falls!! [&o] The Karafuto brigade was worn down by air strikes and succumbs on first attack. Now to finish them off. This will mean a possible great base to work from against the HI. Or that it forces the Japanese to really allocate forces here for a counter invasion. I don't think they can relax here. I'm trying to get some US units over to flip the base to US control. Might not work, but worth a try. Then construction units could flow in and transform the defences quickly. I have some combat engineers in the Aleutians that could be flown in quickly if I can get the logistics worked out. At Rashin I've decided the three Soviet divisions will abort the attack. After two days the base has been reinforced, and more looks to be on the way. The tanks and arty are days away for the Soviets, so maybe the better opportunity is along the forts line just two hexes north. That hex looks lightly held and if removed, could lead to a joining of Soviet forces near Mutankiang. I'm shifting alll tanks, arty and two divisions that way, and the Rashin forces will back track to hold the defensive line it new Southern area. DB-3Ms got a few fires started at Mukden. I'll keep on for a day or two, and then shift back to Harbin where I can operate in daylight with MiG sweeps. For the first time Sallys attack one of the Soviet ground units near Yenki, but some I-153 defend and shoot a few down as well. Nice. Working on the border defence forts near Mishan. Grinding them down slowly. SIGINT: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 7, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Balikpapan , at 64,97 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 17 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 8 Ki-27b Nate x 4 Allied aircraft P-40E Warhawk x 16 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 6 x P-40E Warhawk sweeping at 22000 feet * CAP engaged: 50th Sentai with Ki-27b Nate (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 6000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes Akagi-1 with A6M2 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) (3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 5000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 115,42 (near Mishan) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 13344 troops, 241 guns, 1039 vehicles, Assault Value = 580 Defending force 3708 troops, 47 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 58 Allied adjusted assault: 385 Japanese adjusted defense: 7 Allied assault odds: 55 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: leaders(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 850 casualties reported Squads: 63 destroyed, 12 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled Engineers: 7 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 19 (11 destroyed, 8 disabled) Allied ground losses: 59 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 2nd Ussurii Tank Brigade 8th Cavalry Division 3rd Ussurii Tank Brigade 5th Ussurii Tank Brigade 177th Howitzer Regiment 1133rd Howitzer Regiment 4th/152nd PVO AA Battalion 1121st Cannon Regiment 1139th Cannon Regiment 155th PVO AA Battalion Defending units: 11th Border Defense Fortress -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Rashin (110,46) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 29335 troops, 441 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 925 Defending force 18864 troops, 216 guns, 136 vehicles, Assault Value = 452 Allied adjusted assault: 623 Japanese adjusted defense: 365 Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 1) Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 0 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 619 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 54 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled Guns lost 17 (2 destroyed, 15 disabled) Allied ground losses: 779 casualties reported Squads: 3 destroyed, 64 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 10 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Assaulting units: 105th Rifle Division 126th Rifle Division 190th Rifle Division Defending units: 90th Infantry Regiment 1st Manchukuo Distr Division Rashin Fortress 35th Const Co 4th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 2nd Hvy.Artillery Regiment 13th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 1st Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 11th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 45th Ind.AA Gun Co 12th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion Rashin Special Base Force -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Shikuka (126,43) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 13263 troops, 222 guns, 23 vehicles, Assault Value = 405 Defending force 9647 troops, 88 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 221 Allied adjusted assault: 294 Japanese adjusted defense: 34 Allied assault odds: 8 to 1 (fort level 1) Allied forces CAPTURE Shikuka !!! Combat modifiers Defender: preparation(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 1284 casualties reported Squads: 5 destroyed, 54 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 14 disabled Engineers: 26 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 42 (23 destroyed, 19 disabled) Allied ground losses: 128 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Assaulting units: 79th Rifle Division 2nd Rifle Brigade 433rd Hvy Howitzer Regiment Defending units: Karafuto Mixed Brigade 39th JAAF AF Bn 39th Const Co 22nd Special Base Force 71st JAAF AF Bn /1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 113,42 (near Mishan) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 3912 troops, 36 guns, 468 vehicles, Assault Value = 266 Defending force 1959 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 43 Allied adjusted assault: 257 Japanese adjusted defense: 113 Allied assault odds: 2 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 316 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 17 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Guns lost 7 (1 destroyed, 6 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: 4th Ussurii Tank Brigade 6th Ussurii Tank Brigade Defending units: 10th Border Defense Fortress -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [image]local://upfiles/37283/5277FC4A4ED74691A0DB1220B8AA627B.jpg[/image]

BBfanboy -> RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe (J) (9/9/2017 1:25:20 PM)
Friendly bases do not flip control, even if you vacate all the Soviet units and load in a lot of US units. You will have to pay PP to change base administration at Shikuka. If it helps with bomber basing it will be worth it.

obvert -> RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe (J) (9/9/2017 1:43:19 PM)
Yes. I'll have to pay PPs. I get that bases don't flip themselves when occupied. I will flip it if I can get US troops there. That is the challenge though. If he sees it go US flag one day it'll set off all kinds of alarm bells I'm sure. The pressure to then act will open other opportunities in the area I really want to target. The oil. Some other plans just getting into action. [:)]

BBfanboy -> RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe (J) (9/9/2017 1:52:27 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: obvert Yes. I'll have to pay PPs. I get that bases don't flip themselves when occupied. I will flip it if I can get US troops there. That is the challenge though. If he sees it go US flag one day it'll set off all kinds of alarm bells I'm sure. The pressure to then act will open other opportunities in the area I really want to target. The oil. Some other plans just getting into action. [:)] OK - now I understand that your use of the word "flip" in the earlier post did not mean you thought it would auto-flip, but that you would make it happen with PP. I kinda thought you would know that you had to buy it out but I have only seen "flip" used in the sense of auto-flip, so I commented. Sorry if it sounded like I was trying to tell you "how to suck eggs". (Do Brits use that expression)?

obvert -> RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe (J) (9/9/2017 6:38:56 PM)
Feb 8, 1942 SUBS: A few I-boats hanging around the West Coast. Interesting. My ASW air pilots are nearly trained! [:)] DEI: Chikuma and others bombard Bandjermasin. This puts a damper on my sweeping activity over Balikpapan. Almost no engineers here either, so this will be long lasting damage. I'll try to extricate the damaged planes however possible. Some SBD show up to sink two troop laden xAK near Jolo with no CAP over them. Nice! [:'(] PACIFIC: CHINA: A combined service raid crush oil and industry at Sian. I'll move some AVG here to defend better. He's got two A6M groups here though which is great. Rather here than in the DEI or Russia. Oil nearly destroyed. That oil usually goes to Japan, so I'm not unhappy it's getting hit. SOVIETS: The DB-3T get their first naval success by sinking two troop laden APDs and a DMS that seem to have picked something up fro Shikuka. I'll keep them on even though there is no escort. They seem to get through somehow regardless. Finally got through one of the Border forts near Mishan. Now on to Koutou. There are 3-4 supported divisions in this pocket and we're bringing 3 directly at them and have 3 more to move behind and around. Plus a few tanks! [:)] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 8, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Bandjermasin at 60,99 Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses F4F-3 Wildcat: 5 damaged F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 destroyed on ground P-40E Warhawk: 4 damaged P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed on ground Japanese Ships CA Chikuma CL Yubari DD Asagiri DD Shinonome DD Yudachi DD Yamagumo Allied ground losses: 439 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 17 destroyed, 28 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Manpower hits 7 Resources hits 5 Fires 1037 Airbase hits 19 Airbase supply hits 7 Runway hits 50 Port hits 11 Port fuel hits 3 Port supply hits 4 F1M2 Pete acting as spotter for CA Chikuma -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Jolo at 73,94 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 1 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 0 minutes Allied aircraft SBD-2 Dauntless x 8 No Allied losses Japanese Ships xAK Taigen Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire xAK Enzyu Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage Japanese ground losses: 220 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 7 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 4 x SBD-2 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 4 x SBD-2 Dauntless releasing from 4000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Enzyu Maru -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 11th Tank Regiment, at 115,41 (Fuchin) Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Allied aircraft I-153 x 24 I-16m24 x 32 SB-2 x 92 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: Vehicles lost 24 (7 destroyed, 17 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 29 x SB-2 bombing from 12000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Bihoro at 123,51 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 25,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft A5M4 Claude x 15 Ki-27b Nate x 2 Allied aircraft DB-3T x 36 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses DB-3T: 10 damaged Japanese Ships APD Fuji, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk APD Hagi, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk DD Arashi DMS W-10 Japanese ground losses: Guns lost 7 (7 destroyed, 0 disabled) Vehicles lost 7 (5 destroyed, 2 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 24 x DB-3T launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45-36-AN Torpedo 12 x DB-3T bombing from 22000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 115,42 (near Mishan) Allied Shock attack Attacking force 14184 troops, 299 guns, 1136 vehicles, Assault Value = 580 Defending force 2840 troops, 42 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 11 Allied adjusted assault: 768 Japanese adjusted defense: 3 Allied assault odds: 256 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: leaders(+), disruption(-), supply(-) Attacker: shock(+) Japanese ground losses: 4174 casualties reported Squads: 104 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 209 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 11 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 42 (42 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units destroyed 1 Allied ground losses: 104 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 8th Cavalry Division 3rd Ussurii Tank Brigade 2nd Ussurii Tank Brigade 5th Ussurii Tank Brigade 1121st Cannon Regiment 1139th Cannon Regiment 4th/152nd PVO AA Battalion 1133rd Howitzer Regiment 362nd/367th OM Gun Battalion 215th Cannon Brigade 177th Howitzer Regiment 155th PVO AA Battalion Defending units: 11th Border Defense Fortress -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 113,42 (near Mishan) Allied Shock attack Attacking force 5328 troops, 168 guns, 570 vehicles, Assault Value = 560 Defending force 1765 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 25 Allied adjusted assault: 228 Japanese adjusted defense: 17 Allied assault odds: 13 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+) Attacker: shock(+) Japanese ground losses: 512 casualties reported Squads: 10 destroyed, 15 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled Allied ground losses: 29 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Vehicles lost 7 (3 destroyed, 4 disabled) Assaulting units: 39th Rifle Division 4th Ussurii Tank Brigade 6th Ussurii Tank Brigade 1125th Cannon Regiment 1138th Cannon Regiment 227th Cannon Brigade 45th Howitzer Regiment 28th/70th AA Battalion 181st Hvy Howitzer Regiment Defending units: 10th Border Defense Fortress -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Shikuka (126,43) Allied Shock attack Attacking force 13193 troops, 222 guns, 23 vehicles, Assault Value = 394 Defending force 8348 troops, 65 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 164 Allied adjusted assault: 301 Japanese adjusted defense: 26 Allied assault odds: 11 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: disruption(-), preparation(-), fatigue(-), experience(-) supply(-) Attacker: shock(+) Japanese ground losses: 670 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 52 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Allied ground losses: 302 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 15 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Assaulting units: 79th Rifle Division 2nd Rifle Brigade 433rd Hvy Howitzer Regiment Defending units: Karafuto Mixed Brigade 22nd Special Base Force 39th Const Co 39th JAAF AF Bn 71st JAAF AF Bn /1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Soviets are moving, and the IJA is looking a bit caught. [image]local://upfiles/37283/D9A9564F73714A9CBA6A65857F970B3D.jpg[/image]

obvert -> RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe (J) (9/9/2017 6:40:05 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: BBfanboy quote: ORIGINAL: obvert Yes. I'll have to pay PPs. I get that bases don't flip themselves when occupied. I will flip it if I can get US troops there. That is the challenge though. If he sees it go US flag one day it'll set off all kinds of alarm bells I'm sure. The pressure to then act will open other opportunities in the area I really want to target. The oil. Some other plans just getting into action. [:)] OK - now I understand that your use of the word "flip" in the earlier post did not mean you thought it would auto-flip, but that you would make it happen with PP. I kinda thought you would know that you had to buy it out but I have only seen "flip" used in the sense of auto-flip, so I commented. Sorry if it sounded like I was trying to tell you "how to suck eggs". (Do Brits use that expression)? Haha! Not sure, actually. I get it though. [:)]

obvert -> RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe (J) (9/16/2017 7:30:27 AM)
I apologise for the lack of updates. This game really deserves a dual AAR relatively up to date. It's such an unusual situation and such fun to play. Lowpe is constantly changing things up, setting traps, surprising the Allies with swift jabs and strong uppercuts. I'll get a few updates in here to catch up in the next two days. Singers is now the big focus!! [:)]

obvert -> RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe (J) (9/16/2017 7:51:25 AM)
Feb 9, 1942 SUBS: Got a nice hit on AO Notoro courtesy S-36 near Jolo. Sub successes have been rare lately, but it looks like he's also starting to moe injured ships again. S-34 also runs into a big injured ship TF, and I did see a message that two of this second TF showed up on the sunk list. I'm sure they're not, but avoiding subs can result in damaged ships gaining more damage as they manoeuvre. DEI: Some Nates thwart a strike at Samarinda, and down a P-40 while they're at it. Those pilots are green, so not unexpected. We do get three more hits on Djambi oil though![8D] PACIFIC: The CVs plow through Northern waters at a steady pace with no interference so far, heading back to the WC. CHINA: Still pounding IJA tanks in the deserts. SOVIETS: Finally destroyed the border fort near Mishan. Now on to Koutou where the Japanese are stubbornly hanging out with what looks like more than two divisions (~50k troops). A few other groups of troops are moving to the West, and our divisions are moving to cut them off near Kiamuze. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 9, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Jolo at 73,88 Japanese Ships AO Notoro, Torpedo hits 1, on fire TK Kiyo Maru DMS W-15 Allied Ships SS S-36, hits 1 SS S-36 launches 4 torpedoes at AO Notoro S-36 diving deep .... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Puerto Princesa at 73,83 Japanese Ships DD Kikuzuki CA Suzuya CL Kiso DD Shikinami, heavy damage DD Yugure DMS W-20 xAK Tyoko Maru xAK Somedono Maru xAK Shinryu Maru xAK Arizona Maru DD Okikaze DD Ariake Allied Ships SS S-34 SS S-34 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Kikuzuki DD Okikaze fails to find sub, continues to search... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Adak Island at 162,52 Allied Ships BB Mississippi BB New Mexico BB Colorado CL Adelaide Japanese ground losses: 83 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) Port hits 1 Port supply hits 2 OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB Mississippi -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 23rd Tank Regiment, at 114,41 , near Mishan Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Allied aircraft I-153 x 26 SB-2 x 52 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: Vehicles lost 25 (4 destroyed, 21 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 29 x SB-2 bombing from 7000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Samarinda , at 65,96 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 8 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 2 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 4 Ki-27b Nate x 16 Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 8 P-40E Warhawk x 3 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-27b Nate: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 20000 feet * City Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Djambi , at 48,88 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft LB-30 Liberator x 3 Allied aircraft losses LB-30 Liberator: 2 damaged Oil hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x LB-30 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet * City Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 113,42 (near Mishan) Allied Shock attack Attacking force 14953 troops, 315 guns, 567 vehicles, Assault Value = 552 Defending force 1382 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3 Allied adjusted assault: 899 Japanese adjusted defense: 3 Allied assault odds: 299 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), supply(-) Attacker: shock(+) Japanese ground losses: 1603 casualties reported Squads: 24 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 92 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 15 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 14 (14 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units destroyed 1 Allied ground losses: 4 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 39th Rifle Division 4th Ussurii Tank Brigade 6th Ussurii Tank Brigade 28th/70th AA Battalion 1125th Cannon Regiment 45th Howitzer Regiment 227th Cannon Brigade 1138th Cannon Regiment 181st Hvy Howitzer Regiment Defending units: 10th Border Defense Fortress -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [image]local://upfiles/37283/D86C8F02A37B4584A3860A1B256C5D88.jpg[/image]

obvert -> RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe (J) (9/16/2017 8:53:55 AM)
Feb 10-12, 1942 PACIFIC: The IJN strikes back!! A mini-KB steams North and takes out a Russian transport TF (unloaded) moving toward Alaska. A big strike, but really well timed for me to get other more valuable Bfs out of the way. I had a few nearly in range which will now jet to the Homer area to escape. All Bfs at Dutch will pull up anchors and move back for at least a while until it seems the coast is clear. DEI: Djambi is swept by Lightnings again, taking out another 8-10 A6M. Gotta keep him stretched! The 4Es shift to Singers to improve bombing capacity which results in 22 hits at Djambi on the 12th. CHINA: Still crushing tanks. Nothing else happening. SOVIETS: A cruiser bombardment hits Toyohara and wipes out my engineers. This looks like the beginning of a renewed focus on Sakhalin. I'll not hold here if he comes strong, so I have to be careful there is no amphib move behind my major troops to Alexandrov. I have some engineers on the way to Shikuka and once they arrive will move the division back. We finally destroy the remnants of the Karafuto Brigade and Special base force at Shikuka. That took a while, but well worth it. These are huge troop losses for Japan at this stage, adding to our VPs and forcing a complete rebuilding of a major free brigade, of which there are not many available. The North struggles for troops for a while. Most of the big units must concern themselves with the PI and Singers. Those places will be tough, so it may be a while before the Soviets face free troops in addition to those in place. Major fires started at Harbin through night bombing. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 11, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Toyohara at 124,46 Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses I-16m24: 4 damaged I-16m24: 1 destroyed on ground Japanese Ships CA Kinugasa DD Hasu DD Shirakumo DD Isokaze Allied ground losses: 131 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 16 disabled Engineers: 7 destroyed, 13 disabled Guns lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled) Resources hits 1 Light Industry hits 2 Manpower hits 7 Fires 569 Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 18 Port hits 6 Port supply hits 1 CA Kinugasa firing at Toyohara -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Djambi , at 48,88 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 14 Allied aircraft P-38E Lightning x 17 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 4 destroyed No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 7 x P-38E Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Shikuka (126,43) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 12914 troops, 222 guns, 23 vehicles, Assault Value = 356 Defending force 5881 troops, 57 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 11 Allied adjusted assault: 160 Japanese adjusted defense: 4 Allied assault odds: 40 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: disruption(-), preparation(-), fatigue(-), experience(-) supply(-) Attacker: fatigue(-) Japanese ground losses: 565 casualties reported Squads: 28 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled Engineers: 3 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 10 (3 destroyed, 7 disabled) Allied ground losses: 5 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 79th Rifle Division 2nd Rifle Brigade 433rd Hvy Howitzer Regiment Defending units: Karafuto Mixed Brigade 22nd Special Base Force -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Japanese Unit(s) surrounded at Shikuka -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 12, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Harbin , at 109,39 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Allied aircraft DB-3M x 8 No Allied losses Manpower hits 16 Fires 10656 Aircraft Attacking: 8 x DB-3M bombing from 8000 feet City Attack: 10 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Djambi , at 48,88 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 25 Allied aircraft losses B-17E Fortress: 3 damaged Oil hits 22 Aircraft Attacking: 7 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet City Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Attu Island at 154,43 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 2 B5N1 Kate x 23 B5N2 Kate x 18 D3A1 Val x 41 No Japanese losses Allied Ships xAKL PK-41, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk xAKL PK-14, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk xAK Krasnii Rasvet, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk xAK Kudasheva, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk TK Gerasimov, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage xAKL PK-17, Bomb hits 9, and is sunk xAKL PK-22, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk xAKL PK-23, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 8 x B5N1 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Shikuka (126,43) Allied Shock attack Attacking force 12919 troops, 222 guns, 23 vehicles, Assault Value = 357 Defending force 5306 troops, 50 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5 Allied adjusted assault: 530 Japanese adjusted defense: 2 Allied assault odds: 265 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: disruption(-), preparation(-), fatigue(-), supply(-) Attacker: shock(+) Japanese ground losses: 6632 casualties reported Squads: 118 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 456 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 51 (51 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units destroyed 2 Assaulting units: 79th Rifle Division 2nd Rifle Brigade 433rd Hvy Howitzer Regiment Defending units: Karafuto Mixed Brigade 22nd Special Base Force -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is the mini-KB suddenly appearing in the Aleutians. The TF to the far East on this shot is carrying US troops to Russia to use for switching base nationalities on captured bases. So lucky it was not attacked or even noticed. Now to get outta dodge. [image]local://upfiles/37283/39676A873CF441D186278E5637267419.jpg[/image]

obvert -> RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe (J) (9/16/2017 9:06:49 AM)
Feb 13-14, 1942 SUBS: L-12 hits an AD near Ominato. DEI: Oscars on the menu today. I want to hit Johore Baru a bit to lessen supply and ruin the airfield for the coming push into Singers. One Oscar Ia group here which doesn't fare well against the P-38s. [:)] PACIFIC: Ships escape and run to the North. The mini-KB seems to be heading back SW. SOVIETS: The bombers get jumped near Mishan, but still get through and hit tanks hard. On the ground troops overwhelm an IJA blockade and should push through in the next few days. These are the troops that were heading to Rashin which reversed and will now head toward Mutankiang. So far so good. More Japanese border forts to wipe out here! [8D] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 13, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Ominato at 121,54 Japanese Ships AD Nagisan Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage PB Taijin Maru Allied Ships SS L-12 SS L-12 launches 2 torpedoes at AD Nagisan Maru L-12 diving deep .... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Johore Bahru , at 50,83 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 9 Allied aircraft P-38E Lightning x 9 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-Ia Oscar: 4 destroyed No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 6 x P-38E Lightning sweeping at 25000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Johore Bahru , at 50,83 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 24 Japanese aircraft losses MC-21 Sally: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-17E Fortress: 5 damaged Japanese ground losses: 8 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 21 Aircraft Attacking: 7 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kotou (116,42) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 8379 troops, 246 guns, 452 vehicles, Assault Value = 612 Defending force 33524 troops, 344 guns, 65 vehicles, Assault Value = 971 Japanese ground losses: 51 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 3 (2 destroyed, 1 disabled) Allied ground losses: 84 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled) Assaulting units: 3rd Ussurii Tank Brigade 8th Cavalry Division 2nd Ussurii Tank Brigade 5th Ussurii Tank Brigade 1133rd Howitzer Regiment 4th/152nd PVO AA Battalion 362nd/367th OM Gun Battalion 1121st Cannon Regiment 177th Howitzer Regiment 1139th Cannon Regiment 215th Cannon Brigade 155th PVO AA Battalion Defending units: 24th Division 29th Division 4th Border Defense Fortress 4th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 53rd Field AA Battalion -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 14, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 23rd Tank Regiment, at 114,41 , near Mishan Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 11 Allied aircraft DB-3M x 6 SB-2 x 65 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses DB-3M: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged SB-2: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: Vehicles lost 10 (3 destroyed, 7 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 24 x SB-2 bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 23rd Tank Regiment, at 114,41 , near Mishan Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 1 Allied aircraft DB-3M x 50 SB-2 x 13 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses DB-3M: 5 damaged Japanese ground losses: Vehicles lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 25 x DB-3M bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Hailar , at 107,30 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft I-153 x 53 SB-2 x 22 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-46-II Dinah: 1 destroyed on ground Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses SB-2: 1 damaged Airbase hits 5 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 31 Aircraft Attacking: 22 x SB-2 bombing from 12000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 100 kg GP Bomb ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Lashio (62,46) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 25632 troops, 202 guns, 58 vehicles, Assault Value = 809 Defending force 14875 troops, 66 guns, 60 vehicles, Assault Value = 395 Japanese ground losses: 27 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Assaulting units: Imperial Guards Division 33rd Division 15th Army Defending units: BFF Brigade Mandalay BMP Battalion 3rd Burma Rifles Battalion 5th Chinese Corps Burma Command 102nd RAF Base Force 100th RAF Base Force -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 111,44 (near Yenki) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 38235 troops, 627 guns, 1591 vehicles, Assault Value = 1542 Defending force 12261 troops, 88 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 385 Allied adjusted assault: 1020 Japanese adjusted defense: 301 Allied assault odds: 3 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), fatigue(-), experience(-) supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 3180 casualties reported Squads: 59 destroyed, 93 disabled Non Combat: 60 destroyed, 31 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 16 (4 destroyed, 12 disabled) Units retreated 2 Allied ground losses: 288 casualties reported Squads: 12 destroyed, 44 disabled Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 21 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 12 disabled Guns lost 17 (1 destroyed, 16 disabled) Vehicles lost 80 (11 destroyed, 69 disabled) Defeated Japanese Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 75th Tank Brigade 34th Rifle Division 205th Rifle Division 76th Tank Brigade 77th Tank Brigade 72nd Tank Brigade 46th Engr-Sapper Bde 1st Amurskaya Tank Brigade 3rd Amurskaya Tank Brigade 1132nd Howitzer Regiment 1192nd BM Howitzer Regiment 1194th BM Howitzer Regiment 221st Corps Art Brigade 1134th Howitzer Regiment 199th BM Howitzer Regiment 1132nd Howitzer Regiment 78th/186th PVO AA Battalion 215th Howitzer Regiment 424th Hvy Howitzer Regiment Defending units: 140th Infantry Regiment 87th Infantry Regiment 1st Border Defense Fortress -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A few Soviets downed. Haven't lost too many so far, and they're doing great work!! [image]local://upfiles/37283/3263956EC7194BAAA4B35F14816072CD.jpg[/image]

Lokasenna -> RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe (J) (9/17/2017 4:45:57 AM)
Keep in mind that even if you swap the command of the Russian bases, you still can't base any non-Russian planes there. It goes off of country code, not base HQ.

obvert -> RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe (J) (9/17/2017 8:28:31 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Lokasenna Keep in mind that even if you swap the command of the Russian bases, you still can't base any non-Russian planes there. It goes off of country code, not base HQ. I can if it's a captured base. Like Shikuka. Or Toyohara. Or Mishan. Or Koutou. Or Hailar. [:)] So I need some US troops to get to these spots so I can haul up the stars and stripes and then, potentially, I could also bring in bombers, fighters, and whatever else I wanted to bring from anywhere. The Soviets have no transport planes though, only the Patrol boats, MBR-2. So the inland bases will require some other Allied transports to move troops too. I'll be flying some from Ledo through China once things are in place.

obvert -> RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe (J) (9/17/2017 8:51:30 AM)
Feb 15-16, 1942 SUBS: The L-14 hits a fully loaded transport with two fish in the DEI. Nice. DEI: P-38s sweep Djambi again and get another 10:1. Getting these planes here was the single best thing I've done in game so far. He can't sweep Singers and he can't defend Djambi. It's also led to the bombardments where a number of BBs took mine hits and to the now powerful defences of Singers being fully mobilised for a crossing, which seems imminent. Troops have been showing a move icon from Johore Baru for a few days, and now our AV is up to just under 1400. Forts are at 4.45+. All commanders for major units have been changed, and some units have even been taking replacements and upgrades. Especially the one armor unit, getting some Marmon Harringtons in to boost it's effectiveness. Supply is just now dipping below 30k, so I need to find a way to get some more in soon, but have a few weeks still. Two base forces and two AA units are 4-5 days out from Sabang, being held by one Dutch unit of 22 AV. I have also an Aussie Brigade about 10 days out to hold the base. Many ships holding supply are queueing in the IO beyond, waiting to see if the IJN DDs in the straits will be neutralised and what the air response will be. I've also been sneaking supply into Java, building a few bases there with Brit engineers, and preparing to hit from both sides of Palembang. Troops are moving in from OZ toward Cocos and Christmas Islands to secure the LOC and keep the Japanese from getting them easily once they see what's happening here. Fingers crossed he thinks Sabang is an isolated move to move stuff to Singers. PACIFIC: CVs keep on heading got the WC. No sign of the mini-KB today. The coast seems clear for a massive resupply heading to Dutch. After this I'll put feeling out in forward locations, then start planing to hit when spring comes. SOVIETS: Two divisions that moved out of Mishan are a day late to hold the hex, as an IJA division also moves in. We launch a DA but it gets a 1:3 in the swamp hex. Time to sit and hope out other troops do seem good work on the trailing units. Some units have crossed the river on the N rail line, and we're now a few days from completely surrounding Hailar, which I think still has a full division and support troops. I'll be moving in with force, as almost 2k AV including a full tank division enter the base form all sides simultaneously. The DB-3T were set to launch at 8 hexes and found some IN BBs. On the day almost 40 launched fish, but not hits. Poorly trained TT pilots are to blame. All around 50 skill. So. Back to the rear to rebuild. Not many replacements though. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 15, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Djambi , at 48,88 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 28 Ki-44 Tojo x 1 Allied aircraft P-38E Lightning x 17 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 5 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-38E Lightning: 1 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 23rd Tank Regiment, at 114,41 , near Mishan Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft DB-3M x 30 SB-2 x 58 Allied aircraft losses DB-3M: 4 damaged Japanese ground losses: Vehicles lost 28 (28 destroyed, 0 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 23 x SB-2 bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 23rd Tank Regiment, at 114,41 , near Mishan Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft I-16m24 x 8 DB-3M x 45 Allied aircraft losses DB-3M: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: Vehicles lost 14 (14 destroyed, 0 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 22 x DB-3M bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 16, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Wakkanai at 122,48 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft A5M4 Claude x 20 A6M2 Zero x 19 Allied aircraft DB-3T x 36 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses DB-3T: 1 destroyed, 20 damaged DB-3T: 1 destroyed by flak Japanese Ships BB Ise Aircraft Attacking: 22 x DB-3T launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45-36-AN Torpedo 12 x DB-3T launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45-36-AN Torpedo -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 114,41 (near Mishan) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 20758 troops, 294 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 681 Defending force 13728 troops, 122 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 395 Allied adjusted assault: 326 Japanese adjusted defense: 1183 Allied assault odds: 1 to 3 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 405 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 35 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Allied ground losses: 1139 casualties reported Squads: 12 destroyed, 95 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 19 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled Guns lost 23 (1 destroyed, 22 disabled) Assaulting units: 22nd Rifle Division 98th Rifle Division 22nd/24th AA Battalion Defending units: 11th Division Ground combat at 111,44 (near Yenki) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 21036 troops, 425 guns, 882 vehicles, Assault Value = 1416 Defending force 4499 troops, 48 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 113 Allied adjusted assault: 401 Japanese adjusted defense: 331 Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), fatigue(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 257 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 17 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled) Allied ground losses: 127 casualties reported Squads: 3 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled Vehicles lost 19 (3 destroyed, 16 disabled) Assaulting units: 76th Tank Brigade 75th Tank Brigade 77th Tank Brigade 72nd Tank Brigade 1st Amurskaya Tank Brigade 205th Rifle Division 46th Engr-Sapper Bde 34th Rifle Division 3rd Amurskaya Tank Brigade 1132nd Howitzer Regiment 199th BM Howitzer Regiment 215th Howitzer Regiment 1132nd Howitzer Regiment 1194th BM Howitzer Regiment 1134th Howitzer Regiment 221st Corps Art Brigade 1192nd BM Howitzer Regiment 78th/186th PVO AA Battalion 424th Hvy Howitzer Regiment Defending units: 1st Border Defense Fortress -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Not a good day in the air. 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