RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: Lowpe (J) vs obvert (A)

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BBfanboy -> RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: Lowpe (J) vs obvert (A) (7/31/2019 11:26:11 AM)
Looks like he has massed ships N, S and SE of the KB to pounce on any allied attempt to hit KB. Likely a huge CAP trap too. He must be feeling that if he can't hide KB from you he might as well use it as bait.

obvert -> RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: Lowpe (J) vs obvert (A) (7/31/2019 11:34:11 AM)
Feb 13, 1943 The 13th saw the initiation of the new small unit hopping strategy I hope to employ near the Home Islands. There are a lot of islands off of Kyushu and a few more off of Honshu, and these are tough to garrison for the Japanese as they can't move restricted troops to most. In this op extensive Hurry, Lancer and Lighting sweeps went in over the smaller islands around Okinawa followed by the 4Es targeting troops. Paras then landed and captured all three islands!! [&o] It'll be hard to build these up and defend them, but I can fly engineers in and make it tough for the Japanese while then working on the next layer and sweeping any LR CAP he has around. I've got more to use for the next level, but want to also get the fast transports up to use for the Korean coast. Babeldaob fell easily. Now it's not to Yap, Wolei and soon Guam. The other side is embarking and moving in a loose configuration to reduce SIGINT through the North Pacific. I'll have to keep a close eye on the KB position and be ready to reverse tack quickly. If I get to Marcus and Pagan undetected I'll go in regardless of what's near. The USN CVs will be moving to support from Manila after picking up the nearly repaired Wasp following the Babeldaob support just completed. Tried an attack near Tunghua but a last minute fortification doomed that battle for the Soviets. More slugging now. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 13, 1943 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kume-jima , at 94,65 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 25,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Allied aircraft Hurricane IIc Trop x 14 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 14 x Hurricane IIc Trop sweeping at 20000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Tokunoshima , at 97,65 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 31,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Allied aircraft P-38G Lightning x 22 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 22 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 29000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 1st Sasebo SNLF Coy , at 94,65 (Kume-jima) Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft B-17F Fortress x 9 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 143 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 7000 feet Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 1st Sasebo SNLF Coy , at 94,65 (Kume-jima) Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 5 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 1 minutes Allied aircraft B-17F Fortress x 9 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 173 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 6 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 7000 feet Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 2nd Raiding Regiment, at 96,65 (Okinoerabushima) Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft B-24D Liberator x 36 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 364 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 18 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 17 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 7000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Babeldaob (90,97) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 10217 troops, 123 guns, 57 vehicles, Assault Value = 340 Defending force 5397 troops, 26 guns, 80 vehicles, Assault Value = 23 Allied adjusted assault: 432 Japanese adjusted defense: 29 Allied assault odds: 14 to 1 (fort level 3) Allied forces CAPTURE Babeldaob !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 408 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled Non Combat: 44 destroyed, 11 disabled Engineers: 7 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 12 (10 destroyed, 2 disabled) Vehicles lost 24 (23 destroyed, 1 disabled) Allied ground losses: 116 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 26 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 2nd KNIL Regiment Tjepoe Cdo Prajoeda Cdo V Landstorm Cdo Lahat Cdo II Marechausse Cdo III/IV Barisan Cdo 16th Australian Brigade HQ II KNIL Division Defending units: Babeldoap Naval Fortress 16th Army 3rd JNAF AF Unit 44th Field Const Co 3rd JNAF Coy /1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 106,43 (near Tunghua) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 47529 troops, 728 guns, 2874 vehicles, Assault Value = 2113 Defending force 27284 troops, 444 guns, 319 vehicles, Assault Value = 913 Allied adjusted assault: 1504 Japanese adjusted defense: 2557 Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 636 casualties reported Squads: 5 destroyed, 63 disabled Non Combat: 11 destroyed, 24 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled Guns lost 30 (4 destroyed, 26 disabled) Vehicles lost 64 (56 destroyed, 8 disabled) Units destroyed 1 Allied ground losses: 1454 casualties reported Squads: 7 destroyed, 215 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 36 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 27 disabled Guns lost 28 (2 destroyed, 26 disabled) Vehicles lost 139 (14 destroyed, 125 disabled) Assaulting units: 34th Rifle Division 74th Tank Brigade 70th Tank Battalion 75th Tank Brigade 46th Engr-Sapper Bde 36th Motor Rifle Division 203rd Tank Brigade 72nd Tank Brigade 263rd Motorized Brigade 82nd Tank Battalion 111th Tank Division 2nd Rifle Corps 424th Hvy Howitzer Regiment 1192nd BM Howitzer Regiment 145th Howitzer Regiment 372nd Hvy Howitzer Regiment 185th Cannon Regiment 1194th BM Howitzer Regiment 100th OM Howitzer Battalion 1131st Hvy Howitzer Regiment 114th Hvy Howitzer Regiment 10th/132nd PVO AA Battalion 262nd/264th PVO AA Battalion Defending units: 18th Tank Regiment 1st Tank Division 13th Tank Regiment 2nd Division 20th Division 3rd Recon Battalion Manchukuo Guards Brigade 3rd RF Gun Battalion 49th Field AA Battalion 54th Field AA Battalion 32nd Field AA Battalion -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Ningpo (92,56) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 31635 troops, 139 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 731 Defending force 13428 troops, 99 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 187 Allied adjusted assault: 452 Japanese adjusted defense: 87 Allied assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 1) Allied forces CAPTURE Ningpo !!! Combat modifiers Defender: preparation(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 624 casualties reported Squads: 6 destroyed, 46 disabled Non Combat: 11 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 4 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 16 (7 destroyed, 9 disabled) Vehicles lost 6 (6 destroyed, 0 disabled) Allied ground losses: 106 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 33 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Assaulting units: 59th Chinese Corps 3rd Prov Chinese Corps Defending units: 34th Division 12th Ind.Mixed Brigade 3rd RGC Division 2nd Div /10 11th RGC Ind. Brigade Ankei SNLF 2nd Ind.Mixed Regiment -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kume-jima (94,65) Allied Shock attack Attacking force 636 troops, 13 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 50 Defending force 329 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 6 Allied adjusted assault: 9 Japanese adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 9 to 1 (fort level 0) Allied forces CAPTURE Kume-jima !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), disruption(-), preparation(-) experience(-) Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-) Japanese ground losses: 229 casualties reported Squads: 20 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled) Allied ground losses: 30 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 111th LRP Bde /5 Defending units: 1st Sasebo SNLF Coy -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Okinoerabushima (96,65) Allied Shock attack Attacking force 422 troops, 9 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 33 Defending force 560 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 8 Allied adjusted assault: 20 Japanese adjusted defense: 3 Allied assault odds: 6 to 1 (fort level 0) Allied forces CAPTURE Okinoerabushima !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), disruption(-), preparation(-) Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-) Japanese ground losses: 295 casualties reported Squads: 15 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 8 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 21 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 77th LRP Bde /2 Defending units: 2nd Raiding Regiment -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Tokunoshima (97,65) Allied Shock attack Attacking force 366 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 19 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Allied adjusted assault: 16 Japanese adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 16 to 1 (fort level 0) Allied forces CAPTURE Tokunoshima !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-) Assaulting units: 3rd USMC Parachute Bn /1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Not much in the area here that I can see. Search is flying from Morotai. I still own Wewak and a few Western New Guinea bases as well. [image]local://upfiles/37283/0CEE4764C94947F9B522728FB6EF584E.jpg[/image]

obvert -> RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: Lowpe (J) vs obvert (A) (7/31/2019 11:36:24 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: BBfanboy Looks like he has massed ships N, S and SE of the KB to pounce on any allied attempt to hit KB. Likely a huge CAP trap too. He must be feeling that if he can't hide KB from you he might as well use it as bait. Those are all ASW TFs. The SCTFs are in the Ryukuyus and around Moppo. He knows I'm short CVs after the Yamato mess and that I won't be doing anything offensive with them soon.

obvert -> RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: Lowpe (J) vs obvert (A) (7/31/2019 11:49:20 AM)
Feb 14, 1943 The IJN immediately targets the newly taken islands with bombardments. He also sends in an invasion on Tokunerashima, the farthest and most difficult for me to support. It fails in a 1:4 but if he keeps on this will be touch and go. Lowpe also tries something odd at Shanghai, sending in CA Mikuma with one DD. Not sure if it was a missed bombardment or what, but it's targeted by a Wildebeest TB group that get off ten drops in the first wave as escorts maul the Japanese LR CAP. in the afternoon it's a bit reversed, and that will likely be the last hurrah for the Beests this game. A very risky move. We'll see what might happen tomorrow, but no word on whether this was some kind of intentional CAP trap gone wrong or an order FU. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 14, 1943 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Kume-jima at 94,65 Japanese Ships CA Myoko DD Teruzuki Port hits 14 Port supply hits 3 CA Myoko firing at Kume-jima DD Teruzuki firing at Kume-jima -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Okinoerabushima at 96,65 Japanese Ships BB Kirishima Port hits 4 Port supply hits 2 BB Kirishima firing at Okinoerabushima -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Tokunoshima at 97,65 Japanese Ships CA Aoba DD Yugao DD Tachikaze Allied ground losses: 6 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled CA Aoba firing at 3rd USMC Parachute Battalion DD Yugao firing at 3rd USMC Parachute Battalion DD Tachikaze firing at Tokunoshima -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Tokunoshima (97,65) TF 335 troops unloading over beach at Tokunoshima, 97,65 Japanese ground losses: 36 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Tokunoshima at 97,65 Japanese Ships TB Hato DD Arashio DD Ariake DD Yugure Allied Ships SS Growler, hits 3 SS Growler launches 2 torpedoes at TB Hato Growler bottoming out .... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Shanghai at 92,55 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 32 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 9 Allied aircraft H81-A3 x 1 P-43A-1 Lancer x 4 Hurricane IIb Trop x 4 Hurricane IIc Trop x 10 Vildebeest IV x 11 P-40E Warhawk x 4 P-40K Warhawk x 16 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3a Zero: 6 destroyed Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 2 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-43A-1 Lancer: 1 destroyed Hurricane IIc Trop: 1 destroyed Vildebeest IV: 1 destroyed by flak P-40K Warhawk: 1 destroyed Japanese Ships CA Mikuma CL Kuma Aircraft Attacking: 10 x Vildebeest IV launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Mk XII Torpedo -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Shanghai at 92,55 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 22 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 7 Allied aircraft H81-A3 x 1 P-43A-1 Lancer x 4 Hurricane IIb Trop x 3 Hurricane IIc Trop x 7 Vildebeest IV x 9 P-40K Warhawk x 11 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3a Zero: 1 destroyed Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Hurricane IIb Trop: 1 destroyed Hurricane IIc Trop: 1 destroyed Vildebeest IV: 6 destroyed, 1 damaged P-40K Warhawk: 1 destroyed Japanese Ships CA Mikuma Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Vildebeest IV launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Mk XII Torpedo -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 106,43 (near Tunghua) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 2172 troops, 167 guns, 185 vehicles, Assault Value = 1841 Defending force 76927 troops, 884 guns, 438 vehicles, Assault Value = 2297 Japanese ground losses: 327 casualties reported Squads: 11 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled Guns lost 4 (2 destroyed, 2 disabled) Vehicles lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled) Allied ground losses: 10 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 74th Tank Brigade 46th Engr-Sapper Bde 82nd Tank Battalion 263rd Motorized Brigade 34th Rifle Division 36th Motor Rifle Division 72nd Tank Brigade 75th Tank Brigade 203rd Tank Brigade 111th Tank Division 424th Hvy Howitzer Regiment 145th Howitzer Regiment 100th OM Howitzer Battalion 70th Tank Battalion 1192nd BM Howitzer Regiment 10th/132nd PVO AA Battalion 372nd Hvy Howitzer Regiment 185th Cannon Regiment 2nd Rifle Corps 1131st Hvy Howitzer Regiment 1194th BM Howitzer Regiment 114th Hvy Howitzer Regiment 262nd/264th PVO AA Battalion Defending units: 20th/B Division 1st Tank Division 3rd Division 39th Division 20th/A Division 38th/A Division 71st Division 38th/C Division Manchukuo Guards Brigade 38th/B Division 2nd Division 3rd Recon Battalion 20th/C Division 49th Field AA Battalion 13th Tank Regiment 54th Field AA Battalion 32nd Field AA Battalion 3rd RF Gun Battalion 7th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion Korea Army 11th RF Gun Battalion -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Tokunoshima (97,65) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 603 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 45 Defending force 714 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 30 Japanese adjusted assault: 12 Allied adjusted defense: 59 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 4 (fort level 0) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), preparation(-) Attacker: shock(+) Japanese ground losses: 43 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 47 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 1st Raiding Rgt /1 Sasebo 3rd SNLF /20 Defending units: 3rd USMC Parachute Battalion -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kume-jima (94,65) Allied Shock attack Attacking force 1152 troops, 14 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 59 Defending force 136 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1 Allied adjusted assault: 30 Japanese adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 30 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+) Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-), disruption(-) Japanese ground losses: 71 casualties reported Squads: 3 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 19 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units destroyed 1 Assaulting units: 111th LRP Bde /5 Defending units: 1st Sasebo SNLF Coy -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Okinoerabushima (96,65) Allied Shock attack Attacking force 719 troops, 17 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 55 Defending force 366 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2 Allied adjusted assault: 53 Japanese adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 53 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), disruption(-), preparation(-) supply(-) Attacker: shock(+), leaders(+), leaders(-) Japanese ground losses: 439 casualties reported Squads: 25 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 16 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled Units destroyed 1 Assaulting units: 77th LRP Bde /3 Defending units: 2nd Raiding Regiment -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The KB shifts to just off of Kyushu. [image]local://upfiles/37283/05FA2CADA1F04762ACC3A39AD0B0E019.jpg[/image]

obvert -> RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: Lowpe (J) vs obvert (A) (7/31/2019 12:29:31 PM)
Feb 15-16, 1943 The Japanese take back Tokunerashima handily, but I've now got some engineers on the other two bases and should get some forts built I the next few days. Looks like the incursion by Mikuma was an intended bombardment, maybe? Anyway, she gets away but does little damage. Mutankiang falls to the Allies. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 15, 1943 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Tokunoshima at 97,65 Japanese Ships BB Kirishima CA Aoba CA Myoko Allied ground losses: 124 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Port hits 11 Port supply hits 8 F1M2 Pete acting as spotter for BB Kirishima BB Kirishima firing at Tokunoshima -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Shanghai at 92,55 Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses P-40K Warhawk: 1 damaged Japanese Ships CA Mikuma CL Kuma Allied ground losses: 14 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 5 E13A1 Jake acting as spotter for CA Mikuma CA Mikuma firing at 2nd Chinese Corps -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 362 encounters mine field at Amami Oshima (98,64) Allied Ships SS O19, Mine hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Shanghai at 94,54 Japanese Ships DD Oyashio, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Snapper SS Snapper launches 4 torpedoes at DD Oyashio Snapper bottoming out .... Sub escapes detection -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Tokunoshima (97,65) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 1856 troops, 11 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 44 Defending force 579 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 16 Japanese adjusted assault: 14 Allied adjusted defense: 3 Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Tokunoshima !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), preparation(-), supply(-) Attacker: shock(+), disruption(-) Japanese ground losses: 22 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 752 casualties reported Squads: 36 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 24 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 3 destroyed, 0 disabled Units destroyed 1 Assaulting units: Sasebo 3rd SNLF 1st Raiding Rgt /1 Defending units: 3rd USMC Parachute Battalion -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 16, 1943 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Shanghai at 95,54 Japanese Ships DD Oyashio, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Snapper DD Oyashio is sighted by SS Snapper SS Snapper launches 4 torpedoes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Okinoerabushima at 96,65 Japanese Ships BB Kirishima CA Aoba CA Myoko Allied ground losses: 164 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 17 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Port hits 4 F1M2 Pete acting as spotter for BB Kirishima BB Kirishima firing at Okinoerabushima -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Shanghai at 92,55 Japanese Ships SS I-121 Allied Ships DD Clark, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage DD Monaghan SS I-121 launches 4 torpedoes at DD Clark I-121 bottoming out .... DD Monaghan fails to find sub, continues to search... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Mutankiang (111,42) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 28734 troops, 442 guns, 592 vehicles, Assault Value = 1072 Defending force 3623 troops, 87 guns, 38 vehicles, Assault Value = 37 Allied adjusted assault: 978 Japanese adjusted defense: 67 Allied assault odds: 14 to 1 (fort level 5) Allied forces CAPTURE Mutankiang !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), leaders(+), preparation(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 1373 casualties reported Squads: 24 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 68 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 10 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 68 (62 destroyed, 6 disabled) Vehicles lost 36 (36 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units retreated 4 Allied ground losses: 18 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Vehicles lost 7 (1 destroyed, 6 disabled) Defeated Japanese Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 66th Rifle Division 125th Tank Brigade 210th Tank Brigade 210th Rifle Division 1139th Cannon Regiment 22nd/24th AA Battalion 362nd/367th OM Gun Battalion 177th Howitzer Regiment 1133rd Howitzer Regiment 1121st Cannon Regiment Defending units: 23rd/A Division 50th Field AA Battalion 7th RF Gun Battalion 2nd Medium Field Artillery Regiment -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Also joining the Allied arsenal is the bane of all Japanese CAP, the B-25D-1. I'll soon be able to fly not only the 4Es but these monsters into heavy CAP defended bases. [image]local://upfiles/37283/B2904A8DAE1E42D38AC7D46A2BE70919.jpg[/image]

Macclan5 -> RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: Lowpe (J) vs obvert (A) (7/31/2019 1:27:32 PM)
I sincerely congratulate you and your honorable opponent Lowpe ! It is great that your opponent continues to see this game through - admirable. Express our fan gratitude please. Thanks for posting updates ( with any delay ). Most fascinating game. Really a brawl. Of Interest: Feb 1943 Air Frame losses 3600 vs 3900. Now given this has been such a brawl - especially Naval wise - the numbers are perhaps lower 'relative' to all things ? Are your air losses really high and hurting you ? Do you have air frames in reserve or is "everything that works - flying" ? I mean sweeps with P36's. The Lighting G being perhaps the most capable dependable airframe in ops - wow. Plus being on the doorstep of Okinawa Plus being on the doorstep of Okinawa and you "just got" Corsairs (not even F4U) and 25- D1s Plus you do not even have an Essex class in theater yet - she is another Month and a half away. Wow

obvert -> RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: Lowpe (J) vs obvert (A) (7/31/2019 1:53:12 PM)
Feb 17-18, 1943 A quieter few turns. the situation in Manchuria is still a bit fluid with IJA troops flooding South and West. Another attack near Yinkow along the West coast fails but gets. bit closer and does some damage. I need better tanks here. The Allies begin to solidify the remaining captured bases as engineers get going. The IJN keeps at it though. More bombardments. The Japanese are heavily overstacked at Yenki right now meaning Soviet bombardments are doing well and his supply is undoubtedly suffering. That's all good. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 17, 1943 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Matsuyama , at 105,59 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 3 Allied aircraft B-24D Liberator x 3 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Aichi Ha-60 hits 4 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 2000 feet City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Okinoerabushima at 96,65 Japanese Ships BB Kirishima CA Aoba CA Myoko Allied ground losses: 126 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 10 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Port hits 3 Port supply hits 1 F1M2 Pete acting as spotter for BB Kirishima BB Kirishima firing at 77th LRP Brigade -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 102,42 (near Yingkow) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 54813 troops, 793 guns, 2317 vehicles, Assault Value = 2068 Defending force 26026 troops, 304 guns, 530 vehicles, Assault Value = 742 Allied adjusted assault: 1270 Japanese adjusted defense: 1911 Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 2290 casualties reported Squads: 58 destroyed, 104 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 15 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Guns lost 40 (8 destroyed, 32 disabled) Vehicles lost 21 (2 destroyed, 19 disabled) Allied ground losses: 1300 casualties reported Squads: 34 destroyed, 107 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 48 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Guns lost 41 (12 destroyed, 29 disabled) Vehicles lost 214 (16 destroyed, 198 disabled) Assaulting units: 77th Tank Brigade 43rd Tank Brigade 258th Rifle Brigade 206th Tank Brigade 171st Tank Brigade 9th Armored Car Brigade 187th Rifle Division 227th Rifle Brigade 1st Ussurii Tank Brigade 218th Tank Brigade 95th Rifle Brigade 61st Tank Division 21st Rifle Brigade 5th Mongolian Cavalry Division 1128th Howitzer Regiment 46th/302nd AA Battalion 624th Cannon Regiment 1120th Cannon Regiment 629th Cannon Regiment 263rd Howitzer Regiment 390th Cannon Regiment Defending units: 77th Infantry Regiment 2nd Tank Division 58th/B Division 8th Manchukuo Inf Brigade 2nd Ind.Mixed Brigade 58th/C Division Tonei Hvy Gun Regiment 5th Air Defense AA Regiment 5th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 11th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 18, 1943 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Okinoerabushima at 96,65 Japanese Ships BB Kirishima CA Aoba CA Myoko Allied ground losses: 60 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled) Port hits 18 Port supply hits 4 F1M2 Pete acting as spotter for BB Kirishima BB Kirishima firing at 77th LRP Brigade -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Agrihan at 114,82 Japanese Ships xAK Daijukyo Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage xAK Ryunan Maru PB Taikei Maru Allied Ships SS Hoe SS Hoe launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Daijukyo Maru Hoe diving deep .... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 77th Infantry Regiment, at 102,42 , near Yingkow Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 23 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 5 Allied aircraft Beaufighter Ic x 16 Mitchell II x 18 B-25C Mitchell x 27 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Beaufighter Ic: 2 destroyed Mitchell II: 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 67 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 18 x Mitchell II bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Yenki (110,44) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 1224 troops, 102 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 1416 Defending force 121886 troops, 1141 guns, 317 vehicles, Assault Value = 3514 Japanese ground losses: 448 casualties reported Squads: 15 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 5 (3 destroyed, 2 disabled) Assaulting units: 76th Tank Brigade 105th Rifle Division 113th Rifle Brigade 42nd Motorized Brigade 165th Tank Brigade 68th Mountain Rifle Division 87th Howitzer Regiment 182nd Howitzer Regiment 1137th Howitzer Regiment 52nd Cannon Regiment Defending units: 1st Garrison Unit 9th/B Division 2nd Garrison Unit 12th Garrison Unit 9th/A Division 2nd Manchukuo Distr/C Division 57th/B Division 25th/A Division 9th/C Division 23rd/B Division 57th/C Division 25th/B Division 19th/C Division 7th Garrison Unit 3rd Manchukuo Distr Division 19th/B Division 4th Garrison Unit 8th/C Division 1st Manchukuo Division 23rd/C Division 8th/A Division 19th/A Division 57th/A Division 25th/C Division 71st JAAF AF Bn 6th RF Gun Battalion 53rd Field AA Battalion 10th Mortar Battalion 5th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion 4th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 31st JNAF AF Unit 207th JAAF AF Bn 10th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 4th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 28th Fld AA Gun Co 24th Fld AA Machinecannon Company 10th Mortar Battalion 2nd Air Division 39th JAAF AF Bn /1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 102,42 (near Yingkow) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 1542 troops, 135 guns, 84 vehicles, Assault Value = 1850 Defending force 26607 troops, 326 guns, 560 vehicles, Assault Value = 688 Japanese ground losses: 138 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 8 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 4 (2 destroyed, 2 disabled) Assaulting units: 218th Tank Brigade 43rd Tank Brigade 77th Tank Brigade 187th Rifle Division 21st Rifle Brigade 206th Tank Brigade 9th Armored Car Brigade 258th Rifle Brigade 61st Tank Division 1st Ussurii Tank Brigade 227th Rifle Brigade 171st Tank Brigade 95th Rifle Brigade 5th Mongolian Cavalry Division 46th/302nd AA Battalion 1128th Howitzer Regiment 263rd Howitzer Regiment 629th Cannon Regiment 624th Cannon Regiment 1120th Cannon Regiment 390th Cannon Regiment Defending units: 8th Manchukuo Inf Brigade 58th/B Division 2nd Ind.Mixed Brigade 2nd Tank Division 3rd Mobile Infantry Regiment 77th Infantry Regiment 58th/C Division 5th Air Defense AA Regiment Tonei Hvy Gun Regiment 5th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 11th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- One of the slower amphibious TFs got a 0/1 detection, most likely a radio detection SIGINT, and will alter course in case it pings again. The rest have no detection and are moving SW. [image]local://upfiles/37283/CBA5795DD4DB415F82699BD804D5633D.jpg[/image]

obvert -> RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: Lowpe (J) vs obvert (A) (7/31/2019 3:05:32 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Macclan5 I sincerely congratulate you and your honorable opponent Lowpe ! It is great that your opponent continues to see this game through - admirable. Express our fan gratitude please. Thanks for posting updates ( with any delay ). Most fascinating game. Really a brawl. It has been a blast, and yes, Lowpe is a great opponent. Not only sticking in there, but constantly challenging and pushing back out of the most difficult situations. quote: Of Interest: Feb 1943 Air Frame losses 3600 vs 3900. Now given this has been such a brawl - especially Naval wise - the numbers are perhaps lower 'relative' to all things ? Are your air losses really high and hurting you ? Do you have air frames in reserve or is "everything that works - flying" ? Yes, to both. [;)] I've got some pools now and I'm flying everything that works. At this point there are a lot of airframes the Allies never consider using because they don't have much intense fighting through 42. The P-43, P-36 and the Vanguards are very useful. I'm using Bolos, B-10, Hudsons, Vindicators, and anything else I get my hands on. There are even some Wirraways and Ansons in action. Now there are enough Wildcats, an abundance of P-40K and there are four P-38 groups of different varieties including the remaining Es. I'm filling out 4E groups and letting all of the 2Es loose as the new 25s enter service. quote: I mean sweeps with P36's. The Lighting G being perhaps the most capable dependable airframe in ops - wow. Plus being on the doorstep of Okinawa Plus being on the doorstep of Okinawa and you "just got" Corsairs (not even F4U) and 25- D1s Plus you do not even have an Essex class in theater yet - she is another Month and a half away. Wow The most surprising part to me is the ability to wipe China by now. The China Expeditionary Army is tough, and large. The Chinese troop numbers with the combined Allied firepower and supply is devastating even in 42 before all of the device upgrades. I also realize that in this war the attrition of Japanese ships is a killer. There is no time for him to repair, to upgrade, etc. Every battle takes ships out that he needs to keep the flood tide back and the Allies just slowly add more. I'm also suffering for working hulls, but nothing like the IJN.

obvert -> RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: Lowpe (J) vs obvert (A) (7/31/2019 6:58:36 PM)
Feb 19-20, 1943 Sweeps and a 4E strike hit Amami-Oshima on the 19th. This is only a level 1 airfield and so I'd like to keep it that way. Only Rufe's were providing CAP. I'll visit periodically. There are a few other islands I'll bomb to inhibit all kinds of building. Some more decent sweeps hit up North. As long as I'm getting positive results and reducing his trained pilots I'll keep this up. It puts a lot of strain on his higher service airframes and his supply for replenishing them as well. Against Japan it's all about the economy. I probably should just torch all of the Manchuian industry too but it doesn't generate VPs so I don't want to "spend" 4Es on that task just yet. The 2Es are just about in range and should be able to handle it. On the 20th, somehow two Soviet infantry units snuck behind Japanese lines to launch a Shock attack on Shikuka!! A Japanese division is sitting one hex to the North at the border, but only a naval guard was here and it was sent packing in short order. This time I'd like to keep this base. I'm sending in the ID from Okha, and marching to cut off the IJA ID if possible. I'll bomb to slow it down. This takes away just a little bit more of his oil, and once I flip the base to USA, a nice airfield for bombing the North. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 19, 1943 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Kagoshima at 101,61 Japanese Ships (KB) DD Susuzuki DD Takanami DD Makigumo DD Uzuki Allied Ships SS Silversides SS Silversides launches 2 torpedoes at DD Susuzuki Silversides bottoming out .... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Kume-jima at 94,65 Japanese Ships BB Kirishima CA Aoba CA Myoko Allied ground losses: 100 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled Port hits 6 Port supply hits 2 F1M2 Pete acting as spotter for BB Kirishima BB Kirishima firing at 22nd US Naval Construction Battalion -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 5th Air Defense AA Regiment, at 102,42 , near Yingkow Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 13 A6M3a Zero x 11 J2M2 Jack x 25 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 5 Allied aircraft MiG-3 x 13 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3 Zero: 2 destroyed No Allied losses -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 5th Air Defense AA Regiment, at 102,42 , near Yingkow Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 17 NM, estimated altitude 36,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 6 A6M3a Zero x 8 J2M2 Jack x 25 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 3 Allied aircraft MiG-3 x 13 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed No Allied losses -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Amami Oshima , at 98,64 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 42 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2-N Rufe x 9 Allied aircraft P-38F Lightning x 22 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2-N Rufe: 3 destroyed No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 20 x P-38F Lightning sweeping at 29000 feet * -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 5th Air Defense AA Regiment, at 102,42 , near Yingkow Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 31 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 4 A6M3a Zero x 4 J2M2 Jack x 21 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 2 Allied aircraft MiG-3 x 23 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3 Zero: 1 destroyed J2M2 Jack: 1 destroyed Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses MiG-3: 2 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Amami Oshima , at 98,64 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 24 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 33 Japanese aircraft losses E13A1 Jake: 2 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 22 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 9 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 20 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 7000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Amami Oshima , at 98,64 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 33 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 6 Japanese aircraft losses E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed on ground A6M2-N Rufe: 1 destroyed on ground No Allied losses Runway hits 13 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 7000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 5th Air Defense AA Regiment, at 102,42 , near Yingkow Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 3 J2M2 Jack x 12 Allied aircraft MiG-3 x 12 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3a Zero: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses MiG-3: 1 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 5th Air Defense AA Regiment, at 102,42 , near Yingkow Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 28,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 8 A6M3a Zero x 9 J2M2 Jack x 18 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 4 Allied aircraft P-43A-1 Lancer x 6 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3 Zero: 2 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-43A-1 Lancer: 1 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Davao (79,91) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 11594 troops, 209 guns, 125 vehicles, Assault Value = 262 Defending force 5972 troops, 41 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 113 Allied adjusted assault: 92 Japanese adjusted defense: 97 Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 0) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-) Attacker: leaders(+), leaders(-) Japanese ground losses: 162 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 19 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 200 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 26 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 32nd Infantry Division Defending units: 85th Naval Guard Unit 86th Naval Guard Unit 4th Indpt SNLF Coy Yokosuka 4th SNLF 5th Indpt SNLF Coy 16th Div /3 11th Garrison Unit 8th Port Unit Yokosuka 3rd SNLF 8th JAAF AF Coy 5th Fleet /3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Yenki (110,44) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 1224 troops, 102 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 1415 Defending force 126905 troops, 1190 guns, 334 vehicles, Assault Value = 3649 Japanese ground losses: 244 casualties reported Squads: 14 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 7 (6 destroyed, 1 disabled) Assaulting units: 76th Tank Brigade 165th Tank Brigade 105th Rifle Division 42nd Motorized Brigade 113th Rifle Brigade 68th Mountain Rifle Division 1137th Howitzer Regiment 87th Howitzer Regiment 182nd Howitzer Regiment 52nd Cannon Regiment Defending units: 23rd/B Division 57th/A Division 19th Division 2nd Manchukuo Distr/C Division 3rd Manchukuo Distr Division 12th Garrison Unit 25th/A Division 9th Division 8th/B Division 4th Garrison Unit 57th/C Division 1st Manchukuo Division 57th/B Division 25th/B Division 8th/A Division 2nd Garrison Unit 1st Garrison Unit 8th/C Division 23rd/C Division 7th Garrison Unit 25th/C Division 31st JNAF AF Unit 10th Mortar Battalion 4th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 10th Mortar Battalion 6th RF Gun Battalion 53rd Field AA Battalion 10th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 5th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion 207th JAAF AF Bn 28th Fld AA Gun Co 2nd Air Division 71st JAAF AF Bn 24th Fld AA Machinecannon Company 4th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 39th JAAF AF Bn /1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 102,42 (near Yingkow) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 1548 troops, 135 guns, 84 vehicles, Assault Value = 1889 Defending force 26680 troops, 326 guns, 560 vehicles, Assault Value = 695 Japanese ground losses: 75 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: Guns lost 10 (2 destroyed, 8 disabled) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 20, 1943 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Okinoerabushima at 96,65 Japanese Ships BB Kirishima CA Aoba CA Myoko Allied ground losses: 30 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled) Port hits 8 Port supply hits 1 F1M2 Pete acting as spotter for BB Kirishima BB Kirishima firing at Okinoerabushima -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 5th Air Defense AA Regiment, at 102,42 , near Yingkow Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 29,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 11 A6M3a Zero x 11 J2M2 Jack x 19 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 5 Allied aircraft P-43A-1 Lancer x 8 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3a Zero: 1 destroyed J2M2 Jack: 1 destroyed Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed No Allied losses -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 15th Division, at 95,41 (Tientsin) Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Allied aircraft B-25C Mitchell x 50 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 237 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 23 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 8 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Yenki (110,44) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 1224 troops, 102 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 1416 Defending force 122782 troops, 1145 guns, 323 vehicles, Assault Value = 3514 Japanese ground losses: 490 casualties reported Squads: 25 destroyed, 7 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 4 (3 destroyed, 1 disabled) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 106,43 (near Tunghua) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 2166 troops, 167 guns, 185 vehicles, Assault Value = 1579 Defending force 58170 troops, 624 guns, 89 vehicles, Assault Value = 1763 Japanese ground losses: 154 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 10 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 102,42 (near Yingkow) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 1530 troops, 135 guns, 84 vehicles, Assault Value = 1920 Defending force 30828 troops, 424 guns, 596 vehicles, Assault Value = 895 Japanese ground losses: 246 casualties reported Squads: 5 destroyed, 18 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) Allied ground losses: 11 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 10 (2 destroyed, 8 disabled) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Shikuka (126,43) Allied Shock attack Attacking force 4836 troops, 59 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 483 Defending force 3246 troops, 28 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 72 Allied adjusted assault: 163 Japanese adjusted defense: 20 Allied assault odds: 8 to 1 (fort level 2) Allied forces CAPTURE Shikuka !!! Japanese aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 9 destroyed Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 28 destroyed Combat modifiers Defender: leaders(-), fatigue(-), experience(-) Attacker: shock(+) Japanese ground losses: 1675 casualties reported Squads: 23 destroyed, 39 disabled Non Combat: 34 destroyed, 18 disabled Engineers: 10 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 19 (10 destroyed, 9 disabled) Vehicles lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units retreated 3 Allied ground losses: 171 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 22 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 79th Rifle Division 5th Rifle Brigade Defending units: 67th Naval Guard Unit 32nd Ind.AA Gun Co 40th JNAF AF Unit --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

CaptBeefheart -> RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: Lowpe (J) vs obvert (A) (8/1/2019 8:53:59 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: obvert quote: ORIGINAL: CaptBeefheart Some real interesting surface fights there. Too bad about the R-Classes. Last year I looked into doing a family trip to Ishigaki -- a nice, quiet place with good beaches. ANA even flies 777s there from Haneda (Tokyo). I looked into Jesselton (now known as Khota Kinabalu, with direct flights from Korea) and Guam as well. We ended up going to the east coast of Korea instead. Cheers, CB Yeah. The 'R' class are behaving like 25-30 year old ships no longer fit for front line duty. Certainly not against the most powerful battleship ever built, at least. [;)] How is the Korean coastline? I imagine it being beautiful with tree lined headlands and lots of small isolated coves. First of all, it's too bad about G.S. Welch. He was an interesting guy who ended up with 16 kills in the Pacific but his F-100 Super Sabre broke up in a 7-g pullout over Edwards AFB when he was North American's chief test pilot. His picture would be on the memorial wall of the Officers' Club there (I used to work at EAFB from 1987-88). Here's his wiki page. The east coast of Korea is the better coast, what with some good scenic beaches up toward the north with a lot of pines along the beach. The important thing is I have expat buddies brewing at two breweries along that coast (one in Sokcho, the other in Gangneung, which hosted all the indoor Winter Olympic events). If you remember your Korean War history (i.e. Inchon Landing), the west coast has quite extreme tides with huge mudflats, so I'd say it's less scenic. The south coast has a lot of islands. Cheers, CB

obvert -> RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: Lowpe (J) vs obvert (A) (8/1/2019 12:45:16 PM)
Here is a map of the Central Pacific. Hopefully the TFs will continue undetected until very close to Marcus. I'll send the Marcus invasion in and move quickly toward Paga. Simultaneously a Guam invasion will head in from the West supported by the USN CVs. Subs are patrolling the approaches from the North. About 20 altogether. Hopefully they and the pickets can tip off if the KB flanks in. It's so close to the HI it could be dicey. If the CV and CVE TFs join though they should be able to hold off the current KB as it's been detected lately. [image]local://upfiles/37283/595C9D66C16A4466897C2B69563D585E.jpg[/image]

obvert -> RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: Lowpe (J) vs obvert (A) (8/1/2019 1:19:40 PM)
Here is a look at the tense area right now. Lots of ships and planes in opposition. If I can hold the two recently captured islands to either side of Okinawa, the Japanese will be in a bit of trouble. Within a week, as the cent pac forces get closer, I'll begin some offensive ops. [image]local://upfiles/37283/FDE8ED56E39F4A2197137F6B3663EAA2.jpg[/image]

obvert -> RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: Lowpe (J) vs obvert (A) (8/1/2019 1:26:30 PM)
A shot of Manchuria. This is the general plan thanks to the IJA pullback. The rail is now much more manageably connected and large forces will move quickly to try and breakthrough near Yinkow. I've also got Marines and better Allied tanks on the way from China. I think Kirin is also available now and I'd like that as another close in airbase for the Il-2. [image]local://upfiles/37283/CE023212F8A74201A2423E1B29EE0AF9.jpg[/image]

obvert -> RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: Lowpe (J) vs obvert (A) (8/1/2019 1:27:46 PM)
Here is a look at pools. First USN fighters [image]local://upfiles/37283/C04BE3F86E284948A9C7E4D135CFF5DA.jpg[/image]

obvert -> RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: Lowpe (J) vs obvert (A) (8/1/2019 1:28:18 PM)
USAAF fighters [image]local://upfiles/37283/4422037F958B46EDAB5E10F0E285687B.jpg[/image]

obvert -> RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: Lowpe (J) vs obvert (A) (8/1/2019 1:28:54 PM)
Chinese and Soviet fighters [image]local://upfiles/37283/D0B51CFED8AD4077B7CD6DCC5E9D7C9D.jpg[/image]

obvert -> RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: Lowpe (J) vs obvert (A) (8/1/2019 1:30:26 PM)
British and Commonwealth fighters [image]local://upfiles/37283/35EB9CBAFFC94023B3DABC2241D009FA.jpg[/image]

obvert -> RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: Lowpe (J) vs obvert (A) (8/1/2019 1:32:49 PM)
Bombers: 2E [image]local://upfiles/37283/68322AE6D3BF4D8E826560AA391D0B86.jpg[/image]

obvert -> RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: Lowpe (J) vs obvert (A) (8/1/2019 1:33:35 PM)
Bombers: DB [image]local://upfiles/37283/6C478D1D81764FD0B3197DB52D50B489.jpg[/image]

RangerJoe -> RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: Lowpe (J) vs obvert (A) (8/1/2019 3:21:40 PM)
I really would not call them pools. They look more like puddles.

obvert -> RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: Lowpe (J) vs obvert (A) (8/1/2019 3:38:50 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: RangerJoe I really would not call them pools. They look more like puddles. This is not an Allied game where I'll end up with 700 P-40E in the pools in August 43. I don't want that. Use them, knock down IJ pilots with them, make them useful. These are great pools. Much better than I've had all game. [;)]

RangerJoe -> RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: Lowpe (J) vs obvert (A) (8/1/2019 4:13:24 PM)
Against the computer, I like to use up all of the earlier aircraft that I can since it just helps to keep from using up all of your better aircraft so your pools are too shallow.

obvert -> RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: Lowpe (J) vs obvert (A) (8/1/2019 9:14:15 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: RangerJoe Against the computer, I like to use up all of the earlier aircraft that I can since it just helps to keep from using up all of your better aircraft so your pools are too shallow. Sure. And at this point the Japanese still have to fly a lot of A6M variants, some early Oscars, and have only limited 2nd Gen fighters. The P-40E, F4F-4, P-39D, P-43, P-66, and Hurricane IIc are all good against 1st Gen and can compete with 2nd Gen in the right configurations and with good pilots. I won't be sweeping with P-40E or P-39D most of the time, but Lancers have been great in that role.

HansBolter -> RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: Lowpe (J) vs obvert (A) (8/2/2019 12:02:29 PM)
If you haven't played many Allied games into the late war phase, I recently learned something worth sharing. Upon receiving the SBC-5 Helldiver, I promptly upgraded every last fleet CV squadron flying SBC-4s (which was the majority of the dive bomber squadron because SBD-5 and SBD-6 production is not sufficient) and found that I had completely run out of SBC-5's because the production stopped well before the war ended. I ended up downgrading over half of the SBC-5 squadrons back to SBC-4s, which were way more plentiful than the SBC-5s. I think any experienced Allied player works the aircraft pools by selectively upgrading, while retaining some squadrons with older models. Just because a plane is an older model doesn't mean it isn't a viable aircraft that should be used until its pools are depleted.

obvert -> RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: Lowpe (J) vs obvert (A) (8/2/2019 9:03:20 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: HansBolter If you haven't played many Allied games into the late war phase, I recently learned something worth sharing. Upon receiving the SBC-5 Helldiver, I promptly upgraded every last fleet CV squadron flying SBC-4s (which was the majority of the dive bomber squadron because SBD-5 and SBD-6 production is not sufficient) and found that I had completely run out of SBC-5's because the production stopped well before the war ended. I ended up downgrading over half of the SBC-5 squadrons back to SBC-4s, which were way more plentiful than the SBC-5s. I think any experienced Allied player works the aircraft pools by selectively upgrading, while retaining some squadrons with older models. Just because a plane is an older model doesn't mean it isn't a viable aircraft that should be used until its pools are depleted. Thanks Hans. Yeah, I feel this way about all but a few airframes. The Devastators will most likely not be used again, but many worse planes flying for other nations will be in the mix just because there isn't an alternative that's around in enough numbers. I will even use the British Buffalos if I have to, but luckily there are enough Hurris to go around for now.

RangerJoe -> RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: Lowpe (J) vs obvert (A) (8/2/2019 9:23:38 PM)
I like to use the Devastators with 4 bombs on transports and the Buffaloes are good on high CAP - at least against the computer. Of course, with the Buffaloes, they need numbers and a few Hurris flying 5k lower helps. So do a few P-40s help - the B model is better defensively than the E model but the B model does not have as many .50 cals.

BBfanboy -> RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: Lowpe (J) vs obvert (A) (8/3/2019 5:21:28 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: RangerJoe I like to use the Devastators with 4 bombs on transports and the Buffaloes are good on high CAP - at least against the computer. Of course, with the Buffaloes, they need numbers and a few Hurris flying 5k lower helps. So do a few P-40s help - the B model is better defensively than the E model but the B model does not have as many .50 cals. Others have posted that the Hurris are best for high CAP because they retain their maneuverability better than most other aircraft.

RangerJoe -> RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: Lowpe (J) vs obvert (A) (8/3/2019 6:07:36 PM)
I thought that you wanted the most maneuverable lower since they can dodge the bounce better. But the Buffs at 20k with the Hurris at 15k when the enemy comes in at 10-15k. [:D]

BBfanboy -> RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: Lowpe (J) vs obvert (A) (8/3/2019 6:37:40 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: RangerJoe I thought that you wanted the most maneuverable lower since they can dodge the bounce better. But the Buffs at 20k with the Hurris at 15k when the enemy comes in at 10-15k. [:D] At 15K you are right, but if the CAP is patrolling against sweeps above 25K, I think the Hurris retain their maneuverability better than most other aircraft. They seem to do well against Tojos at altitude.

RangerJoe -> RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: Lowpe (J) vs obvert (A) (8/3/2019 7:32:06 PM)
This was against Oscars and Zeros escorting Nells and Sallies from Singapore over Palembang. As long as I had a numerical edge, things were great. The AI did not sweep very much. The Sallies would fly higher than the Nells.

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