RE: Getting Bottlenecked: SierraJuliet (J) vs Mundy (A)

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zuluhour -> RE: Getting Bottlenecked: SierraJuliet (J) vs Mundy (A) (1/11/2018 2:41:20 PM)
....lurking

Mundy -> RE: Getting Bottlenecked: SierraJuliet (J) vs Mundy (A) (1/11/2018 9:39:54 PM)
Glad someone is.

Mundy -> RE: Getting Bottlenecked: SierraJuliet (J) vs Mundy (A) (1/11/2018 10:16:40 PM)
01 January 1942 Fairly quiet, for the time being. Some Nells decided to stray near Moulmein to hit some little crappy ships. One squadron of the AVG is parked there. Mediocre results. quote: Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Thanbyuzayat at 55,56 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 6 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 2 minutes Japanese aircraft G3M2 Nell-Chukou x 9 Allied aircraft H81-A3 x 7 Japanese aircraft losses G3M2 Nell-Chukou: 3 destroyed, 5 damaged No Allied losses Allied Ships HDML-1101 HDML-1104 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x G3M2 Nell-Chukou bombing from 15000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb CAP engaged: AVG/3rd Sqn' with H81-A3 (7 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (7 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 7 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000. Raid is overhead Troops are landing at Jesselton right now. He seems to be concentrating on north Borneo right now.

Mundy -> RE: Getting Bottlenecked: SierraJuliet (J) vs Mundy (A) (1/13/2018 3:16:50 AM)
04 January 1944 Losses: Jerantur (50,78) Kuala Kubu (49,78) Luzon is folding like a cheap suit. I'm down to Clark and Bataan already. I must be the only one in the dark about this, but it seems that nobody respects the coastal artillery at Corregidor. quote: Night Naval bombardment of Bataan / Corregidor at 78,77 - Coastal Guns Fire Back! 41 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships BB Hyuga, Shell hits 3 BB Ise Allied ground losses: 131 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 16 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled) Manila Bay Defenses firing at BB Hyuga BB Hyuga firing at Manila Bay Defenses E8N2 Dave acting as spotter for BB Ise BB Ise firing at Manila Bay Defenses Manila Bay Defenses firing at BB Ise One of his destroyers blundered into the minefield there. Steve's starting to sweep over Singapore, this being the second day. I can usually claim one kill and that's about it. I think I can get the Australian division out next turn. I may have to withdraw some pending air units early to gain another 30 PPs to do it. I want them gone before the bombers start to visit. They'll probably go straight to Port Moresby. Ships are arriving at Townsville. The nice Soerabaja 20,000 ton ARD is there and nearly fixed.

Mundy -> RE: Getting Bottlenecked: SierraJuliet (J) vs Mundy (A) (1/13/2018 2:05:45 PM)
Meant to add... With my LI in San Francisco, I started at 353 out of 2340. They're just now starting to heal up at the rate of one a day. I'm guessing this may start to accelerate at some point. 3 have recovered so far. Queen Elizabeth departed Australia for the US last turn, a day after the carriers left. Even left at cruise speed, she's smoking.

BBfanboy -> RE: Getting Bottlenecked: SierraJuliet (J) vs Mundy (A) (1/14/2018 3:37:54 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Mundy Meant to add... With my LI in San Francisco, I started at 353 out of 2340. They're just now starting to heal up at the rate of one a day. I'm guessing this may start to accelerate at some point. 3 have recovered so far. Queen Elizabeth departed Australia for the US last turn, a day after the carriers left. Even left at cruise speed, she's smoking. There is little or no difference between the 'Queens" cruise and full speed. That is why they rack up system damage big time and it takes a couple of days in port to fix each point of damage! I am not a big fan of these two xAPs!

obvert -> RE: Getting Bottlenecked: SierraJuliet (J) vs Mundy (A) (1/14/2018 9:16:54 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: BBfanboy quote: ORIGINAL: Mundy Meant to add... With my LI in San Francisco, I started at 353 out of 2340. They're just now starting to heal up at the rate of one a day. I'm guessing this may start to accelerate at some point. 3 have recovered so far. Queen Elizabeth departed Australia for the US last turn, a day after the carriers left. Even left at cruise speed, she's smoking. There is little or no difference between the 'Queens" cruise and full speed. That is why they rack up system damage big time and it takes a couple of days in port to fix each point of damage! I am not a big fan of these two xAPs! I love em!! Who cares if they accumulate system damage and slow a few knots, they're still invaluable. They're only around for a short time, so run em into the ground, then just withdraw. Don't worry about repairing unless there is TT damage or something.

Mundy -> RE: Getting Bottlenecked: SierraJuliet (J) vs Mundy (A) (1/14/2018 2:56:01 PM)
From the damage she had at start, it took nearly a month to fix. She'll probably have about 4 sys by the time she reaches San Francisco. She's very useful for the large amount of troops she can carry. I wish her cargo capacity was a bit bigger. No sub will usually touch her.

Mundy -> RE: Getting Bottlenecked: SierraJuliet (J) vs Mundy (A) (1/15/2018 12:39:37 AM)
06 January 1942 Kavieng falls. Looks like he's casting the net wider now. Yorktown arrives at Pearl. Two days to fix-up. Lexington and Enterprise hit a transport about 9 hexes SW of Kwajalein. I guess he knows their location now. He should be too far west to deal with me. quote: Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Kusaie Island at 125,122 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Allied aircraft F2A-3 Buffalo x 9 F4F-3A Wildcat x 9 SBD-3 Dauntless x 13 No Allied losses Japanese Ships xAK KM Osorno, Bomb hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 5 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 8 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK KM Osorno My Australian division is now flipped and loading. Hopefully they'll be out by tomorrow.

Mundy -> RE: Getting Bottlenecked: SierraJuliet (J) vs Mundy (A) (1/17/2018 10:04:10 PM)
09 January 1942 Landings at Kuching the last couple days. I didn't look but my carriers probably cleared the Marshalls and should be back at Pearl before long. I'm pretty much down to Bataan on Luzon. Glad I stockpiled. They're getting bombed daily. Now that all my transports are clear, I've stood down all the Buffalos at Singapore. I'll probably be pulling the air out of there altogether before too long. Any LCUs that are going to leave have left. A bunch of Australians are showing up at Aden. I'll get them to Burma eventually. My usual routine is to land them at Karachi and rail them down to Diamond Harbor, where I have a fleet of transports. That's my main exit point for all things Burma. It's worked well in my other game and I'll continue it here. Mississippi is due to arrive from Panama pretty soon. I'll get escorts to her when she's on-map. I'm curious to see where Steve will eventually take the war. Looking at his previous AAR, India could be a target. We'll see...

Mundy -> RE: Getting Bottlenecked: SierraJuliet (J) vs Mundy (A) (1/21/2018 3:54:32 PM)
14 January 1942 Spreading. Rabaul gets bombarded. No troops yet, but there probably a day or so away. Everyone's out, so he's taking an empty base. Too bad Rabaul is 11 hexes from Port Moresby instead of 10 as my SB2Us I dropped off there would have paid a visit. If he strays south too much, he may get hit. quote: Night Naval bombardment of Rabaul at 106,125 Japanese Ships BB Mutsu BB Nagato Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 8 Port hits 7 Port supply hits 1 F1M2 Pete-Kan acting as spotter for BB Mutsu BB Mutsu firing at Rabaul BB Nagato firing at Rabaul On Borneo, troops are ashore on Singkawang In China, he hits a base up in the north sector. The Commies hold out pretty good. Lots of my troops in the periphery area are static, so I can't do much about those fights. Others surrounding the Canton area are also static. quote: Ground combat at 89/39 (89,39) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 27763 troops, 349 guns, 112 vehicles, Assault Value = 1165 Defending force 14695 troops, 89 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 646 Japanese adjusted assault: 917 Allied adjusted defense: 2325 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 4) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+) Attacker: shock(+) Japanese ground losses: 1323 casualties reported Squads: 140 destroyed, 190 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 46 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 16 disabled Guns lost 23 (1 destroyed, 22 disabled) Allied ground losses: 327 casualties reported Squads: 6 destroyed, 60 disabled Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 6 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Units destroyed 1 Assaulting units: 8th Ind.Mixed Brigade 37th Division 41st Division 62ID 4th Ind.Mix.' Brigade 6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 12th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 11th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion Tonei Hvy Gun Regiment Defending units: 115th Red Chin Div* #Administration Some of my ships evacuating troops and civilians at Buin got hit by what I presume is KB. I thought I saw the word "Shokaku" flash by somewhere in this. I guess they're covering Rabaul and maybe the rest of the Solomons. quote: Morning Air attack on TF, near Buin at 109,131 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft B5N2 Kate-Kankoh x 25 D3A1 Val-Kanbaku x 13 No Japanese losses Allied Ships DD Le Triomphant xAP Mungana, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage xAK Talune xAP Maori, Bomb hits 1 xAK Wanaka AM Deloraine, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk Aircraft Attacking: 6 x D3A1 Val-Kanbaku releasing from 2000' * Naval Attack: 2 x 60 kg GP Bomb 25 x B5N2 Kate-Kankoh launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp 3 x D3A1 Val-Kanbaku releasing from 3000' * Naval Attack: 2 x 60 kg GP Bomb 4 x D3A1 Val-Kanbaku releasing from 1000' * Naval Attack: 2 x 60 kg GP Bomb --------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Buin at 109,131 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft B5N2 Kate-Kankoh x 54 D3A1 Val-Kanbaku x 17 Japanese aircraft losses B5N2 Kate-Kankoh: 1 damaged B5N2 Kate-Kankoh: 1 destroyed by flak Allied Ships DD Le Triomphant, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage xAP Maori, Bomb hits 2, on fire xAK Wanaka, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk xAK Talune AM Wollongong, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk xAK Herstein, Bomb hits 9, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk xAP Rangitata, Torpedo hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 20 x B5N2 Kate-Kankoh launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp 17 x B5N2 Kate-Kankoh launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp 12 x D3A1 Val-Kanbaku releasing from 1000' * Naval Attack: 2 x 60 kg GP Bomb 16 x B5N2 Kate-Kankoh launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp 5 x D3A1 Val-Kanbaku releasing from 3000' * Naval Attack: 2 x 60 kg GP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Le Triomphant I'm hoping he doesn't make a grab towards Luganville and Noumea yet. I'm about to start sending USMC defense groups out to these areas. I may start sending stray Australians out to these bases too. All my carriers are recovered at Pearl Harbor. The fighter squadrons just got bumped to like 24 planes now, so I'm getting them built up. I think it's another month until the dash-4 Wildcat shows up. Times are lean right now. Queen Elizabeth arrives in San Francisco after a week's journey from Australia. Two days to fix her damage point, and I can send important troops to Pearl.

Mundy -> RE: Getting Bottlenecked: SierraJuliet (J) vs Mundy (A) (1/24/2018 12:20:57 AM)
17 January 1942 Picking up... I'm getting a pretty good freight train rolling between Cape Town and Karachi/Colombo. A few convoys have visited Cape Town, so there's lots of supply to send. There's also lots of resources and I'm sending some that over to India also. I was half expecting this to happen. Maybe not quite this quickly. quote: Morning Air attack on TF, near Cape Gloucester at 102,124 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft A-24 Banshee x 10 SB2U-3 Vindicator x 14 No Allied losses Japanese Ships xAKL Yuki Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Taigen Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage xAKL Takegawa Maru, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk Japanese ground losses: 369 casualties reported Squads: 19 destroyed, 13 disabled Non Combat: 16 destroyed, 15 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 5 (2 destroyed, 3 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 2 x SB2U-3 Vindicator releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 4 x A-24 Banshee releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 12 x SB2U-3 Vindicator releasing from 4000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 2 x A-24 Banshee releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 4 x A-24 Banshee releasing from 4000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Taigen Maru Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAKL Yuki Maru Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAKL Takegawa Maru --------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Cape Gloucester at 102,124 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Allied aircraft SB2U-3 Vindicator x 14 Allied aircraft losses SB2U-3 Vindicator: 2 damaged SB2U-3 Vindicator: 1 destroyed by flak Japanese Ships BB Mutsu, Bomb hits 4 BB Nagato, Bomb hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x SB2U-3 Vindicator releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 8 x SB2U-3 Vindicator releasing from 4000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb All these hits were 1,000 pounders, so they probably hurt a bit, even on the battleships. KB is 4 hexes south of Rabaul. I've backed down my dive bombers as I'm guessing KB will rush over to join the transports with CAP. I've only one USAAF fighter squadron at Port Moresby, so I hope they don't get splatted. I've also another two or three squadrons of A-24s at Townsville. I've only held them there, as air support at PM is a bit thin right now. If he gets careless with his transports, I may surge them over. At Singapore, I'm starting to get the planes out. I'll look at flipping them off restricted status and shipping them to Australia as soon as possible. I'll need to get more transports back to Soerabaja. Enemy troops have started to arrive at Bataan, so the countdown's starting there. Planes and coast defense units are shipping from the states to Pearl. I'm transferring some more destroyers over from Pearl as I'm running out of escorts at San Francisco. Steve's been pretty aggressive with his subs between Hawaii and the US mainland.

zuluhour -> RE: Getting Bottlenecked: SierraJuliet (J) vs Mundy (A) (1/24/2018 12:28:24 AM)
thats pretty accurate for the Banshees, they don't arrive with any experience. Well done.

Mundy -> RE: Getting Bottlenecked: SierraJuliet (J) vs Mundy (A) (1/24/2018 12:38:11 AM)
Yeah, that surprised me too. Targets must be too big and too slow. [;)] They probably got about 1/3 of the hits.

Mundy -> RE: Getting Bottlenecked: SierraJuliet (J) vs Mundy (A) (1/25/2018 10:31:06 PM)
19 January 1942 I'm reviewing aircraft on my 4 carriers at Pearl. All except Lex have Wildcats. I've only 10 dash-3s in the pool, so I'll have to wait a bit. One of them has the low grade dash-3A, so it isn't all roses yet. They're all at 27 in each squadron, and they won't get bumped to 36 until July. All SBDs on these ships got upgraded to dash-3s. I'm out of luck on the TBDs until late June. One S boat off Legaspi gets a hit. Unfortunately, that one hit on her was a "hard" hit, leaving her with 20 flt, so back to base she goes. quote: Sub attack near Catanduanes at 83,81 Japanese Ships xAK Ryuyo Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage xAK Toei Maru PB Shinko Maru #2 Allied Ships SS S-40~, hits 1 SS S-40~ launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Ryuyo Maru PB Shinko Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Shinko Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Shinko Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Shinko Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Shinko Maru #2 attacking submerged sub .... Escort abandons search for sub He takes a shot at my ships at Palembang. I got the kills despite everyone actually training. Everyone's on CAP now and I brought a second squadron in. quote: Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Palembang at 48,91 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft G3M2 Nell-Chukou x 6 No Japanese losses Allied Ships xAP Van Spilbergen Aircraft Attacking: 6 x G3M2 Nell-Chukou bombing from 20000 feet * Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb --------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Palembang at 48,91 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 18 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft G3M2 Nell-Chukou x 6 Japanese aircraft losses G3M2 Nell-Chukou: 4 destroyed CAP engaged: No.21 Sqn RAAF with Buffalo I (15 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 15 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000. Raid is overhead Training flight from No.21 Sqn RAAF has been caught up in attack Mostly quiet in China. He's mainly heavily bombing Wuchow's, Kukong's and Dongxiang's airfields. In Burma, he's got troops up next to Moulmein. I've got 1400 AV sitting there, so it'll be a fight if he comes in. USAAF P-40s are arriving at Cape Town. They were part of one of the USAAF far east commands (10th AF?) They're up and shipping to Colombo where they'll make their way to Burma. Supply still sparse in the states. Hard to get much of anything going until that gets fixed.

HansBolter -> RE: Getting Bottlenecked: SierraJuliet (J) vs Mundy (A) (1/26/2018 11:55:59 AM)
Been lurking a bit myself. Moulmien is easily flanked and then isolated. The key hex is the one just north of there with the river crossing. I typically abandon Moulmein and build a defense line along the river. Do you have a blocking force in place there?

Mundy -> RE: Getting Bottlenecked: SierraJuliet (J) vs Mundy (A) (1/26/2018 6:59:29 PM)
No. In my other game, I'm very heavily set up in Moulmein also and haven't been flanked yet. I do have Hermes currently sitting offshore to watch for any such actions. I've still got Singapore yet, so I don't think he'll be moving up that ways yet. More troops have been coming in at Aden, which I've been shipping out, so I'll make a point to set up a force to the north. Usually I hold Pegu and Moulmein fairly strongly. I could pull back, but I hate to have him get something for free. Maybe I'll do that, but I'll think it over. I've got time, for now. I did stuff some mines there recently. Speaking of... one of his ships hit a mine at Tanabe, in Japan proper, laid by the mighty Argonaut. Last turn, they're getting swept, so that was a one-trick pony.

LargeSlowTarget -> RE: Getting Bottlenecked: SierraJuliet (J) vs Mundy (A) (1/26/2018 9:53:32 PM)
There are usually two flanks - I think Hans is talking about the Eastern one.

Mundy -> RE: Getting Bottlenecked: SierraJuliet (J) vs Mundy (A) (1/27/2018 1:22:21 AM)
Yeah, probably. 21 January 1942 Lots of ships coming in. I'm getting about 3-4 xAKs a day at Panama, which I send to San Francisco. Likewise, I average about one xAP per day in East US, which heads for the West Coast. I'll be set to deal stuff out when the time comes. Rabaul swept Port Moresby. All my planes are dedicated to escort right now, so no fight. KB was sighted last turn up near Manus Island, heading NE. Nobody's made a run for Lae since I hit them. Singapore and Bataan are getting bombed constantly now. He's mostly likely going for the supply hits while hitting the airfields. My subs near Japan actually got hits last turn. They only can seem to do this by surfacing, using their guns and sending about 20 torpedoes their way. Whatever works... quote: Submarine attack near Hamamatsu= at 111,61 Japanese Ships xAK Yamazato Maru Allied Ships SS Bonita xAK Yamazato Maru is sighted by SS Bonita SS Bonita launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Yamazato Maru --------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Hamamatsu= at 111,61 Japanese Ships xAK Nitiran Maru, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Bonita, hits 1 xAK Nitiran Maru is sighted by SS Bonita SS Bonita attacking xAK Nitiran Maru on the surface Crichlow, I F decides to submerge SS Bonita due to damage --------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Kumano at 106,66 Japanese Ships xAK Chitose Maru #2, Shell hits 3 Allied Ships SS Searaven~ xAK Chitose Maru #2 is sighted by SS Searaven~ SS Searaven~ attacking xAK Chitose Maru #2 on the surface Aylward, T C decides to submerge SS Searaven~ due to damage Indomitable left Aden and is enroute to Pearl via Cape Town and Panama. I want at least 6 carriers before I hit the Marshalls. I'll swap their air groups out for USMC squadrons. Probably one VMSB and two VMFs, if I can squeeze them all on. I want to use these two RN carriers before they get withdrawn later this year. One Indian division plus extras is loading up at Diamond Harbor. I'll use them to beef up Pegu. I want to keep a presence scattered around the southern Indian coast, in case his offensive takes him this way. There's probably a division worth of Australians leaving Aden, who will also eventually ship there.

Mundy -> RE: Getting Bottlenecked: SierraJuliet (J) vs Mundy (A) (1/28/2018 2:45:00 PM)
23 January 1942 I'm getting lots of 5th AF squadrons showing up in the Eastern US. Once they're gathered up, I'll get a big convoy out to Australia with them. That should solve the anemic air situation there. At least part of KB is starting to cruise down the Java Sea, NE of Palembang. They kill some transports which were there. Defending Buffalos didn't stop this. quote: Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Palembang at 48,91 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 30 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero-Reisen x 21 B5N2 Kate-Kankoh x 50 D3A1 Val-Kanbaku x 41 Allied aircraft Buffalo I x 13 Japanese aircraft losses B5N2 Kate-Kankoh: 1 damaged D3A1 Val-Kanbaku: 8 damaged Allied aircraft losses Buffalo I: 3 destroyed Allied Ships xAP Van Spilbergen, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage AMc MMS B, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk PG Dragonfly, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage xAP Van Imhoff, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk xAP Van Rees, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk AMc MMS C, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk xAP Van Neck, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk xAP Van Overstraten, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage AMc MMS D, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk xAP Van den Bosch, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage xAP Van Lansberge, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk AMc MMS A, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk PG Grasshopper, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 7 x D3A1 Val-Kanbaku releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 25 x B5N2 Kate-Kankoh launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp 25 x B5N2 Kate-Kankoh launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp 12 x D3A1 Val-Kanbaku releasing from 1000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 4 x D3A1 Val-Kanbaku releasing from 1000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 13 x D3A1 Val-Kanbaku releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 5 x D3A1 Val-Kanbaku releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb CAP engaged: No.21 Sqn RAAF with Buffalo I (8 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (8 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 8 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000. Raid is overhead No.488 Sqn RAF' with Buffalo I (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000. Raid is overhead Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAP Van Spilbergen Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAP Van Rees Heavy smoke from fires obscuring PG Dragonfly Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAP Van Overstraten Heavy smoke from fires obscuring PG Grasshopper I'm guessing KB is split down the middle between here and the Rabaul area. I see another group some 7-8 hexes NE of Lae, probably guarding a convoy. My planes will probably take a shot within the next few turns. This has been going on in North China. All my units here are static, so I can't do much about it. A few hexes north, I have a larger stack, but likewise all static. He tried an attack once, some time ago, but failed, so he's just bombarding now. All my static units are pretty much on the periphery. Many up in the far north, and others in the Canton area. quote: Ground combat at 91/48 (91,48) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 14212 troops, 176 guns, 36 vehicles, Assault Value = 706 Defending force 14601 troops, 96 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 572 Japanese ground losses: Guns lost 1 (1 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: 2nd Ind.Mixed Brigade 32nd Division 12th Tank Regiment 15th Tank Regiment 28th RGC Temp./2nd Regiment 10th Mortar Battalion Defending units: 3rd Guerilla 51st Chinese Army Corps 57th Chinese Army~ Corps #Administration

Mundy -> RE: Getting Bottlenecked: SierraJuliet (J) vs Mundy (A) (1/30/2018 10:51:20 PM)
24 January 1942 A few oopses this turn. My SB2Us at Port Moresby flew far to hit some ships and got smacked. Their count is down, so I'll heal up what's left and convert them to SBD-2s, as I have a ton of them in the pool. Vindicator pool is empty right now. quote: Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Madang-Alexishafen at 98,122 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero-Reisen x 13 Allied aircraft SB2U-3 Vindicator x 15 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses SB2U-3 Vindicator: 7 destroyed CAP engaged: Hiryu-1 with A6M2 Zero-Reisen (13 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 13 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000. Raid is overhead Japanese troops magically arrived at Pegu and took a shot and got beat off. I'm guessing the Yokosuka 1st are paras. Everyone at Moulmein is headed north. He has a single unit in the hex E of Pegu, so I won't worry about them. Viper force arrived at Rangoon and is headed east. Yeah... you were right, guys. I'll still be able to pack Burma with troops in the next few weeks. I'll still need enough to guard India's shores. Learning from my game with KenchiSulla, I'll keep a good guard around Calcutta. quote: Ground combat at Pegu (55,53) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 78 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 10 Defending force 2122 troops, 46 guns, 60 vehicles, Assault Value = 74 Japanese adjusted assault: 0 Allied adjusted defense: 10 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 99 (fort level 1) Combat modifiers Defender: preparation(-), fatigue(-), morale(-), experience(-) Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-) Japanese ground losses: 83 casualties reported Squads: 8 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled) Assaulting units: Yokosuka 1st SNLF /2 Defending units: Rangoon BAF~ Battalion 4th Burma Rifles' Battalion B Sqn 3rd Hussars~ Regiment 85th British AT Gun Regiment

Mundy -> RE: Getting Bottlenecked: SierraJuliet (J) vs Mundy (A) (2/1/2018 12:50:11 AM)
25 January 1942 Losses Madang-Alexishafen (98,122) It looks like CARDIV 5 is hanging out a few hexes from Palembang. Too bad I didn't have all my carriers here. quote: Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Billiton at 52,92 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 2,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero-Reisen x 48 Allied aircraft Buffalo I x 22 139WH-3 x 16 B-339D x 22 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Buffalo I: 10 destroyed 139WH-3: 2 destroyed, 7 damaged 139WH-3: 1 destroyed by flak B-339D: 7 destroyed B-339D: 1 destroyed by flak Japanese Ships CV Zuikaku CV Shokaku BB Kongo Aircraft Attacking: 2 x 139WH-3 bombing from 1000 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 300 kg SAP Bomb 4 x 139WH-3 bombing from 1000 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 300 kg SAP Bomb 3 x 139WH-3 bombing from 1000 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 300 kg SAP Bomb 3 x 139WH-3 bombing from 1000 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 300 kg SAP Bomb CAP engaged: Shokaku-1 with A6M2 Zero-Reisen (6 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 29070. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 15 minutes Zuikaku-1 with A6M2 Zero-Reisen (6 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 5000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 8000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 8 minutes Ryujo-1 with A6M2 Zero-Reisen (4 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 5000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 7000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 21 minutes --------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Billiton at 52,92 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 22 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero-Reisen x 35 Allied aircraft 139WH-3 x 2 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses 139WH-3: 1 destroyed Japanese Ships BB Kongo Aircraft Attacking: 2 x 139WH-3 bombing from 1000 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 300 kg SAP Bomb CAP engaged: Shokaku-1 with A6M2 Zero-Reisen (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 11 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 21105. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 57 minutes Zuikaku-1 with A6M2 Zero-Reisen (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling) 8 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 5000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 11000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes Ryujo-1 with A6M2 Zero-Reisen (2 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 5000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 52 minutes --------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Billiton at 52,92 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 18 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero-Reisen x 35 Allied aircraft 139WH-3 x 4 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses 139WH-3: 3 destroyed CAP engaged: Shokaku-1 with A6M2 Zero-Reisen (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 10 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 1000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes Zuikaku-1 with A6M2 Zero-Reisen (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 5 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 5000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 11000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes Ryujo-1 with A6M2 Zero-Reisen (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 5000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes I'm busy evacuating civilians and some military units from Sabang. Betties got one transport, but I'm hoping they'll be loaded and gone before tomorrow. Two battleships arrived on-map from Panama. Idaho and, I think, Mississippi. Destroyers are heading out to escort them back. Probably a few weeks until Colorado is out of the yard. The battlewagons I have at Pearl, I'm trying to get repaired enough to send to the states, freeing up the drydocks. They can only manage from 5 - 13 kts as it is now.

IdahoNYer -> RE: Getting Bottlenecked: SierraJuliet (J) vs Mundy (A) (2/2/2018 9:09:47 PM)
Mundy - Enjoying your AAR and seeing this mod "in action". Question - what is the advantage to evacuating civilians to the Allied cause? or just historical flavor?

Mundy -> RE: Getting Bottlenecked: SierraJuliet (J) vs Mundy (A) (2/2/2018 11:11:17 PM)
No real advantage. Just flavor. Last time up, LST was chewing me out for leaving them to their fate. Of course, if I pack thousands of them into somewhere like Townsville, it will be that much tougher to take. They were already bunging up my prior opponents invasions as it was.

Mundy -> RE: Getting Bottlenecked: SierraJuliet (J) vs Mundy (A) (2/5/2018 12:46:44 AM)
28 January 1942 Steve's making his moves. Amphibious landings happen at Kalidjati. Probably explains KBs presence here. My planes make some pathetic attack attempts, but fail. quote: Amphibious Assault at Kalidjati (50,99) TF 35 troops unloading over beach at Kalidjati, 50,99 Japanese ground losses: 23 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled 12 troops of a SNLF HMG Section lost overboard during unload of Sasebo 8th SNLF 12 troops of a SNLF Inf Squad 41 accidentally lost during unload of Sasebo 8th SNLF 10 Support troops lost in surf during unload of Sasebo 8th SNLF /2 --------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Kalidjati (50,99) TF 67 troops unloading over beach at Kalidjati, 50,99 --------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Kalidjati (50,99) TF 85 troops unloading over beach at Kalidjati, 50,99 --------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Kalidjati (50,99) TF 509 troops unloading over beach at Kalidjati, 50,99 Japanese ground losses: 12 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled 12 troops of a IJA Inf Squad 41 lost in surf during unload of 31ID II./124th Inf Bn --------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Kalidjati (50,99) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 18 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships CA Atago xAK Johore Maru 75mm Field Gun battery firing at xAK Johore Maru --------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Kalidjati (50,99) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 11 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships CA Maya PB Shotoku Maru PB Eiko Maru PB Chosa Maru xAK Zyuyo Maru Allied ground losses: 6 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled CA Maya firing at 2nd KNIL Regiment PB Shotoku Maru fired at enemy troops PB Eiko Maru fired at enemy troops PB Chosa Maru fired at enemy troops --------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Kalidjati (50,99) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 8 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships CA Chokai DD Asagiri DD Isonami xAK Midori Maru Allied ground losses: 17 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled DD Asagiri firing at 2nd KNIL Regiment --------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Kalidjati (50,99) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 9 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships CA Suzuya PB Sonan Maru #6 xAK Sanura Maru PB Sonan Maru #6 fired at enemy troops --------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Kalidjati (50,99) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 16 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships PB Sonan Maru #6 xAK Sanura Maru PB Sonan Maru #6 fired at enemy troops --------------------------------------------- Pre-Invasion action off Kalidjati (50,99) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 88 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships CA Atago xAK Johore Maru E Ishigaki Japanese ground losses: 33 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 132 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 19 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled CA Atago firing at 2nd KNIL Regiment Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 5,000 yards Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards --------------------------------------------- Pre-Invasion action off Kalidjati (50,99) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 56 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships CA Maya PB Shotoku Maru PB Eiko Maru PB Chosa Maru xAK Zyuyo Maru Japanese ground losses: 12 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 130 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled CA Maya firing at 2nd KNIL Regiment PB Shotoku Maru fired at enemy troops PB Eiko Maru fired at enemy troops PB Chosa Maru fired at enemy troops Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 5,000 yards Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 1,000 yards --------------------------------------------- Pre-Invasion action off Kalidjati (50,99) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 45 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships CA Chokai DD Isonami xAK Midori Maru DD Asagiri Japanese ground losses: 29 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 103 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 11 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled CA Chokai firing at 2nd KNIL Regiment DD Isonami firing at 2nd KNIL Regiment DD Isonami fired at enemy troops Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 4,000 yards Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 1,000 yards --------------------------------------------- Pre-Invasion action off Kalidjati (50,99) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 53 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships CA Suzuya PB Sonan Maru #6 xAK Sanura Maru E PB-46 (Yugao) Japanese ground losses: 10 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 23 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled CA Suzuya firing at 2nd KNIL Regiment PB Sonan Maru #6 fired at enemy troops Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 5,000 yards Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 1,000 yards quote: Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Kalidjati at 52,98 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero-Reisen x 44 Allied aircraft 139WH-3 x 3 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses 139WH-3: 2 destroyed CAP engaged: Ryujo-1 with A6M2 Zero-Reisen (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000. Raid is overhead Akagi-1 with A6M2 Zero-Reisen (6 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 22 minutes Zuikaku-1 with A6M2 Zero-Reisen (6 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 5000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes Zuiho-1 with A6M2 Zero-Reisen (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 5000 , scrambling fighters to 7000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes quote: Morning Air attack on TF, near Kalidjati at 50,99 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero-Reisen x 15 Allied aircraft 139WH-3 x 9 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses 139WH-3: 5 destroyed CAP engaged: 3rd Ku S-1 Det B' with A6M2 Zero-Reisen (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 2000 , scrambling fighters to 9000. Raid is overhead Shokaku-1 with A6M2 Zero-Reisen (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 7000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 7000. Raid is overhead Ryujo-1 with A6M2 Zero-Reisen (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000. Raid is overhead Zuiho-1 with A6M2 Zero-Reisen (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 5000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 5000. Raid is overhead --------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Kalidjati at 50,99 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero-Reisen x 43 Allied aircraft 139WH-3 x 13 B-339D x 1 CW-21B Demon x 6 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses 139WH-3: 6 destroyed, 1 damaged 139WH-3: 1 destroyed by flak B-339D: 1 destroyed CW-21B Demon: 4 destroyed Japanese Ships BB Fuso BB Yamashiro BB Hiei Aircraft Attacking: 4 x 139WH-3 bombing from 1000 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 300 kg SAP Bomb 3 x 139WH-3 bombing from 1000 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 300 kg SAP Bomb 2 x 139WH-3 bombing from 1000 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 300 kg SAP Bomb CAP engaged: 3rd Ku S-1 Det B' with A6M2 Zero-Reisen (9 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (9 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 9 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 2000 , scrambling fighters to 9000. Raid is overhead 3 planes vectored on to bombers Shokaku-1 with A6M2 Zero-Reisen (18 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (18 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 18 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 7000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 7000. Raid is overhead 4 planes vectored on to bombers Ryujo-1 with A6M2 Zero-Reisen (8 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (8 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 8 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000. Raid is overhead 4 planes vectored on to bombers Zuiho-1 with A6M2 Zero-Reisen (8 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (8 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 8 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 5000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 5000. Raid is overhead 4 planes vectored on to bombers --------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Kalidjati at 50,99 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero-Reisen x 34 Allied aircraft Buffalo I x 12 139WH-3 x 2 B-339D x 2 CW-21B Demon x 6 CW-22 Falcon x 4 L-212 x 4 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Buffalo I: 1 destroyed B-339D: 1 destroyed CW-21B Demon: 3 destroyed CW-22 Falcon: 1 destroyed L-212: 1 destroyed L-212: 1 destroyed by flak Japanese Ships CL Oi CL Naka xAK Iwaki Maru Aircraft Attacking: 2 x 139WH-3 bombing from 1000 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 300 kg SAP Bomb 2 x CW-22 Falcon bombing from 1000 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 50 kg GP Bomb 3 x L-212 bombing from 1000 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 50 kg GP Bomb CAP engaged: 3rd Ku S-1 Det B' with A6M2 Zero-Reisen (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 2000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 9000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes Shokaku-1 with A6M2 Zero-Reisen (9 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 9 plane(s) intercepting now. 8 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 7000 , scrambling fighters to 1000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 52 minutes Ryujo-1 with A6M2 Zero-Reisen (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 1000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 80 minutes Zuiho-1 with A6M2 Zero-Reisen (8 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 8 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 5000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 5000. Raid is overhead I'm pulling what troops, planes and civilians I can from Soerabaja. I've a ton of xAKL I need to get out to help the rest of my war effort. I expected Kalidjati to be a landing site, so I have some troops there, but not enough. Mines were also seeded there, but he's already clearing them. Subic Bay falls.

Mundy -> RE: Getting Bottlenecked: SierraJuliet (J) vs Mundy (A) (2/7/2018 12:16:37 AM)
30 January 1942 Losses 57,90 (near Pontianak) Hollandia Kalidjati Stuff's falling quickly. He took his first shot at Bataan. Despite the odds, I came off worse. quote: Ground combat at Bataan / Corregidor (78,77) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 57122 troops, 713 guns, 583 vehicles, Assault Value = 2218 Defending force 75134 troops, 1121 guns, 533 vehicles, Assault Value = 2319 Japanese adjusted assault: 1563 Allied adjusted defense: 2175 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 3) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), preparation(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 3616 casualties reported Squads: 5 destroyed, 92 disabled Non Combat: 69 destroyed, 92 disabled Engineers: 57 destroyed, 51 disabled Guns lost 13 (1 destroyed, 12 disabled) Vehicles lost 81 (9 destroyed, 72 disabled) Units destroyed 1 Allied ground losses: 5663 casualties reported Squads: 99 destroyed, 367 disabled Non Combat: 30 destroyed, 211 disabled Engineers: 12 destroyed, 65 disabled Guns lost 159 (40 destroyed, 119 disabled) Vehicles lost 52 (12 destroyed, 40 disabled) Assaulting units: 20th Ind Engineer Regiment 3rd Ind Engineer Regiment 4th Tank Regiment 4th Division 1st Ind Engineer Regiment 2ITB 2nd Tank Regiment 8th Tank Regiment 65th Brigade 19th Ind Engineer Regiment 21st Ind Engineer Regiment 21st Division 48th Division 16th Division 2TD 7th Tank Regiment 2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 2nd Mortar Battalion 8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment 14th' Army 9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment 20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion 15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 17th Medium Field Artillery Regiment Defending units: 91st PA Infantry Division Philippine Scout Division 1st PA Constabulary Regiment 71st PA Infantry Division 192nd Tank Battalion 11th PA Infantry Division 2nd PA Constabulary Regiment 4th PA Constabulary Regiment 1st PA Infantry Division 4th Marine~ Regiment 51st PA Infantry Division Manila Bay Defenses 31st PA Infantry Division 41st PA Infantry Division 194th Tank Battalion 21st PA Infantry Division 2nd PA Constblry HW Regiment Mariveles USN Base Force Provisional AT Grp 803rd Aviation Engineer Battalion Prov. Naval Rifle Battalion 200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment Nichols Field AAF Base Force 201st PA Construction Battalion COMSUBAF' 301st PA Field Artillery Regiment 301st Construction Battalion I Philippine Corps Asiatic Fleet~ II Philippine Corps 1st Marine AA Battalion 16th Naval Dist.~ 4th Avn Sup 202nd PA Construction Battalion Far East USAAF~ USAFFE 11th Avn Sup Clark Field AAF Base Force Station CAST' I realize I never evacuated Station CAST. I thought I pulled them out earlier. Oops... I should have pulled them instead of MacArthur. Other than that, the usual air attacks at Singapore, Bataan and around China. I quit the CAP at Liuchow, as I-15s don't match up well against Oscars.

Mundy -> RE: Getting Bottlenecked: SierraJuliet (J) vs Mundy (A) (2/11/2018 12:21:51 AM)
01 February 1942 Another month. Enemy ashore at Manado last turn. Curiously, they just bombarded this turn. Steve got a bit carless with the timing of his troops crossing into Singapore. A single unit came over and got burned. I probably should have counterattacked... quote: Ground combat at Singapore (50,84) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 11968 troops, 166 guns, 102 vehicles, Assault Value = 467 Defending force 51838 troops, 596 guns, 679 vehicles, Assault Value = 1017 Japanese adjusted assault: 0 Allied adjusted defense: 2581 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 99 (fort level 3) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), experience(-) Attacker: shock(+) Japanese ground losses: 4809 casualties reported Squads: 93 destroyed, 308 disabled Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 65 disabled Engineers: 40 destroyed, 24 disabled Guns lost 61 (4 destroyed, 57 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: 18th Division 18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 31st Field AA Battalion Defending units: 2nd Malay~ Battalion 1st Hyderabad Battalion 11th Indian Division 9ID 22nd Indian Brigade 1st Mysore Battalion 1st Manchester Battalion 1st Malay~ Battalion 2/17 Dogra Battalion 5/14th Punjab Battalion 3rd Cavalry Regiment SSVF~ Brigade 2nd Gordons Battalion 9ID 12th Indian Brigade Singapore Base Force 111th RAF Adv Base Force 22nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment 109th RAF Adv Base Force 3rd Heavy~ AA Regiment 24th NZ Pioneer Coy AHQ Far East~ 113th RAF Adv Base Force 1st ISF Base Force 2nd HK&S Heavy AA Regiment 9ID Det 80th AT Gun Regiment 1st Indian Heavy AA Regiment Singapore Fortress Malayan Air Wing~ 1st HK&S Heavy AA Regiment 109th RN Base Force 224 Group RAF Malaya Command~ 112th RAF Adv Base Force 3rd HK&S Light AA Regiment 223 Group RAF 110th RAF Adv Base Force III Indian ABDACOM~ 9ID 5th Field Regiment Several units and some ground forces for the 5th AF are shipping to Australia from Pearl. I'll get more going as soon as more transports arrive there. I need to make up my deficiency of fighters in-country. Recon P-38s are shipping form the states. I definitely need more base forces as what's in Australia won't cut it. One real battle in China, SE of Canton, I think. Other hexes were bombarded, but that's it. quote: Ground combat at 78/58 (78,58) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 2584 troops, 16 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 123 Defending force 51 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3 Japanese adjusted assault: 130 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 130 to 1 (fort level 1) Japanese forces CAPTURE 78/58 !!! Combat modifiers Defender: Attacker: leaders(+) Allied ground losses: 70 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Units destroyed 1 Assaulting units: 1st Ind.Inf.Group Defending units: #Administration Overall, I've done pretty well with the civilian evacuation thing. There are areas in the DEI I can't get to, so they're out of luck, but I've cleared the Solomons, and extended areas, like Ocean Island. There's a bunch of troops and civilians at Sabang, but I lost a bunch of ships as he's been hitting them badly. If he ever lands troops at Townsville, a giant enraged mob will be waiting.

Mundy -> RE: Getting Bottlenecked: SierraJuliet (J) vs Mundy (A) (2/14/2018 12:29:30 AM)
03 February 1943 Another month before the USN gets new planes in the pipeline. The dash-4 Wildcat is up next. Losses Aitape Los Negros I. He's still bombarding at Manado. I've got remnants trying to get out of Moulmein. They're taking their time trying to escape. I've got a solid force behind the river at Pegu. quote: Ground combat at Moulmein (55,55) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 5862 troops, 82 guns, 10 vehicles, Assault Value = 223 Defending force 5999 troops, 103 guns, 144 vehicles, Assault Value = 29 Japanese adjusted assault: 61 Allied adjusted defense: 39 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), op mode(-), preparation(-), morale(-) experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 190 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 17 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Allied ground losses: 186 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 10 disabled Vehicles lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled) Assaulting units: 55ID 55th Cavalry Regiment 55ID 112th Infantry Regiment 55ID 55th Engineer Regiment 55ID II./143rd Inf Battalion 55ID 55th Mountain Gun Regiment 21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion Defending units: 18ID 251st Recce Battalion 1st Burma Auxiliary AA Regiment 106th RAF Base Force AVG Ground Echelon~ 107th RAF Base Force 104th RAF Base Force 103rd RAF Base Force 48th Light AA Regiment Indomitable left Cape Town, bound for Panama, and then Pearl. Once both RN carriers and some of their battleships have reached Pearl, I'll kick off my early Marshalls invasion. I can probably be a bit more daring with such a move, as if KB decides to contest, they could very well be distracted by the transports and battleships in the other groups, while mine won't. In an old game I had with TreeSpider some time back, that exactly happened while I was unloading troops at Luganville. His planes went after the transports while my three carriers proceeded to completely wipe out KB. My fighter strength should also get a bump by the time that day arrives. This is still some months out yet It is tempting to try it now, while KB is embroiled in the DEI yet, but I do need to get the prep up a bit. The rest of his force crossed the strait into Singapore without any fighting happening. Clock is ticking there. Once Bataan and Singapore fall, less things I have to look at on the map.

Mundy -> RE: Getting Bottlenecked: SierraJuliet (J) vs Mundy (A) (2/16/2018 12:25:59 AM)
05 February 1942 Supply at Pearl is down to about 68,000, so I'm having to back off sending goodies around for now. It's becoming crunch time, as far as the US is concerned. Japanese troops on Java arrive at Bandoeng. Didn't notice that happen. He also holds Cheribon and Kalidjati now. Looks like he's cutting the island in two before finishing up the parts. I'm half tempted to run my ships parked at Madjene over to hit his offshore there. Don't know if KB is still about yet or not. Aircraft are accumulating at Colombo, which I'm eventually funneling towards Burma. Mostly Hurricanes (4 sq) and two of Blenheims. A couple squadrons of USAAF P-40s are currently unloading there. Static in China. Just bombardments where we co-exist. I think we're both treading lightly there for now. It's not a fun part of the map to look at right now.

Mundy -> RE: Getting Bottlenecked: SierraJuliet (J) vs Mundy (A) (2/20/2018 5:29:55 PM)
10 February 1942 Chugging along. Bandoeng falls. Nothing on Java is going to hold out long. quote: Ground combat at Bandoeng (50,100) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 13427 troops, 137 guns, 46 vehicles, Assault Value = 583 Defending force 3754 troops, 67 guns, 60 vehicles, Assault Value = 94 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1 Japanese adjusted assault: 428 Allied adjusted defense: 70 Japanese assault odds: 6 to 1 (fort level 1) Japanese forces CAPTURE Bandoeng !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), morale(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 159 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 35 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Allied ground losses: 1114 casualties reported Squads: 68 destroyed, 14 disabled Non Combat: 69 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 7 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 30 (28 destroyed, 2 disabled) Vehicles lost 60 (58 destroyed, 2 disabled) Units retreated 6 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 31ID II./124th Inf Battalion 14th Division 31ID III./124th Inf Battalion Sasebo 3rd SNLF Defending units: Mobiele Bn I Landstorm Cdo 2nd KNIL Regiment IV Landstorm Cdo Cheribon Defenses Andir ML Base Force An infrequent battle in China. Holding out so far. I've got good strength at the main chokepoints. quote: Ground combat at 89/39 (89,39) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 33355 troops, 415 guns, 116 vehicles, Assault Value = 1582 Defending force 13760 troops, 88 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 532 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2 Japanese adjusted assault: 892 Allied adjusted defense: 915 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 2) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 696 casualties reported Squads: 10 destroyed, 57 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Allied ground losses: 350 casualties reported Squads: 4 destroyed, 124 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Assaulting units: 62ID 4th Ind.Mix.' Brigade 41st Division 110th Division 37th Division 9th Ind.Mixed Brigade 6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 12th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 11th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion Tonei Hvy Gun Regiment Defending units: 115th Red Chin Div* My B-10s finally manage a hit. quote: Morning Air attack on TF, near Kalidjati at 50,99 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 6 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 2 minutes Allied aircraft 139WH-3 x 3 B-339D x 2 No Allied losses Japanese Ships DMS W-12, Bomb hits 1, on fire Aircraft Attacking: 3 x 139WH-3 bombing from 1000 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 300 kg SAP Bomb An Australian brigade is unloading at Rangoon. More artillery and support forces are loading up and on the way. I'm packing what I can into Burma. Diamond Harbor is able to dispense supply there, thanks to all my incoming supply convoys from Cape Town.

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