21 January 1942

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SierraJuliet -> 21 January 1942 (1/28/2018 12:58:19 AM)
21 January 1945 MALAYA SS S-39 is sighted and escapes at 53,79 near Kuantan. Japanese Ships xAK Izumo Maru PB Taiko Maru Japanese morning sweep on Singapore – no CAP encountered. Japanese morning Air attack on Singapore – 1 port hit, and 1 Ki-21-IIa Sally lost to flak. Allied Ships HDML Panglima, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk DD Vendetta, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage HDML-1062, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk YP Tung Wo, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage YP Kelana, Bomb hits 1, on fire AMc Rahman, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk Port hits 1 Japanese morning Air attack on Singapore – 1 port hit, and 1 Ki-21-IIa Sally lost to flak. Allied Ships HDML-1063, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk Japanese morning Air attack on Singapore – 1 port hit. Allied Ships YP Kelana, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage ML No 432, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk Mersing is occupied by the Japanese. PACIFIC SS I-7 launches 2 torpedoes at PC YP-133 at 191, 86 near Pearl Harbour and misses. SS Gudgeon launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Shinko Maru at 111,109 near Truk and misses and then dives deep. Japanese Ships xAK Shinko Maru xAK Taiko Maru xAK Teimei Maru xAK Bunzan Maru xAK Katuragi Maru DD Murasame CHINA Japanese morning sweep on Liuchow – no CAP encountered. There are fighters at the airfield, but they are not coming out to play. Japanese morning Air attacks on 57th Chinese Army~ Corps at 91,48 – 87 casualties. Japanese morning Air attack on Dongxiang – 3 airbase hits, 5 airbase supply hits and 10 runway hits. Japanese morning Air attack on Wuchow – 11 airbase hits, 7 airbase supply hits and 16 runway hits. Japanese morning Air attack on #Administration at 92,47. Japanese bombardment at 89/39 – A 12 casualties (1 engineer squad destroyed). Attacking force 6211 troops, 115 guns, 72 vehicles, Assault Value = 943 Defending force 14224 troops, 89 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 585 DEI Japanese morning Air attack on TF near Ketapang. 1 torpedo hit which is a dud. Allied Ships xAKL Minjak xAKL Sinabang Japanese afternoon Air attack on TF near Ketapang at 55,96 Allied Ships xAKL Aida, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk xAKL Luzon SS KXII is sighted at 54,88 near Singkawang. Japanese Ships DD Nowaki Allied Ships SS KXII, hits 1 Repairs completed on BB Kirishima at Cam Ranh Bay, ship returned to service Repairs completed on SS I-157 at Saigon, ship returned to service Repairs completed on CA Aoba at Truk, ship returned to service Repairs completed on CA Kako at Truk, ship returned to service Bataan / Corregidor expands port to size 4 – not sure why the Allies have burnt up supplies building this port up to the next level. Naga expands fortifications to size 1 Addu expands airfield to size 1 Hong Kong expands fortifications to size 3 Thanbyuzayat expands fortifications to size 2 DMS W-4 beginning refit in shipyard at Shanghai DMS W-5 beginning refit in shipyard at Shanghai DMS W-6 beginning refit in shipyard at Shanghai Low garrison leads to damage and 1 VP loss from partisan attack at Foochow (86, 60)! Low garrison leads to damage and 1 VP loss from partisan attack at Kiungshan (71, 61)! Low garrison leads to damage and 1 VP loss from partisan attack at Phnom Penh (58, 69)! Low garrison leads to damage and 1 VP loss from partisan attack at Legaspi (82, 82)! Low garrison leads to damage and 1 VP loss from partisan attack at Wenchow (89, 58)! HDML YP-16 is reported to have been sunk near Guam on Dec 11, 1941 xAKL Aida is reported to have been sunk near Ketapang on Jan 21, 1942 205th JAAF AF Bn arrives at Changchun Those ships sighted north of Sumatra yesterday have disappeared. Dropping off or picking up troops I now suspect. Hopefully this map shows what is going on around hex 92,47. It was recently vacated by 4 Chinese units which moved into the north west hex leaving behind an administration unit. Parachute troops from Shanghai are order to drop on the admin unit tomorrow and that should clean up this swamp hex. More importantly it should trap those 4 units and they can then be destroyed. [image]local://upfiles/31385/54FE153C7BAB42C8B9BE51BA8C104808.jpg[/image]

SierraJuliet -> 22 January 1942 (1/28/2018 12:30:23 PM)
22 January 1942 DEI SS I-156 makes certain she has a kill at 59,107 near Sepandjang. Allied Ships TK Petronella, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage Japanese morning sweep on Palembang. Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 7 Allied aircraft Buffalo I x 16 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Japanese morning sweep on Palembang. Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 9 Allied aircraft Buffalo I x 13 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Japanese afternoon Air attack on TF near Palembang at 48,91 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 PACIFIC SS I-7 has more success from 2 torpedoes at 188,92 near Pearl Harbour. Allied Ships PC YP-133, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage TF 429 encounters mine field at Rabaul – 40 mines cleared. SS Gudgeon launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Arimasan Maru at 111,109 near Truk and misses. CHINA SS Sailfish launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Kazan Maru at 93,55 near Shanghai and misses. Japanese morning sweep on Liuchow – today the Chinese fighters rise to the challenge. Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 10 Allied aircraft I-15-III x 7 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses I-15-III: 3 destroyed Japanese morning Air attacks on 57th Chinese Army~ Corps at 91,48 – 109 casualties (1 combat squad destroyed). Japanese morning Air attacks on Dongxiang – 2 airbase hits and 7 runway hits. Japanese morning Air attack on #Administration at 92,47. Japanese deliberate attack at 77,58 Attacking force 3525 troops, 44 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 162 Defending force 51 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3 Japanese adjusted assault: 154 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 154 to 1 (fort level 1) Japanese forces CAPTURE 77/58!!! Combat modifiers Defender: experience(-) Attacker: leaders(+) Japanese ground losses: 6 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 75 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Units destroyed 1 Assaulting units: 51ID 66th Infantry Regiment 20th RGC/B Division 20th RGC/C Division Defending units: #Administration Japanese bombardment at 89,39 – A 24 casualties (1 non-combat squad destroyed). Attacking force 6220 troops, 115 guns, 72 vehicles, Assault Value = 947 Defending force 14217 troops, 89 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 585 Japanese bombardment at 91/48 – J (1 gun lost) to A 21 casualties. Attacking force 14212 troops, 176 guns, 36 vehicles, Assault Value = 706 Defending force 14601 troops, 96 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 572 Japanese shock attack at 91,49 Attacking force 379 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 40 Defending force 2930 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 122 Japanese adjusted assault: 18 Allied adjusted defense: 235 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 13 (fort level 1) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), experience(-) Attacker: shock(+), leaders(+), leaders(-) Japanese ground losses: 82 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Allied ground losses: 47 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Assaulting units: 2nd Raiding Rgt /1 Defending units: 3rd Guerilla Base Force Intel reported an admin unit. Turns out to be a sizeable base force. Considering what they jumped into the parachute troops did well. Not sure how they will go tomorrow but supplies (rice balls and the like) will be flown in and hopefully that will keep them going. Relief via the ground is a couple of weeks away. If they survive the coming assault I will consider flying in more troops. PHILIPPINES Japanese afternoon Air attacks on Bataan / Corregidor – 1 airbase hit, 2 airbase supply hits and 8 runway hits + 2 Ki-27b Nate-Setsu and 1 Ki-43-ic Oscar lost to flak. SS Sturgeon is again located at 83,67 near Hengchun and dives deep to avoid the hunters. MALAYA Japanese forces CAPTURE Johore Bahru !!! BORNEO Japanese shock attack at 69,87 near Sandakan Attacking force 432 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 22 Defending force 96 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3 Japanese adjusted assault: 20 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 20 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), leaders(-), morale(-) experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: shock(+), leaders(+), leaders(-) Allied ground losses: 33 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 1st Sasebo Coy SNLF Defending units: Armed Constabulary' BURMA 58/52 is occupied by the Japanese. 35 xAKL converted PB come on line at various ports in the Home Islands. Patani expands fortifications to size 2 Great Falls expands airfield to size 2 Georgetown (Penang) expands fortifications to size 1 91/48 expands fortifications to size 2 Low garrison leads to damage and 1 VP loss from partisan attack at Foochow (86, 60)! Low garrison leads to damage and 1 VP loss from partisan attack at Kiangtu (91, 51)! Low garrison leads to damage and 1 VP loss from partisan attack at Legaspi (82, 82)! Low garrison leads to damage and 1 VP loss from partisan attack at Kuala Lumpur (49, 79)! Low garrison leads to damage and 1 VP loss from partisan attack at 88/55 (88, 55)! AMc MMS A is reported to have been sunk near Palembang on Jan 22, 1942 AMc MMS B is reported to have been sunk near Palembang on Jan 22, 1942 AMc MMS C is reported to have been sunk near Palembang on Jan 22, 1942 AMc MMS D is reported to have been sunk near Palembang on Jan 22, 1942 ML No 432 is reported to have been sunk near Singapore on Jan 21, 1942 PC YP-133 is reported to have been sunk near Pearl Harbor on Jan 22, 1942 TK Petronella is reported to have been sunk near Sepandjang on Jan 22, 1942 xAP Van Imhoff is reported to have been sunk near Palembang on Jan 22, 1942 xAP Van Lansberge is reported to have been sunk near Palembang on Jan 22, 1942 xAP Van Neck is reported to have been sunk near Palembang on Jan 22, 1942 xAP Van Rees is reported to have been sunk near Palembang on Jan 22, 1942 35th Ku T-1' arrives at Takao 68ID 58th Infantry Brigade arrives at Shanghai

SierraJuliet -> 23 January 1942 (1/29/2018 7:18:50 AM)
23 January 1941 PACIFIC SS I-25 gets a good result from 2 torpedoes launched at 213,79 near San Francisco. Allied Ships TK Gulfbreeze, Torpedo hits 1 Too be sure SS I-25 launches 6 more torpedoes and scores 1 dud. Allied Ships TK Gulfbreeze, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage PHILIPPINES Japanese morning Air attacks on Bataan / Corregidor – 4 airbase hits, 5 airbase supply hits and 20 runway hits + 1 G3M2 Nell-Chukou, 1 Ki-21-IIa Sally and 1 Ki-43-Ic Oscar lost to flak. 82/80 is occupied by the Japanese. DEI Japanese morning Air attack on TF near Sabang at 44,70 Allied Ships xAP Tairea CHINA Japanese morning Air attacks on 57th Chinese Army~ Corps at 91,48 – 5 casualties. Japanese afternoon sweep on Liuchow Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 10 Allied aircraft I-15-III x 5 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses I-15-III: 1 destroyed Japanese afternoon Air attack on Wuchow – 5 airbase hits, 4 airbase supply hits and 26 runway hits. Japanese bombardment attack at 89/39 – A 38 casualties (3 combat squad destroyed). Attacking force 6220 troops, 115 guns, 72 vehicles, Assault Value = 954 Defending force 14200 troops, 89 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 584 Japanese bombardment attack at 91,48 – J 6 casualties. Attacking force 14207 troops, 176 guns, 36 vehicles, Assault Value = 706 Defending force 14601 troops, 96 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 573 MALAYA Japanese morning Air attacks on Singapore – 6 casualties, 3 airbase hits and 7 runway hits + 1 Ki-21-IIa Sally lost to flak. AUSTRALIA Allied morning Air attack on TF near Madang-Alexishafen at 98,122 – this time I have appropriate air cover in place. Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero-Reisen x 13 Allied aircraft A-24 Banshee x 2 SB2U-3 Vindicator x 15 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses A-24 Banshee: 1 destroyed SB2U-3 Vindicator: 8 destroyed, 2 damaged Japanese Ships xAK Sinkoku Maru Allied afternoon Air attack on TF near Madang-Alexishafen Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero-Reisen x 13 Allied aircraft SB2U-3 Vindicator x 2 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses SB2U-3 Vindicator: 1 destroyed IJ troops unloading over beach at Madang-Alexishafen. BURMA Japanese forces CAPTURE Papun!!! Japanese shock attack at Pegu. A tad too excited about using parachute drops and being impetuous is not a good combination. A least I have not wasted the whole unit. 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: 16 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 99 (fort level 1) Combat modifiers Defender: preparation(-), morale(-), experience(-) Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-) Japanese ground losses: 71 casualties reported Squads: 8 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 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 xAK London Maru collides with xAK Delagoa Maru at 99, 48 – damage is not to bad, but Delagoa will need some dock time. Mare Island expands airfield to size 3 Tacoma expands port to size 6 Clark Field expands fortifications to size 2 Low garrison leads to damage and 1 VP loss from partisan attack at Foochow (86, 60)! Low garrison leads to damage and 1 VP loss from partisan attack at Kiungshan (71, 61)! Low garrison leads to damage and 1 VP loss from partisan attack at Phnom Penh (58, 69)! AMc Rahman is reported to have been sunk near Singapore on Jan 21, 1942 HDML Panglima is reported to have been sunk near Singapore on Jan 21, 1942 HDML-1062 is reported to have been sunk near Singapore on Jan 21, 1942 HDML-1063 is reported to have been sunk near Singapore on Jan 21, 1942 TK Gulfbreeze is reported to have been sunk near San Francisco on Jan 23, 1942

SierraJuliet -> 23 January 1942 (1/30/2018 10:18:03 PM)
I have been doing a review of the ACM and CM assets in this mod. To date most of the To’su class xAKL have been converted to ACM duty. A good little ship to keep 150 mines in order. I am intrigued about the net tender function that comes with the mod. The net tender function operates much like a mine having an effect of 100 (slightly better than the Type 4 at 88) and accuracy of 20 (this is by far and away the best accuracy of the Japanese mines with the Type 92 coming in next at 12). An interesting weapon and one that I do wish to employ. So which ships sport this feature. The To’su class doesn’t but the ACM versions of the Kiso (ex xAKL), the Hashima and Hatsutaka (both ex CMs) and the Toho (another ex xAKL and the reason why this was converted the ACM is lost to me) all have anti-submarine nets. Kiso appears to be the best as it also carries depth charges whereas the other 2 conversion only carry the nets. To bolster my ACM numbers and thereby create more permeant minefields conversion of more Kiso class to ACM is planned. Now, as for the CMs. Japan does start out with plenty of this type. There is even a bunch of Yusen N running around with the ability to carry more than 300 mines. Conversion back to AK is required (once they have deployed their mines) so they can haul resources. Most of the CMs which can convert to ACM will do so. These ships generally have the ability to convert to Escort in ’43 and they should be more useful in that role so that is also an option down the track. There is one class of CM (Hashima class) with the ability of deploy the type 92 mine. As mentioned before it is the most accurate Japanese mine, however, it can only be deployed by the Hashima class. It also has a build rate of 50 a month so not a big supply coming through. The Hashima class has been converted to ACM except for the lead ship of the class. The reason for doing so was the low numbers produced although on the down side the Hashima can only deploy 6 of these mines at a time. The Hirashima class is the class to deploy the Type 4 mine. There are 5 in the class and they each deploy 20 mines. I am going to group them together so that 100 mines at a time can be deployed in various locations. That leaves a group of 5 other ships capable of deploying the Type 93 mine. As they tend to deploy a lot at one time they will be used sparingly. To return then to those anti-submarine nets. Where to deploy them. The best place to put them is those ports most likely to a magnet for the Allies to attempt to mine themselves with submarines. The field is of course too big to cover. So, big well used ports versus ports not so well used but likely to be considered a good target due to likelihood of minimal defences. Any thoughts out there on good places to position these interesting looking anti-submarine nets. [image]local://upfiles/31385/EC6FB673D5114D7C94EC4E2B28BB9F72.jpg[/image]

SierraJuliet -> 24 January 1942 (2/3/2018 5:57:44 AM)
24 January 1942 PACIFIC SS I-3 scores 1 out of 2 torpedoes at 214,77 near San Francisco. Allied Ships xAK Steel Scientist, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage MALAYA Japanese morning sweep on Singapore – no CAP encountered. Japanese morning Air attacks on Singapore – 6 runway hits + 1 Ki-22-IIa Sally lost to flak. PHILIPPINES Japanese morning Air attacks on Bataan / Corregidor – 2 airbase hits, 2 airbase supply hits and 8 runway hits + 1 G4M1 Betty-Rikko lost to flak. SS Sturgeon is located and avoids the hunters at 83,67 near Hengchun. CHINA Japanese morning Air attacks on 51st Chinese Army Corps at 91,48 – 27 casualties. Japanese morning Air attacks on 3rd Guerilla at 91,48 – 6 casualties. Japanese afternoon sweep on Liuchow – no CAP encountered. Japanese afternoon Air attacks on Wuchow – 3 airbase hits, 4 airbase supply hits and 31 runway hits. Japanese bombardment attack at 89,39 – J 16 casualties (1 engineer squad destroyed) to A 17 casualties. Attacking force 6226 troops, 115 guns, 72 vehicles, Assault Value = 955 Defending force 14165 troops, 89 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 582 Japanese bombardment attack at 91,48 - A 30 casualties (1 combat squad destroyed). Attacking force 14212 troops, 176 guns, 36 vehicles, Assault Value = 706 Defending force 14588 troops, 96 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 574 DEI Japanese afternoon Air attack on TF near Sabang at 44,70 Allied Ships xAP Tabinta xAP Chilka Japanese afternoon Air attack on TF near Sabang at 44,70 Allied Ships xAP Glenartney Japanese afternoon Air attack on TF near Sabang at 44,70 Allied Ships xAP Tairea, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk xAP Chilka Allied afternoon Air attack on TF near Billiton at 52,92. *The Dutch air force is finally drawn out to do battle.* 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 Allied afternoon Air attack on TF near Billiton at 52,92 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 Allied afternoon Air attack on TF near Billiton at 52,92 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero-Reisen x 35 Allied aircraft 139WH-3 x 4 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses 139WH-3: 3 destroyed AUSTRALIA Japanese forces CAPTURE Madang-Alexishafen!!! BORNEO Japanese deliberate attack at 60,87 near Sandakan. Attacking force 432 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 22 Defending force 61 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1 Japanese adjusted assault: 21 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 21 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), morale(-), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: Allied ground losses: 72 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Units destroyed 1 Assaulting units: 1st Sasebo Coy SNLF Defending units: Armed Constabulary' BURMA Japanese Unit(s) Wiped Out at Pegu by attrition!!! The ill fated flight of parachute troops meets the expected end. 58/54 is occupied by the Japanese. Seattle expands port to size 7 Diego Garcia expands airfield to size 1 Brisbane" expands airfield to size 5 Auckland expands port to size 6 Tsiaotso expands fortifications to size 2 Chita expands airfield to size 5 Voroshilov expands airfield to size 7 DMS W-13 beginning refit in shipyard at Yokohama=+ DMS W-14 beginning refit in shipyard at Yokohama=+ Low garrison leads to damage and 1 VP loss from partisan attack at Kuala Lumpur (49, 79)! Low garrison leads to damage and 1 VP loss from partisan attack at 88/55 (88, 55)! xAP Tairea is reported to have been sunk near Sabang on Jan 24, 1942 xAK Steel Scientist is reported to have been sunk near San Francisco on Jan 24, 1942 AKL Haruta Maru' arrives at Hong Kong 82nd Naval Guard Unit arrives at Tokyo=

SierraJuliet -> 25 January 1942 (2/3/2018 6:28:56 AM)
25 January 1942 MALAYA SS KXVII launches 2 torpedoes and misses at at 53,77 near Bukit Besi-Dungun. Japanese Ships xAK Iburi Maru TB Hayabusa Allied Ships SS KXVII, hits 3 Japanese afternoon sweep on Singapore – no CAP encountered. PACIFIC SS I-6 is located and dives deep at 183,101 near Pearl Habour. She then pops up at 183,102 and unsuccessfully launches 2 torpedoes at YP Pinola before escaping. PHILIPPINES Japanese morning Air attacks on Bataan / Corregidor – 9 airbase hits, 6 airbase supply hits and 20 runway hits. Japanese bombardment at Subic Bay. Attacking force 1320 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 61 Defending force 0 troops, 14 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1 81/82 is occupied by the Japanese. CHINA Japanese morning Air attacks on 51st Chinese Army Corps at 91,48 – 16 casualties. Japanese morning sweep on Liuchow – no CAP encountered. Japanese morning Air attacks on Wuchow – 2 airbase hits, 3 airbase supply hits and 25 runway hits + 1 Ki-51a Sonia lost to flak. Japanese morning Air attack on 57th Chinese Army~ Corps at 91,48. Japanese morning and afternoon Air attacks on Dongxiang - 1 airbase hit, 2 airbase supply hits and 8 runway hits. Japanese bombardment at 89,39 – J 1 gun lost. Attacking force 6214 troops, 115 guns, 72 vehicles, Assault Value = 968 Defending force 14151 troops, 89 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 580 Japanese bombardment at 91/48 – J 8 casualties to A 21 casualties. Attacking force 14211 troops, 176 guns, 36 vehicles, Assault Value = 705 Defending force 14584 troops, 96 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 567 DEI Japanese afternoon Air attack on TF near Sabang at 44,70 Allied Ships xAP Glenartney, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage xAP Tabinta, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage xAP Takliwa, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk Allied ground losses: 859 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 152 destroyed, 79 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Vehicles lost 4 (3 destroyed, 1 disabled) Japanese afternoon Air attack on TF near Sabang at 44,70 Allied Ships xAP Chilka, Bomb hits 1, on fire Allied ground losses: 22 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Japanese afternoon Air attack on TF near Sabang at 44,70 Allied Ships xAP Chilka, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage xAP Doumer xAP Tabinta, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk Allied ground losses: 139 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 19 destroyed, 50 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled ACM Shofuku Maru #2 lays defensive minefield at Truk DD Hatsuyuki collides with CA Takao at 54 , 94 – lucky not much damage but they will return to Saigon for repair. Loyang expands port to size 1 Low garrison leads to damage and 1 VP loss from partisan attack at 88/55 (88, 55)! Low garrison leads to damage and 1 VP loss from partisan attack at 82/60 (82, 60)! SC Ch-27 arrives at Tokyo= xAP Takliwa is reported to have been sunk near Sabang on Jan 25, 1942 xAP Tabinta is reported to have been sunk near Sabang on Jan 25, 1942

SierraJuliet -> 26 January 1942 (2/3/2018 6:49:19 AM)
26 January 1942 DEI A good submarine result from 2 torpedoes launched at 60,107 near Sepandjang. Japanese Ships SS I-156, hits 1 Allied Ships xAP Lycaon, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage xAP Ormiston xAP Rangitiki xAK Momba PG Moresby KV Chevreuil~ MALAYA Japanese morning sweep on Singapore – no CAP encountered. Japanese morning Air attack on Singapore – 6 runway hits and 8 casualties + 1 Ki-21-IIa Sally lost to flak. PHILIPPINES Japanese morning Air attacks on Bataan / Corregidor – 1 airbase hit, 4 airbase supply hits and 40 runway hits + 11 casualties. Japanese bombardment at Subic Bay. Attacking force 1320 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 61 Defending force 0 troops, 14 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1 CHINA Japanese morning Air attacks on 51st Chinese Army Corps at 91,48 – 14 casualties. Japanese morning Air attack on Dongxiang - 2 airbase hits and 12 runway hits + 1 Ki-51a Sonia lost to flak. Japanese morning Air attack on 57th Chinese Army~ Corps at 91,48. Japanese morning Air attack on 3rd Guerilla Base Force at 91,49 – 7 casualties. Japanese afternoon sweep on Liuchow – no CAP encountered. Japanese afternoon Air attacks on Wuchow – 5 airbase hits, 2 airbase supply hits and 17 runway hits. Japanese bombardment at 89/39 – A 47 casualties (1 combat squad destroyed). Attacking force 6224 troops, 114 guns, 72 vehicles, Assault Value = 975 Defending force 14172 troops, 89 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 583 Japanese bombardment at 91,48 – J 8 casualties. Attacking force 14211 troops, 176 guns, 36 vehicles, Assault Value = 705 Defending force 14578 troops, 96 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 569 BURMA 56/56 is occupied by the Japanese. Repairs completed on DD Asashio at Cam Ranh Bay, ship returned to service Kwajalein Island expands airfield to size 2 Vladivostok expands port to size 7 91/44 expands airfield to size 1 71/53 expands port to size 1 Low garrison leads to damage and 1 VP loss from partisan attack at Kiungshan (71, 61)! Low garrison leads to damage and 1 VP loss from partisan attack at Legaspi (82, 82)! Low garrison leads to damage and 1 VP loss from partisan attack at 88/55 (88, 55)! Loss of DD Hamakaze on Jan 04, 1942 is admitted xAP Lycaon is reported to have been sunk near Sepandjang on Jan 26, 1942 xAKL P-5 arrives at Saigon xAKL P-83 arrives at Ominato+ Misawa Ku K-1' arrives at Chiba=

SierraJuliet -> 27 January 1942 (2/13/2018 8:14:06 AM)
27 January 1942 DEI Night Naval bombardment of Kalidjati at 50,99 Japanese Ships BB Yamashiro BB Fuso Airbase hits 6 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 16 Port hits 3 Port fuel hits 4 Port supply hits 4 Pre-Invasion action off Kalidjati Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 88 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships CA Atago xAK Johore Maru E Ishigaki 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 Pre-Invasion action off Kalidjati 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 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 Pre-Invasion action off Kalidjati Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 45 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships CA Chokai DD Isonami xAK Midori Maru DD Asagiri 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 Pre-Invasion action off Kalidjati 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) 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 Japanese morning Air attack on TF near Sabang at 44,70 Allied Ships xAP Doumer, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk xAP Indora, Torpedo hits 1, on fire Allied ground losses: 481 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 65 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 4 (2 destroyed, 2 disabled) TF 547 encounters mine field at Kalidjati – 5 mines cleared. Allied morning Air attack on TF near Kalidjati at 50,99 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero-Reisen x 15 Allied aircraft 139WH-3 x 9 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses 139WH-3: 5 destroyed Allied fternoon Air attack on TF near Kalidjati at 50,99 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 Allied afternoon Air attack on TF near Kalidjati at 50,99 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 Allied afternoon Air attack on TF near Kalidjati at 52,98 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero-Reisen x 44 Allied aircraft 139WH-3 x 3 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses 139WH-3: 2 destroyed CHINA Japanese morning sweeps on Liuchow – no CAP encountered. Japanese morning Air attacks on 51st Chinese Army Corps at 91,48 – 30 casualties (1 non-combat squad destroyed). Japanese morning Air attack on Dongxiang – 3 airbase hits, 1 airbase supply hit and 19 runway hits. Japanese morning Air attacks on Wuchow – 3 airbase hits, 2 airbase supply hits and 36 runway hits + 1 Ki-51a Sonia lost to flak. Japanese morning Air attack on 57th Chinese Army~ Corps at 91,48 - Japanese bombardment attack at 77,57. Attacking force 2778 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 145 Defending force 5836 troops, 43 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 217 Japanese bombardment attack at 89,39. Attacking force 6229 troops, 114 guns, 72 vehicles, Assault Value = 983 Defending force 14149 troops, 89 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 580 Japanese bombardment attack at 91,48 – J 6 casualties. Attacking force 14210 troops, 176 guns, 36 vehicles, Assault Value = 704 Defending force 14553 troops, 96 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 566 MALAYA Japanese morning sweep on Singapore – no CAP encountered. Japanese morning Air attacks on Singapore – 2 airbase hits and 11 runway hits. PHILIPPINES Japanese morning Air attacks on Bataan / Corregidor - 6 airbase hits, 1 airbase supply hit and 30 runway hits + 1 G4M1 Betty-Rikko lost to flak. Japanese deliberate attack at Subic Bay. Attacking force 1320 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 61 Defending force 0 troops, 14 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1 Japanese adjusted assault: 27 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 27 to 1 (fort level 3) Japanese forces CAPTURE Subic Bay!!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), experience(-) Attacker: leaders(-) Japanese ground losses: 61 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: Guns lost 20 (20 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units destroyed 1 Assaulting units: 24SBF Sasebo 1st' Naval Guard Unit Defending units: Fort Wint 83/84 is occupied by the Japanese PO1 Abe O. of Ryujo-1 is credited with kill number 5 PO1 Abe O. of Ryujo-1 attains ace status!! PO1 Okano P. of Ryujo-1 is credited with kill number 5 PO1 Okano P. of Ryujo-1 attains ace status!! The first two Japanese aces are announced. And would you credit that little CVL Ryujo has the honour of hosting not 1 but 2 aces. One up for the unheralded but important junior carriers. Pago Pago expands airfield to size 1 Darwin expands port to size 3 Perth - Fremantle expands airfield to size 5 Port Moresby expands port to size 2 Chengchow expands port to size 3 Kweilin expands port to size 1 Abadan expands airfield to size 6 87/41 expands port to size 1 Low garrison leads to damage and 1 VP loss from partisan attack at Kiungshan (71, 61)! Low garrison leads to damage and 1 VP loss from partisan attack at Kuala Lumpur (49, 79)! Low garrison leads to damage and 1 VP loss from partisan attack at 88/55 (88, 55)! xAP Doumer is reported to have been sunk near Sabang on Jan 27, 1942

Anomander Rake -> RE: 27 January 1942 (2/13/2018 9:03:45 AM)
How many resources do you have in Japan at this time?

SierraJuliet -> RE: 27 January 1942 (2/13/2018 11:31:39 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Anomander Rake How many resources do you have in Japan at this time? Way, way less than I feel comfortable about. I have been using the HI figure as my index on how well I am keeping resources coming into Japan. On 8 December 1941 I had 52 586 HI in the stockpile. This figure continued to rise on a daily basis until a high of 100 226 was achieved on 29 December 1941. Then it went into free fall. On 24 January 1942 it hit a low of 36 135!!! From there it has started to rise again although it is fragile process. Currently we are at 2 February 1942 and it has moved on up to 43 889. A bottleneck in getting resources into Japan? I certainly think so. Part of the issue is me simply getting my head around the enormity of moving the bountiful stocks of resources outside of Japan back to Japan in a timely manner. Coupled with this is the mass of shipping at game start which is employed transporting masses of troops hither and yon. I am getting cargo ships into the resources transport role and this has helped to stem the tide. The other issue is the prodigious resources gobbling monsters at Tokyo and Osaka. Due to the fickle nature of resources available I regularly have reports of HI and Supply production failures at these two centres. Getting the convoy system up and running to address this issue has kept me well occupied. Getting the HI stock pile to a stage of strong growth will be a welcome relief... I hope. You might wonder too just how much HI I am using up with express ship building. At present I only have two accelerated ships. They are Taiho and Shinano. Shinano as per LST instructions to accelerate until she arrives to negate the lower HI expenditure once she does arrive. For the time being Yamato and Musashi are both halted until HI looks better. Perhaps there are other things I should be doing to improve HI accumulation but these are the main things going on a present.

SierraJuliet -> 28 January 1942 (2/14/2018 12:01:58 AM)
28 January 1942 DEI TF 547 encounters mine field at Kalidjati – 13 mines cleared. Japanese Ships AMc Seki Maru #3- AMc Fumi Maru #2 YP _Futagami, Mine hits 1, heavy damage Night Naval bombardment of Kalidjati at 50,99 Japanese Ships BB Hyuga BB Ise Airbase hits 5 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 9 Port hits 5 Port supply hits 1 Allied morning Air attack on TF near Kalidjati at 50,99 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero-Reisen x 17 Allied aircraft Buffalo I x 6 139WH-3 x 6 CW-22 Falcon x 3 L-212 x 4 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Buffalo I: 2 destroyed 139WH-3: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged CW-22 Falcon: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged L-212: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged Japanese Ships CL Kitakami CL Natori CL Naka xAK Azumasan Maru Allied morning Air attack on TF near Kalidjati at 50,99 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero-Reisen x 7 Allied aircraft 139WH-3 x 3 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses 139WH-3: 2 destroyed Allied morning Air attack on TF near Kalidjati at 50,99 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero-Reisen x 4 Allied aircraft Buffalo I x 2 139WH-3 x 2 B-339D x 1 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses 139WH-3: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged Japanese Ships BB Hiei Allied afternoon Air attack on TF near Kalidjati at 50,99 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero-Reisen x 15 Allied aircraft 139WH-3 x 3 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses 139WH-3: 2 destroyed AUSTRALIA IJ Troops unloading over beach at Hollandia. Japanese forces CAPTURE Wewak!!! BORNEO TF 412 encounters mine field at Sambas – 32 mines cleared. CHINA Japanese morning sweep on Liuchow. Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 10 Allied aircraft I-15-III x 11 Hawk 75M x 3 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses I-15-III: 2 destroyed Japanese morning Air attack on 3rd Guerilla Base Force at 91,49 – 12 casualties. Japanese morning and afternoon Air attacks on Dongxiang – 1 airbase hit and 4 runway hits. Japanese bombardment attack at 77,57 Attacking force 2778 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 145 Defending force 5851 troops, 43 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 217 Japanese bombardment attack at 89,39 – J 5 casualties to A 16 casualties (1 gun lost). Attacking force 6229 troops, 114 guns, 72 vehicles, Assault Value = 984 Defending force 14159 troops, 89 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 580 Japanese bombardment attack – J 13 casualties to A 14 casualties. Attacking force 14227 troops, 176 guns, 36 vehicles, Assault Value = 706 Defending force 14572 troops, 96 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 570 MALAYA Japanese morning Air attack on Singapore – 3 airbase hits and 3 runway hits + 1 G4M1 Betty-Rikko and 1 Ki-21-IIa Sally lost to flak. Batu Pahat is occupied by the Japanese. PHILIPPINES Japanese morning Air attacks on Bataan / Corregidor - 2 airbase hits, 1 airbase supply hit and 24 runway hits. BURMA Japanese forces CAPTURE 53/61!!! YP _Futagami sinks at sea Manila expands fortifications to size 2 Canberra expands airfield to size 3 Wagga Wagga expands airfield to size 3 Kweiyang expands port to size 1 Sian expands airfield to size 2 Low garrison leads to damage and 1 VP loss from partisan attack at Kiungshan (71, 61)! Low garrison leads to damage and 1 VP loss from partisan attack at Phnom Penh (58, 69)! 33rd Ku T-1' arrives at Oita#

Anomander Rake -> RE: 28 January 1942 (2/14/2018 8:17:43 AM)
quote: Yamato and Musashi are both halted until HI looks better. You use naval shipyard points to build warships not HI points. When you want save HI points you should stopped different industries (like N/M shipyard, engines etc...). Don't specific ships. It doesn't help to HI points. quote: Then it went into free fall. The drop in production was due to the lack of resources. You also use fuel to HI production but this isn't problem at start for Japan. Your LI in Japan propably also were stoped because lack of resources.

SierraJuliet -> RE: 28 January 1942 (2/14/2018 10:01:13 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Anomander Rake quote: Yamato and Musashi are both halted until HI looks better. You use naval shipyard points to build warships not HI points. When you want save HI points you should stopped different industries (like N/M shipyard, engines etc...). Don't specific ships. It doesn't help to HI points. quote: Then it went into free fall. The drop in production was due to the lack of resources. You also use fuel to HI production but this isn't problem at start for Japan. Your LI in Japan propably also were stoped because lack of resources. I still have to get a better understanding of shipyards. I have probably got muddled thinking on HI and ships from tracker indicating how much HI is used up to accelerate individual ship construction. Time, I think, to go and do some ship building refresher reading and hunt down some threads on the topic. I shall also go through air craft building and shipyards and see what is producing. I know I turned a bunch of things off once the free fall started but haven't checked on them for a bit. Yes lack of resources is definitely the problem. Has been affecting supply production but given the good stock pile of supply this is not near so aggravating a problem as HI production. Fuel, like you say, is also not an issue. On a brighter note HI jumped by over 4000 on our latest turn and with a bunch of resource convoys Home Island bound the situation is looking rosier.

Anomander Rake -> RE: 28 January 1942 (2/14/2018 12:36:12 PM)
quote: I still have to get a better understanding of shipyards. It's easy. HI->NS(or MS or other industries)->ships (or engines, tanks etc...) When you stop or accelerate ships this affect only on NS (or MS). When you stop or build NS this affect on HI. HI need fuel and resources, NS need HI points and ships needs shipyard points (Warships respectively NS, merchants MS). quote: Has been affecting supply production but given the good stock pile of supply this is not near so aggravating a problem as HI production. It depends on how much you use your supplies. I use and need it very much. In my opinion you should adapted some mod patch to improve availability of resources.

LargeSlowTarget -> RE: 28 January 1942 (2/14/2018 4:44:23 PM)
quote: In my opinion you should adapted some mod patch to improve availability of resources. Mundy and SierraJuliet are playing with an early version of Bottlenecks. In v1.1. - and after PM discussion with Anomander Rake - I have increased the starting resources stockpiles in the HI. However, more resource centers have been moved from the HI to the colonies and the SRA, since the ratio of resource generation at home and resource imports was heavily in favor of "home grown" resources - which is odd since Japan is resource-poor and needed to import most of their stuff. In short, even more shipping will be required for resource imports, but the timeframe provided to get convoys organized will be longer.

Falken -> RE: 28 January 1942 (2/15/2018 12:34:28 AM)
Hi LST, Did I read somewhere (god.. i'm reading way too many AARs :) :) ) that you have a v1.2 built? is it up for download, or is it still considered Beta? I think i've read of some fixes in 1.2, but wasn't sure Dave...

LargeSlowTarget -> RE: 28 January 1942 (2/15/2018 7:57:15 AM)
Hi Dave, I have changed my naming convention to keep it coherent. The available version is the "1.1. Beta", so what I referred to as "v1.2" will be "1.1. Official release" when it is ready. Between my PBEM and the new "Railway Empire" game I haven't found the time for playtesting the latest "build", sorry.

Anomander Rake -> RE: 28 January 1942 (2/15/2018 8:05:58 AM)
quote: I have increased the starting resources stockpiles in the HI. However, more resource centers have been moved from the HI to the colonies and the SRA We (I and Dave) are playing with version where are more resource center in DEI etc (existing centers are larger). The use of cargo ship is very large. Even worries me a little in the context of my fuel. It also creates additional problems with ports and engineers units. Everything is very nice. quote: Mundy and SierraJuliet are playing with an early version of Bottlenecks. Yes, I know. But is possible to making a few changes during the game.

SierraJuliet -> RE: 28 January 1942 (2/15/2018 8:35:10 AM)
quote: HI->NS(or MS or other industries)->ships (or engines, tanks etc...) When you stop or accelerate ships this affect only on NS (or MS). When you stop or build NS this affect on HI. HI need fuel and resources, NS need HI points and ships needs shipyard points (Warships respectively NS, merchants MS). Many thanks Anomander Rake for the heads up on shipyards and the subsequent motivation to do some research and gain a better understanding of what has been something of a mystery to me. So, as you can see by the attached graphic I currently have 1387 shipyard points available and I have turned off 100 giving me a HI saving of 300. I did some hunting around in the ship reinforcement table and came across the naval shipyard estimate (for so many years neglected by myself) and find that current estimate is for 1267 points (hence the reason why I turned off 100 naval shipyard points. As for accelerated ships I now have Taiho and 5 destroyers accelerated. And the other big ships – Yamato is back on and will join the fleet in 7 days (from 5 February) and I have for the time being turned off Musashi and Shinano. That will be until I work out if it is feasible to consider shipyard expansion (given the extra cost to do so in this Mod). This, at least, is my current take on naval shipyards. Do let me know if I’ve still got learning to attend to in this area. [image]local://upfiles/31385/8105B3AD52D548A9BFF0637DEB79A662.jpg[/image]

SierraJuliet -> RE: 28 January 1942 (2/15/2018 8:44:55 AM)
quote: We (I and Dave) are playing with version where are more resource center in DEI etc (existing centers are larger). The use of cargo ship is very large. Even worries me a little in the context of my fuel. It also creates additional problems with ports and engineers units. Everything is very nice. I like that cargo ships are now an important tool for Japans war. I still have numbers in port but that is only because they are awaiting appropriate escorts to get them to where I want them. The days of having masses of cargo ships idle are long gone. quote: Yes, I know. But is possible to making a few changes during the game. My little brain will be quite happy to muddle my way through with the settings we started out on. I think too that any changes would make a fair assessment of LSTs Mod somewhat suspect. I'm enjoying the challenge immensely. Only about 8 weeks of game time gone and I feel that I am slowly coming to understand the tightrope that LST has created. I will not be surprised if I am still figuring things out in another years time.

Anomander Rake -> RE: 28 January 1942 (2/15/2018 8:58:07 AM)
60k resources in Tokyo. It means crisis. You have more than 1 mln resources in Hakodate, easy to transport to Omimato. But 1 mln resources is still only for less than month, maybe week or two.

SierraJuliet -> 29 January 1942 (2/15/2018 9:01:27 AM)
29 January 1942 DEI Pre-Invasion action off Kalidjati (50,99) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 58 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships CA Mikuma SC Ch-6 xAK Kano Maru DMS W-20 Allied ground losses: 96 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Pre-Invasion action off Kalidjati (50,99) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 14 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships DD Uranami xAK Midori Maru DD Asagiri Allied ground losses: 73 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled DD Uranami firing at I Landstorm Cdo 25 Pounder Gun battery firing at xAK Midori Maru IJ troops unloading over beach at Kalidjati. SS S-36 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Isonami at Kalidjati and misses. Japanese morning sweep on Palembang – no CAP encountered. Japanese morning Air attack on IV Landstorm Cdo at Kalidjati – 174 casualties (1 combat squad destroyed). Allied morning Air attack on TF near Kalidjati. Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero-Reisen x 27 Allied aircraft Buffalo I x 8 139WH-3 x 11 B-339D x 4 CW-22 Falcon x 3 L-212 x 3 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Buffalo I: 4 destroyed 139WH-3: 4 destroyed 139WH-3: 1 destroyed by flak B-339D: 2 destroyed CW-22 Falcon: 1 destroyed CW-22 Falcon: 1 destroyed by flak L-212: 1 destroyed Japanese Ships CL Kitakami CA Myoko BB Hiei CL Natori xAK Azumasan Maru Japanese deliberate attack at Kalidjati. Attacking force 4640 troops, 52 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 242 Defending force 2686 troops, 52 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 68 Japanese adjusted assault: 95 Allied adjusted defense: 5 Japanese assault odds: 19 to 1 (fort level 1) Japanese forces CAPTURE Kalidjati!!! Combat modifiers Defender: disruption(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 101 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 744 casualties reported Squads: 57 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 45 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 25 (25 destroyed, 0 disabled) Vehicles lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units retreated 3 Units destroyed 1 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units: Sasebo 3rd SNLF 31ID III./124th Inf Battalion 31ID II./124th Inf Battalion Sasebo 8th SNLF 3rd Base Force Defending units: 2nd KNIL Regiment Lijfwacht Cav Sqn IV Landstorm Cdo I Landstorm Cdo HOME ISLANDS SS Thresher launches 2 torpedoes at xAKL Minryo Maru at 99,61 near Kuroshima and misses. CHINA Japanese morning sweep on Liuchow – no CAP encountered. Japanese morning Air attacks on 51st Chinese Army Corps at 91,48 – 14 casualties (1 non-combat squad destroyed). Japanese morning Air attacks on Dongxiang – 1 airbase hit, 2 airbase supply hits and 6 runway hits. Japanese morning Air attack on Liuchow. Japanese morning Air attacks on Wuchow – 3 airbase hits, 2 airbase supply hits and 28 runway hits. Japanese morning Air attacks on 3rd Guerilla at 91,48 – 22 casualties. Japanese bombardment attack at 77/57. Attacking force 2778 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 145 Defending force 5851 troops, 43 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 217 Japanese bombardment attack at 89,39 – A 28 casualties (1 combat squad destroyed). Attacking force 6241 troops, 115 guns, 72 vehicles, Assault Value = 988 Defending force 14198 troops, 88 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 580 Japanese bombardment attack at 91,48 – A 31 casualties. Attacking force 14210 troops, 176 guns, 36 vehicles, Assault Value = 703 Defending force 14579 troops, 96 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 572 MALAYA Japanese morning sweep on Singapore – no CAP encountered. Japanese morning Air attacks on Singapore – 1 Ki-21-IIa Sally lost to flak. PHILIPPINES Japanese morning and afternoon Air attacks on Bataan / Corregidor – 9 casualties, 4 airbase hits, 2 airbase supply hits, 10 runway hits, 7 port hits and 2 port hits. Allied Ships SS S-41~, Bomb hits 1 Japanese deliberate attack at Bataan/Corregidor. 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 one of the small engineer units was smashed 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' BURMA Japanese bombardment attack at Moulmein. Attacking force 4048 troops, 77 guns, 10 vehicles, Assault Value = 243 Defending force 6414 troops, 107 guns, 140 vehicles, Assault Value = 62 Kemapyu is occupied by the Japanese. AUSTRALIA Japanese forces CAPTURE Hollandia !!! BORNEO Japanese deliberate attack at 57,90 near Pontianak. Attacking force 1346 troops, 19 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 59 Defending force 765 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 20 Japanese adjusted assault: 11 Allied adjusted defense: 5 Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: leaders(-), fatigue(-), morale(-), experience(-) Attacker: leaders(-), fatigue(-) Japanese ground losses: 32 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 267 casualties reported Squads: 6 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Units retreated 2 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units: Yokosuka 4th SNLF Defending units: Sarawak Force~ 2/15 Punjab (-) Battalion 106th RN Base Force LCDR Sugiyama F. of 3rd Ku S-1 Det B' is credited with kill number 5 LCDR Sugiyama F. of 3rd Ku S-1 Det B' attains ace status!! Pearl Harbor expands port to size 8 Nelson NZ expands airfield to size 3 Kungchang expands port to size 1 Low garrison leads to damage and 1 VP loss from partisan attack at Kuala Lumpur (49, 79)! 40th Ku T-1' arrives at Chiba= 4th Air Division arrives at Canton 69ID 60th Infantry Brigade arrives at Peiping

SierraJuliet -> RE: 28 January 1942 (2/15/2018 9:05:53 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Anomander Rake 60k resources in Tokyo. It means crisis. You have more than 1 mln resources in Hakodate, easy to transport to Omimato. But 1 mln resources is still only for less than month, maybe week or two. Tokyo and Osaka have been in crisis for weeks. I'm glad I posted this graphic as Tokyo has been much worse (hence my reference to HI being in free fall) I now have many convoys in the pipeline and the first 100 000 resource convoy to Tokyo is a day or two out. It is a long way down the track but if my next game is another of LSTs Mods I will be doing plenty of pre planning instead of jumping in cold like I did with this one. All good though as it is making me learn the game.

Anomander Rake -> RE: 28 January 1942 (2/15/2018 9:26:18 AM)
But you have more supply in Tokyo than I have in whole Japan. :-) You should think about WitPtracker. It is useful tool for planning and industry control.

SierraJuliet -> RE: 28 January 1942 (2/15/2018 10:00:20 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Anomander Rake But you have more supply in Tokyo than I have in whole Japan. :-) You should think about WitPtracker. It is useful tool for planning and industry control. And here I was thinking that I had let supply slip somewhat in Tokyo! :) One day I will get tracker but up and running for this game. I have used it before and like the graphs particularly to give an idea of how things are tracking... so to speak.

SierraJuliet -> 30 January 1942 (2/15/2018 10:13:58 AM)
30 January 1942 PHILIPPINES SS S-38 launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Yamagata Maru at 79,73 near San Fernando and misses. SS Pickerel launches 2 torpedoes at SC Ch-13 at 77,75 near Iba and misses. Japanese morning and afternoon Air attacks on Bataan / Corregidor – 1 airbase supply hit and 7 runway hits and 7 port hits + 1 G4M1 Betty-Rikko and 1 Ki-21-IIa Sally lost to flak. Allied Ships SS S-41~, Bomb hits 2 and is sunk SS S-37~, Bomb hits 2, heavy damage Japanese bombardment attack at Bataan/Corregidor – J 19 casualties (1 gun lost) to A 90 casualties (5 combat squads destroyed + 1 gun lost). Attacking force 4345 troops, 223 guns, 187 vehicles, Assault Value = 1981 Defending force 70626 troops, 1090 guns, 521 vehicles, Assault Value = 1881 Butuan is occupied by the Japanese. DEI IJ troops unloading over beach at Manado. Japanese morning sweep on Palembang – no CAP encountered. Allied bombardment at Manado. Attacking force 1501 troops, 17 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 68 Defending force 530 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 20 PACIFIC SS I-3 is sighted by the escort at 214,77 and forgoes good targets by diving deep. Allied Ships xAK Lena Luckenbach xAK Irenee Du Pont xAK Dakotan xAK Evi Livanos xAK Arkaba DD Stuart CHINA Japanese morning sweep on Liuchow – no CAP encountered. Japanese morning Air attacks on 3rd Guerilla at 91,48 – 38 casualties. Japanese morning Air attacks on Dongxiang – 2 airbase hits, 2 airbase supply hits and 10 runway hits. Japanese morning Air attacks on Wuchow – 3 airbase hits, 2 airbase supply hits and 14 runway hits. Japanese morning Air attack on 57th Chinese Army~ Corps at 91,48. Japanese bombardment attack at 77,57. Attacking force 3083 troops, 77 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 153 Defending force 5836 troops, 43 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 217 Japanese deliberate attack at 89,39. Attacking force 23920 troops, 311 guns, 112 vehicles, Assault Value = 1408 Defending force 14186 troops, 88 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 580 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 3 Japanese adjusted assault: 618 Allied adjusted defense: 1171 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 3) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 931 casualties reported Squads: 4 destroyed, 61 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled Allied ground losses: 137 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 41 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 110th Division 37th Division 41st Division 62ID 4th Ind.Mix.' Brigade 11th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 12th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion Tonei Hvy Gun Regiment Defending units: 115th Red Chin Div* Japanese bombardment attack at 91,48 – J 15 casualties (1 vehicle lost) to A 14 casualties. Attacking force 14210 troops, 176 guns, 36 vehicles, Assault Value = 703 Defending force 14585 troops, 96 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 569 MALAYA Japanese morning sweep on Singapore – no CAP encountered. Japanese morning Air attack on Singapore – 1 airbase hit and 2 runway hits. BURMA Allied morning Air attack on 21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion at Moulmein Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 10 Allied aircraft Swordfish I x 12 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Swordfish I: 8 destroyed Allied morning Air attack on 55ID 55th Cavalry Regiment at Moulmein. Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 6 Allied aircraft H81-A3 x 6 B-17D Fortress x 8 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed No Allied losses Allied morning Air attack on 55ID II./143rd Inf Battalion at Moulmein. Japanese deliberate attack at Moulmein. Attacking force 6048 troops, 82 guns, 10 vehicles, Assault Value = 244 Defending force 6448 troops, 107 guns, 141 vehicles, Assault Value = 63 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2 Japanese adjusted assault: 118 Allied adjusted defense: 57 Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 2) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 2 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), op mode(-), preparation(-), morale(-) experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 80 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 12 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled Allied ground losses: 153 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Assaulting units: 55ID 55th Engineer Regiment 55ID 55th Cavalry Regiment 55ID 112th Infantry Regiment 55ID II./143rd Inf Battalion 55ID 55th Mountain Gun Regiment 21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion Defending units: 18ID 251st Recce Battalion 103rd RAF Base Force AVG Ground Echelon~ 106th RAF Base Force 1st Burma Auxiliary AA Regiment 104th RAF Base Force 107th RAF Base Force 48th Light AA Regiment Japanese deliberate attack at Martaban. Attacking force 946 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 43 Defending force 37942 troops, 371 guns, 215 vehicles, Assault Value = 1414 Japanese adjusted assault: 0 Allied adjusted defense: 509 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 99 (fort level 1) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), experience(-) Attacker: leaders(-), supply(-) Japanese ground losses: 372 casualties reported Squads: 60 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 31 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 8 (8 destroyed, 0 disabled) Assaulting units: 55ID I./143rd Inf Battalion Defending units: 3rd Burma Rifles' Battalion 17ID 63rd Indian Brigade 1st Burma' Division 17ID 16th Indian Brigade 18ID 54th British Brigade 46th Indian Brigade 1st Gloucestershire Battalion Upper Burma BAF~ Battalion 18ID 53rd British Brigade Railway BAF~ Battalion 18ID 55th British Brigade 9th Burma Rifles' Battalion 44th Indian Brigade 45th Indian Brigade 6th Burma Rifles' Battalion 10th Burma Rifles' Battalion 17ID 48th Gurkha Brigade I must have already had far too strong a drink from the well of unbridled optimism. I have no idea why I went for an attack without checking what was there with a bombardment first up. One infantry battalion about to be decimated, and the worst part is this is a component part of 55th Division. Better rouse up some reserved back home and get them to Burma pronto. Far too tricksy for my own good trying to give those Allied units at Moulmein a hard time. My goodness but Mundy has some troops stashed away in this area. I have located the main fighting force making an exit from Moulmein. Looks like Rangoon is not going to be a pushover. Allied deliberate attack at Martaban. Attacking force 37942 troops, 371 guns, 215 vehicles, Assault Value = 1414 Defending force 295 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1 Allied adjusted assault: 599 Japanese adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 599 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), preparation(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 303 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 56 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 4 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 18ID 53rd British Brigade 17ID 16th Indian Brigade Upper Burma BAF~ Battalion 46th Indian Brigade 44th Indian Brigade 18ID 54th British Brigade 6th Burma Rifles' Battalion 17ID 63rd Indian Brigade 9th Burma Rifles' Battalion 1st Burma' Division Railway BAF~ Battalion 18ID 55th British Brigade 45th Indian Brigade 1st Gloucestershire Battalion 10th Burma Rifles' Battalion 3rd Burma Rifles' Battalion 17ID 48th Gurkha Brigade Defending units: 55ID I./143rd Inf Battalion 55ID I./143rd Inf Battalion Wiped Out at Martaban by attrition!!! BORNEO Japanese deliberate attack at 57,90 near Pontianak. Attacking force 1328 troops, 19 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 56 Defending force 170 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1 Japanese adjusted assault: 49 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 49 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: leaders(-), morale(-), experience(-) Attacker: Allied ground losses: 113 casualties reported Squads: 9 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 18 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Units destroyed 1 Assaulting units: Yokosuka 4th SNLF Defending units: Sarawak Force~ 55ID I./143rd Inf Battalion destroyed near Martaban!!! Davao expands fortifications to size 1 Trincomalee expands airfield to size 4 Auckland expands airfield to size 7 Liuchow expands port to size 1 Yushan / Chuchou expands port to size 1 Low garrison leads to damage and 1 VP loss from partisan attack at Georgetown (Penang) (49, 74)! Low garrison leads to damage and 1 VP loss from partisan attack at Wenchow (89, 58)! SS S-41 is reported to have been sunk near Bataan / Corregidor on Jan 30, 1942 PG Tatara' arrives at Shanghai 33rd Ku T-2' arrives at Oita# 59ID 54th Infantry Brigade arrives at Peiping Kure 3rd SNLF arrives at Hiroshima/Kure+ 12th Base Force arrives at Tokyo=

Lowpe -> RE: 28 January 1942 (2/16/2018 12:09:49 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: SierraJuliet quote: ORIGINAL: Anomander Rake But you have more supply in Tokyo than I have in whole Japan. :-) You should think about WitPtracker. It is useful tool for planning and industry control. And here I was thinking that I had let supply slip somewhat in Tokyo! :) One day I will get tracker but up and running for this game. I have used it before and like the graphs particularly to give an idea of how things are tracking... so to speak. I have been playing around with Tracker and ver 1.1. The addition of a huge industry base nw of Oita seems like it might really impact the resource requirements for Honshu. Also, it seems like Hokkaido doesn't really generate the huge resource windfall that normally happens although there is a nice stockpile there at game start. The normal shortfall on Honshu for resources is c70-80K resources, and I think this mod it is substantially higher. However, I have been getting very funky results in tracker and I think there might be some misallocation of inputs so this is a very rough seat of the pants guess until I get tracker up and running 100% or crunch the numbers. Still, can't say enough good things about this mod -- everytime I open her up there are dozens of new discoveries.

Anomander Rake -> RE: 28 January 1942 (2/16/2018 12:29:58 PM)
I like this mod. I play it and this is very interesting. But we (I and my allied oponent Dave) changed some industry shortcomings. For example we downgrade HI/LI resource request from 25 to 20 and also we increased resource center on DEI, Malaya, Philipines, Indochina and Burma. Before it Japan resource deficit from start was about more than 100k resources per day (I don't remmember 120k, 200k?).Manchukuo/China area including. It wasn't to cover from conquest. After changes I also had deficyt but much smaller. My Japan resource resreves downgraded from more than 5 mln to 1 mln per month. But now I stabilized it. Still I use Manchukuo reserves but I should change it in a short time. The use of the commercial fleet and fuel is enormous.

LargeSlowTarget -> RE: 28 January 1942 (2/16/2018 7:46:51 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Lowpe I have been playing around with Tracker and ver 1.1. The addition of a huge industry base nw of Oita seems like it might really impact the resource requirements for Honshu. Also, it seems like Hokkaido doesn't really generate the huge resource windfall that normally happens although there is a nice stockpile there at game start. The normal shortfall on Honshu for resources is c70-80K resources, and I think this mod it is substantially higher. However, I have been getting very funky results in tracker and I think there might be some misallocation of inputs so this is a very rough seat of the pants guess until I get tracker up and running 100% or crunch the numbers. Still, can't say enough good things about this mod -- everytime I open her up there are dozens of new discoveries. The huge industry base nw of Oita are the Yahata steel works. Here is why I have created that base and why I gave it a lot of HI centers: quote: By 1912, 80% of Japan's pig iron production was from Yahata. An integrated mill with coke, iron, and steel facilities, Yahata was also responsible at this time for 80-90% of Japan's steel output. [...] Much of the iron ore was from China and Korea. The continuing importance of the Yahata Steel Works to Japan's heavy industry led to Yahata being identified as a target for strategic bombing during the Pacific War, commencing with the Bombing of Yahata in June 1944, by which time the works produced 24% of Japan's rolled steel. The works were identified as the target for the second atomic bomb on 9 August 1945; due to cloud cover this was redirected to Nagasaki. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yawata_Steel_Works I have moved many resource centers from Hokkaido to Korea/Manchukuo/SRA because too many resources are being produced in the Home Islands compared to imports - see italics above. And thx for the flowers [:)]

SierraJuliet -> RE: 28 January 1942 (2/17/2018 1:21:59 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Lowpe quote: ORIGINAL: SierraJuliet quote: ORIGINAL: Anomander Rake But you have more supply in Tokyo than I have in whole Japan. :-) You should think about WitPtracker. It is useful tool for planning and industry control. And here I was thinking that I had let supply slip somewhat in Tokyo! :) One day I will get tracker but up and running for this game. I have used it before and like the graphs particularly to give an idea of how things are tracking... so to speak. I have been playing around with Tracker and ver 1.1. The addition of a huge industry base nw of Oita seems like it might really impact the resource requirements for Honshu. Also, it seems like Hokkaido doesn't really generate the huge resource windfall that normally happens although there is a nice stockpile there at game start. The normal shortfall on Honshu for resources is c70-80K resources, and I think this mod it is substantially higher. However, I have been getting very funky results in tracker and I think there might be some misallocation of inputs so this is a very rough seat of the pants guess until I get tracker up and running 100% or crunch the numbers. Still, can't say enough good things about this mod -- everytime I open her up there are dozens of new discoveries. Nice pick up there Lowpe. I’ve noted the storage of resources at Kokura (fluctuates between 70 000 to 110 000 a day). Had not gone as far as doing a proper check. The existence of the HI there does explain the pooling of resources at this location. Good work LST for getting the second A Bomb target on the board. I have included a graphic of the current top 13 pools of resources around the map. Port Arthur, of course is the go to port but Hakodate has plenty too. Saigon and CRB also have sizeable quantities of resources to haul back to Japan. Tokyo and Osaka are conspicuous by their absence. My job is to get the stockpiles at these two places on the up and up. [image]local://upfiles/31385/F60C236B6BD141AF862AFAB10DAD2772.jpg[/image]

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