RE: Focus Pacific: down with the Wulf ( no durnedwolf please)

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Zorch -> RE: Focus Pacific: down with the Wulf ( no durnedwolf please) (9/14/2019 2:40:32 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: BillBrown Dec 26th, 1941, another quiet day, no fireworks. Is this some kind of Phony War? I want battles! [:D]

BillBrown -> RE: Focus Pacific: down with the Wulf ( no durnedwolf please) (9/14/2019 12:43:09 PM)
Dec 27th, 1941, another quiet day, again. It does look like Wake will fall soon. Ground combat at Wake Island (136,98) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 4433 troops, 50 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 136 Defending force 3252 troops, 40 guns, 38 vehicles, Assault Value = 24 Japanese adjusted assault: 52 Allied adjusted defense: 11 Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 3) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 2 Combat modifiers Defender: forts(+), disruption(-), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: shock(+), disruption(-) Japanese ground losses: 707 casualties reported Squads: 6 destroyed, 49 disabled Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 8 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) Allied ground losses: 176 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 28 disabled Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled) Vehicles lost 13 (1 destroyed, 12 disabled) Assaulting units: Maizuru 1st SNLF Maizuru 2nd SNLF 61st Naval Guard Unit Defending units: Wake USN CPNAB 1st Marine Defense Battalion

BillBrown -> RE: Focus Pacific: down with the Wulf ( no durnedwolf please) (9/15/2019 12:45:05 AM)
Dec 28th, 1941. Mostly quiet, and it looks maybe Wake will hold longer than I thought Ground combat at Wake Island (136,98) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 2549 troops, 38 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 87 Defending force 3132 troops, 39 guns, 37 vehicles, Assault Value = 24 Japanese adjusted assault: 5 Allied adjusted defense: 11 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 2) Combat modifiers Defender: disruption(-), preparation(-), fatigue(-), experience(-) supply(-) Attacker: disruption(-) Japanese ground losses: 257 casualties reported Squads: 13 destroyed, 11 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 11 (2 destroyed, 9 disabled) Allied ground losses: 43 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled Assaulting units: Maizuru 2nd SNLF Maizuru 1st SNLF 61st Naval Guard Unit Defending units: Wake USN CPNAB 1st Marine Defense Battalion

Zorch -> RE: Focus Pacific: down with the Wulf ( no durnedwolf please) (9/15/2019 1:13:52 AM)
[>:] I want action!

Zorch -> RE: Focus Pacific: down with the Wulf ( no durnedwolf please) (9/15/2019 1:22:23 AM)
Just my luck. I went to a war, and a hockey game broke out.

BillBrown -> RE: Focus Pacific: down with the Wulf ( no durnedwolf please) (9/15/2019 1:33:04 AM)
It would seem that he has cancelled his movement into Yenan. Even using the magnifier there does not seem to be a movement arrow. [image]local://upfiles/6818/24EE9D727F444E12A92B27CABD411C80.jpg[/image]

BillBrown -> RE: Focus Pacific: down with the Wulf ( no durnedwolf please) (9/15/2019 7:14:55 PM)
Dec 29th, 1941. I was wrong, Wake fell today. He landed more troops there and took it. At least it took some time and cost him some. Ground combat at Wake Island (136,98) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 1603 troops, 19 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 133 Defending force 3014 troops, 39 guns, 37 vehicles, Assault Value = 22 Japanese adjusted assault: 41 Allied adjusted defense: 8 Japanese assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 2) Japanese forces CAPTURE Wake Island !!! Combat modifiers Defender: disruption(-), preparation(-), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: shock(+) Japanese ground losses: 96 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 4340 casualties reported Squads: 44 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 338 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 74 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 40 (40 destroyed, 0 disabled) Vehicles lost 25 (25 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units destroyed 2 Assaulting units: 61st Naval Guard Unit Maizuru 2nd SNLF Maizuru 1st SNLF II/81st SNLF Defending units: Wake USN CPNAB 1st Marine Defense Battalion ----------------------------------------- I does look more and more like he will make some level of attacks into China in the Sian area. I see at least 4 more units in the area roughly WSW of Sian. It is the most logical area to make an early thrust. We have no house rules so all he has to do is rail the excess units from Korea/Manchuko to that area. Although railing into Wuchang and marching to Changsha was/is another possibility. I know he has about 1200+ around Yenan and it looks like much more that 2400 around the Loyang area. He also has a lot of aircraft to use and a number of them are in China bombing various areas. If it is necessary, I am prepared to move at least 50 - 75% of the Chinese units to India/Burma. My feeling is that even if he takes most or all of China he can not get a 4-1 VP ratio in 1943. A 4-1 VP ratio is very hard to get as long as I don't get stupid and/or allow a lot of units to get trapped/destroyed in China. A large supplied Chinese army in India with the abundant supply and the large replacement of devices in this mod would make an attack back into Burma and Western China possible in late 1942 and/or early 1943. And coupled with that are the 25-30 USA air units I have/will send there. We are playing with no withdrawals, so all those air units originally assigned to the 4th USA Air HQ are available to be reassigned and sent to war.

BillBrown -> RE: Focus Pacific: down with the Wulf ( no durnedwolf please) (9/16/2019 2:13:02 AM)
Dec 30th, 1941. Again, not much action. He had to attack Loyang( it was empty ). He has 2816 AV there. He also has 2400+ in Tsiaotso ( 1 hex NE ). It looks like they are moving toward my positions. I will have to make a decision soon. I doubt I can hold him in this area, there are too many hexes to defend. He flew air attacks against Singapore for the first time. I had plenty of CAP up, but they did not shoot down that many, but he lost a bunch to Flak. [image]local://upfiles/6818/7B9A2E3844B346EFAAC8D0A2C5F0303B.jpg[/image]

BillBrown -> RE: Focus Pacific: down with the Wulf ( no durnedwolf please) (9/18/2019 3:31:52 PM)
Dec 31st, 1941. Again, a quiet day. He did not try and bomb Singapore today.

BillBrown -> RE: Focus Pacific: down with the Wulf ( no durnedwolf please) (9/19/2019 1:54:39 AM)
Jan 1, 1942. A new year. Georgetown fell today. No other great news. In East China, this small picture. [image]local://upfiles/6818/22A223D429A44EE99989031459162831.jpg[/image]

BillBrown -> RE: Focus Pacific: down with the Wulf ( no durnedwolf please) (9/19/2019 3:01:11 AM)
Here is a new picture of the DEI. I showed a picture earlier and not much has changed. [image]local://upfiles/6818/ECC3CBB0B68B4BE494F204E53602065E.jpg[/image]

BillBrown -> RE: Focus Pacific: down with the Wulf ( no durnedwolf please) (10/25/2019 2:43:02 AM)
Jan 2, 1942 - Jan 20,1942 I have not posted in a while, mainly because there is just not much happening. We are doing turns, just not a lot happening. Here is the intel screen for Jan 21,1942 Notice that I have actually lost fewer aircraft than he. He has lost 104 A6M2s to Ops loss and 35 to air to air. I would say that my ship losses to date are light given what he has available. As I looked at this I noticed that my base VPs are much too high. It looks like GP may have either left in something wrong or made an error. I will have to investigate The problem is that the large West coast bases ( SF, LA, Seattle, SD, and Portland ) are much too high of a base value. I just checked and it is a holdover from the original Focus Pacific. Amazingly, I have played this mod a number of times as Allies and never noticed this. But I really do not watch the VPs early in the game unless I feel I am doing badly. I does mean that we will have to just continue when the game says I won, probably some time in 1944. I will inform Durnedwulf. [image]local://upfiles/6818/0F3457B36D344A818C2D8FC34FDC7465.jpg[/image]

BillBrown -> RE: Focus Pacific: down with the Wulf ( no durnedwolf please) (10/25/2019 2:44:49 AM)
Jan 20, 1942 Here is the total ships lost for both sides in the last 19 days. As you can see I have lost a few ships to subs and sunk a few of his with subs. We had an engagement around Sorong and traded 2 DDs each. The fun one was one of my fleet subs finding a working MK-14 and sinking the I-85. [image]local://upfiles/6818/E2BE06062DD74C2A9603B2260358A62B.jpg[/image]

BillBrown -> RE: Focus Pacific: down with the Wulf ( no durnedwolf please) (10/25/2019 2:57:57 AM)
Jan 20, 1942 Most of the action has been in Burma and Malaya. In Mayala he controls all but Mersing and Singapore. He has not bombed Singapore and the forts are at 6 and building. I have both the 9th and 11th Indian Divisions assembled and the leaders swapped out. In Burma, I think I got a bad die roll at Pegu. Ground combat at Pegu (55,53) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 40107 troops, 382 guns, 32 vehicles, Assault Value = 1217 Defending force 10455 troops, 101 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 215 Japanese adjusted assault: 1180 Allied adjusted defense: 19 Japanese assault odds: 62 to 1 (fort level 2) Japanese forces CAPTURE Pegu !!! Combat modifiers Defender: disruption(-), preparation(-), morale(-), experience(-) Attacker: shock(+) Japanese ground losses: 309 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 52 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 6410 casualties reported Squads: 141 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 276 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 52 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 102 (102 destroyed, 0 disabled) Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units retreated 1 Units destroyed 1 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 2nd RTA Division 33rd Division 1st RTA Division 4th RTA Division 15th Army Defending units: Pegu Fortress 1st Burma Division ------------------------------- I realize that the 1st Burma Division is not very good, but from 215 down to 19 seems to be a bit more that I would have expected. But it is what it is, and the 1st was completely destroyed this turn.

BillBrown -> RE: Focus Pacific: down with the Wulf ( no durnedwolf please) (11/24/2019 7:38:30 PM)
Jan 21, 1942 - 10 Feb, 1942 Still not a bunch happening. On the 5th of Feb he attacked at Ankang, but that didn't work as planned. Ground combat at Ankang (82,42) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 68406 troops, 508 guns, 84 vehicles, Assault Value = 2211 Defending force 26753 troops, 197 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 807 Japanese adjusted assault: 2025 Allied adjusted defense: 877 Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 3) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 2 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 7391 casualties reported Squads: 14 destroyed, 679 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 28 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 57 disabled Guns lost 56 (3 destroyed, 53 disabled) Allied ground losses: 1100 casualties reported Squads: 10 destroyed, 188 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled Assaulting units: 20th Division 74th Infantry Regiment 292nd Division 19th Division 79th Infantry Brigade 291st Division 80th Infantry Brigade 77th Infantry Regiment Korea Army Defending units: 55th Chinese Corps 30th Chinese Corps 77th Chinese Corps 95th Chinese/B Corps ------------------------------------- On Jan 3, 1942 he moved into Singapore. He did quit well for the first attack. Ground combat at Singapore (50,84) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 82020 troops, 707 guns, 323 vehicles, Assault Value = 2737 Defending force 70978 troops, 779 guns, 848 vehicles, Assault Value = 1316 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 5 Japanese adjusted assault: 3182 Allied adjusted defense: 2173 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 5) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 5 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), experience(-) Attacker: shock(+), disruption(-) Japanese ground losses: 5316 casualties reported Squads: 56 destroyed, 577 disabled Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 126 disabled Engineers: 9 destroyed, 70 disabled Guns lost 97 (3 destroyed, 94 disabled) Allied ground losses: 1011 casualties reported Squads: 21 destroyed, 146 disabled Non Combat: 37 destroyed, 95 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 46 disabled Guns lost 48 (2 destroyed, 46 disabled) Vehicles lost 38 (3 destroyed, 35 disabled) Units destroyed 1 Assaulting units: 41st Guard Division 56th Division 6th Guards Division 4th Guards Division Imperial Guards Division 7th Guards Division Defending units: 1st Hyderabad Battalion 3rd Cavalry Regiment 2nd Loyal Battalion 11th Indian Division 1st Manchester Battalion 27th Australian Brigade 1st Malay Battalion 2nd Gordons Battalion 2/17 Dogra Battalion SSVF Brigade 2nd Malay Battalion 9th Indian Division 109th RAF Base Force 2nd HK&S Heavy AA Regiment 113th RAF Base Force 22nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment 3rd HK&S Light AA Regiment 24th NZ Pioneer Coy 223 Group RAF Malayan Air Wing 1st ISF Base Force Singapore Base Force 112th RAF Base Force Malaya Army 224 Group RAF 2nd ISF Base Force 1st Indian Heavy AA Regiment 111th RAF Base Force AHQ Far East Singapore Fortress 1st HK&S Heavy AA Regiment 110th RAF Base Force 3rd Heavy AA Regiment III Indian Corps 109th RN Base Force --------------------------------------------- It appears that many of the units Southeast of Siam have moved to the Ankang area. There are also a number of unis in the Hex West of Liuchow. Who knows what he is doing? I am prepared to try and evacuate all available units from China to India is necessary. The only base on Sumatra he has taken is Langsa. He landed on Amchitka Island this turn. I wonder if he will go further East of Atka Island. Here is a small picture of the Aleutian Islands now. [image]local://upfiles/6818/470AA7DD1B504AA09C7AB8296127A256.jpg[/image]

btd64 -> RE: Focus Pacific: down with the Wulf ( no durnedwolf please) (11/24/2019 8:06:13 PM)
If he can hold it, Adak Island is a good sub base for him....GP

BillBrown -> RE: Focus Pacific: down with the Wulf ( no durnedwolf please) (11/26/2019 4:25:27 PM)
Feb 11, 1942 to Feb 15, 1942. On the 14th something happened, just not something I wanted. Sub attack near Coal Harbour at 204,52 Japanese Ships SS I-112, hits 2 Allied Ships CV Yorktown, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage CA Pensacola CA Indianapolis CA Portland DD Cushing DD Worden DD MacDonough DD Hull DD Farragut She sank right away. I am sure that the low crew experience on all of my ships contributed to not spotting the sub. I got a registered hit on the sub so I think it might be mission killed. the next day saw no other activity and the TF entered into the port at Seattle. I converted two BBs that take 120 days to upgrade at a size 200 repair yard. Some of the BB upgrade/conversions are a bit different. Other than that, no other main events.

BillBrown -> RE: Focus Pacific: down with the Wulf ( no durnedwolf please) (11/28/2019 12:56:16 PM)
Feb 16, 17, 18 1942. Not much happening but it is about decision time in China. In the hex Southeast of Sian : Ground combat at 84,42 (near Sian) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 153126 troops, 1588 guns, 282 vehicles, Assault Value = 5111 Defending force 105687 troops, 544 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3364 Japanese ground losses: 30 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 51 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 25th Division 302nd Division 26th Division 8th Engineer Regiment 40th Division 17th Infantry Brigade 4th Brigade 31st Infantry Brigade 27th Division 15th Division 8th Recon Regiment 3rd Division 5th Infantry Brigade 13th Division 250th Division 1st Mortar Battalion 35th Const Engineer Regiment 8th Mountain Gun Regiment 52nd Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion 20th Army 15th Ind.Medium Field Artillery Regiment 51st Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion 6th RF Gun Battalion 15th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 2nd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 4th Mortar Battalion 10th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 2nd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 34th Const Engineer Regiment 14th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 36th Const Engineer Regiment Defending units: 96th Chinese Corps 48th Chinese Corps 12th Chinese Corps 98th Chinese Corps 38th Chinese Corps 2nd Chinese Cavalry Corps 40th Chinese Corps 8th Route Army 7th New Chinese Corps 85th Chinese Corps 15th Chinese Corps 13th Chinese Corps 29th Chinese Corps 8th New Chinese Corps Jingcha War Area 36th Group Army 4th Group Army 24th Group Army 3rd Group Army 31st Group Army 1st War Area 39th Group Army ------------------------------------ And there are 10 units listed in the hex to the East of there. I have about 1200 AV in Sian. I might have to abandon Sian. ---------------------------------------------------- In Ankang is this: Ground combat at Ankang (82,42) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 89339 troops, 842 guns, 494 vehicles, Assault Value = 4163 Defending force 75042 troops, 386 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2029 Japanese ground losses: 46 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Assaulting units: 77th Infantry Regiment 35th Division 6th Tank Division 74th Infantry Regiment 291st Division 20th Division 79th Infantry Brigade 292nd Division 80th Infantry Brigade 11th Tank Regiment 19th Division 6th Division 29th Division 10th Division 5th Manchukuo Distr Division Korea Army Defending units: 39th Chinese Corps 55th Chinese Corps 90th Chinese Corps 59th Chinese Corps 41st Chinese Corps 77th Chinese Corps 92nd Chinese Corps 30th Chinese Corps 95th Chinese/B Corps 22nd Group Army 33rd Group Army I have 600 AV in the hex to the West that is moving into Ankang, but it will be 4 turns before it gets there. I have the two mortar units and one of the AT units that will arrive in two turns. --------------------------------------------- All in all it looks bleak in China at the moment. I might just pull up stakes and move everyone to India. I have kept the door open in Burma so it should be possible to move them. [image]local://upfiles/6818/A6EEDACB654446A39138ADFBCE26CA4E.jpg[/image]

BillBrown -> RE: Focus Pacific: down with the Wulf ( no durnedwolf please) (12/7/2019 7:14:26 PM)
Feb 18, 1942 to Feb 28, 1942 Time to do an update, at least an end of month recap. Things are happening and I need to do a better job of maintaining this AAR. Singapore fell on the 22nd of February. He did a very good job getting enough troops there in reasonably good order. Ground combat at Singapore (50,84) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 162980 troops, 1731 guns, 899 vehicles, Assault Value = 3920 Defending force 62041 troops, 739 guns, 868 vehicles, Assault Value = 678 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1 Japanese adjusted assault: 5228 Allied adjusted defense: 1427 Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 1) Japanese forces CAPTURE Singapore !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 6324 casualties reported Squads: 40 destroyed, 200 disabled Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 51 disabled Engineers: 14 destroyed, 103 disabled Guns lost 38 (4 destroyed, 34 disabled) Vehicles lost 42 (11 destroyed, 31 disabled) Allied ground losses: 66912 casualties reported Squads: 1009 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 6442 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 483 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 931 (931 destroyed, 0 disabled) Vehicles lost 902 (902 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units destroyed 30 ----------------------------------------------------- He now controls all of Malaya. And most of Burma. Here is a picture of Burma. I have units holding the roads open. I have just enough supply to keep everyone supplied for now. this is necessary if I need to evacuate China. [image]local://upfiles/6818/CE87016D175A49FF8636E59FD54594D9.jpg[/image]

BillBrown -> RE: Focus Pacific: down with the Wulf ( no durnedwolf please) (12/7/2019 7:28:58 PM)
Which brings me to China. I will have to make a decision soon. On the 28th he did a bombardment attack in the Hex marked 1. Ground combat at 84,42 (near Sian) Japanese Bombardment attack As can be seen, he has a lot of firepower there. But one thing he probably does not expect is that all of my units are fully supplied. I am expecting to have an effective AV of around 5500 or more And he will end up with a 1-2 assault. I am expecting this attack in the next day or two. Attacking force 281644 troops, 2642 guns, 687 vehicles, Assault Value = 9508 Defending force 100516 troops, 502 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3248 Japanese ground losses: 71 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Allied ground losses: 28 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 144th Division 123rd Division 302nd Division 110th Division 12th Division 15th Division 3rd Division 31st Infantry Brigade 27th Division 36th Division 23rd Division 8th Engineer Regiment 26th Division 14th Division 7th Ind.Mixed Brigade 13th Division 63rd Division 4th Brigade 17th Infantry Brigade 39th Division 5th Infantry Brigade 25th Division 40th Division 8th Recon Regiment 250th Division 4th Mortar Battalion 7th RF Gun Battalion 2nd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 35th Const Engineer Regiment 3rd RF Gun Battalion 52nd Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion 34th Const Engineer Regiment 2nd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 6th RF Gun Battalion 15th Ind.Medium Field Artillery Regiment North China Area Army 6th Army 20th Army 1st Mortar Battalion 14th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 51st Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion 15th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 10th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 8th Mountain Gun Regiment 36th Const Engineer Regiment Defending units: 40th Chinese Corps 12th Chinese Corps 7th New Chinese Corps 8th Route Army 48th Chinese Corps 13th Chinese Corps 29th Chinese Corps 85th Chinese Corps 98th Chinese Corps 2nd Chinese Cavalry Corps 15th Chinese Corps 96th Chinese Corps 8th New Chinese Corps 36th Group Army 31st Group Army 24th Group Army Jingcha War Area 3rd Group Army 1st War Area 39th Group Army ---------------------------------- As you can see, I have more units moving to Burma, with the fall of Singapore, I can expect more units to show up. Depending on the result of his expected attack SE of Sian I will make the major decision to evacuate. [image]local://upfiles/6818/C51B57CAEFB44825A852F15ADF4D09D5.jpg[/image]

BillBrown -> RE: Focus Pacific: down with the Wulf ( no durnedwolf please) (12/7/2019 7:35:15 PM)
Off we go to the Aleutian Islands. He took Umnak and I wonder if he will continue? dutch harbor has a little bit protecting it, but I really do not have much in the way of Air or Naval assets to use up here. I will just have to let him have what he wants. I will take them back later. [image]local://upfiles/6818/AF4849A4B1A84717BA927BC8E7214DA9.jpg[/image]

BillBrown -> RE: Focus Pacific: down with the Wulf ( no durnedwolf please) (12/7/2019 7:38:23 PM)
Last turn I was able to make a small raid on his DMSs clearing mines a Singapore. Night Time Surface Combat, near Singapore at 50,84, Range 5,000 Yards Japanese Ships DMS W-1, Shell hits 7, and is sunk DMS W-2, Shell hits 6, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk DMS W-3, Shell hits 10, and is sunk DMS W-5, Shell hits 6, and is sunk DMS W-6, Shell hits 19, and is sunk Allied Ships CL Marblehead DD Barker DD Bulmer DD Paul Jones DD Parrott DD Stewart Poor visibility due to Rain with 96% moonlight Maximum visibility in Rain and 96% moonlight: 6,000 yards Range closes to 7,000 yards... Range closes to 5,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 5,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 5,000 yards CL Marblehead engages DMS W-3 at 5,000 yards CL Marblehead engages DMS W-5 at 5,000 yards DD Parrott engages DMS W-5 at 5,000 yards DD Paul Jones engages DMS W-2 at 5,000 yards Range closes to 2,000 yards Massive explosion on DMS W-5 CL Marblehead engages DMS W-5 at 2,000 yards DD Stewart engages DMS W-2 at 2,000 yards CL Marblehead engages DMS W-3 at 2,000 yards DMS W-3 sunk by DD Paul Jones at 2,000 yards DD Barker engages DMS W-2 at 2,000 yards Isomura, C. orders Japanese TF to disengage CL Marblehead engages DMS W-6 at 2,000 yards DD Stewart engages DMS W-5 at 2,000 yards DD Parrott engages DMS W-5 at 2,000 yards DD Paul Jones engages DMS W-2 at 2,000 yards DD Bulmer engages DMS W-1 at 2,000 yards DD Barker engages DMS W-2 at 2,000 yards CL Marblehead engages DMS W-6 at 2,000 yards DMS W-2 sunk by DD Stewart at 2,000 yards DMS W-1 sunk by CL Marblehead at 2,000 yards DD Bulmer engages DMS W-6 at 2,000 yards Massive explosion on DMS W-6 CL Marblehead engages DMS W-6 at 2,000 yards DMS W-5 sunk by CL Marblehead at 2,000 yards DD Parrott engages DMS W-6 at 2,000 yards DD Paul Jones engages DMS W-6 at 2,000 yards DD Barker engages DMS W-6 at 2,000 yards CL Marblehead engages DMS W-6 at 2,000 yards DD Barker engages DMS W-6 at 2,000 yards Combat ends with last Japanese ship sunk... --------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Singapore at 50,84, Range 6,000 Yards Japanese Ships DMS W-4, Shell hits 15, and is sunk Allied Ships CL Marblehead DD Barker DD Bulmer DD Paul Jones DD Parrott DD Stewart Reduced visibility due to Rain with 100% moonlight Maximum visibility in Rain and 100% moonlight: 6,000 yards Range closes to 8,000 yards... Range closes to 6,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 6,000 yards CL Marblehead engages DMS W-4 at 6,000 yards DD Stewart engages DMS W-4 at 6,000 yards DD Bulmer engages DMS W-4 at 6,000 yards CL Marblehead engages DMS W-4 at 6,000 yards DD Paul Jones engages DMS W-4 at 6,000 yards DD Bulmer engages DMS W-4 at 6,000 yards Range closes to 4,000 yards DD Stewart engages DMS W-4 at 4,000 yards Range closes to 2,000 yards CL Marblehead engages DMS W-4 at 2,000 yards DD Paul Jones engages DMS W-4 at 2,000 yards Morioka H. orders Japanese TF to disengage Range increases to 3,000 yards Massive explosion on DMS W-4 CL Marblehead engages DMS W-4 at 3,000 yards CL Marblehead engages DMS W-4 at 3,000 yards DMS W-4 sunk by DD Paul Jones at 3,000 yards Combat ends with last Japanese ship sunk... ------------------------------ The best part is all my ships got 5-12 night experience. It is needed.

BillBrown -> RE: Focus Pacific: down with the Wulf ( no durnedwolf please) (12/7/2019 7:44:28 PM)
Now to Sumatra. He has taken tow bases in the North and is moving on Sabang. I do have a bit of a surprise for him at Palembang. One thing to note, there are NO British or Indian troops at Palembang, only Dutch. [image]local://upfiles/6818/CB7EC806597747C6BF2CFF0F4064E41D.jpg[/image]

BBfanboy -> RE: Focus Pacific: down with the Wulf ( no durnedwolf please) (12/7/2019 7:50:12 PM)
Looks like your Chinese troops had good field forts during that bombardment exchange, and the IJA did not. Nice coup to whack those DMSs. Now he will have to rely on smaller, slower ships with less experienced crews. [&o][sm=fighting0056.gif]

BillBrown -> RE: Focus Pacific: down with the Wulf ( no durnedwolf please) (12/7/2019 7:51:15 PM)
I just did the March 1, 1942 turn and there is only 1 more month of invasion bonus left for him. He still has not invaded in a lot of places I had expected. None on Java, Timor, Ceram, anywhere in the Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, etc. To honest, he has not done much in the way of Amphibious invasions anywhere on the map other that the Aleutian Islands. He has taken Kavieng and Rabaul, but nothing else in the area.

BillBrown -> RE: Focus Pacific: down with the Wulf ( no durnedwolf please) (12/7/2019 7:54:44 PM)
5 of them with 4, 2 with 3, 3 with 2 and 1 with a 1. All of the HQs have just 1. It also helps that the Inf have from 49 to 53 experience and the moral is decent at 51 to 96. Players do have to remember that bombardment attacks help the enemy gain experience.

BillBrown -> RE: Focus Pacific: down with the Wulf ( no durnedwolf please) (12/8/2019 2:18:05 AM)
The expected DA took place SE of Sian and it was about how I predicted. Ground combat at 84,42 (near Sian) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 284530 troops, 2647 guns, 777 vehicles, Assault Value = 9510 Defending force 100597 troops, 503 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3250 Japanese adjusted assault: 4542 Allied adjusted defense: 6691 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 33153 casualties reported Squads: 130 destroyed, 2283 disabled Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 242 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 283 disabled Vehicles lost 28 (1 destroyed, 27 disabled) Allied ground losses: 3263 casualties reported Squads: 137 destroyed, 426 disabled Non Combat: 71 destroyed, 168 disabled Engineers: 6 destroyed, 29 disabled Guns lost 43 (1 destroyed, 42 disabled) Units destroyed 1 Assaulting units: 63rd Division 26th Division 40th Division 5th Infantry Brigade 8th Engineer Regiment 36th Division 17th Infantry Brigade 144th Division 12th Division 25th Division 23rd Division 4th Brigade 7th Ind.Mixed Brigade 123rd Division 14th Division 27th Division 15th Division 31st Infantry Brigade 3rd Division 13th Division 8th Recon Regiment 110th Division 302nd Division 39th Division 250th Division 1st Mortar Battalion 52nd Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion 15th Ind.Medium Field Artillery Regiment 6th Army 15th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 20th Army 4th Mortar Battalion 2nd Medium Field Artillery Regiment North China Area Army 7th RF Gun Battalion 14th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 35th Const Engineer Regiment 51st Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion 10th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 6th RF Gun Battalion 34th Const Engineer Regiment 8th Mountain Gun Regiment 3rd RF Gun Battalion 2nd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 36th Const Engineer Regiment Defending units: 7th New Chinese Corps 85th Chinese Corps 12th Chinese Corps 48th Chinese Corps 13th Chinese Corps 15th Chinese Corps 2nd Chinese Cavalry Corps 96th Chinese Corps 40th Chinese Corps 8th Route Army 98th Chinese Corps 29th Chinese Corps 8th New Chinese Corps 1st War Area Jingcha War Area 3rd Group Army 36th Group Army 24th Group Army 31st Group Army 39th Group Army ------------------------------------- I have turned off replacements to all Chinese Infantry except those in this hex. I get 35 squads per turn as replacements, I will see how many these units can take on. I have 0 in the pool at this time. all units have supply, none are below required and the mouseover shows 14519 supply in the hex. I think I can rebuild faster than he can and I have a lot less disabled squads than he does. Might I be able to stop him? ---------------------------------------------- In bad news, I lost Clark field today. Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 100001 troops, 968 guns, 323 vehicles, Assault Value = 2637 Defending force 33595 troops, 696 guns, 891 vehicles, Assault Value = 392 Japanese adjusted assault: 2825 Allied adjusted defense: 628 Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Clark Field !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 3661 casualties reported Squads: 11 destroyed, 287 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 27 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 57 disabled Guns lost 12 (1 destroyed, 11 disabled) Vehicles lost 29 (5 destroyed, 24 disabled) Units pursuing 1 Allied ground losses: 8288 casualties reported Squads: 305 destroyed, 27 disabled Non Combat: 714 destroyed, 47 disabled Engineers: 144 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 183 (183 destroyed, 0 disabled) Vehicles lost 152 (151 destroyed, 1 disabled) Units retreated 17 Units destroyed 1 Expected, but always sad. -------------------------------

BillBrown -> RE: Focus Pacific: down with the Wulf ( no durnedwolf please) (12/8/2019 2:42:12 AM)
Here is a picture of Sian showing the amount of supply generated each day [image]local://upfiles/6818/50BC2EE4232049AD95B605A4C29EAA2F.jpg[/image]

BillBrown -> RE: Focus Pacific: down with the Wulf ( no durnedwolf please) (12/8/2019 2:54:26 PM)
Mar 2, 1942 At hex 84,42( 2 hexes SE of Sian ) I gained 8 new squads and 8 re-enabled squads. This is kind of cool, Dutch PBYs went 16 hexes. Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Kota Bharu at 51,75 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 16 minutes Allied aircraft PBY-5 Catalina x 12 No Allied losses Japanese Ships xAK Hakonesan Maru xAK Mikasa Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage xAK Kaiko Maru Aircraft Attacking: 12 x PBY-5 Catalina launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 22in Mk 13 Torpedo --------------------------------------------- Not much else happened this turn.

BBfanboy -> RE: Focus Pacific: down with the Wulf ( no durnedwolf please) (12/8/2019 5:08:38 PM)
That is a very long distance torp attack! Did you have a great D/L on that TF beforehand?

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