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castor troy -> RE: AAR 1944 (9/20/2020 1:11:36 PM)
we're still destroying lots of enemy aircraft at Diamond Harbour and I wonder if Mundy has enabled replacements... I wouldn't bring more aircraft here, they will die before having any chance to ever get airborne... [image]local://upfiles/13774/A82BF8DFF66143BFA59EC664133C8050.jpg[/image]

castor troy -> RE: AAR 1944 (9/20/2020 1:17:14 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 02, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Diamond Harbour at 52,38 - Coastal Guns Fire Back! Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses P-38H Lightning: 23 damaged P-38H Lightning: 1 destroyed on ground F4U-1 Corsair: 133 damaged F4U-1 Corsair: 1 destroyed on ground P-51A Mustang: 7 damaged P-51A Mustang: 1 destroyed on ground P-38G Lightning: 5 damaged B-25G Mitchell: 4 damaged F4U-1A Corsair: 16 damaged P-38J Lightning: 3 damaged 29 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships CA Suzuya CA Mikuma CA Chokai CA Maya CA Chikuma CL Jintsu CL Naka CL Oyodo DD Ushio DD Sazanami DD Akebono DD Oboro DD Yugiri DD Sagiri DD Ayanami DD Shirakumo DD Natsugumo, Shell hits 1 DD Tokitsukaze DD Natsushio DD Hatsukaze Allied Ships xAK Jalayamuna, Shell hits 1 xAP Robert C. Grier, Shell hits 1 LCI-63, Shell hits 1, heavy damage xAK Clan Mactavish, Shell hits 1, heavy damage xAP William C. Claiborne, Shell hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage APD Gilmer, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage xAK La Pampa, Shell hits 1 xAK City of Yokohama, Shell hits 2 xAP Benledi, Shell hits 1 xAK Bhima, Shell hits 2, on fire xAP Jacalope, Shell hits 1 APD Kennison, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage xAK Risaldar, Shell hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage AK Ganymede, Shell hits 1 xAP Derrymore, Shell hits 2 xAK Nora Moller, Shell hits 1 APA Warren, Shell hits 1, on fire xAK Havildar, Shell hits 2 AK Bootes, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage APD Crosby, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage xAP Owen Summers, Shell hits 2, on fire xAP Peter Donahue, Shell hits 2, on fire LCI-446, Shell hits 1 xAP Nightingale, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage xAP Matsonia, Shell hits 1 xAP Samuel Adams, Shell hits 1 xAP William G. Fargo, Shell hits 1 APA Crescent City, Shell hits 1, heavy damage xAK Uffington Court, Shell hits 1 xAP Benrinnes, Shell hits 1, on fire xAP Duchess of Bedford, Shell hits 1 xAK City of Exeter, Shell hits 2, on fire xAK Matiana, Shell hits 1 AKA Electra, Shell hits 3, on fire xAP Hadleigh, Shell hits 1, on fire xAK Jalaganga, Shell hits 2 xAP Aloe, Shell hits 1, on fire xAP Lewis Cass, Shell hits 1, on fire xAP Etolin, Shell hits 1 xAP Empress ' Asia, Shell hits 1 xAP Johilla, Shell hits 1, on fire xAK Ozarda, Shell hits 1, on fire xAP Wing Sang, Shell hits 2, on fire APA Harris, Shell hits 2 xAK Shillong, Shell hits 1 xAP Kohistan, Shell hits 1 xAP Largs Bay, Shell hits 1, on fire xAP Changte, Shell hits 1 xAP Esperance, Shell hits 1 xAP Daisy Moller, Shell hits 1 xAP Samuel Gompers, Shell hits 1 xAK Mahout, Shell hits 1 xAP Morton M. McCarver, Shell hits 1 xAK Empire Niger, Shell hits 1 Allied ground losses: 1021 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 13 destroyed, 81 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 14 disabled Guns lost 15 (4 destroyed, 11 disabled) Vehicles lost 14 (3 destroyed, 11 disabled) Airbase hits 11 Airbase supply hits 9 Runway hits 32 Port hits 12 Port supply hits 2 most of the action is over for now, there are still some 100 ships at Diamond Harbour, many are hit by our naval bombardments, the IJAAF port attacks can't do any damage due to insane flak and 26,000ft attack alt (just flying those attacks to burn Allied supply as flak has quite a high supply consumption)... CA Suzuya firing at Diamond Harbour CA Mikuma firing at Diamond Harbour E13A1 Jake acting as spotter for CA Chokai CA Chokai firing at Diamond Harbour CA Maya firing at Diamond Harbour CA Chikuma firing at Diamond Harbour CL Jintsu firing at Diamond Harbour CL Naka firing at Diamond Harbour CL Oyodo firing at Diamond Harbour DD Ushio firing at Diamond Harbour DD Sazanami firing at Diamond Harbour DD Akebono firing at Diamond Harbour DD Oboro firing at Diamond Harbour DD Yugiri firing at Diamond Harbour DD Sagiri firing at Diamond Harbour DD Ayanami firing at Diamond Harbour DD Shirakumo firing at Diamond Harbour DD Natsugumo firing at 217th Coast AA Regiment 217th Coast AA Regiment firing at DD Natsugumo DD Tokitsukaze firing at Diamond Harbour DD Natsushio firing at Diamond Harbour 18th Marine Defense Battalion firing at DD Hatsukaze DD Hatsukaze firing at 18th Marine Defense Battalion -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Addu at 12,49 Japanese Ships SS I-30, hits 22, heavy damage Allied Ships BB Iowa DD Bradford AO Schuylkill AO Suamico AO Lackawanna AO Kaskaskia AGC Rocky Mount APA Harry Lee LSI(L) Empire Silver LSD Belle Grove LST 280 LST 239 LST 199 LST 161 LST 8 LST-456 LST-452 LCI-448 LCI-335 xAP Benjamin Ide Wheeler xAK City of Manchester DD Cowell DD Claxton DD Chevalier DD Brownson I-30 is heavily damaged and the chances aren't good to make port but she gathered some interesting intel as BB Iowa is also present in the Indian Ocean now... looks like more amphib capacity and surface combat assets coming in... SS I-30 is sighted by escort DD Cowell fails to find sub and abandons search DD Claxton attacking submerged sub .... DD Chevalier attacking submerged sub .... DD Brownson attacking submerged sub .... DD Claxton attacking submerged sub .... DD Claxton is out of ASW ammo DD Claxton is out of ASW ammo DD Claxton is out of ASW ammo DD Claxton is out of ASW ammo DD Chevalier fails to find sub and abandons search DD Brownson attacking submerged sub .... DD Brownson is out of ASW ammo DD Claxton fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Brownson attacking submerged sub .... DD Brownson is out of ASW ammo DD Brownson is out of ASW ammo DD Brownson is out of ASW ammo DD Brownson is out of ASW ammo Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Diamond Harbour , at 52,38 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-84a Frank x 28 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 28 x Ki-84a Frank sweeping at 31000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Diamond Harbour , at 52,38 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 32 NM, estimated altitude 36,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-84a Frank x 37 No Japanese losses Allied Ships APA Elmore, and is sunk DE Parks, and is sunk Aircraft Attacking: 37 x Ki-84a Frank sweeping at 31000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Diamond Harbour , at 52,38 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 199 NM, estimated altitude 27,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 63 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K2-J George x 114 Ki-49-IIb Helen x 75 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49-IIb Helen: 30 damaged Ki-49-IIb Helen: 2 destroyed by flak Allied Ships xAK Pardo, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage lol, the first lucky hit from these attacks... Aircraft Attacking: 16 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 26000 feet Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 16 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 26000 feet Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 19 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 26000 feet Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 20 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 26000 feet Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 3 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 26000 feet Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Diamond Harbour , at 52,38 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 198 NM, estimated altitude 30,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 62 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K2-J George x 57 Ki-49-IIb Helen x 34 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49-IIb Helen: 10 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 26 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 26000 feet Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 8 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 26000 feet Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Calcutta (52,37) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 2490 troops, 227 guns, 156 vehicles, Assault Value = 5406 Defending force 119569 troops, 1376 guns, 1569 vehicles, Assault Value = 3559 Allied ground losses: Guns lost 27 (13 destroyed, 14 disabled) Vehicles lost 21 (13 destroyed, 8 disabled) Units destroyed 1 next Allied bombardment, next stupid result... this time an Allied arty unit was even destroyed... IJ casualties: ZERO... Assaulting units: 159th(Sep) Infantry Regiment 7th Infantry Division 33rd Infantry Division 627th Tank Destroyer Battalion 1st USMC Tank Battalion 767th Tank Battalion 111th(Sep) Infantry Regiment 4th Marine Division 29th British Brigade 131st Cmbt Engineer Regiment 35th Cmbt Engineer Regiment 110th Cmbt Engineer Battalion 43rd Infantry Division 193rd Tank Battalion 2nd British Division 40th Infantry Division 158th(Sep) Infantry Regiment 22nd Marine Regiment 762nd Tank Battalion 3rd USMC Tank Battalion Americal Infantry Division 1st Arm Amphib Battalion 640th Tank Destroyer Battalion 4th USMC Tank Battalion 50th Cmbt Engineer Regiment 766th Tank Battalion 2/3rd Pioneer Battalion Guides Cavalry Regiment 27th Infantry Division 24th Infantry Division 2nd USMC Tank Battalion 763rd Tank Battalion 138th(Sep) Infantry Regiment 298th(Sep) Infantry Regiment 637th Tank Destroyer Battalion Provisionl Tank Brigade 53rd (Sep) Infantry Regiment 6th Infantry Division 112th Cavalry Regiment 6th Indian Division 41st Infantry Division 1st (Spec) Cavalry Division 3rd Marine Division 10th Indian Division 25th Infantry Division 8th Indian Division 205th Field Artillery Battalion 30th Field Artillery Regiment I Marine Amphib Corps 2nd Pioneer Battalion 3rd Pioneer Battalion 134th Field Artillery Battalion 55th Coastal Artillery Battalion 841st Aviation Engineer Battalion 352nd Construction Regiment 181st Field Artillery Battalion 839th Aviation Engineer Battalion V Amphib Corps 82nd Mortar Battalion 98th Field Artillery Battalion XIV US Corps 330th Construction Regiment 7th USMC Field Artillery Battalion 4th Pioneer Battalion I US Corps 198th Field Artillery Battalion 339th Construction Regiment 168th Field Artillery Battalion 249th Field Artillery Battalion 226th Field Artillery Battalion XI US Corps 19th USN Naval Const Rgt /7 Defending units: 48th Division 12th Tank Regiment 8th Tank Regiment 24th Ind.Mixed Brigade 21st Ind.Mixed Brigade 9th Tank Regiment 19th Tank Regiment 19th Division 2nd Tank Regiment 18th Tank Regiment 14th Tank Regiment 23rd Tank Regiment 2nd Division 33rd Division 15th Tank Regiment 3rd Tank Regiment 4th Division 4th Tank Regiment 22nd Tank Regiment 18th Division 11th Tank Regiment 5th Mortar Battalion 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment 2nd Mortar Battalion 82nd JAAF AF Bn 2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 23rd AA Regiment 21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion 22nd JNAF AF Unit 3rd Mortar Battalion 11th JNAF AF Unit 30th JNAF AF Unit 31st JNAF AF Unit 15th Army 3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 20th AA Regiment 14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 31st Field AA Battalion 15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 94th JAAF AF Bn 20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion 35th JAAF AF Bn 1st RF Gun Battalion 3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 101st JAAF AF Bn -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Bellary (34,33) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 9432 troops, 54 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 408 Defending force 1830 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 61 Allied adjusted assault: 295 Japanese adjusted defense: 46 Allied assault odds: 6 to 1 (fort level 0) Allied forces CAPTURE Bellary !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), preparation(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 791 casualties reported Squads: 13 destroyed, 22 disabled Non Combat: 14 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 5 (2 destroyed, 3 disabled) Units retreated 1 Allied ground losses: 44 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 13 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Defeated Japanese Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 16th LRP Brigade 14th LRP Brigade 23rd LRP Brigade Defending units: 47th Naval Guard Unit wasn't happy about that one as it's clearly my fault, just didn't notice these units showing up at Bellary (NW of Madras)... enemy takes another railroad junction...

castor troy -> RE: AAR 1944 (9/20/2020 1:22:38 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 03, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Diamond Harbour at 52,38 - Coastal Guns Fire Back! Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses F4U-1 Corsair: 41 damaged F4U-1 Corsair: 1 destroyed on ground F4U-1A Corsair: 14 damaged F4U-1A Corsair: 1 destroyed on ground B-25G Mitchell: 11 damaged B-25G Mitchell: 1 destroyed on ground P-38H Lightning: 13 damaged P-51A Mustang: 2 damaged P-38J Lightning: 1 damaged 33 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships CA Suzuya, Shell hits 1 CA Mikuma CA Chokai CA Maya CA Chikuma CL Jintsu CL Naka CL Oyodo, Shell hits 1 DD Ushio DD Sazanami DD Akebono DD Oboro DD Yugiri DD Sagiri DD Ayanami DD Shirakumo DD Natsugumo DD Tokitsukaze DD Natsushio DD Hatsukaze Allied Ships xAK Nora Moller, Shell hits 2 xAK Itria, Shell hits 1 AK Adhara, Shell hits 1 xAP Chilka, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage xAP Peter V. Daniel, Shell hits 1, on fire APA Warren, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage xAP Empress ' Asia, Shell hits 2, on fire xAP Aloe, Shell hits 2, on fire xAP William G. Fargo, Shell hits 1, on fire xAK Lavington Court, Shell hits 1 xAP Empress ' Australia, Shell hits 1 xAP Jacalope, Shell hits 1 APA La Salle, Shell hits 3 xAK Jalaganga, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage LCI-83, Shell hits 1, heavy damage xAP Historian, Shell hits 2 APD King, Shell hits 2, heavy damage xAP Lewis Cass, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage xAK Salamaua, Shell hits 1, heavy damage APD Kane, Shell hits 1 xAP Esperance, Shell hits 2, on fire xAK Mendoza, Shell hits 1 APA Crescent City, Shell hits 2, heavy damage xAK Uffington Court, Shell hits 1 xAP Etolin, Shell hits 1 APA Arthur Middleton, Shell hits 1, heavy damage xAP Peter Silvester, Shell hits 1 xAK St Essylt, Shell hits 1, on fire xAK City of Yokohama, Shell hits 1, on fire xAP Clan Macpherson, Shell hits 1 xAP Athlone Castle, Shell hits 4 xAP Rizwani, Shell hits 2, on fire xAP Peter Donahue, Shell hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage xAP Leslie M. Shaw, Shell hits 2 xAP Daisy Moller, Shell hits 1 xAK Masula, Shell hits 1 xAK Havildar, Shell hits 1, on fire xAK City of Hankow, Shell hits 1, on fire LCI-446, Shell hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage AKA Electra, Shell hits 1, heavy damage xAK Ettrickbank, Shell hits 1 xAK Elysia, Shell hits 1, on fire xAK Elmdale, Shell hits 1 xAK Mahout, Shell hits 1 Allied ground losses: 820 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 69 disabled Engineers: 5 destroyed, 19 disabled Guns lost 38 (4 destroyed, 34 disabled) Vehicles lost 14 (2 destroyed, 12 disabled) Airbase hits 10 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 37 Port hits 15 Port supply hits 3 the enemy would have had more chances to save some ships if he had evacuated all at once, those ships staying at Diamond Harbour will all die sooner or later to our naval gunnery... CA Suzuya firing at 217th Coast AA Regiment 217th Coast AA Regiment firing at CA Suzuya CA Mikuma firing at Diamond Harbour E13A1 Jake acting as spotter for CA Chokai 217th Coast AA Regiment firing at CA Chokai CA Chokai firing at 217th Coast AA Regiment CA Maya firing at Diamond Harbour CA Chikuma firing at Diamond Harbour CL Jintsu firing at Diamond Harbour CL Naka firing at Diamond Harbour CL Oyodo firing at 259th Coastal Artillery Battalion 259th Coastal Artillery Battalion firing at CL Oyodo DD Ushio firing at Diamond Harbour DD Sazanami firing at Diamond Harbour DD Akebono firing at Diamond Harbour DD Oboro firing at Diamond Harbour DD Yugiri firing at Diamond Harbour DD Sagiri firing at Diamond Harbour DD Ayanami firing at Diamond Harbour DD Shirakumo firing at Diamond Harbour DD Natsugumo firing at Diamond Harbour DD Tokitsukaze firing at Diamond Harbour DD Natsushio firing at Diamond Harbour DD Hatsukaze firing at Diamond Harbour -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Diamond Harbour , at 52,38 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-84a Frank x 29 No Japanese losses Allied Ships xAK Pardo, and is sunk Aircraft Attacking: 29 x Ki-84a Frank sweeping at 31000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Diamond Harbour , at 52,38 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 36,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-84a Frank x 37 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 37 x Ki-84a Frank sweeping at 31000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Diamond Harbour , at 52,38 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 199 NM, estimated altitude 28,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 63 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K2-J George x 114 Ki-49-IIb Helen x 73 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49-IIb Helen: 26 damaged Ki-49-IIb Helen: 1 destroyed by flak Aircraft Attacking: 17 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 26000 feet Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 15 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 26000 feet Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 23 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 26000 feet Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 11 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 26000 feet Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 5 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 26000 feet Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Diamond Harbour , at 52,38 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 193 NM, estimated altitude 29,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 61 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K2-J George x 57 Ki-49-IIb Helen x 32 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49-IIb Helen: 17 damaged Allied Ships xAK Tweedbank, and is sunk Aircraft Attacking: 11 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 26000 feet Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 21 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 26000 feet Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Calcutta (52,37) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 225767 troops, 4424 guns, 3903 vehicles, Assault Value = 5531 Defending force 106330 troops, 1274 guns, 1555 vehicles, Assault Value = 3145 Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 6 Allied adjusted assault: 1976 Japanese adjusted defense: 42605 Allied assault odds: 1 to 21 (fort level 6) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), leaders(+), preparation(-) experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 1630 casualties reported Squads: 7 destroyed, 143 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 48 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 23 disabled Vehicles lost 67 (10 destroyed, 57 disabled) Allied ground losses: 14565 casualties reported Squads: 354 destroyed, 1169 disabled Non Combat: 243 destroyed, 562 disabled Engineers: 45 destroyed, 145 disabled Guns lost 411 (93 destroyed, 318 disabled) Vehicles lost 657 (111 destroyed, 546 disabled) the enemy attacks Calcutta for the third time and again suffers horrendous losses... we only have a tank regiment hit hard (mostly disabled) and that's it... downside is again a fort level dropped... as soon as our forts are destroyed we will start to suffer some more casualties too but that won't change the fact that Calcutta will still be a tough nut to crack... Assaulting units: 158th(Sep) Infantry Regiment 40th Infantry Division 41st Infantry Division 2/3rd Pioneer Battalion 4th USMC Tank Battalion 7th Infantry Division 43rd Infantry Division 25th Infantry Division 1st USMC Tank Battalion 131st Cmbt Engineer Regiment 3rd Marine Division 2nd USMC Tank Battalion 1st (Spec) Cavalry Division 35th Cmbt Engineer Regiment 767th Tank Battalion 24th Infantry Division 111th(Sep) Infantry Regiment 27th Infantry Division 298th(Sep) Infantry Regiment 640th Tank Destroyer Battalion 110th Cmbt Engineer Battalion 763rd Tank Battalion 33rd Infantry Division Guides Cavalry Regiment 6th Infantry Division 1st Arm Amphib Battalion 3rd USMC Tank Battalion 193rd Tank Battalion 10th Indian Division Provisionl Tank Brigade 6th Indian Division 4th Marine Division 112th Cavalry Regiment 22nd Marine Regiment 2nd British Division 138th(Sep) Infantry Regiment 159th(Sep) Infantry Regiment 762nd Tank Battalion 50th Cmbt Engineer Regiment 29th British Brigade Americal Infantry Division 637th Tank Destroyer Battalion 53rd (Sep) Infantry Regiment 627th Tank Destroyer Battalion 766th Tank Battalion 8th Indian Division 98th Field Artillery Battalion 168th Field Artillery Battalion 181st Field Artillery Battalion 82nd Mortar Battalion 7th USMC Field Artillery Battalion 839th Aviation Engineer Battalion I Marine Amphib Corps 55th Coastal Artillery Battalion 30th Field Artillery Regiment I US Corps V Amphib Corps XIV US Corps 330th Construction Regiment 198th Field Artillery Battalion 2nd Pioneer Battalion 339th Construction Regiment 3rd Pioneer Battalion 249th Field Artillery Battalion 134th Field Artillery Battalion XI US Corps 4th Pioneer Battalion 226th Field Artillery Battalion 352nd Construction Regiment 841st Aviation Engineer Battalion 19th USN Naval Const Rgt /7 Defending units: 24th Ind.Mixed Brigade 15th Tank Regiment 2nd Division 19th Division 18th Division 21st Ind.Mixed Brigade 9th Tank Regiment 19th Tank Regiment 23rd Tank Regiment 14th Tank Regiment 8th Tank Regiment 18th Tank Regiment 3rd Tank Regiment 4th Tank Regiment 2nd Tank Regiment 22nd Tank Regiment 12th Tank Regiment 48th Division 33rd Division 11th Tank Regiment 18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 11th JNAF AF Unit 82nd JAAF AF Bn 94th JAAF AF Bn 31st JNAF AF Unit 35th JAAF AF Bn 14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 31st Field AA Battalion 30th JNAF AF Unit 20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion 3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion 2nd Mortar Battalion 10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 23rd AA Regiment 15th Army 3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 1st RF Gun Battalion 5th Mortar Battalion 20th AA Regiment 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment 3rd Mortar Battalion 15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 22nd JNAF AF Unit 101st JAAF AF Bn

RangerJoe -> RE: AAR 1944 (9/20/2020 7:52:30 PM)
The enemy loses more than an infantry division in squads, he is losing ships when your fighters sweep, and you occasionally hit a ship from 5 miles or 8 kilometers altitude. His supplies are being destroyed and used at a high rate. He may not be able to keep it up while you can. You may have enough engineers in Calcutta to keep at least a few levels of forts available. [&o][&o][&o]

PaxMondo -> RE: AAR 1944 (9/20/2020 9:25:08 PM)
+1 He's lost more than 2 ID's of troops already. You should be able to keep your forts at 2, maybe 3 if you can get enough engr's there. But, yes you are really wearing him down ... keep the flights going overhead to burn that supply. I think you have him myself, I really do. Yes, a lot of work to get there yet, but I can't see him able to reinforce or resupply. If not, irregardless of his starting strength, he won't win this ... [&o][&o][&o]

RangerJoe -> RE: AAR 1944 (9/20/2020 10:31:29 PM)
I means losing the strength of one division in just that one attack. If he keeps attacking and uses up his supplies, his disabled squads won't repair and he will take even heavier losses. Keep an eye on the destroyed/disabled ratio.

gervabit -> RE: AAR 1944 (9/20/2020 10:47:39 PM)
Perhaps naval bombardment in Calcutta, to prevent fatigue and organization from decreasing

RangerJoe -> RE: AAR 1944 (9/20/2020 10:52:15 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: gervabit Perhaps naval bombardment in Calcutta, to prevent fatigue and organization from decreasing He would have to sail past Diamond Harbor which may have CD guns and mines. Keep pounding Diamond Harbor to aid Calcutta.

jdsrae -> RE: AAR 1944 (9/20/2020 10:52:33 PM)
Looks like the allies have the equivalent of 5-6 Divs disabled too. How many to go, 10-15?!

mind_messing -> RE: AAR 1944 (9/21/2020 3:55:14 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: castor troy quote: ORIGINAL: mind_messing quote: we had some success today but were far from what one would expect... it's just the numbers, I will never ever understand why you only get 10-20% of your bombers airborne when you meet every of those so called "conditions" except the one where you have to sacrifice your pet... and it just pisses me off again and again, no matter how many years, no matter how many turns and no matter how many discussions... it's just BS, that's not the way how war is waged, you can't just tell your officer to stay at home because there is a magic routine telling you not to fly... It's tied to detection levels, as is nearly everything to do with the naval routine. The higher the DL, the more appropriate the strike package. In this specific case, it seems an appropriate strike. Expecting a full sentai of 27 Frances to sortie for 3 ships in a target rich environment would be somewhat absurd. Numbers game... totally overwhelmed routine in the Bay of Bengal and perfectly working in the Gilberts? Or almost as if it's substantially easier in real life (as in game) to co-ordinate smaller scale operations over a smaller distance than it is to co-ordinate thousands of planes across the entire Bay of Bengal... quote: But it was totally wonky what the game launched in the Bay of Bengal, even though it still turns out as a disaster for the Allied, guess how it looked like if we had an average of 50% of the bombers airborne when they had a chance to strike a target? The game is doing you a favour here. Imagine your dream scenario - everything on the KB flies, there's a massacre of Allied merchant marine. Nothing is held back, bombs, sorties and torpedoes are expended en-masse till there's none left. Next turn an Allied CV TF zips in at high speed and the KB has nothing in the offensive arsenal. While there would be an element of poetic justice, it would be detrimental in that the optimum way of winning a carrier clash would be wasting your opponents munitions with large fleets of sacrificial xAKs. That would be a step backwards from where we are now.

castor troy -> RE: AAR 1944 (9/21/2020 5:27:38 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: RangerJoe The enemy loses more than an infantry division in squads, he is losing ships when your fighters sweep, and you occasionally hit a ship from 5 miles or 8 kilometers altitude. His supplies are being destroyed and used at a high rate. He may not be able to keep it up while you can. You may have enough engineers in Calcutta to keep at least a few levels of forts available. [&o][&o][&o] At the moment we are only at a WWII Gallipoli. The Allied landed in force, got stalled and there is nothing we can do to throw them back into the Sea at the moment. Yes, a couple of forts shouldn't be much of a problem, should not go below 3 or even 4 if we are lucky as he has no supporting airfield in range to keep us from building forts.

castor troy -> RE: AAR 1944 (9/21/2020 5:31:21 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: PaxMondo +1 He's lost more than 2 ID's of troops already. You should be able to keep your forts at 2, maybe 3 if you can get enough engr's there. But, yes you are really wearing him down ... keep the flights going overhead to burn that supply. I think you have him myself, I really do. Yes, a lot of work to get there yet, but I can't see him able to reinforce or resupply. If not, irregardless of his starting strength, he won't win this ... [&o][&o][&o] Worth 2 ID yes, but the losses are spread out. I'm not as confident at the moment, we got the initiative and killed an insane number of ships and aircraft but to kill his troops, we're talking about several hundred thousand troops in the pocket. Not all that easy and impossible as long as they are supplied. The Bay of Bengal is ours though, a resupply move would result in another massacre and I'm sure he knows this. If he wants to risk the previously spotted Iowa or his carriers to resupply his troops then be it, but in that case I expect to sink a big bunch of his ships then. And then he still has to break the defenses at Calcutta.

castor troy -> RE: AAR 1944 (9/21/2020 5:35:33 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: RangerJoe quote: ORIGINAL: gervabit Perhaps naval bombardment in Calcutta, to prevent fatigue and organization from decreasing He would have to sail past Diamond Harbor which may have CD guns and mines. Keep pounding Diamond Harbor to aid Calcutta. My cruisers are coming from Calcutta! [:D] Mundy told me he has three or four CD units at Diamond Harbour and needless to say is very disappointed about their performance. CD units (can) work against invasions if you get super lucky die rolls but against naval bombardments they literally do nothing. I had games where either me or my opponent has bombarded Singapore, early on or other big calibre CD and not much happened. I've seen Hawaii being bombarded daily, bases with heavy CD in Japan or Corregidor. The only target can be Diamond Harbour as that's where his supply sits. Bombarding Calcutta only hits his LCUs in an urban hex, total waste of shells as the damage done is minimal then.

castor troy -> RE: AAR 1944 (9/21/2020 5:38:04 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: jdsrae Looks like the allies have the equivalent of 5-6 Divs disabled too. How many to go, 10-15?! How many more? 25? [:D] I was counting them when everything was landing and it was 28 or 29 full sized divisions. But that's not all! There is still a total number of 158 units, uncountable numbers of Rgts, tank units and all the other stuff. I'd say if we talk assault value then it's like 40 divisions...[sm=nono.gif] Like I've mentioned before, have never faced or seen an invasion that was coming close to what Mundy has been throwing in here. If I wouldn't have dedicated Calcutta as my stronghold North of Burma that should act as a staging base for reinforcements for the expected battles further West he would have punched right through. What I still don't get is why he landed at Calcutta though as he had recon over my base already long before he even landed so he could have figured that there are not only a couple of low value units with the troop count alone. Guess he was just convinced nothing could stop an Army like his. The battle for Chungking could have been a lesson as it was a tough nut to crack and that's an urban light hex and "only" had lvl 6 forts. Of course he couldn't really expect to see lvl 9 forts but I have been building forts with the troops there since we took the city. Have never moved in any additional engineers though, the long time did the trick. So instead of waging a ground war in India we are pretty much fighting at Calcutta now, which was the fight I was expecting to be the end of the Allied India campaign. Now it's the start actually.[:D]

castor troy -> RE: AAR 1944 (9/21/2020 5:57:37 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 04, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Diamond Harbour at 52,38 - Coastal Guns Fire Back! Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses P-38H Lightning: 20 damaged P-38H Lightning: 1 destroyed on ground P-38J Lightning: 71 damaged P-38J Lightning: 4 destroyed on ground F4U-1 Corsair: 26 damaged F4U-1 Corsair: 1 destroyed on ground F4U-1A Corsair: 6 damaged P-51A Mustang: 2 damaged B-25G Mitchell: 8 damaged P-38G Lightning: 2 damaged 15 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships CA Suzuya CA Mikuma CA Chokai CA Maya CA Chikuma CL Jintsu CL Naka DD Ushio DD Sazanami DD Akebono DD Oboro DD Yugiri DD Sagiri DD Ayanami DD Shirakumo DD Natsugumo DD Tokitsukaze DD Natsushio DD Hatsukaze Allied Ships xAP Empress ' Australia, Shell hits 3 xAP Hadleigh, Shell hits 2 xAK Itria, Shell hits 1 xAK Clan Mactavish, Shell hits 1, heavy damage xAP Etolin, Shell hits 2, on fire xAK La Pampa, Shell hits 2 xAP Varela, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage xAP Peter Silvester, Shell hits 3, on fire xAK City of Yokohama, Shell hits 2, on fire xAP Clan Macpherson, Shell hits 2, on fire xAP Historian, Shell hits 1, on fire xAK Empire Niger, Shell hits 1 APA McCawley, Shell hits 1 xAP Samuel Gompers, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage APA Arthur Middleton, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage APA President Adams, Shell hits 1 APA Harris, Shell hits 1 xAP Esperance, Shell hits 2, on fire xAK Mendoza, Shell hits 1 xAP Matsonia, Shell hits 1 APA La Salle, Shell hits 3 xAP Rangitata, Shell hits 2, on fire xAK Lavington Court, Shell hits 5, heavy damage xAP Robert C. Grier, Shell hits 2 xAP Sheldon Jackson, Shell hits 1 APD King, Shell hits 3, heavy damage xAK Maldive, Shell hits 2, on fire xAP Johilla, Shell hits 3, heavy damage APD Kane, Shell hits 1 xAP Daisy Moller, Shell hits 1 xAP Leslie M. Shaw, Shell hits 1, on fire xAP Samuel Adams, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage xAP Empress ' Asia, Shell hits 1, on fire xAP Derrymore, Shell hits 1, heavy damage xAK Masula, Shell hits 2 xAP William G. Fargo, Shell hits 1 xAK Elysia, Shell hits 2 xAP Jacalope, Shell hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Nora Moller, Shell hits 1 xAK Karoa, Shell hits 1 xAK Trevilley, Shell hits 1 APA Warren, Shell hits 1, heavy damage APA Crescent City, Shell hits 1, heavy damage xAK Ettrickbank, Shell hits 3, on fire xAP Changte, Shell hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK City of Hankow, Shell hits 1 LCI-85, Shell hits 1 xAK City of Canterbury, Shell hits 1 Allied ground losses: 945 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 89 disabled Engineers: 3 destroyed, 22 disabled Vehicles lost 42 (4 destroyed, 38 disabled) Airbase hits 11 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 40 Port hits 9 Port supply hits 5 when the Allied Navy left Diamond Harbour it became a deathtrap for the airforce... without controlling the Sea you can't control the air in an isolated region... CA Suzuya firing at Diamond Harbour CA Mikuma firing at Diamond Harbour E13A1 Jake acting as spotter for CA Chokai CA Chokai firing at Diamond Harbour CA Maya firing at Diamond Harbour CA Chikuma firing at Diamond Harbour CL Jintsu firing at Diamond Harbour CL Naka firing at Diamond Harbour DD Ushio firing at Diamond Harbour DD Sazanami firing at Diamond Harbour DD Akebono firing at 217th Coast AA Regiment 217th Coast AA Regiment firing at DD Akebono DD Oboro firing at Diamond Harbour DD Yugiri firing at Diamond Harbour DD Sagiri firing at Diamond Harbour DD Ayanami firing at Diamond Harbour DD Shirakumo firing at Diamond Harbour DD Natsugumo firing at Diamond Harbour DD Tokitsukaze firing at Diamond Harbour DD Natsushio firing at Diamond Harbour DD Hatsukaze firing at Diamond Harbour -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Diamond Harbour at 52,38 Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses P-38J Lightning: 43 damaged P-38J Lightning: 4 destroyed on ground F4U-1A Corsair: 26 damaged F4U-1A Corsair: 2 destroyed on ground F4U-1 Corsair: 29 damaged F4U-1 Corsair: 2 destroyed on ground P-38H Lightning: 7 damaged P-38H Lightning: 1 destroyed on ground B-25G Mitchell: 9 damaged B-25G Mitchell: 1 destroyed on ground P-51A Mustang: 3 damaged P-51A Mustang: 2 destroyed on ground P-38G Lightning: 1 damaged P-38G Lightning: 1 destroyed on ground Japanese Ships BB Musashi BB Yamato BB Nagato CLAA Tatsuta CLAA Tenryu DD Suzukaze DD Umikaze DD Kawakaze DD Yamakaze DD Samidare DD Yudachi DD Harusame DD Murasame DD Shigure Allied Ships xAP Athlone Castle, Shell hits 3 xAP Robert C. Grier, Shell hits 4, on fire AKA Jupiter, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage xAP Benrinnes, Shell hits 2, on fire APA McCawley, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage xAK Nora Moller, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage xAK St Essylt, Shell hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage xAP Peter Silvester, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage xAP Arundel Castle, Shell hits 2, on fire xAP Samuel Adams, Shell hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage APA Crescent City, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage xAP Duchess of Bedford, Shell hits 3 xAP Johilla, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage xAP Kohistan, Shell hits 3, on fire xAK Shillong, Shell hits 1 xAP Sheldon Jackson, Shell hits 1 xAK Itria, Shell hits 2, heavy fires xAP Jacalope, Shell hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage xAP Morton M. McCarver, Shell hits 1 xAP Matsonia, Shell hits 1 xAK Mahsud, Shell hits 2, on fire AK Ganymede, Shell hits 1, on fire xAK City of Canterbury, Shell hits 1 xAK Maldive, Shell hits 1, on fire xAK Elysia, Shell hits 1, on fire APA President Adams, Shell hits 2, on fire xAP Rangitata, Shell hits 2, on fire APA Warren, Shell hits 1, heavy damage xAP Daisy Moller, Shell hits 2, on fire xAK Uffington Court, Shell hits 1 xAK Mendoza, Shell hits 1, on fire AK Adhara, Shell hits 1 xAK Empire Rani, Shell hits 1, on fire xAP Hadleigh, Shell hits 1, on fire xAP City of Durban, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage APA La Salle, Shell hits 1 xAK La Pampa, Shell hits 1 AKA Electra, Shell hits 1, heavy damage Allied ground losses: 644 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 26 destroyed, 67 disabled Engineers: 3 destroyed, 7 disabled Vehicles lost 26 (4 destroyed, 22 disabled) Airbase hits 16 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 53 Port hits 9 Port supply hits 1 BB Musashi firing at Diamond Harbour BB Yamato firing at Diamond Harbour BB Nagato firing at Diamond Harbour Massive explosion on xAP Kohistan CLAA Tatsuta firing at Diamond Harbour CLAA Tenryu firing at Diamond Harbour DD Suzukaze firing at Diamond Harbour DD Umikaze firing at Diamond Harbour DD Kawakaze firing at Diamond Harbour DD Yamakaze firing at Diamond Harbour DD Samidare firing at Diamond Harbour DD Yudachi firing at Diamond Harbour DD Harusame firing at Diamond Harbour DD Murasame firing at Diamond Harbour DD Shigure firing at Diamond Harbour not much else happening anymore... thought this tracker screenshot would be interesting though... just look at the victory points, skyrocketed by 10,000 while the enemy has scored 800 since the hostilities around Calcutta began... the enemy lost no less than 1,746 aircraft in the last two and a halve weeks, mostly on the ground at Diamond Harbour or on ships, roughly 300 carrier based aircraft were shot down the first two days... in return we've lost 632 aircraft which at the first moment was really striking me (thought it would have been way less) but there were these days where my LBA suizided into CAP plus KB and LBA losing aircraft to all causes... in the end the Allied paid a high price for our air losses as we have sunk no less than 240 ships and that's only what tracker says at the moment, I'm sure the actual losses are way higher, might be somewhere around 350 when the battle is over, including two USN BBs (prewar), a dozen Allied CA/CL and two dozen DDs... let's not forget all those APA/AKA he has lost... downside is the loss of one CA/CL and two or three DDs so far as we can replace aircraft and even pilots but we can't replace ships... to sum it up, if the end result is an orderly IJ retreat out of India then it's still a huge success... at the moment I don't even want to think about what it would mean to clear the pocket at Diamond Harbour, that would surpass insanity I guess... [image]local://upfiles/13774/BEF7F01435C847C594B4C23EC45772A1.jpg[/image]

PaxMondo -> RE: AAR 1944 (9/22/2020 8:36:36 AM)
your ship exp is going to insane soon ... you'll have 50% of your surface fleet with +80 exp soon!

jdsrae -> RE: AAR 1944 (9/22/2020 9:18:48 AM)
Will be interesting to see if the allied attacks start to crumble at Calcutta in coming weeks. They probably dropped a few brazilian supplies with all those troops though. What now for the allies? Surely they can�t just leave that much force there to waste away without trying to reinforce. What do you think they will try to reinforce with and when?

Alpha77 -> RE: AAR 1944 (9/22/2020 1:34:29 PM)
I wonder what the Allied "strategy" was in this game ? Sometimes it seems he thinks to having too many ships and planes and wants to reduce their number on purpose, feeding them to the enemy with "strange" moves...[&:] @castor troy: You reported the ASW issues in this thread and I believe this is not a thing only in this mod, I have the same in a scen2 game. All these patrols are useless except the small subchasers when they eat up enemy torpedoes. Air ASW sometimes reports hits, these seem not to sink subs but damage them, they may be withdrawn then by the enemy. But later will arrive again, so subs needs to be sunk I also do not buy into the "mission kill" thing. However it is true that a good asw/search network protects your convois. I have not lost a bigger tanker or even one of the big fast AKs to subs for quite a while. However Allied subs can sit arrogantly even in mined port hexes... Btw. I moved some of my own subs near to bigger Allied bases, I got 2 subs hit by air both the smaller ro-class they got hit by smaller bombs from Hudsons, both received quite some damage but no danger to sink. I believe 3 hits by Hudson sized bombs will outright sink the IJN subs. 2 may be enough depending on luck of course. 1 seems to do serious enough damage for back to port. Can Allied players not report on their subs whan hit by IJ air asw? I believe you also talked about bigger numbers of IJN mines not doing anything - I opened a thread in the main forum, 600 Japanese mines not hitting...[:@]

PaxMondo -> RE: AAR 1944 (9/22/2020 1:46:15 PM)
Well, they are also at Madras, right? .. clearly he hopes a pinzer movement. but such a long distance, and if so, why the attacks? not sure at all of the tactics or strategy here ...

PaxMondo -> RE: AAR 1944 (9/22/2020 1:48:15 PM)
CT, can you share a screenie of the India area for us to see what's up?

Alpha77 -> RE: AAR 1944 (9/22/2020 2:15:21 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: RangerJoe A private getting orders to go to a replacement unit at Diamond Harbor: "I have just received a Death Sentence!" [:@] Check this video, quite devastating: "Breakout from Stalingrad: German radio exchanges during Operation Winter Storm" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmiNtVTF1Z4 And here 2 comments: "Imagine you received orders you are flying into the Stalingrad Cauldron as reinforcements for 6th Army. You just received your death warrant." "After Winterstorm failed and the relief fronts retreated, the focus came on the Luftwaffe to fly in fresh troops for defense. Can you imagine being one of these troops? Being told that you�re to be flown into the hopeless unimaginable misery that is the Stalingrad kessel? This is why, I think at least, small decisions were made at the tactical level to delay this action as much as possible. Crew chiefs claiming junkers aren�t airworthy, quartermasters claiming supplies weren�t ready for the transfers, and captains and colonels delaying this as much as possible to avoid senselessly sending fresh terrified troops to their certain slow miserable deaths. It�s it�s own story. In all, it paints a very dark but interesting picture of what was possible after late November/early December. Great video."

Alpha77 -> RE: AAR 1944 (9/22/2020 5:12:24 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: castor troy [image]local://upfiles/13774/A82BF8DFF66143BFA59EC664133C8050.jpg[/image] Worst statistic ever? Looks like 80% of the modern US fighters, Corsair and Lightnings, never got in the air to fight? But destroyed on the ground or loaded into ships?[:o]

Alpha77 -> RE: AAR 1944 (9/22/2020 10:42:23 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: PaxMondo your ship exp is going to insane soon ... you'll have 50% of your surface fleet with +80 exp soon! In my experience even 80+ exp does not negate the radar advantage of the Allied ships along with high speed vessels (Fletchers / PTs). In 44 also their ships come with better exp than the few IJN combat ships..But my opponent puts up a way better fight anyway...

RangerJoe -> RE: AAR 1944 (9/22/2020 11:02:25 PM)
I wonder if the Allied theme song is the one from the show MASH.

PaxMondo -> RE: AAR 1944 (9/22/2020 11:23:34 PM)
So, looking at the units shown ... it appears to most, if not all, of the deployable US land forces available in early '44. And he is losing prodigious numbers of them. Run this forward, even if CT were to lose Calcutta, by no means do I think that, but let's just conjecture a bit ... even if the allies take back all of India. Unless CT allows large portions of his armies to be encircled and destroyed in the process, he has already won the war here. The US reinforcements are still coming, but they start to taper off as '44 wears on. And replacement devices simply don't exist to rebuild his current losses. A very bold move to land so aggressively at Calcutta, but this same landing near Madras using LBA cover from Ceylon would have been far more favorable. His troops would have landed cleanly, or mostly so, and then he is in a strong position to rock India hard. He cannot entrap CT unless CT makes an error as long as IJ controls the Indian ocean, but he can certainly push him completely out and into Burma/Malaysia. Still, really worth watching, and maybe the allied replacement/reiforcement pool is bigger than I think ... I've never seen or tried such a huge gambit as the allies at this point. [sm=00000613.gif]

RangerJoe -> RE: AAR 1944 (9/23/2020 12:05:03 AM)
I think that the only way that he could have trapped the Japanese Army in India would have been to quickly capture all of Burma and somehow put an effective blockade of the sea lanes into place. With his previous losses and the Japanese strength, I don't think that it would be possible no completely do so. A painful withdrawl maybe, but complete destruction.

Alpha77 -> RE: AAR 1944 (9/23/2020 12:52:36 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: RangerJoe I think that the only way that he could have trapped the Japanese Army in India would have been to quickly capture all of Burma and somehow put an effective blockade of the sea lanes into place. With his previous losses and the Japanese strength, I don't think that it would be possible no completely do so. A painful withdrawl maybe, but complete destruction. He should have landed nearer to his own bases (as I understand Ceylon is a fortress in his hands), and let loose a horde of armor units the Allies by now have. Cutting rail lines, isolating garrisons etc. India territory is huge and IJ can not defend everything. I also have a small portion of India in my hands, Calcutta and the neighbouring bases. This is defendable better I think, all bases except one are on rail lines. But I did not chose to go further into India, especially the problem how to protect the units in the countryside from the bomber menace. LR CAP is not so effective and also tires pilots fast, Then sweep sweep sweep he has the fine fighters now, even if the sweeps would be 1:2 in Japanese favour he accomplished more than the planes sank at see and shot to pieces at their fields (I have never seen 4E bombers transported in invasion fleets btw. one can easily fly them in IF a safe bridgehead with good airfields is established). But maybe the Allied has some cunning plan I do not understand..[:D]

PaxMondo -> RE: AAR 1944 (9/23/2020 1:56:13 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: RangerJoe I think that the only way that he could have trapped the Japanese Army in India would have been to quickly capture all of Burma and somehow put an effective blockade of the sea lanes into place. With his previous losses and the Japanese strength, I don't think that it would be possible no completely do so. A painful withdrawl maybe, but complete destruction. Well, that is the missing piece; ability to effect a naval blockade. The IJN owns the Indian Ocean yet. However, given a few more months, then maybe. As it is ... That also is the issue with a landing in Burma, although to be fair, they would not have run into a fortress like Calcutta, so they likely would have taken Burma fairly quickly. However, I think the naval losses would have been even worse as the KB would have been between them and safety, but the land losses would have been less and with the IJA cut-off, conceivably they could exact a huge toll. Of course the IJ still had the sea lane option open for at least a few months. Anyway, about as interesting an allied move as I have seen since Greyjoy's Hokkaido move...

RangerJoe -> RE: AAR 1944 (9/23/2020 12:53:16 PM)
Greyjoy's move was so much better since the Japanese were way out of position for that!

castor troy -> RE: AAR 1944 (9/23/2020 4:10:44 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: PaxMondo your ship exp is going to insane soon ... you'll have 50% of your surface fleet with +80 exp soon! Not really skyrocketing. I've got some ships that are above 80 now (including Musashi) but most haven't gained any experience. Found out that only dealing and RECEIVING damage leads to real gains. Why? No idea.

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