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Remington700 -> RE: Allied June 21st (5/30/2021 11:38:28 PM)

West Coast
The CV Wasp and NC BB leave San Diego steaming to Australia. They will Join the main CV strike force in the Indian Ocean.

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Remington700 -> RE: Allied June 21st (5/30/2021 11:39:14 PM)

Builds
UK: Merchant Marine. Canada: Supply truck.
US: 2 Supply trucks, 2 Oilers, 2 Landing ships and a Large Corps.

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Remington700 -> Japan July 5th (5/31/2021 3:06:33 PM)

Japan July 5th

Burma
The Imperial Guards retake Myitkyina to improve supply. G4M attack bombers of the 12th air group fly to Bangkok to be ferried to the Marshall Islands. The Imperial 1st army rails to the central road and prepares to cross into India. No offensive action this turn as the rain continues to fall.

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Remington700 -> RE: Japan July 5th (5/31/2021 3:11:02 PM)

Indian Ocean
Resupplying from an Oiler the Zuikaku CVL force steams to Bombay to attack shipping and interdict the city.

Once again, the “perfect intelligence” problem inherent in Hotseat raises its ugly head. To maintain surprise, I try to build a plan and stick with it. If you cannot see an enemy unit, then it does not exist – despite knowing differently. I ignore the fact US carriers are approaching and continue as planned.

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Remington700 -> RE: Japan July 5th (5/31/2021 3:14:01 PM)

South China
The 12th and 13th armies are resupplied with the few remaining supply trucks. They join the fresh 11th army with an assault on Changsha. The Chinese 17th army is dug in and ready to fight. The 12th IJA losses effectiveness and allows the 16th army to attack through their lines. This is too much for the Chinese 17th and after heavy losses (10 SPs) pulls back to the northwest. The line is broken and Changsha falls!

The 11th army (at 75% effective) takes possession of the city, digs in, and has a particularly good chance of holding out. This is a major victory as it hurts Chinese moral, reduces allied VPs, and provides a strategic base for the Japanese.

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Remington700 -> RE: Japan July 5th (5/31/2021 3:16:12 PM)

Coral Sea
The 3rd Tactical Air pounds Naumea in preparation for the Kido Butai’s attack on the port. While the US 3rd bomber group should have been softened up, they still manage to surprise the CV taskforce and sink the Battlecruiser Kirishima. After the battle I realized I attacked the ground unit not the airfield. That was an expensive lesson I will not soon forget.

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Remington700 -> RE: Japan July 5th (5/31/2021 3:17:34 PM)

Gilbert Islands
The Marshall Air Division strikes the Grayling SS group without noticeable effect. This could be a problem. The location of the US CV group is unknown. More air is needed in the area.

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Remington700 -> RE: Japan July 5th (5/31/2021 3:18:57 PM)

Builds
No builds this turn. Replacements are reduced once again to grow stockpile. Supply trucks are desperately needed.

Oil stockpile is at 35% or 198 Oil Points. I don’t know if this is good or bad at this point in the war.

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Remington700 -> Allied July 5th (5/31/2021 3:28:32 PM)

Allied July 5th

Indian Ocean CV attack! 
The US CV group arrives and the trap sprung. The Japanese air fleet is hiding in a rain squall when the new TBF Avenger torpedo planes appear flying low over the water. Unable to locate the carriers the Yamato and Hyuga are targeted taking heavy damage. (Unlike history, the Yamato was not sunk by the TBFs - yet). Simultaneously Japanese “Val” dive bombers attack the Hornet doing minor damage.


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Remington700 -> RE: Allied July 5th (5/31/2021 3:33:57 PM)

Indian Ocean CV attack!
US SBD dive bombers arrive shortly after but are only able to hit the cruiser Takao causing major damage. However Japanese “Kate” torpedo planes find the Yorktown setting her afire. Listing heavily to starboard the Yorktown is in trouble.

The US carriers keep heavy CAP in the air waiting for the next strike. Aircraft is transferred from the Yorktown as she is not operational. The next turn could get ugly.

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Remington700 -> RE: Allied July 5th (5/31/2021 3:35:30 PM)

Burma/Indian Ocean
The 1st IAF is transferred to Bombay to defend against Japanese carriers. There is no change on the Dacca front. The British main fleet escorts the transport of the understrength 10th Corps to Diego Garcia. It will refuel and move on to India. The British fleet them moves to take up an ambush position southwest of Ceylon.

The thought is the enemy CVL taskforce will either move to a port in the DEI or take a shot at the wounded US carriers before attacking convoys at the end of their reach.

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Remington700 -> RE: Allied July 5th (5/31/2021 3:41:11 PM)

South China
The loss of Changsha is a major blow to the Chinese. It was a main supply source and now the area is starved for supply. The battered 17th army moves to a quieter location on the front, replaced by the 11th army. And 12th army replaces the 33rd army suffering from low effectiveness.

Manpower drops from 24 to 19, however China seems to have more stockpile than can ever be used. With the failures in Burma Production Points continue to be a problem.

China’s moral drops to 40 (from 50) but does not seem to negatively affect combat. Based on the manual “morale drops” from losing cities will eventually cause a country to surrender but has no effect on combat readiness. I think this is handled abstractly with changes in effectiveness. I compared effectiveness of specific units from the prior turn with the turn after losing Changsha and their effectiveness grew as expected. (with no snow, movement or combat).

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Remington700 -> RE: Allied July 5th (5/31/2021 3:47:28 PM)

South Pacific
Due to mishaps leaving San Diego, the CV Wasp and her escort the BB North Carolina are overdue to arrive in Australia. The corollary to Murphy's Law kicks in big time. “If anything can go wrong, it will - At the worst possible time.” The Wasp is needed badly to support the damaged CV fleet in the Indian Ocean.

I made another big mistake last turn. I took a screen shot of moving the fleet before sending the ships. I must have gotten sidetracked because I did not move them. Lesson learned - “Make your moves first then take screen shots – regardless of what you want to show.”

The unescorted 3rd bomber group on New Caledonia is ordered to avoid the 1st Air Fleet. Rather than fly into heavy AA and CAP, they wait on the arrival of the vulnerable landing ships. With supply cut off, replacing effectiveness is very slow so I chose to let the bombers sit.

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Remington700 -> RE: Allied July 5th (5/31/2021 3:50:57 PM)

Gilbert Islands
The submarine fleet remains on station cutting off Tarawa. I thought about sending the Wasp and her escort but decide to stick with the original plan sending her to Australia.

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Remington700 -> RE: Allied July 5th (5/31/2021 3:55:45 PM)

Builds and Convoys
The US loses another MM. SPs to India is reduced by one.

US: Builds a land-based escort fighter and an airfield. Replacements are recalibrated to match production, but upkeep remains at zero – for now.
UK: Builds a Canadian Supply truck. UK replacements are set to zero to improve stockpile.
India: I would like to build supply trucks but with the loss of MM I don’t want to spend PPs on anything but units and replacements. No builds this turn.

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Frido1207 -> RE: Allied July 5th (5/31/2021 6:33:59 PM)

Thanks for your AAR. It's an highly enjoyable read.
Lots of stuff I can learn from.



Remington700 -> RE: Allied July 5th (5/31/2021 10:00:53 PM)

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ORIGINAL: Frido1207

Thanks for your AAR. It's an highly enjoyable read.
Lots of stuff I can learn from.

Thank you for the response! I am learning a lot too.



Remington700 -> Japan July 19th (5/31/2021 10:02:56 PM)

Japan July 19th

Burma
Bad weather grounds air operations. The 1st army moves northwest along the central road.

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Remington700 -> RE: Japan July 19th (5/31/2021 10:04:10 PM)

Indian Ocean
Bad weather suspends all air operations. The CVL taskforce steams south of Ceylon to raid convoys. (It will be interesting to see if the convoys take damage in heavy rain.)

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Remington700 -> RE: Japan July 19th (5/31/2021 10:05:22 PM)

South China
Eight well-coordinated Partisan attacks on my supply net are ineffectual. It turns out my “overkill” of defending two key rail routes has paid off.

The 12th army supported by the 4th brigade and 19th division push the Chinese 12th army group back fifty miles. Japanese losses are light. The 13th Air division provided ground support. All units were well supplied.

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Remington700 -> RE: Japan July 19th (5/31/2021 10:06:54 PM)

New Caledonia
Japanese G4M attack bombers fly four sorties from the New Hebrides Islands pounding the airfield at Noumea. The US tactical bombers were able to get into the air however the field is a mess. Effectives is reduced as evidenced by the weak air attack on the Yokosuka SNLF landing ships. The invasion succeeds with minimal losses (1 SP). The landing force is resupplied by destroyers.

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Remington700 -> RE: Japan July 19th (5/31/2021 10:09:21 PM)

Tarawa Resupply
The Marshall air division flies two sorties of GM4s to hunt the subs blockading Tarawa. Attack bombers with Naval Air training are not the solution as once again they fail to cause any damage. The Shoho CVL taskforce leaves Truk to help bring this situation under control. The T-14 motor torpedo boats of the 8th MTB solves the problem. They easily slip through the patrolling subs, fast and agile enough to not be targeted. The 61 SNLF is resupplied on Tarawa.

Learning from the enemy, the Imperial Submarine fleet is sent to blockade nearby Canton Island. Time to see how the US will respond. Their carriers are halfway around the world so pose little threat.

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Remington700 -> RE: Japan July 19th (5/31/2021 10:10:25 PM)

Builds
Builds are a Landing Ship, Oiler and a Supply truck. Replacements are increased slightly to 75.

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Remington700 -> Allied July 19th (5/31/2021 10:14:16 PM)

Allied July 19th

CBI Theater
Heavy rain grounds air and makes offensive operations impossible. The 1st IAF returns to their base in Petna to fly CAP over Calcutta and the Dacca line. The British 10th Corps lands in Calcutta under cover of the heavy rain. The defense in this sector is starting to look stronger.

No movement in South China. Units dig in but none are ordered to stand fast.

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Remington700 -> RE: Allied July 19th (5/31/2021 10:16:12 PM)

Indian Ocean
The damaged Yorktown breaks from the taskforce and steams to Bombay for temporary repairs. The US CV taskforce and the British Main fleet search the general area of the Japanese carriers but are unable to locate them in the poor visibility. If the weather clears next turn things could get interesting. Where is the CV Wasp?

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Remington700 -> RE: Allied July 19th (5/31/2021 10:20:48 PM)

Tarawa Resupply
The Slipjack and Greyling launch torpedoes at the 8th MTB scoring no hits. They head to Pago Pago to regroup. The Pike slips in to sink an enemy carrier but is caught by screening destroyers. Suffering heavy damage, the sub heads to Fiji for repairs. The Swordfish runs silent and deep to Canton Island to nullify the Japanese blockade and to resupply the 114th Garrison division.

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Remington700 -> RE: Allied July 19th (5/31/2021 10:22:07 PM)

South Pacific
The 17th destroyer squad leaves Sydney in a last-ditch effort to resupply forces on New Caledonia. The 3rd destroyer squad leaves the Cook Islands attempting the same but is caught and sank by the Imperial 1st Air Fleet. The Wasp and her BB escort continue on to the Indian Ocean. The 9th Large Corps leaves San Francisco heading to Australia.

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Remington700 -> RE: Allied July 19th (5/31/2021 10:23:08 PM)

Builds
UK: Infantry division. Stops convoys to India.
India: Infantry division
US: Large Corps, Transport and Oiler. Convoy 5 oil points to UK and additional 5 SPs to India

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Remington700 -> Japan August 2nd (6/1/2021 10:32:14 PM)

Japan August 2nd

Burma/Indian Ocean
Bombers of the 2nd and 3rd air divisions pounded the Indian 4th Corps north of Dacca. The 1st Air Division flying escort crushed the Indian CAP shooting down 8 SPs with a single loss.

The Zuiho CVL taskforce leaves the Indian Ocean returning to Singapore. The taskforce is renamed the Southern Air Fleet.

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Remington700 -> RE: Japan August 2nd (6/1/2021 10:33:50 PM)

South China
After a preattack airstrike the 12th and 16th armies, supported by the 4th brigade with the 13th air support group push the Chinese Reserve Army back fifty miles. Turning north the 12th and 16th joined by the 11th army roll the flank of the 22nd Army group pushing them across the Yuan River.

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