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Gen.Hoepner -> 2 busy days (9/12/2005 2:45:20 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/16/42 Cannot agree more PzB. It seems to me that the only tweakening they've made to the night bombing regards the 2E bombers, and not the 4Es!!! Anyhow, i've lost one combat report, but i'll try to summerize here what happened in these 2 long days of war. In the South Pacific the 56th Bde arrived at Nandi, on the Fiji island, and landed unopposed. Only one base force holds the other base at Fiji. The conquest of this key arcipelago won't give me any trouble. Subs and Mavis are scouting the area just in case he decides to strike back here. One SNLF unit and one base force are on route to form the Fiji advanced garrison. The CVs are advancing. Frag operation goes on. Now we're approaching Canton Island. In one week everything will be decided...or not[&:] It depends if he comes in with his CVs.... In Northern Oz the 2nd division is finally ready at Darwin. Its conditions are not so good but it doesn't matter. at least 15 units for 150,000 men are approaching Daily!!!! My defences aren't ready yet but i hope i can hold for a while, untill the rest of the 2nd army will be ready to guard my rearguard. At Luzon the 16th Division is slowly marching towards Manila. 140 bombers at S.Marcelino are pounding heach day the Manila garrison. It should not last for long once i begin with the final attack. In China...oh well...my god...what a theatre! The Blue Heart operation was a complete success!! ( see map below) Now i have 290,000 men 60 miles from Chungking,held only by 55,000 chinese. The problem is that i cannot cross the river and enter in the city cause it will lead me to a shock attack and i want to avoid this option. the 1st army, with 6 divisions , 2 eng rgts and 2 HA units will cross the river with direction South east, closing the gate that takes to Ichang. The other army will move SW. The problem is that the fatigue levels are high and my guys are moving very slow now. Supplies are a problem but i know its are worst! He's reacting however, as predicted. Everything he has is moving towards Chungking. From Ichang he's moving back some units, and so from the western China. To counter react to this movement, i keep at high levels the pressure on his souther perimeter. From Canton 2 army corps have occupied the railway and soon they'll attack. In the Changsha area i managed to push back in a fierce fight 6 of his 8 units that were guarding the easter access to the industrial city. Tomorrow we'll keep on pushing, throwing back the other 2, then we'll move in Changsha. After that we'll attack with 2 divisions the hex NE of changsha, actually contested by 6 of his units. It's a rush against time...i know it's gonna be a damned risky gamble...but this was the only way to force him to move the front! In Burma yesterday he managed to close one more AF. lost 30 planes and some 12 zero pilots....discouraging! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 46,37 Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 43918 troops, 660 guns, 2 vehicles Defending force 44022 troops, 144 guns, 0 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1 Japanese ground losses: 1597 casualties reported Guns lost 28 Vehicles lost 1 Allied ground losses: 635 casualties reported Guns lost 4 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Nandi Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 6996 troops, 51 guns, 10 vehicles Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1 Japanese assault odds: 177 to 1 (fort level 1) Japanese forces CAPTURE Nandi base !!! [image]local://upfiles/4162/59511CE0857A44D99D0F991293145D63.jpg[/image]

Gen.Hoepner -> RE: 2 busy days (9/12/2005 8:53:03 AM)
Ok, i made some calculations. I should not be able to cross the Chungking river in time to sorround the city before his reinforcement units can arrive in place. The question now is: what will be my "B" plan? I really think that the key in the actual battle in China is the number of troops he can master in the front lines. At the moment Ichang is his stronger position. I only have 2000 assault points around there and i'd need many many more to destroy 150,000 chinese. But with the communication lines cut, with some Jap units in Chungking just to stop the supply production and with some more 2,000 APs that can come from the rear, i think it can be done! But ok...it's too early to say anything. Gotta see what he does to defend Chungking. I'll keep the pressure high both at Wuchow,Changsha and Ichang, probably risking something, but it's worth the price! I think that by the end of may we can start the final assault on Manila. With those precious divisions and Bdes that will be then free i can think to something new for the summer....i'd like to give him another blow in the southern pacific, but it all depends of how it will end the Fake Raid and Go operation which is now taking place. The risks i'm taking with this gamble are high. Even if he calls in his CVs he can be smart enough to keep them in reserve, behind hordes of LBAs from Palmyra.....but i must try and go for a decisive battle. Cannot risk to leave 6 CVs intact in 1942!!! In Northern Oz my Dinahs spotted the Australian HQ which is leading the advance over Daily! This means that everything he had in Australia is now directed towards my positions!...you know what? If only i could stop and pinn him there...how cool would be to use the Manila Divisions, once finished the PI campaign, to conquer the east Australian coast!!![:D] No , ok, stop dreaming. Better to remain calm and think about the short-term period!

Gen.Hoepner -> RE: 2 busy days (9/12/2005 3:47:05 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/17/42 mmmm...my troops involved in the Blue heart operation in China are really struggling now. Move only 1 or 2 miles each day:-( However, he's pulling back many many units from Ichang, Changsha and Wochow! Today we open the eastern gate of Changsha and started the march that will lead us to the city. In 2/3 days more chinese positions around Changsha will be attacked! From Kumming he's organizing an air bridge, surely to bring in some new troops. 35 fighters and 60 transports are spotted there. I'm organizing a double offensive against it. 45 zeros and 80 bombers are being transfered to Hanoi. In 3 days we'll try to raid Kumming and close the AF. At the same time from Sian 130 bombers will hit the Chungking AF, trying to close it as defenetly as possible. In Burma no raids today...very strange. Gotta pay attention and defend Rangoon and Mouleim as better as i can! In Northern Oz the enemy is moving again after 3 days where probably they regrupped themself. I'm concentrating on the flanks and am more confident now that the 2nd division is on its way from Darwin, along with the HQ of the 16th Army. Another mistake. I forgot to check one AP with some Naval squads...it went right at Palmyra where 16 mitchells sunk it:-( Idiot! Now the CVs are 120 miles north of Canton Island. 3/4 days and we'll get spotted...then everything will be moving! MC says that i surprised him in China. I hoped so, but now i need some results! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 108,90 Allied aircraft B-25C Mitchell x 14 No Allied losses Japanese Ships AP Nekka Maru, Bomb hits 9, on fire, heavy damage Japanese ground losses: 286 casualties reported Guns lost 4 Aircraft Attacking: 2 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet 4 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet 4 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet 4 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 46,37 Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 42087 troops, 617 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 5540 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 78 to 1 Japanese ground losses: 17 casualties reported Allied ground losses: 273 casualties reported Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

kaiser73 -> RE: 2 busy days (9/12/2005 6:08:30 PM)
how many supplies you have for your units marching towards Chunking? and are they decreasing over time or not? When units get to 0 supplies, they move so slow it will take 2 months to move out of a trail hex (and by your map it seems you can' get supplies by any base). so the only supply will come from your planes. Personally i would never try such plan as it relies on enemy mistakes to succeeed (not using the ZOC map) and makes you lose the main advantage of Japan in China (mobility on rails). Now you have your bulk army in trails and possibly out of supply. if he manages to move 100k chinese in the trail hex where your troops are before you invade chunking, he will stop you forever, and it will take you 6 months to get back to Sian and then troops will be weak. You can try to supply units using all you lilies and sallies. 400 LB should move some supplies. No idea, about supplies: he should have supply problems (did you bomb his resource in changsha and other cities?).

kaiser73 -> RE: The IJNAF Drama (9/12/2005 6:15:50 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: WiTP_Dude quote: ORIGINAL: Gen.Hoepner I moved in 3 more zero daitais and one more Oscar Sentai in this damned meatgrinder, but i do not expect much...not at all.... Any ideas guys? I had the same problem against Kaiser73. What I did was pull back out of bomber range and start to train up the fighter groups away from the action. You can then come back later when you have a number of groups and are able to put a large CAP over the airfield. That's also what i adviced him to do long ago. Move all out, train, and then concentrate on one base (rangoon). you can't stop 200 4e bombers unless you put huge trained cap of good planes. When i play Japan, i totally ignore Burma for air defence. I take Burma just for this reason: to let Allies bomb it (if i donm't take it they can reach malaya from rangoon). But losing pilots defending Mandalay....not worth. If he uses mass night bombing, there is nothing you can do. Move out all aircrafts. if he bombs burma, he doesn't use his bombers elsewhere [:D]

Gen.Hoepner -> Operation RAG-3 (9/12/2005 8:24:12 PM)
mmmm....ok guys, you have my approval![:D] No, seriously. I checked the status of my zero daitais.....almost all of them are below 70 exp! Cannot go on like that. So i moved back everything above the reaghen line and will soo start to train them back in China, even if some of them will stay guarding Saigon and Hanoi. I fear this isn't the best solution, cause i can see the danger of having The whole burma transformed in a giant training camp for the RAF , but cannot do anything but this at the moment. 2 days in a row now AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/18/42 I layed some mines at PH...if his CVs will move in few days it could be interesting to see one of them hitting a mine leaving the port:-) The DDs hunted my wolfpack but didn't find anything[8D] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack at 111,72 Japanese Ships SS I-121 Allied Ships DD Russell DD Mustin DD Hammann DD Anderson DD Hughes DD Sims -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- At Daily the usual night bombing. It's a pain but i gotta hold the skyes during the day, so i must stay there! Night Air attack on Daly Waters , at 35,90 Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 49 LB-30 Liberator x 35 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 4 destroyed Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 3 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-17E Fortress: 3 damaged LB-30 Liberator: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 50 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Airbase hits 3 Runway hits 7 Aircraft Attacking: And this is a little payback. The advancing 2nd Aus Tank Regiment heavily bombed by my long range naval bombers based at Darwin -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 2nd Australian Tank Regiment, at 35,94 Japanese aircraft G3M Nell x 30 G4M1 Betty x 15 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 128 casualties reported Vehicles lost 14 Aircraft Attacking: 11 x G3M Nell bombing at 6000 feet 19 x G3M Nell bombing at 6000 feet 15 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 3rd Australian Tank Regiment, at 35,94 Japanese aircraft G3M Nell x 15 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 61 casualties reported Vehicles lost 7 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x G3M Nell bombing at 6000 feet 3 x G3M Nell bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/19/42 Ok, now that my fighters and bombers are back from Burma i'm starting a brand new aerial campaign. Kumming the target. 120 bombers and 100 fighters will hit this base tomorrow taking off from Hanoi. the first squads of the 18th Division are unloading at Darwin, while fragments of the 16th Army are already moving towards Daily waters along with the 2nd division. Today my bombers bombed the advancing 25th US division ( 3 hexes from Daily). In China now i know that the plan for Chungking cannot be a success. My guys have their fatigue levels at 60/70 even if the supply situation isn't that bad (ok, in red, but not that low as one could think. My transports are doing a great job!) We bombed Chungking AF today and tomorrow we'll do the same. In 3 days we'll start another serial attack around Changsha and Wochow, supported by 400 between fighters and bombers. In Manila everything is ready...almost. Waiting for a new Eng unit comming from Seul. 15 days i'd say. Not more. Now, the key-point. FRaG operation. As you can see my CVs are 1 day far from the range of his catalinas at Palmyra. I have 20 subs scouting the waters between PH and Palmyra and since today the CAP level of my carrier zeros has been raised till 60%. Let's see if he get scared enough to bring in his precious CVs in defence of Christmas Island and his garrison... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Daly Waters , at 35,90 Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 10 LB-30 Liberator x 36 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 2 destroyed A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged LB-30 Liberator: 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 61 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 8 Aircraft Attacking: [image]local://upfiles/4162/B61E6C6CE1864CC58D4346CA1FCE8153.jpg[/image]

Gen.Hoepner -> RE: Operation RAG-3 (9/12/2005 11:26:15 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/20/42 Nothing special today. It's the 4th day in a row that his heaviests only appear in Oz and not in Burma...not a good signal! Same bombing and same devastation at Daily waters. He's now just 2 hexes away from Daily.......[:o] The day of the truth is close! My CVs weren't spotted yet. One more day i hope. in China things are going pretty bad at Chungking, while near Changsha there seem to be the opportunity to make a hole in his wall. Tomorrow i'll attack two different hexes and see what i can do! I raided Kumming today. Damages weren't fantastic, so i'll keep this process up to tomorrow. More CAP ordered over Hanoi. The evacuation of the Burma AFs is nearly completed. Already 3 daitais moved to China and start their training program. ...what else? Oh, yeah...Akyab finally fell. No surprise. I had already evacuated most of its garrison with the precious Mavis-L. Now another big AF will grow closer an closer to Malaya[:@] It's all for the moment stay tuned -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Kunming , at 38,32 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 6 G3M Nell x 23 Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 27 Ki-21 Sally x 76 Ki-49 Helen x 23 Ki-15 Babs x 4 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21 Sally: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged Ki-49 Helen: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged Allied ground losses: 252 casualties reported Guns lost 3 Vehicles lost 1 Airbase hits 35 Airbase supply hits 7 Runway hits 120 Aircraft Attacking: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Akyab Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 28642 troops, 213 guns, 510 vehicles Defending force 2662 troops, 36 guns, 0 vehicles Allied assault odds: 28 to 1 (fort level 0) Allied forces CAPTURE Akyab base !!! Japanese ground losses: 1465 casualties reported Guns lost 24 Allied ground losses: 64 casualties reported Guns lost 4 Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Gen.Hoepner -> RE: Operation RAG-3 (9/13/2005 9:00:36 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/21/42 Ok guys, it's sure that my men won't cross the Chungking river before his reinforcements come in. No way.( as you can see in the map below). The fastest unit is only at 22 miles out of 60.....[:(] However the threat on his Capital forced him to move back many units and the pressure i'm making on his souther flank is givin' me some results. Today we attacked the two flanks of Changsha with good result. The souther positions have been demolished and now i'm free to advance and cut the railline that connects Changsha to Wochow. In the north of Changsha my 3 divisions( + 1 Arty unit) obtained good odds, but managed to push back only 1 out of 5 enemy units. Tomorrow another attempt will be made to throw back those bastards! Always in China, another Japanese raid at Kumming, unopposed. Shutting down this AF will be important. In Oz, he's advancing, as always. I feel more confident now. The 2nd division arrived and positioned itself 60 miles north of Daily, in order to form, with the 16th Army a mobile reserve if one of my flank collapses. In two days my flanks will have 400 and 300 assault points each. 3 artillery units, with the 18th Division and the 16th Army HQ are moving from Darwin in these hours to get on frontline positions. In Burma he has now free hands. Ok, gotta accept it. In Souther pacific my invasion fleet directed towards Christmas Isl. hasn't been spotted yet....strange[:(] In Manila nothing new today. Aerial and ground bombardments keep pinned the defenders that should be now out of supply...i hope[&:] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Kunming , at 38,32 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 20 G3M Nell x 22 Ki-21 Sally x 32 Ki-15 Babs x 5 Japanese aircraft losses G3M Nell: 1 damaged Ki-21 Sally: 3 damaged Ki-15 Babs: 1 destroyed Allied ground losses: 25 casualties reported Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 56 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Chungking , at 43,32 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 9 Ki-21 Sally x 115 Ki-49 Helen x 53 Ki-46-II Dinah x 11 Ki-15 Babs x 5 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21 Sally: 1 damaged Ki-49 Helen: 4 damaged Ki-46-II Dinah: 1 damaged Ki-15 Babs: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 194 casualties reported Guns lost 9 Airbase hits 35 Airbase supply hits 6 Runway hits 184 Aircraft Attacking: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 46,36 Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 61807 troops, 739 guns, 14 vehicles Defending force 27299 troops, 98 guns, 0 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 Japanese ground losses: 679 casualties reported Guns lost 38 Vehicles lost 8 Allied ground losses: 607 casualties reported Guns lost 7 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 46,38 Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 15429 troops, 172 guns, 7 vehicles Defending force 5844 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 124 to 1 Japanese ground losses: 28 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Allied ground losses: 118 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! [image]local://upfiles/4162/4553F5DFAB094C2F982FDF49A2B1A0CF.jpg[/image]

Gen.Hoepner -> RE: Operation RAG-3 (9/13/2005 3:15:28 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/22/42 Let's make some order. CHINA:- strange results of today battle. My 3 divisions attacked north of Changsha 5 enemy units. Obtained a 2-1, but none of the chinese retreated towards Changsha. This is a problem cause today 3 units of mine entered in the city hex, while 3 more are comming and 2 regiments are flanking it southwards. It's ok anyway. Tomorrow another attack with the support of 130 bombers should make it. He occupied the destination hexes beyond the river at Chungking. Now, as i feared, it will be damned hard to cross the river[:@] More bombings at Kumming today. None scheldued for tomorrow. BURMA: He's the master of the area now. Bombed the resources centers at Mandalay and more AF badly hit by hundreds of planes. LUZON: My 25th Army is almost ready for the final assault. Would like to wait few more days cause i wanna wait for another eng.regiment. Constant air bombings from S.Marcelino,Clark Field and Legaspi. North-AUSTRALIA: Here the situation is dramatically tense. He's advancing under a the costant interest of my Naval bombers. 2 hexes away from Daily now. The 2nd Army is slowly taking shape in my rearguard, but its conditions aren't the best i could hope. Anyway i'll have to take it and live with this situation. My flanks should be strong enough at the moment. he would need a lot of firepower to get a 2-1 odds. Daily should be safe enough with 9 forts and 800 APs. Anyhow, i have to consider the loss, so i'm setting up an exiting plan from OZ. The second army will be the key not to let Daily being sorrounded. I need to keep the rail path open and to do so i need as much assault power as i can master here. My tanks will try to disturb his communication lines with Alice Spring,while my main army will retreat. Gotta pay attention,cause i cannot efford to lose 4 divisions![:o] Any advice? S-Pacific: [:@] He does not spot me! How in the hell is this possible!?!?!?!? 200 ships at 9 hexes from Palmyra and not a single catalina!?!?!?!?!? grgrgrgrgr....ok, 3 more hexes tomorrow....let's hope! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Daly Waters , at 35,90 Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 52 LB-30 Liberator x 33 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 3 destroyed Ki-46-II Dinah: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-17E Fortress: 5 damaged Japanese ground losses: 81 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Airbase hits 6 Runway hits 13 Aircraft Attacking: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 46,36 Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 59990 troops, 689 guns, 4 vehicles Defending force 22199 troops, 81 guns, 0 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 [X(] Japanese ground losses: 396 casualties reported Guns lost 14 Allied ground losses: 73 casualties reported[&:][&:][&:] Guns lost 1

Gen.Hoepner -> RE: Operation RAG-3 (9/14/2005 12:21:44 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/23/42 Hordes of bombers on Burma. Now Akyab is an allied AF and soon the threat will be directed towards Hanoi and Saigon[:@] The only way to save Burma now is to win in China....oh god! Speaking of China.... The flanks of Chungking are now occupied. Hope the 59miles won't afflict me now...i know that if your destination hex that before was empty now is occupied and you're already on march it can happen....if it is i'm lost[:o] BTW, 4 more units driven back north of Changsha. Now only one enemy unit is resisting. Tomorrow we'll clean this problem and will start another massive attack southeast of Wochow. If he wants to save chunking he must abbandon the souther China! This must be the message! In N.Oz my daylight bombings are answering to his nightraids at Daily. Now his units are only 120 miles away....my defences are not ready yet[:@][:@][:@] Incredibly my CVs that are 5 hexes from Christmas Isl. aren't been spotted yet[&:][&:] How is it possible?! However the Alfs mounted on my CSs should reveal my position....I'm losing confidence. Seems that this operation was born under a black moon[:(] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Daly Waters , at 35,90 Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 14 LB-30 Liberator x 32 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 2 destroyed Ki-46-II Dinah: 1 destroyed Japanese ground losses: 53 casualties reported Guns lost 3 Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 11 Aircraft Attacking: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Rangoon , at 29,33 Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft PBY Catalina x 4 Wellington III x 75 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 2 destroyed Ki-46-II Dinah: 2 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Wellington III: 6 damaged Japanese ground losses: 424 casualties reported[:o] Guns lost 10 Airbase hits 13 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 79[:@] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 3rd Australian Brigade, at 35,93 Japanese aircraft G3M Nell x 51 G4M1 Betty x 15 Japanese aircraft losses G3M Nell: 3 damaged G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 129 casualties reported[:D] Guns lost 5 Aircraft Attacking: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 46,36 Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 59421 troops, 668 guns, 4 vehicles Defending force 21905 troops, 75 guns, 0 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 5 to 1 Japanese ground losses: 376 casualties reported Guns lost 25 Allied ground losses: 262 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Only 6000 chinese are still fighting in this hex

Gen.Hoepner -> 3 days to go! (9/14/2005 2:26:13 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/24/42 A day divided in 2. 1 good news and one bad news. Ok, first the bad news. The 56th Bde today reached Suva and deliberate attacked, thinking of finding only a base forse....while there were 3000 men , behind 4 forts!!!!....what a mistake...probably the stupidest one of the war so far[:@] Now i have to commit more troops...the S.S.Det. is loading at Kwalajein...and i'll need some BBs...ufffff[:(] ( i'll use the Yamato which arrived yesterday and now is on route for Truk). The good news is that the Chinese theatre is really moving! Today we cleaned the railhex northeast of Changsha, which is now threatened to be surrounded! Let's see what he does... At the same time my attack against his positions on the railway between Canton and Changsha was a complete success! His retreating units chose the way north, so that now the door to Wuchow, guarded by 10,000 men ( 2 units ) is open! I'll so move 1 regiment northward, following the retreating enemy keeping in contact with him, 1 Mix regiment at Wuchow, to occupy the city and 1 mortar Rgt and one more Mix Regiment , along with the 25th Army HQ towards the contested hex north west of Canton! 3 divisions will try to cross the river north of Changsha. At Chungking...well....no news bad news[:(] My men move so slow....... Tomorrow , finally, we'll attack Manila for the first time!...really hope not to have the same problem i had at Suva...cannot wait any longer to free these 5 divisions and 2 Brigades!!!! In Oz...no enemy movements today... The same usual bombing in Burma... and.....well...finally after weeks of waiting my CVs have been spotted...at 3 hexes from Christmas[X(][X(] ...do you see the irony? This would have been the perfect invasion, with the surprise effect.....now, being so close, i bet he won't move his CVs from Pearl[:o] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Manila Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 131737 troops, 1624 guns, 51 vehicles Defending force 57975 troops, 183 guns, 134 vehicles Allied ground losses: 194 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 46,36 Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 58903 troops, 639 guns, 5 vehicles Defending force 3962 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 32 to 1 [:D] Japanese ground losses: 98 casualties reported Guns lost 4 Allied ground losses: 78 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 43,39 Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 31346 troops, 382 guns, 7 vehicles Defending force 26117 troops, 87 guns, 0 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 19 to 1 This is a good result indeed! Japanese ground losses: 556 casualties reported Guns lost 13 Allied ground losses: 259 casualties reported Guns lost 5 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Suva Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 7448 troops, 58 guns, 10 vehicles Defending force 2275 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 4) Japanese ground losses: 125 casualties reported Guns lost 3 Vehicles lost 1 Allied ground losses: 29 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Oh ****!!!!![:@] [image]local://upfiles/4162/8ACA466EF67E49A1A37E5A4DD2763022.jpg[/image]

Gen.Hoepner -> RE: 2 busy days (9/14/2005 8:55:34 AM)
Early in the morning here. 7:30 am. Going to office....but could not resist[:D]. Tonight i dreamt of witp[&:][&:]...it's serious, doctor? Considering that FRaG operation will reveal itself to be a stupid and useless gamble, what really remains me is China. In Oz , sooner or later, he will push me back in the waves, in the Pacific no more conquests are possible at the present time....only in china i still have some chances of winning. If only i could place one of my 2 armies involved in the Blue heart operation on the flank of Chungking i bet i could force him at least to retreat from the southern China.... And Manila...today, probably for lunch, i'll have the new turn...and i will see rather if my 25th Army managed to gain a decent odds or if i will be stuck here for more months to come....already sweating...cannot wait.... This game is worse than sigarettes!!!! stay tuned

Gen.Hoepner -> RE: 3 days to go (9/14/2005 3:40:50 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/25/42 A very important day. Finally, after the sightings of yesterday, his CVs are moving from PH!!!! So it seems that, above all, my bait worked! Ok...now it comes the difficulty. One of my subs sacrifized itself giving the position of the allied CV TF. More glen recon says thet he barely moved 8 hexes today, assuming that he left PH yesterday. He should be at least 2 days from Christmas Isl. I'll use this time to refuel my CVs and to keep simulating and landing operation. Few MSWs will be sacrificed for this purpose, sending them to Christmas in order to clean a path through the minefields...i know they'll get toasted by the 155mm guns, but i strongly need to keep him under the credence that i want to land! 7 Michells attacked my CVs today. 133 zeros were waiting. None of them got back home:-) Now there are at least 2 scenarios: The first one assumes that he will go for a direct fight, comming from the north. I'll stay 2 hexes south of Christmas with my CVs, avoiding the LBmedium bombers ( B-26 and B-25) that are stationed at Palmyra. He should have 6 CVs by now...it will be a very risky fight. I know it. He has Palmyra which is a size 5 port very close, while i only have Canton Island ( level 4) which is nothing but a cemetry for a damaged CV. Anyway, i have the best pilots and still the best plane equipment, so i must try. He'll have for sure some fighters at Christmas, ready to LRCAP his CVs....I have 590 planes aboard my carriers...he'll probably have more...ok, better not to think about it. The second scenario is even worse. Christmas is a level 2 AF, and ready to become a level 3. He can simply move his carrier trained squadrons here and demolish my TFs....that's why i'm planning a BB attack at Christmas! My subs are all closing in, hoping in a lucky shot and to keep in touch with the american fleet. in China was a quite day. No attack today. he's retreating his souther units towards Wochow, which is my next target At Manila, finally, the first attack went in and was a damned good one! 2-1 and forts reduced to level 4! Now 3 more days of bombardment and then we'll attack again. Now Manila is doom and its fate written! In Northern Oz, he keeps advancing. My defences are getting ready and i really hope to force him to a statlemate.... Usual bombing in Burma. Akyab reached level 4 AF:-( -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 113,98 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 133 Allied aircraft B-25C Mitchell x 7 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 5 damaged Allied aircraft losses B-25C Mitchell: 7 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack at 114,80 Japanese Ships SS I-1, hits 7, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships DD Jarvis DD Henley This sub was the hero of the day![8D] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Manila Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 165381 troops, 1851 guns, 341 vehicles Defending force 57231 troops, 175 guns, 134 vehicles Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 4 Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 4) [:D] Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 4 Japanese ground losses: 6351 casualties reported Guns lost 138 Vehicles lost 21 Allied ground losses: 1765 casualties reported Guns lost 12 Vehicles lost 2 [image]local://upfiles/4162/3BE929EE07A84F058EA7BD712D244F03.jpg[/image]

Gen.Hoepner -> RE: 3 days to go (9/14/2005 10:02:31 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/26/42 Very disappointing news. He ate my bait, but then i spitted it[:(] Overcast all over the southeast pacific. My Glens did not spot anything, exept those bastard fleeing Cargos and none of my subs was attacked or spotted by a single dountless....probably he got back to PH...[:@] I'll stay one more day around Christmas...just in case. My Msws will operate their simulation tomorrow, while my CVs will refuel. Another useless adventure[:(] In China things go very well.( see map) My southern flank is moving on perfect timing. While one regiment entered at Wochow, so that it became a contested hex, the main body succesfully attacked 7 chinese units and repulsed them beyond the Canton river. Now, counting on the river crossing rule, i will leave there on guard 2 regiments, while a strenght of 2 divisions and 2 regiment will operate a flanking manouver on the right of Wuchow, in order to cut, in one single movement Changsha and Hengchow from their western defensive side. Finally my units managed to move on the road that leads from Ichang towards Chungking. If he doesn't retreat now all those units will be defenetly cut out! In Oz we're only few days far from the judment day.... At Luzon, only bombardments today. MLEs arrived at Kwalajein and Rabaul. Tomorrow will start the mining operations of my forward bases( Lunga, Gili Gili, Tulagi,Tarawa,Baker,Shortland...and so on ). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 43,40 Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 43987 troops, 478 guns, 7 vehicles Defending force 46306 troops, 229 guns, 0 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 5 to 1 [:D][:D][:D] Japanese ground losses: 1012 casualties reported Guns lost 21 Vehicles lost 1 Allied ground losses: 858 casualties reported Guns lost 4 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! [image]local://upfiles/4162/93CD499DD31D4834BA3412863AF00161.jpg[/image]

Gen.Hoepner -> RE: 3 days to go (9/15/2005 12:29:26 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/27/42 Well....probably my cards were too easy to be read. No signs of enemy CVs. He got back to PH. My subs are doing a great job and there's no reason not to listen to them: the Yankees had gotten home[:(]. 130,000 fuel points waisted and many capital ships now need some R&R. It was a dream....but the "bunker" strategy he's adopting really force me to keep my CVs in defence for the rest of the war[:@] Some MSWs were sacrificed in order to simulate the landings....he really thought i was going to land[:o]...not heavy losses...but i do feel stupid[:(] Now i'm heading back to Truk Ok, let's close this sad chapter. In China he now has more than 80,000 men at Chungking and everyday many divisions arrive. This, under a certain point of view is very good cause with an enemy so concentrated it will be more easy for me to mass my troops....but my guys that came down from mountains still take too much time to move...uffff... Now that Ichang is sorrounded i will be forcing a river crossing operation. The goal is to penetrate deep in the heart of China, forgetting those cities that are too well garrisoned and let them die. Guderian will be proud of me, i know[:D] At Manila, tomorrow will be the last day of bomberdments. Then we'll attack again. A brand new eng regiment arrived at S.Marcelino from Seul....now should be easier. MLEs are now present at Kwelajein,Rabaul,Saipan and Sosarbaja....with Singapore and Truk at level 9 port my whole perimeter will be mined in 2/3 months! Usual bombings in Burma and night raids against Daily. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 29 encounters mine field at Christmas Island (116,96) - Coastal Guns Fire Back! 49 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships MSW Bisan Maru, Shell hits 5, on fire, heavy damage MSW Sonobe Maru MSW Seki Maru MSW Kyo Maru #3, Shell hits 11, on fire, heavy damage MSW Mejima Maru, Shell hits 3, on fire -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 68 encounters mine field at Christmas Island (116,96) Japanese Ships PC Ch 10 PC Ch 9 PC Nichi Maru #1 PC Ishigaki PC Fumi Maru, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Daly Waters , at 35,90 Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 33 LB-30 Liberator x 43 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 4 destroyed A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed Allied aircraft losses LB-30 Liberator: 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 42 casualties reported Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 14 Aircraft Attacking:

Gen.Hoepner -> RE: 3 days to go (9/15/2005 1:55:24 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/28/42 No big news today. In China the only movements were at Wuchow, where now i have 580 Assault points. The base is defended only by 3 chinese corps. Won't try an early attack, cause my supply situation isn't the best. a 40,000 supply convoy is loading in Japan. Destination Honk Kong. While my CVs are comming back with shame and dishonour, near Tarawa a suicide Tanker Cargo Convoy appeared. at least 9 TKs....too juicy not to be attacked. My CVs are comming, but i'm sure he will flee away towards Lungaville. I bombed his advancing troops in Australia, losing 6 nells to a heavy AA fire. At Akyab there are already 7 units[:(] English units spotted at Chungking!!!! Tomorrow the attack at Manila will be restarted. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 2nd Australian Cavalry Division, at 35,92 Japanese aircraft G3M Nell x 18 G4M1 Betty x 9 Japanese aircraft losses G3M Nell: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 39 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 8 x G3M Nell bombing at 6000 feet 5 x G3M Nell bombing at 6000 feet 9 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet 3 x G3M Nell bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 25th US Division, at 35,92 Japanese aircraft G3M Nell x 37 G4M1 Betty x 9 Japanese aircraft losses G3M Nell: 5 damaged G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed Allied ground losses: 116 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x G3M Nell bombing at 6000 feet 9 x G3M Nell bombing at 6000 feet 5 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet 9 x G3M Nell bombing at 6000 feet 4 x G3M Nell bombing at 6000 feet 6 x G3M Nell bombing at 6000 feet 3 x G3M Nell bombing at 6000 feet 3 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 88,100 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 22 G3M Nell x 21 G4M1 Betty x 24 Japanese aircraft losses G3M Nell: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged Allied Ships TK Samuel Q Brown, Torpedo hits 1 TK S.C.T. Todd TK Gulfdisc, Torpedo hits 1, on fire TK Gulfking, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage TK Gulfgem, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage sinks[:D] TK William F Humphrey, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage TK Gulfland, Torpedo hits 1, on fire TK Gulfdawn, Torpedo hits 2, on fire Aircraft Attacking:

Gen.Hoepner -> few comments (9/15/2005 8:55:19 AM)
Hi all, dear readers[:)] Now that FRaG operation revealed itself as a bunch of wet dreams( find the US. main fleet and force her to a final and decisive battle ), i have to start to consider what to do in the Cental and Southern Pacific. Being my whole Fleet intact ( exactly like the american one ), it won't be easy for him to mount an early-on offensive in these sector, remaining the potential threat of the Death Star untouched. I think that before 1943 he won't advance beyond the external perimeter ( Canton Isl.-Pago Pago- Tarawa- Lunga). The fiji, once that i will have conquered that arcipelago ( and i hope in 2 weeks this will be done) will be undefendable in the midium term. I'll only place some infantry Fragments and a little base force, in order to use it as an advanced base for my Emilies, in order to control the eastern approaches to the New Caledonia. Gili Gili and New Guinea cannot be defended with planes. From Cooktown he can pound everything from Gili to Lae. No reason to risk for an attrition war here. I'll be playing with an elastic defence here, keeping the KB, some good surface units ( BBs and CAs) and 2 divisions as reserve. I bet he will go first for Gili Gili., probably with a fast transport landing. I will counter invade if this will be the case. The whole external perimeter will be heavily mined. Bouganville Island, Green Island and Rabaul will form my Aerial Fortress. In Central Pac Tarawa will be my first advanced operational center. 2 Brigades will be held at Kwalajein as reserve in order to be ready to counter invade if he decides to go for Baker or Nanomea Atoll. Considering that there's much to do for the moment in the south pacific, 1 CV with 1 CVL, along with 1 CS and some surface units ( probably 5 CAs, 1 BB and 15 DDs) will be transfered to the Singapore Fleet,where i already have 2 CVEs, 1 CV, 2 BB and 25 DDs. If needed this units will lead the rescuing operations at Darwin ( if ever is gonna fall) or will react to a return of the RN in my western waters( java is especially weak in these moments). Above all i can consider that the overall situation doesn't look so bad. The absence of a decisive battle, if in one hand forces me not to feel free to roam with my CVs through the whole pacific, in the other gives me the chance to preserve my only real weapon in the central pac( my CVs and their crews). He will be overwhelming me, i know, but not before the 1943. So....where i can win the game is on land at this stage. I need not to be trapped in Northern Oz and to repulse his attack. And above all i need to get some decisive victories in China.

Gen.Hoepner -> RE: few comments (9/15/2005 2:35:16 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/29/42 A quite turn. Nothing happened all over the fronts. In China he's leaving Wuchow. Tomorrow we'll attack. Another attack planned on the hex northwest of Ichang to clean that damned path towards Chungking. At the chinese capital the flanks are now well covered[:(]...it will be damned bloody to shock attack when my first units will cross the river[:o] Will be easier, i hope, on the wester flank. In Oz, he's one hex away from Daily. i have 400 assault points on both my flanks, with 850 at Daily and 400 at 60 miles north of it. Another division ( the 18th) for about 400 more aps is sloooooowly comming from Darwin. He destroyed 18 oscars on the ground tonight at Daily plus 3 more zeros[:@]. I paid him back with heavy bombings on his advancing troops with my LBAs from Darwin. In CEntral Pac a CV TF will move back towards Christmas in order tointercept a Convoy who passed south of my actual positions unseen. In Burma everything is now under the controll of his air power. At Manila the second attack went good also( 2-1 odds. 5000-1700 casualities). forts reduced to level 3. Now 2 more days of bombardments, then another attack. Nothing more to report. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Daly Waters , at 35,90 Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 45 LB-30 Liberator x 33 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 8 destroyed A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged LB-30 Liberator: 4 damaged Japanese ground losses: 6 casualties reported Airbase hits 7 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 11 Aircraft Attacking:

Gen.Hoepner -> RE: few comments (9/15/2005 8:05:21 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/30/42 No good news today. CHINA: The attack planned to clean the hex N-W of Ichang ended with a statlemate(1-1) altough my bombers did support the attacking troops with hundreds of ground attack missions. At Wuchow i managed to get a 5-1 odds at the first run. In less than a week the city should be mine. He's clearly trying to save his souther flank, moving what he still has beyond the Yellow River, in order to force meto shock attack. At Chungking in one week the first units of my Blue Heart operation armies will finally advance on the flanks of the chinese capital, now guarded by 100,000 men with more 100,000 comming from all over the continent:-( In Northern oz, probably tomorrow he'll enter in Daily waters. My bombers at Darwin are making a good job. I really hope they'll be prooving of slowing him down a bit and making his fatigue and distruption levels going high. The 18th division is 120 miles far away from the front....it's comming, slowly but it's comming. At Manila today we concentrated ourself in bombing the sieged enemy troops.Nothing particular to report. In Central Pac, the raiding CV TF i assembled yesterday has already been spotted 3 hexes south of Christmas:-(, while i lost contact with the fleeing TF seen yesterday....it seems that my subs are suffering from some optical problems cause they're unable to keep in visual touch with any enemy TF. My Glens spotted a TF at Bora Bora...i'd like to intercept it if it comes back towards the US. The sub will try to keep in touch. Burma...well...no good news. Anything else? I don't think so. Thanks you all for reading and feel free to suggest:-) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 46,33 Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 33954 troops, 419 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 23739 troops, 60 guns, 0 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 Japanese ground losses: 383 casualties reported Guns lost 9 Allied ground losses: 261 casualties reported Guns lost 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Wuchow Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 35777 troops, 380 guns, 13 vehicles Defending force 27137 troops, 106 guns, 0 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 5) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 4 Japanese ground losses: 607 casualties reported Guns lost 13 Allied ground losses: 701 casualties reported Guns lost 7

Gen.Hoepner -> RE: few comments (9/15/2005 9:04:45 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/31/42 May ends with an expectation of a VERY HOT summer! He didn't enter in Daily today. The usual bombings on both sides ( i lost 17 planes on the ground tonight at Daily[:(]). He has 16 units for 130,000 men..more or less. I have 4 divisions, 2 Mix Bde and 4 tank regiments, plus 2 Eng regiments, 2 AA units and some base forces with 2 Army HQ and 1 Air HQ. Between Darwin and Daily there are 205,000 supplies and every day new convoys are comming from the DEI. In China we get Wochow with few troubles. Now advancing northwards. One attack around Ichang planned for tomorrow. I used my mongolian 7th div. to bomb Sining and found that he has airlifted an indian Bde!!!!![X(][:-] That's a problem cause if he starts to airlift at Chungking the UK divisions i'm toasted!!!! Ok, Plan B. 60 zeros will perform a LRCAP over Chungking tomorrow and see if my fears are true. In Cent-Pac i did not manage to get over that damned convoy and now all my ships are in red status. Will try the last attempt tomorrow, dividing my forces in 2 CV TFs ( screen shot). However it will go i will have to come home then. Mining operations started today at Rabaul and Saipan. Planned another attack at Manila for tomorrow. No other news -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Daly Waters , at 35,90 Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 45[X(] LB-30 Liberator x 52[:(][X(] Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 7 destroyed A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged LB-30 Liberator: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 64 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Airbase hits 3 Runway hits 21 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x LB-30 Liberator bombing at 6000 feet 9 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet 9 x LB-30 Liberator bombing at 6000 feet 9 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet 30 x LB-30 Liberator bombing at 6000 feet 19 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet 4 x LB-30 Liberator bombing at 6000 feet 8 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Wuchow Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 35050 troops, 360 guns, 12 vehicles Defending force 22767 troops, 94 guns, 0 vehicles Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 3 Japanese assault odds: 14 to 1 (fort level 3) [:D][8D] Japanese forces CAPTURE Wuchow base !!! Japanese ground losses: 355 casualties reported Guns lost 16 Vehicles lost 1 Allied ground losses: 1319 casualties reported Guns lost 5 Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Gen.Hoepner -> RE: few comments (9/15/2005 9:05:39 PM)
ops, forgot the map [image]local://upfiles/4162/657384B42CD44ACEA39AC47BE11ED0E2.jpg[/image]

Gen.Hoepner -> RE: few comments (9/16/2005 12:42:22 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/01/42 Today , finally, we cleaned the hex NW of Ichang. 4out of 5 units retreated. Tomorrow the last one will put down his weapons. Slowly advancing in the south. Tomorrow the first unit should leave Wochow, moving northwards. He tried to surpise me at Kumming. 50 planes spotted there. Probably fighters. Tomorrow 27 zeros+27 oscars+ 60 bombers will give him a payback...at least i hope so. The LRCAP over chungking prooved that my fears were right![:o][:-][:-][:-] He's airlifting units from Burma! 16 transports shot down with the loss of only one zero! In Burma he started to health me with my own medicine: ground attacks! Gotta keep my units roteating now ( one mixed bde, attacked by 80 wellingtons, suffered 80 distruption!!!![X(] In Cent-Pac, i managed to sink or badly damage 10 TKs. Now my CVs will go back. Many TFs spotted around Bora Bora. I will make some raids here during this summer[8D] At Daily he did not move....strange. I keep bombing his troops every day. At Manila the forts are down to 2. in 6 days the Imperial flag will blow over the city[;)] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Manila Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 159831 troops, 1495 guns, 304 vehicles Defending force 50699 troops, 86 guns, 116 vehicles Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2 Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 2) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 2 Japanese ground losses: 5364 casualties reported Guns lost 92 Vehicles lost 12 Allied ground losses: 1292 casualties reported Guns lost 13 Vehicles lost 4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 46,33 Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 33449 troops, 400 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 21001 troops, 55 guns, 0 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 Japanese ground losses: 808 casualties reported Guns lost 19 Allied ground losses: 184 casualties reported Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Gen.Hoepner -> PLAN RED (9/16/2005 1:51:35 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/02/42 With the beginning of June things seem to be much clearer all over the fronts. CENT-PAC. With one Bde already there ( the 56th), altough in bad conditions, and one more Bde strong unit ( the S.S.Detachment) on the way, the Fiji should not last for long time. My BBs, even if with low fuel levels, are commin'. One DD division will bomb Suva tomorrow. No signs of enemy surface or CV TFs around. My CVs are having heavy fuel problems. They're gonna come back to Truk in bad shape ( most of them are already on their 10 sys dmg.!) The pilot strenght of my carriers IJN is more or less intac. No problems here. It seems that for the moment he has no intentions of attacking in this theatre. I'll spend the summer building up and fortifying my bases and sending reinforcements from HomeLand. CHINA: As you can see in the map my main forces are concentrated in the north and in the center, but it's the souther front the most mobile! He has been clearly cought by surprise here.He hasn't enough forces to stop my advance towards Kweilin 'cause the only forces he has in this area are defended Changsha and Hengchow. The Blue Heart Operation prooved to be a success, at least for the fact that has sucked in the middle of china more than 150,000 men that, vice-versa, could have been deployed to stop my advance in the south. For what concerns Ichang, we finally cleared the road NW of it. Now the plan is simple, even if really difficult to be done: PLAN RED - advance and occupy Kweiling and the other base west of it and so cut Changsha and Hengchow out of the rail communication line. Place a 120 AV base force at Wuchow ( this base force in 6 days will be unloaded at Hong kong) and so advance the line of fire and threaten the heart of china with my southern bomber groups. This will surely force him to take a decision wether is it worth or not to defend Changsha and Hengchow being cut from his rear and from any good supply route. Between Changsha and Hengchow there are now less than 120,000 men, but are really worn and i bet, low on supplies.1 regiment ( a fragmented division) will guard Whochow, while 2 regiments ( always fragments ) will be guarding the river crossing northwest of Canton. - at the same time 2 divisions, with one arty unit as support will try to cross the yellow river north-west of Changsha, so closing the exit door for those 50,000 troops trapped at Changsha. He has 5 units, for 35,000 men on the other side of the river so it will be a bloody shock attack, but the only important thing will be to force him to withdraw more units towards Chungking... 3 divisional fragments ( the ones who cleared the path north-west of Ichang, will try a river crossing moving westwords, making so pressure on the easter flank of the Chungking's defensive perimeter. - 5 full division (plus the 13th HQ Army,2 Arty units, 2 Eng regiments) will move westwards from the hex NE of Chungking, occupying the road that from Chungking leads to Chengtu. He's actually moving back his units that in the past months tried, with no results, to get back Chengtu. These units will be trapped on the trails, with no supply source. At this point I'll divied 2 divisions in fragments and leave 4 fragments there, while the rest of the army will march inside Chungking, in order to stop any further possible movement of the 22 units guarding the Chinese Capital. - 1 Division will remain in defence on the hex NE of Chungking, guarding the supply lines, untill my 14th army will be entered in Chungking. When this will happen, this division ( the 35th i think) will move westwards, so freeing up the movement of the other 4 fragments that will be moving southwest, in order to complete and close the pocket. - 5 divisions( plus the 1st and 4th Armies, 1 eng regiment, 2 arty units) will try the bloody river crossing moving SE and so occupying the Chungking's easter flank, where 35,000 men are waiting for me. It's going to be damned bloody, cause i cannot use the "all follow" command due to the risk of the "ghost division bug", so the first division that will cross the yellow river will be slaughtered...:-( However, i think he won't be able to push me back, considering that at the same time units of the 11th Army will be pushing on his eastern flank. - Well, when and if the 1st and 4th army will be ready to open and clean the eastern flank of Chungking the trap will be ready! - the 4th Army with 3 eng regiments will move with 4 divisions towards Ichang,while 7 Divisions with 2 army HQ will keep the Chungking garrison trapped. - The first goal will be to conquest Ichang and take those 140,000 chinese as POWs. Only after that it will be Chungking's turn. - While the central and northern Chinese fronts are really busy in doing that, the southern front will try to close the pocket on Changsha and conquest that city and Hengchow. Ok, any comments? OZ: Very strange. His 16 units ( 120,000 men, 1000 guns and 390 tanks) aren't moving northwards. Probably they're waiting for some more supply flows or to decrease their fatigue levels...do not know. However, the same ballet of always. He bombs daily at night. I bomb his troops during the day. My 16th Army is now ready at 60 miles north of Daily. 2 Divisions, 2 arty units and 1 tank regiment as rear guard. Not bad. The plan here is simple understand where there will be it's main effort ( center-western flank-eastern flank) and then move the 16th Army in and push him back. At the moment , as i said, there are 880 Assault points at Daily( under the command of the 14th Army) and 400 on both flanks. The 16th Army has more or less 750 APs. Enough, i hope if i play my cards in the right way. BURMA: Now it's becomming a problem. His air supremacy is suppressing my ground units. Gotta get rid of China asap so that i can move in some planes and fight him back! LUZON: Another day of relax today( same for tomorrow). Forts are down to 2 and the end of the PI campaign i close enough to make me gay. When this damned Manila will be over, the score should become better. Now it's 3-1 and he's closing the gap with the air losses!:-( we're, i think, 6,000 Allies vs. 18,000 Jap. With Manila in japs' hands he will lose 1200 points,so with the pows points probably will be something around 1200 points minus for him and 800 plus for me. it will bring me to 18,800 and him to 4,800. With Suva i'll get 650 more points...so very close to the 4-1 ratio. If i manage to do a good job in China i can easily go beyond that ratio! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Manila Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 133293 troops, 1343 guns, 15 vehicles Defending force 48149 troops, 64 guns, 111 vehicles Allied ground losses: 71 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 46,33 Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 32390 troops, 360 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 3417 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1 Japanese ground losses: 185 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Allied ground losses: 70 casualties reported Defeated Allied Units Retreating! [image]local://upfiles/4162/42DAAE04B61446A0828C1748070D0761.jpg[/image]

Gen.Hoepner -> RE: PLAN RED (9/16/2005 3:10:33 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/03/42 A good day! Incredibly the new heroes of the 110th Division managed to cross the yellow river, shock attack some 35,000 chinese, obtain a 3-1 odds and clean the Eastern flank of Chungking! Now i have a foothold on the other side of the river and my units will be free to flow!!!! BANZAIIIIII!!![:D] In Burma there are a lot of problems. Today he started to recon Saigon. This means that his 4Es from Akyab will begin the night-time slaughterhouse on my main base in Indo-China. Moved in 100 fighters, in order to discourage him from a daylight bombing...but this situation cannot last for long:-( In Oz....well finally his first unit entered at Daily. It's a tank unit. After 20 minutes of thinking i decided to shock attack. I know that probably the rest of his army will follow tomorrow and that i will be facing an overwhelming force, but i considered that if my bombers can slow him down for one more day i can put in tratters his whole plan. If the attack won't go as i hope, i could always send in some reinforcements from the rearguard.....let's cross the fingers! Tomorrow i'll attack manila again. I need badly those divisions to be sent in oz and stabilize the front. No way i can do without them. An unlucky naval bombardment at Suva cause the loss of 2 DDs and the damage of a CL[:(]....my BBs will give to these dutchs some lessons!!!![:@] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Suva, at 83,117 - Coastal Guns Fire Back! 18 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships DD Otori, Shell hits 2 DD Numakaze DD Yunagi, Shell hits 1 DD Asanagi DD Ushio, Shell hits 3, on fire CL Kashima, Shell hits 2, on fire Runway hits 4 Port hits 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 44,32 Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 23205 troops, 266 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 23946 troops, 50 guns, 0 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1 [:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D] Japanese ground losses: 644 casualties reported Guns lost 9 Allied ground losses: 166 casualties reported Guns lost 3 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! [image]local://upfiles/4162/5A8F8AE743F749F18FED713500689751.jpg[/image]

Gen.Hoepner -> Making progres (9/16/2005 9:05:10 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/04/42 Probably one of th best days in the war. 4 Jap divisions are occupying the flanks of Chungking. The first Chinese counterattack have been repulsed NE of Canton and tomorrow we'll push them back. The first battle at Daily was a complete succes. The 3rd Aus tank regiment has been almost destroyed. And, above all, Manila fell today. 60,000 allies in the bag[8D]. 5divisions, 2 Brigades,2 tank regiments and 3 eng regiments free to be moved somewhere else. a great day indeed! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Manila Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 155950 troops, 1360 guns, 299 vehicles Defending force 47270 troops, 59 guns, 108 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 2) Japanese forces CAPTURE Manila base !!! Japanese ground losses: 4160 casualties reported Guns lost 73 Vehicles lost 8 Allied ground losses: 51402 casualties reported[:D][8D][:D][8D][;)] Guns lost 148 Vehicles lost 81 This makes me realy feel good[:D] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Daly Waters Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 55309 troops, 509 guns, 7 vehicles Defending force 1320 troops, 0 guns, 91 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 346 to 1 [:'(] Japanese ground losses: 51 casualties reported Allied ground losses: 330 casualties reported Vehicles lost 23 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 43,40 Allied Shock attack Attacking force 25037 troops, 112 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 15502 troops, 178 guns, 0 vehicles Allied assault odds: 0 to 1 Japanese ground losses: 136 casualties reported Guns lost 6 Allied ground losses: 1106 casualties reported Guns lost 15 ah ah ah....where do you wanna go?![8D] Now 2 divisions will be taken to Darwin, 1 Division with 1 tank regiment to Singapore, 1 to Java with the other tank rgt and 1 to Truk. 2 Brigades will remain in reserve [image]local://upfiles/4162/42E26B4216AE4BA8948768152CECDD16.jpg[/image]

Gen.Hoepner -> RE: Making progres (9/16/2005 9:41:58 PM)
Ok, cannot end the report of this great day like that! Well, now 120 transports are 1 day far away from Manila. They'll start loading my divisions. In china i'm getting confident. He doesn't have the means to counterattack and i keep all his bases suppressed with my IJAAF. supplies and new base units are comming from Tokyo. Chungking will be very soon isolated. Now the question is: go directly for the throat( chungking) and hope that 11 divisions are enough or better to move more divisions towards Ichang and start a long battle to get in the bag 140,000 chinese trapped there, while only 6 divisions will keep Chungking sorrounded? What do u think? In oz...the victory of today is a Pyrrus one, i know, but it helps me to gain some time in order t be able to let my 2 more divisions arrive at Darwin to secure my backguard and eventually to counterattack. I know that, sooner or later, i will be pushed back from Oz. But i really cannot stand the idea to let him take back Northern Oz by mid 42...he will destroy with his 4Es everything south of Macassar! So the only word is: RESIST!

Tom Hunter -> RE: Making progres (9/16/2005 9:45:11 PM)
Always choose the battle where you have superior force.

Gen.Hoepner -> RE: Making progres (9/16/2005 9:55:19 PM)
mmm...i can master to have 11 divisions at best at chungking, while if i move some divs to Ichang i'll have there less than 4000 APs....so....Chungking i'd say. But strategically i fear the empasse. As long as i keep the front fluid and on the move i know i have the advantage upon him

Terminus -> RE: Making progres (9/16/2005 9:56:23 PM)
That's certainly correct. If your offensive bogs down, you automatically hand the initiative to him; keep moving.

Gen.Hoepner -> RE: Making progres (9/17/2005 3:45:04 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/05/42 A quite turn. He seems not to be moving at Daily....[&:] Ok, let's use some order. CHINA: Yes guys, i must keep the flow active and alive. There's still a long long way before getting over China. The flow of troops on Chungking flanks proceeds well. Now one of my division will move eastwards, cleaning the chinese that stops my advance west of Ichang. I ordered to 3 Arty units and 3 divisions to leave the siege of Changsha and Ichang and to move towards Sian. They will joing the Chungking army! The idea is to make a HUGE siege at Chungking, while my southern flank armies advance northwards. I'm planning to mass there, for the final assault 5400 Assault points. Enough...even for Chungking! The supplies are flowing, even if with some problems. He has no more units throw into the gap and fullfill the losses. The attack to push back his units that yesterday tried a shock-river-assault went good. They're now behind the water again[:D] BURMA: His massive attacks over my land units are causing me many problems. i need to rotate them continously[:(] 3rd day in a row that i do not see his heaviests in Burma.....he's planning something. Gotta keep an eye on my AFs in China. OZ: No news. I'm just moving back my western flank in order to be able to cover in a better way my eventual retreat. he still owns 126,000 men in front of me!!! PAC: No news. CVs commin' back. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 43,40 Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 15390 troops, 174 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 24942 troops, 66 guns, 0 vehicles( 6 chinese corps[:)]) Japanese assault odds: 35 to 1 [:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:-] Japanese ground losses: 326 casualties reported Guns lost 5 Allied ground losses: 241 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

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