Tophat(GoodguyJap)vsADavidB(EvilAllies)

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Tophat -> Tophat(GoodguyJap)vsADavidB(EvilAllies) (8/11/2005 11:11:20 AM)
I'm startingoff behind the curb as ADavidB started his AAR awhile ago,but nomatter. PH Attack: I got lucky on the first turn PH attack and sank 2 BB's outright Arizona and Nevada.A sub also joined them on the bottom of the harbor,Dolphin I believe.I also scored alot of spreadout damage on the other BB's and ships in PH. The PH airbase and squadrons were also shotup,but hey everyone does it so its no major revelation. What to do after PH with KB? Do I hang around PH and hit it again? Head for Japan? Cut through and try to support Wake and possibly pickoff Enterprise or Lex over there? Head for Kwajelein(no I can't spell it)? Or go on a California cruise? We did a historical First turn so there is no crazy improvised mass attack/Landings plan. Invasion of PI: PI..........normal Invasions at Viggan and Apparri...but I have seen too many bogged down PI invasions,with Clarkfield being a nasty fortress that chopsup Jap formations as they come along the Appari/Tuegero road or make the Lingayan rivercrossing.These attack routes are unacceptable to me,my alternative a 2 Division invasion at SanMarcelino. Its Dec 17th now and I have the 16th Inf.Div ashore at San Marcelino with the 2nd Inf.Div due to land in a day.I also have 2 Engineer regiments on the way and a baseforce as well.Another 2 arty Batt/Reg will be sent there as well as an armoured rgt.With this force a direct overland along the rail-line attack will be made on Clarkfield. Airforce in PI........i'm attacking Clarkfield and whacking the airgroups there,runways,supply and baseforce's AA. I'm also running fighter sweeps of Zero's into Manila to weardown his P40's! Every P40 dead here is 1 less I meet in DEI or Australia! My target is to get PI campaign overwith by the end of January. Invasion of Malaya: Malaya...........Nothing special so far.The 18th Inf.Div has taken Khota Baru and is in pursuit of the retreating allied forces.A baseforce and a SNLF has takenover at Khota Baru and is repairing the massive damage I did to the base<OOPS!>!!! The 5th Inf.Div is still sitting in songieta harbor eyeing the Alor Star allies awaiting reinforcement. I have my Haruna/Kongo bombardment force making runs on Johore and Kuntan.I'm debating a Brigade level landing at Johore to try and panic the Allies into retreating to Singapore immediatly. My subs off malaya are basically watching for the allies to make a run at smashing my transport/supply convoys at Khota Baru and Songieta. AirForce in malaya.........I have been working over all the allied airfields north of Singapore one at a time to do maximum damage and reduce his basing options. I send fightersweeps madeup of Zero's to hit Singapore and we have had some good success there. I do see alot less RAF activity in Malaya than I should so he's saving his aircraft. Invasion of Burma: Burma.........I have an Independent Infantry rgt as spearhead to see how far and how fast he'll run.Currently i'm at Tavoy and it should fall this turn! Airforce in Burma.......I have been hitting Tavoy because I see aircraft there and his damn night bombers are comingout of there and bombing me in Bangkok. Immediate objective: keep pushing till he makes a stand,hopefully i can get all the way to Rangoon,but I bet he'll hold at the riverline above Moulein to slow me down and bleed me abit. AirOps: Airforce ASW employment.......I'm a very firm believer in using all my airforce assests.The plethora of jap floatplanes just scream to be used for ASW! Those damn U.S subs and their erratic earlywar torpedos always,ALWAYS score some hits! Usually the hit consists of blowing a "BIGHOLE"in a transport crammed with troops or SUPPLIES!!!! Not this time brother,my little floatplanes are going to be buzzing and droppin in on these pesky subs all over the theater. I have dragooned Vals and Kates not assigned to carrier duty into my ASW force as well.Also army divebombers i haven't got to the front yet.My supplyline has to be protected and ASW is a key. Future plan is to outpost the entire resource pipeline with some form of ASW airpower. I really think this is having an effect as subs i keep spotting/attacking seem not to shoot at my transport TF's that then pass over them that same turn! CHINA!! Ah,here is the proverbial can of worms,what to do in China.I've heard how the competant jap player can't be stoped in china,yet in another pbem game i am putting significant losses on my jap opponent. I look at China in 3 areas North(Yenen),Central(Changsa),South(Wuchow).Currently i am poised to make an attack on Yenen and Changsa while forces are on the move to Canton for the Wuchow assault. More later as i'm dead tired and its 4:00am!!!!!!!!!! p.s......my verybland writingstyle shall improve! p.p.s......all comments,constructive,destructive or simply inane are welcome! p.p.p.s.......ADavidB,if you are reading this you are a very,very bad man! Muhahahahaha![:-]

Tophat -> RE: Tophat(GoodguyJap)vsADavidB(EvilAllies) (8/11/2005 6:04:16 PM)
Here are some of the operations I have underway: I am trying to really hit his subs right from the start of the war.This will i hope give me some good ASW experience for when my vital resouce/oil convoys startup in afew months time. here one of my surface ASW groups gets lucky: AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/17/41 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack at 26,45 Japanese Ships DD Shirakumo DD Usugumo DD Shinonome DD Fubuki Allied Ships SS KXVII, hits 1, on fire Also I am bombarding targets on the eastern malay coast looking for an opportunity to land and to surprerss his damn aircraft! Naval bombardment of Mersing, at 23,49 Japanese Ships DD Hibiki DD Akatsuki DD Arashio DD Michishio DD Oshio DD Asashio CL Jintsu CA Atago CA Takao BB Haruna BB Kongo Allied ground losses: 63 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Vehicles lost 1 Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 7 Port hits 2 Port fuel hits 2 Again in the PI i'm planning the major drive on Clarkfield to come out of San Marcelino: Coastal Guns at San Marcelino, 43,50, firing at TF 92 TF 92 troops unloading over beach at San Marcelino, 43,50 44 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships PG Nanpo Maru Japanese ground losses: 588 casualties reported Guns lost 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Coastal Guns at San Marcelino, 43,50, firing at TF 92 TF 92 troops unloading over beach at San Marcelino, 43,50 44 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese ground losses: 459 casualties reported Guns lost 5 my Zero led fighter sweeps in Malay over Singapore and Manila in PI are still eating his avaliable fighter strength: Day Air attack on Singapore , at 23,50 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 3 Allied aircraft Buffalo I x 15 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Buffalo I: 1 destroyed **This was a screwup on my part,as i'm resting the main zero fightergroup,I had forgotten about these boys but they still came through for me! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 32 Allied aircraft P-40E Warhawk x 15 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses P-40E Warhawk: 5 destroyed ****More to my liking!!! My continued suppression of Clarkfield: Day Air attack on Clark Field , at 43,51 Japanese aircraft Ki-27 Nate x 25 Ki-48 Lily x 15 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-48 Lily: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 17 Aircraft Attacking: 5 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 7000 feet 9 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 7000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Clark Field , at 43,51 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 24 G4M1 Betty x 30 Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty: 6 damaged Allied ground losses: 60 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Vehicles lost 1 Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 28 Aircraft Attacking: **Finally reducing this base to a total wreck,i'm hopeful the B17's based here are finnished! Or soon will be.......... In the southcentral pacific: Ground combat at Tarawa Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 405 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 20 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Tarawa base !!! ****I'm taking Tarawa to setup a nice airbase for Nells and betty's to interdict the Canton area,forcing his supply convoys to the south.

Tophat -> RE: Tophat(GoodguyJap)vsADavidB(EvilAllies) (8/11/2005 7:37:42 PM)
PRODUCTION: As if you thought all you needed to do as the japanese was planout and execute a <co-ordinated>or atleast a <coherent>offensive across the pacific. Who hasn't playing the japanese in Witp looked at the production options open to you and taken a step back? Yes i confess to finding it daunting,but hey a challenge is always interesting right? Anyway I choose to hedge my bet abit by stealing various ideas from those who have gone Jap before me. My initial production choices: 1) Halt all nate production but wait till the factories retool on their own to take advantage of the free conversion. 2) keep producing Nell's and wait till the factories auto-convert to Betty production.<I like nell's they seem to actually perform well in the first 8 months of the war> 3) Stop and convert Claude production to Zero production. 4) Increase Zero production afew steps in the smaller factories. 5) Forget about the Ida,its junk and i'm not wasting my time with it on general principles. 6) keep 1 factory producing kawasaki engines and increase it slightly. 7) Changeout other engine production in types not being used to Nakajima engines. 8) Increase slightly small plant Nakajima construction.I never bump more than 1,000pt bump. Armaments: Increase small armament plants not going over 1,000pt bumps.<gotta not get too carried away spending supplies> Vehicles: Same as armaments,small bumps to increase the flow of Tanks to my units....... Naval production: 1)Increase all small naval yards again not going over a 1,000pt increase. 2) Increase all small merchant yards as well following the above naval policy. 3) Leave the repair yards alone!!!!!!!!! Now the dirty job,ship production: 1) Halt Shinano NOW!! As of Dec 7th and save the points.......180 or so,I need to check again. So far I am using afew of these points to accelerate a modern jap destroyer,I want the ASW capability.The others I am banking for project "U". 2) Hurry prduction of first CVE<it uses merchant not naval points.> 3) Hurry production of AV and CS...again they use merchant not naval points.I need the ASW capability these provide with their floatplanes. Future production choices: I plan on stopping all the RO-type subs,I need the naval points for operation "U".

AmiralLaurent -> RE: Tophat(GoodguyJap)vsADavidB(EvilAllies) (8/11/2005 10:26:40 PM)
Just some comments on production. It seems to me that this sentence (I choose to hedge my bet abit by stealing various ideas from those who have gone Jap before me) is telling you have not a great experience of Jap production. Well you will find that shooting down Corsairs with Nates seems sometimes easier than trying to build a heavy war machine in Japan..... (even if I confess I haver seen a Nate shot down a Corsair... but I have seen a Rufe do it ! Probably the American pilot didn't realize how slow the Rufe is and collided with it). There are a lot of planes I stop on day first as they have huge stocks and won't be needed in such numbers (like Dave for example or Ki-48). I don't upgrade all my units when I don't think it brings much. For example, Nells are not automatically upgraded to Betty. The main improvement of the Betty IIRC is combat speed, that makes them a little less vulnerable than Nells in A2A. But in the first months of the war, I always use them under escort by Zeroes that are supposed to clear the skies and so Nells perform as good as Betties. Again this allows me to not increase the Betty production at start and have my naval bomber outfit at 100% strength (crew permitting). Then what is your policy on research ? I think it is a good idea to stop repair AND Production of all research you don't want in the next year (Tony or Oscar II) at once and then come back in 1942 and start to repair them. That will save you 10-25k of supply per turn. And do all the difference between starvation and abundance in the spring. You seem to say that increase of less than 1000 pts is "small". Do you mean really 1000 ? My planned increase is limited to probably 600 for the whole industry (that is increase of Zero, Mavis (convert to EMily), Kate, Val, Nakajima, ARM, Vehicules and Naval Shipyard) and it seems to me you limit yourself to 1000 in every category.... By the way you don't need more merchant shipyard until 1943 IMHO. Even if you accelerate CVE. While you will always need more naval shipyard. Something that is lackin in your report is the conversion of 7000-tons AK to AR. I hope you don't forget that in game. If you don't do this before, convert at once 5-10 AKs to AR (maybe 1-2 MLE may be useful too) and accelerate them (or at least part of them). Japanese repair teams are so bad that ARs are a 'must have' and you only have once at the start of the game. They are far more useful than CVE, again IMOO. Another trick I do sometimes is to stop the Taiho (115 points) and accelerate the 2 first Unryu CVs (68 *2 = 136 points). They will arrive roughly at the time the Taiho is planned, or even before, and will carry more planes.

Tophat -> RE: Tophat(GoodguyJap)vsADavidB(EvilAllies) (8/12/2005 3:27:24 AM)
Thankyou for the input! by stealing good ideas from those that have gone before i simply meant co-opted them into my own plans.Irrelevant has given me more than afew good ideas as have several others. As far as Nell's go i agree that they are effective,especially in the opening war months.I'm keeping them as is and using them. As far as research goes i tend to agree that stoping some temporarily can be a good idea.I have not,repeat not done this as of yet. On to shipyard improvements.Japan starts off with several small naval and merchant yards...i increase these untill the cost to increase hits 1,000pts.That was the small bumpups i was reffering to. i have a special operation planned similar to what you suggest about the Unryu carriers but on a larger scale.... AR's are very important.......i never thought it through to shoot for converting 10 AK's though!Think i'll change afew more then.

Tophat -> RE: Tophat(GoodguyJap)vsADavidB(EvilAllies) (8/12/2005 7:01:37 AM)
Well now the 16th and 2nd Inf/Div's are both ashore at San marcelino. Coastal Guns at San Marcelino, 43,50, firing at TF 4 TF 4 troops unloading over beach at San Marcelino, 43,50 26 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese ground losses: 347 casualties reported Yea,they were abit disrupted but they are ashore vs a weakened PI Inf div......I should have the port today,Dec 20th. Still attriting the PI Inf/div i'm facing on the beaches: Day Air attack on 21st PA Division, at 43,50 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 24 G4M1 Betty x 33 Ki-46-II Dinah x 1 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 24 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Then my attack on same Division: Ground combat at San Marcelino Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 21087 troops, 280 guns, 6 vehicles Defending force 3967 troops, 31 guns, 0 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 3) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 2 Allied ground losses: 20 casualties reported On the Malay penn...... Naval bombardment of Kuantan, at 24,47 Japanese Ships DD Hibiki DD Akatsuki DD Arashio DD Michishio DD Oshio DD Asashio CL Jintsu CA Atago CA Takao BB Haruna BB Kongo Allied ground losses: 67 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Airbase hits 13 Runway hits 29 Port hits 4 Port fuel hits 4 Port supply hits 10 i'm blasting the troops he has at Kuantan,the 18th Inf/div will still take 3-4 days to reach this port.I'm contemplating an amphibious assault at Mersing. My ASW is still proving effective: ASW attack at 25,47 Japanese Ships DD Hibiki DD Akatsuki DD Arashio DD Michishio DD Oshio Allied Ships SS KXV, hits 3, on fire, heavy damage In the PI my Fighter sweeps are now comingup empty,he's laying low or pullingout. Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 82 No Japanese losses abit of patience and not getting too far ahead of myself,then things will start falling into place. Its already obvious he's pulling air-assest back,now its a question of how far.

Tophat -> RE: Tophat(GoodguyJap)vsADavidB(EvilAllies) (8/12/2005 9:14:06 PM)
Success!! He has withdrawn from San Marcelino! Now my divisions can recover while they await the arty,engineer and HQ support to arrive. PI..... Ground combat at San Marcelino Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 21075 troops, 279 guns, 6 vehicles Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 53 to 1 (fort level 2) Japanese forces CAPTURE San Marcelino base !!! Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses P-35A: 1 destroyed well finnishedoff an outdated fighter remnant here but the key was to secure my base for the Clarkfield assault. Other news my fighter sweep over Manila has again netted nothing,safe for the bombers to come in now...... Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 58 No Japanese losses Malaya.............. Naval bombardment of Kuantan, at 24,47 Japanese Ships DD Hagikaze DD Arashi DD Nowaki DD Maikaze CA Kumano CA Suzuya CA Mikuma CA Mogami Allied ground losses: 90 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Airbase hits 8 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 27 Port hits 5 Port fuel hits 10 Port supply hits 12 i'm softeningup kuantan,but think bombardment here is about at an end,i don't want to devestate the base afterall! I've smacked too many bases i'm now using abit too hard already,but its so satisfying to blast the "WESTERN COLONIALIST MENACE" that i forget myself! My fighter sweep against Singapore met more success: Day Air attack on Singapore , at 23,50 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 23 Allied aircraft Buffalo I x 10 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Buffalo I: 6 destroyed Perhaps he'll take to the boats and try to pullout alot of troops and important base personel.Now that i have Nell's at Songikha and Tavoy the bay of Bengal and road to Ceylon is about to become more exciting!! *****A movement problem** My Imperial huard division and the burma assigned Ingantry Division with it as well as the armoured rgt set to go to Victoria point,ALL DIDN"T MOVE A HEX IN TWO FLIPPIN WEEKS!! INFACT THE MILES PROGRESS WAS AT 22 of 60 for the armoured unit and less for the Infantry!!! I have since moved them back along the rail-line to ports for sea transport. Infact an opportunity for an amphib operation at Johore is presenting itself.

Tophat -> RE: Tophat(GoodguyJap)vsADavidB(EvilAllies) (8/13/2005 1:19:09 AM)
Not a tremendous amount went on this turn,i think things will start heatingup soon though! he thinks he can just backoff and have me unable to really touch him,well we shall see about that. My ASW Ops are not going as well as I had hoped,but the war is young and my boys are trainingup! ASW attack at 64,44 Japanese Ships DD Ariake DD Shiratsuyu Allied Ships SS Trout -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 61,44 Japanese Ships DD Sazanami PC Ishigaki APD APD-31 Allied Ships SS Tambor -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack at 78,78 Japanese Ships PG Kantori Maru PG Kaiun Maru PG Ikunta Maru PG Hakkaisan Maru MSW Tama Maru #3 Allied Ships SS Pompano In the PI i'm still consolidating at San marcelino awaiting followon forces and resupply.Air ops have me hitting Manila and pounding away at Clarkfield. Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 23 G4M1 Betty x 32 Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty: 6 damaged Allied ground losses: 15 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 6 Aircraft Attacking: 14 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 7000 feet 18 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 8000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Clark Field , at 43,51 Japanese aircraft Ki-27 Nate x 22 Ki-48 Lily x 12 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-48 Lily: 4 damaged Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 16 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 6000 feet 3 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 6000 feet Malaya i'm still hitting him at kuantan: Day Air attack on 15th Indian Brigade, at 24,44 Japanese aircraft Ki-21 Sally x 27 Ki-46-II Dinah x 1 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 18 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Aircraft Attacking: 27 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 8000 feet And it seems he is now and probably has been for awhile moving troops out of malaya..... Day Air attack on TF, near Singapore at 23,50 Japanese aircraft G3M Nell x 6 Allied aircraft Buffalo I x 5 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Allied Ships AP Ormiston, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 2 x G3M Nell bombing at 5000 feet 4 x G3M Nell bombing at 5000 feet So i'm counting on my forward deployed nells to make life interesting for the Allies now.

Tophat -> RE: Tophat(GoodguyJap)vsADavidB(EvilAllies) (8/14/2005 6:33:14 AM)
12/25/41 Been afew days since my last update,I know you all have been couting the moments...[:D] HEADLINE SAN FRANCISCO: KB FOUND by CONVOY!!! Details to follow: Day Air attack on TF at 128,57 Japanese aircraft D3A Val x 40 B5N Kate x 60 Japanese aircraft losses B5N Kate: 1 damaged Allied Ships AK Ensley City, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage AK Henry S Grove, Torpedo hits 1, on fire AK Arkansan, Torpedo hits 6, on fire, heavy damage AK Ohioan, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage AK Tuscaloosa City, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage AK Columbian AK Hawaiian, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage MSW Outarde, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage AK Chickasaw City, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage MSW Turkey, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage AK Dorothy Luckenbach, Bomb hits 2, on fire AK Steel Ranger, Bomb hits 1 AK Trento, Bomb hits 1, on fire AK Knoxville City, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage Followed by: Japanese aircraft D3A Val x 20 B5N Kate x 17 Japanese aircraft losses B5N Kate: 2 damaged Allied Ships AK Knoxville City, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage AK Hawaiian, on fire, heavy damage AK Ohioan, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage AK Columbian AK Trento, Bomb hits 3, on fire AK Tuscaloosa City, on fire, heavy damage AK Arkansan, on fire, heavy damage AK Dorothy Luckenbach, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage That AK Columbian is one lucky ship!!!!!! Elsewhere in the NEW Imperial Domains: PI: The San marcelino beach-head is buildingup well,Engineers are ashore now and so is the baseforce.Artillery,Armour and our HQ are on the way and will arrive in 2 days.Imperial HQ has decided inlight of the fierce chinese resistance to Increase our PI forces by the addition of another division.Its felt with 3 divisions the drive on Clarkfield and hence Battaan will not fail. It also gives more time for the lagging 48th/div and 65th Bde to get into position.Revise timetable to January 10th for taking Clark. Also in norther PI waters: Ground combat at Naga Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 2714 troops, 17 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 75 to 1 (fort level 3) Japanese forces CAPTURE Naga base !!! In the southern PI our glorous naval forces have defeated the cowardly Yankee colonialist scum torpedo boats!!!!! clearing the way for our victorious ground forces! Night Time Surface Combat, near Cagayan at 42,59 Japanese Ships CL Nagara DD Yukikaze DD Tokitsukaze DD Yamakaze DD Kawakaze DD Umikaze DD Suzukaze DD Shiokaze Allied Ships PT PT-31, Shell hits 6, and is sunk Had a runin with two of these boats yesterday and sank one....day before that they put a torp into 1 of my Bombardment force escorts. Malaya...... More of the same,i continue to repair damage i did to Khota Baru.The 18th Inf/Div is marching to kuantan.I dropped a para battalion<part of 1st para regt>ontop of kuantan and captured it.Aerial recon showed no-one home there! The poor 5th Inf/Div is still trying to take ALOR STAR on its lonesome! Ground combat at Alor Star Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 18641 troops, 250 guns, 5 vehicles Defending force 2794 troops, 22 guns, 0 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 3) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 2 Japanese ground losses: 50 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Allied ground losses: 41 casualties reported Guns lost 1 we will break them here yet!!!!!! CHINA............. The drive on Changsa and Yenan goes on: Ground combat at Changsha Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 124788 troops, 1347 guns, 153 vehicles Defending force 51839 troops, 318 guns, 0 vehicles Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 1) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 1 Japanese ground losses: 2080 casualties reported Guns lost 62 Vehicles lost 2 Allied ground losses: 2365 casualties reported Guns lost 40 We each lost similar amounts of men yesterday as well here....i do have reserves moving into the city though.I think its time to bombard for a day or so first here. Ground combat at Yenen Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 716 troops, 24 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 30571 troops, 188 guns, 0 vehicles Allied ground losses: 36 casualties reported We lost about 1,000 each yesterday,I wanted to soften him and await 2 more Independent Brigades to join me.Also i'll let the divebombers work him over some more as well!

Tophat -> RE: Tophat(GoodguyJap)vsADavidB(EvilAllies) (8/14/2005 6:48:52 AM)
To admiralLaurent: I took your advise instead of converting 5 AR's I went for 10!!! i'll most probably need them! Production: Zero production is at about 150 a month now,it should continue to topout around 155 unless I tweak it abit again. I'm watching my supply status as i don't want to crimp things during the summer.However I'm well ahead of schedule and think i can wrapup the Maylay Penninsula by the end of January.

Tophat -> RE: Tophat(GoodguyJap)vsADavidB(EvilAllies) (8/14/2005 5:10:57 PM)
Somewhere off the west Coast of the U.S......... "Time to retire,we smashed a supply convoy,possibly carrying aircraft,but the surprise is over." I had hoped to catch some Infantry heading south or Damaged BB's going to westcoast ports.......but nomatter. KB will now start the trek home,the gamble in my mind was marginal at best.Even stirringup a hornets nest the amount of time KB will be out of action is too much.Hopefully i'll leave him paralyzed as to convoys for another week or so,but we'll see. PI FRONT: Lingayan taken troops continue to land at San Martino.Supplies are now 2 days away from San Martino as well....."ahh supply,Japanse bane". I have troops landing at Cagayan,next turn I should have it captured.I need to get a baseforce in here and expand my aircoverage as well.Possibly i'll get an AV here in 2 days and use the floatplanes to setup an ASW zone. Loadup.......move.....aquirebase........setup baseforce.......ASW aircraft.......strike aircraft.......Then repeat..... The constant grind of air-raids on the groundtroops at Clark continues as well.......i'll be bombing them for atleast another week. My subs score another hit: Sub attack at 18,58 Japanese Ships SS I-164 Allied Ships AP Westralia, Torpedo hits 1, on fire MSW Deloraine MSW Cairns Allied ground losses: 11 casualties reported Guns lost 1 And I got away with no return damage!!!!! YEA!!!!!! Malaya........... Fightersweep over Singapore gets no results,indeed it looks as though the RAF has withdrawn from Malaya now. Air-raids continue to chewup forces behind Alor-Star: Day Air attack on 28th Indian Brigade, at 23,45 Japanese aircraft Ki-21 Sally x 43 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 37 casualties reported Guns lost 2 While at Alor Star: Ground combat at Alor Star Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 18612 troops, 248 guns, 5 vehicles Defending force 2700 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 2) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 1 Japanese ground losses: 20 casualties reported Allied ground losses: 28 casualties reported Guns lost 2 I have reinforcements on the way to the 5th Division.....and i want as many allied units in the north as possible.Wish he'd reinforce Alor Star!!!! I have an Infantry Brigade,the Imperial Guard division and more assets ready to hit the beach at Mersing!!!!! China: Ground combat at Changsha Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 111300 troops, 1264 guns, 11 vehicles Defending force 48638 troops, 260 guns, 0 vehicles Allied ground losses: 79 casualties reported Guns lost 4 i have 2 Ind Brigades moving into Changsa so its time to bleed him abit,then finnish him off here! In Yenen: Ground combat at Yenen Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 92227 troops, 1094 guns, 18 vehicles Defending force 30617 troops, 192 guns, 0 vehicles Allied ground losses: 105 casualties reported More troops are due in Yenan as well.........i'm not in a hurry. 3 of my Mongolian cavalry divisions and an Independent brigade have the Chinese force in the north backedup to the soviet border.......Those 3 Chinese corps and Division are prettygood......why is he wasting them there?

Tophat -> RE: Tophat(GoodguyJap)vsADavidB(EvilAllies) (8/14/2005 7:19:36 PM)
Eastern Pacific.......... KB is now withdrawing from the area back toward japan,its a long,long haul! I'll be 15 days out atleast so I can keep pace with my tankers! PI........... San Martino beachead continues to fillup with assault troops and now supplies!!! Another Division is amost done embarking and will be proceeding to San Martino! Southern PI.....i'm about to capture Cagayan now,hopefully I can catch afew of his planes on the field! time to get the 56th Brigade on the wau to Davao........ Malaya.......... Invasion forces for Mersing should be off this turn.Recon still reports no enemy troop so i will not do a naval bombardment! I don't want to wreck this port as well! Also continuing the aerial attack on his units in the north Alor Star area.... Day Air attack on 15th Indian Brigade, at 24,44 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 10 Ki-48 Lily x 42 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 53 casualties reported Guns lost 2 And ofcourse the Alor Star attack itself....... Ground combat at Alor Star Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 18619 troops, 248 guns, 5 vehicles Defending force 2560 troops, 13 guns, 0 vehicles Allied ground losses: 46 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Still Bombarding in China as well...... Ground combat at Changsha Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 112645 troops, 1305 guns, 11 vehicles Defending force 48978 troops, 269 guns, 0 vehicles Allied ground losses: 271 casualties reported Guns lost 5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Yenen Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 92651 troops, 1097 guns, 18 vehicles Defending force 30380 troops, 198 guns, 0 vehicles Allied ground losses: 481 casualties reported Guns lost 1 So we are awaiting todays developments........

Tophat -> RE: Tophat(GoodguyJap)vsADavidB(EvilAllies) (8/15/2005 5:59:59 AM)
KB........... heading home slowly......... PI.... Buildingup for the San Marcelino breakout! Southern PI: Ground combat at Cagayan Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 6481 troops, 78 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 671 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 21 to 1 (fort level 2) Japanese forces CAPTURE Cagayan base !!! Japanese ground losses: 2 casualties reported Allied ground losses: 42 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Malaya....... My amphiboperation at Mersing is underway......troops land this turn or overnight for next turn. Ground combat at Moulmein Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 6959 troops, 83 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 142 to 1 (fort level 2) Japanese forces CAPTURE Moulmein base !!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Alor Star Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 18681 troops, 248 guns, 6 vehicles Defending force 2504 troops, 11 guns, 0 vehicles Allied ground losses: 126 casualties reported Guns lost 4 China.......... Stll fighting in Changsa and Yenan......... Ground combat at Changsha Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 120465 troops, 1401 guns, 11 vehicles Defending force 48834 troops, 263 guns, 0 vehicles Allied ground losses: 171 casualties reported Guns lost 6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Yenen Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 108990 troops, 1272 guns, 143 vehicles Defending force 29810 troops, 196 guns, 0 vehicles Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0 Japanese ground losses: 1081 casualties reported Guns lost 35 Vehicles lost 1 Allied ground losses: 1611 casualties reported Guns lost 15 waiting for the next day to see how it all went.......

Tophat -> RE: Tophat(GoodguyJap)vsADavidB(EvilAllies) (8/16/2005 6:30:34 AM)
Its now 1/2/42' The KB continues the warcruise between PH and the Westcoast.... I haven't sighted another convoy in days,but I do see a swarm of subs all around me! I see whats labeled as a DE SE of me,but much too far to persue.Might be time to head back to Imperial waters.......and let my subs hurt him when he thinks he's safe from the mighty KB!! Malaya...... Success at Alor Star..... Ground combat at Alor Star Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 18890 troops, 259 guns, 7 vehicles Defending force 2012 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 29 to 1 (fort level 1) Japanese forces CAPTURE Alor Star base !!! Japanese ground losses: 4 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Allied ground losses: 250 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! At Mersing my forces continue to pour ashore and have now taken the port there! I'll move Zeros in for aircover,then his bedamned Vildebeasts will pay!!!! Night Time Surface Combat, near Mersing at 23,49 Japanese Ships DD Fubuki DD Shinonome DD Usugumo DD Shirakumo Allied Ships PT TM-4 PT TM-5 PT TM-6 PT TM-7 PT TM-8, Shell hits 3, and is sunk PT TM-9 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Mersing at 23,49 Japanese Ships DD Fubuki DD Shinonome DD Usugumo DD Shirakumo Allied Ships PT TM-4 PT TM-5 PT TM-6 PT TM-7 PT TM-9 I need to reinforce my destroyer picket here.....was hoping to get some of his heavier units to come in so my air can "KILL" them! On the ground there t mersing......... Ground combat at Mersing Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 17390 troops, 254 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 99 to 1 (fort level 3) Japanese forces CAPTURE Mersing base !!! PI......... My forces in San Marcelino now number 3 full Infantry divisions the 2nd,56th and 38th along with 2 Engineer regemets,3 artillery battalions and an armour regiment.Planning in all forces is now 25 or greater,so its time to make our move. Carks ground units have been bombed for over a week now.........think afew more days and we force the issue. China....... Ground combat at Changsha Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 122451 troops, 1423 guns, 12 vehicles Defending force 47936 troops, 251 guns, 0 vehicles Allied ground losses: 378 casualties reported Guns lost 11 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Yenen Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 107091 troops, 1198 guns, 139 vehicles Defending force 25266 troops, 167 guns, 0 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese ground losses: 858 casualties reported Guns lost 35 Vehicles lost 5 Allied ground losses: 590 casualties reported Guns lost 9 Wish I had the foresight to get engineers up to Yenen first,ahh well lesson learned.

Tophat -> RE: Tophat(GoodguyJap)vsADavidB(EvilAllies) (8/17/2005 5:49:27 PM)
Its been afew days since i last updated,mainly because due to the Allies virtual abandonment of Malaya and removal of the RAF things are quiet. My strategy and reasoning are as follows: In China I plan to take yenan and Changsa fairly early,currently i have large assault forces in both cities.My effort here is twofold: 1)Deny chinese forces the supply and position of these two bases. 2) Force to battle and beatup as many chinese units as possible so it takes him "time" to rebuild. In Malaya,i'm moving to clear the malay peninsula and aquire Singapore asap.Singapore will be my major fleetbase in the area and a springboard into the DEI.Currently I'm ashore at mersing and moving on Johore Baru. PI........I am moving on Clarkfield from San marcelino this turn with 3 Infanty divisions,2 engineer rgts,2 armour rgts and 3 Arty batt/rgts.I have 48th Infantry division ready to move in as soon as the first assault divisions arrive. Its taken awhile and it is jan 8th this next turn,but the final battles for the PI are underway. Mindinao......the 56th brigade will be going ashore in 1 or 2 days along with a large baseforce.Allies seem to have withdrawn from the beach so the landing will go easy.The 56th will have to huntdown the Pi Inf division that was here,but such is life.i'll pile in beatty's and zero's and prepare for borneo. I have been very slow in Burma...i'm holding a Inf division and Inf rgt 1 hex from unoccupied rangoon.Why you ask? Because I don't have the baseforce or AA unit I need to help stop the allies from Bombing the hell out of me!!! Also the 2 groups of zeros i want in the are not yet avaliable for deployment.So i wait and Rangoon keeps producing oil,resources and supplies that i will aquire in 8 more days. I haven't landed in Borneo to take the oil wells on the northcoast yet either.Reason being i plan on driving his air units out first and i'm giving the wells time to pumpout more crude! I do have the 35th brigade moving toward a landing at kuchin,I also have a baseforce along to enable me to move aircraft in fast. On the otherside of the Ocean the KB is backedoff to above PH again.I have a baseforce on the way to wake island that I think his subs saw twice. i'm hoping he stages a carrier raid to bleed me....and i can ambush him. Though its very possible he doesn't have any CV's here........he might have kept them down by Canton and Australia. In China: Allies are getting bold and chinese airunits are attacking me: Japanese aircraft losses Ki-27 Nate: 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses I-153c: 2 destroyed, 5 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 13 x I-153c attacking at 100 feet I'll have to take it for now,my airforce is needed elsewhere. I continue to softenup Allied units at ClarkField: Day Air attack on 11th PA Division, at 43,51 Japanese aircraft Ki-27 Nate x 7 Ki-21 Sally x 17 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21 Sally: 6 damaged Allied ground losses: 32 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 8 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 9000 feet 9 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 9000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 11th PA Division, at 43,51 Japanese aircraft Ki-27 Nate x 9 Ki-30 Ann x 25 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-30 Ann: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged Allied ground losses: 32 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Again in China my ground forces bombard his units while i await reinforcements for both assault groups: Ground combat at Changsha Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 123875 troops, 1438 guns, 11 vehicles Defending force 47736 troops, 246 guns, 0 vehicles Allied ground losses: 140 casualties reported Guns lost 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Yenen Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 106206 troops, 1186 guns, 10 vehicles Defending force 24875 troops, 153 guns, 0 vehicles Allied ground losses: 182 casualties reported The pace of operations is slow,but if i hurry without gaining airfields and establishing aircover for my forces i invite disaster. To date my losses have been negligible with 1 sub,1 DD and an AP sunk.......I have 2 DD's damaged along with a CL and 3 SS. In production news: The auto-conversion of Nell to Beatty tookplace on the 3rd of January.Beatty production is now uo to 46 a/c per month. A6M2 Zero production is up to 184 a/c per month. A side note on China......The allies did something strange. A force of 3 Chinese corps and a Division have attacked east and are along the China/Manchuco/soviet border area.near the town of Tau-Nug. To counter this Incursion i am moving Mongolian cavalry divisions to contain him.I also freedup and Ind.Inf brigade and the 27th Infantry div. Why these good troops aren't adding to my woe in Yenan i'm not certain.I'm just glad he diverted them,Yenen's given me enough of a headache!

Tophat -> RE: Tophat(GoodguyJap)vsADavidB(EvilAllies) (8/17/2005 10:14:40 PM)
Feel free to comment or ask questions..............this thing is getting hits so presumably someone is reading it. Perhaps abit more zest in my delivery......hmmmn.....

wobbly -> RE: Tophat(GoodguyJap)vsADavidB(EvilAllies) (8/18/2005 1:21:15 AM)
Hi Tophat Great reading so far. It is obvious David is pulling back to consolidate and get the most out of units that usually die. I have one cautionary remark to make of your plan to wait on taking oil locations. A good move as the allies is to populate some of the oil locations with engineers - the damage they can do will far outweigh the cost of loosing them. This particularly includes Palembang, which he may be taking units out of Malya to. You really do not want this place badly damaged!

Tophat -> RE: Tophat(GoodguyJap)vsADavidB(EvilAllies) (8/18/2005 1:50:25 AM)
I agree with you on palembang thats why as soon as my transport aircraft are avaliable and my paratroops are relocated to mersing i'm going to recon and airdrop on that port! I'll then move an Ind Inf brigade into it and start my march on palembang. Johore Baru should fall in 3 days at most unless he moves troops out of Singapore to reinforce it. Kuching landings take place also in 2 days time,so I should secure it in 4 days.I have a baseforce accompanying the 35th brigade so another airbase will quickly be established. I'll recon the oil fields and maybe it is time to take possession. I just don't waant his hvy bombers blasting my oilfields,i'm trying to setup bases to wrest airsupremacy from him first.

wobbly -> RE: Tophat(GoodguyJap)vsADavidB(EvilAllies) (8/18/2005 2:11:20 AM)
Makes perfect sense in a perfect world. I would still be more inclined to take the location, suffer the losses in shipping, and then defend the base with your very superior zeros until you have rested air supremacy over Java -et al. You CAN afford to loose a few APs, you cannot afford to have Palembang damaged to 50% or more. If you have 1Daitai of zeros at low altitude and a Daitai or Oscars at high altitude he will have trouble getting through. I would coordinate this with some heavy bombardment of batavia and toelan-something or other (at the bottom of Sumatra). If these two locations are toast he will not have locations close enough to escort his anti-industry raids and they will have to go bomber only - you will then flatten him.

Tophat -> RE: Tophat(GoodguyJap)vsADavidB(EvilAllies) (8/18/2005 3:58:44 AM)
I always send minesweepers with my Bombardment units when i'm indoubt,but don't BB's stay outside of minefield coverage when they bombard? If so i will 'push' more now and hurry my tempo......

wobbly -> RE: Tophat(GoodguyJap)vsADavidB(EvilAllies) (8/18/2005 6:38:38 AM)
that has been my experience. If you do a no escprt bombardment the ships don't encounter the minefield. It is only when you try to offload/load that the minefield comes into effect.

Tophat -> RE: Tophat(GoodguyJap)vsADavidB(EvilAllies) (8/18/2005 10:47:11 AM)
I'm working KB back from between PH and California,i can't keep her there forever.At this point he's going to have to look for me before he can be certain all is clear.I think a sacraficial TF will be sentout and if they don't die all is clear....lol!!! i'll be landing in Borneo at Kuching this turn Jan 9th. i'll be using deliberate attack in Yenen next turn.In Changsa i'll bleed him with bombardment another 3-4 days to allow another division to join the attack. My divebombers will be hitting Yenen and Changsa again this turn as well. Malaya....... Kuala Lumpur will be direct attacked....... Kuantan has now had baseforce personel flown in so my paratroops there can be dropped again. I love Tabby's....the jap DC3 version! Good range,good load........love'em! Mersing is getting a constant stream of forces coming ashore now....18th Inf Division just pulled in.Two engineer rgts are also unloading. The Imperial Guard division and 23rd brigade should be in Johere baru this turn.And should be able to stop the retreating allies from getting back to Singapore. For my attack on Singapore i'll be putting : 5th Inf Div. 18th Inf div. 55th Inf Div. Imperial Guard Inf Div. 21st Ind Brigade 23rd Ind Brigade 5th Engineer rgt 15th Engineer rgt 3 Arty battalions 1 or 2 Arrmoured rgts In PI........16th Inf,2nd Inf and 38th Inf are moving on clarkfield now.Also 2 Engineer rgts and 4 arty batts.The 48th inf div and 65th brigade will come in to support in 2 days. Debating to or not to drop an airborne battalion on clark as well to force a bombardment attack. Ahh the next 2 turns will be fun.....

Tophat -> RE: Tophat(GoodguyJap)vsADavidB(EvilAllies) (8/19/2005 12:41:50 AM)
Well I pushedup the tempo......... I went to fast in my turn,added a Msw to my bombardment TF and didn't notice i had changed it to a SurfWarefare TF.....so no prelanding bombardment at davao!!![:-] I fixed the issue and here is what happened today:[:@] AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/09/42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Coastal Guns at Davao, 41,61, firing at TF 89 TF 89 troops unloading over beach at Davao, 41,61 28 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships MSW Wa 19, Shell hits 2 Japanese ground losses: 86 casualties reported Naval bombardment of Davao, at 41,61 - Coastal Guns Fire Back! 6 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships DD Shiokaze DD Suzukaze DD Umikaze DD Kawakaze, Shell hits 4, on fire DD Yamakaze DD Tokitsukaze DD Yukikaze CL Nagara Allied ground losses: 57 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Runway hits 4 Port hits 1 Port fuel hits 1 Then round two:[sm=00000106.gif] Naval bombardment of Davao, at 41,61 Japanese Ships DD Shiokaze DD Suzukaze DD Umikaze DD Kawakaze DD Yamakaze DD Tokitsukaze DD Yukikaze CL Nagara Allied ground losses: 51 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 2 Port hits 1 Port fuel hits 1 Port supply hits 2 Followed by the boys bein mighty oissed going amongst'em [sm=duel.gif] Ground combat at Davao Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 4002 troops, 62 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 3814 troops, 36 guns, 1 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 21 to 1 (fort level 2) Japanese forces CAPTURE Davao base !!! Japanese ground losses: 91 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Allied ground losses: 65 casualties reported Guns lost 4 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! I pushed the attack at Kuching as well,not very much in the way of bombing and softening the Dutch.......the former esteemed Imperial planning offier has be reassigned to the Anchorage assault planning group. Day Air attack on Kuching , at 28,56 Japanese aircraft G3M Nell x 19 Japanese aircraft losses G3M Nell: 3 damaged Allied ground losses: 7 casualties reported Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 2 Not alot of success here...........[:(] his air on me at Kuching: Day Air attack on TF, near Kuching at 28,56 Allied aircraft Martin 139 x 7 No Allied losses Japanese Ships AP Giyu Maru AP Kaiko Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire AP Haguro Maru, Bomb hits 1 Japanese ground losses: 33 casualties reported Guns lost 5 Aircraft Attacking: 1 x Martin 139 bombing at 6000 feet actually he had 7 Martens attacking me that time.....and 2 more groups of 3 made ineffectual runs. My attack toward Singapore met with better results.... ------------------------------------------------- TF 122 encounters mine field at Kuching (28,56) TF 122 troops unloading over beach at Kuching, 28,56 Japanese Ships MSW Wa 3 MSW W.6 PG Eifuku Maru PG Muro Maru Coastal Guns at Kuching, 28,56, firing at TF 122 67 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships PG Sozan Maru, Shell hits 1, on fire PG Muro Maru, Shell hits 5 AP Giyu Maru, Shell hits 1 PG Eifuku Maru, Shell hits 1 AP Kaihei Maru AP Hikade Maru, Shell hits 1 My attack down toward singapore hurt the Allies but didn't breakthrough yet: Ground combat at Kuala Lumpur Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 41501 troops, 494 guns, 124 vehicles Defending force 4733 troops, 43 guns, 0 vehicles Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 3 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 3) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 3 Japanese ground losses: 187 casualties reported Guns lost 4 Allied ground losses: 381 casualties reported Guns lost 17 ------------------------------------------------- Comments?.......suggestions? orders for popcorn?

wobbly -> RE: Tophat(GoodguyJap)vsADavidB(EvilAllies) (8/19/2005 8:28:10 AM)
popcorn for me thanks [sm=00000613.gif] Have you got a picture to get us in the mood? I think mainly of the DEI

Tophat -> RE: Tophat(GoodguyJap)vsADavidB(EvilAllies) (8/20/2005 5:48:27 AM)
its now the 14th,some 5 days has goneby ingame since my last update. AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/14/42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Coastal Guns at Menado, 39,67, firing at TF 20 TF 20 troops unloading over beach at Menado, 39,67 Japanese ground losses: 76 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Coastal Guns at Menado, 39,67, firing at TF 20 TF 20 troops unloading over beach at Menado, 39,67 17 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships PG Edo Maru, Shell hits 3 Japanese ground losses: 54 casualties reported ****It figures don't it! trying to hurry the tempo of operations abit and not give the allies so much time to restore himself.....and BOOM........screwedup afew bombardments. So I'm suffering for it abit now.Not to worry,nothing is ever perfect and afew setbacks add spice to the campaign...[sm=Christo_pull_hair.gif] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 25,48 Japanese Ships AP Zenyo Maru PC Shonan Maru #6 PG Eiko Maru PG Chosa Maru Allied Ships SS KXVI -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Rangoon , at 29,34 Allied aircraft Blenheim IV x 9 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Blenheim IV bombing at 22000 feet 3 x Blenheim IV bombing at 22000 feet - *This was bad news!!!! I was being gamey and not going into Rangoon before my AckAck and baseforce had movedup.Wouldn't you know it my proximity caused it to flip! Then ofcourse the Allied Bastages started bombing it! I really,really need to work on placing a screenshot........ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Johore Bahru , at 22,49 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 12 Ki-21 Sally x 14 No Japanese losses Runway hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 8 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 7000 feet 6 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 7000 feet --------------------------------------- This was supposed to be a ground not airbase attack..............[sm=00000106.gif] ----------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 57th Chinese Corps, at 47,36 Japanese aircraft Ki-27 Nate x 9 Ki-51 Sonia x 10 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-51 Sonia: 3 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 10 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Menado Garrison Battalion, at 39,67 Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 15 Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 40 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Aircraft Attacking: 15 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 7000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 30,54 Allied aircraft Martin 139 x 3 No Allied losses Japanese Ships AP Hakutetsu Maru #13, Bomb hits 1, on fire Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Martin 139 bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack at 25,48 Japanese Ships PC Shonan Maru #6 PG Eiko Maru PG Chosa Maru Allied Ships SS KXVI, hits 3, on fire, heavy damage Finally some good news.......[sm=00000959.gif] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 30,47 Japanese Ships AP Ayaha Maru MSW Banshu Maru #18 Allied Ships SS Skipjack -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Menado Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 3422 troops, 22 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 1892 troops, 9 guns, 1 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 2) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 1 Japanese ground losses: 22 casualties reported Allied ground losses: 25 casualties reported Guns lost 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Changsha Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 160098 troops, 1955 guns, 21 vehicles Defending force 46527 troops, 233 guns, 0 vehicles Allied ground losses: 315 casualties reported Guns lost 5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Yenen Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 111267 troops, 1252 guns, 153 vehicles Defending force 24621 troops, 158 guns, 0 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 1) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0 Japanese ground losses: 1496 casualties reported Guns lost 31 Vehicles lost 1 Allied ground losses: 423 casualties reported Guns lost 11 *********[X(] This was a shock,back to Arty....and get those DAMN ENGINEERS UP HERE!!!!!!!!!!!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Tabun-Nur Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 19586 troops, 172 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 28487 troops, 220 guns, 0 vehicles Japanese ground losses: 5 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Allied ground losses: 71 casualties reported This is workingout well! I have 3 good hinese corps and a division pinned here with my lousy Mongolian Cav divisions....Thank the Maker these boys aren't in YENEN!!!!!!!!!! My air in Manchuko has range and ability to hit them so i keep pegging away at him. Think i'll work another Cav division around behind them and cutoff his supply for good![:D] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Johore Bahru Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 36895 troops, 433 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 7242 troops, 53 guns, 0 vehicles -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Clark Field Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 66238 troops, 816 guns, 30 vehicles Defending force 33550 troops, 314 guns, 7 vehicles Allied ground losses: 39 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Have to talk to my generals about this fiasco![:-] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Malacca Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 40519 troops, 461 guns, 125 vehicles Defending force 2063 troops, 15 guns, 0 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 3) Japanese ground losses: 299 casualties reported Guns lost 11 Vehicles lost 1 Allied ground losses: 199 casualties reported Guns lost 4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Changsha Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 36507 troops, 209 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 176760 troops, 1955 guns, 159 vehicles Japanese ground losses: 43 casualties reported Guns lost 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Yenen Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 22641 troops, 129 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 112254 troops, 1187 guns, 152 vehicles -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Tabun-Nur Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 28403 troops, 220 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 19577 troops, 171 guns, 0 vehicles -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Malacca Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 1794 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 40022 troops, 437 guns, 124 vehicles -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Johore Bahru Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 4392 troops, 45 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 36895 troops, 433 guns, 0 vehicles Japanese ground losses: 14 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Clark Field Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 24514 troops, 256 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 75792 troops, 816 guns, 30 vehicles Japanese ground losses: 240 casualties reported Guns lost 9 Vehicles lost 1 *********Well could be better,could be worse.Clarkfield might be a problem.....

Tophat -> RE: Tophat(GoodguyJap)vsADavidB(EvilAllies) (9/17/2005 3:44:35 AM)
Its now the 7th of march and here is my combat report. AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/07/42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 140 troops unloading over beach at Kendari, 33,71 Japanese ground losses: 27 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Palembang, at 20,55 - Coastal Guns Fire Back! 2 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships DD Kasasagi DD Sagiri DD Shirayuki, Shell hits 1, on fire DD Shirakumo CA Chokai Allied ground losses: 56 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 6 Port hits 2 Port fuel hits 2 Port supply hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack at 122,56 Japanese Ships SS I-6, hits 5, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships DD King APD Colhoun -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Pakhoi , at 39,39 Allied aircraft IL-4c x 12 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 7 x IL-4c bombing at 6000 feet 5 x IL-4c bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Wuchow , at 42,39 Japanese aircraft Ki-27 Nate x 26 Ki-51 Sonia x 24 Ki-15 Babs x 2 Allied aircraft I-16c x 3 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-51 Sonia: 4 damaged Allied aircraft losses I-16c: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 11 Aircraft Attacking: 24 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Macassar , at 30,69 Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 15 No Japanese losses Airbase supply hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 9000 feet 9 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 9000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Macassar , at 30,69 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 27 G4M1 Betty x 13 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 9 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 12000 feet 4 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 12000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 58th Division, at 50,31 Allied aircraft I-153c x 11 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 11 x I-153c bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Singapore Fortress, at 23,50 Japanese aircraft G3M Nell x 15 Japanese aircraft losses G3M Nell: 2 destroyed, 11 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 8 x G3M Nell bombing at 8000 feet 5 x G3M Nell bombing at 8000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 91st PA Division, at 43,52 Japanese aircraft G3M Nell x 27 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 50 casualties reported Guns lost 4 Aircraft Attacking: 27 x G3M Nell bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 41st PA Division, at 43,52 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 10 Ki-48 Lily x 15 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-48 Lily: 1 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 15 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 41st PA Division, at 43,52 Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 18 Ki-27 Nate x 6 Ki-21 Sally x 15 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 8 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 15 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet 18 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 41st PA Division, at 43,52 Japanese aircraft Ki-30 Ann x 36 Ki-49 Helen x 27 Ki-15 Babs x 1 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49 Helen: 4 damaged Allied ground losses: 84 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Aircraft Attacking: 36 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet 8 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 7000 feet 19 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 7000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 30,65 Allied aircraft T.IVa x 7 Allied aircraft losses T.IVa: 2 damaged Japanese Ships DD Hatsuyuki DD Nagatsuki Aircraft Attacking: 3 x T.IVa launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x T.IVa launching torpedoes at 200 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 30,65 Allied aircraft T.IVa x 5 Allied aircraft losses T.IVa: 3 damaged Japanese Ships DD Fumizuki DD Nagatsuki Aircraft Attacking: 1 x T.IVa launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x T.IVa launching torpedoes at 200 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Balikpapan at 31,64 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 6 Allied aircraft Martin 139 x 7 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses Martin 139: 2 damaged Japanese Ships CS Mizuho Aircraft Attacking: 4 x Martin 139 bombing at 6000 feet 3 x Martin 139 bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Sarmi Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 572 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 34 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Sarmi base !!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Hengchow Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 2826 troops, 98 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 69039 troops, 381 guns, 0 vehicles Allied ground losses: 367 casualties reported Guns lost 6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 50,31 Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 49776 troops, 512 guns, 4 vehicles Defending force 39122 troops, 254 guns, 0 vehicles Allied ground losses: 41 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kungchang Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 626 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 46694 troops, 331 guns, 0 vehicles Allied ground losses: 41 casualties reported Guns lost 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Manila Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 4252 troops, 156 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 45037 troops, 229 guns, 50 vehicles Allied ground losses: 245 casualties reported Guns lost 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kendari Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 16401 troops, 116 guns, 5 vehicles Defending force 1442 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 28 to 1 (fort level 2) Japanese forces CAPTURE Kendari base !!! Japanese ground losses: 27 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Allied ground losses: 19 casualties reported Defeated Allied Units Retreating! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Hengchow Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 64402 troops, 368 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 110345 troops, 1017 guns, 144 vehicles Japanese ground losses: 43 casualties reported Guns lost 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kungchang Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 39826 troops, 311 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 86310 troops, 760 guns, 137 vehicles Japanese ground losses: 82 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 50,31 Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 36522 troops, 254 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 49776 troops, 512 guns, 4 vehicles Japanese ground losses: 60 casualties reported Guns lost 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Singapore Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 39441 troops, 354 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 17874 troops, 221 guns, 3 vehicles Japanese ground losses: 134 casualties reported Guns lost 6 Allied ground losses: 11 casualties reported Guns lost 3 **Note**** I needed to move my forces off Singapore and back to Johore. All my Divs 5th,55th,18th,Imperial Gd,21st Brigade,22nd brigade and 2 Engineer rgts all had disruption of over 50 and high fatigue. I was losing the bombardment war and my airgroups needed to be rested. Question: Can Singapore be effectively bombarded by Naval gunfire? I'm meaning BB's and BC's not CA's. I have another Engineer rgt on the way and as soon as I finnishoff Borneo I can freeup more troops. I don't want to be so fixed on Singapore that I don't take the rest of the DEI by the end of march. I have the allies bottled in manila with 20+units and 7 more on Bataan. Open to help here fellas...any jap generals out there able to advise? Version 1.602 plays alot different to me!

Tophat -> RE: Tophat(GoodguyJap)vsADavidB(EvilAllies) (10/28/2005 10:22:26 AM)
Update: Its now June 15th 42'.......... PI.....taken but for to PI Army Div's on 2 small Islands,i'm using them for bomber crew practice. Losses were very light in PI and forces there have already been redeployed. Singapore......took awhile but finally fell with me moving 2nd division and 65th brigade along with 2 engineer rgts from the PI to Singapore. more later,i just want to revive this thread.

Tophat -> RE: Tophat(GoodguyJap)vsADavidB(EvilAllies) (10/28/2005 10:53:31 PM)
Here is my latest turns combat report: FTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/15/42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 94 troops unloading over beach at Padang, 17,53 Japanese ground losses: 6 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Padang at 17,53 Japanese Ships PC Ch 5 PC Ch 4 Allied Ships SS Trusty **My boys are landing at the last Dutch enclave on Sumatra,naturally he's got a sub in there trying to cause trouble. I'll try and send an ASW TF there to lend a hand. I have a Nell squadron on ASW that should be covering this area and 2 Nell groups on Naval search just incase the Royal navy makes an appearance. The RN tried to make an appearance off Timor yesterday,but launched no strike and retreated to Australia. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30 Allied aircraft Beaufighter VIF x 9 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Beaufighter VIF bombing at 2000 feet **Relentless Night bombing by this group,no damage but it is annoying. I really want some Night-Fighters! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Kaifeng , at 51,32 Allied aircraft Wellington III x 9 Allied aircraft losses Wellington III: 1 damaged Runway hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet 3 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet ***We have both escalated the Air-War in China,I'm going to Force him to fight me and commit aircraft or i'll bomb his Chinese Industry into the ground.I plan to drain Chinese supply and grind his units down,then aquire key chinese cities including Chungking and winning Auto-Victory in 43'. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Wuhan , at 48,35 Japanese aircraft Ki-27 Nate x 2 Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 3 Allied aircraft Wellington III x 11 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Wellington III: 4 damaged Japanese ground losses: 6 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet 5 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet *He's committed some Brit bombers,good!! I need him out of his hiding places so I can rough him up and get him to commit more forces in China,eatingup more supply. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Changsha , at 47,36 Allied aircraft Wellington III x 3 No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Sian , at 47,29 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 31 Allied aircraft Mohawk IV x 22 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 12 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Mohawk IV: 4 destroyed, 3 damaged **My not as well trained JAAF pilots,they softed him up for my bombers. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Sian , at 47,29 Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 27 Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 29 Ki-21 Sally x 48 Allied aircraft Mohawk IV x 17 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3 Zero: 1 destroyed Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 5 destroyed Ki-21 Sally: 5 damaged Allied aircraft losses Mohawk IV: 16 destroyed SB-2c: 1 destroyed ***AHHH,my good pilots came through!! There is one RAF fighter group that needs replacements,good suckup more supply! Allied ground losses: 15 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Airbase hits 5 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 29 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 11000 feet 15 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet 6 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet 12 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 11000 feet 3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 11000 feet 3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 fee *******We actually have the damage on Sian Airbase at approx 35% -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 13 Allied aircraft PBY Catalina x 3 B-17E Fortress x 23 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged Allied aircraft losses PBY Catalina: 2 damaged B-17E Fortress: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 19 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 30000 feet 3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 30000 feet *LUCKY ME,both pilots must have bailedout as i'm only down 2 A/c and not pilots. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 6th Division, at 45,37 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 6 Allied aircraft IL-4c x 10 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses IL-4c: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 19 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x IL-4c bombing at 6000 feet LRCAP and not the best Pilots on my side,his Bomber pilots are pretty good now so I like these results......... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 5th Ind. Brigade, at 46,26 Allied aircraft SB-2c x 26 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 11 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 12 x SB-2c bombing at 6000 feet 6 x SB-2c bombing at 6000 feet 5 x SB-2c bombing at 6000 feet 3 x SB-2c bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 61st PA Division, at 42,56 Japanese aircraft Ki-27 Nate x 3 Ki-48 Lily x 20 Ki-15 Babs x 1 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 10 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 20 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 6000 feet ****Bomber practice for my Aircrews in the PI! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 17th DAF Base Force, at 17,53 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 12 Ki-21 Sally x 15 Ki-15 Babs x 1 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 9 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 15 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Padang at 17,53 Japanese Ships PC Ch 5 PC Ch 4 Allied Ships SS Trusty -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Homan Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 4801 troops, 151 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 115830 troops, 520 guns, 0 vehicles Allied ground losses: 160 casualties reported Guns lost 4 ***********This is the battle on the road to Sian........I have an HQ and Engineer rgt on the way before i begin deliberate attacking. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Hengchow Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 2806 troops, 98 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 110046 troops, 607 guns, 0 vehicles ***Tied him up and was bleeding him,may need to reasses this attack........ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kungchang Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 674 troops, 21 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 121436 troops, 799 guns, 0 vehicles Allied ground losses: 15 casualties reported Guns lost 1 *****Again tying him up and bleeding him abit before assaulting. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Soerabaja Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 2556 troops, 96 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 51924 troops, 334 guns, 44 vehicles Allied ground losses: 27 casualties reported *****Bleeding him waiting for an HQ and another engineer rgt showup before deliberate attacking. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Salamaua Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 261 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 16 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Salamaua base !!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kungchang Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 114713 troops, 786 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 154278 troops, 1667 guns, 156 vehicles Japanese ground losses: 24 casualties reported

Tophat -> RE: Tophat(GoodguyJap)vsADavidB(EvilAllies) (10/29/2005 3:30:20 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/16/42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30 Allied aircraft Beaufighter VIF x 6 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Beaufighter VIF bombing at 2000 feet *******Annoying again,but no real damage done.......lets hope he suffers some Ops losses. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Kaifeng , at 51,32 Allied aircraft Wellington III x 7 Allied aircraft losses Wellington III: 3 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 4 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet 3 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet *****No damage done and he was hit so i'll check my running Ops loss figures and see if a Wellington has been added. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Wuhan , at 48,35 Japanese aircraft Ki-27 Nate x 2 Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 2 Allied aircraft Wellington III x 12 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 2 destroyed Ki-21 Sally: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Wellington III: 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 29 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 6 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet 3 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet *****I'm going to need to commit more to Cap,heck if he's sending penny packet strikes like this if i have over 10 fighters on Cap he might not even launch. Or am i in error on this point? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Changsha , at 47,36 Allied aircraft Wellington III x 6 Allied aircraft losses Wellington III: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 8 casualties reported Runway hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet 3 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet Minimal damage to us both again........hmmmmn........ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Sian , at 47,29 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 21 Allied aircraft Mohawk IV x 18 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 11 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Mohawk IV: 1 damaged *****OUCH!!! I didn't expect this kind of drubbing! But I have a surprise for him tomorrow........ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Sian , at 47,29 Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 25 Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 20 Ki-21 Sally x 70 Allied aircraft Mohawk IV x 18 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3 Zero: 2 damaged Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses Mohawk IV: 12 destroyed SB-2c: 3 destroyed Allied ground losses: 8 casualties reported Airbase hits 6 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 37 Aircraft Attacking: 10 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 11000 feet 6 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet 13 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 7000 feet 5 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet 9 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 11000 feet 4 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 7000 feet 3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 7000 feet 3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 11000 feet 3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet 3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 11000 feet 3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet 3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 7000 feet 3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet 2 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 7000 feet ***This is what i like to see!!! His Mohawlks savaged and my bombers droppin loads unopposed! Why the heck i have sally's at 11k I don't know.........note sent to self on this...... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 7 Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 8 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed, 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses B-17E Fortress: 8 damaged Japanese ground losses: 15 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 12 Aircraft Attacking: 5 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet 3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet **Looks bad but his B-17's are takin losses as well......... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 5th Ind. Brigade, at 46,26 Allied aircraft Wellington III x 7 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 3 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Aircraft Attacking: 4 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet 3 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Mongol Cavalry Division, at 46,24 Allied aircraft SB-2c x 21 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 66 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x SB-2c bombing at 6000 feet 9 x SB-2c bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 4th Dutch Regiment, at 22,65 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 16 Ki-21 Sally x 6 Ki-49 Helen x 15 Ki-46-II Dinah x 1 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21 Sally: 4 damaged Ki-49 Helen: 3 damaged Ki-46-II Dinah: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 12 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Aircraft Attacking: 15 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 7000 feet 6 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet *Marking time till my HQ and Engineers arrive! Also his losses lower morale... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 61st PA Division, at 42,56 Japanese aircraft Ki-27 Nate x 3 Ki-48 Lily x 15 Ki-15 Babs x 1 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 20 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 15 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 81st PA Division, at 42,58 Japanese aircraft C5M Babs x 2 Ki-21 Sally x 17 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 11 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet 6 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 17th DAF Base Force, at 17,53 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 18 Ki-21 Sally x 20 Ki-15 Babs x 1 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 15 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 20 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Homan Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 4778 troops, 152 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 115291 troops, 512 guns, 0 vehicles Allied ground losses: 337 casualties reported Guns lost 15 **BOOM!!! BOOM!!! Another Engineer and an Army HQ arrive next turn....Muhahahaha! Deliberate attack to follow! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Hengchow Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 2856 troops, 99 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 110329 troops, 612 guns, 0 vehicles Allied ground losses: 28 casualties reported Guns lost 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kungchang Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 688 troops, 22 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 132045 troops, 862 guns, 0 vehicles -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Soerabaja Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 2556 troops, 96 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 52205 troops, 333 guns, 43 vehicles Allied ground losses: 66 casualties reported Guns lost 5 ****Any losses no matter how small helpout here. I have plenty of supplies,morale is good and prep points are a building. A turn or two and we start cooking with gas here! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kungchang Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 104363 troops, 715 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 154333 troops, 1667 guns, 156 vehicles Japanese ground losses: 44 casualties reported

Tophat -> RE: Tophat(GoodguyJap)vsADavidB(EvilAllies) (10/29/2005 6:19:15 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/17/42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30 Allied aircraft Beaufighter VIF x 12 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 12 x Beaufighter VIF bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Sian , at 47,29 Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 27 Allied aircraft Mohawk IV x 7 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Mohawk IV: 3 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Wuchow , at 42,39 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 12 Ki-49 Helen x 21 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49 Helen: 1 damaged Heavy Industry hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 15 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet 6 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 16 Allied aircraft Do 24K-2 x 1 B-25C Mitchell x 9 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-25C Mitchell: 4 destroyed, 1 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet 2 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 10 Allied aircraft Hudson I x 6 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses Hudson I: 6 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 10 Allied aircraft PBY Catalina x 3 B-17E Fortress x 27 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 4 destroyed, 2 damaged Allied aircraft losses PBY Catalina: 3 damaged B-17E Fortress: 1 destroyed, 15 damaged Japanese ground losses: 34 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 39 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet 17 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 4th Dutch Regiment, at 22,65 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 15 Ki-21 Sally x 8 Ki-49 Helen x 14 Ki-46-II Dinah x 1 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21 Sally: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged Ki-49 Helen: 1 destroyed, 8 damaged Allied ground losses: 27 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 13 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 7000 feet 7 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 1st WS Garrison Battalion, at 17,53 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 18 Ki-21 Sally x 19 Ki-15 Babs x 1 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 22 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 19 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 61st PA Division, at 42,56 Japanese aircraft Ki-27 Nate x 3 Ki-48 Lily x 20 Ki-15 Babs x 1 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 20 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 81st PA Division, at 42,58 Japanese aircraft C5M Babs x 1 Ki-21 Sally x 20 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 43 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 20 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 14,63 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 21 G3M Nell x 8 Allied aircraft Fulmar x 65 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 12 destroyed G3M Nell: 4 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Fulmar: 11 destroyed, 8 damaged Allied Ships CV Indomitable CVL Hermes Aircraft Attacking: 4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 14,63 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 10 G3M Nell x 9 Allied aircraft Fulmar x 24 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed G3M Nell: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses Fulmar: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack at 23,40 Japanese Ships DD Nagatsuki DD Fumizuki DD Minazuki DD Satsuki DD Hatsuyuki Allied Ships SS Truant -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 109 troops unloading over beach at Buna, 55,90 Japanese ground losses: 43 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Padang Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 1590 troops, 14 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 671 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 22 to 1 (fort level 4) Japanese forces CAPTURE Padang base !!! Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses F.K.51: 2 destroyed Allied ground losses: 1391 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Homan Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 4828 troops, 153 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 114845 troops, 502 guns, 0 vehicles Allied ground losses: 396 casualties reported Guns lost 11 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Hengchow Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 2856 troops, 99 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 110629 troops, 610 guns, 0 vehicles Allied ground losses: 33 casualties reported Guns lost 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kungchang Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 688 troops, 22 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 132085 troops, 864 guns, 0 vehicles Allied ground losses: 15 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Soerabaja Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 2586 troops, 95 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 52101 troops, 332 guns, 44 vehicles Allied ground losses: 75 casualties reported Guns lost 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kungchang Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 104384 troops, 717 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 154437 troops, 1672 guns, 156 vehicles Japanese ground losses: 57 casualties reported I really need to workout posting screenshots.

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