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RE: East Wind Gives Me the Chills - Chuck vs. Pat - All... - 12/12/2006 3:27:48 AM

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Monthly update - end of June

Dutch airgroups can now upgrade - that should strengthen the Java defense. TBFs go into production.

Here's a map showing the historical Japanese advance vs. this game. The green line shows the current front in the game. All in all, I have to say I'm pleased:

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RE: East Wind Gives Me the Chills - Chuck vs. Pat - All... - 12/12/2006 4:18:08 AM

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Here's the intel screen:

A few comments -

Overall the points ratio went from 1.41:1 to 1.35:1. A successful month.

Air losses were 345 allied vs. 384 Japanese. 1.1 in my favor. I was hoping for better, but it's not bad. Overall attrition is down, however, since last month both sides lose over 600 aircraft.

Those losses include at least 90-100 KB pilots - good news there.

Jap army losses are still lower than I'd like. That should change in the next month or two.

China Supply - 177K (-1.1K). That's with reinforcements on for all units, plus some forts & airfields building. Despite the loss in supply I'll keep reinforcements on. The loss in supply is low & the situation will get better once I take Hanoi. If not in July, certainly in August.

Ship losses:

     Japs      Allied
CVL  1 
BB   1
CA             1
CL             1
DD   18 (+4)   4
APD  2         1
AP   82 (+6)   7
AK   52 (+5)   69 (+13)
AO             1
TK   11 (+2)   3
SS   21 (+2)   5
Aux            8 (+1)
Mine 14        14 (+1)
Pat  13        20 (+1)

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RE: East Wind Gives Me the Chills - Chuck vs. Pat - All... - 12/13/2006 6:47:56 AM

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can you show aircaft production numbers an how far are youur next carirers renforments ctangus

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RE: East Wind Gives Me the Chills - Chuck vs. Pat - All... - 12/14/2006 2:56:30 AM

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7/1/42

Not much to report on, but I'm booored... 3 games outstanding and no turns in the inbox tonight.

DEI

I raid the port of Balikpapan again:

Day Air attack on Balikpapan , at 31,64
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 5 CAP is still low here
Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 3
B-17E Fortress x 41
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 4 damaged
Japanese Ships
AP Kuroshio Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AP Taibun Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
DD Ayanami, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AP Haisho Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
DD Asagiri, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
TK Manju Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage
DD Matsukaze, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP Koshu Maru #3, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP Tsunushima Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
MSW W.7, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
Japanese ground losses:
43 casualties reported
Port hits 3
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 3

I'm standing down the heavies again, but in general I plan to keep it up. I not only want to sink ships, but more importantly I want to divert fighters from the battle over West Java. Speaking of which:

Day Air attack on Bandoeng , at 19,61
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 12
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 29
Ki-21 Sally x 36
Ki-49 Helen x 56
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 5
Kittyhawk I x 9
P-39D Airacobra x 6
P-40E Warhawk x 26
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 7 destroyed, 1 damaged
Ki-21 Sally: 2 destroyed, 4 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 1 destroyed, 8 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 5 destroyed
Kittyhawk I: 4 destroyed, 1 damaged
P-39D Airacobra: 4 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 10 destroyed, 7 damaged
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 22

There's some fog of war in that report. Overall aircraft losses were 17:15 in my favor on the 1st. A2A was 12:8, again in my favor.

However, even with some reserves, I'm not sure if I can continue this fight. I'll try to, at least.

Elsewhere

The Yorktown VF squadron expanded to 36 planes. However, the disembarked Enterprise & Hornet VF squadrons shrunk to 14!

Well, I knew I risked such a thing happening when I moved them off.

I lost an AK to a sub near Suva.

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RE: East Wind Gives Me the Chills - Chuck vs. Pat - All... - 12/14/2006 2:57:45 AM

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@ comander:

Here's some of my most-used fighters & fighter-bombers. I've been particularly hard on my P-40Es:

Good news is the Seafires. Once I get 3 more planes in the pool I can upgrade one of the FAA squadrons.

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RE: East Wind Gives Me the Chills - Chuck vs. Pat - All... - 12/14/2006 2:59:50 AM

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Bomber replacements. Not shown are B-17Es. Pool is 0 with 16 being produced a month. They're going straight from the factory to the front lines:

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RE: East Wind Gives Me the Chills - Chuck vs. Pat - All... - 12/14/2006 3:00:35 AM

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CVs reinforcements. Except for Wasp, it's still a while before I see a lot of help here:

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RE: East Wind Gives Me the Chills - Chuck vs. Pat - All... - 12/16/2006 1:33:51 PM

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7/2 - 7/3/42

SW Pac

Planes from Rabaul torpedoed 2 AKs unloading the 2nd Seabees at Milne Bay.

DEI

I'm losing the air battle over western Java & have withdrawn my fighters again.

07/02/42
Day Air attack on Bandoeng , at 19,61
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 33
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 28
Ki-21 Sally x 44
Ki-49 Helen x 59
Allied aircraft
CW-21B Demon x 6
Hurricane IIb x 3
P-39D Airacobra x 12
P-40E Warhawk x 16
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 4 destroyed, 1 damaged
Ki-21 Sally: 5 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 5 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
CW-21B Demon: 3 destroyed
Hurricane IIb: 4 destroyed
P-39D Airacobra: 9 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 11 destroyed
Kittyhawk I: 1 destroyed
Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 31

A lone Jap AP has been spotted near Batavia. I'm not sure if it just got lost or if a Java invasion is imminent.

Teleok... also fell.

Oops - Bandoeng's only a size 3 airfield.

Indian Ocean

A Japanese carrier force - Hiryu, Soryu, Sho & Zui I believe - is still hanging out within a few hundred miles of Port Blair. Port Blair's airfield is now 97% of the way to size 2, gaining 2% per day.

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RE: East Wind Gives Me the Chills - Chuck vs. Pat - All... - 12/16/2006 11:31:29 PM

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hi ctangus did your seebees get a shore before they where hit .

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RE: East Wind Gives Me the Chills - Chuck vs. Pat - All... - 12/17/2006 2:54:55 AM

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7/4/42

I think the next week or two might be exciting. Pat's launching two attacks & I'm launching one.

So Pac

Nells from Canton Island attacked a task force unloading at funandfruity. They put 3 torps into a DMS & sank it, though the troopships were unharmed. There are 2 TFs there unloading, and they'll continue to do so. However, further reinfocements (nearby) will wait until I have an airfield built in the area and can provide some CAP.

SW Pac

Comander - at Milne Bay the Seabee unit lost 1 engineer vehicle & 1 support squad, but most got ashore safely. The majority of the 30th Naval Base Force has now safely unloaded as well. The airfield's building up quickly and well be size 1 tomorrow.

DEI

Getting interesting here. A B-26 raid against Makassar destroyed 29(!) planes on the ground.

More importantly, Java's finally been invaded. At least 1 unit has started to unload at Merak. See the pic. It appears to be lightly escorted.

2E bombers only managed hits against 1 transport. Tomorrow and/or the next day could be a bloodbath, however. I'm sending in more LBA, carrier air, and some surface forces. Wish me luck!

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RE: East Wind Gives Me the Chills - Chuck vs. Pat - All... - 12/17/2006 3:01:57 AM

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Indian Ocean

I was starting to doubt it, but it does now look like the Andamans are about to be invaded. My engineers promise that they'll have the airfield ready for torpedo bombers in one more day. That might be one day too late.

Despite the nearby presence of 4 Jap CVs I'm also sending in a cruiser TF to defend against the landings.

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RE: East Wind Gives Me the Chills - Chuck vs. Pat - All... - 12/17/2006 3:14:11 AM

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China

SS Flying Fish attacked a Jap tanker in the East China Sea. 2 salvos of torpedoes hit, but were duds. However several shell hits did connect & burning oil was seen on the water.

With the Japanese starting to commit elsewhere, the 1st Chinese Uber-Shock Army has started to march towards Hanoi. Chiang Kai-Shek is not only worried about the Japanese presence in northern Indochina, but is also getting concerened about the growing Viet Minh influence in the area. (I didn't know this, but I recently read that the Kuomintang jailed Ho Chi Minh for a year or so during WWII.)

From Sigint & recon I now believe there's 2 divisions at Hanoi, not 1. That shouldn't be a problem, however - it's simply more Japanese to kill. Thanks to Woos, here's a glimpse of what's bearing down on Hanoi:

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RE: East Wind Gives Me the Chills - Chuck vs. Pat - All... - 12/17/2006 9:27:32 AM

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hi ctangus so what do have in the way of troops to stop him from takeing java

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RE: East Wind Gives Me the Chills - Chuck vs. Pat - All... - 12/17/2006 6:18:47 PM

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7/5/42

comander - in total on Java I have about 4 divisions of infantry, plus lots of base forces, some artillery, AA, CD guns, etc.

Speaking of Java, neither of us are yet giving up in the air war over the island. In 5 days this month 99 allied planes have been lost vs. 76 Japanese.

SW Pac

Operation Slinky continues & Milne Bay just grew to a size 1 AF.

DEI

During the night the British cruiser TF sinks 3 APs off Merak - that's all there was so I didn't need the CVs. Coastwatchers report 1052 dead Japanese troops floating in the water and 39 destroyed guns. (Sometimes the intel one gets is a little too much.

)

2 units and 2160 troops are reported ashore. Facing them is one Dutch batallion. I've ordered some planes on ground attack to get a better idea of what I'm facing. Looks like Admiral Patamoto tried to establish a beachhead on the cheap, but he'll probably need to commit more troops.

The Japs are bombing Batavia again - I had just moved some planes in & lost 2 Hurris & 2 Beauforts on the ground.

Japanese from Balikpapan joined the party, too:

Day Air attack on Soerabaja , at 23,66
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 24
G3M Nell x 42
G4M1 Betty x 7
H6K4 Mavis x 3
Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 11
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 damaged
G3M Nell: 2 destroyed, 17 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
H6K4 Mavis: 3 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra: 5 destroyed, 1 damaged
CW-21B Demon: 1 destroyed
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 10

I'm ordering some more CAP here & will counter-strike with heavies against Balikpapan tomorrow.

B26s based at Koepang are flying every other day & keeping Makassar closed.

Indian Ocean

A small cruiser force will challenge the Japanese about to land at Port Blair.

Also, the airfield finally made it to size 2!!

I've packed it with 99 fighter-bombers & torpedo-bombers.

Edit: I almost forgot. SS Seal took a shot at CV Hiyo south of Singapore & missed. The escorts hit her with a couple depth charges - 90 flt damage - probably won't make it.

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RE: East Wind Gives Me the Chills - Chuck vs. Pat - All... - 12/17/2006 10:49:23 PM

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Well this could be it�the buff afthere all�who would send 23 transorts to take port Blair� even risk them in the bay of bengal� ctangus

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RE: East Wind Gives Me the Chills - Chuck vs. Pat - All... - 12/18/2006 1:28:50 AM

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I suppose it could be a bluff, but I'm going to treat it like it's not.

1. He had shipping parked at Sabang for about 3 or 4 turns. I think he's bringing some of the troops that he had there.

2. Even if it is a bluff, I can defend against it without stripping any other theater. Most of my LBA in India is sitting idle right now. Those plane types also have large pools so any losses will be easily replaced.

I'm also risking 1 CA, 2 CLs & 3 DDs. Even if I lost them all it wouldn't be catastrophic. Cannon-armed Hurricanes are flying LRCAP over them to limit the risk.

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RE: East Wind Gives Me the Chills - Chuck vs. Pat - All... - 12/20/2006 2:51:01 AM

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7/6 - 7/8/42

Some bloody days - mostly I'm getting beat up. I can console myself a little - at least I'm fighting in areas that aren't vital for me.

DEI

We've had fierce air battles over Java. In the last 3 days I've lost 102 planes vs. 78 Japanese, mostly over Batavia, Bandoeng & Soerabaja. And this is a Nik mod game! I'm slowly losing my ability to keep up the battle, but neither of us is ready to concede, yet. Here's an example of one of the air battles. Of course I'm picking one that went well for me:

07/07/42
Day Air attack on Soerabaja , at 23,66
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 20
G3M Nell x 17
G4M1 Betty x 2
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 6
Kittyhawk I x 7
P-39D Airacobra x 7
P-40E Warhawk x 18
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 9 destroyed
G3M Nell: 4 destroyed, 9 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 1 destroyed
Kittyhawk I: 1 damaged
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 3 destroyed, 8 damaged
Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 3

I sank another transport or two carrying troops to Merak. An additional Aussie brigade is unloading at Malang. Forts at Madioen have now reached 9. Hiyo & escorts are now approaching Batavia. I'll try to do more frequent updates over the next few turns as it's been exciting.

Amazingly, I'm still spiriting away oil & resources from Soerabaja & Batavia. Despite it being July, both bases have less than 10K oil & resources each.

Elsewhere in the DEI I've been intercepting Japanese transport planes trying to fly supplies into Aru Island.

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RE: East Wind Gives Me the Chills - Chuck vs. Pat - All... - 12/20/2006 3:04:12 AM

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Indian Ocean

On the 7th, there was some surface combat at Port Blair:

07/07/42
Night Time Surface Combat, near Port Blair at 23,34
Japanese Ships
DD Asashio, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Michishio, Shell hits 18, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Sinks later
DD Arashio, Shell hits 17, and is sunk
DD Shirakumo
DD Fumizuki
DD Akikaze, Shell hits 1
MSW W.3
AP Ayaha Maru
AP Kenshin Maru
AP Mogamigawa Maru
AP Nissen Maru
AP Nissen Maru #2
AP Otori Maru
AP Ryoyo Maru
AP Ryujo Maru
AP Sumiyoshi Maru
AP Surabaya Maru
AP Tacoma Maru
AP Takunan Maru
AP Tatsuho Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP Tatsuwa Maru
AP Tatuho Maru
AP Unkai Maru #6
AP Yawata Maru
AP Senkai Maru
Allied Ships
CA Devonshire, Shell hits 1
CL Enterprise, Shell hits 28, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Splits off from the TF & is sunk by carrier air
CL Emerald, Shell hits 6, on fire Ditto
DD Isaac Sweers
DD Tjerk Hiddes, Shell hits 1
DD Foxhound
Japanese ground losses:
55 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

I lost 2 good Brit CLs in exchange for 3 Japanese DDs. If I had also slowed down the the Japanese invasion, I could live with it. But I didn't slow it down.

C'est la guerre.

The Japanese also bombarded a couple times. Here's one:

07/08/42
Naval bombardment of Port Blair, at 23,34
Allied aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 1 destroyed
Hurricane IIc: 2 destroyed
Swordfish: 1 destroyed
Wirraway: 1 destroyed
Japanese Ships
DD Shiranuhi
DD Isokaze
DD Akigumo
CL Abukuma
CA Chikuma
CA Tone
BB Kirishima
BB Hiei
Allied ground losses:
95 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Vehicles lost 1
Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 48

It doesn't look too bad, but it essentially neutralized my airpower at Port Blair. See the screenshot.

There's a little good news. I flew in most of a brigade until Japanese LRCAP started intercepting my transports on the 8th. I now have 175 AV behind level 3 forts. Also, I'm facing the Japanese 56th Div. It's been in continuous action all war at Singapore, Palembang, NW Sumatra & now here & I think it's in rough shape. I intend to hold here, but even if I don't it won't be disastrous & I'm spreading my opponent's resources.

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RE: East Wind Gives Me the Chills - Chuck vs. Pat - All... - 12/20/2006 4:04:08 PM

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7/9/42

Quick update.

Dutch subs have a good day, sinking a Jap destroyer & putting a torp into BB Hiei.

A Jap CV force is approaching Java. I previously spotted Hiyo & today planes from Akagi were identified when they sunk an allied tanker near Batavia. I suspect I'm facing at least 3, maybe 4 CVs.

I'm going to try to weaken it with LBA a day or two before I send my CVs in. Hopefully some of the LBA will launch.

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RE: East Wind Gives Me the Chills - Chuck vs. Pat - All... - 12/22/2006 3:19:52 AM

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7/10 - 7/11/42

We're still dancing around near Java & in the Andaman Sea, but there's been no major engagements.

West Coast

I just received my first major wave of conversions (ARs, ADs, MLEs, etc.), so I'll have plenty of ARs around once my damaged CVs arrive on the west coast. We're over 7 months into the game but I waited until the mid-Jan reinforcements before I did a lot of conversions.

Speaking of my damged CVs, Enterprise's crew repaired her from 97 to 96 sys while on the open seas. Yippee!

Cent Pac

Nautilus, while on a minelaying run, put several shells into a Jap AK at Kwaj.

DEI

Lots of action here again. Air attacks against Bandoeng, Soerabaja, & Makassar. The most significant was this:

07/10/42
Day Air attack on TF at 21,58
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 43
Allied aircraft
CW-21B Demon x 5
Martin 139 x 4
B-25C Mitchell x 21
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 11 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
CW-21B Demon: 5 destroyed
Martin 139: 3 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 2 destroyed, 17 damaged
Japanese Ships
CV Hiyo
CV Kaga
CV Junyo
CA Kumano

Bah! Even one hit would have been nice.

While my planes didn't see her, I think Akagi's with that group also (based on the wing-markings of planes that sank a tanker of mine a couple days ago.) On the 11th, the Jap CVs withdrew a hundred miles or so.

Landings are continuing on Java at Merak, but they're weak. (3600 Japs reported there now.) I've thought about ordering a counter-attack, but my main troop concentration is on the far side of the island.

Despite low supplies, I ordered a bombardment attack against the Japanese trying to take Kai Island. I'd forgotten what I was facing there & wanted to find out: it's 1 Div, 1 Brigade & 1 engineer regiment.

Andaman Sea

LBA was also unsuccesful against Jap carriers here:

07/11/42
Day Air attack on TF at 24,34
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 23
Allied aircraft
Swordfish x 9
Wirraway x 6
Hurricane IIb x 25
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 4 destroyed, 2 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Swordfish: 4 destroyed, 1 damaged
Wirraway: 3 destroyed
Hurricane IIb: 13 destroyed
Japanese Ships
BB Kirishima
CV Zuikaku
CA Mogami
CV Soryu

There was better news in the ground war. The Japanese launched an ineffective attack in an attempt to take the island. Pat should have rested the 56th division some & not used it so much:

07/10/42
Ground combat at Port Blair
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 7542 troops, 54 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 167
Defending force 8317 troops, 65 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 222
Japanese max assault: 144 - adjusted assault: 13
Allied max defense: 213 - adjusted defense: 257
Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 3)
Japanese ground losses:
556 casualties reported
Guns lost 19
Allied ground losses:
39 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

I counter-attacked the following day:

07/11/42
Ground combat at Port Blair
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 5697 troops, 51 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 219
Defending force 6885 troops, 27 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 131
Allied max assault: 194 - adjusted assault: 81
Japanese max defense: 73 - adjusted defense: 5
Allied assault odds: 16 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
94 casualties reported
Guns lost 4
Allied ground losses:
80 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

I think I have a good chance of destroying most/all of a Japanese division here. The attacks will continue tomorrow.

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RE: East Wind Gives Me the Chills - Chuck vs. Pat - All... - 12/22/2006 1:16:13 PM

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what are your plans for Java ctangus is it a holding the line or delaying your OP

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RE: East Wind Gives Me the Chills - Chuck vs. Pat - All... - 12/22/2006 4:11:01 PM

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7/12/42

Hi comander. I plan to delay & bloody the Japanese on west Java (Batavia area). I'm going to try to hold on east Java (Soerabaja area). If I don't hold, I didn't write this & I was only trying to delay...

DEI

Subs & LBA hit a couple more transports with troops on board. The first Japanese attack against Merak occurred. It will probably fall to the next attack:

Ground combat at Merak
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 4032 troops, 58 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 150
Defending force 749 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 34
Japanese max assault: 67 - adjusted assault: 64
Allied max defense: 32 - adjusted defense: 24
Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 2)
Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 1
Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Allied ground losses:
76 casualties reported

But the biggest news is that the first allied counter-attack outside China has started! My invisible army auto-occupied Pomala! I'm not sure what good it will do me, but I got a kick out of it.

Indian Ocean

Swordfish put a torp into yet another troop-laden AP and I continue to attack at Port Blair:

Ground combat at Port Blair
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 5157 troops, 45 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 211
Defending force 6847 troops, 17 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 131
Allied max assault: 173 - adjusted assault: 62
Japanese max defense: 68 - adjusted defense: 7
Allied assault odds: 8 to 1
Japanese ground losses:
34 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Allied ground losses:
249 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

My AV's going down quicker than the enemy's, so I decided to rest my troops a day or two.

I'm off to go play with my nephews over the Holidays.

The next update will be in about a week.

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RE: East Wind Gives Me the Chills - Chuck vs. Pat - All... - 1/1/2007 2:48:13 PM

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7/13 - 7/16/42

Lots going on in the DEI & further north.

Sub war

My subs have been active, even US fleet boats. They've had 13 attacks in the last 4 days, 10 successful. Most were against AKs/APs loaded with troops. 6 Japanese ships were sunk outright & a 7th was finished off by B-25s. In return I've had 3 subs damaged enough to be out of action a few months.

Jap subs sank one AK pulling resources out of Soerabaja. A patrolling Sunderland sank a RO-boat near Milne bay. Another RO-boat was damaged near Noumea by an ASW TF.

And there was this...

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RE: East Wind Gives Me the Chills - Chuck vs. Pat - All... - 1/1/2007 3:15:09 PM

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West Coast

CV Wasp & 3 Marine F4F squadrons have arrived.

Lexington's now less than 2 weeks from San Francisco (sys 31). Enterprise (sys 95) & Hornet (sys 98) are about 6 weeks away.

So Pac/SW Pac

I was hoping to launch my first counter-offensive here before the historic Operation Watchtower started. I have the infantry ready to go but I'm waiting for base forces coming from the west coast. Maybe in late August - certainly in September.

Java/DEI

In addition to what my subs are doing, LBA (Martins, B-25s, A-24s) hit at least 9 Jap ships & a mine at Merak sank another. That was not enough to keep Merak from falling into enemy hands, however.

Sparring continues in the air over Java. 30-50 planes are being lost daily - one day I win and the next the Japanese do. For example, 29 to 9 in the allies' favor on the 16th but it's about 350 to 320 in the Japanese favor for the month so far.

There was one nice raid against Balikpapan:

07/14/42
Day Air attack on Balikpapan , at 31,64
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 2
Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 1
B-17E Fortress x 65
No Japanese losses
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
AP Haisho Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AP Taibun Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage
DD Asagiri, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
DD Matsukaze, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage Sinks
DD Ayanami, Bomb hits 7, on fire, heavy damage Sinks
AP Tsunushima Maru, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
Japanese ground losses:
135 casualties reported
Port hits 3
Port fuel hits 4
Port supply hits 1
Aircraft Attacking:
26 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 10000 feet

Indian Ocean

Japanese reinforcements have arrived at Port Blair, but I'm still confident I can hold a while.

On the 13th, LBA launched against the Japanese carriers replenishing at Rangoon. Most of the planes got through the CAP, but the results weren't spectacular:

07/13/42
Day Air attack on TF, near Rangoon at 29,33
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 30
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 18
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 3
Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 16
Wellington III x 24
B-17E Fortress x 21
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 13 damaged
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 2 damaged
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 1 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Buffalo I: 14 destroyed
Wellington III: 2 destroyed, 20 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 19 damaged
Japanese Ships
CV Zuikaku
CV Soryu
BB Kirishima
CV Hiryu
CL Kuma
CV Shokaku
CA Ashigara
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet
1 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 10000 feet
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07/13/42
Day Air attack on TF, near Rangoon at 29,33
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 26
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 22
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 2
Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 13
Wellington III x 33
B-17E Fortress x 15
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 12 damaged
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 2 damaged
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 1 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Buffalo I: 6 destroyed, 1 damaged
Wellington III: 3 destroyed, 27 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 11 damaged
Japanese Ships
BB Kirishima, Bomb hits 1 Boink!
CV Shokaku
CL Abukuma
CV Hiryu
CV Soryu, Bomb hits 1, on fire Fuel storage explosion - maybe she'll need some yard time
CV Zuikaku
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 10000 feet

I anticipated a counter-attack against Mandalay on the 14th I put some of my best fighters on CAP:

07/14/42
Day Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,29
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 34
Ki-49 Helen x 88
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 31
P-40E Warhawk x 24
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 14 destroyed, 6 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 19 destroyed, 36 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 1 destroyed, 22 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed, 20 damaged
Runway hits 1

China

220,000 crack Chinese troops have now entered Indochina & are advancing on Hanoi.

I repulse a Japanese flanking movement near Canton:

07/16/42
Ground combat at 44,41
Allied Shock attack
Attacking force 19683 troops, 149 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 651
Defending force 13788 troops, 149 guns, 9 vehicles, Assault Value = 301
Allied max assault: 1314 - adjusted assault: 656
Japanese max defense: 305 - adjusted defense: 285
Allied assault odds: 2 to 1
Japanese ground losses:
138 casualties reported
Guns lost 4
Vehicles lost 1
Allied ground losses:
514 casualties reported
Guns lost 27
Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

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7/17/42

Despite being down 31 to 25 in the air war, it was a good day for the good guys.

Sub War

My subs continue to be active:

S-38 put 1 torp into an AP near Merak in the morning. It sank it with 2 more torps in the afternoon.

In the South China Sea, O-24 put 2 torps into another AP. 69 dead soldiers were seen floating in the water.

And in North Pac, near Kiska, S-34 damaged the 2nd Jap carrier in 2 days (3rd in 5 days):

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DEI

I successfully swept & then bombed the aifield at Merak. It looks like the Japs have withdrawn - I should be able to close the field.

B-25s successfully hit 2 more enemy transports with multiple bombs, though neither has sunk yet.

Indian Ocean

My LBA at Port Blair takes off. The main strike goes after Japanese transports:

Day Air attack on TF at 23,36
Allied aircraft
Swordfish x 28
Hurricane IIb x 32
Allied aircraft losses
Swordfish: 3 destroyed, 7 damaged
Japanese Ships
DD Fumizuki, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
DD Shirakumo
AP Nissen Maru
AP Ryujo Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AP Nissen Maru #2
AP Senkai Maru
AP Surabaya Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AP Unkai Maru #6
AP Otori Maru
Japanese ground losses:
40 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Later in the day a strike launches against the Jap carriers lurking nearby. I wish the main strike had gone after them:

Day Air attack on TF at 20,35
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 65
Allied aircraft
Swordfish x 4
Hurricane IIb x 22
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Swordfish: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
Hurricane IIb: 18 destroyed Ouch!

I also didn't have replacements off, so there's a bunch of damaged Hurricanes on the ground at Port Blair.

Indochina

The First Chinese Uber-Shock Army storms across the Red River & takes Hanoi!

Ground combat at Hanoi
Allied Shock attack
Attacking force 156439 troops, 969 guns, 83 vehicles, Assault Value = 4487
Defending force 43586 troops, 538 guns, 20 vehicles, Assault Value = 927
Allied max assault: 4354 - adjusted assault: 1613
Japanese max defense: 967 - adjusted defense: 299
Allied assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 0) The fort level was a welcome surprise
Allied forces CAPTURE Hanoi base !!!
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-15 Babs: 3 destroyed
Japanese ground losses:
1480 casualties reported
Guns lost 78
Vehicles lost 3
Allied ground losses:
2603 casualties reported
Guns lost 63
Vehicles lost 15

I scored 72 ground loss points - that's almost 1/3 of a division. However, the retreating troops destroyed the city's infrastructure - there's 1 working HI point and 1 resource point left. 11,000 supplies were captured.

One weird bit - Hanoi was under SEA command when captured. It only cost 10 PPs to change it to Chinese, so I did so.

I'll rest my troops a few days while the China Command HQ advances to Hanoi from Nanning. I'll then attack Haiphong overland. However if the Japanese start to evacuate, I'll storm across the Red River again - I want to destroy as many of those troops in place as I can.

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RE: East Wind Gives Me the Chills - Chuck vs. Pat - All... - 1/2/2007 2:45:38 PM

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ORIGINAL: ctangus

I'll rest my troops a few days while the China Command HQ advances to Hanoi from Nanning. I'll then attack Haiphong overland. However if the Japanese start to evacuate, I'll storm across the Red River again - I want to destroy as many of those troops in place as I can.

Are you sure you can get those troops to attack Haiphong overland? They'll probably march back to Hanoi and want to cross the Red River anyway because the supply path along the rail line is shorter.

BTW, did you run into the first Indo-China militia division at Hanoi?

quote:

8.8 INDO-CHINA JAPANESE MILITIA

Each time an Allied unit moves into a border hex inside Indo-China (the portion next to China all
the way down to even with Hue), the Japanese will receive a Japanese (representing
Vietnamese/Vichy French forces) militia division (up to a maximum of 4). Thus if 2 ground units
move into a border hex, and then 1 unit moves from one border hex to another, 3 militia divisions
will be formed. These militia divisions will be formed in Hanoi, Haiphong, Luang Prabang, and
Hue in that order, and they will be formed at 1/3 strength.

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RE: East Wind Gives Me the Chills - Chuck vs. Pat - All... - 1/2/2007 3:36:00 PM

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ORIGINAL: VSWG

Are you sure you can get those troops to attack Haiphong overland? They'll probably march back to Hanoi and want to cross the Red River anyway because the supply path along the rail line is shorter.

DOH! Looks like I'll be facing another river crossing.

quote:

BTW, did you run into the first Indo-China militia division at Hanoi?

Yep - the "1st VM Div". In fact, the turn after I first crossed the border, the unit count went up by 1 at each of the cities where the Vietnamese divs are supposed to arrive. It seems to be working as designed.

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RE: East Wind Gives Me the Chills - Chuck vs. Pat - All... - 1/4/2007 11:50:30 PM

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Hi ctangus i like your bugs in the flying jacked i cant wait and see where you go next .

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RE: East Wind Gives Me the Chills - Chuck vs. Pat - All... - 1/5/2007 3:00:06 AM

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Thanks. I can't wait to see where I go next either!

I do have a few plans forming - if I get some extra time I'll do up a map or 5.

Here's a recent recon photo of the enemy:

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