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RE: Monsoon - 7/30/2010 12:15:22 PM   
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Status: offline 		After seeing what a handful of stringbags (British torpedo bombers) could do to my battlefleet (sink 3 battleships and torpedo a light cruiser)
I must notice that the effectiveness of torpedo bombers on both side of the fence is rather high  

Yes, the Japs have more potentially dangerous torpedo planes but I haven't sunk many Allied ships with these planes in any of my 2 AE games (April / October 42). Obviously they're not able to wipe out fleets despite Japan's superior position (much better than it ever was in WWII).
- If you protect Allied ships with 10 fighters this will be enough to turn back most unescorted Japanese torpedo bomber attacks. The Nells is Japan's answer to the Sherman tank...one hit and it blows! The big problem with 4E's is that you need 100 fighters to shoot down 10 and the bombers always get through. Combined with a high low level ship attack hit % 4E's can be made into uber weapons.

If the devs reduced hit probability for all torpedo bombers in the game I wouldn't mind, but there's fine little to do about it otherwise.
- As I said before, if you wish to play a challenging game as Allies you don't find an unbalance in the game and use it to break your opponent.
Nell's and Bettie's don't break the game, neither do Kate's but they can seriously hurt you in 42-43 unless you're careful, especially before you reduce the KB.

Yes, I've used Jap Betties and Nells in WitP to slaughter poor Al's british battleships in port at night , but we've all learned from these experiences and tried to address the worst abnormalities.

In general I see your points CT, but sometimes I think you drive things a little fast and a little too far.
I'm the typical "centre of the road" guy that is looking for balance. I notice things that I think require tweaking but I seldom conceive them as broken.
After seeing 10 Sally's out of 70 shot down by flak in one mission I will continue to evaluate their efficiency in different settings before making up my mind.

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RE: Monsoon - 7/30/2010 12:22:19 PM   
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Status: offline 		Nice find!  Yes the Privateer's probably caused much damage in 44-45, most likely against coastal convoys and poorly escorted / protected ships, however the list don't break down the claims into types and it's also impossible to verify these claims.

You should also remember that it's far easier to achieve good results when the enemy already is on his knees and broken.
In 42 Japan got elite torpedo bombers and achieve fairly good results as long as the Allies are reeling. Just observe how their efficiency sinks as pilot quality decrease and opposition increase.

I don't mind seeing such Privateer's in AE in 44-45 that is a threat to single ships and coastal convoys.
What I hope not to see is B-24s (not Privateers) in 42-44 wiping out whole naval squadrons and completely upsetting the game balance.

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RE: Monsoon - 7/30/2010 12:41:51 PM   
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Nice find!  Yes the Privateer's probably caused much damage in 44-45, most likely against coastal convoys and poorly escorted / protected ships, however the list don't break down the claims into types and it's also impossible to verify these claims.

You should also remember that it's far easier to achieve good results when the enemy already is on his knees and broken.
In 42 Japan got elite torpedo bombers and achieve fairly good results as long as the Allies are reeling. Just observe how their efficiency sinks as pilot quality decrease and opposition increase.

I don't mind seeing such Privateer's in AE in 44-45 that is a threat to single ships and coastal convoys.
What I hope not to see is B-24s (not Privateers) in 42-44 wiping out whole naval squadrons and completely upsetting the game balance.



which you wouldn´t in my PBEM because that is restricted with a hr. To go back to start, what I wanted to do is to warn you about USN heavy bombers - aka Privateers - and USAAF medium bombers on low nav attack (if Andy trains his crews to do so).



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RE: Monsoon - 7/30/2010 6:22:43 PM   
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Status: offline 		Appreciate that CT! I was a bit confused as to whether you mean the Privateer (PB4Y-2) or the PB4Y-1 Liberator.
In your example that knocks out a CL and 4 DDs it is the PB4Y-1 that is in action.

I agree that the Privateer and B-25 should be a potent weapon by 1944, but it should still not be able to hit agile and fast warships from 1000 feet.
It will be a good question to ask both Al and Andy what will be their view on using the Privateer as a low level naval bomber.



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RE: Monsoon - 7/30/2010 6:31:07 PM   
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Status: offline 		I would tend to disagree, though the mechanics of the game may not match historical results - because B-25s could and did shred destroyers from almost wave-top heights with their multiple .50cals.

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RE: Monsoon - 7/30/2010 6:39:10 PM   
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Status: offline 		BTW that squadron example looks like the average ship target was 500 to 600 tons. Tiny by AE standards. Must have been slow and with no or virtually no AA.

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RE: Monsoon - 7/30/2010 8:16:56 PM   
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BTW that squadron example looks like the average ship target was 500 to 600 tons. Tiny by AE standards. Must have been slow and with no or virtually no AA.



Thats what I thought as well. Probably a lot of fishing trawlers in this list...

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RE: Monsoon - 7/30/2010 8:37:51 PM   
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ORIGINAL: PzB

After seeing what a handful of stringbags (British torpedo bombers) could do to my battlefleet (sink 3 battleships and torpedo a light cruiser)
I must notice that the effectiveness of torpedo bombers on both side of the fence is rather high  

Yes, the Japs have more potentially dangerous torpedo planes but I haven't sunk many Allied ships with these planes in any of my 2 AE games (April / October 42). Obviously they're not able to wipe out fleets despite Japan's superior position (much better than it ever was in WWII).
- If you protect Allied ships with 10 fighters this will be enough to turn back most unescorted Japanese torpedo bomber attacks. The Nells is Japan's answer to the Sherman tank...one hit and it blows! The big problem with 4E's is that you need 100 fighters to shoot down 10 and the bombers always get through. Combined with a high low level ship attack hit % 4E's can be made into uber weapons.

If the devs reduced hit probability for all torpedo bombers in the game I wouldn't mind, but there's fine little to do about it otherwise.
- As I said before, if you wish to play a challenging game as Allies you don't find an unbalance in the game and use it to break your opponent.
Nell's and Bettie's don't break the game, neither do Kate's but they can seriously hurt you in 42-43 unless you're careful, especially before you reduce the KB.

Yes, I've used Jap Betties and Nells in WitP to slaughter poor Al's british battleships in port at night , but we've all learned from these experiences and tried to address the worst abnormalities.

In general I see your points CT, but sometimes I think you drive things a little fast and a little too far.
I'm the typical "centre of the road" guy that is looking for balance. I notice things that I think require tweaking but I seldom conceive them as broken.
After seeing 10 Sally's out of 70 shot down by flak in one mission I will continue to evaluate their efficiency in different settings before making up my mind.



I think it is a function of experience more than anything else and do not feel that torpedo bombers are that deadly. I just had a two day battle where I had over 100 torpedo bombers attack numerous warships CAs and DDs in various TF with only one hit. They all had torpedo skills in the 50 to high 60 range. Average but not great. Avengers have better torp dud rate than Allied subs but it is not that good. My beauforts have better but they got no hits. I am betting that Andy hit you with very highly trained pilots with very good torpedoes. Your old BBs are not that fast and don't have very good AA protection and you had no CAP. The results were great for him but not unreasonable. You gave him an excellent setup and he got an excellent die roll.

I am beginning to think that avengers are better used vs ships as level bombers.

Meanwhile my pilots are slated for some more training.....

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RE: Monsoon - 7/30/2010 9:20:20 PM   
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Status: offline 		Mmm, much food for thought and it's hard to draw any immediate conclusions.
- Let's observe how things work out in the time to come.

KB's Kate pilots are also very experienced, this also applies for the original batch of Betty - Nell pilots, but I will never get more of these.

I've mentioned my 2c about Privateers to Andy and asked about him.
Since we got a general rule against 4Es on naval attack below 10k feet I'd be willing to consider different rules for a given number of Privateer squadrons trained
for naval combat. A few units to begin with for test purpose perhaps.

FYI: When changing squadron size for air units onboard carriers I experience that the mouse pointer dissappears.
Have to Alt-Tab in and out for it to come back and when I did this twice the game crashed...Anyone else with similar experiences?

Andy says that he epxeriences crashes when he change HQ many times.

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RE: Monsoon - 7/30/2010 10:24:58 PM   
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ORIGINAL: PzB

FYI: When changing squadron size for air units onboard carriers I experience that the mouse pointer dissappears.
Have to Alt-Tab in and out for it to come back and when I did this twice the game crashed...Anyone else with similar experiences?

Andy says that he epxeriences crashes when he change HQ many times.


No, but I have plenty of crashes. No particular action involved. If you are clicking exactly at the right time when the screen is sort of blinking - like it is getting back focus although it never lost it - then it crashes. If your click is a little off in time, then you just get a hesitation. See the thread in Tech Support. I know they worked it pretty hard but must not have made any progress or it would have been in the patch.

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RE: Monsoon - 7/31/2010 12:05:53 AM   
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Status: offline 		I've never experienced what you describe witpqs! Seems like different operating systems react differently to AE.
Guess these little quirks can be very difficult to get rid of.

Increased sub activity off Home Islands; immediate measures taken to discourage further...intrusion of Emperial water!-)
We hit a freighter with a dud torpedo, same goes the other way and little bang for the buck.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Oct 30, 42

Air Combat

We bomb Akyab and destroy some Dauntlesses on the ground. The enemy Army north of Shwebo is back and we bomb it heavily.
Sweeps claim several enemy fighters. All in all a good turn in Burma with destruction and disruption. Enemy bombers continue to bomb
our Chandra Bose supporter squad and an enemy unit has railed into the dot base

Enemy bombers also hit our tank regiment moving towards Tennant Creek. A mech army seems to be in pursuit towards Tennant and the 255th Armored Bde is
identified.

Morning Air attack on 46th Indian Brigade, at 60,44
Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-IIa Lily x 23

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-IIa Lily: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged

Allied ground losses:
64 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
23 x Ki-48-IIa Lily bombing from 5000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 5th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 46th Indian Brigade ...
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Morning Air attack on Akyab , at 54,45
Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 25
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 34

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 14

Aircraft Attacking:
25 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 15000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Akyab , at 54,45
Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 25

Allied aircraft
no flights

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 destroyed on ground

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 17

Aircraft Attacking:
25 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 15000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Chittagong , at 55,41
Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 30

Allied aircraft
H81-A3 x 1
Hurricane IIb Trop x 3
Hurricane IIc Trop x 1
Kittyhawk IA x 4
P-39D Airacobra x 7
P-40E Warhawk x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb Trop: 1 destroyed
Hurricane IIc Trop: 1 destroyed
Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed
P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 2 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 30000 feet *
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Morning Air attack on 5th Chinese Corps, at 60,44
Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 51
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 36

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 16 damaged

Allied ground losses:
254 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 18 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 17 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
27 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 46th Indian Brigade ...
Also attacking 5th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 46th Indian Brigade ...
Also attacking 5th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 46th Indian Brigade ...
Also attacking 5th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 46th Indian Brigade ...
Also attacking 5th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 46th Indian Brigade ...
Also attacking 5th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 46th Indian Brigade ...
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Morning Air attack on 3rd Tank Regiment, at 79,138
Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 15

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
Vehicles lost 14 (2 destroyed, 12 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 12000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 12000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 12000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 3rd Tank Regiment, at 79,138
Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 9

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 12000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Imphal , at 60,40
Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 31,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 33

Allied aircraft
P-40K Warhawk x 1

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
P-40K Warhawk: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
33 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 30000 feet *

CAP engaged:
AVG/2nd Sqn with P-40K Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 22000
Raid is overhead
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Afternoon Air attack on 255th Armoured Brigade, at 80,138
Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 18

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 5000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Today's Air Losses





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RE: Monsoon - 7/31/2010 12:24:35 AM   
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Status: offline 		AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Oct 31, 42

Sub Attacks

One of our subs is damaged of Colombo after 3 encounters with a convoy.
British destroyers are dangerous! A bit annoyed that we didn't hit the AV Pocomoke, instead the eager little Tui
hit the sub and it has to RTB.

Sub attack near Nadi at 130,161

Japanese Ships
SS I-168, hits 2

Allied Ships
AV Pocomoke
AM Tui

SS I-168 launches 4 torpedoes at AV Pocomoke
I-168 diving deep ....
AM Tui fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Tui fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Tui fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Tui attacking submerged sub ....
AM Tui attacking submerged sub ....
Escort abandons search for sub
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Invasions

A small invasion to wipe out the garrison at Penrhyn Island!

Pre-Invasion action off Penrhyn Island
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

4 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
DD Hokaze
LSD Kumano Maru

DD Hokaze firing at A Det USN Port Svc
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Amphibious Assault at Penrhyn Island
TF 242 troops unloading over beach at Penrhyn Island, 168,159

Japanese ground losses:
132 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 18 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 5 (0 destroyed, 5 disabled)
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Surface Combat

We're good at picking off these small supply ships shuttling (one way) to Burma from India.

Day Time Surface Combat, near Akyab at 54,44, Range 13,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Uzuki

Allied Ships
xAKL Honolulan, Shell hits 24, heavy fires, heavy damage

Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions: 20,000 yards
Range closes to 15,000 yards...
Range closes to 13,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 13,000 yards
Japanese open fire on surprised Allied ships at 13,000 yards
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Air Combat

Many smaller attacks in Burma, India, China and Oz - we skip these as nothing special occurred.
A major air attack hit Lashio.

Morning Air attack on Lashio , at 62,46
Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 69
Hudson I x 27

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 41
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Ground Combat

Our elite troops can't make much headway on Penrhyn Island the same day as they unload.
Disruption and landing casualties are high. Tomorrow should be more conclusive though.

Ground combat at Penrhyn Island (168,159)
Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 530 troops, 8 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 14
Defending force 320 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Japanese adjusted assault: 5
Allied adjusted defense: 4

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0

Combat modifiers
Defender: leaders(+), preparation(-), experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+), disruption(-)

Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
Yokosuka 6th SNLF /1
Yokosuka 3rd SNLF /3

Defending units:
A Det USN Port Svc
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RE: Monsoon - 7/31/2010 12:26:02 AM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: PzB

FYI: When changing squadron size for air units onboard carriers I experience that the mouse pointer dissappears.
Have to Alt-Tab in and out for it to come back and when I did this twice the game crashed...Anyone else with similar experiences?

Andy says that he epxeriences crashes when he change HQ many times.


No, but I have plenty of crashes. No particular action involved. If you are clicking exactly at the right time when the screen is sort of blinking - like it is getting back focus although it never lost it - then it crashes. If your click is a little off in time, then you just get a hesitation. See the thread in Tech Support. I know they worked it pretty hard but must not have made any progress or it would have been in the patch.


I get these lockups too. It seems to have something with WitPAE losing the focus just as you click on something. For me the program just freezes up and then ends. It can be very frustrating.

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RE: Monsoon - 7/31/2010 8:22:36 AM   
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ORIGINAL: PzB

FYI: When changing squadron size for air units onboard carriers I experience that the mouse pointer dissappears.
Have to Alt-Tab in and out for it to come back and when I did this twice the game crashed...Anyone else with similar experiences?

Andy says that he epxeriences crashes when he change HQ many times.


only got crashes when I fiddle around in my CV TFs and the squadrons aboard the carriers, therefor I´m always saving before entering a CV TF. Had the disappearing cursor twice or three times perhaps. A nuissance considering the number of turns so far.


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RE: Monsoon - 7/31/2010 6:52:55 PM   
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Status: offline 		It is when resizing air units aboard carriers that I experience the dissappearing mouse syndrom.
Must remember to save before doing so. Never experienced freezing up or "blinking" screen when clicking around.

2 seaplane tenders have converted to CVL's. Repair time is 300 days
It's not possible to accelerate this convertion, is it? If i put the ships as prioritized or critical in the shipyards
it still says 300 days until completion. Damage is 10 sys and 10 flotation.

Lots of action today - again!


AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Nov 01, 42

Sub Attacks

Sub takes a hit, but nothing serious!

ASW attack near Eureka at 207,80

Japanese Ships
SS I-36, hits 2

Allied Ships
YMS-133
YMS-130
YMS-129
xAP Kooyong
xAP Burwah
xAP Nairana
xAP Wahine
xAK Echunga
xAK William E. Channing
xAK Leland Stanford
xAK George Vancouver
xAK George Taylor
xAK George Read
xAK Coast Trader
xAK Unicoi
xAK Tuscaloosa City
xAKL Wear
xAKL Island Mail
SC PC-581
SC PC-580
SC PC-579
SC-708

SS I-36 is sighted by escort
I-36 diving deep ....
SC PC-581 attacking submerged sub ....
SC PC-580 fails to find sub and abandons search
SC PC-579 fails to find sub and abandons search
SC-708 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC PC-581 fails to find sub and abandons search
SC-708 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC-708 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC-708 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC-708 attacking submerged sub ....
SS I-36 eludes SC-708 by diving deep
SC-708 cannot establish contact with SS I-36
Escort abandons search for sub
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A RO sub is sunk when it encounters a major British fleet!

ASW attack near Trivandrum at 27,45

Japanese Ships
SS RO-33

Allied Ships
xAP Neptuna
xAK San Anselmo
xAK Charles H Cramp
DD Nizam

SS RO-33 is sighted by escort
RO-33 diving deep ....
DD Nizam fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Nizam fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Nizam fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Nizam fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Nizam fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
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Sub attack near Trivandrum at 26,43

Japanese Ships
SS RO-33, hits 7, heavy damage

Allied Ships
DD Vendetta
BB Royal Sovereign
CA Exeter
CA Cornwall
CL Capetown
CL Dragon
CL Danae
CLAA Van Heemskerck
DD Vampire
DD Isis
DD Fortune
DD Tenedos

SS RO-33 launches 4 torpedoes at DD Vendetta
DD Isis fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Fortune fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tenedos fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Fortune fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Fortune attacking submerged sub ....
Debris floats to surface in area of attack!
Escort abandons search for sub
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Sub activity of the Home Islands!

Sub attack near Naha at 95,67

Japanese Ships
xAP Koan Maru
xAK Bordeaux Maru
DMS Uruko

Allied Ships
SS Guardfish

SS Guardfish launches 6 torpedoes at xAP Koan Maru
Guardfish diving deep ....
DMS Uruko fails to find sub, continues to search...
DMS Uruko fails to find sub, continues to search...
DMS Uruko fails to find sub, continues to search...
DMS Uruko fails to find sub, continues to search...
DMS Uruko fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
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The RO sub is avenged as I-27 sinks the fleet destroyer Nizam!

ASW attack near Trivandrum at 27,42

Japanese Ships
SS I-27

Allied Ships
DD Nizam, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
TK British Destiny
xAP Neptuna
xAK Don Isidro
xAK Susan Luckenbach

SS I-27 launches 6 torpedoes at DD Nizam
I-27 diving deep ....
Sub escapes detection
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Air Combat

The escort is separated and sweeps the target area of 1 enemy fighter.
5 more appears when the bombers appear and 1 Sally is shot down.

Morning Air attack on 20th Indian Division, at 57,44
Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 29

Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 5

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed, 12 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
AVG/3rd Sqn with P-40E Warhawk (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(6 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 29000
Raid is overhead

Also attacking 2nd British Division ...
Also attacking 20th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 2nd British Division ...
Also attacking 20th Indian Division ...
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More P-40's claimed over Chittagong!

Afternoon Air attack on Chittagong , at 55,41
Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 30,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 42

Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 5

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 2 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
41 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 30000 feet *

CAP engaged:
AVG/3rd Sqn with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 29000 , scrambling fighters to 29000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes
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Air attack on enemy troops marching on - past Tennant Creek!

Afternoon Air attack on 4th Aus Cav Brigade, at 79,137
Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 23

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
52 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
23 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 5000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Always some coastal shipping between Akyab and Calcutta.

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Cox's Bazar at 51,42
Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 6
G3M3 Nell x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
PG Clive, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x G3M3 Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo
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The "stack" in the Jungle is invulnerable; neither malaria nor bombs can hurt them.

Afternoon Air attack on 2nd British Division, at 57,44
Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 34
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 27
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 26

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 10 damaged

Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
34 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Ground Combat

Mission accomplished!

Ground combat at Penrhyn Island (168,159)
Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 539 troops, 8 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 17
Defending force 312 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Japanese adjusted assault: 12
Allied adjusted defense: 4

Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Penrhyn Island !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: leaders(-), preparation(-), experience(-)
Attacker:

Allied ground losses:
291 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 58 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units destroyed 1

Assaulting units:
Yokosuka 6th SNLF
Yokosuka 3rd SNLF /3

Defending units:
A Det USN Port Svc
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Hm, Andy airlifts the Chindig Bde to Ramree Island south of Akyab.
It's a size 0(0) port and 0(5) AF that I didn't find possible / worthwhile to develop or garrison.
Does Andy want to try to develop this base so close to our main bases??

Ground combat at Ramree Island (54,48)
Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 956 troops, 10 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 59
Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0

Allied adjusted assault: 38
Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 38 to 1 (fort level 0)
Allied forces CAPTURE Ramree Island !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(+), leaders(-), disruption(-)

Assaulting units:
111th Chindit Bde /2
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Chindit Bde airlanded




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RE: Monsoon - 8/1/2010 1:46:29 AM   
PzB74


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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Nov 02, 42

Sub Attacks

A Dutch boat achieves a sinking south of Shanghai!

Sub attack near Wenchow at 90,60

Japanese Ships
xAK Kusuyama Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
xAK Bandoeng Maru
PB Kantori Maru

Allied Ships
SS O16
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Air Combat

The usual attacks back and forth. Not sure why the Nell's from Rangoon launched only a few torps
and mostly bombs?

Morning Air attack on TF, near Cox's Bazar at 54,43
Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 6
G3M3 Nell x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
xAKL Kwai Sang

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x G3M3 Nell bombing from 15000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 2nd British Division, at 57,44
Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-IIa Lily x 22

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-IIa Lily: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
22 x Ki-48-IIa Lily bombing from 11000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 10th Light Horse Battalion, at 79,137
Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 21

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
Vehicles lost 10 (1 destroyed, 9 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 5000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Mandalay , at 59,46
Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 32
Hudson I x 24

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 6
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Morning Air attack on Mandalay , at 59,46
Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 24

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 1 damaged

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Blenheim IV bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
12 x Blenheim IV bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Mandalay , at 59,4
Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 12
Hudson I x 4

Allied aircraft losses
Hudson I: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 10
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Morning Air attack on 3rd Tank Regiment, at 78,137
Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 9

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
Vehicles lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 12000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 12000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 3rd Tank Regiment, at 78,137
Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 15

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
Vehicles lost 7 (2 destroyed, 5 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 12000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 12000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47
Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 33
B-17F Fortress x 2
B-25C Mitchell x 38

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 2 damaged

Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 34
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Cox's Bazar at 54,43
Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 6
G3M3 Nell x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AM Romney

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x G3M3 Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo
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Afternoon Air attack on 111th Chindit Brigade, at 54,48 (Ramree Island)
Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 50
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 34
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 47

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 6 damaged

Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
26 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
24 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Afternoon Air attack on 111th Chindit Brigade, at 54,48 (Ramree Island)
Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 27

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
23 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Afternoon Air attack on Chittagong , at 55,41
Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 31,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 42

Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 2

No Japanese losses
No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
42 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 30000 feet *
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RE: Monsoon - 8/1/2010 1:58:10 AM   
PzB74


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Status: offline 		Enemy convoys are trying to reach Akyab - Ramree Islands.
A rather suicidal mission if you ask me. We send many transports and their troop loads to the bottom!
- I have moved in 40 Betties to reinforce the small Nell unit that has been attacking coastal convoys in the area.

The only annoying thing today is that sweeps went in after our vulnerable torpedo bombers had attacked.
This cost us some ac and in total we lost 30 to the enemy's 18 ac today, but we sank 6 vessels; 4 loaded transports, 1 escort and the large PG (Soerabaja, 5800 tons with 20cm guns).

Obviously Andy is serious with his Ramree Island adventure. I'll be happy to oblige him and fight such a battle this close to our MLR.

The situation on Oz is also tensing up and I'm preparing to leave Tennant Creek, don't want to get entangled and trapped there.
Our Army will combine closer to Kathrine.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Nov 03, 42

Air Combat

As you can see Andy has now airlifted an aviation engineer battalion to Ramree Island using Catalinas!

The Oscar escorts stay home and we loose a few ac but all considered the mission was a success!
To bad we couldn't hit the cruiser.

Morning Air attack on TF, near Cox's Bazar at 54,43
Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 45 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 9
G3M3 Nell x 9
G4M1 Betty x 18

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 12
Kittyhawk IA x 6
Spitfire Vc Trop x 1
P-40E Warhawk x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Spitfire Vc Trop: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
CL Emerald
AM Romney, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
xAKL Kwai Sang, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
xAKL Kalarand

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x G3M3 Nell bombing from 15000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
13 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo
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Morning Air attack on 111th Chindit Brigade, at 54,48 (Ramree Island)
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-IIa Lily x 27

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 2
Spitfire Vc Trop x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-IIa Lily: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x Ki-48-IIa Lily bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 111th Chindit Brigade, at 54,48 (Ramree Island)
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 27
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 15

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
15 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 4th Aus Cav Brigade, at 79,137
Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 15

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 5000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 3rd Army Tank Brigade ...
Also attacking 4th Aus Cav Brigade ...
Also attacking 3rd Army Tank Brigade ...
Also attacking 4th Aus Cav Brigade ...
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Morning Air attack on 823rd Engineer Aviation Battalion, at 54,48 (Ramree Island)
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 27
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 27

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
32 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 3rd Tank Regiment, at 78,137
Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 1

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 9

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 2 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 12000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 12000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 3rd Tank Regiment, at 78,137
Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 9

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 15

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 6 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 12000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 12000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Akyab at 53,45
Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 18

Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk IA x 1


Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 2 damaged

Allied Ships
xAK Shirala, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
PG Soerabaja, Torpedo hits 5, and is sunk
xAK Steaua Romania, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk

Allied ground losses:
493 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 27 destroyed, 31 disabled
Engineers: 25 destroyed, 29 disabled
Vehicles lost 20 (12 destroyed, 8 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo

CAP engaged:
No.453 Sqn RAF with Kittyhawk IA (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 29000
Raid is overhead
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Morning Air attack on Akyab , at 54,4
Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 36,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 36

Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vc Trop x 4

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Spitfire Vc Trop: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
36 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 30000 feet

CAP engaged:
No.21 Sqn RAAF with Spitfire Vc Trop (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters to 30000.
Raid is overhead
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Cox's Bazar at 54,43
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 30 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M3 Nell x 9

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 9
Kittyhawk IA x 4
Spitfire Vc Trop x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M3 Nell: 2 destroyed

Allied Ships
CL Emerald
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Afternoon Air attack on Cox's Bazar , at 54,43
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 42

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 6
Kittyhawk IA x 3
Spitfire Vc Trop x 1

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb Trop: 1 destroyed
Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed
Spitfire Vc Trop: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
34 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 30000 feet *
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Afternoon Air attack on 823rd Engineer Aviation Battalion, at 54,48 (Ramree Island)
Weather in hex: Extreme overcast

Raid detected at 24 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 36
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 15

Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vc Trop x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 4 damaged

Allied ground losses:
28 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 4 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 15000 feet
36 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Akyab at 53,45
Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 18

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
xAKL Kalgan, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk
xAKL Jalatarang

Allied ground losses:
112 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 11 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 15 destroyed, 6 disabled
Vehicles lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo
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Ground Combat

A small one way trip para raid on the dot base south of Darwin:

Ground combat at Fenton (76,126)
Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 60 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5
Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0

Allied adjusted assault: 2
Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 0)
Allied forces CAPTURE Fenton !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: op mode(-), shock(+), leaders(-)

Assaulting units:
2nd USMC Parachute Bn /9
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RE: Monsoon - 8/1/2010 2:00:08 AM   
Central Blue

 

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ORIGINAL: PzB

Mmm, much food for thought and it's hard to draw any immediate conclusions.
- Let's observe how things work out in the time to come.

KB's Kate pilots are also very experienced, this also applies for the original batch of Betty - Nell pilots, but I will never get more of these.

I've mentioned my 2c about Privateers to Andy and asked about him.
Since we got a general rule against 4Es on naval attack below 10k feet I'd be willing to consider different rules for a given number of Privateer squadrons trained
for naval combat. A few units to begin with for test purpose perhaps.

FYI: When changing squadron size for air units onboard carriers I experience that the mouse pointer dissappears.
Have to Alt-Tab in and out for it to come back and when I did this twice the game crashed...Anyone else with similar experiences?

Andy says that he epxeriences crashes when he change HQ many times.



Check the settings for your video card as appropriate to your version of Windows. What you want to do is turn off any hardware acceleration features.

If you have already done that, it's a matter of figuring out what is running in the background and turning it off if you can. Some security programs can be real hogs.

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RE: Monsoon - 8/1/2010 5:49:00 AM   
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ORIGINAL: Nomad


quote:

ORIGINAL: witpqs


quote:

ORIGINAL: PzB

FYI: When changing squadron size for air units onboard carriers I experience that the mouse pointer dissappears.
Have to Alt-Tab in and out for it to come back and when I did this twice the game crashed...Anyone else with similar experiences?

Andy says that he epxeriences crashes when he change HQ many times.


No, but I have plenty of crashes. No particular action involved. If you are clicking exactly at the right time when the screen is sort of blinking - like it is getting back focus although it never lost it - then it crashes. If your click is a little off in time, then you just get a hesitation. See the thread in Tech Support. I know they worked it pretty hard but must not have made any progress or it would have been in the patch.


I get these lockups too. It seems to have something with WitPAE losing the focus just as you click on something. For me the program just freezes up and then ends. It can be very frustrating.



I have yet to have a crash of AE since I got it last fall. Praise the lord.....

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RE: Monsoon - 8/1/2010 7:03:48 PM   
PzB74


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Status: offline 		It's kinda difficult to know which background programs that may be causing problems in AE..if at all.
Not sure I've turned on any graphic accelerators. It says "PhysX acceleratos enabled". Can always try to turn it off but my problems with AE are quite limited.

The Tony is in production; I've got a limited production run. Will upgrade to more capable models later on.
For now I will use the Tony as a local interceptor above major bases.

Lots of action again this turn.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Nov 04, 42

Surface Combat

I had one destroyer and sent it to Ramree Island to intercept a few AKL's that got away last turn.
Instead we met a cruiser and 3 destroyers! Incredible we shot up the Jupiter and got away with it.

Night Time Surface Combat, near Ramree Island at 53,47, Range 3,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Uzuki

Allied Ships
CL Emerald
DD Paul Jones
DD Jupiter, Shell hits 4, heavy fires
DD Nestor

Reduced sighting due to 17% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 17% moonlight: 4,000 yards
Range closes to 17,000 yards...
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
Range closes to 7,000 yards...
Range closes to 5,000 yards...
Range closes to 3,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 3,000 yards
Japanese open fire on surprised Allied ships at 3,000 yards
DD Uzuki fires at DD Jupiter at 3,000 yards
DD Uzuki fires at DD Nestor at 3,000 yards
Range closes to 2,000 yards
DD Jupiter engages DD Uzuki at 2,000 yards
Range increases to 6,000 yards
CL Emerald engages DD Uzuki at 6,000 yards
Range increases to 10,000 yards
DD Jupiter engages DD Uzuki at 10,000 yards
Range increases to 12,000 yards
DD Uzuki engages DD Jupiter at 12,000 yards
Task forces break off...
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Night Air Attacks

First night attack on Rangoon and it claims a few ac on the fields.

Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53
Weather in hex: Clear sky

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
Wellington Ic x 23

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-57-I Topsy: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed on ground

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Wellington Ic bombing from 12000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb
4 x Wellington Ic bombing from 12000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x Wellington Ic bombing from 12000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb
4 x Wellington Ic bombing from 12000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes
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Air Combat

120 bombers hit Ramree and cause only slight slight damage.
18 Betty's heading for Ramree can't find their targets and turn back.
The remaining Betty's attack enemy ships at Chittagong; a hit is scored but it's a dud.
- Little luck this turn!

Morning Air attack on 111th Chindit Brigade, at 54,48 (Ramree Island)
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 37
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 42

Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vc Trop x 1

No Japanese losses
No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
41 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 30000 feet *

CAP engaged:
No.21 Sqn RAAF with Spitfire Vc Trop (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 30000
Raid is overhead
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Morning Air attack on 111th Chindit Brigade, at 54,48 (Ramree Island)
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 5
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 37
Ki-48-IIa Lily x 22

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-IIa Lily: 4 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
22 x Ki-48-IIa Lily bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb
5 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 23rd Indian Engr Bn /1 ...
Also attacking 111th Chindit Bde /2 ...
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Morning Air attack on 111th Chindit Brigade, at 54,48 (Ramree Island)
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 31
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 64
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 24

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 3 damaged

Allied ground losses:
34 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
25 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
6 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 23rd Indian Engr Bn /1 ...
Also attacking 111th Chindit Bde /2 ...
Also attacking 23rd Indian Engr Bn /1 ...
Also attacking 111th Chindit Bde /2 ...
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Morning Air attack on 111th Chindit Brigade, at 54,48 (Ramree Island)
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 12
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 42

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 111th Chindit Brigade, at 54,48 (Ramree Island)
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 33

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
33 x Ki-45 KAIa Nick bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Chittagong at 55,41
Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 33
G4M1 Betty x 13

Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk IA x 4
P-40E Warhawk x 2

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
CL Emerald

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo
10 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 30000 feet *

CAP engaged:
No.453 Sqn RAF with Kittyhawk IA (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 29000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 11 minutes
AVG/3rd Sqn with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 29000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 10 minutes
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Morning Air attack on 111th Chindit Brigade, at 54,48 (Ramree Island)
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 20
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 37

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 2nd USMC Parachute Battalion, at 76,126 (Fenton)
Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-IIa Lily x 28

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
60 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
28 x Ki-48-IIa Lily bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 2nd Recce Battalion, at 79,137
Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 17

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
Vehicles lost 13 (3 destroyed, 10 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
17 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 5000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 3rd Motor Brigade ...
Also attacking 2nd Recce Battalion ...
Also attacking 3rd Motor Brigade ...
Also attacking 2nd Recce Battalion ...
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Ground Combat

I've completely cut of Nanning by marching units around the flanks.
With reinforcements we finally get a 2-1 and prepare to reduce the pocket.

Ground combat at Nanning (72,55)
Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 26111 troops, 216 guns, 276 vehicles, Assault Value = 973
Defending force 13833 troops, 120 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 455

Japanese adjusted assault: 736
Allied adjusted defense: 337

Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), preparation(-), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
1128 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 34 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 66 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Allied ground losses:
1061 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 90 disabled
Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 99 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Assaulting units:
104th Division
12th Ind.Mixed Brigade
66th Infantry Regiment
12th Tank Regiment
13th Tank Regiment
116th/A Division

Defending units:
52nd Chinese Corps
31st Chinese Corps
64th Chinese Corps
35th Group Army
9th Chinese Base Force
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I try to be sneaky and march an Army to the hex east of Chungking and assault 4 Chinese corps there...only
to be rebuffed with a 1-2!! The Chinks are on stereoids in AE...or maybe it's the defensive terrain modifiers - or both.
Not a lot of destroyed units, so let's hope it's more difficult for Andy to repair damage than for us!

Ground combat at 83,52
Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 84190 troops, 876 guns, 268 vehicles, Assault Value = 3076
Defending force 48513 troops, 233 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1924

Japanese adjusted assault: 1868
Allied adjusted defense: 2467

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
3803 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 314 disabled
Non Combat: 27 destroyed, 299 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 31 disabled
Vehicles lost 70 (46 destroyed, 24 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Allied ground losses:
2580 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 224 disabled
Non Combat: 13 destroyed, 136 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled

Assaulting units:
5th Armored Car Co
39th Division
15th/A Division
110th Division
36th Division
41st Division
9th Armored Car Co
6th Division
32nd Division
13th/C Division
2nd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
1st Mortar Battalion
12th Army
15th Ind.Medium Field Artillery Regiment
4th Mortar Battalion
8th Ind. Engineer Regiment
14th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
11th Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
8th Chinese Corps
74th Chinese Corps
26th Chinese Corps
99th Chinese Corps
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Some para action; the intruders at Fenton were wiped out in the air attacks and we reclaim the base.
US paras reclaim the abandoned dot base south of Alice Springs. Another attack against Alice Springs is foiled by our rear guard unit.
- I want Andy to march all the way if possible....

Ground combat at Alice Springs (74,143)
Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 110 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 7
Defending force 225 troops, 21 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Allied adjusted assault: 0
Japanese adjusted defense: 13

Allied assault odds: 1 to 99 (fort level 3)

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), leaders(+)
Attacker: op mode(-), shock(+), leaders(-)

Assaulting units:
2nd USMC Parachute Bn /9

Defending units:
8th RF Gun Battalion
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Ground combat at Fenton (76,126)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 184 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1
Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0

Japanese adjusted assault: 12
Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 12 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Fenton !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(+), leaders(-)

Assaulting units:
1st Raiding Rgt /1
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Ground combat at Oodnadatta (74,149)
Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 40 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3
Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0

Allied adjusted assault: 2
Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 1)
Allied forces CAPTURE Oodnadatta !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: op mode(-), shock(+), leaders(+), leaders(-)

Assaulting units:
2nd USMC Parachute Bn /10
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Today Imperial Japanese Paratroopers reclaimed Ramree Island in Burma.
The Island had been desecrated by Imperialist troops last week and Imperial High Command took immediate action to liberate the island.

BANZAAI

Ground combat at Ramree Island (54,48)
Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 874 troops, 11 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 58
Defending force 1770 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 37

Japanese adjusted assault: 32
Allied adjusted defense: 13

Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Ramree Island !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), preparation(-), fatigue(-)
morale(-), experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+)

Japanese ground losses:
95 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Allied ground losses:
343 casualties reported
Squads: 13 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 27 destroyed, 18 disabled
Engineers: 21 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units retreated 3

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
Yokosuka 1st SNLF /1
3rd Raiding Rgt /1

Defending units:
111th Chindit Bde /2
23rd Indian Engineer Battalion
823rd EAB /1
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Status: offline 		We projected some serious air power over Ramree Island today.
Andy tried to put a CAP in place but met over a 100 Tojo's there!

I hope this will be somewhat discouraging and allow us to dictate terms in Burma for another few months.

Was a but surprised when the defeated troops at Ramree Island retreated, thought it was an island.
- As Andy said, most casualties were probably caused by crocodiles when crossing the swamps over to the mainland!
Also notice how few enemy squads were damaged, most were destroyed.
There were also parts of 2 engineer units and we managed to win the fight with inferior numbers. Our bombing efforts no doubt
had a severe effect. Still think Andy should have lifted in more ground troops if he wanted to keep the place, I was seriously in
doubt whether we had enough troops even against those present now. If we had failed the troops of 2 para units would most likely have been lost.


AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Nov 05, 42

ASW Attacks

Sub attack near Akyab at 54,44

Japanese Ships
SS RO-103, hits 10

Allied Ships
DD Nestor

SS RO-103 launches 4 torpedoes at DD Nestor
DD Nestor fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Nestor fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Nestor fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Nestor attacking submerged sub ....
DD Nestor attacking submerged sub ....
SS RO-103 eludes ASW attack from DD Nestor
Escort abandons search for sub
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Surface Combat

Enemy destroyers finally show up at Cooktown. A transport just slipped out of port but the
arriving ship was badly shot up and has been disbanded into port.


Night Time Surface Combat, near Cooktown at 92,137, Range 3,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
xAK Terushima Maru, Shell hits 9, heavy fires

Allied Ships
DD Gwin
DD Russell
DD Helm
DD McCall
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Night Air Attacks

Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53
Weather in hex: Light cloud

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
Wellington Ic x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Wellington Ic: 1 destroyed

Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Wellington Ic bombing from 12000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x Wellington Ic bombing from 12000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minut
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Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53
Weather in hex: Light cloud

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
Wellington Ic x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-57-I Topsy: 1 destroyed on ground
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-57-II Topsy: 2 destroyed on ground

Japanese ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 7

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Wellington Ic bombing from 12000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
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Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53
Weather in hex: Light cloud

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
Wellington Ic x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
MC-21 Sally: 1 destroyed on ground
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed on ground

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Wellington Ic bombing from 12000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes
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Air Combat

Morning Air attack on 111th Chindit Brigade, at 54,48 (Ramree Island)
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 21
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 105

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 9
Hurricane IIc Trop x 5
Spitfire Vc Trop x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb Trop: 1 destroyed
Hurricane IIc Trop: 1 destroyed
Spitfire Vc Trop: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
35 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 30000 feet *
39 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 5000 feet
10 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 15000 feet
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Morning Air attack on 111th Chindit Brigade, at 54,48 (Ramree Island)
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 49
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 57
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 27

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 8 damaged

Allied ground losses:
64 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
26 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
23 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 111th Chindit Brigade, at 54,48 (Ramree Island)
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 5
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 21
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 10

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 2/11th Armoured Car Battalion, at 78,137
Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 16

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
Vehicles lost 26 (1 destroyed, 25 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 5000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 111th Chindit Brigade, at 54,48 (Ramree Island)
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 20
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 21
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 10

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Akyab , at 54,45
Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 27

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 5 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 destroyed on ground

Runway hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 15000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 23rd Indian Engineer Battalion, at 54,48 (Ramree Island)
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 21
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 36

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
47 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
36 x Ki-45 KAIa Nick bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Ground Combat

Getting there....

Ground combat at Nanning (72,55)
Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 25334 troops, 216 guns, 278 vehicles, Assault Value = 965
Defending force 12911 troops, 120 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 386

Japanese adjusted assault: 55
Allied adjusted defense: 99

Japanese assault odds: 5 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), disruption(-), preparation(-)
experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
116 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 16 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 33 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 36 (1 destroyed, 35 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
1553 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 79 disabled
Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 84 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled

Assaulting units:
13th Tank Regiment
12th Tank Regiment
68th Ind.Infantry Battalion
12th Ind.Mixed Brigade
66th Infantry Regiment
104th Division
116th/A Division

Defending units:
52nd Chinese Corps
31st Chinese Corps
64th Chinese Corps
35th Group Army
9th Chinese Base Force
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Projecting Air Power oveR Burma




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RE: Monsoon - 8/2/2010 9:11:58 AM   
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Status: offline 		Noticed that movement is somewhat borked; put our troops in China on march mode and when about to exit the hex
all but one units halted as more enemy units entered the hex. Annoying...

Action intensifies in Burma as the enemy army moves out of the jungle and into a clear hex north of Magwe.
My guess is that Andy will try to protect his army and Jap bombers are vulnerable so I try something new.
- Large number of fighters put on escort at high altitude and the bombers ordered to attack the enemy from 25k feet.
If there is a CAP present we should get an altitude advantage.

I'm very pleased with that we removed Ramree Island as a factor last turn.

The Army in Burma is now very strong, 5500 AV in total for all units.
What I want is a strong counterattack that can drive back the enemy and stabilize the front and allow me to
withdraw some units. From mid 43 I will have to fortify Sumatra and Malaya and consider whether Burma is defendable.

What's your thoughts on a prolonged defense in Burma?
- How much, how long, risk and advantages


AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Nov 06, 42

Air Combat

The "stack" moves out of the Jungle in Burma and into the basin.
At the same time I move a recon regiment into the jungle, threatening to cut supply lines.
136 Allied bombers hit the unit inflicting a mere 30 casualties. Attacking something in the jungle with ac
is all but futile.

Morning Air attack on 56th Recon Regiment, at 58,44
Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 36
Hurricane IIb Trop x 14
Hudson I x 28
P-38G Lightning x 10
P-40K Warhawk x 12

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 56th Recon Regiment, at 58,44
Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 32
P-38G Lightning x 9

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 56th Recon Regiment, at 58,44
Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 30

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 15000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 15000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 15000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 56th Recon Regiment, at 58,44
Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 10

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 15000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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I assume this is an auto convoy wandering on its own, probably on the way through the Torres Strait.
Provides some good target practice for our Betties at PM.

Morning Air attack on TF, near Cooktown at 95,134
Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
G4M1 Betty x 18

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AM Pirie, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
AM Rail
xAKL Kaiping
AM Tern
AM Bowen

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Cooktown at 95,134
Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 26
G4M1 Betty x 18

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
xAKL Kaiping
AM Bowen
AM Tamworth, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo
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Afternoon Air attack on Cox's Bazar , at 54,43
Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 29

Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 1

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
28 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 30000 feet *

CAP engaged:
AVG/3rd Sqn with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 29000
Raid is overhead
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Ground Combat

Ground combat at Nanning (72,55)
Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 25068 troops, 216 guns, 277 vehicles, Assault Value = 951
Defending force 11726 troops, 120 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 308

Japanese adjusted assault: 206
Allied adjusted defense: 31

Japanese assault odds: 6 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), disruption(-), preparation(-)
experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker: fatigue(-)

Japanese ground losses:
479 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 36 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 37 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Allied ground losses:
1435 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 49 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 89 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled

Assaulting units:
13th Tank Regiment
12th Ind.Mixed Brigade
68th Ind.Infantry Battalion
12th Tank Regiment
104th Division
66th Infantry Regiment
116th/A Division

Defending units:
52nd Chinese Corps
31st Chinese Corps
64th Chinese Corps
35th Group Army
9th Chinese Base Force
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Burma




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RE: Are we actually playing THE SAME GAME? - 8/2/2010 9:14:04 PM   
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Niiiice. 500 fighters in production. If you could upgrade it to 600-700 until July/August Japan will outproduce Allies through 1943.
Also you are short on Vehicle Replacements (I hope nothing in China suck it?), and Merchant Shipyards, so if any CVE is speeded up, it is probably first ship to turn off, so triple cost for no bonus.

Burma:
Giving up Burma means supply for China.
Supply for China means 4Es in China, in range of HI.
Also, once there is one supplied Burma base on other side of jungle, Allies in one month roll over into Singapore, thus closing all communications in DEI.
So it means end of oil supply.
Every island Allies catch must be supplied. Asia will get supply from India, so Japan can do nothing with it afterward, while islands can still be cut off by fleet, or long range planes.
So the answer is: DEFEND INDEFINITELY. Burma falls, in a month there are Allies in Singapore, and offensive in China.

So far Allies were unable to get CAP in India/Burma with more than 20 planes, so I don't think they can muster something bigger now. Why don't you LRCAP Allied units? Last "adventure" at Ramree Island could bag at least 10 planes loaded with troops. Transports must fly with supply for this 25 units stack, like crazy.

Plus, aren't Japan got recently Night Fighters unit? Not that they are any good, but there won't be anything better. Also isn't it time to get independent Val, and Kate units up front? With level 2 airfield in Mandalay it is perfect spot for new shorter range VALs. Goodbye Chittagong fleets.
I was recently thinking about AA units. They are dirty cheap, and HI floods with them. They seldom works, but at least 4Es will not bombard without ANY loss. Oh, and where are new A6M3? They should perform good on sweeps.


Australia:
You DO realize, that armored punch in Australia, is at the end of supply reach? Actually this road hex, north of Tennant Creek, is out of Allied supply range (if roads from Normanton are trails, not secondary roads). And since supply at this distance is delivered, like once every three days. Actually I had same situation at Burma. Supply was available, but after first day all units were short, so Allied Tanks are all short on supply, and that considering, that Allies were able to somehow suck few dozen thousands in Cloncurry (which get waste at small base anyway)

Conclusions:
Long way, and only 2 roads, which are pretty close. Cut off supply. 3 fast units could get 20 hexes area, and it will be looong to retake.
Attack this stack. It will increase supply usage even more.
What is actually garrison size at Normanton? Maybe small amphibious assault again? After all, Andy made this mistake in Burma once.


General strategy:
For sure, most Allied fighters are in Burma. Those Spitfires are probably Australian, maybe even some Canadian units are in place. American for sure, so...
Allies must cover, except Burma: China, Australia, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Fiji, Pearl Harbor and West Coast. I'm guessing in most of those places there are only Permanently Restricted units, and in the rest no more than 2, so...
PH is strong with AA, but what with West Coast? Fighters there, if even exist, probably fly training mission. And Japan short term goal should be...
Catch Enterprise during repair. After all "Loose lips sink ships". So is it in PH, or WC?

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RE: Are we actually playing THE SAME GAME? - 8/3/2010 11:08:12 AM   
Grfin Zeppelin


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Status: offline 		Uhm shut armament production off and increase vehicle production by 50 points or so. You are also producing insane numbers of planes and engines and have only a miniscule HI reserve.

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RE: Are we actually playing THE SAME GAME? - 8/3/2010 1:54:00 PM   
PzB74


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Status: offline 		Good advice! Armament production can indeed be turned off and vehicle production increased.
I have stopped production of many ac and engine types and only switch them on when pools run low.

Merchant shipyards have run low because I accelerated 3 CVE's - I can switch one of and halt a few cargo ships.

The question regarding Burma is whether it is possible to hold it and if I hold it with large troop concentrations there is a risk that Andy
will invade Sumatra and-or any of the coastal bases south of Rangoon. Therefore I need to a) Keep KB nearby b) find more troops to strongly
garrison Sumatra and Malaya. Getting cut of with 5500 AV in Burma would not be kewl....

I have placed long range CAP over Ramree Island and the "stack" many times; results have been dissappointing.
One time 6-7 Oscars were lost, probably due to enemy LRCAP.

First night fighter units haven't appeared yet..so we're fumbling in the dark.
Most of my AA assets are already in Burma, Andy bombs from 10k and up and doesn't suffer much.

The smaller Val and Kate units have been deployed to the Solomons; some have been increased in size and are being used as training formations.
Instead I have 78 Nick fighter bombers in Burma, need to train low level naval attack before these guys can hit the barn door though.
- I don't like loosing good naval bombers against minor shipping targets, these pilots should instead be transferred to our carriers when experienced enough.

Trying multiple sweeps over Chittagong tomorrow and got 40 naval bombers ready to strike.
A naval flotilla will also attempt a hit and run strike.

Hm, didn't know that about supply in Australia. Tennant Creek has been abandoned and Alice Springs will soon be recaptured.
Will it still be difficult for Andy to supply his troops moving towards Kathrine and Darwin?
The plan and hope is to make a stronger stand here, the clue is just that we can't be defeated - then enemy armor will pursue into Darwin and make an evacuation
impossible. No matter what happens the last thing Japan can afford is to loose 2000 AV in Northern Oz, then the DEI will be left undefended.

It's all but impossible to figure out which port a certain ship is repaired in on the WC. I can't exactly afford to send the KB in to bomb one based on nothing but a guess and a good luck charm!-)

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RE: Are we actually playing THE SAME GAME? - 8/3/2010 2:06:03 PM   
PzB74


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Sub Attacks

Submarine attack near San Francisco at 209,77

Japanese Ships
SS I-28

Allied Ships
xAK Harpoon, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage

xAK Harpoon is sighted by SS I-28
SS I-28 launches 6 torpedoes at xAK Harpoon
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Sub attack near Rangoon at 53,56

Japanese Ships
xAK Matsukawa Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
xAK Hauraki Maru
xAK Kirikawa Maru
xAK Kinsyo Maru
xAK Tenryu Maru
PB Taiko Maru

Allied Ships
SS Trusty

SS Trusty launches 6 torpedoes at xAK Matsukawa Maru
Trusty diving deep ....
PB Taiko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Taiko Maru attacking submerged sub ....
PB Taiko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Taiko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Taiko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
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Andy obviosly did not clear our minefield at Townsville
Gwin was reported sunk today.

TF 285 encounters mine field at Townsville (92,144)

Allied Ships
DD Gwin, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
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Air Combat

Today we bombed the "stack" from high altitude; we didn't cause too much damage but encountered no enemy fighters either.
CAP losses were like nil until a formation of Sally Ic showed up, suddeny 10!! bombers fell out of the skies from their max altitude of 28210 feet
- Andy thought this could be a bug caused by the altitude 28210 being conceived as 210 feet... (I set all other bombers to 30k feet, forgetting that Sally Ic got a lower
max ceiling). This explanation doesn't hold up when we see that another Sally Ic formation bombed from the same altitude the same turn without suffering flak losses.

Morning Air attack on 20th Indian Division, at 57,45
Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 6
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 30
Ki-48-IIa Lily x 22

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-IIa Lily: 5 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
22 x Ki-48-IIa Lily bombing from 30000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 7th Australian Division ...
Also attacking 20th Indian Division ...
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Morning Air attack on 20th Indian Division, at 57,45
Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 30,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 24
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 51
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 70

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 13 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
25 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 30000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
26 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 30000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 23rd Indian Division ...
Also attacking 73rd Motorised Brigade ...
Also attacking 25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment ...
Also attacking 20th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 73rd Motorised Brigade ...
Also attacking 20th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 73rd Motorised Brigade ...
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Morning Air attack on 255th Armoured Brigade, at 77,137

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 15
Ki-49-Ia Helen x 7

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
46 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 5000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
7 x Ki-49-Ia Helen bombing from 5000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 2nd British Division, at 57,45
Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 31,210 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 5
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 30

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 28210 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Afternoon Air attack on 150th RAC Regiment, at 57,45
Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 36
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 30
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 29

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 8 damaged

Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
36 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 30000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 23rd Indian Division, at 57,45
Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 31,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 20
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 30

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 7 destroyed, 8 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 28210 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 2nd Recon Battalion, at 58,45
Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 69
Vengeance I x 14
Hudson I x 28

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
52 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 17 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 39 (2 destroyed, 37 disabled)
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Morning Air attack on 255th Armoured Brigade, at 77,137
Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-Ia Helen x 11

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
23 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Ki-49-Ia Helen bombing from 5000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 7th Australian Division, at 57,45
Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 31,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 27

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 5 damaged

Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 30000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Ground Combat

Nanning garrison is now very weak and will be forced to surrender soon.
In China Andy marches out a large Uber Army and launch a shock attack against our Army that failed to route 4 Chinese corps last turn.
- I was discouraged by the high defensive modifiers provided last turn and this time the tables were turned. Despite an AV of some 4100 we got an adjusted AV
of more than 7000 and the Chinks got nuked

Chinese losses were 24324 casualties including 510 destroyed and 1045 disabled combat squads, 563 destroyed and 424 disabled support squads, 23 destroyed and 43 disabled engineers, as well as 36 destroyed and 14 disabled guns.

So we achieved our goal (weaken Chinese Army) even though we needed a little help.

Ground combat at Nanning (72,55)
Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 24726 troops, 216 guns, 278 vehicles, Assault Value = 933
Defending force 10749 troops, 120 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 249

Japanese adjusted assault: 660
Allied adjusted defense: 27

Japanese assault odds: 24 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), preparation(-), fatigue(-)
experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
107 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Allied ground losses:
1677 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 91 disabled
Non Combat: 32 destroyed, 102 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled

Assaulting units:
68th Ind.Infantry Battalion
13th Tank Regiment
12th Ind.Mixed Brigade
104th Division
66th Infantry Regiment
12th Tank Regiment
116th/A Division

Defending units:
31st Chinese Corps
52nd Chinese Corps
64th Chinese Corps
35th Group Army
9th Chinese Base Force
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Ground combat at 83,52
Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 153101 troops, 766 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 6222
Defending force 71464 troops, 776 guns, 295 vehicles, Assault Value = 2394

Allied adjusted assault: 4169
Japanese adjusted defense: 7401

Allied assault odds: 1 to 2

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+)

Japanese ground losses:
2190 casualties reported
Squads: 7 destroyed, 237 disabled
Non Combat: 25 destroyed, 292 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 56 disabled
Vehicles lost 49 (38 destroyed, 11 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
24324 casualties reported
Squads: 510 destroyed, 1045 disabled
Non Combat: 563 destroyed, 424 disabled
Engineers: 23 destroyed, 43 disabled
Guns lost 50 (36 destroyed, 14 disabled)

Assaulting units:
20th Chinese Corps
7th Chinese Corps
8th Chinese Corps
15th Chinese Corps
10th Chinese Corps
84th Chinese Corps
26th Chinese Corps
37th Chinese Corps
74th Chinese Corps
80th Chinese Corps
73rd Chinese Corps
28th Chinese Corps
58th Chinese Corps
21st Chinese Corps
9th Chinese Corps
46th Chinese Corps
38th Chinese Corps
2nd Prov Chinese Corps
53rd Chinese Corps
99th Chinese Corps
30th Chinese/A Corps
6th War Area
29th Group Army
41st AA Regiment
27th Group Army
20th Group Army
25th Group Army
49th AA Regiment
56th AT Gun Regiment

Defending units:
110th Division
9th Armored Car Co
36th Division
32nd Division
15th/A Division
41st Division
39th Division
13th/C Division
12th Army
15th Ind.Medium Field Artillery Regiment
1st Mortar Battalion
8th Ind. Engineer Regiment
14th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
4th Mortar Battalion
2nd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
11th Field Artillery Regiment
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RE: Are we actually playing THE SAME GAME? - 8/3/2010 3:13:38 PM   
castor troy


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Status: offline 		I would not use Nicks for anti shipping strikes, these are your best anti 4E fighters. Saying this as a 4E user. If I can motivate myselve to play transport tycoon in the Pacific at some point then I will surely put lots of highly air skilled pilots into these fighters and put them in places where 4Es can reach me but P-38 can´t (or where P-38 aren´t around). You can also use Lillies, Sallies or Helens for low nav attacks. The limited number of twin engined fighters would be too valuable for me to use them against anything else than 4E "busting".

Regarding your question about supplying his troops at Darwin, well I´ve got 2500 av at Darwin and they´re supplied from Alice Springs in my game, the bases in between are all out of supply. No problem at all for me to do so. I´ve got the castor troy edition though and am also not experiencing any of Andy´s "supply problems" in Burma either. And no, I´m not aware of a special trick to pull supplies to units being 20 hexes (or what is the distance between Alice Springs and Darwin) off their next supply depot.

Nice shock attack of the Chinese, lost 2.5 months of inf squad replacements in one turn... probably takes 4 months to get the disabled ones out of disablement state again.

< Message edited by castor troy -- 8/3/2010 3:20:29 PM >

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