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RE: Aussies v Aussies - Clubbing baby seals (no AOFFEN ... - 6/4/2012 10:07:42 PM

jrcar

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6 Sep 1943

Indicators and Warnings

Subs

Sub attack near Port Blair at 45,58

Japanese Ships
CA Furutaka, Torpedo hits 1
CA Ashigara
DD Maikaze
DD Shiratsuyu
DD Arashio

Allied Ships
SS Sculpin, hits 5, heavy damage

Sub attack near Little Andaman at 44,59

Japanese Ships
AO Toho Maru
E W-4

Allied Ships
SS S-39, hits 13

Sub attack near Little Andaman at 45,60

Japanese Ships
AO Kyokuto Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
AO Toho Maru
E W-4

Allied Ships
SS Pargo

Burma
We fly against Akyab, our bombers make it through ok to hit the target, but then get mauled on the way out by Helcat vectoring in from elsewhere.

Morning Air attack on Akyab , at 54,45

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 113 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 35 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K1-J George x 27
N1K2-J George x 33
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 86
Ki-84a Frank x 67

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 14
Spitfire Vc Trop x 16
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 58
F6F-3 Hellcat x 79

Japanese aircraft losses
N1K1-J George: 4 destroyed
N1K2-J George: 10 destroyed
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 28 destroyed, 7 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 destroyed by flak
Ki-84a Frank: 9 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIc Trop: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged
Spitfire Vc Trop: 1 destroyed
P-47D2 Thunderbolt: 2 destroyed, 24 damaged
P-47D2 Thunderbolt: 3 destroyed on ground
F6F-3 Hellcat: 5 destroyed, 27 damaged
F6F-3 Hellcat: 4 destroyed on ground
Liberator GR.III: 2 destroyed on ground
PBY-5 Catalina: 2 destroyed on ground

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

Airbase hits 18
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 68

Elsewher a couple of small enemy airgroups (Buefighter and Hurricane) are harassing our troops, we will LRCAP them for next turn.

DEI
We are mostly ashore, an enemy TF appears to be heading in so we will pull back the TF's and shock attack next turn.

Ground combat at Little Andaman (44,59)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 6656 troops, 60 guns, 31 vehicles, Assault Value = 1011

Defending force 12594 troops, 89 guns, 145 vehicles, Assault Value = 245

Assaulting units:
19th Tank Regiment
9th Division
2nd Tank Rgt /4
10th Division
46th Division
30th Engr Rgt /1
25th Army

Defending units:
II Aus Corps Engineer Battalion
29th British Brigade
USMC AirFMFPac
110th USA Base Force
37th USN Naval Construction Battalion
Guam USN Base Force
34th Aviation Base Force
18th RAAF Base Force
23rd USN Naval Construction Battalion
12th RAAF Base Force
1st USN Naval Construction Battalion
Rabaul Det. Base Force /1

OZ

Pacific

China
More big hits on Chinese troops in the open.

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Morning Air attack on Y' Force , at 77,44 , near Chungking

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-Ia Helen x 6
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 81

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 3 damaged

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

Our attacks still aren't getting much traction, the Chinese even get a leadership advantage this turn!

Ground combat at 77,47 (near Chungking)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 16072 troops, 271 guns, 1366 vehicles, Assault Value = 1349

Defending force 30798 troops, 277 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 931

Japanese adjusted assault: 401

Allied adjusted defense: 2629

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 6

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

Japanese ground losses:
550 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 32 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 20 disabled
Vehicles lost 36 (2 destroyed, 34 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
254 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 21 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Assaulting units:
61st Infantry Brigade
1st Ind.Mixed Brigade
3rd Tank Division
2nd Tank Division
57th Infantry Brigade
60th Division
12th Indpt Infantry Regiment

Defending units:
30th Chinese Corps
40th Chinese Corps
9th Prov Chinese Corps
3rd Chinese Corps
96th Chinese Corps

The area around tha Andamans is swarming with subs, we are getting lots of hits from our ASW aircraft, and our ASW may have got one or two this turn... we have a CA and an AO badly damaged though :(

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RE: Aussies v Aussies - Clubbing baby seals (no AOFFEN ... - 6/5/2012 12:23:38 PM

jrcar

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7 Sep 1943

Little Andaman Falls!

But a TF is mauled by US Destroyers.

Indicators and Warnings

Subs

Sub attack near Rabaul at 106,124

Japanese Ships
xAK Atlantic Maru, Torpedo hits 1
xAK Hokusei Maru
SC Ch 40

Allied Ships
SS Jack

Burma
We ambush the Hurricanes and Beufighters claiming 4 and 2, for the los of 2-3 of our planes.

DEI
The enemy TF comes in as expected to Litte Andaman, but our transports had already left. They exit north and run into one of our TF. end result is we loose 2 DD's he looses about 4. Our BB is ok, Katori will sink.

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Day Time Surface Combat, near Port Blair at 45,58, Range 11,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
BB Ise, Shell hits 3
BB Hyuga, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 1
CL Katori, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
CL Kashima, Shell hits 3
DD Yugumo, Shell hits 19, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Makigumo, Shell hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Naganami
DD Hatsukaze

Allied Ships
DD DeHaven, Shell hits 3, on fire
DD Nicholas, Shell hits 5
DD O'Bannon, Shell hits 22, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Philip, Shell hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Radford, Shell hits 11, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Saufley, Shell hits 5, and is sunk

The attack goes well and we now have more labour for the railways... The destruction of a second Brit Bde is very welcome... On On!

Ground combat at Little Andaman (44,59)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 21894 troops, 282 guns, 187 vehicles, Assault Value = 1024

Defending force 12571 troops, 89 guns, 145 vehicles, Assault Value = 246

Japanese adjusted assault: 1817

Allied adjusted defense: 195

Japanese assault odds: 9 to 1 (fort level 3)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Little Andaman !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
1394 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 157 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 31 disabled
Vehicles lost 39 (9 destroyed, 30 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Allied ground losses:
15153 casualties reported
Squads: 245 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1289 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 252 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 111 (111 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 198 (198 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 11

Assaulting units:
19th Tank Regiment
10th Division
46th Division
2nd Tank Rgt /4
9th Division
30th Engr Rgt /1
25th Army

Defending units:
II Aus Corps Engineer Battalion
29th British Brigade
110th USA Base Force
1st USN Naval Construction Battalion
37th USN Naval Construction Battalion
18th RAAF Base Force
34th Aviation Base Force
23rd USN Naval Construction Battalion
12th RAAF Base Force
Guam USN Base Force
USMC AirFMFPac
Rabaul Det. Base Force /1

OZ

Pacific

China

The last two islands should fall easily now, just a matter of time.

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RE: Aussies v Aussies - Clubbing baby seals (no AOFFEN ... - 6/5/2012 12:49:04 PM

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Nice work getting Little Andaman! Banzai!

That TF might do better without Katori and Kashima, since they are so slow. I reserve them for amphibious TFs and scouting only. With the big boys they will make all other ships more vulnerable to torpedoes especially.

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RE: Aussies v Aussies - Clubbing baby seals (no AOFFEN ... - 6/7/2012 2:58:04 AM

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Thanks Obvert, they were in the invasion TF. they were split out to help stop any SCTF coming in as their support wasn't needed... it was unfortunate that this Tf, and not one of the CA DD Tf, was involved in the combat.

Cheers
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RE: Aussies v Aussies - Clubbing baby seals (no AOFFEN ... - 6/7/2012 3:07:18 AM

jrcar

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8 Sep 1943
Mostly quiet.

We clear lots of mines at Little Andaman Island without loss. We will unload more supply and pick up the Divisions for the next target.

Indicators and Warnings

Subs
The CL is put out of her misery:

Submarine attack near Port Blair at 45,58

Japanese Ships
CL Katori, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS O21

ASW attack near Little Andaman at 44,59

Japanese Ships
DD Ariake, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Usugumo
DD Numakaze
DD Hokaze
DD Minekaze

Allied Ships
SS O21, hits 2

We are hitting but not sinking the subs around the Home Islands.

Sub attack near Wakkanai at 123,48

Japanese Ships
xAK Mikage Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
PB Fumi Maru

Allied Ships
SS Sturgeon
Burma
Enemy sweeps over the central Burma airfields against no opposition.

DEI
A "mini KB" of 2 of the recently arrived 63 aircraft CV's and 2 CVE has now formed at Sorebaya in case he moves up the West Australian Coast.

OZ
The airfields at Carnavon increases. Port Hedland is occupied. A fair bit of small shipping (LCT) detected at Geraldton.

Pacific

China

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RE: Aussies v Aussies - Clubbing baby seals (no AOFFEN ... - 6/7/2012 12:27:10 PM

jrcar

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9 Sep 1943
Mostly quiet.

Indicators and Warnings

Subs
Submarine attack near Koggala at 30,51

Japanese Ships
SS I-153, hits 18, and is sunk

Allied Ships
DD Kortenaer
DE Decoy
DD Rotherham
DE Express

Submarine attack near Wakkanai at 122,47

Japanese Ships
xAKL Shino Maru, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Sturgeon

Burma
More sweeps. There is movement on the border, but nothing strong yet.

Lashio is hit and trashed.

DEI
We are loadng troops.

OZ

Pacific

China

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RE: Aussies v Aussies - Clubbing baby seals (no AOFFEN ... - 6/7/2012 12:36:26 PM

jrcar

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10 Sep 1943

Indicators and Warnings

Subs
We hit subs this turn, and get some more from the air.

Sub attack near Phuket at 47,69

Japanese Ships
DD Isonami
DD Shirayuki

Allied Ships
SS Kingfish, hits 2, heavy damage

ASW attack near Victoria Point at 49,66

Japanese Ships
DD Natsugumo
E Karii
DD Arashi

Allied Ships
SS Scamp, hits 7

ASW attack near Little Andaman at 44,59

Japanese Ships
DD Numakaze
E W-1
xAP Teifu Maru
xAP Baikal Maru
xAP Buenos Aires Maru
xAP Hakusan Maru
xAP Teia Maru
E W-20

Allied Ships
SS O19, hits 7

but get hit in return

ASW attack near Trincomalee at 32,48

Japanese Ships
SS I-155, hits 8

Allied Ships
DE Edsall
DD Relentless
DD Redoubt

Burma
Our air units have now rebuilt.

Supply is good with more on the way.

DEI
We continue to hit the other islands keeping them supressed until our ground forces can invade.

Supplies have poored into Malay in recent weeks, with around 180k at Singapore, and all the big bases north to Bangkok having 25-30k. So almost 300k of supply in Malaya/Thailand.

We are shipping more into Burma.

OZ
Ther continues to be an tnteresting concentration of shipping at Geraldton... may be worth a poke... only light fighter cover.

Pacific

China
We continue to bomb troop sin the open, they appear to be heading away again.

This stack is proving troublesome.

Ground combat at 77,47 (near Chungking)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 15897 troops, 271 guns, 1366 vehicles, Assault Value = 1364

Defending force 30559 troops, 276 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 920

Japanese adjusted assault: 404

Allied adjusted defense: 1672

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 4

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

Japanese ground losses:
639 casualties reported
Squads: 8 destroyed, 21 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 20 disabled
Guns lost 11 (1 destroyed, 10 disabled)
Vehicles lost 41 (5 destroyed, 36 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
249 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 15 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled

Assaulting units:
1st Ind.Mixed Brigade
3rd Tank Division
57th Infantry Brigade
61st Infantry Brigade
2nd Tank Division
60th Division
12th Indpt Infantry Regiment

Defending units:
40th Chinese Corps
9th Prov Chinese Corps
30th Chinese Corps
3rd Chinese Corps
96th Chinese Corps

This image shows the situation in China, with the main actions circled.

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RE: Aussies v Aussies - Clubbing baby seals (no AOFFEN ... - 6/7/2012 2:52:19 PM

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You have quite a cordon around the central area. Interesting that this game looks to be as much about maneuver as giant stacks rolling down the roads.

Even though that stack is in the forests you're trying to knock off South of Chunking, have you tried intensive bombing? My opponent mentioned that although it took longer, when I hit stacks in the woods it still eventually threw them into disruption and killed their supply until he was forced to retreat.

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RE: Aussies v Aussies - Clubbing baby seals (no AOFFEN ... - 6/8/2012 9:01:29 AM

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Thanks Obvert, yes we are bombing that stack every turn, don't usually report it as the bombing isn't doing a lot of damage.

Yes we used manoeuvre a lot :) plus a bit of deception, and the application of a fair bit of good old attrition to gain us the edge in the first place!

Our problem is we don't want to risk being overwhelmed anywhere else, so aren't freeing up the forces we really need to take the hex... plus we don't have to take it. We own most of the hex sides so can move in and out as required. It is mostly about keeping Tony amused, he gets bored easily you see and has a tendancy to want to invade places...

Cheers

Rob

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ORIGINAL: obvert

You have quite a cordon around the central area. Interesting that this game looks to be as much about maneuver as giant stacks rolling down the roads.

Even though that stack is in the forests you're trying to knock off South of Chunking, have you tried intensive bombing? My opponent mentioned that although it took longer, when I hit stacks in the woods it still eventually threw them into disruption and killed their supply until he was forced to retreat.

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RE: Aussies v Aussies - Clubbing baby seals (no AOFFEN ... - 6/14/2012 9:25:21 AM

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11 - 15 Sep 1943
Behind due to work, on the other hand it has been fairly quite as Andrew slowly marches into Burma. So will do a five day update. At a conference next week so reports will again be slow.

The most interesting bit happened a few days ago in the Andamans...

Indicators and Warnings

Subs
Our ASW in the Indian ocean has been hitting lots of subs, they have really been thined out, but we doubt many have sunk, although five subs are showing on the sunk ships list during this period.

We have suffered no significant loss.

Burma
I'll post a screen shot, basically more US units have marched into Burma. Akyab is now a level 3 port as well. There has been no significant air combat, possibly due to bad weather. We are mainly on the defensive at the moment.

We have occupied our main defensive line in the jungle/rough terrain with a regiment at least per hex. We have three 1000AV stacks forward still.

DEI
Apart from the one DD raid below we have just about finished evacuating the three divisions from Little Andaman with no interferance.

Night Time Surface Combat, near Little Andaman at 44,60, Range 2,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Kasumi
DD Samidare, Shell hits 5, on fire
DD Nenohi, Shell hits 1
DD Hatsushima, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk

Allied Ships
DD Fletcher
DD Anthony, Shell hits 1
DD Aulick
DD Bagley
DD Gridley, Shell hits 1
DD McCall
Night Time Surface Combat, near Little Andaman at 44,59, Range 2,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Ashigara, Shell hits 2
CA Suzuya
CA Furutaka
DD Akizuki
DD Yukikaze
DD Maikaze
DD Tokitsukaze
DD Urakaze
DD Arashio
DD Shiratsuyu

Allied Ships
DD Fletcher
DD Anthony, Shell hits 4, heavy fires
DD Aulick, Shell hits 9, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Bagley, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Gridley, on fire
DD McCall, Shell hits 2, on fire

Day Time Surface Combat, near Little Andaman at 44,60, Range 3,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Atago, Shell hits 1
CA Kumano
CL Naka
CL Kuma
DD Onami
DD Kagero, Shell hits 2, heavy fires
DD Suzukaze
DD Shinonome, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Mutsuki, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Kisaragi
DD Matsukaze, Shell hits 1, heavy fires

Allied Ships
DD Fletcher, Shell hits 4, on fire
DD Anthony, Shell hits 27, and is sunk
DD Gridley, Shell hits 7
DD McCall, Shell hits 14, and is sunk

Bad weather stops our aircraft from finishing off the final ships. S we loose 1 for 4, but have several badly battered ships, that should all make it home.

OZ
A sweep over Horn Island.

Morning Air attack on Horn Island , at 91,128

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 37,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K2-J George x 72

Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk IV x 27
Spitfire Vc Trop x 16
P-38G Lightning x 11
P-39D Airacobra x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
N1K2-J George: 3 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Kittyhawk IV: 2 destroyed
Spitfire Vc Trop: 2 destroyed
P-38G Lightning: 1 destroyed
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed

Pacific

China
We get 1:1 in a shock attack.

Ground combat at 77,47 (near Chungking)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 43019 troops, 479 guns, 1376 vehicles, Assault Value = 1362

Defending force 30477 troops, 275 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 913

Japanese adjusted assault: 1585

Allied adjusted defense: 1444

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
5736 casualties reported
Squads: 93 destroyed, 255 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 44 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 20 disabled

Allied ground losses:
1136 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 94 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled
Guns lost 9 (1 destroyed, 8 disabled)

Assaulting units:
57th Infantry Brigade
2nd Tank Division
60th Division
61st Infantry Brigade
3rd Tank Division
1st Ind.Mixed Brigade
12th Indpt Infantry Regiment

Defending units:
40th Chinese Corps
30th Chinese Corps
3rd Chinese Corps
9th Prov Chinese Corps
96th Chinese Corps

Off the west Australian coast our small CV TF is lurking as we watch several convoys move around Geraldton and Carnavon. He has increased fighter cover, but we are undetected and we think we see a target...

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RE: Aussies v Aussies - Clubbing baby seals (no AOFFEN ... - 6/14/2012 9:39:40 AM

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Burma

As you can see this is shaping up to be the main effort at the moment. Andrew has diverted forces that were going to do the Amphib follow up attacks and now has them marching overland. We are well dug in, but we doubt we can stop him.

Our main line of defence will be the jungle rough below central Burma, however we are already preparing the two lines after that.

Near Bhamo he is trying to outflank us towards Lashio and force us back... we have plans... But ultimately those forces will probably retire via China. We have a fresh div dug in in the mountain passes in to China as the backstop.

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RE: Aussies v Aussies - Clubbing baby seals (no AOFFEN ... - 6/14/2012 1:20:24 PM

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A small request, Rob. Please use the "W" key to show hexside control. It makes understanding the battlefield easier.

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RE: Aussies v Aussies - Clubbing baby seals (no AOFFEN ... - 6/23/2012 6:48:48 AM

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16-23 Sep 1943

Been busy with work attending a conference interstate so a bulk catch up.

All the action is in Burma, everywhere else is quiet.

Over the last 8 game days air attacks have swept backwards and forwards across Burma. The large stack of enemy units continues to grow and consists of at least the following:

Sixth US Army
Americal Infantry Division
41st Infantry Division
37th Infantry Division
24th Infantry Division
11th (East African) Division
9th Australian Division

We bombed it several times against heavy fighter opposition. He swept Rangoon and other bases sometimes againts heavy oppoition. We have also hit Akyab causing good damage to the base, but lost about 30 bombers and didn't get much on the ground. Overall losses have favoured the Allies about 1.2-1.4, however we got some good hits on his forces in the open. This turn he bombed Rangoon...

Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 29 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K1-J George x 33
N1K2-J George x 66
Ki-84a Frank x 142

Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIc x 16
Liberator II x 13
Liberator B.III x 12
B-17E Fortress x 47
B-17F Fortress x 7
B-24D1 Liberator x 99
B-24J Liberator x 21
F6F-3 Hellcat x 52

Japanese aircraft losses
N1K2-J George: 1 destroyed
Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed
Ki-46-III Dinah: 2 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
Beaufighter VIc: 2 destroyed
Liberator II: 1 destroyed
B-17E Fortress: 1 destroyed
B-24D1 Liberator: 4 destroyed, 2 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
F6F-3 Hellcat: 15 destroyed

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

Airbase hits 29
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 36

Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K1-J George x 30
N1K2-J George x 51
Ki-84a Frank x 115

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed
Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 6 destroyed, 5 damaged
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 destroyed by flak

Runway hits 1

Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K1-J George x 27
N1K2-J George x 49
Ki-84a Frank x 99

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 6

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 destroyed by flak

Then the sweeps came :(

Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K1-J George x 25
N1K2-J George x 42
Ki-84a Frank x 82

Allied aircraft
P-38H Lightning x 74

Japanese aircraft losses
N1K2-J George: 1 destroyed
Ki-84a Frank: 5 destroyed

No Allied losses

Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 76 NM, estimated altitude 47,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K1-J George x 24
N1K2-J George x 35
Ki-84a Frank x 65

Allied aircraft
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 92

Japanese aircraft losses
N1K1-J George: 2 destroyed
N1K2-J George: 2 destroyed
Ki-84a Frank: 11 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-47D2 Thunderbolt: 1 destroyed

As a consquence over over 50 units sitting on the other side of the river we are now pulling out of the forward bases back to the main defensive line, marked by dashes in the image below.

We almost have enough points to buy out another div from Japan which will be sent this way.

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Glad you're back. In your estimation, what troop levels are required for Japan to defend Burma through 1943?

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RE: Aussies v Aussies - Clubbing baby seals (no AOFFEN ... - 6/23/2012 7:27:04 AM

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I mentioned it in your thread, we have had 6 growing to 8 div, basically 1-2 div in 3-5 forward locations and a div in reserve.

Now we are facing around 10-16 enemy divs in central Burma, we need about 10 div to defend the 3 axis they can advance on. It will be much easier for the allies to switch the axis of attack, than we can move units, as Allied Airpower will dominate and slow our movement.

We use the northern Thai base of Chiang Mai to base bombers out of alreday, and are building the trio around Raheng. Once we pull out of the central burma airfields a lot of our air power will shift to Thailand.

Loosing the central Burma Bases opens up Bangkok and Hanoi to air attack, not much we can do about it...

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RE: Aussies v Aussies - Clubbing baby seals (no AOFFEN ... - 8/28/2012 9:23:13 AM

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Sorry for the lack of updates. Andrew went on holidays for 6 weeks or so. He has been back a week and we have done a few turns, but I've been too busy to update. Will quickly try to catch up.

16 Oct 1943

All the action has happened in Burma, with the rest of the map basically quite except for an occasional fighters sweep... although there has been a build up noted around Perth.

In Burma MASSES of enemy troops have moved into Central Burma. Three USMC Div and an Amphib HQ landed at Ramree Island! Basically most of the US and Australian Divs are located in central Burma.

We conducted a delaying defence and managed to get back into the jungle hexes without loosing anything of significance, while bringing forward another three Divs. We are currently holding nth of Toungoo, while building a backstop line nth of Moulmein.

He has weighted his attack on our left (yellow circle), we have managed to bluff/halt him for the moment... it is a close thing, if he fails in his first attack he will be in trouble, if we fold we will be in trouble and will have to fall back to Moulmein...

In the air we managed to savage one bomber strike, but have been savaged in the air and on the ground in return. Our pilot pools are good, losses relatively light, however we are having to convert units to Tojo to free up enough Frank. IJNAF fighter pilots are at a premium, although we are about to graduate 100 or so.

Logistically we are heavily constrained by fuel and oil, with only about 50 days of either in the home islands. We do have good tactcal stockpiles though to support fleet operations. We are basically pulling every drop of oil that is available, and only just keeping up with demand. We are flooded with resources and have shut down many convoys to limit fuel usage.

Air production is going Ok, although Frank are now very low. Heavy industry is grownig nicely and we are at 1.1 million.

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Great to see this AAR back :)

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RE: Aussies v Aussies - Clubbing baby seals (no AOFFEN ... - 9/1/2012 8:08:02 AM

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16 Oct 1943 Disater in Burma :(

Well I missjudged here, not sure if we got poor die rolls or what... wasn't expecting to loose. The good news is the units retreat to Toungoo, and are in fair condition, if we can get them back they will be batleworthy in a week.

First though these DD's did a 10 hex run in... we are unloading troops at Car Nicobar.

Night Time Surface Combat, near Car Nicobar at 44,62, Range 6,000 Yards

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
E13A1 Jake: 3 destroyed

Japanese Ships
CL Kashima, Shell hits 21, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
CL Kashii, Shell hits 11, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk

Allied Ships
DD Fletcher
DD Sigsbee
DD Waller
DD Dunlap

The air attacks don't do a lot:

Morning Air attack on 19th Division, at 56,49 , near Toungoo

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25D Mitchell x 11
P-40N Warhawk x 12
Beaufighter VIc x 12
Liberator B.III x 8
Wellington B.X x 3
B-17E Fortress x 36
B-17F Fortress x 3
B-24D1 Liberator x 59
B-24J Liberator x 32
B-25C Mitchell x 50
B-25D1 Mitchell x 72
B-25G Mitchell x 43
F6F-3 Hellcat x 82

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged
B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 damaged
B-25G Mitchell: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
97 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 24 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Morning Air attack on 4th Division, at 56,49 , near Toungoo

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIc x 5
Liberator II x 6
Liberator B.III x 9

Allied aircraft losses
Liberator II: 1 damaged

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

Morning Air attack on 1st Tank Division, at 56,50 , near Toungoo

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 8

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 15
B-25D1 Mitchell x 15

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 3 damaged
B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Then the ground attack, as you can see much of the Allied strength is in Burma!

Ground combat at 56,49 (near Toungoo)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 121422 troops, 2220 guns, 3775 vehicles, Assault Value = 5049

Defending force 46324 troops, 550 guns, 66 vehicles, Assault Value = 1544

Allied adjusted assault: 3682

Japanese adjusted defense: 1003

Allied assault odds: 3 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
21983 casualties reported
Squads: 519 destroyed, 465 disabled
Non Combat: 492 destroyed, 127 disabled
Engineers: 47 destroyed, 42 disabled
Guns lost 174 (77 destroyed, 97 disabled)
Vehicles lost 22 (13 destroyed, 9 disabled)
Units retreated 7

Allied ground losses:
2416 casualties reported
Squads: 13 destroyed, 278 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 141 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 102 disabled
Guns lost 56 (4 destroyed, 52 disabled)
Vehicles lost 162 (7 destroyed, 155 disabled)

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
1st USMC Corps Tank Battalion
762nd Tank Battalion
2/7th Armoured Regiment
27th Infantry Division
34th Combat Engineer Regiment
254th Armoured Brigade
6th Australian Division
110th Combat Engineer Battalion
32nd Infantry Division
754th Tank Battalion
40th Infantry Division
102nd Combat Engineer Regiment
766th Tank Battalion
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
37th Infantry Division
150th RAC Regiment
3rd USMC Tank Battalion
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
Gardner's Horse Regiment
2nd British Division
Americal Infantry Division
640th Tank Destroyer Battalion
4th Armoured Brigade
632nd Tank Destroyer Battalion
24th Infantry Division
9th Australian Division
1st RAA Jungle Regiment
14th USN Naval Construction Battalion
181st Field Artillery Regiment
15th USN Naval Construction Battalion
I US Corps
209th Field Artillery Battalion
205th Field Artillery Battalion
33rd Medium Regiment
223rd Field Artillery Battalion
2/13th Field Regiment
225th Field Artillery Battalion
148th Field Artillery Battalion
226th Field Artillery Battalion
2nd RAA Jungle Regiment
168th Field Artillery Regiment
147th Field Artillery Regiment
6th Medium Regiment

Defending units:
19th Division
24th Division
53rd Division
4th Division
23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
55th Mountain Gun Regiment

We are now going to pull all the way back to Moulmein, there are three fresh divs there so we should be able to hold the Allies...

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Yikes! This sort of thing is an argument for stacking limits, eh? The Burma front just still doesn't play "right" IMHO. Maybe stacking limits will help.

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RE: Aussies v Aussies - Clubbing baby seals (no AOFFEN ... - 9/3/2012 8:20:38 AM

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Yes there is that, 140k troops and 3000+ AFVs! OTOH we know where most of his forces are. I think it is a valid "what-if" to explore... looking forward to trying to stop it!

17 Oct 1943

Burma
Andrew now makes a tactical, if not operational error. Instead of following up towards toungoo to smash our infantry he headssw towards Prome, with a bit of luck our divs will get away to fight another day...

Our bombers do a bit of damage to the stack heading to prome to try to slow them down, we randomly bomb with about 100 Helen... mostly a Moral thing as the effect is limited!

Morning Air attack on 3rd Motor Brigade, at 55,49 , near Prome

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 27
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 11
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 101

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
180 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 14 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 27 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 14 (1 destroyed, 13 disabled)

He strafes the hex near prome, we have an Armd Div trying to get away... the race is on!

We take Car Nicobar, only one island to go now.

Ground combat at Car Nicobar (44,62)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 5333 troops, 11 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 251

Defending force 4188 troops, 28 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 63

Japanese adjusted assault: 775

Allied adjusted defense: 7

Japanese assault odds: 110 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Car Nicobar !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
238 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 11 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled

Allied ground losses:
3820 casualties reported
Squads: 124 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 617 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 73 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 38 (38 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 16 (16 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 5

Assaulting units:
46th Division
30th Engineer Regiment
25th Army

Defending units:
14th Chindit Brigade
48th USN Naval Construction Battalion
145th USA Base Force
45th USN Naval Construction Battalion
Rabaul Det. Base Force

SWPAC/OZ
We sweep Horn Island, we do this every now and then...

Morning Air attack on Horn Island , at 91,128

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 193 NM, estimated altitude 37,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 57 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K2-J George x 153

Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk IV x 32
Spitfire Vc Trop x 32
P-38G Lightning x 4
P-38H Lightning x 36
P-40E Warhawk x 8
P-40N1 Warhawk x 7
P-40N5 Warhawk x 11

Japanese aircraft losses
N1K2-J George: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Kittyhawk IV: 1 destroyed
Spitfire Vc Trop: 1 destroyed
P-38H Lightning: 2 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed

China
where we can we try to smash Chinese units, this is a good result, we will follow up and smash them again.

Ground combat at 79,47 (near Patung)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 16959 troops, 271 guns, 1366 vehicles, Assault Value = 731

Defending force 8783 troops, 72 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 238

Japanese adjusted assault: 943

Allied adjusted defense: 22

Japanese assault odds: 42 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
284 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 20 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 11 disabled
Guns lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
3078 casualties reported
Squads: 129 destroyed, 41 disabled
Non Combat: 103 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 8 destroyed, 5 disabled
Guns lost 47 (16 destroyed, 31 disabled)
Units retreated 3

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
3rd Tank Division
2nd Tank Division

Defending units:
8th Chinese Corps
94th Chinese Corps
26th Chinese/B Corps

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Good to see this back. With all of these forces in Burma, are you exploring making mischief in other sectors?

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RE: Aussies v Aussies - Clubbing baby seals (no AOFFEN ... - 9/6/2012 9:21:28 AM

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18 Oct 1943

Indicators and Warnings
Shed loads of Allied troops in Burma... and planes... bastards!

Subs

We are brining in more troops to Moulmein:

Sub attack near Moulmein at 54,56

Japanese Ships
xAP Teiko Maru
xAP Kitano Maru
xAP Miike Maru
xAP Katori Maru
xAP Hakozaki Maru
xAP Hakone Maru
DD Nokaze

Allied Ships
SS Shark, hits 2

Bugger we loose a big tanker full of fuel :(

Sub attack near Foochow at 86,61

Japanese Ships
TK San Clemente Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
TK Hoyo Maru
TK Gen'yo Maru
E W-11

Allied Ships
SS Skate, hits 3
Burma
Off Moulmein we clear enemy PT boats (that are being refueleed by subs) so we can land a div.

Day Time Surface Combat, near Moulmein at 55,56, Range 6,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Atago
CA Ashigara
CA Suzuya
CA Kumano
CA Kako
DD Kasumi
DD Akatsuki
DD Shinonome
DD Usugumo
DD Shirakumo
DD Isonami
DD Shirayuki

Allied Ships
PT-67, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
PT-78, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
PT-79
PT-80, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
PT-81, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
PT-237, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
PT-244
PT-259, Shell hits 1, and is sunk

But not all :(

Day Time Surface Combat, near Moulmein at 54,55, Range 3,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Oite
DD Tachikaze
DD Nokaze
xAP Teiko Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
xAP Hakone Maru
xAP Hakozaki Maru
xAP Katori Maru
xAP Miike Maru
xAP Kitano Maru

Allied Ships
PT-79, Shell hits 1
PT-244, Shell hits 1, and is sunk

Japanese ground losses:
44 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

His air attacks troops on the jungle causing light damage. Our armoured Div gets out of the hex but the infantry remain. Then he bombards... why?

Ground combat at 56,50 (near Toungoo)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 3927 troops, 118 guns, 392 vehicles, Assault Value = 3039

Defending force 2026 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 87

Japanese ground losses:
149 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
632nd Tank Destroyer Battalion
640th Tank Destroyer Battalion
766th Tank Battalion
1st USMC Corps Tank Battalion
754th Tank Battalion
254th Armoured Brigade
37th Infantry Division
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
102nd Combat Engineer Regiment
40th Infantry Division
4th Armoured Brigade
3rd USMC Tank Battalion
Americal Infantry Division
762nd Tank Battalion
2/7th Armoured Regiment
Gardner's Horse Regiment
110th Combat Engineer Battalion
32nd Infantry Division
150th RAC Regiment
2nd British Division
14th USN Naval Construction Battalion
I US Corps
15th USN Naval Construction Battalion
33rd Medium Regiment
1st RAA Jungle Regiment
226th Field Artillery Battalion
6th Medium Regiment

Defending units:
78th Infantry Regiment
55th Cavalry Rgt /1

On the coastal axiss the USMC divs have finally got towards the action...

Ground combat at 54,49 (near Prome)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2856 troops, 18 guns, 282 vehicles, Assault Value = 662

Defending force 6995 troops, 76 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 251

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

Assaulting units:
2nd Marine Division
255th Armoured Brigade

Defending units:
40th Brigade

DEI

OZ
We are monitoring forces around Perth... hopeing he will try to land in the DEI... we have a suprise :)

Pacific
All quiet

China

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RE: Aussies v Aussies - Clubbing baby seals (no AOFFEN ... - 9/6/2012 9:25:05 AM

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CC we own the Centpac, Fiji, the SWPAC, PNG, nth Oz from Darwin to katherine to Port Hedland,.

We are considering a feight at Ceylon to try and draw aircraft away from Burma... maybe land on Diego Garcia...

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Good to see this back. With all of these forces in Burma, are you exploring making mischief in other sectors?

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RE: Aussies v Aussies - Clubbing baby seals (no AOFFEN ... - 9/16/2012 8:56:35 AM

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19 Oct -1 Nov

Despite good intentions due to work I've been unable to keep up the AAR so a catch up to wher we are.

Most of the action is in Burma where we have conducted a withdrawel back to a line above Moulmein. We have managed to do this almost unhurt, our rear guard was savaged only once.

In the air we have lost fighters at a rate of 2:1 against with more hit on the groun on occasions. Our plane pools are very low on Frank George and even Tojo IIc. Most of this fighting has been over our airbases though so we haven't done as badly pilot wise.

Only once or twice have we gotten into the bomber stream though :(

In the north we are just about out of Burma back into China (see map), although our forces in the centre may get hard pressed soon...

In China we managed to savage a few corps with our Armd Divs, but overall the Chinese strength is slowly growing :(

In the SWPAC we have swept his fighters over Horn Island, however he has done some sneeky port attacks, blowing through our fighters and hiting support ships at Tulagi and even Rabaul :( Anoying.

Here is the latest turn:

1 Nov 1943 Fair air battles, USA 32nd Div Destroyed :)

Here is the latest turn.

Indicators and Warnings

Subs

Submarine attack near Georgetown at 48,74

Japanese Ships
E W-20
E W-1
E W-21
E W-12

Allied Ships
SS Triton, hits 20, and is sunk

ASW attack near Shanghai at 93,57

Japanese Ships
SC CHa-58

Allied Ships
SS Sunfish, hits 4

Sub attack near Hong Kong at 76,63

Japanese Ships
TK Hoshin Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage [SUNK full of oil :(]
TK Noshiro Maru
PB Syozui Maru

Allied Ships
SS Paddle

Burma

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Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 26,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5b Zero x 9
N1K1-J George x 3

Allied aircraft
F6F-3 Hellcat x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5b Zero: 3 destroyed

No Allied losses

Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K1-J George x 9
Ki-84a Frank x 36

Allied aircraft
F6F-3 Hellcat x 7

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
F6F-3 Hellcat: 1 destroyed

Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 20 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5b Zero x 6

Allied aircraft
F6F-3 Hellcat x 1

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
F6F-3 Hellcat: 1 destroyed

Morning Air attack on TF, near Rangoon at 54,53

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 30 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 28

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 3 damaged

Allied Ships
PT-77
PT-238, Shell hits 1
PT-235, Shell hits 6
PT-242, Shell hits 1

Morning Air attack on 3rd Carabiniers Regiment, at 55,53 (Pegu)

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 17
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 12
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 91
Ki-84a Frank x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 10 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied ground losses:
86 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 29 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Vehicles lost 38 (2 destroyed, 36 disabled)

Also attacking 254th Armoured Brigade ...
Also attacking 2nd Marine Division ...
Also attacking 150th RAC Regiment ...
Also attacking 3rd Carabiniers Regiment ...

Morning Air attack on 52nd Division, at 56,54 , near Moulmein

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5b Zero x 3
N1K1-J George x 3
N1K2-J George x 11
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 4
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 37
Ki-84a Frank x 30

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 80
B-24J Liberator x 79
B-25C Mitchell x 46
P-40N5 Warhawk x 64

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged
P-40N5 Warhawk: 14 destroyed

Japanese ground losses:
305 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 26 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 27 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled

Morning Air attack on 33rd Division, at 56,54 , near Moulmein

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 2 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 0 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5b Zero x 1
N1K1-J George x 2
N1K2-J George x 7
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 3
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 25
Ki-84a Frank x 20

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 8

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 4 destroyed, 1 damaged

Morning Air attack on 15th Army, at 60,48 , near Taung Gyi

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5b Zero x 2

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 35
B-17F Fortress x 6
B-25D1 Mitchell x 58
P-39N1 Airacobra x 12

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged
B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
49 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Afternoon Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 33 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5b Zero x 2
G4M1 Betty x 22
N1K1-J George x 3

Allied aircraft
F6F-3 Hellcat x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5b Zero: 1 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 3 damaged

No Allied losses

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
Runway hits 37

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Rangoon at 54,53

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 24 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B6N2 Jill x 22
N1K1-J George x 3

Allied aircraft
F6F-3 Hellcat x 8

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
CM Terror, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk

Ground combat at 56,54 (near Moulmein)

Finally we get to savage one of the Allied divs who comes up against our main defensive line.
Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 10638 troops, 211 guns, 205 vehicles, Assault Value = 391

Defending force 88536 troops, 986 guns, 244 vehicles, Assault Value = 3063

Allied adjusted assault: 0

Japanese adjusted defense: 9501

Allied assault odds: 1 to 99

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

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

Allied ground losses:
6120 casualties reported
Squads: 462 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 293 destroyed, 132 disabled
Engineers: 43 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 203 (203 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 223 (171 destroyed, 52 disabled)

Assaulting units:
32nd Infantry Division

Defending units:
4th Division
33rd Division
8th Division
52nd Division
9th Division
74th Infantry Regiment
2nd Guards Division
77th Infantry Regiment
15th Garrison Unit
4th Field AF Construction Battalion
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
55th Mountain Gun Regiment
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
51st Construction Battalion
36th Field AA Battalion
1st RF Gun Battalion
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
25th JNAF AF Unit

DEI

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Afternoon Air attack on Umboi Island , at 100,125

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 19 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K2-J George x 78

Allied aircraft
P-38H Lightning x 22

Japanese aircraft losses
N1K2-J George: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38H Lightning: 5 destroyed

Afternoon Air attack on Umboi Island , at 100,125

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 43 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K2-J George x 69

Allied aircraft
P-38H Lightning x 21

Japanese aircraft losses
N1K2-J George: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38H Lightning: 3 destroyed

China

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RE: Aussies v Aussies - Clubbing baby seals (no AOFFEN ... - 9/16/2012 5:43:08 PM

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Great to see another update.

So he hasn't pushed at all in So Pac or Cent Pac? That's a fairly late start.

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RE: Aussies v Aussies - Clubbing baby seals (no AOFFEN ... - 9/18/2012 11:51:20 AM

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Obvert no, he has concentrated almost everything in Burma, USMC units (at least 3 Divs)US Army (at least 4 divs) and squadrons, Australians (divs and support troops)a massive force!

13 Jun 1942

Indicators and Warnings

Subs

Sub attack near Taihoku at 90,62

Japanese Ships
xAKL Zuiho Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
xAK Samarang Maru
xAK Nasusan Maru
xAKL Yamabuki Maru
xAKL Yamayuri Maru
xAKL Unyo Maru
xAKL Taganoura Maru
SC CHa-22

Allied Ships
SS Shad

Sub attack near Ramree Island at 53,48

Japanese Ships
SS I-28, hits 1

Allied Ships
APD Dickerson

He misses a CA TF off the Burma Thai coast.
Burma

Large air battles over Rangoon! The Thunderbolts tend to cause us a lot of grief :( as they fly at 42k ft. We wear the CAP down enough that the bombers get through OK. The Nells in the afternoon don't do as good as the CAP is recovered.

Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5b Zero x 1
N1K1-J George x 36
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 8
Ki-84a Frank x 8

Allied aircraft
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 53
F4U-1 Corsair x 12
F4U-1A Corsair x 24
F6F-3 Hellcat x 62

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5b Zero: 1 destroyed
N1K1-J George: 10 destroyed
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 2 destroyed
Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4U-1 Corsair: 1 destroyed
F4U-1A Corsair: 1 destroyed

Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 36,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 1
Ki-84a Frank x 76

Allied aircraft
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 53
F4U-1 Corsair x 7
F4U-1A Corsair x 21
F6F-3 Hellcat x 59

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-84a Frank: 8 destroyed

No Allied losses

Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 25,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5b Zero x 5
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 1
Ki-84a Frank x 7

Allied aircraft
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 53
F4U-1 Corsair x 6
F4U-1A Corsair x 18
F6F-3 Hellcat x 53

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5b Zero: 1 destroyed
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4U-1 Corsair: 1 destroyed

Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K1-J George x 3
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 34
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 62
Ki-84a Frank x 7

Allied aircraft
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 52
F4U-1 Corsair x 5
F4U-1A Corsair x 18
F6F-3 Hellcat x 52

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 6 destroyed
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-47D2 Thunderbolt: 1 destroyed
F6F-3 Hellcat: 1 destroyed

Manpower hits 57
Fires 20334

Afternoon Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5b Zero x 1
G3M3 Nell x 22
N1K2-J George x 18

Allied aircraft
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 48
F4U-1 Corsair x 6
F4U-1A Corsair x 16
F6F-3 Hellcat x 47

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5b Zero: 1 destroyed
G3M3 Nell: 8 destroyed, 11 damaged
G3M3 Nell: 1 destroyed by flak
N1K2-J George: 5 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-47D2 Thunderbolt: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged
F4U-1 Corsair: 2 damaged
F4U-1 Corsair: 1 destroyed on ground
F4U-1A Corsair: 1 damaged
F4U-1A Corsair: 1 destroyed on ground
F6F-3 Hellcat: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged
F6F-3 Hellcat: 1 destroyed on ground

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

Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 24

Afternoon Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M3 Nell x 22
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 4

Allied aircraft
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 39
F4U-1 Corsair x 5
F4U-1A Corsair x 14
F6F-3 Hellcat x 40

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M3 Nell: 14 destroyed, 2 damaged
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-47D2 Thunderbolt: 5 damaged
F4U-1A Corsair: 1 damaged

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

Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 11

We sweep then bomb Pegu against no opposition:

Morning Air attack on 9th Australian Division, at 55,53 (Pegu)

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 16
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 17
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 45
Ki-84a Frank x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 8 damaged

Allied ground losses:
176 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 18 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Guns lost 9 (2 destroyed, 7 disabled)

We are trying to clear the PT boats so our CA forces can get in to hit the airfield.

Morning Air attack on TF, near Rangoon at 54,53

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 2 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 0 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B6N2 Jill x 22
N1K1-J George x 3
N1K2-J George x 10
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 17
Ki-84a Frank x 19

Allied aircraft
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 50
F4U-1 Corsair x 5
F4U-1A Corsair x 18
F6F-3 Hellcat x 49

Japanese aircraft losses
N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed
N1K2-J George: 4 destroyed
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 8 destroyed
Ki-84a Frank: 6 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4U-1A Corsair: 1 destroyed
F6F-3 Hellcat: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
PT-261
PT-264
PT-279
PT-263

Finally we through the bits of the US 32nd Div back over the river, not that ALL the combat squads are gone :)

Ground combat at 56,54 (near Moulmein)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 87268 troops, 968 guns, 237 vehicles, Assault Value = 3062

Defending force 725 troops, 66 guns, 45 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Japanese adjusted assault: 5132

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 5132 to 1

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

Allied ground losses:
331 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 138 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 27 (10 destroyed, 17 disabled)
Vehicles lost 42 (42 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 1

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
8th Division
4th Division
77th Infantry Regiment
74th Infantry Regiment
2nd Guards Division
9th Division
52nd Division
33rd Division
15th Garrison Unit
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
51st Construction Battalion
36th Field AA Battalion
4th Field AF Construction Battalion
14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
55th Mountain Gun Regiment
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
1st RF Gun Battalion
23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
25th JNAF AF Unit

Defending units:
32nd Infantry Division
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China

Next turn a CL Tf will try to clear the PT boats so CA's can hit Rangoon the turn after, and BB's hit Pegu.

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RE: Aussies v Aussies - Clubbing baby seals (no AOFFEN ... - 9/18/2012 1:21:20 PM

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I don't know if Da Babes has stacking limits In Burma but clearly evolving stacking limits would make sense, with more and more lenient stacking limits with time, but then a lot more stringent again during the Monsoon...

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RE: Aussies v Aussies - Clubbing baby seals (no AOFFEN ... - 9/18/2012 11:08:54 PM

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Wow, the 32nd Division is pretty much completely destroyed. It probably only has a couple of guns left.

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RE: Aussies v Aussies - Clubbing baby seals (no AOFFEN ... - 9/19/2012 8:14:38 AM

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Looks like the CAP is too strong to get to the PTs, but if you see a window, I've found that fighters or fighter bombers going in low to strafe and bomb work best against the PTs. Still it's tough to take them out by air.

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