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RE: Preparing for '43 - 3/22/2012 6:07:55 PM

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********************************* 21 OCT 42 ***************************************************

CENPAC:

We get chased of a convoy in the home island .

SW attack near Amami Oshima at 98,65

Japanese Ships
E Kasasagi
CM Itsukushima
TK Hofuku Maru
TK Ayazono Maru
xAK Kamogawa Maru
DD Asakaze
DD Satsuki
E Shirataka

Allied Ships
SS Pickerel
SS Pickerel is sighted by escort

The SS Gudgeon launches 6 and the Kaga survives 2 DUD's ...

Sub attack near Truk at 112,106

Japanese Ships
CV Kaga
CA Chikuma
CL Tatsuta
DD Suzukaze
DD Umikaze
DD Samidare
DD Asanagi
DD Shinonome
DD Inazuma
DD Ikazuchi

Allied Ships
SS Gudgeon

SS Gudgeon launches 6 torpedoes at CV Kaga

BURMA:

The IJ continue to bomb at night an our fighters do little to stop them ..the IJ are hitting manpower at Akyab lighting up the city ..

The IJ attempt another deliberate attack on a key railway line. They fare slightly better ,,

Ground combat at 60,46 (near Mandalay)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 15445 troops, 176 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 496

Defending force 7298 troops, 238 guns, 141 vehicles, Assault Value = 170

Japanese adjusted assault: 200

Allied adjusted defense: 352

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2

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

Japanese ground losses:
404 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 59 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
252 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 31 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled

Assaulting units:
55th Division
77th Infantry Regiment
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
70th British Division
16th British Brigade

Bascally in 1 week I have 252 unadjusted AV moving to this hex and in 2 weeks another 200 unadjusted AV. The hex to the north will have 200 AV this turn keeping the line cutoff. The move back south is along a rail line moving faster than the 2 miles per day -- It looks like a major road and 60 miles per day? The key will be to feed enough forces to keep the stalemate while I move forces north to take Lashio.

More later ..

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RE: Preparing for '43 - 3/22/2012 9:58:16 PM

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OZ:

The IJ are not confident they can hold the Kathrine River and are retreating to Darwin with the Aussie's I Corp in hot pursuit. It seems that these units are less than 1/2 strength. This is an extermely opportune set of events as I was afraid of a river crossing. One other thing of note .. the IJ left behind 7K in supplies, which I can use to move this offense closer to Darwin.

The tricky move would be to move back to the river hex the exact turn I intend to cross

With only 1K AV I suspect this offense will not get far but this is precious inches moving forward in '42 ..

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RE: Preparing for '43 - 3/22/2012 11:15:55 PM

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**************************************** 22 OCT 42 ************************************

The submarine Gods giveth and they takeith away ..

We dud with two hits on a DMS ..

ASW attack near Dadjangas at 79,94

Japanese Ships
DMS W-1
PB Nanpo Maru
TK Nichiei Maru
TK Moji Maru
TK Matsumoto Maru
TK Kozui Maru
TK Kanze Maru
TK Amatsu Maru
TK Akatuki Maru
PB Kasyu Maru
PB Hokutai Maru

Allied Ships
SS Finback

SS Finback launches 4 torpedoes at DMS W-1

In a very interesting turn of events the IJ turn to night bombing of Manpower

Night Air attack on Chittagong , at 55,41

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 20 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 4 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed by flak

Manpower hits 7
Fires 871

The IJNAF try a night torp attack ..

Night Air attack on TF, near Cox's Bazar at 54,43

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

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

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 4

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 11
Kittyhawk IA x 5

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
xAKL De Klerk

Not much success for either of us ..

The usual bombing in China with a concentration on Manpower .. Fires causing damage to Manpower at Changsha! and the turn ends ..

No more attacks near Mandalay the IJ go to ground waiting for us to attack ..

More later ..

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RE: Preparing for '43 - 3/22/2012 11:46:58 PM

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This is cool stuff I have'nt seen elsewhere. I tried leaving some TBs on night attack but I forgot to leave 10% on search. DOH!

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RE: Preparing for '43 - 3/22/2012 11:50:26 PM

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ORIGINAL: zuluhour

This is cool stuff I have'nt seen elsewhere. I tried leaving some TBs on night attack but I forgot to leave 10% on search. DOH!

Well in 98% moonlight they did not hit ...

The firebombing raid cost a Betty ...for 7 manpower . I do not know what that means ..

and the clock is ticking ...

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RE: Preparing for '43 - 3/23/2012 4:55:38 PM

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********************************************** 23 OCT 42 ************************************

It's a good turn for the Allies ...nothing devastating like a torp on a capital ship, but a sign of things to come ..

BURMA/India:

The IJNAAF try to attack manpower at night again .. the results are a little different this time:

Night Air attack on Chittagong , at 55,41

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 52 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 18 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 6

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 6
Hurricane IIc Trop x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

No Allied losses

Night Air attack on Chittagong , at 55,41

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 41 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 9

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 6
Hurricane IIc Trop x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed by flak

No Allied losses

Night Air attack on Chittagong , at 55,41

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 5

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 6
Hurricane IIc Trop x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 4 damaged

No Allied losses

3 Downed, 5 Damaged Betty's ...no Allied losses ...

We strike the airfield at Rangoon:

Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 79 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 30 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 8

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 7

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-IIa Lily: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed on ground

No Allied losses

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

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 7
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Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 8

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 7
B-25C Mitchell x 24

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 3 destroyed on ground

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

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 3
...........

Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 34 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 5

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 5

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

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged

Runway hits 1
..................

Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53

Weather in hex: Clear sky

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 1

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 5

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses [except for: Pilot killed in landing accident of B-25C Mitchell from 341st BG/11th BS]

Runway hits 1
...............

Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 16 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 5

No Allied losses

Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
Liberator II x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 4 destroyed on ground
Ki-48-IIa Lily: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
Liberator II: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 8
...................

Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 7

No Allied losses

8 Oscars, 2 Lily's & a Tojo; 4 airbase, 20 runway, 1 supply for 2 B-25's and a damaged Liberator ..

However, it does not stop coordiantion from Rangoon or affect the ability to project power ..

At the railine near Mandalay we are engaged fully now .. I had a LRCAP to defend against unescorted bombers .. the IJ came prepared ..

Morning Air attack on 70th British Division, at 60,46 , near Mandalay

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 18

Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 10

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 2 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 15000 feet

2 P40's for 1 Oscar .. not a good exchange but fair ..

Then the IJAAF follow up with a huge attack ..

Morning Air attack on 17th Indian Division, at 60,46 , near Mandalay

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 22
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 22
Ki-48-IIa Lily x 45

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

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

The Jungle hex offers much protection ...

The IJ follow this up with a Deliberate attack:

Ground combat at 60,46 (near Mandalay)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 15145 troops, 177 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 465

Defending force 13874 troops, 275 guns, 141 vehicles, Assault Value = 426

Japanese adjusted assault: 131

Allied adjusted defense: 766

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 5

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

Japanese ground losses:
1774 casualties reported
Squads: 12 destroyed, 174 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 14 disabled

Allied ground losses:
128 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 19 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
55th Division
77th Infantry Regiment
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
16th British Brigade
70th British Division
17th Indian Division

Now it is very clear the IJA need at least 2K AV unadjusted to move me from this hex. In the meantime more forces are moving to cut this rail line, while recon shows another IJ division just debarked at Rangoon. I suspect this is going to be like Kursk .. both sides reinforcing waiting for the opportunity to attack. My plan is to defend and keep the line to Lashio cut while maneuvering 2 Divisions to enage Lashio. The jungle makes this is a very long and drawn out developing situation.

In other news we took our 40 exp bomber crews and smacked a helpless Naru island ..

Afternoon Air attack on 52nd Naval Guard Unit, at 127,128 (Nauru Island)

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 16
B-17F Fortress x 8
B-24D Liberator x 12
B-26B Marauder x 12

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
497 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 19 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 19 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

More later ..

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RE: Preparing for '43 - 3/24/2012 12:16:05 AM

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*************************************** 24 OCT 42 *******************************

It is all Allies today .. the IJ are moving their aircraft from Burma ...

Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 29 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 8

Allied aircraft
Wellington Ic x 9

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Wellington Ic: 2 damaged

Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Wellington Ic bombing from 8000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
47th I.F.Chutai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (8 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
8 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Raid is overhead

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Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 31 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 5

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 11
B-25C Mitchell x 12

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 8000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 8000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
47th I.F.Chutai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Raid is overhead

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Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 32 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 1

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 15

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
47th I.F.Chutai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Raid is overhead

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Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 17 minutes

Allied aircraft
Wellington Ic x 4

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Wellington Ic bombing from 8000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Allied aircraft
Liberator II x 7

No Allied losses

Runway hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Liberator II bombing from 8000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 4

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 8000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 5

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 8000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
Wellington Ic x 5

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Wellington Ic bombing from 8000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
Liberator II x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-IIa Lily: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
Liberator II: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Liberator II bombing from 8000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 7

No Allied losses

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

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 8000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb

And we attack Sinyang:

Ground combat at Sinyang (86,48)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 40525 troops, 227 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1649

Defending force 2796 troops, 24 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 108

Allied adjusted assault: 1038

Japanese adjusted defense: 245

Allied assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 4)

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 3

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

Japanese ground losses:
664 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 51 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled
Guns lost 14 (1 destroyed, 13 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
315 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 34 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Assaulting units:
30th Chinese Corps
7th Chinese Corps
12th Chinese Corps
84th Chinese Corps
85th Chinese Corps
3rd Group Army
2nd Group Army
21st Group Army

Defending units:
12th RGC Temp. Division
18th RGC Temp. Division
52nd Road Const Co
67th JAAF AF Coy

This hex is owned by us .. and is surrounded ... time to Shock and kill off the LYB's here .. the hex is important only that it blocks North/South Communications lines.

More later ..

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RE: Preparing for '43 - 3/24/2012 4:42:54 AM

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Impressed to see you mounting ground attacks in China. I'm having a bear with supply. I've heard mention you can fortify (level3?) a non base hex with engineers present. True? I don't see a button.

ps I asked in my own thread a couple of times, any good link or thread dealing with paras?

ps Alfred has answered all I need/want to know about para Ops.

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RE: Preparing for '43 - 3/26/2012 12:43:48 AM

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********************************************** 25 OCT 42 **********************************

Those sneaky LYB's are dropping off mines at Cox's Bazzar ... they bag a small xAK .

TF 178 encounters mine field at Cox's Bazar (54,43)

Allied Ships
xAK Baroda, Mine hits 1, heavy damage

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TF 178 encounters mine field at Cox's Bazar (54,43)

Allied Ships
KV Jasmine

2 mines cleared

And we dud ..TWICE 4 torps hit total vs a TK!

Sub attack near Balabac at 69,83

Japanese Ships
TK Bushu Maru
CL Kashii
SC Ch 6
DMS W-8
DMS W-6
xAK Toyama Maru
xAK Sanko Maru
xAK Nitti Maru
xAK Nissan Maru
DD Yayoi
DD Sagiri
DD Kagero
DD Kazegumo

Allied Ships
SS Shark

SS Shark launches 4 torpedoes at TK Bushu Maru

Sub attack near Balabac at 69,83

Japanese Ships
TK Bushu Maru
CL Kashii
DD Yayoi
SC Ch 6
DMS W-8
DMS W-6
xAK Toyama Maru
xAK Sanko Maru
xAK Nitti Maru
xAK Nissan Maru
DD Sagiri
DD Kagero
DD Kazegumo

Allied Ships
SS Shark

SS Shark launches 4 torpedoes at TK Bushu Maru

In other news we hit Darwin for minor port damage ..

Morning Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 11

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 12

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Port hits 3

We decide toShock attack Sinyang and isolate North South LOC with much success ...

Ground combat at Sinyang (86,48)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 40269 troops, 227 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1932

Defending force 2389 troops, 24 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 53

Allied adjusted assault: 467

Japanese adjusted defense: 59

Allied assault odds: 7 to 1 (fort level 3)

Allied forces CAPTURE Sinyang !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+)
Attacker: shock(+)

Japanese ground losses:
982 casualties reported
Squads: 82 destroyed, 9 disabled
Non Combat: 32 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 35 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 17 (17 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 4

Allied ground losses:
171 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 20 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
29th Chinese Corps
84th Chinese Corps
30th Chinese Corps
12th Chinese Corps
7th Chinese Corps
85th Chinese Corps
21st Group Army
3rd Group Army
2nd Group Army
31st Group Army

Defending units:
12th RGC Temp. Division
18th RGC Temp. Division
52nd Road Const Co
67th JAAF AF Coy

To Zuluhour: Although many parts of China have low supply areas still have little tibits that I am using to attack vulnerable spots. Especally if I can get the IJ to react because it gets into their planning cycle. To me its about drawing more troops here and time while we open the Lashio road ..

Three pieces of key information this turn:

3/54th Division is loaded on xAP Hoten Maru moving to Rangoon.

I suspect another division in Burma. Its going to turn into a happy stalemate ..

2/17th Naval Construction Battalion is loaded on a Japanese TK moving to Lunga.

At the same time the IJA have come to play in the Solomon's .. something has to give ..

a Type KS class SS is moving to 135,121.

The definsive plan in the Marshall's is to use submarines ..

More later ..

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RE: Preparing for '43 - 3/26/2012 6:02:22 PM

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We have some good news this day .. WitP Staff behavior got fixed by changing the preperation of a unit from Fenton to Darwin. Go figure ..anyway this program is helpful in finding lost LCU's in strat mode and to find ships needing upgrades ...

**************************************** 26 OCT 42 ************************************

An exteremly quiet turn .. China is bombed ..we turn loose our rookie B-26's on port moresby .. get 45 bombers get 2 port hits

OZ:
Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Light cloud

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

Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 45

No Allied losses

Port hits 2

In the animation a Dutch submarine got attacked three times by air assests in the Home Islands .. I will have to check O26 for damage ..

Otherwise more later ..

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RE: Preparing for '43 - 3/26/2012 9:40:33 PM

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An exteremly quiet turn .. China is bombed ..we turn loose our rookie B-26's on port moresby .. get 45 bombers get 2 port hits

OZ:

Unfortunately WITP-AE neglects to inform you of the all important hits on Saki storage which really comes into play six months after the base is bypassed.

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RE: Preparing for '43 - 3/26/2012 10:12:07 PM

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ORIGINAL: zuluhour

Impressed to see you mounting ground attacks in China. I'm having a bear with supply. I've heard mention you can fortify (level3?) a non base hex with engineers present. True? I don't see a button. ps I asked in my own thread a couple of times, any good link or thread dealing with paras?

ps Alfred has answered all I need/want to know about para Ops.

zuluhour,

Read this thread. It includes another one of my "101" posts.

http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=2763265&mpage=1&key=fortification%2C101�

Might I suggest in the future you concentrate your requests for assistance to your own AAR as that would make my life a lot easier in terms of discovering the next field of enquiry the TWITS of zuluhour HQ are undertaking.

It may seem otherwise but I actually don't read every AAR.

We return this AAR back to its normal transmission.

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RE: Preparing for '43 - 3/27/2012 12:04:13 AM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: Alfred

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ORIGINAL: zuluhour

Impressed to see you mounting ground attacks in China. I'm having a bear with supply. I've heard mention you can fortify (level3?) a non base hex with engineers present. True? I don't see a button. ps I asked in my own thread a couple of times, any good link or thread dealing with paras?

ps Alfred has answered all I need/want to know about para Ops.

zuluhour,

Read this thread. It includes another one of my "101" posts.

http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=2763265&mpage=1&key=fortification%2C101?

Might I suggest in the future you concentrate your requests for assistance to your own AAR as that would make my life a lot easier in terms of discovering the next field of enquiry the TWITS of zuluhour HQ are undertaking. It may seem otherwise but I actually don't read every AAR.

We return this AAR back to its normal transmission.

Alfred

No problem Alfred you are always most welcome here ... your thoughts have been most helpful in my campaign especally around figuring out supply and logistics. I figure I can ignore the thoughts of emaciated chineese, and focus on 60% of enough AV and 1/2 supply will move LYB's from areas I wish to project power -- knowing that the lack of supply means disrupted and disabled LCU's for a long time ..

So far the 1's and 0's are not complaining ..

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RE: Preparing for '43 - 3/27/2012 4:00:19 PM

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An alarming trend in transport aircraft operational losses is begining to surface. No these are not harrowing flights over the Himalayas or at night in Marshall's .. no it seems my 45 experinced guys flying from Alice Springs to Daly Waters cannot fly a couple of hundred miles without killing themselves on landing ..

Operational losses exceed production by 150%!!!

Now I know somebody will cite some historical fact that operational losses were at this time of the war incrediably high ...

but this includes lots of challanging conditions not a simple mail run ...ok next turn I will have to shut down my operations to keep up with production ..

We are goign to try a night raid on Namur-Roi .. wish me luck .. I just need them to fly and have some sort of coordination in 89% moonlight .. given 36 B-24's I need a few airbase/runway hits ..killing some zeros on the ground would be nice .. but the airbase hits are most desired ..

more later ..

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RE: Preparing for '43 - 3/27/2012 5:15:41 PM

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An alarming trend in transport aircraft operational losses is begining to surface. No these are not harrowing flights over the Himalayas or at night in Marshall's .. no it seems my 45 experinced guys flying from Alice Springs to Daly Waters cannot fly a couple of hundred miles without killing themselves on landing .. Operational losses exceed production by 150%!!!

Now I know somebody will cite some historical fact that operational losses were at this time of the war incrediably high ... but this includes lots of challanging conditions not a simple mail run ...ok next turn I will have to shut down my operations to keep up with production ..

We are goign to try a night raid on Namur-Roi .. wish me luck .. I just need them to fly and have some sort of coordination in 89% moonlight .. given 36 B-24's I need a few airbase/runway hits ..killing some zeros on the ground would be nice .. but the airbase hits are most desired ..

more later ..

Might want to take the size of Daly waters and Alice springs airfields into consideration in your ops loss equation. Even what you think should be a milk run can result in ops losses if you are forcing your guys to land on level one grass airstrips. Upgrading both strips may significantly lower your losses.

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RE: Preparing for '43 - 3/27/2012 9:46:52 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: HansBolter

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An alarming trend in transport aircraft operational losses is begining to surface. No these are not harrowing flights over the Himalayas or at night in Marshall's .. no it seems my 45 experinced guys flying from Alice Springs to Daly Waters cannot fly a couple of hundred miles without killing themselves on landing .. Operational losses exceed production by 150%!!!

Now I know somebody will cite some historical fact that operational losses were at this time of the war incrediably high ... but this includes lots of challanging conditions not a simple mail run ...ok next turn I will have to shut down my operations to keep up with production ..

We are goign to try a night raid on Namur-Roi .. wish me luck .. I just need them to fly and have some sort of coordination in 89% moonlight .. given 36 B-24's I need a few airbase/runway hits ..killing some zeros on the ground would be nice .. but the airbase hits are most desired ..

more later ..

Might want to take the size of Daly waters and Alice springs airfields into consideration in your ops loss equation. Even what you think should be a milk run can result in ops losses if you are forcing your guys to land on level one grass airstrips. Upgrading both strips may significantly lower your losses.

Daily Waters is level 3 .. Alice Springs is level 7 .. but might I add that we must have drafted the worse pilots in teh world and purposefully filled the ranks of the transport squadrons ..

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RE: Preparing for '43 - 3/27/2012 9:57:29 PM

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********************************* 27 OCT 42 ****************************

First the Grampus stays determined and gets an xAP ..

Sub attack near Rambutyo at 101,122

Japanese Ships
PB Shonon Maru #15
xAP Teia Maru
PB Takunan Maru #5

Allied Ships
SS Grampus

SS Grampus launches 2 torpedoes at PB Shonon Maru #15.................

Sub attack near Rambutyo at 101,122

Japanese Ships
xAP Teia Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
PB Takunan Maru #5

Allied Ships
SS Grampus

SS Grampus launches 4 torpedoes at xAP Teia Maru

We do a long range attack against Zeros at Roi-Namur ..

Night Air attack on Roi-Namur , at 132,114

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 6

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 5
..........
ight Air attack on Roi-Namur , at 132,114

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 4

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 3

Out of 24 aricraft 10 find thier target and get 8 runway hits, an aribase hit and a supply hit ..

We hit Tulagi but it was costly ..

Morning Air attack on Tulagi , at 114,137

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 27 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 36

Allied aircraft
B-18A Bolo x 5
B-17E Fortress x 18
B-17F Fortress x 11
B-26B Marauder x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-18A Bolo: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
B-17F Fortress: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged

Damaged B-17F Fortress from 5th BG/23rd BS crashes on return leg, pilot reported killed
Damaged B-17F Fortress from 5th BG/23rd BS is missing
Damaged B-17E Fortress from 11th BG/431st BG does not return
B-18A Bolo from 28th CG/73rd BS is written off

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 23

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Tulagi at 114,137

Weather in hex: Light rain

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

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 2

Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 6

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-26B Marauder: 5 damaged
Japanese Ships
BB Nagato
CL Tenryu

6 damaged aricraft and nothing to show for it ..

We hit PM again and do minor damage ..

Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

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

Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 45

No Allied losses

Port hits 1
Port fuel hits 1

The IJ hit China ..

More later .. the IJN have BB's at Yulagi .. meaning our forces have to scamble ..

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RE: Preparing for '43 - 3/28/2012 3:22:32 AM

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************************************ 28 OCT 42 ************************************

We start things with 3 torps hitting an AO .. all duds ..

Sub attack near Bima at 63,109

Japanese Ships
AO Sata
AO Naruto
AKE Hakubasan Maru
AKE Nanman Maru
AKE Anyo Maru
PB Nikkai Maru

Allied Ships
SS Plunger

SS Plunger launches 6 torpedoes at AO Sata

We attack Rangoon at night .. for 3 Wellington's we get 1 port hit ..

Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 21 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 8

Allied aircraft
Wellington Ic x 11

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Wellington Ic: 1 damaged

Port hits 1

Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 6

Allied aircraft
Wellington Ic x 4

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Wellington Ic: 1 damaged
Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 1

Allied aircraft
Wellington Ic x 5

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Wellington Ic from No.99 Sqn RAF crashes on landing
Damaged Wellington Ic from No.215 Sqn RAF is missing

I left 2 B-24's Squadrons ..on my Namur-Roi attack ...

Night Air attack on Roi-Namur , at 132,114

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 6

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged

Night Air attack on Roi-Namur , at 132,114

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 2

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 4

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Absoutely no airfield hits but a Zero is downed ..

Then I followed up in the Morning ..

Morning Air attack on Roi-Namur , at 132,114

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 28,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 9

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 19

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed

No Allied losses

So this gambit downed 4 Zero's total .. and hopefully pilots ..

We follow up on Nauru Island)

Morning Air attack on 52nd Naval Guard Unit, at 127,128 (Nauru Island)

Weather in hex: Light rain

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

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 37
B-17F Fortress x 20

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
392 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 33 disabled
Non Combat: 12 destroyed, 35 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 7 (1 destroyed, 6 disabled)

The IJ in Burma:

Morning Air attack on 17th Indian Division, at 60,46 , near Mandalay

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-IIa Lily x 27

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-IIa Lily: 2 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x Ki-48-IIa Lily bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb

Morning Air attack on 17th Indian Division, at 60,46 , near Mandalay

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 5 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-IIa Lily x 26

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-IIa Lily: 1 damaged

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

OZ:

Morning Air attack on 2/9th Armoured Regiment, at 76,124 (Darwin)

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 17
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 33

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
27 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
..................
Naval bombardment of Darwin at 76,124

Japanese Ships
BB Hyuga
BB Ise
BB Yamashiro
BB Fuso
CA Kumano
CA Myoko

BB Hyuga firing at 2/9th Armoured Regiment
BB Ise firing at 2/8th Armoured Regiment
BB Yamashiro firing at 2/9th Armoured Regiment
BB Fuso firing at 2/9th Armoured Regiment
CA Kumano firing at 2/9th Armoured Regiment
CA Myoko firing at 2/8th Armoured Regiment
E13A1 Jake acting as spotter for CL Naka

A lot of explosions and very little to sow for the use of supply ..

CHINA:

In China the 35th Division crossed the river from Kaifeng to Chengchow. About equal forces, but the IJA forces are disrupted in the crossing, and I am behind level 5 forts .. it takes things to 1:5 and losses for the IJ . Kill ratio of 5.5:1 ..

Ground combat at Chengchow (88,44)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 11907 troops, 94 guns, 32 vehicles, Assault Value = 443

Defending force 11288 troops, 55 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 302

Japanese adjusted assault: 72

Allied adjusted defense: 374

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 5 (fort level 5)

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

Japanese ground losses:
1958 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 217 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 22 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 19 disabled
Guns lost 12 (1 destroyed, 11 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
341 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 31 disabled

Assaulting units:
35th Division

Defending units:
7th Construction Regiment
98th Chinese Corps
3rd Construction Regiment
13th Construction Regiment
39th Group Army
1st War Area
10th Chinese Base Force

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RE: Preparing for '43 - 3/29/2012 2:59:54 AM

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************************************************* 29 OCT 42 *********************************************

A very interesting trend is that I am able to make submarine contacts .. just the torps do not work ..

Sub attack near Truk at 112,106

Japanese Ships
PB Chitose Maru
PB Kinsyo Maru #2

Allied Ships
SS Gudgeon

SS Gudgeon launches 2 torpedoes at PB Chitose Maru

BURMA:

The night comes and more manpower bombing except I am waiting in the moonlight ..
Night Air attack on Chittagong , at 55,41

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 6

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed by flak

No Allied losses

The IJAAF come to bomb my boys threating north/south LOC .. they get more than they can handle ..

Morning Air attack on 150th RAC Regiment, at 60,46 , near Mandalay

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 7
Ki-48-IIa Lily x 46

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed
Ki-48-IIa Lily: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged

No Allied losses

ACOM Sutton, F.B. of No.136 Sqn RAF is credited with kill number 6
PO Kitley, A.J.H. of No.136 Sqn RAF is credited with kill number 6
WO Payne, R.C. of No.136 Sqn RAF is credited with kill number 2
PO Brown, E. of No.136 Sqn RAF is credited with kill number 2
WCDR Cuthbert, M.C.H. of No.136 Sqn RAF is credited with kill number 5

The final coup de gras on the 35th Divison. A previus river crossing in Southern China did not go that bad so the IJA try to force Chengchow .. last turn they were severely disrupted in the river crossing and took 2K dead .. I follow up with a shock attack and. this turn another 3K .. and the 35th Division will take at least 2 months to recover ...if no other units are being replaced ..

Ground combat at Chengchow (88,44)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 8932 troops, 55 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 288

Defending force 9986 troops, 93 guns, 32 vehicles, Assault Value = 246

Allied adjusted assault: 376

Japanese adjusted defense: 49

Allied assault odds: 7 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
2904 casualties reported
Squads: 103 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 98 destroyed, 34 disabled
Engineers: 10 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 15 (9 destroyed, 6 disabled)
Vehicles lost 7 (6 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Units retreated 1

Allied ground losses:
1030 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 84 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 10 destroyed, 17 disabled

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
98th Chinese Corps
7th Construction Regiment
3rd Construction Regiment
13th Construction Regiment
39th Group Army
1st War Area
10th Chinese Base Force

Defending units:
35th Division

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RE: Preparing for '43 - 3/29/2012 5:06:21 AM

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It's about time to post a map of Burma. It is a most interesting situation. Chineese are moving toward Lashio while forces at Lashio are moving southward toward Mandalay. In between are the British with 1.4K AV and lots of armor .. at least for now .. some withdraw in 120 days .. but for now we are setting up a big clash.

The IJA are reinforcing like mad from Rangoon to Mandalay and moving forces toward the rail line. On our side, another 300 AV are about to join the party and we try an attack.

The desired plan was to block forces from Mandalay and then move on the forces from Lashio .. but it looks like the IJA are going to force the situation. We shall see how this develops ...

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RE: Preparing for '43 - 3/29/2012 5:10:44 PM

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************************************ 30 OCT 42 **************************************************

This turn is extermely interesting and demoralizing to the IJ .. their dominace is no more and more so ... the tide has completely reversed ..

BURMA:

We fly only supply missions .. the IJAAF try and pound us into oblivion ..

Morning Air attack on 17th Indian Division, at 60,46 , near Mandalay

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 9 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-IIa Lily x 24

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
...................
Morning Air attack on 17th Indian Division, at 60,46 , near Mandalay

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-IIa Lily x 25

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-IIa Lily: 2 damaged

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

Most interesting here is no CAP from Swebo flew .. so I assume supplies caught up here ..

Then the IJ try to shock but a supporting division just made it to the Hex on time but in the wrong op mode .

Ground combat at 61,46 (near Lashio)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 10198 troops, 126 guns, 26 vehicles, Assault Value = 348

Defending force 21467 troops, 399 guns, 320 vehicles, Assault Value = 810

Japanese adjusted assault: 315

Allied adjusted defense: 3052

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 9

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

Japanese ground losses:
1724 casualties reported
Squads: 28 destroyed, 33 disabled
Non Combat: 35 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 12 destroyed, 3 disabled
Guns lost 7 (4 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Allied ground losses:
178 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 31 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
4th Raiding Regiment
18th/B Division
18th/C Division
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment

Defending units:
2nd British Division
14th Indian Division

About 17% attrition of this force. The intellegence also indicates fragments of the 18th IJA Division. With the battle of Swebo that means these units and fragments of the 35th IJA Division are caught North of Mandalay. with support troops about 35K IJ LYB's.

OZ:

Long Range Sally ..

Hit our forces at Darwin ..

Morning Air attack on 3rd Australian Brigade, at 76,124 (Darwin)

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

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

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
54 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 4000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb

We follow up with a deliberate ground attack ..

Ground combat at Darwin (76,124)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 24882 troops, 355 guns, 756 vehicles, Assault Value = 1036

Defending force 6701 troops, 92 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 99

Allied adjusted assault: 963

Japanese adjusted defense: 142

Allied assault odds: 6 to 1 (fort level 3)

Allied forces CAPTURE Darwin !!!

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 7 destroyed

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

Japanese ground losses:
2489 casualties reported
Squads: 78 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 88 destroyed, 20 disabled
Engineers: 21 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 56 (35 destroyed, 21 disabled)
Vehicles lost 8 (8 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 7

Allied ground losses:
294 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 23 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 13 disabled
Vehicles lost 18 (7 destroyed, 11 disabled)

Assaulting units:
2/9th Armoured Regiment
7th Australian Division
3rd Motor Brigade
6th Aus Cav Brigade
1st Motor Brigade
2/4th Armoured Regiment
2/8th Armoured Regiment
3rd Australian Brigade
2/9th Field Regiment

Defending units:
65th Brigade
11th Garrison Unit
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
18th JAAF AF Bn

Allied forces CAPTURE Darwin !!!

As I see this turn .. it represents completely severing Burma into two North/South entities. The 18th Division is shattered ..The units in the North are starving and cannot hold back the Allied offense. Mandalay can hold in '43, but Lashio will fall. Add to that the complete reversing the tide in Northern Oz with the fall of Darwin. and the IJ's morale has dropped.

November will be devoted to clean up and preparing for '43 ...

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RE: Preparing for '43 - 3/29/2012 10:38:59 PM

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Allied forces >

< IJ Forces

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RE: Preparing for '43 - 3/30/2012 12:13:27 AM

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English sounding voice narrates film depicting fleeing IJA forces in panic drowning at a river, mascaraed attacking a railway junction, and routed in the desert; ..�In China, the Imperial Japanese 35th division attempted to cross the Yellow River at Chengchow. The swift current from recent rain storms scattered the attacking forces into weakly held disorganized pockets that were easily smashed by starving but enthusiastic Chinese [cut to a group of emaciated, but happy Chinese]]. In Burma, Operation Ivory Balcony achieves success as Burma is solidly cut into two halves. To the North, the 18th IJA division attempted to force a rail junction fighting their way South toward Mandalay. The IJ severely underestimated the ability of the British and Indian support units to supply 2 full Corps, and met disaster sealing the separation between IJ forces defending Lashio and forces defending Mandalay.�

In Australia, the I Australian Corps completed a 1500 Kilometer trek from Alice Springs attacking Tenent Creek, Daly Waters, Katherine, and finalizing the liberation of Darwin within 6 months. The Japanese commanders could not commit the forces to hold Northern Australia after being surprised by the ferocity of the Burma offensive�

�The American�s consolidated their bases under a new hex stacking plan that changed the concentration of forces. The USN quickly harnessed resources to pull troops from Makin, Tarawa, Lunganville, Nomea and redistributed forces to Suva and Pago Pago. In the meantime, aces from P-38�s flying from Makin swept and defeated the IJNAAF�s top land based pilots at Roi-Namur killing 3 without a loss.�

These victories have crushed the morale of the IJ forces but much harder fighting is to come ..[repeat scene of tanks on parade in front of the emperor] Where will the Allies attack next? The British and Australians are looking for a stronger push from the Americans that have avoided confrontation with the mighty IJN carrier force since defeating a light carrier force at Baker Island in February. Will the United States finally commit to battle?...[scene of MacArthur and Nimitz looking at a map and pointing to different things ..]

[This is only funny if you are a critic of "WWII in color" where they play the same scenes over and over again... but with different narrartion

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RE: Preparing for '43 - 3/30/2012 2:18:46 AM

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removed due to lack of appreciable content. Well done aces! Zulu HQ (TWITs salute) watches in awe.

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RE: Preparing for '43 - 3/30/2012 8:51:26 PM

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removed due to lack of appreciable content. Well done aces! Zulu HQ (TWITs salute) watches in awe.

I just got off shift so I did not see the post .. but know humor and sarcasim are most welcome here too !!

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RE: Preparing for '43 - 3/30/2012 11:34:45 PM

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Sits on couch watching the Aces history channel drinking a beer.

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RE: Preparing for '43 - 3/31/2012 1:37:26 AM

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*************************** OCT 31st 1942 ************************************

Submarine warfare:

We dud ..

Sub attack near Tokara Retto at 100,63

Japanese Ships
PB Nigitsu Maru
PB Teiko Maru

Allied Ships
SS Grayling

SS Grayling launches 2 torpedoes at PB Nigitsu Maru
..............

We save a hot one to sink a small mine clearing operation ..

Submarine attack near Shortlands at 110,131

Japanese Ships
CMc Kurosaki, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS S-34

CMc Kurosaki is sighted by SS S-34
SS S-34 launches 2 torpedoes at CMc Kurosaki
CMc Kurosaki is reported to have been sunk near Shortlands on Oct 31, 1942

BURMA:

The sneakly LYB's come at night and hit Calcutta!

Night Air attack on Calcutta , at 52,37

Weather in hex: Clear sky

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

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 7

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 5000 feet
Port Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb

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Night Air attack on Calcutta , at 52,37

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 5000 feet
Port Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb

No damage and note 15 of these are active right now ...

OZ:
Long Ranged Sally's hit Darwin:

Morning Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

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

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

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 4000 feet *
City Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb

No damage ..

Lot's of bombing in China ..

One other piece of news of note ... BB Yamato is moving to Munda (111,134).

I suspect the IJN are up to no good ..
More later ..

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RE: Preparing for '43 - 3/31/2012 5:14:52 PM

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The Map below tells it all. What was 2 IJ Divisions plus support has been reduced to 0 AV and relegated to defending a swamp. Now it is all about moving restrcited forces to Darwin and a Base force so we can station aircraft. The IJAAF are busy bombing the Manpower here ..

In other news, both sides are busy trying to force the other side to play their game. The IJ are begning to project enough power in the Solomon's to force the USN to defend. Meanwhile all my platforms are busy redeploying and reorganizing forces.

The West Virgina is 30 days away from the West Coast 81 flooding 26 eng damage but struggling along .. more damaged ships are on thier way with the California next ..

More later ..

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RE: Preparing for '43 - 3/31/2012 7:33:42 PM

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************************************** 01 NOV 42 ********************************************

The night begins with an historic battle for the ages .. taught to every IJ submariner .. ..

Submarine attack near Mangalore at 28,34

Japanese Ships
SS I-165, hits 31, and is sunk

Allied Ships
KV Hollyhock
KV Nigella
AMC Cornwallis
AMC Pansy
TK Inge Maersk
DD Isaac Sweers, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Arunta
DE Jumna, Shell hits 1
KV Fritillary, Shell hits 1

SS I-165 is sighted by escort

After being depth charged to the surface I-165 proceeds to fight .. and hurt 3 DD's one on fire .. before slipping 'neth the waves ..

Betty's come to Calcutta .. a lot more Betty's ..

Night Air attack on Calcutta , at 52,37

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 11

No Japanese losses
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Night Air attack on Calcutta , at 52,37

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 2 damaged
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Night Air attack on Calcutta , at 52,37

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 7

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged

A group has been rebuilt back to 25 Betty's of some unknown pilot calibar ..

Morning Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

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

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

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

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 4000 feet *
City Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb

As dawn broke supplies are low at Swebo so not as many planes came on CAP ..

Morning Air attack on 46th Indian Brigade, at 60,46 , near Mandalay

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 12
Ki-48-IIa Lily x 22

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 2

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed
Ki-48-IIa Lily: 4 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIc Trop: 1 destroyed

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

We trade an Oscar for a Trop IIc ...
WCDR DeCruyenaere, A.J. of No.136 Sqn RAF is credited with kill number 9

WO Wilding, F.E. of No.136 Sqn RAF is credited with kill number 5
WO Wilding, F.E. of No.136 Sqn RAF attains ace status!!

Lots of IJ bombing in China ..

we try to force the issue @ Milne Bay

We get a small victory in our little contested hex south of Lashio ..

Ground combat at 61,46 (near Lashio)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 21875 troops, 399 guns, 404 vehicles, Assault Value = 840

Defending force 9012 troops, 123 guns, 26 vehicles, Assault Value = 282

Allied adjusted assault: 699

Japanese adjusted defense: 388

Allied assault odds: 1 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
1196 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 102 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 15 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Guns lost 23 (1 destroyed, 22 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
168 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Guns lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Vehicles lost 11 (1 destroyed, 10 disabled)

Assaulting units:
150th RAC Regiment
2nd British Division
14th Indian Division

Defending units:
18th/B Division
18th/C Division
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment

This was 7:1 attrition for the good guys. More so we are 21K vs 8K next turn as we continue to fly in supplies ... I suspect we have 10 more turns before the IJA slip south south east out of our trap...

In the Solomons things are not going as well for our PM surviors ..

Ground combat at Milne Bay (101,133)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1764 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 55

Defending force 2396 troops, 25 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 64

Allied adjusted assault: 7

Japanese adjusted defense: 83

Allied assault odds: 1 to 11 (fort level 3)

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

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

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

Assaulting units:
Gull Battalion
55th British Brigade
Sparrow Battalion
15th RAAF Base Force

Defending units:
Maizuru 1st SNLF
5th Naval Construction Battalion

This is not going to work .. even with flying in supplies ..

CENPAC:

We try a three fold attack to attrite the Zero's at Roi-Namur ..

Night Air attack on Roi-Namur , at 132,114

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 9

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 3

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 8000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
.........

Night Air attack on Roi-Namur , at 132,114

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 9

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 4

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses
.............
Night Air attack on Roi-Namur , at 132,114

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 9

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 4

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

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Morning Air attack on Roi-Namur , at 132,114

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 29,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 9

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 19

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 4 destroyed

No Allied losses

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Morning Air attack on Mili Naval Fortress, at 136,121 (Mili)

Weather in hex: Overcast

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

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 33
B-17F Fortress x 12

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
138 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 15 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled

The B24's do absoutely nothing but burn fuel .. and make the IJ think about night CAP.

The P-38's assainate more Zero pilots while gaining experience

1LT Hastey, R. of 35th FG/39th FS is credited with kill number 7
1LT Hastey, R. of 35th FG/39th FS is credited with kill number 8
1LT Hastey, R. of 35th FG/39th FS is credited with kill number 9

MAJ Boyington, G. of 35th FG/39th FS is credited with kill number 9

2LT Gates A. of 35th FG/39th FS is credited with kill number 4
2LT Gates A. of 35th FG/39th FS is credited with kill number 5
2LT Gates A. of 35th FG/39th FS attains ace status!!

Lots of intelligece is indicating a IJ offensive in China ..

52nd Road Const Co is planning for an attack on Sinyang.
..........
3/54th Division is loaded on xAP Hoten Maru moving to Port Arthur

Hopefully we have some LOC through Lashio before the stuff hits the fan ...

More later ..

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RE: Preparing for '43 - 4/1/2012 2:30:15 AM

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Everything is prepped to attack the rest of the Marshalls. The number of AP & AK platforms limit our landings to one division on one target at a time. But we should start commencing our next operation in December.

Once we have the Marshalls secured we are going to have a major decision to make. Attacking the Marians in '43 with an intact KB is suicide. The next chain within air cover after we clean out the Marshalls is the Carolines. With Truk and the KB it is going to be a very bloody contest but at least teh Carolines can be supported by Land absed air ...But it will take most of '43 and quite a few platforms lost .. giving the Marianas in '44 with maybe some Land Based air support ..

So the question remains .. go after the Carolines in '43? or devate into the Solomon's unitil the '44 OOB and then resume our march toward Formosa?