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RE: The Allies Take the Offense - 5/17/2012 11:38:09 PM   
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A mini-KB sighted at Port Blair .. far too late to effect the progress of things ..

I get contacts with my submarines but they can't hit or its a dud ...
ASW attack near Jolo at 73,88

Japanese Ships
PB Shinkyo Maru
SC Ch 31
SC Ch 18
TK Kyokuzan Maru
TK Kinmo Maru
TK Chuko Maru
TK Sansho Maru
PB Seikyo Maru

Allied Ships
SS Sunfish

SS Sunfish launches 2 torpedoes at PB Shinkyo Maru

Bombing in China ..

More later ..

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RE: The Allies Take the Offense - 5/18/2012 3:48:28 AM   
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The Skipjack duds two on the Nitiai Maru...

Sub attack near Kushiro at 123,56

Japanese Ships
xAK Nitiai Maru
xAK Daifuku Maru
PB Keinan Maru

Allied Ships
SS Skipjack

SS Skipjack launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Nitiai Maru

We depopulate Majuro ... our plan here is 3 radier bns attack with APD's ..

Morning Air attack on Majuro Base Force, at 136,119 (Majuro)

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes


Allied aircraft
Bolingbroke IV x 12


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
37 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
..................
Morning Air attack on Majuro Base Force, at 136,119 (Majuro)

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 7 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes


Allied aircraft
A-20A Havoc x 15
B-26B Marauder x 15

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
91 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
............
Morning Air attack on Majuro Base Force, at 136,119 (Majuro)

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 14

No Allied losses

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

Maloelap is reduced ...

Morning Air attack on Maloelap Base Force, at 136,117 (Maloelap)

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 21
B-17F Fortress x 22
LB-30 Liberator x 12
B-24D Liberator x 39
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 12


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
458 casualties reported
Squads: 7 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 13 destroyed, 40 disabled
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 28 (11 destroyed, 17 disabled)


I note two submarines patrolling waiting for amphib forces .. I shall not disappoint them ..

Afternoon Air attack on Ponape , at 119,113

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 25 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 32

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged

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

Port hits 8
Port fuel hits 2
Port supply hits 2

We are hardly getting the port hits to do any significant damage but .... we are getting fuel hit and every drop counts ..

NO BOMBING IN CHINA

Ok more later ..

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RE: The Allies Take the Offense - 5/19/2012 2:59:27 AM   
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Status: offline 		I am catching this AAR up .. The 16th & 17 FEB only had the iJAAF bombing Wenchow otherwise quiet ..

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Submarine attack near Kunashiri at 125,51

Japanese Ships
xAKL Yoshinogawa Maru, Shell hits 53, heavy fires, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Thresher

xAKL Yoshinogawa Maru is sighted by SS Thresher
SS Thresher attacking xAKL Yoshinogawa Maru on the surface
SS Thresher low on gun ammo, Lawson B. breaks off surface engagement and submerges

The next target gets engaged on the surface ..

Submarine attack near Kunashiri at 125,51

Japanese Ships
xAKL Saiko Maru, Shell hits 3

Allied Ships
SS Thresher

xAKL Saiko Maru is sighted by SS Thresher
SS Thresher attacking xAKL Saiko Maru on the surface
SS Thresher low on gun ammo, Lawson B. breaks off surface engagement and submerges

So if torps do not work .. shells do ..

But the Pollack wins the draw and has a hot one ..

ASW attack near Yap at 96,94

Japanese Ships
DD Amatsukaze, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
CL Katori
E Kamo
E Kiji
AV Kunikawa Maru
TK Nitiei Maru
TK Kaizyo Maru
TK Itukusima Maru
TK Huzisan Maru
TK Hoyo Maru
DD Tsuga
DD Hokaze
DD Isonami

Allied Ships
SS Pollack

SS Pollack launches 4 torpedoes at DD Amatsukaze

I do not think this DD will sink but will spend some time in the pen reparing ..

I plan to attack Majuro with APD's and Marine Radiers .. to accomplish this I am depopulating the target ..

Morning Air attack on Majuro Base Force, at 136,119 (Majuro)

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 6 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes
.........

Morning Air attack on Majuro Base Force, at 136,119 (Majuro)

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

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


Allied aircraft
Bolingbroke IV x 12
A-20A Havoc x 15
B-26B Marauder x 27


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
209 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 23 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Guns lost 6 (1 destroyed, 5 disabled)
.................
orning Air attack on Majuro Base Force, at 136,119 (Majuro)

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 22
B-17F Fortress x 22


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
145 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
.........

Afternoon Air attack on Majuro Base Force, at 136,119 (Majuro)

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

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


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 18
LB-30 Liberator x 9
B-24D Liberator x 27
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 9


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
190 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 11 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 5 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 5 (2 destroyed, 3 disabled)
.........................
Afternoon Air attack on Majuro Base Force, at 136,119 (Majuro)

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 9


No Allied losses

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

Afternoon Air attack on Majuro Base Force, at 136,119 (Majuro)

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

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


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 9
B-24D Liberator x 9


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
...........

Afternoon Air attack on Majuro Base Force, at 136,119 (Majuro)

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

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


Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 9


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
49 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 3 (3 destroyed, 0 disabled)
.........

Afternoon Air attack on Majuro Base Force, at 136,119 (Majuro)

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

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


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 6


No Allied losses

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


Allied aircraft
SBD-3 Dauntless x 18

No Allied losses

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

Two signifcant pieces of intellegence .. no "also attacking" and the disabled results are turning into destroyed ... I think this island is ripe for a marine raid ..

The IJAAF have shifted bombing to WEnchow ..

Afternoon Air attack on Wenchow , at 89,58

Weather in hex: Extreme overcast

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 9

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

Manpower hits 6
Fires 1518

We will clean up a couple of islands and then start parking the AP's for the big APA overall. As I stated above, that basically gives me an amphib bonus that starts in April 43 and never ends We will focus on Marshall's and Wake then Ponape .. then

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RE: Newbie Allies vs. Experinced WitP - 5/19/2012 3:40:45 PM   
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From PaxMondo in another AAR: I think you need every drop of oil and fuel you can scavenge as IJ until '44 when you can take an accurate look. Only two AAR's have shown a good surplus of fuel in the late game: rader and PzB. rader due to his conquest in India, PzB due to his ability to park most of his fleet most of the time. Most other AAR's, the fuel situation is dicey ... they were constantly having to shift thier forces to react to allied moves and this ate up fuel.


This is the exact situation in this game. It should be noted I wrote my opponent about turn 100 explaning this, but he thought it was psyops. After the standard DEI terror and rading Darwin -- the KB raided Colombo then crossed back over to Gilberts. Retiring back to Saipan and then back into the Gilberts . I even explained that my Marshall's campaign was to do just was PaxMondo explained to another JFB .. use the lack of airbases in this area to get him to run his KB back and forth. The IJ helped the strategy by using huge BB SAG's doing shore bombardments and the KB running all that fuel away ....

One problem was trying to get WitpTracker up on his PC. After 430 turns .. we got it working. Now its too late .. fuel is at a premium and the economy is crashing.

Our strategy is to continue to put pressure on the IJ through submarine warfare, while conducting operations in the Marsahll's to clean up the remaining islands. The xAP's upgrade to APA's and then the pace of operations will increase dramatically ...
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RE: Newbie Allies vs. Experinced WitP - 5/19/2012 4:32:14 PM   
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A quiet turn for the most part .. the IJAAF continue to hit Wenchow ..

We get a contact ..

Sub attack near Ishigaki at 88,66

Japanese Ships
xAK Nansin Maru, Torpedo hits 1
PB Teimei Maru

Allied Ships
SS Trigger

SS Trigger launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Nansin Maru

No fires or heavy damage so I suspect a few weeks and this one will be back out to sea ..

The Pompano gets pushed away and scared off ..

ASW attack near Hengchun at 84,68

Japanese Ships
xAK Hokko Maru
PB Shoei Maru

Allied Ships
SS Pompano

SS Pompano is sighted by escort

In Burma we encouter a rear guard and push them back to Rangoon ..


Ground combat at 55,52 (near Rangoon)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 66186 troops, 989 guns, 2131 vehicles, Assault Value = 2584

Defending force 3851 troops, 56 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 90

Allied adjusted assault: 1280

Japanese adjusted defense: 3

Allied assault odds: 426 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
3058 casualties reported
Squads: 333 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 59 destroyed, 75 disabled
Engineers: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 78 (77 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Units retreated 2


Allied ground losses:
132 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled


Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
254th Armoured Brigade
84th Indian Brigade
150th RAC Regiment
75th IAC Regiment
25th Indian Division
7th Indian Division
7th Armoured Brigade
23rd Indian Division
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
2nd British Division
18th Canadian Brigade
16th Light Cavalry Regiment
267th Armoured Brigade
26th Indian Division
44th Cavalry Engineer Regiment
22nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment

Defending units:
2nd RTA Division
RTA Cavalry Division


Two bits of concerning intellegence ..

Radio transmissions detected at 142,139. This is a submarine interdicting between Canton Island and Tabiteuea ..

Radio transmissions detected at 206,91. This is a submarine interdicting between San Diego/Panama Canal and Pearl Harbor

Both of these threats mean extra escorts ..

The real fighting for Rangoon is in front of us IV Corps is heading from Prome and XXXIII Corps reinforced from Toungoo .. The IJ have 58,000 troops at Pegu. but most of these boys have been manhandled and need to recover. Securing Rangoon before the rains begin is our top priority ..

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RE: Newbie Allies vs. Experinced WitP - 5/19/2012 7:25:21 PM   
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Status: offline 		Question for anybody in the group .. I bombed Magwe and destroyed the oil and refinery here quite a long time ago ..now that I own it again .. how much supply has to be in the hex to begin repair? How long will this take? I am thinking once I get Rangoon this will be enough to supply my defensive operations in Burma about 2 full Corps or 5000 -- 6000 AV ..but I am thinking the fuel will have to come from Magwe .. certainly the IJN are not going to make it easy to get supply into the area

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RE: Newbie Allies vs. Experinced WitP - 5/19/2012 9:39:46 PM   
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The RAF and USAAF sweep Pegu and find a tough scrap ...

Morning Air attack on Pegu , at 55,53

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 27,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 7

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 13


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 2 destroyed

No Allied losses
...............

Morning Air attack on Pegu , at 55,53

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 16

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 2
P-40K Warhawk x 3

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses
..............

Morning Air attack on Pegu , at 55,53

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 15

Allied aircraft
P-40K Warhawk x 22

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

Allied aircraft losses
P-40K Warhawk: 1 destroyed

Damaged P-40K Warhawk from 23rd FG/76th FS does not return
Hurricane IIc Trop from No.136 Sqn RAF is written off
P-40K Warhawk from 23rd FG/76th FS is written off

The talk at the O'club ....

GCPT Cuthbert, M.C.H. of No.136 Sqn RAF is credited with kill number 8

PO Simpson, C.McG. of No.136 Sqn RAF is credited with kill number 5

FO Kitley, A.J.H. of No.136 Sqn RAF is credited with kill number 7

2LT Little, R.L. of 23rd FG/76th FS is credited with kill number 2

MAJ Jenkins V. of 23rd FG/76th FS is credited with kill number 2
MAJ Jenkins V. of 23rd FG/76th FS is credited with kill number 3
PO LeCraw, L.H. of No.136 Sqn RAF is credited with kill number 4
2LT Tapner A. of 23rd FG/76th FS is credited with kill number 4


We duck an asw attack ..

ASW attack near Iriomote at 89,64

Japanese Ships
PB Shoei Maru

Allied Ships
SS Trigger

SS Trigger is sighted by escort

Bombing at Wenchow ..

More later ..

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RE: Newbie Allies vs. Experinced WitP - 5/20/2012 12:12:40 AM   
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After yesterdays sweep .. we try to sweep without using drop tanks from Toungoo .. we find more trouble then we expected ..

Morning Air attack on Pegu , at 55,53

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 15
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 13

Allied aircraft
P-40K Warhawk x 22

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 5 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-40K Warhawk: 5 destroyed

Morning Air attack on Pegu , at 55,53

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 4
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 11

Allied aircraft
P-40K Warhawk x 3

No Japanese losses
No Allied losses
...................................

P-40K Warhawk from 51st FG/26th FS is written off
P-40K Warhawk from 51st FG/26th FS is written off
P-40K Warhawk from 51st FG/26th FS is written off
P-40K Warhawk from 51st FG/26th FS is written off
P-40K Warhawk from 51st FG/26th FS is written off
P-40K Warhawk from 51st FG/26th FS is written off

The only good news is that there are 400 more P-40's to replace these and 200 rookie pilots

In four more days we have another 90 air support in theater .. we should be able to support more bases and more aircraft ..very soon ..

More later ...

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RE: The Allies Take the Offense - 5/20/2012 3:29:00 PM   
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Status: offline 		I spent this morning planning and I have come up with the next phase in my Burma campaign. Operation: "Meaningful Kangaroo" I have a strategic goal in mind, but first I have to get the I AUS Corps to Bangkok. The leading group is the 9th AUS Division 10 miles from Katha. The US 43rd division is 60 days from the Burma theater.

The map below shows the operational plan. Get the 9th AUS plus some Brit/Indian forces to Chaing Mai on 05 APR 43. These forces begin a march down the railroad trail arriving in Bangkok in time for the Monsoons. Here the rest of the 1 AUS Corps assemble for the next phase of operations.

The Indian IV Corps will pull a hook streching their lines toward Raheng and slugging through the jungle at 1 mile per day with the mission of tying down the IJA Corps assembling at Moulmien. Moulmien does not have to be seized -- a "Verdun" attriting IJA forces will accompish the long term goals for the area.

We shall see how this unfolds.




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RE: The Allies Take the Offense - 5/20/2012 4:00:53 PM   
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Status: offline 		You need over 10k in supply at a base to be able to repair industry (1000 supply per 1 damaged industry repaired). Therefore, you will need Rangoon open to allow large supply TFs to unload as Magwe will eat up lots of supply. Once you get Moulmein, it should be more difficult for him to interdict TFs at Rangoon. Re-opening the Burma Road should help you out in China. I would use the supply draw buttons to get a large amount of supply into China. Yes, there will be spoilage/losses on the way, but getting supplies to that large army should help out everywhere.

Port Blair - do you have troops prepping for this base?? If so, what??

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RE: The Allies Take the Offense - 5/20/2012 4:15:05 PM   
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ORIGINAL: ny59giants

You need over 10k in supply at a base to be able to repair industry (1000 supply per 1 damaged industry repaired). Therefore, you will need Rangoon open to allow large supply TFs to unload as Magwe will eat up lots of supply. Once you get Moulmein, it should be more difficult for him to interdict TFs at Rangoon. Re-opening the Burma Road should help you out in China. I would use the supply draw buttons to get a large amount of supply into China. Yes, there will be spoilage/losses on the way, but getting supplies to that large army should help out everywhere.

Port Blair - do you have troops prepping for this base?? If so, what??


I don't have anything prepping . nor do I have anything that can invade in theater ..

I am thinking that if I grab Bangkok supply will increase in the area from light industry, But I am sensing that I will need to supply Rangoon from the sea and ASAP. My main concern is not so much Betty's, but the KB that is patroling the area. I sense this is where the IJ will be making a stand. So my thought is an overland move to cut this area off.

I do not want to give away too much in this AAR, but I think I can be in Saigon by September '43.

I am taking a different approach in this game because the IJ so under defended this area and then lost 60,000 troops. There is only 60,000 left and most of these are support troops. I think I can take advantage of this, ignore the fact that the IJN control the seas and cut the DEI off from the Home Island by Jan 44.

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RE: The Allies Take the Offense - 5/20/2012 4:43:44 PM   
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Status: offline 		The map below provides the immediate strategic plan for '43 until Jan '44. My thought is once I AUS Corps is at Bangkok we slide Eastward toward Saigon and Cam Rahn Bay. At the same time the US forces move toward Davao and eventually Puerto Princsa .. the goal .... completely cut the Home Islands from her fuel and oil. From these two bases DB/TB can terrorize any shipping traveling these lanes. The side effects of this position are of deep consequince to the IJ.

Fuel is already effecting the IJ economy,but rather than a direct invasion into the DEI, I see this strategic position as the most cost effective means to get the home islands cutoff. More so, this is doable without any open water engagements with the KB. We shall see how this unfolds




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RE: The Allies Take the Offense - 5/20/2012 5:40:52 PM   
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Status: offline 		I'm looking forward to playing a game or two from the start with stacking limits in place. Burma and China will be different for both sides, but how much is unknown at this time??

Even with the stacking limits installed slightly later than your game's current date, I see my Japanese divisions in Burma as a place they go to die. I have over 12 divisions there now.

It seems that your opponent doesn't have enough to slow you down and those rebuilt divisions will have a lot lower experience level once they get back to the front lines.

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RE: The Allies Take the Offense - 5/20/2012 6:52:56 PM   
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ORIGINAL: ny59giants

I'm looking forward to playing a game or two from the start with stacking limits in place. Burma and China will be different for both sides, but how much is unknown at this time??

Even with the stacking limits installed slightly later than your game's current date, I see my Japanese divisions in Burma as a place they go to die. I have over 12 divisions there now.

It seems that your opponent doesn't have enough to slow you down and those rebuilt divisions will have a lot lower experience level once they get back to the front lines.


Just to catch up the reader ..

What happend here was sort of unique ..

1. A strategy of indirect projection of force ..and to attack in places where the KB can find me :)
2. The IJ showed their desire for Darwin early on
3. We decided to make Burma our front and though no home rule existed I thought it would be gamey not to buy out stuff headed east ..
4. The IJ obliged this strategy by under-defending Burma and focusing on the traditional Solomon's, NG, Darwin line of axis. Especally within Burma picking open terrain to defend rather than either the Imphal/Wazup line or TYi Gung jungle line .. I think it is absoultely critical to pick a line and start diggin' in. If the Allies are coming .. it is far too late ...
5. In concert with the invasion of NG/PM & Darwin .. we spung out from Imphal toward Katha ..with 3200 AV The IJ oblidged by moving the 33rd Division.
6. Katha and the 33rd Divsion with BF's were crushed ..they retreated North to never see supply again
7. Once we established on Swebo We then pulled off operation "Skilled Hook" and crossed the Irrawaddy taking Mandalay/Magwe/ ..
8. The IJ are in trouble at this point because we came at forces from multiple directions using armor in open terrain along the Irrawaddy Valley .. they are now trapped.
9. NOW the IJ start bringing in forces. But it is far too late. The 4E's rain hell from above and armor cuts a path toward Prome. The IJ try and strat move out but are caught in opmode by armor .. they can't get unstuck and when the IV Corps arrives .. 20,000 dead ..
10. Now the IJ are forming a line to protect Malay ..and are using the KB to project power to prevent sea traffic ..

Soo .. the plan above Meaningful Kangaroo Move toward Bangkok and then a new operation to seize Vietnam ..

I think 6 division dug in at the right points and this becomes an Allied decisive loss because I spent well over 12,000 PP and bogging down these forces in teh Jungle means no means to attack the IJ .. As it is .. I think I have a path toward victory ..

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RE: The Allies Take the Offense - 5/20/2012 7:18:16 PM   
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Sub attack near Perth at 48,147

Japanese Ships
SS I-168, hits 5

Allied Ships
AM Colac
PG Herald
PG Clive


We invade Majuro:

First the airpower to depopulate the atoll ...

Morning Air attack on Majuro Base Force, at 136,119 (Majuro)

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

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


Allied aircraft
Bolingbroke IV x 12
A-20A Havoc x 15
B-26B Marauder x 27


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
134 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 8 (2 destroyed, 6 disabled)

.................


Afternoon Air attack on Majuro Base Force, at 136,119 (Majuro)

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 27
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 9

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
220 casualties reported
Squads: 12 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 16 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 7 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 10 (8 destroyed, 2 disabled)


The Invasion starts ...

Pre-Invasion action off Majuro (136,119)

10 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
APD Kane
APD Lawrence
APD King
APD Humphreys
APD Kilty
APD Crosby
APD Waters
APD Little
APD Gregory
APD Colhoun
APD Ward
APD Chew
APD Whipple
APD Litchfield
..............
Invasion Support action off Majuro (136,119)
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

2 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
APD Kane
APD Lawrence
APD King
APD Humphreys
APD Kilty
APD Crosby
APD Waters
APD Little
APD Gregory
APD Colhoun
APD Ward
APD Chew
APD Whipple
APD Litchfield
..................
Amphibious Assault at Majuro (136,119)

TF 58 troops unloading over beach at Majuro, 136,119

Allied ground losses:
71 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 15 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 20 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



When the Marines hit the beaches .. all they see is bodies and bomb craters .. no life left .


Ground combat at Majuro (136,119)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 584 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 29

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0

Allied adjusted assault: 32

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 32 to 1 (fort level 3)

Allied forces CAPTURE Majuro !!!

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

Assaulting units:
1st Marine Raider Battalion

That is how to take an atoll

We begin the isolation of Ponape ..

Morning Air attack on Ponape , at 119,113

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 48
B-24D Liberator x 24

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged

Port hits 10
Port supply hits 5

Not as good as results and no fuel hits .. this will be awhile .. in teh meantime submarines patrol vigeriously looking for supply convoys to this area .. over time Ponape will starve ..

Bombing at Wenchow ..

More later ..

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RE: The Allies Take the Offense - 5/20/2012 8:12:00 PM   
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The Trigger misses and bombing in China .. otherwise quiet ...

We just hit an interesting software behavior ..look at the maps above and the hexes of Rangoon and Pegu .. my IV CORPS is trying to move into Rangoon .. but .. as soon as I have the MP's to move .. the move gets reset ..

What I think is happening is that the IJ are moving units into Rangoon on the same turn as I am moving and the code is resetting the movement back to zero. Else the ZOC from Pegu is somehow involved ... .anyway the IJ get 4 more days to prepare for my arrival ..

In the meantime forces move toward Pegu in case that is the problem ..

If this force is stuck . this game is over .. We shall see in 4 more turns if I get at least get into Pegu from a non-ZOC hex ..

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RE: The Allies Take the Offense - 5/20/2012 10:47:32 PM   
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Status: offline 		Try setting each unit to march into Rangoon independently of each other. Remove any follow on order.

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RE: The Allies Take the Offense - 5/20/2012 10:48:15 PM   
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We did not have to wait .. simply occupying the adjacent hex in Pegu allowed us to enter Rangoon .. we are now there in force ..

In the meantime ..

Afternoon Air attack on Pegu , at 55,53

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 30,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 18

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 14

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 3 destroyed

No Allied losses


PO Goddard, F.J.P. of No.136 Sqn RAF is credited with kill number 4
FO Kitley, A.J.H. of No.136 Sqn RAF is credited with kill number 8
WO Wilding, F.E. of No.136 Sqn RAF is credited with kill number 7
WO Viens, E.H. of No.136 Sqn RAF is credited with kill number 4
FO Christensen, H. of No.136 Sqn RAF is credited with kill number 8
WCDR Hanson, G.B. of No.136 Sqn RAF is credited with kill number 3
WO Payne, R.C. of No.136 Sqn RAF is credited with kill number 3

The USAAF take a shot at clearing the skies over Pegu ..

Afternoon Air attack on Pegu , at 55,53

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 9

Allied aircraft
P-40K Warhawk x 21

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 3 destroyed

No Allied losses

CPT Hampshire, J.F. of 23rd FG/76th FS is credited with kill number 2
CPT Croft, J. of 23rd FG/76th FS is credited with kill number 2
2LT Little, R.L. of 23rd FG/76th FS is credited with kill number 3

Our submarines are very active this turn ..

First the Saury duds .. then waits for its next prey in the La Perouse Strait.

Submarine attack near Toyohara at 125,48

Japanese Ships
xAK Urato Maru

Allied Ships
SS Saury

xAK Urato Maru is sighted by SS Saury
SS Saury launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Urato Maru
...........
Sub attack near Toyohara at 125,47

Japanese Ships
xAK Reiyo Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Saury

SS Saury attacking xAK Reiyo Maru on the surface
Massive explosion on xAK Reiyo Maru
xAK Reiyo Maru is reported to have been sunk near Toyohara on Feb 24, 1943


In the same area .. the Skipjack duds .

ASW attack near Ominato at 120,55

Japanese Ships
PB Nanei Maru
xAK Liverpool Maru

Allied Ships
SS Skipjack

SS Skipjack launches 2 torpedoes at PB Nanei Maru

The Albacore finds a prey off of Naha ..

Submarine attack near Naha at 96,66

Japanese Ships
xAK Banshu Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
xAK Banshu Maru is reported to have been sunk near Naha on Feb 24, 1943

Allied Ships
SS Albacore

xAK Banshu Maru is sighted by SS Albacore
SS Albacore attacking xAK Banshu Maru on the surface


A little ASW action as the IJ submarine force are wating for us to land ...

ASW attack near Majuro at 138,119

Japanese Ships
SS RO-33

Allied Ships
DD Flusser
DD Preston

SS RO-33 is sighted by escort

Ok more later ..

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RE: The Allies Take the Offense - 5/21/2012 12:32:53 AM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: Alfred

Try setting each unit to march into Rangoon independently of each other. Remove any follow on order.

Alfred


That was it Alfred .. do you know what the bug is?

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RE: The Allies Take the Offense - 5/21/2012 12:42:46 AM   
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quote:

I still find it very hard to believe you can support 100,000 plus man army, complete with the Herman Goring Panzer Division over what amounts to Jungle trails now many many miles in your rear. This is basically what has driven the Japanese Disaster all along. I could not believe that you were able to do it.

Each time you mentioned you have to slow down etc etc. Each time I believed it. Of course you never did.

I've [not] played the Allies, or even looked at them all that closely. Do you have the ability to actually build a road, or even better a railroad through the jungle?



The bases are out of supply right now, but the troops are in supply as long as they do not stop at a base. The supply is moving right now from Kayelmo, Imphal, Cox's Bazzar and Akayb it seems every 3 days. The most unusuall behavior is as soon as they stop at a base the eat that bases supply up .. so no planes can fly etc .. but as long as I keep out in the jungles . I get supply ...

I am not sure if this is intended ..

But two more divisions are headed into theater marching from Imphal to Katha ... and over the next 5 weeks 4 armored units are haeded to Africa .. I am in a race against the clock to beat the rains ...

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RE: The Allies Take the Offense - 5/21/2012 2:23:38 AM   
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According to recon Maloelap has about 4000 troops before hell on earth begins ...

Morning Air attack on 1st JNAF AF Unit , at 136,117 (Maloelap)

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 59
B-17F Fortress x 21
LB-30 Liberator x 3
B-24D Liberator x 39
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 12


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
642 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 38 disabled
Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 54 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Guns lost 9 (1 destroyed, 8 disabled)
....................
Morning Air attack on 1st JNAF AF Unit , at 136,117 (Maloelap)

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 19 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 9


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
36 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
..................
Morning Air attack on 41st JNAF AF Unit , at 136,117 (Maloelap)

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 21


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
66 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled
.................
Morning Air attack on 64th Naval Guard Unit, at 136,117 (Maloelap)

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes


Allied aircraft
Bolingbroke IV x 12
B-26B Marauder x 6

No Allied losses
.................
Morning Air attack on Maloelap Base Force, at 136,117 (Maloelap)

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 12


No Allied losses

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


about 850 casulties ...

The Tautog duds ..

Sub attack near Iba at 77,75

Japanese Ships
xAK Oregon Maru
PB Lushan Maru

Allied Ships
SS Tautog

SS Tautog launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Oregon Maru

Now our forces engage at Rangoon ..


Ground combat at Rangoon (54,53)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 52651 troops, 695 guns, 1329 vehicles, Assault Value = 2778

Defending force 4916 troops, 41 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 201

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 3

Allied adjusted assault: 1453

Japanese adjusted defense: 53

Allied assault odds: 27 to 1 (fort level 3)

Allied forces CAPTURE Rangoon !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
3284 casualties reported
Squads: 56 destroyed, 173 disabled
Non Combat: 180 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 36 (22 destroyed, 14 disabled)
Vehicles lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 2


Allied ground losses:
656 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 67 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled


Assaulting units:
23rd Indian Division
7th Indian Division
25th Indian Division
254th Armoured Brigade
16th Light Cavalry Regiment
84th Indian Brigade
7th Armoured Brigade
75th IAC Regiment
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
18th Canadian Brigade
2nd British Division
150th RAC Regiment
99th Indian Brigade
267th Armoured Brigade
26th Indian Division
44th Cavalry Engineer Regiment
IV Indian Corps
22nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment

Defending units:
1st RTA Division
2nd RTA Division
RTA Cavalry Division



The Road to China is open on 25 FEB 43

More later how much damaged Rangoon suffered, but no engineers occupied the base while under seige giving me a good probablity of capturing industry intact. The light industry here will supply a Corps + ... plus supply is coming from India overland .. . The next week is getting troops in position to move to the next objectives. This means more jungle ..

We are at a pause while the IJ reassess the situation ..

Meanwhile the 1st Marine Division stands wating to land at Maloelap

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RE: The Allies Take the Offense - 5/21/2012 5:04:09 PM   
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The night starts with the RN finding a patroling submarine ...

Sub attack near Cochin at 26,41

Japanese Ships
SS I-25, hits 12, and is sunk

Allied Ships
DE Arrow
DE Express
DE Electra
DE Decoy

This one is really sunk as they surfaced and we planted 4" shells into her ...

The Ujigawa Maru a small frieghter runs into a torp ..

Submarine attack near Buna at 101,129

Japanese Ships
xAKL Ujigawa Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS S-44


The Shad is chased off ..

ASW attack near Waigeo at 83,104

Japanese Ships
E Otori

Allied Ships
SS Shad

SS Shad is sighted by escort


Maloelap:

Pre-Invasion action off Maloelap (136,117)

21 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
BB Mississippi
BB New Mexico
BB Idaho
BB Colorado
CL Montpelier
CL Cleveland
CL Detroit
CL Richmond
DD Drayton
DD Mahan
DD Caldwell
DD Laffey
DD Meredith
DD Saufley
SC PC-582
SC PC-581
SC PC-579
SC PC-578
LST-450
LST-19
LST-451
LST-447
DD Flusser
DD Sands
LST-446

Japanese ground losses:
553 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 31 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 31 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled


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

.............
INVASION:
Invasion Support action off Maloelap (136,117)

7 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
BB Mississippi
BB New Mexico
BB Idaho
BB Colorado
CL Montpelier
CL Cleveland
CL Detroit
CL Richmond
DD Drayton
DD Mahan
DD Caldwell
DD Farenholt
DD Laffey
DD Gwin
SC PC-582
SC PC-581
SC PC-579
SC PC-578
LST-19
DD Flusser
DD Sands
LST-447
LST-446

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

...........
Amphibious Assault at Maloelap (136,117)

TF 228 troops unloading over beach at Maloelap, 136,117


Allied ground losses:
56 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 3 (0 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Vehicles lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)


As daylight breaks the bombers rain hell on earth ..

Morning Air attack on 41st JNAF AF Unit , at 136,117 (Maloelap)

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes


Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 12
SBD-3 Dauntless x 18


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
...............
Afternoon Air attack on 64th Naval Guard Unit, at 136,117 (Maloelap)

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 8
F4F-4 Wildcat x 24


No Allied losses

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


.........

Afternoon Air attack on 64th Naval Guard Unit, at 136,117 (Maloelap)

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes


Allied aircraft
LB-30 Liberator x 8
F4F-4 Wildcat x 11


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
39 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
...............
Morning Air attack on Maloelap Base Force, at 136,117 (Maloelap)

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes


Allied aircraft
Bolingbroke IV x 12
B-26B Marauder x 27
F4F-4 Wildcat x 20


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
113 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)
................

Morning Air attack on Maloelap Base Force, at 136,117 (Maloelap)

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 23
B-17F Fortress x 21
B-24D Liberator x 12
F4F-4 Wildcat x 27


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
233 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 16 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 11 (11 destroyed, 0 disabled)
....................

Afternoon Air attack on Maloelap Base Force, at 136,117 (Maloelap)

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 9
F4F-4 Wildcat x 15
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 7


No Allied losses

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

.............................

Afternoon Air attack on Maloelap Base Force, at 136,117 (Maloelap)

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 15
F4F-4 Wildcat x 31


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
63 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
..................



Then the Marines cleaned up the base .


Ground combat at Maloelap (136,117)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 12207 troops, 285 guns, 134 vehicles, Assault Value = 419

Defending force 1528 troops, 28 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 19

Allied adjusted assault: 282

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 282 to 1 (fort level 5)

Allied forces CAPTURE Maloelap !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
1925 casualties reported
Squads: 43 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 199 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 25 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 29 (29 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 3


Allied ground losses:
145 casualties reported
Squads: 7 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)


Assaulting units:
1st Marine Division

Defending units:
64th Naval Guard Unit
Maloelap Base Force
1st JNAF AF Unit

PEGU:

Morning Air attack on 1st Garrison Unit , at 55,53 (Pegu)

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes


Allied aircraft
Blenheim VD x 12
Hurricane IIc Trop x 16
B-24D Liberator x 6
B-24D1 Liberator x 3
B-25C Mitchell x 60


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
581 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 41 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 22 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Morning Air attack on 1st Garrison Unit , at 55,53 (Pegu)

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 9


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
76 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
...........
Morning Air attack on 23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment, at 55,53 (Pegu)

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 9
B-24D1 Liberator x 9

No Allied losses




About 600 out of the 4000 here ..

Then we attack at Rangoon:


Ground combat at Rangoon (54,53)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 52215 troops, 695 guns, 1329 vehicles, Assault Value = 2723

Defending force 2535 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 8

Allied adjusted assault: 1760

Japanese adjusted defense: 5

Allied assault odds: 352 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
1872 casualties reported
Squads: 217 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 44 destroyed, 98 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 20 (20 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 1


Allied ground losses:
31 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units pursuing 5


Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
23rd Indian Division
2nd British Division
267th Armoured Brigade
7th Armoured Brigade
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
18th Canadian Brigade
254th Armoured Brigade
84th Indian Brigade
75th IAC Regiment
25th Indian Division
16th Light Cavalry Regiment
99th Indian Brigade
7th Indian Division
150th RAC Regiment
26th Indian Division
44th Cavalry Engineer Regiment
IV Indian Corps
22nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment

Defending units:
1st RTA Division

What is interesting is that teh 1st RTA retreated into the swamps!!! and with my forces in pursuit!!!

Bombing in China .

Ok more later ..

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RE: The Allies Take the Offense - 5/21/2012 11:40:16 PM   
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The Tautog bags one near iba ..

Sub attack near Iba at 77,75

Japanese Ships
xAK Hohuku Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
xAK Hohuku Maru is reported to have been sunk near Iba on Feb 27, 1943
xAK Hokkai Maru
PB Marei Maru
PB Kogyoku Maru

Allied Ships
SS Tautog


I need to be more careful about shutting down missions ..

Morning Air attack on Maizuru 2nd SNLF, at 132,115 (Kwajalein Island)

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 19
B-24D Liberator x 24


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
216 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 23 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 17 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


I thought I got everybody but these boys from Naru Island decided to go out on their own ..

Ok this is what I hate about the combat .. teleporting retreating units .. I have to think "Third Reich" and always have armor to chase down units .. at least in third reich I could kill things before they ran off into the hollers ..

Ground combat at 53,53 (near Rangoon)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 4504 troops, 17 guns, 544 vehicles, Assault Value = 360

Defending force 740 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Allied adjusted assault: 348

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 348 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
344 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 141 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units retreated 1

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
254th Armoured Brigade
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
150th RAC Regiment
16th Light Cavalry Regiment

Defending units:
1st RTA Division


I have some infantry units that can chase this unit while I rest my forces ...

Wenchow is hit again ..

More later .

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RE: The Allies Take the Offense - 5/22/2012 4:22:10 PM   
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The Saratoga makes Pearl Harbor and the chief engineer tells me the bad news. Three months minimum in the pen .. She will be reapired just in time to join a CVTF that has the Essex ..

The IJAAF hit Rangoon at night:

Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 6

No Japanese losses

Manpower hits 6
Fires 3581
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Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 9

No Japanese losses
Manpower hits 6
Fires 7163
...............
Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53

Weather in hex: Light cloud

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 9

No Japanese losses

Manpower hits 1
Fires 7879
...............

Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 4

No Japanese losses

Manpower hits 1
Fires 8595
..............
Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 6

No Japanese losses

Manpower hits 4
Fires 10744

I will have to put up with 5 more days of this .. and then everything will be in place to defend Rangoon . in the meantime the Light Industry and supply will suffer ..

As dawn breaks we hit the units occuping Pegu and do some damage before we ground attack ..

Morning Air attack on 1st Garrison Unit , at 55,53 (Pegu)

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 48


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
180 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 13 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 28 (8 destroyed, 20 disabled)

.......

Morning Air attack on 1st Garrison Unit , at 55,53 (Pegu)

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 12

No Allied losses

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



Ground combat at Pegu (55,53)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 32793 troops, 433 guns, 1194 vehicles, Assault Value = 1527

Defending force 2564 troops, 30 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 76

Allied adjusted assault: 856

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 856 to 1 (fort level 3)

Allied forces CAPTURE Pegu !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
2902 casualties reported
Squads: 108 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 42 destroyed, 51 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 26 (26 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 8 (8 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 2


Allied ground losses:
59 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled


Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
255th Armoured Brigade
84th Indian Brigade
46th Indian Brigade
267th Armoured Brigade
251st Recce Battalion
19th Indian Division
7th Armoured Brigade
1st Gloucestershire Battalion
13th Canadian Brigade
75th IAC Regiment
14th Indian Division
25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
XXXIII Indian Corps
42nd Cavalry Engineer Regiment
22nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment

Defending units:
1st Garrison Unit
23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment

Just about 3100 Thai's find their spirituallity ...

On the other hand the 8th Indian bde surrenders ..


Ground combat at Victoria Point (51,66)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 11917 troops, 102 guns, 32 vehicles, Assault Value = 444

Defending force 1395 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 44

Japanese adjusted assault: 404

Allied adjusted defense: 9

Japanese assault odds: 44 to 1 (fort level 3)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Victoria Point !!!

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

Allied ground losses:
1422 casualties reported
Squads: 102 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 89 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units destroyed 1


Assaulting units:
21st Division

Defending units:
8th Indian Brigade

But the railline was cut for a month and the IJ could never figure out why supplies were not moving ..

On the submarine front 2 cold contacts with the USN Halibit taking a beating ..

Sub attack near Amami Oshima at 100,65

Japanese Ships
DD Isonami

Allied Ships
SS Triton

SS Triton launches 2 torpedoes

ASW attack near Ulithi at 101,95

Japanese Ships
DD Akigumo
E Ishigaki
DD Arare
DD Yamagumo

Allied Ships
SS Halibut, hits 3

SS Halibut launches 2 torpedoes at DD Akigumo

and a ASW cold contact ..

ASW attack near Mili at 137,120

Japanese Ships
SS I-172

Allied Ships
xAK San Simeon
SC PC-1077


March is a month of preparing .. the entire merchant force gets an overhaul .. the AP's update into APA's ..We consolodate Rangoon and prepare for Meaningful Kangaroo ...

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Post #: 984
RE: The Allies Take the Offense - 5/22/2012 7:55:34 PM   
Crackaces


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Status: offline 		I received an interesting email from my adversary. He now feels that India should not be able to be activated since it was impossible historically.

The problem is that my opponent was expecting operation wagonwheel and was fully preparing for this avenue of approach. He moved more than historical amounts of forces into the Solomon's anticipating this move. I did not oblidge. Now the IJ are getting creamed in Burma. I am not sure if the IJ plan to counter my Burma attack or remain positioned for a battle over the Pacific?

We shall see how this unfolds .. rationalization is a funny defensive mechinism ..

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RE: The Allies Take the Offense - 5/23/2012 3:51:21 AM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: Crackaces

My opponent is quite frustrated and might have a point:

quote:

I still find it very hard to believe you can support 100,000 plus man army, complete with the Herman Goring Panzer Division over what amounts to Jungle trails now many many miles in your rear. This is basically what has driven the Japanese Disaster all along. I could not believe that you were able to do it.

Each time you mentioned you have to slow down etc etc. Each time I believed it. Of course you never did.

I've [not] played the Allies, or even looked at them all that closely. Do you have the ability to actually build a road, or even better a railroad through the jungle?



The bases are out of supply right now, but the troops are in supply as long as they do not stop at a base. The supply is moving right now from Kayelmo, Imphal, Cox's Bazzar and Akayb it seems every 3 days. The most unusuall behavior is as soon as they stop at a base the eat that bases supply up .. so no planes can fly etc .. but as long as I keep out in the jungles . I get supply ...

I am not sure if this is intended ..

But two more divisions are headed into theater marching from Imphal to Katha ... and over the next 5 weeks 4 armored units are haeded to Africa .. I am in a race against the clock to beat the rains ...


You will need to point out to your opponent that this issue works both ways. For example early in the game the Japanese player can march a very large force over the Owens Stanley mountains to take PM. In fact, I know of few Japanese players who ever try to take PM by sea. Likewise, I saw my Japanese opponent sweep through North China with his road supply line extending over 1,000 miles without ever missing a beat.

The worst case is the invasion of Northern Oz where Japan can take a small level 0 port using the invasion bonus and then march a massive army 400 miles over what was nothing more than desert track to outflank and assault Darwin. This is the way the game works. Not much to be done about it. It is not perfect by any means but it works both ways and he should be aware of that after a year of Japanese advances.


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RE: The Allies Take the Offense - 5/23/2012 3:00:00 PM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: crsutton


quote:

ORIGINAL: Crackaces

My opponent is quite frustrated and might have a point:

quote:

I still find it very hard to believe you can support 100,000 plus man army, complete with the Herman Goring Panzer Division over what amounts to Jungle trails now many many miles in your rear. This is basically what has driven the Japanese Disaster all along. I could not believe that you were able to do it.

Each time you mentioned you have to slow down etc etc. Each time I believed it. Of course you never did.

I've [not] played the Allies, or even looked at them all that closely. Do you have the ability to actually build a road, or even better a railroad through the jungle?



The bases are out of supply right now, but the troops are in supply as long as they do not stop at a base. The supply is moving right now from Kayelmo, Imphal, Cox's Bazzar and Akayb it seems every 3 days. The most unusuall behavior is as soon as they stop at a base the eat that bases supply up .. so no planes can fly etc .. but as long as I keep out in the jungles . I get supply ...

I am not sure if this is intended ..

But two more divisions are headed into theater marching from Imphal to Katha ... and over the next 5 weeks 4 armored units are haeded to Africa .. I am in a race against the clock to beat the rains ...


You will need to point out to your opponent that this issue works both ways. For example early in the game the Japanese player can march a very large force over the Owens Stanley mountains to take PM. In fact, I know of few Japanese players who ever try to take PM by sea. Likewise, I saw my Japanese opponent sweep through North China with his road supply line extending over 1,000 miles without ever missing a beat.

The worst case is the invasion of Northern Oz where Japan can take a small level 0 port using the invasion bonus and then march a massive army 400 miles over what was nothing more than desert track to outflank and assault Darwin. This is the way the game works. Not much to be done about it. It is not perfect by any means but it works both ways and he should be aware of that after a year of Japanese advances.



I can say in his defense that he did invade PM by sea. The Stacking Limits hex map makes the owen stanelys a little more difficult as a huge army will be disupted and out of supply oce they cross

My main point is that the IJ defended Burma with 3 divisions max thinking it would be impossible to cross from Imphal to Katha with any force. What is ironic is that the IJ did this in real life sending 6 divisions the other way over the same mountians. Then the IJ player quotes some friend of his that deems it impossible. We listen to the data that supports our point.

My opponent is quite a gentlmen .. we just agree to disagree on the point of waking up the Indian Army.

The real problem, my opponent fully invested in the plan to overstock the Solomon's preparing to defeat me there. I did not follow the constraints in his plan and actually performed a complete couter .. this has put the IJ in a very precarioius position. I think I can now achieve a victory by January '45 now.

As a side note, something went very wrong in how the IJ set up supply in Burma. I kept thinking at any moment I would be stalemated in a WWI type attirtion in one of the key jungle hexes. It is as simple as keep exchaging units within the hex and keep wearing me down at 4x defensive AV adjustement. But the combat reports .. even one hex away from a major base kept reporting "(-) supply" If I can offer some conjecture here I am thinking some fatories were left on repair on started sucking up supply or some other base was stockpiling somehow ... ?? When I captured Prome it has 35K of supplies and Rangoon 50K ..

Most puzzling set of events ..

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RE: The Allies Take the Offense - 5/23/2012 3:10:46 PM   
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We start making the tools of war begining this fine day .. the AP's convert to APA's ... 21 days to the Allied invasion bonus

Submarines:

The seawolf duds on a huge Tanker convoy ..

ASW attack near Babeldaob at 91,95

Japanese Ships
E Kiji
E Kuretake
SC Ch 3
AV Kunikawa Maru
TK Nitiei Maru
TK Kaizyo Maru
TK Itukusima Maru
TK Huzisan Maru
TK Hoyo Maru
DD Hokaze
E Kamo

Allied Ships
SS Seawolf
SS Seawolf is sighted by escort


The Amerjack misses a LSD in the DEI!

Sub attack near Gorontalo at 72,95

Japanese Ships
LSD Shinshu Maru
DD Tsuga

Allied Ships
SS Amberjack, hits 1

SS Amberjack launches 2 torpedoes at LSD Shinshu Maru


The SS Tautog sinks the Zenoa Maru off Iba .

Submarine attack near Iba at 78,74

Japanese Ships
xAK Zenoa Maru

Allied Ships
SS Tautog

xAK Zenoa Maru is sighted by SS Tautog
SS Tautog attacking on the surface
Willingham, J.H. decides to submerge SS Tautog due to damage


Sub attack near Iba at 77,75

Japanese Ships
xAK Zenoa Maru, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Tautog

SS Tautog attacking on the surface


The Haddock sinks the Otake Maru off the Pescadores

Sub attack near Pescadores at 85,62

Japanese Ships
xAK Otake Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Haddock

xAK Otake Maru is sighted by SS Haddock
SS Haddock launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Otake Maru

Port Moresby:

We hit PM by air ..

Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 65 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 19 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 12
B-25C Mitchell x 45
B-26 Marauder x 30


No Allied losses

Port hits 3
Port fuel hits 5
Port supply hits 2

Bombing in China ...

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Post #: 988
RE: The Allies Take the Offense - 5/23/2012 3:20:43 PM   
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SUBMARINES:

We really do not have the forces to defend against the sub lurking off the coast but we chase off SS I-169

ASW attack near Perth at 48,147

Japanese Ships
SS I-169

Allied Ships
AM Latrobe
AM Ipswich

SS I-169 is sighted by escort

The Greyling misses ..

Sub attack near Amami Oshima at 100,65

Japanese Ships
PB Ronsan Maru
PB Tatsumiya Maru
TK Azuchisan Maru
PB Nichinan
PB Ichiyo Maru
PB Isshin Maru

Allied Ships
SS Grayling
SS Grayling launches 2 torpedoes at PB Ronsan Maru

Then .. we find a TK convoy in the Carolines ..

Sub attack near Ulithi at 99,96

Japanese Ships
TK San Luis Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage; TK San Luis Maru is reported to have been sunk near Ulithi on Mar 02, 1943
TK San Pedro Maru
TK Ogura Maru #1
E Tomozuru
SC Ch 34

Allied Ships
SS Gunnel, hits 1

SS Gunnel launches 2 torpedoes at TK San Luis Maru

With Fuel at a premium this is a nice catch ...

This is a change is strategy for the IJ .. they ahve placed 2 submarines to patrol right next to Tabiteuea knowing I am operating CV's here .. I am not sure this is a good plan as 18 float planes patrol that hex. I sent ASW in ..

Sub attack near Tabiteuea at 137,133

Japanese Ships
SS I-171, hits 3

Allied Ships
DD Waller
DD Voyager
DD Balch

SS I-171 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Waller
..........
Sub attack near Tabiteuea at 137,133

Japanese Ships
SS I-175

Allied Ships
DD Balch

SS I-175 launches 4 torpedoes at DD Balch

Bombing in China ..

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