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1943 November 30 - 2/7/2014 11:05:58 PM

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1943 November 30

The Empire captured:

The Allies captured:
Kiriwina Island

There were Imperial amphibious operations at:

There were Allied amphibious operations at:
Kaimana

Our subs got 2x xAK, one of them twice!

About the same regarding sweeps over Kunming. Given that the George drivers are likely excellent pilots, we're doing pretty well to hold things that low. Supply is beginning to get into the the infantry units - 6th Australian Division has 113 tons, the others still 0.

The attack on Rangoon did some good.

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Afternoon Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 77 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 26 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 33

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

No Allied losses

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

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 26

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
7 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 6

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Runway hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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There are some convoys unloading down the coast, and some warships with them. One of those xAK torpedoed was south of there and looked to be on its way north with supplies.

A few more shell hits on the LSTs unloading at Truk. Some AK still have supply to unload, but the troops are already up to 10x the required supply. Should be plenty to supply them plus the remainder of the troops for combat. The larger amphibious convoy is most of the way back to Truk to rearm before they head to Hansa bay to pick up the 24th ID and 1st USMC Div. There is already a convoy at Vanimo to pick up the 3rd USMC Div, merely waiting to coordinate with the other two divisions.

The 11th and 12th NZ Bdes are loaded at Christchurch, fully prepared for Yap, and are on their way to Vanimo where they will transfer to assault shipping.

Kaimana will be secured tomorrow.

As of tomorrow (the current orders phase), some interesting planes start producing for the Allies.
Corsair II - British - 16/mo
P-38J - USA - 50/mo
P-40N26 - USA - 6/mo
F6F-3N - USN - 4/mo
PBJ-1D - USN - 12/mo
PBM-3D - USN - 8/mo
C-60A - NZ - 5/mo

Here are the day's air losses.

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1943 December 01 - 2/10/2014 4:20:54 PM

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1943 December 01

The Empire captured:

The Allies captured:
Kaimana

There were Imperial amphibious operations at:

There were Allied amphibious operations at:

Allied subs got an xAK.

The badly mauled and retreating 303rd held off armoured pursuers, but rocks have as much effect as their bullets.

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Ground combat at 81,14 (near Hami)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 180 troops, 0 guns, 32 vehicles, Assault Value = 17

Defending force 1442 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 24

Japanese adjusted assault: 8

Allied adjusted defense: 82

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 10

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

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

Assaulting units:
31st Tankette Co

Defending units:
303rd Brigade

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Our LRCAP over Kunming finally managed to catch some Imperial flights without escort, and the largest intercept yielded a good success (probably 10x Helens shot down outright). The Imperial George sweeps did take 2 or 2.5 to 1, but those numbers were low we did well overall. The Empire still got its bombers through, but there are fewer of them now, and we should be able to repeat that often enough to knock down their efforts.

Our B-24 strikes on Lao Cai found the airfield almost empty - most aircraft in the air attacking our troops or fighters, and we left the size 4 field showing 10% damage. If past patterns hold, that will be shown higher with recon tomorrow.

Meanwhile, the Empire decided to fully contest the skies over Rangoon. Only our fighters were there to meet them. The very first engagement went to the Empire, giving 1x fighter for 2x Spitfire VIII. After that, it was all Allies. The totals are mixed in with other combats, but on the day the Empire handed over 65x Frank, 16x George, and 11x Tojo for between a quarter and a third as many Allied fighters.

Tomorrow, 3,435 AV including a tank complement larger than before will attack in the battle hex SW of Toungoo. In addition to the bombers that have been hitting the enemy there constantly, the 6x B-24J groups will go in at 5,000 ft. The devastation of the Imperial fighter hordes over Rangoon came at just the right time.

Ternate proved to be a tough nut for B-24 from Babeldaob, with about 4 being lost to various causes in spite of a P-38 escort for the largest strike. It looks as though little damage was done.

Kaimana was occupied and the assault convoy finished unloading. More supply is on the way. Our covering force of cruisers and destroyers from Darwin, cruising in the eastern Banda Sea, remained unfound by enemy scouts.

Allied bombardments in the Pacific.

quote:

Allied Ships Bombarding Saipan
Allied Ships Bombarding Peleliu
Allied Ships Bombarding Yap
Allied Ships Bombarding Saipan
Allied Ships Bombarding Saipan

The remainder of the 33rd ID plus several tank units and artillery units will land on Guam tomorrow. The large amphib convoy replenished at Truk and is now headed for Hansa Bay to pick up those two divisions. Four fast battleships - North Carolina, Washington, South Dakota, Indiana - entered the shipyard at Pearl Harbor for upgrades and repairs, along with their escorting destroyers. Yorktown and Hornet are one day behind them, so Pearl is going to be crowded for a while. Yap is showing significantly fewer troops for the last couple of turns. Probably be air-evacuated by the time we invade! One or more convoys have been detected, and one attacked by submarine, going from the mid-Philippines toward the Bonins. Is DAW HQ reinforcing against a thrust straight to the north?

Here are today's air losses.

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RE: 1943 December 01 - 2/10/2014 4:21:22 PM

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Attached here is the complete combat report.

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1943 December 02 - 2/10/2014 9:21:09 PM

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1943 December 02

The Empire captured:

The Allies captured:
Goodenough Island

There were Imperial amphibious operations at:

There were Allied amphibious operations at:
Guam

Our subs seemed to come up dry overnight, but one got a beating while trying to attack warships at Mergui. During the day a sub in the DEI hit a PB, so that was payback.

LRCAP at Kunming took down some Judy dive bombers.

The battle near Toungoo went, well, so so. Odds were good, but casualties are still against us. Certainly progress if we can get our troops rested quickly enough to keep up a tempo that wears down the enemy. Lots of units, including all armor and all artillery, have been placed into reserve-no pursuit so they can recover as fast as possible. Plenty of combat power on the line to handle any counter attack, of course.

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Ground combat at 56,51 (near Toungoo)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 124003 troops, 1936 guns, 2829 vehicles, Assault Value = 3470

Defending force 49559 troops, 418 guns, 84 vehicles, Assault Value = 1333

Allied adjusted assault: 1313

Japanese adjusted defense: 1291

Allied assault odds: 1 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
2634 casualties reported
Squads: 23 destroyed, 145 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 18 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 24 (1 destroyed, 23 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
9155 casualties reported
Squads: 314 destroyed, 327 disabled
Non Combat: 34 destroyed, 81 disabled
Engineers: 89 destroyed, 108 disabled
Guns lost 89 (59 destroyed, 30 disabled)
Vehicles lost 230 (106 destroyed, 124 disabled)

Assaulting units:
Gardner's Horse Regiment
22nd (East African) Brigade
4th Marine Division
255th Armoured Brigade
50th Tank Brigade
I Aus Corps Engineer Battalion
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
1st Garrison Brigade
7th Indian Division
19th Indian Division
268th Motorised Brigade
75th Indian Brigade
13th Indian Brigade
2nd British Division
192nd Tank Battalion
150th RAC Regiment
14th Indian Division
23rd Indian Division
Rifles of Canada Battalion
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
Provisionl Tank Brigade
29th British Brigade
632nd Tank Destroyer Battalion
26th Indian Brigade
20th Indian Division
17th Indian Division
2/11th Field Regiment
27th Indian Field Artillery Battalion
48th Light AA Regiment
2/9th Field Regiment
2/1st Med Regiment
IV Indian Corps
77th Heavy AA Regiment
78th Light AA Regiment
22nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment

Defending units:
40th Inf Group Brigade
53rd Division
14th Division
29th Division
77th Infantry Regiment
55th Mountain Gun Regiment
44th Field AA Battalion

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The B-24 groups are going back to 10,000 ft and tomorrow will shift their attention back to the Imperial armoured spearhead at Kunming.

Allied bombardments in the Pacific.

quote:

Allied Ships Bombarding Peleliu
Allied Ships Bombarding Tinian
Allied Ships Bombarding Guam
Allied Ships Bombarding Yap
Allied Ships Bombarding Guam
Allied Ships Bombarding Saipan

Here is the balance on Guam. Three Allied divisions to go!

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Ground combat at Guam (106,95)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 16848 troops, 208 guns, 106 vehicles, Assault Value = 512

Defending force 41911 troops, 646 guns, 1043 vehicles, Assault Value = 1423

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

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

Assaulting units:
12th Division
Det. 3rd Special Base Force
59th Field AA Battalion
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
13th Air Flotilla
4th Base Force
19th Army
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
15th Base Force
13th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
65th Field AA Battalion
25th Special Base Force

Defending units:
3rd USMC Tank Battalion
7th Infantry Division
33rd Infantry Division
762nd Tank Battalion
1st (Spec) Cavalry Division
763rd Tank Battalion
2nd USMC Tank Battalion
4th USMC Tank Battalion
3rd NZ Armoured Sqn
225th Field Artillery Battalion
198th Field Artillery Battalion
XI US Corps
249th Field Artillery Battalion
2nd Pioneer Battalion
33rd Medium Regiment

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3rd USMC Div will begin loading tomorrow. The large amphib convoy is about 2 1/2 days out from picking up the remaining two divisions.

Here is the Intel screen.

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1943 December 03 - 2/11/2014 4:44:33 AM

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1943 December 03

The Empire captured:

The Allies captured:

There were Imperial amphibious operations at:

There were Allied amphibious operations at:

Our subs got an xAKL and an xAK.

Some Oscar escorts taken in the skies over Kunming, but otherwise the usual beatings from the air were more directed at Chungking.

Still no further aerial opposition in Burma, but fighters are building up at Rangoon. meanwhile, our ground troops are recovering nicely, although the worst-off two units have a ways to go. One of those, a regiment, is being sent back to Toungoo to recover as it only has 14 AV effective anyway.

Allied bombardments in the Pacific.

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Allied Ships Bombarding Saipan
Allied Ships Bombarding Saipan
Allied Ships Bombarding Tinian
Allied Ships Bombarding Saipan
Allied Ships Bombarding Guam

3rd USMC Div is fully loaded and putting to sea. Another day+ for the two remaining divisions convoy to arrive.

Two new CVE just upgraded their fighters to Hellcats at Truk and are on their way to join the CVE fleet. Two supply convoys are loading at Truk to restock Rota, where naval and air ordnance is just flying off the shelves.

Here are the various capital ships under repair. POW will be have lost a good year, more or less, by the time she is back in action.

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1943 December 04 - 2/13/2014 3:41:59 AM

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1943 December 04

The Empire captured:

The Allies captured:
Fergusson Island

There were Imperial amphibious operations at:

There were Allied amphibious operations at:

Our subs came up dry night and day in spite of several attacks.

The Bde making for Urumchi has been caught by four Imperial units but can probably make it our of the hex before they attack tomorrow. Our LRCAP over Kunming wandered enough to lose some planes to sweeps to the south, but even in doing so came out ahead by taking down escorts and Judys when a raid arrived. The bad news is that the punishment of units trapped at Chungking is like shooting fish in a barrel.

The Allied units near Toungoo continue to recover and are comely along nicely. One or two more turns until the next attack.

Still lots of Imperial convoy activity at Catbalogan.

Allied bombardments in the Pacific.

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Allied Ships Bombarding Saipan
Allied Ships Bombarding Peleliu
Allied Ships Bombarding Yap
Allied Ships Bombarding Guam
Allied Ships Bombarding Saipan

Our last troop convoy for Guam assault troops is one hex out from the pickup, so they will load tomorrow.

Here is the situation in China and Burma.

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1943 December 05 - 2/17/2014 3:16:45 AM

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1943 December 05

The Empire captured:

The Allies captured:

There were Imperial amphibious operations at:

There were Allied amphibious operations at:

Our subs got an xAK and had some failed attacks.

The usual in China. The troops at Chungking are being heavily attrited by air strikes. Supply is hard to come by in the mountains.

The troops near Toungoo are almost ready for the next attack, and there is lots of enemy convoy activity along the lower coast of Burma. We will make heavy sweeps of Rangoon tomorrow as Imperial fighter strength there is back up.

Allied Pacific bombardments,

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Allied Ships Bombarding Peleliu
Allied Ships Bombarding Yap

The last two divisions are loading for Guam.

With the troops that are lost in China every day, we are at best treading water in the VP department until the next breakthrough or objective seized.

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1943 December 06 - 2/20/2014 4:40:52 AM

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1943 December 06

The Empire captured:

The Allies captured:

There were Imperial amphibious operations at:

There were Allied amphibious operations at:

Our subs got a tanker.

The same in China, heavy hits on the troops at Chungking. VPs are actually swinging from those daily losses.

It was a tough day in the air over Burma, as the sweeps over Rangoon went in last of all, after the anti-shipping strikes were slaughtered. And when they did go in, they took 'escorts' with them, who could get chewed upon while they did their work! Air losses posted below. One ship was hit, xAK Ryunan Maru, which took two bomb hits.

The attack is on for tomorrow SW of Toungoo. 3,092 AV, 636 engineers, 44 engineer vehicles, 30,108 infantry, 118,117 second line troops, 2,924 vehicles, and 2,005 guns. The B-24 groups will switch from targets at Kunming and drop down to 5,000 ft. The other bombing groups will continue, and a new group will go on line flying the A-20G Havoc attack bomber at 3,000 ft. Their average rating in low ground is 60, but only 40 in strafing and 37 in experience. I would like to train them longer, but...

CL Kenya made substantial repairs at Calcutta, but is now at Colombo for final repairs. The estimate is 5 days, much quicker than at the smaller shipyard. Colombo was completely tied up when she went to Calcutta, though.

Allied bombardments in the Pacific.

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Allied Ships Bombarding Saipan
Allied Ships Bombarding Saipan
Allied Ships Bombarding Tinian
Allied Ships Bombarding Peleliu
Allied Ships Bombarding Yap

The fleet carriers were able to replenish their air sorties at Rota (I do have a large bunch of AKE at Rota), a great boon to time on station. Sorties, BTW, are a great advantage of the Essex class over the earlier USN carriers.

Both assault convoys (all three remaining divisions), need four days to arrive in the vicinity of Guam, then both will unload the following day. The ships are lightly loaded so all troops should be ashore the same day, and the general attack will take place the day after. So, final landing in 5 days and attack in 6 days from now.

The P-38J is being produced 30/month, while 20 factories are still producing the P-38H. I presume those 20 will switch sometime during December.

Here are today's air losses.

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RE: 1943 December 06 - 2/20/2014 11:39:22 PM

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Looking thru the air losses inspires a couple of questions: Can those Albacore Is not upgrade to a better plane like Avengers? Also, what do you think about the Beaufighter TFX (that is a torpedo plane, isn't it?). Also, is the P-40N a night fighter or just an improved variant over the P-40K?

We are about a year behind you and the good admiral and I have never played deep enough into the game to know much about these mid war aircraft.

Thanks for taking the time to answer. I am watching your game with great interest, especially the action in the Mariannas.

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RE: 1943 December 06 - 2/21/2014 12:18:54 AM

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ORIGINAL: princep01

Looking thru the air losses inspires a couple of questions: Can those Albacore Is not upgrade to a better plane like Avengers? Also, what do you think about the Beaufighter TFX (that is a torpedo plane, isn't it?). Also, is the P-40N a night fighter or just an improved variant over the P-40K?

We are about a year behind you and the good admiral and I have never played deep enough into the game to know much about these mid war aircraft.

Thanks for taking the time to answer. I am watching your game with great interest, especially the action in the Mariannas.

One big (21-plane) group has upgraded to Avengers, though I forget precisely which Great-War plane they were flying previously!

Those Albacores might be able to, I haven't check stock on them in a bit. I try to go through much of the pools of older aircraft before abandoning them, owing to the Allies' production being capped.

Beaufughter TFX seems great. I just need more of them. No complaints about the production level, merely need time. Also regarding all torpedo planes for the British, I am training up more pilots in torpedo skill due to the high casualties. I still have a number of highly skilled pilots, but too few to fill out the torp groups. I've got groups on the line with 1/2 veterans and 1/2 rookies ordered for 30 or 40% training and the rest naval attack. It's called "OTJ".

The P-40N is like an improved P-40E. IIRC top speed is about 350 to 360 mph, something like 20 mph slower than the P-40K. But you get what you get! They are more sturdy (durability), but overall I think the K performs better air-to-air. I've switched some groups but are keeping some P-40K groups on line until that model is run dry.

I'm "sure" that Guam will fall quickly with ~6 to 1 in AV, plus the firepower difference, not to mention naval and air support chipping in. After that, it will mostly be transit time again for Saipan because the forces are all prepared. I figure to drop a bunch on Guam, land the rest on Saipan and then shuttle the others from Guam. That way the time from the first landing to the last will be much shorter. The thing is that Siapan is defended by about 10,000 more IJ troops (and so is Tinian). Not sure if the number of combat troops is much different, we'll have to wait to see. I do know that it is devilishly hard to keep Saipan - or Tinian - damaged, so I think they have loads of engineers. More than Guam. Tinian will require many troops from Guam to prepare.

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1943 December 07 - 2/21/2014 3:37:20 AM

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The two-year mark!

1943 December 07

The Empire captured:

The Allies captured:

There were Imperial amphibious operations at:

There were Allied amphibious operations at:

Our subs got two xAK and a PB.

The same as usual in China, only more deadly.

The Avengers flew against ships at Rangoon twice but were shut out. The Beaufighters did manage a torpedo hit on an xAK.

The attack near Toungoo appeared to make progress, but was costly.

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Ground combat at 56,51 (near Toungoo)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 120647 troops, 1909 guns, 2794 vehicles, Assault Value = 3127

Defending force 48061 troops, 417 guns, 84 vehicles, Assault Value = 1189

Allied adjusted assault: 1276

Japanese adjusted defense: 1861

Allied assault odds: 1 to 2

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
1385 casualties reported
Squads: 9 destroyed, 168 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 21 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled
Guns lost 28 (1 destroyed, 27 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Allied ground losses:
3463 casualties reported
Squads: 221 destroyed, 99 disabled
Non Combat: 63 destroyed, 52 disabled
Engineers: 49 destroyed, 74 disabled
Guns lost 114 (66 destroyed, 48 disabled)
Vehicles lost 370 (175 destroyed, 195 disabled)

Assaulting units:
50th Tank Brigade
192nd Tank Battalion
75th Indian Brigade
Provisionl Tank Brigade
19th Indian Division
14th Indian Division
632nd Tank Destroyer Battalion
7th Indian Division
22nd (East African) Brigade
Gardner's Horse Regiment
20th Indian Division
29th British Brigade
2nd British Division
Rifles of Canada Battalion
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
150th RAC Regiment
23rd Indian Division
255th Armoured Brigade
268th Motorised Brigade
13th Indian Brigade
1st Garrison Brigade
I Aus Corps Engineer Battalion
4th Marine Division
26th Indian Brigade
17th Indian Division
27th Indian Field Artillery Battalion
48th Light AA Regiment
78th Light AA Regiment
2/11th Field Regiment
2/1st Med Regiment
IV Indian Corps
2/9th Field Regiment
77th Heavy AA Regiment
22nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment

Defending units:
53rd Division
14th Division
40th Inf Group Brigade
29th Division
77th Infantry Regiment
55th Mountain Gun Regiment
44th Field AA Battalion

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Our force currently has 2,582 AV and a whole lotta disruption, most especially among the tank units. Many units have been placed in reserve to speed recovery so we can attack again as soon as possible. The B-24J groups did not fly, which probably made some difference. In fact, none of the air strikes flew, so weather in the target hex must have been awful.

Allied bombardments in the Pacific.

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Allied Ships Bombarding Peleliu
Allied Ships Bombarding Saipan
Allied Ships Bombarding Saipan
Allied Ships Bombarding Yap
Allied Ships Bombarding Saipan

CVE Prince William has finished repairs at Manus and is heading to the Marianas.

Here is the situation in Burma and the mountains of China, largely the same as it has been.

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1943 December 08 - 2/22/2014 4:20:13 AM

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1943 December 08

The Empire captured:

The Allies captured:

There were Imperial amphibious operations at:

There were Allied amphibious operations at:

Our subs struck out.

The same in China.

Our troops SW of Toungoo are recovering well, but they certainly need more time. The bombers flew against the enemy troops, only a day late. One Avenger was damaged attacking the few ships at Rangoon but nothing came of it.

Allied bombardments in the Pacific.

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Allied Ships Bombarding Saipan
Allied Ships Bombarding Saipan
Allied Ships Bombarding Peleliu
Allied Ships Bombarding Saipan
Allied Ships Bombarding Saipan
Allied Ships Bombarding Yap
Allied Ships Bombarding Tinian
Allied Ships Bombarding Saipan
Allied Ships Bombarding Tinian

It looks like both convoys will be within two hexes of Guam tomorrow, so they can unload the day after and attack the day following that. Rota airfield has maxed out at size 6, attention now turns to the port (which is still size 1). The increase in size will allow two USMC biplane dive bomber squadrons to join the assault. Yes, I do try to use up airframes!

Here is a look at the lonely reaches. Perhaps we can convince the Soviets to stage a border incident.

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RE: 1943 December 08 - 2/22/2014 6:15:23 PM

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The above picture should be labelled The Backside of Nowhere, unless you happened to live there, then it would just be, Home. But, there seems to be no place the notorious admiral does not find "of strategic important". Admiral Wa to senior aide, "Let's see what is here. Oh, GOATS! WONDERFUL!"

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1943 December 09 - 2/25/2014 1:50:27 AM

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1943 December 09

The Empire captured:

The Allies captured:

There were Imperial amphibious operations at:

There were Allied amphibious operations at:

Our subs got a tanker.

The usual in China, with destroyed squads at Chungking showing up in severals instead of one-sies and two-sies.

They finally got one!

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

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 14 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 3
P-40K Warhawk x 10
TBF-1 Avenger x 3

No Allied losses

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

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x TBF-1 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22.4in Mk 13 Torp.

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Another B-24 group was just put ashore at Bombay. In several days when their aircraft are ready they will join the gang. The troops SW of Toungoo are doing well recovery-wise, with the highest disruption at 14 and somewhat more than half in single-digits. There are now 8 enemy units opposing them, while during the last attack there were 7 and one was destroyed. There is also a unit on the road to their south, and the troop count is down in the battle hex, although that last might be due to recon difficulties. I'm not sure what to make of this Intel because there were no prior indications of troop movements. The attack is on for tomorrow - we'll see what we get!

The A-20 group is ordered to switch its attention to that unidentified unit on the road in the hope of keeping it from joining the battle.

Allied bombardments in the Pacific.

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Allied Ships Bombarding Saipan
Allied Ships Bombarding Saipan
Allied Ships Bombarding Peleliu
Allied Ships Bombarding Saipan
Allied Ships Bombarding Saipan
Allied Ships Bombarding Yap
Allied Ships Bombarding Saipan

The remaining three divisions are ordered to go ashore tomorrow, and all forces will attack the following day.

Here is a look at Burma.

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1943 December 10 - 2/25/2014 5:56:33 AM

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1943 December 10

The Empire captured:

The Allies captured:

There were Imperial amphibious operations at:

There were Allied amphibious operations at:
Guam

Our subs got an xAK.

The same in China. Our Bde retreating to Urumchi was attacked and weakened but did hold.

The attack near Toungoo was bloody as expected. The additional enemy unit on the way is a Rgt and was delayed by our air strike. All the B-24 groups will join in hitting it tomorrow, while it is in the open, in the hopes of damaging it badly.

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Ground combat at 56,51 (near Toungoo)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 117520 troops, 1862 guns, 2690 vehicles, Assault Value = 2782

Defending force 46929 troops, 416 guns, 84 vehicles, Assault Value = 1078

Allied adjusted assault: 1303

Japanese adjusted defense: 1845

Allied assault odds: 1 to 2

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
2128 casualties reported
Squads: 7 destroyed, 211 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Guns lost 15 (1 destroyed, 14 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
4651 casualties reported
Squads: 208 destroyed, 151 disabled
Non Combat: 92 destroyed, 71 disabled
Engineers: 37 destroyed, 57 disabled
Guns lost 127 (46 destroyed, 81 disabled)
Vehicles lost 316 (187 destroyed, 129 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Assaulting units:
632nd Tank Destroyer Battalion
13th Indian Brigade
14th Indian Division
19th Indian Division
22nd (East African) Brigade
2nd British Division
1st Garrison Brigade
Gardner's Horse Regiment
268th Motorised Brigade
7th Indian Division
Provisionl Tank Brigade
192nd Tank Battalion
4th Marine Division
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
I Aus Corps Engineer Battalion
50th Tank Brigade
20th Indian Division
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
255th Armoured Brigade
150th RAC Regiment
75th Indian Brigade
Rifles of Canada Battalion
26th Indian Brigade
29th British Brigade
23rd Indian Division
17th Indian Division
IV Indian Corps
27th Indian Field Artillery Battalion
2/11th Field Regiment
2/9th Field Regiment
48th Light AA Regiment
78th Light AA Regiment
77th Heavy AA Regiment
2/1st Med Regiment
22nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment

Defending units:
29th Division
40th Inf Group Brigade
77th Infantry Regiment
14th Division
53rd/B Division
53rd/A Division
53rd/C Division
55th Mountain Gun Regiment

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A number of units have been put in reserve to recover more quickly.

At Cape Town, BC Repulse has only a few points of system damage left to repair and so is moving pier side. Her exiting the shipyard has changed the repair estimate on BB Prince of Wales from 265 days to 170 days.

Allied bombardments in the Pacific.

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Allied Ships Bombarding Guam
Allied Ships Bombarding Peleliu
Allied Ships Bombarding Yap
Allied Ships Bombarding Guam
Allied Ships Bombarding Guam

The troops unloaded entirely at Guam.

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Ground combat at Guam (106,95)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 16906 troops, 208 guns, 105 vehicles, Assault Value = 515

Defending force 78685 troops, 1275 guns, 1393 vehicles, Assault Value = 2457

Japanese ground losses:
82 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 11 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
28 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 20 (17 destroyed, 3 disabled)

Assaulting units:
12th Division
Det. 3rd Special Base Force
19th Army
4th Base Force
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
59th Field AA Battalion
13th Air Flotilla
15th Base Force
65th Field AA Battalion
13th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
25th Special Base Force

Defending units:
2nd USMC Tank Battalion
763rd Tank Battalion
4th USMC Tank Battalion
7th Infantry Division
3rd USMC Tank Battalion
1st (Spec) Cavalry Division
1st Marine Division
3rd Marine Division
33rd Infantry Division
24th Infantry Division
762nd Tank Battalion
3rd NZ Armoured Sqn
249th Field Artillery Battalion
XI US Corps
225th Field Artillery Battalion
2nd Pioneer Battalion
198th Field Artillery Battalion
33rd Medium Regiment

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The attack is on for tomorrow.

Anticipating the attack in Burma, the Empire flew heavy cover over its forces.

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1943 December 11 - 2/27/2014 5:12:22 AM

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1943 December 11

The Empire captured:

The Allies captured:

There were Imperial amphibious operations at:

There were Allied amphibious operations at:

Our subs got an xAK.

The retreating Bde made Urumchi and has taken up position beside the Bde already in place and in front of the base force that preceded it. The beatings from the air at Chunking and in the mountains continued. In fact Chungking, which was somewhat recently at 6,500 AV is now at 4,800 AV. Our P-47s slightly outfought the sweeping Georges even with the disadvantage of being on defense.

Over Burma the reverse was true as we had competing sweeps. Imperial Franks swept some of our CAP but for what purpose is unclear. Meanwhile our best fighters made certain that the skies were clear over the IJA 56th Infantry Regiment so that our bombers could inflict several hundred casualties. Even better, they will get another chance tomorrow as the Rgt is still on the road in clear terrain.

The Allied bombardment report.

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Allied Ships Bombarding Saipan
Allied Ships Bombarding Saipan
Allied Ships Bombarding Peleliu
Allied Ships Bombarding Guam
Allied Ships Bombarding Guam
Allied Ships Bombarding Yap
Allied Ships Bombarding Guam

The attack at Guam went well, and taking the island will be with cost.

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Ground combat at Guam (106,95)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 76065 troops, 1275 guns, 1382 vehicles, Assault Value = 2454

Defending force 24863 troops, 283 guns, 173 vehicles, Assault Value = 504

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 6

Allied adjusted assault: 3715

Japanese adjusted defense: 2061

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

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 6

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

Japanese ground losses:
1781 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 68 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 43 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 6 disabled
Guns lost 53 (5 destroyed, 48 disabled)
Vehicles lost 12 (2 destroyed, 10 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Allied ground losses:
894 casualties reported
Squads: 83 destroyed, 90 disabled
Non Combat: 26 destroyed, 34 disabled
Engineers: 6 destroyed, 4 disabled
Guns lost 27 (14 destroyed, 13 disabled)
Vehicles lost 109 (69 destroyed, 40 disabled)

Assaulting units:
4th USMC Tank Battalion
762nd Tank Battalion
1st (Spec) Cavalry Division
2nd USMC Tank Battalion
3rd USMC Tank Battalion
7th Infantry Division
33rd Infantry Division
24th Infantry Division
3rd Marine Division
763rd Tank Battalion
1st Marine Division
3rd NZ Armoured Sqn
2nd Pioneer Battalion
249th Field Artillery Battalion
198th Field Artillery Battalion
225th Field Artillery Battalion
XI US Corps
33rd Medium Regiment

Defending units:
12th Division
Det. 3rd Special Base Force
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
65th Field AA Battalion
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
4th Base Force
59th Field AA Battalion
13th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
19th Army
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
13th Air Flotilla
15th Base Force
25th Special Base Force

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The Allied performance looks like what I have come to regard as a typical first attack with full preparation and good HQ support, plus the benefit of the lowest disruption and fatigue. Subsequent attacks are unlikely to benefit from those same last two factors and so might be less robust. Three divisions have disruption in the 30s and one in the 20s. Those four have been put in reserve to recover faster, as have some of the tank units. Probably two days rest are required to get the force down to mostly low teens disruption. The attack used about 8 to 10 thousand tons of supply. It looks like we are going to make good use of all the forces and all the supply we brought.

The IJ performance was most impressive, especially with a disruption penalty. The air and naval bombardments will be continued to keep them suppressed as much as possible.

Today's air losses.

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RE: 1943 December 11 - 2/27/2014 10:44:45 PM

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I am watching the Guam assault with great interest. Also. it seems your subs are really starting to gain momentum. Nice to see those torpedoes exploding more frequently, no? How is Wa's anti-sub work doing. Have you noticed any marked increase in his ability to damage and sink subs yet?

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RE: 1943 December 11 - 2/27/2014 11:31:07 PM

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His ASW is OK. I have noticed some increase, but overall my subs have wide patrol zones to keep DL down. In the shallows of the DEI, near the SE corner of Borneo, and north/east of Singapore is where they tend to get hit the most. I have a suspicion that the Empire is moving as much stock as possible through Indochina -> China, etc.

I don't think he's a fanatic about air ASW the way some IJ players are. I'm sure he's using it, but some players seem to make it among their highest priorities.

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RE: 1943 December 11 - 2/28/2014 12:24:14 AM

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I don't have a breakdown of it at hand, but I know the US lost 52 subs to all causes during the war. I believe a majority of them were lost to A/C. Assuming the game models that, I would be prone to place an emphasis on air ASW if I played the IJ. I think (only from what I read) that those IJ E class ASW units are very effective, but I do not know when they start showing up in their most effective mode.

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RE: 1943 December 11 - 2/28/2014 12:56:53 AM

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Well, in Babes all surface vessel ASW was calibrated, and the IJN E class was reconfigured to bring it in harmony with the game's combat algorithms so as to give it its historical capabilities.

I had an opponent who was a fanatic about air ASW, in a stock scenario 1 game a few years ago, and by October '43 it got to the point that Allied subs would be killed just passing within a few hexes of an active IJ base. IMO it can go beyond historical capabilities, which I've commented about in some relevant threads. It probably involves things that really are not going to get tinkered with at this point.

Next turn I'll check to see how many subs I've lost, but I think the USN at least is doing much better than IRL as far as sub losses. I do wonder about the remainder of the game as the subs get channeled into smaller and smaller areas.

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RE: 1943 December 11 - 2/28/2014 4:42:49 AM

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ORIGINAL: witpqs
I had an opponent who was a fanatic about air ASW, in a stock scenario 1 game a few years ago, and by October '43 it got to the point that Allied subs would be killed just passing within a few hexes of an active IJ base.

Sounds like my game.

I think I lost about 150 subs or something close to that. I would say about 80% of those to ASW air.

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RE: 1943 December 11 - 2/28/2014 6:00:00 AM

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IIRC in that month when I finally decided to pull back the sub fleet and save them for other operations, there were 10 lost in a month. So if I had kept them on forward patrols, maybe the rate would have been 120 per year from then on!

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RE: 1943 December 11 - 2/28/2014 6:47:48 AM

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IIRC in that month when I finally decided to pull back the sub fleet and save them for other operations, there were 10 lost in a month. So if I had kept them on forward patrols, maybe the rate would have been 120 per year from then on!

Sadly I realized this too late. I also should have realized a lot earlier too that subs shoot at the escort 80% of the time and sinking PBs won�t win the war.

Will certainly use my sub fleet completely differently in my next game if my opponent pays any attention.

EDIT: Just checked tracker. 187 Allied subs sunk. If my 80% estimate is correct 150 subs have been sunk by ASW air. And that is not taking into account the hundreds of subs that have "only" been damaged by ASW air and forced to RTB.

I sure wish this could be looked into as the super Es was. Personally I think much of the problem lies in the ease which subs are spotted.

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RE: 1943 December 11 - 2/28/2014 10:21:48 AM

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ORIGINAL: princep01

I don't have a breakdown of it at hand, but I know the US lost 52 subs to all causes during the war. I believe a majority of them were lost to A/C. Assuming the game models that, I would be prone to place an emphasis on air ASW if I played the IJ. I think (only from what I read) that those IJ E class ASW units are very effective, but I do not know when they start showing up in their most effective mode.

only a very small minority was lost to aircraft

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1943 December 12 - 2/28/2014 9:32:57 PM

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1943 December 12

The Empire captured:

The Allies captured:

There were Imperial amphibious operations at:

There were Allied amphibious operations at:

Our subs got an xAK.

Same over China, but it looked like fewer squads were killed at Chungking. In the skies over the mountains, Imperial sweeps cost us a few fighters but the squadrons blew through the escort of a Helen raid and got 8 bombers in total.

The IJA Bde in the open was hit by some Allied bombers, but the B-24s did not fly. The Bde is still there in the open, so another shot tomorrow. Our troops in the battle hex are almost ready to attack, one more day then it's on again.

Allied bombardments in the Pacific.

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Allied Ships Bombarding Peleliu
Allied Ships Bombarding Guam
Allied Ships Bombarding Yap
Allied Ships Bombarding Guam
Allied Ships Bombarding Guam

Babeldaob port has maxed out (size 5). CV Intrepid has arrived! Intrepid and CVL Langley are heading for Pearl Harbor from the Panama Canal.

Here are the armor and infantry troops at Guam (others omitted for space). They are in surprisingly good shape for only one day of rest, which I attribute to the great mountains of supply scattered along the invasion beaches. They will attack tomorrow, hopefully shortcutting some of the enemy troops' recovery. About 3,000 supply were used at Guam today.

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RE: 1943 December 12 - 2/28/2014 9:33:43 PM

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Here is the air support at Rota. The A-20G group just flew in and will attack for the first time tomorrow.

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RE: 1943 December 12 - 2/28/2014 10:10:31 PM

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Looking at the numbers, Troy is correct. Only 11 of the 52 were sunk by AC and most of those were in combination with surface forces. Another 5-6 were unknown cause losses Interestingly, one of the 11 attributed at least in part to AC was a friend air kill. Upps!

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RE: 1943 December 12 - 2/28/2014 10:34:37 PM

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Oops, forgot to look at the subs. I've lost only 8 so far, only 3 USN.

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RE: 1943 December 12 - 3/1/2014 12:59:01 AM

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Only 8 at the end of 1943! That is low in my experience. Well done.

I am a full year behind your game (thru 12/9/42) and have already lost eight boats, 3 fleet subs, 2 S-boats and 3 Dutch subs. Two were vics of IJN subs. Four have been DC victims trying to get at targets in IJ base hexes and 2 have been CV AC victims. My opponent has not used land based air that much in an ASW mode.

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1943 December 13 - 3/4/2014 5:20:17 PM

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1943 December 13

The Empire captured:
Kashgar

The Allies captured:

There were Imperial amphibious operations at:

There were Allied amphibious operations at:

Our subs got an xAK.

Something like 17 or 18 combat squads plus others and many more disabled at Chungking from air attacks, now 4,686 AV. Kashgar was occupied as the local population sensed the political winds in the region.

In retaliation that Bde moving toward the battle hex near Toungoo was hit hard several times, and is still on the road. The A-20G group will hit it again tomorrow, but the B-24 groups are shifting to the battle hex as the next attack is ordered for tomorrow. Toungoo itself has finally made size 9 airfield. Chittagong is proving incapable of feeding very many LST ferrying supply to Ramree Island. I am re-basing two LST convoys so that only one LST convoy of 6x LST plus escorts will load at Chittagong. Maybe after supply level recovers the port can support two such convoys.

Allied bombardments in the Pacific.

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Allied Ships Bombarding Guam
Allied Ships Bombarding Guam
Allied Ships Bombarding Peleliu
Allied Ships Bombarding Saipan
Allied Ships Bombarding Yap
Allied Ships Bombarding Guam
Allied Ships Bombarding Guam

A few days ago naval search found an E and an AE at Iwo Jima. Two destroyers were dispatched on what was hoped to be a low visibility raid. The following day two more destroyers were dispatched to Daito Shoto. The two sent to Iwo Jima seemed to hang back on the last day, despite 'direct' and 'absolute' orders, but they were spotted. At the same time (yesterday) those IJN ships were seen a few hexes NE of Iwo Jima and a convoy was seen at Iwo Jima. Both destroyer groups were ordered to full speed and their orders changed to try and intercept. One group did.

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Iwo-jima at 108,77, Range 8,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
E W-11, Shell hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Ayatosan Maru, Shell hits 7, heavy fires
xAK Aratama Maru, Shell hits 5, heavy fires
xAK Anyo Maru, Shell hits 27, and is sunk
xAK Kinugasa Maru, Shell hits 21, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
xAK Kinai Maru, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
xAK Goyo Maru, Shell hits 5, heavy fires

Allied Ships
DD Bell, Shell hits 2
DD Wickes

Improved night sighting under 96% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 96% moonlight: 8,000 yards
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
Range closes to 23,000 yards...
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
Range closes to 17,000 yards...
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
Range closes to 9,000 yards...
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 8,000 yards
Japanese ships attempt to get underway
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 8,000 yards
DD Wickes engages E W-11 at 8,000 yards
xAK Kinai Maru sunk by DD Bell at 8,000 yards
DD Wickes engages xAK Anyo Maru at 8,000 yards
Range closes to 7,000 yards
DD Bell engages E W-11 at 7,000 yards
DD Bell engages xAK Kinugasa Maru at 7,000 yards
DD Wickes engages xAK Anyo Maru at 7,000 yards
Range closes to 6,000 yards
DD Wickes engages xAK Kinugasa Maru at 6,000 yards
DD Wickes engages xAK Anyo Maru at 6,000 yards
Range closes to 4,000 yards
DD Wickes engages E W-11 at 4,000 yards
DD Bell engages xAK Kinugasa Maru at 4,000 yards
DD Bell engages xAK Aratama Maru at 4,000 yards
DD Bell engages xAK Ayatosan Maru at 4,000 yards
Range closes to 2,000 yards
DD Wickes engages E W-11 at 2,000 yards
DD Bell engages E W-11 at 2,000 yards
xAK Kinugasa Maru sunk by DD Wickes at 2,000 yards
DD Wickes engages xAK Anyo Maru at 2,000 yards
DD Bell engages xAK Aratama Maru at 2,000 yards
DD Bell engages xAK Ayatosan Maru at 2,000 yards
DD Wickes engages E W-11 at 2,000 yards
DD Bell engages xAK Goyo Maru at 2,000 yards
DD Wickes engages xAK Anyo Maru at 2,000 yards
DD Bell engages xAK Aratama Maru at 2,000 yards
DD Wickes engages E W-11 at 2,000 yards
DD Bell engages xAK Goyo Maru at 2,000 yards
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
Task forces break off...

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All four destroyers could stand some minor repair work (readily available at Truk) but it was worth it.

At Guam the attack went well. The troops are in better shape disruption and fatigue-wise than after the first attack, but still one armored unit and five of the infantry divisions have been stood down to recover. The attack again used about 10,000 tons of supply. 83,961 total supply present (I'll try to make an entry here each turn to more easily track usage). AN amphib TF is now offshore with 32,849 supply and will begin unloading tomorrow. Two more amphibious TF will begin loading supply at Truk and transit ASAP to keep the attack cycle going. The number of enemy troops spotted on Guam is down to 11,820 after today's attack.

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Ground combat at Guam (106,95)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 74627 troops, 1253 guns, 1326 vehicles, Assault Value = 2277

Defending force 23508 troops, 279 guns, 168 vehicles, Assault Value = 413

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 5

Allied adjusted assault: 3112

Japanese adjusted defense: 2331

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

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 5

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

Japanese ground losses:
1544 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 67 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 28 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 17 disabled
Guns lost 38 (3 destroyed, 35 disabled)
Vehicles lost 14 (2 destroyed, 12 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
2272 casualties reported
Squads: 96 destroyed, 28 disabled
Non Combat: 45 destroyed, 34 disabled
Engineers: 6 destroyed, 5 disabled
Guns lost 41 (23 destroyed, 18 disabled)
Vehicles lost 157 (89 destroyed, 68 disabled)

Assaulting units:
2nd USMC Tank Battalion
3rd Marine Division
24th Infantry Division
763rd Tank Battalion
1st Marine Division
33rd Infantry Division
3rd USMC Tank Battalion
4th USMC Tank Battalion
762nd Tank Battalion
1st (Spec) Cavalry Division
7th Infantry Division
3rd NZ Armoured Sqn
249th Field Artillery Battalion
XI US Corps
2nd Pioneer Battalion
225th Field Artillery Battalion
198th Field Artillery Battalion
33rd Medium Regiment

Defending units:
12th Division
Det. 3rd Special Base Force
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
59th Field AA Battalion
65th Field AA Battalion
15th Base Force
13th Air Flotilla
13th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
19th Army
25th Special Base Force

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Rota has made size 2 port, 1 more to go at 11% already.

Here is a look at recent LCU VPs from Tracker to give you an idea of what is happening with the air attacks on Chungking. Obviously the action at Guam has to be factored out, but you can see the effect.