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16 November - 15 December 1942 ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAME ON (AGAIN): After a hiatus Torsten has come back to do regular turns. We trade on average one a day. I've not updated the AAR much but thought I'd take a stab today since the game is still interesting, if slow. After the big move into the Andamans Torsten has been very quiet. He still has a lot of forces in the India area as I've learned through some recent recon, but I don't know the location of the Allied CVs. I'm thinking he will simply wait until Hellcats to do something bigger now. SUBS: Torsten's subs have now largely been neutralized. He has stopped leaving them around the approaches to Kyushu after a few got HIT messages. They still haunt the approaches to Balikpapan, but 4 ASW TFs and two ASW air units are also here, so they haven't hit anything recently. The IJN subs are concentrated in the Indian Ocean. About 30 are on patrol between Ceylon and the Andamans, and a few more are sitting at Victoria Point and Singers waiting, while a few are farther afield on recon and early warning missions. Only about 5 are in the Pacific, simply to get some possibility of early detection. DEI: Units are very slowly filling in bases to form a defense. Scenario 1 has so few troops that there are large holes all over still. PACIFIC: Some jousting has gone on around Port Moresby, and the Allies have sent about 100 fighters in several times, only to retreat after big losses. We've been getting about 1:1 down here, which is fine. Some Hurri IIc are in the area, which is interesting. He made a move to take Lunga, which was empty, but I've since bombed the fields and troops and the only unit here is a small garrison. He also walked to Terapo from PM but I've bombed that periodically, and it's still a level 1 field. There are four units there and it's easy to sweep and suppress any LR CAP for now anyway. After the latest sweeps I tried got less than positive results he's continued to base 120+ fighters in PM. I'm gearing up for some bigger sweeps with Tojo and A6M5 once the groups have all upgraded. BURMA: Burma has gone a bit quiet. There is an occasional big sweep by the Allies but no major bombing runs. I sense a building of pools and troops. He has taken and solidified Ramree Island, but lost a few transports and 4 APDs in the process. CHINA: This theatre has been the most active in recent months. Torsten has done a fantastic job of stymying my advances. He's got a good defensive line along the Chikhiang to Kweiyang [EDIT] line. I've not been able to break through in spite of weeks of bombarding by air and ground, bombing of nearby bases to reduce supply, and pouring supply in to keep my units well in the white. The Northern areas are static and I won't advance up there, even though there are possibilities. Due to our agreement to have a Chinese Reserve should China collapse there is no point going from the North as all retreating troops could simply pile into the mountains, and once I got to Chungking I'd have to stop anyway to give him the truce area. I'll not make such a compromise again. It's a fun theatre, and I enjoy the maneuvering that has developed, which still involve bigger stacks as there are no stacking limits. I've got some new ideas, and still have interior lines to use, so there is possibility to get through in the future I think. I'd like to bag a bunch of troops and block the mountains mostly. NORTH PACIFIC: I've not taken any of the Aleutians, and Torsten is building up Shemya and Attu in particular. I'm almost certain there will be a move here at some point. I'll build out from Hokkaido, but it's likely I won't have enough troops ready come spring 43. ANDAMANS: Torsten landed the 100th Indian Brigade on Car Nicobar the last time he sent the fleet over, and it took him a while to extract the unit. I'm thinking this is one that combined into a division and he needed it absolutely, as he sacrificed about 40-45 PBY of various US and Brit models flying them out. I have a group of Rufes on Car Nicobar that basically became and expert group with experience in the 60-75 range during this. That has to be a big hit to his search ability in late 42 as well. I know the PBY are scarce. I thought about letting it continue, but eventually decided to kill off the remaining troops as the Brit replacements are so low as well. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR November 27, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Car Nicobar (44,62) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 12349 troops, 163 guns, 40 vehicles, Assault Value = 517 Defending force 1942 troops, 33 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 5 Japanese adjusted assault: 212 Allied adjusted defense: 17 Japanese assault odds: 12 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 10 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 340 casualties reported Squads: 22 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 24 disabled Engineers: 10 destroyed, 1 disabled Guns lost 3 (3 destroyed, 0 disabled) Assaulting units: 16th Division 2nd Raiding Regiment Kure 3rd SNLF 14th Garrison Unit 1st Raiding Regiment Yokosuka 1st SNLF 37th Const Co 27th JAAF AF Bn /1 Defending units: 107th RAF Base Force 100th Indian Brigade -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 100th Indian Brigade Wiped Out at Car Nicobar by attrition!!! Allied Unit(s) surrounded at Car Nicobar -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR December 1, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHINA: This was the shock over the river after a bunch of maneuver and deception which actually led 100k Chinese to move into the wooded off-road hex to the South. Still, even with a supply negative and a 1:1 attack we couldn't break through due to heavy disablements. It's been stuck here now for two weeks as I try to bombard, repair troops and try again. Two days later he had reinforced to 3400AV. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 75,50 (near Kweiyang) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 107021 troops, 977 guns, 1699 vehicles, Assault Value = 4033 Defending force 66539 troops, 334 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2419 Japanese adjusted assault: 1434 Allied adjusted defense: 922 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: shock(+), disruption(-) Japanese ground losses: 16225 casualties reported Squads: 38 destroyed, 1683 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 128 disabled Engineers: 47 destroyed, 159 disabled Guns lost 132 (3 destroyed, 129 disabled) Allied ground losses: 3379 casualties reported Squads: 10 destroyed, 466 disabled Non Combat: 15 destroyed, 142 disabled Engineers: 6 destroyed, 39 disabled Guns lost 35 (5 destroyed, 30 disabled) Assaulting units: 39th Division 34th Division 8th Ind.Mixed Brigade 56th Engineer Regiment 13th Tank Regiment 9th Ind.Mixed Brigade 1st Ind.Mixed Brigade 37th Division 53rd Infantry Brigade 57th Infantry Brigade 2nd Tank Division 7th Ind.Mixed Brigade 1st Tank Division 15th Division 26th Engineer Regiment 21st Mortar Battalion Defending units: 55th Chinese Corps 36th Chinese Corps 22nd Chinese Cavalry Division 51st Chinese Corps 5th Chinese Cavalry Corps 2nd Chinese Cavalry Corps 73rd Chinese Corps 10th Construction Regiment 79th Chinese Corps 65th Chinese Corps 56th Chinese/A Corps 76th Chinese Corps 86th Chinese Corps 56th Chinese/B Corps 14th Construction Regiment 4th War Area 1st Group Army 5th Construction Regiment 22nd Artillery Regiment 8th Construction Regiment 12th Construction Regiment 9th Group Army 20th Artillery Regiment 1st Artillery Regiment 7th Artillery Regiment 18th Artillery Regiment 30th Group Army 4th Heavy Mortar Regiment -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR December 4, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AIR: There have been a few big days and lots of small engagements in both Burma and the South Pacific. here is a sample day that went well but ended up about even in losses overall, as most of these have recently. Our rule that defensive planes can go to any altitude band but offensive planes are limited to 2nd best tends to favor the defender. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 27 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 34 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 92 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 10 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIb Trop x 16 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Hurricane IIb Trop: 2 destroyed CAP engaged: 1st Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (9 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 6 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 21000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes 27th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (10 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes 59th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (12 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 8 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 33000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes 77th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (21 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 16 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 33000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes 85th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (14 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 10 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes 50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (4 airborne, 10 on standby, 22 scrambling) 14 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 33000 , scrambling fighters between 18000 and 33000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 13 minutes 64th Sentai with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (3 airborne, 8 on standby, 23 scrambling) 11 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 26000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 13 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 33 NM, estimated altitude 31,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 32 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 80 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 9 Allied aircraft P-40K Warhawk x 25 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-40K Warhawk: 6 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 86 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 25 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 68 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIc Trop x 14 Kittyhawk IA x 13 Spitfire Vc Trop x 14 P-39D Airacobra x 21 P-40E Warhawk x 20 P-40K Warhawk x 43 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3a Zero: 3 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Kittyhawk IA: 2 destroyed Spitfire Vc Trop: 1 destroyed P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed P-40E Warhawk: 4 destroyed P-40K Warhawk: 5 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 29 x A6M3a Zero sweeping at 31000 feet 13 x A6M3a Zero sweeping at 31000 feet CAP engaged: No.75 Sqn RAAF with Spitfire Vc Trop (0 airborne, 10 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 37000 , scrambling fighters between 33000 and 37000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes No.76 Sqn RAAF with Kittyhawk IA (0 airborne, 10 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 29000 , scrambling fighters to 29000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 20 minutes No.60 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (0 airborne, 10 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 34000 , scrambling fighters between 27000 and 31000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes 12th FS with P-39D Airacobra (0 airborne, 14 on standby, 0 scrambling) 7 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 14000 and 32100. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes 8th FG/35th FS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 14 on standby, 0 scrambling) 6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 24000 , scrambling fighters between 24000 and 29000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 25 minutes 347th FG/67th FS with P-40K Warhawk (0 airborne, 14 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 29000 , scrambling fighters to 29000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 12 minutes 8th FG/80th FS with P-40K Warhawk (0 airborne, 16 on standby, 0 scrambling) 7 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 29000 , scrambling fighters between 26000 and 29000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 20 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 30 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 64 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 8 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIc Trop x 32 Hurricane XIIb x 16 P-38E Lightning x 25 P-38F Lightning x 25 P-38G Lightning x 25 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 2 destroyed Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 4 destroyed Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Hurricane IIc Trop: 2 destroyed P-38E Lightning: 1 destroyed P-38G Lightning: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 16 x Hurricane XIIb sweeping at 31000 feet 13 x Hurricane IIc Trop sweeping at 31000 feet * 13 x Hurricane IIc Trop sweeping at 31000 feet * 19 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet 14 x P-38E Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet 19 x P-38F Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 22 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 49 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 6 Allied aircraft Kittyhawk I x 16 Kittyhawk IA x 12 P-40E Warhawk x 175 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 16 x Kittyhawk I sweeping at 20000 feet * 12 x Kittyhawk IA sweeping at 20000 feet * 23 x P-40E Warhawk sweeping at 20000 feet * 23 x P-40E Warhawk sweeping at 20000 feet * 25 x P-40E Warhawk sweeping at 20000 feet * 19 x P-40E Warhawk sweeping at 20000 feet * 22 x P-40E Warhawk sweeping at 20000 feet * 17 x P-40E Warhawk sweeping at 20000 feet * 17 x P-40E Warhawk sweeping at 20000 feet * -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 18 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 40 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 4 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIb Trop x 17 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Hurricane IIb Trop: 2 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 116 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 40 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 22 A6M5 Zero x 10 G4M1 Betty x 33 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIc Trop x 10 Kittyhawk IA x 8 Spitfire Vc Trop x 14 P-39D Airacobra x 10 P-40E Warhawk x 9 P-40K Warhawk x 21 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 6 destroyed A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged Allied aircraft losses Spitfire Vc Trop: 8 damaged P-39D Airacobra: 5 damaged P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed on ground P-40K Warhawk: 7 damaged P-40K Warhawk: 1 destroyed on ground Catalina I: 1 destroyed on ground Airbase hits 20 Airbase supply hits 8 Runway hits 61 Aircraft Attacking: 31 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 9000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Here is a shot of China in the middle of the deceptive maneuver and river crossing.I had just sent tanks over to capture the bridgehead. The Allies bought the movement into the wooded hex to the South and I was able to cross with the full Army of 4.1k AV but only got a 1:1 on Dec. 1 with heavy disablements, so now everything is again static. new ideas and movement has begun and I'll update that soon. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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