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RE: Japanese Defense, '44-'45 - 9/18/2014 2:20:28 PM

JocMeister

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I had a 12 ship Fletcher TF get absolutely annihilated by the KB in 45 (could have been late 44). Bad weather and bad luck on your part IMO.

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RE: Japanese Defense, '44-'45 - 9/26/2014 6:32:24 AM

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Thanks for your replies gents.

The days after the failure of the Kido Buttai the two fleets stayed out of contact of each other. The Allied moved their carriers between Boela and Babo, but KB had retired towards Davao.

Then, 5 Allied cruiser TFs bombarded Ambon, Boela and Babo totally unopposed. My air power in the Eastern DEI front is wiped out.

In Burma, I tried to catch Allied bombers but instead I was caught by Allied fighters:

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orning Air attack on Rahaeng , at 58,56
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid detected at 28 NM, estimated altitude 41,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K2-J George x 79

Allied aircraft
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 25

Japanese aircraft losses
N1K2-J George: 22 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-47D25 Thunderbolt: 1 destroyed

CAP engaged:
S-302 Kokutai with N1K2-J George (43 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(43 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
43 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 31276 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 31276.
Raid is overhead
S-309 Hikotai with N1K2-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(36 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 36 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 31276 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 31276.
Raid is overhead
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Morning Air attack on Pisanuloke , at 58,57
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 40,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-84a Frank x 116

Allied aircraft
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 25

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-84a Frank: 21 destroyed

No Allied losses

CAP engaged:
1st Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (19 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
19 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 31514 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 31514.
Raid is overhead
47th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 13 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 31514 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 31514.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes
63rd Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 18 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 31514 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 31514.
Raid is overhead
77th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 19 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 31514 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 31514.
Raid is overhead
246th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (17 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
17 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 31514 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 31514.
Raid is overhead
248th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 16 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 31514 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 31514.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 4 minutes
265th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (14 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
14 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 31514 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 31514.
Raid is overhead
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Morning Air attack on Pisanuloke , at 58,57
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 39,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-84a Frank x 54

Allied aircraft
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 25

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-84a Frank: 14 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-47D25 Thunderbolt: 1 destroyed

CAP engaged:
1st Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
8 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 31514
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes
47th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 31514 , scrambling fighters to 35514.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes
63rd Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 31514
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 46 minutes
77th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
9 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 31514
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes
246th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 31514
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 176 minutes
248th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
13 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 31514 , scrambling fighters to 35514.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 119 minutes
265th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
11 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 31514 , scrambling fighters to 35514.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes

Together with op losses, I lost 65 IJA fighters and 25 IJN fighters, in exchange for maybe 6 or 7 enemy fighters.
I am not trying it again any time soon

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RE: Japanese Defense, '44-'45 - 9/26/2014 6:40:30 AM

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Why are You keeping all Your CAP on one altitude? Big mistake
Layers is a key.

Usually sweep will dive on planes flying in lower layer and that will allow planes from higher layer to dive on enemy even if they start below sweep.

Spread Your planes between 20-30k and You should see much better results. Plus You will take lees fatigue when flying lower and number of planes in air should be bigger especially for those groups that flying lower

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RE: Japanese Defense, '44-'45 - 9/26/2014 7:33:23 AM

Olorin

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quote:

ORIGINAL: koniu

Why are You keeping all Your CAP on one altitude? Big mistake
Layers is a key.

Usually sweep will dive on planes flying in lower layer and that will allow planes from higher layer to dive on enemy even if they start below sweep.

Spread Your planes between 20-30k and You should see much better results. Plus You will take lees fatigue when flying lower and number of planes in air should be bigger especially for those groups that flying lower

I try layered CAP on the highest altitude bands whenever two different types of planes are on CAP duty. Usually Tojos are the lower flying planes. If there is a difference in loss ratio, it's too small to notice (for me).

What do you think about layered CAP on altitudes between 10-20k? My thinking is, you are going to get bounced anyway, why not get a small advantage from slightly superior maneuverability? It's not the dominant characteristic in air combat, but every bit helps.

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RE: Japanese Defense, '44-'45 - 9/26/2014 7:51:55 AM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: Olorin

quote:

ORIGINAL: koniu

Why are You keeping all Your CAP on one altitude? Big mistake
Layers is a key.

Usually sweep will dive on planes flying in lower layer and that will allow planes from higher layer to dive on enemy even if they start below sweep.

Spread Your planes between 20-30k and You should see much better results. Plus You will take lees fatigue when flying lower and number of planes in air should be bigger especially for those groups that flying lower

I try layered CAP on the highest altitude bands whenever two different types of planes are on CAP duty. Usually Tojos are the lower flying planes. If there is a difference in loss ratio, it's too small to notice (for me).

What do you think about layered CAP on altitudes between 10-20k? My thinking is, you are going to get bounced anyway, why not get a small advantage from slightly superior maneuverability? It's not the dominant characteristic in air combat, but every bit helps.

This can work. I remember one instance where I had Sams and Ki-100 low with some Franks above and P-47Ns and P-51Ds swept. We actually got a positive result.

This has not always been the case though. I've also struggled with the layered vs all one altitude CAP against P-47s and Spit VIII. These seem to get the same kill ratio whatever I do on average. Against the other planes that may be used though the layers do work better.

You might also try layers like 4k-6k-8k and see what happens. I didn't get this quite figured out, but theoretically some sweeps might not even get to very low flying planes if he's at 31k. Your fighters will climb to get to bombers from there though.

Fighters climbing throughout the combat is also a problem when trying to fight low. I never tried this but I wonder of turning radar units onto rest mode would actually keep fighters from climbing early. Might have to set a higher CAP percentage to make up for late scrambling.

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RE: Japanese Defense, '44-'45 - 9/26/2014 12:36:25 PM

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Not only layers, but simple numbers in the air is important as well. When I have 40xTBolt and 30xSpit sweeping ... that's a real problem because it represents a significant investment by the allies. It means I need to come up with at least 100 fighters in the air to counter this effectively. 100 in the air means at least 300 on the ground. Thats a minimum of 6x49 ac groups ...

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RE: Japanese Defense, '44-'45 - 9/26/2014 12:47:25 PM

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Double Posted ... first time for me.

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RE: Japanese Defense, '44-'45 - 9/26/2014 9:43:39 PM

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ORIGINAL: Olorin
What do you think about layered CAP on altitudes between 10-20k? My thinking is, you are going to get bounced anyway, why not get a small advantage from slightly superior maneuverability? It's not the dominant characteristic in air combat, but every bit helps.

I tend to do that a lot. I think it comes down to numbers on CAP, and the lower the fight the better...the actual altitude of the engagement is an unknown, but with a high sweep and a low CAP the actual altitude of the fight will be somewhere between.

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RE: Japanese Defense, '44-'45 - 10/7/2014 11:21:45 AM

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June 13, '44

Burma:
The front is on the verge of collapse! Tavoy is being bombarded by allied battleships and cruisers 3-4 times a week. Forts are down to 0. But the garrison still holds its ground.

What is far more worrisome is that Allied tank units are one hex away from the central Thai plains. The 15th Army is currently withdrawing from Rahaeng and Pisanoluke. Thai units are left behind to delay the enemy. They are scheduled for withdrawal anyway in 48 days.

I spent enough PPs to redeploy 1 div from Manchuria and am in the process of redeploying one more. They will both be placed under the 33rd Army.
I am also redeploying the 16th Army (2 divs) which was my only reserve in Sumatra.

In total, the Burma Area Army has 9 division (one of them is armored), with 3 more on their way.
The 28th Army defends Tavoy and Mergui with 2 battered inf divs.
The 33rd Army defends the jungle NW of Bangkok with 3 good divs.
The 15th Army is withdrawing from Uttradicht-Rahaeng with 3 divs (having already lost the 55th Div north of Utradicht).
The 25th and 16th Armies will hold the front in the plains north of Bangkok, with 4 infantry divs and one armored.

Although that's a significant investment in IJA troops, I don't believe they can hold the British army for long.

Eastern DEI:
Same story, my "front" is about to collapse and all I can do is evacuating the bypassed bases using air transports.

After Kaimana, Boela is also lost to the enemy, which means that the 19th Army's front is breached and Michael can very easily exploit this breakthrough with an advance to Halmahera. The 46th Div was split in 3 brigades holding Boela, Kaimana and Gorong. One brigade was destroyed in Boela, another brigade is marching to Babao after being expelled from Kaimana, and another one is bypassed in Gorong. They are transported to the dot bases north of Ambon (Obi & Batjan), which are currently totally empty.

21 Div is transported to Ternate.

The KB attempted to hit the Allied destroyers near Sorong again. Leaky CAP from the allied carriers caused some casualties. The KB is currently at Manila.

B-29:
For the first time in this war, the B-29 appeared over Japanese bases. Medan was attacked at night for two turns. The first night I had nothing on the air and 8 oil centers were destroyed. The second night I put a Nick group on night CAP and although it didn't get any kills, it prevented further loss of oil centers. After that, Michael stood down his bombers. A good first sign.

< Message edited by Olorin -- 10/7/2014 12:27:36 PM >

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RE: Japanese Defense, '44-'45 - 10/7/2014 11:29:34 AM

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Still doing pretty well for this time in game though.

Are the Allies not bombing your troops in the clear plains in Thailand?

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RE: Japanese Defense, '44-'45 - 10/7/2014 11:48:25 AM

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Fortunately for me, no! If they were, I would suffer greatly, as I don't have significant AA assets there.
Michael's bombers are massed against the 15th Army, mainly bombing my troops at Rahaeng, which makes retreat very slow.

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RE: Japanese Defense, '44-'45 - 10/19/2014 2:18:05 PM

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June 22, 1944

The Soviets launch Operation Bagration! But that is another game.

Meanwhile in Southeast Asia, a comprehensive plan is drawn. The defense line shown in the screenshot above will only be temporary, held until the combined British-Indian-Chinese Army puts enough pressure into it. Then the army will be split into two formations, the 7th Area Army, responsible for the defense of Malaya and Sumatra, and the Indochina Area Army. A major stand in Bangkok will be feinted by the 25th Army, forcing the enemy to spent time to prepare a major part of his forces for siege warfare. Then, the 25th Army will fall back along the Skra peninsula, fighting a delaying action, all the way down to Chumphon, which will be the main Japanese fortress barring the way into Malaya.

The Indochina Area Army will fall back to positions shown in the following screenshot. The 16th Army especially must conduct a skillful withdrawal in open roads. The key to Indochina, imho, is Battambang, which will be held to the last man. The strategic rational is to deny the Allies the use of southern Indochina as a submarine base interdicting the Japanese SLOCs in the South China Sea, and as a heavy bomber base attacking the Borneo oil fields. Preventing the opening of China is not equally important and/or feasible imho, because a) the Chinese must already be in a relatively good supply situation since the opening of the Burma road and b) the Hanoi-Hong Kong road is controlled by the Chinese, so whatever forces are committed north of Vihn will be essentially cut off. Therefore, only the battered 15th Army (with one division, the other was destroyed) and 3 militia regiments will be committed to north Indochina.

Eastern DEI:
A Fast Transport mission to resupply Obi refused to withdraw in day time and was attacked by allied dive bombers from Boela. CA Kumano is seriously damaged but reached Kendari and will survive to fight another day, but CL Kitakami was lost. Pity, it would be interesting to see how its 40 torpedo tubes fared in a surface battle.

The air transports completed the transfer of the 46th Division to Obi and Batjan. It is the turn of the 2nd Exp Force at Babo to be transfered to Mangole.

Meanwhile, some 35 subs are busy transporting supplies to forward bases. The combination of submarines, air transports and level bombers is enough to keep forward bases in supply. The general supply situation however is rather bleak, only 1.6 million tons remaining. The Home Islands are still making a surplus, but we are playing an older version of DBB in which refineries do not produce supplies, so the SRA is losing supplies every day.

< Message edited by Olorin -- 10/19/2014 3:24:43 PM >

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RE: Japanese Defense, '44-'45 - 10/19/2014 3:08:26 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: Olorin

June 22, 1944

The Soviets launch Operation Bagration! But that is another game.

Meanwhile in Southeast Asia, a comprehensive plan is drawn. The defense line shown in the screenshot above will only be temporary, held until the combined British-Indian-Chinese Army puts enough pressure into it. Then the army will be split into two formations, the 7th Area Army, responsible for the defense of Malaya and Sumatra, and the Indochina Area Army. A major stand in Bangkok will be feinted by the 25th Army, forcing the enemy to spent time to prepare a major part of his forces for siege warfare. Then, the 25th Army will fall back along the Skra peninsula, fighting a delaying action, all the way down to Chumphon, which will be the main Japanese fortress barring the way into Malaya.

The Indochina Area Army will fall back to positions shown in the following screenshot. The 16th Army especially must conduct a skillful withdrawal in open roads. The key to Indochina, imho, is Battambang, which will be held to the last man. The strategic rational is to deny the Allies the use of southern Indochina as a submarine base interdicting the Japanese SLOCs in the South China Sea, and as a heavy bomber base attacking the Borneo oil fields. Preventing the opening of China is not equally important and/or feasible imho, because a) the Chinese must already be in a relatively good supply situation since the opening of the Burma road and b) the Hanoi-Hong Kong road is controlled by the Chinese, so whatever forces are committed north of Vihn will be essentially cut off. Therefore, only the battered 15th Army (with one division, the other was destroyed) and 3 militia regiments will be committed to north Indochina.

Eastern DEI:
A Fast Transport mission to resupply Obi refused to withdraw in day time and was attacked by allied dive bombers from Boela. CA Kumano is seriously damaged but reached Kendari and will survive to fight another day, but CL Kitakami was lost. Pity, it would be interesting to see how its 40 torpedo tubes fared in a surface battle.

The air transports completed the transfer of the 46th Division to Obi and Batjan. It is the turn of the 2nd Exp Force at Babo to be transfered to Mangole.

Meanwhile, some 35 subs are busy transporting supplies to forward bases. The combination of submarines, air transports and level bombers is enough to keep forward bases in supply. The general supply situation however is rather bleak, only 1.6 million tons remaining. The Home Islands are still making a surplus, but we are playing an older version of DBB in which refineries do not produce supplies, so the SRA is losing supplies every day.

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RE: Japanese Defense, '44-'45 - 10/26/2014 2:29:37 PM

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June 24, 1944

Slow pace during the week, but we played two turns yesterday and I hope we can do the same today as well.

SE Asia:
Due to incessant bombing, the Indochina Area Army movement to its forward line of defense has become near impossible. Besides, if the line should break, chances were that the "withdrawal" would have turned into a complete rout. Therefore, the plan of defending deeper into Indochina is adopted (as per screenshot above).

Tavoy is abandoned to the enemy. The 28th Army is withdrawing through the forests southwest of Bangkok. Two Siamese divisions will cover the withdrawal.
At Uttradicht, three trashed Siamese divisions are almost cut off, their only escape being the eastern road to Vihn.

DEI:
Airfields at Ambon (4), Namlea (3) and Sorong (8) are kept closed by allied bombers.
Biak is also continuously being attacked by heavy bombers and cruisers.

No Japanese ship has been seen in these forward areas for weeks. The last that dared to do so is now a reef.
Forward bases are supplied by 30 submarines, 150 Emily, 200 Helen and 100 Nells, operating from Makassar (9), Koepang (9), Kendari (8), Ternate (1), Manado (3) and Morotai (1).

ASW:
Allied subs are operating on the Palembang Singapore route for the first time in the war. I am adjusting accordingly.
More problematic is the Makassar Strait. One big AO was sunk and two were damaged only yesterday.

< Message edited by Olorin -- 10/26/2014 3:31:20 PM >

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RE: Japanese Defense, '44-'45 - 11/5/2014 11:20:42 AM

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July 2, 1942

SE Asia:
The Allies are taking their time advancing toward Bangkog.
The Thai Army is involved in delaying battles at Tavoy and Uttradicht, taking a toll on the enemy:

quote:

Ground combat at Tavoy (54,60)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 30030 troops, 681 guns, 521 vehicles, Assault Value = 904
Defending force 11207 troops, 82 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 363

Allied adjusted assault: 885
Japanese adjusted defense: 427
Allied assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied forces CAPTURE Tavoy !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
2748 casualties reported
Squads: 107 destroyed, 26 disabled
Non Combat: 70 destroyed, 21 disabled
Engineers: 5 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 11 (9 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Units retreated 3

Allied ground losses:
874 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 93 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 18 disabled
Vehicles lost 6 (1 destroyed, 5 disabled)

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
25th Indian Division
5th Indian Division
2nd Indian Field Regiment
25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
56th Heavy AA Regiment
IV Indian Corps
8th Mahratta AT Gun Regiment

Defending units:
1st RTA Division
1st INA Subhas Regiment
2nd RTA Division
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Ground combat at 53,61 (near Tavoy)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 25188 troops, 478 guns, 491 vehicles, Assault Value = 806
Defending force 8876 troops, 74 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 283

Allied adjusted assault: 436
Japanese adjusted defense: 697
Allied assault odds: 1 to 2

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

Japanese ground losses:
619 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 91 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 12 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Allied ground losses:
779 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 102 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Guns lost 11 (1 destroyed, 10 disabled)

Assaulting units:
Lushai Brigade
28th (East African) Brigade
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
5th Indian Division
12th Indian Heavy AA Regiment
25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
2nd Indian Field Regiment
IV Corps RIASC Base Force

Defending units:
1st RTA Division
1st INA Subhas Regiment
2nd RTA Division
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Ground combat at Uttaradit (59,56)
Allied Shock attack
Attacking force 29652 troops, 149 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1095
Defending force 11207 troops, 132 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 346

Allied adjusted assault: 852
Japanese adjusted defense: 179
Allied assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 3)
Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 0

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

Japanese ground losses:
1034 casualties reported
Squads: 26 destroyed, 36 disabled
Non Combat: 32 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 20 (12 destroyed, 8 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Allied ground losses:
2162 casualties reported
Squads: 19 destroyed, 233 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled

Assaulting units:
BFF Brigade
3rd New Chinese Corps
48th Light AA Regiment

Defending units:
3rd RTA/A Division
7th RTA/B Division
6th RTA/C Division
7th RTA/C Division
7th RTA/A Division
6th RTA/A Division
6th RTA/B Division
3rd RTA/B Division
3rd RTA/C Division
3rd Machine Cannon AA Battalion
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Ground combat at Uttaradit (59,56)
Allied Shock attack
Attacking force 10680 troops, 144 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 1277
Defending force 10357 troops, 121 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 293

Allied adjusted assault: 55
Japanese adjusted defense: 41
Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 0)
Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 0

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

Japanese ground losses:
784 casualties reported
Squads: 29 destroyed, 63 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 14 (6 destroyed, 8 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
294 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 27 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled

Assaulting units:
BFF Brigade
81st (West African) Division
3rd New Chinese Corps
48th Light AA Regiment

Defending units:
6th RTA/A Division
6th RTA/B Division
6th RTA/C Division
3rd RTA Division
7th RTA/A Division
7th RTA/B Division
7th RTA/C Division
3rd Machine Cannon AA Battalion

Eastern DEI:
The Allies are making their next move at Biak. No CVs or BBs are spotted. The 2nd Marine Div is the only ground unit identified so far.
The garrison consists of the 54th Div and the 35th Ind. Bde, but the last months sea and air bombardments have deprived them of their supplies. So, I don't expect much resistance from them.

Overall Situation:
I did some math and I concluded that the Japanese economy with its current reserves can support war making at maximum efficiency for 18-20 months after the SRA oilfields are lost or destroyed. From now on, any tanker convoys reaching the Home Islands will simply be a bonus. Which means that the DEI is gradually losing its strategic value to Japan. The primary mission of the IJA now is to delay the enemy from acquiring bomber bases in range of Japan.

Accordingly, a series of withdrawals from certain outposts has been ordered. Cocos, Christmas island, northern Sumatra, all islands west of Sumatra and the Sunda island chain will be stripped of their garrisons. That will provide a reserve of 5 division equivalents. Eventually, the 2nd Area Army defending Timor and Celebes will also be withdrawn, if enough pressure is applied by the enemy.

The KB main base from now on will be Okinawa. From there, it's two days to the Philippines and the Marianas, and three days to the Kurilles.

The preparation of the Decisive Battle Area of the Philippines continues apace. The 14th Area Army has been reinforced by a multiple of newly built brigades, which will be used to bolster the defense of Mindanao and the island chain west of it (Jolo etc). Forts and airfield expansion is continuing.

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RE: Japanese Defense, '44-'45 - 11/6/2014 10:52:27 AM

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A small change in my plans for the defense of SE Asia:
The 16th & 15th Armies will swap places. The 16th, which is the stronger army with 3 divisions, 5 brigades, 4 militia regiments and two tank regiments, will block the approaches to Hanoi, while the 15th, with one reinforced division will delay the enemy at Paksie.

The rational is that I want to prevent the connection of China with another, better source of supplies through Hanoi. Essentially, it comes down to choosing between strategic bombing of the SRA or strategic bombing of the HI (based from China). Obviously, the former is preferable. If the 16th Army dies in the process, so be it. But I think I will be able to extract it in any case.

R&D:
Kido Buttai:
B7A2 Grace - already in service. Monthly production = 65, rising to 120.
A7M2 Sam - mid September. Monthly production = 180 initially.
D4Y4 Judy - October. Monthly production = 180.

NextGen Fighters:
Ki-84r Frank - just became available for service. Monthly production = 450.
N1K5-J George - August. Monthly production = 390.

Night Fighters:
No progress in this front. Main models will be the P1Y2-S Francis and Ki-202c Randy, available in November and July '45 respectively. Until then, I have to make do with the Ki-45 KAI Nick and other models.

Late war Fighters:
Ki-83 - May '45
Ki-94II - September '45
Ki-201 Karyu - September '45
J7W1 Shinden - October '45

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RE: Japanese Defense, '44-'45 - 11/16/2014 2:40:28 PM

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July 14, 1944

Eastern DEI:
Biak was lost, but I managed to extract about 100 AV to Manado. The Allies are landing in the dot hex next to it (Naomfoor?), which is defended but another division of the 18th Army.

Southeast Asia:
The Siamese Army is all but destroyed.
Mergui was lost and the 28th Army is marching through the jungle back to safety.
The CBI army is marching to Bangkok and I decided to board the 25th Army on trains and transfer it to Chumphon.
Chumphon and Port Blair are pasted by 80 B-29s. Fortunately, the infantry brigade at Port Blair was transfered by air to Victoria Point, before the B-29s attacked.
The Andaman Islands are also emptied.
Meanwhile, two Chinese Corps' entered Indochina and are marching on Luangprabang from the west. A bomber group is trying to slow them down until the 16th Army arrives to defend the hex.

Air group withdrawals:
About 1200 aircraft were withdrawn from the Japanese OOB