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RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no Mr... - 3/22/2015 10:01:55 AM   
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Truk falls, the Allies get a 712::232 result that just makes the needed 3::1. I lose an extra 4 VP because two xAK there are destroyed while building or before building. Seems odd to lose VP points for ships that were cancelled before they start building.

SS Mingo wanders into Hakodate, puts a torpedo into an Aden class xAK (no problem as she disbands straight into the shipyard).

SS Mingo finds a mine the hard way but is only damaged.

DMS W-17 is lost, near Singapore, to SS Muskallunge. She was escorting a tanker convoy heading homeward. It is going to be a risky sail home.

Lots of subs spotted but the ASW ships all fail to find and attack them.

Weird mess up at Prome. I send a group of Helens to hit a strange unit, it turns out to be a heavy AA regiment but there is no flak (I guess it is in strategic or move mode), and I score no hits. I bombed from 2000 feet does this use LowG or GndB skill?

If it uses LowG how come GndB skill increases not LowG?

Lost 4 E13A1 to ops today, looked through the groups with losses, only one had planes averaging double figures for fatigue and no fatigued pilots so put it down to just chance.

A7M2 to 5/45, Ki-83 to 6/45.

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RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no Mr... - 3/22/2015 10:06:16 AM   
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Continued lack of success hunting Allied subs. RO 102 takes a shot at SS Sargo running on the surface near Billiton, but misses.

Drop the 3rd SNLF to take out the Heavy AA unit at Prome. Unfortunately, an East African Division arrives and the drop is wiped out to a man.

Waiting for the next attack: Ulithi/Yap and to Luzon?, Northern Celebes to Mindanao? Marianas? Babeldoab and Peleliu to the Eastern Philippines? Tavoy, Malaysia or Northern Sumatra?

Apart from the Northern Celebes, there are strong defenses and big airfields in all these places and I will make a fight of it.

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RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no Mr... - 3/25/2015 3:13:29 PM   
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SS Blackfish sinks SC Ch 44 and SC Ch 23 near Iwo-Jima.

Light damage on SS Trout, Shad and Grampus.

Allies launch a one-sided attack at Magwe:
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Ground combat at Magwe (57,47)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 49657 troops, 994 guns, 1150 vehicles, Assault Value = 3434

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

Allied adjusted assault: 1153

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 1153 to 1 (fort level 4)

Allied forces CAPTURE Magwe !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker:

Assaulting units:
268th Motorised Brigade
18th British Division
2nd British Division
7th Australian Division
19th Indian Division
6th Australian Division
25th Indian Division
3rd Cavalry Regiment
22nd (East African) Brigade
254th Armoured Brigade
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
I Aus Corps Engineer Battalion
17th Indian Division
2/9th Field Regiment
1st Indian Light AA Regiment
23rd AA Bde
1st Burma Auxiliary AA Regiment
III Indian Corps
28th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
2/11th Field Regiment
24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
X' Force
6th Medium Regiment
2/1st Med Regiment
20th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
77th Heavy AA Regiment
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
26th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
22nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment

Glad I didn't stay around to fight that but it takes 10000 oil with it and loses another 270 wells.

Allied minesweepers are clearing Truk.

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RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no Mr... - 3/25/2015 3:14:35 PM   
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SC Ch 41 lost near Iwo Jima (these 2 VP sub-chasers seem to be dieing like flies, would lose even more except sometimes the sub decides not to attack).

17 B7A2 fly at maximum range to hit the mine sweepers at Truk and sink 5 YMS but the Allies clear the minefields first.

Allies have expanded Balikpapan to level 7 air field and I am seeing lots of ships there.

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RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no Mr... - 3/25/2015 3:14:55 PM   
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Lots of attacks on Allied subs, otherwise quiet.

Allies have repaired Truk airfield.

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RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no Mr... - 3/27/2015 9:30:49 AM   
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More attacks on Allied subs but no big successes. A sub puts a torpedo into an xAK off Shanghai but it is a dud.

Surprise strike by Mitchells from Balikpapan against DD North of Tarakan, bypassing the task forces in Tarakan, but all miss.

Allied CV spotted near Woleai.

Most of the remaining troops at Truk are eliminated, just 2 HQ units left.

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RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no Mr... - 3/27/2015 9:31:55 AM   
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Near Truk, I-168 puts a torpedo into BB Nevada and is lightly damaged in return. I-182 is lost. An Emily launches a night strike and puts a torpedo into the side of CVE Nassau.

Allied BB bombard the remaining forces at Truk and they are destroyed in the subsequent Allied ground attack.

Try a night strike with Nells and Frances from Davao against Balikpapan airfields. Disaster. Not a single bomb lands on the runway (severe storms don't help) but flak shoots down 10 G3M3 and 6 P1Y1. Allied had Havocs on night CAP and I sent some Irvings on LRCAP. The Irvings didn't get involved and the Havocs didn't do much good.

SC Ch 13 lost to SS Burrfish near Manila. Lots of claimed hits on subs.

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RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no Mr... - 3/27/2015 9:33:33 AM   
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An Aden class xAK carrying supplies is damaged near Chichi-Jima and will make port there for some quick repairs.

An Aden class xAK carrying resources is damaged at Amami Oshima, annoyingly it tries to carry on rather than disbanding in port, it will return to Amami Oshima for some repairs.

An Allied supply convoy heading for Rangoon is attacked by Nells out of Port Blair with no opposing CAP. 3 AM, 4 xAK, 3 xAKL confirmed sunk with 2 more possibles (32 VP gained for the 550 or so supply used for the torpedoes, that is okay).

Emilies and Graces try night strikes against Allied CVE at Truk, no luck. There are lots of Allied task forces moving around Truk and Woleai. 3 B7A2 lost, will continue to try night strikes but change to only normal range and not extended range.

I-16 is damaged near Truk and will return to base.

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RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no Mr... - 3/28/2015 9:24:41 AM   
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Allied carriers spotted approaching Marianas. Game limitations mean I cannot tell whether there are any landing forces present but assume there are some. 130,000 supply en route to the Marianas will divert to Mindanao.

Night strikes by D4Y4, B7A2 and H8K2 are fragmented and meet some night CAP by night fighter Hellcats and Corsairs. 14 B7A2, 10 D4Y4, 3 H8K2 lost and no hits scored. Even more stupid, 12 E13A1 are lost to CAP as they try to spot the Allied forces during the day. Impressive though, 20 planes in the group, 12 shot down with 7 pilots lost and morale is still 99! Oddly the E15K1, in the same base, take no losses.

Do I pull the aircraft and allow him a free air strike or leave them there and risk losses from bombardment? Reports are inconclusive but suggest he has about 600+ fighters present.

At Woleai there seems to be a replenishment task force with about 100 fighters so I could shift to Babel and try a strike against that?

Mandalay auto-captured by Allies.

Both damaged xAK put the fires out and make port.

Why have the Allies stopped bombing my oil? I suspect he thinks I am in such dire straits that it he doesn't need to.

At current production and activity levels oil will run out about end of July 1944. Fuel will run out (i.e, about 2,000,000 at ports that can't be used for production) end of July 1945, at which point I would have 8,000,000 supply stored. Just about enough to last until May 1946. Of course, usage will probably increase as the war intensifies and gets closer to home but it does look good for keeping in supply through mid 1945.

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RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no Mr... - 3/28/2015 12:31:45 PM   
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Do I pull the aircraft and allow him a free air strike or leave them there and risk losses from bombardment? Reports are inconclusive but suggest he has about 600+ fighters present.


Having just gone thru this, I think it depends upon your fort levels and the amount of CD units in each hex. Saipan, with only the fortress unit was very bombardment proof especially if the Allies move to close to the shoreline. Not sure what would have happened if he bombarded with only long range battleships.

Big forts, lots of coastal guns, great search, perhaps some sacrificial midgets and mtbs to get the detection level up, and I would fight in the air the first day as long as I didn't overstack my runways. Perhaps lots of CAP and all night strikes on the enemy shipping?

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RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no Mr... - 3/30/2015 3:15:48 PM   
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A right old mess of a turn.

I-181 puts 2 torpedoes into SS Scamp near Manus and sinks her.

SC Ch 42 puts 4 solid DC into SS Archerfish near Cam Ranh Bay and sinks her .

SS RO-105 enters Truk area, sinks KV Chilliwack but is herself sunk.

A Type-N tanker takes a torpedo near Taihoku and the oil cargo is ignited, 3400 oil lost. At 16/27/5/20 good chance of reaching Shanghai and saving the rest of the cargo.

A Kiso class PB is lost near Tokyo.

I pulled all the bombers and transports from the Marianas and left just some search and a few fighters. The forces in the Marianas for some reason fail to move properly, his carriers move past to target the fleeing ships and I lose: 9 xAK, 1 AKE, 9 ACM, 1 CM, 1 PC, 4 CMc, 1 AG, 1 SC. The small amount of CAP has little effect on his planes. I would have been better leaving the ships in port and being able to engage with better CAP.

A sweep from Sorong of Biak finds a mixed bag of planes on CAP and the P-38J in particular prove nasty.

Overall in the air: 11 N1K1-J, 7 N1K1, 7 Ki-43-IV for 4 F4U-1A, 4 F6F-3, 1 P-51A, a seriously poor day in the air. Also 11 E13A1 lost to CAP.

Allies have expanded Shwebo to level 9 air field.

Given the distance his fleets moved I think they do not have any amphibious forces with them. Seems they moved 9 hexes but only if they followed a straight line through the minefields at Rota! It looks like this may be more of a raid in force, possibly hunting for the KB, heading for the Home Isles, or just targeting my ships. Only bases he has DL on are Rota and Pagan. If he is raiding then the replenishment force last seen at Woleai may be intended to refuel. My subs near Ulithi have high DL and are some distance from his main fleet so I think there are more carriers around there - may be an invasion of Ulithi?

Allied forces are advancing on Pegu.

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RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no Mr... - 3/30/2015 3:17:00 PM   
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Allied carriers hang around near Pagan and manage to sink more ships: 1 AV, 1 AG, 1 AMc, 1 ARD, 2 AMC, 5 xAK, 2 xAKL. Better success in the air as there is some CAP over Pagan from Ki-84a and Ki-43-IV and it doesn't spread around. 21 Ki-84a, 18 Ki-43-IV for 26 F6F-3, 17 SB2C-1C. I stopped hurling Jakes to their death on naval search so now I can just see his 4 air task forces which, helpfully, gives me more information than when I was running naval search

I hoped he didn't notice Melak (on Borneo) and flew some troops into there to prevent auto-capture and started sending the defenders from Samarinda to there to be picked up. Despite flying some more supply in, the troops I flew in disappeared, I noticed that and was going to fly some more troops in this turn but he auto-captured it first.

SS RO-102 is commissioned.

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RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no Mr... - 3/30/2015 3:29:26 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Lowpe


quote:

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Do I pull the aircraft and allow him a free air strike or leave them there and risk losses from bombardment? Reports are inconclusive but suggest he has about 600+ fighters present.


Having just gone thru this, I think it depends upon your fort levels and the amount of CD units in each hex. Saipan, with only the fortress unit was very bombardment proof especially if the Allies move to close to the shoreline. Not sure what would have happened if he bombarded with only long range battleships.

Big forts, lots of coastal guns, great search, perhaps some sacrificial midgets and mtbs to get the detection level up, and I would fight in the air the first day as long as I didn't overstack my runways. Perhaps lots of CAP and all night strikes on the enemy shipping?


Night strikes are proving costly now he has night fighters (with radar) on the carriers.

How much does the fort level protect the aircraft on the runways? I've seen that high fort levels make it very hard for the Allies to damage the troops.


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RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no Mr... - 3/31/2015 5:23:53 PM   
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The TK damaged two days ago sinks in Shanghai harbour, I thought with only 16/37/5/30 damage last turn there was a good chance to save her at a level 7 port with 170 naval support. Managed to offload most of the oil on board - which was more important as I have a surfeit of tankers.

RO-103 was damaged and heading home when she appears to have been hit by Allied carrier fighters. With 97 system damage she barely made it to Pagan at 97/85/11 damage needing 120 days at Pagan to fix the system damage and minor float damage I think it is unlikely I'll be given that time.

Spotted the Allied carriers at night moving South but no daytime search to locate them. RO-101 is near Ulithi and at 10/10 spot so he is probably somewhere between Ulithi and Guam. Still no signs of invasion forces. The only base in the area that he recceed was Peleliu. He has also been looking at Talaud-eilanden, which would be a good base for an advance on Mindanao.

Lead units evacuated from Samarinda have reached the Kayan river and only have 40 miles of thick jungle and mangrove swamps to go to reach Tarakan. Manhandling tanks through this terrain is a tremendous task for the 8th Tank regiment.

Allies expand Balikpapan airfield to 8.

With the loss of the Burmese oil, oil is now flowing from Urumchi to Fusan without difficulty. Fuel still won't flow out of Urumchi at more than about 50 units per week.

Odd, I am picking up a few Allied LCU VP each day even though there is no combat. I can't see why he would have troops dying from lack of supply so the only thing I can think of is that he is taking losses loading troops onto transports at Woleai. I would have thought he could spare a few naval support squads.

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RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no Mr... - 3/31/2015 5:24:24 PM   
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5 separate attacks by ASW forces on Allied subs, all score only near misses for minor damage.

Allied carriers seen just South of Guam at night. Some Emillies try a night attack, 3 lost, no hits.

Allied recce of bases on Southern Sumatra. What looks like a landing craft task force spotted at Batavia, is he planning to invade Oosthaven?

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RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no Mr... - 3/31/2015 5:25:30 PM   
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Thunderbolts sweep Tarakan: well co-ordinated, 75 P-47D2 from 3 groups sweeping as one with 36 F6F-3 and 16 Spitfire joining in against my 12 N1K1, 26 J2M2, 108 N1K1-J. Shouldn't have been too bad but it was: 9 N1K1-J, 8 J2M2, 4 N1K1 lost for only 2 F6F-3 and 1 Spitfire VIII downed. Damaged a few P-47D2 but they, apparently, all made it back to the barn.

An xAK (one of the refugees from the Marianas) takes a torpedo just off Yokohama but easily makes it into the shipyard for 12 days of repairs.

Intelligence claims that DD Cony sunk as a result of a collision at Truk.

Recce reports extensive Allied task forces at Balikpapan. No task forces but looks like 1 amphibious force, 3 bombardment forces, 2 PT forces and one unknown, possibly a PT force or could be mine-sweeping.

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RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no Mr... - 3/31/2015 5:30:37 PM   
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Status: offline 		Reconnaissance planes and what to do with them? Given I can't afford to bomb in the face of massive Allied flak, I don't need many planes to get DL.

I have put a lot onto naval search. I have about 200 trained IJA recon pilots so don't need to train more. So I am using planes to train naval search and then transferring to bomber groups to train NavB or LowN.

Any other suggestions on how to use recce planes?

I have some IJA TR planes now doing general training and when those pilots are about 60 or so on defense I'll transfer them to fighter groups to train air skill. I could use some recon groups for the same purpose?

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RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no Mr... - 3/31/2015 6:07:36 PM   
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How much does the fort level protect the aircraft on the runways? I've seen that high fort levels make it very hard for the Allies to damage the troops.


Personal experience for me is that it is substantial protection, but I haven't been bombarded enough to really know. My CD guns did a heck of job firing, I suspect they work like AA and disrupt the bombardment or focus the bombardment on the CD unit. Not sure....

Forts+CD Units I would feel comfortable having some planes there. Not overstacked however.

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RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no Mr... - 4/2/2015 5:16:53 PM   
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Lots of ASW attacks launched. Nothing conclusive but SS Finback takes two fuel leaks and an engine damage near Japan so may have a difficult trip back for repairs.

I-184 surfaces and sinks xAKL Carroo (700 tons, 1 VP) near Suva. Hardly worth the effort but it shows I have subs active in various spots.

No significant air action.

Australian forces have entered the Taung Gyi hex. I only have forts 3 but defense is 26,000 of 40,000 stacking limits and consists mostly of middling good infantry units. Need to hold him here for a few days as the troops moving to hold the Sulaween river crossing still have some distance to go.

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RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no Mr... - 4/2/2015 5:17:36 PM   
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Quiet day. DD Hagikaze attacks SS KXVI and scores 8 damaging near misses. Cumulative damage may be enough to force a return to base.

Ki-74-I now due 2/45.

Biak has been expanded by the Allies to level 8, air forces at Babeldoab expect attacks.

E Aguni commissioned, 9 Type 2 Dc and an A/S mortar plus a radar set makes for a nice ASW vessel.

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RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no Mr... - 4/2/2015 5:18:24 PM   
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Allies sweep Tarakan. Another bad day in the air. Morale is falling so I'll need to cycle out and replace with new groups, may bring in the Army. 50 N1K1-J, 6 J2M2, 1 N1K1 traded for 15 F6F-3, 3 F4U-1A, 2 P-47D2, 2 Spitfire VIII. That is 57::22 which is above the 2::1 ratio that I can afford. However, I can't really afford to abandon Tarakan so will just have to keep shifting planes in.

I could supplement with some fighters on LRCAP from Brunei, or I could use night fighters from Brunei on LRCAP to protect Tarakan and that would allow more day fighters at Tarakan.

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RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no Mr... - 4/2/2015 5:19:02 PM   
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Quiet.

Large numbers of the smaller sub-chasers commissioned. I had put these on hold because they only have Type 95 DC but now he is more active in shallow waters it seemed worthwhile to complete them.

P1Y2-S to 9/44.

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RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no Mr... - 4/2/2015 5:20:14 PM   
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SS Burrfish sinks another sub-chaser near Manila (I think that is four that the Burrfish has sunk so far). Counter-attack scores many near misses and one solid hit so probably sending back for repairs (nope, still on station 2 days later).

Allied launch artillery bombardment at Taung Gyi.
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Ground combat at Taung Gyi (59,48)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 49169 troops, 727 guns, 426 vehicles, Assault Value = 1559

Defending force 24084 troops, 206 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 703

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

Allied ground losses:
87 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
25th Indian Division
7th Australian Division
6th Australian Division
17th Indian Division
2/11th Field Regiment
2/9th Field Regiment
2/1st Med Regiment

Defending units:
115th Infantry Regiment
3rd Division
21st Ind.Mixed Brigade

I have forts 3 and it is jungle rough so I think should be able to hold for a little.

Allies have sent more forces to Pegu - will he attack soon?

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Lost another SC near Manila. Otherwise pretty quiet. Lots of radio chatter at Kavieng, probably rearming the carriers.

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RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no Mr... - 4/2/2015 5:29:42 PM   
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Allies sweep Tarakan with Hellcats and Corsairs and Babeldoab with P-38J.

Both battles go well for me: 28 P-38J, 17 F6F-3 downed for 18 Ki-43-IV, 13 N1K1-J, 3 Ki-84r, 1 Ki-84a a 45::35 result in my favour, excellent! At Tarakan I think the corsairs may have been on LRCAP and not got involved. At Babeldoab I had Ki-43-IV and N1K1-J and they seemed to work well together. The Ki-43-IV engaged the lightnings for a while damaging many planes but taking losses then the N1K1-J joined in and had the dive on the Lightnings and destroyed some.

Also good that I only had 9 pilots KIA, and 13 WIA. 4 new Aces.

At Tarakan I replaced the Irving night fighters by A6M5d-S and have some army night fighters on LRCAP from Brunei. That allowed me to fly in more fighters to Tarakan and supplement them with some LRCAP from Brunei. The LRCAP will need to rest but he seems to rest his planes for 2-3 days after a sweep so should give them time to recover.

The crew of DD Mochizuki (near Singapore) have an exciting day. First they avoid 2 torpedoes from SS Darter prosecute the target and score a solid DC hit. Then SS Muskallunge shoots 4 torpedoes at them, they dodge, prosecute and score a solid DC hit. Finally, they locate SS Darter again but are out of depth charges. Their accompanying ship, DD Fumizuki, has to prosecute but can only score 4 damaging near misses.

I have been tracking an Allied tanker force heading from Pearl to Los Angeles for the last 3 days. Each day it ends in the same hex as a sub. Today was the first time I managed to launch an attack, but the escorts (coast guard cutter?) protect the convoy and SS I-40 takes light damage (13/5/0) and will head for repairs. Probably have only 2 more days I can try and attack the convoy.

Allied air forces get frisky in Burma.

He bombs the airfields at Lashio, just a few recce planes there and they take no damage. However, I have messed up and only have 8 engineer squads present so the airfield is going to be closed pretty soon.

At Taung Gyi he targets the airfields and strafes troops at 100'. The 21st Ind Mixed Brigade is there and this has a few 8cm AA guns. It seems that because of this it gets disrupted even though the strikes are pretty ineffective. Allies have moved lots more artillery into the hex and continue bombardments.

The 1st Burma Battalion had moved, alone, into the jungle near Lashio. I sent the 27th Division there and the Allied forces are destroyed. 18 Land VP (every little helps).

Spot some transports at Madras.

Allies have expanded Balikpapan airfield to level 9. I expect to see heavy bomber raids from there soon.

E No. 3 commissioned. Start getting a regular supply of these good E boats now.

First J7W1 factory fully repaired.

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Status: offline 		Intel claims 14 Allied subs sunk so far this month.

However, only 2 of these are actually confirmed sinkings: SS Scamp and SS Archerfish (reported as SS Scorpion). I may have sunk some others but I doubt it. Meanwhile, the Allied subs have sunk 7 sub-chasers in ASW task forces and 1 PB and 1 TK in convoys. They have sunk 45 VP of my ships and I have sunk at least 22 VP of subs.






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How much does the fort level protect the aircraft on the runways? I've seen that high fort levels make it very hard for the Allies to damage the troops.


Personal experience for me is that it is substantial protection, but I haven't been bombarded enough to really know. My CD guns did a heck of job firing, I suspect they work like AA and disrupt the bombardment or focus the bombardment on the CD unit. Not sure....

Forts+CD Units I would feel comfortable having some planes there. Not overstacked however.



Okay, I'll see how it works out when he comes back again.

I have been trying to work out how best to respond to an Allied invasion. I think CAP and LRCAP over the invasion sight and some bombers in the base under attack set to naval attack 0 range and some other bombers doing ground attack. That should trigger air combat with any LRCAP he has and may clear it out the way so transports can bring in reinforcements. While his carriers move as a group I can't hope to attack them and any naval strike is likely to go awry

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ORIGINAL: Spidery


quote:

ORIGINAL: Lowpe


quote:

ORIGINAL: Spidery

How much does the fort level protect the aircraft on the runways? I've seen that high fort levels make it very hard for the Allies to damage the troops.


Personal experience for me is that it is substantial protection, but I haven't been bombarded enough to really know. My CD guns did a heck of job firing, I suspect they work like AA and disrupt the bombardment or focus the bombardment on the CD unit. Not sure....

Forts+CD Units I would feel comfortable having some planes there. Not overstacked however.



Okay, I'll see how it works out when he comes back again.

I have been trying to work out how best to respond to an Allied invasion. I think CAP and LRCAP over the invasion sight and some bombers in the base under attack set to naval attack 0 range and some other bombers doing ground attack. That should trigger air combat with any LRCAP he has and may clear it out the way so transports can bring in reinforcements. While his carriers move as a group I can't hope to attack them and any naval strike is likely to go awry


I think if you can have two to three full fighter sentais of good planes and one Sentai (one of your supersized ones) of Judies or whatever your fastest bombers are, you will get thru the Allied CAP. You will lose half your bombers, but you will get thru if everyone flies. Go in at 15K for divebombers.

So one naval attack with three escorts all from the same base and no other attacks.

It helps if all the planes are already in the base, and not just flown and ordered to attack.



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Allies hit Tarakan hard. With Spitfires and Lightnings on LRCAP first some Kittyhawks sweep. Then the bombers hit the air fields and close them. Finally the Thunderbolts sweep but by that time all of the Ki-84r and N1K1-J on CAP have been grounded.

Air/Flak/Ops losses for the fight: 44 N1K1-J, 25 Ki-84r for 23 Kittyhawk III, 19 P-38G, 10 Spitfire VIII, 7 P-38H, 5 Kittyhawk 1A, 15 B-24J, 4 B-24D, 3 B-24D1 pretty good. But on the ground lost another 32 planes including most of an A6M5d-S group.

At Lashio, the Allies strafe to close the airfield and it costs them in flak losses with 10 planes lost.

Overall air losses for the day were 106 on each side but with the Allies losing 22 4E bombers that is 106 to 128 VP.

Lots of attacks on Allied subs and the SS Burrfish is sunk off Manila. A good swap for the 4 sub-chasers she had sunk on this patrol.

I-8 makes two tries at the tanker convoy, for the first she misses a tanker and for the second a PC that damages her in the counter-attack (19/10/1 and a long trip back to the yard).

Allies attack at Pegu:
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Ground combat at Pegu (55,53)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 99619 troops, 1604 guns, 2267 vehicles, Assault Value = 3624

Defending force 31897 troops, 495 guns, 275 vehicles, Assault Value = 881

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 4

Allied adjusted assault: 1919

Japanese adjusted defense: 1159

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

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 4

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

Japanese ground losses:
3765 casualties reported
Squads: 83 destroyed, 112 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 66 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Guns lost 127 (26 destroyed, 101 disabled)
Vehicles lost 69 (5 destroyed, 64 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
2120 casualties reported
Squads: 19 destroyed, 292 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 52 disabled
Engineers: 15 destroyed, 160 disabled
Guns lost 57 (2 destroyed, 55 disabled)
Vehicles lost 141 (20 destroyed, 121 disabled)

Assaulting units:
11th Indian Division
XV Corps Engineer Battalion
XXXIII Corps Engineer Battalion
11th (East African) Division
3rd Cavalry Regiment
254th Armoured Brigade
50th Tank Brigade
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
9th Indian Division
Provisionl Tank Brigade
Gardner's Horse Regiment
20th Indian Division
81st (West African) Division
Guides Cavalry Regiment
268th Motorised Brigade
16th Light Cavalry Regiment
14th Indian Division
2nd Indian AA Bde
16th Indian Heavy AA Regiment
30th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
14th Army
85th British AT Gun Regiment
21st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
29th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
XXXIII Indian Corps
15th Indian Heavy AA Regiment
XV Indian Corps
6th Mixed A/T Mtr Regiment

Defending units:
66th Infantry Regiment
65th Division
9th Tank Regiment
63rd Division
14th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
12th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
15th Ind.Medium Field Artillery Regiment
1st Mortar Battalion
6th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
4th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Hvy.Artillery Regiment
3rd RF Gun Battalion
26th Fld AA Machinecannon Company
23rd Air Defense AA Regiment
29th Field AA Machinecannon Company
32nd Field AA Battalion
2nd RF Gun Battalion
12th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
11th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion

Big loss for me is the 66th Infantry Regiment which is trashed.

E Kurahashi commissioned.

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