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RE: Where'd I put that sword again? Erkki(evil IJ) vs I... - 7/17/2014 10:42:05 AM

Erkki

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Lowpe, I think she went to Addu and will sit there for the coming 2 years or so.

March 10, 1942

China: a Chinese Corps get retreated for the 4th or 5th time in the north... Only a thousand men left out of the initial 12,000 or so.

Ground combat at 86,33 (near Ningsia)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 3480 troops, 26 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 127

Defending force 834 troops, 28 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5

Japanese adjusted assault: 58

Allied adjusted defense: 9

Japanese assault odds: 6 to 1

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

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

Allied ground losses:
215 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 11 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 6 (6 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 1

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
11th Indpt Infantry Regiment

Defending units:
81st Chinese Corps

There are 2 more Chinese Corps on the road with an IJA Mongol army Cavalry battalion(!) but apparently the Chinese dont know how large the force there is and have not attacked for over a month now. 2 Cavalry regiments are moving to their rear and will cut them off within 3 days.

At Ankang sector 2 enemy Corps areidentified across the river - so with any luck that force too should be possible for IJA to rout right away in the river crossing shock attack. IJAAF bombers keep pinning them down and hopefully increasing fatigue and disruption.

Burma: 77th Sentai sweeps Cox's Bazar and surprisingly finds enemy CAP of Buffaloes and what are probably the last AVG Hawks. 8 enemy fighters are shot down for 1 Ki-43.

DEI: Bandjermasin falls! More Catalinas destroyed on the ground and one Dutch airbase less.

Ground combat at Bandjermasin (60,99)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 5088 troops, 40 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 166

Defending force 1219 troops, 10 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 32

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0

Japanese adjusted assault: 131

Allied adjusted defense: 43

Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Bandjermasin !!!

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
PBY-5 Catalina: 2 destroyed

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

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

Allied ground losses:
485 casualties reported
Squads: 10 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 13 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 7 (3 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Units retreated 2

Assaulting units:
54th/A Division
1st Ind. Engineer Regiment
9th JNAF Coy

Defending units:
SE Borneo KNIL Battalion
Bandjermasin Base Force

Also Denpasar across Java Sea invaded today, and as expected it too seems to contain a patrol plane base. Attack ordered for tomorrow.

South Pacific: Fleet approaches Efate, and a huge mass of enemy submarines are detected around it... Kido Butai is finally sighted today and Zero-CAP shoots down 2 Catalinas. Landings at Efate tomorrow!

B-17s show their ugly faces as they attack Port Moresby again, this time at a much higher altitude and using full bomb load. The damage they do is nearly repaired at the end of the day, AAA fire hits some of them and a Zero shoots down a B-17D.

Submarines: I-160 and I-124 fail to find Ramillies. I-26 on its way to Melbourne passes Sydney... And attacks CV Yorktown!!!!!

But once again Japanese torpedoes dont either hit or work at all, and once again a large Allied warship gets away unharmed, despite lacking air search and escorts to pin down IJN submarines they should expect in this area.

That's something like the 8th or 9th attack on a CL or larger warship that fails despite 6 torps launched.

Sub attack near Sydney at 91,169

Japanese Ships
SS I-26

Allied Ships
CV Yorktown
CA Canberra
CA Houston
DD Parrott
DD Whipple
DD Le Triomphant
DD Lawrence
DD Stuart

SS I-26 launches 6 torpedoes at CV Yorktown

In my previous PBEM a submarine attacked and sunk CV Yorktown in this very same location. 2 hits, counter flooding and fuel storage explosion were enough.

Also notice the French DD escorting an American CV... And the old, slow Clemson class Parrott and Whipple that were last seen in the Ceram sea in the opening days of the war. I'm not convinced that this enemy task force composition is in any way optimal.

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RE: Where'd I put that sword again? Erkki(evil IJ) vs I... - 7/17/2014 11:08:14 AM

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Too bad...

Le Triomphant is one of my favorite Allied ships, fast and powerful. However, her crew isn't that experienced, and she never seems to do well against submarines for me -- I think her ASW rating is 2. Not up to British standards!

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RE: Where'd I put that sword again? Erkki(evil IJ) vs I... - 7/17/2014 11:54:17 AM

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You're right about the Yorktown TF. That isn't very good at all! Where are the good DDs?

Looks like you're making good progress here. What are your last plans for the invasion bonus?

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RE: Where'd I put that sword again? Erkki(evil IJ) vs I... - 7/17/2014 12:30:31 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: obvert

You're right about the Yorktown TF. That isn't very good at all! Where are the good DDs?

Looks like you're making good progress here. What are your last plans for the invasion bonus?

We will see.

But heres what I have for tomorrow:

BB Hyuga TF will bombard Efate while the 2 amphibious task forces move in to unload troops. I hope the bombardment will also destroy some aircraft on the ground.

I'm expecting high forts level but few combat troops.

For the 2nd day I think I will detach 2 BBs from the Kido Butai and do a 2nd round of bombardments with them to raise enemy troop disruption and fatigue before the land attack. Tomorrow we will see the enemy land units and can judge if further bombardments are necessary. I can also use KB's strike aircraft or the G4M bombers on Guadalcanal to bomb Efate.

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RE: Where'd I put that sword again? Erkki(evil IJ) vs I... - 7/18/2014 11:51:50 AM

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March 11, 1942

China: IJA storms across the river towards Ankang and finds a large enemy force... Attackers only reach 1:3 odds and the Chinese hold. However there seems to be only 2 Chinese units, 41st and 77th Corps, with any combat power left, so they can likely be overcome with time. Also despite the poor odds, casualties really favored the Japanese, probably because most of the Chinese units were in really poor condition:

Ground combat at 82,43 (near Ankang)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 35755 troops, 280 guns, 265 vehicles, Assault Value = 1262

Defending force 24828 troops, 179 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 626

Japanese adjusted assault: 685

Allied adjusted defense: 2152

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 3

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

Japanese ground losses:
4316 casualties reported
Squads: 12 destroyed, 197 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 31 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 21 disabled

Allied ground losses:
1649 casualties reported
Squads: 135 destroyed, 43 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 23 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled
Guns lost 29 (6 destroyed, 23 disabled)

Assaulting units:
15th Ind.Mixed Brigade
36th Division
12th Tank Regiment
116th Division
15th Tank Regiment
58th Infantry Regiment

Defending units:
55th Chinese Corps
45th Chinese Corps
75th Chinese Corps
59th Chinese Corps
41st Chinese Corps
77th Chinese Corps
1st Artillery Regiment
7th Artillery Regiment

Recovering the disabled squads will take a couple of weeks... And then we'll break through.

Burma: enemy fighters attempted to CAP over the withdrawing 1st Burma Division, but sweeping A6M3s shot down 8 Hurricanes to no loss! A6M3 is much better than M2 at high altitudes. Enemy Blenheim bombers attacked various(safe, for them) targets through the theater but didnt manage to score a single hit.

DEI: Denpasar attack drops forts to 1, theres only a small garrison unit. Enemy patrol planes attacked the invasion fleet but were both shot down by Zeros from Makassar.

South Pacific:

Efate: IJN amphibious and bombardment forces moved in, bombardment caused OK damage and the unloading casualties were light. The enemy garrison was as expected found to be a fairly small one, with US Paratroopers(!) and an NZ rifle unit. One of the unloading cargo ships was hit once by a 155mm coastal gun for light damage.

Night Naval bombardment of Efate at 120,154 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-3A Wildcat: 1 damaged

5 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
BB Hyuga
CA Kako
DD Hokaze
DD Kikuzuki
DD Uzuki
DD Hamakaze
DD Teruzuki
DD Akizuki

Allied ground losses:
157 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 28 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
Guns lost 7 (2 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Vehicles lost 7 (3 destroyed, 4 disabled)

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 18
Port hits 16
Port supply hits 9

Ground combat at Efate (120,154)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1385 troops, 27 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 93

Defending force 6754 troops, 108 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 251

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

Assaulting units:
2nd USMC Parachute Battalion
29th NZ Battalion
131st Field Artillery Battalion
104th USN Base Force
21st NZ Pioneer Coy

Defending units:
2nd China Assault Division
84th Naval Guard Unit

I wonder what the Field Artillery Battalion does there... Artillery is typically useful in long battles, and this one wont take long.

Kido Butai: KB attacked enemy shipping at Noumea. Once again KB's aircraft performance was downright horrible when it came to hitting targets...

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 78
B5N2 Kate x 38
D3A1 Val x 48

Allied Ships
CL Honolulu, Bomb hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires
AO Ramapo, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Gilmer, Bomb hits 1
DD Brooks
AO Tippecanoe, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
AO Patoka

All bombers got through the enemy CAP intact and they failed to sink Honolulu. Pathetic. 38 torpedo attacks managed to score just 2 hits. And once again Allied TF composition makes me wonder... A big, powerful modern CL leading an replenishment task force escorted by Clemson DDs, what? At least the 2 oilers were in fuel load and burned nicely.

Defending CAP consisted of P-40s, P-39s and Wildcats of various types. Zero escorts did fairly well.

Today's air losses for all reasons including ops and flak in the area were:

Japan:
14 A6M2 Zero
2 B5N
2 D3A
= 18 aircraft with 9 pilots KIA and MIA, 1 wounded

Allies:
5 P-40E
3 P-39D
3 P-400
3 F4F-3
2 P-40B
1 F4F-3A
1 Hudson
1 B-17E
1 Catalina
1 SBD-2 Dauntless
= 21 aircraft

Scout cruiser CS Mizuho in the Coral Sea sighted a large enemy TF with "AMC"s. She also sighted enemy carrier aircraft... Thats an enemy carrier TF trying to hit the Japanese flank again. I will not let that happen again.

Submarines: Dutch submarine sunk a PB at Denpasar and a USN submarine another PB at Efate. Could have been much worse. All troops made it ashore!

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RE: Where'd I put that sword again? Erkki(evil IJ) vs I... - 7/19/2014 9:50:31 AM

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March 12, 1942

Another good day!

China: IJA is about to open 2 new fronts as a small army of ~3 divisions starts to flank the Chinese in the northern front towards Sian. The Chinese have pulled their front back and are unlikely to see this opening before too late. Another force is gathering to attack Ichang North of Changsha. IJAAF has been "preparing" the defending Chinese for a week already.

Burma: bad weather grounds attack sorties. Blenheims strike Rangoon but dont hit a thing again.

DEI: Denpasar falls! 2 Dutch patrol planes more shot down by Zeros.

Submarines: I-158's captains' talents may be associated better with peeling potatoes than commanding a submarine.. Her boat attacks a lone small xAK on the coast of NW Australia and expends ALL 12 torpedoes and some gun ammo without scoring a single hit. The boat is ordered to return to Singapore.

South Pacific:

Enemy B-17s strike Port Moresby at 18,000 ft. The damage they do to the runway gets patched quickly. AAA fire claims a B-17E shot down!

The enemy CVTF/SAG withdraws directly South and is out of KB's strike range by dawn. A lot of shipping escapes Noumea towards Brisbane, and IJN submarines' E14 floatplanes keep tracking them well - helped by good weather. East of Sydney an E14 finds another enemy carrier task force.

Submarines RO-66 and RO-63 attack the fleeing shipping and hit medium sized AP and xAP. The xAP takes 3 hits and is sunk for sure! More subs are ordered to attack...

IJN invasion fleet leaves Efate avoiding enemy submarines, and the troops attack. Efate falls! 3(not 2) Wildcats didn't manage to fly away and are destroyed on the ground. Their pilots probably became POWs.

Ground combat at Efate (120,154)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 6763 troops, 108 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 250

Defending force 5117 troops, 41 guns, 108 vehicles, Assault Value = 84

Japanese adjusted assault: 150

Allied adjusted defense: 29

Japanese assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Efate !!!

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-3A Wildcat: 2 destroyed

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

Japanese ground losses:
545 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 35 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Allied ground losses:
3802 casualties reported
Squads: 83 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 494 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 28 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 37 (37 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 90 (90 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 5

Assaulting units:
2nd China Assault Division
84th Naval Guard Unit

Defending units:
2nd USMC Parachute Battalion
29th NZ Battalion
131st Field Artillery Battalion
104th USN Base Force
21st NZ Pioneer Coy

Banzai!!!

Luganville and Efate had similar garrisons(except Luganville didn't have the paratroopers). Are these units of any real value to the Allies, other than at least the NZ ones being perhaps unrestricted at game start?

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RE: Where'd I put that sword again? Erkki(evil IJ) vs I... - 7/19/2014 10:20:30 AM

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RE: Where'd I put that sword again? Erkki(evil IJ) vs I... - 7/19/2014 7:51:05 PM

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March 13, 1942

China: -

Burma: IJAAF bombs 1st Burma Div. but doesnt achieve much. RAF didnt fly.

DEI: -

South Pacific: B-17s hit Port Moresby again in the dozens, scoring 1 runway hit. Allied shipping disappears, dont know where. The horde of IJN subs fails to find even the stricken enemy AP. Enemy carrier TF remains sighted, and...

Submarines: ...a submarine I-8 attacks CL Java, part of the enemy CVBG, with 6 torpedoes, and again all torpedoes miss!!! At least I-16 between Sydney and Melbourne finds a semi large tanker without escorts on a return trip back to the States and sinks it.

Kido Butai approached into position to be able to strike nearly to Brisbane and south of the Brisbane-Noumea line, but no targets popped up. All gone, and I dont want to attack Noumea's port either. KB will now withdraw back into the fog of war.

Reinforcements: LOTS of all kinds of land unit reinforcements today! Sorting them out will take a while...

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RE: Where'd I put that sword again? Erkki(evil IJ) vs I... - 7/20/2014 3:28:14 PM

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March 14, 1942

Another good day to the IJN!

China: nothing new

Burma: Blenheims hit for some reason Magwe's refineries... They destroy 1 refinery but lost 8 of their number to Ki-43s.

DEI: IJN moves through Malacca Strait and IJN battleships cross Java sea uninterrupted.

IJNAF bombers strike Darwin's airfield and destroy some Catalinas and Wirraways on the ground.

South Pacific: As I half expected, another enemy carrier TF approached from the East, again not sighted by submarines, H8Ks nor scout cruisers' float planes. Its strike aircraft hit Luganville, and Zero-CAP tangles with the enemy, scoring 4-2 against Wildcats and downing 1 SBD dive bomber. 1 pilot is lost. However there are no transports or cargo ships left for the enemy to attack, and they only manage 2 hits on cruiser CL Kiso. Kiso is hurt but in no danger of sinking.

B-17s hit Port Moresby again but dont achieve much. AAA again claims a B-17E destroyed.

Morning Air attack on TF, near Luganville at 120,150

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 10

Allied aircraft
F4F-3A Wildcat x 11
F4F-3 Wildcat x 10
SBD-3 Dauntless x 17

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-3A Wildcat: 1 destroyed
F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 destroyed

Japanese Ships
DD Akikaze
DD Yunagi
DD Asanagi
CL Kiso, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires
PC PB-52

The enemy carrier TF(screenshot coming later) seems to have 2 large CVs in it. It will now almost surely withdraw.

Submarines: Yesterday IJN laid more mines at Luganville for over 300 in total which paid off today. Enemy submarines visited the place, probably looking for the larger warships such as BB Hyuga and the transports. SS Nautilus' career ends in 3 mine hits.

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TF 377 encounters mine field at Luganville (120,150)

Allied Ships
SS Nautilus, Mine hits 1, on fire

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TF 377 encounters mine field at Luganville (120,150)

Allied Ships
SS Nautilus, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

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TF 377 encounters mine field at Luganville (120,150)

Allied Ships
SS Nautilus, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Glug glug glug. Thats the 33rd or so destroyed enemy sub and 6th or 7th after Manila.

The dozen-ish IJN submarines keep tracking enemy carrier TF near Sydney. Enemy aerial ASW and surface forces manage to score hit on one of the subs for bad damage, and the sub heads home.

And then I-10 hits the bank:

Sub attack near Lord Howe Island at 97,167

Japanese Ships
SS I-10

Allied Ships
CVL Charlotte, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
CA Pensacola
CL De Ruyter
DD John D. Edwards
DD King
DD Sands
DD John D. Ford

SS I-10 launches 6 torpedoes at CVL Charlotte I-10 diving deep ....

reports: "severe flooding", "severe flooding" and "listing, counter flooding"

Banzai!!!! This is why I use the subs the way I do... I don't have them everywhere but where I do, they work together to make use of any one of them sighting a target.

Charlotte seems to remain afloat for the next 12 hours, but judging by E14 air search only moves 1 hex, so she is down to 7 knots or(most probably) much less(from 15). 3 Type 95 torpedo hits on a ship of that size is a lot. Probably she has very, very high flotation damage level and majority of it major damage. The whole IJN sub armada in the area will be positioning itself between that TF and Sydney.

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RE: Where'd I put that sword again? Erkki(evil IJ) vs I... - 7/20/2014 3:50:52 PM

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Got to be frustrating all those TT launched at priority targets and they MISS! Still that Brit BB and Charlotte are either done for or out for quite a while.

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RE: Where'd I put that sword again? Erkki(evil IJ) vs I... - 7/20/2014 5:59:21 PM

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Yeah. However I admit I think I have gotten a lot of attacks on warships, though, and haven't still lost a submarine. In my previous PBEM I managed to sink CV Yorktown, BB Royal Sovereign and I believe 4 CLs and CAs by submarines only, so the trend is similar. I pay a lot of attention to the subs.

I hope my opponent will stay predictable and keep moving his TFs in sub-infested areas without adequate escorts, air search cover, dedicated ASW TFs(he has some at Pearl, SF, LA and Sydney at least). Maybe I can use his aggressiveness to manufacture a CV battle at some point.

Notice that this was another day, I think its the 4th time already, when KB would have been able to force a carrier battle and almost surely win it, easily, had it only sailed in the approximate direction of exposed friendly units(this time at Luganville), which would have made sense in many ways, and not towards Guadalcanal because I want to refuel it.

Red X marks the location of I-10's successful attack:

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RE: Where'd I put that sword again? Erkki(evil IJ) vs I... - 7/26/2014 4:21:50 PM

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March 15, 1942
Turn 100

Submarines: IJN submarines are back to their usual which is failing. Numerous attacks against enemy ASW TFs(!) of course fail, as does attack on CL Tromp near Sydney. 1 sub received minor damage in a depth charge attack by Dutch DDs.

CVL Charlotte: still afloat, made only 1 hex from where she was yesterday, towards Brisbane(NW). Sending the subs now that way.

China: IJA attack on Ankang road achieves only 1:2 odds but casualties slightly favor the Japanese(in destroyed squads). The lone KMT Corps in the North is nearly destroyed on the road to Lanchow. 2 IJA Cavalry units flank and today cut off what is probably 2 KMT Corps on the Mongolian border while a 3rd unit ties the Chinese that probably have no idea how little force they are actually facing.

Ground combat at 82,43 (near Ankang)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 28911 troops, 242 guns, 265 vehicles, Assault Value = 980

Defending force 23794 troops, 174 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 584

Japanese adjusted assault: 385

Allied adjusted defense: 625

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2

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

Japanese ground losses:
1560 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 143 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 13 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 23 disabled
Guns lost 20 (1 destroyed, 19 disabled)
Vehicles lost 32 (1 destroyed, 31 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
891 casualties reported
Squads: 15 destroyed, 27 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 27 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled
Guns lost 13 (10 destroyed, 3 disabled)

Assaulting units:
15th Ind.Mixed Brigade
36th Division
116th Division
15th Tank Regiment
12th Tank Regiment
58th Infantry Regiment

Defending units:
55th Chinese Corps
41st Chinese Corps
75th Chinese Corps
59th Chinese Corps
45th Chinese Corps
77th Chinese Corps
1st Artillery Regiment
7th Artillery Regiment

Ground combat at 85,33 (near Ningsia)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 3480 troops, 26 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 127

Defending force 657 troops, 22 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 7

Japanese adjusted assault: 59

Allied adjusted defense: 5

Japanese assault odds: 11 to 1

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

Allied ground losses:
269 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 11 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
Guns lost 13 (5 destroyed, 8 disabled)

Assaulting units:
11th Indpt Infantry Regiment

Defending units:
81st Chinese Corps

Burma: IJAAF keeps bombing 1st Burma Div. while Imperial Guards is in pursuit. The chase will take a while.

Andaman Sea: Imperial forces organizing for an attack.

DEI: IJN battleships cross Java Sea without an interruption: the Dutch are contempt to only tracking the fleet with search aircraft. IJNAF hits Soerabaja and scores a 60 kg bomb hit on a submarine! A small mine ship is sunk.

PI: Iba on Luzon falls!

Ground combat at Iba (78,75)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 10845 troops, 74 guns, 279 vehicles, Assault Value = 440

Defending force 4825 troops, 82 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 124

Japanese adjusted assault: 186

Allied adjusted defense: 82

Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Iba !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
288 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 23 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Allied ground losses:
3137 casualties reported
Squads: 333 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 361 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 10 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 100 (100 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 3

Assaulting units:
1st Formosa Inf. Regiment
16th Recon Regiment
48th Recon Regiment
4th Tank Regiment
9th Infantry Regiment
2nd Tank Regiment

Defending units:
31st PA Infantry Division
Subic Bay Defenses
1st PI Base Force

This force is now freed to advance to Bataan peninsula.

South Pacific: 8 B-17s strike Port Moresby and score a runway hit. Enemy carriers in the New Hebrides disappear. Santa Maria(island near Espiritu Santo) occupied by the Japanese.

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RE: Where'd I put that sword again? Erkki(evil IJ) vs I... - 7/28/2014 12:18:04 PM

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March 16, 1942

China: IJA starts its flanking maneuver near Sian. A division is moving to block the Sian-Yenan road in rough terrain and cut off the commies. More force moving down the road the Chinese probably have no idea of.

Ground combat at 85,33 (near Ningsia)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 3480 troops, 26 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 127

Defending force 413 troops, 17 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Japanese adjusted assault: 120

Allied adjusted defense: 3

Japanese assault odds: 40 to 1

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

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

Allied ground losses:
201 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 17 (17 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 1

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
11th Indpt Infantry Regiment

Defending units:
81st Chinese Corps

Not much left of that Corps...

Burma: IJAAF bombs the retreating British, and today Hurricanes fly CAP. Ki-43s shoot down 3 of them and lose 2 of their own(1 pilot) and the British fighters again waltz through the escorts and shoot down 7 single-engine bombers. I'm moving out all the good aircrew from those units and will start using replacements pilots instead... They're only supposed to slow down the withdrawing British units, so hitting isnt necessary. Not that 30kg bombs do much damage any way.

DEI: G3M bombers with Zero escorts hit Soerabaja's port and destroy lots of small ships and a submarine! Recon reports another sub in the port so one more bombing is ordered. If that sub was in anything but readiness repairs it'll take 3 days to get it going again.

Morning Air attack on Soerabaja , at 56,104

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 31 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 15
G3M2 Nell x 41

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 2 damaged

Allied Ships
AMc Ardjoeno, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
SS KXV, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk
xAKL Benkalis, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
HDML P 22, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
AMc Lawoe, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
HDML P 21, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
AMc Enggano, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
HDML P 7, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
AMc Merbabo, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
HDML P 17, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
ARD Soerabaja KM, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
HDML P 19, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
AMc Kawi, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk

Port hits 8
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 1

South Pacific: Kido Butai finds a small 4-ship ASW TF at Suva, Fiji, not enough to launch a strike. Amphibious rescue TF evacuates SNLF 2nd China Assault Division from Efate - next stop Horn Island.

Submarines: IJN subs near Sydney skirmish with ASW TFs. CVL Charlotte still afloat. Intel reports her sunk for the 3rd time already.

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RE: Where'd I put that sword again? Erkki(evil IJ) vs I... - 7/30/2014 12:12:36 PM

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March 17, 1942

China: Good news! A large enemy formation is leaving Hengyang towards Japanese-held Kukong. If I can abuse the IJ tactical awareness a bit I may be able to cut off this enemy force at some point in the coming weeks. Chinese fighters flew their first offensive sorties of the war when 5 Hawk 75Ms appeared over Kukong, that was today expanded enough to operate 2E bombers. I really hope that the Chinese will attempt to retake it.

Burma: Cruisers Mogami and Mikuma visit Akyab and sink the 4 ships found. 2 xAKs and 2 escorts.

Japanese Ships
CA Mogami
CA Mikuma
DD Matsukaze
DD Hakaze

Allied Ships
PC Yarra, Shell hits 5, and is sunk
KV Cyclamen, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
xAK Mundra, Shell hits 21, and is sunk
xAK Nils Moller, Shell hits 24, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk

RAF Blenheim bombers reappeared today as a squadron or so of them bombed Imperial Guards. 2 were shot down by the lone A6M3 in CAP.

IJA recon regiment reached and occupied Bhamo today. China is now on its own.

DEI: Bad weather again grounded attacks on Darwin. Didnt stop the Allied Catalinas and medium bombers from flying naval air search from there. Attack at Tarakan fails again...

PI: -

South Pacific: Quiet. Amphibious TF carrying and SNLF Assault Division makes it to open sea. DD Suzukaze collides with an AMC and becomes badly damaged... Just what was needed.

Submarines: IJN sub force doesnt find anything to attack bu ASW TFs. So 3 of the war's largest submarine torpedoes hit CVL Charlotte, that has a light cruiser's durability, out in the open sea, and failed to sink her. Torpedo hit and 8 bombs failed to sink CL Honolulu. 3 torpedoes failed to sink BB Ramillies. 4 bomb hits failed to sink a DD. IJN lost a CA of its own to 2 penetrating bomb hits. I cant wait to fight larger ships...

Meanwhile in Europe: Vladimir Putin's Russia seems to be wanting to live in a reality all of their own. Pity.

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RE: Where'd I put that sword again? Erkki(evil IJ) vs I... - 8/1/2014 7:07:25 PM

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CVL Charlotte confirmed sunk today!!

North Pacific: Catalinas have been flying over Paramushiro-Jima for days now. I doubt that Kuriles will be invaded this early. But if yes, Japan is already prepared and has some naval and lots of air assets in reserves nearby.

China: Chinese army keeps advancing from Hengyang. Excellent news. Chinese air force sorties to attack IJA troops nearby.

Burma: RAF doesn't fly.

Bay of Bengal: Invasion force advances... And what is probably a picket AMC is sighted in an adjacent hex!! Luckily carrier planes did not sortie and the Japanese are still hopefully unknown to the enemy.

DEI: Soerabaja bombed for the last time. Subs have been moved out, but 2 last small ships are hit and sunk.

South Pacific: Kido Butai disappears from the enemy.

Submarines: IJN subs attack enemy an TF with CA Pensacola and 2 Dutch light cruisers several times near Brisbane, but fail to get through the escorts. Many enemy DDs are out of depth charges. On the northern coast of Australia, an enemy xAK is hit and sunk. Probably a suicide supply runner to Darwin or Broome.

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RE: Where'd I put that sword again? Erkki(evil IJ) vs I... - 8/6/2014 9:12:38 AM

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The rate of turns has went down considerably during the last 3 weeks and all but halted - has it been just 1 turn in 8 days?

I really am not sure about what is going on. I'll be leaving to vacation trip tomorrow so the game and AAR will be on a halt until 24th or 25th.

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RE: Where'd I put that sword again? Erkki(evil IJ) vs I... - 8/26/2014 8:41:00 AM

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Unfortunately it seems that this game will not continue.

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RE: Where'd I put that sword again? Erkki(evil IJ) vs I... - 8/26/2014 3:58:14 PM

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