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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder - 11/19/2014 5:28:05 PM

Mundy

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Probably.

My bomber pools are pretty low, and I haven't been letting the US bomber squadrons gain reinforcements.

I'm wondering if I should withdraw the bombers in Australia, to beef up the ones in the US to ship. Another thought is to ship the ones in Oz to India. That has a risk, as he's had SCTFs patrolling offshore before.

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder - 11/19/2014 5:50:55 PM

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My bomber pools are pretty low, and I haven't been letting the US bomber squadrons gain reinforcements.

I'm wondering if I should withdraw the bombers in Australia, to beef up the ones in the US to ship. Another thought is to ship the ones in Oz to India. That has a risk, as he's had SCTFs patrolling offshore before.

This is why I'm not such a big fan of those early raids you had on Noumea. Sure you can have some tactical successes but the Allied don't get a lot of those 4E aircraft. Those B-17's and B-24's should reserved to achieve strategic goals or else they won't be there when you do need them (like right now). And since you don't really have any strategic goals in Australia that require 4E this time (or at least nothing as pressing as the situation in India), those frames need to get to India. Up to you how you get those planes there...depends on withdraw date and such.

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder - 11/20/2014 4:31:26 AM

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This sucks. That's a s**tload of troops I lost here. 62,000 dead or headed for prison camps.

Ouch -- my sympathies. And there are one British and two Australian divisions gone. Were you out of supply?

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder - 11/20/2014 11:53:10 AM

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Yep, he snuck forces behind mine and trapped them. I started re-organizing my air. I've pulled my heavies at Unmak back to Spokane. More B-17s at Spokane are being re-routed to the East Cost. I've also withdrawn the heavies in Australia. The bombers in Oz and Umnak were excess overkill in those locations anyway. I doubt the Aleutians will go any further than it's currently at, and both my bases there (Unmak & Dutch Harbor) are pretty well garrisoned. Yanking the air in Oz also netted me close to 200 PPs (thank you very much...).

I've set a squadron of O-47s at Normanton to recon under AI control, to use that neat trick that came up recently, so I should spot any forces which may come this way. I think he's content with Darwin and Katherine at this point. I have excellent PBY coverage out of Normanton from Darwin to almost Port Moresby.

I'll start with the ground forces re-org next turn. I wanted to get the first turn out quickly yesterday to give CF a chance at getting one more out, but I was probably a little late. Damn work...
I'm getting home later again today, so I can take my time with this one. Thankfully, India has lots of choo choo chrains, to move stuff around, so it should go fairly quickly -- within a week or so. I'm going to set up a N-S line roughly even with Bhopal, using the nastier terrain. I won't worry about Delhi, since if he goes that far, he's bound to cut loose my emergency forces. A British division is inbound, so that will help provide some backbone somewhere. I'm looking at about three locations to defend at this point, preferably at major road/rail intersections. I'll keep the south coast the weakest one. I have two recon squadrons (B-25s and Hurricanes), which I'll keep active to watch for movement.

I wonder what the garrison requirements are for Calcutta. I would imagine it to be pretty stiff.

I should have gone through this a long time ago, but I guess you can only really learn through pain.

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder - 11/20/2014 2:47:13 PM

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I have two recon squadrons (B-25s and Hurricanes), which I'll keep active to watch for movement.

Your British Lysander air groups are equipped with a camera and can also be used in India for short range recon missions. Might be worth it to spread some of those arround and keep tabs on any new avenues of advance.

You might be right in that your opponent will most likely not want to trigger reinforcements by crossing the India line of death, but you never know since he's thoroughly trashed what was there (sea, land and air). I'd be sure to redouble efforts on holding Kirachi first and Bombay second. It's going to be a awhile before you can push back in that area.

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder - 11/20/2014 3:54:08 PM

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Thanks for that. I never looked at the Lysanders that closely, thinking them solely a low grade bomber. I guess I can't fly spies behind his backfield. I have a couple squadrons to throw into that job -- even a weak one will help.

If he goes the Delhi route north, he'll have to deal with regiments in the Lahore area. (Un)fortunately, some of these regiments are static, so I couldn't pitch them into battle earlier. If he goes that way, I'll probably hole up in the rough terrain halfway between Multan and Hyderabad. It's a long hike, regardless.

Another spot is Jodphur. Bhopal's also in the rough, and there's jungle to the south.

A group from the 1 USMC Paras are on Argonaut, enroute to Ailuk in the Marshalls, to snoop. Just a nuisance shot right now. If I'm lucky, he has something weak there, but I'm assuming it's unoccupied. I don't plan on anything too dangerous.

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder - 11/20/2014 8:52:14 PM

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06 July 1942

Moving Day.

I've got probably two wings worth of bombers heading to Cape Town via Eastern USA. My B-17E pool is over 60 now, so I should be able to get stuff up to strength before getting deployed. I'll probably buy the PPs before updating, as I'm guessing it'll be cheaper.

The great ground shuffle in India is underway.

A minimalist force is heading to Vizagapatnam, with some infantry and artillery. From there, they'll park in the rough hex three hexes to the east along the road.

The next sizable force is heading to Jubbulpore, deep in the bush. Bhopal will be getting engineers and base units to get a credible airfield up there.

Mostly base forces and aircraft will go to Delhi.

The last mob is off to Jodphur. The USA 27th is part of that group. I was thinking they got killed at the prior disaster, but miraculously, they were out. They've actually been building back up nicely, which is good.

Once these places are set up and running, I may make some adjustment, and possibly put out skirmishers to deal with those flankers and such.

2/3 of a UK division are a day out from Karachi. The last regiment is loading now at Aden. I'm not sure yet whether to combine them or spread them out amongst the strongholds.

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder - 11/21/2014 10:25:38 PM

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Odds and Ends.

A convoy with more planes has unloaded at Suva. Currently based there and at Nadi:

8- Squadrons P-39s
3- Squadrons B-26s (Both types)
1- Squadron F-4 Lightning Recon
1- OS2U-3
2- Squadrons PBY (-5 and -5A)
5 Squadrons F4Fs (-3 and -4)
1 Squadron SBD-2
1 Squadron SB2U-3 (only three planes, but will flip them to SBD-2 when I get more PPs)

I'm going to request a vet pilot for all the fighter squadrons. At this point, I think all of KB would struggle taking this on.

Speaking of Suva

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1942-07-07 20th Recon Regiment - is planning for an attack on Suva

In China, I'm dealing with this:

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Ground combat at 76,42 (near Chengtu)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 42113 troops, 321 guns, 201 vehicles, Assault Value = 1232

Defending force 35749 troops, 186 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 496

Japanese adjusted assault: 898

Allied adjusted defense: 63

Japanese assault odds: 14 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
850 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 90 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
1547 casualties reported
Squads: 87 destroyed, 87 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 40 disabled
Engineers: 8 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 19 (11 destroyed, 8 disabled)

Assaulting units:
70th Division
63rd Division
11th Tank Regiment
13th Tank Regiment
15th Division
35th/B Division
1st Army

Defending units:
56th Chinese Corps
2nd Chinese Corps
8th Chinese Corps
75th Chinese Corps

They had 9-1 odds last turn, so I figure they're about to fall. Hopefully, I can retreat them back to Chungking to repair them.

Further East:

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Ground combat at Kungchang (81,36)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 17822 troops, 145 guns, 120 vehicles, Assault Value = 728

Defending force 44638 troops, 182 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 773

Japanese adjusted assault: 570

Allied adjusted defense: 451

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
1001 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 83 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled

Allied ground losses:
862 casualties reported
Squads: 60 destroyed, 38 disabled
Non Combat: 13 destroyed, 18 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 30 (23 destroyed, 7 disabled)

Assaulting units:
15th Tank Regiment
13th/A Division
36th Division
26th/B Division
12th Army

Defending units:
98th Chinese Corps
47th Chinese Corps
30th Chinese Corps
17th Chinese Corps
57th Chinese Corps
93rd Chinese Corps
76th Chinese Corps
9th Chinese Corps
38th Chinese Corps
16th Chinese Corps
2nd Chinese Cavalry Corps
34th Chinese Corps
8th War Area
3rd Heavy Mortar Regiment
6th Chinese Base Force
8th Chinese Base Force
3rd Chinese Corps
1st Chinese Corps
15th Chinese Base Force

By Japan, off the island of Tsushima, KIV managed to hit four mines, sinking as a result.

Three days ago, they were still located at Fusan, so I'm not taking this too seriously.

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder - 11/21/2014 10:32:45 PM

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Thanks for that. I never looked at the Lysanders that closely, thinking them solely a low grade bomber. I guess I can't fly spies behind his backfield. I have a couple squadrons to throw into that job -- even a weak one will help.

It took years of WITP for me to notice that the FULMAR also has a camera, and has better range than the Lysander. You also get plenty of them.

Use the FULMAR for short-range recon....it's not useful for anything else!

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder - 11/21/2014 10:42:02 PM

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I'm glad there's all sorts of helpful people to help me fill in the gaps. Thanks, Q-Ball!

Thinking about it, Fulmars being able to scout makes sense, given how the RN treated fighters.

That beatdown I got in India has actually given me some new drive and enthusiasm, now that I've put real thought into things.

When my carriers head to Pearl, I'm probably going to hit Tarawa good and hard. Maybe he'll think something's imminent. For that reason, I don't want to nail the Marshalls, as I don't want him to beef things up after such an event. Let him feed reinforcements to the Gilberts. An anonymous poster PM-ed me about possible invasion tactics for there and the Gilberts, which I'm taking to heart.

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder - 11/23/2014 3:21:19 PM

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12 July 1942

Setting Sail

My carriers at Wellington lifted anchor for Pearl, via Tarawa. Of course, their primary mission is Antiship, but they're also set to hit the island as they skirt past it. I've have them in three groups of two carriers all traveling co-hex. Each has a CLAA, which is nice. I flipped Wasp to TBFs, right before I left, so they should all be up to standards now. Most of the SBDs will hit troops while the Avengers are mostly airfield. A couple will hit the port, for completion's sake. They'll top their tanks off at Auckland on the way out. Hopefully, a good pounding will make him nervous in that area and rush unneeded reinforcements to that area.

I've had two radio intercepts of the 20th Recon Regiment plotting for Suva. As of July 4, they were still in Fuson. I'm becoming less convinced this is genuine at this point.

Diampur has been under siege. Mostly battalions are there, but I also have an air HQ and a bunch of base forces. They were intended to support a later move into Burma, but got forgotten and surrounded when CF drove north from Calcutta. I could really use them in the west at this point.

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Ground combat at Dimapur (62,38)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 10432 troops, 124 guns, 97 vehicles, Assault Value = 357

Defending force 24571 troops, 199 guns, 274 vehicles, Assault Value = 329

Japanese adjusted assault: 402

Allied adjusted defense: 255

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0

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

Japanese ground losses:
671 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 81 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled

Allied ground losses:
537 casualties reported
Squads: 15 destroyed, 31 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
6th Tank Regiment
Yokosuka 3rd SNLF
5th/B Division
38th/A Division
25th Army
3rd Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
6/18th Royal Garwal Battalion
Railway BAF Battalion
16th Indian Brigade
44th Indian Brigade
Mandalay BMP Battalion
1st Gloucestershire Battalion
13th Burma Rifles Battalion
9th Burma Rifles Battalion
63rd Indian Brigade
104th RAF Base Force
100th RAF Base Force
1st Burma Auxiliary AA Regiment
2nd Bengal Base Force
2nd West Coast Base Force
108th RAF Base Force
77th Heavy AA Regiment
4th NW Frontier Base Force
103rd RAF Base Force
2nd Peshawar Base Force
221 Group RAF
Burma Corps
101st RAF Base Force
4th Burma Rifles Battalion
103rd RN Base Force
107th RAF Base Force
102nd RAF Base Force
21st Light AA Regiment

CF made another attempt in the hex next to Paoshan. He can't get the odds, but I'm wearing down.

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Ground combat at 66,44 (near Paoshan)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 10759 troops, 137 guns, 48 vehicles, Assault Value = 278

Defending force 8541 troops, 35 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 79

Japanese adjusted assault: 190

Allied adjusted defense: 196

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2

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

Japanese ground losses:
216 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 20 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled

Allied ground losses:
177 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Assaulting units:
5th Guards/A Division
5th Guards/B Division
21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
21st Army

Defending units:
54th Chinese Corps
NCAC

In the hex next to and west of Wuchang, I have another three corps about a day away. I'll attack at this point, since I have a good advantage over him in open ground. Hopefully this will open the back door at Wuchang itself for the troops there. I'm considering pulling them, if I can, resting them and beefing up other areas, like Chungking.

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder - 11/23/2014 4:18:22 PM

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20th Recon Regiment being in Fusan tells me it was moved there to ship out. I expect he is waiting for the PP to buy it out from Kwantung Army and has it prepping in the meantime. No prep happens while aboard ship.

By the time the prep is nearing 100, he will not have the sea and air control needed to take Suva anyway, but your might find this unit appearing elsewhere.

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder - 11/23/2014 4:30:52 PM

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Yeah, I think Suva, and even Auckland could almost take on KB by themselves right now. I have plenty of air in Pearl, also, which can be used in my new forward areas.

I just need to get air built up in India. The supply points I've shipped in are getting sucked dry rather quickly, probably getting LCUs up to strength. The USA 27th Division recovered quite a bit from when it got stomped before. Over 100 AV now, up from the teens before. I have about four big xAK TFs making the circuit to/from Abadan. Fuel is mostly sitting there.

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder - 11/23/2014 8:36:10 PM

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13 July 1942

Surprises

My insurgency mission succeeded. I made my landing and I'm packing up. No resistance.

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Ground combat at Ailuk (136,114)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 123 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 10

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

Allied adjusted assault: 2

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

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

Allied forces CAPTURE Ailuk !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-), supply(-)

Assaulting units:
1st USMC Parachute Bn /1

In the west hex next to Wuchang, all my corps have arrived. I attack next turn. In raw AVs, I have a 2-1 advantage, so we'll see how that holds up. I need a back door to Wuchang.

Lots of Seabees have been showing up next to LA. Fortunately, they've been getting assigned to the correct command now. Base forces are also showing up regularly at San Francisco. I'm waiting for ships to return at this point, as they've all been sent out to Pearl.

Kusaie Island was what I was thinking about before of a good troop park. 30,000 troop capacity. After grabbing my Marshalls objectives, that will be next.

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder - 11/23/2014 11:41:44 PM

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Hello Mundy, I am an avid reader or your AAR; as you are many months "in advance" of what I will likely experience in my PBEM

Question: how many troops, roughly speaking, do you have in India. How many does CF have?

Are you defending Bombay and Karachi? if so, what is the fort levels and AVs on each?

thanks!

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder - 11/24/2014 1:00:38 AM

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Hi Jorge,

Thanks for reading. I'm never sure how closely I'm followed.

I'll get a more precise headcount next turn. I have about 2/3 of a British Division, the USA 27th Division (beat up), and probably about 3 Indian divisions. Various armor, smaller units and artillery are also there.

I'm guessing offhand he has at least 4-5 divisions, plus a bunch of independent regiments. He's halted in the Benares area, pretty much a straight line from Calcutta. I think his attention is at Diampur right now, as that's were the most activity is right now. Cannonfodder hasn't advanced in the west since I got driven out of Benares.

I have a few units each in Bombay and Karachi. The Royal Navy is operating out of Bombay right now. Mainly artillery and coast artillery. My air is scattered about through about half a dozen or so air bases, in addition to Karachi and Bombay.

My troops are concentrated at Jodphur, Jubbulpore and the rough hex three hexes west of Cuttack. I'm avoiding open ground right now.

Forts:
Bombay: 4
Karachi 3
Madras 3
Jodphur 0
Jubbulpore 1

I know I need to grow these, but my engineers are trying to build up the various central country air bases, like Bhopal and such.

A real war in India is a new experience for me.

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder - 11/24/2014 1:16:41 AM

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Thanks for reading. I'm never sure how closely I'm followed.

Another quiet follower of your AAR

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ORIGINAL: Jorge_Stanbury

Hello Mundy, I am an avid reader or your AAR; as you are many months "in advance" of what I will likely experience in my PBEM

Question: how many troops, roughly speaking, do you have in India. How many does CF have?

Are you defending Bombay and Karachi? if so, what is the fort levels and AVs on each?

thanks!

Jorge, please keep in mind that your opponent can read this AAR too and your questions could clue him in on what you plan to do!

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder - 11/24/2014 2:49:21 AM

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Yes of course

but I am not writing here any idea of what I plan to do

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder - 11/26/2014 7:25:16 PM

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18 July 1942

Tanker War.

We trade shots at each other tankers. I got the worst of it, for obvious reasons.

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Sub attack near Moala at 133,163

Japanese Ships
SS I-170

Allied Ships
TK Esso Durban, Torpedo hits 2
PC Morris
TK Esso Richmond
TK Halo
TK Hagood
DE Brooks

Massive explosion on TK Esso Durban
SS I-170 launches 2 torpedoes at TK Esso Durban
I-170 diving deep ....
DE Brooks fails to find sub, continues to search...
DE Brooks fails to find sub, continues to search...
DE Brooks fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Sub attack near Taihoku at 88,62

Japanese Ships
TK San Ramon Maru
TK Okayama Maru
TK Teiyo Maru
TK Huzisan Maru
DD Makigumo

Allied Ships
SS Thresher

SS Thresher launches 2 torpedoes at TK San Ramon Maru
Thresher diving deep ....
DD Makigumo fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Makigumo fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Makigumo fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Makigumo fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Makigumo attacking submerged sub ....
Escort abandons search for sub

My carriers just breezed through that area this turn, so I got lucky.

This is the second time I've found his in the Formosa-China gap. I'm going to make it a bit thicker in subs there.

I've been dealing with this since I challenged his forces next to Wuchow. Despite a 2-1 AV lead, I can't get better than 1-2 odd on him, though losses have been about even. My disruption has been high, so I've stood down for now.

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Morning Air attack on 65th Chinese Corps, at 83,51 , near Wuchang

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 5
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 18
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 19
Ki-49-Ia Helen x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 damaged

Allied ground losses:
219 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
19 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb
18 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
4 x Ki-49-Ia Helen bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
5 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 9th Prov Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 4th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 9th Prov Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 65th Chinese Corps ...

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Afternoon Air attack on 65th Chinese Corps, at 83,51 , near Wuchang

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 23
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
114 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
23 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

I have two squadrons of P-43s sorta up to strength at 7 each, so they're at Changsha and LRCAPping next turn, along with a single Curtiss Hawk. One cheap shot should work wonders. I'll probably get only once chance before the Tojo sweeps begin here, but that may open up a shot for my bombers elsewhere. My fighter squadrons are over 50 in experience right now.

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder - 11/28/2014 8:30:01 PM

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21 July 1942

Loose Ends.

Diampur falls. The ones which didn't surrender move east, where hopefully, they'll be forgotten about.

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Ground combat at Dimapur (62,38)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 24452 troops, 251 guns, 227 vehicles, Assault Value = 838

Defending force 20518 troops, 134 guns, 246 vehicles, Assault Value = 172

Japanese adjusted assault: 975

Allied adjusted defense: 109

Japanese assault odds: 8 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Dimapur !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
670 casualties reported
Squads: 7 destroyed, 44 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Allied ground losses:
9347 casualties reported
Squads: 170 destroyed, 28 disabled
Non Combat: 753 destroyed, 33 disabled
Engineers: 66 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 102 (97 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Vehicles lost 269 (269 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 20
Units destroyed 7

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
18th Division
Yokosuka 3rd SNLF
14th Tank Regiment
5th/B Division
6th Tank Regiment
38th/A Division
25th Army
3rd Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
13th Burma Rifles Battalion
16th Indian Brigade
44th Indian Brigade
63rd Indian Brigade
1st Burma Auxiliary AA Regiment
4th Burma Rifles Battalion
9th Burma Rifles Battalion
103rd RN Base Force
6/18th Royal Garwal Battalion
1st Gloucestershire Battalion
221 Group RAF
102nd RAF Base Force
4th NW Frontier Base Force
101st RAF Base Force
108th RAF Base Force
100th RAF Base Force
107th RAF Base Force
103rd RAF Base Force
2nd West Coast Base Force
Railway BAF Battalion
2nd Bengal Base Force
2nd Peshawar Base Force
104th RAF Base Force
Mandalay BMP Battalion
77th Heavy AA Regiment
Burma Corps
21st Light AA Regiment

Tomorrow, the carriers are hitting Tarawa. Looks like they're spotted now.

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder - 11/28/2014 9:39:02 PM

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22 July 1942

TBF First Blood

Tarawa gets hit. Nice to see no ops losses from this. One damaged SBD and everyone home.

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Afternoon Air attack on Tarawa , at 136,128

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Allied aircraft
F4F-3A Wildcat x 13
F4F-3 Wildcat x 28
F4F-4 Wildcat x 53
SBD-3 Dauntless x 124
TBF-1 Avenger x 26

Allied aircraft losses
SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
190 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled

Port hits 2
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
4 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
8 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
12 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
4 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
8 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
15 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 5000 feet
Port Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
14 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
8 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Port Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
11 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 5000 feet
Port Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
1 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
6 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
4 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
8 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Port Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
6 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
2 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Port Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
4 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
8 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
4 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
4 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
4 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 1st Engineer Co ...
Also attacking 53rd Naval Guard Unit ...
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When August gets here, I can look forward to P-38Fs at 40 a month. India gets priority on these. I've shipped off a bunch of bomber squadrons from the US to Cape Town.

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder - 11/29/2014 12:16:57 AM

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Are you planning to stay another turn or would you go home to PH?

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder - 11/29/2014 1:04:04 AM

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No, just a smash-n-run. A recon in force to see what's there. There's no airfield on Tarawa yet, which is surprising.

Not all my planes flew. Maybe a zero-level airfield stopped those attacks. The mouse-over showed about 2600 troops and 16 guns.

The Gilberts look like a dead zone.

Back to Pearl for my next move. My two battleships are only 10 days out of the yard. I have stray returning invasion transports from other jobs arriving about the same time.

I've also been shipping Seabees to Christmas Island. I'm topping the stacking limit at Pearl now.

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder - 11/29/2014 12:15:56 PM

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23 July 1942

Thresher has been patrolling off of Formosa for a few weeks. In that time, she bagged two ASW planes and damaged a third. Not bad.

I finally came off even against the Tojos.

quote:

Morning Air attack on 38th/B Division, at 48,34 (Sambalpur)

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 9 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 8

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 2
P-40E Warhawk x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Blenheim IV bombing from 7000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
59th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (8 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
8 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 15000.
Raid is overhead

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder - 11/29/2014 5:11:47 PM

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Looks like quite a mess in India. A good Japanese player if he gets into India soon enough can cause some real problems as the Indian army is so weak in the early months of the war. The real problem is that you will never replace all of those valuable lost units and it will handicap you all throughout your campaign. Territory can be taken back but lost Commonwealth units are virtually impossible to replace. It is not just the squads but they all draw from a common pool of devices which is difficult to keep full in the best of conditions. I am probably preaching to the converted now but here are my rules for India as the Allies.

1. Start moving American resources to India on day one. It does not matter if they are cadre units as you can just as easily build them and train them up in India. I look to move at least four American fighter squadrons to India in the first week of the war. Bombers too. And then move more as the situation dictates. Do not send units by map transfer but use your fastest xAP and xAK ships running from the east coast. You can use full speed with no penalty at all and get a division to Cape Town in just over two weeks if it is on fast liners.

2. Once you are satisfied that India is the target and not OZ, start moving every available Allied tank unit to India. India is perfect tank county and as you approach the third quarter of 1942-Allied tank units rule. Send Australian units as they have good tanks and the most plentiful pools of tanks in the early going. More tanks is better as American infantry is no good in the open vs tanks until mid 42 and Commonwealth units are not good until early to mid 43. But you can beat Japan with your tanks in India.

3. Once you start to get your flood of base support and especially construction units, send lots of them to India. The Indian army is pitifully weak when it comes to construction units. In the end it comes down to who can fortify and build airfields faster.

4. Don't fight in the open until you gain air superiority-especially if there are a lot of Japanese tank units in India. Bomb Japanese tank units in the open as much as you can. They are brittle

5. Train lots of Indian and British recon pilots from the start. The Lysanders units break down and are great for recon. As said use Fulmars too. You should have plenty of recon. If you want speed bumps sacrifice expendable units in heavy urban terrain. Not your good line troops.

7. Send as much American Infantry to India as you can and use them for your heavy work. American units can rebuild and replace losses much more readily. And they will gain experience.

9. If there is little threat then break down some Australian and NZ units for their devices. You can't buy them all out anyways. I break down all independent artillery units that are equipped with 25 pounder guns. These guns are better used if they are in divisional units.

10. If you are playing any of the Babes mods then it does not hurt to send a lot of AA unit to India too.

Good luck

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder - 11/30/2014 3:00:19 AM

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Thank, crsutton, input is always welcome here.

So far, I have 1-1/3 USMC divisions on the way as well as 2 USA divisions. I still need to buy out the army units after they get to Cape Town. I'm overpopulated with Seabees at Pearl, so they're starting to move. My third Lysander squadron is enroute from Aden, plus a 40mm unit. It sucks that committing a unit from the States is a month's wait. A bunch of bomber units are also enroute.

I'd estimate two Tojo squadrons and at least 4 Oscars are there. There's a bunch of flak in San Francisco, some of which I can dedicate.

I hate letting CF dictate where my war effort goes, but that's probably the way it goes right now.

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder - 11/30/2014 2:19:17 PM

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25 July 1942

Blunt Force Trauma

A couple of costly IJA attacks in China. Odds weren't bad, but he was on the wrong end casualty-wise.

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Ground combat at Wuchang (84,51)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 39866 troops, 320 guns, 40 vehicles, Assault Value = 1204

Defending force 124256 troops, 500 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1981

Japanese adjusted assault: 1219

Allied adjusted defense: 1125

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
6199 casualties reported
Squads: 95 destroyed, 485 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 47 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 32 disabled
Guns lost 62 (8 destroyed, 54 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
627 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 96 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 13 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 8 (1 destroyed, 7 disabled)

Assaulting units:
22nd Division
58th Division
3rd Division
12th RGC Temp. Division
18th RGC Temp. Division
13th Army

Defending units:
37th Chinese Corps
10th Chinese Corps
79th Chinese Corps
18th Chinese Corps
53rd Chinese Corps
20th Chinese Corps
99th Chinese Corps
87th Chinese Corps
73rd Chinese Corps
44th Chinese Corps
26th Chinese Corps
74th Chinese Corps
66th Chinese Corps
22nd Artillery Regiment
72nd Chinese Corps
4th Heavy Mortar Regiment

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Ground combat at Kungchang (81,36)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 34161 troops, 280 guns, 158 vehicles, Assault Value = 1070

Defending force 41054 troops, 109 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 598

Japanese adjusted assault: 1075

Allied adjusted defense: 310

Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
2643 casualties reported
Squads: 40 destroyed, 264 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 13 disabled
Engineers: 6 destroyed, 14 disabled
Guns lost 20 (3 destroyed, 17 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
1778 casualties reported
Squads: 63 destroyed, 51 disabled
Non Combat: 32 destroyed, 54 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 12 (7 destroyed, 5 disabled)

Assaulting units:
37th Division
36th Division
15th Tank Regiment
13th/A Division
26th/B Division
12th Army

Defending units:
17th Chinese Corps
57th Chinese Corps
9th Chinese Corps
47th Chinese Corps
76th Chinese Corps
98th Chinese Corps
38th Chinese Corps
93rd Chinese Corps
2nd Chinese Cavalry Corps
3rd Heavy Mortar Regiment
30th Chinese Corps
6th Chinese Base Force
34th Chinese Corps
3rd Chinese Corps
1st Chinese Corps
8th War Area
8th Chinese Base Force
16th Chinese Corps
15th Chinese Base Force

A counterattack is tempting, but I've been through the beatdown too many times before.

In the next 40 days, I'll have Washington, South Dakota and a CVE.

CF's air hasn't been as active lately, so the turns have moved a bit faster.

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder - 11/30/2014 3:50:03 PM

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26 July 1942

I love mines...

quote:

TF 21 encounters mine field at Lunga (114,138)

Japanese Ships
CL Kashima, Mine hits 1, heavy damage

I think Cannonfodder's getting impatient with the siege situation in China. It looks like he's moved more troops into Canton. I had more than him there for quite a while. If it keeps him bound up in these cities, I'm all the happier.

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Ground combat at Canton (77,59)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 56341 troops, 465 guns, 85 vehicles, Assault Value = 1574

Defending force 31365 troops, 291 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 770

Japanese adjusted assault: 871

Allied adjusted defense: 1337

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2

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

Japanese ground losses:
2559 casualties reported
Squads: 12 destroyed, 221 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 33 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 26 disabled
Guns lost 20 (1 destroyed, 19 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
1155 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 139 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 21 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Guns lost 31 (2 destroyed, 29 disabled)

Assaulting units:
19th Ind.Mixed Brigade
66th Infantry Regiment
33rd Division
56th Division
Hong Kong Def Force
10th Garrison Unit
20th RGC Division
21st Mortar Battalion
Canton Special Base Force
32nd JNAF AF Unit
47th JAAF AF Bn
1st JAAF AF Coy
4th Air Division
2nd JAAF AF Coy

Defending units:
14th Chinese Corps
2nd Prov Chinese Corps
3rd Chinese Cavalry Corps
62nd Chinese Corps
6th Chinese Corps
16th Group Army
57th AT Gun Regiment

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder - 12/1/2014 12:38:11 PM

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Mini-update:

I got a nasty surprise at Raipur.

Either I wasn't noticing, or I got surprised, but enemy troops showed up and took the base. They were hanging out by themselves, with just two base units there. Losing a USAAF P-40 squadron and one of Lysanders hurt incredibly.

I had auto-controlled recon going on. Maybe I missed them, but I thought I was scanning over the area pretty good. I wonder if base forces don't extend a "ZOC" into the neighboring hexes where they can detect enemy forces. I shouldn't have left them exposed like that, but I lost them in my general re-shuffling of India. I've been keeping my engagements at a minimal level, due to his strength in the air everywhere.

The last recon unit of the UK 2nd Division has caught up with the rest at Jubbulpore. In two days, they'll be recombined.

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