Slitherine

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ORIGINAL: JocMeister

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ORIGINAL: JeffK

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India
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Jeff cuts the rail between Calcutta and sothern part of India. Everything got out short of a Indian BDE and some battered BFs and battalions from Burma. They will now hide in the mountains while we prepare the counter attack.

I hope you mean "Game map south of Calcutta", otherwise you are in deep doo doo!

Not sure I understand what you mean but he cut the rail between Dimapur and Calcutta.

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ORIGINAL: BBfanboy
Too bad about Alliford Bay, but I-7 is a nice consolation prize - Glen carrier, 14,000 nm range, 11 VPs.

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ORIGINAL: ny59giants
IMO, you lose the dive bonus when everybody stays at 20k.

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ORIGINAL: JeffK
IRL, Thats Nth East India (Assam), on the game map its south because the map is skewed about 90 degrees in that area.

If he was south of Calcutta he would be near Madras/Vingzanpatnam.

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Ground combat at 83,44 (near Ankang)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 21805 troops, 303 guns, 24 vehicles, Assault Value = 2141

Defending force 36980 troops, 184 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 494

Japanese adjusted assault: 229

Allied adjusted defense: 613

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2

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

Japanese ground losses:
2908 casualties reported
Squads: 71 destroyed, 116 disabled
Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 21 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled
Guns lost 20 (5 destroyed, 15 disabled)
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
347 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 36 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Assaulting units:
39th Division
13th Tank Regiment
6th Division
41st Division
36th Division
3rd Division
9th Ind.Mixed Brigade
1st Mortar Battalion
52nd Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion
15th Ind.Medium Field Artillery Regiment
1st Army
14th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
30th Chinese Corps
1st Chinese Corps
59th Chinese Corps
24th Group Army

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ORIGINAL: JocMeister

Not really sure what to make of China right now. I think Jeff might actually be suffering from the same problem I do. Supply. There has been no more attacks on the Ankang road and his bombers have moved on to other targets.

Up at Lanchow he keeps bombarding but he don´t have enough to take the base. In the south the Panzer Armee keeps bombarding my troops but no more attacks. I´m a bit worried the inactivity is so low because he is planning on opening a 4th front in China. All I can do is wait and dig in. I actually have some reserves to spare again and I´m trying to rotate out the worst beaten up units for fresh ones. Unfortunately the Japanese air force takes a huge chunk out of anything trying to move.

Pretty amazed I´m still pretty much intact here.

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ORIGINAL: SqzMyLemon

I think the focus of attacking along the Ankang road is the main reason you're intact. It just leaves too much supply generating capacity for the Chinese untouched. It's still relatively early, but I think the Japanese campaign to subdue China has focused on the wrong objectives. A lot can change before the end of the year, but I wouldn't write China off yet Jocke.

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ORIGINAL: ny59giants

Marines - keep as strategic reserve in Strat Mode at Cape Town with faster xAPs, just in case. They are the best you have for now, so hold onto them.

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ORIGINAL: zuluhour

friendly reminder to "suck in" supply to Calcutta if you intend to stay.

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ORIGINAL: Yaab

Supply produced in India tends to accumulate in Bombay. Maybe you could start shipping this supply to i.e Vizagpatnam and try to draw the supplies to Calcutta from there?

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ORIGINAL: ny59giants
Calcutta - temporarily base lots of bombers (if you can) here and have the stockpile option turn on (Yes). This will draw in extra supplies.

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Night Naval bombardment of Townsville at 92,144 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
Kittyhawk IA: 4 damaged
Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed on ground
PBY-5 Catalina: 2 damaged

7 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
BB Mutsu
CA Myoko
CA Maya
DD Hatsukaze
DD Kuroshio
DD Akigumo

Allied ground losses:
260 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 16 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 4 disabled
Guns lost 10 (5 destroyed, 5 disabled)

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Ground combat at 83,44 (near Ankang)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 42336 troops, 489 guns, 74 vehicles, Assault Value = 1242

Defending force 36564 troops, 184 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 465

Japanese adjusted assault: 425

Allied adjusted defense: 1012

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2

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

Japanese ground losses:
1003 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 121 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Guns lost 9 (1 destroyed, 8 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
750 casualties reported
Squads: 8 destroyed, 112 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 17 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 17 (1 destroyed, 16 disabled)

Assaulting units:
13th Tank Regiment
6th Division
3rd Division
41st Division
52nd Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion
14th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
1st Mortar Battalion
2nd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
15th Ind.Medium Field Artillery Regiment
6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
1st Chinese Corps
30th Chinese Corps
59th Chinese Corps
24th Group Army

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Alliford Bay at 199,46

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Allied aircraft
SB2U-3 Vindicator x 12
SBD-1 Dauntless x 2

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AMC Asaka Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
PB Saiko Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
PB Santos Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Alliford Bay at 199,46

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Allied aircraft
SBD-1 Dauntless x 15

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AMC Asaka Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
PB Saiko Maru, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk
AK Kyushu Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
PB Santos Maru, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk

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ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

Japanese players frequently use the CS float planes to search ahead of the KB to locate subs and targets .... Since KB cannot be in the IO yet, I would expect the MKB somewhere behind the CS. There is no good reason to risk a CS in the IO unless there is a major operation coming - like a landing on Columbo or a major raid by carriers.

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ORIGINAL: Commander Cody

That's gotta be a WITP-AE first: A British AA unit showing up in CONUS.

Cheers,
CC

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Ground combat at 83,44 (near Ankang)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 41740 troops, 489 guns, 78 vehicles, Assault Value = 1173

Defending force 41357 troops, 223 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 572

Japanese adjusted assault: 502

Allied adjusted defense: 379

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
853 casualties reported
Squads: 8 destroyed, 159 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled
Vehicles lost 9 (1 destroyed, 8 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
1737 casualties reported
Squads: 45 destroyed, 96 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 22 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
Guns lost 18 (4 destroyed, 14 disabled)

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ORIGINAL: HansBolter

Not just any cat! Grumpy Cat!

Using a Grumpy Cat mousepad this very minute.

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3/Guards Tank Division is located at Canton(77,59).