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RE: Up and at 'em. Mundy vs hjones6464@yahoo.co.uk - 3/12/2017 1:05:54 AM   
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Status: offline 		I see now that he did take Balikapan. Can you run Dutch CL groups, or even the PoW up to bombard the oil and refineries? As the allies, I would trade the whole of Australia for the DEI.

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RE: Up and at 'em. Mundy vs hjones6464@yahoo.co.uk - 3/12/2017 1:23:59 AM   
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ORIGINAL: Aurorus

This is one strange plan by Japan. Has he taken Palembang yet? Balikpapan? Malaysia? Miri? If not, I would get all the oil and fuel out of the DEI that you can, while he is focused on Australia. Fill all the oil bases with engineers, especially Palembang, to try to sabotage the oil. I am not sure that your opponent quite understands the nature of the Japanese position. Without that oil, they will run out of fuel for their industry by August or September 42. I would try to attack his economy from the start and deny him fuel if he is not going to make a concerted effort to get it.

Has he bothered with Luzon at all? With much of his navy around Australia, you might be able to get a small supply convoy into Luzon from Palembang or Singapore. You may also be able to get some supply convoys into Singapore. The Japanese are short search planes in the west to start the war, and he may not have covered this blind spot. You could even move some British units down to Sumatra and really try to make life difficult for him at Palembang.
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I see now that he did take Balikpapan. Can you run Dutch CL groups, or even the PoW up to bombard the oil and refineries? As the allies, I would trade the whole of Australia for the DEI.


A little late now. Everyone's departed Perth now, heading for Sydney. I didn't report it yet, due to my Combat Reporter issue, but he has a CVE and CVL off of Soerabaja. Dutch bombers tried hitting them to no effect. Too dangerous to try anything bold now. If I had behaved smartly, I could have had my two USN carriers rampaging through the area.

He holds Manila on Luzon. He appears to be in no great hurry to get to Bataan, so I have time to move my troops in the NE there yet.

Japanese haven't touched Sumatra or Java yet. He's giving me all the time in the world to beef up Burma.


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RE: Up and at 'em. Mundy vs hjones6464@yahoo.co.uk - 3/12/2017 1:34:40 AM   
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Status: offline 		As some others have pointed out, Palembang is the most important space on the map. I would get Dutch troops there in numbers. You can airlift 15 AV a day there, and build up the forts. It is a x3 defense hex. Get engineers there too to sabotage the oil. A channel crossing from Batavia to Oosthaven should not be too much trouble. Those CVEs aren't much to worry about. At most they may have 10 or 15 bombers.

As I say, try to get supplies to Luzon and Singapore. You are not going to miss a few AKs if you fail, but 20 or 25K supply in Luzon and/or Singapore will buy you 2 months in either location. With good supply, with the whole of the army in Malaysia defending the city, and with the AVG covering Singapore, you can base B-17s there and slowly waste away the little oil the he has taken. At the very least get your dud-firing U.S. subs to India and use them to smuggle supply to either Singapore or Luzon.

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RE: Up and at 'em. Mundy vs hjones6464@yahoo.co.uk - 3/12/2017 2:14:40 PM   
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Status: offline 		At best, the Fortress Palembang thing is nothing more than a speedbump. I've tried it in the past and they still get crushed quickly. I've been shipping all the free-able Dutch up to Rangoon. Burma Command is part of ABDA, so I can flip them over cheaply.

Bataan has been set to stockpile from the start, and I set their demand high. I still have only about 30k there though. Even at zero, they'll still hold out long enough.

As mentioned, I don't think he's heading west, so maybe an offensive down Malaya is feasible at some point. Just not now...

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RE: Up and at 'em. Mundy vs hjones6464@yahoo.co.uk - 3/12/2017 4:45:15 PM   
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Status: offline 		Dutch base forses are useful in India/Burma if saved, with their pretty generous aviation support.
Infantry though is not worth PPs. I think Aurorus meant mainly those guys for Palembang

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RE: Up and at 'em. Mundy vs hjones6464@yahoo.co.uk - 3/12/2017 4:58:51 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Mundy

At best, the Fortress Palembang thing is nothing more than a speedbump. I've tried it in the past and they still get crushed quickly. I've been shipping all the free-able Dutch up to Rangoon. Burma Command is part of ABDA, so I can flip them over cheaply.

Bataan has been set to stockpile from the start, and I set their demand high. I still have only about 30k there though. Even at zero, they'll still hold out long enough.

As mentioned, I don't think he's heading west, so maybe an offensive down Malaya is feasible at some point. Just not now...


If the Japanese do not take Palembang by January 1 1942, and the allies make a concerted effort to defend it and remove the oil, The war is over... period.

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RE: Up and at 'em. Mundy vs hjones6464@yahoo.co.uk - 3/12/2017 5:04:06 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Aurorus


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ORIGINAL: Mundy

At best, the Fortress Palembang thing is nothing more than a speedbump. I've tried it in the past and they still get crushed quickly. I've been shipping all the free-able Dutch up to Rangoon. Burma Command is part of ABDA, so I can flip them over cheaply.

Bataan has been set to stockpile from the start, and I set their demand high. I still have only about 30k there though. Even at zero, they'll still hold out long enough.

As mentioned, I don't think he's heading west, so maybe an offensive down Malaya is feasible at some point. Just not now...


If the Japanese do not take Palembang by January 1 1942, and the allies make a concerted effort to defend it and remove the oil, The war is over... period.



I guess if the Empire allows the Allies to set up a REAL fortress type defense things are bad.

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RE: Up and at 'em. Mundy vs hjones6464@yahoo.co.uk - 3/12/2017 5:19:48 PM   
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Status: offline 		Yes. It is more than just the fortress though. It is the fuel that has already accumulated there. In this game, the entire Japanese surface and naval air fleet is running around the coast of Australia, with a couple CVEs covering the DEI. The only thing that he has covering Palembang could be, maybe, Nells or Betties, but from where? Has he taken Singkawang?

I would not be fleeing the DEI, I would be reinforcing it, and every Dutch tanker and DD would be headed to Oosthaven and Palembang to pick up fuel and carry it it India. With elements of the AVG flying cap over Oosthaven and Palembang, good luck to the Japanese getting at those tankers with a handful of A5M4s and some Jeans flying off the Zuiho.

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RE: Up and at 'em. Mundy vs hjones6464@yahoo.co.uk - 3/13/2017 2:04:07 AM   
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Status: offline 		It's a little late to deal with that now. If my carriers had gone there instead of Rabaul, I could have thrown his entire operation into disarray. Hindsight is 20/20 and at the time, I had no idea where he was focused. As it is, keeping Noumea will probably be problematic. Lack of transports are the bottleneck right now.

06 January 1942

I think I have my Combat Reporter issues dealt with. The display order of the dates is funny which is how I probably missed some.

By Pegu, a single IJA unit is next door to the SE apparently moving NE. I'm moving some units form Rangoon to Toungoo, to be sure nothing happens there.

In Australia, a single Japanese unit now appears in the hex directly west of Townsville. I'm getting what I can up there without compromising everywhere else.

I've got this warning:

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1942-01-05 7th Tank Regiment - - is planning for an attack on Port Augusta -


As soon as my PPs build up, I may start moving New Zealand troops over, as they can react quickest.

List of base losses:

Daily Waters
Hollandia
Russel Islands
Vella La Vella
Corunna Downs

Landings at Aoba Island

He's also finally ashore on Java and taken Tjepoe.

VMF-211 has departed Wake. The ground units should be out in a day or two. Neither TF has been sighted, which is good. They're probably safe, as KB is near Noumea now, hitting my ships unloading supplies. Fortunately, the troops are all off.

Yorktown is now at Pearl.


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RE: Up and at 'em. Mundy vs hjones6464@yahoo.co.uk - 3/13/2017 11:41:53 PM   
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New landing this turn. Isle of Pines. Really...??? Isle of effing pines??? You can't build s**t there. For those who rightfully never heard of the place, it's the dot-base one hex SE of Noumea.

Aoba Island fell this turn. Gotta grab every island in New Hebrides, I guess.

I've withdrawn the Dutch Air Force now. They'll most likely respawn in India in two months time, and they're intact enough where they'll be useful there.

I've piled up enough shipping at Colombo where I was able to send about 50 xAKs to Cape Town. I need to start the supply conveyor belt to India.

I forgot to look at Wake to see if they left or not. They probably will by next turn. The VMF ship is probably a good part of the way back already.

I also forgot to look at China this turn. I got knocked out of two hexes. I'm pretty much building up strong points (1000+ AV) along the main east-west rail line. I'm pretty strong in many spots and I'm trying to gather up all my strays from the south. I don't think I'll completely fold like I did against KenchiSulla in the other game. I learned from that game that you just can't go abandoning all your cities, otherwise supply will really take a nosedive. If I can gather up some spare troops I may make a foray into Vietnam. I've always been able to push the AI around good there, and it may be a place that my opponent neglects.

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RE: Up and at 'em. Mundy vs hjones6464@yahoo.co.uk - 3/14/2017 12:59:11 AM   
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07 January 1942

New landing this turn. Isle of Pines. Really...??? Isle of effing pines??? You can't build s**t there. For those who rightfully never heard of the place, it's the dot-base one hex SE of Noumea.



Sounds like a resort location. Might be nice after the war?

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RE: Up and at 'em. Mundy vs hjones6464@yahoo.co.uk - 3/14/2017 3:21:38 AM   
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ORIGINAL: Lowpe


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ORIGINAL: Mundy

07 January 1942

New landing this turn. Isle of Pines. Really...??? Isle of effing pines??? You can't build s**t there. For those who rightfully never heard of the place, it's the dot-base one hex SE of Noumea.



Sounds like a resort location. Might be nice after the war?



Must be secretly planning to build a massive hotel on the Island to increase Japan's market share of tourism so that they can secretly subjugate the post-war Australian economy

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RE: Up and at 'em. Mundy vs hjones6464@yahoo.co.uk - 3/15/2017 1:12:03 AM   
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New landings at Billiton (52,93), Probolinggo (56,105), Panggoe (111,133) and Lakatoro (119,151).

That at Probolinggo pretty much starts the countdown clock on Soerabaja, being only a few hexes away. I'm recalling all the Dutch subs back there for refueling before passing them on to either Brisbane or Midway, depending on range. The Japanese ran into some of my minesweepers, showing me what's there.

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Pamekasan at 57,105, Range 11,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
BB Nagato
BB Mutsu
CA Takao
CA Chokai
CA Haguro
CL Yura
CL Kinu
DD Maikaze
DD Hagikaze
DD Oshio
DD Shikinami
DD Nagatsuki
PC Kaki
APD Tade
xAK Canberra Maru
xAK Yamaura Maru
xAK Yamagiri Maru
xAK Huzikawa Maru
xAK Shinanogawa Maru
xAK Shinryu Maru
xAK Tenryu Maru
xAK Kikukawa Maru
xAK Toei Maru
xAK Senko Maru
xAK Ikushima Maru
xAK Kasuga Maru #2
xAK Daido Maru
xAK Kanko Maru
xAK Hino Maru #3
xAK Kozan Maru
xAK Hankow Maru
xAK Shanghai Maru
xAK Tateisi Maru
xAK Amagi Maru
xAK Zuiko Maru
xAK Tokiwa Maru
xAK Toyama Maru
xAK Asuka Maru
xAK Atlas Maru
xAK Syoan Maru
xAK Akagane Maru
xAK Chitose Maru #2
xAK Hirota Maru
xAK Nanrei Maru
xAK Sinko Maru
xAK Taiko Maru
xAP Asama Maru
xAP Kitano Maru

Allied Ships
AMc Lawoe
AMc Djampea

Improved night sighting under 75% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions and 75% moonlight: 12,000 yards
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 11,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
Both TF attempt to withdraw!
Range increases to 12,000 yards...
Range increases to 12,000 yards...
Both Task Forces evade combat


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Night Time Surface Combat, near Pamekasan at 57,105, Range 10,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CVL Zuiho
CVE Hosho
CVE Taiyo
CS Chitose
CS Chiyoda
BB Yamashiro
CA Atago
DD Usugumo
DD Uranami
DD Ushio

Allied Ships
AMc Lawoe
AMc Djampea

Improved night sighting under 75% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions and 75% moonlight: 12,000 yards
Range closes to 9,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 9,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 9,000 yards
Both TF attempt to withdraw!
Range increases to 12,000 yards...
Range increases to 12,000 yards...
Both Task Forces evade combat


Ships are almost done loading up the Wake garrison. Basically four 5"/51 guns to load and I'm done. Hopefully they can do it in a day. Devereux and Cunningham will be more useful in this war. Nobody's been spotted, so they'll probably be fine.

The troops from Darwin are nearly all dead now. One base unit left, trying to get through.

6 BBs are at Mare and Alameda. They'll take anywhere between 200 and 500 days to repair. Nevada's still enroute, making a paltry 6 kts.

Some base units departed Pearl for Pago Pago. That's my backstop base and once beefed up, I'll reinforce Suva. Once I can spare people, I want Christmas Is built up also. My gut's telling me he'll probably stop at Noumea, but I'm not taking any chances.

Force Z is about 2.5 days from Sydney.

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RE: Up and at 'em. Mundy vs hjones6464@yahoo.co.uk - 3/15/2017 1:23:59 AM   
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I can't believe half the ships in that oversized, monstrosity of an amphibious TF did not collide with one another in their attempts to avoid your 2 minesweepers. Would have been funny to watch Nagato and Mutsu mash some AKs. How does anyone even load so many AKs at a port?

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RE: Up and at 'em. Mundy vs hjones6464@yahoo.co.uk - 3/16/2017 12:53:38 PM   
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Status: offline 		I beg to differ, some of my amphibious TFs will comprise 600 ships in groups of 50-100. (as allied of course), backing up the LSTs delivering supply only on D-Day might be 100 xAK unloading bulk. Never know if you have to high tail. You do not want leave a large landing force sans supplies, ever.

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RE: Up and at 'em. Mundy vs hjones6464@yahoo.co.uk - 3/18/2017 4:34:46 PM   
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Interesting intel:

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1942-01-09 Maizuru 2nd SNLF - - is planning for an attack on Wake Island -


A day late and a dollar short. The LCUs on Wake left the previous turn. That turn, they were showing a detection level of 1/0, which probably doesn't give much away. Surface forces and my two carriers will meet them half way to escort them back. They're currently unspotted.

Today's landings:

Gorong (81,112)
Mare' (117,160)
Pentecost Island (120,151)
Sarmi (91,114)
Tagula Island (104,137)

Fallen Bases:

Gorong (81,112)
Madioen (54,104)

Despite his move in Java, I should have enough time to recover all my subs and get them to Australia.

He's been moving into the far north of China, taking Kiuchuan, moving towards Ansi. He abandoned the former and I'm about to re-take it. I may have enough troops at the latter to fend him off. I can't let him mess with me here, otherwise I'll never be able to ferry the I-16 rats and other short range fighters out of the northern base.

He has about a million troops next to Singapore, but does not appear to be moving towards that base. I don't have much there to defend, thanks to the Mersing gambit. Same for Bataan. He isn't cleaning up much at all in the Philippines.

Troops are approaching Townsville, and I'm railing more in from Brisbane. I'll be bombing those troops next turn to slow them down. My first USAAF P-40 squadron arrived in Brisbane -- all disassembled, of course, so it'll be about 3 days before I can really use them. Experience of 30 doesn't help things either. Another 3-4 squadrons should arrive in the next few days.

Two USMC Defense Battalions will reach Suva in about two days. I'll put one on each base. Japanese seem to prefer hitting the west base, so I'm tempted to put both there.




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RE: Up and at 'em. Mundy vs hjones6464@yahoo.co.uk - 3/20/2017 1:16:36 AM   
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Landings
Exmouth
Lautem
Makin
Munda
Saumlaki (78,117)

Losses:
Pentecost Island (120,151)
Sarmi (91,114)
Tagula Island (104,137)
Winton (86,147)

A regular geography lesson...

Transports from Wake are well clear and should reach the halfway point to Pearl by next turn or so.

KB looks to be sitting halfway between Townsville and Port Moresby. A-24s from Moresby tried hitting them, but failed with minimal losses.

Some Dutch troops are unloading at Rangoon, and a bunch more will arrive in a few days. Anything to bolster that area. I think it will take a seriously major move to dislodge them at this point. The 18th Division's artillery is still trying to unload at Pegu

Chinese troops will be assembling at Nanning before too long. From there I'll push into Vietnam. Any action done on my initiative can only help, even in some small way.

I've kept neglecting dealing with the Russians. I need to get everyone training and all troops set up reinforce and upgrade.

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RE: Up and at 'em. Mundy vs hjones6464@yahoo.co.uk - 3/21/2017 11:53:17 PM   
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Landings
Efate
Kaimana (83,113)
Siargao (82,88)

Losses
Exmouth
Lautem
Malang
Saumlaki

Two more P-40 squadrons arrive at Brisbane and should be ready in about 2 days. The first Squadron should be good to go next turn, and I'll send them north to help out. I don't think he has more than 1-2 squadrons of fighters on the Continent.

Force Z arrives in Sydney and most should be repaired within a week. Repulse will need further work elsewhere as some of her armament, including a 15" gun suffered damaged. She 5 ton's over the dry-dock limit, so I'll probably pack her off to Pearl.

VMF-211 is a day away from Pearl and should be able to reunite with her det soon.

Japanese west of Townsville are heading SE, appearing to be heading for Charter Towers. I'll have to watch that I don't get surrounded.

More Dutch arriving at Rangoon.

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RE: Up and at 'em. Mundy vs hjones6464@yahoo.co.uk - 3/22/2017 11:37:47 PM   
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Landings
Carnarvon
Lifou (116,159)
Tandjoengpinang

Losses
Efate

He took a shot at Noumea, but I fended him off.

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Ground combat at Noumea (115,160)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 15624 troops, 141 guns, 49 vehicles, Assault Value = 553

Defending force 7090 troops, 67 guns, 23 vehicles, Assault Value = 298

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0

Japanese adjusted assault: 353

Allied adjusted defense: 238

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0

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

Japanese ground losses:
527 casualties reported
Squads: 8 destroyed, 50 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 9 (2 destroyed, 7 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
451 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 88 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Assaulting units:
52nd Naval Guard Unit
53rd Naval Guard Unit
16th Infantry Regiment
1st Ind. Engineer Regiment
146th Infantry Regiment
2nd Engineer Regiment
51st Naval Guard Unit
61st Naval Guard Unit
16th Army
17th Medium Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
4th Australian Division
3rd Motor Brigade
New Caledonia Det


I've recalled the A-24s at Port Moresby to Townsville to help with attacking troops in Oz. A unit is at Charter Towers, and that will probably fall next turn.

Otherwise fairly quiet this turn. I'm sending more xAPs to Aden, as a bunch of Australian troops are arriving there. Two Hurricane squadrons showed with about 16 extra planes each, which I've sent back to the pool. The Aussies will eventually recombine and make their way to Burma. If it keeps staying quiet there, I may take the offensive, pending I get lots more troops in. Two big supply convoys are enroute to Rangoon now. Two militarized APs were at Colombo, so they're off to Cape Town and eventually Pearl.



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RE: Up and at 'em. Mundy vs hjones6464@yahoo.co.uk - 3/22/2017 11:55:09 PM   
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RE: Up and at 'em. Mundy vs hjones6464@yahoo.co.uk - 3/22/2017 11:56:27 PM   
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RE: Up and at 'em. Mundy vs hjones6464@yahoo.co.uk - 3/23/2017 12:14:23 AM   
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RE: Up and at 'em. Mundy vs hjones6464@yahoo.co.uk - 3/24/2017 11:50:26 PM   
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Landings
Erromango (120,156)
Tabar Island, 107,123

Losses
Carnarvon
Charter Towers
Lifou
Soerakarta
Tandjoengpinang

Another shot taken at Noumea.

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Ground combat at Noumea (115,160)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 13907 troops, 128 guns, 49 vehicles, Assault Value = 462

Defending force 6726 troops, 67 guns, 25 vehicles, Assault Value = 235

Japanese adjusted assault: 370

Allied adjusted defense: 220

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0

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

Japanese ground losses:
756 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 77 disabled

Allied ground losses:
420 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 36 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Guns lost 10 (1 destroyed, 9 disabled)

Assaulting units:
2nd Engineer Regiment
52nd Naval Guard Unit
1st Ind. Engineer Regiment
53rd Naval Guard Unit
51st Naval Guard Unit
16th Infantry Regiment
146th Infantry Regiment
61st Naval Guard Unit
16th Army
17th Medium Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
4th Australian Division
3rd Motor Brigade
New Caledonia Det


I'm not seeing KB about, so I'm going to start withdrawing forces for Port Moresby for homeland defense. I was dallying, but I'm about to get everyone out of Townsville, too. I just got 3 squadrons of P-40Es there. Two will escort while one will sweep Cairns at max altitude. One and done.

Lots of base forces showed up in the US, so they're railing to San Francisco. I really need xAPs or even xAK which can convert to them. Queen Elizabeth arrived and is now loading an infantry regiment for Pearl. Once I get enough transports ready, I'll start shipping lots of base forces to the Pago Pago area, including many of the surrounding islands, like I did in my other game. After that, I'll build up Suva, providing it still stands. I'm glad I have the VMF from Wake now. I didn't look but the rest of the Wake garrison should arrive at Pearl within a couple days.

Argonaut is off to mine Kwajalein. UK minesweepers will seed Rangoon and Moulmein.







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Lots of ship arrivals this turn. Countless numbers of xAKs arrive in Panama. Happily, many of then can upgrade to xAPs, so they're off to San Francisco. This should help me get things moving better.

The Royal Navy gets some reinforcements, too. Royal Sovereign arrives at Aden, Dorsetshire at Cape Town and Tjerk Hiddes at Mombasa. I may start playing with bombardments soon enough.

Three subs arrive in Soerabaja, just as the Japanese do. Funny I didn't notice them there before. They take a shot this turn. I doubt they'll hold very long once he gets his act together there.

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round combat at Soerabaja (56,104)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 11339 troops, 91 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 432

Defending force 11857 troops, 115 guns, 26 vehicles, Assault Value = 201

Japanese adjusted assault: 304

Allied adjusted defense: 111

Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 3)

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 2

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

Japanese ground losses:
731 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 38 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled

Allied ground losses:
162 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 17 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled

Assaulting units:
21st Division

Defending units:
Artilleriecommando Coastal Gun Battalion
Tjilatjap KNIL Battalion
2nd KNIL Landstorm Battalion
3rd KNIL Landstorm Battalion
Soerabaja Base Force
Tjilitap Base Force
Commandement Marine
Merak Base Force
Bandoeng Base Force
South Java Base Force
MLD
Malang Base Force


Noumea falls. I expected better of the troops there. At this point, I don't know if he'll push out more or simply grab every dot base in sight like he's currently doing.

Landings
Kai-eilanden (81,115)
Ambrym (121,152)
Banjoewangi (57,107)
Ouv'ea (116,158)
Russell Islands (113,136)

Losses
Noumea, as mentioned.
Ansi
Erromango
Tabar Island

His troops cross the strait to Singapore and get their first shot in. Like the Dutch, this won't last forever either.

quote:

Ground combat at Singapore (50,84)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 43535 troops, 578 guns, 178 vehicles, Assault Value = 1381

Defending force 23052 troops, 330 guns, 166 vehicles, Assault Value = 418

Japanese adjusted assault: 1108

Allied adjusted defense: 1143

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 3)

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

Japanese ground losses:
7144 casualties reported
Squads: 90 destroyed, 233 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 27 disabled
Engineers: 6 destroyed, 137 disabled
Guns lost 59 (11 destroyed, 48 disabled)
Vehicles lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
2249 casualties reported
Squads: 99 destroyed, 139 disabled
Non Combat: 23 destroyed, 93 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 23 disabled
Guns lost 47 (7 destroyed, 40 disabled)
Vehicles lost 27 (16 destroyed, 11 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Assaulting units:
148th Infantry Regiment
55th Engineer Regiment
11th Infantry Regiment
113th Infantry Regiment
5th Engineer Regiment
23rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
91st Naval Guard Unit
4th Ind. Engineer Regiment
5th Recon Regiment
56th Engineer Regiment
114th Infantry Regiment
112th Infantry Regiment
12th Engineer Regiment
41st Infantry Regiment
143rd Infantry Regiment
55th Infantry Regiment
21st Infantry Regiment
15th Ind. Engineer Regiment
6th RTA/B Division
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
3rd Mortar Battalion
25th Army
1st RF Gun Battalion
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
18th Mountain Gun Regiment
56th Field Artillery Regiment
5th Field Artillery Regiment
55th Mountain Gun Regiment
5th Mortar Battalion
15th Army
31st Field AA Battalion
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion

Defending units:
1st Manchester Battalion
2/17 Dogra Battalion
2nd Gordons Battalion
2nd Malay Battalion
22nd Australian Brigade
2nd Loyal Battalion
1st Malay Battalion
27th Australian Brigade
AHQ Far East
24th NZ Pioneer Coy
1st Indian Heavy AA Regiment
III Indian Corps
2nd HK&S Heavy AA Regiment
22nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
Malaya Army
1st HK&S Heavy AA Regiment
Singapore Fortress
Malayan Air Wing
Singapore Base Force
112th RAF Base Force
111th RAF Base Force


The upside is that he has to chase the strays left all over Malaya. That gives me some scant hope some of them can make it to Burma, but I won't hold my breath.

His troops are on the move around Townsville, and so am I. My guys are all pulling out, and my planes have left. My sweep did little but incur losses at my end. I'm moving two brigades and some primitive armor from Brisbane to Charleville to head off any more cheap para conquests. I'll have to think of a garrison at Alice Springs, also.

Fortunately, help has arrived. A big tanker group from the states is docked and unloading at Sydney. Landing next turn is another big convoy with lots of land and air forces from the States, including two infantry regiments. Couldn't have arrived at a better time. The extra base forces will help a lot also.

Intel Monkey's warning of two units prepping for Brisbane.



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RE: Up and at 'em. Mundy vs hjones6464@yahoo.co.uk - 3/26/2017 11:23:53 PM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: Mundy
My guys are all pulling out, and my planes have left. My sweep did little but incur losses at my end.



I honestly expected this result when you said you were going to sweep. Those ex-Philippines P-40 groups you get in Australia have poor experience, and the P-40 is a sub-par sweeper.

In my opinion, the ONLY American plane you should be sweeping with in 1942 is the P-38. It is the only aircraft with the speed and high-altitude performance needed to do the job.

If you want to sweep in Australia, poach your high air skill (70+) pilots from around the map, shove them into one of those groups so you have an elite squadron and then upgrade to P-38s.

Because P-38s are the only plane that can do the job, it is the only job that P-38s should do. Do not use them for escort or CAP, even though they may be better at those roles than other planes. If you manage your P-38s this way - assigning them the best pilots and only using them in a a sweep role where they can operate to their full advantage - you'll rack up kills, maintain your aircraft pools, and have a way of causing attrition of Japan's fighter force, which, due to the Zero and high pilot skill, will inflict disproportionate losses on you otherwise.


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16 January 1942

Stuff's unloading at Sydney. The tankers will be done next turn. The transports have put ashore three VP squadrons, and one of P-39s. Also unloading are two USAAF base forces, two infantry regiments and one regiment of construction troops.

6 APDs finished converting at San Francisco. On the way to Pearl, they're bringing two USN port detachments, so I'm making them useful on the trip.

One Japanese unit got ahead of my guys SE of Townsville. I have 6 armor units, which will attack. Mostly light stuff and infantry scouts, but one of them has Matildas which should leave a mark.

Four DDs plus AD Black Hawk got hit by bomb carrying Mavises near Carnarvon. I almost had them out. The AD got hit bad by three bombs. Some Petes also struck, but did nothing. I don't think Black Hawk will make it with her 93 fires. Pumps appeared to be failing, too.

The Bobcats arrive in East US.

Landings
Bandjermasin
Lihir (108,124)
Semarang

Losses
Ambrym (121,152)
Banjoewangi (57,107)
Ouv'ea (116,158)

He's getting Java nailed down at this point. I'm surprised about his lax attitude towards Sumatra, as that fuel ain't going to send itself to Japan.

Another shot at Singapore. I'm surprised I'm resisting this well.

quote:

Ground combat at Singapore (50,84)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 38730 troops, 569 guns, 176 vehicles, Assault Value = 954

Defending force 21121 troops, 322 guns, 147 vehicles, Assault Value = 252

Japanese adjusted assault: 163

Allied adjusted defense: 497

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

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

Japanese ground losses:
1899 casualties reported
Squads: 12 destroyed, 56 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled
Engineers: 23 destroyed, 96 disabled
Guns lost 12 (2 destroyed, 10 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
1276 casualties reported
Squads: 79 destroyed, 57 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 45 disabled
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 6 disabled
Guns lost 29 (16 destroyed, 13 disabled)

Assaulting units:
56th Engineer Regiment
4th Ind. Engineer Regiment
5th Recon Regiment
12th Engineer Regiment
91st Naval Guard Unit
143rd Infantry Regiment
41st Infantry Regiment
55th Engineer Regiment
148th Infantry Regiment
113th Infantry Regiment
21st Infantry Regiment
11th Infantry Regiment
112th Infantry Regiment
5th Engineer Regiment
114th Infantry Regiment
15th Ind. Engineer Regiment
55th Infantry Regiment
23rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
6th RTA/B Division
31st Field AA Battalion
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
5th Mortar Battalion
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
18th Mountain Gun Regiment
55th Mountain Gun Regiment
15th Army
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
25th Army
1st RF Gun Battalion
3rd Mortar Battalion
56th Field Artillery Regiment
5th Field Artillery Regiment
21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion

Defending units:
1st Malay Battalion
2nd Gordons Battalion
22nd Australian Brigade
2nd Loyal Battalion
2nd Malay Battalion
2/17 Dogra Battalion
27th Australian Brigade
2nd HK&S Heavy AA Regiment
112th RAF Base Force
Singapore Fortress
24th NZ Pioneer Coy
1st HK&S Heavy AA Regiment
22nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
Malaya Army
AHQ Far East
1st Indian Heavy AA Regiment
Malayan Air Wing
Singapore Base Force
III Indian Corps
111th RAF Base Force


Wenchow's been besieged. They're my only southern holdout in China.

quote:

Ground combat at Wenchow (89,58)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 11759 troops, 102 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 1101

Defending force 12666 troops, 47 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 451

Assaulting units:
17th Division
8th Armored Car Co
17th Ind. Mixed Brigade
15th Division
51st Engineer Regiment

Defending units:
100th Chinese Corps
25th Group Army
14th Chinese Base Force


I had one attack east of Rangoon. Fended off the Tojos nice enough.

quote:

Morning Air attack on 2nd RTA Division, at 56,53 , near Pegu

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44 Tojo x 8

Allied aircraft
H81-A3 x 20
Blenheim IV x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44 Tojo: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
H81-A3: 1 destroyed

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

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Blenheim IV bombing from 8000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
47th I.F. Chutai with Ki-44 Tojo (8 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(8 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
8 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000.
Raid is overhead


Dave's been obsessed with hitting the base unit at Subic Bay. They're all that's there, but he's throwing everything at them. Makes no sense.

I have one Australian fragment at Diamond Harbor. The rest of the division should arrive in Aden in just under a month. Once I have everyone combined and sent to Burma, I may start taking some offensive action there, as it seems to be a backwater to him.

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non realistic R&D

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RE: Up and at 'em. Mundy vs hjones6464@yahoo.co.uk - 3/31/2017 1:26:53 AM   
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Landings
Aitape
Belep Islands
Denpasar
Tanna

Losses
Dili
Lihir
Semarang

South of Townsville, I eject his troops impeding my progress.

quote:

Ground combat at 92,145 (near Townsville)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 4085 troops, 93 guns, 244 vehicles, Assault Value = 608

Defending force 1025 troops, 4 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 38

Allied adjusted assault: 76

Japanese adjusted defense: 11

Allied assault odds: 6 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
332 casualties reported
Squads: 9 destroyed, 22 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 9 (5 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Units retreated 1

Allied ground losses:
37 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 6 (1 destroyed, 5 disabled)

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
6th Aus Cav Brigade
2/4th Armoured Regiment
2/9th Armoured Regiment
2/10th Armoured Regiment
2/11th Armoured Car Battalion
2nd Aus Cav Brigade
4th Aus Cav Brigade
1st Motor Brigade
2nd Recce Battalion
13th RAAF Base Force
17th RAAF Base Force
2/16th Field Regiment
Eastern Command
108th Tank Attack Regiment
4th RAAF Base Force
14th RAAF Base Force
6th RAN Base Force
1st RAAF Base Force
I Australian Corps
4th Australian Lt AA Regiment

Defending units:
26th Recon Regiment


Everyone's off to Bowen, where I should be able to amass about 800 AV. I'm trying to get an airbase built there, as it's currently level 0. One unit is almost to Charleville, so he can't take it for free.

Another infantry regiment and a bunch of bombers are loading up at Pearl, bound for Sydney. A-24s and Whirriways aren't going to cut it.

I misspoke earlier. I have three Airacobra squadrons unloading at Sydney -- not one. More P-40 squadrons arrived, so I'm now up to five of them in-country. Once experience gets up a bit, I can throw my weight around more up north. Tankers finished unloading and have left.

The Wake garrison is at Pearl and unloaded. Once more transports arrive, I'll get that defense battalion sent westwards. I was thinking Australia, but probably will be Pago Pago.

As far as long term plans go, I'm thinking of grabbing the Gilberts, and after there punching through north of Noumea somewhere -- maybe Espiritu Santo. I'll need to prep something like this well, as I want base forces and lots of planes hot on the heels after taking a base. Don't worry... this ain't happening anytime soon. With as many islands as he's taking, I'm guessing many of these will be pretty weakly held. I doubt hell stuff too much on Tarawa even.


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Status: offline 		Thanks for the AAR. This has been an interesting Imperial opening.

Too bad about the CVs. Apologies if I missed it, but which scenario are you playing? Also, any house rules?

Cheers,
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RE: Up and at 'em. Mundy vs hjones6464@yahoo.co.uk - 3/31/2017 1:12:07 PM   
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This is Scenario 1. We've kept house rules at a minimalist level.

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HOUSE RULES
No building allied TFs 7th Dec.
No moving allied TFs on 7th Dec to known landing zones, or in the movement path of known landing zones.
Can move naval TFs already in existence
No IJ Pearl Harbour after 7th Dec for 30 days.
No allied skip bombing with 4 engine aircraft
No strategic bombing into or out of China until 1944
NOTE Known landing zones I mean the ones set for the real attacks.


Forgot to add...Black Hawk gave it up and sank. The four remaining destroyers should exit quickly.

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