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1942 April 19 - 5/18/2018 11:08:14 PM

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1942 April 19

INVADED
Batavia, Urumchi, Changsha are also invested.

CHANGED OWNERSHIP
Japanese forces CAPTURE Tjepoe !!!

Overall
� KB3 (2x CVE, PG) sighted 2 hexes ENE Muntok.

West Coast USA, Alaska, Hawaii
� Yard work. The troop convoy has completed loading at SF and will head for PH under heavy escort.

Pacific
� Building.

New Zealand, Australia, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Solomons, Papua New Guinea, New Britain
� Enemy sub seen heading SE along the coast between Rockhamptom and Bundaberg.

� Fuel unloading at Wellington.

� A number of subs on station from the northern Solomon Sea to along the mid-New Guinea coast.

Philippines

DEI, Dutch new Guinea, Borneo, Malaya
� Now the paratroopers are trying to accelerate Imperial progress on Java.

quote:

Ground combat at Tjepoe (54,103)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 247 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 19

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 16

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 16 to 1 (fort level 1)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Tjepoe !!!

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

Assaulting units:
Yokosuka 3rd SNLF /1

� Many subs beginning to take up station in the eastern half of the DEI.

China
� Maneuvering and counter-maneuvering.

India, Burma, Thailand, Indochina
� The unit at Katha is about Rgt/Bde sized and is moving north along the road. The unit at Akyab is smaller (2,800 troops), perhaps a recon unit.

� Subs on station and near the Andaman Sea; others on their way to west of Java.

Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Russia
� 1 sub on station. No contacts.

Complete combat report attached.

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RE: 1942 April 19 - 5/18/2018 11:08:41 PM

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1942 April 19

In Tracker we see today a message about DD Mikazuki "Sunk by unknown device 0 at 65,177 near Kingscote". 65,177 is the hex I highlighted, Kingscote is on Kangaroo Island in the upper right.

Was this related to that SigInt contact we had a while back which was 21 hexes west of Perth?

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RE: 1942 April 19 - 5/19/2018 6:30:52 AM

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ORIGINAL: witpqs

1942 April 19

In Tracker we see today a message about DD Mikazuki "Sunk by unknown device 0 at 65,177 near Kingscote". 65,177 is the hex I highlighted, Kingscote is on Kangaroo Island in the upper right.

Was this related to that SigInt contact we had a while back which was 21 hexes west of Perth?

It looks like a raider TF might have been making the sweep around Oz and perhaps had a collision down there. I am not sure how Tracker handles FOW but I understand it is generally more accurate than in-game reports.

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RE: 1942 April 19 - 5/19/2018 3:26:56 PM

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The thing I've noticed is that enemy ship sunk messages appear in Tracker one day before they appear in the reports, so I expect to receive the identical message next turn.

Even FOW should be related to something and there was no action at all in that area. Must have been a raider like you said. I didn't think of a collision; I was wondering if the ship ran out of fuel.

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RE: 1942 April 19 - 5/19/2018 3:32:16 PM

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The thing I've noticed is that enemy ship sunk messages appear in Tracker one day before they appear in the reports, so I expect to receive the identical message next turn.

Even FOW should be related to something and there was no action at all in that area. Must have been a raider like you said. I didn't think of a collision; I was wondering if the ship ran out of fuel.

That ship is off in a remote corner so it is possible your opponent overlooked it and forgot to order it back - but the Ops Report does give a message that "TF ### is out of fuel at (hex coordinates) XXX,YYY". Anyone who ignores reading the Ops Report every turn does so at their peril!

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RE: 1942 April 19 - 5/19/2018 3:40:42 PM

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ORIGINAL: witpqs

The thing I've noticed is that enemy ship sunk messages appear in Tracker one day before they appear in the reports, so I expect to receive the identical message next turn.

Even FOW should be related to something and there was no action at all in that area. Must have been a raider like you said. I didn't think of a collision; I was wondering if the ship ran out of fuel.

That ship is off in a remote corner so it is possible your opponent overlooked it and forgot to order it back - but the Ops Report does give a message that "TF ### is out of fuel at (hex coordinates) XXX,YYY". Anyone who ignores reading the Ops Report every turn does so at their peril!

Yup, it sure does. You need to see it in the Ops report. Gotta get back on Intel Monkey development...

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1942 April 20 - 5/21/2018 4:10:08 AM

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1942 April 20

INVADED
Batavia, Urumchi, Changsha are also invested.

CHANGED OWNERSHIP
Watampone is occupied by the Japanese
Japanese forces CAPTURE Soerakarta !!!

Overall
� No carrier sightings.

� Here is the message expected today:

quote:

DD Mikazuki is reported to have been sunk near Kingscote on Feb 16, 1942

West Coast USA, Alaska, Hawaii
� Yard work.

� Large troop convoy proceeding to PH quietly.

Pacific
� Building and ships transiting.

New Zealand, Australia, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Solomons, Papua New Guinea, New Britain
� A number of subs on station.

� Fuel unloading at Wellington.

Philippines

DEI, Dutch new Guinea, Borneo, Malaya
� Pushed back farther.

quote:

Ground combat at Soerakarta (53,103)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 12633 troops, 104 guns, 125 vehicles, Assault Value = 354

Defending force 5171 troops, 31 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 95

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0

Japanese adjusted assault: 129

Allied adjusted defense: 61

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Soerakarta !!!

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

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

Allied ground losses:
2005 casualties reported
Squads: 60 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 79 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 5 (3 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 10 (10 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 14

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
Imperial Guards Division
2nd Tank Regiment

Defending units:
4th Cav Sqdn
I KNIL Battalion
VI Landstorm Cdo
Groep Zud
II KNIL Battalion
Tjepoe Cdo
Lijfwacht Cav Sqdn
V KNIL Battalion
Tjilitjap Cdo
Tjilitjap Defenses
HQ II KNIL Division
V Landstorm Cdo
Samarang Defenses
Cheribon Defenses

� Our intrepid fliers continue attacking.

� A number of subs on station.

China
� A victory.

quote:

Ground combat at 76,52 (near Kweilin)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 74944 troops, 655 guns, 206 vehicles, Assault Value = 2290

Defending force 33323 troops, 110 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 868

Japanese adjusted assault: 278

Allied adjusted defense: 1297

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 4

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

Japanese ground losses:
7802 casualties reported
Squads: 187 destroyed, 341 disabled
Non Combat: 22 destroyed, 25 disabled
Engineers: 8 destroyed, 13 disabled
Guns lost 44 (15 destroyed, 29 disabled)
Vehicles lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
625 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 116 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 7 (1 destroyed, 6 disabled)

Assaulting units:
27th Division
12th Ind.Mixed Brigade
19th Division
104th Division
6th Division
35th Division
52nd Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion
13th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
Botanko Hvy Gun Regiment
12th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
Tonei Hvy Gun Regiment

Defending units:
59th Chinese Corps
86th Chinese Corps
87th Chinese Corps
16th Group Army

Even better, the stacking limit for this hex is 40,000 so the Empire is incurring penalties for about 100%. Scouting shows 88,720 troops, 640 guns, 192 AFV. good to see that attacker supply(-).

� Imperials have moved into China from Burma. One unit so far. Lao Cai, just across the border with Indochina, has built to size 1 airfield.

� The other units ex-Lanchow got away before the rearguard was destroyed.

quote:

Ground combat at 81,33 (near Lanchow)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 14437 troops, 123 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 554

Defending force 1282 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Japanese adjusted assault: 668

Allied adjusted defense: 4

Japanese assault odds: 167 to 1

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

Allied ground losses:
1730 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 149 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Assaulting units:
4th Ind.Mixed Brigade
26th Division

Defending units:
81st Chinese Corps

India, Burma, Thailand, Indochina
� Several units being redeployed in India have reached destinations; others still moving.

� No further enemy sub sightings so we are still moving large supply convoys to Colombo from Cape Town. Over 325,000 supply there now.

� A number of subs on station.

Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Russia
� 1 sub on station. No contacts.

Complete combat report attached.

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1942 April 21 - 5/22/2018 4:19:52 AM

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1942 April 21

INVADED
Batavia, Urumchi, Changsha are also invested.

CHANGED OWNERSHIP
Merak is occupied by the Japanese
Japanese forces CAPTURE Tandjoengbalai !!!

Overall
� No carrier sightings.

� I'll start periodically reporting on whereabouts of sub patrols but will not update on the turn of any changes unless there is something significant. I will report on contacts as they happen.

West Coast USA, Alaska, Hawaii
� Large troop convoy bound for PH proceeding.

� Yard work.

Pacific
� A number of subs on station, mostly around Truk.

New Zealand, Australia, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Solomons, Papua New Guinea, New Britain
� Fuel unloading at Wellington.

� A number of subs on station; around New Britain; off northern New Guinea; just east of the Solomons.

Philippines

DEI, Dutch new Guinea, Borneo, Malaya
� A number of subs on station; in the eastern DEI; in the Celebes Sea; on the way to the Sunda Strait, Cocos Islands, Christmas Island IO.

� Enemy units bearing down on Medan.

China
� We just got an additional unit into the hex. Helpful tally on the Imperial vehicles.

quote:

Ground combat at 84,42 (near Sian)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 41787 troops, 485 guns, 767 vehicles, Assault Value = 1114

Defending force 50443 troops, 151 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 991

Japanese adjusted assault: 88

Allied adjusted defense: 2122

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 24

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

Japanese ground losses:
15 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 40 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 142 (12 destroyed, 130 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
488 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 69 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled

Assaulting units:
37th Division
23rd Tank Regiment
13th Tank Regiment
3rd Division
3rd Tank Regiment
5th Tank Regiment
36th Division
11th Tank Regiment
5th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion
11th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
2nd Hvy.Artillery Regiment
4th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
8th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
1st Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
2nd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
6th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
15th Ind.Medium Field Artillery Regiment
7th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
3rd Hvy.Artillery Regiment
10th Medium Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
27th Chinese Corps
92nd Chinese Corps
93rd Chinese Corps
88th Chinese Corps
9th Chinese Corps
98th Chinese Corps
4th Chinese Cavalry Corps

India, Burma, Thailand, Indochina
� Ledo airfield is size 4. Bombay fortifications are 5.

� The current redeployment of ground forces should be finished in 2 days.

� A number of subs on station in the Andaman Sea.

� CV Illustrious arrived at Cape Town and is departing for Bombay with Warspite and other ships.

Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Russia
� 1 sub on station south of the Bonins.

Complete combat report attached.

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1942 April 22 - 5/25/2018 8:55:52 AM

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1942 April 22

INVADED
Batavia, Madioen, Urumchi, Changsha are also invested.

CHANGED OWNERSHIP

Overall
� No carrier sightings.

� A number of USN CA and CL finished upgrades.

West Coast USA, Alaska, Hawaii
� Large troop convoy for PH moving peacefully.

Pacific
� Ships transiting, bases building.

New Zealand, Australia, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Solomons, Papua New Guinea, New Britain
� Fuel unloading at Wellington.

� Continued Imperial shipping activity at Buna.

Philippines

DEI, Dutch new Guinea, Borneo, Malaya
� Imperials marching across Java and Sumatra.

� SigInt of ship traffic in the South China Sea.

China
� The Empire has begun bombing our defensive position in front of Lashio.

� Defenses in hex 76,52 is seeing a great number of air strikes each day.

India, Burma, Thailand, Indochina
� Consolidating defenses as fast as we can.

� Enemy closing on Myitkyina (2 hexes out).

Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Russia
� One of our subs transiting to patrol station was spotted during movement but hos no DL.

Complete combat report attached.

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1942 April 23 - 5/25/2018 11:15:20 PM

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1942 April 23

INVADED
Batavia, Madioen, Medan, Makassar, Urumchi, Changsha are also invested.

CHANGED OWNERSHIP
Tjepoe is occupied by the Allies
Japanese forces CAPTURE Sibolga !!!

Overall
� No carrier sightings.

� The remaining USN CA's came back on line from April upgrades. One remains under repairs after torpedo damage.

West Coast USA, Alaska, Hawaii
� Yard work on April upgrades largely completed.

� Troop convoy moving unimpeded.

Pacific
� Ships passing.

New Zealand, Australia, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Solomons, Papua New Guinea, New Britain
� Fuel unloading at Wellington.

� Sydney fortifications are 5.

� Fact or fiction?

quote:

1st Division is planning for an attack on Geraldton.

Philippines

DEI, Dutch new Guinea, Borneo, Malaya
� This looks like an armour-only assault made while the Imperial Guards Division was still en route.

quote:

Ground combat at Madioen (54,104)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 384 troops, 0 guns, 71 vehicles, Assault Value = 349

Defending force 5084 troops, 35 guns, 10 vehicles, Assault Value = 105

Japanese adjusted assault: 10

Allied adjusted defense: 127

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 12 (fort level 1)

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

Japanese ground losses:
Vehicles lost 7 (1 destroyed, 6 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
172 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units destroyed 1

Assaulting units:
Imperial Guards Division
2nd Tank Regiment

Defending units:
VI Landstorm Cdo
II KNIL Battalion
Tjepoe Cdo
Groep Zud
6th Cav Sqdn
Tjilitjap Cdo
I KNIL Battalion
Lijfwacht Cav Sqdn
V KNIL Battalion
I/II Barisan Cdo
Cheribon Defenses
Tjilitjap Defenses
4th Cav Sqdn
Samarang Defenses
V Landstorm Cdo
HQ II KNIL Division
VkA-2 Sup Afd

� The hunt resumes.

quote:

Sub attack near Tawi Tawi at 70,91

Japanese Ships
PB Showa Maru #3
PB Showa Maru #5

Allied Ships
SS Skipjack

SS Skipjack launches 2 torpedoes at PB Showa Maru #3
Skipjack diving deep ....
PB Showa Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Showa Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Showa Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Showa Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Showa Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

� Our fliers and PT boat continue trying.

� We have subs in the area to intercept.

quote:

1st Ship Engineer Regiment is loaded on AMC Asaka Maru moving to Balikpapan.

China
� A slight bit of stability here, but it might be an illusion.

India, Burma, Thailand, Indochina
� A convoy just west of Calicut (bound for Colombo) has DL 8/8.

quote:

TF 243 snooped by Japanese Float Plane at 28,38 near Calicut

Is is a Glen or something from a carrier escort? While it is unlikely surface ships slipped past our search near the map edge it is possible because of our limited search assets in thie area to date. A small Catalina group is being moved from Diamond Harbour to Trivandrum.

Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Russia

Complete combat report attached.

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RE: 1942 April 23 - 5/25/2018 11:15:43 PM

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1942 April 23

This is alarming.

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RE: 1942 April 23 - 5/26/2018 12:14:15 AM

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Uh, oh!

Hopefully a sub...but you never know!

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RE: 1942 April 23 - 5/26/2018 1:04:32 AM

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Uh, oh!

Hopefully a sub...but you never know!

Yeah, it's the "8/8" that has me worried. I usually see subs as 1/1 or thereabouts.

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RE: 1942 April 23 - 5/26/2018 1:59:14 AM

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Uh, oh!

Hopefully a sub...but you never know!

Yeah, it's the "8/8" that has me worried. I usually see subs as 1/1 or thereabouts.

Did your TF sight any Glens or other aircraft in the Ops report? That would tell you what is stalking them. Personally, I figure a couple of cruisers and some DDs most likely right now.

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RE: 1942 April 23 - 5/26/2018 3:41:47 AM

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ORIGINAL: witpqs

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Uh, oh!

Hopefully a sub...but you never know!

Yeah, it's the "8/8" that has me worried. I usually see subs as 1/1 or thereabouts.

Did your TF sight any Glens or other aircraft in the Ops report? That would tell you what is stalking them. Personally, I figure a couple of cruisers and some DDs most likely right now.

Just this, nothing more specific.

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TF 243 snooped by Japanese Float Plane at 28,38 near Calicut

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RE: 1942 April 23 - 5/26/2018 3:48:27 AM

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I'm guessing a Glen from a sub.

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RE: 1942 April 23 - 5/26/2018 3:29:51 PM

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There is a lot of mis-identification on the named plane sightings. Can't really go by it.

Perusing the sigint might give some clues, and I guess this particular Allied player is excellent at that. He has the tools!

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RE: 1942 April 23 - 5/26/2018 7:07:24 PM

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I'd switch them to coastal routing........

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RE: 1942 April 23 - 5/26/2018 9:32:38 PM

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I'd switch them to coastal routing........

Yes, good point and I shall.

Been spoiled up til now.

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RE: 1942 April 23 - 5/27/2018 9:08:05 AM

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Uhm, so let me get this straight. DL on a friendly unit shows how much the enemy currently knows about your unit?

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RE: 1942 April 23 - 5/27/2018 2:45:10 PM

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Uhm, so let me get this straight. DL on a friendly unit shows how much the enemy currently knows about your unit?

Yes!

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RE: 1942 April 23 - 5/27/2018 2:46:30 PM

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Adding: You don't know what they see, you only get an idea of the quality and consistency of the noted sightings of your unit. Sometimes the enemy knows you are there but you have no indication of that. In other words, there is still FOW.

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1942 April 24 - 5/28/2018 7:14:08 AM

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1942 April 24

INVADED
Batavia, Medan, Makassar, Urumchi, Changsha are also invested.

CHANGED OWNERSHIP
Japanese forces CAPTURE Madioen !!!
Japanese forces CAPTURE Tjepoe !!!

Overall
� No carrier sightings.

West Coast USA, Alaska, Hawaii
� S-47 is bound for Pago Pago to base there.

quote:

SS S-47 detects surfaced submarine at 172, 114 but it immediately dives

� large troop convoy proceeding peacefully. They have strong ASW protection if the sub noted above intercepts them.

Pacific
� Building things and ships passing through.

New Zealand, Australia, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Solomons, Papua New Guinea, New Britain
� Fuel unloading at Wellington.

Philippines

DEI, Dutch new Guinea, Borneo, Malaya
� Godzilla stomps along.

quote:

Ground combat at Madioen (54,104)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 12254 troops, 104 guns, 54 vehicles, Assault Value = 351

Defending force 4781 troops, 32 guns, 10 vehicles, Assault Value = 96

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0

Japanese adjusted assault: 370

Allied adjusted defense: 64

Japanese assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Madioen !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
253 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 25 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units pursuing 1

Allied ground losses:
1608 casualties reported
Squads: 49 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 70 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 5 (5 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 14 (14 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 14
Units destroyed 1

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
Imperial Guards Division
2nd Tank Regiment

Defending units:
6th Cav Sqdn
V KNIL Battalion
Lijfwacht Cav Sqdn
II KNIL Battalion
Tjilitjap Cdo
Tjepoe Cdo
I KNIL Battalion
Groep Zud
I/II Barisan Cdo
Samarang Defenses
VI Landstorm Cdo
HQ II KNIL Division
4th Cav Sqdn
Tjilitjap Defenses
Cheribon Defenses

� Lots of action with our fliers and PT boat but no joy for our side. And this.

quote:

Sub attack near Donggala at 69,96

Japanese Ships
PB Showa Maru #5
PB Showa Maru #3

Allied Ships
SS Sculpin

SS Sculpin launches 2 torpedoes at PB Showa Maru #5
Sculpin diving deep ....
PB Showa Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Showa Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Showa Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Showa Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Showa Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

� Cleanup.

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Day Time Surface Combat, near Kalidjati at 51,98, Range 16,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DMS W-4
DMS W-7
DMS W-15
DMS W-16

Allied Ships
AMc MMS C, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
AMc Djampea, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
AMc Salak, Shell hits 1, and is sunk

Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions: 26,000 yards
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 18,000 yards
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
AMc Salak sunk by DMS W-16 at 16,000 yards
Range closes to 15,000 yards
DMS W-7 engages AMc Djampea at 15,000 yards
Range closes to 14,000 yards
DMS W-15 engages AMc Djampea at 14,000 yards
DMS W-7 engages AMc Djampea at 14,000 yards
AMc Djampea sunk by DMS W-4 at 14,000 yards
Range closes to 11,000 yards
AMc MMS C sunk by DMS W-4 at 11,000 yards
Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk...

China
� Imperial invaders who entered China from Burma are now in contact with our defensive position west of Paoshan.

� For the moment we are holding infiltrators and our units cut off in or near the outback are at least imposing maneuvering delays on the Imperials.

India, Burma, Thailand, Indochina
� The remaining forces in Burma (aside from the Chinese units transiting) are now engaged with an Imperial unit.

� It was a sub. Search has turned up nothing.

quote:

ASW attack near Trivandrum at 26,43

Japanese Ships
SS I-164

SS I-164 is sighted by escort
I-164 diving deep ....
Sub escapes detection

� The Imperial units at Akyab and on the way to Myitkyina look like full brigades or regiments after extended aerial recon.

Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Russia
� Got one!

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Sub attack near Tanegashima at 102,63

Japanese Ships
PB Nichinan Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
PB Hokuyo Maru
PB Toyokuni Maru

Allied Ships
SS Trout

SS Trout launches 2 torpedoes at PB Nichinan Maru
Trout diving deep ....
PB Toyokuni Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Toyokuni Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Toyokuni Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Toyokuni Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Toyokuni Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

I wonder if that was cargo or ASW? Trout is transiting through this hex on the way to her patrol area and so are two other subs (in the same hex): maybe they can all get shots in tonight.

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1942 April 25 - 5/29/2018 4:14:13 AM

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1942 April 25

INVADED
Batavia, Medan, Makassar, Urumchi, Changsha are also invested.

CHANGED OWNERSHIP

Overall
� No carrier sightings.

West Coast USA, Alaska, Hawaii
� Our large troop convoy has DL 1/0. They are 22 hexes east of Pearl Harbor but proceeding SW to avoid presumed sub hunting grounds, so it is possible the convoy will be assessed as heading to the South Pacific or to Australia.

� A Supply/Fuel convoy is leaving Los Angeles for Australia.

� USA 27th ID has been bought out at San Francisco for the summer invasions. Three regiments and several smaller units to go.

Pacific
� Ships passing.

New Zealand, Australia, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Solomons, Papua New Guinea, New Britain
� Fuel unloading at Wellington.

Philippines

DEI, Dutch new Guinea, Borneo, Malaya
� Our PT again was thwarted but the real news is it engages almost every day and yet lives. Our fliers lost more over Kalidjati while stout escort got them through CAP over the 2nd Tank Regiment just west of Soerabaja, where 2 vehicles were destroyed and several times that number disabled. We'll see ohw the empire reacts.

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Morning Air attack on 2nd Tank Regiment, at 55,104 , near Soerabaja

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 3

Allied aircraft
DB-7B x 7
B-339-23 x 10

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 1 destroyed

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
Vehicles lost 9 (2 destroyed, 7 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x DB-7B bombing from 2000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
64th Sentai with Ki-43-Ib Oscar (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(8 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 9000.
Raid is overhead

China
� No change, we hold for now.

India, Burma, Thailand, Indochina
� Stomp... stomp...

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Ground combat at 62,45 (near Lashio)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 3807 troops, 20 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 127

Defending force 3269 troops, 4 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 87

Japanese adjusted assault: 96

Allied adjusted defense: 46

Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
171 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
1035 casualties reported
Squads: 54 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 39 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units retreated 4

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
112th Infantry Regiment

Defending units:
BFF Brigade
1st Burma Brigade
Burma Corps
Mandalay BMP Battalion

� A probable sub - another sub, that is - detected by SigInt approaching Karachi waters.

Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Russia
� So it was (is) an ASW TF.

quote:

ASW attack near Tokara Retto at 100,63

Japanese Ships
PB Hokuyo Maru
PB Toyokuni Maru

Allied Ships
SS Trout

SS Trout is sighted by escort
Trout diving deep ....
PB Toyokuni Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Toyokuni Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Toyokuni Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Toyokuni Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Toyokuni Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

Complete combat report attached.

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RE: 1942 April 25 - 5/29/2018 4:14:37 AM

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Radio transmissions detected at 36,11.

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1942 April 26 - 5/31/2018 3:20:17 PM

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1942 April 26

INVADED
Batavia, Makassar, Urumchi, Changsha are also invested.

CHANGED OWNERSHIP
Japanese forces CAPTURE Medan !!!

Overall
� No carrier sightings.

West Coast USA, Alaska, Hawaii
� The large troop convoy has no DL, nor does anything else I noticed.

Pacific
� Ships passing. Rotating out the modest surface forces at Pago Pago to Pearl Harbor for upgrades.

New Zealand, Australia, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Solomons, Papua New Guinea, New Britain
� Fuel unloading at Wellington.

Philippines

DEI, Dutch new Guinea, Borneo, Malaya
� Medan is temporarily recaptured by the Empire.

quote:

Ground combat at Medan (46,76)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 10129 troops, 90 guns, 26 vehicles, Assault Value = 305

Defending force 784 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 22

Japanese adjusted assault: 362

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 362 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Medan !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender:
Attacker: shock(+)

Japanese ground losses:
251 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 13 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Allied ground losses:
1034 casualties reported
Squads: 29 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 26 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units destroyed 1

Assaulting units:
2nd/B Division
2nd/C Division

Defending units:
Tapanoeli Cdo

No damage to the facilities so far as I can tell.

� The ex-defenders of Palembang were roughly handled but are still fighting.

quote:

Ground combat at 49,90 (near Palembang)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 4717 troops, 40 guns, 21 vehicles, Assault Value = 158

Defending force 1991 troops, 6 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 45

Japanese adjusted assault: 194

Allied adjusted defense: 64

Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
125 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 12 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Allied ground losses:
310 casualties reported
Squads: 7 destroyed, 15 disabled
Non Combat: 18 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units retreated 5

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
5th/B Division

Defending units:
Palembang Cdo
Lahat Cdo
Riouw Cdo
Palembang ML Base Force
PBg-Ld AA Afd

� Tank guns in the open:

quote:

Ground combat at 55,104 (near Soerabaja)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 330 troops, 0 guns, 68 vehicles, Assault Value = 28

Defending force 3472 troops, 27 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 65

Japanese adjusted assault: 8

Allied adjusted defense: 14

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2

Combat modifiers
Defender: op mode(-), morale(-), experience(-)
Attacker: leaders(+), fatigue(-)

Allied ground losses:
236 casualties reported
Squads: 18 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
2nd Tank Regiment

Defending units:
Tjepoe Cdo
I KNIL Battalion
Groep Zud
II KNIL Battalion
Tjilitjap Cdo
I/II Barisan Cdo
Tjilitjap Defenses
Samarang Defenses
HQ II KNIL Division
V KNIL Battalion
Cheribon Defenses

China
� Here is the first unit in to press the defenses of Paoshan. Another Imperial unit is on the way.

quote:

Ground combat at 64,45 (near Paoshan)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14012 troops, 123 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 425

Defending force 16172 troops, 62 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 548

Assaulting units:
18th Division

Defending units:
28th Chinese Corps
54th Chinese Corps

� The enemy is still concentrating on breaking through at 76,52, north of Kweilin.

India, Burma, Thailand, Indochina
� Four convoys unloading at Karachi show DL's. My psychic powers sense torpedoes in the future.

Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Russia
� A plain old hit but it looked nice in the animation.

quote:

Submarine attack near Shanghai at 96,56

Japanese Ships
xAK Utide Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire

Allied Ships
SS Tambor

xAK Utide Maru is sighted by SS Tambor
SS Tambor launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Utide Maru

Complete combat report attached.

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RE: 1942 April 26 - 5/31/2018 9:23:35 PM

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map of Burma soon? inquiring minds.....

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1942 April 27 - 6/1/2018 2:50:30 AM

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1942 April 27

INVADED
Batavia, Changsha are also invested.

CHANGED OWNERSHIP
Japanese forces CAPTURE Makassar !!!

Overall
� No carrier sightings.

West Coast USA, Alaska, Hawaii
� TF 79 is the large troop convoy; it has 12x DD in escort; DL is 2/2. TF 103 (heading SF) is 13 hexes away and has DL 8/8. TF 46 (heading LA) is 11 hexes away (from 79) and has a DL of 4/4. No message in the Operations report about TF 46. TF 46 will re-route to avoid the present vicinity of TF 103.

quote:

TF 79 sighted by E14Y1 Glen at 192,114 near Hilo
TF 103 detects Japanese Float Plane at 191,101 near Lahaina

A couple of ASW TF's are being dispatched.

Pacific
� Ships passing.

New Zealand, Australia, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Solomons, Papua New Guinea, New Britain
� Fuel unloading at Wellington.

Philippines

DEI, Dutch new Guinea, Borneo, Malaya
� The end of an era!

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Merak at 48,97, Range 8,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DMS W-4
DMS W-7
DMS W-15
DMS W-16

Allied Ships
TM-13, Shell hits 1, and is sunk

Improved night sighting under 89% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 89% moonlight: 8,000 yards
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 8,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 8,000 yards
DMS W-15 engages TM-13 at 8,000 yards
DMS W-7 engages TM-13 at 8,000 yards
Range closes to 6,000 yards
TM-13 engages DMS W-7 at 6,000 yards
DMS W-4 engages TM-13 at 6,000 yards
Van Dyke T. orders Allied TF to disengage
Range closes to 3,000 yards
TM-13 sunk by DMS W-4 at 3,000 yards
Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk...

� Another one bites the dust.

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Ground combat at Makassar (65,106)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 8547 troops, 59 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 284

Defending force 2137 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 68

Japanese adjusted assault: 161

Allied adjusted defense: 14

Japanese assault odds: 11 to 1 (fort level 1)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Makassar !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: fatigue(-), experience(-)
Attacker: fatigue(-)

Japanese ground losses:
450 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 37 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled

Allied ground losses:
2991 casualties reported
Squads: 71 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 93 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 2

Assaulting units:
47th Infantry Regiment
146th Infantry Regiment

Defending units:
Makassar KNIL Cdo
Makassar RK Cdo

China
� The base forces did not retreat and might be destroyed tomorrow.

quote:

Ground combat at 83,30 (near Ningsia)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 20480 troops, 160 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 584

Defending force 10277 troops, 65 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 145

Japanese adjusted assault: 540

Allied adjusted defense: 35

Japanese assault odds: 15 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
479 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 52 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled

Allied ground losses:
3069 casualties reported
Squads: 103 destroyed, 26 disabled
Non Combat: 97 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 7 disabled
Guns lost 51 (21 destroyed, 30 disabled)
Units retreated 1

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
4th Ind.Mixed Brigade
26th Division

Defending units:
82nd Chinese Corps
8th Chinese Base Force
21st Chinese Base Force