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RE: Did You Know I Used to Drive a Rollercoaster?: Apba... - 1/27/2019 7:59:10 PM

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13 Oct 42

Sian got a big enemy air raid today, like most days, and parts of 2 Warhawk squadrons were on LRCAP flying 2 hexes.

Morning Air attack on Sian , at 83,41

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 42
Ki-48-IIa Lily x 25
Ki-49-Ia Helen x 22
Ki-51 Sonia x 33

Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 13
P-40K Warhawk x 13

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 6 destroyed
P-40K Warhawk: 1 destroyed

Airbase hits 15
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 102

About half of each P-40 squadron participated. The Warhawks never got to the bombers. They were outmatched by the Tojos and their (probable) very good pilots, even with the Tojos flying escort. 11 P-40Es and 5 P-40Ks were lost. 4 Tojos were downed. The Warhawks redeploy west, north of the capital, and will return to Calcutta to rebuild.

Cleaning up at Portland Roads continues.

Ground combat at Portland Roads (91,132)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 13672 troops, 253 guns, 241 vehicles, Assault Value = 292

Defending force 7670 troops, 42 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 59

Allied adjusted assault: 540

Japanese adjusted defense: 61

Allied assault odds: 8 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
766 casualties reported
Squads: 20 destroyed, 24 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 19 disabled
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 15 (2 destroyed, 13 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
75 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Assaulting units:
15th Australian Brigade
6th Australian Brigade
8th Cav Recce Regiment
2nd Australian Brigade
Aus II Corps
70th Coast AA Regiment
4th Field Artillery Battalion
21st Fld RAA Regiment
22nd Fld RAA Regiment

Defending units:
4th/A Division
4th/B Division
12th Naval Construction Battalion
7th Naval Construction Battalion
48th JNAF AF Unit

A couple of enemy task forces is at Merauke, and there's more than one ground unit there now. Horn Island's airfield and port remain heavily damaged. Port Moresby is still more damaged than I would have expected, this many days since the last Allied raid.

The 2 xAKs unloading at Wake were spotted today. Minelayers will do their thing there today, and an ACM is now in port. A fighter squadron and a divebomber squadron are there, along with some Catalinas. Base repair is slow. The US carrier, escort carrier and battleship task forces were not spotted today as they headed ESE from Wake. The big carriers will rendezvous with a replenishment task force that can keep up with them, and head south. The escort carriers will head a bit more east, moving slower, and rendezvous with a different replenishment task force west of Johnston Island. They will then move to the South Pacific also.

In about a weeks time, the many Allied ships in refit in Australia will be eligible to come out. Most have minor SYS damage to repair, and with Sydney so crowded, the ships probably won't all be repaired simultaneously. Once they're all ready, whether the Wake ships are there or not, and I don't think they will be there, we start the rapid-fire invasions.

I'm happy to report that the Wake Detachment on Wake took on an upgraded 155M1A1 gun, so there's no need to disband another unit to get more of the older model.

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RE: Did You Know I Used to Drive a Rollercoaster?: Apba... - 1/28/2019 11:28:21 PM

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14 Oct 42

Triton fired 2 torpedoes at xAK Sanko Maru near Victoria Point. One hit and it was NOT a dud. Audio of a sinking occurred just after the combat.

Bettys continue to hit US troops on Kusaie Island, having moved on from hitting the airfield daily. But I've been getting some supply into Kusaie, and the base is fully repaired. I have 2 transport squadrons flying supply from Nauru now, while the airfield is operational. All but one ground unit has enough supply. An SST is unloading. An APD will make a fast transport run into the island tonight. And an xAK will move adjacent to Kusaie. Hopefully the Bettys won't hit the airfield now. If they don't, I can move fighters in to CAP the xAK. The flaw in all of this is that there is a cruiser TF at Ponape. If the xAK is spotted, the enemy will show up at Kusaie. But maybe my fighters can get some Bettys.

Cleanup at Portland Roads continues, with enemy units evaporating.

Ground combat at Portland Roads (91,132)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 13610 troops, 253 guns, 241 vehicles, Assault Value = 282

Defending force 7174 troops, 40 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 39

Allied adjusted assault: 286

Japanese adjusted defense: 29

Allied assault odds: 9 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
602 casualties reported
Squads: 23 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 15 destroyed, 23 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 5 (4 destroyed, 1 disabled)

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

Assaulting units:
6th Australian Brigade
15th Australian Brigade
8th Cav Recce Regiment
2nd Australian Brigade
Aus II Corps
70th Coast AA Regiment
21st Fld RAA Regiment
4th Field Artillery Battalion
22nd Fld RAA Regiment

Defending units:
4th/A Division
4th/B Division
12th Naval Construction Battalion
7th Naval Construction Battalion
48th JNAF AF Unit

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7th Naval Construction Battalion Wiped Out at Portland Roads by attrition!!!

12th Naval Construction Battalion Wiped Out at Portland Roads by attrition!!!

4th/A Division Wiped Out at Portland Roads by attrition!!!

No enemy reaction of any kind around Wake Island. The pace is going to increase dramatically around Port Moresby in about a week. Lots of enemy TFs spotted at Darwin, but I'm seeing many small ships. No idea where KB is, with it missing for weeks.

I'm very much aware of the chance of an enemy landing at Chittagong. As the enemy withdraws south on the eastern side of the front, it could be tempting to try and cut off the Allied spearhead now at Cox's Bazar. I know because I've done this in multiple games as the Japanese. If I get a hint of KB in the Indian Ocean, I'll know something is coming. But I'm ready. A huge Chinese corp, over 800AV sits in strategic mode at the dot base east of Comilla, waiting to move to Chittagong at a moment's notice. And with the enemy pullback in northern Burma, I'm pulling the parts of the other Chinese corp out of the line. They will all go to Calcutta to reform the corp and build up.

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RE: Did You Know I Used to Drive a Rollercoaster?: Apba... - 1/30/2019 12:13:44 AM

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15 Oct 42

I-22 hit a mine at Wake Island and sank. 5 DMs laid a big minefield right after the island was captured.

23 P-38s swept Cox's Bazar and did well against about 16 Oscars. 12 Oscars were downed for no loss of P-38s.

Sian was bombed heavily again. Enemy units have pulled back from the front to the north of Sian, and appear to be moving towards Sian now. I have 3 Chinese corps there and they are dug in well. They sometimes have supply. The city never does. Sian will be lost, eventually, but it will exact a price. Not to mention the extra time being taken to try to surround it and now to finally attack it. And the 100+ enemy planes overhead every day. There's a cost.

Merauke was bombed by 12 B-17Ds, causing light damage to the airfield. There are multiple task forces here, and now 3 enemy units. Defenses are increasing. That is fine. Merauke is not on the list for an invasion, and will be bombed and bypassed.

10 Catalinas from the east coast of Australia flew at range 16 to Merauke and attacked.

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Merauke at 89,124

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Allied aircraft
PBY-5 Catalina x 10

Allied aircraft losses
PBY-5 Catalina: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
AMC Nosiro Maru, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
APD Aoi
APD Hagi

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x PBY-5 Catalina launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 22.4in Mk 13 Torp.

2 squadrons of B-17Es hit Port Moresby's airfield. A handful of Zeros are there, and they aren't based at the heavily damaged Port Moresby, or the nearby base of Buna, which doesn't have an airfield. They are coming from Lae. Too far to be effective.

I was surprised to see that my small cargo TF moved 7 hexes instead of the predicted 6, and made it all the way to Kusaie Island. I hadn't moved fighters in yet. 9 Bettys attacked PC Onondoga and xAK Kauri. 2 torpedoes hit the patrol craft, sinking her. Torpedoes missed Kauri, which then unloaded some supply. Seeing an enemy combat TF at nearby Ponape, I disbanded Kauri into port, and moved a P-40 squadron to Kusaie. The Warhawks may or may not fly, due to low supply at the base.

An Allied bombardment of Cox's Bazar finds that there is a new enemy infantry division there, the 18th Division. The obliterated Imperial Guard Division has retreated south. Cox's Bazar will not be conquered quickly with this strong division there. I'll bombard for a bit and move more reinforcements south from Chittagong. I may threaten a move to cut off Cox's Bazar before actually attacking it. There's a big TF at Akyab now, and it looks like more troops have unloaded, maybe another division. Taking Cox's Bazar is now not a sure thing, and moving to Akyab is looking more difficult. The positive spin is that more enemy troops are being tied down here. I wasn't going to be able to move past Akyab regardless. This isn't the big reconquest of Burma. Not yet.

Portland Roads is cleared of the enemy.

Ground combat at Portland Roads (91,132)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 13586 troops, 253 guns, 241 vehicles, Assault Value = 280

Defending force 3673 troops, 18 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 33

Allied adjusted assault: 405

Japanese adjusted defense: 5

Allied assault odds: 81 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
3404 casualties reported
Squads: 92 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 156 destroyed, 16 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
Guns lost 20 (15 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Allied ground losses:
95 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled

Assaulting units:
6th Australian Brigade
15th Australian Brigade
8th Cav Recce Regiment
2nd Australian Brigade
Aus II Corps
21st Fld RAA Regiment
70th Coast AA Regiment
4th Field Artillery Battalion
22nd Fld RAA Regiment

Defending units:
4th/B Division
48th JNAF AF Unit

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48th JNAF AF Unit Wiped Out at Portland Roads by attrition!!!

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RE: Did You Know I Used to Drive a Rollercoaster?: Apba... - 1/30/2019 12:16:23 AM

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15 Oct 42 - Kusaie Island

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RE: Did You Know I Used to Drive a Rollercoaster?: Apba... - 1/30/2019 4:07:24 PM

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Hey Apbarog

Congrats - I am still lurking.

If you have time / inclination - I hope you might comment on Ocean / Nauru / Kusaie ...

As opposed to Makin / Milli / Ailinglaplap.

Personal - though of limited experience - I struggle - on these islands. i.e. the choice.

I mention the last 3 - Makin / Milli / Ainlinglaplap largely because of the generous stacking limits as opposed to others.

Your choices may be dictated by scouting invisible to us readers - other knowledge - or a conscious strategy..

As noted bu other posters you are advancing well and 'expertly' capturing bases and SLOC with 'minimum required force' as opposed to "2 - Division landings'

Is this due to deployment elsewhere ? Reacting to circumstances and opportunity ?

Or are you purposely building a line to cut of SLOC on the IJN ?

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RE: Did You Know I Used to Drive a Rollercoaster?: Apba... - 1/30/2019 6:19:21 PM

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Hi Macclan5.

I had a general plan to possibly envelop the Marshalls. Ocean and Nauru had minimal defenses. I thought about threatening Truk from Ponape. I used good APs to take Nauru, but discovered that Kusaie had no defenders at all. I threw together a force for Kusaie and used ordinary xAPs for that. KB was at Truk, and bad weather prevented a catastrophe. But using ordinary xAPs prevented me from unloading about half of the troops and equipment, and little supply was unloaded. Kusaie has been struggling for supply ever since.

With a plan to isolate the Marshalls, the islands directly north of Tarawa aren't needed. I just took Wake. I have troops fully prepared for Kwajalein and Roi Namur, but I've decided that invasions in other areas will come first. When Kwajalein and Roi Namur are taken, the rest of the Marshalls become irrelevant.

I have big plans, plans that require the good APs that were just used at Wake Island to be back in Australia. They are on the way, along with 2 CVs and 2 CVEs. These carriers will support landings at Torokina and Buin. The APs will be used with a large landing at Port Moresby. When the troops have unloaded there, the APs will return to Australia to pick up troops for Horn Island. The carriers will slide east from Port Moresby to Milne Bay to cover a landing there. The carriers will then move west to cover Horn Island. Included in the Horn Island armada will be troops for Gove and Wessel Islands (still Allied dot bases) and then we go directly up to Taberfane and Dobo. The Horn Island to Gove to Taberfane will be in one fluid motion. I've seen no base expansion at Taberfane or Dobo so far, so they are probably undefended or lightly defended. Merauke is getting reinforced by the enemy, but we will pass it by and bomb it regularly.

Troops are prepping for Darwin but that will be after everything else, and probably a period of time for Taberfane and Dobo to build. These 2 islands are key for me. From there, the Allies can exploit north or west, and there are so many places to go that the Japanese cannot defend them all. Busting past Horn Island quickly, if it works, will shorten the war.

Of course, all of this might be affected by the enemy.

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RE: Did You Know I Used to Drive a Rollercoaster?: Apba... - 2/2/2019 10:44:05 PM

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16 Oct 42

Enemy destroyers were spotted southeast of Ponape, but they didn't make a run into Kusaie. Just looking for subs, I guess.

There is certainly an enemy reorganization going on in China. Units have left the front north of Sian and are heading to the city for a big battle. The stacking limit is huge in Sian, and I've already withdrawn all but 3 Chinese corps, so I think it's time to start moving out the last defenders. They probably won't make it, moving in combat mode and getting bombed every day, but they can make it before a huge number of enemy get to Sian. There are forts and they'll make the enemy pay for the city as it is now.

There's a big enemy task force at Akyab now, and recon shows a big jump in the defenders there. Now over 20,000 troops. I think another division landed there. I'll attack at Cox's Bazar today, but may not be able to take it without another attritional battle and shuffling in new divisions. And I may not have that luxury. I have to defend just east of the base, in case of a flanking move to cut off my units there. I was going to do the same thing to the enemy, south of Cox's Bazar, but with more troops arriving at Akyab, I think the first Allied coastal offensive in Burma is just about over. We took 2 hexes on the trail south of Akyab.

[EDIT: We did trash the Imperial Guard Division south of Chittagong. That is something. And appears to have forced the enemy to heavily reinforce Burma, which counts too.]

Lots of shipping in the South Pacific start to move to bases of troop embarkation for the upcoming invasions. I see 150 fighters at Rabaul all of a sudden. I wonder what that means. Just 60 bombers seen there. I may not want to go to Buin and Torokina with just 2 CVs and 2 CVEs. I have time to consider it.

Darwin is seen to have at least one enemy AKE now.

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RE: Did You Know I Used to Drive a Rollercoaster?: Apba... - 2/3/2019 7:19:07 PM

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Plunger hit subchaser SC Ch 29 near Kiriwina once but it was a dud.

Major Allied effort at Cox's Bazar. P-38Fs swept and found no LRCAP. 6 or 7 bomber squadrons from India tried to hit the port and enemy troops there. Nothing was hit in heavy cloud.

Lots of enemy bombing at Sian, as usual. The last Chinese units are moving out, slowly, and will be attacked before they can leave.

Enemy troops are now moving towards Kukong in southern China. I've realigned the front line down here, and moving a couple of units west of Kukong to form a more continuous line. No supply here. Never is, with daily bombing.

Allied attack at Cox's Bazar.

Ground combat at Cox's Bazar (54,43)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 37042 troops, 650 guns, 586 vehicles, Assault Value = 1078

Defending force 16821 troops, 263 guns, 168 vehicles, Assault Value = 387

Allied adjusted assault: 1487

Japanese adjusted defense: 1141

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

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 2

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

Japanese ground losses:
227 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 40 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Guns lost 48 (1 destroyed, 47 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
856 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 93 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
Vehicles lost 19 (4 destroyed, 15 disabled)

Assaulting units:
70th British Division
7th Armoured Brigade
32nd Infantry Division
Waziristan Division
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
2/13th Fld RAA Regiment
IV Indian Corps
2/11th Fld RAA Regiment
20th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
134th Field Artillery Battalion
209th Field Artillery Battalion
85th British AT Gun Regiment

Defending units:
18th Division
3rd Mortar Battalion
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
25th Army
26th Fld AA Gun Co
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
51st Field AA Battalion
9th RF Gun Battalion

The Allied infantry other than the US division is restricted, so I don't mind getting the most out of them to try for Cox's Bazar. 2 other British divisions are now just east of the fight, and may swap in if I continue. The trashed Imperial Guard Division is south of town and moving to Akyab. Another unit, probably armor, is moving into Cox's Bazar. And there is other movement north out of Akyab, with enemy troop strength at Akyab rising to almost 25,000 men now.

The Allied fleet which is upgrading at Sydney now has 4 days left, with most ships having 5 SYS damage. Today I'll start to see how quickly the repairs will actually take. Sydney is full of ships. Hermes in is an ARD repairing, and Yorktown is in the shipyard. Most everything else is in pier repair. We have to wait for the good APs coming from the Wake invasion before we move on Port Moresby anyhow. They are northeast of Pago Pago now.

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RE: Did You Know I Used to Drive a Rollercoaster?: Apba... - 2/4/2019 8:58:57 PM

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30 some Zeros from Roi Namur sweep Kusaie Island and find about 22 Warhawks on CAP. It wasn't not pretty, with the Zeros dominating. 16 Warhawks were lost. Just 2 Zeros were downed, one by Lt. A. Irwin, getting his 6th kill. He was then reported KIA. 4 US KIA total. The remaining Warhawks are all damaged. And another Zero sweep arrived afterwards, from the direction of Ponape, but there weren't any US planes still flying.

The lone xAK at Kusaie did unload supply, and is now disbanded back into port. It'll be lost one way or the other, but I want to try and get as much supply out of it first. The island now has a few hundred supply and all ground units have supply.

Sian was clobbered from the air and on the ground. 25 Lilys, 30 Helens, 21 Sallys and 33 Sonias bombed troops, with 42 Tojos and 27 Oscars escorting. Almost 600 Chinese casualties in the bombing.

Ground combat at Sian (83,41)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 66601 troops, 540 guns, 122 vehicles, Assault Value = 2081

Defending force 31727 troops, 172 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 915

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2

Japanese adjusted assault: 3936

Allied adjusted defense: 322

Japanese assault odds: 12 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Sian !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
4077 casualties reported
Squads: 15 destroyed, 429 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 32 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 46 disabled
Vehicles lost 9 (1 destroyed, 8 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
11918 casualties reported
Squads: 487 destroyed, 88 disabled
Non Combat: 292 destroyed, 48 disabled
Engineers: 67 destroyed, 10 disabled
Guns lost 82 (42 destroyed, 40 disabled)
Units retreated 4
Units destroyed 1

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
35th Division
32nd Division
9th Division
27th Division
14th Division

Defending units:
1st Chinese Corps
36th Chinese Corps
61st Chinese Corps
7th Group Army
57th AT Gun Regiment

At least the enemy took some disablements. The Japanese will no longer have supply issues in the Sian area. And I won't keep losing supply there with the daily bombings.

The enemy has advanced into Kukong in the south.

B-24s bombed Merauke's facilities, doing moderate damage. No CAP.

Another Allied attack at Cox's Bazar. An enemy tank regiment reinforced.

Ground combat at Cox's Bazar (54,43)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 36474 troops, 650 guns, 583 vehicles, Assault Value = 990

Defending force 16814 troops, 262 guns, 263 vehicles, Assault Value = 417

Allied adjusted assault: 1029

Japanese adjusted defense: 639

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

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
688 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 51 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 20 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Guns lost 42 (4 destroyed, 38 disabled)
Vehicles lost 19 (2 destroyed, 17 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
866 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 140 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Guns lost 34 (3 destroyed, 31 disabled)
Vehicles lost 16 (3 destroyed, 13 disabled)

Assaulting units:
32nd Infantry Division
70th British Division
7th Armoured Brigade
Waziristan Division
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
2/13th Fld RAA Regiment
IV Indian Corps
20th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
2/11th Fld RAA Regiment
134th Field Artillery Battalion
209th Field Artillery Battalion
85th British AT Gun Regiment

Defending units:
18th Division
14th Tank Regiment
26th Fld AA Gun Co
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
25th Army
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
51st Field AA Battalion
3rd Mortar Battalion
9th RF Gun Battalion

Allied troops will rest a day while the artillery bombards. The enemy is showing movement out of Cox's Bazar. That could be just one unit or the whole stack. 2 British divisions and an armored unit have started to move around Cox's Bazar to threaten to cut it off. I don't know if they'll actually move there, we'll see.

The P-38G pool is starting to slowly fill and is up to 13 aircraft now. A P-40 squadron at Townsville will take the first of the new fighters, for use in the upcoming invasions.

At Sydney, all of the many heavy and light cruisers, as well as Wasp went from SYS 5 to SYS 4 as they finish up refits. Carriers Enterprise and Hornet stayed at SYS 5. So it will take a bit longer than the minimum to get everything out of refit. That's ok though. The needed invasion APs are still 8 days from getting to Townsville. Things will be picking up soon, and all at once.

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RE: Did You Know I Used to Drive a Rollercoaster?: Apba... - 2/6/2019 5:13:28 AM

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The 4 enemy battleships returned to Kusaie Island.

Night Naval bombardment of Kusaie Island at 125,118

Japanese Ships
BB Kirishima
BB Hiei
BB Haruna
BB Kongo
CL Yubari
CL Tatsuta

Allied ground losses:
300 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 27 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 5 disabled
Vehicles lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled)

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 19
Port hits 22
Port supply hits 1

Not too terrible for the Allies. Some supply was lost but not much. xAK disbanded in port was not hit, and neither were the ten or so damaged Warhawks still there.

Zeros swept Kusaie in the morning, but the only Allied planes there are those damaged Warhawks.

21 P-38Fs swept Akyab and found a strong CAP of 36 Oscars and 12 Tojos. 11 B-17Fs bombed the airfield, doing minor damage after taking some damage from 29 Oscars and 8 Tojos. Just one Fortress lost.

A Japanese unit has moved south from Darwin and is now at Katherine, which is barely defended. 31 Lilys bombed the 2/2nd Ind Coy there. The base will be lost today. I'd be happy if the enemy kept moving south. Darwin is on the list of upcoming invasion targets, although it is near the end of the current list.

Allied bombers hit Cox's Bazar's port, doing minor damage. Allied troops will attack again.

All US ships repaired one SYS at Sydney, so the refit pace is going well. Almost all will be available in 4 days. 2 of the mine-damaged cruisers from Port Moresby just arrived at Sydney, and will begin repairs. They have high SYS damage but low FLOT damage, so readiness repairs will be used until the port is less crowded. Another crusier with over 20 FLOT damage is headed to Auckland for repairs. Destroyer Worden is repairing in Brisbane's shipyard.

The all-important APs from the Wake Invasion are now near Funafuti and headed west. They'll pass by Luganville and head to Townsville.

[EDIT: I got SigInt that the enemy 56th Division was planning for Imphal. I searched all of the previous combat reports, and this division has not been in action so far. Maybe a big enemy commitment to Burma coming?]

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RE: Did You Know I Used to Drive a Rollercoaster?: Apba... - 2/7/2019 11:44:31 PM

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I-8 first elects not to fire on some tiny YOs about to get to Midway, then changes its mind and torpedoes YO-44. A few YOs went to Midway in order to possibly deliver fuel to Wake, to keep the minetender going.

The air plan at Akyab goes well, at first. A squadron of P-40Es swept and found massive CAP today: about 60 Oscars and 8 Tojos. I believe the Tojos are from Magwe. The Warhawks do ok but take more losses. Then a squadron of P-40Ks sweep, and losses are about even. A few squadrons of B-17s arrive to hit the airfield. The CAP is still heavy, but about half of what was there, and no Tojos. Moderate damage done to the field.

The enemy TFs are still at Akyab, so everything is perfect for the naval bombers to now come in against a depleted CAP. But in the morning, they don't come. And in the afternoon, just 12 Vildebeests show up, with no escort, and find 22 Oscars and 3 Tojos. Just one Vildebeest survives long enough to drop a torpedo and escape to home. The torpedo missed a destroyer. The Vildesbeest pilots were highly trained in torpedo attack, so their loss hurts. None of the divebombers or escorts flew. I move them all out of range of Akyab. Total air losses were 19 Oscars and 4 Tojos for the loss of 19 P-40s and 11 Vildebeests.

31 Lilys bomb the small 2/2nd Ind Coy defending Katherine, and the ground unit evaporates. Another example of complete destruction of a ground unit in clear terrain by means of getting bombed. This still happens to the Allies occasionally. It's going to happen to the Japanese a lot more in the future.

Katherine then falls to an undefended ground attack, with the enemy 16th Division victorious.

12 B-17s hit Milne Bay's airfield, which just went to size 2. 24 Zeros were there, part of what was a huge stack at Rabaul. One Fortress was lost.

In the afternoon, 16 Bettys escorted by 32 Zeros hit Kusaie Island's port, going after the cargo ship that is there. One bomb hit xAK Kauri, which is now SYS 12/FLOT 8/ENG 10/FIRE 22. I form a TF with it and will try to get supply unloaded before it is hit again.

More enemy shows up in Kukong. An enemy probing artillery attack shows about 3 to 1 odds, not counting that the Chinese have no supply and get bombed every day. The line is about to bust in the south.

A surprise at Cox's Bazar.

Ground combat at Cox's Bazar (54,43)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 35888 troops, 647 guns, 582 vehicles, Assault Value = 913

Defending force 16196 troops, 261 guns, 262 vehicles, Assault Value = 351

Allied adjusted assault: 1192

Japanese adjusted defense: 171

Allied assault odds: 6 to 1 (fort level 1)

Allied forces CAPTURE Cox's Bazar !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), op mode(-), leaders(+), disruption(-)
preparation(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
4423 casualties reported
Squads: 104 destroyed, 42 disabled
Non Combat: 147 destroyed, 32 disabled
Engineers: 24 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 71 (67 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Vehicles lost 87 (87 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 8

Allied ground losses:
645 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 59 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
32nd Infantry Division
70th British Division
7th Armoured Brigade
Waziristan Division
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
134th Field Artillery Battalion
2/11th Fld RAA Regiment
209th Field Artillery Battalion
IV Indian Corps
2/13th Fld RAA Regiment
20th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
85th British AT Gun Regiment

Defending units:
18th Division
14th Tank Regiment
25th Army
26th Fld AA Gun Co
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
51st Field AA Battalion
3rd Mortar Battalion
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
9th RF Gun Battalion

I expected the enemy to hold for awhile. Maybe they were all fleeing in movement mode. Some of the Allied units here are restricted. Some will defend the base, others will defend the trail between Cox's Bazar and Chittagong. I now see that Cox's Bazar can only pull in 100 supply a day, so supplying an offensive to Akyab will be difficult without control of the sea. Trashing the enemy units was at least as important as taking the base.

I was neglectful in upgrading some British bombers. Some can upgrade to Vengeance dive bombers, and that would be very helpful around Akyab. 2 squadrons do so now.

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RE: Did You Know I Used to Drive a Rollercoaster?: Apba... - 2/8/2019 6:39:45 AM

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Good luck getting supply to Cox's. It's not easy to get enough supply to repair and then expand the base there. Against a computer IJ I'd send xAKL convoys from Chittagong and/or Calcutta. It would work well since the computer would send bombers that would get CAP trapped and I'd keep a CL or CA TF in Chittagong to handle the surface threat [EDIT: Or simply disband the supply TF in port if there's a serious surface threat detected]. Not sure that would work against a human.

Can't wait to see the Bismarcks and SE DEI ops.

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RE: Did You Know I Used to Drive a Rollercoaster?: Apba... - 2/8/2019 3:09:33 PM

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How much supply on average do you fly to China? What are the destination runways you use?

You are doing so well!

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RE: Did You Know I Used to Drive a Rollercoaster?: Apba... - 2/8/2019 4:18:47 PM

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I don't know what my supply total is going to China. I fly bombers and transports as far as they can go, within normal range. I currently am flying:

From Darjeeling:
12 B-17E to Paoshan

From Tezpur:
32 Wellingtons to Paoshan
16 Liberator II to Kunming
12 B-24 to Kunming
16 B-25 to Paoshan
24 B-17E to Kunming
12 B-17F to Tsuyung

From Jorhat:
13 C-47 to Tsuyung

From Ledo:
26 DC-3 to Kunming
12 B-24 to Chungking
75 C-47 to Kunming

And it isn't enough. And remember that I shipped in over 25,000 supply from Luzon early in the war.

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RE: Did You Know I Used to Drive a Rollercoaster?: Apba... - 2/8/2019 6:29:34 PM

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China's a bottomless pit. In my last game, after clearing Indochina I sailed convoys to southern China and dumped in around 3 million tons of supply and 500K fuel for the HI there. The Chinese units soaked it up filling out their TOE and needed more! I did get some nice sized Corps (800+ AV and over 50 morale) after that!

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RE: Did You Know I Used to Drive a Rollercoaster?: Apba... - 2/8/2019 7:28:17 PM

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quote:

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I don't know what my supply total is going to China. I fly bombers and transports as far as they can go, within normal range. I currently am flying:

From Darjeeling:
12 B-17E to Paoshan

From Tezpur:
32 Wellingtons to Paoshan
16 Liberator II to Kunming
12 B-24 to Kunming
16 B-25 to Paoshan
24 B-17E to Kunming
12 B-17F to Tsuyung

From Jorhat:
13 C-47 to Tsuyung

From Ledo:
26 DC-3 to Kunming
12 B-24 to Chungking
75 C-47 to Kunming

And it isn't enough. And remember that I shipped in over 25,000 supply from Luzon early in the war.

Say 250 planes carrying 3 supply each roughly with some on rest...a significant investment into China. The early gambit of diverting Luzon supply to China wall ballsy, and clearly showed where you had your priorities.

And looking at the map, it has paid off huge dividends for you.

With Sian falling, I see some hexes you clearly need to get troops digging in and preparing for the next assault, and with Kukong threatened serious thought should be given to the x3 terrain north or the Changsha triangle/rectangle/pocket (whatever the heck it is). You are probably aware of them, though...

PS: Even Blenheims have the range to deliver 1 supply, and I bet that is beneficial if the runways can handle them...than sending them to certain death bombing Japan. ASW is another good role for them, as is training.

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RE: Did You Know I Used to Drive a Rollercoaster?: Apba... - 2/9/2019 1:25:02 AM

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21 Oct 42

Tiny AMc Bogor cleared all of the enemy mines at Portland Roads.

Snapper fired 4 torpedoes at CM Okinoshima northeast of Milne Bay. One hit but was a dud. This is the 4th ship that Snapper has hit with a dud torpedo during the war. It did sink a patrol boat 10 days ago. Milne Bay is probably mined now. I already know that Port Moresby has mines.

4 Dutch destroyers on ASW duty southeast of Tulagi found mines, and swept them all.

I-176 hit tiny AMc Condor with a torpedo at Midway Island, sinking her.

The Chinese at Kukong were bombed heavily (as they have been, daily) and then crushed.

Ground combat at Kukong (79,57)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 40869 troops, 323 guns, 60 vehicles, Assault Value = 1291

Defending force 15485 troops, 47 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 429

Japanese adjusted assault: 2043

Allied adjusted defense: 269

Japanese assault odds: 7 to 1 (fort level 4)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Kukong !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
513 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 75 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled

Allied ground losses:
5439 casualties reported
Squads: 116 destroyed, 65 disabled
Non Combat: 83 destroyed, 46 disabled
Engineers: 19 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 12 (8 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Units retreated 4

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
17th Division
116th Division
12th Ind.Mixed Brigade
13th Ind.Mixed Brigade
13th Army
4th Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
86th Chinese Corps
11th Construction Regiment
12th Group Army
18th Chinese Base Force

This isn't a huge enemy army, but the defenses in the south are weak, and now the Changsha area is threatened from the south. This unhinges the whole southern defense. Changsha really isn't defensible without risking encirclement, and considering the stacking limit that the enemy can reach and the Chinese, as is, cannot. The next defensive line will slowly be moved into.

I've decided to halt the coastal offensive in Burma. We took Cox's Bazar, but continuing south to Akyab would be very difficult, maybe impossible. Cox's Bazar can draw only 100 supply a day, and has no airfield. There are 30,000 enemy troops in the hex between Cox's Bazar and Akyab, and another 30,000 at Akyab. The enemy has air superiority. I'm keeping a couple of units showing movement south as a diversion. Some restricted units will garrison Cox's Bazar. Almost all unrestricted units will pull back to Chittagong and become part of a new plan.

The Allied ships at Sydney could all come out of refit in 2 days. They would then move north and rendezvous with invasion shipping that will have loaded by then. Then the next round of the Allied offensive kicks off.

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RE: Did You Know I Used to Drive a Rollercoaster?: Apba... - 2/9/2019 11:12:59 PM

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Anns hit Tienshui's airfield, west of Sian, for the first time.

B-26s bomb enemy troops on Munda. B-24s bomb Buna's port and do very minor damage in bad weather.

In China, B-24s from Ledo bomb enemy troops moving out of Sian, hitting the 32nd Division and causing 291 casualties. No CAP there, yet. Will take a bit for a base support unit to arrive.

Sallys and Sonias bomb Chinese troops that retreated out of Kukong. This is 3 hexes from Henyang, where I move 3 Chinese fighter squadrons. They aren't great, and at range 3, LRCAP won't be significant, but I try to LRCAP the hex today. If no fighters, we do well. If not, maybe not.

B-17s bomb the 16th Division at Katherine. 105 casualties. Clear terrain.

Wasp, 8 heavy cruisers and 5 light cruisers came out of refit at Sydney today. Enterprise and Hornet should do so tomorrow. They'll all form up with the other carriers at Sydney and head north. Saratoga and Lexington, and almost as important, new battleships Washington and South Dakota, are leaving Luganville and headed to Townsville.

A US DMS will move to a spot where it can race into Milne Bay, check for mines, and race home. Milne Bay will be invaded soon, but not until after Port Moresby is invaded.

A bunch of base support units just arrived at Normanton. The base is just a size 2 port but will build to a size 4. This base will be important for the move to Gove and Taberfane, and on to Darwin.

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RE: Did You Know I Used to Drive a Rollercoaster?: Apba... - 2/10/2019 12:10:13 AM

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I'm wondering if a big offensive in eastern Burma is possible. I could move multiple divisions, including 2 big Chinese corp, from Ledo to the south to east of Myityina, and not be seen until approaching Myityina. After taking the base, they could continue south along the trail to east of Lashio and potentially open up a route to China.

The question is, could enough supply be pulled through Myitkyina to Paoshan. I believe the answer is no, based on limits at Myitkyina and Paoshan. I might be able to supply my units by flying supply into Myitkyina and Paoshan, but that defeats the purpose, which is getting significant supply into China as soon as possible.

My original, very long term plan, is to land at Rangoon, Pegu and Moulmein and isolate Burma. But that is many months away, and would require good landing ships and my carriers.

So I'm looking for alternatives.

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RE: Did You Know I Used to Drive a Rollercoaster?: Apba... - 2/10/2019 1:23:37 AM

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Bomb the oil at Magwe and Rangoon, and wait. Burma is a death trap for the Japanese, follow your plan, but you might want to invade further south, one or two hexes and you are into the plains..you will be racing for Vinh, cut off Singers. Get your tanks into open country...

The way your holding China, Japan will be stretched mighty thin, so getting as much supply there is a super high priority.

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RE: Did You Know I Used to Drive a Rollercoaster?: Apba... - 2/10/2019 1:35:19 AM

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I'm very hesitant to send the carriers to the Indian Ocean. It definitely would slow the progress north of Australia and in the Solomons. But the goal of getting large amounts of supply into China is a worthy goal. A supplied Chinese army has far less to worry about.

I'm starting preliminary planning for sending the carriers to Ceylon following a Darwin invasion. If I'm lucky, I could have the carriers exit stage left and pass along the northern Australian coast to Ceylon, shortening the transit time. And MAYBE they could do so unseen.

I'd probably want to send all the nice APs too. Big commitment required. Another round of long range planning to begin! Logistics planning is one of my favorite parts of the game, so no complaints here! I'm much better at the planning phase than the execution of the plan.

Every unit for the upcoming Port Moresby, Milne Bay, Horn Island, Gove, Wesel Island, Taberfane, Dobo, Munda, Tagula, Torokina and Buin invasions knows each particular ship they will be loaded on.

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RE: Did You Know I Used to Drive a Rollercoaster?: Apba... - 2/10/2019 1:47:34 AM

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You can do it with escort carriers and the British aided by some surface ships from America.

Use the Fleet Carriers to distract and attract the KB attention in the Pacific...and then strike. Land base air will not be too much of a risk. You do need to win the air war in Burma first, and grab a barrier island or two. What Japanese player garrisons Phuket?

Of course you need good sig int on what is around...if he has 4 divisions in Singers, well then nix that idea.

If you go down this route, make sure to get the KB committed to the Pacific...it is the only thing that can stop a determined Allied invasion.

Usually places like Tavoy are guarded by junky RTA division and some support units, if that. Your sigint should help you figure out what is where, and will determine the pace of the invasion.

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RE: Did You Know I Used to Drive a Rollercoaster?: Apba... - 2/10/2019 1:57:08 AM

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Phuket seems a bit ambitious for early '43. It would draw a quick response from ground units at Singapore, and whatever could be shipped to Singapore quickly. Rangoon/Pegu/Moulmein is a bit more isolated, away from a direct rail connection to Singapore. A counter-attack from the south here has to use trails from Thailand. I'd see that coming and have some time to deal with it.

I could cut off everything north of Rangoon and work my way to eventually clearing a path to China.

I have just 2 CVEs at this point. One Brit carrier is at Sydney and will participate in the upcoming invasions, but will withdraw not long after that. 2 damaged slow British battleships are repairing at Capetown, and 2 more are on the way there. They'll take forever to repair. If I had many more CVEs, then maybe I could avoid sending the big carriers to the Indian Ocean. Maybe in 6 months. I'm looking at going sooner. I've had units prepping for Rangoon, Pegu and Moumein.

Lots to consider.

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RE: Did You Know I Used to Drive a Rollercoaster?: Apba... - 2/10/2019 11:55:40 AM

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Well, that is an aggressive timetable and in a time period where the KB can be super tough. Good luck with whatever you do, can't wait to read about it.

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RE: Did You Know I Used to Drive a Rollercoaster?: Apba... - 2/10/2019 1:25:54 PM

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Just want to leave a comment of appreciation. I too am a dedicated lurker and as a beginner I am learning a lot from your AAR. Thanks for taking the time.

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RE: Did You Know I Used to Drive a Rollercoaster?: Apba... - 2/10/2019 3:15:41 PM

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quote:

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Phuket seems a bit ambitious for early '43. It would draw a quick response from ground units at Singapore, and whatever could be shipped to Singapore quickly. Rangoon/Pegu/Moulmein is a bit more isolated, away from a direct rail connection to Singapore. A counter-attack from the south here has to use trails from Thailand. I'd see that coming and have some time to deal with it.

I could cut off everything north of Rangoon and work my way to eventually clearing a path to China.

Landing in Thai w/o having Port Blair and strong carrier force committed to the theatre for some time is asking for trouble in my view. Japanese aviation + eventual KB are perfectly capable of cutting you off in whatever bases you get initially, and then you just watch helplessly as your supply and AV melt under daily bombing and sea bombardements.

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RE: Did You Know I Used to Drive a Rollercoaster?: Apba... - 2/11/2019 2:43:44 AM

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Around how many free divisions for invasions, with transports will you have by mid 43? Early 43?

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RE: Did You Know I Used to Drive a Rollercoaster?: Apba... - 2/11/2019 3:17:07 AM

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Very good question. I'm spending some extra time with this turn, determining what is available in India right now, and then figuring in a couple of months. I have had some units prepping for my targets already. I just don't know if it is enough.

Off the top of my head, I have 2 Brit divisions, a US division, and 2 huge Chinese corps. A few armor units, a good number of artillery. I have another US division that will get bought out in about a week and sent to Capetown.

I'll have a better answer tomorrow.

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RE: Did You Know I Used to Drive a Rollercoaster?: Apba... - 2/11/2019 7:46:27 AM

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23 Oct 42

Four enemy battleships return to Kusaie Island.

Night Naval bombardment of Kusaie Island at 125,118

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Hyuga
BB Yamashiro
BB Fuso
BB Yamato
CL Natori

Allied ground losses:
770 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 29 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 28 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 14 disabled
Vehicles lost 8 (1 destroyed, 7 disabled)

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 15
Port hits 6
Port supply hits 2

It is noted that Yamato has taken the place of a battleship that took a torpedo hit awhile ago. They didn't get all of the supply this time, but the base is very damaged. The airfield is still size 1 but is 99% to size 2. That last 1% is going to take awhile, maybe a long while.

Shortlands, Munda and Port Moresby bombed by US bombers.

Almost no enemy air activity over China today, so my Chinese fighters didn't catch anything near Kukong. I'll try again, even though their base, Hengyang, was probably revealed.

I spent hours on the Rangoon/Pegu/Moulmein/Port Blair invasion plans. Units are now assigned for everything. So many units that I seriously doubt that I can deliver them all. The Chinese corps are huge. One isn't completely filled out and requires 23,245 in troop capacity.

I'll detail the plan tomorrow. It's really big. Too late and too tired.

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RE: Did You Know I Used to Drive a Rollercoaster?: Apba... - 2/11/2019 10:40:56 PM

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24 Oct 42

I-21 spotted a cargo convoy southeast of Sydney. OPilot hasn't had much luck finding my convoy routes, and ASW activities has forced his subs away from my ports. This spotting was 5 or 6 hexes southeast of the port. 6 torpedoes missed CL Durban which is with the cargo ships.

Dutch sub KXII hit PB Keijo Maru with 2 torpedoes southeast of Rabaul. The patrol boat sank.

Minimal Japanese air activity over China again today. Chinese fighters didn't catch anything, and were certainly spotted, so they go back to the capital for now.

Here's an overview of my plans around Rangoon. This is probably about 2 months away. Lots to do around New Guinea first.

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