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RE: Target practice in the Indian Ocean - 2/11/2005 11:46:33 PM

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A great day on the battlefields - beers are on me today!

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/18/42

Surface Combat

ASW Attacks

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ASW attack at 62,79

Japanese Ships - I've created 2 asw groups north and south of Truk. 2 enemy subs have parked here!
DD Numakaze
DD Yukaze
APD APD-39
APD APD-37
APD APD-36
APD APD-2

Allied Ships
SS Haddock
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Air Combat

Day Air attack on Shortlands , at 63,93

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
A6M3 Zero x 8

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 19

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged
A6M3 Zero: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 28 destroyed, 9 damaged - 11 B25's were shot down and the remaining bombers turned back

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Ground Combat

Ground combat at 32,32

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 16978 troops, 48 guns, 94 vehicles

Defending force 29475 troops, 121 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 - Great news! We dislodged a large Chinese Army and 2 resource rich bases just below Mandalay can now be captured.

Japanese ground losses:
434 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
Vehicles lost 1

Allied ground losses:
479 casualties reported
Guns lost 8

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
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Ground combat at Diamond Harbor

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 24629 troops, 95 guns, 293 vehicles

Defending force 3176 troops, 46 guns, 4 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 40 to 1 (fort level 6)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Diamond Harbor base !!! - We captured almost 200000 units of fuel

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-46-II Dinah: 6 destroyed - ???? Another bug

Japanese ground losses:
102 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Allied ground losses:
3670 casualties reported
Guns lost 17
Vehicles lost 1
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Ground combat at 28,17

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 47295 troops, 274 guns, 284 vehicles

Defending force 21719 troops, 233 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
231 casualties reported
Guns lost 5
Vehicles lost 1

Allied ground losses:
786 casualties reported - the enemy below Lucknow will soon be forced to retreat!
Guns lost 22
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Situation Report

Here's what I said to Al today:

Got almost 200k fuel at Diamond - now that was a gift from the heavens

Double sake rations!

Defeated your Chinese just below Mandalay, this opened the doors into
Mandalay and moved the front further away from Rangoon. Rice cookies for
this one!

Savaged your Mitchells over Shortland - small victory, but still good for
morale. Without long range fighter escorts, you'll run into trouble now and
then. More sake....

The Empire just can't be stopped! The war minister thinks the war could be brought
to a successful conclusion if we manage to take India away from England!

I've devised the final part of Operation Hangover (see situation map)

A large and powerful army supported by a powerful air force and navy will
deliver a knock out blow against the capitalists that they never will recover from!!!

It will be impossible to defend Karachi and the base just below it together with Dehli and Armadabad.
All we have to do is to make sure that we deny the enemy room to manouver. We've learned the
hard way that it's not possible to move troops from one besieged base to another - and that's the solution!!

We'll tie down the bulk of the enemy at Armadabad and Dehli, then land paras behind Karchi while an amphibious
landing force captures the capital!

I would like to send the KB to support the attack, but I'll hold the carriers on alert at Truk and Singapore.
This way I can react against :
1. Allied reinforcements going to India
2. A US attack against in the South Pacific
3. An Allied attack against Koepang or any other base in the DEI

Situation Map: Operation Hangover - Phase III

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RE: Target practice in the Indian Ocean - 2/12/2005 12:26:51 AM

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IF you take Karachi, make sure you leave a unit there to hold in case he lands troops with subs or something. You could lose a lot of supply and time if you take the base and then march 100% of the troops to Delhi. You'd probably only need a base force, since he wouldn't be able to land any troops with ships in India.

Have you reconned the base by Karachi? Your para's won't succeed if there's anyone there to hold the base. (most likely)

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RE: Target practice in the Indian Ocean - 2/12/2005 2:51:52 AM

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If I capture Karachi, I'll never leave it

I'm rather paranoid, and keep solid garrisons in every major base by the sea.

If I recon the base close to Karachi it'll be a give away. So I have to gamble here. If I fail, it could still be able to cause a lot of trouble.
Don't know zilch about how many troops there are in any of the remaining bases in India, so I have to make a very qualified guess in regards to how I'm going to approach this.

An all out attack against Armadabad will most likely see the troops in Dehli move back to support the defenders. This might halt me altogether! If I do succeed to force the enemy out, I will have to repeat the whole
procedure, not only once...but twice. (Karachi and the base close by) I really want to avoid this..got really bogged down in Calcutta.

Will even consider landing 3-4 divisions at Karachi and then use 6 to pin down the other two. Got 6-8 engineer regiments enroute as well, this time the forts will come down!!
A blocking force on the railroad towards Dehli could also be sufficient..many options, and I have to pick the right one.

Got a sub with a recon unit aboard that can 'check out' Karachi immediately before the landing takes place.

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RE: Target practice in the Indian Ocean - 2/12/2005 1:46:19 PM

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It won't be a giveaway if recon ALL his remaining bases. Not too many of them letf. So once once he's down to 5-6 bases get your Dinahs in the air. Information is power. Of course, loads of high qualitiy divisions come in handy but you know what I mean.

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RE: Target practice in the Indian Ocean - 2/12/2005 2:59:43 PM

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Lots of truth in that Honda! But first Bombay and Lucknow have to be captured and equipped with base forces so the Dinah's can be placed within recon range...
Also planning to drop paras on the 2 remaining bases behind the enemy lines - if Al is low on troops and base forces, there won't be many men here.

Another thing I've been wondering about: If I lay siege to Armadabad, will then supplies trickle through my blocade and into Dehli?
Perhaps it's possible to starve the buggers into submission as well....

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RE: Target practice in the Indian Ocean - 2/13/2005 8:16:44 PM

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/19/42

Surface Combat

Sub/ASW Attacks
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ASW attack at 62,77

Japanese Ships
DD Shiokaze
DD Okikaze
DD Yunagi
DD Oite
DD Kikuzuki
DD Minazuki

Allied Ships
SS S-31, hits 3 - 3 hits and no damage!?

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ASW attack at 62,77

Japanese Ships
DD Shiokaze
DD Okikaze
DD Yunagi
DD Oite

Allied Ships
SS S-31, hits 4, on fire, heavy damage - fortunately a follow up attack sends the sub to the bottom just north of Truk. My ASW efforts are paying off!
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Air Combat

Day Air attack on Colombo , at 14,24 - no CAP over Colombo. My port attack from Trimcomalee never materialized though.

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 26

No Japanese losses
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Day Air attack on 23rd AA Regiment, at 21,11

Allied aircraft - a heavy attack from Dehli. Attacking my AA regiment can't be healthy, but the attackers get away with it. Should have received a spanking at only 6000 feet!

Wellington III x 47
B-17E Fortress x 48

Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
206 casualties reported
Guns lost 11

Aircraft Attacking:
All B-17 and Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet
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Ground Combat

Ground combat at 32,32

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 16353 troops, 50 guns, 95 vehicles

Defending force 14191 troops, 67 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 7 to 1 - the remaining Chinese troops below Mandalay are driven away.

Japanese ground losses:
284 casualties reported
Guns lost 4
Vehicles lost 2

Allied ground losses:
904 casualties reported
Guns lost 22

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
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Ground combat at 28,17

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 47276 troops, 268 guns, 284 vehicles

Defending force 20090 troops, 191 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1 - the Allies are also driven back into Lucknow - including a large UK Div! Should have weakened it substantially for a while

Japanese ground losses:
317 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
Vehicles lost 2

Allied ground losses:
876 casualties reported
Guns lost 36

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
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Situation Report

India/Burma

An engineer regiment has entered Bombay, it will await the arrival of a full division tomorrow before starting the attack.
The rest of the army has reached the road junction between Dehli and Armadabad - well parts of it anyway. Have to wait for the stragglers before
either attacking the Allies here or marching on. Curious about which way the Allies will take...go to Dehli I whisper

The advance into Lucknow has also been ordered, my men are tired - but the Imp Division is still in good shape. Want to cut of the units retreating from
Benares. I'm in sharp pursuit with the units advancing from Jamshedpur as well. Soon the 6 divisions of the southern pincer will be merged into a powerful Army.

Moved Sallys back from Hyderabad - if the Allied heavies hit me here, they would smash them up badly. I can't challenge the Allies in the air before I got Lucknow and Bombay!! Karachi was expanded into a size 4 af today, but Al can't base bombers here. The BB menace is too great.

Already moving base forces and reinforcements up from Madras towards Bombay.

Got a questions for you: I got 82 ac onboard the Akagi now, and she can only carry 72. This means (72+10% = 79.2) that I'm 3 ac 'overweight. 9 of these are placed in reserve..but I just don't know how to get rid of them. Does this mean that the Akagi won't launch any strikes? Really sad that it's not possible to remove excessive ac back into the pool.

In Burma a limited offensive against 2 small bases below Mandalay has been ordered. Then we'll go onto the defensive. I've reached all my immediate objectives with limited resources for now.

Central/South Pacific

Al talked about me cutting of his 'Pedestal' express in the Indian Ocean!? I had forgotten all about the Hermes and the remaining UK cv (Indomitable?)
Ugh, they can smash up my seaplane tender..fortunately Al still thinks the KB is around. I'm moving my ships home to refuel before moving back into the slot between Java and the edge of the map.

Today we got the following recon info from Taraw (see situation map)
Powerful Allied tf's are forming up - they're either evacuating troops or preparing for offensive action!!
I'm afraid that the increased activity in northern Oz is a ploy to get me to move ships and troops away from the South.

As long as I don't know the whereabouts of the US cv's - I'm in the dark. Paranoia is mounting.
I can't see any other options than to stay put: The First Carrier Divisions stays at Singapore while the bulk of my fleet remains at Truk.
This way I'll be able to counter any threats in the South ASAP as well as counter any attempts to reinforce India or invade Timor, Java or Sumatra.

Considered sending a full brigade from Kendari to Timor. This was it's initial 'home' - but the overwhelming threat of Allied bombers in northern Oz forced
me to move back to Kendari. The lack of fuel and supplies in the region made me decide against it for now. Might move in some garrison units just to show the flag.

Operation 'Revelation' includes a night bombing mission against the port of Darwin. There are supposed to be Allied cruisers and destroyers here.
Betties and Nells will fly out of Kendari together with Emily's that have been ordered to recon the port.

Situation Map: Tarawa recon report

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RE: Target practice in the Indian Ocean - 2/13/2005 11:16:42 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: PzB

Got a questions for you: I got 82 ac onboard the Akagi now, and she can only carry 72. This means (72+10% = 79.2) that I'm 3 ac 'overweight. 9 of these are placed in reserve..but I just don't know how to get rid of them. Does this mean that the Akagi won't launch any strikes? Really sad that it's not possible to remove excessive ac back into the pool.

Not experimented with overload yet, but i can remember that Mogami said you can have 82 ac on big japanese CV's (72 capacity), and you can have 72 ac on CV with 63 ac capacity (Soryu..).... and they will be operational...

You can have 115% ac on CV and they should be operational (also told on the forum). But, as i mentioned before, not experimented for myself yet (if i'm gonna do something like this I will make it first in the H2H test, not in the PBEM

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RE: Target practice in the Indian Ocean - 2/13/2005 11:31:20 PM

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/20/42

Air Combat

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Day Air attack on Colombo , at 14,24

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 18
G4M1 Betty x 18
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 32

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 2 destroyed, 10 damaged - 1 Betty lost to flak
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 2 destroyed - the Oscars actually behaved pretty well!

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 12 destroyed, 4 damaged - 5 were shot down

Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported

Port hits 1 - didn't hit anything in the port

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 8000 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 8000 feet
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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77

Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 15
B-25C Mitchell x 15

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
12 casualties reported

Runway hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
All bombers bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 34th Division, at 21,11

Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 15
B-17E Fortress x 11

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
132 casualties reported
Guns lost 4
Vehicles lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
All Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 38th Division, at 21,11

Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 23
B-17E Fortress x 14

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses: - this is starting to hurt, ordered a LRCAP mission over my troops tomorrow!
64 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Vehicles lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
All bombers bombing at 6000 feet
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Ground Combat

Ground combat at 22,11

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 36959 troops, 381 guns, 251 vehicles

Defending force 122448 troops, 1265 guns, 33 vehicles

Japanese ground losses:
156 casualties reported
Guns lost 5
Vehicles lost 1
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Ground combat at Sining

Japanese Deliberate attack - a poor Chinese unit that retreated to the 'wrong side' towards the Ruskies came back. Now he's back towards the reds again

Attacking force 7994 troops, 94 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 723 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 43 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
41 casualties reported

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
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Situation Report

Al is getting more frustration from trying to manouver his troops towards Lucknow!
I've had more than my share, told him that he should focus on the defense of northern India.
That's were the war might be decided now...

I can't understand why he's so slow moving out of Lucknow, it might be too late for them to
reach Dehli - much less Armadabad and Karachi.

Looks like the Allies troops are trying to make a stand at the crossing between Dehli and Armadabad.
I got 4 powerful divisions + support there now - they're attacking!

A full division + engineers will assault Bombay today. The 33 Division has obtained 100 preparation points
for Bombay. Should be a simple matter to reduce the garrison.

The attack against Darwin didn't happen - the Mavis spotted a CAP of only 5 ac. A few cruisers were spotted in the
port. Not a massive force, we'll keep up the recon missions though.

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RE: Target practice in the Indian Ocean - 2/13/2005 11:33:44 PM

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Thx Pauk - I'll show Mogami this link and ask for his comments. Really don't want to face the US carriers with an overload, that's for sure!!

quote:

ORIGINAL: pauk

quote:

ORIGINAL: PzB

Got a questions for you: I got 82 ac onboard the Akagi now, and she can only carry 72. This means (72+10% = 79.2) that I'm 3 ac 'overweight. 9 of these are placed in reserve..but I just don't know how to get rid of them. Does this mean that the Akagi won't launch any strikes? Really sad that it's not possible to remove excessive ac back into the pool.

Not experimented with overload yet, but i can remember that Mogami said you can have 82 ac on big japanese CV's (72 capacity), and you can have 72 ac on CV with 63 ac capacity (Soryu..).... and they will be operational...

You can have 115% ac on CV and they should be operational (also told on the forum). But, as i mentioned before, not experimented for myself yet (if i'm gonna do something like this I will make it first in the H2H test, not in the PBEM)

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RE: Target practice in the Indian Ocean - 2/15/2005 2:41:44 AM

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/21/42

Air Combat

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Night Air attack on Derby , at 24,85 - nope, didn't find any ships in the port of Derby. Is it all a scam, are they hiding somewhere else, or have they already sailed

Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 20
G4M1 Betty x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
19 x G3M Nell bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 14th Army, at 28,17

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IF x 9

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IF: 9 damaged - I recently moved in a strong AA regiment. ALL of the Blenheims are damaged in todays attack!

Japanese ground losses:
31 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Blenheim IF strafing at 100 feet
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Day Air attack on 34th Division, at 22,11

Japanese aircraft - my LRCAP intercepts 2 Allied raids today
A6M2 Zero x 17

Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 26
P-40E Warhawk x 19
B-17E Fortress x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged

Allied aircraft losses - the first one is mauled badly
Wellington III: 6 destroyed, 6 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 17 destroyed
B-17E Fortress: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
37 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
All B17 and Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 56th Division, at 22,11

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 17

Allied aircraft - the second one is also hit hard
Kittyhawk I x 26
Blenheim IV x 12
Beaufort I x 9
Beaufort V-IX x 35

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 10 destroyed, 1 damaged - but I loose 5 Zeros this time

Allied aircraft losses
Kittyhawk I: 12 destroyed, 4 damaged
Blenheim IV: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged
Beaufort V-IX: 9 destroyed, 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
54 casualties reported
Guns lost 5
Vehicles lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
All bombers bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 56,87

Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk I x 9
Beaufort V-IX x 15

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships - augh, my minelaying TF from Truk is almost caught..but gets away with the scare
ML Wakatake
ML Katsuriki
ML Kyosai

Aircraft Attacking:
All Beaufort V-IX bombing at 7000 feet - the torpedo bombers are out of torpedo range...
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Ground Combat

Ground combat at 22,11

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 118099 troops, 1244 guns, 31 vehicles

Defending force 36925 troops, 382 guns, 251 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 5 to 1 - we drive the Allied army south of Armadabad back!

Japanese ground losses:
1084 casualties reported
Guns lost 43
Vehicles lost 5

Allied ground losses:
1207 casualties reported
Guns lost 47
Vehicles lost 3

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
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Ground combat at Bombay

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 28801 troops, 124 guns, 1 vehicles

Defending force 2290 troops, 25 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 5) - should fall tomorrow. Another regiment will then join the assault!

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 4

Japanese ground losses:
39 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
122 casualties reported
Guns lost 4
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Ground combat at 22,11

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 11923 troops, 113 guns, 0 vehicles - a lone Oz Div remains after the Allied rout south of Armadabad, have to 'move it' tomorrow!

Defending force 120331 troops, 1184 guns, 21 vehicles
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Situation Report

India

The drive towards Armadabad continues! The Army routs the defending force and will shortly march on Armadabad and attempt to cut Karachi off from the rest
of the continent. If there ain't too many troops at Armadabad, I might cancel the amph. landings at Karachi and march directly towards the capital.

The Imp. Div has entered Lucknow and I hope it will prevent the Allied units in the area around Benares from escaping. A strong force is in the process of
crossing a river and entering Benares.

Some details:

I'left the following units in Dacca, Asansol, Calcutta, Diamond Harbour etc. for protection and as a reserve.

The experienced and rested 2nd Division at Dacca
Another full division at Asansol

Other units includes:

1 Mixed Reg
1 Brigade
2 SNLF units
1 large Naval Garrison Unit
1 Tank Regiment

In all I got ca 450 operational Zero's (not including those on my carriers)
These are distributed in the following manner:

150 - India
90 - Singapore and Kendari (want to send these into India as well, but I have to keep them were they are until I know what Al is up to)
35 - Truk
27 Kwajalein
107 Rabaul
36 Japan

Around 60 of these can be found in 3 units still in training in Japan and on Truk.
As soon as I know what Al is up to, I will move units between Singapore/Kendari and the South Pacific - or send aditional units to India.

I also got 60 Oscar I's in India. Otherwise there are a bazillion of Nate's that I'm trying to hide from the enemy

Their highly skilled units have to wither on the wine until they can be killed in Oscar II's when they arrive in 5-6 months.

On the 2 cv's and 2 cvl's in Singapore I got 221 ac
The 3 cv's, 3 cve's and 1 cvl at Truk holds another 318 ac.

My carrier borne strength therefore amounts to ca 550 ac. (Mogami confirmed that a carrier can carry ac amounting to 115% of it's maximum compliment)

The dilemma is that my carriers are divided into 2 fleets. Should I join them - but then again, at Truk or Singapore?

South/Central Pacific

Mostly quiet, no more raids from PM or Lunga. The Allied tf's at Tarawa are moving in a south westerly direction and will soon slip out of sight.
Were will the hammer fall?

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RE: Target practice in the Indian Ocean - 2/15/2005 7:35:15 AM

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I'd suggest you sort out those nate groups that upgrade to tonys(2 iirc) and tojos (1-2 iirc) and set them to attack some out of base chinese ground unit with a zero unit to escor them... nice way to rack up exp. Then in a couple of months you have 70-80 range pilots for your tojos and tonys

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RE: Target practice in the Indian Ocean - 2/15/2005 10:39:03 AM

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I agree with string. Check which units will upgrade to Tonies and train them like anything else. These fighters will be your best weapon against his haviest!
BTW: i suggest to pack your carriers in one group. those two groups are too weak if they have to stand alone.

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RE: Target practice in the Indian Ocean - 2/15/2005 10:49:24 AM

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quote:

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I'd suggest you sort out those nate groups that upgrade to tonys(2 iirc) and tojos (1-2 iirc) and set them to attack some out of base chinese ground unit with a zero unit to escor them... nice way to rack up exp. Then in a couple of months you have 70-80 range pilots for your tojos and tonys

Same applies to some Oscar I groups that upgrade to Tojo/Tony as well, in August, iirc.

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The US fleet is heading for Java!! - 2/15/2005 5:40:44 PM

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/22/42

Surface Combat

Landings

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TF 1044 troops unloading over beach at Makin, 85,89 - a small undefended atoll just above Tarawa

Allied ground losses:
29 casualties reported
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Sub/ASW Attacks

ASW attack at 68,100

Japanese Ships
SS I-7 - incredible enough the I-7 gets away!

Allied Ships
APD McKean
APD Little
APD Gregory
APD Colhoun
APD Manley
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Sub attack at 68,100

Japanese Ships
SS I-7 - and counterattacks!! Great work for once...

Allied Ships
APD Colhoun, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
APD McKean
APD Little
APD Gregory
APD Manley
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Air Combat

Day Air attack on Kendari , at 33,71 - Auch!

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 12 - I didn't expect this, the Zeros were only put to 30% CAP.

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 86 - almost a 100 heavies...The range from Northern Oz to Kendari is 13 hexes. This means that the base is all but useless as a port.

Japanese aircraft losses - ca 33 ac are destroyed on the ground
A6M2 Zero: 22 destroyed, 16 damaged
G3M Nell: 16 destroyed, 4 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses - we shot down quite a few B17's. 10 were lost today.
B-17E Fortress: 9 destroyed, 22 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
176 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 43 - the field remains open, 23 runway damage.

Aircraft Attacking:
All B-17E Fortress bombing at 8000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Lae at 54,87

Allied aircraft
Beaufort V-IX x 9

Allied aircraft losses
Beaufort V-IX: 3 damaged

Japanese Ships - I had ordered a quick sprint into Lae to lay mines. Not quick enough..
ML Aotaka
ML Wakatake, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage - ship has been docked at Lae

Aircraft Attacking:
All Beaufort V-IX launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 17,70 - this is were the fun begins...

Japanese aircraft - my search planes finds several enemy tf's just south of Java
G4M1 Betty x 3

Allied aircraft - and there's a heavy CAP there!! The US carriers

F4F-4 Wildcat x 22

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 6 destroyed, 1 damaged
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Day Air attack on TF at 16,69

Japanese aircraft - without escorts all the bombers are lost
G3M Nell x 12

Allied aircraft
Fulmar x 15
F4F-4 Wildcat x 60

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 27 destroyed, 3 damaged
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Day Air attack on TF at 16,69

Japanese aircraft - todays final strike
G3M Nell x 3
G4M1 Betty x 16

Allied aircraft
Fulmar x 15 - the British cv's have joined the US fleet!
F4F-4 Wildcat x 60

Japanese aircraft losses - meets with the same fate. I loose 30 bombers in the air today
G3M Nell: 6 destroyed, 2 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 38 destroyed, 4 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 2 damaged

Allied Ships - a single bomber gets through to be cut down by enemy flak.
BB Maryland - this is not a carrier escort.
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Ground Combat

Ground combat at Taung Gyi - the spoils of war after pushing back the Chinese!

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 2175 troops, 9 guns, 93 vehicles

Defending force 640 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 99 to 1 (fort level 3)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Taung Gyi base !!!

Allied aircraft
no flights

No Allied losses

Allied ground losses:
16 casualties reported
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Ground combat at 22,11

Japanese Deliberate attack - the Oz Division is kicked back!

Attacking force 116641 troops, 1181 guns, 25 vehicles

Defending force 11921 troops, 113 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 26 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
68 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Allied ground losses:
806 casualties reported
Guns lost 23

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
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Ground combat at Bombay

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 36220 troops, 222 guns, 5 vehicles

Defending force 2150 troops, 16 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 3

Japanese assault odds: 20 to 1 (fort level 3)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Bombay base !!! - a great prize wielding 180k fuel & supplies! This is enough to support the rest of the campaign in India

Japanese ground losses:
57 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Vehicles lost 1

Allied ground losses:
2303 casualties reported
Guns lost 14
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Ground combat at Makin

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 196 troops, 8 guns, 0 vehicles - these troops are part of the Americal Div.

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles

Allied assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied forces CAPTURE Makin base !!!
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Situation Report

India & Burma

The fall om Bombay pleased me. Wobbly thinks India is lost, he said he needed to hold me south of Armadabad. I'm not so sure about this,
but 6 divisions are now pushing towards Armadabad in an attempt to capture it before reinforcements from Dehli and Lucknow can arrive.
It we succeed here, Karachi will have been isolated.

I now got 24500 points to 6500. If I can destroy the enemy armies in India, auto victory is possible - but far from assured.

We ordered a bombardment attack against Lucknow as the rest of the Army arrived to support the Imp. Div there.

The rest of this report concerns the enemy activities in the DEI!

No wonder my bombers didn't find anything in Darwin - the enemy fleet had already set sail!

In a well timed B17 attack, 30 of my bombers and fighters are destroyed at Kendari.
At the same time several enemy fleets (including transports) are spotted heading straight for Java!!!

My 2 naval bomber squadrons based at Madion immediately launches 3 strikes - but they're all cut down by
a powerful CAP! Fulmars means that the British carriers have joined the yankee birdfarms....great!

Ok - what to do now! This is a serious situation. I'm in no doubt that Wobbly is going to hit me hard. The good things first:
If he's not going to India, wouldn't get that close to Java then, there's still time to conquer India!!

Over to the not so good things.

I don't have enough troops to prevent a major enemy landing in the area!
I don't have much fuel in the area!

There are also a lot of transports in the area, and they all have to cancel their supply runs and head for safer waters.
The enemy will now gain bases within range of my major oil and resource centers in the DEI. This is not good, not good at all.

Let's look at the forces available to us in the area:

At Kendari there are several base forces, a full brigade and 4-5 garrison units.

In Borneo I got large aviation regiments at the major oil producing fields like Balikpapan and Brunei. There are also several NLF units here.
I'm moving in Betties and Zeros from the South Pacific to these bases. They will stay in reserve until a powerful counter offensive can
be launched.

At Sumatra I got numerous base units and garrisons. Palembang holds a brigade and a large base force. I'm going to bring in reinforcements
here, can't risk loosing it. I've moved in Zeros from Singapore, and more will arrive tomorrow from the South.

First reactions to the threat of an enemy invasion

I've evacuated the bombers from Java - don't have enough escorts for them yet, and enemy bombardments can easily destroy them.
The army fields a large brigade and a NLF unit around Soerabaja.
At Batavia there are base forces and 2 garrison units.
Tiljitap holds another SNL unit while Medion got a large aviation regiment and Air HQ.

Several subs in the Indian Ocean that were heading for Singapore have also been redirected to the area around Tjiljitap. I also had 6-8 subs in
Singapore, and they're all heading south. Some of them are carrying mines. No, I have not placed many mines in the area. Not good.

The plan

I think Al will land just south of Soerabaja and on Tiljitjap.
If I loose Java, we will have to contain the threat. First of all we have to consolidate and prevent the pest from spreading

At Truk a large troop convoy started loading 50k troops - it will head for Tarakan. Have to move reinforcements closer to the DEI.
Will decide how to use em later.

The 2nd Carrier Division + the Mini KB sailed from Truk together with the 1st Destroyer, 1st Cruiser and 2nd Battleship Divisions today.

At Singapore i sent the 1st Carrier Division west, it will go around Borneo to Tarakan were it will meet up with the bulk of the Combined Fleet
that sailed from Truk. Can't have em running into the enemy on their own.

The plan that is forming up is called 'Sushi'!
The achilles heel of the enemy will be supplies, they will have to come from Northern Oz.

It will take 10 days for me to reach Tarakan and prepare to launch a powerful counter attack.
In the meanwhile I will therefore gather as many Zeros and Betties as I can and try to launch them 'en masse' against the enemy
if I get a chance.

A lot of things can happen, especially in 10 days, so we have to wait and see what happens.
For now the pan is to join the KB and enter the Indian Ocean south of Java and look for the enemy.

Do I want to engage the full enemy carrier force? No....
Do I have a choice if Java is invaded? No....

Scenario:

It's possible that I have to defeat a force supported by as many as 5-6 US and 1-2 Brit cv's.

I got 5 cv's, 3 cvl's and 4 cve's.
The only ships I don't have available to me are the 5 old battleships up in India.

These forces are almost identical, but I can reinforce my air groups from land and send in long range
Zeros and Betties to support my efforts. Wobbly has to protect his transports..he doesn't have the
ability to manouver as freely as we do.

So what do you say guys? - What now!
Is this 'the big showdown' that can win us the war...or the big showdown that can loose us a war that
has until now proceeded extremely well?

Situation Map: Enemy counter-attack against Java?

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RE: The US fleet is heading for Java!! - 2/15/2005 5:50:07 PM

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If i was wolby , after the first base in Java is conquered i'll move hundreds of fighters and bombers to protect the foothold.
It's gonna be damned hard to survive to this attack! remember that you cannot face an attrition battle...if he gets 1-2 it's still a victory for him.
Only one brigade size unit in Java????

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RE: The US fleet is heading for Java!! - 2/15/2005 6:15:29 PM

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True Hoepner, trouble is now my middle name

It's not possible to hold a full division in Singapore, Sumatra, Java, Borneo etc. and still deliver a crushing blow to the enemy in India.
If a strong force including several divisions are coming to Java, I would have needed at least 2 full divs to be able to slow them down.
So we have to counter it as well as we can...

Possible to airlift a regiment from Singapore, but I'm not sure what good it would do.

I'm not sure Allied fighters can be transfered directly from Oz to Java - do they have long enough legs?
In any case they dont have long range, no P38's yet. My Zero's will be more than a mtach for them.

If we engage the enemy, we do in a way that makes it impossible for short legged Allied fighters to support their fleets.
The aim is to destroy the enemy carriers! Then we can isolate Java, and bring in enough reinforcements to destoy the troops there.
In only 1-2 months, I have hopes that India might be vanquished! Then we got 8 divisions to release for pest controll

The big scare is not the amount of land units needed, we'll take care of that later. It's how to defeat a powerful cv fleet without loosing
Japans irreplacable carriers in mid 42. An over sized Midway is just what I don't need..

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RE: The US fleet is heading for Java!! - 2/15/2005 6:43:20 PM

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hm...this is an extremely risky move from wobbly. He's moving his CVs far too near to LBA range, and you should have lots of betties and zeros available. This MAY be an oversized Midway...but this time Midway is in your side so you hold the advantage.

Key here is to place a big combined strike on the enemy CV force from LBA and carriers at the same time, and when he gets distracted. If you keep trying to hit him he'll be very cautious. If you leave him alone for a time he may get confident.

Strike him with all you got at the same time, and where he least expects. Try to smuggle one big air group into a big enough sized AF that's in zero range of the landing force, or use Singapore if that is near enough. Move all the strike planes and Zeros you can there, and rest them for a day. The following day send massed assaults on him.

regarding carriers, I won't go round the southern part of borneo, but round the northern one. Proceed at full speed: 3-4 SYS points can be nasty, but more nasty is that you delay your attack until after he has got Catalinas at Java. you must minimize the chances he spots you.

here you hold the advantage, he hasn't got recce air units in Java -yet- so he has to trust in his seaborne search planes which are too limited in range, leading to a very misleading situation for him, like it happened with Nagumo at Midway.

If you still have hosho around try to play a distraction with it, placing the ship where he can spot it (not near enough he can see it's hosho). That way he'll thikn your carriers are elsewhere and react accordingly. The better scenario is that he leaves the place and runs for it, leaving your way open to cripple the invasion force. But I guess he won't be that stupid.
If you do this immediately prior to delivering your blows, it can be devastating for him.

Coordinate the strikes from the land with your carrier TFs. You can do one of both:

1-

a)day one you strike with LBA units. He will put his CAP on high alert ,reducing the escort fighter numbers he'll have to escort strikes.

b)day two you strike with your LBA units AND your carrier TFs moves into range, launching planes to hit the enemy.

Advantages: less Fighters escorting the enemy carrier strikes. First day strikes can weaken the F4F presence quite a deal if your Zeros have a good day (fulmars are $hit).
Disadvantages: expect more CAP over the enemy CVs.

2) day one you strike with BOTH LBA and carrier TFs. Key here is that he must not expect this to happen.

Advantages: Massed strikes on an unsuspecting enemy.
Disadvantages: beware of the counter-strikes on your TFs...

Whatever you do, don't put all your CVs on just one TF. Spread them in two, even better, three TFs to minimize damage from enemy strikes. Try to put them exactly 5 hexes away from him, he won't spot you, he won't be able to answer your strikes...and even you can deliver a surprise attack!!!! (you'll get no torpedoes on the kates, tho). if he hasn't spotted you he can't react either (be careful and keep your reaction to 0 to avoid going into range), so you get a couple rounds free attacks on him, which can easily kick out some carriers for air OPS (which will then be easy meat for your betty force).

Beware,though, if the weather is expected to be too bad you can find one or two of them into the clouds and that will be VERY bad. Wait until weather is expected to be clear both over all your carrier TFs and from the source of LBA attacks. Coordination is key here, if you blew it, you're screwed.

But watever you do try to do it before he puts Catalinas at Java. Once he can spot your carrier TFs from far away, a lot of your advantage is gone. You've got the cat in your house, now trap it before he can bite you.

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RE: The US fleet is heading for Java!! - 2/15/2005 6:52:44 PM

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I think wobbly can capture a base at java a long time before PZB can get all of his carriers into the area

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RE: The US fleet is heading for Java!! - 2/15/2005 6:53:53 PM

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hmph, what does it say Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy?

DON'T PANIC!

Uh, very unpleasant situation (not even Baldrick can save you with cuning plan.

)

Seriously, its obvious that you can do little or nothing in the phase I (allied invasion).

but, here is my thoughts for phase I:

1) If i were you, i will put all units in soerbaja and try to hold as much as my brave soldiers can (It is only malaria free zone in Java, so it is important to keep S.).

2) Don't forget to detach little parts from units in Java (sub transport) and send them in safe area. Then you will be able to reorganise/build again units destroyed in Java. Heh, so far only allied side used this strategy....now it's time for payback.

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RE: The US fleet is heading for Java!! - 2/15/2005 7:02:57 PM

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we know that, does wobbly know?. If I was him I wouldn't land anywhere without proper prior battleship bombardments and proper preparations (like being sure no bettys are in the zone to screw his landing TFs). Then he has to land. then he has to assault. Only then he can place search planes in the base.

That would take about a week.

Coming from Truk the carriers steaming at full speed can be in the area in less than a week. Having a refuel TF in the area waiting, he can send his forces to attack in time. Just barely, but in time.

and anyway he is always in time to call of this kind of reaction if Wobbly gets Catalinas on place. He will notice when his ships get spotted. Then the situation gets worse but he has lost nought, other than some SYS damage for the high speed dash.

Unless Wobbly disembarks wherever he is going to do it without prior preparations. that's a possibility, of course, but if I was him I won't do it that way.

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RE: The US fleet is heading for Java!! - 2/15/2005 7:08:17 PM

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It's damn risky. you will have problably to fight with Allies having air cover from Java....just like Midway.

I don't know how long it will take you to get your CV fleet in position, but if it is some days since they get bases, expect to have your airfields killed and his own full of airplanes.
The more i think, the more it seems a Midway, with only 1 difference: he hasn't the intel US had.

you don't know how many CV he will bring, so maybe he is rushing the invasion to help situation in Java.

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RE: The US fleet is heading for Java!! - 2/15/2005 7:23:44 PM

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Just one reminder about airstrikes against CV and/or Invasion fleet - it is hart to setup such precise strikes. All you can do is command Naval attack at a preset range - now you can just hope that his fleets are setup as you want them to be. And there will many targets to strike at - it's going to be a nightmare to coordinate LBA and CV strikes...

Not to forget the target rich environment, CV TFs, Invasion TFs, Supply TFs, Bombardment TF, .......

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RE: The US fleet is heading for Java!! - 2/15/2005 7:24:22 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: WhoCares

Just one reminder about airstrikes against CV and/or Invasion fleet - it is hart to setup such precise strikes. All you can do is command Naval attack at a preset range - now you can just hope that is fleets are setup as you want them to be. And there will many targets to strike at - it's going to be a nightmare to coordinate LBA and CV strikes...

Indeed, especially if there are bombardment TF's with BB's around

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RE: The US fleet is heading for Java!! - 2/15/2005 7:28:32 PM

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quote:

It will take 10 days for me to reach Tarakan and prepare to launch a powerful counter attack.
In the meanwhile I will therefore gather as many Zeros and Betties as I can and try to launch them 'en masse' against the enemy
if I get a chance.

It looks like Wobbly's fleet will reach Java in 2 or 3 days moving at 2 hexes/impulse. Once he's ashore, what can you do to stop him in Java? His ships might not stay around for 10 days.

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Wobbly - 2/15/2005 10:00:51 PM

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Having played the cunning kiwi for over 2 years now......

wait
he will get overconfident, then over aggressive....

I personally predict 2,3 sunk allied CVs within a month
Then his Java forces are doomed.

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RE: Wobbly - 2/16/2005 1:09:06 AM

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It is certainly a great threat, but also opens up some big opportunities.

What is needed is a plan that can get Wobbly to seperate the carriers from all the background noise.

It may require the sacrifice of some capital ships but if you can get him to react away from the rest of the TF's, you can launch a mass assault that could overwhelm his defenses.

You can use his Catalina's to bring about his own undoing.

I would consider all LBA, especially fighters as completely expendable. Rotate them in, let them die, rotate the shattered boys back out. Every F4F that goes down isn't there when you finally launch a carrier attack. Use your Nates even, just grind those F4F's down. Their experience will go up, but so will their fatigue and their morale will drop.

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RE: Wobbly - 2/16/2005 1:25:29 AM

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Thx for the excellent suggestions and support guys! Much appreciated

Keep it coming....
Al sent me a mail and told me he didn't have time for the turn this morning, so nothing will happen until tomorrow. Just as well since it took me 2 hours to complete it today. Had to work on my thesis until 2100 before I could call it a day!

He also put forward a cover story that he was really going to India, but that my seaplane tender (which withdraw 3 days ago) made him come too close to
Java. (He would also have to consider a move against Singapore) Bollocks.....I believe it when I see it. Of course I told him that the KB would spank him

So for now we prepare for the worst and hope for the best!

My biggest problems: Fuel - i don't have any large dumps except at Singapore. Have redirected a tf not far from the Marianas. If I sail my fleet at
flank speed, I will burn more fuel than I can afford. I willl also leave the Mini KB behind with the slow cve's.

Therefore I want to gather my fleet around Borneo and strike after my naval bombers and Zeros have weakened the enemy.
My plan is to withdraw my troops from the coastal bases and then return them when the bombardment groups have done their dirty work.
Won't help much..and it's only around Soerabaja that I got enough troops to even delay him. Will consider air lifting in troops from Singapore tomorrow.

RAM - the Hosho is sailing with the Mini KB. Only got 2 cvl's at Singapore together with the Akagis.
I've already divided my cv's into the 3 battlegroups that will go into combat. The bait will be the Mini KB - I can afford to loose it.
My plan is definetly to move a large amout of bombers and fighters into Java in a day or two. First the Zeros will stay on 60% CAP and slaughter the enemy
strikes that might come. Then they will act as escorts for the Betties after resting for a day. Got room for 200 ac on Madion and another 100 in Batavia and Palembang. The other bases are too far away for comfort. Will try not to launch strikes from extreme range, then the bombers will only fly unescorted.

We in the war cabinet feel confident that the capitalist trash will suffer a serious setback in the coming battle.

This game is great, impossible to take ones attention away from it - we've now been fighting a continous battle for 7 months - and the temperature is still
rising!

Bbbf - that sounds like a sound advice. I don't need a backup plan if I fail anyway. An all or nothing gamble.
That would actually be in Al's favor - he might loose the war even if he stays home. If he destroys my fleet he gains enough points to stave off autovictory as well as paving the way for future offensives that I can't possible stop without a strong AF and fleet.

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RE: Wobbly - 2/16/2005 4:59:40 AM

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Watch the bases he can bombard, no point losing aircraft on the ground.

Good luck.

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Sushi - 2/16/2005 8:56:25 PM

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/23/42

Ground Combat

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Ground combat at Lucknow

Japanese Bombardment attack - deliberate attack tomorrow!

Attacking force 39310 troops, 291 guns, 2 vehicles

Defending force 24272 troops, 181 guns, 1 vehicles

Allied ground losses:
143 casualties reported
Guns lost 4
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Situation Report

Certainly a quiet turn...but the storm is coming! Wobbly finally admitted that he's going to Java - can't deny it any longer.

Moving into Benares, looks like Lucknow will be abandoned shortly. I'm pushing my men and will pursue towards Dehli. Most
of my troops around Bombay will try to reach Armadabad in an attempt to capture it quickly. One division will move towards Dehli
to disrupt enemy movements.

I moved 2 Zero Daitais to Singapore and Sumatra. Will not committ them to the battle in India until I have to. Perhaps the grunts on the ground
will manage it on their own if I provide a sizeable CAP now and then!?

I spotted a huge armada continuing NE and will make landfall tomorrow.

Not much I could do today, I'm still moving bombers and fighters all over the Pacific. I'm not going to be able to defend southern Java.
The brigade at Soerabaja will resist all it can and delay the enemy. I'm also evacuating most of the aviation regiment and Air HQ at Madion
to Batavia via air transport. This base can also be hit from the sea, and it's way to close to the enemy.

Da plan:

Reinforce Batavia with all I got: 2.7 forts here already. I've moved in 90 Zeros and only two 9 strength Betty/Nell Daitais.
When I got 150 rested Zeros and 30 naval bombers, I will launch them. The bombers will take off in small groups with a heavy
escort. This will deplete the enemy CAP. After doing this a few times my cv's will be close. Then I move in my reserve Zero Daitais
and all the bombers I can squeeze in at Palembang, Balikpapan, Singapore - and of course - Batavia.

I need 8 more days before my carriers are in position to strike...got some fuel reserves at Ambonia that i will visit if necessary.
I'm also moving the AV out from Batavia - it can send out search planes and entice the enemy from the north. Wobbly will think it is my carriers
and get paranoid. 'Operation Sea Window' will also be executed: 2 transports will follow 20 barges into the area. There they will be released and
swarm the enemy's radar screens

Hopefully I can get the enemy cv's to launch multiple raids as well.

A swarm of subs will also take up positions to intercept damaged Allied ships heading for home.

When this has happened, my carriers will strike hard from the south against a weary and fatigued enemy.

The bad thing is that Java most likely will be lost - but if I can win the battle for the Java Sea - then I will be in a position to bombard the enemy into
submission and land enough troops to defeat him in due time. Need patience for this one..no rush jobs - we can't afford to fail.

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RE: Sushi - 2/17/2005 4:35:34 AM

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I'm thinking one of Wobbly's weak spots is the area between Oz and Java. I'm not sure if you have any bases between Java and Timor that can support Betties, but if you do, he has to be concerned about a major engagement in this vacuum. You would have Betties and KB v. just the Allied carriers, because his LBA will either be out of range or only marginally effective without torpedoes. He's probably packing enough supplies to last a good while in Java, but he's got to be worried about the gap/vacuum through which he needs to run supply as well as reinforcements.

His CVs are not going to be doing anything other than supporting the landings - nothing offensive due to fear of Betty and KB. There's probably nothing you can do to stop the landings or keep him from bringing in substantial LBA, but his carriers are not going to be aggressive outside LBA support range and you need not worry about them going onto the offense somewhere. I think he will be forced to react to a strong presence in the gap, and I don't think he can get much support from LBA while you might be able to.

If you can't contest the initial landings and build up, then I'd let them be and threaten their rear, forcing Wobbs to fight in the least advantageous area. Hopefully you have some bases in the region that would support some Mavis' for spotting. You would hold the middle ground over which the battle will be fought and should have the better intel; he will be stuck at either end without being able to see into the battleground. (Of course, all of this assumes you have enough fuel to fight over those kinds of distances. But two good days of air combat may decide the matter and render Java unsupportable)

As a caveat, I'm pontificating without the benefit of a map. The distances may not be as extreme as I'm thinking, but what the heck.

(in reply to PzB74)

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