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RE: In the Jaws of the Fortress - 7/19/2005 8:34:58 AM

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and this is the intercepting operation in Indian Ocean

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RE: In the Jaws of the Fortress - 7/19/2005 9:05:37 AM

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Ok, before going working, some more thoughts....

As stated before, i really cannot go any further than Pago Pago and Nanoumea with the courrent RAG ( raid and go ) operation in central pac. Fuel and supply problems are cutting my hopes.
It's been a success so far. If between Pago and Nanoumea i'll take out more 20,000 yankees from the war , after RAG there will be 50,000 americans less to fight in the next months. Not bad.
I was looking for a decisive carrier battle, but it's clear that he doesn't want to engage his carriers now. What i really like is that with Canton in my hands his advance in Central Pac will be delayed at least for 2 more months i guess. And every day i gain is a little victory for japan.

I'll redeploy my forces after Pago and Nanoumea, but i'd like to keep the initiative in my hands, at least for this summer.
I'm thinking about a new big raid. RAG-3. He's now reinforcing Palmyra, so his efforts will be concentrated here i guess for the next weeks.I'd like to change theatre of operations. Up in the north, at ATTU island, he's building his main northern base. already at level 5 AF this base is a direct threat to Paramishiro Jiima. It would be cool to appear suddenly from the fogs of Artic and smash the place with 3 divisions and the entire combined fleet

...well...just an idea...gotta think twice.

BTW i won't defend Canton Island with a lot of troops. I'll leave there 2 naval guard units, 1 constr. unit, 1 CD unit, a little base force and 9 emilies. with these forces i should be safe enough against a light invasion. It's clear that if he wants it back he can have it, but he'll have to committ at least 1 division and his whole CV fleet....and i bet he's not going to risk for the moment. Tarawa now is safe enough. This base will be built and fortified.

I'm building my defences around Rabaul. The first defensive ring will be formed by PM,Lae,Buin and Shortland, while the second ring by Gasmata,Kavieng,Green Island and Rabaul itself. All these bases will be at least level 3 AF ( most of them 4).
Lunga and Tulagi will be just a bait. Very lightly built and fortified, these isles should be a juicy target for him, while my CVs will wait and linger in the shadows

In one month Manila shuld be ours. This means 70,000 more allied troops in the bag. With this i'll reach the 4-1 ratio

Then i'll have 5 more Infantry units to use to defend and counterattack!

And if China goes as i'm dreaming.....oh God...can't wait to see Lanchow in my hands and to be free to move the 1st and the 13th Army to Chunking.....4500 Assault points....fresh, experienced troops...fully supplied...with 200 bombers in support.....a Big Big pocket at Chungking...and a storm of victory points...

Ok, let's stop dreaming...time to take a shower and go to work

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RE: In the Jaws of the Fortress - 7/19/2005 8:03:55 PM

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/04/42

He's reacting in China!!!
He moved, probably with an airlift a 3rd unit in Sining and he's sending more units to Chengtu...now 9 units are moving towards my beloved paras.....i'm sending with airlift a 6th SNLF unit from Sian...two more days and it will be completed the operation. Now i have there 240 Assault point but no forts

He keeps bombing Mandalay and Daily at night. No big news.

My BBs will pound tomorrow Pago Pago, while my divisions are 3 days far away from this island.
Everything is moving between Canton and Nanoumea....

My CVEs intercepted and attacked his AKs convoy moving towards India from Oz. Two AKs sunk and many more damaged. Tomorrow i hope not to lose contact, but bad weather is foreseen.

what else? Nothing i'd say. Gotta wait to see how Pago Pago, Nanoumea and Lanchow operations go

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Day Air attack on TF at 1,60

Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 31

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N Kate: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
AK Empire Morn, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Empire Clive, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AK Empire Bunting, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Empire Wyclif, Torpedo hits 2, on fire
AK Empire Tana, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AK Virginian, Torpedo hits 2, on fire
AK Empire Ranger

Aircraft Attacking:

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Ground combat at Chengtu

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15097 troops, 112 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 9993 troops, 31 guns, 0 vehicles

i desperately need some guns....those 47mm AT cannot be brought with planes

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RE: In the Jaws of the Fortress - 7/19/2005 8:38:22 PM

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47mm AT guns can be transported by Tabby's.

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RE: In the Jaws of the Fortress - 7/19/2005 9:10:35 PM

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/05/42

No allied night bombings today...very strange

What is he planning?

I know the problem of those 47mm AT guns...what's strange is that another SNLF unit from Sian has been brought at Chengtu with 3 47mm with them

He divided his TF attacked yesterday in Indian Ocean in many 1 ship TF...one on my subs managed to attack at night and sunk one of those AKs...2 more were sunk by my kates during daylight attacks...i do not care much about empty ships...what i do care about is the message i'm sending him: THIS PLACE IS NOT SAFE!

In 2 days i'll be airlfting one more unit to Chengtu...really like to hold there

My BBs bombed Pago with good results. Tomorrow we'll bomb again and then in 2 days the landings will start.
Fuel levels in red everywhere

Gotta speed up the operations

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Sub attack at 1,57

Japanese Ships
SS I-166

Allied Ships
AK Empire Haven, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

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Naval bombardment of Pago Pago, at 96,113

Japanese Ships
CA Aoba
CA Chokai
CA Atago
BB Ise
BB Yamashiro
BB Hiei
BB Haruna

Allied Ships
AP President Hayes, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP Royal T. Frank, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Allied ground losses:
452 casualties reported
Guns lost 12

Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 2
Port hits 1
Port supply hits 2

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Sub attack near Canton Island at 100,100

Japanese Ships
AP Turusima Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Trout

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Ground combat at Chengtu

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 19371 troops, 135 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 11268 troops, 35 guns, 0 vehicles

My strenght is growing...but he has many more men to send to battle

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RE: In the Jaws of the Fortress - 7/19/2005 9:11:17 PM

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the sub attack...quite cool pic

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My worst nightmare come true - 7/20/2005 1:32:57 AM

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/06/42

Today is a sad day for the Empire.
Tonaka, our greatest ace pilot, died tonight during a nightraid of 4E allied bombers at Mandalay.

27 planes destroyed on the ground last night. The worst day since this night camp has started.
I've finished my Oscars pool and the 110 i produce each months aren't enough.
I'm forced to take them back from the front and use my beloved zeros to close the gap of missing planes....and these are the results

...now even the pilots die during these raids....it's incredible

BTW, the war goes on. Tomorrow night we'll start landing at Pago Pago.
The bombardments should have smoothed a bit its resistance.
The fuel situation is more than critical.

My CVEs in the Indian Oc. finished their torpedoes and are now going back to Sosabaja. 7 ships sunk and 5 more damaged. Not bad.

In China he moved back one of his unit that covers his left flank to close the supply line of my tanks. No problem. This will open the gate for my 5 units that in 4 days should enter in the contested hex on his left and start to siege Lanchow.

Tomorrow we'll start to airlift a new unit to Chengtu....let's hope they're gonna hold for few more days...

In the PI he's moving one of his div back to Manila from Naga....good! my SNLF unit from Legaspi is ready to enter in Naga and close the supply forniture!

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Night Air attack on Daly Waters , at 35,90

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 26
LB-30 Liberator x 21

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
LB-30 Liberator: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
14 casualties reported

Runway hits 8

Aircraft Attacking:

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Night Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,29

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 35
LB-30 Liberator x 27

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 6 destroyed
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 3 damaged
LB-30 Liberator: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
25 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 12

Aircraft Attacking:

21 Zeros lost, 6 oscars and 4 pilots

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Naval bombardment of Pago Pago, at 96,113

Japanese Ships
DD Hatsuharu
DD Arare
DD Michishio
DD Oshio
DD Asashio
CA Aoba
CA Chokai
CA Atago
BB Ise
BB Yamashiro
BB Hiei
BB Haruna

Allied Ships
AP President Hayes, Shell hits 2, heavy damage
AP Royal T. Frank, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
DD Hatfield, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 16
Port hits 5
Port supply hits 5

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Ground combat at Chengtu

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 19289 troops, 135 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 11281 troops, 35 guns, 0 vehicles

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RE: burma map - 7/20/2005 1:33:14 AM

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ORIGINAL: Andrew Brown

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The burma map...

I notice that you are using version 3 of my map, not version 3b. In version 3b the link from Bangkok to Moulmein was changed from a railway to a trail (as it should be). That probably explains the problem with Canton as well.

Andrew

And that explains one thing I wasn't following - that is how he got to Moulmein so fast - took me a month on 3b - very different campaign !

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RE: burma map - 7/20/2005 2:01:30 AM

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yes, this map allows a fast pace in Burma

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The Americal division no longer exists - 7/20/2005 2:47:55 AM

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/07/42

A great great day.
what i believed a RCT has revealed to be nothing less than the Americal Division!!!

At Pago my troops landed without any problem ( just a PG damaged) and shock attacked supported by my BBs. He had only that unit there..no CD guns...nothing. Very strange

BTW we wiped out another brand complete american division from the theatre!

My glens spotted a big concentration of ships at Suva. He's clearly reinforcing it with troops from Oz. I'd like to raid but my closest 1st carrier div is low on fuel and on ordinances. Cannot risk a trap.

My units that took pago pago are already moving back towards Truk, where they will R&R for some weeks.

In the meanwhile the day of nanoumea is getting closer. 3/4 more days and we'll attack!

Another terrible day in the air...well...a terrible night. 10 zeros destroyed and 2 more pilots dead

What in the world can i do!??! Leave Mandalay and Daily undefended? so that he can close them? NO, NEVER!

I've lost 200 planes on the ground in the last month...at this rate i'm going to get low on zeros too

In China he's moving 5 more units towards Chengtu...hold on guys, please! reinforcements are comming...one more day....

At Sining my tanks entered in the city just to find 7,500 men for 3 units...way too much to attack! I'll stay there and see if he attacks me first.
3 more days and at least 2 of my flanking units will get in the contested hex north of Lanchow...he doesn't seem to move from there

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Naval bombardment of Pago Pago, at 96,113

Japanese Ships
DD Hatsuharu
DD Arare
DD Michishio
DD Oshio
DD Asashio
CA Aoba
CA Chokai
CA Atago
BB Ise
BB Yamashiro
BB Hiei
BB Haruna

Allied Ships
DD Hatfield, Shell hits 4, on fire, heavy damage*sinks*
AP Royal T. Frank, Shell hits 2, heavy damage
AP President Hayes, Shell hits 1, heavy damage

Allied ground losses:
42 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 11
Port hits 5
Port supply hits 5

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Ground combat at Pago Pago

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 24323 troops, 326 guns, 6 vehicles

Defending force 16048 troops, 184 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 10 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Pago Pago base !!!

Japanese ground losses:
1036 casualties reported
Guns lost 18

Allied ground losses:
17599 casualties reported

Guns lost 221

all executed

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RE: The Americal division no longer exists - 7/20/2005 4:25:16 AM

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/07/42

<snip>

Another terrible day in the air...well...a terrible night. 10 zeros destroyed and 2 more pilots dead What in the world can i do!??! Leave Mandalay and Daily undefended? so that he can close them? NO, NEVER!

I've lost 200 planes on the ground in the last month...at this rate i'm going to get low on zeros too

<snip>

Have you flown in a flak unit to the 2 bases ? Might help. Can you disperse and covercap from nearby bases ? Better increase Zero production. BTW how are you doing on pulling back resources and oil ? You've captured enough places that you should still be able to pull back enough to avoid the dreaded "supply dip" ... in my most recent game I have been able to avoid it ... maybe better to have him bomb your planes than something else ( resources or HI ! ). In one game I have a zero unit set to replace and just leave it at the base on the ground - it has absorbed a lot of strikes - that otherwise might have done real damage !!!

Also, BTW I read this whole thread from beginning to end today ( and that's saying alot - I usually get sleepy reading AARs ) ... but this one is quite riveting !!! Like a suspense Novel ! Good game - and good AAR ! I especially like your spell checker

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RE: The Americal division no longer exists - 7/20/2005 10:06:46 AM

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Have you flown in a flak unit to the 2 bases ? Might help. Can you disperse and covercap from nearby bases ?

He's able to close every single base with less than 100 fighters. I'm able to keep Mandalay open only because of the "deterrent" ( SP??) of my zeros present there.
And at Daily waters there are no close bases...

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Better increase Zero production.

I'm already producing more than 250 zeros each months. I consider these number enough for a normal war...the point is that i didn't think we could get to this point...but i'm really carefull with production. If i overcommitt now on zeros, then i'll pay the price back when it will come to change that production again. I'd like to encrease the production of Tojos and Tonies as soon as they become available...they are defenetly more usefull than zeros!

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BTW how are you doing on pulling back resources and oil ? You've captured enough places that you should still be able to pull back enough to avoid the dreaded "supply dip" ... in my most recent game I have been able to avoid it ... maybe better to have him bomb your planes than something else ( resources or HI ! ). In one game I have a zero unit set to replace and just leave it at the base on the ground - it has absorbed a lot of strikes - that otherwise might have done real damage !!!

The flow of resources and oil goes quite well. As soon as RAG operations will be finished i'll move back some escort vessels and will encrease the security of my tankers.
I've already delivered something between 150,000 and 170,000 oil points and i'd say 130,000 resources to Sasebo.
About his bombing...he's attacking me at Mandalay because he wants to force me to retreat from there, so that he will be able to bomb my resources and oil plants. He has already destroyed 230 resources points at Burma....

As long as i hold there my res. at Rangoon and Mandalay are safe...oh well...i hope so

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Also, BTW I read this whole thread from beginning to end today ( and that's saying alot - I usually get sleepy reading AARs ) ...

but this one is quite riveting !!! Like a suspense Novel ! Good game - and good AAR ! I especially like your spell checker

WOW! thanks mate. The whole AAR in one day?!? That's quite a record!

.....i'm happy you're enjoying it!

BTW...what's a spell checker?

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RE: The Americal division no longer exists - 7/20/2005 10:18:04 AM

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Yup 250 Zeros per month should be enough.

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RE: The Americal division no longer exists - 7/20/2005 11:12:58 AM

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what isn't enough now is the sally and oscar production. I think i'll expand of 20 units the production of the sallies, while i'll leave the oscars as they are now.

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RE: The Americal division no longer exists - 7/20/2005 2:53:11 PM

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Hoepner,

I think you were fortunate in the Indian Ocean, there are plenty of more aggresive players who would be hitting your CVEs with swarms of stringbags and Fulmars right about the time all your torpedos were gone. Your either lucky, or you understand your opponent very well, or he was too slow.

On the subject of night bombing is he bombing from airfields that are within single engine fighter range? If he is why not send them on a 100' altitude sweep and see what they find in the morning?

Very interesting game and a fun read. I'm sure things will slow down eventually but right now its got an action packed fast pace that makes it one of the best AARs going.

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RE: The Americal division no longer exists - 7/20/2005 5:11:49 PM

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Hi Tom,

he's bombing Mandalay from Chandupur and Diamond H. They're in range of my zeros for sure, but i know he has 100 and 130 fighters in those two bases...way too much to risk my precious pilots now that the zero bonus has gone.
The ideal would be to strike back with 300 bombers and 100 zeros on escort...but i'll sure lose many many pilots and planes, and i know that the allies always look for an attrition air battle. More, if i move my bombers from China to Burma i'll let him re-open his AFs there, so my whole chinese front would be in danger of a massive campaign of air bombing.

In the IO i've been very cautious. There were 27 mavis and emilies looking for his carriers from Sebang to Broome. My subs with glens were watching every single hex of sea...no way he could pass unseen! I'd really like to see his carriers here: i have 150 nells,on their 80s exp, ready to smash them!

Thanks for the compliments. The pace now will be slowed, cause today i arrived in Sardinia, where i'll stay for 44 days

of a deserved vacation. Here i only have the dial up connection...so not more than 2 turns/day: i have to take care of my sunbaths

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RE: The Americal division no longer exists - 7/20/2005 6:47:37 PM

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/08/42

The Chinese central front ( Ichang ) is moving again!
He's redeploying his units on the flanks. Tomorrow i'll counterattack in the hex southeast of Ichang where he placed a unit
I got the 60th division today in China. Will be placed as a mobile reserve at Henkov to reinforce the front if needed.

At Chengtu he's moving 130.000 men...against my 11.000....wow! Tomorrow the 135th Ind. Bde/A will be airlifted....let's hope for the best.
Always tomorrow my units will move in the hex north east of Lanchow...so the big river will be passed!!

The usual night bombings. 9 zeros left on the ground today

3 more days and it will be the turn of Nanoumea to capitulate!

I'm slowing reinforcing and garrisoning the Solomons, Bouganville and the whole area of southern DEI ( Timor , Macassar etc.)

Still no sign of his carriers....

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RE: The Americal division no longer exists - 7/20/2005 9:50:15 PM

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Maybe he is hiding his CVs because the psychological damage would be too great if he lost them.

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RE: The Americal division no longer exists - 7/20/2005 9:57:28 PM

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why should he risk them. the bases he could have defended are gone, including the land units at these bases. Why go into the derby as a two year old if you can wait until you are five?

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RE: The Americal division no longer exists - 7/20/2005 11:12:21 PM

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Like all the others I must add that it's a great AAR. I especially like the insight you provide on how you're thinking.
Also very interesting to see that fuel is a limiting factor for you when you mount massive operations like this. I guess that's pretty realistic.
How's your pilot situation? It looks like you have lost quite a number of aircraft and in my limited experience of the Japanese side that could mean that you have problems with pilot experience.
Or have you been able to train the newcomers so that your OK?

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RE: The Americal division no longer exists - 7/21/2005 1:40:22 AM

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Yours and your opponent's AARs caused this old grognard to get off the pot and buy this game this afternoon. Reading your AARs has also given me some insights in how to play this complex and what looks like incredibly enjoyable game.

I'm looking forward to reading more and to receiving many dirty looks from "She Who Must Be Obeyed" (I see gifts of flowers and dinners out in my future) as I enjoy this and the other Matrix games...

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RE: In the Jaws of the Fortress - 7/21/2005 3:51:51 AM

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Wow guys...your words are better than a nice, goodlooking girl...no, ok, i tend to exagerate

Btw, thanks, really.
The tide is already changing...the allies are comming back in forces

My reports will be a bit shorter than usual 'cause i'm not at home and i'm using an expensive and sloooooooooooow dial-up connection

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/09/42

21 more zeros destroyed in 2 massive night bombing. 8 pilots died. Cannto go on like this. It's a suicide!!!
Will try something different. I moved back my fighters from Mandalay to Rangoon and from Daily to Darwin. Will move them back tomorrow,hoping to hambush him at daylight
It's always the same with MC...he loves night bombing and when he finds the clue for it he switchs completely from day to nightbombing attacks:-((((

More bad news. At Nanoumea my APs transporting the Imperial division were attacked by PT boats. My escort was 1 day far away:-(((
2 sunk APs brought with them 1500 japanese heroes grgrgrgrgrgrg...i'm an idiot!

He's deploying his subs around Nanoumea. probably he wants to look for my CVs....all my carriers now have their planes on ASW. Hope to sink some of those 7 subs that are lurking around.

In China his recon unit south of Ichang has been repulsed with heavy losses.
At Lanchow my units crossed the river, and after a shock attack ( with no results) managed to establish a bridgehead on the other side. Tomorrow i'll have 6 units there and with his eastern flank blocked i'll start the attacks at the city tomorrow!

At Chengtu the operations for airlifting the Ind Bde are going well. Now i have 350 Assault points there and some eng to build forts.

What else?...nothing more...i'm a bit pissed because Burma front is already screwed by his bombers and i cannot stop them....had to go for the mini-hangover probably instead of RAG in the pacific-_-''

...ah yes...the PI. I took an abbandoned Naga today. Tomorrow we'll start attacking Manila!

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Night Air attack on Daly Waters , at 35,90

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 28
LB-30 Liberator x 20

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 3 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged
LB-30 Liberator: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
67 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:

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Night Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,29

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 46
LB-30 Liberator x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 5 destroyed
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
86 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:

A total of 27 planes destroyed on the ground today.:-(

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Night Time Surface Combat at 85,103

Japanese Ships
AK Asakasan Maru
AP Astuga Maru
AP Atsuta Maru
AP Awa Maru, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AP Chihaya Maru, Torpedo hits 1
AP Eihuku Maru, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1
AP Gyoko Maru, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
AP Hakka Maru
AP Hakone Maru, Shell hits 119, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
AK Hokkai Maru, Shell hits 5
AP Kyokusei Maru
AP Oigawa Maru
AP Sunten Maru
AK Takao Maru
AP Iburi Maru
AP Konsan Maru
AP Saiho Maru

Allied Ships
PT PT-44
PT PT-45
PT PT-46
PT PT-47
PT PT-48, Shell hits 15, and is sunk
PT PT-59
PT PT-60
PT PT-61, Shell hits 3, on fire

Japanese ground losses:
1520 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Oh MY GOD!....:-(

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Sub attack at 89,103

Japanese Ships
AK Kusuyama Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
PC Ch 30
PG Unkai Maru #1
PG Shinko Maru #1
PG Okuyo Maru
PG Magan Maru
PG Hong Kong Maru
PG Heijo Maru
PG Busho Maru
APD APD-46
DD Nagatsuki
DD Hatsushima

Allied Ships
SS Trigger

ok...this is not my day

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Sub attack at 86,103

Japanese Ships
AK Yahiko Maru, Shell hits 5, on fire

Allied Ships
SS Silversides

Japanese ground losses:
66 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Naga

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 4426 troops, 30 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 85 to 1 (fort level 3)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Naga base !!!

This is the only good news of today

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RE: In the Jaws of the Fortress - 7/22/2005 3:30:53 AM

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not a good day today.
MC is using his subs to evacuate Nanoumea Garrison. I've placed all the carriers' planes on ASW...let's see what i can sink
3 days and i'll be unloading my exausted divisions there. His PTs attack of yesterday made me lose one day

He kept nightbombing, but today he found very few planes to destroy both at Mandalay and at Daily. I'll wait till tomorrow and see if he swithces to daylight bombing ( i'm scared for Rangoon BTW).

At Manila and Lanchow the first two attacks didn't go well. 0-1 in both of the attempts...

Will wait few more days for more units to come in. It's quite incredible the result of Lanchow...only 300 enemies killed...

What's wrong with my men? Tomorrow will attack on his flank however...hope this will force him to move back...

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Ground combat at Manila

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 113030 troops, 1288 guns, 337 vehicles

Defending force 84991 troops, 534 guns, 185 vehicles

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

Japanese ground losses:
6483 casualties reported
Guns lost 188
Vehicles lost 29

Allied ground losses:
1704 casualties reported
Guns lost 45
Vehicles lost 3

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Ground combat at Lanchow

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 246986 troops, 2727 guns, 27 vehicles

Defending force 99178 troops, 654 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 4)

Japanese ground losses:
3381 casualties reported
Guns lost 66
Vehicles lost 1

Allied ground losses:
300 casualties reported

Guns lost 11

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RE: In the Jaws of the Fortress - 7/22/2005 6:15:04 AM

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ORIGINAL: Gen.Hoepner

At Manila and Lanchow the first two attacks didn't go well. 0-1 in both of the attempts... Will wait few more days for more units to come in. It's quite incredible the result of Lanchow...only 300 enemies killed... What's wrong with my men?

Just a guess Hoepner but they seem to be dead.

Glad I could be of assistance

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RE: In the Jaws of the Fortress - 7/22/2005 11:15:10 AM

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LOL...

Thanks Tom, that's really helpfull

I think the problem is related with the terrain. Altough he's almost out of supplies and in a inferior number, he has 5 forts and above all he's defending on a mountain terrain...i'll have to go for a sourrounding. I'll try to place some LRCAP over there just to see if he's sending supplies with an airlift.

I forgot to say that at Chengtu i have placed 17000 men now, with some more 55 squads arriving with the airbridge from Sian....I'll bomb Chungking another time just to be sure that he doesn't have enough supplies to attack there...but if i do not manage to take out Lanchow i'll be in real troubles

At Manila it's probably a problem of support. the 5th Division is now unloading at S.Marcelino. One more tank regiment is arriving along with the 5th Eng regiment and the 25th Army HQ....hope it will be enough

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RE: In the Jaws of the Fortress - 7/23/2005 12:04:01 PM

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/11/42

Yes, it's clear: my time is running out. The tide is changing.
Another bad day.
In central pac, one of my BB division tried to smash the PTs that are defending Nanoumea ( where his subs managed to get away-_-'')....result was 2 PTs sunk but 2 fishes in the stomach of Yamashiro ( 20 sys, 30 float

)...she's now trying to get to kwalajein where 2 ARs are waiting for here...really hope i can save her...it would be a disaster to lose her!!
Tomorrow a DD division will try to destroy those damned PTs, while my transports are almost ready to unload...one more day.

His liberators were stopped at Diamond due to bad weather, while at Daily the night bombings continued.
I'll try to payback this time. Altough bad weather is foreseen in Burma, i've placed 120 bombers at Mandalay, along with 170 fighters. The target is Chandupur where he has more than 200 planes. I do not care a lot about results...i just wanna make his feel a bit less confident! Let's see.... Btw 80 oscars will CAP while the zeros will escort the bombers at 3 different altitudes ( 6000, 10000 and 16000 fts).
At Daily i will LRCAP from Darwin with 3 zeros daitais.

In China...well...at Lenchow no good results. I managed to clean his left flank but he doesn't seem to be moving out, fearing the encirlement

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No other interesting news

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Nanumea at 84,103

Japanese Ships
BB Haruna
BB Hiei
BB Yamashiro, Shell hits 6, Torpedo hits 2

BB Ise
CA Atago
CA Chokai
CA Aoba
DD Asashio
DD Oshio
DD Michishio
DD Arare, Shell hits 2
DD Hatsuharu

Allied Ships
PT PT-44
PT PT-45, Shell hits 6, and is sunk
PT PT-46, Shell hits 15, and is sunk
PT PT-47
PT PT-59
PT PT-60
PT PT-61

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Ground combat at Lanchow

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 244474 troops, 2660 guns, 166 vehicles

Defending force 99011 troops, 635 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 4)

Japanese ground losses:
5557 casualties reported

Guns lost 218
Vehicles lost 14

Allied ground losses:
1218 casualties reported
Guns lost 23

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Ground combat at 47,24

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 37095 troops, 440 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 8256 troops, 28 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 139 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
225 casualties reported
Guns lost 11

Allied ground losses:
271 casualties reported
Guns lost 13

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Ok, now there's only one retreat hex for his troops at lanchow...

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RE: In the Jaws of the Fortress - 7/24/2005 4:06:01 AM

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Another terrible day.

I do not know how, but probably he spotted my bombers at Mandalay. No more bombers or grounded planes at Chandupur, but hundreds of fighters capping:-((((
My losses were unbelievable and i did not manage to kill any of his bombers. While he keeps destroying my planes on the ground at night. Now both at Rangoon and Mandalay.
What can i do?! Any suggestion?

In China Lanchow, altough sourronded and without any supply route keeps fighting back any of my attempts to demolish the forts, while 5 more chinese divisions are reaching Chengtu...and his AFs are being built in every chinese base!

In Oz he keeps nightbombing Daily:-((

In Central Pac my DD division managed to destroy his damned PTs at Nanoumea. Tomorrow naval bombings and landings.

BB Yamashiro is trying to reach Kwalajein, but the floating damage is growing ( 40 )...:-(

Seems that by mid April 42 i'm already forced on the defensive almost everywhere.

At the moment China and Burma are two nightmares..and things can only go worse

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Night Air attack on Daly Waters , at 35,90

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 39
LB-30 Liberator x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 4 damaged
LB-30 Liberator: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
64 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 12

Aircraft Attacking:

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Night Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,29

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 17
LB-30 Liberator x 21

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 destroyed
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged
LB-30 Liberator: 5 damaged

Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x LB-30 Liberator bombing at 6000 feet
13 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet
4 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet
6 x LB-30 Liberator bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Chandpur , at 31,25

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 88
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 40
Ki-21 Sally x 84
Ki-49 Helen x 48
Ki-15 Babs x 7

Allied aircraft
Mohawk IV x 16
Hurricane II x 71
Kittyhawk I x 13
P-40B Tomahawk x 17

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 22 destroyed, 1 damaged
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 19 destroyed
Ki-21 Sally: 2 destroyed, 9 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 1 destroyed, 9 damaged
Ki-15 Babs: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Mohawk IV: 14 destroyed
Hurricane II: 63 destroyed
Kittyhawk I: 12 destroyed
P-40B Tomahawk: 13 destroyed
Lysander I: 1 destroyed
CW-22 Falcon: 2 destroyed
Blenheim I: 2 destroyed
PBY Catalina: 3 destroyed
Catalina I: 1 destroyed
I-153c: 2 destroyed

Allied ground losses:
151 casualties reported
Guns lost 7

Airbase hits 16
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 99

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RE: In the Jaws of the Fortress - 7/24/2005 11:33:08 AM

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Must admit that after a short night of nightmares, this morning the overall situation does not look any better.

In China i'm stuck at Lanchow and ready to be kicked out from Chengtu.
In Burma my bases are bombed everynight and my planes ( and PILOTS!) destroyed, while at daylight he keeps sendings his blenheims destroying my res.centers.
In Central Pac i'm nearly losing a BB and almost every single ship has its fuel in red.
In Oz there's no way to stop his 4E bombers.

The real key is his ability to bomb my bases without risking anything and forcing me to move back my squadrons facing only two chances: stay there and gradually lose pilots and tons of planes ( consider that only in the last month i've lost 130 zeros on the ground at Daily and Mandalay).

Now i hope to finish the PI camp soon enough to be able to use those division to strike back somewhere. I'd like to force him to a decisive battle somewhere in the pacific.

Now i'll go to the beach and will think about it...

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RE: In the Jaws of the Fortress - 7/24/2005 12:31:22 PM

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Looks to me like your attack on Chandpur wasn't too bad. You certainly cleared out a lot of his Hurricane's.
I suppose the problem is the attrition on your air units but 2,5:1 in losses, and I would guess those were quite good units since they seemed to be waiting for you, is not a winning result for him either.
I think you need to try to keep up an air offensive like that for at least 2-3 days to see the results. The initial day would almost always be rather bloody but if you're successful you should see an improvement day two already. If not.....

Good luck with Burma and Yamashiro
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RE: In the Jaws of the Fortress - 7/24/2005 12:36:04 PM

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You are losing too many pilots fighting in Burma. It's just not worth the effort.

Why you want to defend the 100 resources at Mandalay? it's really nothing compared to the pilots you losing.
Every japanese player should think first at his pilots and then at anything else. losing 15-20 zeroes in a raid is worth only if the target are CV or to stop an invasion. surely not to bomb chadpur. he wil replace his aircrafts and pilot in a week, it will take you 1 month to get back 20 pilots. it's just someting Japan can't afford.

Same in North Australia. North Australia should be taken after SRA not before. if you do it first then you lose 2 divs and brigades for the whole SRA campaign just to keep what you taken (and btw north australia is useless for Allies in Andrew map so don't understand why taking it as first objective).

My advice: withdraw all airforces from Burma and let him bomb your airfields and resources. he will gain nothing. develope all the airfields south of Rangoon (if he will try a sea invasion he will prolly land south of rangoon anyway).
After SRA is conquered, train some tojos and zeroes and when they are at 70 skill, move all of them in burma. keep them as reserve and use them only when invasion is close.
move some engineers and divs (after june you will have some) in rangoon and mandalay. they should be able to keep airfields opened if allies stop bombing for 2 days.

your pilots is the most vluable thing for Japan. if you lose them by tens in raids, you won't be able to stop allies.

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