AI JFB Cry Like Little Girl

[Bullwinkle58]

Tokyo fell today.

Took until March 1946, a lot of bombing, but no direct in-hex Soviet support. At the beginning of the seige the Japanese had 789,000 troops in the hex, over 5000 guns, about 1200 AFVs, Forts 9, with 500,000 supplies. On the last day 294 Japanese LCUs retreated southwest. This is what the biggest AE battle I've ever fought looked like as it ended.

To my Allied comrades bogged down in the mud and malaria of 1942: Courage!
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Ground combat at Tokyo (114,60)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 285213 troops, 4860 guns, 10165 vehicles, Assault Value = 8831

Defending force 131983 troops, 976 guns, 835 vehicles, Assault Value = 374

Allied adjusted assault: 3301

Japanese adjusted defense: 709

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

Allied forces CAPTURE Tokyo !!!

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
D4Y1 Judy: 15 destroyed
G4M3a Betty: 31 destroyed
L2D2 Tabby: 16 destroyed
F1M2 Pete: 4 destroyed
K11W1 Shiragiku: 1 destroyed
B7A2 Grace: 1 destroyed
E14Y1 Glen: 1 destroyed
M6A1 Seiran: 1 destroyed
Ki-93-Ib: 1 destroyed
Ki-67-Ib Peggy: 1 destroyed
Ki-49-II KAI Helen: 1 destroyed
Ki-27b Nate: 1 destroyed
Ki-43-IIIa Oscar: 1 destroyed
Ki-115b Tsurugi: 2 destroyed
Ki-54b Hickory: 5 destroyed
Ki-9 Spruce: 4 destroyed
A7M2 Sam: 1 destroyed

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

Japanese ground losses:
33924 casualties reported
Squads: 81 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 3732 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 420 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 607 (606 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 732 (732 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 294
Units destroyed 4


Allied ground losses:
423 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 43 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 25 disabled


Assaulting units:
364th(Sep) Infantry Rgt /11
4th Armoured Brigade
13th Armored Division
198th Rifle Regiment
31st Infantry Division
87th Infantry Division
1st Royal Marine Division
716th Tank Battalion
104th Infantry Division
6th Airborne Division
779th Tank Battalion
35th Infantry Div /1
Eighth Army Combat Engineer Regiment
14th Canadian Brigade
IX Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
4th Marine Division
2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion
671th Tank Destroyer Battalion
6th Canadian Division
XVIII Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
X Corps Engineer Regiment
VII Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
Sixth Army Combat Engineer Regiment
670th Tank Destroyer Battalion
First Army Combat Engineer Regiment
16th Canadian Brigade
8th Infantry Division
95th Infantry Division
97th Infantry Division
5th Infantry Division
9th Armoured Brigade
28th Infantry Division
XXIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
Rifles of Canada Battalion
III Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
541st Parachute Regiment
3rd British Div /6
44th Tank Battalion
SWPac Amphib Tank Brigade
XI Corps Combat Engr Rgt /9
86th Infantry Division
29th Marine Regiment
44th Infantry Division
20th Armored Division
X Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
4th Infantry Division
V Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
Rocky Mountain Rger Battalion
2nd Infantry Division
I Corps Cmbt Engr Rgt /12
9th/42nd AA Battalion
694th Field Artillery Battalion
Bandoeng Base Force
54th Aviation Base Force
31st USN Naval Construction Regiment
Celebes Base Force
1590th AA Regiment
14th AA Division
5222nd Eng Con Bde
32nd USN Naval Construction Regiment
Tenth Army EAB /2
107th/166th PVO AA Battalion
250th USN Base Force
17th AA Division
33rd USN Naval Construction Regiment
First Army Engineer Aviation Battalion
III US Corps
103rd USN Base Force /2
36th USN Naval Construction Regiment
78th/186th PVO AA Battalion
18th Canadian Bde /4
Sixth Army Engineer Aviation Battalion
39th USN Naval Construction Regiment
VII Corps Artillery
V US Corps
543 & 545 Field Artillery Battalion
1634th AA Regiment
IX Corps Artillery
RAF 5 Group Base Force
48th Aviation Base Force
211th USA Base Force
2nd Provisional Construction Battalion
Eighth USAAF-2 EAB /1
927th AA Regiment
29th USN Naval Construction Regiment
Koepang Base Force
71/72/80 Mortar Regiment
428th Howitzer Regiment
III Corps Artillery
North Borneo Base Force
227th USN Base Force /3
X British Corps
2nd USMC Engineer Aviation Battalion
13th USN Naval Construction Battalion
Batavia Base Force
Eighth USAAF /1
239th/376th AA Battalion
V US Amphib Corps
1589th AA Regiment
421st Rocket Field Artillery Battalion
120th/401st AA Battalion
112th USA Base Force /2
South Borneo Base Force
11th USN Naval Construction Battalion
9th AGRA
XXIV CorpsArtillery
30th AA Division
XXII US Bomber Cmd
1915th AA Regiment
1st Provisional Construction Battalion
1916th AA Regiment
XXXIII Indian Corps
206th USAAF Base Force /3
5220nd Eng Con Bde
252nd USN Base Force
177th Construction Regiment
38th USN Naval Construction Regiment
422nd Rocket Field Artillery Battalion
544th Field Artillery Battalion
Eighth USAAF-1 EAB /1
XVIII US Corps
59th/721st AA Battalion
180th USAAF Base Force
XX US Bomber Cmnd
5 Group RAF /1

Defending units:
32nd JAAF AF Coy
76th JAAF AF Bn
59th JNAF AF Unit
Southeast Area Fleet
Maizuru 2nd SNLF
20th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
52nd Air Division
27th Air Flotilla
11th Air Fleet
41st JAAF AF Bn
Sasebo 5th SNLF
8th Base Force
56th Construction Battalion
1st Air Defense AA Regiment
121st AA Regiment
22nd JNAF AF Unit
15th JAAF Base Force
44th JNAF AF Unit
Yokosuka 5th SNLF /4
43rd JAAF AF Bn
82nd JAAF AF Bn
6th Shipping Engineer Regiment
5th Fleet
96th JAAF AF Bn
248th JAAF AF Bn
109th JAAF AF Bn
22nd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
23rd Division
Maizuru 1st SNLF
6th JAAF AF Coy
51st JNAF AF Unit
48th JNAF AF Unit
156th JAAF AF Bn
104th AA Regiment
17th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
52nd Construction Battalion
54th Construction Battalion
General Defence Army
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
40th JNAF AF Unit
17th Naval Construction Battalion
5th Shipping Engineer Regiment
141st AA Regiment
244th JAAF AF Bn
21th JNAF AF Unit
35th JAAF AF Bn
3rd Fleet
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
180th JAAF AF Bn
316th Division
172nd JAAF AF Bn
6th Base Force
27th Army
41st JNAF AF Unit
53rd Army
63rd Naval Guard Unit
31st JAAF AF Bn
Majuro Base Force
4th Air Army
148th JAAF AF Bn
7th Air Division
25th Special Base Force
38th Army
28th Air Flotilla
15th JNAF AF Unit
3rd JNAF Coy
57th JNAF AF Unit
17th JAAF AF Bn
118th Ind.Mixed Brigade
194th JAAF AF Bn
19th JNAF AF Unit
70th JNAF AF Unit
52nd JNAF AF Unit
7th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
16th Army
30th JAAF Base Force
Southern Army
20th JAAF Base Force
25th JNAF AF Unit
141st JAAF AF Bn
5th Naval Construction Battalion
28th Division
68th JAAF AF Bn
5th Air Division
152nd Division
68th Brigade
9th Air Division
4th JAAF AF Bn
52nd JAAF AF Bn
45th JNAF AF Unit
74th JAAF AF Bn
69th JNAF AF Unit
55th Division
15th RGC Temp. Division
108th JAAF AF Bn
4th JNAF Coy
42nd Ind.AA Gun Co
50th JAAF AF Bn
54th JNAF AF Unit
7th Base Force
1st Division
201st JAAF AF Bn
7th JAAF AF Bn
27th JNAF AF Unit
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
1st JAAF Base Force
10th Ind. Field Artillery Regiment
63rd JNAF AF Unit
99th JAAF AF Bn
125th AA Regiment
87th Naval Guard Unit
1st JNAF Coy
Wotje Base Force
43rd Ind.Mixed Regiment
Bako Special Base Force
94th JAAF AF Bn
4th Shipping Engineer Regiment
3rd Air Army
72nd JAAF AF Bn
170th JAAF AF Bn
19th JAAF Base Force
4th South Seas Gsn
8th Fleet
10th Area Fleet
62nd JAAF AF Bn
209th JAAF AF Bn
86th Naval Guard Unit
Hirippin JNAF Base Force
36th Ind.Mixed Brigade
166th JAAF AF Bn
97th JAAF AF Bn
175th JAAF AF Bn
41st Naval Guard Unit
33rd Army
103rd Machine Canno AA Battalion
10th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
201st Division
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
84th JAAF AF Bn
134th JAAF AF Bn
149th JAAF AF Bn
75th JAAF AF Bn
11th Division
50th JNAF Coy
15th JAAF AF Bn
66th JAAF AF Bn
51st Air Flotilla
8th Area Army
14th Area Army
37th Army
2nd JAAF Base Force
55th JAAF AF Bn
56th JNAF AF Unit
24th Field AF Construction Battalion
35th Army
48th JAAF AF Bn
5th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
4th Ind. AA Battalion
12th Area Army
83rd Naval Guard Unit
139th JAAF AF Bn
Tonei Hvy Gun Regiment
24th JNAF AF Unit
146th JAAF AF Bn
12th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
38th JNAF AF Unit
8th JAAF AF Coy
68th JNAF AF Unit
18th JNAF AF Unit
42nd JNAF AF Unit
11th Machine Canno AA Battalion
11th JAAF Base Force
17th JNAF AF Unit
Kwajalein Base Force
3rd Base Force
35th Division
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
43rd JNAF AF Unit
Burma Area Army
4th Base Force
105th Machine Canno AA Battalion
3rd Air Division
205th Naval Construction Battalion
122nd AA Regiment
1st Ind.Mixed Regiment
64th JNAF AF Unit
116th AA Regiment
28th Army
10th Division
55th Construction Battalion
39th JNAF AF Unit
Northeast Area Fleet
47th JNAF AF Unit
14th Air Fleet
Hong Kong Special Base Force
42nd Ind. Engineer Regiment
2nd JAAF AF Bn
6th Air Army
27th JAAF AF Bn
51st Construction Battalion
66th Naval Guard Unit
14th Naval Construction Battalion
117th Ind.Mixed Brigade
157th JAAF AF Bn
3rd Militia Regiment
8th JAAF AF Bn
14th JAAF AF Bn
104th JAAF AF Bn
14th Ind.Mixed Regiment
66th JNAF AF Unit
3rd Air Fleet
Wake Coastal Gun Battalion
31st Air Defense AA Regiment
11th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion
67th Construction Battalion
2nd Area Army
26th JAAF AF Bn
18th JAAF AF Bn
70th JAAF AF Bn
11th Shipping Engineer Regiment
3rd Army
42nd JAAF AF Bn
Canton Special Base Force
60th JNAF AF Unit
18th Army
214th Division
151st Division
13th Air Fleet
1st JNAF AF Unit
13th Field AF Construction Battalion
19th Ind. Engineer Regiment
Yokosuka 8th SNLF
2nd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
42nd Air Defense AA Battalion
12th JAAF Base Force
4th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
30th JNAF AF Unit
1st JAAF AF Bn
185th JAAF AF Bn
21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion
53rd Ind.Mixed Brigade
50th JNAF AF Unit
69th Construction Battalion
44th Naval Guard Unit
21st Special Base Force
24th JAAF AF Bn
Kasumigaura JNAF Base Force
21st Air Flotilla
34th Ind.Mixed Brigade
78th JAAF AF Bn
15th Army
34th Ind. Engineer Regiment
Jaluit Base Force
7th JAAF Base Force
61st JNAF AF Unit
52nd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
119th AA Regiment
17th Indpt Guards Regiment
Kashiwa JAAF Base Force
41st Army
21st Army
8th Ind. Field Artillery Regiment
65th JNAF AF Unit
6th Air Division
91st JAAF AF Bn
128th Ind.Mixed Brigade
12th Air Fleet
53rd JNAF AF Unit
20th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
12th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion
301st Ind.Infantry Battalion
6th JNAF Coy
22nd Field AF Construction Battalion
207th JAAF AF Bn
22nd Ind.Mixed Brigade
58th JNAF AF Unit
2nd JNAF AF Unit
Ankei SNLF
37th JNAF AF Unit
113th JAAF AF Bn
20th Ind. Engineer Regiment
1st Provisional Base Force
67th JNAF AF Unit
Shanghai SNLF
5th JAAF AF Coy
115th JAAF AF Bn
5th Guards Division
18th Area Army
6th Fleet
30th Special Base Force
Maloelap Base Force
54th Division
2nd Base Force
5th JAAF AF Bn
3rd Naval Construction Battalion
88th Division
138th JAAF AF Bn
Southern Fleet
Sasebo 3rd SNLF /2
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[vettim89]

Mr. Moose, GC or Downfall?

Congratulations![&o]

[Bullwinkle58]

ORIGINAL: vettim89

Mr. Moose, GC or Downfall?

Congratulations![&o]

GC, Scenario 2, about 70% played on 1-day turns.

The Soviets are simply amazing in their strength. They knock over 70,000 man garrisons with zero prep, no air support, in one day in many cases. And I still have much of their arty out of position and not with the armor and Guards divisions.

[Terminus]

That's a lot of people on a very small bit of real estate...

[Canoerebel]

Congrats, Moose!  Well done and thanks for the occasional updates.
 
Bullwinkles<~~~after two years of gaming against the wicked AI...is he finally ready to take on a flesh-and-blood opponent?&nbsp; The world waits and wonders...and hopes.&nbsp;
&nbsp;
[:)]

[Titanwarrior89]

congrats......well done. I finished one GC against the AI about 3 or 4 years. But the best Ive done so far in pbem is around Sept 43(thru in the towel getting my butt kicked). How did the AI work overall long term. I ask because there has been more patches done since I played thru.

[LST Express]

Better than I did playing the AI. My game finished in May 46 with me still trying to take Tokyo, but I didn't allow any Russians to take part in my little Japanese adventure. [:)]

[crsutton]

OK, so you got Tokyo. Now you are going to have to split it up into a British sector, a Soviet sector and a US sector. And...sooner or later you know those f**king Reds will put a wall up...[;)]

[Chickenboy]

Yankee gaijin bully! [:@]

Good job, Bull. Does this mean the end of your scenario?

[LoBaron]

Congrats! Ok, and now its time to switch sides and break through the Ardennes...
oops, wrong continent.

[John 3rd]

This is all just Yankee PROPAGANDA!

[Bullwinkle58]

ORIGINAL: Terminus

That's a lot of people on a very small bit of real estate...

Ain't it though?

I didn't write the code. [:'(]

[Bullwinkle58]

ORIGINAL: Canoerebel

Congrats, Moose!  Well done and thanks for the occasional updates.

Bullwinkles<~~~after two years of gaming against the wicked AI...is he finally ready to take on a flesh-and-blood opponent?  The world waits and wonders...and hopes. 

[:)]

I would like to play PBEM and display all my bad habits, but I can't commit to the kind of schedule PBEM players demand. I don't organize my evenings around AE. If I had a close, especially a local, friend who would be OK with tossing a turn or two a week on a very irregular schedule I might try it, but I won't commit to it every night or anything close. I play other games and I do other things. I'm not at my first anniversary yet! [8D]

I'm thinking strongly of trying a Japanese AI game though, maybe with a Babes Lite Allied one in parallel. You should take a shot at playing the bad guys.

[Bullwinkle58]

ORIGINAL: Titanwarrior89

congrats......well done. I finished one GC against the AI about 3 or 4 years. But the best Ive done so far in pbem is around Sept 43(thru in the towel getting my butt kicked). How did the AI work overall long term. I ask because there has been more patches done since I played thru.

The AI did pretty well. I followed only a modified historical path. Did the DEI and PI, but not the Marianas, Marcus, or the Bonins. Went into the HI through the northern route, but spent a lot of time tying down all of Sakhalin Island before tackling Hokkaido. Sakhalin I. is a great jumping off point. Far better than any of the small islands, a fuly-defended rear with the Soviets, and a good, safer route to resupply than some of the more southern Kuriles.

I also, as always, focused on denying oil and fuel to the HI, and at the end the AI was flat on HI stores, and had to leave its ships in port fuel-bound where they were meat for the B-29s. I sank more carriers at the pier than at sea. For the first time I took and used Palembang for in-theater fuel and was surprised at how massive it is in actual use. I had seen the numbers but not how many tankers could actually drink there. Any Japanese players who try to get by without it have my respect. I could easily suck Balikpapan and Soerjaba dry, but not Palembang.

The AI also uses massive, and I mean massive, kamis, far more than any human I've ever seen. In that I think the humans are making a big mistake. At the end the AI was still throwing junk like Willows at me, and getting a few hits. Earlier, when it had multi-engine front-line airframes, I lost hundreds of ships. Kamis don't need air HQs and expensive torpedoes to do their business either. I'm going to be interested to see how much the dual-purpose flak gun changes in DaBabes change this dynamic.

[Bullwinkle58]

ORIGINAL: LST Express

Better than I did playing the AI. My game finished in May 46 with me still trying to take Tokyo, but I didn't allow any Russians to take part in my little Japanese adventure. [:)]

The Soviets I used to seal off Kyushu's supply from flowing east, as well as to take Hiroshima and Kobe/Osaka, but they didn't take part in the actual Tokyo siege. Of course, the whole HI was pretty supply-starved by the end. I also bombed Tokyo's LI production down to 10 from something like 2000, and isolated it hex-side-wise. The siege took about six weeks with me feeding in new units as they arrived. The siege of Singapore took about as long, but with a lot less armor and bombing. OTOH, Singers had 120,000 defenders, not 789,000.

[Bullwinkle58]

ORIGINAL: crsutton

OK, so you got Tokyo. Now you are going to have to split it up into a British sector, a Soviet sector and a US sector. And...sooner or later you know those f**king Reds will put a wall up...[;)]

As long as we get the GInza and Atari . . .[8D]

[Bullwinkle58]

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

Yankee gaijin bully! [:@]

Good job, Bull. Does this mean the end of your scenario?

Nope. I have three more weeks until engine shut-down. I'm taking Yokohama at least, and there's one more pesky Chinese city hex the Japanese just don't want to leave . . .

I'm also role-playing a little, standing down backwater units on Rest, sending planes home, sending all the subs for an orgy in Honolulu. You know, the usual victory dance. [:)]

[Bullwinkle58]

ORIGINAL: LoBaron

Congrats! Ok, and now its time to switch sides and break through the Ardennes...
oops, wrong continent.

I've been neglecting WitE. They just did ANOTHER massive patch, changing all sorts of things. It's a bit tiring, and not as engaging as AE.

[Bullwinkle58]

ORIGINAL: John 3rd

This is all just Yankee PROPAGANDA!

Hey, the Japanese will learn to LOVE canned Spam and Hershey bars. [:D]

[Grfin Zeppelin]

Congrats for octuple post and your victory [:D]