Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please

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February 28th 1943

Air Losses: 11 Japanese, 5 Allied, 3 Pilots
Japanese occupy:
Allies occupy: Torokina (air-drop)
Japanese land at:
Allies land at:

Subs

I-176 puts a torpedo into Lexington 200 nautical miles West of Pearl. Confirms presence of most, or all, of the Allied carriers. Despite heavy air and sea attack she suffers little damage.

Marshalls

Quiet

Solomons, etc.

B-24D bomb Gasmata, there are no planes there but the airfield is closed.

A para attack takes an undefended dot-base. Only 90 miles from the air base at Buik. I wonder if I can prevent him from flying engineers etc. in, or maybe he plans on using fast transport.

Burma area

Night strike by B-24D at Katha has no cost. Lightnings sweep in the day, 2 P-38G downed for the loss of 8 Ki-44-IIc and 1 N1K1-J. There was insufficient aircraft on CAP.

China

Chinese continue to hold out.

Australia

Allies bomb forces at Darwin and launch Deliberate attack. Only the 2 infantry divisions and a HQ remain.

Engineering

Chumphon airfield to 3.

R&D

Ki-43-IIIa to 10/43

B6N1 available, no value as B6N2 is in production.

Type 13 Radar is available, some of the APD are already fitted with this.
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February in review.

The loss of Darwin was almost inevitable and that of Roi-Namur and Kwajalein expected at some time but would have been nice later. Some Chinese forces have been reduced but others are proving stubborn. The force on the Chengtu-Tsuyung road is the biggest issue because it can be supplied and supported from Ledo.

No damage to any industry this month and repairs completed at Lanchow and made at Urumchi.

The N1K1-J has not proven to be much use against the P-38G and has not yet been tried against Allied bombers.

Damage to both Lexington and Yorktown is likely to delay Allied attacks in the Pacific in March. It is also good to have confirmation that the carriers are not operating in the Indian Ocean.

Forces are being released from China but it is taking longer than I expected to relief the unrestricted divisions in Burma and only one and a third have been shipped out so far.

Ecxpansion of bases in China has kept the VP total up.

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          Japan  Allied
 Overall: +1286    +792
 Land:     +786    +344
 Air:      +200    +291
 Base:     +227    +344
 Sea:       +73    +114
 



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Industry

Continue to make good stockpiles. Over did supplies to Darwin and lost about 25,000 when the base fell.

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 Oil:      -70,001
 Fuel:     +74,870
 Supply:   +63,892
 HI:       +67,789
 Vehicles:  +3,757
 Arms:     +12,691
 



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Ships Sunk

On the Allied side the Yorktown and Lexington are wishful thinking. CL Boise is unlikely but CL Detroit is possible. SS Pollack is unlikely. I think may be able to add AM Robin and a DMS or two.

The AMC lost from an attempted raid on the Perth convoys and the 2 DD lost in the Solomons. A single TK lost to Allied commerce raiding subs. The rest in the Marshalls, mini-subs seem pretty useless.





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RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please

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mini-subs seem pretty useless.

I've noticed that as well while playing a small scenario for fun against a human opponent. I overstacked an island hex with 20 mini-subs.
Conditions were simple: zero detection on the subs at the beginning of the day, several task forces from the allies in the hex arrived during the night.
Results from 3 succesive such days - 10 mini-subs sunk/each day for 2 torpedo hits on a DD and one torpedo on a CL. Net loss of VPs in a disproportionate manner.
I made sure detection was zero by disbanding the mini-sub TFs for a day. As my opponent wasn't using ASW planes or dedicated ASW TFs, the conditions were ideal for the test.
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ORIGINAL: Spidery


mini-subs seem pretty useless.

I've noticed that as well while playing a small scenario for fun against a human opponent. I overstacked an island hex with 20 mini-subs.
Conditions were simple: zero detection on the subs at the beginning of the day, several task forces from the allies in the hex arrived during the night.
Results from 3 succesive such days - 10 mini-subs sunk/each day for 2 torpedo hits on a DD and one torpedo on a CL. Net loss of VPs in a disproportionate manner.
I made sure detection was zero by disbanding the mini-sub TFs for a day. As my opponent wasn't using ASW planes or dedicated ASW TFs, the conditions were ideal for the test.

The only place I can see they may have value is if you know the enemy has a damaged CV in a port and want to try an attack on a port. They are just too expensive in VP to risk given the low rate of success.
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March 1st 1943

Air Losses: 21 Japanese, 4 Allied, 9 Pilots
Japanese occupy:
Allies occupy: Bathurst Island(auto)
Japanese land at:
Allies land at:

Subs

I-29 sinks xAK Anshun near Sydney[:)].

Marshalls

Quiet

Solomons, etc.

Allies sweep Buin with Corsairs, leaky LRCAP over Torokina engages. It is horrible, 14 A6M5 and 3 N1KJ lost to no enemy[:(].

Burma area

Quiet

China

Chinese continue to hold out.

Australia

Allies finish off the defenders of Darwin.

Engineering

Pagan forts to 5.

R&D

Other

Lots of CM start upgrading to E.

Reinforcements

SC CHa-11
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Allies sweep Buin with Corsairs, leaky LRCAP over Torokina engages. It is horrible, 14 A6M5 and 3 N1KJ lost to no enemy[:(].

[X(]

And to think, in June they will be on carriers.[:(]



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March 2nd 1943

Air Losses: 11 Japanese, 19 Allied, 1 Pilots
Japanese occupy:
Allies occupy: Ebadon(auto)
Japanese land at:
Allies land at:

Subs

Multiple claimed hits by air ASW on a sub near Guam.

Marshalls

Send a CA task force for a night raid on Roi-Namur. Encounters two task forces of 12 PT each and sinks 3 PT boats[:)]. It is risky though sending CAs to engage PT boats.

Solomons, etc.

Allies sweep Buik, no combat.

Burma area

B-24D hit Katha at night from 20000 feet. No losses on either side and just the one airbase hit.

China

The Chinese I had forced on to the road are retreated again towards Ledo[:)], they are still behind my lines.

Australia

Allies make a mistake and send unescorted 4E to hit my troops at Koepang. 12 B-17F, 5 B-24D downed for 5 Ki-43-IIb and 4 Ki-45 KAIa lost[8D]. I expect what happened is that I lifted a cadre of a division from Darwin and he hadn't reset his orders for his bombers and they followed the division to its new location.

Engineering

Taberfane to 4.

R&D

Quiet

Other

Drops in Armaments, Vehicles and Manpower as the divisions evacuated from Darwin start taking replacements. They are both in bases with command HQ present so are taking reinforcements quickly.
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ORIGINAL: Lowpe

ORIGINAL: Spidery
Allies sweep Buin with Corsairs, leaky LRCAP over Torokina engages. It is horrible, 14 A6M5 and 3 N1KJ lost to no enemy[:(].

[X(]

And to think, in June they will be on carriers.[:(]

June? The availability date of the F4U-1A is 43/10, does he get some as reinforcements before then?

In any case, by then I should have the Ki-84a available which may be almost able to hold its own.

The Zeroes on the KB are going to be hopeless if they don't see any action in the next few months. In some ways, I regret the subs damaging two of his CV because it is going to avoid the chance of a CV battle for a month or so.
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June? The availability date of the F4U-1A is 43/10, does he get some as reinforcements before then?

In any case, by then I should have the Ki-84a available which may be almost able to hold its own. This is obscene![&o]

Oops, my mistake. I double checked and you are quite correct. For some reason I was thinking June...been a long day/week.

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March 3rd 1943

Air Losses: 6 Japanese, 3 Allied, 1 Pilots
Japanese occupy:
Allies occupy: Ebadon(auto)
Japanese land at:
Allies land at:

Subs

Quiet

Marshalls

Quiet

Solomons, etc.

Quiet

Burma area

Night strike at Katha costs 2 Ki-44-IIc out of 3 that rise to the bait.

China

Quiet

Manage to load the big guns at Hong Kong onto AK (thanks Lowpe[&o]).

Australia

Quiet

Engineering

Chichi-Jima forts to 5.
Allies expand Munda airfield to 6 and port to 2.

R&D

Quiet
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March 4th 1943

Air Losses: 17 Japanese, 3 Allied, 7 Pilots
Japanese occupy:
Allies occupy:
Japanese land at:
Allies land at:

Subs

I-170 finds a transport task force near Pearl and suffers light (8/4/2) damage.

Marshalls

Quiet

Solomons, etc.

Allies sweep various bases

Burma area

Quiet

China

Lightnings LRCAP the Chinese that I decide to bomb. Oscars provide some protection but trade 10 Ki-49-IIa, 1 Ki-43-IIb for 2 P-38G.

Australia

Quiet

Engineering

Quiet

R&D

Quiet

Reinforcements

A Std-E Tanker.
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March 5th 1943

Air Losses: 3 Japanese, 0 Allied, 1 Pilots
Japanese occupy:
Allies occupy:
Japanese land at:
Allies land at:

Subs

I-173 seriously damaged (29/44/4) by Allied ASW in the Marshalls.

A 1250 capacity TK lost to SS Trout near Babeldoab.

Marshalls

Quiet

Solomons, etc.

Allies sweep Buin. An APD force is spotted near Torokina (reinforcing?). Night air strikes fail to attack and subs are ineffective.

Burma area

Bombard at Warazup, not sure it is that worthwhile but destroyed Allies count for double my losses so I only need a better than 4::1 destroyed device rate to get ahead of the game.

China

Quiet

Australia

Quiet

Engineering

Shanghai forts to 6.

Hong Kong airfield to 5.

R&D

Quiet

Reinforcements

Quiet

Other

I have reduced the number of xAK taking resources from Fusan and instead started shipping more oil and fuel. I hope this will (a) draw the fuel from Urumchi, (b) draw the oil from Burma.

However, at the moment it is causing local fuel and oil shortages in Manchuko.

Resource reserves on Honshu, etc. stand at just under 10 million or about 116 days worth. This is because convoys have returned from Java etc. carrying additional resources to that shipped from Fusan and Hokkaido. So I don't mind if there is a bit of a reduction in shipping from China.

Losses are showing too many ops losses from Jakes - need to find out why.
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March 6th 1943

Air Losses: 41 Japanese, 7 Allied, 12 Pilots
Japanese occupy:
Allies occupy:
Japanese land at:
Allies land at:

Subs

Lots of ineffective sub action from both sides.

Marshalls

Quiet

Solomons, etc.

Corsairs and Lightnings sweep Buka. There are Ki-44-IIc and N1K1-J on CAP all at their ceiling.

The Corsairs come in first in two groups of 13. It is bloody and the Lightnings hit a weakened CAP and the N1k1-J have been brought down and don't get the dive on the Lightnings. 25 Ki-44-IIc and 11 N1K1-J are traded for 6 F4U-1[:@]. Bloody but it does represent a good start on thinning out the Corsairs[:)]. Surprisingly, a lot of my pilots are lost[:(].

Allied forces are unloading at Torkina without CAP. Unfortunately, the morning sees Severe Storms. Variously, Nells, Vals, Nicks (at 1000 feet) and Kates attack, all un-coordinated. First up are 12 Nells, no hits (surprise!). Then 9 Vals (1 hit) followed by 12 more Vals (4 hits[:)]). Then 12 Nicks come in and score 6 bomb hits and 2 shell hits[8D]. Lastly 9 Kates manage to put a single torpedo into APD Stringham that has already taken 7 bombs and a massive explosion and sink her. Sinking sounds confirm at least one more APD sunk[:)]. No troop lost messages reported[:(].

Burma area

Continue bombarding at Warazup:
Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14921 troops, 375 guns, 933 vehicles, Assault Value = 913

Defending force 47092 troops, 833 guns, 1293 vehicles, Assault Value = 1283

Japanese ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Vehicles lost 4 (3 destroyed, 1 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
31 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)

This is only a small effect but (ignoring FOW) it is trading VP roughly 1 each per turn. Also, the defenders are British and Indian troops so I'm not sure how large their pools are. Eventually, I expect to add more artillery and 2 infantry divisions and see if that can do some good. I have two months before the monsoon.

China

The inability to force Chinese forces to surrender is getting silly[:@]. Does a shock attack increase the chance of a surrender more than just as results from increasing the odds ratio by 1?
Ground combat at 63,45 (near Bhamo)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 17369 troops, 440 guns, 193 vehicles, Assault Value = 425

Defending force 7823 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Japanese adjusted assault: 188

Allied adjusted defense: 4

Japanese assault odds: 47 to 1

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

Allied ground losses:
351 casualties reported
Squads: 76 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
14th Division
12th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
6th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
4th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
11th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
1st Mortar Battalion
14th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
10th Mortar Battalion
26th Field Artillery Regiment
5th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
4th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
4th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
13th Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
60th Chinese Corps

Australia

Quiet

Engineering

Quiet

R&D

D4Y4 to 6/43.

Reinforcements

E W-25

Other

Managed to get enough supply to Urumchi to fix another point of oil. I think I now have a way that can fix a point each week.

There is now 314000 supply at Port Arthur. However, for the first time for a long time there are no yellow or red shrieks in Burma or China.
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Keep working on Fusan, it will balance out after a while. If you can reduce slightly the fuel draw a little so than Manchuria gets back to work sooner. Port a lot of ships to help fuel draw to Fusan.

I can't get China to surrender, either.

Heck, I just fought 4 days of engagements with the Gloucestshire Battalion before it would surrender. 96-1.

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Heck, I just fought 4 days of engagements with the Gloucestshire Battalion before it would surrender. 96-1.

4 days, that is nothing[:D]. 10 days of attacks since I reached a 9::1 result and after than 40::1 or better. I wish my troops at Darwin could have held that long...
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Terrain definitely plays a role in how long the troops hold out. I don't know why the Gloucestershire troops fought to the last man, while the Chindits ran after the the first day.

I have gone 10 days with surrounded Chinese. Pretty much I have stopped and just sit there now.



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March 7th 1943

Air Losses: 2 Japanese, 0 Allied, 0 Pilots
Japanese occupy:
Allies occupy: Namu(auto)
Japanese land at:
Allies land at:

Subs

SS Trout scores a hit on a PB in the Celebes Sea. With 23/98/3 damage she is unlikely to make the 160 nautical miles to the nearest port: Jolo.

Marshalls

Allies may have gained an intelligence leak on the location of the KB as both the Yamato TF and the Akagi TF are showing a DL of 1/1.

Solomons, etc.

Quiet

Burma area

Quiet

China

Tried a shock attack to move the Chinese but even at 174::1 they still hold. Disruption increased on my troops.

Australia

Quiet

Engineering

Guam airfield to 3.

R&D

Quiet

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March 8th 1943

Air Losses: 10 Japanese, 0 Allied, 2 Pilots
Japanese occupy:
Allies occupy:
Japanese land at:
Allies land at:

Subs

Near Iwo-Jima, DD Hibuki scores a telling DC hit on SS Tambor that should send it back for repairs.

Marshalls

5 Allied DD bombard Maleolap, the CD guns do a good job:
Allied Ships
DD Taylor, Shell hits 1
DD Strong, Shell hits 5, on fire
DD Cony, Shell hits 4, on fire
DD Conway
DD Abbot

Japanese ground losses:
56 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Runway hits 2
Port hits 1
Port supply hits 1

Solomons, etc.

There is an Allied task force poking around East of Rabaul. In case it is a feint, I expand air search to have a good look and lose some Nells to CAP. Doesn't seem to be much at sea but reports of 139 ships in port at Lunga, nothing bigger than a DD is spotted.

Burma area

Bombarding of Warazup continues. Allied 4E strike at the attacking troops for little effect.

China

Continuing attacks, 2 Chinese Corps surrender.

Australia

Quiet

Engineering

Katha airfield to 8. The extra capacity and aviation support means I will be able to base bombers here for attacks while maintaining good fighter strength. Engineers are freed. Also gives a useful extra supply draw.

Dadjangas airfield to 1, this will become an ASW base.

R&D

Quiet

Reinforcements

SC CHa-13
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