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March 25/26-ish update - 2/19/2011 10:31:38 PM   
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Status: offline 		KB managed to get over to Darwin and pound the airfield substantially. BBs Mutsu and Nagato add to the carnage with an effective nightime bombardment. 54 runway damage, some 35 B17s destroyed on the field along with a few other miscellaneous airframes. KB Vals, due to their settings, suffered significant losses-35 were lost. Kates had negligible losses, but put a substantial hurt on the airfield by themselves. A6M2 LRCAP of TFs in the area applied a signficant hurting to SB2U-3 vindicator DB and Wildebeest TB sorties, effectively eliminating them.

Amphibious TFs unload at Darwin. Some damage to several xAKs, but not enough to stem the invasion. Allied bombardment efforts reveal a substantial Allied force buildup in Darwin:

Ground combat at Darwin (76,124)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 31490 troops, 385 guns, 420 vehicles, Assault Value = 1339

Defending force 8366 troops, 268 guns, 63 vehicles, Assault Value = 212


Allied ground losses:
123 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Vehicles lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)


Assaulting units:
2/4 MG Battalion
2nd Australian Division
A/B Battery Heavy Coastal Artillery Regiment
55th British Brigade
Emery Point Fortress
Sparrow Battalion
Lark Battalion
53rd British Brigade
3rd Australian Division
54th British Brigade
Gull Battalion
2/8th Armoured Regiment
19th Australian Regiment
251st Recce Battalion
6th Heavy AA Regiment
Cebu USN Base Force
35th Light AA Regiment
1 ML-KNIL Aviation
Manila USAAF Base Force
48th Light AA Regiment
109th RN Base Force
Clark Field USAAF Base Force
803rd EAB /1
Celebes Base Force
Northern Territory
Timor Base Force
2 ML-KNIL Aviation /1
Bataan USN Base Force
Australia Command
2nd RAN Base Force
85th British AT Gun Regiment
Balikpapan Base Force
Cagayan USAAF Base Force /1

Defending units:
65th Brigade
1st RF Gun Bn /1
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Bn /2
3rd Mortar Bn /1
3rd Medium FA Rgt /2
18th Mtn Gun Rgt /1
3rd Ind. Mtn Gun Rgt /1
18th Medium FA Rgt /1
56th FA Rgt /1
5th Mortar Bn /1

Two full IJA infantry divisions unload tomorrow, so I'll feel better about resisting any attempts at a shock attack to thrown the landed IJ units off the beachhead. Still, we may have to dip into the Java forces to force the issue at Darwin.

In China:
Pinchers advance on Sian from the East (see combat report below) and the South. The Southern pincher (~3000 AV) is held up by some 28 units in the forest just South of the city. Since he's separating his forces, I'm OK with that. The Eastern force (~4500 AV) advanced across the river to the hex immediately East of the city, triggering a shock attack on the 2 Chinese "corps" and HQ unit defending the hex. The result is ugly:

Ground combat at 84,41

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 115176 troops, 938 guns, 369 vehicles, Assault Value = 4272

Defending force 12020 troops, 57 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 349

Japanese adjusted assault: 3196

Allied adjusted defense: 2

Japanese assault odds: 1598 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
593 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 54 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 33 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled


Allied ground losses:
13861 casualties reported
Squads: 519 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 740 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 27 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 7 (3 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Units retreated 3


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
15th Tank Regiment
5th Armored Car Co
6th Ind.Mixed Brigade
37th Division
12th Tank Regiment
116th Division
15th Ind.Mixed Brigade
2nd Ind.Mixed Brigade
13th Ind.Mixed Brigade
9th Ind.Mixed Brigade
32nd Division
40th Division
35th Division
110th Division
4th Ind.Mixed Brigade
11th Indpt Infantry Regiment
1st Army
1st Mortar Battalion
6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
1st Chinese Corps
43rd Chinese Corps
8th Group Army

These forces will move on Sian next turn. Two small armored recon units will move to the North and Northeast of Sian to cut off these routes of egress from the city. Again, the goal is to kill as many Chinese units in place as possible rather than have them squeeze out of the trap.

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RE: March 25/26-ish update - 2/19/2011 11:06:44 PM   
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Status: offline 		Wow, quite a buildup at Darwin.

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RE: March 25/26-ish update - 2/20/2011 12:00:55 AM   
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Status: offline 		There is one British Div and one Australian Div plus some understrength armor and lots of evacuated aviation and naval support units at Darwin.

Are you sure you brought enough Wee Jap Dobbers?

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RE: March 25/26-ish update - 2/20/2011 12:36:48 AM   
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ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

There is one British Div and one Australian Div plus some understrength armor and lots of evacuated aviation and naval support units at Darwin.

Are you sure you brought enough Wee Jap Dobbers?

On the ground now, no. Next turn two full strength IJ IDs unload, which will give us at least parity. We should have enough to hold the beachhead then. We may need more to force the issue at Darwin though.

In the immortal words of the zombies in "Living Dead 2": "BRAINS!!! SEND MORE COPS!!!"

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RE: March 25/26-ish update - 2/20/2011 2:59:12 AM   
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Aye, it'll be a slog. We have some hole cards though. We can isolate it by taking Katherine, and I have plans in the works for that. We have two more BB bombardment forces ready to go at Darwin. One will hit this turn and another next. In addition, KB will send in the Kates for another airfield attack before retiring to replenish.

The Val thing is unfortunate, but I couldn't justify not being prepared for naval attack. That meant the Vals dive bombed a flak-heavy base and you see the consequences.

The only real hitters they have are the two divs. With our divs unloading this turn, we should get most of them on land before any attempt to clear the beach occurs. We have some advantages in that the Japanese do not retreat easily, even with heavy losses. With all the artillery we have there (we massively outnumber him in this), we should cause massive damage to any shock attack.

The bad news is that any reinforcements we bring in will probably suffer serious disruption due to the end of the landing bonus for IJ forces. We'll see how that plays out.

Bottom line is that as long as we are contesting it, Darwin is not going to be building up to be a dagger pointed at the heart of the DEI. This is the goal.



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RE: March 25/26-ish update - 2/20/2011 1:11:34 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Mynok


Aye, it'll be a slog. We have some hole cards though. We can isolate it by taking Katherine, and I have plans in the works for that. We have two more BB bombardment forces ready to go at Darwin. One will hit this turn and another next. In addition, KB will send in the Kates for another airfield attack before retiring to replenish.

The Val thing is unfortunate, but I couldn't justify not being prepared for naval attack. That meant the Vals dive bombed a flak-heavy base and you see the consequences.

The only real hitters they have are the two divs. With our divs unloading this turn, we should get most of them on land before any attempt to clear the beach occurs. We have some advantages in that the Japanese do not retreat easily, even with heavy losses. With all the artillery we have there (we massively outnumber him in this), we should cause massive damage to any shock attack.

The bad news is that any reinforcements we bring in will probably suffer serious disruption due to the end of the landing bonus for IJ forces. We'll see how that plays out.

Bottom line is that as long as we are contesting it, Darwin is not going to be building up to be a dagger pointed at the heart of the DEI. This is the goal.



After sleeping on this last night, I realize this gives us some opportunities early in this game. The purpose of the IJA is to:

1. Fix the enemy in place
2. Destroy him in place
3. Capture territory
4. Hold said territory

The Allies will be in a disadvantage for first line combatants for the majority of the rest of 1942. Certainly they're not in a position to fight a pitched battle at the end of their logistical supply line under Jap air cover in March 1942. They're unlikely to commit their carriers to this effort, so these guys at Darwin are largely on their own.

Accomplishing goals one and two will be easier with the Allied forward defense of Darwin. Our goals there now should be:

1. Don't lose the beachhead.
2. Hold in place and reinforce until the LOC retreat paths can be blocked.
3. Liquidate Darwin and bag the lot of 'em.

This may take a bit longer than previously envisioned, but I'm not overly worried about the net impact on our strategic picture. This gives us a *different* opportunity to destroy his forces than previously envisioned, not a lesser opportunity.

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Map of Darwin - 2/21/2011 7:58:10 PM   
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Status: offline 		Please see map below for current situation around Darwin. Oh, by the way, anyone remember how to turn hex sides off for prettier screenies?




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March 27-28 - 2/21/2011 8:10:15 PM   
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Status: offline 		Major fighting at Darwin and approaches. Several CL/DD SCTFs in the area help, but still xAKs damaged or sunk by annoying PT TFs in the area. But the body of troops gets through mostly intact.

By March 28, The 21st and 4th IJA IDs have landed largely intact.

65th Brigade, with heavy artillery support, holds the line while the two IDs disembark. They pay with very high casualties. The two IDs are comparatively unruffled. Below is the action from the second day of fighting.

Ground combat at Darwin (76,124)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 42083 troops, 542 guns, 743 vehicles, Assault Value = 1058

Defending force 30597 troops, 486 guns, 102 vehicles, Assault Value = 936

Allied adjusted assault: 865

Japanese adjusted defense: 476

Allied assault odds: 1 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: preparation(-)
Attacker: shock(+)

Japanese ground losses:
1985 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 111 disabled
Non Combat: 12 destroyed, 134 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 9 disabled
Vehicles lost 19 (8 destroyed, 11 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
3085 casualties reported
Squads: 64 destroyed, 202 disabled
Non Combat: 57 destroyed, 339 disabled
Engineers: 10 destroyed, 43 disabled
Guns lost 7 (2 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Vehicles lost 115 (43 destroyed, 72 disabled)
Units destroyed 1


Assaulting units:
2/4 MG Battalion
53rd British Brigade
Sparrow Battalion
Gull Battalion
2/8th Armoured Regiment
A/B Battery Heavy Coastal Artillery Regiment
55th British Brigade
3rd Australian Division
2nd Australian Division
54th British Brigade
19th Australian Regiment
Lark Battalion
Emery Point Fortress
251st Recce Battalion
109th RN Base Force
Northern Territory
2nd RAN Base Force
48th Light AA Regiment
85th British AT Gun Regiment
1 ML-KNIL Aviation
Manila USAAF Base Force
803rd EAB /1
Timor Base Force
Cebu USN Base Force
Australia Command
6th Heavy AA Regiment
Celebes Base Force
Clark Field USAAF Base Force
Bataan USN Base Force
35th Light AA Regiment
2 ML-KNIL Aviation /1
Balikpapan Base Force
Cagayan USAAF Base Force /1

Defending units:
65th Brigade
21st Division
4th Division
4th Ind. Engineer Regiment
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
3rd Mortar Battalion
1st RF Gun Battalion
56th Field Artillery Regiment
5th Mortar Battalion
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
18th Mountain Gun Regiment
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion

Interesting. Replay showed several smaller Allied LCUs brought to "zero" effective strength. The two Australian "Divisions" are the only sizeable combat units with meaningful combat strength at this point. I count (squads destroyed / disrupted) Allied 146/420; Japanese 8/236. The Allies also lost (destroyed / disabled) 60/207 vehicles over these two days. I figure Allied assault strength at approximately 452 (+/- 5%), IJA strength at 814.

All is not well for the Japanese ashore, however. Supply is sufficient for defense, but not a prolonged offense.

Our quandry:

1. Shock attack whilest the Allies are signficantly disrupted from their own failed attacks over two days. I like the combat bonus from this, but shudder at the supply useage.
2. Deliberate attack. Unlikely to dislodge the Allies in one day, but may eat into valuable supplies.
3. Stand fast until supply can be brought in. Then option 1 or 2 above.
4. Stand fast until supply AND additional LCUs can be brought in. Then option 1 or 2 above.

Potential reinforcements for Darwin are currently at Soerbaja. A shock attack there tomorrow will certainly result in the liquidation of the remaining Dutch on Java. These units could then be ported into Darwin for support of the offensive.

What say the peanut gallery?

Back to the war:

Another KB strike damages Darwin a/f to 100%. Curiously, no previously damaged aircraft are destroyed on the damaged field. Yes, Veronica, it looks like the Allies used the magical, mystical uber-rail movement to spontaneously crate up damaged aircraft from Darwin and rail them to Katherine. Some 17F and 45B units are currently there. We need to smash Katherine a/f now to destroy the damaged airframes that are 'safe' from the destruction at Darwin. Our opponent has some 16,000 troops there now.




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RE: March 27-28 - 2/21/2011 8:19:25 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Chickenboy
What say the peanut gallery?


Shock attack sounds a bit reckless. You dont know the fort levels, but presumably there are fortifications in place. You are highly unlikely to dislodge fortified defenders with higher unadjusted AV than you, you also do not know the supply situation there, but you should assume that he has supply and will recover disruption and fatigue.

Then, consider the consequences of a catastrophic faliure of some die rolls in your shock attack. Add to that the fact that the allies have substantial firepower in their units. You could easily look at 4-5k losses, crippling your forces and putting them in grave risk of destruction.

Slow but steady does the trick. You are in no hurry right now.

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RE: March 27-28 - 2/21/2011 9:15:10 PM   
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Status: offline 		I agree. If you get those two divisions ashore he will hardly dislodge you with the forces he has available. From what I understand of the situation at sea, you should have an easier time getting supplies ashore meaning you will win a drawn out battle. Unless you're on some sort of time schedule, I'd go for option 3, followed by 2.

ETA; ... and that concludes the vote by the Swedish jury (I believe)



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RE: March 27-28 - 2/21/2011 10:28:16 PM   
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The biggest issue with getting supply in is the annoying CD guns. PTs can be dealt with.

This is definitely going to take longer, but as CB says, he's committed a mess of troops to this, he's on a long, long tether, the end result will be their destruction, sooner or later.

Best way to knock out CDs seems to be bombard, so we will continue to do that regularly until they quiet down. Unfortunately, some of those 'CDs' are 155mm long toms and will be much more difficult to shut down.



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April 16, 1942 - 4/15/2011 11:08:46 PM   
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Status: offline 		Eesh...almost two months since an update? Sorry about that, folks.

Here's the summary of where things are on April 16, 1942-about three weeks (game time) after last update:

China:
About 2500 AV moved on Sian from the E and SE. Their crossing of the river was problematic and the following shock attack came off poorly. Heavy casualties and disruption impacted the coordination of the attack. Even though the shock attack came off at 1:1, it was insufficient to lower forts (at 4) or push the Chinese horde out.

In the intervening time, supply has been restored and disruption (slowly) recovered. The near future will see some probing attacks. Additional AV are being moved around the blocking force of Chinese in the forested hex due South of the city and badly disrupted units are being rotated out for garrison elsewhere in China while they recover.

Nothing else particularly active in China right now.

Burma:
(Image attached)

Rangoon and Moulmein have been reinforced with several infantry regiments and artillery. These have been pushed forward to invest Mandalay, where most troops in Burma have holed up. A number of armored units are seeking to flank the Mandalay hex by swinging around to the N of Magwe, eventually sweeping East. Lashio falls by parachute assault, thereby rupturing the Burma road.

As of April 16, the Allies appear to be bugging out of Mandalay. I'm ordering a shock attack tomorrow for the troops in Mandalay to take advantage of A. The sizeable number of armored units present and B. The negative combat modifier for troops in 'move'. I believe that the armored recon west of Schwebo and the presence of troops in Mandalay is disabling 'strat' movement from the area. So he'll either have to slog it out on foot now or die in place.

IMO, they waited too long to move. Any number of Allied players have commented on the deathtrap that is Burma. Mandalay is a poor place to have to exfiltrate under fire-particularly with inferior troops.









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April 16, 1942 - 4/15/2011 11:32:16 PM   
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Bataan falls on April 4, 1942, a few days ahead of schedule. Most IJ forces have been ordered back to Manila for R&R.

Ground combat at Bataan (78,77)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 25721 troops, 341 guns, 253 vehicles, Assault Value = 821

Defending force 17439 troops, 538 guns, 300 vehicles, Assault Value = 533

Japanese adjusted assault: 960

Allied adjusted defense: 335

Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Bataan !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
1537 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 68 disabled
Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 86 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 31 disabled
Vehicles lost 19 (1 destroyed, 18 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
19244 casualties reported
Squads: 965 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1405 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 289 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 597 (597 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 438 (438 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 24


Assaulting units:
33rd Division
48th Division
3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
7th Tank Regiment
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
14th Army
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
192nd Tank Battalion
194th Tank Battalion
45th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team
14th PS Engineer Regiment
57th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team
31st Infantry Regiment
21st PA Infantry Division
31st PA Infantry Division
4th Marine Regiment
Manila Bay Defenses
26th PS Cavalry Regiment
2nd PA Constabulary Division
803rd Engineer Aviation Battalion
301st PA Field Artillery Regiment
Provisional GMC Grp
200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment
301st Construction Battalion
1st PI Base Force
201st PA Construction Battalion
202nd PA Construction Battalion
Far East USAAF
I Philippine Corps
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
Clark Field USAAF Base Force /1


Bataan is being swept by minesweepers, albeit with slow progress towards opening up Manila Bay.

The only remaining sizeable Allied stronghold is at Cagayan on Mindanao. Thieving Allied dogs have been holed up here since the beginning of hostilities, it seems. LBA at Davao have been making daily runs against these troops for at least 1.5 months now, routinely scoring 100+ casualties per bombing run.

Fresh from Manchuria, and with a very bad attitude, the 14th Infantry Division-accompanied by the 146th IR and engineer support have been unloaded at Butuan and travelled by road into Cagayan. The 8th tank regiment has moved into position to the West of Cagayan to block the road out. There will be no retreat from Cagayan for the 21,000 Allied dogs still present. Realizing the futility of his resistance, the Allied dog is likely conducting submarine fragment evacuation from the pocket.

Elsewhere, good progress by intrepid bands of SNLF at capturing myriad small bases. Cebu will be on the 'world tour' of the SNLF soon and will likely close out this chapter as front-line operations move beyond Phillipine waters.








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April 16, 1942 - 4/15/2011 11:36:20 PM   
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Status: offline 		The brass ring-N. Australia and Darwin-is garnering most of the attention these days.  Fierce and bloody fighting here.  We'll return to this AAR after a brief commercial break.

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April 16, 1942 - 4/16/2011 10:38:08 PM   
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Status: offline 		Where was I...ah, yes-Northern Australia. Here's the screen shot:






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RE: April 16, 1942 - 4/16/2011 11:19:38 PM   
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The unit on the dot hex N. of Katherine (Fenton) is the 3rd SNLF Para "regiment". That dropped four days ago to capture the undefended hex. The Martian and I were eyeing this site hungrily for some time now, hoping that our opponents would overlook its strategic importance. When the two armored recon units (about 35-50 AV apiece) were nearing Katherine, the time seemed right. LOS from Daly and the rest of Australia through Darwin appears to be cut in three places.

Since the supply rules for Northern Australia are still borkulated-whole armies can be resupplied over long, dusty trails with apparent ease-we'll play along. We've embraced the cloudcuckooland supply movement situation in N. Australia, and can dispense with any IRL logistic planning / concerns and just revert to brute force in this theatre.

Reinforcement / relief forces have been landed at Wyndham. A flanking force consisting of three Imperial Japanese Army infantry divisions (38th, 20th and Imperial Guards) are moving east along the Wyndham-Katherine track. In support are the 64th naval guard unit, 4x heavy artillery battalions, the 2nd mortar battalion and 20th independent mountain gun battalion. All told, 1333 assault value with some appreciable artillery support. ETA Katherine: 3-4 weeks.

Our opponents attempted to interfere with the Wyndham reinforcement by unescorted LBA DBs based out of Katherine. A large number of these attackers were slaughtered by Oscars at Wyndham. When an Allied armored unit left Darwin for Fenton (it's in the hex attacking the SNLF paras), it was targeted by most of the IJA LBA bombers in Timor. The Allies had moved fighters back into Darwin now that the field has been repaired and a large number of Sallys and Lillys (unescorted) went down in flames.

At Darwin, the IJA 4th and 21st IDs are still holding on. The 65th BDE, mauled in earlier Allied attacks, is actually regaining strength as its disabled units recover. All units have supply, but are in the red (save one of the IDs-it's in surplus). The Allies are no longer deliberately attacking, but have been attempting bombardment most turns. Typically, the Allies have been suffering more casualties than inflicting. Both sides are wearing themselves down, but there's still ~800 IJA assault points defending at Darwin.

A number of attempts to supply Darwin by sea proved quite costly both in terms of transport and combatant losses. I'll let Mynok go into more detail on the situation at sea. By mutual consent, efforts to resupply Darwin by sea have been postponed indefinitely.

We'll see how the Wyndham excursion and broken Allied LOS up to Darwin impact events at Darwin. I don't see any way that Katherine can hold against the incoming forces. Either the Allies move some of their badly damaged divisions south out of Darwin or we'll cut 'em off permanently and bag the lot.

To make matters worse, if they vacate Darwin-or draw down forces significantly-after Katherine falls the IJA forces at Darwin can capture Darwin without much trouble, thus potentially leaving the Allied force with no friendly bases North of Daly and the entirety of their N. Australia army on the road, unsupplied.

They have a little bit of time to decide how to play it, but they're extremely extended now on the tenuous end of a rotting branch. If we make it to Katherine before they make up their mind, we'll have 'em in a bit of a tight spot.

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RE: April 16, 1942 - 9/27/2011 5:00:20 PM   
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Major update soon to come........much has changed for the better (for us) at Darwin and a huge carrier battle has extended our air dominance for at least another year.


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RE: June 1, 1942 - 9/28/2011 3:20:04 AM   
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Status: offline 		Alright, so here's the IJAA-related update in the last month and a half of game time.

China: Sian fell in mid-May. Heavy Chinese casualties resulted from the retreat, but they held with distinction for at least two months. IJA efforts are currently focused on a large stack of Chinese units immediately south of Sian on the road. After these rabble are removed, Changsa's investment will follow.

Burma: Burma's defense crumbles at last. Allied rabble are dismembered or flee. A number of units earmarked for the Ceylon operation will rail to Rangoon for near-term deployment in accordance with their preparatory goals.

DEI: Landings underway on Western bases in Sumatra. Mostly undefended. These will secure Sumatra in its entirety. The last two months has seen widespread consolidation of DEI bases by IJNAF SNLF units and IJAA IRs.

Cotabato's defenders were routed, pushed into the mountains and liquidated in situ. Some 25,000 Allied troops were so bagged.

The only major holdout in the Philippines / DEI area is Cebu. A major assault force consisting of the prepped 48th ID, 146 IR, 7th Tank rgt., 1st and 8th medium FA and 9th heavy FA are currently enroute from Davao.

A number of units prepped for Ceylon and SE India are gathering at Batavia for the pending offensive.

Australia: Most of the land battle is here, as it has been for several months. We tried for some time to get supplies in to Darwin, but were rebuffed with heavy naval losses. After noting (with some frustration) that our Allied opponents were able to take advantage of the trackless N. Australia desert and ship in unrealistic copious supply across the trails, we elected to follow suit. Wyndham became our main supply hub and we were able to unload 3 IDs, several IRs and multiple other smaller armored and SNLF units.

These units trekked across the Australian outback and invested Katherine. Simultaneously, an SNLF para unit captured Fenton. We managed to move an armored unit into Darwin, thus freeing up that SW hexside for movement. Our beseiged Darwin assault force extracted themselves from the beach and marched inland. After drawing replacements and supplies at Fenton and Katherine, they've returned to Darwin. Darwin II: This time, it's PERSONAL!

My goal is to liquidate the 70,000 troops (many / most are support troops) at Darwin. This is a considerable body of Allied arms that would be quite a body blow.

(see map)

IJAAF air losses: Modest IJAAF air losses overall. Still maintaining substantial local and regional air superiority over the Allies. B17 raids have continued to break through, but our defensive efforts are claiming more and more B17s now (see chart)

IJN: I'll let my Martian colleague update the readers on these efforts.



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RE: April 16, 1942 - 9/28/2011 3:25:05 AM   
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ORIGINAL: Mynok


Major update soon to come........much has changed for the better (for us) at Darwin and a huge carrier battle has extended our air dominance for at least another year.



Looking forward to seeing it Mynok.


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My goal is to liquidate the 70,000 troops (many / most are support troops) at Darwin. This is a considerable body of Allied arms that would be quite a body blow.



Wow. big mistake on their behalf , good job capitalizing.

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I'd guess that they lost 'em all. No nearby bases to recover. No nearby carriers to receive a diverted group. Where else are they going to go?

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Wow. big mistake on their behalf , good job capitalizing.


Well, we haven't done it yet. We'll see how it comes off.


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Ouch. How many pilots did the US Navy lose. That's gotta hurt.

I don't want to steal Mynok's thunder. This is a fun turn to AAR about and I'll let him answer the questions re: the IJN turn. I'll just say that it was at least a marginally good one.

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I'll update tomorrow night. Seeing those IJN air losses gives me some pause but the return on that investment was certainly worth it. I'll have to expedite TB and DB pilot training for sure now.

We certainly got the most devastating naval air victory so far in the game. That includes the smashing of mini-Kb done very nicely by the Allies some months ago. We more than avenged those dead warriors.



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You can see what is left of the surface forces there at Wake. Many of those 'BBs' are CAs and heavily damaged ones too.

KB came directly from the northwest to where it lies now. We miraculously missed a rather extensive cordon of subs laid to the west and then had the good fortune of coming in under a big storm.

Let me know if you want to see any replay pictures and I'll try to get some for you.


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ETA: And the summary of hits to which ships.

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