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thatguy - They took extra shovels :)

Deus - Thank you.

Sokraates - Sittang wasn't part of the original plan but it turned out to be an obvious attack to split the enemy. There is still a lot of blood to flow in Burma I think. India already has its full defensive/offensive compliment of troops. 11 divisions including two cavalry. It might have three more divisions added though and probably two marines as well. I can take India easily enough with the forces I have once the aircraft open up fully. IJN Hiyo it is although it should probably be the IJN Shinano as she is the most modern.

Thurak - the weather was helpful there but I expect it will remain bad for my attacks as well.

Pwn*Star - The remaining manpower is just lost when you disband a division. The upgrades are spread over most units. HQ's are a large cost as well as a lot of the airforce. Garrisons and infantry are also fairly large with all but the last sets of infantry production being 1941 type. All of my armour is also needing some upgrades.

TimEmm, Manziel - Manziel is correct they have lost their dug in bonus.

Elias Tarfarius - A very bold U.S. plan indeed and it would be doomed to failure of course. Ozawa would stop most of that I would expect unless they actually use their armed forces correctly. Air superiority could allow them to execute some of that plan though and the Philippines are not too well protected for the time being.

Electric Sheep - You have masterfully observed the AI's plan :D

1000 posts is a nice milestone. Thank you all for your continued support :)

Monthly update to follow ...
 
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Update (May 1st 1945)​





0000 May 1st 1945.
Imperial Palace. Tokyo, Japan.

"Good morning your Majesty, Gentlemen. We shall begin with Industry this month please." Hideki started the monthly meeting.

"Your Majesty, Gentlemen, good morning." Ginjiro began. "Little has changed over the last month although our total repair costs have dropped a little."​

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"Our Transport Capacity is increasing slowly as we begin the process of moving our forces north from Burma. This will take at least two months to complete and is dependant on progress in Indochina.

The numbers are high as today is one of the large resource moving days for our convoys. You will note that our current numbers of convoys cannot quite carry all they need to on such a day. This problem is due to the increased troop presence in Manchukuo which requires a higher supply load. Our continuous production of both convoys and escorts should arrest this problem over time as long as we do not suffer too many losses.

Finances and manpower are both getting low but our requirements for the next set of infantry have already been met which leaves the current manpower pool for replacements. Financially we have little surplus on a daily basis and would be negative but for a trade with Argentina.

Energy is becoming a concern once again and we have done little to remedy the deficit during the last six months. India will yield some energy once the theater settles down and territory stops changing hands. Rare materials will be fixed once we remove the Allies from Burma.

There will be no completed production during May but a large amount completes in early June which will allow us to begin upgrading fairly shortly afterwards. Nothing further." Ginjiro concluded.

"Intelligence please."

"Good morning your Majesty, Gentlemen." Kuniaki began. "The lack of funds mentioned by the Armaments Minister has resulted in little change in my espionage network during the last month and reports reflect this with some inaccuracies."​

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"Soviet production is unchanged and they completed research into an Improved Rocket Interceptor. We have yet to complete this research ourselves.

Their Armed Forces numbers are on the lower side this month, particularly with their armour numbers. Other than that they are still a Country with which we should try and avoid a War for some time."​

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"The United Kingdom's base production has increased slightly due to the changing frontiers in India but they have a very variable amount of production available. The numbers shown are for their worst day and it jumps to over two hundred on a better day. The effects of a lack or raw materials should be noted as we would suffer similarly if we ran out of energy.

They completed two research projects. We can only confirm a newer Infantry model.

They are showing losses of over twenty divisions with one armoured during the last month. This is very possible as our air force has been reducing their numbers significantly.

Navy wise they show a loss of three Carriers and a gain of eight smaller ships. Both of these are wrong because we know we have not sunk any of their Carriers and we doubt they can produce that many smaller ships."​

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"United States production is unchanged. They completed research into Advanced Logistics.

Losses of eighteen infantry divisions and a gain of three armoured divisions are reported. These could be accurate if they lent some troops to the British.

The Navy numbers show a loss of five Battleships and a gain of one Carrier. The Carrier could be correct and most likely is but we have not sunk any Battleships during April. Small ship numbers dropped by three which could be accurate."​

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"We completed research into Improved Encryption which will help our forces somewhat. I made two attempts to capture enemy spies which resulted in the loss of one of my agents and the capture of a Soviet spy. Done for today." Kuniaki concluded.

"Armed Forces please."

"Good morning your Majesty, Gentlemen. Things are progressing well with the end in sight for the Allies in Burma. Elsewhere things have quietened down somewhat with Naval activity dropping off considerably. I will hand you over to the Chief of the Imperial Japanese Army for more detailed reports." said Tanigawa.

"Thank you Minister Tanigawa. Your Majesty, Gentlemen, some parts of the frontiers have become very quiet with very few sightings of enemy fleets during April." Satoru began.​

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"As per normal no territory has switched control in the Pacific and the battle is still centered around the Mariana Trench. The current battles in the area are for air supremacy and we recently sent an additional interceptor wing to assist. We are fortunate in the respect that they are concentrating here and not in Burma where they could do a lot more damage."​
 
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"Asia has seen some modest gains for us in Burma with the constant exchange of territory in India continuing. We have insufficient forces to keep a solid hold in India but we are doing well enough as Burma is the main front. Breaking the fronts down a little we have some more detailed information."​

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"The defences in Manchukuo are coming along nicely with all but the eastern sector complete. The troops are not available for that part of the line until June. The line may look solid but could prove to be very weak if the Soviets decide to make this their main attack axis."​

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"The British have finally captured Hotan in north western China which leaves this area at an empasse with no side wishing to advance. There is still no Soviet build up on this border and little increase in their forces elsewhere that we can see."​

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"The Allies currently have the upper hand in India and are slowly pushing us back. Three divisions will move south from Darbhanga to Ranchi to solidify our defences. One set of bombers has also been switched to this front to halt our enemies progress. We expect to lose some more ground before reversing the situation as normal. We will probably take another look at the west coast during May in the hope that we capture Ahmadabad again."​

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"Burma has seen some good gains for us and the Allied forces are currently split it two because of an invasion in Sittang. The province is not secure by any means and reinforcements from Chiang Rai are not due for five more days. We do not wish to attack Rangoon until Higashikuni arrives in Toungoo to completely surround the province. There is a possiblity that it may become necessary not to wait as we wish to keep Rangoon isolated.

The plans for the south are unchanged and are merely waiting for the enemy forces to become weak enough for us to advance. With some luck this area should be almost completely secure by the end of May. I will hand you over to the Chief of Staff for the Imperial Japanese Navy." Sotaru concluded.

"Good morning your Majesty, Gentlemen." Osami began. "Naval warfare has been very sporadic during April which is largely due to our enemies losses we think."​

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"Casualties are probably the lightest of any month for a considerable time. Losses are as follows:

Japanese Losses

3 x Submarine Flotillas - 1, 5 and 13 Sensuikantai.

British Losses

1 x Transport Flotilla.

Australian Losses

1 x Light Cruiser.
1 x Transport Flotilla.

American Losses

3 x Destroyer Divisions.
7 x Transport Divisions.

Sixteen total with ten being American. A very light month indeed. Their Battleship fleets are most likely undergoing repairs after March saw them hurt quite considerably. The Americans seem to be slowly increasing their Carrier strength which is of some concern for the future but their numbers are not too significant so far.

The vast majority of the fleet is still waiting for repairs and our own efforts are somewhat limited as a result. Nothing more to add from me and Armed Forces is complete." concluded Osami.

"A slight change in emphasis from sea to land warfare over the last month. In a way this is good news as it means we are capturing territory. We are slowly defeating our enemies on all fronts for the time being and we must continue to do so." stated Hirohito as he stood and left the meeting.​
 
Deus said:
Elias, A very nice tribute. Maybe Remble can talk you into making these more often?

What say you Remble? :)
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If Elias wishes to add a different angle then I have absolutely no objection at all :) You guys all add to this AAR with your comments and it helps to make it a more rounded AAR overall. I enjoy reading your comments and other posts such as the ones by Elias and Sokraates.
 
ooh, so we're free to add to this AAR ourselves? Awesome! I may in the near future try and do one from the Australian perspective, I know Australia and their pile of second hand British scrap don't really matter but it's all my knowledge will allow :p .
 
A nice and calm update after some very exciting ones. I think the next update will have your readers on their toes again.

On a related not, I read Klaipedietis' Soviet AAR The Bloody Road to Berlin ('41 scenario). Now I know that on very hard/aggressive even playing the SU can be a challenge.

So why do I mention that AAR? Because in it the Japanese AI (!) performed remarkably well at sea.

To quote Klaipedietis:
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Meanwhile, Japanese continue to dominate the oceans. Their achievements are astonishing. Japan alone sunk 290 Allied ships and lost only 63! And half of their loses were Italian and German ships, stuck in the Meditteranean sea, so that brings their losses only to 33 ships [ no capital ships ].

USN sank only 6 Japanese submarine squadrons and lost 141 ships, thats 1:24 ratio!

The Allied losses are following:
USA: 141 ships lost [ 3 capital ships ]
UK: 80 ships lost [ 14 capital ships ]
Australia: 33 ships lost [4 capital ships ]
Canada: 12 ships lost [ 1 capital ship]
New Zeland: 12 ships lost
South Africa: 6 ships lost
Portugal, Brazil and Belgium lost two ships each.
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While these numbers pale compared to the ones in this AAR, it's no mean feat for the AI.

This feat was only possible because of the insane Allied AI we all have come to know and love, which sends unescorted transports around the world, and of course insanely overpowered aircraft.

In the end, though, the land war decided Japans faith.

And before anyone asks: by Autumn '49 the USA had 58 (!) carriers and 34 battleships. The Royla Navy with 4 carriers and "only" 10 battleships was puny, by comparison.
 
A slow month at sea, in next months update could you put the totals of army, air force and navy for the jap forces, I know I could go back some pages but I'm too lazy.

That ai is very impressive, generally see the japanese ai get destroyed by the USN, though very rarely played the '41 scenario.

Hope you can complete the reinfocement on the soviet border before they attack, would prefer to see how it works with the red army meeting real resistance than attacking early and sweeping around your defences.

Also hope in the future to see a proper naval battle with your carriers, though I understand you dont want the possiblity of losing them.
 
Lol.

Nice update Remble. :)
 
Very nice work, Remble. You sure are rolling up Burma. I can imagine Churchill mulling around going, "We shall never surrender! Even if they beat us on the seas, even if they beat us in the fields, even if they beat us in the jungles, we shall never surrender!"

By the way, Remble, what types of aircrafts are the Japanese using right now?
 
Good work in Burma, but the Indian subcontinent is better defended than expected... That defensive line in Manchuria looks particularly weak. Especially since you don't have the Amur river as extra defensive line. Did you build any land forts? I assume not, as that would have been included in the monthly Imperial updates (love those, btw!).
 
Finally caught up to date..

..and its as good as a Creek without a paddle! :)

You better watch out for those canadian naval bombers :p
 
hurry up for Kra and Thom Buri. i think you need to annex some lower countries for Energy surplus. i`m wondering how are you gonna solve this problem? also don`t send us to bed sad, i can`t sleep without reading your new posts ... :p
 
Long time listener, first time stander-uper, I'd like to say you're doing a fine job Mr. Remble.

Deus
 
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