The Sun rises in Japan - Empire of Japan HPP AAR

[guillec87]

Uriah's problem was with RM, he added some, until he found a solution, which one, I really don´t know... you should retreat the entire Army from the Mainland and see what's happening then... add some supplies through the console just to win some time, it might be gamey, but losing the whole stockpile of a resource just for a bug it's worst

 

[TheBromgrev]

I can only guess, but maybe the infrastructure is so low that the supply transportation cost is eating up your supplies? Supplies are used as they head to the front, and low infra and high revolt risk increases the amount of supplies lost. Also, the supply "resource" amount is only what you have in your capital. Supplies that are in the system aren't counted. Sometimes when the depot moves, the stockpile in the old depot has to move to the new one.

 

[jpbfr]

You can write an event to remove infra from the said area in North Burma, so supplies won't pas trough. Guess that will do the trick .

 

[SKOTy]

Issue seems resolved now. I've loaded save from 4th December 1939 when this issue is not present and I've put bottleneck province into rebels control so it can be eventually captured by Allies (if they manage to beat me in India which is not likely). I will probably write an event which will put 1 level infra there and after Vichy cedes Indochina I will probably create infrawall also between RoC-N and Indochina just to keep areas separated and to prevent supply system going crazy.

I've played till February and issue looks resolved, no disappearing supplies or 99999 supplies in Rangoon so hopefully update will be landing there soon

I would like to thank everyone for their ideas which helped me saving the game and keep this AAR going.

 

[Surt]

Reloads often solves the disappearing supplies problem.

 

[SKOTy]

12. Advancing further

The supply issues were resolved by using save from 4th December 1939 and putting one province in north Burma under rebel control so Manchuria have separate supply depot than India. Around 14 days of gameplay are lost to this but don't worry, you'll see some action.

I've decided to quickly seize Ceylon as there's nice level 10 port and level 10 airfield and if I decide to station a fleet there, there will always be an independent supply depot.

IJN meets fleet with only one light carrier. This fleet was quickly sunk as combination of SAG with Yamato and CTF assisting them is deadly nearly to everything.

A lone French carrier tried to sneak past IJN fleet. It was promptly sunk.

French tried to free Malaya as they did before and again their fleet was sunk.

Crushing defenders of Colombo proved to be harder nut to crack than I thought so reinforcements were brought to Ceylon. Defenders hidden in the mountains and behind rivers were more resilient than I've expected. In the end Indians and British surrendered and seven British division were destroyed.
Colombo will be ideal base as it will be difficult take by land (already presented in my attack) and also from the sea as there are some coastal fortifications there.

Armoured horses brought to Ceylon landed in Calcutta to cut Indian forces fighting near Burma.

Thanks to friendly terrain encirclement of Indian forces is quickly accomplished before they can even react and IJA has event time to dig in awaiting incoming attempts to break free.

Allies decided to execute operation Wilfred, hoping they will stop flows of Swedish metal to Germany. Tension in Europe is also rising up and Phoney war will soon end.

With majority of Allied forces in India trapped and the fact the cleaning of the pocket will take some time due to terrain there attack on Australia has been ordered.

In Europe Fins finally gave up to the Soviet demands.

Another landing in Australia and another 3 corps of infantry are on the way from Japan to bring Australia down.

With undergoing attacks on Australia their surrender score started rising and after some thinking I've decided that would be best to puppet them as I have no intention to take any of their land and I can still use their ports for a bases when they become my puppet.

Germany DoWed Denmark and operation Weserubung has started.

Another DoW from Germany, this time Norway. 2 hours after DoW on Norway Denmark surrenders.

 

[GreatUberGeek]

So many attacks! Hopefully the Indian operation will go reasonably fine, as with the Australian operation. Silly Germans...

 

[guillec87]

holly cow, you did expand the IJA, I didn't think you'd be able to hold so many fronts

 

[Karaya 1]

Although i like what you are doing i find it rather peculiar that you havent lost more Carriers since you always stuff them in a fight facing BBs. I guess thats only because those are very old ones. Usually, BBs have even greater range than CVs and would obliterate them, especially that early in the game when CAG techs (especially naval focus) arent that good yet or not researched. Every time your CV(L) fleets encounter those BBs, and i do not see you posting some losses, a part of me dies. I have seen what can happen to your fleet when that picture is starting at you. Let me tell you, its not pretty .

But it seems you have already noticed part of it, since you obliterate everything with those new BBs with Yamato among them.

Keep up the good work, and kill them all. Also, what do you intend to do with India once it falls ? It can be as useful as China as a puppet, especially when not the puppet of the UK since the -62% IC modifier doesnt apply anymore. Give them some of the resources you have too much, and they will build you some MIL-swarm.

 

[Surt]

holly cow, you did expand the IJA, I didn't think you'd be able to hold so many fronts

aren't those many of the same that gets reused a lot?

 

[SKOTy]

One goes away from PC and suddenly a lot of feedback :laugh:

So many attacks! Hopefully the Indian operation will go reasonably fine, as with the Australian operation. Silly Germans...

The game is boring without so many fronts Indians are already feeling supply shortages and only one militia and one infantry divisions arrived from their heartland and those were quickly repelled. Do not forget that they are fighting against veterans of 2nd Sino-Japanese war, most units have 30-40% experience.

holly cow, you did expand the IJA, I didn't think you'd be able to hold so many fronts

IJA hadn't my attention since 2nd Sino-Japanese war started, I've only added one marine corps and few mountaineers. I was focusing mainly on building more IC, some aircraft and another CTF consisting of 7xCL and 5xCV which is nearly completed. At the moment I have in India 2 corps of cavalry, 2 infantry corps and 1 mountaineer corps. Another 4 corps are operating in Australia. IJA has approximately 60 divisions excluding expeditionary forces from Manchuko which are only used to guard SU borders.

Although i like what you are doing i find it rather peculiar that you havent lost more Carriers since you always stuff them in a fight facing BBs. I guess thats only because those are very old ones. Usually, BBs have even greater range than CVs and would obliterate them, especially that early in the game when CAG techs (especially naval focus) arent that good yet or not researched. Every time your CV(L) fleets encounter those BBs, and i do not see you posting some losses, a part of me dies. I have seen what can happen to your fleet when that picture is starting at you. Let me tell you, its not pretty .

But it seems you have already noticed part of it, since you obliterate everything with those new BBs with Yamato among them.

Keep up the good work, and kill them all. Also, what do you intend to do with India once it falls ? It can be as useful as China as a puppet, especially when not the puppet of the UK since the -62% IC modifier doesnt apply anymore. Give them some of the resources you have too much, and they will build you some MIL-swarm.

In some fights I stuff them together with BBs but I am really trying to have them in adjacent sea zone to perform naval strikes at the location of sea battle. Also I am trying to avoid naval fights when IJN ships are not enough repaired (every ship at least at 90% of its strength).
Regarding CV techs I am trying to keep them up to date as possible including doctrines. Usually you see new CTF in action (not the one where Akagi, Kaga and other staring carriers are) which are all brand new modern carriers with new techs and another one CTF like this is nearly completed.
Yamato is absolute BEAST, she obliterates everything what she encounters and she's worthy being pride of the fleet. In fact after new CTF is completed I will probably begin construction of another SAG, Yamato needs her sister ship Musashi.
But I've already lost some cruisers and one old light carrier

Unfortunately puppet war goal isn't available for India although I would absolutely love to have them as puppet. With 2 militia swarm puppets I wouldn't have to worry about SU

aren't those many of the same that gets reused a lot?

Nearly whole IJA is on the move, I've explained that above.

 

[Karaya 1]

You cant puppet them because they are still a puppet. If you annex them you can simply release them again, and also doing that usually gives controls of the country to the party with the most pop/org so you wont have to worry so much about them breaking away

 

[SKOTy]

You cant puppet them because they are still a puppet. If you annex them you can simply release them again, and also doing that usually gives controls of the country to the party with the most pop/org so you wont have to worry so much about them breaking away

Ah, that would explain why I can't puppet them in a straight way. However I don't know if I manage to annex them as I've never seen India to completely surrender and don't go GiE while they're British puppet.

 

[sebas379]

The war is definetly heating up and you'r giving the allies a very hard time on all fronts, nice.
Great job on those fleets, the less ships the Allies have left, the easier it will be when the US navy eventually shows up!
So, I counted 2 CTF and 1 SAG there as main fleet elements, did I miss any? I guess that should be enough to deal with the more obselete Royal Navy, but will you be able to handle the yanks I wonder...

 

[guillec87]

The war is definetly heating up and you'r giving the allies a very hard time on all fronts, nice.
Great job on those fleets, the less ships the Allies have left, the easier it will be when the US navy eventually shows up!
So, I counted 2 CTF and 1 SAG there as main fleet elements, did I miss any? I guess that should be enough to deal with the more obselete Royal Navy, but will you be able to handle the yanks I wonder...

that's exactly what I'm waiting for... to see the IJN against that Leviathan called US Pacific Fleet

 

[SKOTy]

IJN has following fleets at its disposal:

2 fleets of 11 DDs each hunting subs near Pacific islands
around 20-25 transports which are extensively used
8 subs (maybe less as some were sunk) which I used for convoy raiding near Singapore

old CTF 1 light carrier, Akagi, Kaga and one older CV together with 6 light cruisers
"light" SAG with 6 heavy cruisers, 5 battlecruisers and one battleship
these two are used mainly as escorts for transports

new CTF with 5 CVs and 7 CLs
and my favourite Rengo Kantai, 6 heavy cruisers, 5 relatively new battleships and pride of the fleet, Yamato

also 7 new CLs are already ready and 5 more carriers will be finished in 1940 so another CTF will be ready before US Pacific Fleet enters the fray.

When new CTF is ready I will probably start construction of 6 sister ships of Yamato with Musashi leading them so another SAG will be created. It's a pity that decided to go to war with Allies immediately after Danzig and not after Vichy gets created via 'Continue with east Indies campaign' as this would give me heavy naval influence and with it I would be able to throw out a carrier every 300 days and battleship every year.


Anyway I have enough material to create another update today (stopped playing 1.7.1940) and after this update I will probably make one about state of the empire (army, techs, research, production, etc.).

 

[sebas379]

So by the time the USA gets involved, if I count correctly, you will have:

2 modern CTF for frontline duty
1 old CTF and a light SAG acting as protection for transports etc
2 ASW fleets of DD's
8 subs
transport fleet

That's quite a fleet, impressive. Thanks for that list.

 

[SKOTy]

So by the time the USA gets involved, if I count correctly, you will have:

2 modern CTF for frontline duty
1 old CTF and a light SAG acting as protection for transports etc
2 ASW fleets of DD's
8 subs
transport fleet

That's quite a fleet, impressive. Thanks for that list.

Looks like you've forgot Rengo Kantai, the fleet where Yamato is. I think I've already lost 2 or 3 subs.
Maybe if I reshuffle production queue I will be able finish another SAG before going on Yanks (assuming historical date of attack on Pearl Harbor).

 

[sebas379]

Looks like you've forgot Rengo Kantai, the fleet where Yamato is. I think I've already lost 2 or 3 subs.
Maybe if I reshuffle production queue I will be able finish another SAG before going on Yanks (assuming historical date of attack on Pearl Harbor).

Whoops yep i overlooked that one.
Sounds like a good plan, though make sure you have enough ground forces for whatever other ground-based wars might be needed^^

 

[SKOTy]

13. The escalation

Shortly after declaring war on Norway Germany asked Sweden for military access which they gave them. Small note here - when I've tried to play a bit when I was dealing with supply problems Sweden decided not to grant military access and Germany DoWed them and eventually conquered them.

Imperial Japanese Navy is destroying enemy ships like hotcakes. This time Australian pride of the fleet was sunk as the odds of 2 heavy cruisers surviving conflict with compete surface action group of Imperial Japanese Navy are not very high.

Phoney war finally escalated into more open from of conflict, shortly after attacking Netherlands Germany attacked Luxembourg and Belgium.

Pressure on Australia is increasing as more and more landings were executed. With so many fronts open they don't know where to defend their homeland.

In the Europe Germans landed in Norway and are making their way through Netherlands.

As Empire of Japan and Netherlands are now officially enemies corps of marines landed on Java to purge it from Allied presence. While being escorted to Java by IJN surface action group they've encountered a group of transports which were briefly sunk.

With pressure on them from every possible direction Australia surrendered and became a puppet of Empire of Japan.

Germany is making progress in the Europe and these two countries are ready to surrender.

Bhutan is occupied and Indian forces retreated to last province they can. More than 10 divisions are trapped and ready to be taken prisoners of war. What's better it looks like Indians run out of combat divisions as no divisions are advancing to the frontline from the India.

Bigger picture of India, with nearly whole Indian army being held prisoners of war campaign in India has become a landgrab. Cavalry and one light armour division is rushing to secure rest of India.

Operation Weserubung has been a major success and both Norway and Denmark are now secured.

Germans are pushing forward and Belgium is about to be secured. You can see that the French are redeploying some divisions from the Maginot line to the Belgium. Will this help them or will France fall as it historically did?

Three divisions led by major general Kawabe Masakasu, veteran of 2nd Sino-Japanese war, attacked weakly defended Kathmandu in order to free another British puppet from their British oppressors.

After Imperial Japanese forces which attacked Australia reorganized next target was obvious. New Zealand, this country will also become Japanese puppet and will shortly join greater east Asia co-prosperity sphere. With so many veterans and experienced soldiers New Zealand's fall is just matter of time.

As the drums of war sound louder and louder Soviets used this as distraction to deliver ultimatum to Romania. Soviets demanded secession of Bessarabia and Romanians realistically didn't have other option than to agree.