Heres some to read on IJN subs:
http://www.combinedfleet.com/ss.htmYeah the I-400 is there in the building queue as are its 3 sisters. I dont think I'll be building them. The smaller seaplane-carrying subs are good though as they are rather powerful scouts when needed(albeit need good weather) and dont need to take as high risks as other subs. I have one near Sydney that has a special mission of launching a recon sortie once a week.
February 20, 1942China: attack towards Ankang begins. The Chinese seem to move 2 more Corps to the defensive positions across the river but IJAAF bombings are very effective - the Chinese have basically no anti-aircraft weapons, and the terrain is flat... The defenders will stand no chance against 4 IJ divisions and 2 tank units.
Burma: 3rd division retreats the withdrawing British again, and a rifle battalion surrenders:
Ground combat at 60,44 (near Shwebo)
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 13072 troops, 120 guns, 32 vehicles, Assault Value = 443
Defending force 612 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 21
Japanese adjusted assault: 340
Allied adjusted defense: 2
Japanese assault odds: 170 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: morale(-), experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-)
Allied ground losses:
415 casualties reported
Squads: 34 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 22 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 1
Units destroyed 1
Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
Assaulting units:
33rd Division
Defending units:
13th Burma Rifles Battalion
9th Burma Rifles BattalionDEI: IJN light cruiser squadron destroys 3 small ships fleeing Singapore. About 15 motor launches were scuttled in the port.
3rd Ku S-1 sweeps Soerabaja from Makassar and(as expected) shoots down 12 Demons and Hawk-75s to no loss!
Dili falls as the defenders surrender. The entire Timor is now under Japanese control.
Deliberate attack at Tarakan drops forts to 0 and casualties again favor the Japanese. It'll fall any day now...
South Pacific: Submarines fail to make contact with any Allied ships. Bummer. Kido Butai and CS Mizuho(sneaking closer to Fiji, in a mission to provide some situational awareness and early warning in the area) remain undetected! By the looks of it(air search, sub reports, sign intel reports of heavy radio activity), it seems that the USN carriers went to Sydney. D minus 2 days.
Submarines: A RN submarine hits an AMC near Palembang. This too would have went raiding in the Indian Ocean, and was on its way to refuel first. Almost all the merchant raiders have either torpedo or bomb holes now. Luckily only one has been lost for good.
R&D: A6M3b Zero accelerated to 4/42! The 3 research factories are now changed to A6M4.
Looks like my opponent hasnt updated his AAR for a while... Would you guys go and remind him to?