Slitherine

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ORIGINAL: Andav


Sync bug on turn one apparently. Awesomeness ...

Wa

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You wish many of his capitol ships had a sink bug!

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ORIGINAL: Andav


Since Rodan is working through the Allied part of Dec 8th and "might actually plan for something in the future", I wanted to do a bit of research.

Lowpe has theorized that only Adens and Limas are really required to haul resources. I exported the xAK types out of Tracker. This includes AKs, xAKs and xAKLs There are 1611 total of these types of ships built during the war. It represents some 3.08 million tons of capacity. Of these, 965 are currently on the map. That leave 646 to be built or not built in this case.

I fiddled with the numbers a bit. Looking at the tracker export, there is some great information here including Fuel/Hex and a look at Cargo/(Fuel/Hex). I am assuming you want the lowest Fuel/Hex and the highest Cargo.

Here is a distinct count of the total number of each class in this scenario.

It is too bad the Std-A Cargo are not built yet. it seems like a good replacement for the Limas. Same for the Std-B Cargo.

Combined, the Adens and Limas have a lift of 809k. All but 7 are currently built. The 7 arrive within 60 days. I guess they means 639 will not be built. I will go ahead and finish these.

Does this sound like a doable strategy? Any others which look like they should be included?

Wa

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000016 Morning Air attack 1941-12-09 Clark Field 79,76

Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 26,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 19

Allied aircraft
P-26A x 4
P-35A x 9
P-40B Warhawk x 11
P-40E Warhawk x 40

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-26A: 1 destroyed
P-40B Warhawk: 1 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 2 destroyed

000020 Morning Air attack 1941-12-09 Clark Field 79,76

Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 28,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 9

Allied aircraft
P-35A x 6
P-40B Warhawk x 5
P-40E Warhawk x 21

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-35A: 1 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed

000021 Morning Air attack 1941-12-09 Clark Field 79,76

Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 18
G3M2 Nell x 45
G4M1 Betty x 25

Allied aircraft
P-35A x 5
P-40B Warhawk x 5
P-40E Warhawk x 19

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-35A: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
P-40B Warhawk: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged
P-40B Warhawk: 1 destroyed on ground
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed
O-47A: 1 destroyed on ground

Airbase hits 25
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 55

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000037 Morning Air attack 1941-12-09 54,74 Kota Bharu

Morning Air attack on TF, near Kota Bharu at 54,74

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 6

Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
A5M4 Claude: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Hudson I: 3 damaged

Japanese Ships
xAK Nojima Maru

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Hudson I bombing from 2000 feet
Naval Attack: 4 x 250 lb SAP Bomb

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000038 Morning Air attack 1941-12-09 Babeldaob 90,97

Morning Air attack on Babeldaob , at 90,97

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
E13A1 Jake x 1
F1M2 Pete x 1

Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 10

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

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

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 3

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000007 Night Time Surface Combat 1941-12-10 106,122 Kavieng

Night Time Surface Combat, near Kavieng at 106,122, Range 8,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
PB Keijo Maru, Shell hits 25, and is sunk
PB Nikkai Maru, Shell hits 4, on fire
xAKL Kaijo Maru #2, Shell hits 13, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAKL Tateyama Maru

Allied Ships
CL Adelaide

Japanese ground losses:
332 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 15 destroyed, 12 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

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000009 Night Time Surface Combat 1941-12-10 64,87 Miri

Night Time Surface Combat, near Miri at 64,87, Range 9,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
APD Aoi
TB Kasasagi
AMc Wa 19, Shell hits 1
xAK Hokko Maru
xAK Zinzan Maru, Shell hits 3
xAK Kinkasan Maru
xAK Giyu Maru
xAKL Kembu Maru, Shell hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAKL Kiko Maru
xAKL Anbo Maru

Allied Ships
DM Thracian, Shell hits 1

Japanese ground losses:
152 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)

The second attack

00019 Day Time Surface Combat 1941-12-10 64,87 Miri

Day Time Surface Combat, near Miri at 64,87, Range 15,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
APD Aoi, Shell hits 1
TB Kasasagi, Shell hits 1, on fire
AMc Wa 19, Shell hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Hokko Maru
xAK Zinzan Maru
xAK Kinkasan Maru
xAK Giyu Maru
xAKL Kiko Maru, Shell hits 3, on fire
xAKL Anbo Maru

Allied Ships
DM Thracian, Shell hits 4

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000047 Morning Air attack 1941-12-10 Bangkok 56,62

Morning Air attack on Bangkok , at 56,62

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 2,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27b Nate x 2

Allied aircraft
H81-A3 x 20
Blenheim I x 3
Blenheim IV x 15

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 6 damaged

Heavy Industry hits 4

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000077 Ground combat 1941-12-10 Hong Kong 77,61

Ground combat at Hong Kong (77,61)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 20357 troops, 289 guns, 181 vehicles, Assault Value = 551

Defending force 8100 troops, 132 guns, 72 vehicles, Assault Value = 231

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2

Japanese adjusted assault: 209

Allied adjusted defense: 697

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 3 (fort level 2)

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
934 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 76 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled

Allied ground losses:
373 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 59 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 10 (2 destroyed, 8 disabled)

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000057 Afternoon Air attack 1941-12-11 150,150 Gardner Island

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Gardner Island at 150,150

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Allied aircraft
F2A-3 Buffalo x 10
F4F-3A Wildcat x 11
SBD-2 Dauntless x 18
SBD-3 Dauntless x 9

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AMC Hokoku Maru
AMC Aikoku Maru, Bomb hits 8, heavy fires, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
8 x SBD-2 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
1 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
4 x SBD-2 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
6 x SBD-2 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring AMC Aikoku Maru