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RE: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire 1943-19... - 3/24/2007 9:43:07 PM   
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Yes i know, its how he lost his carriers at Canton and he nearly mucked up his PM landing.

But that same trait can make his advances very quick and devastating.

What troops in the Philippines? Luzon is empty apart from some base forces at Lingayen. Getting reinforcements in would be very hard anyway with his carriers. I've got no ground unit reserve, like i said im slowly evacuating the gilberts but they're all headed to the Marinias as unless his carriers appearing is just a raid Iwo and Bonin will fall by next week.

Its been what, a month snice he assualted wake? Even if i did have huge ground unit reverses, Marcus and Iwo would have still have fallen, i cant be expected to have 500-1000 assualt points at Iwo Jima in late 1943 can i?



As said it was just a though!

Where are your troops?? There should quite a few ground units lying around just waiting to see action. (or that is my assumption since FDR/Dave seem to have troops everywhere or than again they might be using sneaky tactics somehow)

Anyway, I think you get your chance to get back to Rob. Patience, as said he is aggressive.

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RE: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire 1943-19... - 3/24/2007 10:44:58 PM   
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Status: offline 		There in Burma, around 5,000 assualt points, ive made no progress in China so that continues to be a drain.

Also bare in mind 700 assualt points where destroyed on wake and marcus, Attu i lose another...500-1000.

Got around 1,000 points on Tarawa and Apanama, i wanted to make them into a fortress but robs just gone around it, im emptying them though..

I might empty some troops from Burma, im gonnna have too, heres a map for you.



2,700 assualt points east of Rangoon. So i have parity with his troops theres.

305 in Moulmien

700 in Victoria point

900 in Tavoy

715 in Rahaeng

Ive got level 9 forts all the way to Bangkok pretty much, but i dont want to hide behind thme until i have to. Any ideas how i could free up some assualt points here?


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RE: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire 1943-19... - 3/24/2007 11:06:25 PM   
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The Iwo mess...

500 assualt points on each island, Bonin is in the red of supplies though. Iwo is in the orange.

The transports are the ones that have fled from the carriers, no point sending them back in, probably reroute them to the Marinias.

I could be really gamey and flood his carriers with all these dozens of merchants, then go in with the KB which you can see on the left,his attack groups would be divided into plenty of little peices, and it would give me a 'free' shot at breaking his cap of 261 hellcats, but i dont want to abuse the game that much.. Ive considered it though beleive me.

Only hope here is that its a raid, which is unlikey as its parked itself off the island along with some bombardment groups. or that hell take the bait that is my mini kb group headed to Johnstone island.

Depressing. I imagined defending such islands in 1945, with wave after wave of kamikaize aircraft hitting his ships, but here it is late 1943 and im helpess.

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RE: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire 1943-19... - 3/24/2007 11:06:45 PM   
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Status: offline 		Well, that makes Burma tough for him. Now that you have a chance to hammer RN than DEI becomes much more distant advance point. Meaning maybe garrison levels can be adjusted there as well.

China. I doubt he has plenty of supplies piled up there. So if you have PP available than you can take some units out of there to bolster your defenses in more significant bases at CenPac.

As ever good luck.

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RE: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire 1943-19... - 3/24/2007 11:10:01 PM   
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Well, that makes Burma tough for him. Now that you have a chance to hammer RN than DEI becomes much more distant advance point. Meaning maybe garrison levels can be adjusted there as well.

China. I doubt he has plenty of supplies piled up there. So if you have PP available than you can take some units out of there to bolster your defenses in more significant bases at CenPac.

As ever good luck.


I have been doing that, but PP points are low now, its not an ideal way of freeing up troops.

Looks like my empires gonna be divided into three, the North Japanese empire Japan/Korea/China

The Western Japanese empire DEI/BURMA/Vietnam/Thailand.

And the Southern Japanese empire Marshalls/Gilberts/Papa new guinea.

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RE: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire 1943-19... - 3/24/2007 11:49:26 PM   
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Robs probably gonna be able to guess somthing big is up from all these posts.

Above is a part of the 463 aircraft ive manage to russel together, Palembang can only managed 200 and its a level 4 airfield, so the attacks will be unco-ordinated and theyll be plenty of ops losses, but i get the feeling im only gonna have one turn to hit rob hard as possible.

Godspeed brave Samurai the fate of the Empire lies with you!

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RE: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire 1943-19... - 3/24/2007 11:58:49 PM   
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Status: offline 		The turn is sent, ive turnt the KB around, it will refuel at Tako that base North of Luzon, before heading down to Palembang, if all ive sent doesnt get the job done, the Kido Butai will chase the carriers and surface groups into the Indian Ocean and destroy them. No point having them in Japan for repairs when theres fighting to be done!

I flew in 9 Zekes to the Bonins and put them on max altitude naval attack Just a little f*ck you to robs uber cap and 'gamey' atoll tactics

We get along really...honest.

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RE: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire 1943-19... - 3/25/2007 12:05:05 AM   
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Any ideas how i could free up some assualt points here?



I'd suggest withdrawing your troops east of Rangoon to Moulmein. Rob would then need to cross the Salween River to attack you & the disruption he'd take from the river-crossing would give you a good chance to counter-attack, even if you withdrew 300 AV or so.

Good luck & BANZAI!

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RE: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire 1943-19... - 3/25/2007 12:11:58 AM   
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Status: offline 		Ive considered that for so long, but he could easily march East instead and kick my 700 assualt points out of Raheang, making me have to recross the Salween to attempt to cut his supply lines.

If i can crush this RN incursion i might be able to strip my costal defences at Victoria and Tavoy as the threat of a amphibious landing fades.

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RE: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire 1943-19... - 3/25/2007 12:30:41 AM   
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Status: offline 		Hmmm. I hadn't thought it through that far, but now that I am:

You've got 715 AV at Rahaeng. x2 for woods (at least it looks to be - I only play on AB's map now so I'm not sure). x3 for fort level 9. = @ 4200 AV to defend with. Also, Rob is probably prepping his units for Moulmein, not Rahaeng. You've got at least one unit to the SW which looks to be reinforcing. He'd need another river-crossing to take Rahaeng as well.

You certainly couldn't hold there forever, but I'd wager you could hold for several months at least.

How large a force does he have in the hex NE of Rahaeng?


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RE: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire 1943-19... - 3/25/2007 12:41:09 AM   
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Status: offline 		A chinese corp and a tank brigade i think. That sounds like a sound plan..

Theres a level 9 fort in the base NE of bangkok too, so as long as i dont get overrun i could hold there for several months too.

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RE: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire 1943-19... - 3/25/2007 1:19:25 AM   
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Status: offline 		ok i agree to anything sensible .. max a/c number ? number of Cv's +Cvl's (CVE's count as either ) max what ? 6-8 per hex .. LBA can be overwhelming .. lets start with 6 1st 4+2 3+3 2+4 etc .. max 4 CV's though .. whts your thoughts ? also japan has to comply too .. mega KB :)

i;ll be off till tomorrow PM now .. sort of helping organise a frinds stag do (s) ..

Does that sound fair? Ill have to reorganise KB and a few of my other mini KB groups, funny that he still thinks KB is super, i think we orginally agreed to impose this on the American CV's as there death star is bigger than mine ever was. But i think rob thinks im trying to get one over him now.



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RE: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire 1943-19... - 3/25/2007 10:57:58 PM   
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Status: offline 		The first 48 hours of The Battle of Teloekbetoeng straights has been a bloody costly one.

Bad weather results in what can be called a Royal Navy victory. After a fierce bloody carrier battle the Junyo and Ryujo are sunk and the Chuyo and Hosho lie cripplied. Evidence if any was needed that stacking carriers favours the player with Hellcats more.

The first day of combat looked like this..


Day Air attack on TF at 21,59

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 64

Allied aircraft
F6F Hellcat x 24
Hellcat II x 49
Barracuda x 22
TBM Avenger x 11
Avenger II x 17

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zeke: 49 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F6F Hellcat: 6 destroyed, 2 damaged
Hellcat II: 21 destroyed, 3 damaged
Barracuda: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
TBM Avenger: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged
Avenger II: 2 destroyed, 8 damaged

Japanese Ships
CVE Taiyo, Torpedo hits 2, on fire
CVL Ryujo, Torpedo hits 1
CVE Chuyo, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
CVL Ryuho
CVL Zuiho, Torpedo hits 1
CV Junyo, Torpedo hits 1
CVE Hosho


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Day Air attack on TF, near Teloekbetoeng at 19,58

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 17
D3A Val x 27
D4Y Judy x 17
B5N Kate x 56
B6N Jill x 32

Allied aircraft
F6F Hellcat x 31
Hellcat II x 24

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zeke: 17 destroyed
D3A Val: 13 destroyed, 1 damaged
D4Y Judy: 17 destroyed
B5N Kate: 48 destroyed
B6N Jill: 29 destroyed WTF!


Anyway, bad weather somthered Palembang for most of the day, so the battle wasnt going to be won in the air, at least not today, so it was up to Tanaka to force a glorious victory on the seas, the surface combat was bloody and will go down as legend in British and Japanese history books. Unfortunately unless the weather clears over Palembang and Teloekboeteng can hold for another turn, it will go down as a Royal Navy victory.

Out of the mighty taskforce that steamed into the straights. only the Mighty Musashi and the cruiser Tone came out.

The Hyuga sucummbed to torpedo hits from brave British destroyers
And the Chokai and Kako where sunk by admittedly impressive accurate gunning from thier Cruiser counterparts on the Royal navy side.

The Destroyer escort was also completedly destroyed.

The Royal navy also took considerable losses though, around a half dozen surface combats where initated against the Royal Navy, as Tanaka ruthlessley tried to break through to the Carriers or at least the transports.

The Royal navy stood firm however, in the end it was a brave plucky taskforce lead by the Light cruiser Glasgow that forced Tanaka to turn back, the stuff of legend perhaps. As two light cruisers and several destroyers turnt back the Musashi and saved the transports or indeed carriers from slaughter.

The royal navy losses where as follows.

BB Ramilles
CA Canberra
CL Glasgow

More importantly when you consider Rob still has no port nearby (although he landed another 600 assault points out of nowhere) several other ships where heavily cripplied including the Royal Sovereign.

If the bad weather lifts over Palembang tomorrow, these crippled ships will have to contend with around 350 torpedo bombers of some description...if the bad weather lifts, if we're gonna win this battle it will have to be on the 9th-10th as im pretty sure Teloekbetoeng will fall giving him a level 3 port.

The Kido Butai passed north of Luzon and it will be needed to force a complete victory now, its headed full speed to Brunei now to pick up more fuel before heading into the Java sea, looking at the situation its first job may be to launch a port attack on Teloekbetoeng.

Sorry for lack of screenshots but i was too gripped. Heres another overview 48 hours later...



Numbers and results wise, the RN has won today, but due to the situation of this battle its a battle of attrition that the Japanese can win. Also im being quite liberal in my use of force, as i cannot let him get this close to Palembang without a bloody nose at least. Im gonna sleep before i give orders.

Elsewhere in the paicfic i also managed a surface intercept on robs carriers outside Iwo!

4 Pg's had a fleeting shot at the Yorktown before being beat down by its escorts.


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RE: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire 1943-19... - 3/25/2007 11:16:33 PM   
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Status: offline 		Also i dont think Rob has any Battleships left outside the place, the Rammilles is sunk and the Royal Sovereign is obviously crippled and im pretty sure i knocked out all her 15 inch guns during the battle, meaning that in round 2, if i can force it correctly, then i can have basically a repeat of round 1, but this time having Kido Butai as my carrier force, which should destroy the british carriers and the have the Musashi/Kongo/Mutsu go in and destroy his surface forces with impunity.

Hopefully, this battles just beginning thats for sure, i cannot let him pressure Palembang so early, we must purge the conlonialists from Souther Sumatra, and to do that we must destroy the Royal Navy!

Once the RN is gone, i can plummel his troops at will...thats the plane anyway. Even if he does capture Teloekboteng its still hardly a safe harbour.

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RE: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire 1943-19... - 3/26/2007 10:46:45 AM   
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Status: offline 		im off to bed .. hve to look at the replay tomorrow .. bad dreams ahead :(

It will be interesting to see how rob reacts to this battle, as only he knows the extent of the damage inflicted to the British fleet.

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RE: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire 1943-19... - 3/26/2007 7:15:56 PM   
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Status: offline 		Ouch! You had bad luck here!   ...weather seemed to have prevented a lot of the airstrikes scheduled.

Keep the spirits up and fight on!

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RE: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire 1943-19... - 3/26/2007 7:33:58 PM   
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Status: offline 		It was the carrier strike that pissed me off, the sunk Cruisers and the Hyuga didnt bother me, Robs in a world of pain once the weather clears over Palembang and Tanaka gets his reinforcements, not forgetting the Kido Butai!

The Losses are acceptable, need to keep my oil fields open!

Anyone know for sure if Rahaeng is a wooded hex? Im gonna but Ctangus 's plan into action to free up some troops, well a LOT of troops hopefully.

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RE: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire 1943-19... - 3/26/2007 10:26:20 PM   
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Turn in pictures. Overcast weather predicted over Palembang, better than heavy preciptation, fingers crossed!

Ive fallen back to Moulmien, if Ctangus caluculations where right, rob wont be able to break through at Rahaeng. I call my defensive lines from here to Bangkok the 'Ctangus line'

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RE: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire 1943-19... - 3/26/2007 11:04:35 PM   
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Ive fallen back to Moulmien, if Ctangus caluculations where right, rob wont be able to break through at Rahaeng. I call my defensive lines from here to Bangkok the 'Ctangus line'


Uh-oh! Well, I'm surely rooting for you now. Banzai!

The battle of Teleok... is certainly exciting. It'll be interesting to see how it plays out.

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RE: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire 1943-19... - 3/27/2007 11:28:17 PM   
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The poor expierience levels of my LBA at Palembang showed today, a 70-80 exp group would have decimated this taskforce, but these arent 70-80 they're 50-60.

Day Air attack on TF, near Teloekbetoeng at 19,58

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 13
D3A Val x 24
A6M3a Zero x 28
B5N Kate x 45
G4M1 Betty x 105
G4M2 Betty x 9
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 23

Allied aircraft
F6F Hellcat x 15
Hellcat II x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zeke: 8 destroyed
D3A Val: 7 destroyed, 10 damaged
A6M3a Zero: 12 destroyed, 1 damaged
B5N Kate: 16 destroyed, 13 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 19 destroyed, 67 damaged
G4M2 Betty: 4 destroyed, 1 damaged
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 11 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F6F Hellcat: 8 destroyed
Hellcat II: 2 damaged

Allied Ships
BB Prince of Wales, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
CV Indomitable, Bomb hits 3
CL Nashville
CA Devonshire
CV Victorious
CVL Cowpens, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage


Arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, the Cowpens sinks, the Prince if Wales is just crippled, and will be saved by the level 3 port at Teloekbotoeng that rob captured today. Its only a level one airfield though so if robs still playing by his own rules, hell allow himself 50 fighters at it, not too much for the Kido Butai to brush aside, no attack aircraft eiether so Tanaka can have a free run if the KB can clear the way.

But i made a complete blunder, the Kongo Mutsu taskforce was steaming straight towards teloek whatever its called, HOW THE HELL could i be so STUPID to over look this arrrghhh, thankfully the other ample targets in the Java sea prevented them catching too many torpedos.

But they're both out of the battle, both in 40 system damage, with low-moderate flooding, should make it back to Soerabaja unless his carriers chase them down and destroy them. What a stupid stupid mistake!

The Maya and Ashigara are untouched, so at least Tanaka will be reinceiving some reinforcements, they're all fleeing back to Soerabaja. Well...im not sure robs carriers have a free reign for the next week until KB turns up, now he knows my LBA at palembang is useless. I think ill send the Musashi and the healthy Cruisers to Balikpapan, just to stay out of the way of his maraunding carriers.

This battles really up in the air now, but rob now holds the initiative, but its becoming more clear its gonna come down to whoevers carrier force can secure air supreiroity over the Java sea and the teloekbotuewudf straights.

Im stuck at what to do with my lba at palembang, i wouldnt put it beyond robs engineers to build up the place to a level 2 airfield in the time it takes KB to arrive, and if he does, im in trouble, he could have 100 fighters there once he does, which could be a bit too much for KB, and obviously a level 2 airfield means attack aircraft which means Tanaka cant do his thing, with his limited resources. Ive got more Battleships coming from Truk though, sending in the whole IJN it seems they wont be here for ages though.

Hmmmm, i might send them on airfield attack to keep his engies busy, or should i still harbour hopes that they can improve there performance and put some more torps into some more ships.

Kido Butai is NW of San marcelino, ive split the taskforce into two, i know this sounds a bit Midwayesque but it isnt, the Kaga is at 15 system damage and the already slow Carrier to slowing the rest down. The new taskforce can make 4 hexes in a movement phrase rather than 3. Going into battle without the Kaga shouldnt be too hard....should it?

Very frustrating turn..

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RE: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire 1943-19... - 3/29/2007 11:50:13 PM   
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Status: offline 		Despite sinking the Cowpens, and (presumably) putting the Prince of Wales out of the war for quite a while, i think the battles beginning to swing in Rob's favour.

That level 1 airfield he now has on the southern foot on Teloekboteng will give him the capacity to place 50 fighters to protect his cripples in the hex which will probably be too much for my sub standard Zeke pilots. Rob's claimed that with the amount of engineers he has at the place it'll be a level 2 airfield 'soon' Which as i've said before is probably true, itll probably be level 2 airfield by the time the Kido Butai shows up thats for sure. Which means 100 P-38's to contend with, which means game over.

My ground forces are scattered and beat up bad, the army from telok are now down to 120 assault points, i reckon id be lucky to muster 300 or so assualt points at Palembang...no forts there, i may have to adapat my stratergy to save Palembang....

I pulled the long suffering Imperial Guards Division, one of the first Divisions to head into the quagmire that has been Burma in late 41, off the frontline, its headed to Bangkok for some R n R and will eventually be shipped elsewhere in the Pacific, Palembang most obviously. If it still holds. Hopefully itll be the first of many combat units i can retire from Burma now im behind my level 9 forts.

Roll on 1944 and Kamikaizes, they're looking like my only hope of turning back the Royal Navy.

On the other side of the pacific, im frantically loading up iwo/Bonins with men and material, and having my mine layers making the place look a bit more scary for the Allies, still rob should be able to take the place without too much hassle. But oh well, im already evacing some cadres from the two islands to the Marinias so when the place eventually falls i wont lose the entire combat unit, like i have done previously at Wake and Marcus.

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RE: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire 1943-19... - 3/30/2007 10:53:55 PM   
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Status: offline 		The KB docked and refueled at Brunei today...well at the least the Kaga did, i forgot to set the 'fast' KB taskforce to full speed, as a result its still 6 hexes out of Brunei. This i'll delay the Kido Butais entry into the Java Sea by a couple of days. The 18th I reckon..

Its first job will be to engage and hopefully destroy the Royal Navy carriers and remaining surface forces, it will do this a hopefully still have enough steam left to launch a port attack that will finish off the cripples such as the Prince of Wales, and cause enough damage to keep his engineers busy for a few days slowing down its development to a level 2 airfield.

Then and only then can Tanaka go in, his forces are hiding at Balikipapan currently.

Its a lot to ask for the Kido Butai but its what necessary to supress Telok and hold Palembang.

Rob's really inflicting a load of pain on my merchants lost another half dozen or more today, although it must be said i am using more shiplift tonnage than ever before in the war, with evacuating the gilberts, reinforcing Iwo/Bonins/Marinias. reinforcing Palembang etc, but it really feels like im on the edge here...Not much i can do though.

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RE: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire 1943-19... - 3/30/2007 11:17:40 PM   
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Status: offline 		Tanaka will have quite a impressive surface force if the time is available to rally it, the following taskforce is a few days out of Kendari.

BB Haruna
BB Nagato
BB Fuso
CA Mogami
CA Myoko
CA Suzuya
CA Furutaka


Along with the Musashi, which despite having 20 system damage can keep up with its fellow ships, and the two Cruisers that where with the Kongo taskforce that got jumped by his carriers.

So...4 Battleships including the unsinkable Musashi, 6 Cruisers and 5 Destroyers. If Tanaka fails to win the battle of Teloekboteng straights and shut down the airfield with this force he will hang in Tokyo!

If we can control the seas and airspace around the straights, the troops will eventually be destroyed and Palembang saved! The US navy may have replaced the IJN as the words premier navy, but the British are delusional if they think they can still compete on this grand stage. (Famous last words)

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RE: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire 1943-19... - 3/31/2007 7:58:03 PM   
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Status: offline 		30 enemy units are marching on Rahaeng, 20 enemy units holding NE of Moulmien, I've my 715 assault points dont hold Rahaeng ill have ctangus to hang in Tokyo as well!

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RE: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire 1943-19... - 4/1/2007 12:34:55 AM   
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Status: offline 		The war is over, Palembang will fall, Teloekboteng or whatever the damn place is called is now a level 2 airfield. The Kido Butai decided to go into Brunei THEN RETIRE BACK TO TAKAO, even though i explictly remember setting both taskforces homebase as Brunei to prevent this, so they are once again off the west coast of Luzon.

My Lba cannot penetrate his cap of 29 thunderbolts, every plane is slaughtered. Whilst his small groups of 20 fighters and 12 dauntlesses ener Singapore harbour losing only one bomber, this game is pure bullshit and so frustrating sometimes. I've lost Palembang for sure now.

He'll have 100 thunderbolts on cap over the port now, which is more than enough to destroy the entire KB's fighter/bomber arm and cause all the carriers to spontaneous combust through the pure bullshit of it all!

Eiether than or hell stock it with 50 B-26s which can get 2882 bomb hits from 12889,00 ft!

ARRRRRRRRRRG



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Why are they going back to Takao?

I need a break from this game. I might just send Tanakas battleships in on there own out of frustration, it would appear robs carriers have gone home by the looks of things, so perhaps things arent so bad, but its so frustrating.

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RE: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire 1943-19... - 4/1/2007 1:22:46 AM   
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Status: offline 		Ok calmed down now, the KB situation is bullshit. But i cant moan about teloek being level 2. Just got to dust myself down and get on with it...

The bright side... Rob may put another 50 fighters in Teloek, though unlikey, he might, and if his Cv's have gone home which i suspect they have. Tanaka can shoot up the damaged ships in port, and shut down the airfield most probably. Which would allow the KB to supress the airfield too when (if) it eventually turns up.

The Royal Soverign sunk, strange for a Allied warship to sink so late after the damage was dealt to it. But yay i suppose.

If rob does put 50 torpedo bombers into Teloek, then obviously hell still have his 30 odd thunderbolts on cap, and when KB does eventually show up it shud be able to deal the first blow.

The KB **** up has put me back ANOTHER 2-4 days, added to the **** up last turn thts pretty much a week ive lost. Im sending both KB groups straight to the Java sea this time, they're running on dregs, and have only just enough fuel to get there and then retire to Soerabaja or Singapore. But theres no time for them to try and refuel at Brunei again. The initiative remains with Rob i can react to how he uses his 50 extra plane spaces at Telok, hes already made a mistake if his carriers have really gone home. So..well see.

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RE: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire 1943-19... - 4/4/2007 3:44:17 PM   
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Status: offline 		The KB'S bomber/fighter arm is decimated in one day of air combat, 30 Thunderbolts and 30 Spitfires shoot down..


101 Vals
83 Kates

And around 80 assorted Zero's

My escort levels where too low...but still, another serious blow for me..dunno what to say, im kinda numb to the bs this game pulls out of its arse now so im not really that angry..

Guess the KB will have to park itself off my training fields around Kendari for a few weeks.


The Last hurrah?


Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 7
D3A Val x 127
A6M3a Zero x 34
B5N Kate x 84

Allied aircraft
Spitfire VIII x 26
Thunderbolt II x 29

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zeke: 7 destroyed
D3A Val: 80 destroyed
A6M3a Zero: 34 destroyed
B5N Kate: 58 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Spitfire VIII: 1 damaged
Thunderbolt II: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
CL Kenya, Bomb hits 1, on fire
BB Prince of Wales, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage


Allied ground losses:
37 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Port supply hits 1

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RE: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire 1943-19... - 4/5/2007 11:55:33 PM   
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Status: offline 		So many of the proud, brave aircrews that have lead me to many victories, Pearl Harbour and Canton being the most prominent. Now lie dead, the heart of the Kido Butai has been ripped out...

The Carriers themselves limp back to Soerabaja, just enough fuel to get there, and they'll have to leach off other ships to get enough fuel to refuel for future operations. Not a lot of fuel in this part of the world...

Tanaka's still going in full speed, i should have waited with KB until Tanaka had bombarded, but obviously i could have never of suspected that the cap would have hurt me so much.

Rob's Cv's turn up outside Bonin/Iwo again, i managed to get two engineer regiments to Iwo before they turn up though so i should be able to improve the defences before his troops arrive. 655 assault points on Iwo, only level 1 forts though..soon to be two, Rob's ill need a lot of time and men to dislodge me from here though, this close to the home islands, with Kamikaizes on the way in a week and a bit, im more confident here than in previous battles.

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RE: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire 1943-19... - 4/10/2007 2:31:02 AM   
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Status: offline 		Depsite KB neutering itself things are going well, after the two quick crushing defeats at Wake and Marcus Rob hasn't really taken the initative in the Central pacific, maybe he couldn't decide to go for the Marinias or Iwo/Bonin.

As a result i have around 650 assualt points behind level 2 forts, which is radpidly rising thanks to the two engineer regiments i managed to drop off. I've decided to reinforce Iwo more than Bonin's as Iwo is a lot more valuable and functunal base, its also much more defendable with the mountainous defence bonus. Rob's Carriers haven't been stopping my merchants lately so I guess he took the bait that i sent out, they arrived briefly for one turn, but then dissapeared again, im sending out more diversions towards Hawaii to hopefully get him to chase these ghosts.

On the other side of the pacific Rahaeng held! Without the reinforcements of two divisions that i sent from Moulmien, ill put these two divisions in there anyway, praise be to Ctangus! This has and will help me free up some troops for defending Iwo Jima, the Marinias and Palembang.

Talking of Palembang, reinforcements continue to flood in, and robs advance has stalled south of the river he's yet to try to cross it, i've only got a token force waiting for them on the other side of the river just to disrupt and fatigue him, im getting more and more confident here, with KB ruining itself, I doubt ill be able to drive the British back into the sea as i had initally hoped, but i've got to move on and adapt, Rob was obviously hoping for a quick smash and grab invasion, and he's now stuck in a battle for attrition. Tanaka whent in and sunk several tankers still carrying fuel, small victories like this will extend the life of Palembang.

Whilst he wont be taking Palembang anytime soon, I no longer have the power to stop him expanding his facilites at Teloek, he could have a level 4 airfield here soon, ill have to see what i can do to stop that, now air superioty is lost with the demise of KB ill have to be inventive i guess.

If rob can't take Palembang, he'll destroy it.

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RE: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire 1943-19... - 4/14/2007 1:07:32 AM   
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Status: offline 		If, well when the British/American imtruders enter Palembang, will Oil production cease?

I think i can hold it for a while, but it would be pointless if combat in the hex stopped oil production.

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