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RE: Turn 31 06 January, 1942 - 6/20/2010 5:36:14 PM

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Looking at my aircraft pools one month into the war, I am quite happy with the decision to restart the Ki-21 Ic Sally production line. Since this aircraft uses the older HA-5 engine, it has allowed me to produce more twin engine bombers without taxing the production of the better engine required to build the Sally IIa. Also, at this stage of the war, the Ic is every bit as good at the IIa for the tasks that I am assigning it. Along with the Lily Ib, I am using it to provide better, longer ranged aircraft to units in action that were originally equipped with Mary, Sonia, Ann, or Ida bombers.

Note that I am also keeping Ida in production for the time being since there were extra engines around. These will be trainers and kamikazes later in the war. Ida also carries camera devices so can e used for tactical recon. I am no fan of the Ida, but I would rather have new pilots crash these in training instead of my better air frames.

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RE: Turn 31 06 January, 1942 - 6/20/2010 5:41:49 PM

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On the fighter side, I have continued production of the Nate for the time being. Again, I would rather have trainees crash these than Oscars.
That said, I do look forward to being able to replace them in all non-training functions.

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RE: Turn 31 06 January, 1942 - 6/20/2010 5:42:53 PM

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Oddly enough, my second highest scoring pilot is a Nate Driver.

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RE: Turn 31 06 January, 1942 - 6/20/2010 5:44:47 PM

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Here is my engine pool. Looking good so far. It was well worth the effort to make sure that my engine production matched the aircraft production needs.

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Turn 32 07 January, 1942 - 6/20/2010 5:50:07 PM

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Turn 32 07 January, 1942

Near French Frigate Shoals, I-169 put two torpedoes into AS Canopus. This should be enough to sink her. Kind of sad to see this old warrior go down after having made her harrowing escape from Manila at the start of the war.

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Sub attack near French Frigate Shoal at 169,107

Japanese Ships
SS I-169

Allied Ships
AS Canopus, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage

SS I-169 launches 4 torpedoes

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RE: Turn 32 07 January, 1942 - 6/20/2010 5:52:47 PM

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Meanwhile, at Balikpapan, I-124 was attempting to lay a minefield when she struck a Dutch mine. The damage was extensive, but hopefully I can get this sub to a safe port for repairs. She had to abort before laying her mines.

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TF 80 encounters mine field at Balikpapan (64,97)

Japanese Ships
SS I-124, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

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RE: Turn 32 07 January, 1942 - 6/20/2010 5:55:17 PM

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I conducted a fighter sweep using Oscars over Balikpapan and found Dutch Hawk fighters defending the place. The combat was intense, but there were no kills for either side.

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Morning Air attack on Balikpapan , at 64,97

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 13

Allied aircraft
75A-7 Hawk x 6

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Ki-43-Ia Oscar sweeping at 14000 feet *

CAP engaged:
1-Vl.G.IV with 75A-7 Hawk (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 31000 , scrambling fighters to 31000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 5 minutes

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RE: Turn 32 07 January, 1942 - 6/20/2010 5:57:11 PM

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I also put the first large scale raid over Bataan and Corregidor. I need to start reducing his supplies here and hopefully eliminate those pesky Catalinas.

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Morning Air attack on Bataan , at 78,77

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 31 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 81
G3M2 Nell x 102

Allied aircraft
P-26A x 1
P-40B Warhawk x 1
P-40E Warhawk x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 6 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-26A: 1 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed
PBY-4 Catalina: 1 destroyed on ground

Airbase hits 13
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 76

Aircraft Attacking:
33 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
36 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
33 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
12 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 14000 feet *
28 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 24000 feet *

CAP engaged:
24th PG/20th PS with P-40B Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 27000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes
24th PG/3rd PS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 26000 , scrambling fighters to 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes
6th PS PAAC with P-26A (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 21000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes

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RE: Turn 32 07 January, 1942 - 6/20/2010 6:02:23 PM

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I am continuing to make good progress in the Philippines. On Luzon, I should hold all of the island except for Clark and Bataan after the next few turns. All of the other islands are mine except for Mindanao, and I have already started landing there in multiple spots.

One of my subs spotted ABDAFLOT near the north coast of Timor during the previous turn. That tells me that he is moving to Java to rearm and will be too far away to interfere with the remaining landings on Mindanao.

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Turn 33 08 January, 1942 - 6/20/2010 9:19:31 PM

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Turn 33 08 January, 1942

I-123 struck a Dutch mine while attempting to lay a minefield at Batavia. She was able to claw her way to the surface and sent an uncoded message that she was damaged and sinking along with her position. Our search planes did confirm a large oil slick and some debris on the ocean in the area around noon the next day. No survivors were seen.

Meanwhile, I-124 is continuing to claw towards port with her mine damage. She did have one pump failure and system went up by 1 to 42 and the floatation damage went up by 3 to 64. She now also has 1 point of engine damage.

On land, Manila has now been captured.

We continued to pound Bataan from the air this turn.

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Turn 34 09 January, 1942 - 6/20/2010 11:08:42 PM

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Turn 34 09 January, 1942

I continued to wage war against anything that floats off the California coast. It starts with I-6 putting two fish into an American patrol craft.

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Sub attack near San Francisco at 217,71

Japanese Ships
SS I-6

Allied Ships
YP-250

Captain of SS I-6 elects not to launch torpedoes at this target
I-6 diving deep ....
Escort abandons search for sub

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Sub attack near San Francisco at 217,71

Japanese Ships
SS I-6

Allied Ships
YP-401, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

SS I-6 launches 4 torpedoes at YP-401
I-6 diving deep ....
Escort abandons search for sub

Why the captain chose not to waste a torpedo on the first patrol craft but used four on the second I will never know. I do know that my constant attacks off the California coast have got to be annoying to Traskott.

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RE: Turn 34 09 January, 1942 - 6/20/2010 11:11:16 PM

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Meanwhile, a few miles away, I-3 puts another yankee patrol craft on the bottom.

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Sub attack near San Francisco at 218,72

Japanese Ships
SS I-3

Allied Ships
YP-133, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage

SS I-3 launches 4 torpedoes at YP-133
I-3 diving deep ....
Escort abandons search for sub

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RE: Turn 34 09 January, 1942 - 6/20/2010 11:17:38 PM

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Most of the allied task forces off the California coast seem to be ASW forces, so I know that he feels that he needs to sink my subs.

Meanwhile, I am moving all of my convoys under heavy escort. He has spotted convoys a few times in the past couple of turns but in all cases the sub was sighted by the escorts and driven away before they could get a shot off.

I am surprised that he is leaving his subs guarding the western end of the Sea of Japan since he has seen no traffic there over the past couple of weeks.

I am running multiple resource convoys on a very regular basis from Port Arthur and also from Shikukua to the home islands.

Here are the air unit losses for the turn.

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Turn 35 10 January, 1942 - 6/22/2010 1:11:34 PM

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Turn 35 10 January, 1942

Weather was rotten over several sectors of the map. This cancelled all of my airstrikes targeting Clark and Bataan. A classic case of "bad weather delays attack". Oh well, my Takao based aircrews could use a day's rest anyway.

Speaking of rest, all of my Luzon based troops are currently in rest mode removing disruption and fatigue before moving forward to join battle at Clark Field. I now hold all of the Philippines except for Clark, Iba, Bataan, Davao, Zamboanga, and Cotobato.

Flying from Borneo, my zeroes conducted a sweep over Bandoeng, Java where they flushed out a bunch of Dutch CW-21 Demon fighters. Even though the lightweight Dutch fighters were known for their maneuverability, they didn't stand a chance against the zeroes. Three of them went down in flames compared to no zeroes lost.

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RE: Turn 35 10 January, 1942 - 6/22/2010 1:12:48 PM

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As you can see, aircraft losses were light for the turn.

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RE: Turn 35 10 January, 1942 - 6/22/2010 1:26:03 PM

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At Rabaul, my transports were busy unloading air support and naval HQ units. By the end of the day, the first unit of fighters and a detachment of Mavis patrol seaplanes had arrived. Another detachment of Mavis' were also transferred in to my secret base at Manus. Together these units will provide advanced recon of the Moresby area and also begin scouring the seas for enemy shipping.

Two days ago my Port Moresby invasion task force sailed from Truk. The transports are escorted by a surface combat task force consisting of 4 battleships (Fuso, Yamashiro, Hyuga, Ise) and also by a carrier task force containing Kaga and Akagi. If needed, Nagato and Mutsu are at Rabaul where they were performing escort duties for the transports that were offloading there. I did not want to take the chance of an invasion convoy running into the Australian Navy without enough firepower to win the engagement.

I normally do not split the KB up during the game as it can risk disaster. However, the other carriers are on a secret mission and the shorter ranged Kaga and Akagi would be a bit of a liability. Besides, I needed some serious airpower around Moresby just in case the enemy carriers turned up to oppose the invasion.

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RE: Turn 35 10 January, 1942 - 6/22/2010 1:30:25 PM

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Finally, off the California coast the I-17 was damaged during a depth charge attack by the corvette Dawson. If I am lucky, I can run the Dawson low on ASW ammo and then put a fish into her side. She is the most effective ASW platform that he currently has operating in the area and has worked over at least two of my subs. The I-17 will attempt to remain on station for a few more days despite the damage since she has a full load of torpedoes. I will move her out from the coast onto the Pearl-Frisco convoy lanes for a couple of turns to repair some of the damage.

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RE: Turn 35 10 January, 1942 - 6/22/2010 3:21:55 PM

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Hello, just joined the readership as i like your AAR style (pretty pictures and no cut n paste combat reports).

Secret missions with CV's ? i'll take a guess at US east coast (maybe just south of it to catch any east coast/panama convoys/transits to Oz. OFC long range could be indian ocean but i would imagine far less easy pickings there. East coast you 'might' catch a CV if lucky or some nice juicy troop conyoys.

Best of luck

PS secret base at manus ? i'll have to open my game and find it, as it rings no bells whatsoever.

Thanks for taking the time to post.

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RE: Turn 35 10 January, 1942 - 6/22/2010 10:51:06 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: Rob Brennan UK

Hello, just joined the readership as i like your AAR style (pretty pictures and no cut n paste combat reports).

Secret missions with CV's ? i'll take a guess at US east coast (maybe just south of it to catch any east coast/panama convoys/transits to Oz. OFC long range could be indian ocean but i would imagine far less easy pickings there. East coast you 'might' catch a CV if lucky or some nice juicy troop conyoys.

Best of luck

PS secret base at manus ? i'll have to open my game and find it, as it rings no bells whatsoever.

Thanks for taking the time to post.

My guess is that the secret mission is Ceylon. Then again, even in the other AAR Seydlitz mused about striking Seattle. Naah, my vote is Ceylon.

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RE: Turn 35 10 January, 1942 - 6/23/2010 2:02:22 AM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: Rob Brennan UK

Hello, just joined the readership as i like your AAR style (pretty pictures and no cut n paste combat reports).

PS secret base at manus ? i'll have to open my game and find it, as it rings no bells whatsoever.

Manus is in the Admiralty islands located NW of Rabaul. Excellent harbor and airfield potential but you do have to build the airfield up from level zero. Most players ignore the place. It gives me a very good base to use as an alternative to Truk and Rabaul that will often not even be scouted by the enemy. It is a good place to base counter strike forces.

BTW, welcome aboard. I also hate cut and paste AARs although I still find myself pasting snippets to go with the pics far too much. I am going to work on keeping the combat report pastes to a minimum. Hopefully you will like what you read.

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Turn 36 11 January, 1942 - 6/23/2010 4:49:01 AM

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Turn 36 11 January, 1942

We start this turn with a view of the Kido Butai at sea, in overcast skies, steaming towards points classified on a secret mission.....

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RE: Turn 36 11 January, 1942 - 6/23/2010 4:56:34 AM

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Off the California coast, I-24 sank an American Patrol craft with a torpedo. It seems like the yankees have converted all of the local yachts into patrol craft. About all that you can say for them is that they suck up torpedoes well. There are a couple of YPs out there that must be smaller than the others since my sub commanders let them pass as not worthy of a torpedo.

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RE: Turn 36 11 January, 1942 - 6/23/2010 4:59:19 AM

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The California coast continues to be quite active. At least now he has made the decision to escort his merchant vessels. Funny thing is, he is having to assign two escorts to each merchant vessel, and that must be putting a strain on his resources. If he doesn't, my subs could sink the escort on the first attack and then go after the unprotected merchant.

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RE: Turn 36 11 January, 1942 - 6/23/2010 5:02:53 AM

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If you haven't figured it out yet, the sub/ASW part of the game is one of my favorites.

Here is what it looks like off of Japan right now. I have several ASW groups consisting of SC and PB at sea hunting subs. However, their experience is so poor now that even when they trigger an encounter they usually can't locate the target long enough to drop. However, if I keep them at sea and engaged the experience will come.

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RE: Turn 36 11 January, 1942 - 6/23/2010 5:08:15 AM

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My invasion force continues to close in on Port Moresby. However, my Mavis' flying recon during the turn have revealled a couple of disturbing facts. First off, it appears that he has search planes based there. Second, it looks like he has shipped in additional combat units and this will be a much tougher target to crack.

I have two regiments, each with 126 AV on the transports heading for the landing. Based on the initial recon, I am going to load the regiment at Rabaul onto the transports that were fixing to return to Japan and instead have them move to Moresby to provide second wave reinforcements. Hopefully this will be enough firepower to handle the situation. I am somewhat surprised that he has put this many troops into this location this early.

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RE: Turn 36 11 January, 1942 - 6/23/2010 5:15:26 AM

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During the turn my Takao based Nells bombed Bataan and Clark Field again escorted by zeroes. One P-40 tried to intercept the Clark raid, but no losses were incurred on either side. I will continue pounding these targets next turn as I want to strip Traskott's forces of their supplies before engaging in combat.

While my bombers are doing their work, my troops are holding fast in bivouac, removing the disruption and fatigue caused by the landings and three weeks of combat. They will all be fresh when we advance, and hopefully his troops will be fatigued, disrupted, and short of supply from the daily bombing.

I was surprised that no aircraft were shot down during the turn and that all losses were ops losses. I had hoped to kill a B-17 or two. He bombed Khota Baru using 16 forts flying out of Singapore and flew right into my flak trap at 8,000 feet. My three AAA units damaged 8 of the forts on their attack run and my defending Oscars damaged a couple more. Maybe the planes will be down for a few days for repair at least.

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RE: Turn 36 11 January, 1942 - 6/23/2010 10:51:40 PM

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Waiting to see the secret mission play out!

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RE: Turn 36 11 January, 1942 - 6/24/2010 1:43:51 AM

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Be careful with your secret mission!

I see something on one of your screenshots that may give a tip to the destination of your carriers. And it is something that your opponent may notice as well, even without looking on this thread. I could be wrong, but I'm willing to bet I know the destination of your ships, unless you have something really strange cooking up.

Though I will say that at this stage of the war, you probably aren't in tremendous danger from the Allies CVs, but just be on guard.

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Turn 37 12 January, 1942 - 6/24/2010 1:56:48 AM

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Turn 37 12 January, 1942

I-24 managed to put a torpedo into a large American transport this turn off San Francisco. No idea if the damage is enough to sink her or not, but one hit was enough to finish the last liner we hit.