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23 Dec 1942 - 3/10/2011 11:33:21 PM   
ChezDaJez


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Status: offline 		NorPac:
Nothing to report. No sightings.

CentPac:
My Tulagi force is one day out and Soryu/Hiryu are near Steward Island and heading south. to intercept any ships planning to oppose the landings.

Philippines:
S-36 took another heavy pounding near Iba. This time I believe she sank with heavy damage.

Burma:
No fighters left at Rangoon. Where did they go.

Malaya:
Troops are unloading at Mersing. Many troops lost in the unopposed landings. Dan launched several air raids against the landings but all were repulsed with heavy losses for no hits. Small unit actions are taking place along the roads to Kuala Lampur. These are easily brushed aside.

Several air raids came out to attack the my carriers but were destroyed. The AVG is believed to be at Palembang as Zuiho encountered them on long range CAP wile sinking 2 small xAKLs near Muntok.

Sabang is standing firm having repulsed 2 of my attacks, the last being at 1:3 odds! More troops are being dropped.

Southern SRA:
Sighting report south of Ternate shows 2 ships of unknown type. I have a BB TF at Ternate so if these are warships, he will find an unpleasant surprise. I also have another BB TF moving ahead of my Ambon invasion force that is just passing Ternate to the east.

Chnia:
Minesweeping operations underway at Hong Kong. One DMS struck a mine and sank.

Chez

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24 Dec 1942 - 3/10/2011 11:53:03 PM   
ChezDaJez


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Status: offline 		NorPac:
4 ships sighted at Adak, type unknown.

CentPac:
Tulagi falls. No enenmy surface ships found in the area. Soryu and Hiryu continue to search south and east of the Solomons.

Philipiines:
Bombing of troops at Clark continues. My SNLF is about to enter Cabatuan north of Manila.

Burma:
Nothing to report

Malaya:
Mersing falls. Only 1 air attack against the landing forces seen and it was destroyed. My carriers sighted and sank 3 xAKLs near Taobali and Muntok. 8 AVG aircraft blew through my escorts and shot down 5 Kates. 4 others are damaged so she has no offensive firepower left. Zuiho will withdraw to Cam Ranh Bay for new aircraft.

Sabang falls.

Southern SRA:
The ships sighted the previous turn have remained in the same location. Pretty puzzling. My guess is that they are warships looking for an opportunity to strike. With that in mind I will slow my advance to Ambon until I know what is going on.

China:
Troops continue to head for Singyang. Nothing else to report.

Chez

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25 Dec 1942 - 3/11/2011 12:08:47 AM   
ChezDaJez


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Status: offline 		Merry Christmas!

Well Santa had a very nice gift waiting for me at Ternate. I had suspended unloading supplies at Ternate and sent that TF to wait developments.I left the BB force in place.

CAs Louisville and Australia escorted by the CL Perth and Adelaide plus 2 DDs showed up at Ternate during the night and found BBs Fuso, Ise, and Hyuga with 3 CLs abd 5 DDs waiting for them. Australia sank under a hail of 36cm shells and Perth followed her down. Louisville was hit 6 times by various caliber shells and left with heavy fires. Adelaide was also hit as was DD Voyager.

BB Hyuga suffered 10 non-penetrating hits. Most were 4.7" shells but she did take two 8" from Louisville. CL Oi received two 6" shells and sustained heavy fires.

Skies were partly cloudy with 42% moonlight. Visibility was 11,000yds.

Not much else to report elsewhere. 4 ships sighted at Adak again, type unknow. May by landing troops, don't know.

Mersing troops continue to land unopposed at a friendly base with heavy losses. Really starting to piss me off.

Chez

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RE: 25 Dec 1942 - 3/11/2011 12:49:42 AM   
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RE: 26 Dec 1942 - 3/17/2011 2:01:52 AM   
ChezDaJez


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Status: offline 		Dan took a few days off to go camping (how dare he!!!). Anyways, Dan is back now so I'll catch this up.

26 Dec 42

Not much to report in the ground war.

My forces continue to move down the Malaya peninsula encountering small packets of retreating allied troops. Heavy casualties have been inflicted on them.

Troops are landing at Ambon and Manado. The force at Ambon has seen small air raids launched from Kendari and Ambon but no damage has been incurred.

My troops continue to rest at Iba in the PI. They will be moving soon into Clark. The Sasebo 1st SNLF captured undefended Cabanatuan north of Manila. They will move into Manila to prevent troops reinforcing Clark.

The naval war is finally going as planned.

Received a day after Xmas present when Soryu and Hiryu intercepted an allied CA force heading for Tulagi. The encounter took place near Kirakira (hex 116,145). CA Minneapolis took 5 bombs and CL Raleigh took 4 in the AM attack. DD Dewey also took 2 bombs. Unfortunately, nearly all of my Kates went after the DDs and failed to score. The PM attack went better with Minneapolis and Raleigh each receiving a bomb and a torp. All are believed to have sunk.

Dan still has major naval forces with which to counter my moves but it is nice to finally gain some retribution on these marauding forces.

Chez

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RE: 27 Dec 1942 - 3/17/2011 2:15:07 AM   
ChezDaJez


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Dan's subs are active. SS KXVI put a torp into AP Argentina Maru near Ternate. She had just reloaded troops to ferry them to Manado. No danger of sinking but she will need some time in the yards.

SS Perch also tried but failed to torp xAP Kowa Maru near Shimizu.

Dan's PTs showed up at Manado in daylight to interefere with my landings there. The first amphib TF withdrew with neither side receiving any damage. They tried again with a second amphib TF. Escorts were able to drive off the PT sinking PT-43 in the process.

Japanese army forces captured Kuala Lumpur cutting off what few troops remain north of there.

An initial shock attack at Manado failed with 1:2 odds. Allied casualtied were heavier than Japanese so will try again.

The Ambon landings are going well. Small allied air raids have failed to inflict any damage. Will attempt a shock attack next turn if all troops have been landed.

Chez

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RE: 28 Dec 1942 - 3/17/2011 2:32:34 AM   
ChezDaJez


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SS KXVII put a torp into BB Hyuga as she began here transit to Japan from Babeldaob. System damage is heavy but flot damage is only 15. She return to Babeldaob and has been disbanded to repair her system damage before returning to Japan.

SS RO-62 found the xAKL Sarangami near Kure Ilsand in the central PAcific and pummeled her with gunfire before running out of ammo. The freighter is believed to have sunk.

I have been conducting fighter sweeps from Rangoon to Singapore to Clark the last few turns without seeing any fighters except at Rangoon and then its only 2-3 at a time. I believe his fighter forces have been hurt and have probably withdrawn into Java or further north in Burma.

My shcok attack at Ambon just failed to achieve 1:1 odds despite a 3:1 initial odds advantage.

This seems to be the norm so far. The forces landed at Ambon outnumbered the allied defenders about 5:1 prior to the landing but the losses and disruption from the landings themselves means that I seldom have enough force to take the place on the first go round. Frustrating.

I've noticed a potential problem with aircraft production. I expanded the A6M2 factory at Maebashi but so far not a single point has been repaired. The AI keeps redirecting supplies away from there so two turns ago I upped the supply requirement there so I hope that does it. At this stage of the game the Home Islands are awash in supply so there is no logical reason for supply to be redirected back to Tokyo and Osaka.

Chez

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RE: 28 Dec 1942 - 3/17/2011 2:59:41 AM   
Captain Cruft


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Status: offline 		I would keep the supplies required at all aircraft/engine factory bases dialled up to at least 5,000 permanently. It doesn't cause any problems since Japan has a structural surplus of supply, unless you go mad with the expansions.

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RE: 28 Dec 1942 - 3/17/2011 3:03:33 AM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: Captain Cruft

I would keep the supplies required at all aircraft/engine factory bases dialled up to at least 5,000 permanently. It doesn't cause any problems since Japan has a structural surplus of supply, unless you go mad with the expansions.



That is not a bad idea. I keep all bases that see factory increases at 4200 minimum required supply. Then it should be at 12k+ all the time. A little supply overkill to make sure the repair

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RE: 28 Dec 1942 - 3/17/2011 3:04:40 AM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: Captain Cruft

I would keep the supplies required at all aircraft/engine factory bases dialled up to at least 5,000 permanently. It doesn't cause any problems since Japan has a structural surplus of supply, unless you go mad with the expansions.


Actually, I would dial them to 7000 min. 3 * 7000 = 21,000. You need 20,000 min to repair factories.

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RE: 28 Dec 1942 - 3/17/2011 4:20:23 AM   
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Status: offline 		DOH!!  Paxmondo is absolutely correct.  I set mine to 7k to be safe.  That will teach me to post after having quaffed too much 7% alcohol beer. 

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RE: 28 Dec 1942 - 3/17/2011 4:23:49 AM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: PaxMondo


quote:

ORIGINAL: Captain Cruft

I would keep the supplies required at all aircraft/engine factory bases dialled up to at least 5,000 permanently. It doesn't cause any problems since Japan has a structural surplus of supply, unless you go mad with the expansions.


Actually, I would dial them to 7000 min. 3 * 7000 = 21,000. You need 20,000 min to repair factories.


10,000

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RE: 28 Dec 1942 - 3/17/2011 7:09:59 AM   
ChezDaJez


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Status: offline 		I've set Maebashi to 5000 supply. It's funny that Maebashi only started losing supply after I gave the order to expand the factory.

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RE: 28 Dec 1942 - 3/21/2011 4:06:22 AM   
PaxMondo


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quote:

ORIGINAL: erstad


quote:

ORIGINAL: PaxMondo


quote:

ORIGINAL: Captain Cruft

I would keep the supplies required at all aircraft/engine factory bases dialled up to at least 5,000 permanently. It doesn't cause any problems since Japan has a structural surplus of supply, unless you go mad with the expansions.


Actually, I would dial them to 7000 min. 3 * 7000 = 21,000. You need 20,000 min to repair factories.


10,000


Ach! You're right of course. Got the 20,000 in my head cause of the other limits for 20,000 ... blah!

Just be careful if it is a city with a lot of factories repairing. Maebishi and Gifu can have this pretty easily due to all the a/c and engine factories there.


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RE: 29 Dec 1942 to 03 January 1943 - 3/21/2011 10:25:42 PM   
ChezDaJez


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Status: offline 		Weekly update...

29 Dec 1942

Not a lot of action. Manado fell and Dan launched a counterattack against Sabang on Sumatra that failed.

I'm continuing heavy air attacks against Clark and Singapore. My troops continue to move down the Malay peninsula and are about to enter Temulah. Others are gathering at Johore Bharu. Not sure I will have enough forces to take Singapore so it may devolve into a long siege.

No naval air attacks to speak of. Dan is sending out small groups of Hudson and Dutch aircraft to harass the fleet at Ambon.

In the Philippines, my troops are bombarding Clark but am sustaining as many casualties as I inflict. Dan outnumbers me here so I have arranged for an inf division to land at Iba. It appears that Manila only has around 10000 troops there. I have a SNLF camped in Manila but I think Dan will try to kick them out and probably succeed.

Side note: I increased the required supply at Maebashi and Gifu to 8000. The factories are now beginning to repair so it was a supply issue.

30 Dec 1942

My BBs continue to trade shots with the CD at Ambon. My troops are ashore but are pretty badly disrupted from the landing.

The aintiair defences at Singapore are playing havoc with my bombers. I'm losing 3-4 per turn with 10+ damaged despite bombing from 16K. Lost 10 Bettys to flak on 1 turn!!!

In China, I have 2 inf divs moving towards Kukong and my troops are about to cross the river from iingyang and will be heading for Chengchow. Once the rail line from Chengchow to Singyang is clear, my troops will then move on Changsha.

Temulah and Johore Bharu in Malaya falls.

Dan tried another assault on my defenders at Sabang and was heavily repulsed. I've been flying in an inf rgt so that has helped.

Ambon continues to repulse my attacks. Only 1:1 odds this time.


31 Dec 1942 New Year's Eve

Dan invaded Amchitka! Caught me totally by surprise. I saw ships at Adak but I assumed they were troops landing there. Fortunately, his troops did not survive the landing as there was no sign of them at the end of the turn. I have nothing in the area that can arrive in a timely fashion. Am considering sending a couple of carriers up that way to help but I don't know where his carriers are.

My BB force encountered 5 PTs near Namlea NW of Ambon but the PTs managed to escape without damage.

Then the main event occurred. Dan sent another surface TF in search of my supply TFs and found one at Ternate. CLs Danae and Durban with 5 DDs sank an AMC, a large AP and 4 AKs. My 2 DDs and 2 AKs escaped. His force was undamaged.

I intend to go after these guys. I have the BB force at Namlea that I will send towards Kendari to block his retreat that way. I don't think he will retreat past Ambon so will leave that route open. I have a BB force off the west coast of Borneo that I will send at full speed towards Makassar. I will need some luck but I hope to reduce these annoying (and effective)raids.

The air bombardsments of Clark and Singapore continue without let up despite the losses over Singapore. Bomber reserves are getting low so I've increased production to offset.

Ambon still stands though it should fall next turn. Got 2:1 result this time.

Dan moved a small PA inf rgt into Cabuatan from Manila and cutoff my SNLF at Manila. Didn't know you could move from one enemy ZOC to another. Got a feeling an attack is coming soon against that SNLF.

I counterattacked at Sabang and thoroughly whipped his forces there with a 36:1 attack.


1 January 1943

The CA Houston and 3 DDs bombarded Amchitka for no damage. I withdrew my undamaged Mavis' to the Kurile to await developments there. I'm sure he will be back. I have a inf rgt loading (252 AV) in the home islands that I will send to Amchitka assuming the coast is clear. Shokaku and Zuikaku are enroute from Truk so it will be awhile. If he takes Amchitka, I intend to turn around and head back.

I-8 torped the DD Cummings near PH. Dan has been sending out lots of ASW forces around the Hawaian Islands so I have moved my ring of subs back a few hexes.

My BB force east of Kendari didn't find the Danae and Durbin. I've lost contact with them so they have escaped, dang it!

My other BB force is continuing south at a reduced rate of speed and will head for Badelbaob for refueling.

I finally captured Ambon.

More to come.

Chez

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RE: 29 Dec 1942 to 03 January 1943 - 3/21/2011 11:37:38 PM   
ChezDaJez


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Success!!! Revenge is sweet!

BB Kongo with 2 CAs and 2 CLs plus DDs caught CLs Durbin and Danae near Bima in a night time clash with clear conditions and 100% moonlight. Sighting range was 12000yds. My ships opened fire at 11000yds and reduced the range to 8000yds before opening again. Danae went down immediately from a torpedo and a 36cm shell. Durbin suffered a bit longer but finally went down with 18 shell hits including 4 36cm shells and 2 torps. DD Peary sustained heavy fires and heavy damage and is sure to have sunk. DD Vampire also suffered heavy fires from 3 shell hits. Two other DDs incurred fires but no heavy damage. Only DD Tenedos escaped unharmed. BB Kongo sustained 2 6" shell hits as did CA Atago. Their damage is minor. CA Mikuma received 3 6" shell hits with one penetrating causing moderate damage. She can still fight but she will need repairs. CL Jintsu received 2 small caliber shells but is ok. None of my DDs were seriously damaged.

According to the "Sunk Ships" list Dan has now lost the following warships:
BB Colorado
BB Nevada
BB Prince of Wales*
BC Repulse*
CA Indianapolis
CA Northampton
CA Houston**
CA Pensacola
CA San Francisco
CA Australia
CL Perth
CL Danae
CL Durbin
CL Dragon
CL Mauritius
CL Detroit
CL Boise
15 DDs

*= known to be damaged by torpedoes but not believed to have sunk
**= Spotted at Amchitka last turn so definitely not sunk.

Obviously FOW is playing a part here but even if only 50% of these ships are sunk it still significantly degrades his ability to conduct raids. This will also reduce his ability to escort his carriers until new warships arrive in theater.

His B-17s out of Java conducted several small bombing missions against Kongo but failed to score.

His ASW forces attacked several of my subs lurking near Hawaii. Fortunately only one was damaged enough to send back for repairs.

Lost another Betty to flak but also 10 Bettys to ops losses due to damage from flak over Singapore in one raid. I'm bombing from 16K feet. 11 out of 23 bombers! Ouch! I no longer have any Bettys in the pool and with PDU off, I cannot replace them until production increases. But I can't let up either. I'm bringing Sallys and Sonias in to Mersing to help.

I've begun bombing Alor Star and am scraping together enough inf forces to attack within a week or so.

Clark continues to see daily bombing raids against ground forces at Clark. Cabanatuan fell to the 21st PA Inf Div. My SNLF at Manila is definitely cut off now. I'm moving troops from Iba to retake the place. The 21st Inf Div should be arriving at Iba in 2 days. They will march to Clark.

I have a SNLF COY landing at Shortlands. The place is undefended so will fall next turn.

An inf rgt is landing at Guam. I hope to take the place but don't know if they will be enough. I simply do not have enough troops left in the 4th Fleet after my failures to protect the amphib TFs. My PP pool is low and I'm saving them to buy divisions for the planned invasions of NZ and Australia.

3 Jan 1943

I-158 found a small freighter near Makassar and sank her with gunfire.

He's BAAAACK!!! 3 large Allied APs are busy unloading troops at Amchitka with a single DD for escort. Where are my raiding forces when I need them? Dan sustained heavy losses to the 161st Inf Rgt/2 and once again there were no enemy troops on the island at the end of the turn. Two bullets dodged! Relief is on the way but will take several days to get there.

My China troops at Singyang stormed acreoss the river expecting to find and inf unit waiting for them. All they found was a Corps HQ unit and smashed it at 446:1 odds.

Shortlands fell as expected. My Guam attack did far worse than expected. My troops outnumber his 5:1 but I only got a 1:5 odds. That hurts. Gotta find more troops somewhere.

Dan attacked my SNLF at Manila and got 3:1 odds but no retreat. There isn't anywhere for them to retreat to. I forgot to change them to combat mode instead of move mode. Help is on the way but this SNLF may Banzai if he keeps attacking.

Chez


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RE: 4 Jan 1942 to 10 January 1942 - 3/28/2011 1:48:47 AM   
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Progress has been pretty slow of late. I'm really hurting for troops in the SE Fleet area and am having to save PP to purchase them. That means that the invasion of NZ will be delayed. I hope to make it happen by 1 April but I'm not sure I can. I need to free up troops in the PI which means I need to bring in more troops there to make it happen. So the 2 divisions sitting in Truk awaiting the NZ invasion will be reloaded and sent to the PI.

I now hold all of Malaya except Alor Star and Singapore. I have about 1650 AV points about to enter the city on 11 Jan 43 with another 600 AV moving down the peninsula.

4 Jan 42
Sailfish attempted to attack the BB Mutsu near Manado but couldn't penetrate the screen. She took 2 hits for her troubles.

BB Kongo and frineds intercepted a small xAKL and blasted her to bits near Bara.

Air attacks continue against Singapore, Clark, Manila and various places in China. These attacks have been largely ineffective especially in the urban hexes as expected.

Allied forces have been trying hard to kick my SNLF out of Manila. Best result so far is 2:1 but they have no retreat path so they stay and fight. They are being slowly whittled down. I have a inf rgt enroute to Cabanatuan to open a retreat path but they won't get there for about 2 more days.

5 Jan 1942

Allied ASW forces have been harassing my subs around Hawaii. 3 DDs obtained a hit on I-173 but DD Sims received a torpedo from I-9 and sank.

Mine clearing at Ambon is well underway and should be completed in a day or two.

Dan had a nasty surprise in the skies over Singapore waiting for me. Most of my strikes had gone in unescorted the past few days due to the escorts "losing contact" with their charges. This turn Dan 33 fighters including elements of the AVG. 22 bombers shot down and not a paint scratch deleivered in return. In the afternoon strike, 25 Oscars escorted 14 Sallys. The result? 14 Sallys shot down plus 5 Oscars. No damage in return.

Why is it that when I bombard Clark, I lose troops and he seldom does. And when he bombards my troops at Clark, I lose troops and he seldom does?

The allied assault at Manila against my SNLF is starting to get results. This time 4:1 and lots of casualties. As long as they are there though he cannot move troops between Clark and Manila.


6 Jan 1942

The allied troops that garrisoned Rabaul appear to be moving towards Gasmata so I have landed a SNLF COY unit there via fast transport to prevent that.

I-124 found the xAKL Benkoelen leaving Balikpapan and sank her with 2 torps.

Malacca fell today as my troops continue moving towards Singapore. The blocking base force was destroyed.

Kukong in China falls to my troops. That leaves the southern route to Changsha open. Now if I only had the troops.

My SNLF at Manila is taking a pounding. 11:1 odds this time but still they hold. Casualties are few however.

Noted an allied TF at Attu Island in the Aleutians. Not sure if he landed troops there or not. Amchitka still stands. Dan has not been back since losing his second inf rgt during landing. Shokakua and Zuikaku are on their way there to support the landing of a 250 AV inf group on Amchitka. Adak does not appear to have any troops on it as yet as I don't see any change in airfield status but I have not been able to recon the place due to my reluctance at sending aircraft in should he come back. All I have there right now is 1 operational Mavis with 2 repairing.

7 January 1942

I-158 torped a small AKL near Madjene sinking her.

I have not sent in any airstrikes over Singapore since Dan surprised me with his fighters. His fighters are gone now but the units need rebuilding. I plan on restarting these airstrikes just as soon as the planes repair despite the pilots low experience level. That should increase faster than training as it does IRL but we'll see.

Allied troops continue to pound the SNLF at Manila. Odds were only 4:1 this time. My troops have arrived in Cabanatuan and should kinck his blocking force out.

Gasmata falls.

8 January 1942

Japanese troops landing at Guam. Guam should fall next turn.

Cabanatuan has been liberated!!! The 21st PA Inf Div was wirtually destroyed by the 9th Inf Rgt with 198:1 odds. My troops at Manila now have a retreat path and will probably use it next turn.

No other news to report.

9 January 1942

Air attacks resume against Singapore and continue throughout the PI and China.

The road is now open from Sinyang to Chengchun. 7 Inf Divs obliterated the 48th Chinese Corps across the river and are now moving as fast as they can towards Chengchun.

Guam falls.

As expected, my SNLF at Manila was forced to retreat and took heavy losses. The inf rgt that liberated Cabanatuan will now head for Manila. He has only 136 AV in Manila so he will not be able to kick these boys out.

10 January 1942.

Nothing new to report this turn. <y troops are about to enter Singapore and airstrikes continue all throughout contested areas. My Amchitka force is due to land in 2 days. Shokaku and Zuikaku have not been detetced as yet and have taken up blocking positions incase Dan sends any warships this way. The bad news is that the entire area is covered by blizzards so air searches aren't likely to be of much use. That should work both ways though.

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RE: 4 Jan 1942 to 10 January 1942 - 3/28/2011 5:06:57 AM   
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RE: 4 Jan 1942 to 10 January 1942 - 3/28/2011 7:57:56 AM   
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Right now I'm in a bit of a quiet period as I gather troops to finish off the PI and Singapore. Dan's attacks against my early attempts to take Rabaul really hurt on my forces available for the SE area and have put me way behind schedule there. Fortunately, I was able to belatedly inflict a heavy toll against his raiding forces so many of his cruisers are no longer available to raid and those he does have I imagine he is keeping as carrier escorts.

My air forces have taken a licking in Malaya and production has not yet caught up to my losses. Another month and I should be in a good position to replace the aircraft. Pilots will take a bit longer.

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RE: 4 Jan 1942 to 10 January 1942 - 3/28/2011 10:06:35 AM   
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Why is it that when I bombard Clark, I lose troops and he seldom does. And when he bombards my troops at Clark, I lose troops and he seldom does?


Because since arty was toned down fort levels are even more important. Against higher forts it is very hard to do any damage.
At Clark Canorebel probably got at least fort lvl5 (actual forts + terrain bonus) vs. your fort level 2.
Thats enough to offset results, more so if the defenders got some good arty too.

Personally I see no sense in siege bombardements. They are still good for "recon" purposes and they have an effect in support of
a deliberate attack but thats it.
There is one edvanteage in areas like Clarke though: By counterbombarding the defender uses up precious supply, not sure if its
worth it though if you are perfectly able to destroy supply by AF attacks.

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RE: 4 Jan 1942 to 10 January 1942 - 3/28/2011 7:21:20 PM   
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Dan had a nasty surprise in the skies over Singapore waiting for me. Most of my strikes had gone in unescorted the past few days due to the escorts "losing contact" with their charges. This turn Dan 33 fighters including elements of the AVG. 22 bombers shot down and not a paint scratch deleivered in return. In the afternoon strike, 25 Oscars escorted 14 Sallys. The result? 14 Sallys shot down plus 5 Oscars. No damage in return.



IMHO, until there are no fighters in Singapore, I'd find other work for the bombers. As long as there are fighters in Singapore, I'd use the formula: Sweep, sweep, sweep, sweep, airfield bombardment, sweep, sweep, sweep, airfield bombardment.

He'll get the idea soon enough that having fighters at Singapore is a long-term losing strategy for him. In the meantime, knowing that strikes sometimes get separated from their escort, you can send your bombers elsewhere.

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RE: 4 Jan 1942 to 10 January 1942 - 3/29/2011 8:52:10 PM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: ChezDaJez
Dan had a nasty surprise in the skies over Singapore waiting for me. Most of my strikes had gone in unescorted the past few days due to the escorts "losing contact" with their charges. This turn Dan 33 fighters including elements of the AVG. 22 bombers shot down and not a paint scratch deleivered in return. In the afternoon strike, 25 Oscars escorted 14 Sallys. The result? 14 Sallys shot down plus 5 Oscars. No damage in return.



IMHO, until there are no fighters in Singapore, I'd find other work for the bombers. As long as there are fighters in Singapore, I'd use the formula: Sweep, sweep, sweep, sweep, airfield bombardment, sweep, sweep, sweep, airfield bombardment.

He'll get the idea soon enough that having fighters at Singapore is a long-term losing strategy for him. In the meantime, knowing that strikes sometimes get separated from their escort, you can send your bombers elsewhere.


Sweeping does work... when the fighters stay in place. But Dan is moving them around and only occasionally sending them into Singapore. I'm never sure when they will show up. He does the same thing in China.

That's one of the things I don't like about the how the game works. He can send in fighters or bombers to a base and I won't know it until they appear in the skies. However, if I do that, the allied player knows immediately and can make adjustments the same turn my planes moved.

I wish the game would "hide" those movements until the next turn. I've had plenty of aircraft smashed by 4Es before I can launch a single mission in other games. But it is what it is. I just try to look at it as a spy radioing in reports to the allied high command that my planes have arrived.

Chez


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RE: 4 Jan 1942 to 10 January 1942 - 3/29/2011 8:54:42 PM   
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ORIGINAL: LoBaron


quote:

ORIGINAL: ChezDaJez
Why is it that when I bombard Clark, I lose troops and he seldom does. And when he bombards my troops at Clark, I lose troops and he seldom does?


Because since arty was toned down fort levels are even more important. Against higher forts it is very hard to do any damage.
At Clark Canorebel probably got at least fort lvl5 (actual forts + terrain bonus) vs. your fort level 2.
Thats enough to offset results, more so if the defenders got some good arty too.

Personally I see no sense in siege bombardements. They are still good for "recon" purposes and they have an effect in support of
a deliberate attack but thats it.
There is one edvanteage in areas like Clarke though: By counterbombarding the defender uses up precious supply, not sure if its
worth it though if you are perfectly able to destroy supply by AF attacks.



I've turned off the bombardments. He continues to bombard and is now losing more troops from counterfire than he did with my bombardments.

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RE: 4 Jan 1942 to 10 January 1942 - 3/29/2011 9:03:55 PM   
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ORIGINAL: ChezDaJez


quote:

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy


quote:

ORIGINAL: ChezDaJez
Dan had a nasty surprise in the skies over Singapore waiting for me. Most of my strikes had gone in unescorted the past few days due to the escorts "losing contact" with their charges. This turn Dan 33 fighters including elements of the AVG. 22 bombers shot down and not a paint scratch deleivered in return. In the afternoon strike, 25 Oscars escorted 14 Sallys. The result? 14 Sallys shot down plus 5 Oscars. No damage in return.



IMHO, until there are no fighters in Singapore, I'd find other work for the bombers. As long as there are fighters in Singapore, I'd use the formula: Sweep, sweep, sweep, sweep, airfield bombardment, sweep, sweep, sweep, airfield bombardment.

He'll get the idea soon enough that having fighters at Singapore is a long-term losing strategy for him. In the meantime, knowing that strikes sometimes get separated from their escort, you can send your bombers elsewhere.


Sweeping does work... when the fighters stay in place. But Dan is moving them around and only occasionally sending them into Singapore. I'm never sure when they will show up. He does the same thing in China.

That's one of the things I don't like about the how the game works. He can send in fighters or bombers to a base and I won't know it until they appear in the skies. However, if I do that, the allied player knows immediately and can make adjustments the same turn my planes moved.

I wish the game would "hide" those movements until the next turn. I've had plenty of aircraft smashed by 4Es before I can launch a single mission in other games. But it is what it is. I just try to look at it as a spy radioing in reports to the allied high command that my planes have arrived.

Chez




In our games my decisions on this are usually made before you bring in the aircraft. A lot of the time when you capture a new base I want to shut down the airfield before you can put it into service. Of course, that rarely works...

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RE: 4 Jan 1942 to 10 January 1942 - 3/29/2011 9:11:54 PM   
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In our games my decisions on this are usually made before you bring in the aircraft.


Wasn't actually referring to our game, Brad. TJ (TristanJohn) had a very nasty habit of doing that in our short lived game.

Chez

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RE: 4 Jan 1942 to 10 January 1942 - 3/29/2011 9:28:55 PM   
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Status: offline 		That'a okay... now I have so few working bombers that it doesn't really matter. A timely attack might knock out 4 or 5 planes on the ground, but if I want to really shut down your base I have to bring in the Royal Navy!

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RE: 4 Jan 1942 to 10 January 1942 - 3/29/2011 9:51:38 PM   
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That's one of the things I don't like about the how the game works. He can send in fighters or bombers to a base and I won't know it until they appear in the skies. However, if I do that, the allied player knows immediately and can make adjustments the same turn my planes moved.

I wish the game would "hide" those movements until the next turn. I've had plenty of aircraft smashed by 4Es before I can launch a single mission in other games. But it is what it is. I just try to look at it as a spy radioing in reports to the allied high command that my planes have arrived.

Chez


I have the same issue. It's not a game breaker of course, but it certainly helps lead to the ambushes you speak of and also shows your hand to the Allies when Japanese airfields are suddenly loaded up with aircraft. They can then avoid/join/counter at their leisure.

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RE: 4 Jan 1942 to 10 January 1942 - 3/29/2011 11:44:04 PM   
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I have not sent in any airstrikes over Singapore since Dan surprised me with his fighters. His fighters are gone now but the units need rebuilding. I plan on restarting these airstrikes just as soon as the planes repair despite the pilots low experience level. That should increase faster than training as it does IRL but we'll see.


I've had bombers go in without escorts and get almost wiped out. Their morale is in the tank (30 or below) and the best thing to do is find a leader with high inspiration and good admin and air experience to get them back in combat shape. If they have a lousy leader, they could be resting/standing down for a long time.

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RE: 4 Jan 1942 to 10 January 1942 - 3/30/2011 9:41:30 PM   
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I have not sent in any airstrikes over Singapore since Dan surprised me with his fighters. His fighters are gone now but the units need rebuilding. I plan on restarting these airstrikes just as soon as the planes repair despite the pilots low experience level. That should increase faster than training as it does IRL but we'll see.


I've had bombers go in without escorts and get almost wiped out. Their morale is in the tank (30 or below) and the best thing to do is find a leader with high inspiration and good admin and air experience to get them back in combat shape. If they have a lousy leader, they could be resting/standing down for a long time.



I've been culling the leader lists for good leaders with good inspiration, admin skills and air experience for those units that need to retrain. Sometimes I take them from restricted Home Island units if I can't find them elsewhere.

Chez

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RE: 4 Jan 1942 to 10 January 1942 - 3/31/2011 9:30:28 AM   
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