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RE: Aboard the Red Castle - Erkki(J) vs. Smeulders(A) -... - 2/17/2012 9:58:15 AM

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May 31st, June 1st

Nothing to mention happened on 31st.

On 1st, the USN CVs arrived to Pearl: as I half thought, they were lurking there and sortied when KB was sighted. At least 3 have now returned to their nest, and the 4th is probably nearby. 2/3 of Kido Butai is at Truk, and needs 13-15 days to be fully refit. It could be ready sooner than that but I want to the alertness and security as high as possible to be able to sortie immediately. Zeros are moved to land bases at the atoll and cover the fleet now. The replenishment tankers are unloading the fuel for a day or 2 and will then relocate to East Indies well ahead of the KB.

June 2nd

Only thing to mention today is that the Allies have finally moved bombers to Burma front: there are 18 spotted by Japanese aerial reconnaissance at Calcutta. The 13th Sentai/A with its 14 Ki-45 heavy fighters is still assembling its planes at Bangkok with about half of them ready to fly, but as soon as they're ready they'll transfer to Magwe to counter those bombers. Allies have apparently also moved another squadron of reconnaissance aircraft either to Chittacong or Calcutta as a Beaufort was sighted above Akyab today - so far the Allied recce planes have been ID'd as Lysanders.

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RE: Aboard the Red Castle - Erkki(J) vs. Smeulders(A) -... - 2/22/2012 12:55:56 PM

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June 3rd

Today 3 commando submarines reach their far out patrol zones near Karachi, Bombay and in the Southern Ocean. These submarines are some of the subs I've for now dedicated to scouting, mainly for trying to find the Allied convoy routes.

Something is caught right away: far from nearest land, 480 nautical miles SOUTH of the SW corner of Australia(hex 042,163 for those with the game), I-165 attacks a lone xAK in full fuel load in a brutal surface attack. 4 torpedo hits(+2 duds) and 12 shell hits is overkill for the 5500-ton transport. I-165 still has torpedoes left so shes ordered to remain on station.

An insignificant event perhaps, but the latest kill by a submarine was 3 weeks ago, and it looks like the direct Cape Town - Adelaine is still being used and can, if wanted, be raided again.

Across the Australia, there is some increased activity: a destroyer squadron sails from Brisbane but submarine RO-60 misses its torpedoes. Just East of Sydney, another small force of warships is sighted. At Suva, Fiji, another Allied destroyer squadron arrives to port and is sighted by submarine based E14Y. Radio activity reported at Noumea in New Caledonia and looks like there are finally some patrol aircraft operating from a base somewhere in the New Hebrides.

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RE: Aboard the Red Castle - Erkki(J) vs. Smeulders(A) -... - 2/22/2012 2:40:08 PM

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Something is caught right away: far from nearest land, 480 nautical miles SOUTH of the SW corner of Australia(hex 042,163 for those with the game), I-165 attacks a lone xAK in full fuel load in a brutal surface attack. 4 torpedo hits(+2 duds) and 12 shell hits is overkill for the 5500-ton transport. I-165 still has torpedoes left so shes ordered to remain on station.

It also happen to me few times.
Little unrealistic to use those precious torpedoes to sunk defenses target. More realistic should be 1 torpedo and later finishing ship with deck gun.

At lest in Atlantic standard tactic in early war was to sunk lone ships with deck gun and torpedo was weapon of second choice. It was strictly economy. Torpedoes are not cheap and and it took so many time to return home for new torpedoes so captains always thinking twice before use one.

In my case it was worst because it was xAKL ans 6 torpedos

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RE: Aboard the Red Castle - Erkki(J) vs. Smeulders(A) -... - 2/22/2012 2:42:34 PM

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Something is caught right away: far from nearest land, 480 nautical miles SOUTH of the SW corner of Australia(hex 042,163 for those with the game), I-165 attacks a lone xAK in full fuel load in a brutal surface attack. 4 torpedo hits(+2 duds) and 12 shell hits is overkill for the 5500-ton transport. I-165 still has torpedoes left so shes ordered to remain on station.

It also happen to me few times.
Little unrealistic to use those precious torpedoes to sunk defenses target. More realistic should be 1 torpedo and later finishing ship with deck gun.

At lest in Atlantic standard tactic in early war was to sunk lone ships with deck gun and torpedo was weapon of second choice

In my case it was worst because it was xAKL ans 6 torpedos

6 torpedos used or hits on that xAKL? I-165 hit with 4 +2 duds, out of the 14 shot...!

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RE: Aboard the Red Castle - Erkki(J) vs. Smeulders(A) -... - 2/22/2012 2:49:14 PM

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Something is caught right away: far from nearest land, 480 nautical miles SOUTH of the SW corner of Australia(hex 042,163 for those with the game), I-165 attacks a lone xAK in full fuel load in a brutal surface attack. 4 torpedo hits(+2 duds) and 12 shell hits is overkill for the 5500-ton transport. I-165 still has torpedoes left so shes ordered to remain on station.

It also happen to me few times.
Little unrealistic to use those precious torpedoes to sunk defenses target. More realistic should be 1 torpedo and later finishing ship with deck gun.

At lest in Atlantic standard tactic in early war was to sunk lone ships with deck gun and torpedo was weapon of second choice

In my case it was worst because it was xAKL ans 6 torpedos

6 torpedos used or hits on that xAKL? I-165 hit with 4 +2 duds, out of the 14 shot...!

Maybe he mistaken it with CV

First he attack on surface with deck gun and finish with 2 torps. Later that day he attack again and shot another 4 torpedoes. But 14 torps, this definitely require long talk with captain.

As i remember my captain have high aggressiveness skill. He die few days later trying to attack DD convoy

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RE: Aboard the Red Castle - Erkki(J) vs. Smeulders(A) -... - 2/25/2012 8:24:09 PM

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June 4th, June 5th, June 6th, June 7th

Kido Butai: CV Shokaku, CV Zuikaku, CA Chokai and 5 destroyers leave Truk, heading to Kobe where they will go through major upgrades. The carriers will receive air search radar sets and more AAA batteries while the Chokai will go swap its secondary armament to dual-purpose weapons and the destroyers get more AA guns and depth charges. This force will be unavailable to frontline use for nearly 2 months.

SigInt: 3 CVEs reported at Los Angeles. These cannot be the same 3 "CVs" reported at Pearl only half a week before.

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RE: Aboard the Red Castle - Erkki(J) vs. Smeulders(A) -... - 2/26/2012 12:56:11 AM

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June 8th

Submarines: I-16 was tasked to go help I-165 South of Australia. Near Adelaine, it catches a convoy of fuel-laden ships and sinks 2 Dominion L 6100-tonners that burn up nicely! Only 6 torpedoes were used so there are more 14 left. I-16 is now ordered to follow this convoy towards Adelaine, and with some luck it'll make contact again. Once again, there were no escort ships sighted.

I'm going to exploit this convoy route as much as I can until Smeulders adds some escorts or reroutes his convoys. :D

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RE: Aboard the Red Castle - Erkki(J) vs. Smeulders(A) -... - 2/26/2012 1:47:13 PM

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June 4th, June 5th, June 6th, June 7th

Kido Butai: CV Shokaku, CV Zuikaku, CA Chokai and 5 destroyers leave Truk, heading to Kobe where they will go through major upgrades. The carriers will receive air search radar sets and more AAA batteries while the Chokai will go swap its secondary armament to dual-purpose weapons and the destroyers get more AA guns and depth charges. This force will be unavailable to frontline use for nearly 2 months.

BIG upgrades. I always hate to lose them at this time, but the radar is just too important to the KB.

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RE: Aboard the Red Castle - Erkki(J) vs. Smeulders(A) -... - 2/28/2012 2:42:06 PM

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June 9th, 10th, 11th

Looks like the activity is rising again!

Philippines: The tired defenders of Bataan surrender, and 58,000 PA and US Army men march to captivity. The victorious forces will now move to Manila, and some units will be moved to garrison the smaller islands. On Mindanao, an infantry battalion is ordered to march back to the coast to later garrison Cebu, while the infantry regiment that took Cebu will move to reinforce the Malabalay siege.

Burma: Allies have finally moved in bombers! A whopping 60 are sighted at Rangoon's airfield. For tomorrow, 30 Zero A6M3s will sweep the airspace over Calcutta (hopefully) after which 60 Ki-21 bombers will hit the airfields escorted by 40 Ki-43s. Rangoon has at least 90 enemy fighters but their level of alertness is unknown.

Submarines: 2 more convoys sail in and out of Sydney but the attacking submarines fail to get into firing position. Near Adelaine, I-165 attacks another convoy of unescorted transports but this time the sole hit is a dud.

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RE: Aboard the Red Castle - Erkki(J) vs. Smeulders(A) -... - 2/29/2012 1:12:53 PM

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June 12th

Finally more action that just troops marching and ships sailing.

Burma: Kanoya Ku S-1 sweeps Calcutta with 27 Zeros and finds no less than 60 Hurricane IIs flying CAP, with 30 already in the air. The initial advantage was soon lost, and the Zeros only scored 10 confirmed kills vs. 7 Zeros lost over target and 3 more written off due damage. The first wave of bombers escorted by 42 Ki-42s got through easily(losing just 3 Ki-43s to 1 Hurricane) but the extremely heavy AAA downed 2 Ki-21s and damaged 6 more. Only one Hudson bomber was seen hit on the ground. The second, unescorted wave of Ki-21s lost 3 of its number to the Hurricanes.

In the end, we lost 9 A6M3s, 8 Ki-21s and 3 Ki-43s with 6 Zero, 3 Ki-43 and 8 Ki-21 aircrew. Allied losses are estimated 12-13 Hurricanes. The ratio for today is not too good but both Zeros and Ki-43s flew at extended range. It also seemed that Calcutta had no radar to guide the CAP...

Probably all those 60 bombers at Calcutta are Hudsons, so trying to attack the place isnt worthwhile. I dont think they were moved in for fun, so we might see the Allies try hitting Magwe or even Rangoon soon. If they decide to visit Magwe, they'll face over 120 state of the art interceptors, multiple radars and 100 tubes of heavy anti aircraft artillery.

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RE: Aboard the Red Castle - Erkki(J) vs. Smeulders(A) -... - 3/6/2012 4:56:17 PM

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June 13th-15th.

Nothing happened. Its frustrating how the game allows my opponent to just sit on his hands and do nothing. Now, the last time he actually acted and did something was sending the single small surface combat squadron against my Makassar landings - 4 months ago! It still takes the same nearly 1h to take a turn and we only play them 4 to 5 a week too.

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RE: Aboard the Red Castle - Erkki(J) vs. Smeulders(A) -... - 3/8/2012 6:04:15 AM

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June 13th-15th.

Nothing happened. Its frustrating how the game allows my opponent to just sit on his hands and do nothing. Now, the last time he actually acted and did something was sending the single small surface combat squadron against my Makassar landings - 4 months ago! It still takes the same nearly 1h to take a turn and we only play them 4 to 5 a week too.

Be careful what you wish for. Soon You will miss those quiet days

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RE: Aboard the Red Castle - Erkki(J) vs. Smeulders(A) -... - 3/8/2012 9:36:48 AM

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June 13th-15th.

Nothing happened. Its frustrating how the game allows my opponent to just sit on his hands and do nothing. Now, the last time he actually acted and did something was sending the single small surface combat squadron against my Makassar landings - 4 months ago! It still takes the same nearly 1h to take a turn and we only play them 4 to 5 a week too.

Frustrating. Keep up the prep in the Pacific though. If you have extra time to set up it'll be that much harder for him than otherwise.

How is the land stuff going in Asia?

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RE: Aboard the Red Castle - Erkki(J) vs. Smeulders(A) -... - 3/8/2012 9:50:21 AM

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June 13th-15th.

Nothing happened. Its frustrating how the game allows my opponent to just sit on his hands and do nothing. Now, the last time he actually acted and did something was sending the single small surface combat squadron against my Makassar landings - 4 months ago! It still takes the same nearly 1h to take a turn and we only play them 4 to 5 a week too.

Frustrating. Keep up the prep in the Pacific though. If you have extra time to set up it'll be that much harder for him than otherwise.

How is the land stuff going in Asia?

Nothing... China front has been a sitzkrieg the last 3 months as has the Burma front. Smeulders has lately moved at least one US LCU to Dacca but its probably some kind of an engineer or another support unit. Also some Hudsons to Calcutta I tried to bomb but lost 5 times as many planes to flak alone than my 60 bombers destroyed his on the ground, heh(Calcutta had 200+ spotted planes of 60 bombers).

My reinforcements have arrived at Rangoon and more are on their way with more supplies. I'm building up the bases along the railroad to allow supply more supply to be transfered - I had to pull the III/Imperial Guards from the front to Rangoon because I couldnt supply it at the end of the rail. I think now have the troop strength to fight back the Allies here and I have converted many fighter units to Ki-44, and the only Burma front Zero unit to A6M3. Within 3 weeks there should be one more experienced division unloading at Rangoon, giving me almost 5 divs' worth of combat LCUs in Burma.

The good thing about Smeulders' passivity is that hes also not building up northern Australia, which we're going to invade in less than a month. I'm not going to Darwin directly but trying to cut it off supplies and starve it. My subs are monitoring Geraldton and Perth too and theres nothing, just nothing happening besides a couple of LCUs sitting. There arent even naval search aircraft present.

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RE: Aboard the Red Castle - Erkki(J) vs. Smeulders(A) -... - 3/8/2012 10:23:29 AM

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Within 3 weeks there should be one more experienced division unloading at Rangoon, giving me almost 5 divs' worth of combat LCUs in Burma.

I must warn you, 5 divisions is not nearly enough. In my PBEM game it's January 1943, I have 8 divisions is Burma and allies are already pushing me back with a help of massive 2E and 4E bomber raids.

If allies want Burma, I think there's nothing Japan can do.

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RE: Aboard the Red Castle - Erkki(J) vs. Smeulders(A) -... - 3/8/2012 10:29:17 AM

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Within 3 weeks there should be one more experienced division unloading at Rangoon, giving me almost 5 divs' worth of combat LCUs in Burma.

I must warn you, 5 divisions is not nearly enough. In my PBEM game it's January 1943, I have 8 divisions is Burma and allies are already pushing me back with a help of massive 2E and 4E bomber raids.

If allies want Burma, I think there's nothing Japan can do.

Umm yeah, most likely. But for now (mid 1942) I think 4 divs and 5th soon on its way are enough. Especially as the Allies arent doing any kind of build up of the front bases. I havent yet decided where to move the troops that won Bataan a couple of days ago, but at least some of them will go to Burma. That'd make it 6+ divs worth of combat LCUs.

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RE: Aboard the Red Castle - Erkki(J) vs. Smeulders(A) -... - 3/8/2012 12:58:46 PM

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Interesting. If you're bored maybe you should send those PI troops on a little vacation in south OZ for their troubles. If Perth is so lightly defended you could take it for fun, then pull those troops right back to Burma. If you get the rail head there it'll be a while before he can hit back and will likely have to come by sea. A chance to bleed more Allied stuff for little risk if it is that lightly held now.

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RE: Aboard the Red Castle - Erkki(J) vs. Smeulders(A) -... - 3/20/2012 5:58:47 PM

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We have reached June 21st

Almost nothing has happened. One of my picket xAKLs a couple of days from the coast of Honshu finally found some of the Allied sub force and got attacked. We are also killing time and having fun bombing British troops in India. An SNLF unit also secured Cocos Islands in the Indian Ocean. Thats all that happened in a week!

In 2 days however the Kendari invasion force will board their ships. We'll also be invading Ambon a week or 2 later. KB is finally about to be fully ready - almost 2 weeks later than it should have by the initial repair time estimates...

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RE: Aboard the Red Castle - Erkki(J) vs. Smeulders(A) -... - 3/22/2012 7:09:53 PM

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June 22nd

Finally some action today.

East Indies: the xAK on its way to Makassar that was torpedoed yesterday sinks.

Burma: looks like the Allies moved LOTS of planes to Dacca overnight! However Today's target was Chittagong. 25 Ki-21s escorted by 17 Ki-43s met 7 P-40s. Despite being just Ki-43s and having to escort the bombers, our flyboys did well today by scoring shooting down 4 confirmed kills and at least damaging the 3 others. 2 Ki-43s were lost with their pilots. A dozen Blenheims visited Myitkyina and cratered the runway.

Dacca is now reported to have nearly 60 fighters and 50-ish transports and other aux planes. Tomorrow, drop-tank equipped Ki-44s will sweep Chittagong in hopes of catching more Allied air patrols from Dacca, while more Ki-44s and some Ki-43s will escort Ki-21s to hit the airfield in the case some fighters get transferred there.

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RE: Aboard the Red Castle - Erkki(J) vs. Smeulders(A) -... - 3/26/2012 6:12:43 PM

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June 23rd

Burma: The Allies took the bait this turn and assigned LRCAP over Chittacong. Allied CAP over Chittacong was engaged by 4 waves of Ki-44s and then Ki-44 escorted Ki-21s that bombed the airfield with good results. Today's losses for Japan are 3 Ki-44s and 1 pilot KIA(+ another WIA) for at least 8 confirmed kills!

Ki-44s performed superbly today despite the relatively high fatigue of the air units, long range and not having numerical superiority over the radar assisted enemy.

Tomorrow, we are going to sweep Chittacong again with Ki-44s. In the case Bart flies everything he can OR draws his fighters back to Dacca, 27 A6M3s are also ordered to sweep the base just East of Dacca at 20,000ft. I'm expecting more good results, as many of the P-40s and Hurricanes damaged today shouldn't be able to fly tomorrow. Ki-21s will carry on bombing Chittacong. 40 Ki-43s fly CAP over Myitkyina, Meiktila and especially Magwe.

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RE: Aboard the Red Castle - Erkki(J) vs. Smeulders(A) -... - 4/10/2012 3:34:20 PM

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We have reached June 29

DEI: Kendari was invaded early today. Theres a nearly 100% chance that the defenders will be routed tomorrow, casualties were very low and the Dutchmen seem to be out of supplies. Interesting though the base is, however, still operating some patrol aircraft.

Burma: Overnight, the Allies have moved over 50 fighters to Chittacong(level 1 airfield). This was probably a failed CAP trap attempt. Aerial recce also reports nearly 80 fighters at Calcutta that must have arrived to the front yesterday. Magwe's fighters are ordered to sweep Chittacong tomorrow, Ki-21s are temporarily moved back to Rangoon while Ki-45s will fly CAP with Ki-43s, just in case.

Atlantic: Far near the antarctic waters a submarine borne E14Y finally sights an Allied convoy! The bastards are really sailing 1 hex off the map edge. The convoy routes Smeulders uses must take weeks longer than the shorter(if slightly less safe due to the "threat" of Japanese submarines) ones.

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June 30

Burma:

Allied cap trap is tested. 50 Ki-44 and 30 A6M3s fought over 80 Allied fighters, a mixture of Hurricanes and P-40s, over Chittacong today. Unfortunately the not that stellar A6M3s went in first and suffered against the radar guided CAP. Losses are

10 A6M3 with 8 pilot KIA or MIA (2 ops)
4 Ki-44s with 3 pilots KIA or MIA (1 ops)

Enemy losses are estimated 14 Hurricanes and 7 P-40s. 11 Hurricanes and 5 P-40s were confirmed. That means the day went approximately 14-20. Not well enough, but at least the Ki-44s did fairly well. Depending on how well Smeulders thinks the day went to him(and how much he fears my Ki-21s) he might keep his CAP up tomorrow. We'll try again, but this time without the Zeros.

DEI: Kendarli falls, Ambon invasion force sets sail at Makassar. ETA 2 days.

Submarines: IJN sub force makes contact with the enemy near Fiji and near Pearl, but both attacks on the escorting DDs miss and the subs are driven away. An Allied submarine is sighted near Timor, probably reacting to our Kendari operation?

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A quick update.

The date is now July 1st

Ambon invaded in the DEI. Invasion force is just some destroyers, minesweeper-destroyers, an old CL and the transports unloading a single regiment. Ambon defenders are outnumbered roughly 2:1 but the jungle and fortifications should delay the base's fall by a week or so.

In the Philippines, a regiment is unloading on Panay(I think, the island right in the middle with 3 bases). At Malaybalay(on Mindanao), the reinforced Japanese forces attack and achieve 1:1 odds against the fortified mountain, dropping forts to 0. Casualties are 1:1. We should have these last 3 bases still in Allied control secured in 10 days!

Allied CVs have been reported at Los Angeles. At least 2 of them are there, with their massive escorts. A submarine sighted their escorts but was attacked and has to get itself repaired at Tokyo for the 2nd time. The CVs probably came from AUS via Fiji or Xmas/Canton, as they would have probably been sighted near Hawaii. Their current location leaves me with opportunity to hit northern Australia with an invasion force or 2. Troops are nearly ready, we'll just need some more ships and fuel, and especially more supplies! I have some 80,000 tons on its way and half of that unloading at Batavia, but we'll need more. I estimate the operation to begin in 6 days.

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RE: Aboard the Red Castle - Erkki(J) vs. Smeulders(A) -... - 4/17/2012 9:09:55 AM

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Burma:

Allied cap trap is tested. 50 Ki-44 and 30 A6M3s fought over 80 Allied fighters, a mixture of Hurricanes and P-40s, over Chittacong today. Unfortunately the not that stellar A6M3s went in first and suffered against the radar guided CAP. Losses are

10 A6M3 with 8 pilot KIA or MIA (2 ops)
4 Ki-44s with 3 pilots KIA or MIA (1 ops)

Looking forward to the Ki-44 myself. The A6M3 hasn't proven stellar in attack, although it's done fairly well in defense. Zeros and Oscars have been overwhelmed by P-38s in my game. Have you seen those monsters and have you found any success against them?

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RE: Aboard the Red Castle - Erkki(J) vs. Smeulders(A) -... - 4/17/2012 3:16:27 PM

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Burma:

Allied cap trap is tested. 50 Ki-44 and 30 A6M3s fought over 80 Allied fighters, a mixture of Hurricanes and P-40s, over Chittacong today. Unfortunately the not that stellar A6M3s went in first and suffered against the radar guided CAP. Losses are

10 A6M3 with 8 pilot KIA or MIA (2 ops)
4 Ki-44s with 3 pilots KIA or MIA (1 ops)

Looking forward to the Ki-44 myself. The A6M3 hasn't proven stellar in attack, although it's done fairly well in defense. Zeros and Oscars have been overwhelmed by P-38s in my game. Have you seen those monsters and have you found any success against them?

Havent seen one yet. I'm pretty sure they're less useful in Da Babes than they are in the stock game as there are less engineers and aviation support available to both sides; even the Allies.

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RE: Aboard the Red Castle - Erkki(J) vs. Smeulders(A) -... - 4/29/2012 5:25:47 PM

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The date is now July 5th

Philippines: Malaybalay and Iloilo fall! The last base in the Philippines still in Allied hands is San Jose. The 10th Garrison Regiment will conquer it in 3 days.

DEI: Ambon repels another attack. The 16th Regiment is getting tired so I'm letting the boys rest a week or so.

Everywhere else its quiet. SigInt has reported radio and heavy volume radio transmissions all across the South Pacific for the last week. The Allies might or might not be up to something. I'm pretty sure the USN CVs are in Los Angeles or nearby, so the radio activity might mean there are plenty of fat targets sailing about... But Japanese submarines keep seeing nothing, and I dont want to commit KB after ghosts, especially as it'd probably get sighted early again, and at best probably only get a couple of transports any way.

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And heres the naval production... I think I'll need to either stop accelerating one of the CVs or stop some submarines for a couple of days before the Hiyo is completed(one CV is laid and will start taking 3x the points before Hiyo is completed).

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RE: Aboard the Red Castle - Erkki(J) vs. Smeulders(A) -... - 5/4/2012 8:33:57 AM

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While waiting for the turn file, I noticed, to much of my shame, that the H8K has been available for 6 days already but I havent yet created a factory for it.

My Seaplane production is currently

H6K5 (10/40 engines)
H6K2-L (5/20 engines)

These use 60 Ha-33 engines a month. Ha-33 engine production is now at 150 a month. Other Ha-33 users:

D3A1 (30)
E13A (30)
G3M3 (22/44 engines, stopped)

If G3M3 production is continued and H6K5 factories converted to H8K(I dont see a reason not to do that), the monthly Ha-33 use would be 124. I think I'm OK with that. In the future first Ki-46-III will also need that engine type(at 30 engines a month). D3A1 production will stop by the end of 1942 so that still leaves me with some extra engines(about 35 a month) until the Ki-100 arrives far in the future. I guess I might as well stockpile 300 or so Ha-33s, its not like they'll go bad, will they?

H8K uses the Ha-32 engine. This engine is also produced 150 a month. These 150 are being used by factories as follows:

G4M1 (40/80 engines)
Ki-21-IIa(35/70 engines)

These use up the 150 monthly engines pretty nicely. However I'd need some of these for the H8K production, and in Spring of 1943 I'll be needing for the J2M Raidens.

I think what I'll do is turn off G4M1 production, turn on G3M3 production again and convert the H6K5 factory to H8K and expand it to size 10 again. That leaves me with somewhat reduced Navy bomber production(which I dont mind, I have good pools of both G3M and G4M and the Allies are likely to be passive for another 3 to 4 months any way. 140 + 183 IJN bombers in the pool, 211 + 191 in groups so I can already replace 100% losses), a better patrol plane in the H8K and some extra Ha-33s I may always use later.

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RE: Aboard the Red Castle - Erkki(J) vs. Smeulders(A) -... - 5/4/2012 11:40:38 AM

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ORIGINAL: Erkki

If G3M3 production is continued and H6K5 factories converted to H8K(I dont see a reason not to do that), the monthly Ha-33 use would be 124. I think I'm OK with that. In the future first Ki-46-III will also need that engine type(at 30 engines a month). D3A1 production will stop by the end of 1942 so that still leaves me with some extra engines(about 35 a month) until the Ki-100 arrives far in the future. I guess I might as well stockpile 300 or so Ha-33s, its not like they'll go bad, will they?

If your pools go over 500 you also get some R n D boost on planes that use that engine, apparently. Not sure how much it is, but could help with those in the distant future.

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RE: Aboard the Red Castle - Erkki(J) vs. Smeulders(A) -... - 5/4/2012 12:47:12 PM

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quote:

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ORIGINAL: Erkki

If G3M3 production is continued and H6K5 factories converted to H8K(I dont see a reason not to do that), the monthly Ha-33 use would be 124. I think I'm OK with that. In the future first Ki-46-III will also need that engine type(at 30 engines a month). D3A1 production will stop by the end of 1942 so that still leaves me with some extra engines(about 35 a month) until the Ki-100 arrives far in the future. I guess I might as well stockpile 300 or so Ha-33s, its not like they'll go bad, will they?

If your pools go over 500 you also get some R n D boost on planes that use that engine, apparently. Not sure how much it is, but could help with those in the distant future.

I've planned to do exactly that with the Ha-45 and planes that use it(P1Y1, Ki-84, N1K and such). Ha-45 will be available in 25 days after which I'll be building it about 150 a month, to have 500 in the pool by the end of 1942.

Possibly a little gamey but OTOH we do have some R&D rules in use, for example I may only research the next plane of a series coming online and swap the R&D plants to the next model only when the first one arrives. This means that I'm not going to waste those 5 Zero R&D factories but will switch them to A7M once the A6M5 is about to come available, hopefully by early December.

I have also agreed to not powerplay but keep things somewhat plausible, this is why I keep Ki-43 in production. Bart is unlikely to like seeing N1K, Ki-44-IIc and Ki-100 as early as I've intended to field them but players as bad as me need every bit of help they can have.

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