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RE: See you in Tokyo Bay - Apbarog(A) vs Walker(J) DBB-... - 1/7/2015 2:11:32 PM   
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Worried that only half your strike-aircraft launched.


I'm pretty sure any CV strike launched from costal waters is automatically halved.

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RE: See you in Tokyo Bay - Apbarog(A) vs Walker(J) DBB-... - 1/7/2015 2:12:07 PM   
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APD ASW is not as good as DE's. IIRC the numbers are DE-6, APD-4, original DD configuration -2.


APDs have 6 ASW

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RE: See you in Tokyo Bay - Apbarog(A) vs Walker(J) DBB-... - 1/7/2015 2:12:48 PM   
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Worried that only half your strike-aircraft launched.


I'm pretty sure any CV strike launched from costal waters is automatically halved.

Jim



Used to be all coastal, but was changed to port hexes only.

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RE: See you in Tokyo Bay - Apbarog(A) vs Walker(J) DBB-... - 1/7/2015 3:35:45 PM   
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And the really neat thing is that APDs can do ASW duty too, even when they are loaded.


Yes, they're still excellent for the era as APDs. Not as good as some of the RN DDs, but really good versus the ASW 2 rating on most USN DDs before the first upgrade cycle. The non-APD route is DEs I think, and I don't recall the difference with an APD's ASW rating. But the Fast Transport capability is gold to me. It makes the Marine Raider LCUs very handy.

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RE: See you in Tokyo Bay - Apbarog(A) vs Walker(J) DBB-... - 1/7/2015 4:13:00 PM   
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Worried that only half your strike-aircraft launched.


I'm pretty sure any CV strike launched from costal waters is automatically halved.

Jim



Used to be all coastal, but was changed to port hexes only.



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RE: See you in Tokyo Bay - Apbarog(A) vs Walker(J) DBB-... - 1/7/2015 4:14:12 PM   
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And the really neat thing is that APDs can do ASW duty too, even when they are loaded.


Yes, they're still excellent for the era as APDs. Not as good as some of the RN DDs, but really good versus the ASW 2 rating on most USN DDs before the first upgrade cycle. The non-APD route is DEs I think, and I don't recall the difference with an APD's ASW rating. But the Fast Transport capability is gold to me. It makes the Marine Raider LCUs very handy.



Yup, allied APDs are gold into allied hands. You'll get so many DDs, DEs and PFs that you don't really need to worry about ASW past 4/42, while the APDs are rare and very usefull, especially in SWPAC environement

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RE: See you in Tokyo Bay - Apbarog(A) vs Walker(J) DBB-... - 1/7/2015 9:14:37 PM   
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Status: offline 		Thanks for the advice everyone. I may go with the APD's after all. I was just feeling the real lack of ASW currently and thought this was a good way to remedy that situation. I will at least split the conversions, and possibly switch to all APD's. I need to learn more about future reinforcements as the Allied side, something that I am not familiar with. Thanks again all.

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RE: See you in Tokyo Bay - Apbarog(A) vs Walker(J) DBB-... - 1/7/2015 10:49:39 PM   
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Thanks for the advice everyone. I may go with the APD's after all. I was just feeling the real lack of ASW currently and thought this was a good way to remedy that situation. I will at least split the conversions, and possibly switch to all APD's. I need to learn more about future reinforcements as the Allied side, something that I am not familiar with. Thanks again all.


Take a look at the first DEs. Then look at the PFs. Wipe your chin. Proceed with the early 1942 "education."

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RE: See you in Tokyo Bay - Apbarog(A) vs Walker(J) DBB-... - 1/8/2015 8:21:04 PM   
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I moved a small minesweeper to Banjoewangi, on the eastern tip of Java, as bait. The Japanese cruiser force arrived as expected, and obliterated the sweeper, but didn't hit any of the mines placed there. Was worth a try.

The daily artillery attack at Clark occurs. Casualties are negligible, but supply on Luzon is starting to get low. I have subs bringing in supply to Bataan, but it isn't keeping up with the daily grind. It helps though. The longer the 2+ enemy divisions are tied up here, they aren't somewhere else.

I did decide to place the Clemson and Wickes destroyers into conversion to APD's. The ASW is less than the dedicated DE's, but still better than what I have now, and as pointed out, the good stuff is on the way.




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RE: See you in Tokyo Bay - Apbarog(A) vs Walker(J) DBB-... - 1/10/2015 12:06:56 AM   
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Jolo in invaded. It is lightly defended. Another back filling operation by the Japanese.

Lahat, near Palembang, falls. A small Dutch unit surrenders. Other Dutch remnants are gathering on the west coast. Air transports are picking up the stragglers for added defense of Java. Very small additions, but seems better than waiting there to surrender.

No indications for the next big move. With Singapore taken, the Japanese could sneak a fleet out into the Indian Ocean toward Ceylon, and do so unobserved. I'm starting to thin out the shipping at Columbo just in case.

I'm also no longer sending convoys from Abadan or Cape Town to Australia. For now, Australia is supplied through New Zealand from the US. I'm more confident that there aren't raiders in the South Pacific. The Indian Ocean is ripe for raiders.

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RE: See you in Tokyo Bay - Apbarog(A) vs Walker(J) DBB-... - 1/10/2015 7:50:42 PM   
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Jolo is attacked but not taken. This was followed up with an artillery bombardment. I will shock attack next turn. Probably suicide, but it could work out. Forces seem evenly matched.

The first US sub action in the Kuriles takes place. SS Trigger, operating from Cold Harbor, gets a working torpedo to hit an xAKL, probably sinking it. It was unescorted. This will raise the alert in this area. I expect all convoys to be escorted from now on. Mission accomplished.

A Burmese unit is kicked back into the jungle near Lashio. It will hold its position and jump back onto the rail line if the opportunity arises.

Some mines are laid in the straits northwest of Singapore. SigInt shows the Japanese 144 Infantry Regiment is loaded on an xAP and headed for Rangoon.

A small xAK task force is spotted just east of Majuro. Probably shuffling forces in the islands. Could be part of a move on Baker or something else to the south.

Japanese carriers have been absent for awhile. Last contact was at Singapore for one group, and leaving Balikpapan to the north for the other. I suspect this group also went to Singapore.

Still large numbers of ground units at Singapore and Davao.

The Japanese are well aware of my transportation of supply to Bataan by sub. I have about 10 US subs doing this, emptying Philippine islands of supply for Bataan. I expect some kind of response to this soon, so I'll switch back to supplying China for a bit.

A few other subs are redeploying to Ceylon for expected action in that area soon.

Ground units at San Francisco are being assigned future objectives including Pago Pago, Suva, and Noumea. Some need to be bought out first. The 40th Infantry division will be purchased in about 5 days. The liner Queen Elizabeth is awaiting this unit there.

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RE: See you in Tokyo Bay - Apbarog(A) vs Walker(J) DBB-... - 1/10/2015 11:02:36 PM   
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One of the great things about AE, for me, is the individual story of ships surviving the odds and making it to safety. One of those stories almost ended today, and may still end tomorrow. AS Otus, which I believe started out in the Philippines, made the long trek to Australia after (I think) taking a torpedo hit. It repaired all of its SYS damage at Perth, and left there with FLOT damage in the 30's. It then proceeded to Melbourne fine, but found the port crowded and a long repair time there with a small repair yard.

I knew that there was at least one sub between Melbourne and Sydney, but I decided to risk it and send Otus to Sydney for a quicker repair. On this turn, just 2 hexes from Sydney, I-169 put another torpedo into her, pushing the FLOT damage into the 60's and SYS damage into the 20's. With the engine damage, it can now move one hex. I chose to send it to the adjacent size 3 port, just south of Sydney. Hopefully it will make it, and the port will be big enough to save her. Fortunately there is no fire damage.

Big battles are great, but the little stories are great too.


The only other notable event this turn was that Jolo fell. My desperate shock attack there never happened as the base fell with the Japanese deliberate attack.

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RE: See you in Tokyo Bay - Apbarog(A) vs Walker(J) DBB-... - 1/11/2015 12:26:26 AM   
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Status: offline 		ASes are close to my heart. I did refits with four I believe. My dad served in two, including USS Orion, which is in the game. I played with my Tonka trucks in the wardroom of USS Hunley when I was four, and attended the arrival conference in the same wardroom as supply officer of USS Stonewall Jackson SSBN634(G).

Couple of things you could have done. Always other things of course. With system at zero a trip to CT would be a low-risk. Route south to the exit hex and she'd have been in CT's yard in about 45 days. Or stay in Melbourne as a stash and wait for room. The Allies in 1942 have very little need for ASes. Most boats are out of size 7 ports like Pearl, Brisbane, Darwin, Soerbaja. Perth can use an AS for a pretty long time if you focus on building the AF and forts (and you should.) ASes come into their own later when you island hop forward.

But there's no need to give every ship whatever it needs to fix right away. It's hard to watch pier queens day after day, but until you have a handle on ASW it's sometimes best to let the support guys go and fix the shooters.

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RE: See you in Tokyo Bay - Apbarog(A) vs Walker(J) DBB-... - 1/11/2015 12:51:02 AM   
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One of the great things about AE, for me, is the individual story of ships surviving the odds and making it to safety. One of those stories almost ended today, and may still end tomorrow. AS Otus, which I believe started out in the Philippines, made the long trek to Australia after (I think) taking a torpedo hit. It repaired all of its SYS damage at Perth, and left there with FLOT damage in the 30's. It then proceeded to Melbourne fine, but found the port crowded and a long repair time there with a small repair yard.

I knew that there was at least one sub between Melbourne and Sydney, but I decided to risk it and send Otus to Sydney for a quicker repair. On this turn, just 2 hexes from Sydney, I-169 put another torpedo into her, pushing the FLOT damage into the 60's and SYS damage into the 20's. With the engine damage, it can now move one hex. I chose to send it to the adjacent size 3 port, just south of Sydney. Hopefully it will make it, and the port will be big enough to save her. Fortunately there is no fire damage.

Big battles are great, but the little stories are great too.


The only other notable event this turn was that Jolo fell. My desperate shock attack there never happened as the base fell with the Japanese deliberate attack.

You did the right thing by ducking into the nearest port rather than take a chance the sub won't find it before you got to Sydney. Flotation damage is often exaggerated the first turn after being hit and getting to port lets you pump out the non-major flooding, and take care of the system damage. As Bullwinkle58 states, you can afford to be patient and let the small port do what it can before sending Otus on to Sydney. Meanwhile the sub will get tired of hunting and go elsewhere.


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RE: See you in Tokyo Bay - Apbarog(A) vs Walker(J) DBB-... - 1/11/2015 7:49:08 PM   
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AS Otus does make it safely into Port Kembla. It was a close call. I-10 got a shot at 2 escorting PC's, missed, and didn't spot Otus this turn.

Sally's bomb the ground troops at Medan. I don't expect a direct landing here, when an undefended base is available south on the rail line.

The most interesting thing for this day was that I got heavy activity in SigInt at 150,49, which is 3 hexes west of Attu Island. I have a sub transiting the area, which is now diverted to Attu to watch the expected landing next turn. I already have some Cats a bit to the east. They didn't see anything this turn. Next turn they will recon Attu directly, as well as search the area.

With a few slightly early air group withdrawals, I got enough points to buy out the 40th Infantry Division. It is now loading on liner Queen Elizabeth for a quick trip to New Zealand, most likely. The rest of the division will follow. West Coast units, mostly unpurchased so far, are being allocated for the South Pacific.

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RE: See you in Tokyo Bay - Apbarog(A) vs Walker(J) DBB-... - 1/12/2015 12:05:14 AM   
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The SigInt from the last turn was correct. Attu was invaded this turn. SS Trigger was on station, was sighted, and took some minor damage. Invasion forces included a naval guard unit, a JNAF AF support unit, and a naval construction unit. The Japanese plan on staying.

In a related SigInt hit this turn, there is a TK moving to Paramushiro Jima.

In China, Chinese units at Pucheng are bombed. The terrain is just rough here, so they will take a pounding. The fort level is 2 here. I'm undecided whether to stay and defend, or just pull back west into the wooded hexes.

The Japanese cruiser task force that has been hanging out at Denpassar moved toward Soerbaja, stopping at the tip of the island that runs parallel to the north coast. It didn't do anything except draw the Dutch air force, which had to be the objective. The cruisers were LR capped. Dutch losses were about 8 bombers and 7 fighters. No Zero's lost.

On a technical note, my opponent is having PC problems, and installed AE on a different computer. He had to use the latest version of DBB, ver 14. I'm using version 13. The extended maps we are using are still the same. Is this an issue? It was my understanding that the database matters when you start a game, not during the game, as the info is stored in the saved game file. Is this correct? We both got a message that the Database was Updated on this or last turn, but everything looked and ran ok during the turn.

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RE: See you in Tokyo Bay - Apbarog(A) vs Walker(J) DBB-... - 1/13/2015 5:31:41 AM   
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Status: offline 		While awaiting a definitive reply in the Tech Support section, our game is on hold. My opponent is observing a crazy garrison number in one of his cities (2000 I think). A few turns ago, he had to switch PC's, and he installed version 14 of DBB-B. We had been using version 13, and I continued to use 13 for the last few turns. His weird garrison number may or may not be related to the upgrade.

We may just roll back the game a few turns with him installing the older version 13, and pick up the game from there.

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RE: See you in Tokyo Bay - Apbarog(A) vs Walker(J) DBB-... - 1/13/2015 7:15:52 PM   
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Status: offline 		The game is back on. I had to redo just this last turn, so nothing lost really. The Mukden issue turned out to be a typo in DBB-B version 14, with the garrison accidentally set to 2000 instead of 200. My opponent has gone back to version 13 to stay in synch with me.

The only other in-game thing I can add is that another Australian unit popped up in Columbo. It is now being loaded to go to India. Ceylon will continue to be minimally defended.

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RE: See you in Tokyo Bay - Apbarog(A) vs Walker(J) DBB-... - 1/14/2015 12:31:35 AM   
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Near Soerbaja - Japanese Cruiser force moves to Probolinggo, and sinks 2 HDML's.

At the SE tip of Australia - I-10 is engaged by US DD's on ASW duty. No hits obtained. 4 enemy subs spotted from here to just north of Sydney. Allied air force is starting to put planes on ASW duty as they are trained well enough for it.

At Attu - SS Trigger fires at a Japanese DD and misses, and takes some minor damage with depth charges. Trigger will now RTB.

On Java - All Dutch bombers were supposed to be stood down, but a few were missed with the redoing of the turn. 5 bombers with 5 escorts go after those cruisers again. All bombers miss, and most of the attackers are shot down.


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RE: See you in Tokyo Bay - Apbarog(A) vs Walker(J) DBB-... - 1/14/2015 7:55:48 AM   
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The game is back on. I had to redo just this last turn, so nothing lost really. The Mukden issue turned out to be a typo in DBB-B version 14, with the garrison accidentally set to 2000 instead of 200. My opponent has gone back to version 13 to stay in synch with me.

You know I have that issue as well in my game but I was just going to send a bunch of divisions there to meet it. Probably should have realized it was a bug in a mod.

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RE: See you in Tokyo Bay - Apbarog(A) vs Walker(J) DBB-... - 1/14/2015 4:43:25 PM   
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Status: offline 		Sangeli, here's a link to fixing the Mukden garrison in the database of DBB-B version 14:

http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=3782430

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RE: See you in Tokyo Bay - Apbarog(A) vs Walker(J) DBB-... - 1/14/2015 10:44:58 PM   
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Banjoewangi, Java - The Japanese invade.(Red circle) Initial landings include just an infantry regiment and two armor units. The base will fall. The Dutch will defend the mountain hex at Malang, between the landing and Soerbaja. (Green circle)




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RE: See you in Tokyo Bay - Apbarog(A) vs Walker(J) DBB-... - 1/15/2015 11:53:34 PM   
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Java - Invasion continues at Banjoewangi. The base falls. The Japanese lose 4 aircraft on search duty over Soerbaja. I put the Dutch cAP up this turn. I probably should have rested them for the next turn, as I expect a response. But one of these times bombers will show up too. East of Soerbaja, a 4-ship of Dutch torpedo boats tangles with CA Nachi, 2 CL's, and 2 DD's. A couple of PT boat torpedoes are launched at destroyers, and miss. No damage taken.

Near Sydney - A Dutch destroyer gets a hit on I-169 which was lurking off the coast of Sydney.

Sumatra - North of Singapore, a couple of Japanese patrol boats sweep a few sub-laid mines. No reports of the mines getting any ships, and they won't now. The base south of Medan is invaded. It is not defended.

China - At Pucheng, the defenders are bombed. This will happen every day until the base is lost. The terrain is rough here, not woods. Ground attackers approach from the east.

Clark AFB - This is the Allied highlight of the day (and the week). The Japanese attack and are very unsuccessful. Forts are lowered, but losses are high for the attackers.

Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 34218 troops, 423 guns, 327 vehicles, Assault Value = 1056

Defending force 19138 troops, 286 guns, 162 vehicles, Assault Value = 627

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1

Japanese adjusted assault: 821

Allied adjusted defense: 805

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
2296 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 174 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 23 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 5 disabled
Vehicles lost 18 (1 destroyed, 17 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
345 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 93 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled

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RE: See you in Tokyo Bay - Apbarog(A) vs Walker(J) DBB-... - 1/17/2015 2:17:10 AM   
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Java - At least one Japanese unit has moved west toward Soerbaja, next to Malang. My defense is at Malang. More Dutch units are moving to Malang now. I hope to slow down the invasion a bit in the mountain hex there. Dutch PT boats have an instant replay turn, fighting the same cruiser force as last night. This time, one PT boat is lost for no gain. Next turn, I'm plotting to go around the island east of Soerbaja and hit Banjoewangi. The downside is if they make it in one turn, it won't be at night.

Clark AFB - Lots of Japanese bombers, and an artillery attack. The Japanese are stymied here until they bring more attackers, or Allied supply runs out.

Sumatra - Tandjoengbalai falls. Japanese units will now advance toward Medan. A number of Allied submarines are now positioning between Sumatra and Malaysia, hopefully interdicting movement to Rangoon and anything sneaking up on Ceylon or India.

India - A Brit infantry division arrived at Karachi. A welcome arrival. India continues to prepare for possible invasion. It is the middle of March. Time marches on, and that's a good thing for the good guys.

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RE: See you in Tokyo Bay - Apbarog(A) vs Walker(J) DBB-... - 1/17/2015 11:04:58 PM   
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Some good, some bad.

Java - Round 3 with the same Dutch TM's and Japanese crusier force. TM's were plotted to go around that hex, but didn't. Same end result. TM's do launch a couple of torpedoes, but again target destroyers with no hits. One TM lost. Later reengagement results in losing the other 2 TM's. At Soerbaja, the predictable Zero sweep arrives, and sweeps the skies clear of Dutch CAP. About a dozen fighters lost. Maybe one Zero downed.

Sumatra - Oosthaven falls.

Malaysia - Near Malacca, an isolated Indian unit comes out of the jungle and cuts the rail line north of Singapore. Irrelevant really, as there is another rail route to the north, but it is a nuisance. Japanese forces are seen to mobilize and move that direction. I won't mind losing that unit, as it will speed the combining of sister units.

China - At Pucheng, northwest of Wenchow, the Japanese get a 2 to 1 attack and lower the forts to 1. Casualties are rather even with 400 or 500 lost each. The base will fall in a day or two.

Clark AFB - Another Japanese deliberate attack, with results just slightly better than the last for the invaders. Attack is 1 to 1, lowering the forts to 0. Japanese casualties are 1630, Allied 510. I'll take that. The one good US Marine unit is moving from Bataan to Clark now. It is 2 days from arriving. Better to add to the defense at Clark now, with supply, than to die on the vine at Bataan. Also, Bataan will be overstacked if everything currently at Clark retreats to Bataan, and they will.

Burma/India - A Japanese unit, probably armor, is spotted approaching Akyab on the bad coastal trail. Akyab, cox Bazaar, and Chittagong have been reconned regularly. This turn, Dacca was reconned for the first time. This area will probably heat up soon. B-17's at Dacca move to Calcutta for now. I've had one Indian brigade at Diego Garcia. Another is about to arrive there. The third part of the division is moving up the trail toward Chittagong, where it will rail to the west coast and join up at Diego Garcia.

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RE: See you in Tokyo Bay - Apbarog(A) vs Walker(J) DBB-... - 1/18/2015 7:12:46 PM   
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Near Phuket - Dutch sub O24 fires torpedoes at a destroyer, and misses. It is notable that the task force consists of BB Kongo, CA Haguro, and 5 DD's. Near Phuket, Thailand, it appears to be headed toward the Rangoon area. Bases from Calcutta to Burma are put on high alert. No sign of carriers yet. The last ships in Columbo are sent north to India. Columbo will not be surprised. The only surprise will be for the Japanese when they find Ceylon minimally defended.

Java- Dutch bombers thought they'd catch a break and go after an easy ground target: a lone armor unit at Probolinggo, which was probing toward Soerbaja. No such luck. Lots of enemy shipping show up there, and a bunch more ground units appear. So the followup invasion is here, not at the previously taken base on the eastern tip of Java. Since there was a lot of shipping here, the task forces were long range capped, and the Dutch bombers suffered once again. At least a few tanks were disrupted with the bombings. My defense at Malang is strengthening, with units coming out of Strat mode this turn. It will still just be a speed bump despite more units there, as they are still Dutch units. No carriers spotted here either.

China - At Pucheng, another 1 to 1 attack lowers the forts to 0. Chinese casualties are twice the Japanese. The base isn't bombed, so I will try to get the forts up to 1, but the base may fall next turn.

Clark AFB - Japanese artillery attack this turn. The USMC unit will arrive from Bataan next turn, I believe. That should help a little. The defense will fall apart when the supply runs out. It is around 10k now, including Bataan.

Kwajalein - I've gotten SigInt a few times now showing heavy activity here. I wonder if KB is here. Could be part of an offensive move, or sitting here thinking that I may be up to something in this area while Java is hot, and India/Burma is warming up.

South Pacific in general - Christmas Island is a fortress now. It's time to start on the other bases. I played it conservatively waiting out my opponent to see what kind of surprises he likes to pull. The answer, so far, has been none. Conservative but methodical and covers his invasions extremely well. I'm starting to think that I can go out on a limb a bit more in the South Pacific. A huge task force is on the way to Pago Pago. Units have been designated for future use at Suva and Noumea, as well as Luganville. Pago Pago will become heavily defended very soon. The other bases will take a month or two. Allied carriers are in the South Pacific now, on the way to the West Coast for upgrades.


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RE: See you in Tokyo Bay - Apbarog(A) vs Walker(J) DBB-... - 1/20/2015 12:55:37 AM   
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I'm appreciating the few small victories at this point in the war.

Near Ceylon - PG Herald drops some depth charges on I-123 just outside of Columbo. Herald was escorting some small transports leaving Ceylon. I-123 takes one solid hit, and other minor damage. I've seen no indication of the Japanese using their minelaying subs for minelaying.

Java - 4 Dutch TM's (basically PT boats) sortie from Soerbaja and get into a landing force at Probolinggo. Despite being shielded by 2 CL's, 2 DD's, 2 DMS's, and 2 SC's, the PT boats let loose several torpedoes, and get 2 hits on xAK Akagisan Maru, sinking her, and taking a reported 38 guns down with her. 3 cheers for the Dutch Navy!

China - Pucheng is bombed heavily, and suffers an artillery attack. Forts do go up to 1 though, enough to prolong the defense a day or so, hopefully.

Clark AFB - The airfield is bombed, but only with Sonia's. An artillery attack shows AV's of 810 versus 536. There are no forts left here, and damage prevents building. The 4th Marine Regiment has just moved here from Bataan to help skew the combat numbers a bit. The Japanese commander-in-chief is very good at bringing just enough to accomplish a mission. I've made it my highest priority to try to degrade this ability as much as I can.

Near Noumea - A squadron of Bolo's, now on ASW missions from Noumea, are seeing multiple enemy subs nearby. He hasn't had much to see here so far. When I do arrive, it will be in large numbers, and I will be here to stay.

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RE: See you in Tokyo Bay - Apbarog(A) vs Walker(J) DBB-... - 1/21/2015 1:01:21 AM   
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Near Phuket, Thailand - SS Greenling gets a torpedo hit on a huge Japanese AO, AO Kokuyo Maru, setting it on fire. The task force was attacked in the same hex where a battleship task force was spotted recently. Both task forces appeared to be heading north. It is interesting to note that the AO that was hit was not loaded. I consider it more likely that Ceylon would be at more immediate risk if his AO's had been loaded heading north. Unloaded, they could only be going to Rangoon to load. There probably is enough fuel there now to be worth getting, but I am sure that there is a lot more oil there than fuel. Anyhow, there's serious shipping heading north. Still, no carriers spotted.




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RE: See you in Tokyo Bay - Apbarog(A) vs Walker(J) DBB-... - 1/21/2015 1:02:51 AM   
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Elsewhere:

Pucheng, China - A Japanese deliberate attack takes place at 1 to 11 odds, but either only the tank unit attacked, or the hex was overstacked. I think the first is true. Despite the odds, the Chinese take 83 casualties, the Japanese take none. Sure looks like an armor attack against troops with no anti-armor capability to me. But the base holds, and forts are still at 1.


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RE: See you in Tokyo Bay - Apbarog(A) vs Walker(J) DBB-... - 1/21/2015 4:12:56 PM   
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Status: offline 		When you mentioned the empty AO my first thought was that it has already refuelled KB and the BB SCTF which are continuing to Ceylon while the AO goes back to Palembang to reload.

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