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RE: Notes from a Small Island - 8/14/2018 7:35:58 PM

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L+5: The time has come to pay the piper.

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RE: Notes from a Small Island - 8/14/2018 7:37:34 PM

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L+5: There's no accounting for pure dumb luck, sometimes.

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RE: Notes from a Small Island - 8/14/2018 7:40:07 PM

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L+5: So there's KB, and more pure, dumb luck. KB launches at 8 hexes, but the Kates carry bombs.

Erik presumably was working an intricate and clever stratagem here, probably to draw a reaction by Allied carriers.

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RE: Notes from a Small Island - 8/14/2018 7:44:08 PM

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L+5: No LRCAP, so sitting ducks absorb some punishment. It's a shame to lose useful ships but in such a chaotic environment its difficult to keep everybody in line and protected. Had Death Star took station in this hex, as ordered, Erik would've lost one heckuva lot of aircraft and I don't think I would've lost any ships. But to this point I've been most fortunate.

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RE: Notes from a Small Island - 8/14/2018 7:47:15 PM

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L+5: More sitting ducks. To this point, the evidence suggests that the troop transport TF pulled back today. If so, I'm probably fortunate - the TF would've unloaded during the nighttime phases (all APAs and AKAs) but I might've lost way too many of those valuable ships.

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RE: Notes from a Small Island - 8/14/2018 7:50:13 PM

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L+5: It's going to be challenging to reinstall combat TF defenses at Wakkanai tomorrow. A lot of my DDs have been sunk or damaged and all will need replenishment.

At the same time, there may be an opportunity for DS to penetrate into the Sea of Japan to seek cripples. That evaluation will take place later, once I see where everytyhing is and in what condition. Protecting the sitaution at Wakkanai remains job one.

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RE: Notes from a Small Island - 8/14/2018 7:52:05 PM

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RE: Notes from a Small Island - 8/14/2018 7:54:52 PM

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L+5: Looks like an engineer unit coming ashore got whacked, but I can't for the life of me think of which it might've been.

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RE: Notes from a Small Island - 8/14/2018 7:57:07 PM

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L+5: At low cost, Erik gets a detailed report on Death Star CAP.

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RE: Notes from a Small Island - 8/14/2018 7:58:55 PM

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L+5: Still working on enemy LRCAP over Wakkanai.

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RE: Notes from a Small Island - 8/14/2018 8:00:30 PM

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L+5: But didn't work on it enough.

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RE: Notes from a Small Island - 8/14/2018 8:02:06 PM

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L+5: This one seems to have potential.

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RE: Notes from a Small Island - 8/14/2018 8:04:52 PM

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L+5: Well, yeah.

To this point, the Allies have lost 7 DD, 1 CA, and a variety of smaller ships including some good ones, like an LSI(L) and an AK.

The Japanese have lost 1 BB, 1 CA, 5 DD, and a host of smaller ships including some good I-boats. In addition, many enemy combat ships are accumulating meaningful damage.

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RE: Notes from a Small Island - 8/14/2018 8:05:26 PM

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Death Star is one hex from this Yamato TF...with strike aircraft set to range 1. Oh, goody!

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RE: Notes from a Small Island - 8/14/2018 8:06:56 PM

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L+5: Oh, darn!

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RE: Notes from a Small Island - 8/14/2018 8:07:56 PM

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RE: Notes from a Small Island - 8/14/2018 8:09:12 PM

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RE: Notes from a Small Island - 8/14/2018 8:11:23 PM

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L+5: To this point, the movie has been accurate. But the last few clashes have included some sync issues, so from this point forward I'll only post images I know to be accurate.

I'm pleased to report that this one is accurate.

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RE: Notes from a Small Island - 8/14/2018 8:14:35 PM

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L+5: I can't count either as a confirmed kill, but these ships should be out of the war either permanently or until so far into the future that McArthur may be the highest ranking official in Japan.

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RE: Notes from a Small Island - 8/14/2018 8:18:51 PM

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quote:

But the last few clashes have included some sync issues, so from this point forward I'll only post images I know to be accurate.

How can you tell?

BTW 7 fish in the Yamato really should do the job.

Great work by your guys!

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RE: Notes from a Small Island - 8/14/2018 8:20:55 PM

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L+5: I configured my strike aircraft expecting that an engagement would yield scattered targets that might or might not be covered by LRCAP. I expected to lose plenty of strike aircraft but hoped to score some hits, all without weakening my CAP and LRCAP. Being in the shadow of multiple large enemy airfields with more than a thousand fighters and who knows how many strike aircraft is daunting. I wasn't sure where KB was but had to allow for it to join the fray.

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RE: Notes from a Small Island - 8/14/2018 8:21:44 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: jwolf
How can you tell?

The written combat report is always accurate.

When I get a turn from Erik, I first review the written report and then watch the movie.

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RE: Notes from a Small Island - 8/14/2018 8:24:03 PM

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L+5: Mounting LBA strike-aircraft losses.

I can't wait for Death Star to launch...

...but wait! DS isn't where it's supposed to be. It's supposed to be a hex south of Wakkanai, within range of the Yamato TF. Instead, DS is a hex east of Wakkanai and out of position to hit anything except enemy shipping at Wakkanai.

Crud!

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RE: Notes from a Small Island - 8/14/2018 8:25:30 PM

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Please, a mournful silence for the death of the Pride of the Japanese navy, or so we hope. A sad event in every PBEM. Fun fact: I had one sub luckily place 4+ torpedoes (might have been 6, not sure if possible in one attack event) in the Yamato in one PBEM. No duds. Reported sunk and then later reported incorrectly listed sunk. That thing is a beast.

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RE: Notes from a Small Island - 8/14/2018 8:25:40 PM

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RE: Notes from a Small Island - 8/14/2018 8:26:42 PM

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RE: Notes from a Small Island - 8/14/2018 8:27:36 PM

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RE: Notes from a Small Island - 8/14/2018 8:29:48 PM

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L+5: Still dogfighting over Wakkanai.

It looks like the Allies will lose a lot of LBA strike aircraft today but come out ahead in the fighter clashes. I can afford some LBA attrition and believe that the fighter battles will decide the air war.

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RE: Notes from a Small Island - 8/14/2018 8:30:54 PM

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L+5: It's still morning on this longest of turns.

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RE: Notes from a Small Island - 8/14/2018 8:32:30 PM

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L+5: Most Allied level bombers are targeting enemy troops at Wakkanai today. They do a decent job. The sweepers did a good job of reducing enemy LRCAP.