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RE: Notes from a Small Island - 9/1/2018 5:49:38 AM   
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Death Star: At least some of the enemy subs out here are SSX. They are dangerous - one put two TT into BB Alabama about a week ago - but they are also pretty vulnerable to ASW.






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RE: Notes from a Small Island - 9/1/2018 5:53:01 AM   
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Death Star: Erik must wonder, "What the heck? Why TKs out here?" Regular readers will know. About four days back, before I had any notion of sortying DS vs. Sapporo, a host of "empties" left Shikuka to join Death Star, in preparation for an egress trip into the Pacific. But opportunity (as I saw it) beckoned, and here we are.






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RE: Notes from a Small Island - 9/1/2018 5:57:04 AM   
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Sapporo: Lots of messages like this one - enemy search aircraft locked on all those Allied combat ships at and near Sapporo.

The fighting has been hard and both sides have done pretty well. To this point, though, I feel like the Allies have prevailed - sinking one CA and seriously damaging a few others, and apparently clearing Sapporo of a large percentage of its defenses. But the tables may be about to turn. Will it have been worth the expense?







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RE: Notes from a Small Island - 9/1/2018 6:01:42 AM   
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Sapporo: I stood down most fighters and bombers today, but a few fighter squadrons were ordered to sweep. I wanted to gauge the strength of Erik's CAP, and see whether there was any info that might hint at his mindset.

This is not the uber-CAP I had expected and took precautions against. It seems that Erik left his cruisers at Sapporo with much less CAP than expected. Now, of course, I wish DS had been set to strike.

I'll add this info to the hopper that will churn out the plan for the next turn.




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RE: Notes from a Small Island - 9/1/2018 6:07:19 AM   
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Sapporo: Allied 4EB were set to naval strike with range just shy of Sapporo - just in case damaged enemy ships retired out from under CAP. There were a handful of small strikes, like this one. None scored a hit.






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RE: Notes from a Small Island - 9/1/2018 6:09:51 AM   
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Sapporo: A closer look at that action - two enemy CAs vulnerable, darn it. They ships are out of Sapporo now and can almost certainly succeed in breaking contact, if Erik wishes to withdraw. But Sapporo is going to be largely unprotected, if he does so. But he has to, doesn't he?




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RE: Notes from a Small Island - 9/1/2018 6:15:56 AM   
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Sapporo: Enemy strike and aircraft sortie from Ominato, Kushiro and enemy carriers, yet the number of enemy strike aircraft is small.

Allied fighters are all LBA LRCAP from Wakkanai. They do just enough to blunt the attack.




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RE: Notes from a Small Island - 9/1/2018 6:17:25 AM   
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Sapporo: A second bullet dodged.




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RE: Notes from a Small Island - 9/1/2018 6:20:43 AM   
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Sapporo: The morning phase ends; the afternoon kicks off with this enemy strike.




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RE: Notes from a Small Island - 9/1/2018 6:22:14 AM   
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Sapporo: Another DD damaged.




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RE: Notes from a Small Island - 9/1/2018 6:26:38 AM   
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Sapporo: A stab of the knife as the day's air and sea action end.




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RE: Notes from a Small Island - 9/1/2018 6:29:34 AM   
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Wakkanai: Steady reduction of remaining enemy defenders, who now show a supply malus.

Allied CAP has downed Emilys the past few turns - undoubtedly extraction missions.




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RE: Notes from a Small Island - 9/1/2018 6:38:04 AM   
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Intel Screen: Ground losses (all of them Jakes) indicate that Erik probably lost more than one cruiser.

Ships lost points are roughly equivalent, though that may trend in favor of the Allies as confirmations come in later.

No doubt this was an Allied victory. At a cost, the Allies struck a blow against Japan's remaining cruisers, destroyers and subs. Sapporo is probably open to assault now. If Erik still has ships there, Allied combat TFs are likely to return tonight.

But I see now profit in bombarding the airfield. I feel sure Erik will withdraw his aircraft. Any damage inflicted would be subject to fairly quick repair.

I could shift focus to Sapporo but to do so would be inefficient. I cannot land there, nor can I land anywhere else on Hokkaido in the near future. So the original Allied plan - to proceed with the next amphib assault - is what I'll likely do.

This is subject to change as I review the map over the next hour or two, while entering orders for the 9th.






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RE: Notes from a Small Island - 9/1/2018 6:43:28 AM   
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Status: offline 		It looks like both Aussie CLs sank, along with a Fletcher and two other lesser DDs. A quick glance doesn't show any other ships likely to sink.

Confirmed that Erik lost one CA and two DDs; I think it's likely he lost one other CA with two more taking meaningful damage.

The map indicates that there are no remaining enemy combat ships at Sapporo.

Hmm.


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RE: Notes from a Small Island - 9/1/2018 1:15:34 PM   
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End of Turn:...and preparing for tomorrow.




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RE: Notes from a Small Island - 9/1/2018 1:22:13 PM   
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Status: offline 		I've been playing AE since it's release, WitP since 2007, and UV since 2002. I am more and more convinced that the air war is the key to defeating Japan. Not that the air war is necessarily the most important item(s): logistics, information and planning may be more important. But the air war is what keeps Japan dangerous and the Allies cautious, even after the naval war is decided. But AE is at its heart a naval game. Most of us love the naval aspect. And when a good Japanese player runs low on ships, that may be the hardest thing to overcome mentally. Erik always plays things close to his vest and will do so until the final turn is played in late '45 or '46. But I think the past few turns and the past ten days or so have been tough on him.

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RE: Notes from a Small Island - 9/1/2018 2:49:01 PM   
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New turn begins, with a focus on trying to intercept enemy cruisers, bombing Sapporo industry, DS moving east to rendezvous with an invasion force, and who knows what action by Erik.

Sapporo: Tired RN destroyers make the intercept but are unable to compete well. These enemy cruisers are "outside" Sapporo - will they head back to port or flee to safety?




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RE: Notes from a Small Island - 9/1/2018 2:51:01 PM   
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Sapporo: PT TFs search for the enemy cruisers but only find riff-raff.




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RE: Notes from a Small Island - 9/1/2018 2:55:04 PM   
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Status: offline 		Thanks for the great updates with the play by play action. It seems to me that most of the active Japanese subs are the mini subs, and they are very fragile. Often my ASW ships can sink them even without a direct DC hit. Good luck as you continue the fight!

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RE: Notes from a Small Island - 9/1/2018 2:55:25 PM   
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Sapporo: After a score of messages that Allied bombers went astray during the nighttime hours, a dozen raids against enemy industry follow. Erik has good CAP in place, and Allied attritional losses will be larger than I'd like, with modest hits scored.






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RE: Notes from a Small Island - 9/1/2018 2:59:57 PM   
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Sapporo: One of the port raids finds Yamato still afloat - after 7 torpedo hits! [AE Wizard: <chortle>]

Erik will certainly anticipate an Allied port strike tomorrow. I may oblige, pending a review of the map and various force dispositions and availabilities.






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RE: Notes from a Small Island - 9/1/2018 3:05:14 PM   
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Sapporo: After yesterday's heavy action, the Louisville TF retired to Wakkanai, where it replenished everything except torpedoes. It's inbound to Sapporo, looking for likely capital victims but only finding riff-raff.






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RE: Notes from a Small Island - 9/1/2018 3:07:31 PM   
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Sapporo: During the day, PT boats sink a couple of MTBs but don't encounter anything larger.




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RE: Notes from a Small Island - 9/1/2018 3:15:03 PM   
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Shimishura: 4EB sortie at high altitude, encounter surprisingly heavy flak, and (surprisingly) score some hits.

Erik may be bringing in supply or withdrawing cadres of troops. I'm monitoring all the Kuriles, and Erik is working hard to evacuate troops. That helps both of us in ways I deem acceptable, so I'm not interfering.

The bombers were set at 15k in hopes that they might sortie against damaged shipping near Sapporo and that escorted raids would tire out enemy CAP.




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RE: Notes from a Small Island - 9/1/2018 3:25:13 PM   
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Wakkanai: Good progress in reducing the remaining Japanese troops.

During the turn, Death Star didn't encounter any perils and it seems that it rendezvoused with the large number of TFs departing Shikuka.

Subject to any sync bug-prompted inaccuracies, CA Boston may have sprung a leak and sunk. She was heavily damaged months ago, made some repairs at Shikuka, and departed today with a host of other damaged ships, bound for West Coast shipyards. This is unhappy news.




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RE: Notes from a Small Island - 9/1/2018 3:30:38 PM   
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Status: offline 		Sync Bug Smiles on Me a/k/a Anti-AE Wizard <chortle>: Boston is afloat and where she's supposed to be. I guess I ought to send her back to Shikuka and hope she can make it. She may be there for the balance of the war.

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RE: Notes from a Small Island - 9/1/2018 3:59:16 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Canoerebel

Sync Bug Smiles on Me a/k/a Anti-AE Wizard <chortle>: Boston is afloat and where she's supposed to be. I guess I ought to send her back to Shikuka and hope she can make it. She may be there for the balance of the war.

It is common for very minor flooding to take place on a damaged ship and the ship's crew pumps out all of it by next turn. The key is low to nil system damage. If the current flooding on Boston is not more than a couple of points higher than when she set out, I would keep her moving. You have big ARDs in the Aleutians, no?

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RE: Notes from a Small Island - 9/1/2018 4:04:40 PM   
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Status: offline 		You know what I did accidentally to really screw things up? In creating the Boston/cripples TF yesterday, I set it to Cruise speed. I didn't like the speeds of the ships and elected to switch back to Mission speed....only didn't click through the menu properly and left if on Full speed. AE Wizard: <chortle>

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RE: Notes from a Small Island - 9/1/2018 4:06:25 PM   
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ORIGINAL: jwolf

Thanks for the great updates with the play by play action. It seems to me that most of the active Japanese subs are the mini subs, and they are very fragile. Often my ASW ships can sink them even without a direct DC hit. Good luck as you continue the fight!


Thanks. I'm enjoying doing it this way. Since turns come every day or two or three, this adds alot of length and depth to each one. It take alot of time and gets tedious on occasion, but it helps fill in the gap between turns. (If I was playing more than one game, or if I was playing John III, there wouldn't be time to do this kinda thing.)


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RE: Notes from a Small Island - 9/1/2018 4:26:02 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Canoerebel

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Sapporo: One of the port raids finds Yamato still afloat - after 7 torpedo hits! [AE Wizard: <chortle>]

Erik will certainly anticipate an Allied port strike tomorrow. I may oblige, pending a review of the map and various force dispositions and availabilities.







I think we have the explanation of why those Japanese cruisers were still blocking Sapporo instead of fleeing or going after Death Star!

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