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June 11-12, 1942 - 11/14/2018 12:52:28 PM

Anachro

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June 11-12, 1942

India
A nice couple of days, as first, on June 10th we manage do bag a large number of Zeroes in India through sweeps and CAPs to the number of ~30 zeroes/fighter and ~20 bombers and recon planes. Meanwhile, the first US Marine F4F Wildcats make their appearance in the airways above Ranchi and acquit themselves well. Then on the 11th, the Burmese Division which had somehow managed to be surrounded by a part of an Assault Division despite no forces on its northern flank, fights its way out to open the way further north!

North of Ranchi, Japanese tank regiments have had their fighter LRCAP escorts swept aside and will be bombed while my converging armored units reach them. A towed tank destroyer battalion sits in hex, but it really is meant to support other units and shouldn't attack on its own. Once some more units arrive, I'll try attacking.

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Ground combat at 56,34 (near Rajshashi)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 9779 troops, 84 guns, 47 vehicles, Assault Value = 308

Defending force 1158 troops, 24 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 61

Allied adjusted assault: 30

Japanese adjusted defense: 11

Allied assault odds: 2 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: leaders(+), supply(-)
Attacker: shock(+), disruption(-)

Japanese ground losses:
707 casualties reported
Squads: 18 destroyed, 53 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 22 (4 destroyed, 18 disabled)
Units retreated 1

Allied ground losses:
262 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 42 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
1st Burma Division
35th Light AA Regiment

Defending units:
1st Para Assault/B Division

Aleutians

In the Aleutians, my ships and a number of old, slow battleships have been bombarding John's forces on Umnak and today I finally decided to attack in the day following another BB bombardment. I did not fully remove Japanese forces from the Island, but I did have a very good attack that will go a ways towards that goal. Japanese forces should be greatly diminished and I will most likely attack again tomorrow. It's important to remove them as John seems to have another division planning for Umnak.

I have yet to spot any transports heading to reinforce Adak, but my carriers are sitting south of Adak in wait and trying to avoid Japanese recon.

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Night Naval bombardment of Umnak Island at 169,51

Allied Ships
BB Pennsylvania
BB West Virginia
BB Colorado
CA Exeter
CL Jean de Vienne
DD Le Hardi
DD Le Casque
DD McKee
DD Stockton
DD Trippe
DD Porter
DD Tucker
DD Cummings
DD Maury
DD Craven

Japanese ground losses:
299 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 17 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 24 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 8 (1 destroyed, 7 disabled)

BB Pennsylvania firing at 7th Division
OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB West Virginia
BB West Virginia firing at 7th Division
BB Colorado firing at 7th Division
CA Exeter firing at 7th Division
CL Jean de Vienne firing at 7th Division
DD Le Hardi firing at Guards Mixed Brigade
DD Le Casque firing at Guards Mixed Brigade
DD McKee firing at 7th Division
DD Stockton firing at 7th Division
DD Trippe firing at 7th Division
DD Porter firing at 7th Division
DD Tucker firing at 7th Division
DD Cummings firing at 7th Division
DD Maury firing at 7th Division
DD Craven firing at 7th Division

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Ground combat at Umnak Island (169,51)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 14229 troops, 170 guns, 62 vehicles, Assault Value = 482

Defending force 11501 troops, 124 guns, 23 vehicles, Assault Value = 177

Allied adjusted assault: 195

Japanese adjusted defense: 91

Allied assault odds: 2 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
1522 casualties reported
Squads: 39 destroyed, 67 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 12 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 19 (1 destroyed, 18 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
357 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 44 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled

Assaulting units:
2nd Marine Raider Battalion
3rd Marine Raider Battalion
1st/298th Infantry Battalion
153rd(Sep) Infantry Regiment
37th (Sep) Infantry Regiment
201st(Sep) Infantry Regiment
1st/102nd Infantry Bn /1
181st Field Artillery Battalion
141st USN Stn Base Force
1st Marine Air Wing
47th Construction Regiment
Wake (Det.) Defense Battalion
3/250th Coastal Artillery Battalion
116th Base Group

Defending units:
Guards Mixed Brigade
7th Division

Dutch East Indies

The fun part of this turn is what happens here. A few days back I had minelayer subs plant a large number of mines in the narrow waters heading the Palembang. I figured this might surprise John as he hasn't seen any activity in this area, most importantly I have not been operating any submarines here. This bears fruit as John's minesweepers seem to be employed elsewhere and John's tanker fleets run straight into my mines without any forewarning. A decent number of tankers and escort ships are hit by mines and I do hear a good amount of sinking sounds, so hopefully that includes some tankers and not just the escorts!

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jun 12, 42
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TF 8 encounters mine field at 49,90

Japanese Ships
PC PB-59, Mine hits 1, heavy damage
PC PB-58
PC PB-56, Mine hits 1, heavy damage
TK Ogura Maru #1, Mine hits 1, on fire
TK Nihon Maru, Mine hits 1
TK Manju Maru, Mine hits 1
TK Kiyo Maru, Mine hits 1

3 mines cleared

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TF 253 encounters mine field at 49,90

Japanese Ships
PB Kiso Maru
PB Heiei Maru #7, Mine hits 1, heavy damage
PB Nanpo Maru, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
PB Magan Maru, Mine hits 1, heavy damage
TK Meizan Maru, Mine hits 1, heavy fires
TK Tatibana Maru, Mine hits 1, heavy fires
TK Syoyo Maru, Mine hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
TK San Pedro Maru, Mine hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage

3 mines cleared

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RE: June 11-12, 1942 - 11/14/2018 4:58:28 PM

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Where exactly have you laid the mines please?

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RE: June 11-12, 1942 - 11/14/2018 5:02:52 PM

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ORIGINAL: adarbrauner

Where exactly have you laid the mines please?

The mines were laid Hex 49, 90 if the combat report is accurate.

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RE: June 11-12, 1942 - 11/14/2018 5:12:03 PM

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Hmmm, the combat reports for those encounters both say "3 mines cleared". Seems more like 9 mines in the first and 10 in the second.

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RE: June 11-12, 1942 - 11/14/2018 5:26:02 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: Panther Bait

Hmmm, the combat reports for those encounters both say "3 mines cleared". Seems more like 9 mines in the first and 10 in the second.

Mike

That's minesweeping the hard way

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June 13, 1942 - 11/15/2018 12:49:56 AM

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June 13, 1942

Not much to report today. No more sinking sounds from yesterday's mines (which I already stated were located in the narrow straits leading to Palembang).

India
In India, the major item of note is that John's tank regiments north of Ranchi decide to shock attack my tank destroyer battalion and succeed in pushing it back, but suffer a decent number of casualties in return, so I'm not sure if it was worth it. His tanks are now retreating to the east, but my own tanks are in pursuit and hopefully I will be able to catch him with the help of my bombers interdicting his forces.

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Ground combat at 51,30 (near Ranchi)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 570 troops, 0 guns, 154 vehicles, Assault Value = 82

Defending force 664 troops, 39 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 11

Japanese adjusted assault: 49

Allied adjusted defense: 19

Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
Vehicles lost 32 (4 destroyed, 28 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
195 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 13 (3 destroyed, 10 disabled)
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 1

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
4th Tank Regiment
2nd Tank Regiment

Defending units:
641st Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion

Aleutians

In the Aleutians, my forces on Umnak have another round of good attacks, but the transports sigint had indicated were reinforcing Adak appear there suddenly without warning, so it's probably to be assumed that John succeeded in landing another division there, bringing the number he has there up to two. This is disappointing and I am flabbergasted that my PBY's failed to spot the transports on the approach. Oh well. I won't lie that I'd love to have Adak in the future as its a great staging ground for future operations against the Kuriles/Hokkaido, but not absolutely necessary. Perhaps the better thing is to surround and isolate Adak and make it a prison for the divisions John has there. Attu, Amchitka, Ulak, and Atka Island all seem to be easy targets as his defenses are focusing on Adak.

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Ground combat at Umnak Island (169,51)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 14103 troops, 175 guns, 63 vehicles, Assault Value = 455

Defending force 10576 troops, 124 guns, 23 vehicles, Assault Value = 105

Allied adjusted assault: 196

Japanese adjusted defense: 85

Allied assault odds: 2 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
886 casualties reported
Squads: 80 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Guns lost 14 (8 destroyed, 6 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
202 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 13 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
1st/298th Infantry Battalion
3rd Marine Raider Battalion
37th (Sep) Infantry Regiment
2nd Marine Raider Battalion
201st(Sep) Infantry Regiment
153rd(Sep) Infantry Regiment
1st/102nd Infantry Bn /1
Wake (Det.) Defense Battalion
3/250th Coastal Artillery Battalion
181st Field Artillery Battalion
141st USN Stn Base Force
47th Construction Regiment
1st Marine Air Wing
116th Base Group

Defending units:
Guards Mixed Brigade
7th Division

Australia

Sigint seems to indicate that John has troops on transports heading for Wyndham in Australia. Perhaps I could catch these troops/transports, as 5 of my carriers are currently at Capetown (just arriving there as they were returning from India where there was little action or need for them). I could make a foray towards Australia before bringing them back to Pearl...

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SIG INT REPORT FOR Jun 13, 42

13/90th Division is planning for an attack on Wyndham.
74th/B Division is planning for an attack on Wyndham.

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RE: June 13, 1942 - 11/15/2018 2:06:25 AM

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Great AAR. I'm curious on your SIGINT. Have you noticed any maskirovka on attack planning or shipping destinations, or is he playing it straightforward?

Cheers,
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RE: June 13, 1942 - 11/15/2018 2:37:01 AM

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While I keep the idea of that in the back of my head, generally John seems to go where my sigint is telling me he is going, especially when its about ships moving to a destination. Attack planning on its own is a whole other story and I take such info with a grain of salt. As for the above, given that the divisions are divided (at least the 90th is for ship transport), that tells me they are already on ships and if they are planning for Wyndham, that's where they are going.

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RE: June 13, 1942 - 11/15/2018 1:36:00 PM

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I forgot to note that this was the jump up in VP's from the turn with the mine hits against John's tankers, so here's to hoping I sank a few. From the combat report above, I would guess that the second TF was carrying fuel/oil so hopefully some burn up. Obviously this VP jump also includes destroyed Japanese squads, planes, etc. from the previous two turns.

The VP ratio sits at about 2.5:1 and will probably go higher. Really hoping to avoid a 4:1 ratio and actively seeking how to avoid 3:1 to avoid auto-victory. Any ideas? I am building up bases on mainland, etc. to get VPs from there...

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June 14, 1942 - 11/15/2018 2:59:56 PM

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June 14, 1942

Given the transports that we saw at Adak in the previous turn, I elect to move my carriers up at speed to intercept these in the hope of hitting some reinforcing troops and drowning them. John probably suspected my carriers were here in previous turns as he had gotten minor DL on them once or twice in the last week loitering around south of the Aleutians (1/10 DL, etc.) but he nonetheless pays for it with a successful strike that also happens to clear out some of his Vals at Adak, which seemed to be set to naval strike to hit some nearby easy Allied targets. Instead, his strike heads for my carriers and CAP does the rest.

The hit on his transports seems to damage a lot of vehicles and guns, so perhaps he was landing an artillery unit or a CD unit. I don't know. I also got A LOT of "FUEL BURNING" messages so hopefully a lot of them burn up.

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Ulak Island at 162,57

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 29 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 14
D3A1 Val x 28
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 11

Allied aircraft
Sea Hurricane Ib x 4
F4F-3A Wildcat x 11
F4F-3 Wildcat x 39

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 1 destroyed
D3A1 Val: 9 destroyed, 1 damaged
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 2 destroyed

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
CV Indomitable

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x D3A1 Val bombing from 9000 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 2 x 60 kg GP Bomb

quote:

Morning Air attack on TF, near Adak Island at 162,52

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 8
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 12

Allied aircraft
F4F-3A Wildcat x 24
F4F-3 Wildcat x 22
SBD-3 Dauntless x 20

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-3 Wildcat: 2 destroyed
SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
xAK Matumoto Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Sumanoura Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Kamogawa Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
xAK Aso Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAK Kinugawa Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Kasagi Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Matumoto Maru
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Kinugawa Maru

quote:

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Adak Island at 162,52

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 6
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 5

Allied aircraft
Albacore I x 12
Fulmar II x 17
F4F-3A Wildcat x 22
F4F-3 Wildcat x 33
SBD-3 Dauntless x 64
TBD-1 Devastator x 39

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 1 destroyed
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Fulmar II: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
xAK Kumagawa Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Aso Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
DD Akatomo, Bomb hits 2, on fire
xAK Durban Maru, Bomb hits 8, and is sunk
xAK Akiura Maru, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Kazuura Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires
xAK Toyooka Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Rokko Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Amagi Maru, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
xAK Kasagi Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Mayakiri
xAK Asakaze Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
PC PB-55, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
PC PB-62
xAK Tamashima Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
PC PB-61, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Mikasa Maru

Japanese ground losses:
Guns lost 26 (16 destroyed, 10 disabled)
Vehicles lost 38 (24 destroyed, 14 disabled)

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Aso Maru
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Kazuura Maru
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Kumagawa Maru
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Kasagi Maru
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Asakaze Maru
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Rokko Maru
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Toyooka Maru
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring PC PB-55
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Durban Maru
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Akiura Maru
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Amagi Maru
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Akatomo
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring PC PB-61

Meanwhile, on Umnak Island, my forces continue to grind on his isolated forces, raising the experience of various (Sep) Infantry Regiments in the process.

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Ground combat at Umnak Island (169,51)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 14032 troops, 175 guns, 63 vehicles, Assault Value = 444

Defending force 10018 troops, 117 guns, 23 vehicles, Assault Value = 102

Allied adjusted assault: 181

Japanese adjusted defense: 145

Allied assault odds: 1 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
963 casualties reported
Squads: 40 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 9 (6 destroyed, 3 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
268 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 28 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Assaulting units:
37th (Sep) Infantry Regiment
3rd Marine Raider Battalion
2nd Marine Raider Battalion
201st(Sep) Infantry Regiment
153rd(Sep) Infantry Regiment
1st/298th Infantry Battalion
1st/102nd Infantry Bn /1
47th Construction Regiment
Wake (Det.) Defense Battalion
3/250th Coastal Artillery Battalion
181st Field Artillery Battalion
1st Marine Air Wing
141st USN Stn Base Force
116th Base Group

Defending units:
Guards Mixed Brigade
7th Division

In India, my British Armored Brigade is one hex away from his two tank regiments in the north and sigint continues to suggest reinforcing Japanese divisions incoming. An additional US Infantry Regiment arrives at Bombay in a few days. A US ID is 8 days off the map...

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8/56th Division is loaded on a Kyushu Cargo class xAK moving to Calcutta.

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RE: June 14, 1942 - 11/15/2018 3:00:28 PM

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Aircraft Losses for the Day

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RE: June 14, 1942 - 11/15/2018 3:03:15 PM

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John's message to me in his email:

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I was SOOOOOOOOOOO right in my AAR! Thanks for the reveal�

He might be right and guessed it since he had pretty good DL to suspect my carriers there over the past week, but the message is nonetheless trying to downplay bad news for him this turn.

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RE: June 14, 1942 - 11/15/2018 3:05:55 PM

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That's quintessential John.

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RE: June 14, 1942 - 11/15/2018 3:32:33 PM

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@Canoerebel Yes, I remember you mentioning that John will really play up his victories and really play down his losses and turn them into victories. It reminds me of the Japanese euphemism for retreating from Guadalcanal as "advancing in another direction," or something to that effect.

VP Gain for the Day:

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RE: June 14, 1942 - 11/15/2018 3:37:49 PM

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ORIGINAL: Anachro

@Canoerebel Yes, I remember you mentioning that John will really play up his victories and really play down his losses and turn them into victories. It reminds me of the Japanese euphemism for retreating from Guadalcanal as "advancing in another direction," or something to that effect.

Well they did take the evacuated troops to New Guinea eventually, so they got the different direction part right. I don't think they advanced anywhere there though.

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June 15-16, 1942 - 11/16/2018 11:27:12 AM

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June 15-16, 1942

A sound, a whisper, unprovoked feelings of dread slowly creeped upon me as I lay in fitful sleep. Banzai, banzai, banzai. As I tossed and turned in discomfort, these dreadful utterings soon became hard, scornful shouts of triumph ringing in my ears. BANZAI, BANZAI, BANZAI! Unable to withstand this vicious mockery bringing violence to my senses, I awoke to cold sweat and unceasing, shallow breaths.

Still, the visions would not stop. Dancing all around me, whooping and hollering, were figures of Yamamoto, that famous admiral of yore. NIPPON DAI-TEIKOKU BANZAI, BANZAI, BANZAI! They shouted. What was this? Portents of the future? Vengeful spirits bent on my destruction? And why were the Yamamoto figures seemingly wearing Subway franchise uniforms? I cowered and cried, muffling my ears to make it all stop, but stop it did not. It never stopped. TENNO HEIKA BANZAI, BANZAI, BANZAI!

I knew it. The Japs had come, they would keep coming, and banzais would ring out unceasingly to disrupt my peace of mind. A carrier raid at Tahiti, bombardments on Ports Hedland and Moresby. Destruction happens in many places.

But banzais don�t make victories, minor raids do not alter the strategic calculus. New ships will be built, supply and fuel sent out anew, defenses hardened, trade routes re-routed. We learn and alter and improve. Avoid calamity, and the results will come as attrition does its grisly work. The figures disappear as the the banzais slowly echo away into nothing. Silence reigns again, and peace. I go back to sleep and make ready for another day.

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RE: June 15-16, 1942 - 11/16/2018 12:21:26 PM

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I got a 90 exp fighter pilot in India last night in one of my AVG squadrons, so there's that. Don't want him to die easily in the India grinder, but he's only at 4 kills so I want to get his Ace status somewhere. Might use him as an instructor in my army fighter training squadron perhaps. As for the raid, not sure why I still had stuff at Tahiti as it's not really necessary. I've been developing it as a backup trade depot if need be, but it seems I forgot to change one of my CS convoys away from it.

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RE: June 15-16, 1942 - 11/16/2018 10:56:07 PM

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Anachro: And why were the Yamamoto figures seemingly wearing Subway franchise uniforms?

Looks like he plans to give you your sandwich toasted to a crisp! Would you like hot peppers with that?

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RE: June 15-16, 1942 - 11/17/2018 9:24:29 AM

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ORIGINAL: Anachro

June 15-16, 1942

A sound, a whisper, unprovoked feelings of dread slowly creeped upon me as I lay in fitful sleep. Banzai, banzai, banzai. As I tossed and turned in discomfort, these dreadful utterings soon became hard, scornful shouts of triumph ringing in my ears. BANZAI, BANZAI, BANZAI! Unable to withstand this vicious mockery bringing violence to my senses, I awoke to cold sweat and unceasing, shallow breaths.

Still, the visions would not stop. Dancing all around me, whooping and hollering, were figures of Yamamoto, that famous admiral of yore. NIPPON DAI-TEIKOKU BANZAI, BANZAI, BANZAI! They shouted. What was this? Portents of the future? Vengeful spirits bent on my destruction? And why were the Yamamoto figures seemingly wearing Subway franchise uniforms? I cowered and cried, muffling my ears to make it all stop, but stop it did not. It never stopped. TENNO HEIKA BANZAI, BANZAI, BANZAI!

I knew it. The Japs had come, they would keep coming, and banzais would ring out unceasingly to disrupt my peace of mind. A carrier raid at Tahiti, bombardments on Ports Hedland and Moresby. Destruction happens in many places.

But banzais don�t make victories, minor raids do not alter the strategic calculus. New ships will be built, supply and fuel sent out anew, defenses hardened, trade routes re-routed. We learn and alter and improve. Avoid calamity, and the results will come as attrition does its grisly work. The figures disappear as the the banzais slowly echo away into nothing. Silence reigns again, and peace. I go back to sleep and make ready for another day.

Very nice post ! I like it a lot

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RE: June 15-16, 1942 - 11/17/2018 4:01:03 PM

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One of best posts ever!

But there's a virtue and a strategic advantage in these raids, if he manage to keep up their pace and frequency, thing he failed doing against Adm Roper in their last confrontation

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RE: June 15-16, 1942 - 11/17/2018 4:59:51 PM

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Playing John is a rip-roaring ride. He really is a lot of fun, partly because he's willing to take chances and loves springing surprises. He's a good player though he has a few serious holes in his game.

As I've mentioned before, I think he needed to learn three major lessons from our last match. I have no doubt he learned the first one (dealing with China). I don't think he learned the other two. I think his DNA prevents him from learning them. I could contact him in good faith and say, "John, you need to do these two things above all else." He'd reply: "I hear you!" And then he wouldn't do them. Ever.

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RE: June 15-16, 1942 - 11/17/2018 5:10:38 PM

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agreed Dan, and that in itself is why opposing AARs with John involved are among the most enjoyable to me.
It is also why I can seldom comment here and elswhere.

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June 17-20, 1942 - 11/17/2018 6:15:25 PM

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@everyone always fun to see reactions and I agree with you, Canoerebel. John does seem to have an eery ability to find holes to raid into, partially abetted by my sloppy playing at the moment in securing my LoC.

June 17-20, 1942

John launches a number of carrier raids. Continuing his attack, John's CVs loiter around Tahiti through the 19th before disappearing on the 20th. However, various allied bases near Tahiti show various states of DL, so his CVs are nearby. I'm hoping they stick around for more, as John mentioned in an email he had oilers nearby. I'd like for him to try and hit Suva where I have 125 fighters and a small amount of DBs. Meanwhile, my carriers from the Aleutians are now directly west of Pearl Harbor and will continue proceeding south instead of heading to Pearl for refueling. I have already stationed oilers on the way to Palmyra to meet up with and refuel them. That, coupled with additional fuel at Suva means they should be good for fuel needs getting south and operating. There is a chance, however small , that I might be able to catch John's CVLs.

In India, John launches an attack on Socotra. I had spotted this earlier and had thought most of my ships were out of harms way, but a number of tankers on CS automated routes appear on map nearby before I notice them. I moved them away last turn, but John's carriers were a lot closer to Socotra than I thought. I thought I had another turn to go before they would appear, but I made a big mistake and accidentally had my patrol craft at Socotra on training instead of nav search. DERP!

Important thing here: My US ID was 1-day from appearing on-map heading for Bombay and now will promptly turn around. Small blessings. My (Sep) Infantry Regiment managed to get to Bombay a few days before his carriers moved north.

I'm not worried about the shipping losses. I hate giving away the VP's though. Another mistake from early on was trying to send a bunch of the ships from offmap at Abadan to the East Coast. Due to the shipping lanes not being open yet, they have been in off-map movement hell, stuck on the edge of the map unable to move with the homeport set to the east coast. Due to being unable to change their homeport based on limitations on off-map movement, they have been perennially stuck there for weeks. I'd expect John to move and attack them next turn. So more VP's lost.

The 27th division has been bought out and with some other units already prepping will land and take back Midway shortly. Not necessary on the grand scheme of things, but makes operating in the large expanse between Pearl and the Aleutians without DL a lot easier. Denies John a sub base and base from which to recon near PH. Various other units are prepping elsewhere to be expanded upon when preparations are complete and I can say without too much fear of opsec problems.

Sidenote Anyone else following the Chess World Championships? Go Fabiano! Shame he couldn't seal the win yesterday.

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RE: June 17-20, 1942 - 11/17/2018 6:26:43 PM

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I should add that most of my Indian naval forces are off-map, excepting some CLs and DDs that will now head off-map given John's carriers near Socotra. Half my carriers previously at Socotra moved back to Capetown and are now 9-days out from appearing on-map heading for Perth. They will see if there are any landings nearby in Northern Australia, particular for Port Hedland. They will promptly move south if discovered early and will link up with my other carriers to re-combine and re-organize my forces.

No more division. Big stick and all that. John seems to ignore putting his forces in the SoPac and it should be easy for me to establish insurmountable local superiority there with all my carriers excluding the presence of the full KB. I will probably send some unneeded CVEs to India to show the flag every once in awhile to his recon without engaging. Make him think I still have assets there.

I'll write a post on the reorganization when it happens. Needless to say, the large majority of my navy will be in the Pacific. India does not require one unless I plan offensive invasions there.

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RE: June 17-20, 1942 - 11/18/2018 2:56:35 AM

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You know that dark strip at the off-map/on-map interface? You can let your convoys go there and he cannot attack them (although he might see them if he has search in the area). You don't have to go all the way back to Cape Town.
For your ships moving from Abadan to CT, send them first to the map edge strip, then change their home port to CT, then send them if it is safe to do so. Otherwise, wait him out without losing actual transit time or ships.

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RE: June 17-20, 1942 - 11/18/2018 4:11:04 AM

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I believe I discovered a bug and am seeking input. Given John's appearance with KB up near Socotra, I re-routed my transports that were off-map carrying a US ID back to Capetown. In the subsequent turns, John was heading back south and so I re-routed my transport TF to head back to Bombay last turn. Now, the TF has suddenly warped from off-map directly to Bombay.

It seems I discovered an exploit that can be used to instantly move troops to ports from off-map, but its an exploit I'd rather avoid as John is nearby with the KB, spotted the TF, and can sink it. It should be nowhere close to where it is and this is disheartening. I have sent an email to John to inquire.

Current Turn - June 23rd

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RE: June 17-20, 1942 - 11/18/2018 4:13:58 AM

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Previous Turn - Note Date and Location (June 23rd here means day of orders, combat report would show June 22nd).

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RE: June 17-20, 1942 - 11/18/2018 5:01:33 AM

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Monkeying with the movement orders (other than speed) of a ship in transit between off-map and on-map confuses the game engine which does not use a hex count to track the TFs in the off-map holding box. Instead it calculates an arrival date and hex for the TF to appear on-map and does not otherwise track it. When you change direction/target port for a TF already on-route, the game engine does not know where it is during its transit (not counting hexes, remember) so it might send it anywhere. As often as not, I have had my TFs to hex 0,0 and stay there for months. You had that happen to your TFs you were trying to send between off-map ports that did not have a direct sea link in the off-map paths.

In this case you got a lucky "miscalculation" by the game engine and I know of no way to avoid or fix the "problem" directly. I suggest you offer to keep the units on the ships until they were due to arrive at Bombay and ask John not to attack those ships until then. Alternately, sail the ships out to the map edge and back again using indirect routing and hope to dodge John's raids.

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RE: June 17-20, 1942 - 11/18/2018 5:26:23 AM

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I think what we are electing to do is KB ignores it and I will avoid unloading the cargo for awhile. In the future, I now know to never play around with off-map movement routes.

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June 23, 1942 - 11/18/2018 6:15:29 AM

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June 23, 1942

Getting back to the game, but I'm a bit tired so I'll keep this one short.

India

In India, my airforce does a decent job in attrition warfare, usually either fighting the Japanese airforce on equal terms or, as like today, better terms. However, my airframe production is not yet at a rate that can keep up with John's factories, I'm sure. Already, I am low on P40, P39 airframes, not including British ones.

West of Ranchi, I have various armored units converging on three tank regiments, but John seems to have reinforcements coming in from the west to reinforce them. This could be a division, more tanks, or a brigade. I am amassing armor and infantry at Bezwada to rolle up on John's lightly-defended left flank. The goal is to take Cocanada and Viza quickly and then probably move back towards Raipur from there.

SoPac

John's CVLs are still loitering around Tahiti. My carriers, with the help of refueling AO's along the way, are just north of Palmyra... Can I catch John's raiding force? I know the rest of the KB is in India due to the Socotra raid... Sinking some of his light carriers would help lighten my mood. His carriers are seen moving northeast, which would be in a direction TOWARDS Palmyra.

I have a few minor DD's raid Canton Island last night, sinking a PB and an xAK and finding a minefield. One DD is hit but should be able to limp back to Pearl for repairs. I also have a fast bombardment fleet backed by French BC's nearby that I'm considering using as a lure for John. Surely he wouldn't try and go after my BCs if he saw them, not with my carriers nearby?

China

Taking horrendous losses here, but a number of troops will make it to Chungking and Kweiyang protecting the way to Kunming. I have had good success defending these areas in the past.

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