Slitherine

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ORIGINAL: Bladess

Dont trust the AI to pick good routes.
I ordered the Base unit at Victoria point to retreat to Rangoon. Assuming it would take the britich owned coastal trail. But the AI thinks the Jap owned rail line next to Bangkok looked better. So as the Base unit rides the single rail near Bangkok, the Imperial Guard Div (23,000 men) is trying to use the same rail going the other way. There is some argument over who has right of way, and the Base unit retreats.

Bladess

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ORIGINAL: Chaplain

This thread is for "bragging" about your blunders, and what you learned. I'll start:

Do not send your Jap BB's to play tag with the coastal gun forts in Manila Harbor. I did, and the Ise is limping home in a shambles while the Hyuga picks up the survivors from 2 sunk DD's. Ugh.

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ORIGINAL: Tanaka
If you send them to Manila I think they get pounded by CD's from bataan as well.

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ORIGINAL: The Gnome

Do NOT send out ASW Hunter-killer groups from Pearl until the IJN strike force is out of range. It's sad to see some good DD's go to the bottom after a 100plane airstrike.

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ORIGINAL: IanLister

and three weeks later there are still bad guys on the island, although I have control of the base.
Then again, I didn't lose half the cruisers in the TF.

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If by day two you haven't taken Wake pull everything out as fast as you can, cuz on day 3 or 4 the US CVs will show and say hi - usually wiping out every ship in the area.
Xargun

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ORIGINAL: pad152

Not always true, I sent my Carriers to Wake, they just sat there for three days due to bad weather, so a created a surface TF of 2 CA and 4 DD's, one of my CA's got fired on by one Japanese destroyer and my TF aborted the attack, the next day the Japanese got away!

One thing I like is nothing seems to happen the same way twice!

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ORIGINAL: Alikchi

I wonder, does the KB have enough fuel to swing by Wake on its way back? Since everyone seems to love to reinforce Wake, it might be good to stop by and say hello to Enterprise, et al.

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Naval Gun Fire at Saipan (63,64) - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

108 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
APD Kane, Shell hits 11, on fire, heavy damage
APD Herbert, Shell hits 9, on fire, heavy damage
LCI LCI-402, Shell hits 8, on fire, heavy damage
LCI LCI-443, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
LCI LCI-444
LCI LCI-445, Shell hits 11, on fire, heavy damage
LSD Oak Hill, Shell hits 10, on fire, heavy damage

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Naval Gun Fire at Saipan (63,64) - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

131 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
AP Warhawk, Shell hits 9, on fire, heavy damage
AP Winged Arrow, Shell hits 13, on fire, heavy damage
AP W.A. Holbrook, Shell hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
AP Callaway, Shell hits 2, on fire
AP Bolivar, Shell hits 1, on fire
AP Cavalier, Shell hits 8, on fire
AP Knox, Shell hits 8, on fire, heavy damage
DE Kyne, Shell hits 14, on fire, heavy damage
DE Hilbert, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

Japanese ground losses:
13 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
543 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 4

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Coastal Guns at Saipan, 63,64, firing at TF 1009
TF 1009 troops unloading over beach at Saipan, 63,64


1106 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
DE Samuel S. Miles, Shell hits 10, on fire, heavy damage
AP Winged Arrow, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AP Hercules, Shell hits 3
DE Lamons, Shell hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
AP Herald of Morning
AP W.A. Holbrook, Shell hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AP Frederick Funston, Shell hits 1
AP Sumter, Shell hits 2
AP James O'Hara, Shell hits 9, on fire
AK General Fleisher, Shell hits 10, on fire, heavy damage
AP Harris, Shell hits 3, on fire
AP Callaway, Shell hits 7, on fire, heavy damage
AP Bolivar, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP Leon, Shell hits 21, on fire, heavy damage
AP Cavalier, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage


Allied ground losses:
2806 casualties reported
Guns lost 13
Vehicles lost 12

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Coastal Guns at Saipan, 63,64, firing at TF 1009
TF 1009 troops unloading over beach at Saipan, 63,64


1106 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
DE Samuel S. Miles, Shell hits 10, on fire, heavy damage
AP Winged Arrow, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AP Hercules, Shell hits 3
DE Lamons, Shell hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
AP Herald of Morning
AP W.A. Holbrook, Shell hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AP Frederick Funston, Shell hits 1
AP Sumter, Shell hits 2
AP James O'Hara, Shell hits 9, on fire
AK General Fleisher, Shell hits 10, on fire, heavy damage
AP Harris, Shell hits 3, on fire
AP Callaway, Shell hits 7, on fire, heavy damage
AP Bolivar, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP Leon, Shell hits 21, on fire, heavy damage
AP Cavalier, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage