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RE: Reporting in - 9/4/2004 9:09:04 AM   
corona

 

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Status: offline 		Hey,

I'm new to WITP and war gaming in general but I love reading your AAR. It's interesting because you two obviously have some gaming history together and the posts have a certain personality that other AAR's lack. It's fun and informative to see what kind of strategies you both have at work.

Luskan, I was just wondering if you could expand on a couple of things you mentioned in your last post.

quote:

Pacific: Wake is mine and is going to stay that way until Raver makes a major attempt. Going to be a costly invasion that one. My island strongholds are CV-proof (I did some testing) and so with large forts and loads of supply and CD units, I'm safe there for the moment. This will all change come 43 and the corsair.


CV Proof? please explain (if it doesn't give away too much strategic detail). Also, other than the fact that the Corsair is one of the more manouverable allied planes, why is it going to tip the scales in favor of the allies?

quote:

(I ran a few tests - if you've been a clever allied player and be patient, 6/43 you are not only unstoppable but lightning fast. Japs just cant ever react fast enough to hurt you).


Is there some significant piece of hardware that comes along in 6/43? And by clever do you mean like force preservation wise?

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RE: Reporting in - 9/4/2004 10:22:31 AM   
Luskan

 

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Status: offline 		CV-Proof means that CVs can't raid the place - even a 6 cv tf isn't going to handle the number of fighters and betties I have at places like truk, Kwajalein, Saipan etc. No allied player will pass his cvs within zero range of such a base. Sure, I'd loose lots of planes in any attack, but he'd loose cvs.

As for the 6/43 - that is when (more or less - variable reinforcement etc) the corsair arrives. It isn't the manouvreablility of the damned thing, it is the armour. They are nigh unkillable for lightweight zeros and as soon as they're on CV decks in real numbers, the allies can suddenly send their uber cv group wherever the hell they want and there is NOTHING I can do about it. Which is why I need to sink Raver's CVs before then.

Soon as you play a game long enough to fight corsairs . . . well you'll know what I'm talking about!

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RE: Reporting in - 9/4/2004 12:18:13 PM   
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Status: offline 		Well the biggest problem that I have faced since returning form my long holiday in Hawaii, is sorting out what I was going to do. The state of the map looks like some idiot has been running the game for the last three months.......but a closer look shows that I have done a reasonable job.............word of warning, never go on holidays without leaving detailed notes on your current games.

The current focus of Luskan-the-pretender is the DEI, he needs to close that campaign soon as it is holding up his operations elsewhere. For the last two months I have been able to send transports in with little or no hinderance, and as Banananana boy will soon find out he is in for a big shock. I have had well over 4000 PPs to spend and I have used them well.

PNG is likewise in a very good condition and it will take at least a 4 division invasion to take the place all the time under hostile air attack.

All of my carriers are at sea with the exception of the Lady Lex which during it's trip upto the Bay of Bengal a few months ago, hit some bad weather and had a few damage points (15) which need to be fixed. She is currently at Pearl and should be ready for action in a few weeks if the current rate of repairs continues.

In the meantime here are some pics of me inspecting my fleet at Pearl




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RE: Reporting in - 9/4/2004 12:27:19 PM   
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Status: offline 		Planning on firing Luskan out the torpedo tube ?

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RE: Reporting in - 9/4/2004 12:56:27 PM   
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RE: Reporting in - 9/4/2004 2:55:34 PM   
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Status: offline 		I was thinking about it, but on reflection, I am certain that is ego would not fit in the tube.

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RE: Reporting in - 9/4/2004 4:25:29 PM   
Luskan

 

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Status: offline 		Can't see a battleship from that angle without thinking of Cher on drugs ;)

I got some great photos of the victory. Of course with my crappy camera, and even backed up as far as I could go, it still took two panoramic sized photos to fit the ship in lengthwise.

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RE: Reporting in - 9/5/2004 1:29:07 PM   
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Status: offline 		And here I am in my command chair ! "Luskan is thataway" !




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RE: Reporting in - 9/6/2004 1:20:34 PM   
Raverdave


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Status: offline 		The 20th of April 1942, and things are looking somewhat good for the allies at this point considering the blows that have been dealt out so far.

Burma is holding at this point but the are signs of jap activity along the front lines with at least three brigades making a probe towards Mandalay/ Pagan. It is still to be decided if it is in the Allies favour to hold or fall back as there is the issue of supply lines which are along slow jungle tracks. The meeting in Hawaii recently of all the Allied high commands, agreed that this area of operation should continue to be under UK control and so the final decision will come from Whitehall.

China is somewhat static at this point with the Japs not willing to do much more than chase the chinese recon units after their failed attempt at taking Kunming with paratroops. There is little for the japs to gain by even trying to push deeper into China as it will only cause heavy casualties to them and with the high operational tempo across the pacific, high casualties is not what the japs are looking for.
The Japanese have been forced to keep more troops in China than they would have otherwise wanted mainly due to the Allies brillant tactics of trading ground for time and troops. The Japanese are yet to land the killer blow that they have so badly wanted.

The DEI is in as state of flux with the nips nibbling at the outter rings of the DEI, however Java is yet to be hit or even shelled, and although an invasion will come, it will be expensive of the yellow barstards......the beaches and jungles will run red with jap blood.

Australia is well defended and the last five months of the war have seen a massive buildup in troops and supplies from both locale and US mainland. Mining operations are almost full complete as are the construction of fortress and airfields. The only factor that is still hampering an otherwise smooth defence is the serious lack of trained ground crews. This has caused southern areas to be stripped of aircraft and personel to defend the north leaving only ASW squadrons in the south, but is a calculated gamble.

The Southern pacific, which also includes PNG are also being brought upto strength and so far have not seen any serious incursions from the japs. This is expected to change once the DEI campaign has come to a close, but the spirted defense of Java will bleed the japs to such a point that operations against the south pacific will not be as harsh as they could be.

The Central pacific is also a quite place with little action being seen in the last few months. It is still being thrashed as to who will take command of allied operations in this area....the US Navy or the US Army. In the meantime Hawaii is the focus of the build up for future operations.

The Northern Pacific has seen little or no action since the war began, which has allowed the allies to build forces in the north using Dutch Harbour, Kodiak and Anchorage and the main focal points. The extreme weather and lack of strategic points that could help the Japanese war effort in this area are the main reasons for little action being seen here to date.


The main problem currently effecting the allied war effort is the serious lack of APs for troop transport. This has meant that LCUs have had to be ferried in AKs which is grossly inefficent and also then removes those ships from being able to haul supplies. This situation will not even come close to being fixed until at least the end of '42 and maybe not until early '43.

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RE: Reporting in - 9/6/2004 4:19:12 PM   
Luskan

 

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Status: offline 		*Erm a slight mishap when I accidentally used my beta testing version of WITP to do the turn and corrupted the file. Was all Raver's fault.

Raver seems to be staking the outcome of all theatres on the battle for Java. If he looses badly there . .. well he'll only loose troops he can afford to loose. Its the loosing of CVs that I'm trying for.

In other news my asw fleets off Burma smacks one of Raver's subs, and the BB Fuso rejoins the battlefleet. Also, my troops have started unloading on western sumatra, and exterminated about 2500 rodents on the island of Sinkwiang (south of singapore) for the cost of 67 lightly wounded troops.

In truth the Java invasion has been held up by something I should have thought of better. I'm not going ashore with recon, but I don't want to telegraph really stupidly, because I've already decided which places I'm going ashore and why. So although taking Bali and Palembang should have been all the precursor I've needed, I've messed around and am taking other nearby small bases while I wait for hastily shipped out base forces and recon planes to arrive at designated bases in range of java to do some blanket reconning. I have a backup plan if my original plan doesn't work, but I hope I don't need to use it.

As soon as this invasion is over, I'm going to have to tell you all exactly what my plan was and why. I'm sure someone out there has guessed what I want to happen at Java by now??

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RE: Reporting in - 9/7/2004 1:14:08 AM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: Luskan

I'm sure someone out there has guessed what I want to happen at Java by now??


I doubt that you even know yourself, I have never seen such a slap-hazard invasion since watching the Holy Grail movie by the python team.

Just be a brave lad and let everyone here know the truth.............you have no idea what you are doing.

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RE: Reporting in - 9/7/2004 1:12:39 PM   
Luskan

 

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Status: offline 		Yup - me with no idea, and yet this turn I pull off a spectacular mid ocean intercept against the CV Formidable and her group ;)

Well ok, Raver saw me coming and got out of the harbour, but he forgot to take into account that my ships are beaten and worn and are much slower now, so they ended up in the same hex. A Claa and dd sacrificed themselves to save the formidable, who then put a torp into the nearby kongo and haruna in the air combat phase, which removes them both from the war for the next 12 months. Bloody swordfish.

My betties launched, and put 2 torps into the formidable but didn't wreck her, so she'll probably retire for repairs, along with the two bbs I torped (1 each). All in all, Raver took more damage than I did, but he can afford it at this stage. I'm getting near the stage that a draw really isn't good enough.

Raver will post the combat report.

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RE: Reporting in - 9/7/2004 1:59:48 PM   
Raverdave


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Status: offline 		Well this last turn was filled with action ! I had spotted two of Luskan's TFs head for what I thought was Akyab and sent a surface TF with 3 RN BBs and the usual hangers-on to intercept, as well as sending HMS Formidable in a secondary TF to stand off about three hexes and hit him with swordfish. Well bugger me his second TF does a mid ocean interecpt and slaps my CV TF ! HMS Formidable escapes with no damage but her escorting units got slapped well and good. Comes around to the morning and I am unable to launch against him because the IJN TF is under cloud, but in the afternoon i do get a flight to launch and the reports are of only one torp finding it's target. In the mean time LRB launches against my CV and manage to put 2 torps into Formidable.

Not a good day for the RN.........the japs have come out of this encounter on top.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/21/42

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TF 7 troops unloading over beach at Padang, 17,53


Japanese ground losses:
499 casualties reported

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Night Time Surface Combat at 28,26

Japanese Ships
CA Takao, Shell hits 1
CA Suzuya, Shell hits 2
CA Kumano
CL Natori, Shell hits 1
CL Tenryu
CL Tatsuta
CL Yubari, Shell hits 2
DD Yugumo
DD Natsushio
DD Hayashio
DD Amatsukaze
DD Arashio, Shell hits 1
DD Shigure
DD Nenohi
DD Yugure
DD Ariake
DD Sagiri

Allied Ships
CV Formidable
CLAA Van Heemskerck, Shell hits 17, on fire
DD Decoy, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Hotspur, Shell hits 5, on fire

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Naval bombardment of Akyab, at 30,29


Allied aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane II: 20 destroyed, 23 damaged
PBY Catalina: 5 destroyed, 3 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Kongo
DD Kisaragi
DD Yugiri
DD Mutsuki
CA Atago
DD Okikaze
BB Haruna
BB Nagato
DD Numakaze
CA Chokai
DD Satsuki
CL Tama
DD Fumizuki
CL Oi
DD Kikuzuki


Allied ground losses:
413 casualties reported
Guns lost 13
Vehicles lost 2

Airbase hits 10
Airbase supply hits 8
Runway hits 66

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Coastal Guns at Benkolen, 18,56, firing at TF 3
TF 3 troops unloading over beach at Benkolen, 18,56


8 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
PG Oi Maru

Japanese ground losses:
356 casualties reported

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Coastal Guns at Benkolen, 18,56, firing at TF 3
TF 3 troops unloading over beach at Benkolen, 18,56


7 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese ground losses:
258 casualties reported

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TF 7 troops unloading over beach at Padang, 17,53


Japanese ground losses:
152 casualties reported

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Sub attack at 49,108

Japanese Ships
SS I-156

Allied Ships
TK Semiramis, Shell hits 1, on fire

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Day Air attack on Lanchow , at 45,25


Allied aircraft
I-16c x 22
SB-2c x 12


Allied aircraft losses
SB-2c: 1 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x SB-2c bombing at 6000 feet
6 x SB-2c bombing at 6000 feet
3 x SB-2c bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 1st Tank Regiment, at 32,31


Allied aircraft
Hurricane II x 4
Blenheim IV x 10


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
21 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Blenheim IV bombing at 6000 feet
3 x Blenheim IV bombing at 6000 feet
3 x Blenheim IV bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 1st Tank Regiment, at 32,31


Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 7


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Blenheim I bombing at 6000 feet
3 x Blenheim I bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 28,28


Allied aircraft
Swordfish x 14


Allied aircraft losses
Swordfish: 2 destroyed, 8 damaged

Japanese Ships
CL Tatsuta, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
CA Suzuya
CL Yubari

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Swordfish launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x Swordfish launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x Swordfish launching torpedoes at 200 feet
3 x Swordfish launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 28,28


Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 3
Beaufort V-IX x 12


Allied aircraft losses
Beaufort V-IX: 2 destroyed, 10 damaged

Japanese Ships
CL Tenryu
DD Nenohi
CA Kumano
CA Takao

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Beaufort V-IX launching torpedoes at 200 feet
2 x Beaufort V-IX launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x Beaufort V-IX launching torpedoes at 200 feet
3 x Beaufort V-IX launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 28,26

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 37
G4M1 Betty x 22

Allied aircraft
Fulmar x 17

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 10 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 7 destroyed, 17 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Fulmar: 14 destroyed

Allied Ships
CLAA Van Heemskerck, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
CV Formidable, Torpedo hits 2, on fire

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
2 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet

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Ground combat at Benkolen

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1322 troops, 9 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 5793 troops, 50 guns, 0 vehicles

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RE: Reporting in - 9/7/2004 4:39:27 PM   
Luskan

 

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Status: offline 		And one turn later CV Formidable limps into diamond harbour, and my elite betties put another two torps into her. She didn't sink, but she's close! Certainly didn't cost me 7 zeros either!

Changing up the squadrons in Burma was well worth doing. Allows me to do some trianing wiht my less experienced pilots, and has created a massive difference in results. Finally scoring some hits. Removing the RN threat from the northern end of the map would make Raver's putting 6 cvs into 1 tf untenable.

Enjoy.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/22/42

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TF 3 troops unloading over beach at Benkolen, 18,56


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TF 7 troops unloading over beach at Padang, 17,53


Japanese ground losses:
13 casualties reported

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Sub attack at 21,47

Japanese Ships
DD Ushio
DD Mochizuki
DD Nagatsuki
DD Yayoi
DD Isonami
DD Hatakaze
DD Otori
DD Mikazuki
DD Uzuki
DD Sazanami
DD Asagiri
DD Shirakumo
DD Oyashio
DD Kuroshio

Allied Ships
SS Seadragon, hits 3, on fire

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TF 83 troops unloading over beach at Muntok, 21,55


Japanese ground losses:
392 casualties reported

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TF 3 troops unloading over beach at Benkolen, 18,56


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TF 83 troops unloading over beach at Muntok, 21,55


Japanese ground losses:
52 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on 1st Tank Regiment, at 31,31


Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 4


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Blenheim I bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Diamond Harbor at 28,23

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 12
G4M1 Betty x 7

Allied aircraft
Fulmar x 4
Buffalo I x 2
Hurricane II x 10

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 7 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 10 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Fulmar: 2 destroyed
Buffalo I: 2 destroyed

Allied Ships
CV Formidable, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage hopefully gurgles under the waves.

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 28,30


Allied aircraft
Beaufort V-IX x 3


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
DD Ariake

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Beaufort V-IX bombing at 6000 feet

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Ground combat at Benkolen

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 6261 troops, 47 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 2221 troops, 8 guns, 1 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 1


Japanese ground losses:
77 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Allied ground losses:
31 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Padang

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 12733 troops, 150 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 1293 troops, 5 guns, 1 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 101 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Padang base !!!


Japanese ground losses:
23 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Allied ground losses:
136 casualties reported


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

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Ground combat at 40,34

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 9588 troops, 71 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 2219 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles

Allied assault odds: 102 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
25 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
17 casualties reported


Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

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RE: Reporting in - 9/8/2004 3:31:27 PM   
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Status: offline 		HMS Formidable will live to fight another day...............but only after some time in the yards. I still have a rather strong naval force in the sea of Bengal which Luskan is yet to completely stamp out. Neither has he really made any in-roads into Burma. As usual Luskan aka the Bananananananana boy is blowing hot air.

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RE: Reporting in - 9/8/2004 6:31:58 PM   
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quote:

As usual Luskan aka the Bananananananana boy is blowing hot air.


And yet he keeps capturing bases and sinking ships . . .

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RE: Reporting in - 9/9/2004 4:52:48 AM   
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Status: offline 		Nope, you've got the stick from the wrong end.........he is only taking those bases that I am allowing him to take.

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RE: Reporting in - 9/9/2004 2:06:12 PM   
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Status: offline 		Idiot Luskan is determined to try and inflict further damage on Formidable with a large raid on Diamond Harbour and fails to land any hits. His Bombers are just about nearly as bad as my fighter pilots! However, Luskan needs to be warned......the defenses at DH have now been beefed up to the point that you will never be able to break though!

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/23/42

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TF 83 troops unloading over beach at Muntok, 21,55


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Day Air attack on Diamond Harbor , at 28,23

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 41
G4M1 Betty x 22

Allied aircraft
Hurricane II x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 6 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane II: 12 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 15000 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 15000 feet
2 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 15000 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 15000 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 15000 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 15000 feet
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ASW attack at 27,37

Japanese Ships
DD Mochizuki
DD Nagatsuki
DD Yayoi
DD Isonami
DD Hatakaze
DD Hayabusa
DD Mikazuki
DD Uzuki
DD Ushio
DD Sazanami
DD Asagiri
DD Shirakumo
DD Oyashio
DD Kuroshio
CVL Ryujo

Allied Ships
SS Searaven

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TF 21 troops unloading over beach at Andaman Island, 23,34


Japanese ground losses:
33 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Muntok

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 8047 troops, 43 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 154 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Muntok base !!!



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Ground combat at Benkolen

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 6204 troops, 43 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 2219 troops, 8 guns, 1 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 1)

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0


Japanese ground losses:
64 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Allied ground losses:
23 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Pagan

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 59372 troops, 615 guns, 476 vehicles

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 1798 to 1 (fort level 5)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Pagan base !!!



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Ground combat at Andaman Island

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 756 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 98 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Andaman Island base !!!



Allied aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft losses
Sea Gladiator: 5 destroyed
Swordfish: 2 destroyed

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RE: Reporting in - 9/9/2004 3:49:04 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Raverdave

Idiot Luskan is determined to try and inflict further damage on Formidable with a large raid on Diamond Harbour and fails to land any hits. His Bombers are just about nearly as bad as my fighter pilots! However, Luskan needs to be warned......the defenses at DH have now been beefed up to the point that you will never be able to break though!

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Day Air attack on Diamond Harbor , at 28,23

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 41
G4M1 Betty x 22

Allied aircraft
Hurricane II x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 6 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane II: 12 destroyed


That's a cunning air defense plan! The sky will be so thick with swarms of burning Hurricanes falling towards the ground that none of Luskan's bombers will be able to get near the port.

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RE: Reporting in - 9/9/2004 5:10:49 PM   
Kereguelen


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Status: offline 		Well, at least better to loose some Hurricanes than to loose a CV . When Spitfires finally will start to arrive, it'll be a different story, I guess Will be most interesting to watch!

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RE: Reporting in - 9/9/2004 9:19:47 PM   
Xargun

 

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quote:

ORIGINAL: Raverdave

Idiot Luskan is determined to try and inflict further damage on Formidable with a large raid on Diamond Harbour and fails to land any hits. His Bombers are just about nearly as bad as my fighter pilots! However, Luskan needs to be warned......the defenses at DH have now been beefed up to the point that you will never be able to break though!



Yep. He has now moved all those Wirraway and Buffalo squadrons into DH.. Luskan's pilots will be to busy shooting down allied fighters to have time to drop their bombs !!!


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RE: Reporting in - 9/10/2004 12:51:11 AM   
Raverdave


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Status: offline 		Sheesh! I loose a few Hurricanes and all the Jap fanboys come crawling out of the woodwork! Enjoy it while you can guys because before long the boot is going to be on the other foot!

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RE: Reporting in - 9/10/2004 7:08:36 AM   
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Status: offline 		There are quite a number of Hurricanes around the place that can be stuffed into DH, I suspect they all transferred there after the combat took place though :)

Of course they'll probably get shredded anyway, but hey, they might kill a couple of Zero's!

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RE: Reporting in - 9/10/2004 8:21:54 AM   
Raverdave


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Status: offline 		Nope..........DH is going to be a deathstar for any jap who is crazy enough to fly there. I WILL NOT allow the Formidable to be hit again!

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RE: Reporting in - 9/10/2004 8:57:00 AM   
Oliver Heindorf


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Status: offline 		mian problem the jap would face against the Hurricane is their armor : 2, a B17 has only 1 point...
and those 4 20mm cannons....one or two hits from these babies and a zero is a peace of scrap metal.

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RE: Reporting in - 9/10/2004 12:56:46 PM   
Andy Mac

 

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Status: offline 		I am sure that the Hurricane could give the A6M2 zero a run for its money (given equal exp pilots) on the defensive. Heavier armour and weapon load would pay off of the correct tactics were used i.e. they aint deathtraps like Buffaloes.

Problem is the early war japanese pilots can make the zero dance and this is magnified by the manouvere bonus given to zeros early on to reflect lack of tactical knowledge fighting them so a 55 -60 exp Hurrican squn will not stop an 80 - 90 exp zero squn.

80 - 90 exp hurricane squadron I think would do pretty well at least on the defensive.

Andy

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RE: Reporting in - 9/11/2004 10:23:38 AM   
Luskan

 

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Status: offline 		Well we're coming to the end of my early war zero bonuses. Raver has shown good restraint in the bay actuall, keeping his heavier units clear of my all too deadly betties. I have kept my betties in singapore on a vrey short leash as of late - I didn't want them flying 20 hexes over the DEI and having a go at some ship in port with every fighter Raver can spare overhead, so I've kept them at a much more sensible max range setting, meaning that anything too close to singapore would get fried.

However I moved another squadron in this turn and 22 of them launched for a long ranged attack at a tf on the other side of and halfway down java. 10 failed to find the place in the rain, but the other 12 punched a little hole in one of Raver's transports.

Was hoping to keep my potency at singapore a secret until Raver's cvs showed up let them close the range and then let the betty commanders have a go (would take at least 3 turns to get all the way out of bettty max range). But Raver has shown restraint there too. I've given him several easy unescorted targets for his surface forces or CVs in the area over the last two weeks and he just isn't taking the bait. He must be waiting for the big one.

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RE: Reporting in - 9/12/2004 12:57:03 PM   
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Status: offline 		Correct, I am indeed waiting for the big one. Anyone who has read the AARs on this board will see that most of the players who are allies tend to send in their CVs way to early. I am happy to wait as long as it takes to setup a battle that will be in MY favour. Even if I have to wait till mid '43 I am happy to do so. I feel that I will be able to steal some Islands from Luskan with out having to expose my CVs but that little trick is still at least 6 months away.
In the meantime I am happy to sit and wait, as it is Luskan who is going to have to make a move sooner rather that later as he cannot afford to allow my carrier strength build up unchecked, because if he does he'll get steamrolled in late '43.

In news to had an IJN surface unit is heading towards Ceylon. All torp aircraft and fighters have been moved to Tricomeele (S?) in expection of a big battle.

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RE: Reporting in - 9/12/2004 4:02:00 PM   
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Status: offline 		Well I've sort of moved my airpower to control the DEI region - in order to project enough power to make any cv battle there in my favour. Wishful thinking that Raver is going to come and play however. He'd much rather fight me weeks away from my airpower and if things continue the way they are, our big cv battle is going to happen ni early 43. I have to take the DEI, give my CVs a bit of R and R afterwards and then only three objectives remain for my victory:
1. Disrupt allied shipping in the Bay to slow allied buildup in Burma/China. This is going to have to be pretty bloody impressive to stop the allied/chinese steamrolling straight over me on the 1/1/44.

2. Destroy the allied CVs BEFORE the corsairs. Once 6/43 appears . . . that is the end of it if he's still got 6 cvs. He's got them holed up somewhere safe, training left right and centre.

3. Disrupt the allied US OZ supply line. I'm going to have to do it and soon.

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RE: Reporting in - 9/13/2004 3:29:15 AM   
Raverdave


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Status: offline 		Just responding to what banananana boy has said:-

1/ well that is a joke.......how is he going to disrupt me when a lot of my supplies come on the excellent rail links from India to Burma. Just goes to show you what a ratbrain Luskan is.

2/ The longer that I hold off the great CV battle, the more desperate Luskan will become, as he has already stated, he knows that he has to try and force a confrontation as soon as possible (before 6/'43), and so if I simply avoid this it might force Luskan into doing something stupid (doubtful but worth the wait to see).

3/ Now this is a problem for me and also for Luskan. To really try and disrupt the SLOC between Oz and the US Luskan is going to have to send his CVs very deep into the South Pacific (think of the Matrix logo in the bottom right hand corner of the map) and to do this he is going to have to have a LOT of tanker support, which in turn will also expose him. My problem is that I would HAVE to repond with my CVs but plan the operation in such a way as to catch him whem he is low on fuel and ammo or simply skip his CVs and hunt for his tankers. Either way the prospect is not good for either of us as I do not want to tangle with his CVs to early in the game, and Luskan does not want to have a CV fight so far away from his bases. This is going to be an interesting cat & mouse side show that will probably start in the next month and run for at least the next 12 months.

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