RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy

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pauk -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (3/27/2008 9:33:02 PM)
All i can say that i would't want him for my lawyer. Poor ol' Hortlund probably losing all his cases.[:D]

castor troy -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (3/27/2008 9:36:58 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: pauk All i can say that i would't want him for my lawyer. Poor ol' Hortlund probably losing all his cases.[:D] honestly, IMO it´s a bit strange that he tells me for days how realistic it is to mass hundreds on IJAAF medium bombers in the Philipines to hunt down 12 of my subs and then he complains about Jumper that he used KB to hunt 40 of his subs within 8 hexes. At least he "can see my point now".

mdiehl -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (3/27/2008 11:18:13 PM)
His point is that the rules should require that his opponent tie their hands behind their backs. Look, you've noted that you've not engaged in 4EB strategic raids on oil resources because you felt obliged to let your submarines do the lifting for you as it felt "more historical." PzjH has stumbled on a cute trick that makes ahistorical use of his assets to neutralize your historical use of yours. I think you should feel free to send B-24s after Balikpapan or any other resource hex that looks vulnerable to you whenever you want. That use of American 4EBs has lots of historical precedent in the PTO and the ETO. Now that I think of it, when it becomes feasible, a few Allied 4EB massive night bombing raids on bases packed with IJAAF bombers set to ASW patrol might be poetic justice. Back in the days of GGPW, one way to give the Japanese player the conniptions was to use B-17s over bases packed with Zeros, because the game engine made Zeros quite vulnerable (properly so) and B-17s far too invulnerable. In effect you had something like a B-17 fighter sweep death star effect in which you could run up Zero losses by looking for trouble with B-17s. It was of course historically unprecedented and gamey as hell, and in PBEM most people agreed not to do such things. But against PzjH, that sort of gamey trick is simply fair turnabout, IMO.

castor troy -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (3/28/2008 12:25:36 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: mdiehl His point is that the rules should require that his opponent tie their hands behind their backs. Look, you've noted that you've not engaged in 4EB strategic raids on oil resources because you felt obliged to let your submarines do the lifting for you as it felt "more historical." PzjH has stumbled on a cute trick that makes ahistorical use of his assets to neutralize your historical use of yours. I think you should feel free to send B-24s after Balikpapan or any other resource hex that looks vulnerable to you whenever you want. That use of American 4EBs has lots of historical precedent in the PTO and the ETO. Now that I think of it, when it becomes feasible, a few Allied 4EB massive night bombing raids on bases packed with IJAAF bombers set to ASW patrol might be poetic justice. Back in the days of GGPW, one way to give the Japanese player the conniptions was to use B-17s over bases packed with Zeros, because the game engine made Zeros quite vulnerable (properly so) and B-17s far too invulnerable. In effect you had something like a B-17 fighter sweep death star effect in which you could run up Zero losses by looking for trouble with B-17s. It was of course historically unprecedented and gamey as hell, and in PBEM most people agreed not to do such things. But against PzjH, that sort of gamey trick is simply fair turnabout, IMO. I won´t break my own hr (which is one that I have only for me, it was never suggested from my opponent). I just can´t get it that Hortlund is so upset about Jumper when he´s doing the same as Hortlund is doing.[8\|] well, do something gamey and it´s realistic for you, if your opponent does the gamey thing you do to you, then cry foul... We´re entering 43 in a few days and this PBEM has come further than I thought, as Hortlund and I seem to have nearly always complete different oppinions when it comes down to "game the game". I especially liked when he posted that he hates players that are "gaming the game"... still, with all the frustration we surely both had (as he thinks that everything I did so far is gamey too) it was more or less worth spending the time. And I have to say he´s a very reliable opponent.

mdiehl -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (3/28/2008 1:58:38 AM)
You are a gent. You and Gen Hoepner are models of tolerance. [&o]

castor troy -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (3/28/2008 6:03:45 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/29/42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 1026 encounters mine field at Akyab (30,29) Allied Ships DD Fortune, Mine hits 1 mine hit? as usual... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Akyab, at 30,29 Allied Ships CL Dauntless CL Durban CL Dragon CL Danae Japanese ground losses: 40 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 3 Port supply hits 1 4 CLs and no damage? as usual... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Akyab, at 30,29 Allied Ships CL Newcastle CA Frobisher CA Exeter CA Cornwall Japanese ground losses: 49 casualties reported Guns lost 4 no comment... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Akyab , at 30,29 Allied aircraft Wellington III x 146 P-40B Tomahawk x 62 B-26B Marauder x 111 Allied aircraft losses Wellington III: 1 destroyed, 11 damaged B-26B Marauder: 9 damaged Japanese ground losses: 177 casualties reported Guns lost 4 Airbase hits 10 Airbase supply hits 5 Runway hits 185 Aircraft Attacking: 4 x Wellington III bombing at 16000 feet but today, the bombers achieve a very high hit rate! 6 bombers are lost... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Dutch Harbor , at 103,36 Allied aircraft P-39D Airacobra x 142 No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 18 Port hits 2 Port supply hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 48 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Shuzan Naval Guard Unit, at 103,36 Allied aircraft SBD Dauntless x 40 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 50 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 10 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 7th AF Construction Battalion, at 31,27 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIb x 79 Kittyhawk I x 16 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 14 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet no ground losses? as usual... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 118,88 Japanese aircraft G3M Nell x 4 G4M1 Betty x 6 Japanese aircraft losses G3M Nell: 1 damaged Allied Ships AP President Garfield, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage AP Chaumont, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet [:@][:@] three precious APs end up 6 hexes from Christmas Island and are immediately attacked of course. Damn wayfinding... if you don´t check EVERY TF every third turn, something like this happens... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Akyab Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 69047 troops, 851 guns, 23 vehicles, Assault Value = 1504 Defending force 96329 troops, 945 guns, 24 vehicles, Assault Value = 1711 Allied ground losses: 79 casualties reported

castor troy -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (3/28/2008 6:04:37 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: mdiehl You are a gent. You and Gen Hoepner are models of tolerance. [&o] well, I´m not so tolerant as you might think and for sure not nearly as tolerant as Gen Hoepner! [;)]

castor troy -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (3/28/2008 6:49:50 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/30/42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Gili Gili at 56,94 Japanese Ships AK Kiyosumi Maru, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk AK Lyons Maru, Shell hits 24, and is sunk Allied Ships CL Marblehead DD Grayson DD Morris I could say: as usual, there are no heavy escorts for Japanese convoys going to front line bases. And again we take advantage of that and this TF is shot to pieces. Two big AKs lost. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Gili Gili at 56,94 Japanese Ships AK Isin Maru, Shell hits 3, on fire AK Nitiran Maru AK Nitiyo Maru, Shell hits 7, on fire Allied Ships CL Marblehead DD Grayson DD Morris The second TF with two big and a small AK was surprised also but our ships break off pretty fast again... Marblehead has already a night exp of 62 which is pretty high for a USN ship. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Thursday Island , at 49,90 Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 12 Allied aircraft Hudson I x 3 P-38G Lightning x 24 B-25C Mitchell x 145 B-24D Liberator x 31 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3 Zero: 11 destroyed E7K2 Alf: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-38G Lightning: 4 damaged B-25C Mitchell: 2 destroyed, 31 damaged B-24D Liberator: 11 damaged Japanese ground losses: 82 casualties reported Guns lost 3 Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 6 Runway hits 63 Aircraft Attacking: 37 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 16000 feet the second time we see Lightnings in combat! Last time the Zeroes over Lautern took down our Lightnings at a 15:0 rate, [X(] so I was hesitant to use them again. After our succesful attack on Thursday Island a couple of turns ago I decided it could be worth a try as I was more or less sure there wouldn´t be a big Cap. I was right and the dozen Zeroes in the air were not able to really harm our fighters this time. We started off with the bounce on our side and took down 4 Zeroes pretty fast when the bounce changed sides and the Zeroes damaged a couple of our Lightnings before another Zero was shot down. One of our long range escorts was lost to ops, flak was absolutely effective again and the airfield will be completely repaired by the 30.000 troops there within the next three days. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Thursday Island , at 49,90 Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 4 Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 75 B-24D Liberator x 24 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3 Zero: 3 destroyed D3A Val: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-17E Fortress: 1 destroyed, 21 damaged B-24D Liberator: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged Japanese ground losses: 82 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Airbase hits 7 Airbase supply hits 7 Runway hits 75 Aircraft Attacking: 41 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 16000 feet this is the follow up attack from Townsville... [image]local://upfiles/13774/53170C970D17405ABF1AB62AF988A610.jpg[/image] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Dutch Harbor , at 103,36 Allied aircraft P-39D Airacobra x 141 No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 12 Port hits 1 Port supply hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 48 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Shuzan Naval Guard Unit, at 103,36 Allied aircraft SBD Dauntless x 30 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 35 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 10 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Akyab Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 69081 troops, 851 guns, 24 vehicles, Assault Value = 1502 Defending force 96363 troops, 941 guns, 24 vehicles, Assault Value = 1708 Allied ground losses: 162 casualties reported

castor troy -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (3/28/2008 7:28:59 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/31/42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 5 encounters mine field at Gili Gili (56,94) Japanese Ships AK Isin Maru, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage sub laid MK12... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 33,51 Japanese Ships AK Yamasimo Maru PC Shonan Maru #6 MSW Tama Maru #2 Allied Ships SS Kingfish 6 torps... all missed! [8\|] Looking at the last 5 pages of this AAR, this is not ridicoulos?? [sm=crazy.gif] The developer responsible for the coding of sub attacks unfortunately never had a chance to take a look at a book about subs in WWII... what a pity... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Dutch Harbor , at 103,36 Allied aircraft TBF Avenger x 15 P-39D Airacobra x 141 No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 10 Port supply hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 48 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Shuzan Naval Guard Unit, at 103,36 Allied aircraft SBD Dauntless x 30 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 15 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 10 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 45 SBD Dauntless x 13 TBF Avenger x 13 Wellington III x 45 Allied aircraft losses SBD Dauntless: 1 damaged Wellington III: 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 25 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 40 Port hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 4 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Akyab Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 69201 troops, 855 guns, 24 vehicles, Assault Value = 1504 Defending force 96090 troops, 939 guns, 24 vehicles, Assault Value = 1706 Allied ground losses: 110 casualties reported our troops at Akyab were already ordered to move North again... the Japanese airforce isn´t willing to fight for Akya (no wonder when they have flak from the 23rd century there[8\|]), Rangoon and Mandalay are already operating hundreds of Tojos (which are far superior to all we can field), so the battle for Burma will begin in... 1958...

castor troy -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (3/28/2008 7:43:00 PM)
Next month we have to again withdraw a BB and 2 DDs... we´re still -700 with our political points.

Johan_Banér -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (3/28/2008 8:29:07 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: castor troy 6 torps... all missed! [8\|] Looking at the last 5 pages of this AAR, this is not ridicoulos?? [sm=crazy.gif] The developer responsible for the coding of sub attacks unfortunately never had a chance to take a look at a book about subs in WWII... what a pity... Lurk mode off Your fish hit rate is pretty abysmal, have you changed your sub commanders (I'm sure you have, just thought I'd ask)? I always notice a rather sharp increase in both hit ratios and attacks when you exchange your sub commanders to those with 60+ naval skill and aggressivnes. Lurk mode on

castor troy -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (3/28/2008 8:53:08 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Johan_Banér quote: ORIGINAL: castor troy 6 torps... all missed! [8\|] Looking at the last 5 pages of this AAR, this is not ridicoulos?? [sm=crazy.gif] The developer responsible for the coding of sub attacks unfortunately never had a chance to take a look at a book about subs in WWII... what a pity... Lurk mode off Your fish hit rate is pretty abysmal, have you changed your sub commanders (I'm sure you have, just thought I'd ask)? I always notice a rather sharp increase in both hit ratios and attacks when you exchange your sub commanders to those with 60+ naval skill and aggressivnes. Lurk mode on I went through my sub skippers and replaced a lot of them before they left port a couple of weeks ago, after having done the 10/42 upgrade. Now we have radar, we have the chance to attack, but we need 50-60 torps (a rough guess) to hit and sink a slow merchant. [8\|]

castor troy -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (3/28/2008 9:00:08 PM)
we start into 43 with an absolutely catastrophic turn... AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/01/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Dutch Harbor , at 103,36 Allied aircraft TBF Avenger x 13 P-39D Airacobra x 130 No Allied losses Runway hits 10 Port supply hits 3 Aircraft Attacking: 47 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Shuzan Naval Guard Unit, at 103,36 Allied aircraft SBD Dauntless x 30 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 62 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 10 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35 Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 111 [X(][X(][X(] Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 46 SBD Dauntless x 14 TBF Avenger x 15 Wellington III x 58 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3a Zero: 2 destroyed, 32 damaged Allied aircraft losses F4F-4 Wildcat: 28 destroyed SBD Dauntless: 3 destroyed, 8 damaged TBF Avenger: 3 destroyed, 9 damaged Wellington III: 46 damaged Japanese ground losses: 13 casualties reported Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 25 Port hits 4 Aircraft Attacking: 4 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet first thought I had: Kiska airfield must be 100% damaged, one second later I knew: these are KB´s Zeroes on LRCAP! Great, once again my 36 Catalinas spot nothing and my aircraft are shot out of the sky. My Wildcat pilots were 70+ exp vs the KB´s pilots with 80+. Result in Nikmod: 31:2 kills in favour of the Zeroes. I´ve said it before: if you play Nikmod, send out your bombers WITHOUT escort. The fighter vs fighter combat seems so far as strange as the fighter vs bomber combat. Unfortunately I can´t say anything else. Last time I´ve shaked my head was when I saw my Lightnings losing 15:0 against Zeroes, this time I´m again shaking my head when I see 70 exp Wildcats losing 32:2 against Zeroes. Date is 1/1/43 now. [:(] And again I have to think about my opponent´s words: "Nimod has completely crippled the Japanese side"... [:'(] Besides the fact that the result of this engagement is just mmmmmm, it was nevertheless a very good ambush by my opponent! [image]local://upfiles/13774/5B0F19889EB049CFBACFF5208825EACE.jpg[/image] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Akyab Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 69269 troops, 858 guns, 24 vehicles, Assault Value = 1503 Defending force 95795 troops, 944 guns, 24 vehicles, Assault Value = 1706 Allied ground losses: 460 casualties reported Guns lost 1

castor troy -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (3/29/2008 3:15:47 PM)
with 1/43 the B-25J entered production, but we aren´t in need of Allied medium bombers anyway as we have hundreds of Marauders and B-25C in the pool. Next important date will be 2/43 when the Corsair will enter production, followed by 3/43 when the P-47 will enter production. With the P-47 entering production and the P-38 already in production since 10/42 we will then receive 70 USAAF fighters with a range greater than 5 which will be very important for our upcoming offensives. AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/02/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 32,51 Japanese Ships AP Kasuga Maru MSW W.4 Allied Ships SS Sargo 4 torps... missed! MISSED, not failed to detonate! Just MISSED! [sm=crazy.gif][sm=crazy.gif][sm=crazy.gif] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Kai Island , at 39,78 Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 3 Allied aircraft B-25C Mitchell x 97 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 3 damaged Allied aircraft losses B-25C Mitchell: 5 damaged Japanese ground losses: 13 casualties reported Runway hits 4 Aircraft Attacking: 26 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 16000 feet was amazed to see a couple of Tojos above this base! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91 Japanese aircraft A6M2-N Rufe x 4 A6M3 Zero x 24 Allied aircraft P-38G Lightning x 20 B-17E Fortress x 31 B-24D Liberator x 67 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2-N Rufe: 2 destroyed A6M3 Zero: 6 destroyed, 12 damaged E7K2 Alf: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-38G Lightning: 5 damaged B-17E Fortress: 5 damaged B-24D Liberator: 8 damaged Japanese ground losses: 63 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Airbase hits 14 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 38 Aircraft Attacking: 32 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 16000 feet the Lightnings were able to take down a Zero and two Rufes for two Lightnings lost to ops (no pilot lost though). Compared to flak bases like Thursday Island or Akyab, Port Moresby seems to have a weaker flak defense and we will send in our bombers at 11.000ft next time. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Dutch Harbor , at 103,36 Allied aircraft TBF Avenger x 16 P-39D Airacobra x 143 No Allied losses Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 19 Port hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 47 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Shuzan Naval Guard Unit, at 103,36 Allied aircraft SBD Dauntless x 30 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 35 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 10 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet while we are still bombing the garrison of Dutch Harbour, KB is lurking around Kiska Island. Hopefully Hortlund tries to bomb Amchitka with his carrier based bombers, at least my flak could take a couple of IJN pilots down. I can´t affort to lose 30+ Wildcats to shoot down 2 of KB´s Zeroes. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Akyab Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 69429 troops, 862 guns, 24 vehicles, Assault Value = 1505 Defending force 95380 troops, 944 guns, 24 vehicles, Assault Value = 1703 Allied ground losses: 13 casualties reported

castor troy -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (3/29/2008 3:25:33 PM)
KB was spotted one hex East of Kiska Island today. A couple of TFs seem to bring supply, more troops and probably also mines to Kiska! Excellent, as soon as KB leaves, Kiska will only be another Japanese prison camp that I will bomb for the next couple of months, while my troops will train to reach 100% preparation. Perhaps with 100% preparation I will only see 50% of my troops disabled during unlading, not 95% disabled like at Dutch Harbour last time, when they were only 40% prepared.[8\|] AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/03/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 73 encounters mine field at Andaman Island (23,34) Japanese Ships DD Asanagi looks like that there are surface combat forces at Andaman again. Perhaps it´s the CVE TF... Hopefully those intelligent mines are no longer existing in AE... beep, beep, beep... mine reporting 3DDs, 2CAs and a CV at Andaman Island... beep, beep, beep... [8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Thursday Island , at 49,90 Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft Hudson I x 4 B-25C Mitchell x 204 Japanese aircraft losses No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-25C Mitchell: 3 destroyed, 37 damaged Japanese ground losses: 136 casualties reported Guns lost 5 Airbase hits 5 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 57 Aircraft Attacking: 21 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 16000 feet the base is closed, but we lose 7 B-25 again. Hortlund has stripped both Thursday Island and PM from aircraft but we still spot nearly 80 fighters on Cap over Gili Gili where he is unloading a couple of merchants at the moment. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 55,100 [X(] Japanese aircraft Ki-49 Helen x 18 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49 Helen: 12 damaged Allied Ships CL Marblehead DD Grayson DD Morris Aircraft Attacking: 1 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet Hortlund´s search aircraft spotted our raiders while going into position for an attack on Gili Gili next night and 18 Helens attacked in the morning. Thank god, our agile ships evaded the bombers while damaging 12 of them (none lost though). We spotted only 1 AK at Gili Gili, so I decided to retire the TF as it isn´t worth the risk at the moment. See, it´s so easy to guard your convoys going to front line bases! Just put a couple of bombers on nav attack there or use CAs as escort and voilá, I wouldn´t dare to attack those convoys. Thank god my opponent didn´t really think of that during the last year of the war. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Akyab Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 69434 troops, 864 guns, 24 vehicles, Assault Value = 1507 Defending force 95176 troops, 940 guns, 23 vehicles, Assault Value = 1697 Allied ground losses: 49 casualties reported

castor troy -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (3/30/2008 3:29:34 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/04/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91 Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft Hudson I x 5 P-38G Lightning x 19 B-17E Fortress x 84 B-24D Liberator x 65 Japanese aircraft losses No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-17E Fortress: 6 damaged B-24D Liberator: 7 damaged Japanese ground losses: 97 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Airbase hits 11 Airbase supply hits 12 Runway hits 146 Aircraft Attacking: 36 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 11000 feet we attack PM again, this time at lower alt at acceptable losses. 2 bombers are lost to the enemy and another dozen to the vanish aircraft bug! Excellent! [sm=crazy.gif] As soon as you have a couple of damaged aircraft somewhere and you transfer the 98% of the undamaged aircraft out, you have a 90% chance that the damaged aircraft left behind vanish into Nirvana. Bugged piece of crap... play stock! At least then you have such high replacement numbers that you don´t have to cry if you lose 50% of the monthly 4E replacement rate to the vanish aircraft bug... [8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Akyab Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 41303 troops, 540 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 1508 Defending force 95247 troops, 944 guns, 24 vehicles, Assault Value = 1703 Allied ground losses: 34 casualties reported

castor troy -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (3/30/2008 3:46:15 PM)
our opponent can cheer about yet another victory for him... AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/05/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Amchitka Island , at 96,36 Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 20 B5N Kate x 196 Allied aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses B5N Kate: 7 destroyed, 43 damaged Allied aircraft losses SBD Dauntless: 8 destroyed Wellington III: 9 destroyed F4F-4 Wildcat: 3 destroyed TBF Avenger: 6 destroyed P-39D Airacobra: 17 destroyed PBY Catalina: 2 destroyed Allied ground losses: 390 casualties reported Guns lost 6 Vehicles lost 2 Airbase hits 18 Airbase supply hits 10 Runway hits 117 Aircraft Attacking: 14 x B5N Kate bombing at 16000 feet we found another point where we don´t seem to agree! [:D] I told him that he was yet another time lucky or better say he took advantage of the designers being *§$%"... Last turn I had some 30 aircraft at Amchitka and KB was still in the area (no attacks on my base so far). So I decided to fly in 220 more (including 80+ exp P-39). I set them all to nav attack at 6000ft so my P-39 could escort below 10.000ft. There were some 120 bombers (Wellingtons, Dauntless, Avengers), 72 P-39 and 24 F4F-4. So exactly this turn, Hortlund decides to bomb my airfield AND our aircraft are grounded due to a cloud over the base. Well, I dared to say that he was lucky because even though there were Blizzards in this area he launched and hit me hard while my aircraft were grounded and all flights were cancelled. He wasn´t amused about me saying that he was lucky today! I didn´t mean it personal though, that was just what I was thinking. AND of course it´s another oversight of the developers that aircraft can´t launch due to bad weather but other aircraft can fly in and bomb as if it would be bright sunshine. [sm=crazy.gif] A fragile Kate can fly in but a tough Dauntless or Avenger can´t fly out? Well, perhaps the attacker attacked above the Blizzard, but then the hit rate should be 0%. Perhaps I was the lucky one as my aircraft didn´t launch against KB! As perhaps my 80+ exp P-39 would have lost 16:1 against the Zeroes, just like my F4F-4 did a couple of turns ago. Good thing is I can easily afford those aircraft lost on the ground as I have hundreds of them in pool. But still, it really pisses me off and I guess I overreacted today while giving orders for the new turn as I have set some 1000 aircraft in India on attack mode to take revenge for this turn... [sm=00000643.gif] I´m just too emotional! [:D] [image]local://upfiles/13774/2B9FC4A32C1349BBBF430E4B96B948BE.jpg[/image] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 32,64 Japanese Ships TK Akatsuki Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire TK Tennan Maru PC Ch 10 PG Hayakafuku Maru MSW W.17 Allied Ships SS Thresher South of Borneo, an oil loaden TK is hit by one of six torps and is burning. Not heavily damaged but a burning TK is always in high danger of sinking! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat, near Kiska Island at 92,35 Japanese Ships MSW Misago Maru #11, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk MSW Sonobe Maru MSW Tamozono Maru #1, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk MSW Tamozono Maru #2 AK Nissan Maru AK Shinei Maru AK Busan Maru AK Sansho Maru Allied Ships PT PT-39, Shell hits 1, on fire PT PT-61, Shell hits 1 PT PT-116 PT PT-117 PT PT-118 I have noticed it in my game against Swift and in this game. I wonder if there´s something wrong with PT movement when sending them in for an attack. In the night movement phase I got a message of an IJN TF reacting to my PTs at Kiska (which means they arrived there at night - set on "retire" of course). Then nothing happened during the night. In the day phase my PTs were sitting at Kiska, resulting in a day engagement just like when set on "patrol do not retire". Have seen this quite often now... [8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Akyab Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 41362 troops, 543 guns, 18 vehicles, Assault Value = 1512 Defending force 95089 troops, 940 guns, 24 vehicles, Assault Value = 1707 Allied ground losses: 69 casualties reported

castor troy -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (3/30/2008 7:09:43 PM)
Today we took revenge for the destruction of 80+ Allied aircraft at Amtchitka yesterday! AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/06/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 35,62 Japanese Ships AK Kinkai Maru PC Ch 6 MSW Banshu Maru #51 Allied Ships SS S-42 we start off with the usual 4 torps miss story... [8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30 Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 60 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 64 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIb x 101 P-40E Warhawk x 192 A-20B Boston x 2 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3 Zero: 41 destroyed Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 59 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Hurricane IIb: 41 destroyed, 19 damaged P-40E Warhawk: 5 destroyed, 61 damaged we filled up all front line bases with the allowed maximum number of attack aircraft and have launched the biggest raid in the war so far. Two of our bases were clouded in the morning so no attacks from Dacca and Imphal in the am phase. I had my best fighters at Imphal to do the first sweep at 4 hexes range but due to bad weather we start off with the huge, combined sweep from Chandpur and Kohima (from 5 hexes). Watching the first 5 minutes of the replay I thought of a complete disaster in the air (once again, I was tempting to just hit the esc key...) as the Zeroes took down some 40 Hurricanes (average exp of my fighter bombers is 80!!) for the loss of 2 Zeroes. Not bad eh? Zeroes achieving kill rates of 20:1 against 80 exp Hurricane IIb. Boy, Nik must really think that the Hurricane was a real crappy plane, as this has been happening since day one of the war... [&:] That was the bad part! [:D] The good part is that the same Hurricanes that lost 20:1 against the Zeroes won 3 or 4:1 against the Tojo. This is amazing, I really feared the Tojo! We lost a couple of Hurricanes more when our Warhawks showed up (average exp in the low 70s). So while we are always told that speed is far more important in A2A in the game it seems that the far faster Tojo (but far less maneuverable) is absolutely inferior to the Zero. What the Zeroes did to my Hurricanes, the same thing did my Warhawks to the defending Zeroes and even more to the Tojos! I guess 85% of the enemy aircraft shot down, were kills achieved by the USAAF Warhawks. [&o] This means the Warhawks achieved a kill rate of something like 7:1 and really cleared the sky over Mandalay! When the sweep was over, there was only a dozen Japanese fighters left in the air and morale of the defenders was pummeled. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30 Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 6 Allied aircraft Wellington III x 156 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3 Zero: 4 destroyed Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 4 destroyed Ki-46-II Dinah: 2 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Wellington III: 19 damaged Japanese ground losses: 217 casualties reported Guns lost 7 Airbase hits 29 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 99 Aircraft Attacking: 16 x Wellington III bombing at 16000 feet Perfectly! After our succesful sweep the Wellingtons from Calucatta are going in. 7 hexes (within normal range of the Wellington) and a big airfield enable the bombers to attack with their full bomb load (9x500lb) and to achieve a satisfying hit rate. The 6 defending Zeroes aren´t even thinking about attacking our bomber formation and all Wellingtons that were damaged took hits from the numerous flak guns at Mandalay. The bombers increase the numbers of Japanese fighters lost today! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30 Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 11 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 4 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 21 Spitfire Vb x 86 Kittyhawk I x 14 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3 Zero: 7 destroyed Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 2 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Spitfire Vb: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged In the afternoon the weather cleared over Imphal and Dacca and we see the sweep from Imphal going in, which faces the remnants of the Japanese fighter force of Mandalay. Two Spits are shot down quickly until the British realized that they were under attack from Japanese Army and Navy fighters coming from above. The Spits evaded further attacks and then fought back bravely, taking down another 5 fighters. 2 Japanese fighters were shot down by RAAF Kittyhawks. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30 Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft P-40B Tomahawk x 71 B-26B Marauder x 111 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-46-II Dinah: 2 destroyed Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 2 destroyed A6M3 Zero: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-26B Marauder: 1 destroyed, 29 damaged Japanese ground losses: 63 casualties reported Guns lost 3 Airbase hits 12 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 39 Aircraft Attacking: 35 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 16000 feet a dozen Marauders failed to locate the target but the majority of the bombers arrives at Mandalay with all the escorts but we face no more enemy fighters over the target. Flak is again intense and for the loss of 2 Marauders we achieve a couple of hits more on the airfield and airbase and destroy half a dozen aircraft on the ground. All in all, a victory in the sky over Mandalay! Hurrey! [sm=happy0065.gif] I first wanted to wait another month to upgrade my two Marine squadrons in India to Corsairs but after KB´s attack on Amchitka yesterday I acted emotional and thought it is worth to attack now. We had to replace around 45 British pilots (1,5 months of replacements) and a couple of USAAF pilots but I guess we also took down a lot of IJA/IJN pilots that were in the high 70s or 80s. As expected, the enemy has completely withdrawn from Mandalay now, having hundreds of fighters at Rangoon though. This again shows how important Akyab is and it´s a pity I have lost it so early as from Akyab I could fly escorted attacks on Rangoon. Without Akyab, this isn´t possible, which also means I can hardly invade Andaman Island or a base on Sumatra. [image]local://upfiles/13774/C5EADA2238044230A0B2660EF9C0A538.jpg[/image] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack at 39,45 Japanese Ships AK Yamabiko Maru MSW W.10 Allied Ships SS Drum the single ship escort attacks first... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Akyab Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 41454 troops, 545 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 1510 Defending force 95094 troops, 935 guns, 24 vehicles, Assault Value = 1710 Allied ground losses: 56 casualties reported Guns lost 1

castor troy -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (3/31/2008 10:59:43 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/07/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Dutch Harbor , at 103,36 Allied aircraft F4F-3 Wildcat x 5 P-39D Airacobra x 74 No Allied losses Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 13 Aircraft Attacking: 48 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Akyab Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 41543 troops, 546 guns, 18 vehicles, Assault Value = 1510 Defending force 95187 troops, 934 guns, 24 vehicles, Assault Value = 1710 Allied ground losses: 56 casualties reported with the retreat of the Japanese airforce from Northern Burma and bad weather preventing strikes everywhere else on the map, we see a quiet day. In three weeks the first Corsairs will leave factory and in 2 months I will have 2 squadrons in Sopac operating. While we are already building up for the first invasions, I guess we won´t see many major efforts before we don´t have at least those two squadrons of Corsairs ready to defend our first base we take.

castor troy -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (4/3/2008 7:33:09 PM)
game is going slow at the moment but we have our moments of success... AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/08/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 43,45 Japanese Ships AK Kansai Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire MSW W.10 Allied Ships SS Grouper, hits 1 wow, Grouper hits with one out of 4 torps. Must be our lucky day, this is South of Hong Kong. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 43,45 Japanese Ships AK Yahiko Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire MSW W.10 Allied Ships SS Grouper and Grouper gets another chance hitting with one out of six torps. This time the single escort wasn´t enough, the two big AKs aren´t even heavily damaged so with a lot of level 5+ ports around they probably will make it both... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Akyab , at 30,29 Allied aircraft P-40B Tomahawk x 61 B-26B Marauder x 84 Allied aircraft losses B-26B Marauder: 22 damaged Japanese ground losses: 156 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Airbase hits 13 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 27 Aircraft Attacking: 25 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 16000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Akyab , at 30,29 Allied aircraft Wellington III x 128 Allied aircraft losses Wellington III: 2 destroyed, 20 damaged Japanese ground losses: 128 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Airbase hits 14 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 46 Aircraft Attacking: 10 x Wellington III bombing at 16000 feet 6 bombers are shot down over Akyab today. Bombing this flak base when there aren´t any enemy aircraft there just isn´t worth the high exp crews we lose all the time... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Dutch Harbor , at 103,36 Allied aircraft F4F-3 Wildcat x 7 P-39D Airacobra x 80 No Allied losses Runway hits 20 Aircraft Attacking: 48 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Akyab Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 41445 troops, 540 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 1511 Defending force 95090 troops, 936 guns, 23 vehicles, Assault Value = 1702 Allied ground losses: 44 casualties reported

castor troy -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (4/4/2008 6:51:59 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/09/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Kai Island , at 39,78 Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 2 Allied aircraft B-25C Mitchell x 111 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 22 casualties reported Airbase hits 5 Runway hits 11 Aircraft Attacking: 43 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet we nuke Kai Island... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91 Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 82 B-24D Liberator x 48 Allied aircraft losses B-17E Fortress: 9 damaged B-24D Liberator: 6 damaged Japanese Ships AK Asama Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage AK Brisbane Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire AK Sanyo Maru, Bomb hits 1 DD Kamo, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage AK Dakar Maru, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage AK Boston Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire AK Hokuroku Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire AK Penang Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage Japanese ground losses: 33 casualties reported Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 8 Port hits 2 Port supply hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 48 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 10000 feet 48 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 11000 feet 30% of the strike failed to locate the target and we attacked with reduced load due to the range from Townsville. Should have moved my bombers to Cooktown instead, but that base is full of Mitchells that are refusing to attack Thursday Island for weeks (?) now... [&:] We spotted dozens of ships at PM for months already but while there were a hundred fighters on Cap all the time earlier we refused to attack the port. But as soon as my opponent moved out his fighters, those ships have become highly vulnerable and I can´t understand what they are doing there at all. But do I have to understand it? The attack wasn´t really devastating but again those ship losses could have been easily avoided by just not putting them into PM, while knowing that I have hundreds of bombers in this area. Also another DD should be history... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Dutch Harbor , at 103,36 Allied aircraft P-39D Airacobra x 80 No Allied losses Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 12 Aircraft Attacking: 47 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Shuzan Naval Guard Unit, at 103,36 Allied aircraft SBD Dauntless x 16 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 11 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 6 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 33rd/B Division, at 34,27 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIb x 69 Kittyhawk I x 14 Allied aircraft losses Hurricane IIb: 5 damaged Japanese ground losses: 84 casualties reported Guns lost 5 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet Hortlund moves 4 units from Northern Burma towards Kohima. One unit is a regiment of 33rd IJA division, covered by at least one AA regiment... he can´t scare me and this is again a waste of his resources. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Akyab Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 41443 troops, 540 guns, 18 vehicles, Assault Value = 1514 Defending force 94930 troops, 931 guns, 24 vehicles, Assault Value = 1699

castor troy -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (4/5/2008 9:33:21 PM)
DD Kamo was reported sunk at Port Moresby today, bringing the total number of Japanes DDs sunk to 67! [X(] AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/10/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Kai Island , at 39,78 Allied aircraft B-25C Mitchell x 110 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 56 casualties reported Airbase hits 6 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 22 Aircraft Attacking: 25 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Thursday Island , at 49,90 Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft Hudson I x 5 B-25C Mitchell x 237 Japanese aircraft losses E7K2 Alf: 3 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-25C Mitchell: 2 destroyed, 31 damaged Japanese ground losses: 198 casualties reported Guns lost 11 Airbase hits 17 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 85 Aircraft Attacking: 27 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 16000 feet we knocked out a good number of flak guns today. 5 Mitchells were lost today. Hortlund flew massive LRCAP over Port Moresby today, I guess the fighters are coming from Lae. 3 A6M3 were lost to ops. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Dutch Harbor , at 103,36 Allied aircraft P-39D Airacobra x 87 No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 21 Aircraft Attacking: 48 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 13th AA Regiment, at 34,27 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIb x 108 Kittyhawk I x 13 P-40E Warhawk x 21 Allied aircraft losses Hurricane IIb: 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 147 casualties reported Guns lost 6 Aircraft Attacking: 4 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet excellent! We attack the AA unit in this 4 LCU stack going towards Kohima. Makes our following attacks easier if we knock out the AA unit first... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Shuzan Naval Guard Unit, at 103,36 Allied aircraft SBD Dauntless x 17 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 19 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 6 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Akyab Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 41432 troops, 541 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 1511 Defending force 95067 troops, 941 guns, 23 vehicles, Assault Value = 1698 Allied ground losses: 100 casualties reported Guns lost 5

castor troy -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (4/6/2008 3:23:06 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/11/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 29,51 Japanese Ships AK Tokusima Maru AK Shanghai Maru PG Kanko Maru PG Kaiun Maru Allied Ships SS Silversides Silversides MISSED... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 5th Mortar Battalion, at 34,27 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIb x 45 P-40E Warhawk x 21 Allied aircraft losses Hurricane IIb: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 95 casualties reported Guns lost 4 Aircraft Attacking: 4 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 31,50 Japanese Ships AK Tottori Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage PG Kanko Maru PG Kaiun Maru Allied Ships SS Pogy but Pogy hits with two out of six torps and sinks the big AK... a rare happening... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Akyab Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 41520 troops, 542 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 1509 Defending force 94858 troops, 932 guns, 22 vehicles, Assault Value = 1694 Allied ground losses: 21 casualties reported

castor troy -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (4/6/2008 4:38:08 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/12/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 30,51 Japanese Ships AK Tottori Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Silversides already dead from 2 torps yesterday, we put another two into the big AK. Would prefer to hit undamaged ships with the terrible low hit rates... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Kai Island , at 39,78 Allied aircraft B-25C Mitchell x 95 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 74 casualties reported Airbase hits 9 Airbase supply hits 7 Runway hits 74 Aircraft Attacking: 36 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Thursday Island , at 49,90 Allied aircraft Hudson I x 1 B-25C Mitchell x 218 Allied aircraft losses B-25C Mitchell: 2 destroyed, 24 damaged Japanese ground losses: 84 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 105 Aircraft Attacking: 22 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 16000 feet the fight against flak... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 33rd/B Division, at 34,27 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIb x 116 Kittyhawk I x 14 P-40E Warhawk x 21 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 154 casualties reported Guns lost 3 Aircraft Attacking: 4 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 33rd/B Division, at 34,27 Allied aircraft P-40B Tomahawk x 64 B-26B Marauder x 80 Allied aircraft losses B-26B Marauder: 4 damaged Japanese ground losses: 49 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Aircraft Attacking: 48 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 11000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 18,31 [X(][X(] Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 3 Allied aircraft LB-30 Liberator x 43 IL-4c x 30 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses LB-30 Liberator: 1 damaged IL-4c: 4 damaged Japanese Ships CVE Taiyo, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage CVE Chuyo, Bomb hits 8, on fire, heavy damage CVE Hosho, Bomb hits 2, on fire Aircraft Attacking: 2 x IL-4c bombing at 6000 feet 3 x LB-30 Liberator bombing at 10000 feet We spotted the CVEs in this region several times already but so far my bombers on Ceylon refused to attack. Today in the afternoon phase they decided it would be worth to take off as the enemy CVEs were parking just 6 hexes off Ceylon. Two of the CVEs should be finished as we achieved 2x2000 lb bomb hits!! [X(] Rest of the hits were either 250kg AP bombs from the Chinese bombers and 500lb GP bombs from the rest of the LB-30. So this one LB-30 BG dropped 2000lb GP bombs and 500lb GP bombs as well, what makes the general oppinion on the forum that the die roll about bomb loads is done for whole groups obsolete. The LB-30s were one group but they were dropping two different bombs. Besides that, I have no clue why Hortlund sends his helpless CVEs to such a position. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Akyab Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 41615 troops, 545 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 1513 Defending force 94859 troops, 936 guns, 21 vehicles, Assault Value = 1693 Allied ground losses: 44 casualties reported

castor troy -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (4/7/2008 8:11:46 PM)
Even though we see some more succesful turns, we have setbacks also... AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/13/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 22 encounters mine field at Rangoon (29,34) Japanese Ships MSW W.20 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 182 encounters mine field at Rangoon (29,34) Japanese Ships MSW Hinode Maru #18 MSW Banshu Maru #8 TK Manei Maru, Mine hits 1, on fire hopefully the TK is full of fuel, then the MK10 mine could finish it... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Kwajalein at 79,79 Japanese Ships AK Urashio Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage PC Takuna Maru #6 Allied Ships SS Snook our subs seem to become a little better... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Gili Gili, at 56,94 [:D] Japanese aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses A6M3 Zero: 24 destroyed Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 9 destroyed Ki-49 Helen: 4 destroyed H8K Emily: 1 destroyed Japanese Ships AP Waura Maru, Shell hits 1, heavy damage Allied Ships CA Vincennes CA Quincy CA Minneapolis CA New Orleans CA Pensacola CA Chicago CA Indianapolis CA Portland Japanese ground losses: 1714 casualties reported Guns lost 32 Airbase hits 26 Airbase supply hits 7 Runway hits 165 Port hits 1 with cover of 500 carrier based aircraft we moved this bombardment TF in range of Gili Gili and unspotted so far, we nuke the base today torching 70+ aircraft on the ground. Base is hit hard and not operational anymore and the base forces are hit hard also. This should make our retreat less dangerous, I don´t expect any offensive power at this base tomorrow. [image]local://upfiles/13774/EE0628903FB842A19363CEF95A9D3D71.jpg[/image] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Kai Island , at 39,78 Allied aircraft B-25C Mitchell x 108 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 11 casualties reported Runway hits 29 Aircraft Attacking: 33 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 33rd/B Division, at 34,27 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIb x 54 P-40E Warhawk x 21 Allied aircraft losses Hurricane IIb: 3 damaged Japanese ground losses: 28 casualties reported Guns lost 4 Aircraft Attacking: 8 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 53,91 [8\|] Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 41 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 2 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 5 Allied aircraft Seafire x 15 F4F-4 Wildcat x 32 SBD Dauntless x 72 TBF Avenger x 15 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3 Zero: 7 destroyed, 1 damaged Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 damaged Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 9 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Seafire: 2 destroyed, 11 damaged F4F-4 Wildcat: 9 destroyed, 14 damaged SBD Dauntless: 1 destroyed, 11 damaged TBF Avenger: 2 damaged Japanese Ships CA Kumano, Bomb hits 2 CA Atago, Bomb hits 2 AK Koho Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire CL Agano AK Taki Maru Aircraft Attacking: 2 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet 3 x TBF Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet this is the setback I´m talking about. Yesterday we spotted CA Kumano at Port Moresby under heavy Cap and our carriers were covering our bombardment TF 6 hexes South West of Gili Gili. To bring my SBDs in 1000lb bomb range we had to move 6 hexes! Our TFs were all fully fueled and I decided to leave our CAs alone to go in and hit the enemy TF hard. At full speed our carriers could move 8 hexes (got some slow BBs with them) and how far did they move at full speed? 5 hexes, which means our SBDs dropped 500lb bombs (and achieved a lousy hit rate anyway). But still we have more than 100 torp bombers in torp range now! And what happens? We launch the lousy number of 15 torp bombers against this high value TF. This just sucks. Not a single British torp bomber took off, only one US torp bomber sqadron and that was it. To top it off once again, we even achieve one torp hit - that failed to detonate... [8\|] So this means we lost 15 carrier based aircraft for nothing and Hortlund gets away again. For no obvious reason we don´t move far enough, for no obvious reason we launch a ridicoulos strike. In fact, the Japanese should have lost 2 CAs today. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 21,33 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 3 Allied aircraft LB-30 Liberator x 24 IL-4c x 4 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses LB-30 Liberator: 1 damaged IL-4c: 1 damaged Japanese Ships CVE Hosho, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 4 x IL-4c bombing at 6000 feet 4 x LB-30 Liberator bombing at 10000 feet at least our bombers from Ceylon attack once again and put another 2 500lb GP bombs into Hosho. The other two damaged CVEs weren´t attacked. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 21,33 Allied aircraft LB-30 Liberator x 11 No Allied losses Japanese Ships DD Asanagi CS Chiyoda Aircraft Attacking: 3 x LB-30 Liberator bombing at 10000 feet another strike goes in against the remnants of the CVE TF but all miss. Hortlund told me that he was surprised that my bombers launched unescorted against his Cap. I asked him if it was a joke that he thinks that 3 Zeroes on Cap (CVE Hosho) should scare my high exp bombers, but he thinks this should be like that. Looks like we have found another thing about the game where we don´t agree. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Akyab Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 41686 troops, 545 guns, 19 vehicles, Assault Value = 1517 Defending force 94846 troops, 932 guns, 21 vehicles, Assault Value = 1696 Allied ground losses: 33 casualties reported

castor troy -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (4/7/2008 8:41:16 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/14/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 53 encounters mine field at Andaman Island (23,34) Japanese Ships DD Uzuki DD Kisaragi -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 32,51 Japanese Ships AP Karimo Maru MSW Wa 1 Allied Ships SS Sturgeon we start the day with 4 torps that missed... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 33,51 Japanese Ships AP Dainiunyo Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage MSW Wa 1 Allied Ships SS Triton but one hex to the East there´s Triton in position and fires 6 torps at the small AP and probably sinks it... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30 Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft Wellington III x 153 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-46-II Dinah: 3 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Wellington III: 1 destroyed, 24 damaged Japanese ground losses: 284 casualties reported Guns lost 8 Airbase hits 7 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 124 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Wellington III bombing at 16000 feet 4 Wellingtons are lost but at least we achieve an acceptable hit rate at normal range. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 33rd/B Division, at 34,27 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIb x 131 Kittyhawk I x 14 P-40E Warhawk x 21 Allied aircraft losses Hurricane IIb: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 204 casualties reported Guns lost 6 Vehicles lost 1 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 33,51 Japanese Ships AP Kinjosan Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage MSW Wa 1 Allied Ships SS Triton wow, Triton gets another shot at this TF today and hits another small AP that immediately sinks. There´s something going on with my subs... [;)] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Akyab Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 41824 troops, 546 guns, 19 vehicles, Assault Value = 1515 Defending force 94627 troops, 925 guns, 20 vehicles, Assault Value = 1696 Allied ground losses: 26 casualties reported

Q-Ball -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (4/7/2008 8:43:27 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: castor troy [this is the setback I´m talking about. Yesterday we spotted CA Kumano at Port Moresby under heavy Cap and our carriers were covering our bombardment TF 6 hexes South West of Gili Gili. To bring my SBDs in 1000lb bomb range we had to move 6 hexes! Our TFs were all fully fueled and I decided to leave our CAs alone to go in and hit the enemy TF hard. At full speed our carriers could move 8 hexes (got some slow BBs with them) and how far did they move at full speed? 5 hexes, which means our SBDs dropped 500lb bombs (and achieved a lousy hit rate anyway). But still we have more than 100 torp bombers in torp range now! And what happens? We launch the lousy number of 15 torp bombers against this high value TF. This just sucks. Not a single British torp bomber took off, only one US torp bomber sqadron and that was it. To top it off once again, we even achieve one torp hit - that failed to detonate... [8\|] If you can figure out how to get a CV TF to move the exact number of hexes you want it to, please let me know. Because that has happened to me over and over; you move to be in position, and somehow they end up 5 hexes away or just short, which is worse than not moving at all. I hope AE has a button "Do Not Refuel Destroyers in CV TF Next turn, under penalty of death".

castor troy -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (4/7/2008 8:50:24 PM)
A great day for the Allied forces! AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/15/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 73 encounters mine field at Rangoon (29,34) Japanese Ships DD Kari -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 75 encounters mine field at Andaman Island (23,34) Japanese Ships PC Kunashiri -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 26,34 Japanese Ships MSW Banshu Maru #8 MSW Hinode Maru #18 MSW W.20 Allied Ships SS S-35 MSWs heading from Rangoon to Andaman Island. 4 MK10 miss... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30 Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft P-40B Tomahawk x 72 B-26B Marauder x 90 Japanese aircraft losses No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-26B Marauder: 25 damaged Japanese ground losses: 19 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Airbase hits 4 Runway hits 14 Aircraft Attacking: 20 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 18000 feet the Marauders are hit hard everytime (today we lose 5) and in return they achieve nothing... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Kai Island , at 39,78 Allied aircraft B-25C Mitchell x 99 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 11 casualties reported Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 7 Aircraft Attacking: 24 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Lae , at 54,87 [:D] Japanese aircraft A6M2-N Rufe x 5 Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 100 B-24D Liberator x 95 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2-N Rufe: 4 damaged A6M3 Zero: 8 destroyed A6M3a Zero: 6 destroyed Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 4 destroyed D3A Val: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-17E Fortress: 29 damaged B-24D Liberator: 13 damaged Japanese ground losses: 394 casualties reported Guns lost 8 Airbase hits 13 Airbase supply hits 6 Runway hits 108 Aircraft Attacking: 48 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 11000 feet I guess Hortlund didn´t expect that one. Thursday Island, PM and Gili Gili have nearly no aircraft but PM is LRCAPPed heavily every day, so the only base those fighters can come from is Lae which we have been targetting for 3 days already. Morale of our bomber crews isnn´t existing anymore but we achieve a nice result at extended range. Seems like the high exp of our 4E crews pays off. We destroyed over 100 Zeroes the last three days on the ground but mostly A6M3 which are already being replaced by A6M3a and with a production of 250+ every month, the Japanese are only laughing about their losses on the ground. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Dutch Harbor , at 103,36 Allied aircraft P-39D Airacobra x 63 No Allied losses Runway hits 13 Aircraft Attacking: 48 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Shuzan Naval Guard Unit, at 103,36 Allied aircraft SBD Dauntless x 47 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 7 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 5th Mortar Battalion, at 34,27 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIb x 137 Kittyhawk I x 13 P-40E Warhawk x 21 Allied aircraft losses Hurricane IIb: 3 damaged Japanese ground losses: 145 casualties reported Guns lost 8 Aircraft Attacking: 13 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- At the end of the day, here comes the highlight: [:D] Sub attack near Andaman Island at 23,34 Japanese Ships CVE Taiyo, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Cachalot I ordered 3 subs from Diamond Harbour to race South to blocade the shipping lane from Andaman Island to Rangoon and arriving at Andaman Island, Cachalot spots the heavily damaged CVE Taiyo and fires two MK14 torps from her rear tubes sinking the CVE with one hit. And CVE Chuyo was reported sunk also! [&o] The time of those pirates in the Indian Ocean is over! Hurrey! Hopefully the two Kate daitais are completely lost also. [image]local://upfiles/13774/D706B109082E41078156AABA7742011E.jpg[/image] I have sent out CA Frobisher, a CL and 2 DDs from Colombo on full speed to engage shipping at Andaman. Several TFs are spotted there and my cruiser squadron will arrive there tomorrow as the TF took position unspotted today. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Akyab Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 41953 troops, 549 guns, 18 vehicles, Assault Value = 1514 Defending force 94641 troops, 929 guns, 21 vehicles, Assault Value = 1695 Allied ground losses: 22 casualties reported

castor troy -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (4/7/2008 8:59:35 PM)
Haven´t found any pics on the I-net, nor did I find any articles about the history of the two CVEs that were reported sunk today. [&:] CVE Taiyo class Year Completed Taiyo: 1941 Unyo: 1942 Chuyo: 1942 Displacement 20,000 tons Dimensions 591'4" x 73'10" x 26'3" Speed 21 knots Armament 8 x 5"/40 up to 64 x 25mm/60 up to 10 x 13mm/76 27 aircraft Crew 850 [image]local://upfiles/13774/D601F5A196A64A9A8CEA09D380ED5A1E.jpg[/image]

ny59giants -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (4/7/2008 9:36:17 PM)
Just got caught back up. Nice news about the CVEs. [&o] In the long run, the loss of all those DDs has got to hurt. Once you start getting the Fletcher's in numbers, he is going to pay. Placing a few Cleveland Class CL along with the Fletchers in a SC TF should give even the Japanese CA some pause. [;)]

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