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

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castor troy -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (1/4/2008 11:27:02 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/16/42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 1 encounters mine field at Kwajalein (79,79) Japanese Ships DD Yunagi, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage [:D] Do it like Swift! [:D] I´m copying my Allied opponent Swift in my other PBEM! The new arriving subs that were transferring from the West Coast to Australia to support the failed defense of Timor left the West Coast loaded with mines. One went to Kwajalein and it´s nice to see the DD is heavily damaged. Kwajalein is only a level 3 port but I would be really lucky if the DD would sink after only one mine hit disbanded the turn after the hit... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Ledo , at 36,25 Japanese aircraft Ki-21 Sally x 79 Ki-49 Helen x 23 Ki-46-II Dinah x 5 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21 Sally: 2 destroyed, 18 damaged Ki-49 Helen: 11 damaged Allied ground losses: 67 casualties reported Guns lost 3 Airbase hits 9 Airbase supply hits 6 Runway hits 30 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 11000 feet our recon flights over the bases in Norhtern Burma showed 1) units (probably base forces) at most bases now - means no more training as I don´t want to lose my aircraft bombing at 2000 ft, 2) a cap that dropped from around 80 fighters every day to only 20+ and 3) bombers at Mandalay. This alerted us, there will be a probable strike on one of our bases in India and we were exactly right to move the 150 fighter / fighter bombers from Ledo further back, outside of IJA bomber range. Hortlund bombs an empty airfield (this is annoying as he saw a fat, dark aircraft symbol when he ordered the strike - I know how that feels as the Japanese, acting always late due to the game design). In return, a dozen Japanese aircraft were lost all over the map. The Japanese are now in a good lead again regarding aircraft losses and of course shipping losses, in both numbers of ships lost AND points for ships lost (even though the Repulse was worth some 190 points).[:D] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 14th DAF Base Force, at 19,47 Japanese aircraft Ki-30 Ann x 27 Ki-51 Sonia x 24 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 55 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 24 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing at 2000 feet unfortunately those attacks on the base forces lost somewhere deep behind the enemy lines will create some very high experienced IJA dive bombers that will surely act as ASW aircraft in the future (I want to point out that I don´t have a problem with his training at all). I guess many subs will be damaged by 100 kg AP bombs then. In the last couple of turns THREE [8\|] of my subs in the area between Timor and Kendari were hit by 250kg AP bombs dropped by Helens (looks like a very high exp Helen sentai is operating out of Kendari now). One sub had 93 float dam after the hit and was lost, the other two will survive with sys dam between 30-45. Now I know what Hortlund meant when saying he won´t need DDs for ASW he will rely on air ASW and the half dozen APDs... [:(] We have lost 3 subs so far, still a very impressive result when thinking of 60 ships sunk by subs... (I have to count the sub kills at some point but it´s SO annoying to do that) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 112th USAAF Base Force, at 37,60 Japanese aircraft Ki-30 Ann x 24 Ki-46-II Dinah x 2 Ki-15 Babs x 2 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 24 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet

castor troy -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (1/4/2008 4:51:29 PM)
After clicking the second time into my opponent´s AAR today I´ve changed the thread title of my AAR as we both had our niknames at the end of our AAR titles. I both times entered and 2 times later of course left Steve´s AAR and both times immediately sent him a PM that I entered his AAR by accident but didn´t read anything. New AAR title is only "The rant goes on..."

castor troy -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (1/4/2008 4:58:44 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/17/42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Eniwetok at 76,74 Japanese Ships MSW W.19 Allied Ships SS Grouper -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Amboina , at 39,73 [:D] Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 88 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-57-II Topsy: 2 destroyed A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed L2D2 Tabby: 1 destroyed Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-17E Fortress: 7 damaged Japanese ground losses: 40 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Airbase hits 5 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 32 Aircraft Attacking: 19 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 11000 feet my only 2 B17 BGs, one with 48 bombers, the other with 64. Both are fully stocked with aircraft but we won´t see anytime soon all being combat ready. I also have recognized many fighter groups that were flying a high percentage of Cap have a lot of damaged planes. Not as severe as in Nikmod 8.x but combat readiness goes down to 60% in some squadrons. We torched nearly a dozen aircraft today, but also lost2 B-17s (replacement rate is only 16 so every B-17 lost is a little tragedy). Steve´s answer to my first long range bombing strike was: grrrrrrrrr.... [:D] Our 4E bombers carry only 6x500lb bombs in Nikmod but we have 13 hexes range and it´s good to be able to take out the war to bases further away, so my opponent has to spread out his fighters a bit. A Wellington carries 50% more bombs than my 4Es and B-25/B-26 carry also 6x500lb bombs. I won´t bomb resources/oil/HI on Japanese occupied Allied territory. We don´t have a HR on that and I didn´t tell Hortlund but that´s something I just don´t like. I will use subs and aircraft to kill his ships and take the bases back. I don´t like those kind of 200+ bomber attacks to kill a ressource center in two days... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Port Moresby Defense Brigade, at 54,92 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 9 Ki-49 Helen x 20 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 9 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 20 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 14th DAF Base Force, at 19,47 Japanese aircraft Ki-30 Ann x 27 Ki-51 Sonia x 24 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 21 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 24 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing at 2000 feet 27 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 112th USAAF Base Force, at 37,60 Japanese aircraft Ki-30 Ann x 23 Ki-46-II Dinah x 1 Ki-15 Babs x 1 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 23 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet

castor troy -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (1/4/2008 5:02:42 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/18/42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Derby , at 24,85 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 107 No Japanese losses a fighter sweep, possible preparing a follow on bomber strike? We have a huge bomber armada at Derby (8 hexes to Koepang) but no fighters, as putting them into the air would just mean we would put training targets for the IJN Zeroes into the air. A bomber strike on Derby could be fatal for us. All our bombers are set to 100% naval search so I don´t know if they are treated like sitting on the airfield when the strike comes in - we will soon see. "Normally" I would expect most of them being out on naval search if the strike comes in but in WITP you never know... Dozens of flak guns at Derby, this base should be treated as a flak base as we moved in a lot of base forces to have decent aviation support and of course they all have a lot flak guns too! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Port Moresby Defense Brigade, at 54,92 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 12 Ki-49 Helen x 19 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 27 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 8 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet 11 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 112th USAAF Base Force, at 37,60 Japanese aircraft Ki-30 Ann x 21 Ki-46-II Dinah x 2 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 21 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet

castor troy -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (1/4/2008 5:39:18 PM)
talk about a SHORT combat report... not much I can say about it... [:D] what was strange this turn is the fact that I lost 5!! B-25 to ops for a reason I don´t know... AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/19/42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Port Moresby Defense Brigade, at 54,92 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 12 Ki-49 Helen x 19 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 5 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 15 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet 4 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 112th USAAF Base Force, at 37,60 Japanese aircraft Ki-30 Ann x 23 Ki-46-II Dinah x 1 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 23 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet

castor troy -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (1/4/2008 6:26:54 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/20/42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Maumere , at 28,73 Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 80 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed Japanese ground losses: 48 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 11 Aircraft Attacking: 26 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 11000 feet this time we strike Naumere but with poor results. 2 Zeroes destroyed on the ground, 1 B-17 lost to ops... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on No. 112 RAN Base Force, at 54,92 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 12 Ki-49 Helen x 23 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 44 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 15 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 14th DAF Base Force, at 19,47 Japanese aircraft Ki-30 Ann x 27 Ki-51 Sonia x 24 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 73 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 24 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing at 2000 feet 27 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet

castor troy -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (1/4/2008 7:11:54 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/21/42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 37 encounters mine field at Palmyra (106,85) Japanese Ships MSW Himejima Maru MSW Kyo Maru #3 MSW Kyo Maru #1 MSW Hakata Maru #7 sub laid minefield will be swept pretty fast... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on No. 112 RAN Base Force, at 54,92 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 12 Ki-49 Helen x 15 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 11 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 14th DAF Base Force, at 19,47 Japanese aircraft Ki-30 Ann x 27 Ki-51 Sonia x 24 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 27 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 24 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing at 2000 feet 27 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 112th USAAF Base Force, at 37,60 Japanese aircraft Ki-30 Ann x 23 Ki-46-II Dinah x 1 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 23 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet

castor troy -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (1/4/2008 8:13:24 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/22/42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack at 37,51 Japanese Ships DD Murakumo AP Kasui Maru Allied Ships SS Grampus first I thought about keeping my subs in their homeports until 10/42 to see them being ugraded with radar and more functional torps but with the success we had so far I decided to use them offensively already now. Grampus just arrived in the enemy shipping lanes a couple of hexes West of Manila and spots a big TF (probably troop transport)... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Port Moresby Defense Brigade, at 54,92 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 12 Ki-49 Helen x 19 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 26 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 8 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet 11 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 14th DAF Base Force, at 19,47 Japanese aircraft Ki-30 Ann x 27 Ki-51 Sonia x 24 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 24 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing at 2000 feet 27 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 112th USAAF Base Force, at 37,60 Japanese aircraft Ki-30 Ann x 23 Ki-46-II Dinah x 2 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 23 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack at 39,51 Japanese Ships DD Murakumo AP Nichiran Maru AK Bichu Maru AK Hitora Maru AK Manko Maru Allied Ships SS Grampus -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 39,51 Japanese Ships AK Lisbon Maru DD Murakumo AP Ryugi Maru AK Hitora Maru Allied Ships SS Grampus Grampus was attacked twice today but she both times managed to get away unharmed. Then she launches a salvo of 4 MK14s at Lisbon Maru but misses...

castor troy -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (1/5/2008 3:13:45 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/23/42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 1029 encounters mine field at Darwin (36,84) Allied Ships MSW Pieter de Bitter MSW Jan van Amstel we spotted an IJN sub at Darwin so we thought it could be laying some mines and we found some... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 1024 encounters mine field at Koepang (28,77) Allied Ships CL Emerald, Mine hits 1, on fire we send a CL to Koepang to deal with the Japanese ships there and we hit a mine entering the hex. Something I see very rarely but I´m not surprised... [8\|] Either my attacking ships take a torp from a DD from 2000 yards or we hit a mine... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Palmyra , at 106,85 Allied aircraft PB2Y Coronado x 34 Allied aircraft losses PB2Y Coronado: 7 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 10 x PB2Y Coronado bombing at 11000 feet we thought this would surprise the IJN as we spotted several ships at Palmyra (probably carriers for raiding my shipping lines also). We planned this attack carefully, using the best pilots, bringing in all Coronados we have from all over the map. In the end for nothing but misses and 3 Coronados lost. Well, it was worth a try, perhaps the carriers will be taken back to Kwajalein (if there are any at Palmyra)... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 40,51 Japanese Ships PG Tamo Maru #7 PC Ch 21 PC Ch 20 PC Ch 19 PG Takunan Maru #8 Allied Ships SS Grampus, hits 1 torps fail to detonate... one near miss... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Amboina at 39,73 Japanese Ships AP Yoshida Maru #3, Shell hits 3, on fire Allied Ships DD Griffin a pathetic result... but we will keep using the British surface forces for night attacks as they are at least as experienced as the Japanese and so far we are happy with the results... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Koepang at 28,77 Japanese Ships APD APD-1, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk APD APD-2, Shell hits 4, on fire, heavy damage MSW Seki Maru #3, Shell hits 4, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships CL Emerald, Shell hits 3, on fire Everything would have worked perfect if there wouldn´t have been the mine hit. No penetrating hits on Emerald and the only torp salvo fired at the CL missed. One APD is sunk immediately, the MSW sunk later the day and the second APD could be in trouble after taking 3x6 inch and 1x4 inch hits... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Port Moresby Defense Brigade, at 54,92 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 9 Ki-49 Helen x 20 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 10 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 20 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 112th USAAF Base Force, at 37,60 Japanese aircraft Ki-30 Ann x 23 Ki-46-II Dinah x 2 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 23 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet

castor troy -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (1/5/2008 6:35:43 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/24/42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack at 37,59 Japanese Ships DD Yugumo Allied Ships SS S-23 It looks like as if Hortlund would give his convoys only one escort each... third or fourth time we encounter only one escort in a TF... but it´s enough to hinder my sub from an attack... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Amboina at 39,73 Japanese Ships AP Yoshida Maru #3, Shell hits 5, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships DD Griffin 3x4,7 inch hits last turn, 5 hits this turn. Wonder if that´s enough for an AP... We need an AD at Darwin to reload our torps... without torps, the British DDs are worthless as surface combat ships... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack at 39,51 Japanese Ships PC Ch 21 PC Ch 20 PC Ch 19 PG Tamo Maru #7 PG Takunan Maru #8 Allied Ships SS Grampus Grampus is again target of an attack, but all PCs fail to locate her... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Kendari , at 33,71 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 18 Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 101 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 2 damaged Allied aircraft losses B-17E Fortress: 35 damaged Japanese ground losses: 287 casualties reported Guns lost 6 Airbase hits 5 Airbase supply hits 5 Runway hits 24 Aircraft Attacking: 36 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 11000 feet Hortlund moved in Zeroes just this turn. A lot of B-17s damaged but we only lose one A2A... unbelievable how durable those bombers are... too durable... We hit the base but even though there are more than 50 reported aircraft, none is destroyed on the ground... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Port Moresby Defense Brigade, at 54,92 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 9 Ki-49 Helen x 20 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 16 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 20 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 14th DAF Base Force, at 19,47 Japanese aircraft Ki-30 Ann x 27 Ki-51 Sonia x 24 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 13 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 24 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing at 2000 feet 27 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 112th USAAF Base Force, at 37,60 Japanese aircraft Ki-30 Ann x 26 Ki-49 Helen x 18 Ki-46-II Dinah x 3 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 23 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 27,83 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 40 Ki-49 Helen x 9 No Japanese losses Allied Ships TK Empire Druid, Bomb hits 2, on fire Aircraft Attacking: 1 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet a TK retiring from the Australian North coast is hit twice but damage isn´t severe...

castor troy -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (1/6/2008 4:52:15 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/25/42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 37 encounters mine field at Palmyra (106,85) Japanese Ships MSW Himejima Maru MSW Kyo Maru #3 MSW Kyo Maru #1 MSW Hakata Maru #7 PG Shotoku Maru, Mine hits 1 one MK10 mine hit won´t be enough to sink the PG probably... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack at 34,64 Japanese Ships PG Kanko Maru PG Toyotsu Maru PG Kaiun Maru PG Kaikei Maru PG Busho Maru APD APD-31 Allied Ships SS S-38 Hortlund has sent out a hunter killer group towards one of my subs. On the way North the ASW TF stumbles over another sub in this area... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack at 34,64 Japanese Ships PG Kanko Maru PG Toyotsu Maru PG Kaiun Maru PG Kaikei Maru PG Busho Maru APD APD-31 Allied Ships SS S-38, hits 1 one near miss, no notable damage... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Koepang at 28,77 Japanese Ships ML Kuroshima ML Ishizaki Allied Ships SS KIX, hits 3, on fire, heavy damage we miss with 2 torps... Ishizaki has an ASW value of 4 and hits our Dutch sub twice and another near miss. The sub is later sunk by a 250kg bomb from a Helen... Sub number 4 lost in the war. 4 lost, around 20 arrived as reinforcements so far! [;)] But the IJA medium bombers on ASW are really concerning me. Looks like it is really possible to win the ASW war with bombers alone... [:(] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Port Moresby Defense Brigade, at 54,92 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 7 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 7 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Port Moresby Defense Brigade, at 54,92 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 16 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 10 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 16 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 14th DAF Base Force, at 19,47 Japanese aircraft Ki-51 Sonia x 24 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 10 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 24 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 14th DAF Base Force, at 19,47 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 2 Ki-49 Helen x 21 Ki-15 Babs x 2 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 19 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet 2 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 112th USAAF Base Force, at 37,60 Japanese aircraft Ki-49 Helen x 14 Ki-46-II Dinah x 3 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 7 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet 7 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 27,83 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 42 Ki-49 Helen x 8 No Japanese losses Allied Ships TK Agwiworld, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 4 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet another empty TK is hit, not in sinking condition. The 8 Helens are achieving a hit rate my bombers are dreaming of. Considering that they drop 2 bombs less than my medium bombers... [8\|] They surely have 80+ exp. An exp my bombers will reach in a year or so, when starting out at 50...

castor troy -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (1/6/2008 5:32:43 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/26/42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack at 36,61 Japanese Ships AK Nisshun Maru DD Hatakaze Allied Ships SS S-40 again, a TF with only one DD as escort. And again, our sub is attacked first. If this goes on like that then it seems Hortlund has discovered a secret... Use only one ship as escort and put all others in hunter killer groups. The one escort will make your subs useless and the hunter killer groups will sink them. We will see... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 14th DAF Base Force, at 19,47 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 2 Ki-49 Helen x 16 Ki-15 Babs x 1 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 13 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet 3 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 112th USAAF Base Force, at 37,60 Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 7 Ki-49 Helen x 14 Ki-46-II Dinah x 2 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 14 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet 7 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet

castor troy -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (1/6/2008 7:29:13 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/27/42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Calcutta , at 29,23 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 65 Allied aircraft P-40B Tomahawk x 12 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses P-40B Tomahawk: 4 destroyed, 4 damaged Leaking Cap from Diamond Harbour where we have some 120 P40s on Cap. I HATE IT!!! [:@] One of the stupid (sorry) game desicions I will never understand. I have yet to see leaking cap being an advantage for the defender. It´s just stupid. I don´t want to cap the hex next to my base, or even two hexes away... I have set the range to 0 so at least this should stop leaking cap but as we know it doesn´t. STUPID!!! This way my opponent can kill all my 120 fighters without having to fear to lose more than 5 aircraft... STUPID!!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 14th DAF Base Force, at 19,47 Japanese aircraft Ki-51 Sonia x 24 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 24 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 14th DAF Base Force, at 19,47 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 2 Ki-49 Helen x 16 Ki-15 Babs x 2 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 13 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet 3 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 112th USAAF Base Force, at 37,60 Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 8 Ki-49 Helen x 16 Ki-46-II Dinah x 3 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 10 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 31,83 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 61 Ki-49 Helen x 12 No Japanese losses Allied Ships AK Deslock, Bomb hits 1, on fire Aircraft Attacking: 4 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet luckily only one hit and the AK will bring 98% of the loaded supply to Darwin... from where the STUPID (sorry again, but it IS stupid) supply "system" [sm=00000280.gif][sm=00000280.gif][sm=00000280.gif] will then transfer it back to Brisbane on the rail where we have 100.000 supply anyway... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 27,83 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 28 Ki-49 Helen x 12 No Japanese losses Allied Ships TK Dillwyn Aircraft Attacking: 4 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet empty TK moving back to Perth. Hauling fuel from Perth to the North coast... same as with the supply, we bring it in under huge risk, the stupid supply "system" transferes it back out again...[8\|][8\|]

castor troy -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (1/6/2008 8:55:24 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/28/42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 32,50 Japanese Ships AK Ryuun Maru MSW W.14 Allied Ships SS Haddock salvo of 6 torps miss the AK. I really wonder how naval warfare is modeled in the game! [:D] No one would fire 6 torps on a single AK. If so, then I wonder how big the chance would be to miss it... [:-] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Amboina at 39,73 Japanese Ships AP Yoshida Maru #3, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships SS KVIII This the AP that was twice attacked by my British DD before already. Two torps hit (of a salvo of 2! [:D]) and immediately sink the medium sized AP. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Port Moresby Defense Brigade, at 54,92 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 7 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 7 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 14th DAF Base Force, at 19,47 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 2 Ki-49 Helen x 16 Ki-15 Babs x 2 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 13 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 112th USAAF Base Force, at 37,60 Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 19 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 8 Ki-49 Helen x 13 Ki-46-II Dinah x 3 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 10 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet Sallies and Helens all over the map are spotting and attacking my subs... looks like Hortlund has put all his IJA medium bombers on ASW duty... if my subs get useless due to air ASW only I will retreat them and will start bombing ressources with my 4Es (something I normally never do).

castor troy -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (1/6/2008 9:57:06 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/29/42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Amboina at 39,73 Japanese Ships PC Toshi Maru #3 PC Takunan Maru #2 PC Tama Maru #8 PC Shonon Maru #15 Allied Ships SS KVIII, hits 6, on fire, heavy damage looks like my small Dutch sub has to pay for her attack on the AP last turn. 2 real hits and 4 near misses... sub is probably dead with 20/94... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 1014 encounters mine field at Darwin (36,84) Allied Ships MSW Pieter de Bitter MSW Jan van Amstel we´ve been trying to sweep those sub laid mines for weeks... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Calcutta , at 29,23 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 72 No Japanese losses Hortlund wants to pick off more of my leaking cap... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Port Moresby Defense Brigade, at 54,92 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 7 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 7 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Port Moresby Defense Brigade, at 54,92 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 21 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 9 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 21 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 14th DAF Base Force, at 19,47 Japanese aircraft Ki-51 Sonia x 24 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 24 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing at 2000 feet

castor troy -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (1/7/2008 8:28:14 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/30/42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack at 39,68 Japanese Ships AK Eizan Maru APD APD-32 Allied Ships SS Trusty Once again a single escort and once again the single escort won... [&:] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Amboina at 39,73 Japanese Ships AP Nichibi Maru, Shell hits 10, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships CL Boise we sent out the Boise form Darwin... 10x6 inch shells should be enough for the big AP... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Amboina at 39,73 [:(] Japanese Ships PC Toshi Maru #3, Shell hits 2, on fire PC Tama Maru #8 PC Shonon Maru #15 PC Takunan Maru #2 Allied Ships CL Boise and that´s the TF why we sent out the Boise... we wanted to kill those ASW ships that sunk our Dutch sub but for what reason ever the engagement was over after Toshi Maru was hit with 2x3 inch shells... [:(] were those slow PCs able to flee from the fast modern CL or what?? [8\|] This high speed run accumulated 4!!! sys damage points and Boise is at 12 sys damage now, only able to move 5 hexes a phase. To make it even worse, besides my subs, nothing seems to get repaired at the level 6 port of Darwin... [:(] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 1014 encounters mine field at Darwin (36,84) Allied Ships MSW Pieter de Bitter MSW Jan van Amstel -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Myitkyina , at 36,28 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 13 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIb x 61 P-40B Tomahawk x 38 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 5 destroyed, 3 damaged Allied aircraft losses Hurricane IIb: 4 destroyed, 6 damaged P-40B Tomahawk: 8 damaged we sweep Myitkina with a huge force and achieve a 1:1 in the end. Not bad but considering the fact that we had a 8:1 advantage in numbers... the Tomahawk is really not a killer, it lacks some punch with a gun value of 8. All kills went to the Hurricanes, which have also only a gun value of 8. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Diamond Harbor , at 28,23 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 69 Ki-46-II Dinah x 1 Allied aircraft P-40E Warhawk x 54 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 16 destroyed, 7 damaged Ki-46-II Dinah: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-40E Warhawk: 21 destroyed, 12 damaged then we see a big sweep to Diamond Harbour. Not enough radar around to get the magic Allied only bounce and while we start off with the bounce on our side it ended soon (WHICH I FIND GOOOOOD... no matter if I take more losses). First we were in the lead of A2A kills but after the bounce the Zeroes shot up our formations... but nevertheless, in the end we achieve nearly a 1:1 in A2A kills today... though, again, we can´t afford to lose the US fighter production of half a month in one day... [:(] [image]local://upfiles/13774/7DD9E19019AC474095B75F23F9E31A6A.jpg[/image] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on No. 112 RAN Base Force, at 54,92 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 7 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 10 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 7 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet

castor troy -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (1/7/2008 9:00:11 PM)
We enter May and the British are now allowed to upgrade their squadrons! [&o] We´re now using the Hurricane IIb in all our figther(bomber) units and the Wellington III in our bomber units. The Vildebeest units are upgraded to Swordfish. Some Beaufort I are available as well. A really important date. From now on we will have some 120 Wellington IIIs. Coupled with the 48 B-25 in India we can do some hard strikes at lightly to medium defended targets. AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/01/42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 33,64 Japanese Ships AP Zinzan Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships SS S-23 Japanese ground losses: 43 casualties reported Guns lost 1 a success that we waited long for. A TF without escort(s) and S-23 attacks on the surface sinking Zinzan Maru immediately. Parts of the 15th nav guard unit are picked up by the rest of the convoy... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Ledo , at 36,25 Japanese aircraft Ki-21 Sally x 25 Allied aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21 Sally: 1 destroyed, 23 damaged Allied aircraft losses C-47 Dakota: 1 destroyed Allied ground losses: 4 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 11 Aircraft Attacking: 14 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet our base forces put up a nice flak fire but while it looks murderous on the first sight, only 3 Sallies are lost to flak, none to ops. He could have lost also 3 Sallies to ops from attacking an undefended target in 1 hex range... [8D] 4 Dakotas are destroyed on the ground... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Port Moresby Defense Brigade, at 54,92 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 21 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 14 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 21 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on No. 112 RAN Base Force, at 54,92 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 7 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 24 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 7 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 14th DAF Base Force, at 19,47 Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 7 Ki-51 Sonia x 24 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 24 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing at 2000 feet 7 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 14th DAF Base Force, at 19,47 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 3 Ki-49 Helen x 48 Ki-15 Babs x 3 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 4 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet

castor troy -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (1/8/2008 6:37:37 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/02/42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 48,47 Japanese Ships AK Norway Maru, Shell hits 5 Allied Ships SS Sargo, hits 1 Japanese ground losses: 16 casualties reported at the moment, Hortlund stays on the lucky side of the coin... 2 salvos missed, 1 failed to detonate... it isn´t strange that a sub launches 24 torps on one AK, is it?? [8\|][8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack at 48,48 Japanese Ships MSW W.9 MSW W.7 Allied Ships SS Sailfish -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 47,48 Japanese Ships TK San Ramon Maru MSW W.9 MSW W.7 Allied Ships SS Saury, hits 5, on fire, heavy damage we attack a big TK but MISS... [8\|] in return the MSW are lucky and achieve ONE real hit that will sink the sub... 84 floatation... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 50,48 Japanese Ships AK Tusima Maru Allied Ships SS Stingray yeah!!!!! We MISS again... he?????? Today we launched some 3 dozen torps that missed or failed to detonate...[8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Kendari , at 33,71 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 18 Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 95 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed, 8 damaged Allied aircraft losses B-17E Fortress: 18 damaged Japanese ground losses: 369 casualties reported Guns lost 9 Airbase hits 9 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 93 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 11000 feet 2 B-17 lost A2A, 3 Zeroes destroyed on the ground. A lot of runway hits but recon shows the airfield only 23% damaged. What´s wrong? The runway hits or the recon about the damage? 93 runway hits should nearly close a level 4 airfield... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78 Allied aircraft B-25C Mitchell x 47 Allied aircraft losses B-25C Mitchell: 5 damaged Runway hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 36 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 16000 feet L O L .... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Port Moresby Defense Brigade, at 54,92 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 9 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Port Moresby Defense Brigade, at 54,92 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 21 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 22 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 21 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 29,76 Japanese Ships AK Shinyo Maru #5, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage MSW Shanan Maru #16 Allied Ships SS KXI Japanese ground losses: 59 casualties reported at least a little success... this big AK is finished... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 34,62 Japanese Ships PG Kaikei Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage PG Kanko Maru PG Toyotsu Maru PG Kaiun Maru PG Busho Maru APD APD-31 Allied Ships SS S-23, hits 9, on fire, heavy damage another hunter killer group is around and are attacked. We sink a PG and in return our sub is sunk immediately. 2 real hits by the PGs and 1 real hit by the APD. I really wonder if there´s some magic date or why the PC/PG/MSW suddenly act as real sub killers with every engagement a sunken sub... [8\|] It´s not their exp. they are surely in the low 50s at best and won´t get to 60 anyway. I used PGs for years and they didn´t reach 60... The probability to achieve suddenly so many real hits must be really low, so all I can say is that the Japanese are really lucky at the moment. My subs are moved every day of course and 80% aren´t even spotted - nevertheless they get moved... Hortlund told me today that he´s mostly only using one escort for his TFs as every escort is a waste of efforts and I just can say that this is really the case at the moment. The single escort is enough to either make the sub not attack or the sub is even attacked by the single escort - as we´ve seen so far. And this has been the experience of Hortlund in other games too. I have to say if this is really working in the GAME then we´ve discovered another WRONG of the game...

castor troy -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (1/9/2008 6:59:20 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/03/42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack at 35,61 Japanese Ships DD Hatakaze Allied Ships SS S-39 the single escort for the TFs is working nearly 100% of the time... did we really discover another weak point of the game? In reality a TF should be far safer when escorted by a couple of escorts, but in this PBEM it seems one is easily enough - like Hortlund said it would work normally as good as more escorts... it would really be a shame...[:-] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 49,48 Japanese Ships AK Toyooka Maru Allied Ships SS Sculpin torps miss... [8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack at 36,50 Japanese Ships APD APD-39 APD APD-36 APD APD-35 DD Oboro DD Hatsuharu Allied Ships SS Shark all fail to locate the sub... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 35,51 Japanese Ships AK Syunko Maru Allied Ships SS Haddock torps miss... [8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Port Moresby Defense Brigade, at 54,92 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 21 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 34 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 21 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 14th DAF Base Force, at 19,47 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 2 Ki-49 Helen x 36 Ki-15 Babs x 1 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet 13 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet 14 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 47,48 Japanese Ships AK Tottori Maru Allied Ships SS Sailfish torps fail to detonate... what´s going on at the moment? a joke? 90% of my sub attacks fail... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack at 37,60 Japanese Ships AK Burma Maru AK Shinnan Maru DD Hatakaze Allied Ships SS S-47 and the same single escort TF is again attacking my sub... single escorts... zzzzZZZZZzzzz [>:]

castor troy -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (1/9/2008 10:13:08 PM)
Hortlund said this turn caused him a little headache! I like to hear that! [8D] AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/04/42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Amboina at 39,73 Japanese Ships PC Toshi Maru #3, Shell hits 6, on fire, heavy damage PC Tama Maru #8, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk PC Shonon Maru #15, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage PC Takunan Maru #2, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships CL Enterprise, Shell hits 1 I have no idea why those PCs (that sunk a S-class sub a week before) were still at Amboina. I´m flying recon with B-17s every day (to several bases in this area) and every day this TF was still in the hex. So CL Enterprise moved out to take revenge for our sunken sub (something Boise tried to do also before, but she failed). The Japanese TF was surprised and the PCs shot to pieces. I expect all four to be lost. Well, one sunk during the combat replay, the other were hit with 6 inch shells. 3x6 inch shells should finish a PC far away from the next bigger port I hope. So the day started off with a success. CL Enterprise lost it´s only small calibre AA mount and has now an AA rating of 62... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Noumea at 68,113 Japanese Ships AP Taizin Maru, Shell hits 9 Allied Ships SS Pickerel I don´t understand what´s going on with my subs at the moment. 12 torps were launched at the medium AP... all missed... 2x4 inch shells and a couple of cal.50 won´t really hurt the ship...[8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Ledo , at 36,25[8D] Japanese aircraft Ki-21 Sally x 66 Allied aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21 Sally: 7 destroyed, 42 damaged Allied aircraft losses C-47 Dakota: 1 destroyed Allied ground losses: 21 casualties reported Airbase hits 6 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 13 Aircraft Attacking: 17 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet <-------- toooooo looooooooooow..... [8D] It looks like Hortlund hasn´t been impressed by Nikmod flak so far... this after losing 30 dive bombers in one day over Singapore... [:D] a dozen Sallies were shot down in the end, we lost 2 C-47 of which we get more than enough every month... wonder why this is the second unescorted strike, but I refuse to put up cap as this would just attract 100 Zeroes on a sweep... better to let the bombers attack an uncapped base to see our flak chewing them up... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Kendari , at 33,71 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 9 Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 78 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged Allied aircraft losses B-17E Fortress: 11 damaged Japanese ground losses: 233 casualties reported Guns lost 3 Airbase hits 7 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 54 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 11000 feet we spot nearly 90 aircraft at the level 4 airfield but seem not to be able to torch more than a couple on the ground. Probably all are out on nav search. 2 Zeroes are destroyed on the ground, no B-17 is lost but morale is dropping to the bottom... another 4 Zeroes are lost flying LRCAP to Lautern this turn, there must be a convoy coming in or it already arrived at Lautern. A pity my British CL isn´t able to reach Lautern within the next two turns. And I need to replenish my torps first... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on No. 112 RAN Base Force, at 54,92 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 21 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 21 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 21 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 14th DAF Base Force, at 19,47 Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 7 Ki-51 Sonia x 24 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 24 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing at 2000 feet 7 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14th DAF Base Force Wiped Out at Bankha by attrition!!!

castor troy -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (1/9/2008 10:48:57 PM)
Light cruiser HMS Enterprise will show up in all British news papers tomorrow! [sm=happy0005.gif] [image]local://upfiles/13774/9CCAAC8E091E4F1FA3B2E548E799FD87.jpg[/image]

castor troy -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (1/10/2008 8:43:45 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/05/42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 33,78 Japanese Ships DD Tsuga, Shell hits 32, and is sunk APD APD-32, Shell hits 9, on fire, heavy damage AK India Maru AK Sinko Maru AK Eizan Maru AK Sanwa Maru AK Koto Maru, Shell hits 4, on fire AK Oyashima Maru, Shell hits 5 AK Tokuwa Maru AK Bunzan Maru Allied Ships DD Griffin, Shell hits 3 DD Pakenham, Shell hits 4 we sent in two British DDs and they fought very well. Only one hit on my DDs did really happen I think, the rest was FOW. A 4.7 inch hit from the APD on Pakenham caused 18 sys damage. The other hits were all achieved by the AKs and like the AKs hitting subs with their guns it seems that 95% of those hits from AKs are FOW. The torps we launched missed but another Japanese DD and one of the high ASW value APDs is gone. Wonder why Hortlund uses his best ship as an escort to this high risk area. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Diamond Harbor , at 28,23 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 29 Ki-46-II Dinah x 1 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-46-II Dinah: 1 damaged we don´t put up any cap over India at the moment... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Port Moresby Defense Brigade, at 54,92 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 10 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 14 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 10 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Port Moresby Defense Brigade, at 54,92 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 21 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 6 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 21 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet

castor troy -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (1/10/2008 8:50:10 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/06/42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 28,50 Japanese Ships AP Kinryu Maru, Torpedo hits 1 Allied Ships SS Perch Japanese ground losses: 6 casualties reported Guns lost 1 We shadowed this convoy for nearly a week now and a couple of hexes East of Singapore we´re finally succesful. One out of two torps hits the big AP that probably won´t sink... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Port Moresby Defense Brigade, at 54,92 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 8 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 8 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Port Moresby Defense Brigade, at 54,92 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 20 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 4 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 20 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 31,78 [8\|][8\|][:(][:(][&:][&:] Allied aircraft B-25C Mitchell x 6 B-17E Fortress x 6 No Allied losses Japanese Ships APD APD-32, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage AK Tokuwa Maru AK Koto Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 2 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet we saw Hortlund LRCAPing Lautern were this TF was first heading to. We also sent in a British cruiser to Lautern this turn but the TF was now not anymore going to Lautern but heading West towards Koepang. We expected to engage it at Lautern, then seeing it retreating one hex out of the base hex (as it did last turn) and then it would not be anymore under LRCAP. The plan was to then sink the whole TF with the 150 heavy and medium bombers from Darwin. That was the plan. The convoy wasn´t anymore at Lautern so this was already going wrong, but nevertheless the convoy wasn´t LRCAPed as the Zeroes were still flying over Lautern (recon showed that). But then? [&:] Out of 150 bombers we get 12 taking off... oh c´mon... air HQ, huge airfield, lots of supply, no fatigue, high morale... the usual stuff... we get 12 bombers attacking a fat convoy of 10 AKs in range of 150 bombers...[:(] at least the APD is now definetely sunk as our B-17s put 3x1000lb bombs in the ship...

anarchyintheuk -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (1/11/2008 6:10:24 PM)
Bad luck. You have enough recon? I usually have allied bomber squadrons at 20-30% nav search in the early days when their exp is lower.

castor troy -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (1/11/2008 7:06:45 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: anarchyintheuk Bad luck. You have enough recon? I usually have allied bomber squadrons at 20-30% nav search in the early days when their exp is lower. there are 48 Catalinas, a dozen Dutch patrols, 400 bombers on 10% nav search, all in range of that TF, even a sub was in the same hex that turn... [:D] I think we even got a message of "xy plane spotted xy ship" for 90% of the ships in this TF. The detection level could not have been the problem. I bet it must be the Allied super advantage for Allied weaklings that this troll... ehhm... trollelite is speaking about all the time... [;)]

castor troy -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (1/11/2008 7:07:30 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/07/42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Port Moresby Defense Brigade, at 54,92 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 8 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 8 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Port Moresby Defense Brigade, at 54,92 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 21 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 6 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 21 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet super short cr... obviously nothing happened...

castor troy -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (1/11/2008 7:14:20 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/08/42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 1072 encounters mine field at Koepang (28,77) Allied Ships DD Paladin, Mine hits 1 second time we moved in a surface TF and second time it has hit a mine since Hortlund laid them there... 100% efficiency for mines is rare IMO... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Koepang at 28,77 Japanese Ships PT Gyoraitei #1 PT Gyoraitei #2 PT Gyoraitei #3, Shell hits 2, and is sunk PT Gyoraitei #4 Allied Ships DD Paladin, on fire we sink one PT for no shots fired in return... we weren´t able to attack the BIG transport TF in the hex... strange again...[8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 22,50 Japanese Ships ML Hirashima Allied Ships SS O24 hey ho... we miss of course... this was one of the fat Japanese MLs...[:(] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Diamond Harbor , at 28,23 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 85 Ki-46-II Dinah x 1 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-46-II Dinah: 1 damaged Hortlund is reconning Diamond Harbour every day and saw 80 fighters on Cap... of course the next day we see a big Zero sweep but all my fighters were stood down... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Port Moresby Defense Brigade, at 54,92 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 20 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 20 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on No. 112 RAN Base Force, at 54,92 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 7 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 7 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Dili at 31,77 Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 36 Allied aircraft losses B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged Japanese Ships AP Sasago Maru, Bomb hits 4, on fire DD Akatsuki, Bomb hits 1, on fire DD Matsukaze AP Kimishima Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire AP Igasa Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire Japanese ground losses: 112 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 4 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet this time we get at least 15% of our bombers flying, not only 3%... all hits are 500lb bomb hits... Hortlund´s Zeroes were still LRCAPing Lautern (where´s nothing to LRCAP anyway) and we attack an undefended TF... again, we are dreaming about at least 100 bombers attacking a TF of a dozen ships... perhaps the 2 medium APs are in trouble... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 29,81 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 34 Ki-49 Helen x 10 No Japanese losses Allied Ships DD Paladin Aircraft Attacking: 2 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet Paladin gets away on the way back to Northern Australia... sys dam from the mine hit is 42 [8\|]... a type 4 mine - isn´t that the smalles IJN mine?? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Dili at 31,77 Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 3 No Allied losses Japanese Ships AP Kimishima Maru, on fire Aircraft Attacking: 3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet in the afternoon we get 0,5% of our bombers attack the 30 times spotted and in the morning attacked TF...[8\|] I have already changed the commander of my air HQ but it seems that didn´t help... [;)] AE needs a button for "shot air HQ commander" -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 25,83 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 34 Ki-49 Helen x 15 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49 Helen: 3 damaged Allied Ships CL Glasgow Aircraft Attacking: 4 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet [X(][X(] ooops... forgot about Glasgow moving towards Darwin at mission speed. Wanted here to go on full speed when she arrives in the area of Broome... we were definetely lucky here...

castor troy -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (1/11/2008 7:31:55 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/09/42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 1030 encounters mine field at Koepang (28,77) Allied Ships CL Enterprise, Mine hits 1[8\|][8\|][&:][&:] third time I have sent in a surface combat TF since Hortlund has laid mines, third time a ship hits a mine... I HAVE NEVER SEEN SOMETHING LIKE THAT HAPPENING IN 2000+ TURNS OF PBEM... in fact I see surface or bombardment TFs RARELY hitting mines, even if I have 10.000+ mines at a base. I told Hortlund that there seem to be some very rare die rolls, but he thinks that this is the normal behaviour of WITP. Never seen something like that since UV... 3 times, 3 hits... 100% efficiency of mines... [X(][X(][X(][8\|][8\|][8\|] when I checked the cruiser, the mine hit must have been FOW though as it only has 4 sys damage and it started off from Darwin with 3 IIRC... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack at 37,59 Japanese Ships PG Kanko Maru PG Toyotsu Maru PG Kaiun Maru PG Busho Maru APD APD-31 Allied Ships SS S-39, hits 6 and the IJN ASW combat TFs are now really killers also... [X(] 5 near misses, 1 real hit again... next sub out of the war for 3 months... and every turn at least one sub seems to be hit by a Sally or Helen, even though I move them EVERY turn... Hortlund said he has nearly all his medium bombers for ASW already... great, eh?? [8\|] he said it would be better to kill my subs with IJA medium bombers than to see his bombers being shot down by my flak... AE should have only dedicated IJA medium bombers with a nav search/attack/ASW button to interdict the use of ALL IJA bombers for anti shipping/anti sub use... same goes for Allied bombers also of course... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Koepang at 28,77 Japanese Ships PT Gyoraitei #1 PT Gyoraitei #2, Shell hits 4, and is sunk PT Gyoraitei #4 Allied Ships CL Enterprise the at this time undamaged CL sinks a PT but AGAIN we don´t engage the transport TF... what´s going on???? Normally you attack one TF after another if your ships aren´t damaged or sunk... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack at 24,54 Japanese Ships MSW W.9 MSW W.7 Allied Ships SS O24, hits 1 one near miss but hey, O24 lost her forward torp tubes and is now not usable anymore... the thing about damaged torp tubes seems to be NOT working in my PBEMs. Yes I´m patched to the latest patch, but MY subs are never repairing their torp tubes... I know I can look at the numbers of torps, even if the tube is still a red 0... no, they are never being repaired...[sm=crazy.gif] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 42,63 Japanese Ships AK Nichii Maru Allied Ships SS Growler we miss... I want a button that enables me to rename ships in AE... I would rename my subs to USS miss Growler for example... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Diamond Harbor , at 28,23 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 66 No Japanese losses Horltund still saw the fat, dark airfield symbol and decided to take out my aircraft... beginning with a sweep... finding no aircraft in the air... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Diamond Harbor , at 28,23 Japanese aircraft Ki-21 Sally x 124 Ki-49 Helen x 46 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21 Sally: 8 damaged Ki-49 Helen: 6 damaged Allied ground losses: 20 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 11 Aircraft Attacking: 14 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 20000 feet at least he has NOT all his IJA bombers on ASW duty... propaganda from me and from him in our emails... still, nearly every turn a sub is hit by an IJA bomber... Diamond Harbour can be considered a flak base and at the moment has 130 fighters/fighter bombers... but they were all out flying LRCAP for a British cruiser TF in the area of Diamond Harbour... fearing flak, the bombers are flying too high to do real damage to the airfield... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Diamond Harbor , at 28,23 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 27 G3M Nell x 9 G4M1 Betty x 84 [X(][X(][X(] Japanese aircraft losses G3M Nell: 5 damaged G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 20 damaged Allied ground losses: 18 casualties reported Airbase hits 8 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 16 Aircraft Attacking: 22 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 17000 feet those bombers were coming from Rangoon... long range strike, but still with Zeroes as escorts... again the airfield is empty and those Betties should be on nav attack. We are lucky our cruisers haven´t been spotted as this high number of long range torp bombers is really freightening me. I expected to see Betties at Rangoon but more around 50 (perhaps 2 Daitais). But not 90+... LRCAP wouldn´t save my cruisers when 27 Zeroes followed by 90+ Betties going in on them... next turn will be really interesting...[:D] This turn the Japanese lost 14 aircraft with 0 lost on our side. 7 Betties and 2 Helen lost to flak, 1 Betty to ops... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Port Moresby Defense Brigade, at 54,92 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 8 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 8 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Port Moresby Defense Brigade, at 54,92 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 19 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 29 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 19 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 37,60 Japanese Ships AP Yuzan Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire Allied Ships SS S-40 a little success, we hit an empty medium AP...

jwilkerson -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (1/11/2008 7:39:04 PM)
quote: the at this time undamaged CL sinks a PT but AGAIN we don´t engage the transport TF... what´s going on???? Normally you attack one TF after another if your ships aren´t damaged or sunk... Yeah, I've had this happen too - recently I had Musashi TF even remain at the base (Adak) until morning while on a night surface sweep and get pounded. I'm not 100% sure - but at this point I think it is heavily influenced by how many OP points the TF has remaining. So in my case - ONE of the flippin' DDs was apparently short on fuel and that caused me to remain in the hex. So start your night runs closer to the target hex and make sure you start with plenty of gas .. and don't fight any battles or subs along the way ... and you should be better off. Those are my theories anyway.

castor troy -> RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy (1/11/2008 7:45:31 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: jwilkerson quote: the at this time undamaged CL sinks a PT but AGAIN we don´t engage the transport TF... what´s going on???? Normally you attack one TF after another if your ships aren´t damaged or sunk... Yeah, I've had this happen too - recently I had Musashi TF even remain at the base (Adak) until morning while on a night surface sweep and get pounded. I'm not 100% sure - but at this point I think it is heavily influenced by how many OP points the TF has remaining. So in my case - ONE of the flippin' DDs was apparently short on fuel and that caused me to remain in the hex. So start your night runs closer to the target hex and make sure you start with plenty of gas .. and don't fight any battles or subs along the way ... and you should be better off. Those are my theories anyway. the problem is that starting off nearer at the base would most likely end in my ships being spotted AND sunk! [:D] but thank´s for the explanation, something I was thinking about too. But the second later I was sure again, that I have seen it 100? 200? times that surface combat TFs sprint to a target hex and engaging all and every TFs... and if you set them to retire they always go in from max distance, in this case 6 hexes. It´s just like with slow BB bombardment TFs. They can move 4 hexes, engage a dozen TFs, kill all of them AND then nuke the base if enough recon was done before... [:D] so in this case I don´t understand why my DDs or CLs aren´t engaging more than the PT TF... 2 left now, this means I will send in two more surface combat TFs, to see one ship hit a mine [;)] both times, but then all of the four PTs there are gone...

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