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John 3rd -> Wake Area (1/18/2009 9:02:41 PM)
Here is an empty section of ocean... [image]local://upfiles/18041/24926A5E4341487CBE45A4D59EB7A216.jpg[/image]

John 3rd -> Operational Success (1/19/2009 12:57:10 AM)
I just got my answer regarding a reaction by Dan to Iwo Jima's vulnerability. On the July 4th turn Tokyo was swept by 99 Fighters (Thunderbolts and P-38). At the same time I did a recon of the island and found 50 Army Fighters on CAP. This means he has doubled his fighter strength and--correspondingly--lowered his bomber numbers. As said in China, two 72 Plane Fighter units have now moved into Changsha and Hengchow. This drops down the Bomber numbers here as well.

Alikchi2 -> RE: Operational Success (1/19/2009 8:26:34 PM)
If it's 1944 and the Allies are reacting to Japan rather than the other way around, you must be doing something right..

John 3rd -> RE: Operational Success (1/20/2009 1:39:22 AM)
I am only causing minimal disruption to the Allies. The game is up on more then one front at the moment. The only hope I take is that ALL my DDs and CVs have upgraded at Soerabaja. I will need two weeks to do some serious repairs and then be operational again. Will launch a pair of big strikes (5-600 planes) at Northern China tomorrow--July 8th. Already have two Sentai of Frank and another about to upgrade. While waiting for this to occur, I am getting the SNIT kicked out of me in Japan by his Offensive.

John 3rd -> Items of Interest (1/20/2009 4:48:58 AM)
Combat Report July 8, 1944 Just sent back the 7/9 turn to Dan. I REALLY have the Franks going! Every third day I am upgrading a Sentai to Franks. This rapid change will really help my Army Fighter plane shortage. Still don't have 20,000 supply ANYWHERE in Japan but I do at Mukden. I am flying out my best Sentai for upgrade there. They will return in wings of 3 Sentai for deployment. Anything else will see them gobbled up by the Allied P-38s. I want to deploy the first wing of Franks to Tokyo on about the 14th. These should provide a RUDE surprise I hope... Operation Harusame struck Sian today with a total of 170 Fighters and 200 Bombers knocking the AF to 45% and doing some odds and ends damage. Instead of pulling my planes back (normal tactic) I will keep them where they are and hit Sian again on the 9th. Will fallback on the 10th and rest a day or two and then hit the bomber bases hard again. There has been NO Strategic Bombing missions coming out of China for 7 days. Malaya is going to Hell in a handbasket. Lost Taiping on the 5th and Kota Bharu on the 8th. Am preparing to defend Kuala Lumphur for a time. The Allies stuck Taiping with 4,300 AS! [X(] There is another 2,000 sitting at Malacca... [image]local://upfiles/18041/819B8E4B8F5049F795F8E6447BB5D756.jpg[/image]

castor troy -> RE: Items of Interest (1/20/2009 7:59:39 AM)
don´t employ your Franks in small number, this would only be a rude surprise for you and also depressing when you think you can achieve something but you would only lose 36 Franks for 10 Lightning perhaps. Employ them for the first time when you can move in 7! sentais, this could be a rude surprise for 70 incoming Lightnings when they meet 150+ Franks. Another question, it´s mid 44 so you should have radar in your base forces, don´t you? Is it making any difference now in numbers of ac on Cap. Do you get more than the average and normal 55-60% of fighters into the air when you set them to 90%. And when you look at the replay, with enough radar around, do you get those never ending bounce phases or is this still an Allied only privileg?

Hornblower -> RE: Items of Interest (1/21/2009 5:56:24 AM)
ouch

John 3rd -> RE: Items of Interest (1/21/2009 6:18:51 AM)
Combat Report July 9-10, 1944 Dan and I didn't get too much in today. I took my Father to see Eastwood's Gran Torino and REALLY liked it! The film was a complete surprise. Highly recommend it! China Operation Harusame has really grabbed the attention of the Allies: July 9th "Gentlemen the target for today is...SIAN..." 194 Fighters and 267 Bombers face 9 Fighters. For a loss of 18 Fighters and 2 Bombers the Japanese shoot down 8 Allied Fighters, crush the AF with 188 hits, and do 23 Resources damage. July 10th On the 10th I hit Yenen with 236 Fighters and 239 Bombers. The planes blasted the AF with nearly 300 hits. At the same time I hit 45,35 with 144 Fighters against no opposition. The Allies flew B-29 and B-24 against Yangku for no effect. The near-dozen Daitai and Sentai of Fighters are all above 60 Experience now and will become highly useful within a few more raids. Must have 8 Bomber Daitai/Sentai with Experience in the mid-to-high 80s. Malaya The Allies tried hitting Malacaa to bust out but got a 0-1 against Forts 7. The Allied Chinese Hordes arrived at Kaula Lumpur on the 10th and bombarded. AS difference is 3,700 to 1,000 with my Forts being 9. I MIGHT hold--not sure as of yet. Palembang Hey! On the 9th the Allies actually realized that Palembang was an Oil Field that was easily within range of their 4EB. 57 P-38 escort 93 B-29 against 35 Japanese Fighters and damage 32 Oil Centers. I lose 21 Fighters for 6 P-38 and 4 B-29. They do not go after the 14 TK/AO loading 125,000 Oil thank goodness.

John 3rd -> More Items of Interest (1/21/2009 11:31:45 PM)
Combat Report July 11-12, 1944 Malaya Kuala Lumpur The first and second Allied attacks get a 1-1 so this position will not hold. Plan to keep the town for one more attack and then fallback with the Malacca troops for the final stand at Johore Bharu. Malacca Orders are given prepping for the pullout here. Victoria Point After being empty for a month, the Allies finally land at VP. Operation Harusame Kungchang 129 bombers add 97 holes into the AF on the 11th. The 12th sees 120 Bombers hit the AF again. Langchow 81 Fighters and 143 Bombers fight their way past 10 Allied Fighters losin g 4 F and 5 Bombers in return fro 2 F, AF (52), and 19 Resources. 45,35 121 and 141 Fighters attack troops here on the 11th and 12th. Yenen This town get s hit by 105 Fighters on the 12th. DEI Palembang This base is swept by 55 P-38 against a mixed bag of 33 Figthers. The Japanese lose 18 Fighters for 5 P-38. No bombing attack on Oil Centers. There is a convoy almost finished fueling with 125,000 oil. Central Pacific Wake The Allies have abandoned the troops here. I am now freely flying strikes from Marcus and Wake at American troops stuck on their beachhead. I do not understand, have many questions, but will happily take this development. Eniwetok Since my CVs have disappeared I try to make Dan jump by flying a lone day recon of Eniwetok to check the number of fighters present. The total is 51 and I hope he panics that this is my next target. Tori Shima As hoped, the Americans reinforce this garrison starting on the 12th. There are more troops, fighters, and ships at Tori Shima and Iwo then previous to my attack there and that is a GOOD thing! Fighters The advent of Franks into production have finally broken through the log-jam that Army Fighters have experienced for the last 5 months. On this day--July 11th--I managed to bring ALL my Sentai in China, Manchuria, and Japan to full strength in airframes. Given another week in China I will have 8 Sentai of Fighters in their mid-60s Experience that will be upgraded and deployed back to Japan. I will reclaim one hex of Japan at a time...

Bogo Mil -> RE: More Items of Interest (1/22/2009 11:42:54 AM)
Hello, I just catched up reading this stirring AAR - great! I think it was actually a GOOD idea not to repair the damaged oil centers early. So you had the necessary supplies to do great things in Australia and in the Pacific. This caused economic problems later, of course. But I think it was well worth the trouble. Personally, I would have reduced the ship building programme probably. If you dropped one or two of the late war CVs in time (as soon as their construction starts), you had saved lots of HI points... I think you are right, Dan is playing for points now. He will most probably reach the required 2:1 in 1945 quite early, I'm not optimistic you can prevent this. Noumea, Saigon and Singapore will give him thousands of points, and he can get many more by strategic bombing. Maybe you can die in a really glorious way and do something BIG in the last months? Quick&crazy idea: Pull 5-10 divisions from your defenses in the PI and DEI and invade Hawaii or India. Of course you will lose. But you will lose anyway, you only have the chance to leave a big footmark in history... BANZAI!

paullus99 -> RE: More Items of Interest (1/22/2009 5:19:01 PM)
With Malaysia falling, he wouldn't be able to make India before getting obliterated by air. Counterattack at Wake perhaps?

John 3rd -> Optimism (1/22/2009 5:26:10 PM)
Welcome Guys. Darn but you are optimistic! I really like the idea of counter-landing at Wake. Problem would be moving troops. I could easily put 3 Inf Divisions together from my Marianas Line and move them to Wake. Supply would be an issue. I could strip all the Marianas and Marcus for about 60,000 supply. I will think on the proposal some. The vast majority of the Pacific Fleet CVs are now at or around Iwo Jima. Can you believe that Dan has moved the British CVs to Noumea??!! He could use them to dangerous effect from Darwin. They carry those damned Corsairs and he could really pierce the Amboina--Timor--Bali Line. Those units are wasted in the SE Pacific. Mind you I am not heavily complaining for them to be there mind you...

John 3rd -> RE: Optimism (1/22/2009 11:47:54 PM)
I am going to have a massive update to do for the July 15th turn! Heavy fighting in China, Gumma attacked again, heavy SS action! I haev a page of notes to transcribe and wil do so when I get back from my Group Session tonight. Have to note that I now have 4 Sentai and 2 Chutai of Franks almost ready to deploy. Should upgrade another Sentai tomorrow. Really want to make one heck of an impression when they arrive for the party!

John 3rd -> Battle Over Gumma: Round Five (1/23/2009 6:45:49 AM)
July 15, 1944 Gumma, Japan It has been 20 days since the Americans have raided this valuable target. The new radar sets that have been added to all Base Forces pick-up the impending triple strike. It is the 'normal' attack of P-38 and 4EB from Iwo Jima, a 4EB attack from Sakhalin, and then the high-altitude strike of B-29 from Sakhalin. It certainly appears that nearly 2/3 of the 4EB that were stationed on Iwo Jima have now been replaced by P-38. This has good and bad results for Japan. There are marginally less 4EB hitting Japan but anything flying from Iwo comes with a BUNCH of P-38. That is the case with today's attacks: Regardless of the composition of the enemy, the pilots climb into their Fighters and take to the sky. With the continous rotation of Fighter Daitai and Sentai the American never really know what they will find flying over Gumma. Today it is a Navy show: 64 George, 34 Jack, and 15 Zero are flying. many Army Fighters have been pulled back to Osaka or Mukden to upgrade to Franks. Attack One From Iwo Jima comes 65 P-38 and 24 Liberators. They are furiously set upon by the Japanese Fighters. American pilot skill has fallen off of late and so the dogfights have a great amount of give-and-take. The Japanese defense manages to shot down 32 P-38 in exchange for 43 of their own. As is getting to be the norm, only about half of the Japanese planes shot down actually kill the pilot. The B-24s break as their Escorts are schredded. None drop their bombs. Attack Two An hour later 66 Fighters rise to face the challenge of 7 Fighters and 147 4EB winging their way in. The fighters are easily brushed aside and the Sons of Nippon slice into the bombers. Nearly 20 of the big bombers fall with twice that number damaged. The rest drop their loads predominently on the AF causing over 1,100 casualties and putting 33 holes in the airfrields. The Jack plant gets hit by 12 bombs taking slight damage. Attack Three The final attack comes with 125 B-29 cruising at 33,000 Ft. They also face 66 angry Fighters who can all reach their altitude. While only 4 B-29 are shot down (for no loss) nearly 1/3 of the large bombers is damaged. Only 70 actually drop their bombs scoring 24 hits on several different plants. Totals The Japanese lose 58 Fighters (15 of these are on the ground with 18 pilots lost) in exchange for 32 P-38, 20 Liberators, and 4 B-29. There are 36 Factory hits from the combined strikes. The AF take slight damage. The Judges have to conclude that Round Five is a draw between sides. The Japanese are now 2-1-2 in the Battle of the Skies of Gumma. It should be noted that the next American attack will have to deal with someone named FRANK. We have very high hopes...

veji1 -> RE: Battle Over Gumma: Round Five (1/23/2009 11:22:14 AM)
Good luck... As usual for the post mid43 jap player, you have to make sure that when you face up to the allies' airforce you have at least great amount of planes to do so.. Better not confronting a strike thanc confronting it with 40 odd figthers... you need to either have 100 or not fight and nurse your forces... Above Japan with great efforts you should be able to withstand their pressure for a while, but in other areas you need to prepare for a fast worsening situation... Are you ready to face hordes of bombers from Indochina and China ?

ny59giants -> Raining on John's Parade (1/23/2009 1:40:04 PM)
quote: It should be noted that the next American attack will have to deal with someone named FRANK. We have very high hopes... I "hate" to rain on John's celebration, but just wanted to throw out how short his time to celebrate will be. Here comes the rain.... [:D][:D] [image]local://upfiles/15133/7D39E9D55E2A4D8392DFDB75A1D75D46.jpg[/image]

veji1 -> RE: Raining on John's Parade (1/23/2009 1:48:28 PM)
by december he won't be able to really defend the home islands anyway... But he might buy himself a respite till then, this is still something...

John 3rd -> Raining on John's Parade (1/23/2009 6:29:25 PM)
Trust Michael to be a font of optimism and positive waves! Considering my delicate emotional state... I simply hope to hang-on until the advent of 1945. The reality is that the war should have been over directly after Iwo JIma fell in August 1943. A swift move to Formosa or Okinawa would have cut me from the DEI and the game would have been done. The fact that that didn't happen is wonderful! Those locations were almost totally undefended at the time. I AM FACING MILLIONS of Bombers in Malaya, Sumatra, China. Australia, etc... In my combat reports I do not comment on the 'normal' raids being staged against my forces. There are easily 500 4EB from Rangoon going south that are pounding my forces everyday. Add about 200 2EB and you get the idea. Operation Harusame has led to a major shifting of Allied fighter assets though. There must be 3-4 times the amount of fighters stationed there now as compared to a month ago. I have a total of 6 Sentai of Frank now training up and converting in Mukden. Harusame has at least given me a chance to re-stock Japan with about 10-12 Sentai of Fighters (they will be all Franks) with pilots in the experience range of 60-70. Once these Sentai deploy then I will pull an equal number out of Japan to China so they can train up a decent level. We'll see if the rotation actually works... In an effort to keep the Allies honest, I am staging an ambush over Palembang this turn (July 17th). I had withdrawn most of my Fighters from there but moved in two Daitai of Zekes and two Sentai of Tojo (126 planes) to see if I can get lucky with a B-29 raid! Hmmmm...we'll see... I have two massive convoys sailing for Japan right now: Convoy 1: 125,000 Oil and 75,000 Resources Convoy 2: 275,000 Oil and 100,000 Resources Convoy 1 left from Tarakan for Sasebo and Convoy 2 is traveling from Jesselton to Nagasaki. These should really provide a shot in the arm for my economy.

John 3rd -> KB Notes (1/23/2009 6:38:33 PM)
On a more interesting subject, the last of my CVs upgraded yesterday (July 16th). All I have to do is wait for them to repair at Soerabaja and then be ready to move. I had almost 50 ships needing upgrades and the entire Fleet is now current. For many ships this was their final upgrade of the war. I've noticed that nearly all the Japanese CV have an AA of 1,100-1,200 now. Man--that is really different from earlier in the war. IT won't do much but at least it is progress. My CAs and CLs that were damaged over the last 2-3 months are all in either Cebu or Manila getting repairs. I have 150 Fighters flying CAP over Manila and Cebu has never, EVER been remotely touched since I took it back in 1942. Manila's Repair Yard is at 60 and Cebu's is 48. I still have my 1 CVL and 4 CVE at Lunga disbanded with 10 DD. Dan has moved enough shipping into the Noumea region to be wary of trying anything. ALL the Brit CVs are present! CRAZY!!! The damage they could do to me from NW Australia is frightening. They can stay down in SE Pac for as long as they want. There are a decent number of Japanese SS deployed between New Zealand and Noumea trying to pick-off shipping. Within a month I will have a serious Fleet reinforcement occur with a new CV, CVL, CL, and 7 DD. I think that about covers the state of the Fleet.

John 3rd -> RE: KB Notes (1/23/2009 7:09:51 PM)
The current Malaya map: [image]local://upfiles/18041/40E7DD9DDC5348F3B35AE976AA84C5DB.jpg[/image]

ny59giants -> RE: KB Notes (1/23/2009 7:41:04 PM)
Try running in 2 ship TF of TKs and AKs to Palembang to load Oil and Resources, respectively. He may ignore them for some time. Also, try sending in your TK/AK to the base at the southern tip of Sumatra to load Oil and Resources. It may require daily micro-management to pull them from Palembang to load up (hitting the load Oil or Resource button on the TF screen each day). The AI should move them if it feels there is a need there and Dan may not look at that base too closely. quote: Considering my delicate emotional state... [sm=innocent0009.gif][sm=innocent0009.gif]

John 3rd -> RE: KB Notes (1/23/2009 8:08:20 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: ny59giants Try running in 2 ship TF of TKs and AKs to Palembang to load Oil and Resources, respectively. He may ignore them for some time. Also, try sending in your TK/AK to the base at the southern tip of Sumatra to load Oil and Resources. It may require daily micro-management to pull them from Palembang to load up (hitting the load Oil or Resource button on the TF screen each day). The AI should move them if it feels there is a need there and Dan may not look at that base too closely. quote: Considering my delicate emotional state... [sm=innocent0009.gif][sm=innocent0009.gif] [:D]

John 3rd -> Debutante Moment---Mister FRANK (1/23/2009 8:13:51 PM)
Wasn't planned but nice to see! BANZAI! [image]local://upfiles/18041/A4324F8EF9A64360B206E866EBACE63A.jpg[/image]

John 3rd -> Debutante Moment---Mister FRANK (1/25/2009 10:02:20 PM)
The Allies strike again at Palembang with a serious Japanese aerial victory being scored this day! [image]local://upfiles/18041/5B96BFEAC4004848B483A31EF84371F4.jpg[/image]

John 3rd -> The Battle of Japan (1/26/2009 6:40:40 AM)
Today marks the first serious day at reclaiming the skies over Japan! [image]local://upfiles/18041/833DBFB4626144BCA3AB51DA092D4673.jpg[/image]

modrow -> RE: The Battle of Japan (1/26/2009 9:16:36 AM)
BANZAI ! Nice Job, John... Keep that rate of exchange ! Apart from the new plane, also the number of planes might have helped. 164 is the biggest CAP you mustered that I saw during the last few turns. Hartwig

veji1 -> RE: The Battle of Japan (1/26/2009 2:03:23 PM)
great... Keep it up.. Now that you might be stronger in the Home islands, Dan will probably have to think of how to destroy your Fighter force, I see a few possibilities : 1/ A carrier raid coupled with fighter sweeps : He will bleed you but it might hurt him a lot. 2/ what is the status of your defences in northern Japan ? If I was him I would reinforce my grip on Sakhalin and the Jimas chain and land in Hokkaido again. Once he controls Hokkaido, you would be toasted.. Is that possible ?

Bogo Mil -> RE: The Battle of Japan (1/26/2009 2:33:25 PM)
I don't think he will invade Hokkaido again - at least not in '44. First he will probably bomb everything up there into the stone age - that's free strategic points and no risk. I don't see any LCUs defending the NE coast of Korea - is that true? Are you prepared to see P-38 from Genzan soon? If I was Dan, I would finish off Singapore, then Indochina, and then just march on to Hong Kong, Shanghai etc. Reasons are similiar: Logistics are simple (no amphib invasion needed), no risk, lots of victory points, eventually large airbases very close to southern Japan. Both sides pulled out lots of troops from china a long time ago, thus he has probably huge amounts of supllies in China which will help this campaign a lot. I don't think you can stop this steamroller. You should try to hold him in Singapore as long as possible, that's all you can do.

John 3rd -> RE: The Battle of Japan (1/26/2009 4:17:40 PM)
Bogo is dead-on. There is nothing I can do with the Allied Steamroller. Singapore will be gone within a month. Saigon should be gone right NOW; however, the 21 units simply sitting in Hue can simply SIT THERE as far as I am concerned. I have two partial divisions sitting in Cam Rahn Bay and two Brigades holding Bangkok. That is all in the China! As to landing in Hokkaido again...I WOULD LOVE IT! There is easily 6,000 AS on that northern island now. The amount of ground reinforcements I have gotten in the last two months defies the imagination. WHERE were these divisions when I needed them in 1943? The window to take the Home Islands disappeared about 3 months ago. I will never understand why he didn't stake everything into Sapporo once he captured it? I couldn't have taken it back against all that LBA.

veji1 -> RE: The Battle of Japan (1/26/2009 5:11:08 PM)
I guess he played it safe... So Singapour and the DEI are gone soon. once you don't get any oil from there except a few blockade runners, how long do you recon will your economy be able to build planes ?

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