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okami -> RHSCVO Reaping the Whirlwind (12/25/2007 1:35:57 PM)

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okami -> July 14th 1941 (12/25/2007 1:53:31 PM)

From the Personal Journal of Admiral Yamamoto Isoroku:

Today July 14 1941 the world changed forever. At an audiance with His Imperial Highness, everything changed. Since the disaster of Kalkin Gol in 1939 the Army has had to walk lightly in the presence of the Sun. Today the Whirlwind Reaped. The Emperor presonally took the head of General Tojo. If I had not been there I would not believe it could have happened. Not since the the Restoration has a member of the Imperial family taken direct action against the ruling government. Although it is well within his perview, it is just not done. And to execute a high ranking officer in front of the High Command, the message was clear. The world had changed. "From today the forces of the Imperial Army and the Fleet shall be under my personal direction. No general order for the assumption of hosilities will be directed to any military force without my prior authorization. Admiral Yamamoto I have read your proposal on an attack against the Americans at Pearl Harbour. This plan will be implimented no later than November 14th. We are in dire straits. The oil embargo will cripple our nation inside of a year. General Tojo said the Americans would not react to our moves in Indo-China, he was wrong. I suggest that you also may not wish to be wrong. Dismissed.



okami -> RE: July 14th 1941 (12/25/2007 3:52:14 PM)

From the Personal Journal of Admiral Yamamoto Isoroku:

Nov 14th !941- Need in my wildest imaginations as a child did think that one day I would not only work with but actually side by side with the Son of Heaven. Carrier Divisions 1,2 and 5 have left Home waters on their journey to the Hawaian Islands. I was surprised in the early morning when the Emperor showed up unannounced aboard the Battleship Nagato. This has become a habit of His and I for one am not very fond of it. The conversation when something like this.
SofH: Sit, sit... So Admiral they are off then?
Y: Yes on schedule for the strike on Dec 8th. The carriers have sailed in three groups by division and will strike the American fleet at anchor just after 7:00 am. As you know we could never be sure of the modifications to the torpedoes for the initial wave of attack and so I have instructed that bombs be carried by our B5N1 naval bombers.
SofH: I would prefer that you leave that decision to the wing commander as they may have worked the bugs out by the time they arrive.
Y: Of course, I will have a communicay sent at once to that effect. Fighters from Akagi and Kaga are to sweep the skies ahead of the first wave. Fighters from Hiryu will actually escort the first wave to their target. B5N1 main target is battleship row and the flying boat houses. D3A2's of the first wave have been assigned the airfields. There will be no divebombing attacks on the American fleet. The follow on wave from Shokaku and Zuikaku have the same mission. Soryu's planes have been given the task of finding and sinking any and all shipping in the water in and around Pearl Harbour.
SofH: The plan is good Admiral I am pleased. How long?
Y: Huh... What do you mean how long?
SofH: How long can we fight them? You have been to America. How long can we fight them?
Y: I will run wild for six months no more.
SofH: See that you do.



BigBadWolf -> RE: July 14th 1941 (12/25/2007 4:58:18 PM)

quote:

ORIGINAL: okami

Today the Whirlwind Reaped. The Emperor presonally took the head of General Tojo.


For a moment there I thought you were metaphoricly speaking [:'(][&o]



1EyedJacks -> RE: July 14th 1941 (12/25/2007 5:25:39 PM)

Aghhh - Christmas present! Thank you for the AAR - it looks like it will B a fun read. I'm playing EOS with GoodBoyLaddie (and rather impatiently waiting for a turn [:D]); can I ask which flavor of RHS you and Mismatz are laying?

Will this AAR be along the lines of Cuttlefish or will you be discussing stratagy, battles, and production?



goodboyladdie -> RE: July 14th 1941 (12/25/2007 6:17:05 PM)

It says CVO right at the top Mike. How much have you had to drink? If the answer is plenty, open your inbox and play the turn - I need all the help I can get...



1EyedJacks -> RE: July 14th 1941 (12/25/2007 6:28:58 PM)


quote:

ORIGINAL: goodboyladdie

It says CVO right at the top Mike. How much have you had to drink? If the answer is plenty, open your inbox and play the turn - I need all the help I can get...


<laughter> Now that's a tad embarassing... [8|]



okami -> RE: July 14th 1941 (12/25/2007 10:44:28 PM)


quote:

ORIGINAL: 1EyedJacks

Aghhh - Christmas present! Thank you for the AAR - it looks like it will B a fun read. I'm playing EOS with GoodBoyLaddie (and rather impatiently waiting for a turn [:D]); can I ask which flavor of RHS you and Mismatz are laying?

Will this AAR be along the lines of Cuttlefish or will you be discussing stratagy, battles, and production?


I am not the writer that Cuttlefish is so this unfortunately can not be like his. The focus of this AAR will be at the strategic level. Battle reports, production and focus of war efforts.



okami -> RE: July 14th 1941 (12/25/2007 10:54:49 PM)

From the Personal Journal of Admiral Yamamoto Isoroku:
Nov 18th 1941 the day is raining. Today I had an argument with the Emperor, in as much as one can have an argument with someone who by their very nature is always right. The problem is two fold, according to the General Staff, partisan activity in China is on the rise. And yet operations in the SRA and the Philipines will see the shift of some nine divisions away from the area of conflict. It can not be helped. We will have to hold on in China while these formations are used elsewhere. The 38th and 104th Divisions have been tasked with the capture of Hong Kong. In phase two the 38th will be reassigned to either the Philipines or Java depending on how operations are moving. 104th Division will remain in the Canton area. I have convinced the Emperor, for now at least, to release troops from the Kwangtung Army for use in North Central China. How many troops I can get will be depend on his mood on the day of movement. I am riding the Dragon without a saddle.



okami -> RE: July 14th 1941 (12/26/2007 6:53:57 AM)

From the Personal Journal of Admiral Yamamoto Isoroku:
Luzon we must secure this island. To that endevour have been committed the following forces. In the first wave the 3rd Tank Company will land at Vigan to secure the port on Dec 8th. Following on in quick succession will be the 48th Motorized Division, the 65th Brigade, the 2nd and 4th Divisions. All units are components of 14th Army. From the south the 16th Army will contribute the 16th Division in a landing at Legaspi on the 10th of December. One Hundred and Eighty-Four of our best and newest fighter the A6M2 will clear the skies of the Philipines and escort G series bombers on missions over Luzon. The objectives are Clark Field and Manila. I expect this will only take two to three months to complete as recon flights estimate the Americans and their Philipine allies have some 200,000 fighting men all ranks and service. If only I had more time. Time is a luxury I do not have.



okami -> RE: July 14th 1941 (12/26/2007 11:42:52 AM)

From the Personal Journal of Admiral Yamamoto Isoroku:
Operations in Malaya will be carried out by 25th Army. Khota Barhu will be attacked by 18th Motorized Division on Dec 8th. Meanwhile 5th Division, 3rd Tank Brigade, and 14th Tank Regiment with some eleven artillery units will land at Singora. There immediate objective is Alor Star and Georgetown followed by a stead drive down the peninsula towards Singapore. As with the Philipine operation, this should be completed in a two month time frame. To cover the flank of this operation 15th Army made up of 33rd, 55th and the 2nd Guards Divisions will drive towards Moulmein and Rangoon in Burma. There will also be mop up operations in Cochin-China.



Gen.Hoepner -> RE: July 14th 1941 (12/26/2007 11:52:34 AM)

Hi Okami. What about Mindanao? Are u planning to land here in the first days or simply bypassing it?



okami -> RE: July 14th 1941 (12/26/2007 11:55:30 AM)

Editors notes: For those of you who hate the first turn "teleport" move of the Japanese, you will not see it in this game. I informed Mistmatz that I would only be doing the original landings on the first day, with only one ecception. I will not be landing on Wake on Dec 7th and there will only be two landings instead of three on Luzon on the first turn. As to the teleport it may be excessive but it has basis in historical fact. It is a simulation of the sailing of three separate invasion fleets in the weeks before Dec 7th. The US navy tracked two of these and fail to inform both the British government and Gen MacArthur. I personally have no problem with the "teleport" as it rids us of the fact that the allies get to act from 20/20 hindsight in the first weeks of the war instead of acting like deers in the headlights or chickens with their heads cutoff like they actually did IRL. I am not using it because I see this first CVO game as a playtest of Sid's and companies concepts of how the war started and so I want to see the purity in the Japanese actions to see if the model they have built actually works. I am a very aggressive player and I will take greater casualties then the Japanese did in the first weeks of the war. But I expect that I will also cause more than they did. Ships are going to sink. Well that is my opinion and it is free. Feel free to express your own here as well.



okami -> RE: July 14th 1941 (12/26/2007 11:58:44 AM)


quote:

ORIGINAL: Gen.Hoepner

Hi Okami. What about Mindanao? Are u planning to land here in the first days or simply bypassing it?

56th Brigade is marked to deal with Mindanao but only after the fall of Amboina which is it's first task. I will be isolating the Philipines by targeting Tarakan and Manado in the first week of the war. Good to here from you, welcome aboard.



Gen.Hoepner -> RE: July 14th 1941 (12/26/2007 1:50:51 PM)

I'd suggest not to care much for Mindanao. 56th Bde can be usefull to conquer Timor and the rest of the southern DEI. Mindanao won't bother you much once it's cut out from supply routes. Once Luzon falls Mindano will fast be conquered without any problems imho



1EyedJacks -> RE: July 14th 1941 (12/26/2007 5:57:40 PM)

Does CVO have 1 para unit for Japan at the start of the game which is stationed in Siagon? I sent my Raiders into Miri for the oil center... The base is undefended in EOS.

CVO, if I remember right, has the best carrier fleet of the RHS mods for Japan. Can you share a little on what you start out with and how soon you'll be seeing your carrier fleet augmented with new CVs/CVLs/CVEs? Will you have the opportunity to convert Yamato to a CV later in the war?

I kept a pretty standard turn 1 also, only pulling back the attacks in New Britain. In truth, there was really nowhere else to send all of those LCU transports that are near Kwajalein then to invade Hawaii... <laughter>



okami -> RE: July 14th 1941 (12/26/2007 9:22:35 PM)

Rest assured GH that I will be lazy in my taking of Mindanao. Timor is the focus of my strategy in phase two in the DEI. I am striving for a realistic aproach to my invasions. I assess what would have to be attacked and what could be bypassed. In phase one Amboina and Kendari must be taken to open the way for the invasion of Timor. Also Manado and Tarakan must be taken to isolate Mindanao and open the way for the invasion of Balikpapan in phase two.



okami -> RE: July 14th 1941 (12/26/2007 9:34:16 PM)

1EyedJacks: In CVO there are three para units. One stationed at Kwajalein which I moved to Palau. One stationed at Truk which will para into Gasmata on Dec 8th. The Raiders are on Haunan Island China and are useless until you move planes with range to them. You could use them to para into China if you wanted to. I don't know if you get a convertion of Yamato in CVO. If you do I will not be doing so. I have found allied player to be sloppy in their play as the war progresses. Battleships can cause a great deal of havok when employed properly. I have read that Japanese CL's are nothing but big DD's, and while this is true, a bigger Japanese DD is just how I use them. In CVO you must increase your military shipyards if you expect to use any of the late war carriers. There are a lot of them. I have already gathered all the CVL and CVE's into the KKB(Kiddy Kido Bhutai). As the first turn has already been done I can tell you they have already been a stelar success. CVO has no respawning so we will not be seeing the Marblehead or Boise ever again.[:D][:D][:D][:D]

Note to ny59giants: I know she is your favourite ship but as a Japanese player she just is a pain in the ass. I am glad to be rid of her.[8D]



okami -> War begins (12/27/2007 10:16:56 AM)

From the briefing of the Joint High Command: Dec. 8th 1941

Hostilities between the forces of Imperial Japan and those of Great Britain, the Neatherlands and the United States of America began at 0300 this morning. Our invasion force off the coast of Malaya was attacked by a British submarine. No casualties were suffered and the task force moved off to make their landings. Landings at Khota Bharu began at 0430 under light to medium resistance. The 18th Division is ashore and moving inland. At 0530 this morning the submarine RO-33 reported putting two torpedoes into the USS Boise off the coast of Zamboanga. Minelaying operations off the port of Manila have been successfully concluded. Carriers from CVD 3and4 report the sinking of the USS Marblehead off the coast of Borneo near the port of Tarakan. The 12th Corps made up of 38th and 104th Divsions and supporting elements have invested Hong Kong. No report yet on Nagumo's force out at Pearl Harbour. 



okami -> Notes on Production (12/28/2007 2:12:12 AM)

I have gone light on changing the Japanese economy until I can tell where the problems are. I know I have to increase Naval Construction and will do so slowly and in stages so as not to eat all of my generated supply. First of the major over hauls was airframe construction. I looked at the number of engines of each type being built and how many of them I actually needed. I increased Nakajima engines and the ones for the Betty. You start off with two factories producing Zero and alot of factories producing garbage. I converted seven factories and will be producing 232 airframes within 30 days. Another plane you need but do not produce is the L2D2. It is not as good as in CHS but you get alot of reinforcements and you start will about 50 of them but no production. I converted one factory to build these. I increased the Betty as you again do not have enough of these to fill out all squadrons or cover reinforcements. I have not changed armament or vehicle factories yet and will await to see if it is needed. And the golden rule in Witp game is.... DO NOT USE AUTOCONVOY. Can't stress that enough.



okami -> RE: Notes on Production (12/28/2007 7:57:57 AM)


From the Joint Briefing of the Army and Navy Staff at Yokohama Military Base Honshu:
Dec 9th 1941 0830
Gentlemen if you would be seated there is a great deal to get through and only so many hours in the day. Little over a day ago the forces of Imperial Japan launched the most expansive operation in history. The area of the operation in border on the Malaya Peninsula in the west, all the way to the Hawaiian Islands in the east. There is a great deal that, has unfolded since that time.
Kota Bharu was invaded by the 56th and 18th Divisions. While the bulk of the 25th Army landed at Singora in Thailand. Resistance to our landings has been moderate, it is believed that only a Brigade is holding the line.
Landings at Legaspi in the Philipines were interrupted bu the Heavy Cruiser Houston, she was beaten off by the Mizuho and the landing fleet. Mizuho sustained moderate damage as did Houston.

Anti-submarine operations off Kota Bharu damaged and drove off a British or Dutch submarine. Note their Captain was willing to bring his boat into shallow water to effect a strike.
After a heavy bombardment by four of our heavy cruisers and three of our light, a Special Naval Landing Force was able to capture the island of Wake.
Our submarines however were able to damage the enemy. I-155 put a torpedo into a British Minelayer, I-154 did the same to the Tanker Augustina.
Port strikes where made at both Hong Kong and Manila with light damage to facilities and numerous ships damaged. No confirmed sinks are reported at this time.
Carrier Divisions 3 and 4 sailed down into the strait between Borneo and the Celebes. She attacked shipping at Balikpapan. She will continue on in a hunt for the BB PoW.
Paratroop operations were carried out against the port of Sorong in Northwestern New Guinea, and the village of Gasmata on New Britain. Both operations were a success with the added bonus of the sinking of a Floatplane tender with all her aircraft.
In the first two days of the war it is estimated that some 400 aircraft of all types have been destroyed on the ground and a further 100 in the air from all actions. We have lost 4 aircraft in air to air combat since the outbreak of hostilities. Our flak loses are barely 100.
That concludes our briefing for today.



Gen.Hoepner -> RE: Notes on Production (12/28/2007 4:04:27 PM)

Those 2 torps into the Boise is really a good news!
Would u plan to add some map-screenshots? Those would be really welcomed



1EyedJacks -> RE: July 14th 1941 (12/28/2007 6:22:48 PM)


quote:

ORIGINAL: okami

1EyedJacks: In CVO there are three para units. One stationed at Kwajalein which I moved to Palau. One stationed at Truk which will para into Gasmata on Dec 8th. The Raiders are on Haunan Island China and are useless until you move planes with range to them. You could use them to para into China if you wanted to. I don't know if you get a convertion of Yamato in CVO. If you do I will not be doing so. I have found allied player to be sloppy in their play as the war progresses. Battleships can cause a great deal of havok when employed properly. I have read that Japanese CL's are nothing but big DD's, and while this is true, a bigger Japanese DD is just how I use them. In CVO you must increase your military shipyards if you expect to use any of the late war carriers. There are a lot of them. I have already gathered all the CVL and CVE's into the KKB(Kiddy Kido Bhutai). As the first turn has already been done I can tell you they have already been a stelar success. CVO has no respawning so we will not be seeing the Marblehead or Boise ever again.[:D][:D][:D][:D]

Note to ny59giants: I know she is your favourite ship but as a Japanese player she just is a pain in the ass. I am glad to be rid of her.[8D]



Thanks - I found the other two para units @ Kwajalein and Truk - happy-happy. I've decided that DBs against bases really sucks with the AAA. Every time I hit the Air Base at Pearl with KB I lose 30+ Val to Flak. That really hurts my feelings... [8|]



okami -> RE: Notes on Production (12/28/2007 6:24:31 PM)


quote:

ORIGINAL: Gen.Hoepner

Those 2 torps into the Boise is really a good news!
Would u plan to add some map-screenshots? Those would be really welcomed

Would you believe I don't know how to do screen shots? I have a program called Snag It but I haven't figured outhow to use it.



1EyedJacks -> RE: Notes on Production (12/28/2007 6:35:09 PM)

Hi okami,

When you are in WiTP and have a shot you want to capture you should just have to hit the PrtScrn key and SnagIt will capture it.

In the properties of SnagIt I set under Input and then selecting Scrolling, I set scrolling to Scroll Active Window. I select the area I want to capture and then Crop to fit. Text boxes, arrows to areas I want to highlight, and when I'm done I save it as a .jpg file.

I also use photobucket to "host" my pictures on the web. Then, in the message window when I'm posting in WiTP, I paste the location of the photo and use the image button so the editor knows where to grab the file I've uploaded - it's pretty cool. You can add multiple pictures to the same post using this method.



Gen.Hoepner -> RE: Notes on Production (12/28/2007 8:50:26 PM)

very easily just press "stamp" or "print" key and then open paint and click "paste"..and voilą!



okami -> Dec10 1941 Takeo Formosa (12/30/2007 1:42:32 AM)

The Office of Colonol Nagatsuyu:

Nagatsuyu: Come in Captain and close the door behind you.
Kamei: Captain Kamei reporting as ordered sir.
N: I trust you are well rested Captain?
K: Beg your pardon sir?
N: I said I trust you are well rested! I don't know how they do things in the navy, Captain but it has been my experience that in operations using bombers over an enemy base that said bombers would be escorted. Can you explain to me how five missions over Hong Kong where made with no fighter escort? And please enlighten me as how why you say fit to only fly the last mission and with EVERY FIGHTER PLANE ON THIS ISLAND? i HAVE REPORTS WE LOST SIXTEEN BOMBERS OF ALL TYPES. Yet I have some 250 fighters at my disposal. The numbers do not add up Captain. I am standing down all squadrons tomorrow, you may wish to consider a different occupation. And yes I heard it was the AVG, they are not Ghosts Captain. There are not Oni to scare little children with. The reports say that your men shotdown fifteen of them. That is why you are still here and not on your way to explain this to my superiors. Dismissed Captain.



okami -> Dec10 1941 (12/30/2007 1:49:54 AM)

From the Personal Journal of Admiral Yamamoto Isoroku:

It is not as bad as bad as we had feared. Yet it is no where near as good as we had hoped. Sixty-three planes lost and no Battleships sunk. Torpedoes, they decided on torpedoes. Brave fools. There is no choice now, a desparate gamble now calls for a raise in the stakes. I have ordered Zuikaku and Shokaku to split from the fleet and head for the US west coast. Find and engage the enemy carriers. They are the least experienced and thus the most expendable. I wonder if the American commande will call or does he has a raise of his own? Sixty-three pilots for nothing. Nagumo was not the right man for the job. Sixty-three.



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